And who the hell is this purple haired twat that just suddenly appeared in the story line as a main character with no backstory or anything? Since it seemed her only purpose was to bonzai the ship into the bad guys, they could have saved the cost of one actress and saved Ackbar for that. Since they were going to kill him off anyway, why not have him volunteer to go down as a most hero instead of an "Oops WTF" death?
Even websites that have been around for decades experience it, because they change the structure of their site, breaking links to articles that might even still be available.
If you follow a CNN link from 15 years ago, it probably won't work.
It's a bit scary to think how much of our history we're losing to link rot and archive.org is doing their best to fight it. They are awesome people.
Or it is like how Web searches frequently ended up back in the still adolescent days of the Web.
You search on a topic, and the first couple dozen pages are all different sites that link to the same page that link to the same page, that link to the same page, that link to what has long since become a 404.
I don't know what was more frustrating; the fact that no one can be arsed to create backup sources for info; or the searches where you have an important question about something (perhaps a tech problem), and search results show a lot of others asking the same thing; but zero actual solutions (other than a few useless "Works for me" posts) or any replies whatsoever. Heck, I've seen plenty of instances where once the original poster gets their answer, they then remove or request that not only their post, but the entire thread be deleted.
And to top it off, when one reduces their work day by 2 hours, that means in a typical 5 day work week, they are also losing 10 hours of pay; unless they get a raise to compensate for the lower hours.
From what I can recall back in the 70s before we had cable TV, it was ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS; so four channels for us.
I do recall getting one or two other odd VHF channels from Boise or Portland; but that could have been post cable era (aka 80s and beyond.)
That said, I hated the TBS affiliate in the 80s for keeping all their programming solely on Eastern Time, which meant I had to be up at 0500 on Saturday mornings if I wanted to catch Starcade.
Besides, go to any thrift store or yard sale, and chances are there will be plenty of old cell phones that just make calls, and may or may not have other features; and for super cheap as well. There is plenty of supply to meet the small demand.
Or perhaps this is to finally determine whether or not the Turtle is male or female. And they can study the 4 elephants on the Turtle's back while they are at it.
They could have answered this question much much earlier by simply dialing 411 and asking Information where the missing matter is at, or asking at the information desk in any airport.
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That was strangely freakin' cool.
I've been referring to Kylo Ren as Douche Vader.
And who the hell is this purple haired twat that just suddenly appeared in the story line as a main character with no backstory or anything? Since it seemed her only purpose was to bonzai the ship into the bad guys, they could have saved the cost of one actress and saved Ackbar for that. Since they were going to kill him off anyway, why not have him volunteer to go down as a most hero instead of an "Oops WTF" death?
How could you have not liked the Holiday Special? Unthinkable! :p
Link rot.
Even websites that have been around for decades experience it, because they change the structure of their site, breaking links to articles that might even still be available.
If you follow a CNN link from 15 years ago, it probably won't work.
It's a bit scary to think how much of our history we're losing to link rot and archive.org is doing their best to fight it. They are awesome people.
Or it is like how Web searches frequently ended up back in the still adolescent days of the Web.
You search on a topic, and the first couple dozen pages are all different sites that link to the same page that link to the same page, that link to the same page, that link to what has long since become a 404.
I don't know what was more frustrating; the fact that no one can be arsed to create backup sources for info; or the searches where you have an important question about something (perhaps a tech problem), and search results show a lot of others asking the same thing; but zero actual solutions (other than a few useless "Works for me" posts) or any replies whatsoever. Heck, I've seen plenty of instances where once the original poster gets their answer, they then remove or request that not only their post, but the entire thread be deleted.
I think you mean George McFly, butthead. :p
And #1 in having #2 littering the streets? :D
Wake up...A $200 phone does 97% of what an $1000 phone can do.
And my $60 J3 Luna does 100% of everything I need it to do, and will be in service for me for years to come. Just sayin' :)
Since bugs are also Human error, that would mean your outages would have been 100% Human error.
And to top it off, when one reduces their work day by 2 hours, that means in a typical 5 day work week, they are also losing 10 hours of pay; unless they get a raise to compensate for the lower hours.
Let me guess; those who understand binary and those who don't?
They never reveal who the other 8 are. :p
From what I can recall back in the 70s before we had cable TV, it was ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS; so four channels for us.
I do recall getting one or two other odd VHF channels from Boise or Portland; but that could have been post cable era (aka 80s and beyond.)
That said, I hated the TBS affiliate in the 80s for keeping all their programming solely on Eastern Time, which meant I had to be up at 0500 on Saturday mornings if I wanted to catch Starcade.
And you are letting that stop you?
Anything I want to purchase that I may want to keep permanently is going to be backed up irrespective of whether or not it is legal.
It's a shame that someone got so butthurt over your display of common sense that they had to downmod your post.
Here is a meta +1 Insightful. :)
Besides, go to any thrift store or yard sale, and chances are there will be plenty of old cell phones that just make calls, and may or may not have other features; and for super cheap as well. There is plenty of supply to meet the small demand.
Even more importantly, did the update restore the headphone jack? :D
How are they going to get that just right size booty if they are starving themselves? I think they have it bassackwards.
So it was cake instead of pie...
Or perhaps this is to finally determine whether or not the Turtle is male or female. And they can study the 4 elephants on the Turtle's back while they are at it.
Are you a turtle?
They could have answered this question much much earlier by simply dialing 411 and asking Information where the missing matter is at, or asking at the information desk in any airport.
I bet it is hidden within the depths of Uranus.
No. It is indeed Apache
Steve Martin's monologue predates XKCD by decades.
Next, you are going to be telling us that the chariot race in Ben Hur was a ripoff of the pod race in Phantom Menace.
There was even a Sniglet for this back in the days of Not Necessarily the News. It is called timefoolery.
He didn't say breaking into his luggage, He said stealing his luggage.
Want to know more?
And I believe that we should allow all foreigners into the country as long as they speak our native language, Apache.
(Good bet very few get either your post or mine) :D
Curse you, AC. That was going to be my schtick...