2mil+ points, over 1000 lines (need to turn on the GBC to get the exact numbers). I believe I set this one in college while doing laundry in my dorm.
One other thing I noticed is that Tetris DX stops incrementing the score multiplier at level 20 or 25. Even at level 30, the most you could get out of a Tetris was significantly less than 36,000. That and the absence of the main theme music. Oh well, guess I'll have to settle for Ozma's take on the Korobeiniki.
It is saying that if you want to buy a new computer from one of the major vendors you have to buy it with XP.
Many people who are replacing systems still want to keep their existing peripheral devices. When I bought my new Dell computer with XP Pro on it, I opted to buy the tower itself because I had a monitor that I purchased in '98 that is in perfect working condition. I also saved on a DVD player by recycling the one that came with my previous system. I also had an HP printer that works with XP, but it died on me. That is why I borrowed the Canon printer. This is why I say OS upgrades could also result in new hardware purchases because of incompatibility.
Microsoft knows how to make money, so they'll just force all Win2000 users to upgrade to XP, and at the same time, have them replace all of their peripherals that are not XP compatible. My mom has a Canon printer (I forget the model number) that I tried to install on XP Pro. After researching the web, I found a statement at Canon's website stating that this particular printer is not supported in WinXP. Oh well, sucks to be a M$ user.
Given the nature of open source development, a programmer would have to have an interest in the project itself if they wanted to contribute. For a few months, I was an active participant in the Quadra project. My role was revising the documentation (available at Geocities). I've played around with the source a little bit, but now, I just enjoy playing the game. There is one person who posted to the Quadra discussion list that he wants to revive the project. The lead developer replied to the discussion list that many of the key developers are busy with other things, but he is more than welcome to take Quadra in a new direction. At last count, Quardra had 18 people working on the project.
Now that any educational system can get StarOffice for free, we don't have to worry about our kids vandalizing computers when they see Clippy appear on the desktop.
Sounds like their business model will be very stable should the idea catch on. When all the popular artists start losing money because the general public who normally listens to their music on the radio or on personally owned media switch, they will be begging the RIAA to be released from their contracts. Otherwise, they will perform and spend the rest of their lives on the streets somewhere.
Look at it this way. Microsoft forced several school districts to switch to Linux. If Microsoft keeps this practice up, schools which are afraid to stand up to M$ will eventually be running either Mac OS X on Macs or Linux on their PCs. Microsoft will have to focus its marketing strategy on maintaining its hold on the home user market, because their software audits would have alienated their business, educational, and public service customers.
We'll call it Linux only because that name has been referring to an open-source UNIX derivative operating system since Linus Torvolds first developed it in the early '90s. RMS, if you wanted it to be called GNU/Linux, then you should have said something back then.
I started a business in college, and work it part-time. Upon graduation, I had no debt, but I also didn't have a job. The business helped keep my head above water until I could find stable employment where I could pay my bills and sink additional money into my business in the hope of being self-employed full-time. Among the other skills I've acquired: operation of manufacturing equipment, selling, washing dishes in a nursing home, and the most important of all...networking.
Micro$oft has way too much dominance in the business world when it comes to office applications. This is why I hope Lindows is able to proceed into development and future release onto desktops. That way, we can still run what I believe to be one of the best word-processing programs on the planet, yet still run an operating system that is more stable than Windows (and not overly priced).
You're right on. For the extra cash, I've been hired by a local business to design a website for the company. The owner is not too web savvy, but it will be a learning experience for him and for me. Pray for me, because I'll be using M$ FrontPage and HTML to lay out the whole thing.
Where I'm at, theres no job opportunity in IT, but then, I didn't see the help wanted section of the Sunday paper recently. I do have a contact in the staffing industry and she informed me that even people with MCSE certification, Novell certification, and CS degrees are still unable to find gainful employment. While I was looking for my current job (which only pays about a third of the national average for IT), I was given the suggestion of relocating. That was not an option for me at the time because I didn't have money or the resources available to do a relocation. Once I get my year or two where I'm at right now, I'll be ready to move on.
What would Bernard Shifman do if his ISP pulled the plug on him? Just an interesting thought for the/. community to ponder. I think the answer would be obvious to some.
