Apparently whoever moderated you up is about as young and uninformed as you. Not really your fault though, you had to have been born early enough to have seen the movie first run with the mindset a person living then would have had to properly appreciate it. It's sort of like someone who wasn't even born when John Lennon was killed trying to fully appreciate the cultural atomic bomb that went off when the Beatles first single was released December 26, 1963. If you didn't live through it, there's no way you're going to fully understand what it was like. Just the way that it is.
Doesn't your state make the new owner of a car register it in their name every time the ownership of the car changes? Sounds more like a back property tax situation.
"A $10 toaster from 50 years ago is big, clunky, heavy and totally reliable. A $10 toaster today is lightweight and totally reliable (at least, mine has never failed me)."
50 years ago $10 was real money. Unfortunately, if you build a toaster that'll last for 50 years you have to wait 50 years for that customer to buy another one.
Pantene was a good product back in the 70's when it was strictly marketed as a man's product. (Square dark blue plastic bottle). It was also more expensive than the other stuff on the drugstore shelves and harder to find, although it actually lasted longer so the price wasn't as bad as it seemed. Then they decided to go after the mass market with something that was like what everybody else was selling. Neutrogena was good until a few years ago, also more expensive but lasted longer as well, then they decided to go after the mass market with something that was like what everybody else was selling. I think I detect a trend here and I don't really care for it.
I hear that there are even "entertainment and refreshment" establishments that let certain employees work without a shirt, at least after the first song of their set. Wouldn't know about that personally, of course:-)
MS does too, but a lot of people get MCSE's 'cause they can be useful in getting jobs or getting more money. Perhaps Linux certs will serve the same purpose for others.
It would sure be nice if the 'pause' key worked during boot, but I've never seen a board where it would. I have, however, had a situation where I needed to troubleshoot without any video and the combination of the 'print screen' key and a printer that doesn't need any software loaded sure comes in handy. Of course what prints depends on which fraction of a second in which you hit the 'print screen' key, so it can take several tries.
Oddly enough, our cell phones are working fine but our usually bulletproof land line sounds like bacon frying and the dial tone is only available occaisionally (sp?).
Until I finally got through on my dial-up and saw this story I assumed it was just 'cause we got several inches of rain today and all the station wire under the house is over a quarter-century old.
As for the aurora (mmm, slot cars and DB5's), just like any other time something interesting is going on in the sky, all we have is clouds:(
Has anyone besides myself had a problem lately with clicking on the "cached version" links only to have google send them a page saying that they can't find their own cached copy?
Can anyone enlighten me as to the real author of the above (Black Lawyers, Slavery, And Inutterable Weariness Maybe Some Things Aren't Somebody Else's Fault), and when and where it was published?
...I usually lower my voice about a quarter octave. But seriously, the song is "Rock the Casbah" by The Clash.
I stole this from dictionary.com
Casbah also Kasbah (kzbä, käz-).
n.
1. A castle or palace in northern Africa.
2. Often casbah. The older section of a city in northern Africa or the Middle East.
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[French from Arabic dialectal qabah, from Arabic qaabah, fortress.] End plagarism
See also: 1. Charles Boyer in "Algiers" 2. most any Pepe Le Peu cartoon
Besides this is an easier way to shed karma than waiting around to see if I've been shredded in meta-moderation yet.
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What's really ironic is that this criticism of Kotkin for writing like, well, like Katz usually does, is one of the best written Katz pieces I can remember having seen in these past 2 years.
I think what's really put the burr under Katz's saddle is that Kotkin coined "nerdistan" and he (Katz) didn't.
Re:Jon Katz ---- CUT HIM SOME SLACK
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Actually Katz rode in (to Slashdot) on the "Halloween Papers" horse about 6 months earlier, although he had written for Wired and Rolling Stone prior to that. His articles on Columbine exposed both him and Slashdot to a wider audience and whether this was to the detriment or betterment of Slashdot remains a subject of heated debate to this day, as does the benefit or lack thereof to the presence on Slashdot of Katz himself.
Slashdot Mirror
Or maybe they're both idiots.
I never have mod points to give out when they're truly deserved.
