Comment Re:WhoreDaddy (Score 5, Funny) 203
But just like prostitutes, if you aren't careful and just go with the cheapest, most-used offering (GoDaddy), you might end up with more than you bargained for.
But just like prostitutes, if you aren't careful and just go with the cheapest, most-used offering (GoDaddy), you might end up with more than you bargained for.
Nice try, but you're in the wrong. TFS actually uses "ironically" correctly.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irony
n 1: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used
sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the
stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do
generally discover everybody's face but their own"--
Jonathan Swift [syn: {sarcasm}, {irony}, {satire}, {caustic
remark}]
2: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually
occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most
hated"
3: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected
and what occurs
Google paying money to Mozilla that would quite obviously be used to further develop products that compete with Google's own is not something one might expect, thus an incongruity between what is expected and what occurs has been introduced.
I know that many people use "ironic" and "ironically" incorrectly, and that it is popular to jump on them for doing so, but TFS has not made that mistake. Contrast this with the well-known examples of misuse by Alanis Morissette, and see that the situations she identifies do not have the same incongruity. Those situations are unfortunate and coincidental, but there is no incongruity between what is expected and what occurs. Direct your hate at that kind of incorrect usage and support the correct usage of a valuable tool of our language and humor.
And yes, I know chimpanzees != monkeys.
Good, I'm sick of cleaning up those heaps of dead monkeys.
Farnsworth: Well, as a man enters his 18th decade, he thinks back on the mistakes he's made in life.
Amy: Like the heaps of dead monkeys?
Farnsworth: Science cannot move forward without heaps! No, what I regret is the youth I wasted playing it safe.
Backwards compatibility has shown up in many consoles over the years.
The Wii can play GameCube games.
The Wii U will be able to play Wii games (but not GameCube games).
The GameBoy and DS lines have had backwards compatibility.
The pre-Jaguar Atari consoles had backwards compatibility.
There have been other examples. In the past, new platforms were typically very different from their predecessors, requiring emulation to allow backwards compatibility. There has also been the issue of physical compatibility: new cartridge formats meant new interfaces, and new disc formats meant new drive types. The parallels between current consoles and PCs should actually make backwards compatibility easier to achieve, but there will often be a cost premium to provide it due to the need to provide compatible interfaces and software. I'm not sure I'd want to pay much more for a new console just so that it can play games from the previous generation.
The real concern is the online features. How long will the stores and game servers for older generations of consoles remain online? What happens to the online features and DLC after that point? We don't have solid commitments from vendors. I will not buy a game that will lose significant functionality when the vendor decides to shut down the servers. I'm also not crazy about the idea of losing access to DLC that I've already purchased if something happens to the downloaded data, such as if the console dies. Even if something happened to my Atari 7800, I could pick up another one and play everything I ever had for it. I can also still find cartridges for all but the rarest Atari titles. What would happen if I decided I wanted to play a downloadable title for the 360 or Wii 10 years from now, and either hadn't downloaded it or had been forced to replace my console? If the vendors had their way, many titles would become lost to time very quickly. In the future, many older downloadable titles will only be obtainable through illegal means, if at all. That is very unfortunate.
You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
It's time for our senators to defend the right to arm bears with modern weapons! Won't anyone think of the cubs?
Sorry, I nodded off for a moment there. Not sure if it was the music or the Daily Mail article.
Sideload by the method of your choosing: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/7.0.1/android/en-US/fennec-7.0.1.en-US.eabi-arm.apk
While excellent news, this is old news. Note that the current release is alpha 9. These alphas have been around for months.
I have enjoyed using Firefox on my G2, and while the NoScript alphas do work, they definitely do not provide the same experience as their desktop counterpart. I'm hoping that by the time NSA reaches stable releases, it provides more of the ease-of-use and feature set I am used to on the desktop. Still, if you're using an Android handset supported by Firefox, I strongly recommend giving this a try. Adblock Plus is available, too!
Aim for the head and leave no questions.
Jokes aside, we might soon need time travel to find them.
Next:
"They have phones in booths now? Finally! Now I don't have to lug this cell phone around!"
Good day to avoid cops. Crawl to work.
