Fox killed Futurama by bad scheduling. See, they put the show on various slots Sunday nights, but because of the variable length of NFL football game coverage, the Sunday night lineup was often damaged by running late, being joined in progress, not being shown to the whole nation, and other problems. The only rules were that The Simpsons must run untouched at as close to 8pm ET as possible.
When Episode I came out Fox aired the original Star Wars at 5pm on a Sunday. Futurama normally came on at 7 on Sundays. Scheduling genius, right? Star Wars then Futurama! What better way to attract your new audience? That night they pre-empted Futurama and aired two episodes of King of the Hill followed by the Simpsons.
Yes he would! It just depends on what word he's building off of! For example, he'd be able to build it off of "ASS" and...... err... shit. I see why he corrected the spelling now.
Life can live in ice-covered oceans and it can even be complex. This is all idle speculation until someone actually probes Europa to see what's under there.
I just had this image in my head of humans building a colony on Mars, then ET's come by and say "Whoah! This means sentient life could have evolved on barren worlds like Mars!"
Isn't this router only three times faster than routers that previously existed? I wouldn't exactly call that a game-changing speed.
All it has to do is get you past a certain threshold to allow new things to happen, like streaming of 1080p content, to be a game changer. If they were only 5% away before and only now just got past it, it's still a game changer.
Mud-slinging is never pretty and often makes the slinger look worse than the target.
The sad thing is that this site has already seen that happen with Linux zealotry. I can't believe I'm watching this little bit of history repeat itself again. Who is going to take Android or any other OS seriously when people that like it actively call iPhone users 'iSheep' or say that the only reason they like their phone is because Steve Jobs tells them to?
I think this site would rather have flame wars than actually guide people towards Open Source.
otherwise it is more readable to put the day first.
Only if you're not looking at a list of dates sequentially. Otherwise, when you roll over to the next week, you've skipped a groove. Starting with the day is actually dumber if you're looking at anything outside of the scope of one month.
Funny you should mention that. I'm not an atheist and I feel like you do. I don't like mentioning it whether I'm here on Slashdot or even in public. (I'm not living in the 'heartland' so I can imagine there's a big difference.) I think Intelligent Design, for example, is a very weak and unsubstantiated theory and pinch the bridge of my nose whenever attempts are made to enforce it in school. But if I say I'm not atheist here on Slashdot, it's assumed I go along with that idea and would want to convince the whole planet that it's true. Mainly because there are some loud-mouthed people trying to get laws made and it's easy to generalize. You'd think Star Trek would have taught us about labeling people.. but... yeah, that's the world we live in. I don't think it'll be too long before it's fashionable to not be affiliated with religion. It's already happening at the coasts.
If it helps, you'll be happy to know I'm not the slightest bit interested in changing your mind. Try to keep in mind the shades-of-gray.
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Fox killed Futurama by bad scheduling. See, they put the show on various slots Sunday nights, but because of the variable length of NFL football game coverage, the Sunday night lineup was often damaged by running late, being joined in progress, not being shown to the whole nation, and other problems. The only rules were that The Simpsons must run untouched at as close to 8pm ET as possible.
When Episode I came out Fox aired the original Star Wars at 5pm on a Sunday. Futurama normally came on at 7 on Sundays. Scheduling genius, right? Star Wars then Futurama! What better way to attract your new audience? That night they pre-empted Futurama and aired two episodes of King of the Hill followed by the Simpsons.
Good news, everyone! I've invented a device that lets you hear my voice in your head as you read this!
I installed the Ubuntu anti-virus and now everything looks different and my games and a bunch of Apps I use don't work!
Combine it with a Linux car OS and you'll never see good drivers!
Yes he would! It just depends on what word he's building off of! For example, he'd be able to build it off of "ASS" and... ... err... shit. I see why he corrected the spelling now.
How long until the police/feds/intelligence/etc get to start using this on civilians?
The technology to do this has been around for over 10 years.
As of the 10th of June 1903 you hate COBOL developers?
