It does sound entirely like way too much $$ for a server. Maybe that was what they claimed for insurance purposes? Factoring in not only hardware but labor, replacement cost, software/intellectual property, etc...
"An illustration of an alien exoplanet orbiting a distant star."
"Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)"^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H that guy with the spray can and techno music that hangs out around Fisherman's Wharf
Recently at a motorcycle show I learned that one BMW's newest bikes, the F650CS, comes with an iPod when you purchase the bike:
this page has details...cute
I like this comment from Carmack the best:
JC: We offer full dynamic 5.1 channel sound mixing, and multichannel playback of studio sounds. It isn't clear that the market is really there for it yet, but Doom should be a poster child for surround-sound gaming.
should be an awesome experience to play it!
I never saw "Gladiator" in the theatre, which I've been told was a very cool movie to see on the big screen. I did download it though, and on a 14" laptop screen in a dark apartment it sucked ass. Guess I missed out on that one... I should have just seen it at the theater, the way the director meant it to be seen.
no.. 'Joseph' Campbell the late mythologist was said to have helped Lucas out with the "mythological" features of the movies -- the force, levitating X-wings:) , etc... Check out "The Power of Myth" by Bill Moyers (of PBS fame if you're into that sort of thing), which is an interview conducted by Mr. Moyers of J. Campbell. They talk a good deal about Star Wars in the book, which is a good read for anyone with a general interest in mythology, religion, etc...
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at the office. Suck it, nerf guns!
I don't have to keep entering my password for sudo access anymore!
You increase your risk of Ninja star attack.
It does sound entirely like way too much $$ for a server. Maybe that was what they claimed for insurance purposes? Factoring in not only hardware but labor, replacement cost, software/intellectual property, etc...
In this case, "Dog Bites Man" really is news!
Now if only they could equip the spacecraft with some sort of LCD Soundsystem.
Android is about openness, Motorola is not.
Higher-res pictures are available here: http://www.thocp.net/software/games/pictures/asteroids_large.png
I'm putting tinfoil hats on all of my servers, right away!
I've had enough of your SAS, mister! :)
Sounds familiar. I've had this propensity to roll things up into a giant ball, since about 2006 or so. Katamari!!!!
or, WTFWJD?
"An illustration of an alien exoplanet orbiting a distant star." "Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)"^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H that guy with the spray can and techno music that hangs out around Fisherman's Wharf
I found it ironic that the first sponsored link in the article I hovered my mouse over was for a 7.1 receiver.. YMMV
When we start landing people on Mars, the company can re-name itself "Lockheed Martian".
They should call it the "Petafile". that is a nice, innocuous brand-name, isn't it?
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I, for one, welcome... myself?
Is this binary or base 10? ;)
Recently at a motorcycle show I learned that one BMW's newest bikes, the F650CS, comes with an iPod when you purchase the bike: this page has details ...cute
I like this comment from Carmack the best: JC: We offer full dynamic 5.1 channel sound mixing, and multichannel playback of studio sounds. It isn't clear that the market is really there for it yet, but Doom should be a poster child for surround-sound gaming. should be an awesome experience to play it!
I never saw "Gladiator" in the theatre, which I've been told was a very cool movie to see on the big screen. I did download it though, and on a 14" laptop screen in a dark apartment it sucked ass. Guess I missed out on that one... I should have just seen it at the theater, the way the director meant it to be seen.
http://www.montypython.net/scripts/phrasebk.php
telecommuting is for when you just don't want to go in. sick days are for wusses. :)
no.. 'Joseph' Campbell the late mythologist was said to have helped Lucas out with the "mythological" features of the movies -- the force, levitating X-wings :) , etc... Check out "The Power of Myth" by Bill Moyers (of PBS fame if you're into that sort of thing), which is an interview conducted by Mr. Moyers of J. Campbell. They talk a good deal about Star Wars in the book, which is a good read for anyone with a general interest in mythology, religion, etc...