aeronmelon @ aeronmelon @lemm.ee

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Obligatory chase between the A-Team and a pickup truck filled with militia through the Enterprise hallways

The fuck! This makes me sad.

Just like how if you put a shattered CD in an apparatus, you can still use a laser reader to recover any data on the undamaged sections.

Though, because data is recorded in a circular pattern at high speeds, you won't get much. Or what you get will have lots of corruption. I wonder what pattern of storage these plates use? If it's similar to SSDs, then large files can be nested in a very small area of space - increasing the chances of recovery.

Well, not really.

So AIM was built on an existing chat protocol called OSCAR. The same protocol used in other services. So people eventually figured out how to make chat clients that could log into many different IM services on one app.

This was not sanctioned by AOL, but they allowed it at first. Then they decided you HAVE to use the official AIM client to talk to people on AIM. The third-party developers ignored AOL, so they entered into a tug-a-war match for a while.

Because AOL was using known software to make AIM work, there was only so much they could do to keep their client working while also blocking everyone else. Eventually it became too much of a hassle, so AOL relented and third-party clients kept working until the service was shutdown.

"Take big sack of potato. My gift to you."

Klingon Operatic Synthrock

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They even made a series of movies about it.

I remember the mini-war between AOL and third-party IM clients. There were days where AOL would send 15kB patches to AIM multiple times a day to break compatibility with the other apps. And they would then fix it within hours.

In the end, AOL gave up.

Vimeo: "Today is the day!"

Hell yeah. Ever since I was a kid, yellow peaches have been one of the best foods I've ever eaten.

'Microsoft, the company that allowed the app to bypass its gatekeepers, was surprised by getting caught in the act and now promises to come up with an excuse that shifts the blame away from them as soon as possible.'

Caesar: "Et tu."

Me: "Gesundheit."

I've been using Safari exclusively since 2013, completely sidestepping all of this drama. I haven't seen an ad on YouTube in several years. I also haven't seen any hint of YouTube blocking my access to videos.

But for everyone who needs Windows, and the growing number of Linux users, FireFox seems like the only democratic option left.

Google already did the hard work, too. Just make each letter within Alphabet its own company.

When it interferes with the bottom line.

He doesn't say it tasted or smelled fishy, just that it was the juice of fish... and he apparently hated it.

What are the odds it has a similar aroma to Terran coffee beans?

Quark: "Merry me! One and all!"

You know what? I am absolutely surprised they didn't try to make a Ferangi take on A Christmas Carol at any point during DS9's run. Shocked, even.

"You know what Cardassians have for breakfast? Fish juice. Hot fish juice. After six months, I was hoping for the Klingons to invade. At least they know how to make coffee."

I searched around last night and found out about "offline" mode. And that's probably what I will do come February. Thank you.

"Colonal Worf, reporting for duty.

I'm just going to say it right now, you should plead guilty and seek a settlement because I don't think you're going to win this."