Posts by thomas k

pursuing a "costly and uncertain business plan"

Yeah, far be it to engage the actual work required - you know, all that pesky time and effort - to make something successful.

cold,dry and nasty

So, like Ricky Gervais then?

no Klingons

That's like saying there are no Esperantos.

it can't work if we can't explain it

So, Fleischmann-Pons cold fusion IS real! I knew it!

health benefits of pr0n

I'd think porn helps to reduce STDs.

Wot?! No pics?

Three hours and she didn't think to grab a couple shots with her mobe? For evidentiary purposes, of course.

Just can't make it work?

What is it with big *tech* companies and OS software and not being able to make it all work? Nokia and Maemo, HP and Palm, MS and Windows Phone, it certainly can't be down to lack of resources or talent. Confidence and commitment? Maybe it's just harder than it looks to us laypersons.

Despite a lot of red faces ...

I certainly don't expect anything to change. Torches and pitchforks are pretty ineffectual against tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons.

"It's hard to tell who's Old Harry when everyone's wearing boots." - G. Eliot

Forget targeted ads

Targeted news is the new shiny.

from one of the two Winphone users

awkward

A 27" screen size model would be a tad inconvenient to lug around.

anti-theft

Put a keypad on it. The orderer will have received a PIN that unlocks the storage compartment. Anyone else that monkeys with it gets 50,000 volts.

Well, I guess this means ...

the zombie apocalypse can't be far behind.

"FAA's 'drone smash risk to aircraft' is plane crazy"

So, I guess that's true, then - it's the trains we need to worry about.

1280 x 720 on a 5.7" screen?

A-hahahahahahahaha.

Well, it really is our fault

When he said "Change", we just assumed he meant 'for the better'.

Test it at our property, please.

Maybe add some lasers, too?

I only see one speaker!

The only reason to buy a One was for the stereo speakers.

hipsterwankcafe

Address, please.

Are they still a thing?!

I thought they fucked off and died ages ago.

laser mounting

Couldn't they just mount the lasers on the rear of the craft and point them forward at the sails?

inquiring minds want to know

Frustrating lack of details here.

Did he just begin his sentence and had the phone with him when he arrived or did he acquire the phone while he was already inside? The latter would indicate he received it from a guard or another prisoner.

Blimey!

Next he'll be saying coding's more important than Arnold Bax!

Wot?!

No pics?!

"... complaints and fines from the FTC"

How 'bout some jail time? That might have a little more effect.

Here's hoping ...

that they just totally bypass the 520. I'm quite satisfied with it as it is.

"Dedicated customer service team"

Hahahahahahahahahaha ....gasp ... hahahahahahahahahaha ...ah, ah ... hahahahahahahahahaha

I'm sure the data's encrypted

Right? Right?

possible buyers

Hmm, I heard China's interested in getting into the chip business.

wow, maybe government *is* the solution

Interesting how even red states are starting to realize not only the importance of broadband infrastructure to a modern economy but that if the "free market" isn't getting the job done, government has to step in and make it happen. Maybe there's hope after all.

"will be in direct competition"

But, but, I thought competition was supposed to be a good thing.

And the obvious solution

is to rush out Windows 11, that looks and acts exactly like Windows 7, with all the under-the-hood improvements of Windows 10 but minus the data slurping. You know, give people something they *want* to upgrade to rather than trying to push a POS no one wants down their throats.

But I really don't see that happening.

Not, repeat not, on cats

Then, who, repeat who, cares?

<yawns, stretches, finds patch of sunlight, curls up, takes nap>

Do gently, dude

As a classical kind of guy, can't say that I was a 'fan' (only popular musician I can say I'm a fan of, in the sense of buying all the albums (well, pre-Issa), is Jane Siberry) but I always enjoyed and admired his work when I encountered it.

Coming just a week after the new album's release, his sudden passing is even more shocking. I checked the Guardian before work, as usual; checking again at work a couple hours later and seeing the news ... My first thought was, "but he was just alive!"

Talk about 'here one moment, gone the next' - you hear that phase your whole life and it's just words, someone says it and you all laugh. But here, now, in this moment, you suddenly know exactly what it means, what it feels like. So, thanks for that moment of revelation, David.

re: that California case

California has very strict laws regarding what a former employer can tell someone calling to verify employment - basically you can say "Yes, so-and-so did work here" and ... that's pretty much it.

To call the guy's wife was a really dick move, which I don't think that would fly in any state.

Well, my speed did increase 5-fold this year

I dumped my DSL for cable.

Bug?

Or feature?

What?!

No lovin' for the 2 KotORs?

To this date he's never posted a cat picture online

But, but, but ... you mean, that's *not* why he invented it?!