Re: Question for The Expanse Fans - 2 years ago

Quotegabester Apparently there's a short story about Cara and her Strange Dogs - that's where that plot arc in Season 6 comes from - that will be released in an upcoming compendium of the several Expanse short stories "Memory's Legion" which has a couple other bits that appear in the TV show instead of the main novels as well... Strange Dogs came out a few years ago. I don't want t

Re: Quest type game for Xbox? - 4 years ago

The Witcher 3 is on the less expensive game pass. (it doesn't include the DLC) I don't know how old your son is, but it's not a game for younger children. Also coming soon to Game Pass: Red Dead Redemption 2

Re: Quest type game for Xbox? - 4 years ago

I'd subscribe to XBox Game Pass(100+ games), at least for a month, and see if there's something there they'd like.

Re: Attention A10 Warthogs lovers, plane will fly until 2040s - 4 years ago

Re: COVID STUDY-AT-HOME Geography & Logic Lesson for Saturday - 4 years ago

I think there's something wrong with Japan.

Re: the divided USA (not a political post) - 4 years ago

That's the Bakken Shale You can also see the Eagle Ford in south Texas on the map.

Re: the divided USA (not a political post) - 4 years ago

Interstate 35?

Re: Apple considered buying Yahoo at one point - 4 years ago

Yang was an idiot for not taking Microsoft's offer.

Re: Jack Ryan is so damn good! - 4 years ago

I read somewhere that they couldn't have Clark in the series because of licensing issues, they are making a Without Remorse movie.

Re: Apple is doomed! Horrible example of BAD design (if you are J Ives) - 4 years ago

And it still has a headphone jack!

Re: Dallas area tornado: MR Forumites safe? - 4 years ago

The Philadelphia Eagles were destroyed.

Re: sliced.....off?!....Pizza Hut closing 'dine-in' locations.... - 5 years ago

Their dine-in restaurants would be a lot more appealing if they just sold Coke instead of Pepsi.

Re: The OSX & Apple we know now was influenced by Ross Perot - 5 years ago

Quotepdq ...and without NeXT, does Tim Berners-Lee still invent HTML (and the subsequent world-wide-web as we know it)? We still would have had Gopher!

Re: RIP Ross Perot - 5 years ago

Also made a sizable investment in NeXT and was on it's board of directors.

Re: June 27, 1997: Anonymous AAPL stock holder sells 1.5 million shares to put final nail in Gil Amelio's coffin. Person turned out to be... - 5 years ago

QuoteFilliam H. Muffman Today that stock would be worth about $576,923,000 (not including dividends). AAPL has split three times since '97, 1.5 million shares would be 42 million today. So it would actually be about $8.3 billion.

Re: PSA: Flying ? Check your status. Sabre system is b0rked. - 5 years ago

The same day that this article was published talking about how great a job their new CEO was doing with the new "efficiencies" generated by cutting 10% of it's workforce, mostly engineers.

Re: Cockpit Of SR-71A Blackbird - 5 years ago

Where's the slot for the quarters?

Re: Houston vs Dallas - 5 years ago

Cowboys > Texans Astros > Rangers Stars > n/a Spurs >>> Rockets/Mavs

Re: Plumber told me to NOT replace sacrificial anode - 5 years ago

Sounds like he's more interested in getting your money for a water heater replacement in a couple of years.

Re: Apple will hold off on G5 for iPhone till 2020 - 5 years ago

Still no G5 Powerbooks!

Re: Which smart designer mounted the camera on the bottom of thee laptop screen? - 5 years ago

It allows for a thinner bezel at the top. It's a lot better idea than some stupid notch.

Re: Cut curve into 1/4" Lexan/polycarbonate sheet. Pretty pricey. Don't want to screw it up. - 5 years ago

Normally, I'd do it with a sheet of transparent aluminum.

Re: Captain Janeway is back, only if... - 5 years ago

Sisko's probably still hanging out with the wormhole aliens.

Re: USB-C Philips Brilliance Monitor, 32"/4K/60Hz - 5 years ago

Quotemikebw Quotespace-time why not a true 4k, is that 3840 by 2160 that falls short of 4000? it is 2x the 1080p (1920 x 1080). Then technically this should be called Quad-HD, or QHD. I think 1440p is considered QHD. (it's 4 x 720p)

Re: Palm branded devices coming back from the dead - 6 years ago

WebOS is still out there - on LG TVs.

Re: I was wrong! Help me ID this thing-it's not a plastic bag... - 6 years ago

Obviously a 1x5 Lego piece.

Re: July 19, 2004: The fourth-generation iPod - 6 years ago

The color screen also could display album art, which was pretty revolutionary at the time.

Re: Which Mac tower was the most beautiful to you? - 6 years ago

The Radius Mac Clones

Re: "KEEP THE POLISH DOG @Costco WHERE IS YOUR HUMANITY?"... - 6 years ago

I'm still unhappy that they switched from Coke to Pepsi several years ago.

Re: What is your tv show idea? - 6 years ago

A Star Trek set in the original universe twenty years after the end of Voyager.