well, in a world run by money-focused interests, voting with a pencil on a piece of paper (or with a card in a diebold machine) doesnt get you anywhere fast...
pardon my ignorance, but how is region coding related to copy protection?
AFAIK you can change the region coding in your DVD player by entering a certain combination of keys with your remote, as detailed by quite a few websites... is this illegal to do? i doubt it.
Are people just incapable of understanding heroism anymore?
I think one could probably draw a graph correlating the number of people who are incapable of understanding heroism with the number of people incapable of understanding a joke.
And hard is only one part of the story. Glass is hard, yet I wouldn't want to make structural elements of an aircraft from large hunks of glass... Aluminum is light and Tough (high energy to break). It is also ductile (deforms before breaking) something that no ceramic is...
Just out of curiosity, what kind of properties do you look for if you want to build a submarine?
I think it would be pretty cool to have a submarine with a transparent hull, or with at least a few bay windows.
a few years ago, I read in the news that the mayor of Quebec City wanted to install enough lights, so that it would be possible to see the city from space...
I thought, what a moron. First things first: give us cheap space travel, then worry about being seen from space.
more seriously though, I was hoping that last summer's great blackout would've reminded the urbanites what the nightsky is supposed to look like without light pollution, and would have motivated them to call for more efficient street lighting.
will want to attend these types of events with t-shirts bearing only one letter, and arrange themselves linearly according to whatever they want to say.
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well, in a world run by money-focused interests, voting with a pencil on a piece of paper (or with a card in a diebold machine) doesnt get you anywhere fast...
you vote with your dollars, by refusing to by into either format until the company bigwigs kiss and make up their minds.
but I'd rather be able to purchase liquid nitrogen at the convenience store, than a can such as this.
the joke is very subtle... to deconstruct my analogy, it would be as if a breakfast cereal company included a linux distro in each box by accident.
my dad got me this product called "The Keyboard Condom" and said "son, always remember -- No Glove, No Love".
500 ml is 8.13 shkalik
pardon my ignorance, but how is region coding related to copy protection?
AFAIK you can change the region coding in your DVD player by entering a certain combination of keys with your remote, as detailed by quite a few websites... is this illegal to do? i doubt it.
Are people just incapable of understanding heroism anymore?
I think one could probably draw a graph correlating the number of people who are incapable of understanding heroism with the number of people incapable of understanding a joke.
wow thanks for the flashback!
makes me wonder if Dennis Chao is going to update his Doom utility...
well, Captain Crunch cereal once came with a useful phreaking tool...
when do I get my OS/2 Warp keyboard with the special OS/2 key to replace the windows one?
Follow your dreams. You can meet your goals. I am living proof. Beefcake! BEEFCAKE!!!
it sounds harmless enough... what's there to spy on anyway except male crotches...
for years, i've known that Lucas would never let his best money-maker die.
and i'm also betting that there will be more star wars movies made after Lucas dies.
after all, star trek didn't die with Roddenberry...
what will eventually limit people from downloading media is the free time they'll have to play/listen/watch it.
And hard is only one part of the story. Glass is hard, yet I wouldn't want to make structural elements of an aircraft from large hunks of glass... Aluminum is light and Tough (high energy to break). It is also ductile (deforms before breaking) something that no ceramic is...
Just out of curiosity, what kind of properties do you look for if you want to build a submarine?
I think it would be pretty cool to have a submarine with a transparent hull, or with at least a few bay windows.
holy crap, we posted about the same topic at the same moment! you know what that means... they're on to us! damn their electronic beams!
I'm gonna be upgrading to a transparent aluminium HELMET!
(complete with transparent aluminium visor, batteries not included, some assembly required)
a few years ago, I read in the news that the mayor of Quebec City wanted to install enough lights, so that it would be possible to see the city from space...
I thought, what a moron. First things first: give us cheap space travel, then worry about being seen from space.
more seriously though, I was hoping that last summer's great blackout would've reminded the urbanites what the nightsky is supposed to look like without light pollution, and would have motivated them to call for more efficient street lighting.
this should make for some interesting Fark air-rage headlines...
what about the next Tim McVeigh?
will want to attend these types of events with t-shirts bearing only one letter, and arrange themselves linearly according to whatever they want to say.
you kinda have to wonder how many generations religious nuttery is going to self-perpetuate...
well, we still managed to slashdot the apple trailer site...
Best Lie also operates Futureshop... just so you know.