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Re: New MacBook priced better than Dell. No kidding.

Bjorn Nitmo — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:48:23 -0000

Give it time. It's inevitable.

Re: The New York Times is friggin pathetic

Bjorn Nitmo — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:02:57 -0000

Remember when the New York Times was, well, not like the New York Post? I miss those days. Also, the milk delivery.

Slightly OT: Did SJ extend the AppleCare on that liver?

Re: Shine Your Shoes Like A Soldier

Bjorn Nitmo — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:37:21 -0000

You'll think I'm yanking your chain but I assure that I'm not when I say that an excellent and easy way to shine your shoes is with a banana peel. It's an old trick and it works like a charm.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Hard Drives Of Yore

Bjorn Nitmo — Mon, 08 May 2006 16:28:18 -0000

You guys should give credit to the site that originally ran this story, Vintage Computing & Gaming (http://www.vintagecomputing.com/) because TechEBlog ripped the story from them and didn't give them credit. Not cool.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Hard Drives Of Yore

Bjorn Nitmo — Tue, 09 May 2006 01:10:25 -0000

I want to post a retraction to my earlier comment that said TechEBlog didn't give credit to Vintage Computing & Gaming. They did give credit which I didn't see and I jumped to conclusions. That was *really* not cool. I was wrong and for that I want to apologize.

Re: A Personal Plea to Steve Jobs

Bjorn Nitmo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:28:48 -0000

It's laudable that you're chronicling technology, culture and (ostensibly) your own stupidity so please forgive me when I say that for a self-proclaimed writer, your writing is atrocious. Perhaps you should consider investing in a copy of The Elements of Style.

Re: Slow Freight: Sail Power is Actually Faster Than Containerships Today

Bjorn Nitmo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:23:02 -0000

paulwesterberg wrote, "Maybe in another 74 years we will have access to the speedy efficient green transportation options of yesteryear."

Green? What exactly is it you think was burned to produce the heat required to boil the water to create the steam that propelled that train? Returning to coal-fired trains isn't a tenable solution.

The key is electrically powered vehicles using electricity generated by green methods (hyrdo, wind, solar etc.) This is the only solution that is viable in the long term and provided we adopt it sooner rather than later, this planet may remain viable as well.

Re: Slow Freight: Sail Power is Actually Faster Than Containerships Today

Bjorn Nitmo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:23:02 -0000

paulwesterberg wrote, "Maybe in another 74 years we will have access to the speedy efficient green transportation options of yesteryear."

Green? What exactly is it you think was burned to produce the heat required to boil the water to create the steam that propelled that train? Returning to coal-fired trains isn't a tenable solution.