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Iomega Sucks

Re:No way (Score:5, Funny) by pantycrickets (694774) on Tuesday April 13, @03:12PM (#8853776) Okay, quick look on the net – http://www.pricewatch.com/, and I see USB hard drives with 40GB of space for under $60. Why buy it from Iomega for more? You aren’t taking into account Iomega’s value-added features, such as slower transfer rates, propietary…Continue Reading…

the world of the dead end ahead

a social worker comes to our door. tall, tubby, bald, with a suit on. he shakes my mom’s hand, then offers his hand to me. i shake it too, and introduced myself. social worker, upon exiting: “i reckon you’ll get a visit from someone today” “who?” “a delivery” we had had visits from an unknown…Continue Reading…

Slashdot | Mars Rovers Still Going Strong, Mission Extended

Re:It’s amazing (Score:5, Interesting) by JaredOfEuropa (526365) on Sunday April 11, @06:14AM (#8829850) (Last Journal: Saturday January 31, @03:25PM) How even though given the anti-intellectual culture of the US we are still the only ones able to land this very successful rover I think one of the factors contributing to the success of the US,…Continue Reading…

What icons are doing while you sleep

Funny Flash animation: see.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) 11/04/04 – Link fixed. I downloaded a local copy and uploaded it to my server.

Now the Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide

“A company wanted to hold off on upgrading Microsoft Office for a year in order to do other projects. So Microsoft gave a ‘free’ copy of the new Office to the CEO — a copy that of course generated errors for anyone else in the firm reading his documents. The CEO got tired of getting…Continue Reading…

Downloading music gets more expensive

All five of the major music companies are discussing ways to boost the price of single-song downloads on hot releases – to anywhere from $1.25 to as much as $2.49. It isn’t clear how or when such a price hike would take place, and it could still be months away. Sales of such singles –…Continue Reading…