Then I'm going to wait until I'm about 90 to read Harry Potter. No sense paying for it when you can get it out of public domain. Nobody tell me how it ends,...;-)
The RIAA or MPAA probably wouldn't care about books, since they're not recorded media. I guess if some public libraries loan out CDs, videocassettes, DVDs, or even books on tape, they might try to get involved.
The nation of Afghanistan is 652,090 square km. Whatever happened to that Lake Afghanistan idea that the air force was working on right after 9/11? Covering a lake that size with algae would provide a whole lotta jet fuel, not to mention getting rid of a whole lotta Islamic fundamentalists,...;-)
The RIAA is really looking forward to the day when every child in the world has their own computer. There's tons of countries in the developing world that they'll now be able to target with threats of lawsuits for downloading copyrighted music!
So this means that, by 2015, it'll be easy for Doc Brown to pick up Plutonium for his 1.21 Gigawatt DeLorean Flux Capacitor at the corner drugstore. This is really not news. Wake me when they invent Mr. Fusion!
Well,... you forgot to mention that, at that speed, you can get a whole heckuva lotta porn, and fast! Probably download every single bit of porn on the internet in one day!:-)
But I wouldn't go so far as to call it a, "wonder drug." It's a powerful CNS stimulant, but also responsible for the addictive effects of tobacco use. But on the bright side, it increases concentration, learning, and memory, and decreases anxiety... maybe that's why a lot of students like to smoke? Still, I wouldn't recommend smoking because of all the other crap in tobacco smoke you don't want.
But even with all these benefits, I wouldn't call it a wonder drug. In the drug industry, we'd probably call it a, "Lead compound,"... something that, if improved chemically, could lead to a better drug. And that's what the so-called excitement that this article is talking about is referring to. Better drugs that could be used as treatments for a variety of other diseases. Sorry! Nicotine itself won't cure Parkinson's or Schizophrenia.
"I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven... And if they tell me otherwise then... I'll I'll I'll... set the building on fire."
He also didn't limit it to only seven. Our world has many more things on it that would easily be classified as, "wonders." There's no reason for limitations (except, of course, for money, greed, or tourism dollars).
It was a funny read, though! With them talking about why various men can't get laid and then going into Bill Gates, I figured most slashdotters would get a real hoot out of this crap!;-)
But seriously, what really sealed it on my bullshit detector was the part about, "write new computer software in order to impress women so that they will agree to have sex with them." Umm, yeah,... RIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHHT! Would all slashdotters that have EVER impressed ANY woman with their superior l337 coding skillz please stand on your head!
Well, my personal solution is that I would never trust anyone at Best Buy to even breathe on any of my computers,... IMHO.:-) But for the masses (e.g. non-techies), if they ever have to bring anything in, and Geek Squad is the best and most convenient choice for them, I'd recommend to them to keep all of their personal files (word docs, spreadsheets, photos, videos, porn, whatever) on an external USB hard drive. Use the computer's hard drive only for temporary storage or storing the actual executable programs and such. That way, if they ever have to bring the computer in for service, their personal files won't be scavenged by some teenage punk pillaging for porn, and they also still have access to all of their files... simply plug the USB drive into another computer and they're good to go!;-)
I think I'm going to register iMail as a trademark,. . . and then sue Apple when they launch their new iPhone/iMac/iBook/iPod/iNausea email service!;-)
No! No! No! You've got it all wrong! Remember when Doc Brown answered Marty's inquiry about whether the DeLorean ran on regular unleaded? "No! No! No! This sucker's electrical! But I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 Gigawatts of electricity I need!"
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I pretty much stopped reading after the first line that said, "Just lately it seems to be the fashion amongst writers on the internet to compare and criticise operating systems."
"Just lately?!" Seriously?! WTF?! Just about every real geek knows that we've been comparing and criticizing each other's operating systems pretty much since the dawn of the computer age! And anyone that denies it should turn in their geek card immediately!
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most people were running Windows 95/98 -- quite possibly the two worst pieces of crap software ever created.
Actually, you seem to have forgotten about Windows Me, which really was the, "worst piece of crap software ever created." Sadly, I think Windows 98 could technically qualify as an, "upgrade," from Windows Me, so anyone going from Me to 2000/XP would definitely be getting a huge increase in performance.
All you need to run Vista happily is an Intel quad-core overclocked to 4GHz, 4Gb RAM and twin nVidia 8800 GTX video cards.
