I thought this was somewhat relevent... Originally posted at rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc back in Feb '98 Author: Eric Bycer
"Eject!" came the voice of the comm system.
"I can hold it," Porkins exclaimed. An instant later he dropped his cheesesteak. "Damn it," he muttered. "How the hell can they expect me to fly an X-wing in combat, AND eat my between meals snack at the same time? Oh, man, there's cheese all over the controls..."
A light started flashing. "What? Geez, I wish I had paid attention when people were teaching me how to fly. OK. Red light, flashing. Hmm. What could that mean? Let me pull out the manual." Porkins removed a paper from his neck (he had been using it as a bib), and turned it over.
"So there's where I put my manual. OK. Let's see here. Red flashing light. Red flashing light. Ah, here it is. 'Red flashing light means imminent explosion.' Oh, man! No time for a hot dog!"
Sealing up his spacesuit...well, trying to seal up his spacesuit...
"Shouldn't have had that last chocolate-chicken pot pie. Come on, Porkins suck it in. Almost there...almost there... Good. Sealed up. Now to eject. Where the heck is the eject button?
"What? They put the eject button under my cinnabon maker? How inconsiderate of them. I mean, how often does a pilot eject? Versus, how often does a pilot feel the need for a nice cinnabon. Mmmmm. Cinnabon.
"Damn, now I've got drool all over the inside of my helmet! OK, move the cinnabon maker out of the way and hit the eject button."
Porkins hits the eject button, and the canopy goes flying away. The seat starts to eject, but just moves a little bit. "Hey! What the hell is wrong with this damn thing! I told them *not* to get an American X-Wing. I wanted a Japanese X-wing, or at least a Volkswagon! OK, don't panic. Think about survival, and getting back to base, where they will reward with two tons of candy. Yes, think about the candy..."
In his strange state of meditation, Porkins taps into the Force and ejects himself into space. Floating above the Death Star, he pulls out a plate of pasta. "Been almost two minutes since I ate. Now *that's willpower!"
"Guys, we're going in and we're going in full throttle! That oughtta keep those fighters off our tails!"
"Damn farmboy. He's so thin he could probably pack in a whole side of beef into his X-wing. Lucky sonovabitch..."
"YEE HAW! You're all clear kid! Now let's blow this thing and go home!"
"GOD DAMN IT! That bastard made me spill my Coke all over the place. Why the hell did he have to yell like that? Now what am I going to drink while eating my frozen yogurt and waiting to be picked up?
"Wait...if he has a clear shot...and I'm floating here...and he hits the target...what will happen...when the Death Star explodes?!?"
I'm very happy with Dish Network. Comcast is the only option in my neighborhood, and is probably $20 more per month for basic service. A ripoff.
Weather is not a factor for me, as I am in the Los Angeles area.
I took advantage of the free equipment/free installation Dish is offering until Feb 28. So I got the receiver/DVR option which has a 100gb hard disk. It's been great and I see why everyone loves TiVo so much. Now I'm just waiting for someone to figure out how to extract video from a DishDVR.
Bottom line, the cable adverts are bullshit. Dish/DirecTV seems to have the better value nationwide as far as packages go.
When I dropped Mandrake 9.1 onto this Dell Inspiron 5100 notebook installed with XP home, the resize tool worked flawlessly. Previous scandisk/defrag warnings apply.
Well, speaking as an American who has just returned from England, I rather enjoyed being able to tell the difference between paper bills without needing to look at them. I could stick my hand in my pocket in the checkout line of a market and know I was handing over a £5 note before looking at it.
On the other hand (all puns intended), some of their coins feel the same by touch, same as our Sajawhatsit dollar and the quarter - they are nearly the same size and weight. That's what kills some special coins, I think - not being able to tell the difference between them quickly.
Just my 2p...
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I thought this was somewhat relevent...
Originally posted at rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc back in Feb '98
Author: Eric Bycer
"Eject!" came the voice of the comm system.
"I can hold it," Porkins exclaimed. An instant later he dropped his cheesesteak. "Damn it," he muttered. "How the hell can they expect me to fly an X-wing in combat, AND eat my between meals snack at the same time? Oh, man, there's cheese all over the controls..."
A light started flashing. "What? Geez, I wish I had paid attention when people were teaching me how to fly. OK. Red light, flashing. Hmm. What could that mean? Let me pull out the manual." Porkins removed a paper from his neck (he had been using it as a bib), and turned it over.
"So there's where I put my manual. OK. Let's see here. Red flashing light. Red flashing light. Ah, here it is. 'Red flashing light means imminent explosion.' Oh, man! No time for a hot dog!"
Sealing up his spacesuit...well, trying to seal up his spacesuit...
"Shouldn't have had that last chocolate-chicken pot pie. Come on, Porkins suck it in. Almost there...almost there... Good. Sealed up. Now to eject. Where the heck is the eject button?
"What? They put the eject button under my cinnabon maker? How inconsiderate of them. I mean, how often does a pilot eject? Versus, how often does a pilot feel the need for a nice cinnabon. Mmmmm. Cinnabon.
"Damn, now I've got drool all over the inside of my helmet! OK, move the cinnabon maker out of the way and hit the eject button."
Porkins hits the eject button, and the canopy goes flying away. The seat starts to eject, but just moves a little bit. "Hey! What the hell is wrong with this damn thing! I told them *not* to get an American X-Wing. I wanted a Japanese X-wing, or at least a Volkswagon! OK, don't panic. Think about survival, and getting back to base, where they will reward with two tons of candy. Yes, think about the candy..."
In his strange state of meditation, Porkins taps into the Force and ejects himself into space. Floating above the Death Star, he pulls out a plate of pasta. "Been almost two minutes since I ate. Now *that's willpower!"
"Guys, we're going in and we're going in full throttle! That oughtta keep those fighters off our tails!"
"Damn farmboy. He's so thin he could probably pack in a whole side of beef into his X-wing. Lucky sonovabitch..."
"YEE HAW! You're all clear kid! Now let's blow this thing and go home!"
"GOD DAMN IT! That bastard made me spill my Coke all over the place. Why the hell did he have to yell like that? Now what am I going to drink while eating my frozen yogurt and waiting to be picked up?
"Wait...if he has a clear shot...and I'm floating here...and he hits the target...what will happen...when the Death Star explodes?!?"
Eric Bycer
"Oh, my souffle!"
I'm very happy with Dish Network. Comcast is the only option in my neighborhood, and is probably $20 more per month for basic service. A ripoff. Weather is not a factor for me, as I am in the Los Angeles area. I took advantage of the free equipment/free installation Dish is offering until Feb 28. So I got the receiver/DVR option which has a 100gb hard disk. It's been great and I see why everyone loves TiVo so much. Now I'm just waiting for someone to figure out how to extract video from a DishDVR. Bottom line, the cable adverts are bullshit. Dish/DirecTV seems to have the better value nationwide as far as packages go.
When I dropped Mandrake 9.1 onto this Dell Inspiron 5100 notebook installed with XP home, the resize tool worked flawlessly. Previous scandisk/defrag warnings apply.
Well, speaking as an American who has just returned from England, I rather enjoyed being able to tell the difference between paper bills without needing to look at them. I could stick my hand in my pocket in the checkout line of a market and know I was handing over a £5 note before looking at it. On the other hand (all puns intended), some of their coins feel the same by touch, same as our Sajawhatsit dollar and the quarter - they are nearly the same size and weight. That's what kills some special coins, I think - not being able to tell the difference between them quickly. Just my 2p...