I won't be buying anything that day. Why go to the store at all? It will be crowded, people will push and shove to get their hands on the lastest, bestest, cheapest item, forgetting *why* they're there in the first place.
This 'holiday' has gotten so far away from the original meaning that it shouldn't be called 'Christmas' anymore.
Society, marketing and more marketing shames everyone to buy, buy, buy. Makes me ill to see 'Christmas' decor up *the day after Halloween*.
Spend time with your family and friends. Let them know you love them. Give them a gift, even. Just don't get sucked into the 'holiday spirit' of finding the best deal on Takgagamoochi cards or whatever.
How will I achieve the longer, thicker penis that drive women wild while I'm talking on my newly range-enhanced cellphone to my stock broker that just found a great new company in Nigeria that is a sure bet?
The have a 'Photo Center' where you upload (up to) 2meg.tifs or.jpgs. Then you can order prints from 4x6 up to 8x10 or somesuch. You can then have the prints delivered to your house, or free to any walmart - it takes about 3 days.
As I have a walmart less than 3 blocks from my house, I pick them up there.
When this system works, it kicks ass. It's cheap (26 cents), they can handle ass-loads of volume (I've ordered 300+ prints), consistent (color is usually pretty damn close to what I send them), fast (store the pictures on their servers for repeat prints), and free shipping.
When this system doesn't work, I think about killing every walmart employee I see. In a small town, that's everybody.:(
They used to only support IE, and some ass-tacular version of netscape. That hasn't gotten much better. (I use a mac for this). Their javascript is buggy. They make me go through 20 screens even though I do the same thing *every time*. Their servers are slow during the day, sometimes to the point of unusable. I get a million timeouts on the secure side, because they can't handle the load.
Best of all, they had an issue where they 'lost' my pictures, and replaced them with some booger-eatin', twelve-sandwich makin', camero-rustin', trailer-house dentist's nightmare's people's photos.
I took screen caps of all the good ones. I was surprised they could afford a camera. I really will have to post a link to them.
Walmart did fix this, but only after I went through email hell (happy obvious taglines on every email = CSR death!).
The photo center has improved, but having used it for more than a year, any music service is going to suck the big musical nuts in the sky for awhile.
They'll compete on price like they always do, work out the kinks, and have a pretty bland selection.
I've often wished I could add a small note (ala ebay feedback or slashdot url) of why I made someone a friend or foe.
This friend/foe system would be far more usable if there were some way of knowing why I made someone a pal two years ago, and if they continue to deserve that 'honor'.
In addition, it would probably benefit those who are foed to know what the reason was. Like "teamhasnoi - foed for making fun of republicans". I would then see that republicans still have no sense of humor, and act accordingly.
While we're on the subject (and ontopic, thanks Jamie), I've noticed that all of my freaks never post. I think the most posting a freak has done is 650 some comments. All the rest hover around one hundred or less, and most haven't filled a page of 24.
And not to swing completly off-topic, but why is a funny mod not worth karma? It would seem to me that to be *truly* funny, your post has to be interesting, insightful, sometimes informative, flamebait, and trolling at the same time. That sounds smart to me, not 'smart-ass'.
The future of music is cookie-cutter boy bands and oversexed boobie-girls on little cards.
Don't we already have this? They're called Hit-Clips by Tiger and they look like they suck.
I don't see how the *new, Improved version* for adults is going to be any better.
I think the future of music is that artists will actually come to your house and play, as that is the only way the record company execs will be able to get their kids solid-gold braces.
Launching way OT, remeber that promotion that Master Card was running where they show the record industry intern make his way up the ladder to exec, where he has a fur coat, a private helicopter, and a stripper on each arm? Priceless.
When I'm dead people can dig me up every other day -- I wouldn't care either way.
Does that mean that while you're alive I can bury you every other day? I'm busy, so I might have to leave you down there for a few days or a week sometimes.
He is kept alive by small machines, maintaining his bodily functions. Where is he? Well, you might be suprised, but I have DNA evidence that proves Billy the Kid is really DICK CHENEY! Find him, you got 'the Kid', although he is about 140 years old now.
There are a few references out there of Billy moonlighting at some other professions as well.
This is Slashdot! I thought everyone knew this. Do some reasearch, people!
I'm just waiting for the triple-plus-good DVD set with the holographic trading cards, graphic novel of the Similarion, a lock of Elijiah's hair and the Hobbit Digi-Pet keychain.
