I think you've overesetimated. Given what Darl McBride said in public about pending litigation, he's either never heard of "anything you say can be used against you", he's massively overconfident about SCO's chances, and/or he's an idiot for giving the opposition so much ammunition against him. I wouldn't give him credit for having half a wit.
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Close. Ricardo Montalban was Khan Noonien Singh (aka Khaaaaaan!), Brent Spiner was Dr. Noonian Soong (Data's creator).
This space hotel in LEO would be useful as a starting point / gas station for trips further out. If each launch that carries an inflatable module were also to carry an extra container of fuel and leave it there, over time you could assemble a substantial fuel depot where later missions headed to the Moon or Mars could refuel after escaping the atmosphere.
We're all right. The release of Duke Nukem Forever is one of the harbingers of the Apocalypse; the world can't end until that happens. Given that, I think we've got at least several decades before we need to worry about a second big bang ending the world.
Agreed, but there's a better way to ask the question than the way the AOL rep in this story did. The AOL rep in the conversation sounds almost like he's accusing the customer of something. Asking a question like "Is there anything we could have done differently to keep you with our service?" would draw out any complaints of problems with the service and is a request for feedback rather than an accusation. In my experience people respond better when they're asked for feedback than when they feel like they're being accused or harassed. In the case of the person whose ethernet didn't work, the conversation would continue:
Service rep: "Is there anything we could have done differently to keep you with our service?" Customer: "Yeah, my service didn't work after I moved my computer to a different room." Service rep: "That does sound like a problem. If we could fix that problem, would you still want to cancel your service or would you be all set?"
That transitions the call from customer service, "I want to cancel my account" call to technical support, "My service isn't working".
In Vincent's case, the call would continue:
Service rep: "Is there anything we could have done differently to keep you with our service?" Vincent: "No, I just want to cancel my service." Service rep: "Okay, then let me get the account details so I can cancel it."
Don't stop at seeds and farm equipment. Those would be useful for the short-term recovery of the local population, but you also need to plan for long-term recovery of the civilization. Put in a few generators, a couple of computers, spare parts for both, and both hard copy and DVDs containing technical and cultural data such as great works of literature; blueprints for the farm equipment, generator, computers, etc. that are included in the "goodie hut"; and instructions for how to construct various useful pieces of equipment that could not, for whatever reason, be included in the cache.
$500 may not be much if that's all the programmers would get... but the winner can also put on their resume that they won a programming contest for writing applications for the PSP. That practical experience could come in handy if or when the next winner is looking for a job, plus if the game is reasonable they could try to market it to publishers to be expanded upon and distributed as an actual PSP game.
A group of people have, with the permission of Joe Dever, started to transcribe the Lone Wolf, World of Lone Wolf, and other CYOA books to make them available online. Take a look at Project Aon. They've gotten through the Kai and Magnakai books as well as some of the Grand Master books.
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You're thinking of the wrong movie ... the Lions reunite for the Voltron movie, not the Transformers movie.
I think you've overesetimated. Given what Darl McBride said in public about pending litigation, he's either never heard of "anything you say can be used against you", he's massively overconfident about SCO's chances, and/or he's an idiot for giving the opposition so much ammunition against him. I wouldn't give him credit for having half a wit.
Close. Ricardo Montalban was Khan Noonien Singh (aka Khaaaaaan!), Brent Spiner was Dr. Noonian Soong (Data's creator).
Kids in the future will learn them from the Simpsons, specifically the episode "Lemon of Troy" in season 6. Roman numerals?! They never even tried to teach us that in school.... OK, think, Bart. Where have you seen Roman numerals before? I know: Rocky V. That was the fifth one! So, Rocky 5 [points to V], plus Rocky 2 [points to II], equals Rocky 7 [points to VII], Adrian's Revenge!
This space hotel in LEO would be useful as a starting point / gas station for trips further out. If each launch that carries an inflatable module were also to carry an extra container of fuel and leave it there, over time you could assemble a substantial fuel depot where later missions headed to the Moon or Mars could refuel after escaping the atmosphere.
That would bring new meaning to the phrase "bot network".
"It looks like you're trying to capture the enemy's flag. Would you like me to help you ...
... whoops, wrong application."
* shoot the enemy
* move toward the enemy's base
* dodge the enemy's fire
* write a letter to your enemy
We're all right. The release of Duke Nukem Forever is one of the harbingers of the Apocalypse; the world can't end until that happens. Given that, I think we've got at least several decades before we need to worry about a second big bang ending the world.
Agreed, but there's a better way to ask the question than the way the AOL rep in this story did. The AOL rep in the conversation sounds almost like he's accusing the customer of something. Asking a question like "Is there anything we could have done differently to keep you with our service?" would draw out any complaints of problems with the service and is a request for feedback rather than an accusation. In my experience people respond better when they're asked for feedback than when they feel like they're being accused or harassed. In the case of the person whose ethernet didn't work, the conversation would continue:
Service rep: "Is there anything we could have done differently to keep you with our service?"
Customer: "Yeah, my service didn't work after I moved my computer to a different room."
Service rep: "That does sound like a problem. If we could fix that problem, would you still want to cancel your service or would you be all set?"
That transitions the call from customer service, "I want to cancel my account" call to technical support, "My service isn't working".
In Vincent's case, the call would continue:
Service rep: "Is there anything we could have done differently to keep you with our service?"
Vincent: "No, I just want to cancel my service."
Service rep: "Okay, then let me get the account details so I can cancel it."
Don't stop at seeds and farm equipment. Those would be useful for the short-term recovery of the local population, but you also need to plan for long-term recovery of the civilization. Put in a few generators, a couple of computers, spare parts for both, and both hard copy and DVDs containing technical and cultural data such as great works of literature; blueprints for the farm equipment, generator, computers, etc. that are included in the "goodie hut"; and instructions for how to construct various useful pieces of equipment that could not, for whatever reason, be included in the cache.
$500 may not be much if that's all the programmers would get ... but the winner can also put on their resume that they won a programming contest for writing applications for the PSP. That practical experience could come in handy if or when the next winner is looking for a job, plus if the game is reasonable they could try to market it to publishers to be expanded upon and distributed as an actual PSP game.
A group of people have, with the permission of Joe Dever, started to transcribe the Lone Wolf, World of Lone Wolf, and other CYOA books to make them available online. Take a look at Project Aon. They've gotten through the Kai and Magnakai books as well as some of the Grand Master books.
Yeah, but the plumbers have to deal with all those turtles. It's not really worth it.