I can hardly wait for the first time some stranded motorist dies up in Mesa country during the winter because he can't start his car to run the heater (either because of a malfunction in the interlock somewhere, or because he took a swig of booze in an effort to stay warm).
I'm betting more on an accident caused by a distracted driver who has to take a "rolling retest" on a busy highway instead of concentrating on the road. And this, in the midst of banning cell phones (both handheld and not) because they are a distraction.
Also, to a lesser extent, people who have to take up to and extra 30 seconds to start up a car, but don't have that luxury due to an emergency (hospital, flight out of fear, etc.)
They're in a public place, if they want to talk on a cell phone, it's their right. Hell, if they want to sit there whistling "It's a small world, after all" while banging on pans, they can do that too.
I would like to take this opportunity to request you to please spend the rest of the week responding to the rest of the/. dicks with no sense of humour. You have that special gift of getting to the point and having a good insult thrown in for good measure.
Oh, for cryin' out loud.... will this end up/.'s version of NippleGate?
there were rumors floating about in regards to changes Lucas was supposedly making for the DVD edition. I guess we'll have to wait and see if it actually happens.
Greedo and Han aim at and shoot Jar Jar Binks, Greedo hit due to misfire.
Or you could just check your mirrors and then look over your shoulder before changing lanes like they teach you to do in freakin driver's ed!
Anecdote: A few months ago on a busy three-lane interstate highway and after checking and rechecking the middle lane to pass a slower car, I narrowly avoided a collision with a car who came flying around a car in the middle lane to the left lane and back into the middle lane as I was changing lanes.
There are still instances where cars will drive diagonally from one lane to right in back of your car, hence, the term, "blind spot".
RFID will go into mainstrean acceptance when it is used to find a missing child. Then we'll find a wave of "Let No Child Be Un-Lojacked".
Parents will have the ability to track their teens, and when kids find a technology that will subdue the signal, that technology will be derided as The Greatest Evil Threatening Our Children{tm}, surpassing Cough Medicine.
The laziness comes in that we have "no time" to go out and vote but we have plenty of time to sit around and watch Survivor, My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancee, and The Bachelorette.
It's scary and sad that voting is more secure on "Survivor" (only one "WTF" chad-inducing moment out of 100+ Tribal Councils) than in your average U.S. Voting Precient.
That does it. Next November, have Mark Burnett in charge of elections, and have Jeff Probst tally the votes.
IIRC (if I read correctly) they were about 19 miles up when the fuselage broke apart... So this astronaut had about that far to fall before coming to rest on the ground.
Karma me down, but I'm just amazed how quickly information about Columbia's last moments is filtering to the media (and the lack of relative umbrage from family and pundits).
In contrast, it took years for NASA to admit that, yes, the astronauts aboard Challenger were most likely aware during their final descent, but that information was quickly coupled with admonishment not to dwell on it, out of respect for the families of the astronauts.
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Armagedden -- the Remote Control Game
We're gonna send up
Robot Bruce Willis,
Robot Steve Buscemi,
Robot Michael Clarke Duncan
Robot Ben Affle-- not wait, that's redundant.
Anywho, for our part, do we have to look up in the sky in reaaaaalllll slooooooooow motion?
I can hardly wait for the first time some stranded motorist dies up in Mesa country during the winter because he can't start his car to run the heater (either because of a malfunction in the interlock somewhere, or because he took a swig of booze in an effort to stay warm).
I'm betting more on an accident caused by a distracted driver who has to take a "rolling retest" on a busy highway instead of concentrating on the road. And this, in the midst of banning cell phones (both handheld and not) because they are a distraction.
Also, to a lesser extent, people who have to take up to and extra 30 seconds to start up a car, but don't have that luxury due to an emergency (hospital, flight out of fear, etc.)
"I am not a man, I am a Free Number!"
They're in a public place, if they want to talk on a cell phone, it's their right. Hell, if they want to sit there whistling "It's a small world, after all" while banging on pans, they can do that too.
Ah, you discovered my cell-phone ring type!
Not making, but receiving news about an honest-to-God emergency (parent taken to hospital, kid ill/missing, etc.).
I would like to take this opportunity to request you to please spend the rest of the week responding to the rest of the /. dicks with no sense of humour. You have that special gift of getting to the point and having a good insult thrown in for good measure.
