The official pronunciation of the famous brand name "ATARI" was changed today to "eh-tar-REEE". Persons caught using the old pronunciation will have a 2600 joystick shoved in a convenient orifice.
IBM purchasing Sun would be a big win in my opinion. HP has yet to prove that they really have a handle on the software side of their company, while IBM has done more with Java and Linux than Sun ever did. Of course they might also screw Sun up even more in trying to merge it into the corporate behemoth of IBM.
It's only a parody if it only promotes the brand. Never EVER harm the brand. You can speak out against your corporate masters as long as it projects their product in a positive light.:)
My Logitech MX300 has a button which is supposed to act as a task switcher. Under the Linux mouse drivers I'm using, it acts as a middle mouse button. Also, there was some older hardware I've found that had the old Mouse Systems three button mice (Sun's Type 4 mouse) in a serial configuration with an AC adapter powering the LEDs. You'd need the special mouse pad for it, but that too is optical.:)
Quite frankly, I'm overjoyed that PCs now come standard with scrollwheel mice that can be used as a three button mouse. I'm glad I won't ever have to remember how to chord again.:)
The DMCA is continually pounding more nails in the coffin of American ingenuity and relevance in the high-tech sector. Until America wakes up and realizes that the proper way to grow both business and society is without laws granting broad protection for "intellectual property". America is already falling behind in the technical arena to other countries with more permissive laws about reverse engineering. Companies should be held to the same scrutiny that research is held to in matters of security, which means full access to the source and algorithms. As a company I would welcome such peer review. Copyrights should be enough to prevent my competitors from "stealing" my secrets. I would also be wary of using any company's products that actively prevents people from putting my product through such peer reviews.
I thought I'd weigh in on this discussion since a lot of folks seem to be unfamiliar with the history of this application. MoneyDance dates to a time before when the only other options for Linux were a package written in TCL, and XAccount/GNUCash. At the time $20 bought a license for the application. Having wanted a finance application that worked well, I happily registered my copy and used it for years. The AppGen decided they needed a personal finance component and purchased MoneyDance from the author Sean Reilly. AppGen then had trouble after the dot com boom/bust, and MoneyDance was the first to suffer. People found out the hard way that they had purchased an unsupported product. For the longest time AppGen just sat on the code, letting it rot in secret while people wondered out loud when new fixes and changes would be released. I have since moved to GnuCash for my finances, but I applaud Sean for getting the code and releasing new versions of MoneyDance again. It really is a wonderful program to use, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it for anyone who would like another option in personal finance management.
I saw one of these in practice at a Sun field office. It's very cool to see people insert their card through and have their desktop appear on their screens without logging in. In todays corporate environment of people being rather mobile throughout the corporation, I'm surprised it hasn't caught on outside of Sun. Of course it preclused having a personalized workspace and a place to call "yours", but perhaps combining the idea of "home base" no matter where you are along with a personalized workspace would be something I'd like to have.
Dear members of the board of directors for the University of Utah,
As a member of the software industry, I would like to lodge a complaint against the backbone of your network for sending and receiving copyrighted materials. By reading this note, I order you to shut down your backbone to your network immediately to prevent further infringement of my copyright. Yes this will surely cause you some headache, but I'm sure the rest of the world won't miss you or your heavy-handed practices one bit.
Your cooperation is appreciated in this matter.
Thank you.
Future IBM Commercial:
on
Server In A Fly
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· Score: 5, Funny
The Heist, Part II
Man hurredly runs with two policemen in tow: Man: "I can't believe it, they stole everything!"
Cop1: Everything?
Man: "Everything!"
(Man and cops head into empty server room)
Man: "They were right here. Ned! The servers! they stole all the servers!"
Ned: "No, they didn't. I embedded them on a dead fly on the window sill. It'll save us a bundle."
Announcer: "IBM dead fly servers! It'll save you a bundle"
Cop2 (hunched over the window sill): Um, I think that carpenter ant is dragging your server away
This announcement from the producers of this record contains
important information for radio program directors, and is not for broadcast.
The first cut on this record has been cross-format-focused for
airplay success. As you well know, a record must break on radio in order to
actually provide a living for the artists involved. Up until now, you've
had to make these record-breaking decisions on your own, relying only on
perplexing intangibilities like taste and intuition.
