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Wow - OK, according to this, there have been four movies made out of this book. Considering the book, I'm really surprised at all the people that made it into movies. Might make a fun quadrupal-feature movie night Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Yes, I do! I ride even slower than I drive, too

Probably not an exact remake, considering I Am Legend was an old sci-fi novel from the 50s. Maybe in style, but the script is based on a book (kind of a silly one, but some interesting topics in it). I can't believe how much the thing has been advertised - previews shown before every movie that I've seen in the last six months - even Indie films! Just goes to show that the more you saturate people's brains, the more likely they are to consume your product. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

More than what? Six months ago when they didn't charge for it? Or could it just be the marketing people trying to squeeze every nickel and dime out of you? More paper = lame excuse. I put together bills for customers every month. Even when they know exactly what I'm charging ahead of time, even when I've discussed every hour, every piece of software/hardware, whatever, I still put together an itemized bill every month. I wouldn't treat my customers the way that Verizon is treating theirs, and my customers wouldn't expect any less of me. Online bills are great - until you have to show the IRS what you wrote off. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Verizon is starting a new service that may mark the beginning of a disturbing trend in the cell-phone industry. Pay more for detailed billing. Usually, a cell-phone company will include a list of calls you made, to whom and when and for how long. But it looks like Verizon wants to charge $1.75/month for that "service". My mom got two months of $250+ phone bills, and she has no idea why. She called them, and they are asking her to pay for a detailed report. I was considering getting a new Blackberry from Verizon, and I noticed that they want $1.75 / month to show me who I called and when. It looks like they will give me a "standard" bill that just shows how much I owe them every month for free. Am I just supposed to trust them to get it right every month? I probably don't understand the finer points here, but does this just seem wrong? How many industries in the world don't give itemized billing or expense reports as part of their cost of doing business? Why should people have to pay extra for the privilege of knowing why a company says you owe them money? Maybe a better way to do this would be to give everyone the detailed bill, but offer a $1.75 discount to people that don't want to see the details. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

You kinda have to live in the Denver area to understand why we say that Mile Hi is the only place to jump. 1. Colorado Skysports - it's a Cessna DZ (more or less) - the King Air kinda crashed, and the Cessna is now crashed. I think they're looking around for another plane, but I don't really jump there, so I don't know the story, and you can take my statements as rumor and speculation. Maybe someone else local can pipe up and say if they're jumping at all these days. 2. Elaborate Skydiving at Calhan - yep, this one is closed. Many of us are sad about that. 3. Mile-Hi Skydiving Center, Inc - well, that's the one that's being discussed. Otter, King Air, Cessna - all turbo. 4. Skydive The Rockies - might as well be in another state. 3-4 hour drive from the Denver area, depending on how fast you drive. Another Cessna DZ that does tandems, and unless you're planning on tenting or hotel for the weekend, and bringing a friend or two, then you're probably going to do a lot of driving and one or two solos. There just aren't that many full-time jumpers here. Not really enough to support more than one large DZ. Probably enough tandems and regular jumpers to support one large DZ and a few cessna DZs that are several hours drive away. Pretty much all the DZs in Colorado survive on tandems, but there isn't much room for more than one fun-jumper DZ. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Oh yeah, I forgot that if you don't add yourself, no-one else will. Got plane tickets, hotel and rental car, so I guess I'm all in at this point: monkycndo Fozz AllisonH Remster NWFlyer HeadLicker LouDiamond Unstable QuickDraw sdctlc Soulshine SQUEAK GQ_Jumper Riddler Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

93% chance I'll be there Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Allow me to go there for you Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Have a great day off! Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

For years, the closest one to me was right next to a Best Buy. I would go in there once or twice a year to get my father a gift certificate, or to look at Mac stuff - they usually had about 1/5 the number of people as at the Best Buy, despite being the same size. I'm surprised that one store lasted so long, but not surprised the entire operation is liquidating. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

