When I was growing up, Doctor Who was my hero because he would solve problems via science and technology, not by shooting or beating up the bad guy. That's what made me tune in week after week. The bad special effects were easy to overlook when you identify with a beloved character.
I wish we had more role models like that on television today.
I wonder what this merger will mean to malls such as mine. Will they shut down the EB outlet? At the very least, we will lose the healthy price competition between the two local stores.
"Microsoft has also registered domains to go along with the newly christened Windows, including windowsvista.com. The domains were registered in late March, indicating the company made the decision even before WinHEC gave developers their first taste of Longhorn in over a year."
I wish I had thought of "vista". I registered the following guesses in the hopes that MS would pay me off to get the right one:
Wow, I haven't thought of Fractalus in 20 years! I remember that game scaring the *hell* out of me the first time an alien popped up and started beating on my windshield. I was so shocked, all I could do is stare in horror as he smashed his way in. Thanks for the reminder, Pentomino!
Of course, when I used the Dreadnaught, I launched almost my entire crew as fighters in the first 5 seconds of the fight. So the sound effects all preempted each other, making it sound like:
> Re:uh, nav2k3 doesn't have activation
> just skip the registration process, genius
That is incorrect. When you install NAV 2003, you have 14 days of use and updates before you are required to register. Sure, you can decide to not register, but then you can't download the latest virus profiles. What's the point of paying for antivirus software that can't protect you from the latest viruses?
I was a Norton AntiVirus user for several years. I bought my first NAV copy back in 1997. I loved it, paid yearly for the virus def. subscription, and upgraded three times, most recently to NAV 2003.
NAV 2003 turned out to be a dog. It took 4 installs & activations before it worked properly on my Win 98 box.
A month later, I replaced my Win 98 box with a P4 box with Win XP. I installed & activated NAV 2003, which failed. I uninstalled and reinstalled it, then tried to activate it. I was informed (by Symantec's web site) that I had exceeded the maximum number of installs and was politely asked to purchase another license.
Three phone calls to Symantec tech support were useless. They repeatedly told me that this was Symantec's policy and absolutely refused to give me more installs FOR THE PROGRAM I BOUGHT FROM THEM. (Not from a store, but from Symantec's Web site itself!)
I just bought MacAfee's product earlier this week. To hell with Symantec and all of their crap.
I tried about 10 times over several weeks, but was unable to change my Yahoo prefs. Every time I tried, I got a "Server busy, try again later" error message. I eventually gave up, assuming that Yahoo never intended to give us the option to opt-out.
This brings up significant privacy concerns. Today, electric companies are required by law to report "inordinate amounts" of electricity being used in residences. This is because people growing marijuana in their closets use UV lamps, which require gobs of power per day. The electric companies contact the cops, the cops get a search warrant, and the drug dealers are taken to jail.
In the scheme described in the NetworkWorld article, Time Warner will keep track of how much you will upload/download. Download too much, and the police may suspect that you're getting illegal software or music. See the logical progression? I don't relish the idea of the cops snooping in on my business because I u/d too many packets while deathmatching...
If you're interested, check out nasa.gov's description of the Torino Scale , the method in which the scientific community classifies an object's likelihood of striking and damaging the Earth.
The rating goes from zero (the object is certain to miss the Earth) to ten (the nasty asteroid thingy is definitely going to "cause a global climatic catastrophe"). Read it, it's very unsettling...
Does anyone know what Torino rating this most recent near-miss was?
I just can't get myself interested in it this year. Last Winter Olympics, it seemed like all you were allowed to see were figure skating and downhill skiing. Want to watch any of the other winter sports? Too bad.
I'd love to watch the biathalon. Cross country skiing alternated with crack rifle shooting. Ever try to shoot a tiny target while your heart is racing a mile a minute? It's not as easy as it sounds. Unfortunately, I have yet to see more than a thirty-second clip of the sport in the last few Olympics.
