This sounds like part of the plot for "Revenge of the Nerds 6"; something about the jocks having a party that blows because the beer is warm, but the nerds invent amazing keg-cooling gadgets and get the cheerleeders to go to the Lambda-Lambda-Lambda nerd frat party.
"But I *DO* get McDonald's fries in my PC. Do you have a problem with that?"
Reminds of the programmer I knew who had his computer case stood on end to be like a tower. The side-mounted power switch was now on top, and he used it as an ashtray. The inside of the unit was filled with cigarette ashes.
The stealth effect is kind of ruined, however, when this Swedish ship tries to sneak through the fog at night, but the cook is happily cooking tomorrow's pastries exclaiming "Bork Bork Bork!", which echoes over the waves.
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"Current G5s run pretty hot"
So, what you are saying is that you can cram G5 hardware into an iMac case. However, you should put metal trays below it to catch the rivulets of melting plastic so they don't damage the finish on your desk.
Or maybe....
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Or maybe it was a typo. Someone so used to typing iMac, that when it came time to type just "Mac" in this document, they put an "i" there by mistake.
This being said, are there any technical reasons a G5 could not be stuffed into an iMac console?
It's not real? Are you sure? I have already paid $2,500 to go participate in an archaelogical dig on the Italian shores of the Adriatic in August to help uncover the foundations of Barad-dur. Hope this isn't some sort of scam, but I'd better check into this just in case.
"How about the option to put it in, for example: A ring
D'oh! If Sauron had remembered to embed an RFID chip in that damn ring when he first had it made, it would have saved him and many others thousands of years of "looking for lost jewelry" trouble.
I hear they are putting RFID's in the bulls for the next "running of the bulls" in Pamplona, Spain.
I look foward to participating in the next run, and logging into my specially-fitted Palm Pilot as I run down the street and check the red dots on the screen so I know where the bull horns are so I can avoid them.
Me. And I was modded down for posting my initial mis-reading.
Using the Wayback Machine?
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What happens if you use archive.org's own Wayback Machine as a cache? Instead of linking that hugely popular Slashdot story to someone's relevant actual Geocities site, you link to a 12-day-old copy of that Geocities site in archive.org? Does archive.org get slashdotted easily?
From the article: "A RealNetworks spokesman said his company had not sought any directly comparable interface patents for its 10-year-old media player software, for example"
Looking at the hideous ad-plastered screen for their Real Player, I'm surprised that Jeff Gordon hasn't sued them instead for patent violation.
"The only real method of fixing this is to charge for e-mail"
Charging for e-mail won't work. First thing that would happen would be that most everyone (spammer and non-spammer) would stop using e-mail. I know I would. Charging for e-mail is nothing more than an incentive to stop using e-mail.
The users would migrate to other internet alternatives that would replace e-mail such as nstant messaging systems altered to do what e-mail does, or other Internet techniques to allow the exchange of messages.
Then, you'd have to charge a tax on each message in IM. Then we'd be forced to switch over to some sort of message-board based system to exchange messages. Then the tax would come to that. Next, it would be Kazaa or p2p where we'd be exchanging text messages instead of music files. The spammers would follow to this, and then it would be taxed too.
Basically, e-mail is no different from anything else on the internet: packets of bytes sent to/from IP addresses. What makes e-mail so different that it can be taxed without taxing other packets of bytes being sent to/from IP addresses?
The Never-Ending Story
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"Jordan's Wheel, on the other hand, seems destined to be the Energizer Bunny(tm) of book series."
There seemed to be some sort of countdown process earlier in the series. Earlier, he seemed to be killing off one or two of the Forsaken (= nazgul-copies) per book. There were about a dozen of them, and it looked like that once the forsaken were killed off, it would be time to battle the Dark Lord Saur.. er Shaitan.
However, a couple of books ago, he started to add in new Forsaken to replace the ones who have been killed.
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Gathered by Brooklyn plumbers when they are called to clean out clogged drains and toilets.
It drinks like a meal
Pour slowly, or you will break your beer glass.
This sounds like part of the plot for "Revenge of the Nerds 6"; something about the jocks having a party that blows because the beer is warm, but the nerds invent amazing keg-cooling gadgets and get the cheerleeders to go to the Lambda-Lambda-Lambda nerd frat party.
