> but there's a guy I know who regularly picks his > Sony laptop up with one hand, open, and gripping > the front of the display.
I regularly carry my laptop in a similar manner. my wife calls it the "dead fish" method. Dell 8600 UXGA. going very strong after 8 months, despite a few minor dings in the casing. I've actually slipped down our back staircase, in the rain, while carrying it like that and had it survive.
Work's laptop is treated with a little more respect, of course.
At least I haven't actually dropped this one, unlike my previous Tecra, which took several nasty falls (one broken strap on the bag onto asphalt, on off a table onto carpet, another off a low table onto hard floor) but still survived despite the case having to be forcefully cracked back into place a couple of times. That one's doing service at my bro-in-law's house sans keyboard and sans operational screen - as a 'desktop' machine.
> A 15" screen has, at least the ones I've seen, usually a resolution of 1024x768 pixels
well, my laptop has a 15.4" nominal, and can do 1920x1200 (UXGA). admittedly this is an upgrade, and a widescreen, but it's not like you HAVE to run 1024 on every 15" laptop. I scared a Mac user today with it, a 17" powerbook person no less. Of course it's probably contributing to my eventual blindness....
On that note, a mate of mine has a section of wall from one of The Matrix movies. He claims it's one Neo got thrown through but how he's meant to prove that I don't know.
His brother works at Fox Studios Australia and salvaged it from the tons of sets that were marked to be destroyed at the end of filming. They've been a bit more careful with the Star Wars sets though. I've heard some have escaped but con't confirm that.
> There used to be (5-6 years ago) a Dalek as part of the window display of a garage in Elgin
There was a shop in Clerkenwell (London) that had one, opposite where I used to work. Either the BBC made a hell of a lot of them or they've been breeding while we weren't looking. There are a few floating round Australia now, having seen a couple at the Powerhouse a while back.
I think maybe everyone who can make a passable replica does the throwaway "genuine dalek" thing.
> Remembrance of the Daleks (1988) shows a Dalek hovering up a flight of stairs
Was I really 14 when that was made? Hell, I remeber being scared witless* at the Daleks learning to climb stairs. Maybe it was just the destruction of the childhood safety zone, or maybe it wasn't the first episode.
Nah, It can't have been then... though of course I'm watching "The Prisoner" right now and Rover has me quite sisturbed, so maybe I'm just easily frightened by bizzarre sci-fi evil.
why would you care about a virus more than being vaporized?
mostly because it'd be slower, more painful, and psychological hell right up to the end, whichever way you happen to check out.
If it's a straight choice between a swift one and a drawn out one, well, just point me towards the vapor-zone.
of course, I'm deliberately omitting the fact that vaccines exist for the sake of argument, but there you go. I'm strangely happier with the millisecond choice than the potential long-term choice.
Here in Sydney we're more or less the same. The Monorail doesn't go anywhere useful to those of us that live and work here, and barely useful to the tourists.
A loop round Darling Harbour and a small chunk of the CBD. Great if you want to go from the Entertainment Centre to the Maritime Museum. not a lot of use to anyone else. I don't even think the view's up to much. (A monorail over the harbour bridge, though, THAT would be good)
I walk past it twice a day on the way to work. If I felt like it, I could catch it one stop on the way back, but what would be the point? unless it was raining REALLY badly and I wanted to skip that 200 yard stretch in the dry for, like, $4
Dunno, send me a couple of assorted bottles of the red, blue and black and I'll road-test them for you and have a comparative review up by, oh, how's next friday sound?
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> but there's a guy I know who regularly picks his
> Sony laptop up with one hand, open, and gripping
> the front of the display.
I regularly carry my laptop in a similar manner. my wife calls it the "dead fish" method. Dell 8600 UXGA. going very strong after 8 months, despite a few minor dings in the casing. I've actually slipped down our back staircase, in the rain, while carrying it like that and had it survive.
Work's laptop is treated with a little more respect, of course.
At least I haven't actually dropped this one, unlike my previous Tecra, which took several nasty falls (one broken strap on the bag onto asphalt, on off a table onto carpet, another off a low table onto hard floor) but still survived despite the case having to be forcefully cracked back into place a couple of times. That one's doing service at my bro-in-law's house sans keyboard and sans operational screen - as a 'desktop' machine.