/.'s version of NippleGate?
Oh, for cryin' out loud.... will this end up
there were rumors floating about in regards to changes Lucas was supposedly making for the DVD edition. I guess we'll have to wait and see if it actually happens.
Greedo and Han aim at and shoot Jar Jar Binks, Greedo hit due to misfire.
Or you could just check your mirrors and then look over your shoulder before changing lanes like they teach you to do in freakin driver's ed!
Anecdote: A few months ago on a busy three-lane interstate highway and after checking and rechecking the middle lane to pass a slower car, I narrowly avoided a collision with a car who came flying around a car in the middle lane to the left lane and back into the middle lane as I was changing lanes.
There are still instances where cars will drive diagonally from one lane to right in back of your car, hence, the term, "blind spot".
"Pentagon Cancels Internet Voting System"
'Only Terrorists Need to Vote'
That's what you get for holding your baby while also downloading!
Mod parent as funny... and send the line to Simon Cowell for use on American Idol...
Simon can (and does) come up with his own insults. Send it to Paula Abdul.
RFID will go into mainstrean acceptance when it is used to find a missing child. Then we'll find a wave of "Let No Child Be Un-Lojacked".
Parents will have the ability to track their teens, and when kids find a technology that will subdue the signal, that technology will be derided as The Greatest Evil Threatening Our Children{tm}, surpassing Cough Medicine.
Didn't we basically have this same story TWO YEARS AGO????
So was this year's Super Bowl, down to the last-moment winning field goal, and I don't hear any Patriots fans complaining.
When I think about space projects, I think they should be named after great scientists...not names generated by 4th graders as part of a contest.
Beavis and Butthead?
Christina and Britney?
Frodo and Samwise?
While we're rounding up all males named "Andy", there's a techie named "Andrea" who is silently chuckling to herself...
The laziness comes in that we have "no time" to go out and vote but we have plenty of time to sit around and watch Survivor, My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancee, and The Bachelorette.
It's scary and sad that voting is more secure on "Survivor" (only one "WTF" chad-inducing moment out of 100+ Tribal Councils) than in your average U.S. Voting Precient.
That does it. Next November, have Mark Burnett in charge of elections, and have Jeff Probst tally the votes.
How on EARTH did someone write this KB article without cracking up. Are they for real or what?
We'll find out next fall on an all-new FOX Reality Miniseries: "The Simple Life: Redmond".
(What? Didn't you notice that the KB is suppose to Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, when used with Anal Wiener Buggers?)
Or as Arthur C. Clarke wrote in 2001 a Space Odyssey: "After ten thousand years, man at last found something as exciting as war."
He overlooked the existence of bubblewrap.
Now, people are dating others whom they haven't even met, and who might be only telling lies to them, so clearly there's a need for this.
This has been going on since at least the mid-16th Century, complete with their version of Photoshop.
For the curious: Reichstag fire.
Eventually, it will be revealed to be an after-hours brautwurst roast gone horribly wrong.
Support could be summed up by a four-letter acronym:
RYFP - Reade Ye Focking Parchment!
1984 Apple Commercial - The Making of a Legend, originally from Owen Linzmayer's book, The Mac Bathroom Reader.
And for you Trivial Pursuit buffs: the name of the hammer-wielding blonde is Anya Major, an obscure British actress who was a discus thrower.
There's a memorial at Cape Canaveral with the names of ALL of the people who have died in our pursuit of outer space.
IIRC (if I read correctly) they were about 19 miles up when the fuselage broke apart... So this astronaut had about that far to fall before coming to rest on the ground.
Karma me down, but I'm just amazed how quickly information about Columbia's last moments is filtering to the media (and the lack of relative umbrage from family and pundits).
In contrast, it took years for NASA to admit that, yes, the astronauts aboard Challenger were most likely aware during their final descent, but that information was quickly coupled with admonishment not to dwell on it, out of respect for the families of the astronauts.
"and let an unemployed English major review it."
Only if the unemployed english major isn't too bitter about being unemployed and having spent 4 years in college just to proof a techie resume.
I have a different word for 'Unemployed English major':
Wife.
And I do provide unique benefits, too.