Didn't we have the same issue with modems and call-waiting?! If you didn't disable call waiting, every time your grandma called the house it would disconnect you and that 10 meg shareware game takes 8 hours to complete on your 2400 baud modem would have to start over. Thanks Verizon for taking us back to the 80s/90s!
I think a lot of people forget about their public library. Everyone goes to Borders or Barnes and Noble, pick out a bunch of books, goes to the cafe, drink coffee, and leave the books in a pile on the table. Libraries usually have a lot of the latest stuff. I was amazed at all the latest DVDs they had, movies and TV series. The computer book section can usually be a little outdated but you can find a few recent titles. That lady does need to get out more though. 12 books a week since 1946!
Are there any scifi books out there that visit this topic of Chinese space ventures? Imagine something like China becomes the largest world power and controls every aspect of life and has the majority of our solar system explored and colonized! That would be interesting. ANy books like this?
In the James Bond movie, Diamonds Are Forever, James uses a thin latex-like piece of fake skin that he puts over his own finger to pass as someone else. This movie came out in the late 60s/early 70s. I wonder if this could actually be done now.
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Didn't we have the same issue with modems and call-waiting?! If you didn't disable call waiting, every time your grandma called the house it would disconnect you and that 10 meg shareware game takes 8 hours to complete on your 2400 baud modem would have to start over. Thanks Verizon for taking us back to the 80s/90s!
Seriously.. no joke.. The day I decide to try CentOS for the first time because I want to get that Redhat Enterprise experience, this happens!
I think a lot of people forget about their public library. Everyone goes to Borders or Barnes and Noble, pick out a bunch of books, goes to the cafe, drink coffee, and leave the books in a pile on the table. Libraries usually have a lot of the latest stuff. I was amazed at all the latest DVDs they had, movies and TV series. The computer book section can usually be a little outdated but you can find a few recent titles. That lady does need to get out more though. 12 books a week since 1946!
I was making 60k/year as a "web jockey" in Chicago from 2000-2001.
Are there any scifi books out there that visit this topic of Chinese space ventures? Imagine something like China becomes the largest world power and controls every aspect of life and has the majority of our solar system explored and colonized! That would be interesting. ANy books like this?
In the James Bond movie, Diamonds Are Forever, James uses a thin latex-like piece of fake skin that he puts over his own finger to pass as someone else. This movie came out in the late 60s/early 70s. I wonder if this could actually be done now.