All well and good, but I actually get junk mail from someone pretending to use my own hotmail account, and hotmail won't let me block it (which is STOOPID as I never send myself email!).
But surely, ["don't call me Shirley"] the problem is that however much you state that your not a nutzo-psychosexual freakazoid, we don't know if that's the truth because if you were, you sure as hell wouldn't tell us!
The character playing against Data was called 'Colrami' (no idea of the spelling) and he beat Data the first time. At the end of the episode, Data played again, but this time played for a draw, and Colrami gave up as he saw he couldn't win.
Everyone laughed and patted Data on the back. Episode ends with everyone happy (as usual). All very 'Little House On The Prairie".
It would perhaps be more accurate to state that you 'can't boot off it yet'. Perhaps the boys in the backroom could build a PC that has a primary USB port that can be booted from.
Hey Presto - no need for Floppy drives anymore...
That's all good, as long as you're only working with hardware from the last few years. But there's a whole lotta hardware that was built before that.
Er, I think that the stuff that was built before that already have floppy drives. I don't think there's anyone thinking of sending the Floppy Police around and compulsory purchasing everyone's old floppy drives?
--- I have a 3.25" floppy, but I don't use it as a rule.
When I'm driving I try to treat others as I would wish to be treated. If I see someone coming up fast behind me, I try and pull over (without having to baulk anyone else in the process), as I assume that whoever they are, they must be in a hurry.
I would then like people to act the same way, if I was ever in a hurry (and I don't just mean 'late for work'!).
Getting in people's way is an incredibly stupid thing to do. My Dad is a Dr and was taking a woman to hospital (no time to wait for the ambulance so bunged her in his car). An A-hole wouldn't let him pass on the dual-carriage way (kept changing lanes in front of him to prevent him from passing). He did get past, and she survived, no thanks to the blocking bozo.
And as for the gun threat. Not only should you not be allowed to drive a car, you should be locked up.
You have already mentioned that you expect motorcycles to 'filter', so you would obviously not accidentally pull out.
For my part, I always move over to:-
Let them pass more easily
Let them know I've seen them
and more often than not I get a cheery little wave from the biker chappie.
I just look at it as some helpful chap who, rather than clog up the road with another bloody monster truck or mercedes, uses a bike instead, and hence makes my journey that little bit easier.
Of course, in the words of the immortal Brad, "Life's pretty cheap to their sort"!
I have a recollection of some brit (maybe Scottish actually) who had a device in a black box (so you couldn'a see how it worked!) with a power lead running out of it.
It was on a set of scales, and when he turned it on, it weighed less! Last I heard (several years ago) he wandered off to Australia where he had some promise of funding (UK Gov didn't think it'd be very useful or something - bless them!).
It apparently had an arrangement of Gyroscopes inside, and we all know about the 90 degree thang with gyros don't we - spin one and try to make it turn, and it will move at 90 degrees to the applied force - or something. So - setup a bunch of 'em in a case... yada yada yada...
Anyone else remember this... and 'where is he now'?
It's easy to be principled when you are winning!
Just try being on the losing side and having the choice of losing, or being a 'bit underhand'.
It makes me laugh that the civilised world has created a set of rules to wage war by, and then prosecutes people (usually the losers, except in Britain where we love nothing more than hauling our heroes in front of the courts!) who don't play by them.
As they say, the Victors always write the history (and, apparently, if your name isn't Dan, you can't come in)!
AS it 'appens, when the first guns were about they were massively out, er, gunned (?) by the bowmen. You want massive and overwhelming, pre-gun, firepower just look at The Battle of Agincourt where 5000 (long)bowmen beat 25000 heavily armed adversaries (French, as it 'appens, but I didn't want to stir up old rivalries!).
However, it was thought to be good scare tactics to use guns as they scared the opponents sh-(or w-)1tless. So, just because the Laser might not be 'all that', it'd still be a great mind-fuck to go wasting the enemy, just to show the superior technology.
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All well and good, but I actually get junk mail from someone pretending to use my own hotmail account, and hotmail won't let me block it (which is STOOPID as I never send myself email!).
--- I need a packet of sigs!
Everyone laughed and patted Data on the back. Episode ends with everyone happy (as usual). All very 'Little House On The Prairie".
... at about the same time we get the Paperless Restroom!
That's all good, as long as you're only working with hardware from the last few years. But there's a whole lotta hardware that was built before that.
Er, I think that the stuff that was built before that already have floppy drives. I don't think there's anyone thinking of sending the Floppy Police around and compulsory purchasing everyone's old floppy drives?
--- I have a 3.25" floppy, but I don't use it as a rule.
I think you will find that the thing that scramjets do is Scram!
Hmmm. Now there'll not be a pub/bar job safe anywhere in the world! They'll be able to bottle up and get home for tea!
I would then like people to act the same way, if I was ever in a hurry (and I don't just mean 'late for work'!).
Getting in people's way is an incredibly stupid thing to do. My Dad is a Dr and was taking a woman to hospital (no time to wait for the ambulance so bunged her in his car). An A-hole wouldn't let him pass on the dual-carriage way (kept changing lanes in front of him to prevent him from passing). He did get past, and she survived, no thanks to the blocking bozo.
And as for the gun threat. Not only should you not be allowed to drive a car, you should be locked up.
For my part, I always move over to :-
- Let them pass more easily
- Let them know I've seen them
and more often than not I get a cheery little wave from the biker chappie.I just look at it as some helpful chap who, rather than clog up the road with another bloody monster truck or mercedes, uses a bike instead, and hence makes my journey that little bit easier.
Of course, in the words of the immortal Brad, "Life's pretty cheap to their sort"!
It was on a set of scales, and when he turned it on, it weighed less! Last I heard (several years ago) he wandered off to Australia where he had some promise of funding (UK Gov didn't think it'd be very useful or something - bless them!).
It apparently had an arrangement of Gyroscopes inside, and we all know about the 90 degree thang with gyros don't we - spin one and try to make it turn, and it will move at 90 degrees to the applied force - or something. So - setup a bunch of 'em in a case ... yada yada yada ...
Anyone else remember this ... and 'where is he now'?
As they say, the Victors always write the history (and, apparently, if your name isn't Dan, you can't come in)!
However, it was thought to be good scare tactics to use guns as they scared the opponents sh-(or w-)1tless.
So, just because the Laser might not be 'all that', it'd still be a great mind-fuck to go wasting the enemy, just to show the superior technology.
I think it is ... but you were right about it being a good read!