Comment Re:Hear Hear! (Score 3, Funny) 397
I've got 20 inches and it's still going.
Four inches five times does not mean you've got 20 inches.
Comment Price (Score 1) 4
No, it all came down to price, not multitasking. There was never an argument that CLI was better than a GUI except from neckbeards and bean counters. Average slobs knew the GUI was better. It took from 1984 until the early 90's for the hard to get cheap enough to tolerably run a GUI OS.
Comment Re:The solution is obvious (Score 1) 579
So a customer 'bought' a busted phone. Not getting updates is one of the downsides. Buy unlocked or from a different carrier.
Comment I'm one of the two (Score 1) 8
I think I'm one of the two who bought from Amazon. I don't care if you put it up for free. If it really bugs you that much, take the two bucks and give it to the next homeless person you see, or in the tip jar somewhere, or whatever. (Actually, I thought I said before that you could do that
Comment Re:It is hard not to associate this with 8chan (Score 1) 184
And Cmdr Taco
Comment Re:It is hard not to associate this with 8chan (Score 1) 184
moot is now free to join Sherrod DeHippo in obscurity.
Comment Re:Will new firms last long enough to pay claims? (Score 1) 238
In my state, they have to post a surety bond or have a certain amount of liquid assets or something along those lines in order to offer their services.
Comment Re:Linux support? (Score 1) 227
Humble Bundle per-platform stats would disagree. Linux users tend to pay the most, followed by OSX users, with Windows users in the rear.
I bet starving people would pay more for a meal than a fatted American like myself.
Comment Re:Probably too many complaints (Score 1) 11
They are having layout issues right now. I've seen this before. They fix it eventually. As long as the archives remain untainted, intact, and accessible, it's all good.
You forgot the scare quotes around the word "fix".
Comment Re:Corrective Action? (Score 1) 130
No, no, this is delicate equipment. Unplug it, wait 30 seconds, and plug it back in.
Comment Re:On odd artifact of affect... (Score 1) 130
Laika had to go somewhere.
Comment Re:I'm sick of this invasion of privacy! (Score 1) 130
With all those Venutian women that Bud and Lou left behind, I won't be needing underwear for long anyway!
Comment Re:Probably too many complaints (Score 1) 11
Maybe it's just chrome, but I've never seen this site as broken as it currently is. I had to reply to a comment, because the fail of css has all kinds of crap covering up the button to let me make a top level comment.
Journal Journal: College Football Rants and Open Letters...
To Nick Saban:
You can tell your team all you want that they "don't need a trophy to know they're the best" -- your team isn't the best. You got beat by a better team 42-35.
To the SEC Fans:
Your "the SEC is invincible" narrative, primary fed to you by the talking heads on ESPN (which owns the SEC Network), has been shattered. Your top teams all LOST. The so-called mini-NFL, the SEC West, was 2-5 in Bowl Season.
You can tell your team all you want that they "don't need a trophy to know they're the best" -- your team isn't the best. You got beat by a better team 42-35.
To the SEC Fans:
Your "the SEC is invincible" narrative, primary fed to you by the talking heads on ESPN (which owns the SEC Network), has been shattered. Your top teams all LOST. The so-called mini-NFL, the SEC West, was 2-5 in Bowl Season.
Journal Journal: Well, I was close... 2
My prediction: Ohio State 35, Oregon 17
The reality: Ohio State 42, Oregon 20.
But the end result is the same -- the 2014 National Champions are THE Ohio State Buckeyes.
The reality: Ohio State 42, Oregon 20.
But the end result is the same -- the 2014 National Champions are THE Ohio State Buckeyes.
