Like I said, if they're to that point, then they probably already have plenty on me. Besides, the use of EZ Pass to catch a kidnapper is a good thing. And if I didn't do it, you bet I'm going to try and use EZ Pass records to show I wasn't there at the time.
I'm intrigued that people are all about OSS not being opposed to business or profit, as long as it's done in a reasonable, open way.
At the same time, though, we see the "Red Hat = Microsoft?" articles and the subtle opposition to anything that is 'tainted' by capitalism (sinister OSDN [not that it isn't a keiretsu], etc.) I've since decided that open source people are simply disinclined toward business and there will always be a bulk of people who can't fathom that things can be both commercial and open and will make a fuss about it as a result, despite whatever benefits the continue to enjoy.
You know what? I don't care if I'm tracked. Not at all. If I go to a naughty site and it gives me a cookie, I simply delete it. If Google gives me a big 'ol history cookie, I don't care. I figure it will either improve my search results (good) or be beneficial to Google as a company (also good.) I figure if someone, somewhere is building a big case to get me, by that point they probably have a whole lot more in their files than my Google cookie, and it's probably beyond the point where cleaning my browser cache is going to make a difference.
What if I buy a lesser BMW and expect that I'll be able to use the sophisticated computer software system for free? If I find a way to do it, I will not be shocked when BMW takes actions in the future to stop me from doing so.
I used it correctly. My proposal is this: All people who do not feel fully comfortable over their control of the apostrophe should stop using it at once. Their writing would instantly improve. Once they feel comfortable with its conventions, then should begin using it again in small, friendly environments. Perhaps just family situations. Later, they should give use of the apostrophe in public a shot. With time and patience, they can be productive members of the literate community, possessivizing and contracting words to their hearts' delight!
Does that mean I could go up to BMW Sweden (or whatever) and demand that they sell me that funky new computer control system without the bother and expense of a new car? I could then go install it in my '93 Camry and be the coolest kid on the block?
Hell, I figure they think everyone with speakers is an audio thief. You're right: the view of the bigwigs is probably in such broad strokes that the details of the technology don't matter at all, just the fact that they know of some shadowy 'threat' on the horizon is bad enough.
I mean precisely that. No matter how silly it sounds =)
The future in 1950 was quite different from the future in 1975 and the future in 1985. In my mind, the future isn't just one concept; it is a series of different periods that existed in the past and can safely be referred to in the past tense.
Furthermore, I think we are currently in the future, so it can also be referred to in the present tense. Things like "now that it's the future..." and such.
Does this remind anyone of the old houses of the future? I have a robot book from the early '80s with this strange modular, domed modules that were supposed to be the computer-controlled home of the future. Now that it is the future (as far as I can tell,) I'd like to know what's substantially different about this idea compared to homes of the future twenty years ago.
See what happens when you let Republicans run the country? Scary, really.
Like that forest outside your window? Watch out! The old growth trees are a fire hazard and an oil company wants to build a refinery on top of the wetland across the street. Got a checkbook? Getting heard is just a signature away!
"Call the Cable/DSL providers selfish if you like, but you CAN get a telephone to every home in America."
Have you ever herad of Universal Service? That site is a bit full of guv'ment speak, but it means that everybody paying for phone service subsidizes phone service for the places where it is unprofitable for the telcos.
Those are all good reasons. The best reason for me is that I can have real IP addresses and have them always available. So I can have my e-mail forwarded to my local (non quotaed) machine and check it via IMAP anywhere, any time. I can access all of my files any time. Etc.
Eww. How about RTF? It's an MS standard, but it's a good one. I've never gone wrong with RTF moving between my NeXT, my Mac, and PCs. It supports enough formatting to be worth it, but not so many awful features that it's all crufty and hard to implement.
WordPerfect wasn't so hot on the NeXT. I wrote a lot of documents in that program, and it was so far from a standard NEXTSTEP program, it was almost impossible to use in a NeXT frame of mine. For example: older versions of the the OS didn't support NeXT computers with ADB keyboards, instead of the old serial keyboards. They used nonstandard window rendering routines, and the text object was not as nice as the NeXT-provided one.
It was good that WP was available for NEXTSTEP, but OpenWrite and Edit.app were much more satisfying programs to use.
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That was before they all died.
What about a 601 or 603 pda? Those are still amazingly powerful chips.
My good god, this two minute thing is annoying. I read really quickly. I have three posts sitting waiting until I think about hitting 'submit.'
Are you freakin' kidding? It was Steved. We all know what happens to things that are Steved. It's like they never existed. Gone! Bam!
Agreed, but in my book, that's still working with Mac OS X.
BSD is real UNIX. Linux is a workalike. =)
I know it's a troll, but dammit, I couldn't help myself.
Like I said, if they're to that point, then they probably already have plenty on me. Besides, the use of EZ Pass to catch a kidnapper is a good thing. And if I didn't do it, you bet I'm going to try and use EZ Pass records to show I wasn't there at the time.
