I think $500,000 would last me the rest of my life on Tobago. It'd be a simple life but barring any medical catastrophes it should do nicely. Who wants to invest in my life?
That doesn't work in the UK, it would have been 12:34:56 8/7/9.
- Kol Tregaskes
happy days to all & a rather preemptive happy 2009-08-07 06:54:32.1 ? ;-)
- immaterial
Actually, to be any "relevant," it'd have to be this forgettable moment in history: 09-08-07 06:05:04.030201 almost a whole hour earlier than your proposed one!
- ianf ⌘
My girlfriend and I had a first kiss very close to 12:34:56 7/8/90.
- Jared B. Luther
Well, we in India will celebrate it a month later. But I never understood, why US date has MM as starting field!
- Varun Mahajan
Scott very intentionally and deliberately spent this second saying "I love you" to me. :-D He's too sweet and good for me!
- Ladybug Heather
Only reason I can guess is that when spoken in American English, the month usually comes before the day, so that carried into the numeric form. Is my guess, anyway.
- Scott of Two Countries
Yeah, we tend to say "March 20th" instead of "the 20th of March," so the expression in numbers follows suit.
- Ladybug Heather
The Linux desktop I was programming on just melted down. Sparks and smoke out of the back and everything. Paul's reaction: "It just couldn't take your productivity."
Nothing like the smell of burning plastic in the afternoon to set the atmosphere for the office...
- Bret Taylor
You must have forgotten to fsck your filesystem before recompiling the kernel so that you could attach a new keyboard. Or something like that.
- Joel Webber
It's a testament to Linux stability that this didn't happen sooner.
- Bruce Lewis
Sounds like a hardware issue to me. What does the OS have to do with it at all?
- Robert Felty
awesomeness. I remember a friend's gig when his bass amp had flames shooting out the back before it completely blew. blaze of glory.
- Laura Norvig
Apparently it didn't get the "Linux never breaks" memo ;) Now, off to the apple store like a good lad!
- Brett Kelly
from iPhone
When your computer melts, that's a great time to take an ergonomic rest break for a few minutes.
- Matt Cutts
I think the problem is you worked your computer to death.
- imabonehead
Unless there are flames and the risk of severe personal injury, a little smoke and sparking is no excuse to stop programming. Back to work.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Wow, that's too funny!! You might wanna ease up on the coffee! I like Matt's recommendation of an ergonomic break. I think the fried computer was trying to tell you that you're working just a little bit too hard :)
- Susan Beebe
from iPhone
Nothing matches the smell of electronics burning and plastic melting, except the code that you might have lost between the last save. I trust the hard drive is still good.
- James Stratford
I've had this happen. In Korea, in a room with some 110V outlets and some 220V outlets. I chose poorly. mmmzzzzzzBAM!
- Rick Cogley
"Designed by Il-Gu Cha, the ‘Trace of Time’ clock is made from stainless steel with a glass face that allows you to jot down meetings and other important events when they’re supposed to happen. But the single hour/minute hand actually features an integrated eraser which cleans the clock’s face as it sweeps around over a 24 hour period. So while the clock’s useful for planning out your day, you can forget about jotting down things you’ll need to remember later in the week, since they’ll be gone by tomorrow."
- Ross Miller
from Bookmarklet
"Paid just 85-cents-per-hour, inmates at a Seattle-area prison provide a relatively inexpensive source of scientific labor. But who knew they could also grow frogs better than some traditional research facilities? The Seattle Times reports today about the stunning success a pair of inmates have had raising endangered Oregon spotted frogs at the Ceder Creek Corrections Center. Only eight frogs have died out of the 80 eggs the two men started with in early April—a loss rate well below that of two zoos and a wildlife park that are also involved in the research project."
- Shannon Jiménez
from Bookmarklet
Woah, that's a weird album cover... Pandora should probably change this Natalie Imbruglia cover back to the Eve 6 cover. You know... since the song is by Eve 6. I can see this being a little confusing.
- Ross Miller
ianf: it gets embedded automatically for YouTube URLs. It should automatically show the thumbnail when you click the bookmarklet. It is just a bug; we will look into it.
- Bret Taylor
"This rather ordinary-looking hat actually contains a “unique impact material that is 110% the density of lead and will not rust.” Just grab the bill of the hat and swing it down on your foe. They’ll never know what hit them. Hopefully a good conk on the head is enough to make your escape, because they’ll soon wise up to the old weight in the hat trick. Something tells me this wouldn’t be the most comfortable hat to wear, but I guess that’s the price of self defense. Actually $30 is the price of self defense."
- Ross Miller
from Bookmarklet
I can only imagine how ridiculous you would look attempting to defend yourself with a weighted baseball hat... I mean... how exactly does one swing a hat?
- Ross Miller
Florentine merchant named Francesco Lapi used the symbol @ in a letter written 473 years ago today, on May 4, 1536 - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
"Because it is used in every e-mail address and many tweets, you might be forgiven for thinking that the remarkably common symbol @, which English-speakers know as the “at sign,” but Italians call a “snail,” and south Slavs know as a “monkey,” is a fairly recent invention. In fact, as Wired magazine’s Tony Long points out, a Florentine merchant named Francesco Lapi used the symbol @ in a letter written 473 years ago today, on May 4, 1536."
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
"We need an Adult Drunk Clown who is good at getting drunk and stupid. No need to do any clown tricks, just hang out and drink a shit load. We will be hopping around to different bars and want a clown to tag a long and drink heavely. He doesn't even need to socialize with anyone, just drink. the birthday is on Friday, Sept. 5th in Bucktown. Oh, did I mention that the clown needs to get shitfaced. Don't worry, we will purchase all the drinks."
- Peter Butler
from Bookmarklet
Apparently, Americans need to live in constant fear of something or other. Swine flu from Mexico, Avian Flu from Asia.....What country will help us out with our next apocalyptic fear fix?? My guess is Roo Flu from Down Under.