HAL was an example of bad QA. Or maybe it was just bad project management, there could have been a bug logged for "Conflicting commands leads to murdurous rampage" but the fix didn't make into the release.
I can hurt a demon!! That's right. I'm back. And I'm a BLOODY ANIMAL!
Spike ,'Showtime'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Jan 04, 2006 11:46:31 am PST #7447 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
brenda m - Jan 04, 2006 11:47:08 am PST #7448 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Which kind did you get, Amy? Anyone else have one?
brenda m - Jan 04, 2006 11:47:48 am PST #7449 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Eek. Did we hear about this yet?
JERUSALEM, Jan. 4-- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was rushed to Hadassah University Hospital due to cardiac condition late Wednesday, his office and Channel 10 TV said.
The TV report said that Sharon was taken to hospital at his request, and he was fully conscious and talking on the phone as he was taken in his armored car to the hospital.
sarameg - Jan 04, 2006 11:47:58 am PST #7450 of 10002
don't mind vacuuming, and have a decent one at home, so justification of a Roomba = unpossible.
This is me. Though it would take care of the tufts of fur that seem to explode from Devi at random. Or...well, it'd probably cause more of them. I don't think she'd forgive me. She's a little high strung.
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2006 11:48:15 am PST #7451 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
The pink and red ROOMBAS are the same, but the sage ROOMBA has one -- count them, one -- extra feature. Dummies.
Confusing product lines reduce customers' willingness to buy. Seriously. If you put out jam for tasting, people will buy a lot more jam when choosing between three samples than when choosing between ten. They taste all ten, then give up and go away.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2006 11:48:16 am PST #7452 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's your take on Skynet, Gud?
Personally (and no offence) I think our current best chances for a rogue AI will either come out of google projects mating in the dark, or all the Linux distros banding together.
Jessica - Jan 04, 2006 11:48:45 am PST #7453 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Judging from the number of dots on the product comparison page, the Scheduler looks like the best one.
I keep wanting to add an m to the Scooba. Scoomba. Roomba Scoomba.
Jesse - Jan 04, 2006 11:48:48 am PST #7454 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I could even use the Scooba on the strip of living room not covered by the carpet, thanks to the fake wall thingy-do. That's hot.
Fay - Jan 04, 2006 11:49:04 am PST #7455 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
There are SIX Roombas?? My god, how are you supposed to choose?
By colour, obviously. Pink. Or possibly red.
eta
JERUSALEM, Jan. 4-- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was rushed to Hadassah University Hospital due to cardiac condition late Wednesday, his office and Channel 10 TV said.
Okay, it's really bad to whoop at the thought of another person maybe dying. Sorry. And I suppose it's conceivable that they might find someone even more evil to replace him with. The Emperor, or Voldemort, or Sauron, or somebody.
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2006 11:49:17 am PST #7456 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was rushed to Hadassah University Hospital due to cardiac condition late Wednesday,
Didn't he have a mini-stroke last week?