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Oh, the days when random clients didn't like the AV that we provided and installed the McAfee trial version. That couldn't be removed if you didn't do it before the trial ran out.

Antivirus: Both the boon and bane of our existence, in IT. Back in the days of WinNT4.0 we Command Antivirus grenading systems, the moment that SP2 got installed. Dozens of them.

Only one day left and it's going to be a squeaker. Just $33K to go.

Let me guess: The supposedly backed up and transferred data was, in fact, neither backed up nor transferred.

I like that they're going to do the black & white edit but, based on how the colour edit of "Werewolf By Night" came out, at least to me a colour edit seems like a waste of time and money. The show definitely lost something in translation.

I'm really liking the tone that I'm seeing in the trailer. There is also an animated take on the link you posted, called "Superman vs. The Elite", that gets a minor "other media" mention on that Wikipedia page. I quite liked it.

Just 2 days left, at the time I'm posting this, and a little less than $50K to go! It's doable. Just. For the folks who 3D print their own minis, there's a pledge level that includes .STL files for the main characters.

Ummm.... show the boss the video?

I still see people vaping frequently but not those massive clouds that people would make, just for the sake of making them and annoying others.

It's an interesting thought, but I don't see the massive clouds of vape smoke that I used to, anymore. Maybe people got the message about "popcorn lung"?

The campaign ends this Friday at 5:00PM Pacific Time (as in US West Coast). They have about $60K to go which is still doable.

One problem is that wildlife eat them and get nicotine poisoning. Back when I was doing regular 2.5 hours drives to and from the track, I would routinely see idiots toss there cigarette butts out the window. In Summer. During a drought. With a "no burn" warning in effect. You really don't want...

Nope, I get it. It's a narrative tool that involves inventing a substance of value or utility, for purposes of the story. Unobtainium in "Avatar." Dilitium Crystals in "Star Trek." That sort of thing.

Phlebotinum - A branch of substances, of unknown provenance, that includes such things as unobtainium. (At least 3 had the hair for it)

I should have also mentioned "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. https://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html

I think the beard came about the same time that the writers were released from Next Gen and moved to DS9, so that would track.

Per Ellison, "He said that he ripped off a couple of my episodes of "Outer Limits."" Specifically, it would have been the "Outer Limits" episode called "Soldier." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_(The_Outer_Limits)

There was also the admission to ripping him off that was made during an interview. I can't remember if Dick was mentioned during it.

The number of times that the computer requests clarification is vanishingly small. It reminds me of this comment by Nikolas Lloyd, at 6:26.

I used to write thousand word essays the night before they were due. So far no one has annoyed me enough that I've needed to dust off that particular skill, but it's not out of the realm of possibility ;)