That's nothing. I've seen an entire orchestra of automatons (automata?) at "The House on the Rock" in Wisconsin. You put a quarter in a slot, and the life-size orchestra plays for a while.
Having this available is like a selling point for ITMS. I've been rather resistant about buying songs there because they place restrictions about what I can do with my own data on my own machine. (and no, I'm not talking about selling them).
Is it really overrated to prefer to play MP3's with a program (Winamp 1.45) which plays MP3's very well?
At a mere 400K, it loads and runs a lot faster than the alternatives from Winamp (and Real, Media Player, etc) and it is not ruined by being fitted with browsers, spyware, or other bloat.
It plays MP3s and it does it perfectly. But yes, I admit, I can't check www.slashdot.org with it because there is no browser in this MP3 player. Nor can I generate Quake levels, burn AVI files to DVD, or create amazing fractal background wallpaper.
I'm still using version 1.45. Free of the spyware and bloat which has come to plague Winamp, and I'm pretty sure it is free of the trojan-type "features" that this story is about.
No mention of my favorite one; "Cosmic Avenger". This one was very much like "Scramble", one of those 2-d side scrollers that always forced you to move to the right. Unlike Scramble, you had some control over the path how the bombs you dropped.
1. Used hockey helmet: $25 2. 5 yards of blue lame fabric: $53 3. Look on boss's face when you walk into the office Monday morning in full costume and yell "GREETINGS, PROGRAM!"..... priceless.
Sheezh. All you have to do is get a St Louis Blues hockey costume and.... make it more blue. Viola. instant Tron costume.
I will tell you this, once you do this, all chances of getting Anna Kournikova as your wife (a la Sergei Federov) are over. Keep it as a hockey costume to increase the chances of this from zero to nill.
A note on the record jacket of Michael Oldfield's 1973 recording Tubular Bells, makes the following claim: "In Glorius Stereophonic sound. Can also be played on mono-equipment at a pinch." This tolerance disappears, however, in another note at the bottom of the jacket. "This stereo record cannot be played on old tin boxes no matter what they are fitted with. If you are in possession of such equipment please hand it in to the nearest police station."
10. Chewie really had the farts on this day... 9. Come on now, admit it, none of my films reeks as much as "Star Trek 5". 8. If you look real close in this sky car scene in "Phantom Menace", you will see Bruce Willis, and his girlfriend who wears only duct tape. 7. Here's a little secret: that 5th movie I made was supposed to be "The Clown Wars". Damn secretary didn't type it in right. I was so looking foward to Bozo vs Pennywise! 6...and the film series will have its big climax scene at a volcano! It's my original idea, I tell you! 5. "Phantom Edit", my ass 4. This battle with giant elephant-like things. No one has ever written or thought about it before. Just watch! 3. The hot grits scene with Natalie Portman will be on the director's cut 2. Guys, doncha think that there weren't enough Jar Jar scenes? 1...... rosebud....
10. Nuclear landmines kept warm by being packed with live penguins 9. The Gentoo Torpedo 8. *BSD WMD (this one is buried deep so you can't find it) 7. SDI SDK 6. The *real* Mozilla: a 600' tall flame-breathing Japanese monster. 5. Neutron GAIM 4. The BeoWulfowitz Cluster 3. Sun OpenWarfare project 2. The Doomsday Linux 1. Cmdr Taco
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Disclaimer at the beginning to turn away the lost Tolkien fans who tuned in by mistake.
Sponsored by "Whisk" : ring around the collar, ring around the collar
Zone of Ringworld occupied by muppet mushroom-lizard things
Huh?
If you didn't press F5 you won't read this anyway!
1. A robot may not injure a Beatle, or, through inaction, allow a Beatle to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by roadies except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not mean playing in a rap band.
That's nothing. I've seen an entire orchestra of automatons (automata?) at "The House on the Rock" in Wisconsin. You put a quarter in a slot, and the life-size orchestra plays for a while.
try this:
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp
Having this available is like a selling point for ITMS. I've been rather resistant about buying songs there because they place restrictions about what I can do with my own data on my own machine. (and no, I'm not talking about selling them).
