As for Quincy iguanas, I've looked for them on e-bay with no success. So, instead sits a rubber Dogbert excersizing the Demons of Stupidity from my computer:)
I haven't used it personally, but I've watched my landlord use it and it always seems to need a little tinkering..My landlord got it this year a couple months ago so it's the newest version and while the thing with the accent still seems to bugger things up. Also, it has a hard time knowing what version of certain words that sound a like but spelled different in the English language.
Example: There, their and they're.
It's okay for what it is, but I find given the choice hand typing is faster and easier.
My landlord has that and uses it to type emails. From what I've seen, it's very quirky and you have to speak in a very precise and correct manner (if you have an even a very SLIGHT accent it won't type the correct word). Also, you have to specifify all punctuation such as periods and question marks.
For someone with a disability it would be highly useful, as for the rest of us, it's more work than it's worth.
True. And unfortunately causing more average viewers aren't going to help at this point (they should have done something to promote a bigger fan base BEFORE it was cancelled if they were aware it was going down the tube to begin with) what they need is to REALLY get the NETWORKS to try and pick-up the show again which I doubt the commercial will do.
Thing is, Networks have always had a hard time with the Sci-Fi genre if they can find something non-sci-fi to replace a sci-fi they will, from what I have observed. Part off this is because there is so little GOOD Sci-Fi that doesn't enbarass the genre. And that last statement I've actually read them saying in TV Guide.
They have to approve it, sure. But they're not going to sit there and watch it thinking "gee, we should bring FS back.."
It'd simply be any other commercial to them. Think about it, everytime a Budweiser commercial has to be approved doesn't cause them to think "we all should be drinking this stuff!" Networks have a lot of commercials to filter through and aren't sitting there letting each one if ANY have personal effects on them.
Unfortunately for the FS fans, more than likely their efforts won't work and if anything cause a lot of snide and humorous jokes about their commercials on SNL, Jay leno and such. Even if simply because the lack of quality.
It's nice that they are willing to try and make a point about their dedication but it probably will just reach the average TV viewers and NOT anyone in control of FS's life-span.
I say we just offload all the extremists and morons onto Mars....That should help the longevity of the human race, although I can't speak for the "Mars colonists".
Nah, won't change the longevity, but might clean out the gene pool resulting in humans evolving UP for once, instead of down.;)
I agree, and just think this is where our tax dollars are going...You'd think the FBI would have more important issues to deal with such as terrorists.
My sister had a cat (who is now long gone as he died at a ripe old age of 15) who would fetch tinsel-balls and rubber-bands..He would bring them back in his front paw and hobble on three-legs to give you the item thrown.
My landlord has an Abysinian cat who will retrieve, come when called, and go in a kennel, ride in the car, and eat dog treats.. A friend of mine also has a fetching cat:)
BTW, one of my dogs that lives at my parent's house (a small Yorkie) loves to sleep on mouse-pads on the desk by the computer..
As for my geek room.. It is a total chaotic mess! I use a shack outside my landlord's garage that has my PC, telephone, and scanner, and misc crap of my landlord's which includes a TV, Printer, ancient Win95 laptop (that he tried to sell me!), phone books, lots of floppy disks, hard liquor, and tons of office supplies (and lots of cardboard boxes!!) junked about.
I also have three dogs (and two more that live at my parent's house, so a total of 5)..I further more have a fellow geek friend with about 40 canine beasts..Though he also has 2 cats.:)
First off, I think it is terribly sad the dog died up there (I was aware of the Laika story except for the part where she never came back down to earth). However, what some people tend to forget is they aren't sending someone's pet dog up there they send their own dogs (animals) that they breed and raise specifically for laboratory animal tests..At least that is what they do here, in the USA. Anyway, the point is she probably didn't have a very good quality life to begin with nor would she have come home to one (if she had survived, though it turns out it was rigged so she'd die up there anyway.) so while it doesn't make it not cruel, she was damned if she did and damned if she didn't.. Just like the whole issue of testing animals in any laboratory experiments..Well, we could test on animals or we can test on humans, -pick your poison..I'm sure nobody at the time wanted to shoot up their old Aunt Birtha, so I think that kind of limited them to picking an animal:)
Why a dog? I dunno. I'd rather they picked another critter but that is because like most Americans I was raised with the idea that dogs are "pets" and to be treated more highly than say what we consider traditional "food animals" such as cows. There are other countries where if you sent a cow you'd have just murdered your Great Uncle Ralph (or so they believe).. Their wasn't any other way around it other than creating a robot that could accurately mimic real flesh and blood creatures reactions to stimuli.
