Duh, this is the original cartoon. What was old is new again. Wonder why they brought back this old wimpy cartoon? Could it have anything to do with the D&D movie coming later this year? Nah, couldn't be.
It must be difficult in today's dot com market to create a trademark name that people can pronounce and readily identify but yet can't easily be twisted into something else and ridiculed.
I don't think I've seen any twists on the Pentium but I've seen the Celeron referred as Celery, Celemoron, etc.
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Ugh, it seems I can't do anything, go anywhere without being bombarded by some kind of advertising.
This is sort of like PBS - no commercials? The sponsorship blurbs sure sound like commercials.
No, I think this is just a cost savings or a step to remove unnecessary complexity from the fab mfg process.
Duh, this is the original cartoon. What was old is new again. Wonder why they brought back this old wimpy cartoon? Could it have anything to do with the D&D movie coming later this year? Nah, couldn't be.
Right-wing anti-lego bumper stickers...
When LEGOs are banned, only criminals will have LEGOs.
You can have my LEGOs when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers.
LEGOs don't kill people,
The first amendment assures each citizen's right to bear LEGOs.
I DO support a 5 day waiting period to purchase LEGO Mindstorm kits.
Itanium... sounds like an element.
It must be difficult in today's dot com market to create a trademark name that people can pronounce and readily identify but yet can't easily be twisted into something else and ridiculed.
I don't think I've seen any twists on the Pentium but I've seen the Celeron referred as Celery, Celemoron, etc.
Remember those Peanuts cartoons where Lucy yanks the ball away from Charlie Brown at the very last moment? AAARRRGH!!!
I can envision Tux pulling the ball away from a distraught Bill Gates... makes for a good visual metaphor, IMHO.
I'm all for wearable computers... someday. Right now, it's still the equivelent to having an electronic snuggie.
Or Arrogant. Got plenty of those... I guess it's part of the culture.