And what a success it's been. Whole army divisions guided by surveillance equipment which could read the time off your watch from outer space has failed to find Immanuel Goldstein, I mean Osama bin Laden, and nobody actually seems interested in finding him either, presumably bebause if they do, they won't have a bogeyman any more. Meanwhile, farmers are producing bumper opium crops, and Kabul's full of Western "consultants" getting rich off money that's meant to be rebuilding the place. Outside their gated communities and Land Cruiser convoys, it's like the Wild West.
It's a bit bigger than what you want, but these guys have come up with a very cool way of getting round the problem of landing an airship. It's not quite lighter-than-air and is partly supported in flight by aerodynamic lift. Stop it and it'll sink gently, and you launch it by blasting it into the air, vertically if you have to. You can even land it on water.
No, it's about selling to complete mugs a device as bereft of features as they can possibly make it, knowing that they'll buy it anyway because it's by Apple. I mean, since when is random play a USP? Every CD player since 198-fucking-2 has had it. And how do I find a particular song without listening to them one by one on the silly little piece of shit?
Take into account the fact that they view a battery charger as an extra-cost option, and it's not even cheap.
Actually, there are various small Pacific islands where bird shit has been a mainstay of the economy for a long time. Due to its isolated location, Tuvalu has been a staging post for migrating birds for an awfully long time, leading to the islands being covered in several feet of bird shit. Over the last decades, this has been mined and sold as fertiliser. Now it's running out, and those.tv domain names are propping up the local economy instead...
Wow. You must really hate American beer. In the scheme of things, Bass is total ditchwater compared with some of the stuff that's out there. Although I imagine you wouldn't stand a hope in hell of getting a hold of any of it Over There.
Your loss. I reckon K3B's the best CD-burning application I've used on any platform, bar none. If you want to miss out on that because you're not keen on loading up some KDE libraries now and again, please yourself.
But it did the job. Content is king. What use was the Web to the average Frenchman when most of the content wasn't in his language? That changed, and so did the number of web users in France. Minitel had the stuff people wanted, even if it was old and creaky.
They're well-educated. So they must be bright. They should therefore be able to find something else to do easily enough. "It'll cost jobs" is no excuse for not making progress where progress can be made (and where it actually is progress), otherwise we'd all still be out in the fields hacking down crops with scythes. Look at the big picture.
Well, I dunno. Anecdotal evidence and all that, but I know of a recording studio in Dublin which has a plasma screen in its reception. Only it's not on the wall or showing pictures of any sort. They've had it made into a coffee table. It hung in one of the studios for a couple of years, showing volume levels and stuff, but so many pixels died that they had to stop using it. The cost of repair was greater than the cost of a new screen, so now it's got a pane of glass and four legs stuck to it.
And the screens in my gym, which only opened in 2001 or 2002 or something, are fucked with burn-in.
I wouldn't take a chance and drop thousands on what is clearly flawed technology, just so I could show off to my friends for a while. I'll stick to my CRT, thanks.
The Daily Star's beyond parody. The day after Chris Morris's Brass Eye paedo special, they were giving it all the "SICKEST TV SHOW EVER" stuff the other papers were doing, seemingly without stopping to think that that was exactly the sort of press hysteria Morris was railing against. On the VERY NEXT PAGE was a photo of Charlotte Church, aged 15 at the time, in a low-cut dress, with a caption to the effect of "my, hasn't she grown up to be a big girl?"
Besides which, American food is frequently diabolical. They seem to make it really difficult for you to eat healthily. You put weight on just looking at it. Everything seems to be served up between two slices of bread, with fries accompanying. The bread's full of sugar, too, for good measure. And everything seems to be tinkered with. I mean, you get orange juice with calcium in it, and water with added vitamins. Why not just, you know, eat a balanced diet?
Last time I went there, by the time I came back I was absolutely desperate for some fresh cooked vegetables. I felt like I was malnourished, yet I'd visibly gained weight.
Oh, and just what on earth is that shit you think passes for bacon, eh? It's like pork scratchings, for fuck's sake.
Britain's come a hell of a long way on the food front in the last fifteen years or so, I'd say. People's palates have become a lot more cosmopolitan, and the supermarkets are full of variety (although the meat's gone to shit, it's fair to say). Restaurants have come on in leaps and bounds - people eat out far more regularly these days and they're a lot more educated about what they're ordering too.
I'd rather he did this than made any more music, given what a let-down that last album was. I mean, he does one of the greatest rap albums ever in Black On Both Sides, keeps us waiting all that time, and gives us The New Danger. I was gutted. Here's hoping he'll make up for it with this.
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And what a success it's been. Whole army divisions guided by surveillance equipment which could read the time off your watch from outer space has failed to find Immanuel Goldstein, I mean Osama bin Laden, and nobody actually seems interested in finding him either, presumably bebause if they do, they won't have a bogeyman any more. Meanwhile, farmers are producing bumper opium crops, and Kabul's full of Western "consultants" getting rich off money that's meant to be rebuilding the place. Outside their gated communities and Land Cruiser convoys, it's like the Wild West.
