"I usually sleep in to a reasonable hour for a Thursday, like, noon," said Microsoft, appearing at 8am at a press conference outside a Hardee's in Iowa, dressed in slippers and a blue bathrobe with the words 'Sexy Grandpa' emblazoned on the back. "But all you whiiiiiiiiners wouldn't let me get my rest. So I'll crank this thing out and have it on Windows Update by 11am."
"When will the patch for the patch be released?" asked Fox News correspondent Bubbles McConnifer, causing the press corps to giggle like schoolgirls in heat.
"Smile when you said that, bitch," growled a visibly angered Microsoft, who then motioned to two pinstripe suited thugs who escorted Ms. McConnifer from the press conference.
"Any other questions, whores?" asked Microsoft, placing fists on hips and allowing his 'MS Certified Otakus Rule!' T-Shirt to be seen. His query was greeted by silence. "Well alright, then."
As we've seen from the 100+ planets already found, many systems apparently develop with Jupter-sized and larger planets in either close orbits or wildly eccentric orbits that will result in smaller planets in the habitable zone being either thrown into their host star or, more likely, expelled from their solar system.
Or our detection methods simply slant the results to systems like that.
No need to get snarky. I drive with my tailgate up and always had. It was never something I thought a whole lot about, is all.
FWIW, when people ask me why I do my oil every 5000 miles instead of the 3000 Jiffy Lube would prefer, I say, "Well, the folks who design and built the car say, for my usage level, 5000 miles, so I'm going with them."
I did hear that. Kameo was one of two games making me think about a getting a 360, but all the reviews trashed the controls, especially some underwater level later in the game. Honestly, can't the game developer community get together and get that right? There's stuff out there like Ratchet & Clank where you forget you're even holding a controller it's so perfect. I *can* be done.
The other game was Oblivion which got pushed out til '06. Oh well. Sorry Microsoft.
Kameo has gotten a lot of mixed reviews since the 360 launched, and with good reason. On one hand, it has beautiful cartoony graphics. The world evokes a sense of wonder, and the characters that inhabit the various realms are all kind of goofy-looking. On the other hand, it's a violent game with a decent amount of gore.
Well, in this case you have to be a friggin idiot to think it was a myth. I'm pretty open minded on a lot of things, but the Apollo Hoax Believers are the biggest pack of prats walking the Earth. And if you disagree with that, tough.
That pickup trucks have less drag with the tailgate up than down. The bed develops a cushion of air. I have a big Dodge RAM, and have seen leaves and bits of paper endlessly circulating around the bed but never flying out. I never though it meant better drag, though.
You can't escape dumb moovies? What, do they chase you down in the street over there? Vast gangs of rabid cinema terrorizing people up and down the M5 motorway? Do they look like those big white balls from The Prisoner?
the audience needs to understand the existence of Ansible
Actually, in a screenplay, you'd leave that revelation til the end, so the audience has no reason to suspect the battle are real. *Then* you hit them with the "oh, you've been in FTL contact with real ships". In fact, it might have been a good idea to do it that way in the book, because I had the "twist" figured out when the ansible was first revealed.
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Not to take anything away from the bearded lady and Snake Boy, of course.
You do know that Discovery Channel has split into multiple channels, and all the good science stuff is still there, right? On the other ones?
"When will the patch for the patch be released?" asked Fox News correspondent Bubbles McConnifer, causing the press corps to giggle like schoolgirls in heat.
"Smile when you said that, bitch," growled a visibly angered Microsoft, who then motioned to two pinstripe suited thugs who escorted Ms. McConnifer from the press conference.
"Any other questions, whores?" asked Microsoft, placing fists on hips and allowing his 'MS Certified Otakus Rule!' T-Shirt to be seen. His query was greeted by silence. "Well alright, then."
Nice. Exactly my take on it. Heh heh... meat snacks...
Or dirge. Just the sort of hip, radical, urban and bitchin' cool attitude that is so well understood by old white male executives in grey suits.
Yes, but they don't use it to say airplane travel should not exist at all, which was the OP's point.
You know, you mods need to take some Prozac or something. Zoloft. Anything.
My mom's uncle was one American troops to liberate one of the camps, although which one escapes me at the moment.
God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. -- Genesis 1:16
When they said they were planning a sequel to Shoemaker-Levy 9, I was expecting a bit more. Damn budget cuts!
Actually, that story has been debunked by a few people, although I don't have a cite or a link handy, sorry.
Or our detection methods simply slant the results to systems like that.
FWIW, when people ask me why I do my oil every 5000 miles instead of the 3000 Jiffy Lube would prefer, I say, "Well, the folks who design and built the car say, for my usage level, 5000 miles, so I'm going with them."
The test monkey succumbing to the virus (or whatever it was) in about 20 seconds flat is one of the creepiest scenes in SF filmdom.
Actually I just, like, meant he was being an MS shill because, like, Intel stuff is, like, little... endian... heh heh... um... hmm...
His name wasn't Hamlet, was it?
The other game was Oblivion which got pushed out til '06. Oh well. Sorry Microsoft.
I disassembled it for you:
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Fascinating, and, oh, look! Dvorak is little endian!
He could be their mascot, and beat up the Linux penguin and the Mac... whatever the hell that thing is in the Mac logo.
So where's the negative?
Well, in this case you have to be a friggin idiot to think it was a myth. I'm pretty open minded on a lot of things, but the Apollo Hoax Believers are the biggest pack of prats walking the Earth. And if you disagree with that, tough.
That pickup trucks have less drag with the tailgate up than down. The bed develops a cushion of air. I have a big Dodge RAM, and have seen leaves and bits of paper endlessly circulating around the bed but never flying out. I never though it meant better drag, though.
I think they're already selling those.
You can't escape dumb moovies? What, do they chase you down in the street over there? Vast gangs of rabid cinema terrorizing people up and down the M5 motorway? Do they look like those big white balls from The Prisoner?
Actually, in a screenplay, you'd leave that revelation til the end, so the audience has no reason to suspect the battle are real. *Then* you hit them with the "oh, you've been in FTL contact with real ships". In fact, it might have been a good idea to do it that way in the book, because I had the "twist" figured out when the ansible was first revealed.