Because of the world-wide recession, the English Language will no longer be accepting new words. A spokesman was quoted as saying, "People no longer have the incentive to coin new words, except in cases where employers are willing to pay them to do so."
The last official word offered prior to the freeze was "Halgivmas" which is, of course, the extended holiday period the first sighting of Halloween items in stores and on through to the end of the year, freely offered to posterity by Alice Van Housen of Algonquin, IL.
Off topic? You decide. I'm the "pc/mac guru" to about a thousand clients and fancy myself as a source of sane, but elite, advice. Anyway, when I first saw the Time Machine preference panel's giant off/on switch I thought, OK, this is the end of user confusion on the subject. Not...
Yesterday a client called me, having trouble with his backup. Turns out he saw the darkened, background, non-"switch" representation of the Time Machine panel as the indicator (as opposed to the lighter part, which most people would perceive as the "switch"). Once I threw the switch, "it just worked."
In my opinion, the use of the term Conquistador is telling. The conquistadors killed more natives with their viruses than with their guns. Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. I might also ad that throwing chairs will not help in this situation.
Thanks for your comment. I remember first reading Clockwork Orange straight through, only to find a glossary at the end. I greatly enjoyed my own efforts in piecing together the idioms, and being rewarded for the post-reading confirmation of defined terms.
Slashdotters may also remember the big launch of Windows 95 when M$ hired Jennifer Aniston and Mathew Perry to make a lame features/tour video. Hence, the Jerry Seinfeld campaign isn't even something new, but at least here they're copying themselves so it will be funny when Balmer throws a chair a mirror.
I started a yoga practice about five years ago, joining my wife who's been doing yoga for many years and I've come to like the metaphysical aspect to it in spite of myself.
Oh, and I'm almost always the only guy in the room, which is cool.
Yoga is cheap, beneficial and easy to maintain in anyone's schedule. Namaste.
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We Bokononists prefer to call it Ice-nine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokononism
Because of the world-wide recession, the English Language will no longer be accepting new words. A spokesman was quoted as saying, "People no longer have the incentive to coin new words, except in cases where employers are willing to pay them to do so." The last official word offered prior to the freeze was "Halgivmas" which is, of course, the extended holiday period the first sighting of Halloween items in stores and on through to the end of the year, freely offered to posterity by Alice Van Housen of Algonquin, IL.
Everyone knows there's 42 galactic civilizations.
And we're probably over-investing in it as we speak.
... They gave all the volunteers a laquered wooden ball with their name on it.
Off topic? You decide. I'm the "pc/mac guru" to about a thousand clients and fancy myself as a source of sane, but elite, advice. Anyway, when I first saw the Time Machine preference panel's giant off/on switch I thought, OK, this is the end of user confusion on the subject. Not... Yesterday a client called me, having trouble with his backup. Turns out he saw the darkened, background, non-"switch" representation of the Time Machine panel as the indicator (as opposed to the lighter part, which most people would perceive as the "switch"). Once I threw the switch, "it just worked."
I keep my MacBook Air in a manilla folder and use the pen in my pocket to write directly on it. Time to boot: zero.
Maybe that was the whole point, "that people (at Microsoft) would have been happier if everyone loved Vista, but this was not unexpected."
... our predator chickens come home to roost.
If they didn't want the collider penetrated, then why make it look like a vagina?
The Greeks were only bearing gifts. Oh wait... never mind.
In my opinion, the use of the term Conquistador is telling. The conquistadors killed more natives with their viruses than with their guns. Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. I might also ad that throwing chairs will not help in this situation.
Do you remember where you put your sig?
A slim cylinder plug that vibrates when "You've got mail!"
My advice: Try taking a cruise on something other than a docked riverboat casino.
Thanks for your comment. I remember first reading Clockwork Orange straight through, only to find a glossary at the end. I greatly enjoyed my own efforts in piecing together the idioms, and being rewarded for the post-reading confirmation of defined terms.
Slashdotters may also remember the big launch of Windows 95 when M$ hired Jennifer Aniston and Mathew Perry to make a lame features/tour video. Hence, the Jerry Seinfeld campaign isn't even something new, but at least here they're copying themselves so it will be funny when Balmer throws a chair a mirror.
But know this: The more people insist Usenet isn't dead, the stronger my will to never ever begin using it in the first place.
I started a yoga practice about five years ago, joining my wife who's been doing yoga for many years and I've come to like the metaphysical aspect to it in spite of myself. Oh, and I'm almost always the only guy in the room, which is cool. Yoga is cheap, beneficial and easy to maintain in anyone's schedule. Namaste.
Guessing passwords isn't that difficult. Tell me your pet's name and I'll tell you your password.
OMFG! It's full of stars!
Our body is the Bodhi-tree,
And our mind a mirror bright.
Carefully we wipe them hour by hour,
And let no dust alight.
To which Hui Neng (our hero, poetry slam winner, and hence, Zen's sixth Patriarch) answered:
There is no Bodhi-tree,
Nor stand of a mirror bright.
Since all is void,
Where can the dust alight?
It's going to be called Windows 7, right?