This reminds me of TheSpark's Fat Project, in which, inspired by one of those signs, the author gets two people to try to gain 30 pounds in 30 days. Worth a read.
In my opinion, no new law is needed in the first place. Piracy is already illegal, why do we need a law that bans the tools? It's like banning guns or cars because they could be used to kill.
And yet, banning all guns or loosely defined types of guns is commonly done by people incapable of grasping this very idea. But that's okay. Nothing's too much of a sacrifice for the chilllldren, right?
-- Anyone who thinks children are our most precious resource hasn't priced plutonium.
This had all the depth, insight, excitement, and originality of one of those "I spent this weekend trying to get on this information superhighway thing" columns from 1995.
It might have been vaugely interesting A YEAR AGO, when OS X was released.
Dark Angel: A show that developed a cult following in it's first season, then was moved to Friday, a night during which it's target demographic *isn't home*.
I think Fox knows a bit more about target demographics than you think:
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It's time for Dark Angel. I'm going to sit right here on the couch and pleasure myself.
/SimpsonsComicBookGuyVoice>>
ID3 tags rock. (At the very least, it's funny to see what genre tags other people use -- I saw "Oldies" used for a song that came out in the mid '90s).
They're also cool for retaining useful information so you can play the "I'm gonna play five seconds of a song. Your job is to identify the artist, name of the song, and the year of release" game.
Do you want fries with that, sir?
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I'm sure the current airport security staff, the one where 25% didn't graduate from high school, will have no trouble mastering the subtleties of psychological interrogation.
WHAT THE HELL happened to the Newton? That thing was the PDA that could have changed the market completely in Apple's favor. No, Jobs killed it. Instead he releases the Hello Kitty laptop and now this pathetic attempt at an MP3 player.
John Sculley killed the Newton. He also fired Jobs.
I know that Jerry Pournelle, deizen of Byte Magazine, famed Science Fiction writer, and often advisor to congress, turned the possibility of that position down (rumors were flying he was in the running).
Oh hell no.
The missions would eventually be completed, but afterwords we'd be subjected to endless reports about how NASA tried this and that and finally got things to work.
Lend me this baby and two minutes at the local BMW dealer and I'll personally increase the viewing audience of BattleBots by an order of magnitude. Guaranteed.
We've improved the user interface. With ReplayTV4000, we are using 24 bit graphics, produces a sexier, more appealing user interface when compared to existing DVRs.
With 200 pixels per inch and more than 9 million pixels in total on its 22.2-inch screen, the T220 monitor displays photographs with a degree of realism not previously possible.
Three years are up and you go to re-license the software because Microsoft has been nagging your ass with pop-up messages in Windows, little.sigs declaring that you're a license deadbeat in all financial transactions you make through.NET -- y'know, the subtle stuff -- until you pay.
Gosh, shocker. DildoDraw 02 is no longer available. But for the same price you can upgrade to DildoDraw 05 -- it's even easier to use! Of course, for optimal performance, you'll need to update your
operating system, CPU, income level, etc.
Many candidates in this election have made statements about lowering taxes and decreasing the size of the federal government.
Given the assumption that there are some things that cannot be bought or accomplished by individuals, such as roads and combating pollution, what's an acceptable tax rate and what's an appropriate government size?
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This reminds me of TheSpark's Fat Project, in which, inspired by one of those signs, the author gets two people to try to gain 30 pounds in 30 days. Worth a read.
In my opinion, no new law is needed in the first place. Piracy is already illegal, why do we need a law that bans the tools? It's like banning guns or cars because they could be used to kill.
And yet, banning all guns or loosely defined types of guns is commonly done by people incapable of grasping this very idea. But that's okay. Nothing's too much of a sacrifice for the chilllldren, right?
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Anyone who thinks children are our most precious resource hasn't priced plutonium.
karma goes out to anyone who knows where the serial number is stored on the host mac
Depends which Mac is the host. For what it's worth, the iBook serial number is located inside the battery compartment, under the battery.