BTW "Laika" is also the name of a specicfic breed of Russian dog called East Siberian Laika..Also West Siberian Laika..I've heard from Laika people that the space dog was one of those.. However, I've always read in Science books she was a mix breed.
I agree. And one of the main problems in society seems to be lately that it is (even though people aren't really admitting it) "cool" to have some sort of mental dysfunction and "normal" isn't any good, anymore.
It seems at times to be a way for people who have some personal issues to avoid trying solve them by blaming it on a disorder by self diagnosis and then claiming "there isn't anything I can do about it, so why bother". That's like saying, "I think I have Dyslexia so I shouldn't even bother trying to learn to read".
Yes, Autism does exist but that doesn't automatically mean that you have it just because you are a geek or are not very social.
Actually, he's right.. I grew up "vegetarian" and when I moved out, I started eating meat.. As a teenager, I often found myself at work all but eyeing the trash with a little more than casual interest (I never partook, thank you:) without any real thought about it. Raided the snack box a lot (craving particulary sugary cookis and such)
and had this annoying nervous pacing in circles crap even though my job was physically demanding and so was plenty excersized..I moved out while still a teen, and after I moved out I started eating meat..The pacing is no longer there UNLESS I eat a high carbohydrate breakfast and also get hungry within 2 hours. I now almost NEVER desire any type of sugar cookie and snack foods. Also, I can go 4-5 hours between meals ESPECIALLY if I eat protien in the morning. As growing up a vegetarian, I oviously ate plenty of veggies, carbohydrates, fruits, soy, dairy..So the only missing vitamins from my diet could have come only from MEAT and MEAT protien.
Also, as far as dogs go, he's ALSO right. I grew up with a dog who picked at her dog food but was in good weight..My mother decided to switch her to a homemade vegetarian diet with soy..Now the dog ONLY thinks about FOOD and how to get some more. (you have to feed an HUGE amount to keep weight on a dog with this diet)
Also, as far as humans go: -meat doesn't make you fat, in fact, if anything you LOOSE weight. I don't avoid carbohydrates, or anything else, though I DO eat a high protien diet.
Well that's quite a lot -poor dog. You said you stopped your roommate from throwing it a third time by grabbing onto both dog and dummy..Which dummy? The bumper or the roommate?;)
Sundae, same dog to jump off the balcony, also ran in front of a fast moving truck to grab her tennis ball out of the road and got ran over and LIVED with no broken bones or internal injuries.
Head went into shock;)
I think you may be right because I had an incident where I fell off a ravine about 12ft up and landed on my back and it didn't hurt (Does that make me a "spineless worm" ?:)..
Had a dog that jumped off a secound-story balcony without being injured (I dunno if she hurt or not)..Runs in the family I guess:)
ver been hit by a cricket ball? I saw one bounce of my teacher's head once and he barely even blinked, and that must have been travelling at 50mph...
Um..Dunno about a cricket ball but when I was about 14, I was hit square in the forehead with a baseball and it *HURT*! You do a little more than blink.:)
If you have a good AV, avoiding e-mail viruses is fairly simple and doesn't take much time. Simply don't use OE and always scan EVERY attatchment with your AV before opening them regardless of WHO they're from. See, didn't even need to go to e-mail classes for that one.;)
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Well, ferrets are illegal in CA anyway :)
:)
As for Quincy iguanas, I've looked for them on e-bay with no success. So, instead sits a rubber Dogbert excersizing the Demons of Stupidity from my computer
I haven't used it personally, but I've watched my landlord use it and it always seems to need a little tinkering..My landlord got it this year a couple months ago so it's the newest version and while the thing with the accent still seems to bugger things up. Also, it has a hard time knowing what version of certain words that sound a like but spelled different in the English language.
