Also, the Hyperion quartet has a major plot point that the Matrix hinged on. And while we're at it they can give Gibson a dollar for the name. And the jacking in. And the skill-downloads. And...
So you're admitting that the Wachowski brothers drew their inspiration for the matrix from multiple sources? Not just from Ubik? Huh, that's exactly what I was saying. Woah.
I think you need to read Ubik again. The plot of The Matrix is nothing at all like Ubik and although it does share a few concepts they have nothing to do with the story being told.
Clear has different plans that you can choose from for mobile internet. They're advertising 4Mbps on all of the mobile plans. but speeds can get going way faster than advertised.
My clear home modem will regularly get speeds of up to 10Mbps; it's advertised as 6Mbps.
You must have been an extremely early adopter of LCD monitors.
Flat-screened CRTs have been available for quite some time now; I'm sure you would have trouble finding a curved CRT monitor for sale at BestBuy.
Google has responded before on the issue of Gmail being called a beta. I believe it was in a developer blog a while ago. What they call a "Beta" is really a mix between a true public beta and an alpha.
What Beta means to google is 'working and stable enough to be useful, but not feature complete'.
Birth control in the water? What a great idea, those things aren't bad for your health or anything!
A better solution would be a mandatory surgery at birth. You can fuck all you want, but you can't have children until you get the surgery reversed.
It would solve our overpopulation problem, but it'll never happen. Know why? Because then all the kiddies won't have any reason to be afraid of sex and become dirty sex-crazed heathens! God forbid!
There's no home button by default, but in the options under 'basics' there's a checkbox to show it on the toolbar. You can also set the homepage to whatever you want from the same section but I quite like the default new tab page.
First post from Chrome.
The dollar sign replacing the S in a word is a satiric misspelling used by geeks to jibe Microsoft for their (corrupt) business practices that seem to be focused solely on producing the most money possible.
Have fun reading through my comments page, since this is a "point out that an AC is probably Twitter" thread.
Diablo III will use Battle.net for online play, a service that has always been ad supported. Also, Vivendi holds a 52% stake of Avtivision Blizzard, so rest assured that Blizzard will remain untainted.
Sure, why not? If we can send a man through the sun and back, then we just need better propulsion and we'd be almost set for interstellar travel.
But then we'll let bush take the first ride on Ark B.
There was no reboot. If you watch the show you can tell that the writers have to try to step around issues of continuity sometimes. The doctor is actually on his last regeneration right now, and in one story arc he turned into this crazy little imp thing until they went back in time.
I have no idea how they're going to work around the issue when David Tennant wants to leave, but they'll pull it off somehow... maybe a reboot is in store soon after all.
In my experience the first day usually involves a long boring tram ride, then a catastrophic event shortly followed by a terrible alien invasion and escape sequence.
Damn you, AC! I was going to make a half-life joke!
I'll be fine with being swallowed up into a black hole, just as long as we don't end up with a resonance cascade situation.
What ever happened to researching products before buying them? Is the average consumer so strapped for time that they just purchase the first product to fall under their gaze? My point is that Microsoft had made available information regarding these 'Vista capable' stickers before they started showing up (http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/3/31/3421.)
The stickers say "Designed for Windows XP", Goddamnit!
Here in Portland, OR we have free (previously Ad-supported) Wi-Fi pretty much everywhere in the city provided by MetroFi. They joined with Microsoft in January to provide the service ad-free but with the catch of downloading MSN's "SideGuide" program, which is pretty much just a search bar that directs to windows live search. So here in Portland the general idea is that Wi-Fi access *is* free.
And hell, if you don't want to bother with MetroFi, I've never been in an area downtown that doesn't have at least 5 unsecured APs.
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Also, the Hyperion quartet has a major plot point that the Matrix hinged on. And while we're at it they can give Gibson a dollar for the name. And the jacking in. And the skill-downloads. And...
