I can see your point there. I too do not have a cable TV sub and refuse to get one. I still think its worth having an antenna. Case in point: during Hurricane Sandy, internet and cell service died in our area. The power went out also, but for us it came back on the next day. The rooftop antenna from the 1980s that i retrofitted worked perfectly and we were able to watch TV without needing an internet connection.
There is a case to be made for OTA.
Also its free... unless you live in the UK. Then you have that retarded license fee thing:-|
If I were you, I would go with Linux Mint. I really like cinnamon, and it's pretty user friendly; it's also a lot nicer to use than the abortion that is the unity desktop. I'm using the debian edition of Linux Mint 64 and it's nice to not have to deal with linux release cycles.
Before using linux mint, i was using debian 6. Stopped with deb 7 because of the unity desktop nonsense. Debian is really great otherwise, but might be a little annoying for new users.
Whatever distro you use, I would definitely use one that maintains the traditional desktop paradigm of a start(ish) menu with programs and a customizable desktop with icons that launch files and programs, etc.:-P
Voyager is all magic, I have no idea what you're talking about. I can't count the number of episodes that were solved by the damn deflector dish, or some other arbitrary solutions, nor the amount of screen time devoted to technobabbling. The problems encountered were almost all caused by magic, the situations were crazy and nonsensical, the solutions were insane, and it was all riddled with inconsistencies with itself and other treks. When it wasn't magical technology, it was magical humanity (characters who made no sense whatsoever).
There's also an episode of B5 where you can see someone step into the 16:9 frame, but because it was outside of the 4:3 shot, they left it in.
Incidentally, B5 should get a remastered makeover. The scenes that have live action and CGI look like crap.
Concerned woman: Listen, I've heard that this factory will be making the chemical that poisoned Seveso. Jim Hacker: Now that's not true. The chemical in Seveso was dioxin. This is metadioxin. Woman: Well that must be virtually the same thing. Hacker: No, it's just a similar name. Woman: It's the same name, only with 'meta' stuck on the front. Hacker: And that makes all the difference. Woman: Why, what does 'meta' mean? Hacker: (baffled) What does 'meta' mean, Humphrey? Sir Humphrey: It's quite simple. It means 'with' or 'after', sometimes 'beyond'. It's from the Greek. In other words, with or after dioxin, sometimes beyond dioxin. It depends whether it's the accusative or the genitive. With the accusative it's beyond or after, with the genitive it's with. As in Latin, of course, as you no doubt obviously recall, where the ablative is used for words needing a sense of 'with' to preceed them. Bernard: But of course there isn't an ablative in Greek, is there Sir Humphrey? Sir Humphrey: Well done, Bernard, well done. Hacker: You see? Woman: Not really, no.
I've noticed this with newer routers. My RT311 is still kicking however. Haven't had to reboot for about 2 years, and that was because i moved into a new apartment.
The Sci-fi wire has confirmed that Doctor Who will be back on September 29th with a two hour version of the "Christmas Invasion", and i'm guess the rest of Series 2 in the following weeks
CNN said to be canning the show, replacing it with monkeys throwing their own shit at each other.
I think FOX News has a show for that: Hannity and Colmes.
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I can see your point there. I too do not have a cable TV sub and refuse to get one. I still think its worth having an antenna. Case in point: during Hurricane Sandy, internet and cell service died in our area. The power went out also, but for us it came back on the next day. The rooftop antenna from the 1980s that i retrofitted worked perfectly and we were able to watch TV without needing an internet connection. There is a case to be made for OTA. Also its free... unless you live in the UK. Then you have that retarded license fee thing :-|
Wouldn't that be Xenix?
If I were you, I would go with Linux Mint. I really like cinnamon, and it's pretty user friendly; it's also a lot nicer to use than the abortion that is the unity desktop. I'm using the debian edition of Linux Mint 64 and it's nice to not have to deal with linux release cycles.
:-P
Before using linux mint, i was using debian 6. Stopped with deb 7 because of the unity desktop nonsense. Debian is really great otherwise, but might be a little annoying for new users.
Whatever distro you use, I would definitely use one that maintains the traditional desktop paradigm of a start(ish) menu with programs and a customizable desktop with icons that launch files and programs, etc.
I wonder if they have tried turning it off and on again. Making sure that it's plugged in of course....
"Threshold" would be another bad choice... or "Code of Honor", "Angel One", "A Night in Sickbay"..... Stay away from those :-P
Voyager is all magic, I have no idea what you're talking about. I can't count the number of episodes that were solved by the damn deflector dish, or some other arbitrary solutions, nor the amount of screen time devoted to technobabbling. The problems encountered were almost all caused by magic, the situations were crazy and nonsensical, the solutions were insane, and it was all riddled with inconsistencies with itself and other treks. When it wasn't magical technology, it was magical humanity (characters who made no sense whatsoever).
Macro viruses! The Omega Directive! Cooperative Borg! Insane Janeway! Tuvix! Uggggh.
Don't forget the anti-protons.... That shit fixes everything!
There's also an episode of B5 where you can see someone step into the 16:9 frame, but because it was outside of the 4:3 shot, they left it in. Incidentally, B5 should get a remastered makeover. The scenes that have live action and CGI look like crap.
Weren't we warned about not not landing there? :-P
HAM radio isn't halal :-P
I hope this is included in some future South Park episode LOL.
As long as we don't get a rehash of "Threshold", I think we'll be fine.
A mass effect type dialog tree might be in order perhaps. I don't know how they could implement something the way the game engine currently stands.
Courtesy of Yes, Minister:
Concerned woman: Listen, I've heard that this factory will be making the chemical that poisoned Seveso.
Jim Hacker: Now that's not true. The chemical in Seveso was dioxin. This is metadioxin.
Woman: Well that must be virtually the same thing.
Hacker: No, it's just a similar name.
Woman: It's the same name, only with 'meta' stuck on the front.
Hacker: And that makes all the difference.
Woman: Why, what does 'meta' mean?
Hacker: (baffled) What does 'meta' mean, Humphrey?
Sir Humphrey: It's quite simple. It means 'with' or 'after', sometimes 'beyond'. It's from the Greek. In other words, with or after dioxin, sometimes beyond dioxin. It depends whether it's the accusative or the genitive. With the accusative it's beyond or after, with the genitive it's with. As in Latin, of course, as you no doubt obviously recall, where the ablative is used for words needing a sense of 'with' to preceed them.
Bernard: But of course there isn't an ablative in Greek, is there Sir Humphrey?
Sir Humphrey: Well done, Bernard, well done.
Hacker: You see?
Woman: Not really, no.
I've noticed this with newer routers. My RT311 is still kicking however. Haven't had to reboot for about 2 years, and that was because i moved into a new apartment.
The Sci-fi wire has confirmed that Doctor Who will be back on September 29th with a two hour version of the "Christmas Invasion", and i'm guess the rest of Series 2 in the following weeks
Could this mean that we could be getting season 28 of Doctor Who? There is going to be a gap in the schedule, and Doctor Who would be a perfect fit.
Duke Nukem!
Yes. Then we can wait ten years for the game to come out.
Great. So now it will be easier for the NSA to datamine myspace.
Are you kidding? That episode is a classic. They do need to bring back Space Ghost, however.
CNN said to be canning the show, replacing it with monkeys throwing their own shit at each other. I think FOX News has a show for that: Hannity and Colmes.