Example: There, their and they're.
It's okay for what it is, but I find given the choice hand typing is faster and easier.
Yah, isn't it the Manderine Dragon Speak thingy?
My landlord has that and uses it to type emails. From what I've seen, it's very quirky and you have to speak in a very precise and correct manner (if you have an even a very SLIGHT accent it won't type the correct word). Also, you have to specifify all punctuation such as periods and question marks.
For someone with a disability it would be highly useful, as for the rest of us, it's more work than it's worth.
What about ferrets and iguanas?? ;)
True. And unfortunately causing more average viewers aren't going to help at this point (they should have done something to promote a bigger fan base BEFORE it was cancelled if they were aware it was going down the tube to begin with) what they need is to REALLY get the NETWORKS to try and pick-up the show again which I doubt the commercial will do.
Thing is, Networks have always had a hard time with the Sci-Fi genre if they can find something non-sci-fi to replace a sci-fi they will, from what I have observed. Part off this is because there is so little GOOD Sci-Fi that doesn't enbarass the genre. And that last statement I've actually read them saying in TV Guide.
They have to approve it, sure. But they're not going to sit there and watch it thinking "gee, we should bring FS back.."
It'd simply be any other commercial to them. Think about it, everytime a Budweiser commercial has to be approved doesn't cause them to think "we all should be drinking this stuff!"
Networks have a lot of commercials to filter through and aren't sitting there letting each one if ANY have personal effects on them.
Unfortunately for the FS fans, more than likely their efforts won't work and if anything cause a lot of snide and humorous jokes about their commercials on SNL, Jay leno and such. Even if simply because the lack of quality.
It's nice that they are willing to try and make a point about their dedication but it probably will just reach the average TV viewers and NOT anyone in control of FS's life-span.
I say we just offload all the extremists and morons onto Mars....That should help the longevity of the human race, although I can't speak for the "Mars colonists".
;)
Nah, won't change the longevity, but might clean out the gene pool resulting in humans evolving UP for once, instead of down.
EEEEEP! I didn't know I was a terrorist! ;)
BTW, somebody mod macdaddy357 up as funny!
I agree, and just think this is where our tax dollars are going...You'd think the FBI would have more important issues to deal with such as terrorists.
Good, no more yard work ;)
4-5 feet tall in 8-10 days?! :)
Gee, I think I'll just grow a whole bunch of the stuff on the perimeter of my yard to make a fence
My sister had a cat (who is now long gone as he died at a ripe old age of 15) who would fetch tinsel-balls and rubber-bands..He would bring them back in his front paw and hobble on three-legs to give you the item thrown.
:)
My landlord has an Abysinian cat who will retrieve, come when called, and go in a kennel, ride in the car, and eat dog treats..
A friend of mine also has a fetching cat
BTW, one of my dogs that lives at my parent's house (a small Yorkie) loves to sleep on mouse-pads on the desk by the computer..
As for my geek room.. It is a total chaotic mess! I use a shack outside my landlord's garage that has my PC, telephone, and scanner, and misc crap of my landlord's which includes a TV, Printer, ancient Win95 laptop (that he tried to sell me!), phone books, lots of floppy disks, hard liquor, and tons of office supplies (and lots of cardboard boxes!!) junked about.
I also have three dogs (and two more that live at my parent's house, so a total of 5)..I further more have a fellow geek friend with about 40 canine beasts..Though he also has 2 cats. :)
First off, I think it is terribly sad the dog died up there (I was aware of the Laika story except for the part where she never came back down to earth). :)
However, what some people tend to forget is they aren't sending someone's pet dog up there they send their own dogs (animals) that they breed and raise specifically for laboratory animal tests..At least that is what they do here, in the USA.