So you're admitting that the Wachowski brothers drew their inspiration for the matrix from multiple sources? Not just from Ubik? Huh, that's exactly what I was saying. Woah.
I think you need to read Ubik again. The plot of The Matrix is nothing at all like Ubik and although it does share a few concepts they have nothing to do with the story being told.
My clear home modem will regularly get speeds of up to 10Mbps; it's advertised as 6Mbps.
You must have been an extremely early adopter of LCD monitors. Flat-screened CRTs have been available for quite some time now; I'm sure you would have trouble finding a curved CRT monitor for sale at BestBuy.
Fuck, I wish I still had mod points. Mod this funny. This is funny.
Google has responded before on the issue of Gmail being called a beta. I believe it was in a developer blog a while ago. What they call a "Beta" is really a mix between a true public beta and an alpha. What Beta means to google is 'working and stable enough to be useful, but not feature complete'.
Birth control in the water? What a great idea, those things aren't bad for your health or anything! A better solution would be a mandatory surgery at birth. You can fuck all you want, but you can't have children until you get the surgery reversed. It would solve our overpopulation problem, but it'll never happen. Know why? Because then all the kiddies won't have any reason to be afraid of sex and become dirty sex-crazed heathens! God forbid!
There's no home button by default, but in the options under 'basics' there's a checkbox to show it on the toolbar. You can also set the homepage to whatever you want from the same section but I quite like the default new tab page. First post from Chrome.
The dollar sign replacing the S in a word is a satiric misspelling used by geeks to jibe Microsoft for their (corrupt) business practices that seem to be focused solely on producing the most money possible. Have fun reading through my comments page, since this is a "point out that an AC is probably Twitter" thread.
But the ps3 ... runs linux. There are already wiimote drivers.
Diablo III will use Battle.net for online play, a service that has always been ad supported. Also, Vivendi holds a 52% stake of Avtivision Blizzard, so rest assured that Blizzard will remain untainted.
RTFS(summary). He's 18, so his family isn't involved and stands no chance of being deported over this.
They're shooting for at least 5 million downloads, not 10 million. It's the ninth question down in the FAQ.
Sure, why not? If we can send a man through the sun and back, then we just need better propulsion and we'd be almost set for interstellar travel. But then we'll let bush take the first ride on Ark B.
There was no reboot. If you watch the show you can tell that the writers have to try to step around issues of continuity sometimes. The doctor is actually on his last regeneration right now, and in one story arc he turned into this crazy little imp thing until they went back in time. I have no idea how they're going to work around the issue when David Tennant wants to leave, but they'll pull it off somehow ... maybe a reboot is in store soon after all.
Or misspelling Wookiee, you insensitive clod!
We use it in the US too, but for advertising and classified ads.
Windmills don't work that way!
In my experience the first day usually involves a long boring tram ride, then a catastrophic event shortly followed by a terrible alien invasion and escape sequence.
Damn you, AC! I was going to make a half-life joke! I'll be fine with being swallowed up into a black hole, just as long as we don't end up with a resonance cascade situation.
What ever happened to researching products before buying them? Is the average consumer so strapped for time that they just purchase the first product to fall under their gaze? My point is that Microsoft had made available information regarding these 'Vista capable' stickers before they started showing up (http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/3/31/3421.) The stickers say "Designed for Windows XP", Goddamnit!
Maybe this will cause even more people to see how flawed the logic that proponents of the "war on drugs" use.
It is the same basic idea, just even less true.
Wtf? Why is the first post modded redundant?!
Here in Portland, OR we have free (previously Ad-supported) Wi-Fi pretty much everywhere in the city provided by MetroFi. They joined with Microsoft in January to provide the service ad-free but with the catch of downloading MSN's "SideGuide" program, which is pretty much just a search bar that directs to windows live search. So here in Portland the general idea is that Wi-Fi access *is* free.
And hell, if you don't want to bother with MetroFi, I've never been in an area downtown that doesn't have at least 5 unsecured APs.