SlashFiction is the next anticipated site launch regarding the untapped world of literature. Reviews, promos, specials... What? No, we like the name & we're sticking to it!

Are there any "can't miss" or useful apps / games / utilities that aren't available elsewhere on the net? I have a 2006 HTC Wizard (came with WM 5, XDA'd to 6.5) that was a sturdy little computer for years, now a backup phone. But I remember getting one customizing program or util that was only available on the market, as the author's site had vanished and archive.org was no help. So I'm wondering if any users can recommend any Good Things that we should archive for posterity.

"Yes, an electronic brain," said Frankie, "a simple one would suffice."

"A simple one!" wailed Arthur.

"Yeah," said Zaphod with a sudden evil grin, "you'd just have to program it to say 'What?' and 'I don't understand.' and 'Where's the tea?' --- who'd know the difference?"

"What?" cried Arthur, backing away still further.

"See what I mean?" said Zaphod and howled with pain because of something that Trillian did at that moment.

"I'd notice the difference," said Arthur.

"No you wouldn't," said Frankie mouse, "you'd be programmed not to."

[Thank you forever D. Adams.]

Furthering this line, it's too bad the Sanctuary TV show ran very weird with "The Adjuster" and IMO squandered a rich concept with pantomime plots and cardboard characters...

Here are a few more likely candidates for the use of such a super-weapon:

"The Accountant" in a 3-piece navy blue suit with black spats and shiny patent leather shoes. Gadget pens galore and a HUD in '50s style astro-man Ray-Ban prescription spectacles. Ultra-tech (TM) crime-fighting 10-key adding machine back at the office. Secret identity is a common unkempt thug.

"The Auditor," able to detect the finest discrepancies in figures, measurements, weights, language, or amounts. The detectives detecting.

"Coach." Woe to the "player" he calls off the field with his debilitating Ampli-Sonic (TM) whistle attached to a whiplash lanyard. Airjet track shoes let him run laps around evildoers and shout inspirational insults about their lack of motivation and worthiness to be on his field. Good Game!

Unfinished ideas- The Manager (or Super PHB), The PollTaker / SurveyMan, and The Activist.

I know, man, what's to rethink? Just swat 'em or shock 'em and be done with it, fer Crissakes.

Let's rethink the nature of mosquitos next. You think 'em and I'll smack 'um.

Thank you parent and GP both for the Stylish tips, and yes, I dress badly. I used the parent's style and added the header section from the GP. On my ancient laptop (TP 240x, 800 x 600, running Zenwalk) which I am perfectly fine with most days, forcibly disabling the floaters allows me to read an entire line of a comment without horizontal scrolling. I mean, it's bad enough that I have to scroll on Woot!, but ./?

Plus, screen space was down by 1/6 on the left and 1/5 at the top, with some added greyspace margins. Plus, as others have noted and also a problem for me with Slash 2.0, the rude "3-line cover-up" by the header for every page-down is gone. Now I just need to install Stylish and the custom style on all the other FF installations at home and work. 5 copies? Six? Can't forget the VMs...

I'm not a big fan of floaters. They feel invasive, and if I wanted to use search or login, etc. I would only need to hit [home] and click. There's no convenience to a bar constantly passively asking "Would you like to search? How about logging in? Are you sure you don't want to search? Well, I'll just sit here and block some text if you change your mind..."

I was going to get ugly in this paragraph, asking for YTMND backgrounds, animated cursors and Flash menus, but I won't stoop that low. Nope.

I do not mind changes, nor am I a-feared of the new. It does get irritating to have to take countermeasures to retain the same level of usability / readability that I had yesterday, and wonder if it will break in the future... If good intentions were hand grenades, we could ride our pink ponies into the sunset... But they're not.

I shall latch on to your groundbreaking post and handily suggest:

Danny Dunn - That one with the flying robot camera dragonfly, just wow.

Adam Strange - Interdimensional Man About Space, Scientist from Earth--he even comes back to earth every now and again.

And for real people, but larger than life, check out Jack Horkheimer, R.I.P., an amazing and enthusiastic unapologetic total nerd who definitely found his niche.

All of Andrej Bauer's SOMADS had achieved sentience and distinct personality profiles 10 years before this at the SAME UNIVERSITY. They were fed a steady diet of Usenet and Objectivist and Existential philosophy, and as such were able to interact not only with humans, but each other, leading to some elucidating exchanges that could not help but further the art and science of artificial intelligence design.

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/andrej/www/quadratic.html

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