Guys, it sounds like Family Guy is getting some less than stellar ratings this season (then again, its timeslot sucks). Fox should be making a decision on its future in the next month or two.
Help Save Family Guy is a link I found skimming through Google. They'll print out your comments and mail hard copies to Fox directly.
"Dude, check this out. So I'm reading this news site for nerds, right, and I see this article on computers that work on some "base 3" kinda deal. So I'm like Damn! Those PCs can get to third base! I wonder if I can learn some tips from em?"
"So I call one up and we agree to meet out at Woody's on 4th. And this PC never shows up. So I just keep drinking, waiting for it. I musta had too many because all I know is that I woke up in this apartment on 84th with these three midgets screaming at me in portugeuse."
Hey man, I was like, totally planning on making some of those probe things, man. All I need is, like, a couple more hundred bucks. So, uh, I was like, thinking, maybe you could spot me some cash so we could do this probe thing. I'll totally pay you back man, and I promise not to do something crazy with the money that is non-probe related, such as buy a bunch of weed and move to New Mexico. So yeah, you give me the cash, and we can go put probes into the aliens and everything.
Is it just me, or is that a low number? I really suspected a LOT more users than that...and yes, taking into consideration that not everyone creates an account...
But wow, I would expect more esp. knowing the power of the/. effect.
Speaking of robotic toys, has anyone tried out a BIO Bug yet? I read about them months ago in Wired and was psyched to hear that they were in stores a few weeks ago. They're $40 if you want one.
Has anyone used one yet? Are they neat, or are they a letdown like Furby? Any chances of hacking them?
Step 2: Leave your PC connected to file sharing programs until the RIAA finds your IP address
Step 3: Allow RIAA MP3-Killer-Bot to delete your mp3's
Step 4: Sue the RIAA, pointing out the fact that you actually had a Step 1.5, in which you renamed some of your personal documents as mp3's, named after your favorite bands. It's their fault for not checking the data inside the files first.
I noticed some Insecto Bots in a local KB Toys this week. I know B.I.O. Bugs aren't slated to hit stores until 9/30/01, but does anyone have any opinions on them? Does anyone own an Insecto Bot yet?
Any chance either toy might be nifty for more than 15 minutes (unlike the Furby we all bought after that article in Wired before its release)?
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A Big Brother database? Neat. I'm all for it, as long they don't let that guy Will win again. He's evil!
That sounds like a way better idea than the wood panelling I was planning for my basement.
The only question now is what color to go with...Lime or Tangerine?
I just crashed my PC in their honor. Thanks for all the fun, QT!
Man, I can't wait for the 13th movie in which Patrick Stewart's corpse will play a decaying equestrian-mutated Picard.
The tentative title is "Beating a Dead Horse Captain"
"I need to take these massive amounts of Vitamin C to prevent scurvy. It has nothing to do with the fact that my ankles are the size of your neck."
Guys, it sounds like Family Guy is getting some less than stellar ratings this season (then again, its timeslot sucks). Fox should be making a decision on its future in the next month or two.
Help Save Family Guy is a link I found skimming through Google. They'll print out your comments and mail hard copies to Fox directly.
After doing a quick Google search, it sounds like 65 episodes is the generally agreed-upon minimum for weekday syndication.
There have been 72 produced so far, so with any luck we might be getting a daily dose of great animation in a year or two!
That is far too complicated. Just do what I do...whenever you venture outside, dress like CarrotTop.
I'm training my Bio Bugs to play a wicked game of Tetherball.
"Hey sweet thing...you wanna see the Next Computer Interface? Step into my shed, I mean my office and I'll show it to you"
The new USPS regulations prohibit the delivery of mail without a return address.
It's easier to just throw your money into a lake.
"Dude, check this out. So I'm reading this news site for nerds, right, and I see this article on computers that work on some "base 3" kinda deal. So I'm like Damn! Those PCs can get to third base! I wonder if I can learn some tips from em?"
"So I call one up and we agree to meet out at Woody's on 4th. And this PC never shows up. So I just keep drinking, waiting for it. I musta had too many because all I know is that I woke up in this apartment on 84th with these three midgets screaming at me in portugeuse."
"Damn unreliable computers."
Color me virtually excited! I'll have to send my clone down to check it out first...I can't be bothered with the menial things.
"Mars dust is so fine"
Know what else is fine? NASA chicks. Yowza!
June 2002? Bah! Save your money for when my vaporware wristwatch phone/game system/microwave/shoe buffer comes out in August.
A word of caution though: Don't aim it at pets.
I guess "Blue Screen of Death" could be replaced with "Fiery Hand-Removing Explosion of Death" in this case...
Yes yes, that's all well and good, but tell me this:
When can I finally get radio stations from a taco?
No no no, you butchered it.
It's more like "The Fox Network changed into hardcore pornography Soooo gradually, we hardly even noticed!"
Hey man, I was like, totally planning on making some of those probe things, man. All I need is, like, a couple more hundred bucks. So, uh, I was like, thinking, maybe you could spot me some cash so we could do this probe thing. I'll totally pay you back man, and I promise not to do something crazy with the money that is non-probe related, such as buy a bunch of weed and move to New Mexico. So yeah, you give me the cash, and we can go put probes into the aliens and everything.
Totally.
Is it just me, or is that a low number? I really suspected a LOT more users than that...and yes, taking into consideration that not everyone creates an account...
/. effect.
But wow, I would expect more esp. knowing the power of the
Is that what the big suprise in 2.5 is? Wow!
Does anyone have a feature list for 2.5 yet? It hasn't pushed down to my SA yet! Thanks!
(Oh, and yay for anything that keeps TiVo alive! Thanks Sony!)
Speaking of robotic toys, has anyone tried out a BIO Bug yet? I read about them months ago in Wired and was psyched to hear that they were in stores a few weeks ago. They're $40 if you want one.
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Has anyone used one yet? Are they neat, or are they a letdown like Furby? Any chances of hacking them?
Links to BIO Bug articles:
wowwee.com/biobugs/biointerface.html
www.wirelessnewsfactor.com/perl/story/14076.htm
toycollecting.about.com/library/weekly/bltoyfai
Step 1: Download a few pirated mp3's
Step 2: Leave your PC connected to file sharing programs until the RIAA finds your IP address
Step 3: Allow RIAA MP3-Killer-Bot to delete your mp3's
Step 4: Sue the RIAA, pointing out the fact that you actually had a Step 1.5, in which you renamed some of your personal documents as mp3's, named after your favorite bands. It's their fault for not checking the data inside the files first.
Ta da.
You owe me a lifesaver with your closing h4x0r phrase. I was balancing it on my tongue while reading and spit it out laughing at that point. Kudos.
I noticed some Insecto Bots in a local KB Toys this week. I know B.I.O. Bugs aren't slated to hit stores until 9/30/01, but does anyone have any opinions on them? Does anyone own an Insecto Bot yet?
Any chance either toy might be nifty for more than 15 minutes (unlike the Furby we all bought after that article in Wired before its release)?