But now, there's a better way.
The cut that follows is the product of newly-developed
compositional techniques, based on state-of-the-art marketing analysis
technology. This cut has been analytically designed to break on radio. And
it will, sooner or later.
For the station that breaks it first, the benefits are obvious. You
lead the pack. Yes, no matter what share of this crazy market you do
business in, no other release is going to satisfy your corporation's
current idea of good radio like this one. On this cut, we're working
together, on the same wavelength, in scientific harmony.
But remember, this cut is constructed for multi-market-breaking
NOW. Don't waste valuable research with needless delay. We've done the hard
work of insuring your success; the final step is up to you.
SPECIAL DESIGNER SONG FOLLOWS IN 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...(click)
Author hasn't used Apple in a while. Author gets new iBook. Author can't run Palm 515 software on new iBoook. Author sees release of Safari. Author extrapolates that since Apple is releasing own web browser, Apple can't get decent third party software support. Author sees this as imminent demise of Apple.
Good thing he wasn't writing about Windows 95 with the release of Internet Explorer, otherwise he'd be crowing about Microsoft going out of business.
I had a manager who was very fond of using sports analogies. I told him that I don't watch sports and that sports analogies are lost on me. He gave me a blank stare for a while to see if I was kidding. I wonder if he's still wondering if I was serious or not.
Atari bought the home distribution rights from Parker Brothers in the late eighties. When Atari itself self-destructed, those rights went to whomever had the Atari rights. Hasbro was the firt to re-release a game based on Q*Bert in the late nineties. When Hasbro's video game division was sold to Imfogrames, Infogrames decided to release it using the Atari logo once again.
So, that's how a game from Gottleib becomes an Atari game.:)
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That already happened with Virtua Fighter 4. Any VF game that doesn't allow you jumps that require FAA approval to make is not a VF game.
The official pronunciation of the famous brand name "ATARI" was changed today to "eh-tar-REEE". Persons caught using the old pronunciation will have a 2600 joystick shoved in a convenient orifice.
I can just see some guy getting addicted to this game:
"No, sweetheart, we can't leave... I HAVE to go to the bathroom again. Get me a pitcher!"
No, I'd rather leave all that X10 spycam action to my imagination, thank you very much.
Looking at baby cribs, kids rooms, and garden sheds just isn't my thing, thanks.
IBM purchasing Sun would be a big win in my opinion. HP has yet to prove that they really have a handle on the software side of their company, while IBM has done more with Java and Linux than Sun ever did. Of course they might also screw Sun up even more in trying to merge it into the corporate behemoth of IBM.
You forget that this is the 21st century. When dealing with corporations and intellectual property, you are guilty until proven suspicious.
Guard: The prisoner escaped, sir
Warden: How did he do it?
Guard: A walk-through on gamefaqs.com, sir.
Let's see here... a tax on something that I could already do legally in my own home to subsidize a troubled industry.
Belgium, I salute you!
Just remember, kids:
:)
It's only a parody if it only promotes the brand. Never EVER harm the brand. You can speak out against your corporate masters as long as it projects their product in a positive light.
My Logitech MX300 has a button which is supposed to act as a task switcher. Under the Linux mouse drivers I'm using, it acts as a middle mouse button. Also, there was some older hardware I've found that had the old Mouse Systems three button mice (Sun's Type 4 mouse) in a serial configuration with an AC adapter powering the LEDs. You'd need the special mouse pad for it, but that too is optical. :)
:)
Quite frankly, I'm overjoyed that PCs now come standard with scrollwheel mice that can be used as a three button mouse. I'm glad I won't ever have to remember how to chord again.
The DMCA is continually pounding more nails in the coffin of American ingenuity and relevance in the high-tech sector. Until America wakes up and realizes that the proper way to grow both business and society is without laws granting broad protection for "intellectual property". America is already falling behind in the technical arena to other countries with more permissive laws about reverse engineering. Companies should be held to the same scrutiny that research is held to in matters of security, which means full access to the source and algorithms. As a company I would welcome such peer review. Copyrights should be enough to prevent my competitors from "stealing" my secrets. I would also be wary of using any company's products that actively prevents people from putting my product through such peer reviews.
