Nice!

Yes, I chose the basement option. However, it was a bit ambiguous as to whether it was the home office or the subterranean level of a corporate building (think Office Space).

The discussion hasn't touched much on home offices. I have full power, but I also pay the bills. My problem is that I work in the basement and do not have dual zone heat. If I want the basement warm, I have to heat the whole house.

So, I am kind of in the same boat as office minions but for different reasons. The solution is the same - space heater under the desk.

Never mind RTFA, how about RTFS? I was quoting the summary. The point was not meant to be literal. It is an expression meant to point out how little this would impact the cost of drilling.

The other companies that argue higher taxes would scare them from drilling are full of crap. How about paying a fair share to keep the infrastructure well maintained and the populace well educated?

As the last line of the summary says. Compared with those other factors, Kaiser says the tax rate is incidental. 'It's a rounding error.'"

Take a chill pill Sheldon. I paraphrased. If you want the exact wording, pull up the script.

Luke! I am your Father!

'nuff said

I don't recall all the details. You can read the linked article for insight. I see your point about the spiral, so now I too am wondering exactly how it worked. The bottom line is it was faster, but not 7x faster. It was a good idea at the time since CD rotational speeds had been maxxed out.

That is too funny. I just watched MiB with my son last weekend. I laughed when I heard that line because it was so long ago, but people still keep doing the same thing.

At least with physical media you have control. If you bought it on itunes you are locked into the Apple-verse for life.

That reminds me of a Kenwood CD drive I bought for my computer. It used a multi-beam technology called TrueX to parellelize reading. It cost more than most readers at the time, but only about 20% more. The technology worked well if you were ripping the whole disc.

How stupid can they be? I didn't even buy into the blu-ray hype. I only got a blu-ray player recently because a relative gave us their old one. I went out and bought one blu-ray disc (Prometheus). The movie glitched out halfway with audio and video garbage. Luckily it came with a DVD and online copy. It is the first and last blu-ray disc I will buy.

Sony is still angry about losing the beta-vhs war and is now fighting a battle nobody cares about anymore. Just like discs, the whole company is obsolete.

I love that Q3 is the test case. That was probably the greatest multiplayer FPS game ever created. A good chunk of my life was spent playing and administrating a server.

My favorite "accomplishment" while playing was always "Rampage!".

Thanks for the tip. I just bought Alpha Centauri on GOG for $5.99. They also had MOO 1+2 for $5.99, so I grabbed that too.

Wow! Now that is old! I remember playing that late into the night while trying to get my (then) 1 year old son to sleep in his bouncy chair.

MOO2 was one of the best games ever. I think Civ V is the only game of comparable quality.

That depends on the woman. I know at least two women who would be thrilled to get Bruins tickets.