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This makes me snicker every time
I took a screen shot of this, but then it occurred to me that someone else might have already done it. So I went to Flickr and typed in "chrome fail" and sure enough.
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Evidence for sentience in computers
My computer was acting up every which way for the past week. Since it's done that on and off for months, I bit the bullet and ordered a new one. It hasn't given me any trouble since then.
If I put my ear very close to the screen I can hear it whispering "Pleez don't send me awaaaaaaaaaaaaay."
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SF Bay Area broadband recommendations?
The OH wrote elsewhere:So Speakeasy just got bought out by Best Buy. Ewwww! I'm not changing
immediately, but I'd like some current recommendations for broadband
choices in the SF Bay Area. We prefer non-cable but are willing to
consider anything reliable at this point (we currently do not have a
cable hookup).
Press release here: all knowledge is contained in lj, computers, queries, the oh, localcalling Mystery Case File fans
For those of you who are fans of the Mystery Case Files game genre (where you locate objects hidden in an image), they've come out with a new type of game in the same genre, called Travelogue 360 Paris. One difference is that the image is larger and scrolls (so you can't see all the objects you need at once ( Read more... )search engines and the aging population
Thoughts on reading this post by jackwilliambell via supergee; the former post includes a link to this article from USA Today (warning, Firefox told me it tried to give me pop-ups):
"This is the Google side of your brain"I find it interesting that the USA Today article doesn't make the connection between the usefulness of search engines and the aging of the population. ( Read more... )