I thought I'd weigh in on this discussion since a lot of folks seem to be unfamiliar with the history of this application. MoneyDance dates to a time before when the only other options for Linux were a package written in TCL, and XAccount/GNUCash. At the time $20 bought a license for the application. Having wanted a finance application that worked well, I happily registered my copy and used it for years. The AppGen decided they needed a personal finance component and purchased MoneyDance from the author Sean Reilly. AppGen then had trouble after the dot com boom/bust, and MoneyDance was the first to suffer. People found out the hard way that they had purchased an unsupported product. For the longest time AppGen just sat on the code, letting it rot in secret while people wondered out loud when new fixes and changes would be released. I have since moved to GnuCash for my finances, but I applaud Sean for getting the code and releasing new versions of MoneyDance again. It really is a wonderful program to use, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it for anyone who would like another option in personal finance management.
I saw one of these in practice at a Sun field office. It's very cool to see people insert their card through and have their desktop appear on their screens without logging in. In todays corporate environment of people being rather mobile throughout the corporation, I'm surprised it hasn't caught on outside of Sun. Of course it preclused having a personalized workspace and a place to call "yours", but perhaps combining the idea of "home base" no matter where you are along with a personalized workspace would be something I'd like to have.
Dear members of the board of directors for the University of Utah,
As a member of the software industry, I would like to lodge a complaint against the backbone of your network for sending and receiving copyrighted materials. By reading this note, I order you to shut down your backbone to your network immediately to prevent further infringement of my copyright. Yes this will surely cause you some headache, but I'm sure the rest of the world won't miss you or your heavy-handed practices one bit.
Your cooperation is appreciated in this matter.
Thank you.
Man hurredly runs with two policemen in tow:
Man: "I can't believe it, they stole everything!"
Cop1: Everything?
Man: "Everything!"
(Man and cops head into empty server room)
Man: "They were right here. Ned! The servers! they stole all the servers!"
Ned: "No, they didn't. I embedded them on a dead fly on the window sill. It'll save us a bundle."
Announcer: "IBM dead fly servers! It'll save you a bundle"
Cop2 (hunched over the window sill): Um, I think that carpenter ant is dragging your server away
This announcement from the producers of this record contains important information for radio program directors, and is not for broadcast.
The first cut on this record has been cross-format-focused for airplay success. As you well know, a record must break on radio in order to actually provide a living for the artists involved. Up until now, you've had to make these record-breaking decisions on your own, relying only on perplexing intangibilities like taste and intuition.
But now, there's a better way.
The cut that follows is the product of newly-developed compositional techniques, based on state-of-the-art marketing analysis technology. This cut has been analytically designed to break on radio. And it will, sooner or later.
For the station that breaks it first, the benefits are obvious. You lead the pack. Yes, no matter what share of this crazy market you do business in, no other release is going to satisfy your corporation's current idea of good radio like this one. On this cut, we're working together, on the same wavelength, in scientific harmony.
But remember, this cut is constructed for multi-market-breaking NOW. Don't waste valuable research with needless delay. We've done the hard work of insuring your success; the final step is up to you.
SPECIAL DESIGNER SONG FOLLOWS IN 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...(click)
Check the lokigames newsgroups (news.lokigames.com). There's some fixes there.
Good thing he wasn't writing about Windows 95 with the release of Internet Explorer, otherwise he'd be crowing about Microsoft going out of business.
I guess it stands to Reasoning that more developers hammering on code leads to fewer bugs. :)
Your keyboard is slow too... :)
Of course we have only Journey to blame for the current buzzrod of "Solutions" with their hit song from the movie Tron: "Only Solutions". :)
I had a manager who was very fond of using sports analogies. I told him that I don't watch sports and that sports analogies are lost on me. He gave me a blank stare for a while to see if I was kidding. I wonder if he's still wondering if I was serious or not.
So, did God finally come down hard on the USPTO and yell "Prior Art!"?
So, that's how a game from Gottleib becomes an Atari game.
Bye Bye SCO, it sure wasn't a pleasure.