Don't 'upgrade'(accepted term) past 6.0.1 - I think that is the last version before MS took over, and changed the title to "Microsoft Virtual PC: It's not Done till Lotus Notes and Wordperfect and Linux and Falcon's Eye and Netscape and AOL and BeOS and Mr. Do and Office Don't Ruu..and...OFFICE!?! This time We've gone TOOO FAR!!"
MS's 'bug fixes' are like feeding an food poisoning victim more tainted meat.
Why hasn't anyone gone after Puff Diddley for stealing songs, then re-releasing them as his own?
It's one thing to copy an mp3 from a pal or grab a song off the internet, but at least you or I are not making money of the labors of innocent artists!
Until the RIAA and organiztions like it clean their own house, I see no reason why people should be held in any way accountable for downloading an mp3, especially when many of the same songs are available free on the radio!
Until talentless hacks like P. Doody are prevented from stealing music and brazenly claiming it as their own, I declare all lawsuits and damages claimed my the RIAA and its ilk to be null and void.
The double standards END TONIGHT!. Please send this to Puffy Doodles for consideration. Only he can stop this madness! Won't someone think of the children! Friends don't let friends download illegal Muff Poody mp3s!
That very same moment getting out of the ship, I had to stop playing and just *look*. I'm sure there weren't any badguys there so you could just have your mind blown.
I was so taken by the 'great outdoors' that I grabbed the cheats off the web and just flew around that area. Absolutely one of the most impressive games I have played, eyecandy-wise. Not to mention the run down the hallway after the 'creature' and *hearing* your shipmates get torn apart on the other side of the door.
All with the magic of a 4 meg Voodoo through a 4 meg S3;). ILM eat your heart out!
PiXel Check. Fills your whole screen with Red, Blue, Green, White, and Black. Play with the brightness some and it's the best way I've found to see if my white spots are getting bigger (I'm lucky I guess, mine aren't that noticable...yet. I have two on the lower left.)
I'll be waiting to see if they get bigger, as I have a screen with no dead/stuck pixels and I don't want to tempt fate and/or be without my powerbook for some unknown amount of time.
My Adaptec 2096 SCSI card has been 'disappeared' since I installed Panther. It worked fine under 10.2.8.
Apple is blaming Adaptec, Adaptec is blaming Apple. Since the driver was built into OS X, who should I go after? I hope this isn't another, "We no longer support SCSI".
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I won't be buying anything that day. Why go to the store at all? It will be crowded, people will push and shove to get their hands on the lastest, bestest, cheapest item, forgetting *why* they're there in the first place.
This 'holiday' has gotten so far away from the original meaning that it shouldn't be called 'Christmas' anymore.
Society, marketing and more marketing shames everyone to buy, buy, buy. Makes me ill to see 'Christmas' decor up *the day after Halloween*.
Spend time with your family and friends. Let them know you love them. Give them a gift, even. Just don't get sucked into the 'holiday spirit' of finding the best deal on Takgagamoochi cards or whatever.
Your time is the best gift. Or old Playboy mags.
How will I achieve the longer, thicker penis that drive women wild while I'm talking on my newly range-enhanced cellphone to my stock broker that just found a great new company in Nigeria that is a sure bet?
I didn't miss one.
Then they moved it to mondays during the day??! How the hell am I supposed to have a job and watch Farscape.
So I quit my job.
It was worth it.
Please think of the children, and purchase one immediately!
Signed,
Cindy Lou Anderson, High Screamer
As I have a walmart less than 3 blocks from my house, I pick them up there.
When this system works, it kicks ass. It's cheap (26 cents), they can handle ass-loads of volume (I've ordered 300+ prints), consistent (color is usually pretty damn close to what I send them), fast (store the pictures on their servers for repeat prints), and free shipping.
When this system doesn't work, I think about killing every walmart employee I see. In a small town, that's everybody. :(
They used to only support IE, and some ass-tacular version of netscape. That hasn't gotten much better. (I use a mac for this). Their javascript is buggy. They make me go through 20 screens even though I do the same thing *every time*. Their servers are slow during the day, sometimes to the point of unusable. I get a million timeouts on the secure side, because they can't handle the load.
Best of all, they had an issue where they 'lost' my pictures, and replaced them with some booger-eatin', twelve-sandwich makin', camero-rustin', trailer-house dentist's nightmare's people's photos.
