I love NeXT computers. I avoid looking for them on Ebay because I usually buy them. I've currently got seven complete ones, broken down as three mono slabs, two color slabs, one mono turbo slabs, and one color turbo slab. All of these have the appropriate 17" monitors, sound boxes, keyboards and mice/mouses/meeces. I actually don't have but about $75 each in them. My most prized possession, however, is an original boxed set of the NeXTStep 3.3 software CDs with docs and floppies and everything. That was included unannounced in one of the color slabs I bought. What a deal.
I think they were saying that the first photos taken with the 'new, more powerful camera' on the Hubble were orgasmic for They, since it states that 'They came'. Pretty impressive.
And I'm not much of an authority on the Unix stuff. # of machines does not equal geek god-ness. The only thing that having that many machines means is I had a lot of space, too much money, and no life...;-)
My co-worker and I did this, and all it did was make us look like idiots staring at the microwave. We used Cheese-Doodles, granted, but what effect was I supposed to see?
'What if the cable split into a few hundred strands, and was anchored in such a way that it covered a good 1KM radius on the ground, with lots of room between the strands?'
That's actually a damn good idea. They could hire thousands of teenage girls to braid the thing right up to orbit!
Sadly, I know you're wrong on this one. You are thinking about Donnie Wahlberg, who was Marky Mark's brother. I figure I've probably permanently given up all geek props by knowing that, but oh well...
Just look at the bridge of their nose. They can't tell you aren't looking them in the eye, and it saves you the difficulty of actually meeting someone else's eyes. Easy...;-)
Their ages don't really matter. I figure that you had Padme at age 17-19 in the first movie, and Anakin was probably 9 or 10. Now, you have a 20 year old Anakin and an approximately 27-29 year old Padme. I mean, girls do age some in that timeframe, but if you think about the differences between a girl at highschool graduation and at the 10 year reunion (assuming they didn't let themselves go to pot), there isn't a big ole difference there.
You're backwards on your thinking there, IMHO. What is needed is a.XXX domain, where all pornographic content would be required to reside. That way, a filter to block out porn would simply be required to block out.XXX domains.
So, what's your PhD in? Something big and scary like "Quantum N-Type Phased Beam Generator Physics", or more squishy like "Doctor of Mating Habits of Dolphins"?
I don't think ANYONE here really wants Britney to 'display' her singing talent. Those two big talents in her shirt and the one in her pants are all that's necessary, thanks.
I'd have to say that it would be impossible for someone to actually spend $1 billion, assuming some limitations were set:
1.) No military vessels (i.e aircraft carriers).
2.) No buying up small nations.
3.) No space stations on the Moon.
Given those limitations, I don't see how one person could possibly spend $1 billion at a rate faster than it would accrue interest (assuming only three percent or so for argument's sake).
Let's see, you'd have to have a house. Maybe something like this? I've heard that it would probably cost $75 million to reproduce it. That would drop you a little, but in the time it would take to build it, your interest would likely make up for the entire construction cost.
Okay, now that you've got a house, how about a car? You could buy ten of each of the Bentley Azure, the Lamborghini Diablo, the Mercedes CL600 Coupe, and throw in a few million dollar 'collector cars' from here, and still not spend more than you'd make back in interest in the time it took for you to drive each one 1,000 miles.
How about some toys? Maybe a nice Gulfstream, since every billionaire must have one? How about two, since they only cost $40 million each? Maybe a yacht? This one is a mere $68 million for a 244 footer! Remember, once you've made your yearlong cruise of the world you've almost made up for the cost!
I can't personally think of much else, since the cost of a 'fine companion' to share this with could be any cost...;-). The point is, however, that unless you sought the goal of actually spending $1 billion and being left with nothing, you would probably be shocked as to how easily that pesky money would re-create itself as you were trying to spend it.
