Because it's far easier to move the thumb around in a continuous circular motion than it is to move the thumb down, lift it up to go back to the top, move it down, and so on...
Pick up something smooth in your hand, and try it.
I remember a review in a local paper here saying "the film features a sex scene that is so dull and un-erotic that it could only have starred two Canadians."
I've been on the web since 1995. I switch my browser whenever I feel it's necessary. IE is still working fine for me at the moment, and Firefox does nothing to pull me over yet.
Also, if Firefox *IS* "ready for everyone", why haven't the developers gone and called it "1.0" yet? I do recall them calling their releases "preview releases".
Yes, but every error dialog box will say something like "This Fuckin' Piece of Shit Doesn't Work!", it will completely screw up all complicated technical words like Ricky does, and the BSOD will now the the "Shit Storm of Death".
As far as I know, you can't be sued for merely referring to something on screen in the context of popular culture.
If that were the case, every sitcom imaginable would be bankrupt.
A Star Trek character could say "Who does that guy think he is? Darth Vader?" if the character has a knowledge of the films, and there would be no grounds for a lawsuit.
I love Star Trek, but one of the things that's always annoyed me about it is the cultural elitism. Snobbery, of sorts.
It really started with TNG. All the music they listen to is classical, or dull jazz. Reading classic literature seems to be the preferred method of entertainment, aside from the holodeck. They LOVE to do stuff like quote Shakespeare. They all seem too... refined.
Yes, there will always be a high brow crowd... but who's to say that Starfleet crew members don't love a bit of the low brow culture?
iTunes works wonders, though. I have this CD with a huge scratch, and another odd CD, that all rippers would choke and die on. But iTunes ripped them, slowly, without complaining to me once.
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Because it's far easier to move the thumb around in a continuous circular motion than it is to move the thumb down, lift it up to go back to the top, move it down, and so on...
Pick up something smooth in your hand, and try it.
They may be heavier, but they're built solidly.
My sister just got a Samsung flip phone a few months ago, and it's already broken.
Just thought I'd make the obligatory post to inform that we're not all Linux freaks here in TO.
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I run a WinXP machine, and recommend Mac to most people I know.
But does it run hot enough to heat-up gazpacho soup?
I know it's not nice to want people to die... but I want those people to die.
A few years ago when I was in the market for a MiniDisc player, I was looking at the specs and saw "Wow and Flutter: immeasurable".
I thought it was just some marketing droid trying to be cute, saying it'll "amaze you". Didn't know it was an actual measure of something...
I remember a review in a local paper here saying "the film features a sex scene that is so dull and un-erotic that it could only have starred two Canadians."
I've been on the web since 1995. I switch my browser whenever I feel it's necessary. IE is still working fine for me at the moment, and Firefox does nothing to pull me over yet.
Also, if Firefox *IS* "ready for everyone", why haven't the developers gone and called it "1.0" yet? I do recall them calling their releases "preview releases".
Ok, seriously... DON'T pull that FUCKING elitist Firefox bullshit on me. I've had enough of it over the past few weeks.
It's making great progress, but I just don't think it's ready for me yet.
I've had other apps pull the focus-stealing thing it on me too. Like Photoshop and Acrobat.
Did someone say The Sony Store?
That is my single BIGGEST gigantic annoyance with Windows: focus-stealing.
You're busy reading a webpage, and another web window open in the background decides it wants attention. BAM! It's there, right in your face.
Any sorta dialog box any program launches, and BAM! It's right there in your face.
Why can't it just simply blink in the tray? That's what the fucking tray is there for, isn't it?
Ok... WHY were you fiddling with a computer within inches of a wide-open window.
Actually, what I was referring to is the fact that most free t-shirts I've seen at computer trade shows only come in X-Large.
Am I the only one who finds interesting subtext in the fact that the shirts Apple gave out only came in Large?
The only magazines I regularly read are "Lodown" and "While You Were Sleeping".
I used to read "Shift", before they went under, and it's been YEARS since I've bothered to pick-up Wired.
Well, god knows the operator doesn't wanna piss off a dolphin. They have good lawyers, I hear.
Yes, but every error dialog box will say something like "This Fuckin' Piece of Shit Doesn't Work!", it will completely screw up all complicated technical words like Ricky does, and the BSOD will now the the "Shit Storm of Death".
Plus, you'll end up going to jail once a year.
If you're like me, chances are your sister broke into your desk and stole it.
Then you have a lifetime to hold it against her.
I like those days at the office when PCs are down. It's far more enjoyable fixing those problems than doing actual work...
Don't let Dave Chappelle know you said that. He'll take that as a challenge to find you the _blackest_ thing you've ever seen.
As far as I know, you can't be sued for merely referring to something on screen in the context of popular culture.
If that were the case, every sitcom imaginable would be bankrupt.
A Star Trek character could say "Who does that guy think he is? Darth Vader?" if the character has a knowledge of the films, and there would be no grounds for a lawsuit.
It'd be fun to see an occasional pop culture reference, instead of simply high culture...
Imagine how many nerd brains would explode if a Star Trek character made a Star Wars reference. THAT would be hilarious.
I love Star Trek, but one of the things that's always annoyed me about it is the cultural elitism. Snobbery, of sorts.
It really started with TNG. All the music they listen to is classical, or dull jazz. Reading classic literature seems to be the preferred method of entertainment, aside from the holodeck. They LOVE to do stuff like quote Shakespeare. They all seem too... refined.
Yes, there will always be a high brow crowd... but who's to say that Starfleet crew members don't love a bit of the low brow culture?
Hmm. I've never clicked that.
iTunes works wonders, though. I have this CD with a huge scratch, and another odd CD, that all rippers would choke and die on. But iTunes ripped them, slowly, without complaining to me once.