> A 15" screen has, at least the ones I've seen, usually a resolution of 1024x768 pixels
well, my laptop has a 15.4" nominal, and can do 1920x1200 (UXGA). admittedly this is an upgrade, and a widescreen, but it's not like you HAVE to run 1024 on every 15" laptop. I scared a Mac user today with it, a 17" powerbook person no less. Of course it's probably contributing to my eventual blindness....
Inspiron, 15.4" 1900x1200 (not quite my config, but close)
Yeah, I know, this ain't likely to be standard, but it's an option.
surely that shuld be 419 Desktops?
in parts of Africa, anyway...
On that note, a mate of mine has a section of wall from one of The Matrix movies. He claims it's one Neo got thrown through but how he's meant to prove that I don't know.
His brother works at Fox Studios Australia and salvaged it from the tons of sets that were marked to be destroyed at the end of filming. They've been a bit more careful with the Star Wars sets though. I've heard some have escaped but con't confirm that.
fffoooooommm
-sound of humorous intent flying right overhead-
What how can it be? they must be lying! there is'nt anything more frightening than a Dalek!
pah. You haven't met my Mother In Law
> Evil Hollanders!
;-)
That's "Netherlanders", actually
> but what about davros? he ruled
Of course he ruled, the Daleks were his big idea.
Now, let's talk Linus.....
> There used to be (5-6 years ago) a Dalek as part of the window display of a garage in Elgin
There was a shop in Clerkenwell (London) that had one, opposite where I used to work. Either the BBC made a hell of a lot of them or they've been breeding while we weren't looking. There are a few floating round Australia now, having seen a couple at the Powerhouse a while back.
I think maybe everyone who can make a passable replica does the throwaway "genuine dalek" thing.
> Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
shows a Dalek hovering
up a flight of stairs
Was I really 14 when that was made? Hell, I remeber being scared witless* at the Daleks learning to climb stairs. Maybe it was just the destruction of the childhood safety zone, or maybe it wasn't the first episode.
Nah, It can't have been then... though of course I'm watching "The Prisoner" right now and Rover has me quite sisturbed, so maybe I'm just easily frightened by bizzarre sci-fi evil.
* Really bloody scared, man. Like, to this day.
The real George Lucas died ages ago. His replacement/doppelganger plays the part of "estate" in this situation
Well, it's better than believing that EP IV and EP I came from the same pen.....
KDE has it, but since when?
Need to fire up a VPC so I can check what else I have with this in. I don't recall it before the XP-era, but hey, I wouldn't...
... how long has this been present in other windowing systems?
The Chinese were there first. They're just glorified fireworks after all
>ducks for cover
why would you care about a virus more than being vaporized?
mostly because it'd be slower, more painful, and psychological hell right up to the end, whichever way you happen to check out.
If it's a straight choice between a swift one and a drawn out one, well, just point me towards the vapor-zone.
of course, I'm deliberately omitting the fact that vaccines exist for the sake of argument, but there you go. I'm strangely happier with the millisecond choice than the potential long-term choice.
> 2. Some jackass with more money than brains
I'm still trying to figure out who you mean by that. really I am.....
NATO, Pentagon. pah.
What's the difference when you really get down to brass tacks? The US is by far the biggest direct influence, as far as I'm aware.
> Anyone else in sydney want to verify it for me.
here's a link for ya
Here in Sydney we're more or less the same. The Monorail doesn't go anywhere useful to those of us that live and work here, and barely useful to the tourists.
A loop round Darling Harbour and a small chunk of the CBD. Great if you want to go from the Entertainment Centre to the Maritime Museum. not a lot of use to anyone else. I don't even think the view's up to much. (A monorail over the harbour bridge, though, THAT would be good)
I walk past it twice a day on the way to work. If I felt like it, I could catch it one stop on the way back, but what would be the point? unless it was raining REALLY badly and I wanted to skip that 200 yard stretch in the dry for, like, $4
> No operators. System is 100% computer controlled.
Westworld, anyone?
well, it's OK on 0.9
great in fact.
Charamel
I have nothing do do with this, btw, aside from the fact I love this theme.
two words.
duct tape
bloody smell-o-vision. here was me thinking it was a joke from 1960's futurist conventions.....
technically, T-Rex was around more like 65 million years ago.
200 million would land you somewhere in the triassic. T-Rex was Cretaceous
(yeah, I know, pedant)
I wonder if Smirnoff is an effective cleaner...
Dunno, send me a couple of assorted bottles of the red, blue and black and I'll road-test them for you and have a comparative review up by, oh, how's next friday sound?