Page 4 of 55

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 11:19 am
by Fatleaf
JazHaz wrote:
I always check the Oolite forum before heading over to ED lol
That is called getting your priorities straight. :wink:

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:14 pm
by Cody
"Speed is the new stealth," said Al Romig, Skunk Works engineering and advanced systems vice president.
El Reg article about the new SR-72 here.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:54 pm
by Cody
Bravura In The Face Of Grief III wrote:
I can't take this much longer! I'm getting out of here!

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:02 pm
by Cody
Re whether Elite Dangerous is good or bad (I gotta laugh at some of the threads over there):
worst case scenario, it is a VERY pretty oolite with a great flight model.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:12 pm
by Cody
Former US President George W Bush, who has said he is admittedly "not a great painter", will open a public exhibit of his works on Saturday.
What can I say!

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:12 am
by Commander McLane
Cody wrote:
Former US President George W Bush, who has said he is admittedly "not a great painter", will open a public exhibit of his works on Saturday.
What can I say!
Perhaps something along the lines of: "What a coincidence! He isn't a great president, either. The public exhibit of that can still be seen all around us."

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:32 pm
by Tricky
The idea that a company can just hire more developers to become more productive is about as valid as suggesting that 9 women should be able to deliver a baby in one month.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:31 pm
by CommRLock78
Commander McLane wrote:
Perhaps something along the lines of: "What a coincidence! He isn't a great president, either. The public exhibit of that can still be seen all around us."
Man you said it - worst president of all time.

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:26 pm
by ClymAngus
"Side note: I'm going to hate this Clym person more and more each week"

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comment ... coin_quiz/

Well grammar was never my strong point. That said "hate" eh? I reserve hate for people who sleep with ladies I'm romantically involved with or people who may choose to murder members of my immediate family. Hate for getting the wrong 'there' in a sentance, tad enthusiastic n'est-ce pas?

:D

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:21 pm
by UK_Eliter
ClymAngus wrote:
"Side note: I'm going to hate this Clym person more and more each week"

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comment ... coin_quiz/

Well grammar was never my strong point. That said "hate" eh? I reserve hate for people who sleep with ladies I'm romantically involved with or people who may choose to murder members of my immediate family. Hate for getting the wrong 'there' in a sentance, tad enthusiastic n'est-ce pas?

:D
That does seem harsh!

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 12:45 am
by Cody
El Reg wrote:
Obama's reference to Control-Alt-Delete immortalises a small part of computer industry history. It also raises another question: if Obama is the CTRL-ALT-DEL president, who is the BSOD commander-in-chief?

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 11:40 pm
by Cody
El Reg wrote:
The asteroid, dubbed 2014 HL129, a 4-to-15 meter-wide chunk of space debris, flashed past Earth at 4:13am EDT (0813am GMT) within the Moon's orbital track at an El Reg distance scale of 2,164,692 brontosaurus lengths

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 12:59 am
by Cody
Google wrote:
"For example, a few years from now, we and other companies could be serving ads and other content on refrigerators, car dashboards, thermostats, glasses, and watches, to name just a few possibilities."
Article at El Reg. <sighs - shakes head sadly>

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 8:05 am
by Diziet Sma
<sighs and fondly recalls the time back when Google actually was "Not Evil">

Re: Quote of the week!

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 8:14 am
by Smivs
Well, I for one will welcome the day when my fridge reminds me that I really should buy some Ugg boots!