Well done, George.
It's a bit bigger than what you want, but these guys have come up with a very cool way of getting round the problem of landing an airship. It's not quite lighter-than-air and is partly supported in flight by aerodynamic lift. Stop it and it'll sink gently, and you launch it by blasting it into the air, vertically if you have to. You can even land it on water.
No, it's about selling to complete mugs a device as bereft of features as they can possibly make it, knowing that they'll buy it anyway because it's by Apple. I mean, since when is random play a USP? Every CD player since 198-fucking-2 has had it. And how do I find a particular song without listening to them one by one on the silly little piece of shit?
Take into account the fact that they view a battery charger as an extra-cost option, and it's not even cheap.
Why anybody buys them, I just don't know.
Actually, there are various small Pacific islands where bird shit has been a mainstay of the economy for a long time. Due to its isolated location, Tuvalu has been a staging post for migrating birds for an awfully long time, leading to the islands being covered in several feet of bird shit. Over the last decades, this has been mined and sold as fertiliser. Now it's running out, and those .tv domain names are propping up the local economy instead...
It's so you don't reverse it into a bollard when parking...
I just wish they wouldn't show the same ad for the same fucking irritating ringtone three times in the same ad break, myself.
Oh, man.
Were you born yesterday?
Wow. You must really hate American beer. In the scheme of things, Bass is total ditchwater compared with some of the stuff that's out there. Although I imagine you wouldn't stand a hope in hell of getting a hold of any of it Over There.
Your loss. I reckon K3B's the best CD-burning application I've used on any platform, bar none. If you want to miss out on that because you're not keen on loading up some KDE libraries now and again, please yourself.
Well, there's a perfect example of having all the brains in the world and no common sense. I wonder how often he kicks it over?
But it did the job. Content is king. What use was the Web to the average Frenchman when most of the content wasn't in his language? That changed, and so did the number of web users in France. Minitel had the stuff people wanted, even if it was old and creaky.
They're well-educated. So they must be bright. They should therefore be able to find something else to do easily enough. "It'll cost jobs" is no excuse for not making progress where progress can be made (and where it actually is progress), otherwise we'd all still be out in the fields hacking down crops with scythes. Look at the big picture.
Apparently it's done because that's U2's fourteenth album.
Well, I dunno. Anecdotal evidence and all that, but I know of a recording studio in Dublin which has a plasma screen in its reception. Only it's not on the wall or showing pictures of any sort. They've had it made into a coffee table. It hung in one of the studios for a couple of years, showing volume levels and stuff, but so many pixels died that they had to stop using it. The cost of repair was greater than the cost of a new screen, so now it's got a pane of glass and four legs stuck to it.
And the screens in my gym, which only opened in 2001 or 2002 or something, are fucked with burn-in.
I wouldn't take a chance and drop thousands on what is clearly flawed technology, just so I could show off to my friends for a while. I'll stick to my CRT, thanks.
Homer Simpson's a happily married man!
The Daily Star's beyond parody. The day after Chris Morris's Brass Eye paedo special, they were giving it all the "SICKEST TV SHOW EVER" stuff the other papers were doing, seemingly without stopping to think that that was exactly the sort of press hysteria Morris was railing against. On the VERY NEXT PAGE was a photo of Charlotte Church, aged 15 at the time, in a low-cut dress, with a caption to the effect of "my, hasn't she grown up to be a big girl?"
Oh, actually, look, here it is.
Indeed.
Though you have to hand it to them, they know how to make ice cream.
Besides which, American food is frequently diabolical. They seem to make it really difficult for you to eat healthily. You put weight on just looking at it. Everything seems to be served up between two slices of bread, with fries accompanying. The bread's full of sugar, too, for good measure. And everything seems to be tinkered with. I mean, you get orange juice with calcium in it, and water with added vitamins. Why not just, you know, eat a balanced diet?
Last time I went there, by the time I came back I was absolutely desperate for some fresh cooked vegetables. I felt like I was malnourished, yet I'd visibly gained weight.
Oh, and just what on earth is that shit you think passes for bacon, eh? It's like pork scratchings, for fuck's sake.
Britain's come a hell of a long way on the food front in the last fifteen years or so, I'd say. People's palates have become a lot more cosmopolitan, and the supermarkets are full of variety (although the meat's gone to shit, it's fair to say). Restaurants have come on in leaps and bounds - people eat out far more regularly these days and they're a lot more educated about what they're ordering too.
I don't believe in TV detector vans. I've never seen one and nor has anybody else I've ever asked.
Oops - it would appear I've Slashdotted the poor bastards...
You've got to admit, though, it's really cool.
Like this?
I'd imagine Trillian will be keeping the clothes on. Sorry, like...
I'd rather he did this than made any more music, given what a let-down that last album was. I mean, he does one of the greatest rap albums ever in Black On Both Sides, keeps us waiting all that time, and gives us The New Danger. I was gutted. Here's hoping he'll make up for it with this.
So that makes it OK?