I'm thinking that the projected total of geeks playing hooky to go se AotC multiplied by the cost of admission to the theater would amount to greater than $300 million. I'm wondering if someone could provide an estimate on the total of geeks playing hooky and also obtain the average price of the movie ticket and then multiply the two. It will be interesting to compare the two numbers.
Yahoo ran an article about IT professionals being forced to take pay cuts. Me, personally, I'm going in the direction of starting up my own company in the IT field. My primary motivation is stuff like this happening for those who are employed. I have my plan mapped out, and I feel that in 5 years, I'll be at a point where I won't have to worry about going in for another interview.
Many times during a typical week, people call into my employer's tech support line, looking for support on their software. Many of our customers are in the public service industry, and they take top priority because of human lives that are at risk if their paging systems go down. Some IT directors or system administrators get our software working when they first bought it a few years ago, but neglect to renew their support contracts after 90 days. When they call back stating that they bought new computers and their software no longer works, I have to be the bearer of bad news when I need to refer them to sales to renew their support. Some say that this is bad business, but it's their fault because they are trying to get for free needed support that they should have renewed.
Just this past week, we replaced our "freeware" product with a 30-day demo. The key reason for this decision is that the 30-day demo comes with full support. The freeware version did not come with full support in case something in the software blew up during normal usage. This was a blessing for the technicians who provided the support because too much time was being spent on the phone with the "freeloaders" in giving them the support which was not granted to them.
I'm suspecting that Shifman Consulting won't be on the list of people to be sued. I don't recall ever seeing Bernie Shifman providing or ever promising a service, other than providing hemorrhoids to his spam recipients.
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And he discovered it the hard way. I don't think anyone here will ever forget how he blacklisted himself from every IT employer in the industry.
My turn to chip in
2mil+ points, over 1000 lines (need to turn on the GBC to get the exact numbers). I believe I set this one in college while doing laundry in my dorm.
One other thing I noticed is that Tetris DX stops incrementing the score multiplier at level 20 or 25. Even at level 30, the most you could get out of a Tetris was significantly less than 36,000. That and the absence of the main theme music. Oh well, guess I'll have to settle for Ozma's take on the Korobeiniki.
It is saying that if you want to buy a new computer from one of the major vendors you have to buy it with XP.
Many people who are replacing systems still want to keep their existing peripheral devices. When I bought my new Dell computer with XP Pro on it, I opted to buy the tower itself because I had a monitor that I purchased in '98 that is in perfect working condition. I also saved on a DVD player by recycling the one that came with my previous system. I also had an HP printer that works with XP, but it died on me. That is why I borrowed the Canon printer. This is why I say OS upgrades could also result in new hardware purchases because of incompatibility.
Microsoft knows how to make money, so they'll just force all Win2000 users to upgrade to XP, and at the same time, have them replace all of their peripherals that are not XP compatible. My mom has a Canon printer (I forget the model number) that I tried to install on XP Pro. After researching the web, I found a statement at Canon's website stating that this particular printer is not supported in WinXP. Oh well, sucks to be a M$ user.
Anyone remember his anti-spam campaign against one Bernard Shifman?
Shifman Is A Moron Spammer
Schwartzman's anti-spam page
For the lazy people who don't want to copy and paste. click here
Given the nature of open source development, a programmer would have to have an interest in the project itself if they wanted to contribute. For a few months, I was an active participant in the Quadra project. My role was revising the documentation (available at Geocities). I've played around with the source a little bit, but now, I just enjoy playing the game. There is one person who posted to the Quadra discussion list that he wants to revive the project. The lead developer replied to the discussion list that many of the key developers are busy with other things, but he is more than welcome to take Quadra in a new direction. At last count, Quardra had 18 people working on the project.
Now that any educational system can get StarOffice for free, we don't have to worry about our kids vandalizing computers when they see Clippy appear on the desktop.
Sounds like their business model will be very stable should the idea catch on. When all the popular artists start losing money because the general public who normally listens to their music on the radio or on personally owned media switch, they will be begging the RIAA to be released from their contracts. Otherwise, they will perform and spend the rest of their lives on the streets somewhere.
