Give that dude a show. In fact, give him either The Office or Lost, maybe I can stand to look at those if he's in them. At the very least, remake Ironside with him in the lead.
One of a myriad of reasons why I don't have kids. I just don't give a crap if we run out of oxygen, wheat, oil or privacy: I'll be dead in 40-50 years max and after that... screw you all.
The peace of mind that brings me is quite nice. Try it!
You are misinformed and, worse, spreading wrong information, thus causing a panic. Patrick Smith, a pilot who is also a columnist, adresses this question in one of his columns on Salon.com. I urge you to read in and edit your item accordingly.
"Here's one way to exploit people's fear of flying: Tell them airlines are saving money by skimping on fuel."
My wife, who is seven years my junior and wasn't all that interested in computers in her youth to begin with, has actually banned me from reminiscing about stuff like this...
I had an Amiga 500, then a 1200. I paid a small fortune (out of my allowance) for a 20 MB (yes, megabyte) harddisk and that was a cleap clone to start with. I've still got it and I've made an image of the WorkBench that runs on an emulator on my PC now. I still remember modems quite well: we had an extra telephone line installed and my uncle paid for that in exchange for me being his companies webmaster. I'd made the most Godawful website for his company: one very long page with job openings. Yes, I was one of the worlds first Webmasters, when that still meant something ;-)
Mind you, I kinda stopped learning about new stuff somewhere around the introduction of stylesheets and its gotten to the point I'm testing out a Mac these days, because I can't be bothered trying to get stuff to work. And I'm... 34.
Can't help thinking that if someone wants to waste all that money and time on getting a thrillride for himself, this is just a very funny outcome. If I were in Africa, starving, and heard about a guy who blew half a million on something as egomaniacal as this and lost his chance, I'd probably feel a little bit better.
The peace of mind that brings me is quite nice. Try it!
Oh and no smoking please.
"Here's one way to exploit people's fear of flying: Tell them airlines are saving money by skimping on fuel."
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/04/25/askthepilot274/index.html
I had an Amiga 500, then a 1200. I paid a small fortune (out of my allowance) for a 20 MB (yes, megabyte) harddisk and that was a cleap clone to start with. I've still got it and I've made an image of the WorkBench that runs on an emulator on my PC now. I still remember modems quite well: we had an extra telephone line installed and my uncle paid for that in exchange for me being his companies webmaster. I'd made the most Godawful website for his company: one very long page with job openings. Yes, I was one of the worlds first Webmasters, when that still meant something ;-)
Mind you, I kinda stopped learning about new stuff somewhere around the introduction of stylesheets and its gotten to the point I'm testing out a Mac these days, because I can't be bothered trying to get stuff to work. And I'm... 34.