Technologically impossible this may be, but what'd get me buying an MP3 player would be an add-on that would let me plug it into a CD player's deck, in the same way you can get tape converters for CD players. The one thing that puts me off getting an MP3 player is the inability to plug into absolutely any CD player, no matter how old.
"From the moment I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. 3001: The Final Odyssey is a tour de force that finally answers the questions that sparked the imaginations of an entire generation."
I suspect that quote was extrapolated by a PR guy at the publishing house, Aldrin's original quote being 'Good book.' It just screams 'PR bollocks'.
Here is a link the famous Buzz Aldrin "punch" video wherein he punches some moron who calls him a liar about having ever been to the moon. Posted for your enjoyment.
That's clearly faked. The shadow cast by Buzz Aldrin's fist is all wrong.
I am sure there will be legal battles about who can claim ownership of the lagrange points similar to the legal battles of Antarctica.
If you think that's going to be a problem, just wait till the spaceport is being build and all those people who bought 'lunar land' try to charge rent.
I heard some sad news on PBS this morning. Jennicam was found dead at her website today.
Jennicam the concept, maybe, not the person. Though there's got to be the plot for a horror story in there - someone decides to stop their popular webcam, only to find that the webcam keeps transmitting, showing someone her walking around her flat doing her usual things. Except that said person is there when Jenni herself isn't..
Watching someone else's life just doesn't appeal to me I guess...
Maybe not to you, but to Joe Public it does. In fact, the preponderance of webcams may have had something to do with the rise in popularity of reality TV. Here in the UK, we get Fame Academy, Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother, and a slew of tedious TV shows that someone must be watching for them to stay on air. Maybe the majority of Slashdotters are just too cynical to be swayed by that sort of thing, but there are plenty of people who are convinced other peoples lives are somehow better than their own, and therefore worthy of viewing.
'Creative people should be compensated for the use and exploitation of their music.'
Yep, because you can't get much more creative and original than Britney Spears and her fellow artists. I also notice that the words 'rewarded appropriately' were used instead of 'rewarded fairly.'
Holy shit that could lead to Hara-kiri over Hanson.
You're saying listening to Hanson wouldn't drive someone to kill themselves *first*? Mind you, going by some of the J-Pop acts, maybe the Japanese have a higher tolerance.
What's the betting Infogrames code has in fact been reused for this application? Twenty years down the line...
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Presumably they and the Soup Dragon will end up living on reservations soon, while the colonists take over and build cheese-mines to tap its natural resources.
What do you mean, 'not real?'. Next you'll be telling me the Button Moon landing was faked.
.. try and sell their pirated copies of Norton Systemworks through spam, harping on about the evils of viruses, all the while paying some script kiddy to write their anti-anti-spammer worms.
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Technologically impossible this may be, but what'd get me buying an MP3 player would be an add-on that would let me plug it into a CD player's deck, in the same way you can get tape converters for CD players. The one thing that puts me off getting an MP3 player is the inability to plug into absolutely any CD player, no matter how old.
'You've got dole!'
'You've got a P45.'
'You've got food stamps!'
. Any more? I suspect said ex-employees will be finding out if you can build a house out of AOL cds.
I suspect that quote was extrapolated by a PR guy at the publishing house, Aldrin's original quote being 'Good book.' It just screams 'PR bollocks'.
Not a 'pub' bar - a space bar.
'Clippy', apparently, that annoying swine. I think he's the one sending all those scam emails, so he can fund his tipp-ex habit.
That forking annoying SCO and forking scumbag Daryl McBride.
Perhaps some sort of joint business venture with the Goatse guy might be in order. Spamhole T-Shirts, maybe?
That's clearly faked. The shadow cast by Buzz Aldrin's fist is all wrong.
If you think that's going to be a problem, just wait till the spaceport is being build and all those people who bought 'lunar land' try to charge rent.
The Cylons, maybe? With the words 'Jw00 have been hax0red' flashing across their visors instead of that read line.
Surely 'Hungry, horny penguins?' It'd make for a great headline - 'McBride fuxed, snaxed by Tux.'
webcrawler starts to suck
altavista goes static
Is it my imagination, or did that start off as a haiku?
And who was the poor sod who had to clean the lens? I wondered why the camera went dark all of a sudden.
Jennicam the concept, maybe, not the person. Though there's got to be the plot for a horror story in there - someone decides to stop their popular webcam, only to find that the webcam keeps transmitting, showing someone her walking around her flat doing her usual things. Except that said person is there when Jenni herself isn't..
Maybe not to you, but to Joe Public it does. In fact, the preponderance of webcams may have had something to do with the rise in popularity of reality TV. Here in the UK, we get Fame Academy, Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother, and a slew of tedious TV shows that someone must be watching for them to stay on air. Maybe the majority of Slashdotters are just too cynical to be swayed by that sort of thing, but there are plenty of people who are convinced other peoples lives are somehow better than their own, and therefore worthy of viewing.
Oh, no, wait, that's a nightmare I had. Same night I had the 24 hour Tubgirl channel dream, now I think about it.
Providing the their last words aren't.. 'I told u I was hardcore.'
Flesh Gordon 3 - This Time It's Tinfoil - lives, albeit with the title crossed out and replaced with 'Battlestar Galactica'.
Yep, because you can't get much more creative and original than Britney Spears and her fellow artists. I also notice that the words 'rewarded appropriately' were used instead of 'rewarded fairly.'
You're saying listening to Hanson wouldn't drive someone to kill themselves *first*? Mind you, going by some of the J-Pop acts, maybe the Japanese have a higher tolerance.
This must stop! If this continues, the P2P world's supply of tentacle rape porn and mech video clips could dry up overnight!
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.. that subsidised beer won't drink itself, you insensitive clod.
What do you mean, 'not real?'. Next you'll be telling me the Button Moon landing was faked.
.. try and sell their pirated copies of Norton Systemworks through spam, harping on about the evils of viruses, all the while paying some script kiddy to write their anti-anti-spammer worms.