They even fall down stairs like a real person. Went all fetal and everything. Very impressive stuff. the days of Asimov may not be all that far off. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

"Time is going by really, really, really, really slowly" It's so cute when the attractive newswomen snort-laugh Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

I've heard the "everyone can fit into Texas" argument before. I contend we should have to stay confined to that area. Of course, we would have to live in our own garbage, but at least it would be contained. In Indonesia, I saw entire families that lived in piles of garbage, so I know it can be done. They built garbage shanties out of the refuge of people from the "wealthier" cities. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Not one person has mentioned just how dangerous these things are to skydivers. Don't you remember Terminal Velocity? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

For a company that has stock at around $700 a share, you think they could do a better job with selecting decent advertising partners. I once saw an "Ads by Google" that said they would predict the exact name of someone that has a crush on you. I clicked it, and it asked for my phone number so that it could send a SMS with the name of my supposed devotee. In the fine print, you agree that by entering your phone number, they will charge something like $5 per week to your phone bill to SMS you some nonsense. I can see a lot of people who don't read the fine print falling for that. Today, I see an advert for debt relief for Christians. Are Christians more worthy of debt relief than Muslims? Is it the Jews that are holding them down - again?!? How do you tie financial trouble to a religion, anyway? Maybe all the pornographic spam we get has desensitized us to what quality of advertising means. Or more probably I'm just out of touch with today's trends. I stopped watching television years ago, but a few months ago I was at my Dad's house. His television is always on, and it seemed about half of the advertisements were telling me my sex life isn't as good as other peoples', and my penis isn't long enough Any other interesting Ads by Google that you've seen? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Dumber, no. Slower, maybe. Physically weaker, definitely. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Tunnel. Tunnel. More Tunnel. Tell your tunnel instructor what you're trying to do, and they will help you. Belly flying skills, and talking skills. Sit in on as many AFF ground schools as you can - offer to help teach parts (under supervision). Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Nah, that plane amounts to only a few months salary for a lot of people in the UAE Someone probably bought it for their kid's high school graduation. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Also used in iPhone ring tone (I think they call it Horror, or something like that). I assumed the old-school computer in the background was running a Midi app, and had a controller board for the output. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

If you don't have to run Windows applications, get a Mac. Sure the new Macs can run Windows, but you'll get tired of switching between (BootCamp), or using memory/CPU (Parallels). The Mac is the best combination of hardware/software OS on the market right now. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2217747,00.asp I just switched back to Comcast, and I can attest that when I use Azureus (Vuze beta), the service does in fact deliberately shut off. I have to go reset the modem. This is the ONLY application that makes my Comcast service shut off, regardless of bandwidth. Comcast seems to feel that it can dictate content, despite what the FCC laws state. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

I liked the 13th warrior - mostly because I thought it was historical. Then I read the end script, and found out it wasn't Haven't seen the movie yet. As far as Beowulf - I went into it not knowing that it was animated. I thought the beginning of it was a preview for a PS3 video game After the way-too-long interval it took me to realize that this was, in fact, the movie , I tried to look at it objectively. At the end of the movie, I realized I rather liked it - yep, it was way different than the epic poem, and the computer generated characters were inconsistent. Sometimes, they looked too real - other times, it looked like a video game. But overall, I think they did a pretty good job - they emphasized the classic three monsters of the original story, and they put in enough 21st century drama to make it fun to watch. I won't buy it on DVD, but it's worth renting. Maybe not the $10 for a 3-D matinee that I paid Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Let's not forget this is Utah We were once pulled over by Utah SP because his car was on the shoulder of the road, and we failed to move into the fast-lane to give him space. Apparently, it's a law there that you have to get into the outer lane to give them space. He was pulling over people all day - he was pretty much a jerk, as well. My guess is if he only had a gun, he would NOT have shot the guy. Beat him with a baton, maybe, and laugh about it afterwards, probably. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

Not cool Chocolate is for me, not for cars Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD