jfb3

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Skyguard defense laser protects humans, kills missiles (Engadget)

Jul 14th 2006 5:29PM Whiplash, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_subculture#Welcoming_Our_New_Overlords

Microsoft PR says no Windows "kill switch" plans, sort of (Download Squad)

Jul 3rd 2006 1:52PM All they said is they won't turn the power off. They *didn't* say they wouldn't turn off Windows.

The curious case of the $2.3m in missing DS Lites (Engadget)

Jun 16th 2006 5:24PM They will end up in the "knock-off mall" in Shenzhen. You'll be able to get one by walking around on the 2nd or 3rd floors and some teenager will walk up to you and say "DS? DS?"

Just like everything else.

Samsung GX-1S DSLR reviewed (Engadget)

Apr 22nd 2006 8:49PM So, Samsung drops a camera and you wonder why nobody talks about it? Why would anyone talk about a camera that isn't in production anymore anyway?

Census Bureau to use HTC handhelds in 2010 (Engadget)

Apr 4th 2006 7:56PM Paper?

A Census Bureau worker interviewed me for over an hour a 3 weeks ago and didn't use any paper forms. She was filling in forms on a sleek little IBM/Lenova laptop.

Asustek debuts new WiFi Skype phone (Engadget)

Mar 9th 2006 4:13PM #1
What makes you think it doesn't need a computer?

Hands-on with ASUS and Founder UMPCs (Engadget)

Mar 9th 2006 3:59PM I think everyone is missing who is the real target are for these devices:
Corporate Middle Management

It's a corporate meeting machine.

It's small enough to carry from meeting to meeting (nobody wants to lug a laptop around, even a Vaio).

It can run Outlook (welcome to the corporation!).

It has a screen large enough so that all these 45 year old guys with Presbyopia can still read their email.

It can run Excel (corporate!).

It runs Windows. This means the corporate IT staff already has business processes in place to handle licensing, help desk, upgrades, patches, etc. (This is important in the corp.)

The corporate managers for whom I consult would trade a junior minion for one of these gadgets.

Beck goes crazy; also, will score Nacho Libre (Cinematical)

Mar 1st 2006 11:28PM Fellini I know about, Antonioni I know about, Wong Kar Wai I know about. Who is this Beck and why should I care what he says about film? Should we now all listen to what Flavor Flav thinks are the latest and greatest advances in bio-engineering?

Review: Our Brand is Crisis (Cinematical)

Mar 1st 2006 11:03PM "...an extraordinary story of American influence abroad ..."

"...the American effort to spread our brand of democracy around the world,..."

You make it sound like the government of the United States was sending political mercenaries overseas to rig ballot boxes and strangle journalists. What actually happened was a foreign politico hired a consulting firm to help him re-position himself in the eyes of his constituency.

What Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada wanted was someone to manipulate the opinion of the public, so they got the same people that managed Bill Clinton. Tada, James Carville!

Trailer Park: With a little help from my friends (Cinematical)

Feb 12th 2006 12:26AM #3,

You might not think "there'll" is a word but plenty of other do. Even the editors at the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/05/02/reviews/990502.02stilet.html

and the Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001842773_ptdish24.html

and others:
http://webschool.wash.k12.ut.us/language/lessons/contractions.html
http://www.suite101.com/lesson.cfm/17267/1158/6

Oh yeah, and my fourth grade Language Arts teacher.

In the OED (with a very brief search) I found entries at least as far back as 1825 using "there'll":
1825 J. JAMIESON Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. 169/1 There'll be a heap o' ondingin. [just one example]

So maybe it *is* a word after all.