This sounds like the kind of doll that comes to life at night, eyes glowing red, saying "You must kill mommy and daddy," while its head spins completely around.
The old Infocom games had the best hint books... They used special pens to reveal hidden answers so you couldn't accidentally read something you didn't want to.
There were some great red herring questions to keep people honest, too.
Isn't Wal-Mart one of (or *the*) largest retail seller of CDs at the moment? I'm sure that's not helping. Of course, I won't buy anything there either, not if I can help it.
I prefer used CDs, anyway. Cheaper, same discs. Unfortunately, the one chain store that stocks 'em - Wherehouse - seems to be bleeding out into oblivion as well. They've closed most of them in my area, and I saw a bunch closing down in L.A. recently as well...
I have worked on a computer that had screen readers installed for a user that was legally blind. It would read everything on the screen. "Mozilla. Title Bar. Slashdot. File Menu. File. Edit.." etc. Seemed like it would take a lot of concentration. XP has some sort of narrator program built in, I believe.
AIDA32 is handy for finding out what hardware is in a system as well as licence codes for Windows and other software (except Office 2000 - I don't think anyone's found out how to retreive the product key). It's all handy info for a reinstall or hunting down drivers.
On the new Trek IV DVD, the trivia subtitles reference a display at Uhura's station, explaining the technical details of a spectrum analyzer, then adds "Or she might be running the SETI@Home screensaver."
In my experience, some people will *never* want to buy new hardware, instead forcing you to patch up a system with the digital equivalent of chewing gum and bailing wire. Never could figure out the logic behind that.
There's a program called TravelAxe that searches multiple travel sites for price comparisons. Got a pretty good deal on a hotel in Vegas with it. Don't think it works for airfares, tho.
My car looked horrible, I never had the knack for painting as a kid. The car actually got the "Most Humorous" award before the races - a pity award, I think. However, the car everyone made fun of ended up beating the rest of the troop. I still have the medal and ribbons somewhere. Geez, that was 20 years ago....
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This sounds like the kind of doll that comes to life at night, eyes glowing red, saying "You must kill mommy and daddy," while its head spins completely around.
I always think of the Simpsons:
"I'm a level 5 vegan, I don't eat anything that casts a shadow."
... after I read the headline and thought of vacuum cleaners....
I need more coffee.
The old Infocom games had the best hint books...
They used special pens to reveal hidden answers so you couldn't accidentally read something you didn't want to.
There were some great red herring questions to keep people honest, too.
Of course, they are all Online now, too...
get this freakin' duck away from me!!
Damn, there go my vacation plans. Curse Expedia, they already charged my credit card for three nights at the Atlantis Hilton...
..for dads everywhere to yell about.
"Electricity's expensive! Ya trying to cool off the whole neighborhood? Close the #@%$ door!"
...there's no mention of a RAID array. I guess they're still gathering
research for that.
and there is considerable buzz about the game.
I didn't know Ned Flanders was even interested in computer games.
"In this country, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"
This site has a pretty good list of weird MS Support documents.
Expect to see Ron Popeil selling this soon...
"Just scan it, and forget it!"
Isn't Wal-Mart one of (or *the*) largest retail seller of CDs at the moment? I'm sure that's not helping. Of course, I won't buy anything there either, not if I can help it.
I prefer used CDs, anyway. Cheaper, same discs. Unfortunately, the one chain store that stocks 'em - Wherehouse - seems to be bleeding out into oblivion as well. They've closed most of them in my area, and I saw a bunch closing down in L.A. recently as well...
The last console game I bought only cost 50 cents.
Of course, it was for my Atari 2600, and prices have fallen a bit...
If there's a message in there about "So long, and thanks for all the fish," I'm gonna be a little worried.
The Picard maneuver. Although I doubt dragonflies can punch it up to warp speed yet.
I have worked on a computer that had screen readers installed for a user that was legally blind. It would read everything on the screen. "Mozilla. Title Bar. Slashdot. File Menu. File. Edit.." etc. Seemed like it would take a lot of concentration.
XP has some sort of narrator program built in, I believe.
AIDA32 is handy for finding out what hardware is in a system as well as licence codes for Windows and other software (except Office 2000 - I don't think anyone's found out how to retreive the product key).
It's all handy info for a reinstall or hunting down drivers.
On the new Trek IV DVD, the trivia subtitles reference a display at Uhura's station, explaining the technical details of a spectrum analyzer, then adds "Or she might be running the SETI@Home screensaver."
Thought that was a pretty cool reference.
In my experience, some people will *never* want to buy new hardware, instead forcing you to patch up a system with the digital equivalent of chewing gum and bailing wire.
Never could figure out the logic behind that.
There's a program called TravelAxe that searches multiple travel sites for price comparisons. Got a pretty good deal on a hotel in Vegas with it.
Don't think it works for airfares, tho.
Graphite on the axels is definitely a big plus.
My car looked horrible, I never had the knack for painting as a kid. The car actually got the "Most Humorous" award before the races - a pity award, I think.
However, the car everyone made fun of ended up beating the rest of the troop.
I still have the medal and ribbons somewhere.
Geez, that was 20 years ago....
All you have to do is make a Pringles-can antenna and drive around for a while...
Anybody else read the word "bioreactors" and think of The Matrix?