People (especially around here) only think of MS as this evil empire that does nothing except try to illegally crush thier competitors and rob old ladies. They certainly do plenty of those things, but they're still a smart, large software company. They got where they are by encouraging people to write software for Windows and then taking care of the people that do.
In Indianapolis? I went to high school with his son, Peter Wacker (I'm not kidding). If your name was Richard Wacker, why in the world would you name your kid Peter? I heard Pete changed his name a couple years ago.
I was in a bar with some friends talking about people we know with goofy names like Peter Wacker and Claire Annette Reed. My friend's gf was being quiet and I asked her what was wrong. She said "Do you know what my name is?" and I said "Mandy" which is all I had ever called her. She informed me that her name was Amanda Mount. Tough break.
There are no raves in Chicago because a local politician's 16 year old daughter died after taking "extacy". After every news outlet in the region reported that extacy had killed a cute 16 year old rich girl, her tox screen revealed that she had actually taken PMA, nasty speed used by truckers and bikers.
I have heard of Hyponatremia before. What I read about it said that the only people who die from it are mentally ill people who think their insides are "dirty" and stand in the shower with thier mouthes open for 12 hours.
That is really cool. I'm not a big techno fan, but I like Aphex Twin's stuff.
It's not a subliminal picture or message because it's just a metallic screech to your ears and brain. When you run the CD wave through specific visualization software, the picture appears. It's like a musical easter egg.
If someone is giving you money (employer or client) and they demand that you give them Office files (.doc,.xls,.mdb), you have to be able to provide them. They don't want to hear "well.rtf blah blah conversion blah". They use Office and they're giving you money, so they call the shots. An internal debate between open-source principals and cash is a short one.
The CIA reported to congress that N. Korea may have the ability to reach the west coast with a missile. You'll notice that nobody has discussed invading N. Korea even though they are 10 times the threat Iraq ever was. They developed nukes exactly for that reason.
No country would nuke us unless we invaded them first. But how would we respond if Al Queda nuked us? Look for Osama harder?
As for delivery, two routes that are rarely discussed are speedboats and small submarines. A couple thousand Colombian drug boats have slipped past the coast gaurd.
In the most recent Osama Bin Laden tape, he says that "My grave will be in the belly of the Eagle". I think he's coming here and it's not to turn himself in.
I actually go to the trouble of putting in funky information to throw off thier aggregate numbers. I like a 99 year old female with a grade school education and a 100k+/year salary. When they ask country of residence, the top two options are usually US then Afghanistan. It's just asking for Afghanistan.
FatBot was one of the members of Robot House, Bender's former fraternity. The episode is an Animal House take off and FatBot is supposed to be Flounder.
I actually used to use "Dr. B's" at summer camp. We would bathe in the lake with it since it's organic. I thought it was pretty harsh and stripped a lot of oils out of my skin. The label is great.
Do you have any idea what's in those pills? The FDA sure doesn't. You're a lot better off getting a bunch of male lab rats and a little ruler. If one of them turns into the rat John Holmes, you found a winner.
It's easy to clean a regular keyboard. Take a picture of your keyboard or write down where all the keys go. Then pop them all off with a screwdriver. Use alcohol or bleach-water to clean the keys and empty keyboard. Push the keys back on and they're clean as new.
Seperating audiophiles and thier money is like shooting fish in a barrel. I think there is a lot of placebo effect in high end audio. You just paid 800 bucks for a few meters of cable. It was a multi-thousand dollar system before the new cables. Do you think it could sound bad now?
I'm lucky. I have very good hearing, but I'm pretty tone deaf. The medium priced stuff at Best Buy sounds just as good to me as the high end stuff at the specialty stores. There's no point for me to shell out the cash.
I try not to buy anti-bacterial anything. Those sponges do kill bacteria, specifically the weak bacteria. The ones left over are nice and hardy and in shape to kick my immune system's butt. Having a normal ammount of non-stengthened bacteria around keeps your immune system healthy and prepared.
It's hard to find non-anti-bacterial hand soap. The main ingredient in all of them is Triclosan. Triclosan only kills bacteria after 1 to 3 minutes of constant contact. During normal hand washing, it's totally useless. The alcohol gel sanitizers do actually work but it feels like I'm rubbing snot on my hands.
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It took me a second to realize why The Simpsons would reference such a short lived and forgettable sitcom. Then I remembered that both Yeardley Smith and Hank Azaria were on it. It made more sense.
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The man in the black pajamas, Dude. Worthy fuckin' adversary.
I am also suprised that ITS didn't sue those guys for violating the agreement you sign to collect your prize. Proving a criminal offense may be harder, but yes, they should have at least made a phone call. The strategy seems to try and let it blow over.
There's no way there are 300+ home players.
I described how they cheated because it's common knowledge in the GT community. Since home players can't play the tournament anymore, it doesn't do anyone any good.
I'm just a regular Silver player. I don't represent anyone.
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People (especially around here) only think of MS as this evil empire that does nothing except try to illegally crush thier competitors and rob old ladies. They certainly do plenty of those things, but they're still a smart, large software company. They got where they are by encouraging people to write software for Windows and then taking care of the people that do.
-B
"a sub-atomic partical a photon is not"
Yoda teaches physics.
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My fiance graduated from BD in 1996. Were you in her class?
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In Indianapolis? I went to high school with his son, Peter Wacker (I'm not kidding). If your name was Richard Wacker, why in the world would you name your kid Peter? I heard Pete changed his name a couple years ago.
