Wow. This is a true moment of '80s nostalgia. I get to see a slashdot poster who actually WAS on Starcade. That show DID rule! WOw, this is like when I met Peter Davison at that Sci FI convention. (no, im not being sarcastic with this post)
Seeing is that when I was a teenager working at the teenage hell boot camp that is McDonalds, and then later doing tech support(in '95 and we DIDN'T have internet access),I'd say a bad tech job PERIOD is better than flipping burgers. Okay, except picking up dog shit. That's just inexcusable, and I'd hardly call that a tech job.
Only in america can we have jobs involving "tech" and still complain about it. Beats working in a sweatshop for Nike, or picking rice somewhere in Vietnam.
Maybe the wiccan community should be suing their police department for that "mocking" logo.
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There was also an episode featuring a space elevator, which had its share of mechanical problems.
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Besides being the most disgusting concept I have read(no offense, I'm a guy. I'm supposed to get grossed out by that), I don't think that would be a safe idea. Don't want to get air in the uterus. Trust me, a woman's business down there is something us guys don't want to think about, nor dare try to innovate inside.
Why do adult websites consider you an adult ONLY if you have a credit card?(Just citing an example). So having a credit card = adult, but not having a credit card != juvenile.
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Offtopic me, but I'd kill for a Triumph TR-8 with a convertible top, just because it's so unusual, and hated by British car purists/zealots.
I noticed in the email they considered your choices of "NO" everywhere to be a "default".
Of course, RealPlayer does this too. If you uncheck all their spamming options, you'll get a popup window asking you if you are really sure you wanna do that. I also think there's no button that says "unselect all" but there is one to check all the damn boxes.
I'll give you 2 reasons. 1) If you have a huge-ass TV, you want to get some distance between you and the TV so you won't burn your eyes out. 2) If this thing had short cords, you'd be bitching about how short the cords were and having to pay microsoft even MORE money for controller-extension cables. Nice try, thanks for playing.,
The amount of bickering about the X box on here is astounding. The look, the controllers, the usual MS bashing, the USB usage. Ahh the MS glass will always be half-empty on here.
long cord.. why even bother? I don't want a cord, he talked to the wrong people. I want to sit where ever I am and be free (and not have people tripping over the damn wire, or the dog pulling it out in the middle of a 1 hour GT2 endurance race).
Maybe MS won't care if the linux hackers try to run X on it, etc. Seeing is they'll have to BUY the X-box to do it. Linux hackers might laugh and rejoice if they pull it off, but MS will be laughing their way to the bank.
I don't think many Linux hackers are going to try to run Linux on it, because isn't the operating system stored in the hardware. But then there are a lot of linux hackers with plenty of time on their hands. If they port linux to the X-box, I wonder if you would be able to PC games on it. That could be useful, because you wouldn't have all of the overhead that a regular PC has.
How about self-aware slashcode that prevents anonymous cowards from posting URLS to goatse.cx and comp-u-geek along with its 2000 variants to trick you?(redirects, the IP address, etc)
This reminds me of the story of the stolen garden gnome that went on a trip around the world, and photos of it (in front of the pyramids, etc) were sent to the gnome's original owner.
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There was a soft drink ad in Carmageddon 2 titled "URINE", and a "Golden Shower" slot machine in the vegas map in CounterStrike.
Wow. This is a true moment of '80s nostalgia. I get to see a slashdot poster who actually WAS on Starcade. That show DID rule! WOw, this is like when I met Peter Davison at that Sci FI convention. (no, im not being sarcastic with this post)
It's like professional sports, but without all that exhausting exercise and all that other bad stuff!
If you steal an apple from the grocery store, does that apple now become an "illegal apple"?
I wonder if you'd get in trouble with your boss at Cybersitter for visiting friendly sites such as disney.com, etc.
Seeing is that when I was a teenager working at the teenage hell boot camp that is McDonalds, and then later doing tech support(in '95 and we DIDN'T have internet access),I'd say a bad tech job PERIOD is better than flipping burgers. Okay, except picking up dog shit. That's just inexcusable, and I'd hardly call that a tech job.
Only in america can we have jobs involving "tech" and still complain about it. Beats working in a sweatshop for Nike, or picking rice somewhere in Vietnam.
Maybe the wiccan community should be suing their police department for that "mocking" logo.
There was also an episode featuring a space elevator, which had its share of mechanical problems.
Besides being the most disgusting concept I have read(no offense, I'm a guy. I'm supposed to get grossed out by that), I don't think that would be a safe idea. Don't want to get air in the uterus. Trust me, a woman's business down there is something us guys don't want to think about, nor dare try to innovate inside.
Why do adult websites consider you an adult ONLY if you have a credit card?(Just citing an example). So having a credit card = adult, but not having a credit card != juvenile.
Offtopic me, but I'd kill for a Triumph TR-8 with a convertible top, just because it's so unusual, and hated by British car purists/zealots.
If you remember the movie "stay tuned", they featured a recliner with a built-in toilet, and on the side featured a mini-fridge.
Are you referring to the many insightful posts on here that have high scores, yet have "flamebait" or "troll" tacked onto it?
I noticed in the email they considered your choices of "NO" everywhere to be a "default".
Of course, RealPlayer does this too. If you uncheck all their spamming options, you'll get a popup window asking you if you are really sure you wanna do that. I also think there's no button that says "unselect all" but there is one to check all the damn boxes.
Is there a way it could eat things it could find in a land fill?
So they didn't pick the lock, they just removed the hinges on the door?
If you find it entertaining, go to www.engrish.com. THe site is very happy good, and will nourish the spirits!
China's Firewall version 6.0: So easy to use, no wonder it's number one! It's the only one!
I'll give you 2 reasons. 1) If you have a huge-ass TV, you want to get some distance between you and the TV so you won't burn your eyes out. 2) If this thing had short cords, you'd be bitching about how short the cords were and having to pay microsoft even MORE money for controller-extension cables. Nice try, thanks for playing.,
The amount of bickering about the X box on here is astounding. The look, the controllers, the usual MS bashing, the USB usage. Ahh the MS glass will always be half-empty on here.
long cord.. why even bother? I don't want a cord, he talked to the wrong people. I want to sit where ever I am and be free (and not have people tripping over the damn wire, or the dog pulling it out in the middle of a 1 hour GT2 endurance race).
It looks just like my sidewinder game pad, but fatter.
Just as long as it does not resemble the Atari Jaguar controller(the WORST controller in video game history), I'm sure it will do fine.
Maybe MS won't care if the linux hackers try to run X on it, etc. Seeing is they'll have to BUY the X-box to do it. Linux hackers might laugh and rejoice if they pull it off, but MS will be laughing their way to the bank.
I don't think many Linux hackers are going to try to run Linux on it, because isn't the operating system stored in the hardware. But then there are a lot of linux hackers with plenty of time on their hands. If they port linux to the X-box, I wonder if you would be able to PC games on it. That could be useful, because you wouldn't have all of the overhead that a regular PC has.
Do you think with .NET coming up that more and more people would be telecommuting? If so, i won't have to drive through snow to get to my QA work!
How about self-aware slashcode that prevents anonymous cowards from posting URLS to goatse.cx and comp-u-geek along with its 2000 variants to trick you?(redirects, the IP address, etc)
This reminds me of the story of the stolen garden gnome that went on a trip around the world, and photos of it (in front of the pyramids, etc) were sent to the gnome's original owner.
And have you seen the salaries for those atheletes? If I was making that much money, I wouldn't be complaining.