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This bug was filed back in 2005, but I just discovered it. It’s a nasty one, but between Apple and various Linux distributions, I think they’re making headway on it. The description starts out: Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to …
I wrote about this idea a couple months ago. At the time, I expressed some reservations about the idea. Now it appears that I’m not the only one, a New Zealand “ball lightning expert” is saying the same thing. It’s nice when the experts agree with you, isn’t it? 😉
In my family, I’m likely to actually need this. And maybe a score-card too. 😉 DARK HELMET: Before you die, there is something you should know about us, Lone Starr. LONE STARR: What? DARK HELMET: I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former room-mate. LONE STARR: What’s that make us? DARK HELMET: Absolutely nothing. Which …
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Right on target. Both the comic and the Boing Boing commentary on it.
Need yet another reason to panic? Try this one on for size. It might be a good idea to back up your vital data to optical media (writable DVDs, for example) before that point. Electronic and magnetic media just might not all survive unscathed.
If newspapers are relying on paywalls to survive, then they really are the equivalent of walking dead men. Even more so than those of us who have watched this saga from the beginning realized. As this article points out, there’s no point to putting the papers online if only subscribers can see them or link …
From the always-interesting forgetomori site: […] But today I discovered at long last that there are natural lasers. This is quite a thing, as even if you already knew about that, I’ll say it also involves Martians! HG Wells! And Alien Abductions! […] If you’re at all interested in how science and science fiction go …
Our new house has no air conditioning, and no ductwork that air conditioning could be vented through. We’ve bought a small air conditioner, but it’s only good for one room (we put it in the bedroom). We spend most of our time in the basement office during daylight hours (where it’s naturally cooler), but in …
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A whole five megabytes, and I’ve been inside bathrooms that weren’t much larger than that thing. There’s no mention of price, but I’m betting it’s in the six- or seven-figure range. (I didn’t click through to find out; the details of computer artifacts from before I was born just aren’t that interesting to me.)
I can’t believe I missed this. I’ve been fascinated by the idea of solar sails ever since I first read The Mote in God’s Eye as a kid.