I was in a bar with some friends talking about people we know with goofy names like Peter Wacker and Claire Annette Reed. My friend's gf was being quiet and I asked her what was wrong. She said "Do you know what my name is?" and I said "Mandy" which is all I had ever called her. She informed me that her name was Amanda Mount. Tough break.
-B
There are no raves in Chicago because a local politician's 16 year old daughter died after taking "extacy". After every news outlet in the region reported that extacy had killed a cute 16 year old rich girl, her tox screen revealed that she had actually taken PMA, nasty speed used by truckers and bikers.
I have heard of Hyponatremia before. What I read about it said that the only people who die from it are mentally ill people who think their insides are "dirty" and stand in the shower with thier mouthes open for 12 hours.
-B
That is really cool. I'm not a big techno fan, but I like Aphex Twin's stuff.
It's not a subliminal picture or message because it's just a metallic screech to your ears and brain. When you run the CD wave through specific visualization software, the picture appears. It's like a musical easter egg.
In general, subliminal anything doesn't work.
-Barry
"Please enter the email address associated with your account"
What's so funny?
-B
"MS-Office was feature-complete as of Office 95"
They did add that wonderful feature that refuses to believe that you actually do want bullet points numbered 1,2,3,7, and 9.
-B
The golden rule...he who has the gold rules.
.xls, .mdb), you have to be able to provide them. They don't want to hear "well .rtf blah blah conversion blah". They use Office and they're giving you money, so they call the shots. An internal debate between open-source principals and cash is a short one.
If someone is giving you money (employer or client) and they demand that you give them Office files (.doc,
-B
I can liquify deoderant with a 59 cent lighter. Good work.
-B
That's one way to be a hit at a party. The other way is to bring good drugs. They're both cool.
-B
The CIA reported to congress that N. Korea may have the ability to reach the west coast with a missile. You'll notice that nobody has discussed invading N. Korea even though they are 10 times the threat Iraq ever was. They developed nukes exactly for that reason.
No country would nuke us unless we invaded them first. But how would we respond if Al Queda nuked us? Look for Osama harder?
As for delivery, two routes that are rarely discussed are speedboats and small submarines. A couple thousand Colombian drug boats have slipped past the coast gaurd.
In the most recent Osama Bin Laden tape, he says that "My grave will be in the belly of the Eagle". I think he's coming here and it's not to turn himself in.
-B
I actually go to the trouble of putting in funky information to throw off thier aggregate numbers. I like a 99 year old female with a grade school education and a 100k+/year salary. When they ask country of residence, the top two options are usually US then Afghanistan. It's just asking for Afghanistan.
-B
They should come out with teeth whitening cigarettes and coffee. Those would be big sellers.
-B
FatBot was one of the members of Robot House, Bender's former fraternity. The episode is an Animal House take off and FatBot is supposed to be Flounder.
No idea if there's a connection.
-B
I actually used to use "Dr. B's" at summer camp. We would bathe in the lake with it since it's organic. I thought it was pretty harsh and stripped a lot of oils out of my skin. The label is great.
-B
Do you have any idea what's in those pills? The FDA sure doesn't. You're a lot better off getting a bunch of male lab rats and a little ruler. If one of them turns into the rat John Holmes, you found a winner.
-B
It's easy to clean a regular keyboard. Take a picture of your keyboard or write down where all the keys go. Then pop them all off with a screwdriver. Use alcohol or bleach-water to clean the keys and empty keyboard. Push the keys back on and they're clean as new.
-B
As long as you don't speak high pitched giberrish to it, you'll be fine.
-B
Seperating audiophiles and thier money is like shooting fish in a barrel. I think there is a lot of placebo effect in high end audio. You just paid 800 bucks for a few meters of cable. It was a multi-thousand dollar system before the new cables. Do you think it could sound bad now?
I'm lucky. I have very good hearing, but I'm pretty tone deaf. The medium priced stuff at Best Buy sounds just as good to me as the high end stuff at the specialty stores. There's no point for me to shell out the cash.
-B
I try not to buy anti-bacterial anything. Those sponges do kill bacteria, specifically the weak bacteria. The ones left over are nice and hardy and in shape to kick my immune system's butt. Having a normal ammount of non-stengthened bacteria around keeps your immune system healthy and prepared.
It's hard to find non-anti-bacterial hand soap. The main ingredient in all of them is Triclosan. Triclosan only kills bacteria after 1 to 3 minutes of constant contact. During normal hand washing, it's totally useless. The alcohol gel sanitizers do actually work but it feels like I'm rubbing snot on my hands.
-B
It took me a second to realize why The Simpsons would reference such a short lived and forgettable sitcom. Then I remembered that both Yeardley Smith and Hank Azaria were on it. It made more sense.
-B
The man in the black pajamas, Dude. Worthy fuckin' adversary.
No, but they could get some cheap land right next door in Cuba. I'm sure nobody would mind.
-B
I am also suprised that ITS didn't sue those guys for violating the agreement you sign to collect your prize. Proving a criminal offense may be harder, but yes, they should have at least made a phone call. The strategy seems to try and let it blow over.
There's no way there are 300+ home players.
I described how they cheated because it's common knowledge in the GT community. Since home players can't play the tournament anymore, it doesn't do anyone any good.
I'm just a regular Silver player. I don't represent anyone.
-B