What is it with people these days, back in my day, I had a 21" black and white console Zenith TV that caught fire once. Yup, one of the wax capacitors arced over and up she went. I blasted it with a dry chemical extenguisher and replaced the bad capacitor with some rolled up wax paper and alumninum foil and she still worked!! Hell, I'd still be using it if Rexall still carried vacuum tubes. The 6U8A that drives the sound went out, and I don't have a glass blowing kit to make a new one. Product safety, hummmpphhh!! Damn yuppies.
In other news Diebold announced today the introduction of the AccuVote-TSx-2 touch-screen voting system. The new system boasts the same features and functionality of the AccuVote-TSx, however, it has a different name to comply with a recently enacted law in the state of Maryland.
No kidding. Just the other day, the picture in my Hoffman console started getting banded. So I got out the alignment tool and started tweaking the little pots on the back, that helped a little, but I figure one of the tubes is probably going. So, I yank off the back of the TV, pulled out all of the tubes, and headed down to the local Radio Shack. I threw the box on the counter and asked where the U-Test-em machine was. The guy was like, what the hell is this? They're TV tubes, I say. This is Radio Shack, isn't it? He's like, yeah, but we sell cell phones now. So, I'm like, Goddammit! I paid $400 for that TV in 1956 and I'm getting my money's worth out of it! The guy's like, woah, easy there, just buy a new TV. So I tell him, that TV has served me well for years, I don't need all your high fallutin modern "features" like "color", and "UHF". I just wanna watch Cronkite after supper. Harrumpphhh. What's this world coming to?
Yeah, that way, the next time we feel the urge to invade some oil-rich sandy despotism full of religious zealots, we won't have to go halfway around the world to do it.
How, geo-centric of you. I would think that, on this planet, water is normally in a solid state. Actually, given that most of the visible universe is stars, one could argue that the normal state of matter is fusioning plasma and that anything else is non-fusioning frozen/liquid/gaseous plasmas.
No, not all solids are frozen liquids because not all solids can be melted. Sugar, for example, doesn't melt, buit decomposes into water and carbon when heated, so it can't be a frozen liquid.
REDMOND, WA (Hydraulic Press) - Steve Ballmer, who possess the world's largest ego, will spend $120 million a year on an ad campaign to fight his image as "a huge blowhard".
The campaign, using subway posters, blogs, and airplane banners, will portray Ballmer engaging in everday, blue collar activities like drinking with his buddies, bowling, playing softball, and doing the laundry. Pleasantville actor William H. Macy has been hired to portray Steve Ballmer's best friend.
"A lot of people see me as some kind of rage-filled bully. And I'm not like that," Ballmer said while emphatically pounding his desk.
"I took the job because Steve said he would 'fucking kill' me if I didn't. I knew he meant business when he threw a chair at me," said Macy in an interview.
In one ad, Ballmer bowls a strike, then turns around and high-fives Macy. He then proceeds to scream and and dance himself into a sweaty frenzy with blood vessels popping out of his reddened forehead, finally calming down enough to hoarsely shout, "I love bowling! Yeah!"
Reactions to the ads have been mixed. Many have commented that Macy seems in danger of being crushed by Ballmer, and that Ballmer's jokes come off as threatening and unfunny. The ads have been showing in select US markets, and are expected to go national in time for Windows Vista, the next version of Microsoft Windows, to ship.
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Yeah, I have two of those cards. For one I put "Carly Fiorina" for the name and I use it for most purchases. The other has my real name, but I only use it when I buy Condoms or sour cream.
Hypocracy, n. A lack of leadership. From Greek hypos (little) and kratein (to rule).
Thus you seem to be saying that it is amazing the left is not in charge. I concur completely after how well Iraq went.
From TFA, it appears this thing installs a Yahoo! search bar between the speedometer and the idiot lights. Will it display pop-ups while I'm driving? Will it work on my '71 Econoline, or do I need to upgrade to a modern car?
I wouldn't worry about it too much, generating MD5 collisions large enough to be useful requires a multi-million dollar particle accelerator, so I wouldn't worry too much until someone figures out how to modify a microwave oven to do this.
I would have thought the same thing, but Sony was stupid enough to ship a rootkit on some 2 million CDs. So, yeah, you can look forward to it in the PS3.
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Dammit, I never thought of that!! Where's my hammer?
What is it with people these days, back in my day, I had a 21" black and white console Zenith TV that caught fire once. Yup, one of the wax capacitors arced over and up she went. I blasted it with a dry chemical extenguisher and replaced the bad capacitor with some rolled up wax paper and alumninum foil and she still worked!! Hell, I'd still be using it if Rexall still carried vacuum tubes. The 6U8A that drives the sound went out, and I don't have a glass blowing kit to make a new one. Product safety, hummmpphhh!! Damn yuppies.
