I got an geeky altitude watch for my birthday a few years ago, and it's been very useful for climbing and skiing. It accumulates altitude gain or drop, and will count the number of ski runs as well. My biggest days so far have been 30,000 feet of skiing, and 7,800 feet of climbing. Being able to quantify seems to add to the challenge.
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Check out the 8086. She's 25 years old and still foxy.
If they're coming from askjeves.com, they're probably riding the "short bus".
>> Do people really think that products are designed by an army of Mr. Magoo clones?
Based on past experience with consumer products, I'd say that's a safe bet.
>>" Terran" ($40), through "Hive Mind" ($75), "Replicant" ($500), all the way to "Immortal" ($10,000)
Those are the "membership" levels for Scientology too, except the prices are all off by two orders of magnitude.
I'd build a keggerator into it and bring it to LAN parties.
Civilization auto-saves each turn no matter which nation you choose to play.
Are one-click kickbacks covered by that?
63% of statistics are made up in China.
>> paintballing and hang gliding
Cool! I think you need to combine those hobbies. He who lands with the least amount of paint on his personage and glider, wins.
I'm a 107 year-old woman from Azerbaijan, who's interested in paint-ball and hang-gliding. Last year I made $476,513.50 as a systems admin.
Oh no, wait, that's for the New York Times registration.
According to the filings, he made $231k last year with a $755k bonus. He also recieved 78,517 shares of restricted stock, and 200,000 options.
>> Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems
Yeah, yeah. But when detention is over and that pretty girl goes home, you're gonna be sorry you've got blisters all over your hand.
Or try smothering the capsule with New Mexico green chile. If it doesn't burn up, it's probably safe for reentry.
>> Is eBay Worse Than Early Sears Catalogs?
As a former out-house owner, I have to say, "Yup". You can't wipe your ass with eBay.
>> calling them 'marketers' sounds so much more legitimate
All marketers are evil, whether they use spam or not.
I'd rather save 500k and skip the skins.
>> Haiku in English is dumb.
Yes, but it has huge comedic potential.
That extra heat is coming from an exogenous source: the bowl of the researcher's crack pipe.
but this just seems to be a massive waste of resources.
The same way you clean up spilled Mercury.
>> The condition of the cargo is not guaranteed as it crashes on the moon at 4000 mph.
You can achieve the same effect for much less money by flying United and checking your "cargo" as baggage.
>> from the ass-hole-arms-race-escalates dept.
I guess somebody is having a bad day.
I got an geeky altitude watch for my birthday a few years ago, and it's been very useful for climbing and skiing. It accumulates altitude gain or drop, and will count the number of ski runs as well. My biggest days so far have been 30,000 feet of skiing, and 7,800 feet of climbing. Being able to quantify seems to add to the challenge.
My office nemesis had a very loud video game installed in her startup file by someone very, very evil.
Excel does a fine job of calculating statistical values, but the analysis is still up to the end user.