Anyway, the point is she probably didn't have a very good quality life to begin with nor would she have come home to one (if she had survived, though it turns out it was rigged so she'd die up there anyway.) so while it doesn't make it not cruel, she was damned if she did and damned if she didn't.. Just like the whole issue of testing animals in any laboratory experiments..Well, we could test on animals or we can test on humans, -pick your poison..I'm sure nobody at the time wanted to shoot up their old Aunt Birtha, so I think that kind of limited them to picking an animal
Why a dog? I dunno. I'd rather they picked another critter but that is because like most Americans I was raised with the idea that dogs are "pets" and to be treated more highly than say what we consider traditional "food animals" such as cows.
There are other countries where if you sent a cow you'd have just murdered your Great Uncle Ralph (or so they believe).. Their wasn't any other way around it other than creating a robot that could accurately mimic real flesh and blood creatures reactions to stimuli.
BTW "Laika" is also the name of a specicfic breed of Russian dog called East Siberian Laika..Also West Siberian Laika..I've heard from Laika people that the space dog was one of those.. However, I've always read in Science books she was a mix breed.
Several hours of holding the mouse in the air...Sounds like excersize! ;)
I agree. And one of the main problems in society seems to be lately that it is (even though people aren't really admitting it) "cool" to have some sort of mental dysfunction and "normal" isn't any good, anymore.
It seems at times to be a way for people who have some personal issues to avoid trying solve them by blaming it on a disorder by self diagnosis and then claiming "there isn't anything I can do about it, so why bother". That's like saying, "I think I have Dyslexia so I shouldn't even bother trying to learn to read".
Yes, Autism does exist but that doesn't automatically mean that you have it just because you are a geek or are not very social.
Actually, he's right.. I grew up "vegetarian" and when I moved out, I started eating meat.. :) without any real thought about it. Raided the snack box a lot (craving particulary sugary cookis and such)
As a teenager, I often found myself at work all but eyeing the trash with a little more than casual interest (I never partook, thank you
and had this annoying nervous pacing in circles crap even though my job was physically demanding and so was plenty excersized..I moved out while still a teen, and after I moved out I started eating meat..The pacing is no longer there UNLESS I eat a high carbohydrate breakfast and also get hungry within 2 hours. I now almost NEVER desire any type of sugar cookie and snack foods. Also, I can go 4-5 hours between meals ESPECIALLY if I eat protien in the morning.
As growing up a vegetarian, I oviously ate plenty of veggies, carbohydrates, fruits, soy, dairy..So the only missing vitamins from my diet could have come only from MEAT and MEAT protien.
Also, as far as dogs go, he's ALSO right. I grew up with a dog who picked at her dog food but was in good weight..My mother decided to switch her to a homemade vegetarian diet with soy..Now the dog ONLY thinks about FOOD and how to get some more.
(you have to feed an HUGE amount to keep weight on a dog with this diet)
Also, as far as humans go: -meat doesn't make you fat, in fact, if anything you LOOSE weight.
I don't avoid carbohydrates, or anything else, though I DO eat a high protien diet.
Well that's quite a lot -poor dog. You said you stopped your roommate from throwing it a third time by grabbing onto both dog and dummy..Which dummy? The bumper or the roommate? ;)
Sundae, same dog to jump off the balcony, also ran in front of a fast moving truck to grab her tennis ball out of the road and got ran over and LIVED with no broken bones or internal injuries.
Head went into shock ;)
I think you may be right because I had an incident where I fell off a ravine about 12ft up and landed on my back and it didn't hurt (Does that make me a "spineless worm" ? :)..
Had a dog that jumped off a secound-story balcony without being injured (I dunno if she hurt or not)..Runs in the family I guess :)
Despite being hit in the head with a baseball I still claim to be normal :)
ver been hit by a cricket ball? I saw one bounce of my teacher's head once and he barely even blinked, and that must have been travelling at 50mph...
:)
Um..Dunno about a cricket ball but when I was about 14, I was hit square in the forehead with a baseball and it *HURT*! You do a little more than blink.
If you have a good AV, avoiding e-mail viruses is fairly simple and doesn't take much time. Simply don't use OE and always scan EVERY attatchment with your AV before opening them regardless of WHO they're from. ;)
See, didn't even need to go to e-mail classes for that one.