Maybe this language is alive now, but in thirty-two years, it will be extinct, and we will have to send time-travelers back to unearth it's powerful secrets!
Your link is slow as hell, so I did a google search for lobster.swf and turned up a huge number of really, reallywierdlinks. I've done some bizzare searches in my day, but this one probably takes the cake.
Star Trek five... which one is that? The one where they save the whales? The murder-mystery in space? I seem to be repressing any memories of... whatever it is you're talking about. Although I'll admit that the first half hour of the film is quite engaging.
Spock: "Captain...?" Kirk: "Spock, we're on leave. You can call me Jim." Spock: "Jim...?" Kirk: "Yes, Spock?" Spock: "Life is not a dream." Kirk: "Go to sleep, Spock." Spock: "Yes, Captain."
While the points that you are trying to articulate may be valid, your presentation of them is somewhat distracting. If you spend the time to write a coherent rebuttal and clearly present some facts to support your case, you might not be dismissed so easily. Better luck in the future.
Impressive observation. Although the fact that all three accounts used the term "pwned" might have tipped me off eventually. I don't think I've ever seen anyone write that around here:)
I want to upgrade one of my machines from ME to XP... but $200? I could buy a brand new machine for four or five hundred, so why bother? However, I would be willing to plop down $45 for the OS, hell, that's the price of any other piece of software, like a new video-game.
I beta tested a few Korean made MMORPGs and often wondered why they bother to try to compete with giant conglomerate-made games like EverQuest and Asheron's Call. Setting up a stable server infrastructure is a (pardon) massive undertaking. Not to discourage independant developers, but this really looks like a pretty generic game.
Yeah, I agree with you. I could code something to track my roommate's shuffling around, watching tv, blogging, smoking cigarettes, etc. and make an arbitrary tune to go along with each of these actions, but really, who cares? The system is contrived to create a melody, so it's not much of a "find."
You're referring to the infamous "martian crab" which NASA claims is just a lump of debris, but the tinfoil-hat crowd has made a big deal out of. This is the image Mr. Clarke was mentioning.
Yeah, but when the heat fails on a rover, the rover doesn't turn into a corpsicle.
In this case the advantages probably beat out the disadvantages, but let's not forget how feeble we are.
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Stop bothering with the Godwin argument, everyone. The Nazis did not invent eugenics, they merely popularized it. Regardless of common belief, the term was invented in the ninteenth century by an Englishman scientist named Francis Galton. In the late eightteen-hundreds the idea was popular with the upper class all over the world. Incidentally he was Charles Darwin's first cousin.
Fun fact: by 1931, thirty US states passed laws calling for the sterilization of institutionalized insane. By 1958, 60,926 imbeciles morons and idiots were sterilized in the United States.
Hell, even Plato suggested improving society by arranged marriage.
Note that I'm not condoning this line of thought, just thought I would provide you with a little bit more background. I suggest the book Strange Creations for a bit more info.
You make a DAMN good point. However, let us not foget EPIC SPACE BATTLES. They were a core component of the original movies and were nigh but irreplaceable.
I go now to play X-Wing vs. TIE fighter, because I am too drunk to drive a car, but for pete's sake, I can still pilot a TIE-fighter!
Don't forget the 386 to "486" upgrade that was offered by Cyrix. I've got a computer somewhere with one of those, although I never noticed much of an improvement from it.
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Maybe this language is alive now, but in thirty-two years, it will be extinct, and we will have to send time-travelers back to unearth it's powerful secrets!
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Repeat after me: "I will never use this term in polite conversation." Thank you.
Your link is slow as hell, so I did a google search for lobster.swf and turned up a huge number of really, really wierd links. I've done some bizzare searches in my day, but this one probably takes the cake.
Star Trek five... which one is that? The one where they save the whales? The murder-mystery in space? I seem to be repressing any memories of ... whatever it is you're talking about. Although I'll admit that the first half hour of the film is quite engaging.
