Indeed! If you trust Fox News, then everything you think you know is wrong. CNN is really no better. Those initials should stand for Certainly Not News. It is a shame we don't have something like BBC in the US.
In my day, a hard drive was going across the country in a car with kids in the back whining, "Are we there yet?" We didn't have it easy like you whipper-snappers with your SATA and your RAID! Hell, Raid was for killing bugs.
Without addressing the issue of "Your papers, please!" which others here have done very well, I would like to point out that smart cards suck. They ought to be called stupid cards. Ohio used to employ smart cards for their electronic benefits transfer/food stamps program, the Ohio Direction Card. This required retailers who accepted it to have special equipment that cost a lot, cluttered up their checkout lines and frequently broke down. It led to angry customers abusing the retailers and abusing the equipment, causing it to fail even more. Last month, they abandoned the smart card system and went to a magnetic strip card that almost any retailed equipped to take credit and debit cards can accept without extra hardware. This cost me a job, since I maintained the old system and was no longer needed, but will probably save the state millions of dollars per year and eliminate the problem of hackers reprogramming the cards. Before letting salesmen pitch smart cards to them, Australia should talk to Ohio.
Actually, its aluminum foil hats that don't work. It is hard to find, but if you can get real tin foil it does work. It also keeps the V-Chip from spying on you if you line the inside of your TV with it.
What I want is a blue laser DVD burner so I can get the HD I record off of my hard drive without having to use a whole spindle of DVD-R or RW. I don't think that will be affordable if even availabe this year. I'm not concerned with the upcoming rehash of DVD vs Beta at the video store.
Another problem is that it costs too much to go to a movie. Between tickets and snacks it costs a couple between 30 and 40 dollars to go to a movie. Multiply that figure if you are bringing the kids. If the price of seeing a movie goes up even more to pay for digital projectors, there will be even fewer people going to the movies after the "ooh! aah!" factor of seeing digital projection subsides.
Let's say the wife and I want to go out to a movie for the evening. Movie tickets are about $9.00 each. If we have drinks and a snack, plan about $7.00 each 18+14=32. 32 bucks for frivolous entertainment is a lot to blow when there are bills to pay, so there batter be something spectacular that makes it worth seeing on a big screen, or I'll wait for home video. Not only that, I know that the MPAA and the studios are going to use a lot of their profits to bribe Congress into passing even more draconian measures to fight "piracy" which will destroy my personal property rights after buying a DVD. Why hand any money to their lawyers for anything less than a five star film?
A few years ago when RFID was still too expensive, the paranoid were sure "The Mark" would be a tattoo. Now, it doesn't have to be visible. All the "crazy" things the paranoid used to fear and reasonable people used to laugh at are becoming real. It makes poking fun at conspiracy theory a lot less enjoyable.
Yes, we will go to the moon. Bush wants to get to all that green cheese before the Chinese do.
As for the asteroid missions, they would just end the way CONTOUR did.
By the way, I think peyeote is generally drunk like a tea, not smoked.
Indeed! They want to manufacture treatments, not cures. After 10 days to 2 weeks, you don't need an antibiotic any more. Your infection is cured. They like to make pills you will have to take now, and for the rest of your life. It is all about the money.
As soon as I can find those buggers, I'm doing my whole house for personal security. All the government spying devices will be rendered useless. Take that, Big Brother!
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How much will the portable version cost?
And Nintendo themselves don't get the WeeWii.
Indeed! If you trust Fox News, then everything you think you know is wrong. CNN is really no better. Those initials should stand for Certainly Not News. It is a shame we don't have something like BBC in the US.
In my day, a hard drive was going across the country in a car with kids in the back whining, "Are we there yet?" We didn't have it easy like you whipper-snappers with your SATA and your RAID! Hell, Raid was for killing bugs.
Without addressing the issue of "Your papers, please!" which others here have done very well, I would like to point out that smart cards suck. They ought to be called stupid cards. Ohio used to employ smart cards for their electronic benefits transfer/food stamps program, the Ohio Direction Card. This required retailers who accepted it to have special equipment that cost a lot, cluttered up their checkout lines and frequently broke down. It led to angry customers abusing the retailers and abusing the equipment, causing it to fail even more. Last month, they abandoned the smart card system and went to a magnetic strip card that almost any retailed equipped to take credit and debit cards can accept without extra hardware. This cost me a job, since I maintained the old system and was no longer needed, but will probably save the state millions of dollars per year and eliminate the problem of hackers reprogramming the cards. Before letting salesmen pitch smart cards to them, Australia should talk to Ohio.
Yep, any terrorist with an RFID reader will be able to identify Americans to kill. It will give them a lot of freedom and liberty, me not so much.
Both are true.
I'll bet that the White Knight is expensive to operate. Maybe NASA should use the X-4000 to launch the X-37 once they are done with these tests.
...Ubuntu!
There is really only one thing to pray for: To be eaten first.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
Frankenswine!
On the moon, The X-4000 Launch Aparatus might actually work as a launch vehicle.
I buy domains from GoDaddy, but not hosting. I recommend others do the same.
Don't be fooled. The FBI does so have access to e-mail. They have access to YOUR e-mail. You didn't really think it was private, did you?
Actually, its aluminum foil hats that don't work. It is hard to find, but if you can get real tin foil it does work. It also keeps the V-Chip from spying on you if you line the inside of your TV with it.
What I want is a blue laser DVD burner so I can get the HD I record off of my hard drive without having to use a whole spindle of DVD-R or RW. I don't think that will be affordable if even availabe this year. I'm not concerned with the upcoming rehash of DVD vs Beta at the video store.
Another problem is that it costs too much to go to a movie. Between tickets and snacks it costs a couple between 30 and 40 dollars to go to a movie. Multiply that figure if you are bringing the kids. If the price of seeing a movie goes up even more to pay for digital projectors, there will be even fewer people going to the movies after the "ooh! aah!" factor of seeing digital projection subsides.
Beagle 2 was about to discover something it wasn't supposed to see, so the Zhti Ti Kofft blew it to hell.
Let's say the wife and I want to go out to a movie for the evening. Movie tickets are about $9.00 each. If we have drinks and a snack, plan about $7.00 each 18+14=32. 32 bucks for frivolous entertainment is a lot to blow when there are bills to pay, so there batter be something spectacular that makes it worth seeing on a big screen, or I'll wait for home video. Not only that, I know that the MPAA and the studios are going to use a lot of their profits to bribe Congress into passing even more draconian measures to fight "piracy" which will destroy my personal property rights after buying a DVD. Why hand any money to their lawyers for anything less than a five star film?
How about a giant mouse?
It seems family friendly until you use the mod code to unlock the part with king kong playing ping pong with his ding dong.
A few years ago when RFID was still too expensive, the paranoid were sure "The Mark" would be a tattoo. Now, it doesn't have to be visible. All the "crazy" things the paranoid used to fear and reasonable people used to laugh at are becoming real. It makes poking fun at conspiracy theory a lot less enjoyable.
By the way, I think peyeote is generally drunk like a tea, not smoked.
Indeed! They want to manufacture treatments, not cures. After 10 days to 2 weeks, you don't need an antibiotic any more. Your infection is cured. They like to make pills you will have to take now, and for the rest of your life. It is all about the money.
As soon as I can find those buggers, I'm doing my whole house for personal security. All the government spying devices will be rendered useless. Take that, Big Brother!