I'm intrigued that people are all about OSS not being opposed to business or profit, as long as it's done in a reasonable, open way.
At the same time, though, we see the "Red Hat = Microsoft?" articles and the subtle opposition to anything that is 'tainted' by capitalism (sinister OSDN [not that it isn't a keiretsu], etc.) I've since decided that open source people are simply disinclined toward business and there will always be a bulk of people who can't fathom that things can be both commercial and open and will make a fuss about it as a result, despite whatever benefits the continue to enjoy.
You know what? I don't care if I'm tracked. Not at all. If I go to a naughty site and it gives me a cookie, I simply delete it. If Google gives me a big 'ol history cookie, I don't care. I figure it will either improve my search results (good) or be beneficial to Google as a company (also good.) I figure if someone, somewhere is building a big case to get me, by that point they probably have a whole lot more in their files than my Google cookie, and it's probably beyond the point where cleaning my browser cache is going to make a difference.
What if I buy a lesser BMW and expect that I'll be able to use the sophisticated computer software system for free? If I find a way to do it, I will not be shocked when BMW takes actions in the future to stop me from doing so.
I used it correctly. My proposal is this: All people who do not feel fully comfortable over their control of the apostrophe should stop using it at once. Their writing would instantly improve. Once they feel comfortable with its conventions, then should begin using it again in small, friendly environments. Perhaps just family situations. Later, they should give use of the apostrophe in public a shot. With time and patience, they can be productive members of the literate community, possessivizing and contracting words to their hearts' delight!
Does that mean I could go up to BMW Sweden (or whatever) and demand that they sell me that funky new computer control system without the bother and expense of a new car? I could then go install it in my '93 Camry and be the coolest kid on the block?
Hell, I figure they think everyone with speakers is an audio thief. You're right: the view of the bigwigs is probably in such broad strokes that the details of the technology don't matter at all, just the fact that they know of some shadowy 'threat' on the horizon is bad enough.
How do you mean?
My friend said the funniest thing about the future a year or so ago, "Damn, I'd wear shiny clothes if I could have a flying car."
I mean precisely that. No matter how silly it sounds =)
The future in 1950 was quite different from the future in 1975 and the future in 1985. In my mind, the future isn't just one concept; it is a series of different periods that existed in the past and can safely be referred to in the past tense.
Furthermore, I think we are currently in the future, so it can also be referred to in the present tense. Things like "now that it's the future..." and such.
But that's just me.
Does this remind anyone of the old houses of the future? I have a robot book from the early '80s with this strange modular, domed modules that were supposed to be the computer-controlled home of the future. Now that it is the future (as far as I can tell,) I'd like to know what's substantially different about this idea compared to homes of the future twenty years ago.
Though I do like the name (the Integer Group.)
See what happens when you let Republicans run the country? Scary, really.
Like that forest outside your window? Watch out! The old growth trees are a fire hazard and an oil company wants to build a refinery on top of the wetland across the street. Got a checkbook? Getting heard is just a signature away!
"Call the Cable/DSL providers selfish if you like, but you CAN get a telephone to every home in America."
Have you ever herad of Universal Service? That site is a bit full of guv'ment speak, but it means that everybody paying for phone service subsidizes phone service for the places where it is unprofitable for the telcos.
That actually seems like a reasonable response from your representative. Did you ever hear anything back? And how long ago did you send it?
Do you get a real IP or is it non-routable?
Those are all good reasons. The best reason for me is that I can have real IP addresses and have them always available. So I can have my e-mail forwarded to my local (non quotaed) machine and check it via IMAP anywhere, any time. I can access all of my files any time. Etc.
But they do have these: http://www.snopes.com/sex/kinky/panties.htm
The trick is to put the mount in NetInfo. Export the directory on the linux box and add the following to NetInfo:
/path/to/mt/point
/ -> mounts -> name: server:/export
dir:
opts: bg
this is from an OpenStep machine, but it ought to work on Mac OS X with minimal tweaking.
Why be mad? In the real world, if a commercial product isn't bought by enough people, it goes away. That's how it works.
Eww. How about RTF? It's an MS standard, but it's a good one. I've never gone wrong with RTF moving between my NeXT, my Mac, and PCs. It supports enough formatting to be worth it, but not so many awful features that it's all crufty and hard to implement.
WordPerfect wasn't so hot on the NeXT. I wrote a lot of documents in that program, and it was so far from a standard NEXTSTEP program, it was almost impossible to use in a NeXT frame of mine. For example: older versions of the the OS didn't support NeXT computers with ADB keyboards, instead of the old serial keyboards. They used nonstandard window rendering routines, and the text object was not as nice as the NeXT-provided one.
It was good that WP was available for NEXTSTEP, but OpenWrite and Edit.app were much more satisfying programs to use.