Spock: "Captain...?"
Kirk: "Spock, we're on leave. You can call me Jim."
Spock: "Jim...?"
Kirk: "Yes, Spock?"
Spock: "Life is not a dream."
Kirk: "Go to sleep, Spock."
Spock: "Yes, Captain."
Ha! The Space Merchants is one of my favorite books, and to the contrary, it made me want to be an ad-man!
You make it sound like the next spin-off is going to be "Star Trek: The Continuing Voyages of Ellen Feiss."
Groan.
While the points that you are trying to articulate may be valid, your presentation of them is somewhat distracting. If you spend the time to write a coherent rebuttal and clearly present some facts to support your case, you might not be dismissed so easily. Better luck in the future.
Impressive observation. Although the fact that all three accounts used the term "pwned" might have tipped me off eventually. I don't think I've ever seen anyone write that around here :)
Yeah, that's a damn good point.
... but $200? I could buy a brand new machine for four or five hundred, so why bother? However, I would be willing to plop down $45 for the OS, hell, that's the price of any other piece of software, like a new video-game.
I want to upgrade one of my machines from ME to XP
You forget, I witnessed a mass sponge migration.
I beta tested a few Korean made MMORPGs and often wondered why they bother to try to compete with giant conglomerate-made games like EverQuest and Asheron's Call. Setting up a stable server infrastructure is a (pardon) massive undertaking. Not to discourage independant developers, but this really looks like a pretty generic game.
Yeah, I agree with you. I could code something to track my roommate's shuffling around, watching tv, blogging, smoking cigarettes, etc. and make an arbitrary tune to go along with each of these actions, but really, who cares? The system is contrived to create a melody, so it's not much of a "find."
You're referring to the infamous "martian crab" which NASA claims is just a lump of debris, but the tinfoil-hat crowd has made a big deal out of. This is the image Mr. Clarke was mentioning.
Very, very interesting. This is the picture that he claims looks like "Banyan trees."
You must have grown up in the dark ages, before revisionism and political corectness.
Dude. Don't use tinyurl unless you are linking to Bob Goatse. It looks suspicious.
By the way, the parent's link is legit.
Yeah, but when the heat fails on a rover, the rover doesn't turn into a corpsicle.
In this case the advantages probably beat out the disadvantages, but let's not forget how feeble we are.
Stop bothering with the Godwin argument, everyone. The Nazis did not invent eugenics, they merely popularized it. Regardless of common belief, the term was invented in the ninteenth century by an Englishman scientist named Francis Galton. In the late eightteen-hundreds the idea was popular with the upper class all over the world. Incidentally he was Charles Darwin's first cousin.
Fun fact: by 1931, thirty US states passed laws calling for the sterilization of institutionalized insane. By 1958, 60,926 imbeciles morons and idiots were sterilized in the United States.
Hell, even Plato suggested improving society by arranged marriage.
Note that I'm not condoning this line of thought, just thought I would provide you with a little bit more background. I suggest the book Strange Creations for a bit more info.
The only reason that film was good was Johnny Depp.
Where did my strat-o-matic baseball go?
My brother has one of those.
I've always thought of it as a glorified TI-85 that can play a bunch of really lame games and needed a HUGE community to make work.
You make a DAMN good point. However, let us not foget EPIC SPACE BATTLES. They were a core component of the original movies and were nigh but irreplaceable.
I go now to play X-Wing vs. TIE fighter, because I am too drunk to drive a car, but for pete's sake, I can still pilot a TIE-fighter!
Your theory seems somewhat familiar!
A science instructor I had in middle school once claimed that light bulbs "ate darkness."
I don't know how relevant this anecdote is, you simply prompted it to appear.
Don't forget the 386 to "486" upgrade that was offered by Cyrix. I've got a computer somewhere with one of those, although I never noticed much of an improvement from it.
Stop attempting to argue or crack jokes, dude. The moderators are being unfair to you tonight.