I took screen caps of all the good ones. I was surprised they could afford a camera. I really will have to post a link to them.
Walmart did fix this, but only after I went through email hell (happy obvious taglines on every email = CSR death!).
The photo center has improved, but having used it for more than a year, any music service is going to suck the big musical nuts in the sky for awhile.
They'll compete on price like they always do, work out the kinks, and have a pretty bland selection.
w00t - more volume, less choice.
This friend/foe system would be far more usable if there were some way of knowing why I made someone a pal two years ago, and if they continue to deserve that 'honor'.
In addition, it would probably benefit those who are foed to know what the reason was. Like "teamhasnoi - foed for making fun of republicans". I would then see that republicans still have no sense of humor, and act accordingly.
While we're on the subject (and ontopic, thanks Jamie), I've noticed that all of my freaks never post. I think the most posting a freak has done is 650 some comments. All the rest hover around one hundred or less, and most haven't filled a page of 24.
And not to swing completly off-topic, but why is a funny mod not worth karma? It would seem to me that to be *truly* funny, your post has to be interesting, insightful, sometimes informative, flamebait, and trolling at the same time. That sounds smart to me, not 'smart-ass'.
What do I know though, I subscribed.
Don't we already have this? They're called Hit-Clips by Tiger and they look like they suck.
I don't see how the *new, Improved version* for adults is going to be any better.
I think the future of music is that artists will actually come to your house and play, as that is the only way the record company execs will be able to get their kids solid-gold braces.
Launching way OT, remeber that promotion that Master Card was running where they show the record industry intern make his way up the ladder to exec, where he has a fur coat, a private helicopter, and a stripper on each arm? Priceless.
As long as the tourists keep hiding their money in graves, why shouldn't I dig it up?
Does that mean that while you're alive I can bury you every other day? I'm busy, so I might have to leave you down there for a few days or a week sometimes.
There are a few references out there of Billy moonlighting at some other professions as well.
This is Slashdot! I thought everyone knew this. Do some reasearch, people!
This will of course be super-patriotic, funded by tax dollars, and at last answer the question: Who is hiding in Elvis' grave?
Oh well.
I'm just waiting for the triple-plus-good DVD set with the holographic trading cards, graphic novel of the Similarion, a lock of Elijiah's hair and the Hobbit Digi-Pet keychain.
So empty inside.
It's like asking why hookers are popular.
Sure, release a 'better' battery every couple of years, and sit on the pile of money. Better battery?
I can sooner see MS making Office for linux.
C'mon! I thought this was supposed to be Slashdot! Don't you recognize the distance of exactly half the circumference of the earth when you see it?
My landline and mobile line are one and the same. I just use a 12,450.775 mile long coiley-cord. Available at your local Radio Shack.
MS's 'bug fixes' are like feeding an food poisoning victim more tainted meat.
It's one thing to copy an mp3 from a pal or grab a song off the internet, but at least you or I are not making money of the labors of innocent artists!
Until the RIAA and organiztions like it clean their own house, I see no reason why people should be held in any way accountable for downloading an mp3, especially when many of the same songs are available free on the radio!
Until talentless hacks like P. Doody are prevented from stealing music and brazenly claiming it as their own, I declare all lawsuits and damages claimed my the RIAA and its ilk to be null and void.
The double standards END TONIGHT!. Please send this to Puffy Doodles for consideration. Only he can stop this madness! Won't someone think of the children! Friends don't let friends download illegal Muff Poody mp3s!
*sniff*
I was so taken by the 'great outdoors' that I grabbed the cheats off the web and just flew around that area. Absolutely one of the most impressive games I have played, eyecandy-wise. Not to mention the run down the hallway after the 'creature' and *hearing* your shipmates get torn apart on the other side of the door.
All with the magic of a 4 meg Voodoo through a 4 meg S3 ;). ILM eat your heart out!
What?! Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit was a masterwork!
I'll be waiting to see if they get bigger, as I have a screen with no dead/stuck pixels and I don't want to tempt fate and/or be without my powerbook for some unknown amount of time.
Apple is blaming Adaptec, Adaptec is blaming Apple. Since the driver was built into OS X, who should I go after? I hope this isn't another, "We no longer support SCSI".
I heard they still can't get the sound to work.
A good /.ing leads to truth!