The last three iterations of my main computer have been notebooks, rather than desktops. Although there are some major disadvantages to that (limited expandability, limited graphics capabilities, much harder to repair or swap parts), there’s one huge advantage — portability. I can literally take my work with me anywhere, even to places that don’t have …
“Konami to sell skin care software for Nintendo DS”??!
That has to be embarrassing.
This is an interesting article. As I understand it, the Theory of Relativity says nothing about which way time has to flow — the equations work in either direction. And I believe I recall that it was the legendary Dr. Richard Feynman who suggested that quantum entanglement might be due to temporal hanky-panky (though I …
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How about his very own town?
On the topic of ordering checks… I called them back today, hoping to get some confirmation that I’d actually placed an order. After laboriously entering all of my information — again — the system again cheerfully told me that my last order was placed three years ago, and shipped the next day. Fortunately, it also …
This is an older posting that I just discovered. It sounds doable.
Yesterday I saw an article that said that the Dallas city council was considering banning “saggy pants.” Today I see that they’re not the only ones. I can fully sympathize with their moral outrage. At a gas station in Virginia, several years ago, I had the misfortune of seeing a brother whose pants were cut …
There’s an impression among even savvy Internet users that avoiding the seedier side of the ‘net — porn and pirated software sites, for instance — will protect you from most viruses, Trojan horse programs, and other malware. But while most web-borne malware is from such sites, even sites that should be completely trustworthy, like the …
Good Lord, they’ve found Pac-Man’s prehistoric ancestor! 😉