Apple often gives free laptops to television shows and movies to be used on screen as advertising
It kind of worked for me. I lived under the impression that most people in the U.S. used Macs, based on the number of Macs vs number of PCs using Windows I would see on american TV shows between 1992-1995.
That's besides the fact that most toilet seats tend to be fairly clean. Bacteria just don't do well on cold porcelain; they like warm, wet places with lots of food.
I have noticed that when this kind of stories appear in the media, usually they compare the quantity of bacteria found in X with the quantity found in your typical toilet seat. That's not an honest comparison because as parent poster says, the toilet seat is fairly clean and people tend to associate it with feces, making the story more dramatic.
Toilet seats (TS) could be a new measurement unit, like Libraries of Congress (LoC) or Football Fields.
You people really should be happy we haven't killed you yet.
Ok, maybe we should. But next time you have a terrorist attack, don't think it was because the terrorists hate your freedom or because their religion tells them to do it. It will be because of that very same asshole attitude of yours.
The Louisville, Kentucky BBS scene was fairly active. The BBSs became "homes away from home". As a geek in high school, it was a wonderful opportunity to find people like me, especially when they were all collected together in one place, and there were no embarrassing introductions needed.
The fact that you had a computer, a modem, and had found the BBS was proof you were worthy enough to be treated, at minimum, as "one of us."
Some people would say they feel the same way about Slashdot.
He might "know pi to a thousand places" but only about 700 are shown in the background while making this claim in the video.
Looking for goofs in the video is one thing, but this is just creepy!
This is rather interesting:
* The Wikipedia article Al edits (by typing "YOU SUCK!" in big letters) is the article about Atlantic Records, which is a joke referring to the fact that the real-life Al didn't receive permission from the company to include a parody of James Blunt's song "You're Beautiful" on his new album.
I love his work and I think this is unfortunate for a man who is all about his fans, and his gold cadillacs. He should be able to enjoy atleast the unvailing party with all those hot chicks all over him
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Exactly. How else can he afford another solid-gold Humvee? And diamond-studded swimming pools? These things don't grow on trees.
I'm serious. With their huge cash reserves, Microsoft could enter the market in toilet seats tomorrow, price them at 99 cents, drive everyone else out of business, and drive up the price to $10,000 a seat.
About Jon Katz, former Slashdot editor. Taken from here:
"There was a large controversy when Katz posted an article about an e-mail he believed to be from an Afghani teenager named "Junis", writing to him via the newly-restored Internet. Katz never disclosed the original e-mail, but it was an evident hoax and probably a parody designed to fool him. According to Katz, Junis wrote his e-mail from "his ancient Commodore computer", which he had 'dug up' and was now using to download movies, pornography, and MP3s thanks to the recent liberation of Afghanistan."
Really? You honestly believe that local laws have no relevance and should have no relevance to the publishers of Internet-based material?
Do you honestly believe that you have to comply with the law of every country with Internet access in the world if you post something online? Would Chinese law keep you from publishing a story critical of their goverment?
That doesn't work to verify your age. It may probe you're not underage; but it won't probe you are a teenager and not a 45 year old male trying to contact young girls.
John Dvorak: played by a angry, crying, screaming Horatio Sanz Nick Burns, your company's computer guy: played by Jimmy Fallon
Dvorak: CSS IS STUPID!! I CAN'T MAKE IT WORK SO IT SUCKS!!! STUPID STANDARDS BODIES!!! WHY DON'T THEY MAKE ALL THE BROWSERS WORK THE SAME?!?!? WHY!?!?!
Burns: I see, it's CSS that's stupid, not you
Dvorak: I CAN'T MAKE IT WORK, SO IT SUCKS!!!
Burns: MOOOOOOOOOOOVE!!!
Burns: Done. Is that so hard? And by the way, you're welcome.
Why macs are used for graphic design over pcs, I never understood
Maybe because it has been a tradition since the 80's, when the graphics capability of the Macintosh made it usable for graphic design / destop publishing, while the PC of the era (Hercules or CGA graphic adapter) was not.
Why, for a given chip, power consumption raises with clock speed? I know there's corelation, but I'd like to know the physical relation between the two variables.
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Not so much, because it's not real money; they are paying in GOOG stock, which according to many people, it's overvalued.
It kind of worked for me. I lived under the impression that most people in the U.S. used Macs, based on the number of Macs vs number of PCs using Windows I would see on american TV shows between 1992-1995.
Toilet seats (TS) could be a new measurement unit, like Libraries of Congress (LoC) or Football Fields.
Ok, maybe we should. But next time you have a terrorist attack, don't think it was because the terrorists hate your freedom or because their religion tells them to do it. It will be because of that very same asshole attitude of yours.
That's the theory backing that the Zune will kill the iPod.
Looking for goofs in the video is one thing, but this is just creepy!
This is rather interesting:
It would give a new meaning to "per-seat license"
Do you honestly believe that you have to comply with the law of every country with Internet access in the world if you post something online? Would Chinese law keep you from publishing a story critical of their goverment?
Get a directional antenna and orient it facing north?
I guess some /.er submitted it back in April 1st, but it was rejected because the editors were too busy with that "OMG PONIES!!" crap.
did you have to walk in the snow both ways?
That doesn't work to verify your age. It may probe you're not underage; but it won't probe you are a teenager and not a 45 year old male trying to contact young girls.
Cast:
John Dvorak: played by a angry, crying, screaming Horatio Sanz
Nick Burns, your company's computer guy: played by Jimmy Fallon
Dvorak: CSS IS STUPID!! I CAN'T MAKE IT WORK SO IT SUCKS!!! STUPID STANDARDS BODIES!!! WHY DON'T THEY MAKE ALL THE BROWSERS WORK THE SAME?!?!? WHY!?!?!
Burns: I see, it's CSS that's stupid, not you
Dvorak: I CAN'T MAKE IT WORK, SO IT SUCKS!!!
Burns: MOOOOOOOOOOOVE!!!
Burns: Done. Is that so hard? And by the way, you're welcome.
3: Kids put their cars on fire to see if they explode as in TV.
4: Kids get injured.
5: Class action suit.
6: PROFIT!!! (but not for you)
Maybe because it has been a tradition since the 80's, when the graphics capability of the Macintosh made it usable for graphic design / destop publishing, while the PC of the era (Hercules or CGA graphic adapter) was not.
Why, for a given chip, power consumption raises with clock speed? I know there's corelation, but I'd like to know the physical relation between the two variables.
The SUV of CPUs.
I think he's going to be sent to the Pound-me-in-the-ass Federal Prision.