Scully had degrees in physics and medicine. How is she not a scientist? In fact, that's why she was paired with Mulder. She was the objective yin to Mulder's crazed yang. She didn't accept anything she couldn't directly observe or quantify.
The demise of being able to trust a random stranger on the net happened around 1993.
I am Mr, JAMES UDEH,
Your contact was given to me by a friend who was here on a diplomatic mission this was in my search for reliable foreigner overseas who will help me an urgent transaction that will require your utmost confidentiality and with a sense of trust...
According to this movie, you already can use mobile phones on planes.
That reminds me of the following Simpsons quote:
Lisa: "Isn't there any way I can change my DNA, like - sitting on the microwave?"
Dr. Hibberd: "Well, not according to any movie I've ever seen!"
No one has ever said that cell phones won't work on planes. The airlines have always claimed the possibility that the transmissions could interfere with the plane's controls or instrumentation.
Who cares what technology they used. The gp's point was that someone would continue manned missions and the Chinese are obviously interested in doing that.
Just got this month's cable-modem bill this morning - 254 Gigabytes (just over 1/4 terrabyte) of transfer for $45.95, taxes included (Canadian).
What's your point? Is your anecdote supposed to convince me that all Canadian cable companies offer unlimited downloads for a flat fee? Because I live in Canada and I've got a 10 Gig transfer limit on my cable connection for exactly what you pay. If anything, you're proving that the current system of one cable company per market as regulated by CRTC is a broken mess.
Actually if you look at this chart you'll see that IE is holding steady at the 70% mark. Mozilla has made up some ground but only at the expense of older versions of IE. Specifically IE 5. IE 5 experienced a 5.8% drop from January to December 2004 while Moz experienced a 6.7% surge in users. IE 6 only budged.8%. All in all, Mozilla browsers haven't touched IE's dominance and haven't caused it to "relinquish any ground" whatsoever. Disclaimer: I use and love Firefox but once IE releases a tabbed browser I'll go back to IE.
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There seems to be a Slashdot article everyday about a new palmtop/subnotebook/digitalwhoojerammy.
Yeah and they're all ads for handtops.com from CaptainJam. Check out his profile. He's had three handtop submissions accepted in the last two weeks. The Captain has authored all the articles on the main page of handtops.com as well. It's clear to me that handtops.com belongs to the recently registered (UID 802805 and his first post came the day after his first submission.) CaptainJam of Slashdot.org and that his submissions are a way to drive traffic to his new site. Come clean CaptainJam.
Here's another "little detail." How the fuck are the aliens going to use the laptop? This ain't Independance Day. The aliens won't be running Mac compatible computers. You can't assume that the aliens will be so advanced that they'll easily decode the data either. Imagine if the laptop landed on our doorstep from another world. We'd be screwed. It'd be a damn interesting paperweight but that'd be about it.
Unless you're running a 486SX with a 200MB HD that's got to be the stupidest requirement for a document editor I've ever heard of. Fuck the size! Fuck the memory footprint! Who cares? This is 2004. I've got half a terabyte of storage. I've got 2 gigs of memory. I can download a 100 meg file in under 5 minutes. You're not going to sell me on a document editor because it's small. lol.
Now, reading the article, this "priest" seems to make a real hobby of using other people's access points without their knowledge. Why can't he politely walk into the library and ask them if they mind if he uses it outside, preferably with the policeman in tow to help settle the issue? What the heck was this guy up to?
If you read the submission you'll see that AKMA was using a public WiFi network outside of a library. The only difference is that he'd rather sit outside than inside. According to the cop the network can only be used from the inside of the building. Why? Is the library admitting that it shouldersurfs all users to make sure that they aren't as you put it "up to something?" Why is the library offering a free WiFi point at all in this case if they're so paranoid about people using it where they can't see them? If I were to bring my laptop into a bathroom would they stop me and make me leave it outside? They can't see me in there either. What if I'm in a study carrel or the piano practice room? Are they going to be periodically checking up on me and asking to see my screen? The library is the one who should be getting their shit straightened out.
Linux is free to anyone who wants it. All the apps are free. How can anyone claim Microsoft is a monopoly that unfairly prices its products? This argument doesn't work anymore. It's a free market. Don't like MS? There's a free alternative. Stop whining.
It's easy. Back in 1980 you'd get a little for a lot, now you get a lot for the same amount. Imagine the system you could put together today for $8500. Prices haven't come down but what you are getting for your money has gone way, way, up. Therefore, computers are cheaper than they were.
I agree. It seems it was way ahead of its time if anything. Imagine, a desktop that looked like a desktop. A money program that was a chequebook. Want the time? Check the clock on the wall. Seems pretty straightforward to me. Pretty cool too.
From what I understand, you send the invite to yourself and then cut and paste the resulting link. Then when you give the URL to someone, that person simply has to change the name that the sender has entered (their own) to their own name and they're done.
BTW, as of 6:17pm I've got 6 invites up for grabs.