Time for "Pull my finger" pranks where someone pulls on your finger, and you boot up the iPod to provide the rotten-egg smell. Hilarious hijinx ensue.
At last! They have found it! I have a few overdue books at the place I've been meaning to return. Not looking forward to the fine, though.
You've brought back many a memory of model rocketry. Bless the memory of Vern Estes.
I knew it all along. The skies used to be filled with whales before the whale hunters forced them to hide under the sea. Go get 'em, Greenpeace!
You mean Unibrau, right?
Reminds of the programmer I knew who had his computer case stood on end to be like a tower. The side-mounted power switch was now on top, and he used it as an ashtray. The inside of the unit was filled with cigarette ashes.
Sweden: Do you type Ctrl-Alt-Del to rebork your computer?
Russia: Do you get vodka in your PC?
Iraq: Do American soldiers torture your PC in prison?
Mexico: Does the hard disk perform very well when it gets covered in refriend beans?
Afghanistan: Does the heat from your PC disappate when you have the burkha cover on it?
USA: Do you get McDonald's fries in your PC?
Sure to offend everyone.
The stealth effect is kind of ruined, however, when this Swedish ship tries to sneak through the fog at night, but the cook is happily cooking tomorrow's pastries exclaiming "Bork Bork Bork!", which echoes over the waves.
So, what you are saying is that you can cram G5 hardware into an iMac case. However, you should put metal trays below it to catch the rivulets of melting plastic so they don't damage the finish on your desk.
This being said, are there any technical reasons a G5 could not be stuffed into an iMac console?
Do you have one of these rings which can make you invisible to RFID detection? I want one..... preciousss.....
Whenever McEnroe swings that racket, I cannot help but think of "Genius!".
It's not real? Are you sure? I have already paid $2,500 to go participate in an archaelogical dig on the Italian shores of the Adriatic in August to help uncover the foundations of Barad-dur. Hope this isn't some sort of scam, but I'd better check into this just in case.
D'oh! If Sauron had remembered to embed an RFID chip in that damn ring when he first had it made, it would have saved him and many others thousands of years of "looking for lost jewelry" trouble.
I look foward to participating in the next run, and logging into my specially-fitted Palm Pilot as I run down the street and check the red dots on the screen so I know where the bull horns are so I can avoid them.
Me. And I was modded down for posting my initial mis-reading.
What happens if you use archive.org's own Wayback Machine as a cache? Instead of linking that hugely popular Slashdot story to someone's relevant actual Geocities site, you link to a 12-day-old copy of that Geocities site in archive.org? Does archive.org get slashdotted easily?
Pronounced "freak-ache". Give me some asperin now.
Uhhh. where does the comma go in the parent's title?
Looking at the hideous ad-plastered screen for their Real Player, I'm surprised that Jeff Gordon hasn't sued them instead for patent violation.
Charging for e-mail won't work. First thing that would happen would be that most everyone (spammer and non-spammer) would stop using e-mail. I know I would. Charging for e-mail is nothing more than an incentive to stop using e-mail.
The users would migrate to other internet alternatives that would replace e-mail such as nstant messaging systems altered to do what e-mail does, or other Internet techniques to allow the exchange of messages.
Then, you'd have to charge a tax on each message in IM. Then we'd be forced to switch over to some sort of message-board based system to exchange messages. Then the tax would come to that. Next, it would be Kazaa or p2p where we'd be exchanging text messages instead of music files. The spammers would follow to this, and then it would be taxed too.
Basically, e-mail is no different from anything else on the internet: packets of bytes sent to/from IP addresses. What makes e-mail so different that it can be taxed without taxing other packets of bytes being sent to/from IP addresses?
There seemed to be some sort of countdown process earlier in the series. Earlier, he seemed to be killing off one or two of the Forsaken (= nazgul-copies) per book. There were about a dozen of them, and it looked like that once the forsaken were killed off, it would be time to battle the Dark Lord Saur.. er Shaitan.
However, a couple of books ago, he started to add in new Forsaken to replace the ones who have been killed.