Look at it this way. Microsoft forced several school districts to switch to Linux. If Microsoft keeps this practice up, schools which are afraid to stand up to M$ will eventually be running either Mac OS X on Macs or Linux on their PCs. Microsoft will have to focus its marketing strategy on maintaining its hold on the home user market, because their software audits would have alienated their business, educational, and public service customers.
We'll call it Linux only because that name has been referring to an open-source UNIX derivative operating system since Linus Torvolds first developed it in the early '90s. RMS, if you wanted it to be called GNU/Linux, then you should have said something back then.
I started a business in college, and work it part-time. Upon graduation, I had no debt, but I also didn't have a job. The business helped keep my head above water until I could find stable employment where I could pay my bills and sink additional money into my business in the hope of being self-employed full-time. Among the other skills I've acquired: operation of manufacturing equipment, selling, washing dishes in a nursing home, and the most important of all...networking.
Micro$oft has way too much dominance in the business world when it comes to office applications. This is why I hope Lindows is able to proceed into development and future release onto desktops. That way, we can still run what I believe to be one of the best word-processing programs on the planet, yet still run an operating system that is more stable than Windows (and not overly priced).
Great idea! Anyone know of any LUGs in Northeastern Ohio (other than the Greater Cleveland PC Users Group)?
You're right on. For the extra cash, I've been hired by a local business to design a website for the company. The owner is not too web savvy, but it will be a learning experience for him and for me. Pray for me, because I'll be using M$ FrontPage and HTML to lay out the whole thing.
Where I'm at, theres no job opportunity in IT, but then, I didn't see the help wanted section of the Sunday paper recently. I do have a contact in the staffing industry and she informed me that even people with MCSE certification, Novell certification, and CS degrees are still unable to find gainful employment. While I was looking for my current job (which only pays about a third of the national average for IT), I was given the suggestion of relocating. That was not an option for me at the time because I didn't have money or the resources available to do a relocation. Once I get my year or two where I'm at right now, I'll be ready to move on.
My only question:
/. community to ponder. I think the answer would be obvious to some.
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What would Bernard Shifman do if his ISP pulled the plug on him? Just an interesting thought for the
Oh, and in case you need a refresher: http://www.petemoss.com/spamflames/ShifmanIsAMoro
and kill the page-widening troll while at it.
I'm thinking that the projected total of geeks playing hooky to go se AotC multiplied by the cost of admission to the theater would amount to greater than $300 million. I'm wondering if someone could provide an estimate on the total of geeks playing hooky and also obtain the average price of the movie ticket and then multiply the two. It will be interesting to compare the two numbers.
Yahoo ran an article about IT professionals being forced to take pay cuts. Me, personally, I'm going in the direction of starting up my own company in the IT field. My primary motivation is stuff like this happening for those who are employed. I have my plan mapped out, and I feel that in 5 years, I'll be at a point where I won't have to worry about going in for another interview.
Many times during a typical week, people call into my employer's tech support line, looking for support on their software. Many of our customers are in the public service industry, and they take top priority because of human lives that are at risk if their paging systems go down. Some IT directors or system administrators get our software working when they first bought it a few years ago, but neglect to renew their support contracts after 90 days. When they call back stating that they bought new computers and their software no longer works, I have to be the bearer of bad news when I need to refer them to sales to renew their support. Some say that this is bad business, but it's their fault because they are trying to get for free needed support that they should have renewed.
Just this past week, we replaced our "freeware" product with a 30-day demo. The key reason for this decision is that the 30-day demo comes with full support. The freeware version did not come with full support in case something in the software blew up during normal usage. This was a blessing for the technicians who provided the support because too much time was being spent on the phone with the "freeloaders" in giving them the support which was not granted to them.
I'm suspecting that Shifman Consulting won't be on the list of people to be sued. I don't recall ever seeing Bernie Shifman providing or ever promising a service, other than providing hemorrhoids to his spam recipients.
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Shifman Is a Moron Spammer
I think we all can enjoy another good laugh at the idiocity of one Bernard Shifman. I'm surprised he was still spamming as of 2/16.
I know. I was thinking class-action lawsuit seeking a similar judgment.