Comment Let me make sure I've got this right... (Score 1) 325
So Facebook, you want to be the preeminent social media site, but you want me to pay for every message sent to my non-FB friends? Let me know how that works out for you...
So Facebook, you want to be the preeminent social media site, but you want me to pay for every message sent to my non-FB friends? Let me know how that works out for you...
...Cambridge University.
...something amateur ("ham") radio operators have been using since the 1980's...
-allen
KC2KLC
Opting out at choice.live.com requires registration, including providing an email address. [sarcasm]I'm sure i'll never receive unsolicited emails from them! [/sarcasm]
I would have expected mention of what may be Slashdot's most profound contribution to the Internet: The Slashdot Effect!
This would seem to fall under the frightening rubric that, "by definition 50% of people are of below-average intelligence"...
...that an ad for Squareup (served by ad.doubleclick.net) appears at the top of of my browser window when viewing this article...
Biologists have relatively recently come to understand the complexity, abundance and importance of the mammalian microbiome; for example, it is estimated that bacteria alone (only one component of our microbiome) far outnumber human cells. Given that mammoths are long extinct, their associated microfauna are likely absent from the word as well. Doesn't sound promising for maintaining healthy animals...
I second the suggestion. New Scientist is awesome - it covers every science subject under (and well beyond) the sun, and does so in a manner that is technologically sophisticated, yet well within the reach of any reasonably well-educated reader. The weekly print version is admittedly a bit expensive (especially for those not in the U.K.), but much of the content is covered for free at their website (www.newscientist.com).
I think it's pretty funny that a Netflix ad appeared on my page to the right of this discussion...
That mirrors my experience. As a kid i shopped there so often for components that they'd memorized my name, address & phone number (back then RS required you to supply these; some BS about warrant/return requirements). Years later, it became apparent that the place was populated with sales driods working on commission, who knew *nothing* whatsoever about electronics
So when will ADVENT.bas be added? I remember dialing up to a DECsystem 20 using an ASR33 teletype and 300 baud acoustic modem, and would *love* to experience playing this again!
Although the Church Committee ostensibly ended COINTELPRO in 1971, revelations such as these that surface every few years make it clear that such tactics have *never* been abandoned by the FBI.
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Oral history is an essential start, but it must be verified using written documentation. My grandmother gave me exact names and dates of arrival of our ancestors, but my subsequent research revealed her memory to be quite flawed...
"Ninety percent of baseball is half mental." -- Yogi Berra
