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Re: Too attractive to work?!!? - Today
I have trouble working some days because I work at home and my wife is drop dead gorgeous.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Just saw Star Trek Into Darkness (Spoiler) - Today
I do want to see it but, as far as the homage you mention, I could do without. I'm all for a new take on an old story but am disappointed they went back to the well on that. On the same token... Hide spoiler And, yes, the new ENTERPRISE still looks ridiculous. Looks like something they'd build on Naboo (think STAR WARS more than STAR TRby Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Terrifying live video coming out of OK - Yesterday
Not sure how to bring this up, given the seriousness and sadness of the day's events, but it was quite mesmerizing watching the tornado dissipate -- "roping" was the term. I watched it start to form what I can only describe as a vase-like shape, and then it slowly began to thin and then, suddenly, it was just gone.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Terrifying live video coming out of OK - Yesterday
Quotecbelt3 Gawd. Every now and then I drive through Xenia, the site of the worst tornado disaster to date in Ohio's history. One F5. That's all it took to level the entire town. Since Katrina, I've told people that all it takes is once. One hurricane. One tornado. One earthquake. One fire. Your entire world can change in a stunningly short amount of time. Never take anything for granted. Aby Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: "Natural Ergonomic Keyboard" Followup - Yesterday
Mr Lynn, If you put one in your shopping cart at Amazon, the price will fluctuate. (You can also use something like The Tracktor to track pricing). I've gotten mine for as little as $24 I think. When it falls to a comfortable level, buy it and shelve it. I think I bought two one year and just broke out the new one when I felt the need. Again, my "old" ones go to my kids' school,by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: OK Tornado Update * All Kids from Elementary School Hit Accounted For - Yesterday
QuoteDevastating news from Plaza Towers elementary school in Moore. Seven small children did not survive; confirmed by authorities. More fatalities expected in this school as the night hours approach. When I posted the Subject Line, it was about the Briarwood Elementary school; I was unaware there was another school hit. I am completely without words. I always think of a school as being aby Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: OK Tornado Update * All Kids from Elementary School Hit Accounted For - Yesterday
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Re: OK Tornado Update * All Kids from Elementary School Hit Accounted For - Yesterday
QuoteSpeedy Fortunately Oklahoma, after so many past tornado tragedies, has mandated storm shelters in all school buildings which will survive an EF5. Same thing for all other new construction. Old construction will, after a tornado removes the structure, be replaced with a storm shelter in the new construction. Mobile home parks have mandated shelters. Cheap and easy to construct, just an unby Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Terrifying live video coming out of OK - Yesterday
QuoteCarnos Jax Zoid n I r fine Gene, it hasn't reached us here in Arkansas yet... I sure hope that system doesn't strengthen before making it here.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
OK Tornado Update - Yesterday
Building on earlier thread; just heard from the feed I posted (Channel 9) that at the Elementary School that "all the kids are accounted for"; no word on injuries. Still massive destruction, fatality reports trickling in. A 4 year old and a 3 month old baby confirmed dead from one of the neighborhoods. Three fatalities at a local 7-11 convenience store; a family (a man, a woman, andby Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Terrifying live video coming out of OK - Yesterday
Fatality reports coming in; lots. Children, little kids from the houses in the path. Still no reports from that Elementary School that I've heard.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: How many of you own/have easy access to a Windows PC? - Yesterday
Three of our Macs have Boot Camp partitions with Windows installed.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Ray Manzarek - Yesterday
Sad; I was just yesterday listening to his take on Carmina Burana with my son.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Terrifying live video coming out of OK - Yesterday
Roped out at about 3:35; started at 2:52. Massive, massive destruction. Holy cow. update * Elementary School hit; kids inside. no word yet on injuries. that link I have above is still streaming the aftermath; entire neighborhoods are gone, as is typical with this strength of storm high school; completely tore up the school gym, and the neighborhood next to it is goneby Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Terrifying live video coming out of OK - Yesterday