Oh man, you gave me a flashback. When I first started working at my present job, I had to swap out hard drives on my work machine because the guy I was replacing wanted his data. I found that the power jack had been glued into the drive. I used my handy-dandy Swiss Army knife to scrape/cut around the connector until it would come free. Unfortunately, on the last scrape I managed to violently involve my other hand in the operation, and I cut the crap out of my left index finger. I bled a circle about three inches across on the carpet before I contained it. No stitches, but I probably needed them. Next time I'll figure out Some Other Way to do it.
Somewhat offtopic, since this wasn't anything to do with a computer, but the worst shock I ever got was from a flourescent light socket. I was trying to install a new light in the front of a display case (full of open pocket knives, natch), and I was feeling with my fingertips for the socket edges. I was crouched down, with my chin resting on the metal edge of the case, when my fingers simultaneously poked into the socket itself. The jolt caused me to clench my hands, and I shattered the bulb between my fingers. The bulb fell down into the bottom of the case, where it covered the case (blue velvet coverings and all) with that whitish powder that is inside those things. Of course, since my chin was on the edge of a METAL strip, I got a nice little reminder there as well. I felt nice and tingly for some time afterwards...;-)
True, but I can buy other stuff with that kind of paper...lol
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Sorry I haven't responded yet. I actually think that 'IT' is his best literary work. "The Stand" is a great work, especially the unabridged work.
I didn't used to believe that "IT" was the best, but I went back and read it, and his grip of setting and description was never better. There are countless scenes in that book where a single flippant sentence makes you see exactly what he's talking about in your head. That sort of ability is not something most writers have.
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Karma: Karma Karma Karma Karma chamelion (Mostly affected by your love for eighties pop).
I find that my love for 80's pop comes and goes, it comes and goes.
I love NeXT computers. I avoid looking for them on Ebay because I usually buy them. I've currently got seven complete ones, broken down as three mono slabs, two color slabs, one mono turbo slabs, and one color turbo slab. All of these have the appropriate 17" monitors, sound boxes, keyboards and mice/mouses/meeces. I actually don't have but about $75 each in them. My most prized possession, however, is an original boxed set of the NeXTStep 3.3 software CDs with docs and floppies and everything. That was included unannounced in one of the color slabs I bought. What a deal.
I think they were saying that the first photos taken with the 'new, more powerful camera' on the Hubble were orgasmic for They, since it states that 'They came'. Pretty impressive.
At home I run:
Windows 2000 Server (on three machines)
Windows 2000 Pro
Windows NT 4 Server
Windows NT 4 Workstation
Mac OS 8.6
Mac OS 7.5.2
RedHat Linux 7.3
RedHat Linux 6 (on a POS)
RedHat Sparc (on two Sparc 2s)
Solaris 8 on an UltraSparc 10
NextStep 3.3 on 3 NeXTStations
Openstep 4 User/Developer on 3 NeXTStations
And I'm not much of an authority on the Unix stuff. # of machines does not equal geek god-ness. The only thing that having that many machines means is I had a lot of space, too much money, and no life...;-)
My co-worker and I did this, and all it did was make us look like idiots staring at the microwave. We used Cheese-Doodles, granted, but what effect was I supposed to see?
'What if the cable split into a few hundred strands, and was anchored in such a way that it covered a good 1KM radius on the ground, with lots of room between the strands?'
That's actually a damn good idea. They could hire thousands of teenage girls to braid the thing right up to orbit!
Sadly, I know you're wrong on this one. You are thinking about Donnie Wahlberg, who was Marky Mark's brother. I figure I've probably permanently given up all geek props by knowing that, but oh well...
Just look at the bridge of their nose. They can't tell you aren't looking them in the eye, and it saves you the difficulty of actually meeting someone else's eyes. Easy...;-)
The only thing Canadian I wonder about is why their police are called the mount-ees. Who are the mount-ers?
Their ages don't really matter. I figure that you had Padme at age 17-19 in the first movie, and Anakin was probably 9 or 10. Now, you have a 20 year old Anakin and an approximately 27-29 year old Padme. I mean, girls do age some in that timeframe, but if you think about the differences between a girl at highschool graduation and at the 10 year reunion (assuming they didn't let themselves go to pot), there isn't a big ole difference there.
