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Aug. 5th, 2005
Oh good, a return to reality!
Aug. 5th, 2005 06:35 pmSeptember 15: Survivor 11 (yes, eleven) (ack) premieres at 20:00. Rumours say that it features the return of hot-hot-hotness Bobby Jon. Mmmm.
September 27: Amazing Race 8, the four-person-family-team edition, premieres at 21:00. Rumoured to (a) suck so bad it might get canned, and (b) to not have left North America, it looks like it will show up after all. Wooo!
September 27: Amazing Race 8, the four-person-family-team edition, premieres at 21:00. Rumoured to (a) suck so bad it might get canned, and (b) to not have left North America, it looks like it will show up after all. Wooo!
With the news that Monad* has been pulled from Windows Vista**, I draw your attention to this hilarious*** article from October of 1996, in which the demise of Cairo**** is spun.
My favourite bit: "the release of Windows NT 5.0 in the second half of 1997" --> this became Windows 2000
* The new Microsoft Bash™ clone meant to replace the old DOS-style command shell. Recently implicated in future Windows vulnerabilities, and therefore pulled. Judge not, lest ye be judged.
** The next release of Windows for personal / workstation use, i.e. Windows XP 2.
*** To me.
**** Originally meant to be Windows NT 4.0, then 5.0, then a long list of new technologies and features that would gradually be integrated into Windows over the years. Some of the biggest ones are still not ready for beta, while others are now five years old. Remember what I said about judging. Could you program Windows? (no you couldn't,
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simplisticton.)Geography: The Great Divider
Aug. 5th, 2005 11:19 pmTonight's second non sequitur: Geography. Specifically, borders. Some little snippets:
- Newfoundland & Labrador disagrees with Québec regarding their shared border. Luckily they don't start wars over it.
- Windows 95 featured a great little animated map for selecting one's timezone. However, when you clicked your timezone the entire timezone lit up, highlighting borders, and two countries who disagreed with Microsoft's interpretation made some threatening noises toward Redmond. So no more fun map. A sad day.
- This website lets you create a map displaying the countries you have visited in red. Far more entertaining however, are the comments, which span a good 63 pages. Completely inane. It will make you fear for the future even more.
- The Travelers' Century Club is a club for anyone who has visited over 100 countries. However, they have unusual rules for what qualifies as a country. Prince Edward Island, for example, is a country. The full list of 315. I'm at eleven. *sigh*
- Newfoundland & Labrador disagrees with Québec regarding their shared border. Luckily they don't start wars over it.
- Windows 95 featured a great little animated map for selecting one's timezone. However, when you clicked your timezone the entire timezone lit up, highlighting borders, and two countries who disagreed with Microsoft's interpretation made some threatening noises toward Redmond. So no more fun map. A sad day.
- This website lets you create a map displaying the countries you have visited in red. Far more entertaining however, are the comments, which span a good 63 pages. Completely inane. It will make you fear for the future even more.
- The Travelers' Century Club is a club for anyone who has visited over 100 countries. However, they have unusual rules for what qualifies as a country. Prince Edward Island, for example, is a country. The full list of 315. I'm at eleven. *sigh*