9/11, imo, wasn't that big of a deal.
On the contrary, I think 9/11 yanked the carpet from under our feet. The idea of using a passenger jet as a missile, combined with the concept of suicide bombers, was unthinkable to most every westerner (myself included). It was a 'game changer'.
The Nokia 1100 is THE most successful cell phone ever, with over 200 million units sold. The iPhone has sold roughly 1% of that figure.
Chinese pr0n == Cream of Sum Yung Gai ?
paying people per site to find 'pornographic' sites
I think I've just found my dream job description.
If we didn't have what you called "cloning" which was rampant in the 80's, we would be still using Wangs for word processing.
I'm pleased to announce that I use my wang for something completely different these days.
Welcome to Slashdot !
What IS poutine ?
25.000 euros
If you had that much saffron, people might think you were a spice baron.
Oh yeah, all day and all of the night.
By the time you get to your final stereo mix, 16 bits is good enough for anyone.
So you mean excellent frequency response and clarity, with a low SnR and dynamic range?
Why would you want a low dynamic range ? In this case, bigger is better !
Goddamned leecher !
I think the next big programming language should be called 'F-U' and be pronounced...
Will somebody port a compiler to the Atari ST ?
Full freedom would be to have a hyper-intelligent oracle that produces a completely bug-free and perfect implemention of any software idea you can imagine, with infinite resources behind it and available to everybody instantly and with no cost.
A civilization without instrumentalities ?
Yes, but the Krell forgot one thing - monsters from the Id !
On Manhunt 2, you could beat, stab and garotte people using a combination of Wiimote and Nunchuck. Far more immersive than pushing buttons on a controller.
"But what we need to know is, do people want nasally-insertable computers?"