It is a bit late for a Y2k joke, iddn't it.
Yes... yes... That 20 year old Calvin and Hobbes cartoon was pretty funny.
Why is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration looking underneath Antartican Ice?
Are you seriously asking why NASA would be studying life in extreme hostile environments?
The amphipod is actually a Lysianassid, not a Lyssianasid, if someone tries to google it :)
You know, you'd get a lot more points in Scrabble if you'd just learn to shut your yap!
Life can live in ice-covered oceans and it can even be complex. This is all idle speculation until someone actually probes Europa to see what's under there.
I just had this image in my head of humans building a colony on Mars, then ET's come by and say "Whoah! This means sentient life could have evolved on barren worlds like Mars!"
It may be different depending on the theater or locale, but I have three different pairs.
I'm talking about RealD, here. The IMAX diving snorkel glasses, yeah, they keep those.
You're right, I misread that. I apologize.
Frankly, 3D has nothing to do with story telling.
Neither does color or surround sound.
Polarized glasses are not $40 and don't require anti-theft tags. They even let you walk out of the theater with them. You're thinking of IMAX.
streaming 1080p content is a worthless point. 720p IS more than enough for internet HD in the short term (5 year) future...
They're competing with Blu-ray.
Isn't this router only three times faster than routers that previously existed? I wouldn't exactly call that a game-changing speed.
All it has to do is get you past a certain threshold to allow new things to happen, like streaming of 1080p content, to be a game changer. If they were only 5% away before and only now just got past it, it's still a game changer.
Mud-slinging is never pretty and often makes the slinger look worse than the target.
The sad thing is that this site has already seen that happen with Linux zealotry. I can't believe I'm watching this little bit of history repeat itself again. Who is going to take Android or any other OS seriously when people that like it actively call iPhone users 'iSheep' or say that the only reason they like their phone is because Steve Jobs tells them to?
I think this site would rather have flame wars than actually guide people towards Open Source.
I think the trick here is that he's presenting his reasoning for why he votes with his wallet in the hopes that he will change people's viewpoint.
But then again, apple fanboi's will always try to herd a stray iSheep back to the iFlock. There's even an app for that!
I like how both sides are trying to "change people's viewpoint", but only the people Apple's side are called sheep.
The Android Community does not need this.
Firefox didn't invent the features. It just did them better than Opera did.
Ah, that's why nobody saw the humor in your joke. You don't know what you're talking about. Why do you think Opera zealots like me even exist?
Okay I didn't preview when I should have.
Otherwise, when you roll over to the next week...
That should be 'next month', not week. I'm sorry for being confusing.
otherwise it is more readable to put the day first.
Only if you're not looking at a list of dates sequentially. Otherwise, when you roll over to the next week, you've skipped a groove. Starting with the day is actually dumber if you're looking at anything outside of the scope of one month.
It depends on what your priority is.
Er, why? Other than it being what you are used to...
Because we're always saying the month when we talk about dates. In most cases the month is the more important number than the day.
What's up with her voice? She's obviously intelligent, but she talks like she has down syndrome.
Thank you for helping maintain American stereotypes, jerk.
Funny you should mention that. I'm not an atheist and I feel like you do. I don't like mentioning it whether I'm here on Slashdot or even in public. (I'm not living in the 'heartland' so I can imagine there's a big difference.) I think Intelligent Design, for example, is a very weak and unsubstantiated theory and pinch the bridge of my nose whenever attempts are made to enforce it in school. But if I say I'm not atheist here on Slashdot, it's assumed I go along with that idea and would want to convince the whole planet that it's true. Mainly because there are some loud-mouthed people trying to get laws made and it's easy to generalize. You'd think Star Trek would have taught us about labeling people.. but... yeah, that's the world we live in. I don't think it'll be too long before it's fashionable to not be affiliated with religion. It's already happening at the coasts.
If it helps, you'll be happy to know I'm not the slightest bit interested in changing your mind. Try to keep in mind the shades-of-gray.