If you're addicted to "the Internet"... what do you have to show for it?
Knowledge. Thanks to the internet, I can program in a multitude of languages. I can play five different instruments. I can understand three languages. I've had the opportunity to read many classic novels I wouldn't have otherwise. Same with movies. I can make a lot more meals I wouldn't have otherwise been able too. I can fascinate/bore friends with useless trivia. And I can masturbate like a racehorse on speed.
On a friend Vista system I've had to deal with updates that twice prevented Windows from loading even in safe mode. The best one though was the update required to Windows update which it couldn't install because it wasn't updated. Luckily updating to service pack 2 messed up the system enough for a reinstall to be required.
Urgh, how troll? All the other replies that are on topic are links to the subject - I've given the information, short and succent, that can be scanned over if it is already known. Already biting. I give up.
Hate to karma whore, but no one else seems to have bothered.
The palantir is a crystal ball from the LOTR universe. It allows the user to see virtually any part of the world. Palantir Technologies have designed a user-friendly search tool that can scan multiple data sources at once.
I remember how excited it was when I was 15 - I could finally rent out videos from the local Blockbuster that were rated 15! So off I went with my handful of pound coins, and picked out two of the three I could find.
They didn't register enough for me to remember the titles. All I know is, they sucked. Again and again I went back, trying to find a 15 rated film that was good.
Nothing. They all sucked. I was so disappointed.
Apologies for being mostly offtopic. I just wanted to share this decade old frustration.
I'm pretty ignorant. And Back to the Future II was on TV a couple hours ago. And I've had a few beers. And I *really* want Duke Nukem to not be vaporware.
The Sinclair didn't come with a mouse. Both hands were there on the keyboard. I remember a few games using Q/A (up/down) O/P (left/right) with space and enter being fire and select. The Dizzy games had an even more comfortable Z/X (left/right) with space as jump and enter as inventory.
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I know a few people who had to sell off goods to pay for their internet connection when we were pay by the minute.
If you're addicted to "the Internet" ... what do you have to show for it?
Knowledge. Thanks to the internet, I can program in a multitude of languages. I can play five different instruments. I can understand three languages. I've had the opportunity to read many classic novels I wouldn't have otherwise. Same with movies. I can make a lot more meals I wouldn't have otherwise been able too. I can fascinate/bore friends with useless trivia.
And I can masturbate like a racehorse on speed.
All of these settings are hidden in the advanced settings dialog
They aren't hidden, they're quite visible. 3 clicks show you them.
It's not exactly rocket science, is it?
Sorry.
The joke needs a service pack before anyone will find it funny.
Steam also allows paypal.
Someone fucked up big time when they taught you html:
[url]http://www.fail2ban.org/[/url]
On a friend Vista system I've had to deal with updates that twice prevented Windows from loading even in safe mode. The best one though was the update required to Windows update which it couldn't install because it wasn't updated. Luckily updating to service pack 2 messed up the system enough for a reinstall to be required.
Oh, that's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship.
How much of it is user generated content that's copied from one site onto a zillion others?
Is this why the signs on my lawn don't work?
I've been using the beta for a while with those free laptops they leave on trains.
I got one of those. T2000. What model are you using?
Guess which console I went for?
PS2. Cheap ass.
/me puts on his robe and wizard hat.
The hand about an inch from your ear?
Only if there's ashtrays in the dishwasher.
I'd go with Betty, but I'd still be thinking of Wilma.
Urgh, how troll? All the other replies that are on topic are links to the subject - I've given the information, short and succent, that can be scanned over if it is already known.
Already biting. I give up.
Hate to karma whore, but no one else seems to have bothered.
The palantir is a crystal ball from the LOTR universe. It allows the user to see virtually any part of the world.
Palantir Technologies have designed a user-friendly search tool that can scan multiple data sources at once.
I remember how excited it was when I was 15 - I could finally rent out videos from the local Blockbuster that were rated 15! So off I went with my handful of pound coins, and picked out two of the three I could find.
They didn't register enough for me to remember the titles. All I know is, they sucked. Again and again I went back, trying to find a 15 rated film that was good.
Nothing. They all sucked. I was so disappointed.
Apologies for being mostly offtopic. I just wanted to share this decade old frustration.
I'm pretty ignorant. And Back to the Future II was on TV a couple hours ago. And I've had a few beers. And I *really* want Duke Nukem to not be vaporware.
I hope they start charging to view Myspace soon.
So stop messing around!
The Sinclair didn't come with a mouse. Both hands were there on the keyboard.
I remember a few games using Q/A (up/down) O/P (left/right) with space and enter being fire and select. The Dizzy games had an even more comfortable Z/X (left/right) with space as jump and enter as inventory.