Posted 11/10/2009 at 10:44:01am

it's also the USMC's 234th birthday.

Happy Birthday, Firefox.

Semper Fi, USMC.

Posted 10/29/2009 at 02:35:17pm

an enjoyable column.  it made me think of Heinlin's Starship Troopers (the book, not the PoS movie) and the progress the military is making with human exoskeletons and automated war machines.

i wish humanity would collectively yearn and work a bit more to encourage, reward and cultivate personal responisiblity, too.  i guess that sort of semi-utopian societywon't be here until star date 1843.2.  when it's not, i know who to blame!

Posted 09/25/2009 at 02:38:36am

att service is already atrocious.  can't say i'd want to advertise this if i were them (or apple).

(off topic - peepole who ar making corrected splleing, and puncturating, on teh inter-webz r boring.  pleeze piss off.)

Posted 08/20/2009 at 04:51:22am

will it really be that huge of an upgrade over my trusty G5?  unlikely.  i think the gains would be minimal.

Posted 08/20/2009 at 04:45:54am

i guess the positive takeway here is that France held out longer than they did vs. Germany (either time).

that's something for the Froggies to build upon....  or am i being too generous?

Posted 08/19/2009 at 04:26:22am

i used AOL in 1997 and i've been trying to cancel my account ever since.  maybe AOL is counting people like me as 'users'?

Posted 08/11/2009 at 03:11:31am

talked to my bank about that and apparently they contract out ATMs, even the ones in the branch.  which means if you deposit a check in the ATM (keep in mind they don't know what's actually in the envelope, yet).  at the end of the day the envelopes are removed and brought to a sorting facility.  then they're scanned in to the system the following day and sent to the bank at the end of that day.  they are "cleared" the business day after that.  that's why i never use the ATM to deposit, if i ever have to make a physical deposit.

USAA is an awesome company, btw.  you may only become a member and sign up for their services if you are on active military duty.  the military has been using DD for payroll for many years so the primary impetus for this is not likely to be legions of people trying to deposit payroll checks.

this is very cool, imho.  i hate going to the bank branch.  waiting in line makes me grumpy, especially when it's for a small personal check or somesuch.

Posted 07/30/2009 at 10:41:54pm

limewire and other p2p's aren't dangerous and don't put people at risk unless they're used by people who don't know wtf they're doing.

it's too bad government can't regulat stupidity (they'd have to start with themselves)

Posted 07/22/2009 at 04:06:10am

i hope this movie is entertaining too, but if depth of content "makes the movie" then i think the Warhammer universe from Games Workshop would hold the crown of best-game-to-movie franchise.

Mr. Rami - the little voice in my head wants to see a NE druid drop a feralbomb on the Horde.  all of it.   Please?

Posted 07/16/2009 at 10:03:08am

no.

really?  12%?

sad.

i'm happily in the 88% majority.