Comment Re:Impressive (Score 2) 73
Impressive, but where are they planning on going? Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids. In fact it's cold as hell.
True, but it's less crowded than Mumbai.
For now...
Comment And... (Score 1) 90
This is why we can't have nice thing.
Submission + - Remeber Lycos? They still exist, and are discontinuing their Free Email service (lycos.com)
williamyf writes: You may think of it as the end of an era, or as the final nail in the coffin.
Today Lycos, one of the Pioneering web portals of the '90s notified all it's users that:
"On May 15th, 2018, we will no longer be offering free Lycos Mail accounts."
they have been very upfront about the reason:
"Q: Why are you doing this?
A: Providing mailboxes costs us money, and we no longer make enough from ads to support the cost of the mailboxes."
At it's heyday, Lycos was acquired by Terra Networks (a division of Telefonica), then sold to Daum Communications in Korea and then to Ybrant Digital in India.
The search engine and other parts (like angelfire, Tripod and Gamesville) continue working.
In the meantime, instructions are provided to Download all your mail via POP3 for offline archival, or to upgrade to Paid Accounts.
Today Lycos, one of the Pioneering web portals of the '90s notified all it's users that:
"On May 15th, 2018, we will no longer be offering free Lycos Mail accounts."
they have been very upfront about the reason:
"Q: Why are you doing this?
A: Providing mailboxes costs us money, and we no longer make enough from ads to support the cost of the mailboxes."
At it's heyday, Lycos was acquired by Terra Networks (a division of Telefonica), then sold to Daum Communications in Korea and then to Ybrant Digital in India.
The search engine and other parts (like angelfire, Tripod and Gamesville) continue working.
In the meantime, instructions are provided to Download all your mail via POP3 for offline archival, or to upgrade to Paid Accounts.
Comment Nice try Otto... (Score 1) 72
But the aliens already left with your car.
Comment Re: Strong public relations (Score 1) 200
People like you made Nazi Germany a reality. Good job.
Godwined in under 10 posts. Good job!
Comment Great (Score 1) 105
There go the prices on toner and paper.
Comment Re:For all of you USA haters out there: (Score 5, Funny) 378
Cuz it is not sexy when a stripper gets and eye taken out by a handful of dollar coins tossed at her.
Comment Re:if there is no evidence presented in how they.. (Score 1) 52
its happened to me After the fact, they found a dime bag in my car (dumb friend, fell out of his pocket onto my back seat)
With your username, you really expect us to believe that? Right.....
Comment Re:I don't mind driving (Score 1) 307
but it would really be nice if I could get out of the car at the Mall entrance and let the car go find a parking place on its own. Then, when I'm ready to leave, have it meet me at the closest exit.
Why bother with the mall, you can already have anything you need delivered to your doorstep.
Comment What?!?! (Score 1) 307
No "All of the above"? Give something to the lazy and greedy folks among us.
Comment Re:Nothing? (Score 3, Funny) 429
So quantum fluctuations are "nothing" then?
Everyone knows they are caused by turning the electric can opener on and off.
Comment Re:This is just traditional web advertising (Score 2) 116
Me, I deleted my Facebook account several years ago, and have never looked back.
You think you deleted it....
Comment That's what you get (Score 5, Funny) 189
For wearing the same shirt. If only he had changed, they never would have noticed him.
Comment Re:Off the record vs Anonymity (Score 5, Informative) 178
Some spoke off the record; others spoke under condition of anonymity
As a non-journalist, what is the difference?
Um, IIRC, off the record means I'll talk to you, but you can't publish what I told you. Anonymity is you can print what I said, but not who said it.
Comment Coming Soon (Score 5, Funny) 223
Next the robots will want to unionize.
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