In other news Diebold announced today the introduction of the AccuVote-TSx-2 touch-screen voting system. The new system boasts the same features and functionality of the AccuVote-TSx, however, it has a different name to comply with a recently enacted law in the state of Maryland.
O.R.A.C.L.E. == One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison.
No kidding. Just the other day, the picture in my Hoffman console started getting banded. So I got out the alignment tool and started tweaking the little pots on the back, that helped a little, but I figure one of the tubes is probably going. So, I yank off the back of the TV, pulled out all of the tubes, and headed down to the local Radio Shack. I threw the box on the counter and asked where the U-Test-em machine was. The guy was like, what the hell is this? They're TV tubes, I say. This is Radio Shack, isn't it? He's like, yeah, but we sell cell phones now. So, I'm like, Goddammit! I paid $400 for that TV in 1956 and I'm getting my money's worth out of it! The guy's like, woah, easy there, just buy a new TV. So I tell him, that TV has served me well for years, I don't need all your high fallutin modern "features" like "color", and "UHF". I just wanna watch Cronkite after supper. Harrumpphhh. What's this world coming to?
Yeah, that way, the next time we feel the urge to invade some oil-rich sandy despotism full of religious zealots, we won't have to go halfway around the world to do it.
Recently surfaced allegations also suggest that Cobb made personal use of the shuttle.
Better yet, maybe someone could make a browser plugin that automatically adds these warnings based on the file extension within the link.
Yes! You too can make millions of dollars from Open Source Software and pay no taxes by following two easy steps!
Step 1:
Make millions of dollars from Open Source Software.
Step 2:
Pay no taxes.
It's just that easy!!
How, geo-centric of you. I would think that, on this planet, water is normally in a solid state. Actually, given that most of the visible universe is stars, one could argue that the normal state of matter is fusioning plasma and that anything else is non-fusioning frozen/liquid/gaseous plasmas.
No, not all solids are frozen liquids because not all solids can be melted. Sugar, for example, doesn't melt, buit decomposes into water and carbon when heated, so it can't be a frozen liquid.
In addition to the billions they are making from their stock, their $1 salaries also allow them to qualify for food stamps. Just another perk...
The campaign, using subway posters, blogs, and airplane banners, will portray Ballmer engaging in everday, blue collar activities like drinking with his buddies, bowling, playing softball, and doing the laundry. Pleasantville actor William H. Macy has been hired to portray Steve Ballmer's best friend.
"A lot of people see me as some kind of rage-filled bully. And I'm not like that," Ballmer said while emphatically pounding his desk.
"I took the job because Steve said he would 'fucking kill' me if I didn't. I knew he meant business when he threw a chair at me," said Macy in an interview.
In one ad, Ballmer bowls a strike, then turns around and high-fives Macy. He then proceeds to scream and and dance himself into a sweaty frenzy with blood vessels popping out of his reddened forehead, finally calming down enough to hoarsely shout, "I love bowling! Yeah!"
Reactions to the ads have been mixed. Many have commented that Macy seems in danger of being crushed by Ballmer, and that Ballmer's jokes come off as threatening and unfunny. The ads have been showing in select US markets, and are expected to go national in time for Windows Vista, the next version of Microsoft Windows, to ship.
Yeah, I have two of those cards. For one I put "Carly Fiorina" for the name and I use it for most purchases. The other has my real name, but I only use it when I buy Condoms or sour cream.
Hypocracy, n. A lack of leadership. From Greek hypos (little) and kratein (to rule). Thus you seem to be saying that it is amazing the left is not in charge. I concur completely after how well Iraq went.
That's right. A gun will pay for itself first time you use it.
From TFA, it appears this thing installs a Yahoo! search bar between the speedometer and the idiot lights. Will it display pop-ups while I'm driving? Will it work on my '71 Econoline, or do I need to upgrade to a modern car?
... which works out to roughly 52 billion dollars, a figure remarkably close to MS's cash reserves. I think your on to something, Rosebud.
You can call it:
DRMed if you do, DRMed if you don't
Wasn't there a Seinfeld episode to this effect? I don't remember the exact quote, but...
Jerry: George, you can't take that, it's stealing!
George: These big companies, they just write it off anyways.
Jerry: Write it off? Do you even know what that means?
George: Yeah, uh, er, no.
Actually, my fish tank has a "In case of emergency break glass" sticker off a fire alarm.
I wouldn't worry about it too much, generating MD5 collisions large enough to be useful requires a multi-million dollar particle accelerator, so I wouldn't worry too much until someone figures out how to modify a microwave oven to do this.
I would have thought the same thing, but Sony was stupid enough to ship a rootkit on some 2 million CDs. So, yeah, you can look forward to it in the PS3.
What about sndrec32.exe?
According to the article, you were the 137,565th person to switch, sorry.