You're kidding, right? Please tell me you're kidding.
Pyramids - Not advanced technology in the slightest. Rather simple, in fact. Egyptian pyramids were built to their shape because that was the only way to build something that tall with the materials they had. Look up the bent pyramid and the exploded pyramid to see where they went wrong when trying out the whole idea. Other cultures pyramids are at different angles due to differences is building materials and overall size requirements.
Complex clocks - Yes, some cultures had very complex mechanical clocks. That's not exactly high tech. Show me a culture from 1,000BC with electric clocks and I'll consider them amazing.
Legends - So what? People make stuff up all the time. Doesn't make it true in the slightest. And if "solar resonant crystals" could supply tons of power, don't you think we'd have rediscovered them?
Hieroglyph - So? It looks like one model of US attack helicopter. There's also one that looks a bit like Luke Skywalker's landspeeder. And others that look like humans with animal heads.
We've tried reasoning with them. That didn't work. In the 1980's we tried coexisting with them. That didn't work. We've tried educating them. That didn't work. What would you suggest we do?
You think raw specs matter in an appliance? No, they don't. As long as they do what they are supposed to do and the end user feels that the machine is responsive, the specs really don't matter. The end user doesn't care how many cores or how much RAM their tablet has. They care about the end user experience. And Apple has put a lot of work into making sure the iPad meets expectations. Android tablet makers need to realize that they are competing with Apple on the experience level, not the specs.
Would you feel safer if they just took her out behind the chemical sheds and shot her? Putting people in jail is what you do when said people illegally access your system and cause serious damage.
Think the admins won't know it's running? My employer does random security sweeps of active software as we have data we are legally required to protect. Running it from a thumb drive won't stop the active process from showing up in the task list.
A few years ago I was in London and I bought a paperback science fiction novel. (Day of The Triffds, if you must know). The price was £9, or $9.50 Canadian. At the time the exchange rate was almost two dollars Canadian to one Pound. Now, the book was published, printed and distributed by a UK company and it cost almost twice as much in the UK as it did in Canada. And they had to pay to ship it to Canada.
The only problems I've had, and I only use my Windows box for games and keep my data on a server anyway, are 1: Quake 2 and derivatives do not run 2: My Turtle Beach surround sound USB headphones make Windows 7 bluescreen. Otherwise everything I've tried on it works as well as it did under XP. I'm not happy with the new interface, but I remember not liking Windows XP when it first came out.
Yes, we can, and do, look in mailboxes if the need arises. But we do not look at the contents of the email. We leave that to the lawyers or the goons in HR. We don't care what the email says, we care that the mailbox works.
Without reading TFA, anybody got an explanation to the shameful stealing of Johnny Five's design in favour of this movie?
Because they didn't? Have you looked at Wall-E and Johnny 5 side by side? Other than treads and lenses for eyes they look nothing alike. Wall-E's head is nothing like Johnny 5's and is based on a set of binoculars.
And, coincidentally, I hated 2001. It's an overly slow, ponderous movie which takes forever to arrive nowhere (or so I'm guessing, I turned it off about halfway through or so). If that's what Wall-E is like, thanks for letting me know I can skip it.
Comparing Wall-E to 2001 is a huge disservice to Wall-E. A better comparison is Charlie Chaplin movies.
Recall the place where the robots were taken for diagnostics and fixing. Wall-E used his laser as a weapon to bust out of that place.
Um, no. He used it as a cutting tool to break out of his enclosure. He never threatened anyone (living or robot) with it or shot anyone with it. And he looks as much like Johnny 5 as a Yugo looks like the Mach 5.
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You're kidding, right? Please tell me you're kidding.
Pyramids - Not advanced technology in the slightest. Rather simple, in fact. Egyptian pyramids were built to their shape because that was the only way to build something that tall with the materials they had. Look up the bent pyramid and the exploded pyramid to see where they went wrong when trying out the whole idea. Other cultures pyramids are at different angles due to differences is building materials and overall size requirements.
Complex clocks - Yes, some cultures had very complex mechanical clocks. That's not exactly high tech. Show me a culture from 1,000BC with electric clocks and I'll consider them amazing.
