Comment Re:There is a slight Mac head skew here... (Score 1) 562
Wrong. Windows95 had full preemptive multitasking.
That still makes it a Johnny-come-lately compared to AmigaOS.
Comment Set an example (Score 2, Funny) 546
Line up all your current hard drives and USB drives, and force them to watch as your slowly destroy one of the obsolete drives. Then tell them this is what will happen to them if they EVER give you write errors or get bad sectors!
Fear can be a powerful weapon!
Comment Positive sign (Score 1) 489
The fact that a "nutty fan of the book" isn't panning the movie (and even enjoyed it) is a pretty positive sign. Usually even great screen adaptations get slammed by die-hard fans (Lord of the Rings springs to mind).
Comment Re:Quote from the Future (Score 1) 1813
Maybe at first she thought it was a bridge to Somewhere. Like to Ted Stevens mansion. Or an NRA meeting.
As for polar bears, what have they ever done for us? Except give us delicious Klondike bars.
But seriously. I'm interested to see her and Biden square up in the VP debate. It's sure to be the most interesting VP debate since Stockdale's famous gaffe.
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