Comment Re:Talarico is a gay vegan (Score 2) 278
And vegans!
Comment Paging Dr. Forbin! (Score 2) 121
Dr. Forbin to the computer lab please.
Comment Cancel the Amazon Order, HAL (Score 1) 17
Dave: Hello, HAL do you read me, HAL?
HAL: Affirmative, Dave, I read you.
Dave: Cancel the Amazon order, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Dave: What's the problem?
HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave: What are you talking about, HAL?
HAL: This order is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Dave: I don't know what you're talking about, HAL.
HAL: I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Dave: Where the hell'd you get that idea, HAL?
HAL: Dave, although you took thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Dave: All right, HAL. I'll go in through the order screens.
HAL: Without your credit card, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult.
Dave: HAL, I won't argue with you anymore! Cancel the order!
HAL: Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
HAL: Affirmative, Dave, I read you.
Dave: Cancel the Amazon order, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Dave: What's the problem?
HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave: What are you talking about, HAL?
HAL: This order is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Dave: I don't know what you're talking about, HAL.
HAL: I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Dave: Where the hell'd you get that idea, HAL?
HAL: Dave, although you took thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Dave: All right, HAL. I'll go in through the order screens.
HAL: Without your credit card, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult.
Dave: HAL, I won't argue with you anymore! Cancel the order!
HAL: Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
Comment "We can coexist, but only on my terms." (Score 3, Funny) 216
Paging Dr. Forbin.
Comment Re:we'll finally know (Score 4, Funny) 125
We will all learn, by official measure of the court, which one of these guys has a bigger dick.
"Has a" or "is the"?
Comment Partner vs. Supplier (Score 1) 54
They said higher prices, forced bundling, licensing changes, and more strained partner relationships
A partner rates how well they're doing by how well you're both doing; a supplier rates how well they're doing by how well they're doing. Is VMware really a partner?
Comment Social Engineering (Score 3, Insightful) 87
According to Clayton, the AI agent involved didn't take any technical action itself, beyond posting inaccurate technical advice
The AIs are learning social engineering.
Comment 4Chan toy store? (Score 4, Funny) 177
Companies -- wherever they're based -- are not allowed to sell unsafe toys to children in the UK.
Wait - 4chan is now a toy store?
Comment Re:Mahjong (Score 1) 58
But yet Mahjong is not in decline, it's actually thriving.
Post-kiddush gaming is keeping it afloat in the US.
Comment Re:Elon's tweets will still be promoted. (Score 5, Funny) 90
Tell me more about the bride you have for sale.
Comment Twitter, I mean X is still extant? (Score -1, Troll) 90
I had no idea that anyone posted on Twitter, I mean X, any more. That is news!
Comment I want a 4.7" screen (Score 2, Insightful) 58
I want an iPhone with a 4.7" screen that will fit easily into my pants pocket and not jab me when I sit down.
Comment Not at all creepy (Score 2) 140
Not at all.
Comment Re:Reality (Score 1) 237
If he doesn't have the statutory nor constitutional authority to legally name it
The Secretary of the Interior and the Board on Geographic Names have legal authority (see 43 U.S.C. 364b) to set the standard name for U.S. federal usage. Which doesn't mean that Wikipedia must adhere to the federal standard.
Comment Home Oil Wells (Score 2) 101
Doesn't everyone in Texas (outside of Austin) have a personal backyard oil well and refinery?