This had all the depth, insight, excitement, and originality of one of those "I spent this weekend trying to get on this information superhighway thing" columns from 1995.
It might have been vaugely interesting A YEAR AGO, when OS X was released.
Dark Angel: A show that developed a cult following in it's first season, then was moved to Friday, a night during which it's target demographic *isn't home*.
I think Fox knows a bit more about target demographics than you think:
SimpsonsComicBookGuyVoice>>
It's time for Dark Angel. I'm going to sit right here on the couch and pleasure myself.
/SimpsonsComicBookGuyVoice>>
ID3 tags rock. (At the very least, it's funny to see what genre tags other people use -- I saw "Oldies" used for a song that came out in the mid '90s).
They're also cool for retaining useful information so you can play the "I'm gonna play five seconds of a song. Your job is to identify the artist, name of the song, and the year of release" game.
I'm sure the current airport security staff, the one where 25% didn't graduate from high school, will have no trouble mastering the subtleties of psychological interrogation.
Now they really can make a human with four asses.
Yes, it runs OS X, but so what?
It doesn't run OS X.
WHAT THE HELL happened to the Newton? That thing was the PDA that could have changed the market completely in Apple's favor. No, Jobs killed it. Instead he releases the Hello Kitty laptop and now this pathetic attempt at an MP3 player.
John Sculley killed the Newton. He also fired Jobs.
Steve Jobs is an idiot.
No, that would be you, FactMaster.
I know that Jerry Pournelle, deizen of Byte Magazine, famed Science Fiction writer, and often advisor to congress, turned the possibility of that position down (rumors were flying he was in the running).
Oh hell no.
The missions would eventually be completed, but afterwords we'd be subjected to endless reports about how NASA tried this and that and finally got things to work.
Laugh.
This is the same guy who thinks it's a Good Idea to ask for your address if you just want to buy batteries.
I *KNOW* these folks have done wonders for us and the industry, but what about Allen?
Indeed. Where would computing be today if it weren't for guys like Tim demanding more power?
What will raveGrrrls stand on top of to dance? What will dweebBoyz jump from to crowd surf? My whole '90s world -- gone!
At least I'll always have my tribal tattoo.
The one mouse button was thought up by a guy named Jeff Raskin
Actually, that's Jef Raskin, author of an excellent book, The Human Interface: New directions for Designing Interactive Systems [powells.com].
Lend me this baby and two minutes at the local BMW dealer and I'll personally increase the viewing audience of BattleBots by an order of magnitude. Guaranteed.
We've improved the user interface. With ReplayTV4000, we are using 24 bit graphics, produces a sexier, more appealing user interface when compared to existing DVRs.
If this is the ad copy, God help the manual.
As my brother said to me the other day, "The only way to beat bullies is to stand up to them."
As Ender would say, the only way to beat bullies is to hurt them so badly that they can never hurt you again.
17" high maybe...
With 200 pixels per inch and more than 9 million pixels in total on its 22.2-inch screen, the T220 monitor displays photographs with a degree of realism not previously possible.
But Microsoft has brainwashed the masses that computers are really simple to use and training is not needed.
Actually, that was Apple. Microsoft -- as usual -- tried to rip off Apple, resulting in something dumbed down and screwed up.
Three years are up and you go to re-license the software because Microsoft has been nagging your ass with pop-up messages in Windows, little .sigs declaring that you're a license deadbeat in all financial transactions you make through .NET -- y'know, the subtle stuff -- until you pay.
Gosh, shocker. DildoDraw 02 is no longer available. But for the same price you can upgrade to DildoDraw 05 -- it's even easier to use! Of course, for optimal performance, you'll need to update your operating system, CPU, income level, etc.
Many candidates in this election have made statements about lowering taxes and decreasing the size of the federal government.
Given the assumption that there are some things that cannot be bought or accomplished by individuals, such as roads and combating pollution, what's an acceptable tax rate and what's an appropriate government size?
Please supply specific numbers.