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Scully had degrees in physics and medicine. How is she not a scientist? In fact, that's why she was paired with Mulder. She was the objective yin to Mulder's crazed yang. She didn't accept anything she couldn't directly observe or quantify.
I'm not sure how else to say this but you're being a bit of a pussy aren't you?
Another problem with war games is that they are *always* about the US beating somebody up.
Really? Even Rome: Total War? Even Rise of Nations? Even Warcraft? Even Worms 3D?
I am Mr, JAMES UDEH, Your contact was given to me by a friend who was here on a diplomatic mission this was in my search for reliable foreigner overseas who will help me an urgent transaction that will require your utmost confidentiality and with a sense of trust...
...that cold fusion was a hoax.
That reminds me of the following Simpsons quote:
Lisa: "Isn't there any way I can change my DNA, like - sitting on the microwave?"
Dr. Hibberd: "Well, not according to any movie I've ever seen!"
No one has ever said that cell phones won't work on planes. The airlines have always claimed the possibility that the transmissions could interfere with the plane's controls or instrumentation.
Here's a SFW page about all sorts of shock sites.
Who cares what technology they used. The gp's point was that someone would continue manned missions and the Chinese are obviously interested in doing that.
What's your point? Is your anecdote supposed to convince me that all Canadian cable companies offer unlimited downloads for a flat fee? Because I live in Canada and I've got a 10 Gig transfer limit on my cable connection for exactly what you pay. If anything, you're proving that the current system of one cable company per market as regulated by CRTC is a broken mess.
Actually if you look at this chart you'll see that IE is holding steady at the 70% mark. Mozilla has made up some ground but only at the expense of older versions of IE. Specifically IE 5. IE 5 experienced a 5.8% drop from January to December 2004 while Moz experienced a 6.7% surge in users. IE 6 only budged .8%. All in all, Mozilla browsers haven't touched IE's dominance and haven't caused it to "relinquish any ground" whatsoever. Disclaimer: I use and love Firefox but once IE releases a tabbed browser I'll go back to IE.
Yeah and they're all ads for handtops.com from CaptainJam. Check out his profile. He's had three handtop submissions accepted in the last two weeks. The Captain has authored all the articles on the main page of handtops.com as well. It's clear to me that handtops.com belongs to the recently registered (UID 802805 and his first post came the day after his first submission.) CaptainJam of Slashdot.org and that his submissions are a way to drive traffic to his new site. Come clean CaptainJam.
Here's another "little detail." How the fuck are the aliens going to use the laptop? This ain't Independance Day. The aliens won't be running Mac compatible computers. You can't assume that the aliens will be so advanced that they'll easily decode the data either. Imagine if the laptop landed on our doorstep from another world. We'd be screwed. It'd be a damn interesting paperweight but that'd be about it.
Unless you're running a 486SX with a 200MB HD that's got to be the stupidest requirement for a document editor I've ever heard of. Fuck the size! Fuck the memory footprint! Who cares? This is 2004. I've got half a terabyte of storage. I've got 2 gigs of memory. I can download a 100 meg file in under 5 minutes. You're not going to sell me on a document editor because it's small. lol.
If you read the submission you'll see that AKMA was using a public WiFi network outside of a library. The only difference is that he'd rather sit outside than inside. According to the cop the network can only be used from the inside of the building. Why? Is the library admitting that it shouldersurfs all users to make sure that they aren't as you put it "up to something?" Why is the library offering a free WiFi point at all in this case if they're so paranoid about people using it where they can't see them? If I were to bring my laptop into a bathroom would they stop me and make me leave it outside? They can't see me in there either. What if I'm in a study carrel or the piano practice room? Are they going to be periodically checking up on me and asking to see my screen? The library is the one who should be getting their shit straightened out.
CD oxidation is a well known occurence. That's all that he meant by "rusting".
So you're out what? $50?
First I see the story "Open Xchange Server Source-code Released" on AICN and now this.
Moore predicted his Law would run out in 2012 when 1 billion transistors are fit on a chip. Looks like we're ahead of schedule.
Linux is free to anyone who wants it. All the apps are free. How can anyone claim Microsoft is a monopoly that unfairly prices its products? This argument doesn't work anymore. It's a free market. Don't like MS? There's a free alternative. Stop whining.
Where have I seen this before?
Too bad that's been part of OS X since it was released.
Maybe because it's not a laptop. It's a HD with Mandrake preloaded onto it. You plug it into a desktop so you can run Mandrake anywhere.
It's easy. Back in 1980 you'd get a little for a lot, now you get a lot for the same amount. Imagine the system you could put together today for $8500. Prices haven't come down but what you are getting for your money has gone way, way, up. Therefore, computers are cheaper than they were.
I agree. It seems it was way ahead of its time if anything. Imagine, a desktop that looked like a desktop. A money program that was a chequebook. Want the time? Check the clock on the wall. Seems pretty straightforward to me. Pretty cool too.
BTW, as of 6:17pm I've got 6 invites up for grabs.
The easy answer is that it contains multiple uses of the "N" word.