Comment Re:Didn't it sort of get bogged down? (Score 1) 77
Most notably it killed the house robot 'Matilda.
'It also used a self-righting mechanism that served a secondary purpose of enabling it to take a bow at the end of the battle. Very cool.
Most notably it killed the house robot 'Matilda.
'It also used a self-righting mechanism that served a secondary purpose of enabling it to take a bow at the end of the battle. Very cool.
"If we were to snatch the screen-writers out-of-time, they'd be surprised that the world has changed so little."
What world does this guy live in? You don't need to go beyond the technology of bicycles to be amazed by the progress we've made in what was certainly considered a fully mature product back in the Back to the Future past...
I would think we'd be able to get people on the moon for a heck of a lot less money.
Sadly not. We've had nearly fifty years of tightening FAA regulations (rightly so, isn't it nice to feel safe on airplanes?) and there's not much on a Saturn V that would get a type certificate these days.
Notepad++ is one of the nicest text editors around, is Windows-only and open-source. I prefer it to Kate and let's just not go anywhere near Gedit.
IF I HAD A MINE SHAFT, I don't think I would just abandon it. There's got to be a better way. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988.