Apparently whoever moderated you up is about as young and uninformed as you. Not really your fault though, you had to have been born early enough to have seen the movie first run with the mindset a person living then would have had to properly appreciate it. It's sort of like someone who wasn't even born when John Lennon was killed trying to fully appreciate the cultural atomic bomb that went off when the Beatles first single was released December 26, 1963. If you didn't live through it, there's no way you're going to fully understand what it was like. Just the way that it is.
Most sources are in agreement that he took poison and shot himself.
Doesn't your state make the new owner of a car register it in their name every time the ownership of the car changes? Sounds more like a back property tax situation.
50 years ago $10 was real money. Unfortunately, if you build a toaster that'll last for 50 years you have to wait 50 years for that customer to buy another one.
Pantene was a good product back in the 70's when it was strictly marketed as a man's product. (Square dark blue plastic bottle). It was also more expensive than the other stuff on the drugstore shelves and harder to find, although it actually lasted longer so the price wasn't as bad as it seemed. Then they decided to go after the mass market with something that was like what everybody else was selling. Neutrogena was good until a few years ago, also more expensive but lasted longer as well, then they decided to go after the mass market with something that was like what everybody else was selling. I think I detect a trend here and I don't really care for it.
bonus point used to gain maximum visibility
I thought MS already had a patent on the Vaporware Generator.
If they can be unfolded and remain readable, this could be a fun alternative to sneakernet. As long as nobody gets an eye put out.
Is there a way to hack these into something other than illegal cell phones, like walkie talkies, intercom units, remote controls, etc.?
I hear that there are even "entertainment and refreshment" establishments that let certain employees work without a shirt, at least after the first song of their set. Wouldn't know about that personally, of course :-)
MS does too, but a lot of people get MCSE's 'cause they can be useful in getting jobs or getting more money. Perhaps Linux certs will serve the same purpose for others.
It would sure be nice if the 'pause' key worked during boot, but I've never seen a board where it would. I have, however, had a situation where I needed to troubleshoot without any video and the combination of the 'print screen' key and a printer that doesn't need any software loaded sure comes in handy. Of course what prints depends on which fraction of a second in which you hit the 'print screen' key, so it can take several tries.
But isn't there already an Aurora, Illinois?
I am now connected at 4.8K. Not 48K, 4.8K! I now know the web equivalent of watching paint dry.
Until I finally got through on my dial-up and saw this story I assumed it was just 'cause we got several inches of rain today and all the station wire under the house is over a quarter-century old.
As for the aurora (mmm, slot cars and DB5's), just like any other time something interesting is going on in the sky, all we have is clouds :(
Has anyone besides myself had a problem lately with clicking on the "cached version" links only to have google send them a page saying that they can't find their own cached copy?
Can anyone enlighten me as to the real author of the above (Black Lawyers, Slavery, And Inutterable Weariness Maybe Some Things Aren't Somebody Else's Fault), and when and where it was published?
Microsoft's Law of Software Envelopment: Every program expands until it looks like a web page or can author (a proprietary version of) one, or both.
I stole this from dictionary.com
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Casbah also Kasbah (kzbä, käz-).
n.
1. A castle or palace in northern Africa.
2. Often casbah. The older section of a city in northern Africa or the Middle East.
-----------------------------------------------
[French from Arabic dialectal qabah, from Arabic qaabah, fortress.]
End plagarism
See also:
1. Charles Boyer in "Algiers"
2. most any Pepe Le Peu cartoon
Besides this is an easier way to shed karma than waiting around to see if I've been shredded in meta-moderation yet.
I think what's really put the burr under Katz's saddle is that Kotkin coined "nerdistan" and he (Katz) didn't.
Actually Katz rode in (to Slashdot) on the "Halloween Papers" horse about 6 months earlier, although he had written for Wired and Rolling Stone prior to that. His articles on Columbine exposed both him and Slashdot to a wider audience and whether this was to the detriment or betterment of Slashdot remains a subject of heated debate to this day, as does the benefit or lack thereof to the presence on Slashdot of Katz himself.
Or maybe he had his to-do list on a non-Y2K compliant machine and by the time he realized the problem he decided to give it a pass 'til 3000 or so.