Is it really overrated to prefer to play MP3's with a program (Winamp 1.45) which plays MP3's very well?
At a mere 400K, it loads and runs a lot faster than the alternatives from Winamp (and Real, Media Player, etc) and it is not ruined by being fitted with browsers, spyware, or other bloat.
It plays MP3s and it does it perfectly. But yes, I admit, I can't check www.slashdot.org with it because there is no browser in this MP3 player. Nor can I generate Quake levels, burn AVI files to DVD, or create amazing fractal background wallpaper.
I'm still using version 1.45. Free of the spyware and bloat which has come to plague Winamp, and I'm pretty sure it is free of the trojan-type "features" that this story is about.
Here is my suggestion for an icon for the head of IKEA, since Gates is no longer Top Borg:
click here
(1.2 billion Linux users) x ($699) =
PROFIT!
Geez. With this, Darl might approach the riches of the head of Ikea, who recently bumped Gates off the "richest dude" list.
No mention of my favorite one; "Cosmic Avenger". This one was very much like "Scramble", one of those 2-d side scrollers that always forced you to move to the right. Unlike Scramble, you had some control over the path how the bombs you dropped.
1. Used hockey helmet: $25
2. 5 yards of blue lame fabric: $53
3. Look on boss's face when you walk into the office Monday morning in full costume and yell "GREETINGS, PROGRAM!"..... priceless.
Sheezh. All you have to do is get a St Louis Blues hockey costume and.... make it more blue. Viola. instant Tron costume.
I will tell you this, once you do this, all chances of getting Anna Kournikova as your wife (a la Sergei Federov) are over. Keep it as a hockey costume to increase the chances of this from zero to nill.
Do they yet have a display for this in which the computer output fills the windshield? This would be way cool....
You can't talk police without talkin about the Alabama Lie Detector. Better swim fast if there is a catfish coming at you weilding one.
fish used limbs in water well before animals used them to climb up on land.
Such a positive and evolutionary interpretation. It is far more likely that they used the arms to slug other fish.
A note on the record jacket of Michael Oldfield's 1973 recording Tubular Bells, makes the following claim: "In Glorius Stereophonic sound. Can also be played on mono-equipment at a pinch." This tolerance disappears, however, in another note at the bottom of the jacket. "This stereo record cannot be played on old tin boxes no matter what they are fitted with. If you are in possession of such equipment please hand it in to the nearest police station."
10. Chewie really had the farts on this day... ..and the film series will have its big climax scene at a volcano! It's my original idea, I tell you! ..... rosebud....
9. Come on now, admit it, none of my films reeks as much as "Star Trek 5".
8. If you look real close in this sky car scene in "Phantom Menace", you will see Bruce Willis, and his girlfriend who wears only duct tape.
7. Here's a little secret: that 5th movie I made was supposed to be "The Clown Wars". Damn secretary didn't type it in right. I was so looking foward to Bozo vs Pennywise!
6.
5. "Phantom Edit", my ass
4. This battle with giant elephant-like things. No one has ever written or thought about it before. Just watch!
3. The hot grits scene with Natalie Portman will be on the director's cut
2. Guys, doncha think that there weren't enough Jar Jar scenes?
1.
Sorry. I misread it. I thought it was some sort of mascot-emplacement story: "UK Government to Tux Linux"
What is 100% of "free"?
I already get lots of delicious spam in my inbox every single day! What more can one ask for?
The SCOud missile [pronounced 'scud'] was blatently left off your list. Did you get a payoff?
Shh.... Don't tell anyone. They paid me $699 to leave it off the list.
10. Nuclear landmines kept warm by being packed with live penguins
9. The Gentoo Torpedo
8. *BSD WMD (this one is buried deep so you can't find it)
7. SDI SDK
6. The *real* Mozilla: a 600' tall flame-breathing Japanese monster.
5. Neutron GAIM
4. The BeoWulfowitz Cluster
3. Sun OpenWarfare project
2. The Doomsday Linux
1. Cmdr Taco
How about King Ghidrah, with different player for each head ?
Ah. I always wondered about the origin of Cluckzilla, who ravaged Leeds during the late 1960s.