And keep dreaming if you want that in a notebook PC! Because you're also going to need a 2 foot diameter fan, and a heat sink the size of the original Apple ][, in order to cool all that stuff off so it doesn't melt within two hours of use!
Porn could be really great with a device like this! The only problem is that all those pop-up ads, instead of coming up on your computer screen, would come up inside your head,... In order to clear it, you'd have to reboot your brain (or, I suppose it could just kill you). How do you explain THAT to St. Peter?
"How did you die?"
"Umm,... I was looking at porn through my new cybernetic internet interface when it malfunctioned and overloaded my brain stem."
If there ever was a slashdot story/thread that would make the RIAA look like the, "good guys,"... yup, them going after President Bush,... that would do it!:-)
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Then I'm going to wait until I'm about 90 to read Harry Potter. No sense paying for it when you can get it out of public domain. Nobody tell me how it ends,... ;-)
The RIAA or MPAA probably wouldn't care about books, since they're not recorded media. I guess if some public libraries loan out CDs, videocassettes, DVDs, or even books on tape, they might try to get involved.
The nation of Afghanistan is 652,090 square km. Whatever happened to that Lake Afghanistan idea that the air force was working on right after 9/11? Covering a lake that size with algae would provide a whole lotta jet fuel, not to mention getting rid of a whole lotta Islamic fundamentalists,... ;-)
The RIAA is really looking forward to the day when every child in the world has their own computer. There's tons of countries in the developing world that they'll now be able to target with threats of lawsuits for downloading copyrighted music!
So this means that, by 2015, it'll be easy for Doc Brown to pick up Plutonium for his 1.21 Gigawatt DeLorean Flux Capacitor at the corner drugstore. This is really not news. Wake me when they invent Mr. Fusion!
Well,... you forgot to mention that, at that speed, you can get a whole heckuva lotta porn, and fast! Probably download every single bit of porn on the internet in one day! :-)
But even with all these benefits, I wouldn't call it a wonder drug. In the drug industry, we'd probably call it a, "Lead compound," ... something that, if improved chemically, could lead to a better drug. And that's what the so-called excitement that this article is talking about is referring to. Better drugs that could be used as treatments for a variety of other diseases. Sorry! Nicotine itself won't cure Parkinson's or Schizophrenia.
Note to self: Buy some stock in that Korean restaurant chain down the street.
Don't worry,... he'll be gone by September,...
"I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven ... And if they tell me otherwise then ... I'll I'll I'll ... set the building on fire."
He also didn't limit it to only seven. Our world has many more things on it that would easily be classified as, "wonders." There's no reason for limitations (except, of course, for money, greed, or tourism dollars).
I'd vote for CowboyNeal!
But seriously, what really sealed it on my bullshit detector was the part about, "write new computer software in order to impress women so that they will agree to have sex with them." Umm, yeah,... RIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHHT! Would all slashdotters that have EVER impressed ANY woman with their superior l337 coding skillz please stand on your head!
I think I'm going to register iMail as a trademark,. . . and then sue Apple when they launch their new iPhone/iMac/iBook/iPod/iNausea email service! ;-)
I will either nominate the name, "Giant Douche," or, "Turd Sandwich," depending on which one slashdotters vote for.
No! No! No! You've got it all wrong! Remember when Doc Brown answered Marty's inquiry about whether the DeLorean ran on regular unleaded? "No! No! No! This sucker's electrical! But I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 Gigawatts of electricity I need!"
"Just lately?!" Seriously?! WTF?! Just about every real geek knows that we've been comparing and criticizing each other's operating systems pretty much since the dawn of the computer age! And anyone that denies it should turn in their geek card immediately!
Actually, you seem to have forgotten about Windows Me, which really was the, "worst piece of crap software ever created." Sadly, I think Windows 98 could technically qualify as an, "upgrade," from Windows Me, so anyone going from Me to 2000/XP would definitely be getting a huge increase in performance.
And keep dreaming if you want that in a notebook PC! Because you're also going to need a 2 foot diameter fan, and a heat sink the size of the original Apple ][, in order to cool all that stuff off so it doesn't melt within two hours of use!
"How did you die?"
"Umm,... I was looking at porn through my new cybernetic internet interface when it malfunctioned and overloaded my brain stem."
"You go straight to hell!"
If there ever was a slashdot story/thread that would make the RIAA look like the, "good guys," ... yup, them going after President Bush,... that would do it! :-)
This might help answer that question,...