And yet everyone knows that Sean Connery *is* James Bond. Roger, Timothy, Pierce, and Daniel all did a fine job, and each contributed IMO a valid interpretation, but Sean set the standard by which they were all judged.
So this morning, I go to connect my phone to my desktop to copy over some recent photos when I notice... that... yep, the connector on this particular cable is labelled on the wrong damned side. Heh.
(I still very strongly suspect that you and I have rather different ideas about what constitutes "normal usage", though.)
Handwriting/character recognition on touchscreen devices is pretty amazing these days. I can write in Chinese by tracing characters on my phone or tablet screen about as fast as I can type them using pinyin input with a keyboard.
United States Congressman Larry McDonald from Georgia, who at the time was also the second president of the conservative John Birch Society, was on the flight. Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Senator Steve Symms of Idaho, and Representative Carroll Hubbard of Kentucky were aboard sister flight KAL 015, which flew 15 minutes behind KAL 007...
I fail to see how this will eliminate air fatalities. Don't the majority of crashes occur on takeoff or landing?
One example that springs to mind is the Tenerife disaster of 1977, in which two airliners collided on the ground as one of them was taking off. Capsules with parachutes would not have helped a bit AFAICT.
Thanks to/. for posting this story while I'm 10 thousand metres or so above the Skagerrak and making me feel a bit special.
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Kindly speak for yourself. I'm a lifelong fan of the series, starting from the original run of TOS, and the comics mean nothing to me.
The omission was not an accident.
If my eyes are red, it's not from crying, I can assure you of that.
And yet everyone knows that Sean Connery *is* James Bond. Roger, Timothy, Pierce, and Daniel all did a fine job, and each contributed IMO a valid interpretation, but Sean set the standard by which they were all judged.
You're what... 14 or so?
You're trying to look at TOS through a lens that's about 50 years out of focus.
If you're not capable of appreciating it in the context of the times in which it was produced, then kindly STFU.
Thank you.
Fuck you and the hipster you rode in on, meatbag.
So this morning, I go to connect my phone to my desktop to copy over some recent photos when I notice... that... yep, the connector on this particular cable is labelled on the wrong damned side. Heh.
(I still very strongly suspect that you and I have rather different ideas about what constitutes "normal usage", though.)
#HashTagsAreLameAndINeverUsedThemInTheFirstFuckingPlace
You must understand that these are people who define "innovation" as "new way for me to charge more rent on the same old stuff".
The uUSB port get destroyed in normal usage.
If "normal usage" means "Can't be bothered to see which side the USB logo is on before jamming it in", then you might be onto something.
Handwriting/character recognition on touchscreen devices is pretty amazing these days. I can write in Chinese by tracing characters on my phone or tablet screen about as fast as I can type them using pinyin input with a keyboard.
I get mod points pretty often and I'm only slightly more conservative than Leon Trotsky.
Don't be too quick to attribute to malice what may well be due to shitty Slashcode.
(FWIW, I've seen similar complaints but have yet to see any evidence of posts being "hidden" as described.)
Samizdat... on the Internet!
And yes, I've a bit of a morbid fascination with air disasters, probably because flying gives me the willies and yet I do it anyhow.
The claim was that politicians and other important folks never take commercial flights, which I just demonstrated to be false, you dope.
As for politicians and board of directors, they never use public planes so they never go through airport security.
Hate to mess up a good rant, but...:
United States Congressman Larry McDonald from Georgia, who at the time was also the second president of the conservative John Birch Society, was on the flight. Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Senator Steve Symms of Idaho, and Representative Carroll Hubbard of Kentucky were aboard sister flight KAL 015, which flew 15 minutes behind KAL 007...
<sarcasm>Why can't they just post it to FB like everyone else these days?</sarcasm>
I have family on three continents. So GLWT. ;-)
Hi Asa!
What *I* want is for you guys to stop breaking my UI, my extensions, and my workflow.
I am totally uninterested in how you guys think I should experience the Web. I am interested in getting stuff done.
Start listening to your users again, and stop using us as your friggerty UX guinea pigs already.
Lawsuits, baby. Lots and lots of lawsuits.
Not only that, but it was a fire involving the aircraft's control systems.
Bit difficult to expect anything to happen when you push an EJECT button that's no longer wired up to anything.
One plane had trouble taking off because another one was in its path, you mean?
(And yes--for anyone who cares--I made it back safely to the ground, no parachute required.)
I fail to see how this will eliminate air fatalities. Don't the majority of crashes occur on takeoff or landing?
One example that springs to mind is the Tenerife disaster of 1977, in which two airliners collided on the ground as one of them was taking off. Capsules with parachutes would not have helped a bit AFAICT.
Thanks to /. for posting this story while I'm 10 thousand metres or so above the Skagerrak and making me feel a bit special.