Yeah, a lot of times I think that, after Katrina, instead of just going a state up I should've gone way out west.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Terrifying live video coming out of OK - Yesterday
huge tornado -- easily F5 -- moving across the town, tearing up everything, moving towards crowded highway as I type this * Moore, OK * south of Oklahoma City ; Interstate 35by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Why are UI designers so infatuated with… - Yesterday
One thing I miss about the old OmniWeb browser was its ability to, on a site-by-site (or even page-by-page) basis, I could turn off style sheets (?) and force a "standard" appearance (i.e., black text on a white background).by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Why are UI designers so infatuated with… - 2 days ago
I get bad retina burn from white-on-black text. According to one webmaster I mentioned it to, I "am the only person in the world wit that problem".by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: [OT] Off Topic & On Topic - both abbreviate to OT - 3 days ago
One of the founding principals of the forum was that we would drop the whole OT thing.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: If you are looking for a USB 3.0 hub, this may be the one to buy - 3 days ago
Quoteonthedownlow I have a couple of these from Monoprice: They are 7-port, but only 4 are USB 3.0, but that is fine - not many people need 3.0 for 7 peripherals. So did they change how the stream works; doesn't plugging in a single USB2 item slow the whole stream down to USB2 speeds (like back when USB2 landed, hooking up, say, a USB1.1 keyboard to a USB2 hub would drop the whole data strby Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: "Tim Cook Shares Details About New 'Made in USA' Mac Model" - 4 days ago
I'm also hoping for a new Thunderbolt Display (w USB3 this time). Wouldn't say no to a return of a 30" display either.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: "Tim Cook Shares Details About New 'Made in USA' Mac Model" - 4 days ago
Robt -- It's going to be the Pro; makes sense to move the build back here for a number of reasons (something financial about profit margins, etc.). But if you look at the MacRumors Buyers Guide, pretty much EVERYTHING is due for a refresh. Personally, I'm holding out for a new MacBook Pro...by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
"Tim Cook Shares Details About New 'Made in USA' Mac Model" - 4 days ago
QuoteMacRumors Cook announced in an interview with Brian Williams last year that an existing Mac line would be manufactured exclusively in the U.S. beginning in 2013. I think I speak for many when I simply say, HOW SOON?by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: CW network shows coming to Apple TV - 4 days ago
Looking at the list; nothing I ever watch, or watched. Or would want to. I sure wish AppleTV would open up re/channels. There should be a channel store.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Anyone else use the new Chrome browser for iPad? - 4 days ago
Not yet, but will certainly try it out. Apple needs some competition on the iPad in the browser arena. I forget; why did they disallow Firefox for iPad?by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: I'm now about a week off the Diet Coke habit... - 5 days ago
high fructose corn syrup < does not equal > sugar Just sayin'; research the obesity epidemic in this country, and it really started when Coke and other manufacturers went full-force on HFCS in the late 70s/early 80s.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: "Disney Pulls Sexy Merida Makeover After Public Backlash" - 6 days ago
You might not directly care, but it strikes a blow (for the better) against the Barbie stereotype that all the Disney princesses had/have. They were slimmed down, tramped up, and generally made more for boys to look at than girls to look up to. Merida, from Pixar's BRAVE, is young, spunky, and (at least for the animated world) reasonably proportioned for her age. She didn't need a lower cut oby Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Broadcast ax: Cancelled shows 2012-13 - 7 days ago
QuoteZ Quotedecay Who has time to follow several TV shows a week? I don't. I'm lucky if I catch an entire episode of Bob's Burgers... VERY lucky, that show is FUNNY! :agree: x100 on Bob's Burgers. agreed here as wellby Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: Broadcast ax: Cancelled shows 2012-13 - 7 days ago
Other than a couple of dramas, and a few sitcoms, isn't pretty much all programming on the networks either reality or glorified game shows? And is there a single channel on cable that isn't suffering from "channel drift" (i.e., losing sight of what it set out to be; e.g., Arts & Entertainment Network, MTV, SciFi Channel, History, etc.)by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals
Re: High School necessary for job? - 8 days ago
QuotergG That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard, but I am not surprised anymore by stupid things. That's a great quote.by Zoidberg - Tips and Deals