when sales are down in the auto industry, there is not talk of outlawing walking.
I remember hearing somewhere that during the automotive boom in the early 20th century, GM was buying up trolley lines and immediately shutting them down. In the past you could get to any Boston suburb by train/trolley. Now it's either a car or a 3-hour walk.
You know you're a geek if your home network has two or more computers whose only connections are ethernet and power.
No, you know you're a geek if your home network has SIX or more computers whose only connections are ethernet, power, sound, central video, printer, coolant, compressed air, LN2, LOX, LH2, vacuum, ketchup, cheesecake, caffeine, secondary display, 10W-30 oil, beer, etc...
At a student organization that I'm an officer for, we were getting a new computer lab and getting rid of the old Macs. 5 machines of ~100 MHz PPC 603's, now I have 5 friends addicted to EV. If you really love that game, I suggest just getting in touch with a college and seeing what they're throwing out. Often you can find a good functional OS8 Mac that'll run EV & EVO like a dream (I started playing EV on a 66 MHz 68040), and parts to keep it running for a while.
Of course, if you want to play EVN, that 17" Powerbook sure looks tempting...
WARNING: If you do decide to play Escape Velocity, please make sure you have someone to pull you back into reality. Yes, it can be that addictive. Anyway, I g2g deliver these passengers to Palshife by the end of this week. Bye!
I used to use lower-end hardware, thinking that soon I'd upgrade. I've noticed that with lower end stuff there's a lot of time to spend with maintinence of the machine. This can break, that can break, etc. etc. emachines and wal-mart PCs may be cheap but they're certainly no more than a 2-year computer. I like building higher than mid-range equipment. Stuff that was top of the line at one point, but has been discounted down, but from good manufacturers. These computers usually end up being at least 5 year machines in my hands, and are inheritable/sellable. If you don't want to deal with this stuff, buy a Mac. [ducks]
Mechanical watches & clocks. They've been around for hundreds of years. Granted for GPS and such atomic clocks are around, but avid watch people still use a good accurate mechanical clock over a $15 Casio (tho that $75 G-shock is nice..).
Yes, but if trash can == reformat then people would be calling up Apple w/ the Mac version of the psycho-panic-i-just-lost-my-term-paper-my-life-is- ruined-i-hate-you-cruel-sad-world of the BAD OR NONSYSTEM DISK PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE
Every 6 months after the regular reformatting of the Windows machines I take my keyboard apart and throw it in the top rack of the dishwasher. In goes cruddy KB, out comes near-brand-spankin' new one. The greatest part is that I can see the spots on the space bar where my thumbs have worn to a gleaming shine.
[SARCASM]Well in First Contact it was the vulcans that first came to Earth, but by Star Trek III the Klingons were trying to kill us! Then again we did secure peace by The Undiscovered Country, although that asshole Gowron screwed it all up again. I'm glad Worf killed Gowron.. Worf da man![/SARCASM]
Wait a minute, not everything from the current era is "bad engineering." Remember Galileo? Galileo was launched in 1989, was designed to operate until 1997, and they're finishing up the tour now. I'd call that a good job.
NASA, keep up the good work. And remember, meters != feet!
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You must remember that a good portion of BU's 20-something thousand students are from New York...
I wouldn't mind dropping an M3 engine into an Isetta...
At a student organization that I'm an officer for, we were getting a new computer lab and getting rid of the old Macs. 5 machines of ~100 MHz PPC 603's, now I have 5 friends addicted to EV. If you really love that game, I suggest just getting in touch with a college and seeing what they're throwing out. Often you can find a good functional OS8 Mac that'll run EV & EVO like a dream (I started playing EV on a 66 MHz 68040), and parts to keep it running for a while. Of course, if you want to play EVN, that 17" Powerbook sure looks tempting...
Wait.. your Captain Hector was an AROGSY?!!! Mine was a mean RAPIER that would ATTACK me ever 3 minutes!!
WARNING: If you do decide to play Escape Velocity, please make sure you have someone to pull you back into reality. Yes, it can be that addictive. Anyway, I g2g deliver these passengers to Palshife by the end of this week. Bye!
They already have FRS Radio watches. The thing is pretty cool, but with FRS radios at 2/$35 I doubt they'd sell too many.
Hey Dan, nice to hear you're alive. Mingda
Interestingly you've pretty much spec'd out my Athlon. The Force is strong in this one.
I used to use lower-end hardware, thinking that soon I'd upgrade. I've noticed that with lower end stuff there's a lot of time to spend with maintinence of the machine. This can break, that can break, etc. etc. emachines and wal-mart PCs may be cheap but they're certainly no more than a 2-year computer. I like building higher than mid-range equipment. Stuff that was top of the line at one point, but has been discounted down, but from good manufacturers. These computers usually end up being at least 5 year machines in my hands, and are inheritable/sellable. If you don't want to deal with this stuff, buy a Mac. [ducks]
Someone please mod parent this off-topic. I ran out of points :(
Since when did we have just one?!!!
Solution: Cast your own engines. It may take a workshop/garage/arm or 2 but you'll be good in no time (hopefully)
Mechanical watches & clocks. They've been around for hundreds of years. Granted for GPS and such atomic clocks are around, but avid watch people still use a good accurate mechanical clock over a $15 Casio (tho that $75 G-shock is nice..).
Ok someone's got to say it...
Faye Valetine is the HOTTEST [anime] chick EVER!!!
and now you can see her [shorts/boobs/ass] on the BIG SCREEN!
Whoohoo!!!
I feel better now.
Yes, but if trash can == reformat then people would be calling up Apple w/ the Mac version of the psycho-panic-i-just-lost-my-term-paper-my-life-is- ruined-i-hate-you-cruel-sad-world of the BAD OR NONSYSTEM DISK
PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE
Every 6 months after the regular reformatting of the Windows machines I take my keyboard apart and throw it in the top rack of the dishwasher. In goes cruddy KB, out comes near-brand-spankin' new one. The greatest part is that I can see the spots on the space bar where my thumbs have worn to a gleaming shine.
Suggestion: if you can find a K6-3 CPU it reallly speeds it up.
2743: P'ner seeks its maker! And they wear really wierd clothes! (Ref: Star Trek, The Motion Picture)
[SARCASM]Well in First Contact it was the vulcans that first came to Earth, but by Star Trek III the Klingons were trying to kill us! Then again we did secure peace by The Undiscovered Country, although that asshole Gowron screwed it all up again. I'm glad Worf killed Gowron.. Worf da man![/SARCASM]
Wait a minute, not everything from the current era is "bad engineering." Remember Galileo? Galileo was launched in 1989, was designed to operate until 1997, and they're finishing up the tour now. I'd call that a good job. NASA, keep up the good work. And remember, meters != feet!