@ihq: Very good, but a small point for unix hard links. Making a hard link to a file creates a new directory entry for a certain file and looks exactly like the original directory entry, there's no distinction.

@drakino: Well, gosh, you just made my day. I've been re-reading the battletech books of late, and was thinking of firing up mechwarrior 3 (last good one IMO), but this beats that rather easily :-]

Hmm, so it's set to display black as transparent, or is the transparency incidental (it just happens that unlit oled = transparent)?

I prefer the old-school type labels myself... (apparently image uploads do not work?) [www.flickr.com]

I prefer the old-school labels myself.. (image uploads fail for some reason?) [www.flickr.com]

@archercc: I see, intresting

Hmm, I was under the impression that cognac was supposed to be warmed by your hand to release the bouquet? Or am I thinking of brandy? Sometimes being nonalcoholized is detrimental :-)

When I was a kid we used to have something similar (thick knit circular thing that goes around your neck and covers the shoulders and upper chest) It was without the "easy to fasten" idea though, you just stuck your head through the hole.

I'm just depressed that the title picture is better than my submission to the contest.

@ThatsNotPudding: Perhaps it's just a little too obscure.

@ThaMofo: Oh, yes that's right. The Slaver race (from known space and also in Ringworld) has a device which does this exact thing. I heartily recommend his books.

@ThaMofo: Someone's been reading their Niven, I see.. :-)

@zincrox: You are the hiphoppapottamus and I claim my camera phone. #applepatents

Heh, even the concept drawing of the lobby is complete with a doped up hooker. #villamodagalleriesframehotel

No boom of any description? How do certified mumblers like myself get heard with this? #jabrastone

@appletoad: I'd have to agree with that. #quackiecdplayer