That's incredible. A "fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battle station" in space, killed by a silly launch malfunction. Makes you wonder about what other Cold War relics are flying around above our heads that we don't even know about...
Was the Polyus even known about (outside the USSR) prior to its launch? I'm sure there was some explaining to do after it splashed down in the Indian Ocean, though... Too bad there isn't video of that. It would have been something to see:)
You can mail your 512MB SD cards to me, if you want. For older digital cameras (3 or 4 megapixels, like many of my family and friends still use) 512MB will hold a few hundred shots, and even with higher-resolution cameras, that size could be a good emergency backup to keep in the camera bag if you fill up your big cards.
I also have an N800. It does make a good eBook reader (FBReader FTW!) but I would probably buy a Kindle in a heartbeat if it wasn't so expensive. The N800 is much more portable, and the backlight is nice, but if you wanted to sit out in the sun and read or something it's useless. Also, the Kindle would be better for PDFs. The N800's screen is too small to read full-page PDFs with diagrams and illustrations.
Or just enable right-click on the Mighty Mouse that comes with all Macs. Apple hasn't made a one-button mouse in quite some time (though it does default to one-button operation...)
Breastfeeding scares customers away? What sort of backwater Puritan village do you live in? My wife and I have never had any problems with her breastfeeding our 5-month-old in restaurants. Although we go out less frequently than we used to now, but that's beside the point.
We've never gotten nasty looks or trouble from other patrons, and the servers never mind it, and I live in the prudish Midwest. They almost always coo over the baby, and I generally leave a larger tip than usual if our baby has to eat while we're there.
Hrm... Maybe they should dig the only space-worthy Buran ever built out of the rubble of that collapsed hanger in Kazakhstan. Outfit it and one of the Space Shuttles with weapons. Launch simultaneously and test space combat techniques. The winning team gets to come home, or at least fly around in space until their air runs out if they've taken too much damage to survive reentry. Afterwords Hollywood can make a big-budget movie about it.
Not many, but you'll get blown to bits (and probably podded) in unsecured space by pirate kiddies going "lolollol ZERG RUSH kekekekeke!!1". The Shuttle has no weapons or shields. And no warp drive.
Climbers die on Mt. Everest because they are frickin idiots. There is no good reason to go up there, and they should leave the bodies up there to serve as warnings to other idiots.
They do leave the bodies up there. It is WAY too dangerous to try to retrieve them. I think there have been some exceptions, but most people who die on Everest stay on Everest.
It's like that severed tongue floating in a jar they found a few years ago. It wouldn't die, it just grew and pulsated and gave birth to baby tongues. Pretty cool, huh?
This is the same thing. Put it in a jar and it will grow and pulsate and give birth to baby brains.
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Forgets what?
Forget you!
And here I thought it was a communist version of youtube!
On SOVIET YOUTUBE, video watch YOU!
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Ok, it's done. Hold on while I reboot the compu
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China?
Iran?
North Korea?
Soviet Union? (not yet, but if Putin has his way...)
That's incredible. A "fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battle station" in space, killed by a silly launch malfunction. Makes you wonder about what other Cold War relics are flying around above our heads that we don't even know about...
Was the Polyus even known about (outside the USSR) prior to its launch? I'm sure there was some explaining to do after it splashed down in the Indian Ocean, though... Too bad there isn't video of that. It would have been something to see :)
You can mail your 512MB SD cards to me, if you want. For older digital cameras (3 or 4 megapixels, like many of my family and friends still use) 512MB will hold a few hundred shots, and even with higher-resolution cameras, that size could be a good emergency backup to keep in the camera bag if you fill up your big cards.
I also have an N800. It does make a good eBook reader (FBReader FTW!) but I would probably buy a Kindle in a heartbeat if it wasn't so expensive. The N800 is much more portable, and the backlight is nice, but if you wanted to sit out in the sun and read or something it's useless. Also, the Kindle would be better for PDFs. The N800's screen is too small to read full-page PDFs with diagrams and illustrations.
Penny Arcade covered this back in 2005.
This condition is commonly know as the soul callous.
Oh, smashing, groovy.... yay capitalism!
Thank you, I'll be here all week!
Trust me. Don't try the borsch.
Are you kidding? A Soviet Linux distro would have files on EVERYBODY...
(yes, I know you were referencing Phantom OS, but I couldn't resist... ;-)
Ah, finally, those capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes, eh? Eh, comrades? Eh?
I don't know, but I do know that the fourth one STAYED UP!
What about six-legged turkeys?
Don't you mean five-assed turkeys?
That's five-assed monkeys. And it's been done. The new goal is six-assed monkeys. That will be a real breakthrough.
Or just enable right-click on the Mighty Mouse that comes with all Macs. Apple hasn't made a one-button mouse in quite some time (though it does default to one-button operation...)
"We cannot risk contamination of Earth cows' genetics from six-legged Martian cows."
What about six-legged turkeys? They'd be great for Thanksgiving and John Madden would no longer have a monopoly on them.
Breastfeeding scares customers away? What sort of backwater Puritan village do you live in? My wife and I have never had any problems with her breastfeeding our 5-month-old in restaurants. Although we go out less frequently than we used to now, but that's beside the point.
We've never gotten nasty looks or trouble from other patrons, and the servers never mind it, and I live in the prudish Midwest. They almost always coo over the baby, and I generally leave a larger tip than usual if our baby has to eat while we're there.
Nyet!
to Titan. Though the picture on the cover looks more like the Soviet Buran shuttle.
Hrm... Maybe they should dig the only space-worthy Buran ever built out of the rubble of that collapsed hanger in Kazakhstan. Outfit it and one of the Space Shuttles with weapons. Launch simultaneously and test space combat techniques. The winning team gets to come home, or at least fly around in space until their air runs out if they've taken too much damage to survive reentry. Afterwords Hollywood can make a big-budget movie about it.
Not many, but you'll get blown to bits (and probably podded) in unsecured space by pirate kiddies going "lolollol ZERG RUSH kekekekeke!!1". The Shuttle has no weapons or shields. And no warp drive.
I was told they like snowcones.
Man, movies are BULLSHIT.
They do. Not yellow ones, though.
Climbers die on Mt. Everest because they are frickin idiots. There is no good reason to go up there, and they should leave the bodies up there to serve as warnings to other idiots.
They do leave the bodies up there. It is WAY too dangerous to try to retrieve them. I think there have been some exceptions, but most people who die on Everest stay on Everest.
Yetis love Whoppers (the malted-milk ball candy). If you bring enough to share, they might let you live.
It's like that severed tongue floating in a jar they found a few years ago. It wouldn't die, it just grew and pulsated and gave birth to baby tongues. Pretty cool, huh?
This is the same thing. Put it in a jar and it will grow and pulsate and give birth to baby brains.
No, he means "Giggity".