For those interested, the 6502 source code to Action! was recently released; there's an active thread on AtariAge dedicated to some bugfixes and continuing development.
Government can't hide its mistakes as well as industry can. How many SAP implementations have delivered on time and on budget? How many other projects have cost companies millions more than planned?
Yes, government IT is bad, but its not unique in that...
The Tripods trilogy (now in four books) is a good set to get your 10-12 year old boys hooked on the genre.
And I enjoy the "cosy catastrophes" of John Wyndham's works - The Day of the Triffids and Chrysalids are his two best known, but the story of the Troon family in "The Outward Urge" is wonderful as well (one of the best SF examples of bluffing at a national level in one of the stories), and my personal favourite was his first posthumous work, "Web" - unlike its predecessors, there's no "Well, things are getting better" at the end...
Yes, but you've go the X and Y registers as well, plus page zero offers a wide range of ways to use those 256 bytes as pseudo-registers for indirection or other tricks.
Why should anyone ever need more than 64K (without bankswitching)?
Use your google-fu and look up some of the stories told by the late Dani Bunten about attempts to re-do M.U.L.E.
Shortly after her sex-change operation, she met a friend who asked "How did it go?" "Not so well. They wanted to put in guns and bombs." The friend: asking about the sex change. Dani: as always, focussed on the game (I think the Sega remake "Son of M.U.L.E.")
I have heard of rumours of patched versions of MULE on Atari emulators that do permit networked play.
How about "bought from warlords then imprisoned"? How about "subjected to cruel and unusual punishments contrary to domestic and international law, meted out at the direction of the POTUS"?
How about remembering "it's not about them - it's about us"?
Since US Customs agents are in most major Canadian airports, we're pre-screened and don't come through "international" arrival gates... so anyone boarding in Canada won't get checked.
Er, no. Having seen both original Broadway casts, Avenue Q is refreshing and different; Wicked is a bit of throwback to the British megamusicals inflicted in the 80s.
Wicked also lacks coherent choreography (I think Idina Mentzel really can move and sing at the same time, though you can't tell from Wicked), character development, and, most important of all, full puppet nudity.
The reason the NMCI is so bureaucratic: users are idiots.
Yes, it's harsh. But as long as users want to install their own software "just like at home" or do other things that risk security, secure networks must be physically isolated from others. No other method will ensure that Bob down the hall won't accidentally share secret information on Kazaa by accident.
Stupid users cause stupid policies. Add to that the military-bureaucratic mindset, and you've got exactly what the parent describes.
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For those interested, the 6502 source code to Action! was recently released; there's an active thread on AtariAge dedicated to some bugfixes and continuing development.
You'd think that with that much money coming in, they'd have been able to afford an artist...
I'm not certain that the wanton greed of XM Radio extends to Chinese dumplings in soup...
Government can't hide its mistakes as well as industry can. How many SAP implementations have delivered on time and on budget? How many other projects have cost companies millions more than planned?
Yes, government IT is bad, but its not unique in that...
If I can spend 10% and it works, I'm happy.
http://dx.com/p/ultra-mini-nano-usb-2-0-802-11n-b-g-150mbps-wi-fi-wlan-wireless-network-adapter-black-71905
Therefore, I am happy.
Enjoy your purity. I'll enjoy my $48.60 in leftover money.
The Tripods trilogy (now in four books) is a good set to get your 10-12 year old boys hooked on the genre.
And I enjoy the "cosy catastrophes" of John Wyndham's works - The Day of the Triffids and Chrysalids are his two best known, but the story of the Troon family in "The Outward Urge" is wonderful as well (one of the best SF examples of bluffing at a national level in one of the stories), and my personal favourite was his first posthumous work, "Web" - unlike its predecessors, there's no "Well, things are getting better" at the end...
A whole new meaning to "Blue Screen of Death".
Yes, but you've go the X and Y registers as well, plus page zero offers a wide range of ways to use those 256 bytes as pseudo-registers for indirection or other tricks.
Why should anyone ever need more than 64K (without bankswitching)?
AT&T making a technical goof. That _is_ news.
Use your google-fu and look up some of the stories told by the late Dani Bunten about attempts to re-do M.U.L.E.
Shortly after her sex-change operation, she met a friend who asked "How did it go?" "Not so well. They wanted to put in guns and bombs." The friend: asking about the sex change. Dani: as always, focussed on the game (I think the Sega remake "Son of M.U.L.E.")
I have heard of rumours of patched versions of MULE on Atari emulators that do permit networked play.
Er, Floyd died in Planetfall, as you cradled him in your arms and recited his favourite poem, the Ballad of the Star-Crossed Miner.
O, they ruled the solar system
Near ten thousand years before
In their single starcrossed scout ships
Mining ast'roids, spinning lore.
Then one true courageous miner
Spied a spaceship from the stars
Boarded he that alien liner
Out beyond the orb of Mars.
Yes, that ship was filled with danger
Mighty monsters barred his way
Yet he solved the alien myst'ries
Mining quite a lode that day.
O, they ruled the solar system
Near ten thousand years before
'Til one brave advent'rous spirit
Brought that mighty ship to shore.
But what about Windows ME?
Seems to me that MS alternates between functional and screwed up iterations of their OSes.
Imagine, a government actually concerned about rampant abuses by the American Executive branch, and attempting to protect its citizens.
"Captured in combat"?
How about "bought from warlords then imprisoned"? How about "subjected to cruel and unusual punishments contrary to domestic and international law, meted out at the direction of the POTUS"?
How about remembering "it's not about them - it's about us"?
Simple solution to that then:
Take the folks being held in contempt to some foreign base, say, in Guantanamo Bay, where habeus corpus and other legal protections don't apply.
It's nice to be overlooked at times like this.
Since US Customs agents are in most major Canadian airports, we're pre-screened and don't come through "international" arrival gates... so anyone boarding in Canada won't get checked.
Great job, security folks...
We already invaded and burned down the White House once... What else do you want us to do?
http://www.deadtroll.com/1812/index.html
Get a life!
Er, no. Having seen both original Broadway casts, Avenue Q is refreshing and different; Wicked is a bit of throwback to the British megamusicals inflicted in the 80s.
Wicked also lacks coherent choreography (I think Idina Mentzel really can move and sing at the same time, though you can't tell from Wicked), character development, and, most important of all, full puppet nudity.
The reason the NMCI is so bureaucratic: users are idiots.
Yes, it's harsh. But as long as users want to install their own software "just like at home" or do other things that risk security, secure networks must be physically isolated from others. No other method will ensure that Bob down the hall won't accidentally share secret information on Kazaa by accident.
Stupid users cause stupid policies. Add to that the military-bureaucratic mindset, and you've got exactly what the parent describes.
That's disgusting!
Now, grape jelly on the other hand...
This Man has been fired...
No, it's not good. Default behaviour it exhibits:
* Resets IE homepage to msn.com without consulting the user
* Reviews your HOSTS file and comments out any lines referring Microsoft properties. Thus, the line:
127.0.0.1 ads.msn.com becomes
#27.0.0.1 ads.msn.com
This is underhanded at best, as the EULA and Help make no mention of this behaviour.
(courtesy of Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
Look at the CIWS on many surface ships; once it's been set loose, it atempts to destroy inbound missiles with a hailstorm of fire.