Legends - So what? People make stuff up all the time. Doesn't make it true in the slightest. And if "solar resonant crystals" could supply tons of power, don't you think we'd have rediscovered them?
Hieroglyph - So? It looks like one model of US attack helicopter. There's also one that looks a bit like Luke Skywalker's landspeeder. And others that look like humans with animal heads.
Genetics - Really? This is beyond stupid.
We've tried reasoning with them. That didn't work. In the 1980's we tried coexisting with them. That didn't work. We've tried educating them. That didn't work. What would you suggest we do?
You know what's neat? I can sell my old one for a pretty good price. Every Apple product I've upgraded I've done by selling my previous unit.
You think raw specs matter in an appliance? No, they don't. As long as they do what they are supposed to do and the end user feels that the machine is responsive, the specs really don't matter. The end user doesn't care how many cores or how much RAM their tablet has. They care about the end user experience. And Apple has put a lot of work into making sure the iPad meets expectations. Android tablet makers need to realize that they are competing with Apple on the experience level, not the specs.
I bow to you, revered elder.
65939? Newbie.
Would you feel safer if they just took her out behind the chemical sheds and shot her? Putting people in jail is what you do when said people illegally access your system and cause serious damage.
A few years in jail for contempt VS a lifetime on the sex offender registry. Hmmm... That's a toughie I tell you what.
Yeah! Just like we hope that Santa or the Easter Bunny doesn't notice us.
Think the admins won't know it's running? My employer does random security sweeps of active software as we have data we are legally required to protect. Running it from a thumb drive won't stop the active process from showing up in the task list.
Don't be shy, Daria. Show me your boobs.
Rip the guts out and out a Mini in there.
A few years ago I was in London and I bought a paperback science fiction novel. (Day of The Triffds, if you must know). The price was £9, or $9.50 Canadian. At the time the exchange rate was almost two dollars Canadian to one Pound. Now, the book was published, printed and distributed by a UK company and it cost almost twice as much in the UK as it did in Canada. And they had to pay to ship it to Canada.
Too bad PETA routinely euthanizes animals by the thousands. They classify these poor animals as unadoptable.
Yeah, that boggles the mind, doesn't it?
The only problems I've had, and I only use my Windows box for games and keep my data on a server anyway, are
1: Quake 2 and derivatives do not run
2: My Turtle Beach surround sound USB headphones make Windows 7 bluescreen.
Otherwise everything I've tried on it works as well as it did under XP. I'm not happy with the new interface, but I remember not liking Windows XP when it first came out.
Yes, we can, and do, look in mailboxes if the need arises. But we do not look at the contents of the email. We leave that to the lawyers or the goons in HR. We don't care what the email says, we care that the mailbox works.
Well, that's how we do things where I work.
*sigh* Humor is lost on the touchy. Should I have put smilies all over it?
With a six-digit user number you can't be more than, what, 15? Don't worry, when you get a little older Little Willey regains a bit of his composure.
Now get off my lawn. I have old people stuff to do.
The best keyboard ever. I use one of the newer USB derivatives as I can't find a USB adapter that works with them.
Without reading TFA, anybody got an explanation to the shameful stealing of Johnny Five's design in favour of this movie?
Because they didn't? Have you looked at Wall-E and Johnny 5 side by side? Other than treads and lenses for eyes they look nothing alike. Wall-E's head is nothing like Johnny 5's and is based on a set of binoculars.
10.) Wall-E pipes his VCR through an iPod to watch it.
And, coincidentally, I hated 2001. It's an overly slow, ponderous movie which takes forever to arrive nowhere (or so I'm guessing, I turned it off about halfway through or so). If that's what Wall-E is like, thanks for letting me know I can skip it.
Comparing Wall-E to 2001 is a huge disservice to Wall-E. A better comparison is Charlie Chaplin movies.
Recall the place where the robots were taken for diagnostics and fixing. Wall-E used his laser as a weapon to bust out of that place.
Um, no. He used it as a cutting tool to break out of his enclosure. He never threatened anyone (living or robot) with it or shot anyone with it. And he looks as much like Johnny 5 as a Yugo looks like the Mach 5.
And, in case you haven't seen: they're all here.
Flat-chested Knick-Knack. >:(