According to Eminem, nobody listens to techno, so it couldn't be that.
Just barely beat my 341676. Oh well, don't use it anyway.
You're backwards on your thinking there, IMHO. What is needed is a .XXX domain, where all pornographic content would be required to reside. That way, a filter to block out porn would simply be required to block out .XXX domains.
So, what's your PhD in? Something big and scary like "Quantum N-Type Phased Beam Generator Physics", or more squishy like "Doctor of Mating Habits of Dolphins"?
"singing/musical talent for Britney Spears"
I don't think ANYONE here really wants Britney to 'display' her singing talent. Those two big talents in her shirt and the one in her pants are all that's necessary, thanks.
I'd have to say that it would be impossible for someone to actually spend $1 billion, assuming some limitations were set:
1.) No military vessels (i.e aircraft carriers).
2.) No buying up small nations.
3.) No space stations on the Moon.
Given those limitations, I don't see how one person could possibly spend $1 billion at a rate faster than it would accrue interest (assuming only three percent or so for argument's sake).
Let's see, you'd have to have a house. Maybe something like this? I've heard that it would probably cost $75 million to reproduce it. That would drop you a little, but in the time it would take to build it, your interest would likely make up for the entire construction cost.
Okay, now that you've got a house, how about a car? You could buy ten of each of the Bentley Azure, the Lamborghini Diablo, the Mercedes CL600 Coupe, and throw in a few million dollar 'collector cars' from here, and still not spend more than you'd make back in interest in the time it took for you to drive each one 1,000 miles.
How about some toys? Maybe a nice Gulfstream, since every billionaire must have one? How about two, since they only cost $40 million each? Maybe a yacht? This one is a mere $68 million for a 244 footer! Remember, once you've made your yearlong cruise of the world you've almost made up for the cost!
I can't personally think of much else, since the cost of a 'fine companion' to share this with could be any cost...;-). The point is, however, that unless you sought the goal of actually spending $1 billion and being left with nothing, you would probably be shocked as to how easily that pesky money would re-create itself as you were trying to spend it.
Yeah! Sean Connery in The Dark Knight Returns. He'd make a great old Batman.
Patrick Warburton or Howie Long. Seriously.
Nah, just too fat to carry an M-16 and get through FBI training.
"you really should take some prozak with your ritalin."
Then he should also take some Viagra, because then he could give a fuck about being depressed.
Oh man, you gave me a flashback. When I first started working at my present job, I had to swap out hard drives on my work machine because the guy I was replacing wanted his data. I found that the power jack had been glued into the drive. I used my handy-dandy Swiss Army knife to scrape/cut around the connector until it would come free. Unfortunately, on the last scrape I managed to violently involve my other hand in the operation, and I cut the crap out of my left index finger. I bled a circle about three inches across on the carpet before I contained it. No stitches, but I probably needed them. Next time I'll figure out Some Other Way to do it.
Somewhat offtopic, since this wasn't anything to do with a computer, but the worst shock I ever got was from a flourescent light socket. I was trying to install a new light in the front of a display case (full of open pocket knives, natch), and I was feeling with my fingertips for the socket edges. I was crouched down, with my chin resting on the metal edge of the case, when my fingers simultaneously poked into the socket itself. The jolt caused me to clench my hands, and I shattered the bulb between my fingers. The bulb fell down into the bottom of the case, where it covered the case (blue velvet coverings and all) with that whitish powder that is inside those things. Of course, since my chin was on the edge of a METAL strip, I got a nice little reminder there as well. I felt nice and tingly for some time afterwards...;-)
True, but I can buy other stuff with that kind of paper...lol
Sorry I haven't responded yet. I actually think that 'IT' is his best literary work. "The Stand" is a great work, especially the unabridged work.
I didn't used to believe that "IT" was the best, but I went back and read it, and his grip of setting and description was never better. There are countless scenes in that book where a single flippant sentence makes you see exactly what he's talking about in your head. That sort of ability is not something most writers have.
I hear they have not worked out all the kinks yet
Don't you mean chinks? Sorry.