charleso
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Comment · 12 years ago
Comment · 12 years ago
Do you bike faster than you can run?
Would you run, as fast as you can, head-first into a concrete wall?
No, it does not make sense to bike without a helmet.
Comment · 13 years ago
He also had a regularly updated blog at:
http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/
There are many 'back in the day' stories archived there. It's bothering me quite a bit that his latest "To be continued" won't.
Comment · 14 years ago
Reminds me of The Phantom video game console from around a decade ago. That one also promised the universe, with PA declaring their skepticism back in 2003: http://penny-arcade.com/2003/01/22 http://www.penny-arcade.com/2003/08/20/ (the links to the product no longer reference that device -- it never appeared)
There's nothing wrong with civilly expressing skepticism about overly-ambitious claims. This article seems to do a good job of doing just that.
Comment · 15 years ago
"Well, everything worked fine until you installed that [Chrome | Firefox | Opera] thing on my computer."
Doing free tech support for non-technical people is a wonderful thought, but it can also provide a harsh lesson in the dangers of unlimited liability for open-ended, no-fee, no-contract work.
Comment · 15 years ago
It's a clever gag, but titles like this will unfortunately show up in future HN searches.
Would it be appropriate to adopt an April 1st etiquette of some sort? Say, an [April Fools] tag in the title?
I ran into the same thing: Cat pooped in exotic, awkward places, but never the litter box. Never looked like she was in pain -- just being stubborn, I figured. Turned out to be a bladder stone brought on by the ingredients in modern cat food (put in place to help other feline health issues, but which causes stones in a small subset of cats). After the stones were cleared up, all litter box issues disappeared.