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Virginia Hey has moved on to other projects. She loved being in Farscape, but two things prompted her to leave the show:
1) The contact lenses she wore for her costume began to do irreversible damage to her eyesight.
2) Having to keep her head shaved was preventing her from getting other roles. (Don't ask me about wigs, I'm just the messenger.)
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I wish we had more role models like that on television today.
"I'm bigger on the inside than I am on the outside. Rrrowrr."
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I feel cheated too when I don't get to see S&M.
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"Microsoft has also registered domains to go along with the newly christened Windows, including windowsvista.com. The domains were registered in late March, indicating the company made the decision even before WinHEC gave developers their first taste of Longhorn in over a year."
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I wish I had thought of "vista". I registered the following guesses in the hopes that MS would pay me off to get the right one:
www.windowsCrap.com
www.windowsBigFloppyDonkey
www.windowsDerekSmart.com
Wow, I haven't thought of Fractalus in 20 years! I remember that game scaring the *hell* out of me the first time an alien popped up and started beating on my windshield. I was so shocked, all I could do is stare in horror as he smashed his way in. Thanks for the reminder, Pentomino!
"Launch Launch Launch Launch Launch Launch Launch Launch Launch Launch Fighters BOOM!"
(the "boom" being the opponent's ship :)
Imagine having a horribly mutated human run up to you with an iron bar, attacking you while yelling, "I'm...sorry!" and "Please...kill me!"
Even the security droids' "Scanning for targets...acquiring!" made my skin crawl.
What it tried to say:
"Another visitor. Stay awhile...staaay FOREVER!"
What it actually said:
"Ah-BEET-er VEET-oh-bah. BAY-toe-bah...baaay FOREVER!"
> just skip the registration process, genius
That is incorrect. When you install NAV 2003, you have 14 days of use and updates before you are required to register. Sure, you can decide to not register, but then you can't download the latest virus profiles. What's the point of paying for antivirus software that can't protect you from the latest viruses?
NAV 2003 turned out to be a dog. It took 4 installs & activations before it worked properly on my Win 98 box.
A month later, I replaced my Win 98 box with a P4 box with Win XP. I installed & activated NAV 2003, which failed. I uninstalled and reinstalled it, then tried to activate it. I was informed (by Symantec's web site) that I had exceeded the maximum number of installs and was politely asked to purchase another license.
Three phone calls to Symantec tech support were useless. They repeatedly told me that this was Symantec's policy and absolutely refused to give me more installs FOR THE PROGRAM I BOUGHT FROM THEM. (Not from a store, but from Symantec's Web site itself!)
I just bought MacAfee's product earlier this week. To hell with Symantec and all of their crap.
What experiences did you have with this?
This brings up significant privacy concerns. Today, electric companies are required by law to report "inordinate amounts" of electricity being used in residences. This is because people growing marijuana in their closets use UV lamps, which require gobs of power per day. The electric companies contact the cops, the cops get a search warrant, and the drug dealers are taken to jail.
In the scheme described in the NetworkWorld article, Time Warner will keep track of how much you will upload/download. Download too much, and the police may suspect that you're getting illegal software or music. See the logical progression? I don't relish the idea of the cops snooping in on my business because I u/d too many packets while deathmatching...
Amazon.com launches its "Amazon Inside" ad campaign.
The rating goes from zero (the object is certain to miss the Earth) to ten (the nasty asteroid thingy is definitely going to "cause a global climatic catastrophe"). Read it, it's very unsettling...
Does anyone know what Torino rating this most recent near-miss was?
I'd love to watch the biathalon. Cross country skiing alternated with crack rifle shooting. Ever try to shoot a tiny target while your heart is racing a mile a minute? It's not as easy as it sounds. Unfortunately, I have yet to see more than a thirty-second clip of the sport in the last few Olympics.
1) The contact lenses she wore for her costume began to do irreversible damage to her eyesight.
2) Having to keep her head shaved was preventing her from getting other roles. (Don't ask me about wigs, I'm just the messenger.)
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