I'm using 4 old Apple 23" displays I've scrounged (and accompanying adapter boxes) as they're 1900 x 1200. I miss my old dual Sony 21" CRTs that did something like 2000 x 1400 resolution. Weighed a tonne and took up a lot of desk space but what a picture.
So... where do all these gifts come from every Christmas. My daughter's friends have tried to tell her there's no Santa Claus but certainly seems real to us. Even brought me the Star Wars Landspeeder Lego set I wanted but didn't feel justified buying for myself, right before Christmas. Cool!
And even then, one is not always charged with murder. Self defense, soldiers, police, etc. all involve shooting and killing people. Murder is the unlawful killing of someone.
The term "cracker" was in use during the Elizabethan era to describe braggarts. The original root of this is the Middle English word crack meaning "entertaining conversation" (One may be said to "crack" a joke); this term and the Gaelicized spelling "craic" are still in use in Northern England, Ireland and Scotland. It is documented in William Shakespeare's King John (1595): "What cracker is this... that deafes our ears / With this abundance of superfluous breath?" By the 1760s the English, both at home and in the American colonies, applied the term “cracker” to Scots-Irish and English American settlers of the remote southern back country, as noted in a passage from a letter to the Earl of Dartmouth: "I should explain to your Lordship what is meant by Crackers; a name they have got from being great boasters; they are a lawless set of rascalls on the frontiers of Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia, who often change their places of abode." The word was later associated with the cowboys of Georgia and Florida, many of them descendants of those early frontiersmen. The term "cracker" in Florida usage relates to the whip that cowboys used to "crack" cattle out of the swamps and scrub. This is different from a Georgia cracker, who "cracked" corn. [edit]Cracker Cowboys
The Florida "cowhunter" or "cracker cowboy" of the 19th and early 20th centuries was distinct from the Spanish vaquero and the Western cowboy. Florida cowboys did not use lassos to herd or capture cattle. Their primary tools were bullwhips and dogs. Florida cattle and horses were small. The "cracker cow", also known as the "native cow", or "scrub cow" averaged about 600 pounds, had large horns and large feet.[1]
I gave up on the idea I'd ever be cool shortly after high school. I totally dropped off the radar and moved cross country. Figured in a new town where no one knew me, i could renvent myself Turns out, whoever you go, there you are. A geek born, a geek I'll be until I die.
Hey, because of the singularity, I no longer have to worry about running out of hours or years. Who cares if I spend a few decades watching tv? There'll be more time to do stuff later.
Just pissed that comcast encrypted most of their signals. I was using an EyeTV on my Mac AV Server to stream live tv to my iPhones and iPod. Now, only a few channels are available. And none of them are The Ocho!
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Thank you for ruining my pr0n activities. There's no goggles for inner eye.
I'm using 4 old Apple 23" displays I've scrounged (and accompanying adapter boxes) as they're 1900 x 1200. I miss my old dual Sony 21" CRTs that did something like 2000 x 1400 resolution. Weighed a tonne and took up a lot of desk space but what a picture.
So... where do all these gifts come from every Christmas. My daughter's friends have tried to tell her there's no Santa Claus but certainly seems real to us. Even brought me the Star Wars Landspeeder Lego set I wanted but didn't feel justified buying for myself, right before Christmas. Cool!
And even then, one is not always charged with murder. Self defense, soldiers, police, etc. all involve shooting and killing people. Murder is the unlawful killing of someone.
Not sure if you can plink someone, though.
Cracker also refers to Anglo descended Florida drovers:
Historical usage
The term "cracker" was in use during the Elizabethan era to describe braggarts. The original root of this is the Middle English word crack meaning "entertaining conversation" (One may be said to "crack" a joke); this term and the Gaelicized spelling "craic" are still in use in Northern England, Ireland and Scotland. It is documented in William Shakespeare's King John (1595): "What cracker is this ... that deafes our ears / With this abundance of superfluous breath?"
By the 1760s the English, both at home and in the American colonies, applied the term “cracker” to Scots-Irish and English American settlers of the remote southern back country, as noted in a passage from a letter to the Earl of Dartmouth: "I should explain to your Lordship what is meant by Crackers; a name they have got from being great boasters; they are a lawless set of rascalls on the frontiers of Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia, who often change their places of abode." The word was later associated with the cowboys of Georgia and Florida, many of them descendants of those early frontiersmen.
The term "cracker" in Florida usage relates to the whip that cowboys used to "crack" cattle out of the swamps and scrub. This is different from a Georgia cracker, who "cracked" corn.
[edit]Cracker Cowboys
The Florida "cowhunter" or "cracker cowboy" of the 19th and early 20th centuries was distinct from the Spanish vaquero and the Western cowboy. Florida cowboys did not use lassos to herd or capture cattle. Their primary tools were bullwhips and dogs. Florida cattle and horses were small. The "cracker cow", also known as the "native cow", or "scrub cow" averaged about 600 pounds, had large horns and large feet.[1]
Probably the kids: Are to spring yet? How much longer. I'm bored. He's on my side!
Yeah, I went from Scorpio to Toaster.
Without tv, what would folks do at night but look at the stars?
I gave up on the idea I'd ever be cool shortly after high school. I totally dropped off the radar and moved cross country. Figured in a new town where no one knew me, i could renvent myself Turns out, whoever you go, there you are. A geek born, a geek I'll be until I die.
Damn it! Why does everyone forget about NetBSD?
:-P
If you could deflect it towards the atmosphere and then aerobrake it in to a circular orbit around the Earth...
Might be better to try this with the Moon.
What if the cord was a really strong bungie?
Buy more dice.
Dang it!
Hatred keeps you warm?
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television
And people would carry really strong umbrellas.
Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not an invisible wavescist!
Get Jonny Ives and Apple on it, STAT!
For some reason, I hear them complaining in Prof. Farnsworth's voice.
Hey, because of the singularity, I no longer have to worry about running out of hours or years. Who cares if I spend a few decades watching tv? There'll be more time to do stuff later.
Just pissed that comcast encrypted most of their signals. I was using an EyeTV on my Mac AV Server to stream live tv to my iPhones and iPod. Now, only a few channels are available. And none of them are The Ocho!
My mom was an English teacher and my dad a Math teacher.
I went to school for fine art so I didnt' have to use either. Figured that would show them.
Turns out I was good at fixing computers so I now have a real job. D'oh!
Apple makes dinnerware? SWEET!
Oops, gotta' go change my pants. BRB.