At a con back in the day, someone asked James Doohan about the ridges. His reply, in his best Scottish accent, was "Remember those tribbles we beamed over? Allergies."
Back in the 80's some companies started experimenting with 4 by 10 weeks. I saw an interview on the TV news with one guy who said the one thing he didn't like about it was he was spending too much money on that extra day off each week.
The first time I became aware of this issue was on a "60 Minutes" segment in the mid '80s. They talked about an elderly women in Florida who had killed a total of seven people, in two separate instances at the same bus stop. And she was still fighting the state to keep her license. "Loss of independence" was cited as the reason.
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Flies exist as food. They're feeding the clock. I think I'll call mine "Renfield".
Why not an inverse wave form of the actual conversation?
At a con back in the day, someone asked James Doohan about the ridges. His reply, in his best Scottish accent, was "Remember those tribbles we beamed over? Allergies."
something for the deluxe box set in two years. How else are they going to get us to download it a second time?
Actually, there is one part of what I said above that's true...I am incredulous. How did this get a story on /.?
'cause we needed a Friday morning laugh?
geeks have a reputation for being single.
But the world's ending in 2012.
Well, at least no one will have to clean up after your party.
yadda, yadda, yadda.
are drums and, from a period in the '80s, using VCRs?
And the advantage to this over a drone is?
Unless it's subsonic projectile, the target is hit before he can hear the gunshot.
Back in the 80's some companies started experimenting with 4 by 10 weeks. I saw an interview on the TV news with one guy who said the one thing he didn't like about it was he was spending too much money on that extra day off each week.
Find a copy of the anthology Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison. Read Lester del Rey's entry "Evensong".
I have seen SD card 'wallets' and such, but have never seen anyone actually use one.
Be the first on your block. Start a trend.
Aw, crud. There go my plans.
You can't make voice calls during an chemistry test.
that humans are animals?
There is definitely nothing new about sandwich presses.
However, one classic study found that New Yorkers were more likely to react to people who cut in front of them in a subway queue than behind.
So, you want to cut in line behind the big guy and in front of the little guy.
A fifth of whatever hard stuff you prefer.
Ethylene Oxide. Kills everything. Use the Googles.
Remember, "bin Laden wants Obama to win". He wouldn't sanction something that will cause McCain to win.
The first time I became aware of this issue was on a "60 Minutes" segment in the mid '80s. They talked about an elderly women in Florida who had killed a total of seven people, in two separate instances at the same bus stop. And she was still fighting the state to keep her license. "Loss of independence" was cited as the reason.
where I learned COBOL in the early eighties was just ahead of the curve?
And that punch card thing was so retro it was cool, I guess.
Phishing.