...but could they at least broadcast the current time and date somehow so that VCRs, microwaves, alarm clocks, etc. can set/sync their own clocks automatically?
I had a sad feeling for a moment, then it passed.
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I couldn't help but shed a tear when my pet dog Rover was killed on the first level of NetHack. He was a good and faithful dog. Stuck by my side through thick and thin. Of course, he did have a nasty habit of stepping on cursed items but what can you do? Damn you, falling rock traps. Damn you all! I... I... I can't talk about it anymore... It's still too soon.
Not sure if it's considered an Easter Egg, but in Half-Life Blue Shift, in the video surveillance room (near the beginning) keep clicking the monitor that shows the two scientists talking near the elevator. Eventually you'll see one of the scientists do a "ho-down" dance.
A friend of mine was playing a game online (Tribes) and a bunch of folks were chatting in the game about govt monitoring of the Internet, Eschelon, or stuff like that. He joked about how he would say a bunch of key words to get noticed so he typed "sarin gas", "Allah", etc.* Ha ha, isn't that funny?
Next day, on the way to work, he gets pulled over by the police for "not having his seatbelt on." This is on a country road that rarely has police cars on it, let alone police looking for people not wearing seatbelts. While talking with the cop, my friend yawned, and the policeman said something like, "So were you up late last night on the computer?" He asked him why he asked. The cop said, "Oh, you have a bunch of computer stuff in your seat..." My friend looked at his seat and there was a bag with some audio CDs in it. He got off with just a warning.
I told him later that the FBI was searching and/or bugging his house and the cops were just trying to delay him in case he turned around and went home for some reason. I also told him that after work, he needed to go to a bookstore and buy Catcher in the Rye (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118883/) to let them know that he knew they were there.
*Of course, now that I said the keywords, I'll probably get pulled over as well. So note to FBI: When you search my house, please don't let the cat out. Thanks.
Many moons ago, I received the Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Earthsea, and Foundation box sets as Christmas gifts. That may have been the best Christmas ever...
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On the Internet, nobody knows you're a cat.
...but could they at least broadcast the current time and date somehow so that VCRs, microwaves, alarm clocks, etc. can set/sync their own clocks automatically?
There's no escape from the music In the whole damn street.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058230/
I couldn't help but shed a tear when my pet dog Rover was killed on the first level of NetHack. He was a good and faithful dog. Stuck by my side through thick and thin. Of course, he did have a nasty habit of stepping on cursed items but what can you do? Damn you, falling rock traps. Damn you all! I... I... I can't talk about it anymore... It's still too soon.
IJPOOS?
Oh, yeah, sure. Like Valve is going to let customers download games rather than buy them at a store.
Not sure if it's considered an Easter Egg, but in Half-Life Blue Shift, in the video surveillance room (near the beginning) keep clicking the monitor that shows the two scientists talking near the elevator. Eventually you'll see one of the scientists do a "ho-down" dance.
My calculator says "BOOBS" when you turn it upside down. How cool is that?
Certainly, sir. How else can they keep their reputations as miracle workers?
That's because there's not an option to moderate something "Too Silly".
They should have made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
Yes it can, but you can only use it to transmit Postscript and PDF files.
Free Guinness? BRILLIANT!
loose
You keep using that word -- I do not think it means what you think it means.
...there's a typo on his arm. He can edit that, right?
I vaguely remember seeing smart folders (or their equivalent) mentioned as a feature in Copland.
How long have you been the only human posting to slashdot and the rest am all machine generated?
A friend of mine was playing a game online (Tribes) and a bunch of folks were chatting in the game about govt monitoring of the Internet, Eschelon, or stuff like that. He joked about how he would say a bunch of key words to get noticed so he typed "sarin gas", "Allah", etc.* Ha ha, isn't that funny?
Next day, on the way to work, he gets pulled over by the police for "not having his seatbelt on." This is on a country road that rarely has police cars on it, let alone police looking for people not wearing seatbelts. While talking with the cop, my friend yawned, and the policeman said something like, "So were you up late last night on the computer?" He asked him why he asked. The cop said, "Oh, you have a bunch of computer stuff in your seat..." My friend looked at his seat and there was a bag with some audio CDs in it. He got off with just a warning.
I told him later that the FBI was searching and/or bugging his house and the cops were just trying to delay him in case he turned around and went home for some reason. I also told him that after work, he needed to go to a bookstore and buy Catcher in the Rye (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118883/) to let them know that he knew they were there.
*Of course, now that I said the keywords, I'll probably get pulled over as well. So note to FBI: When you search my house, please don't let the cat out. Thanks.
There's a fire, sir.
...which was to just pay cash. But in pennies.
Because Titan sucks.
Mimas RULES BAY-BEE!!
That's no moon! It's a space station. Oh wait. It's a moon. Nevermind.
Maybe they were listening to this at the time...
What language is that?
Many moons ago, I received the Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Earthsea, and Foundation box sets as Christmas gifts. That may have been the best Christmas ever...