I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?

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Typo Boy - Feb 11, 2006 7:20:42 pm PST #7044 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Microsoft Anti-Spyware Removes Norton Anti-Virus

In the tradition of:

"DOS isn't done until Lotus won't run."


DCJensen - Feb 11, 2006 7:25:43 pm PST #7045 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

Coming soon: Vista, which will only work on 50% of current machines out there. (And maybe even less, by the time it's released.)

Ah, new Operating systems driving hardware sales.

And no, I'm not implying Apple is immune from this syndrome.

t /paranoia


DXMachina - Feb 12, 2006 12:59:14 am PST #7046 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

But Vista will be secure...

Bill Gates said so...

Because security is job 1.24...


Jon B. - Feb 12, 2006 9:51:56 am PST #7047 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Ten CSS tricks you might not know.

Ironically, that page isn't displaying correctly for me in either firefox or IE. In their examples, there are a bunch of entities that aren't being translated into their respective characters.


§ ita § - Feb 12, 2006 2:00:12 pm PST #7048 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

In their examples, there are a bunch of entities that aren't being translated into their respective characters.

Yeah, that was pretty ironic. But I guess he wasn't selling his HTML.


§ ita § - Feb 12, 2006 3:43:29 pm PST #7049 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

ND, are you running your Mini headless? If not, you should totally do this.


NoiseDesign - Feb 12, 2006 5:41:38 pm PST #7050 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

I think I might have to do that. My Mini is normally connected to my Plasma TV, but I think I'll have to pick up one of those screen spitters. If nothing else it would be really cool on my Powerbook. I could have three screens running at the tech table.


DCJensen - Feb 12, 2006 5:48:00 pm PST #7051 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

The ADB keyboard in the picture made me wonder, until I found out they use a USB-ADB adapter, because the guy likes the tactile feel of the old kb.


NoiseDesign - Feb 12, 2006 5:54:53 pm PST #7052 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

Yeah, that particular model of keyboard is very hard to touch in terms of tactile feedback. I used to have 5 or 6 of them. I'm sure I still have a couple. The new Apple keyboard suck, pure and simple. I have switched to the keyboards that use the same keyswitch mechanisms as laptop keyboards. I've gotten so used to the short throw of laptop keys that this seems more natural to me now.


tommyrot - Feb 13, 2006 5:25:01 am PST #7053 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Analog laser disc player thingie: [link]

The ELP laser turntable reads LPs with lasers -- the manufacturer claims that the lasers can read "virgin" parts of the grooves that haven't been touched by needles and produce a better sound, and that the five laser read-head lets you skip forward and back across or within tracks as you would with a CD.

Cool! I need a new turntable.

Some major manufacturer was gonna come out with something like this in the early '80s, but they cancelled their plans when CDs became popular. IIRC it was supposed to cost about $1,500 back in the early '80s. This one starts at $14,999... bastards!