iirc, they stuck the "i" in front after the whole "Our numbers are trademarks" thing. I think they then used Pentium because the judge said "i486? You got to be joking. Nope, you can't trademark that either" (or words to that effect.)
I remember a time when "pent" = 586, but now "pentIV" = 886. Yeah, that makes sense.
But then again, WinME = win ver 4.2 or something. *shrug*, guess the whole world is slowly being taken over by marketroids and lawyers.
I think that it's a great idea to get kurt on the show. How come he hasn't done it before?
hmm, [conspiracy theory] I know! Kurt is really cmdr tacos split personality. The one he uses when he needs to use any MS products!! No wonder he wanted all those alcohol recipies!
It's nice to see political parties believe in freedom of software.
Do you really think that they understand free(dom) software with this sort of statement (about Y2K)? Do they understand what GPL/BSDL is about, or did the techs set up the server, picking what they thought would be best for the job? (i.e. a very secure OS that is very likely to be attacked)
To be blunt, a watch is a data display device only
yeah, I'd have to agree. Remember those watches that had a calc in them? remember what the key-pad was like? ever tried to use one?
Wish list: Okay, maybe have a phone or PDA as the centre for my personal network. Use bluetooth to talk between them. This watch updates its time from my phone that is updated through GSM or WAP or whatever. I would be great to interface with my calendar/appointments and beep when I get mail.
Oh, and of course scroll/. headlines:)
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Just don't let your system have a credit card number or you may find it taking over your apartment today, and the world tomorrow....
At least this would be a lot more colourful than the "grey goo" of nano-tech gone wrong:)
We've got rock planets here in the inner solar-system because our ma[i]nly yellow star blew off most of the atmosphere of the nearest planets.
I don't think that's why there aren't any gas giants in the inner solar system. Jupiter is pretty big, I doubt that you could really affect it by being too close to a star going through "teething problems".
This and this link should give you some good information. The first one is for the Modern Laplacian Theory, which is my personal favorite, and the second gives some quick information on some other formation theories, and talks a little bit about Bode's law.
I saw somewhere else that people were talking about vulcan. If memory serves, I think that vulcan was the name given to the planet inside mercurys orbit. This planet was predicted by using Bode's law, and searched for in the 1800's (I think?). I guess it was a kind of cold fusion of the day:) __
Does the rack mounted cubes sound like they can work? Would there be issues with heat/dust/static/coffee? It seems like I would have to build some sort of railing/thing to mount them onto, or am did I miss that in the article. I don't think that they could just balance on a surface in the rack!
when you use any sort of game cheat for so long it just isn't even fun to play anymore
I don't know. I agree it's not fun when it gives you an unfair advantage over others, then yes it is boring.
But I have very fond memories of a Doom II patch that someone got for us. It let you fire the double barrel shotgun VERY fast with unlimited ammo.
This was great, as we all had this insane gun, made for REALLY fast gaming action. Turn the game speed up 250% and you've got an insane frag-fest. Things just happend so quickly. Try it sometime, really gets the blood pumping:)
No-one ever camped, because that got boring real fast. The players worked out what you were doing and just didn't go there, and the trick was to keep moving, you got so many more frags going to them rather than sitting back and waiting!
I've got a friend that makes the same arguments about space exploration. "Why waste time doing it when there are people suffering here."
I'm not sure what these people want us to do, go back to a horse and cart? Bang stones together and live in a cave? Do you know where the dish is that they use for this? hmm, it's in Puerto Rico. Is Puerto Rico a 1st world country? Doesn't this mean that there is money being spent there that normally wouldn't?
Stopping progress doesn't help anyone. Sure if we all shared it would be a lovely world, but people don't. They are greedy. sure, they give a few bucks here and there, but how many people do you let into the USA or Australia every year?
Our PM tells us that Australia is going great, but not that great that we can let people stay that have no homeland.
Why do we send them back? Because our quality of life will go down. People say: I want to help the starving people of the world, but god forbid that I can't buy that 68" TV and DVD for the bathroom.
If (when?) we do find something, could you imagine what would happen to the people on the planet? We are not alone... I like to think that it might unite us a bit more than we are now. And if there isn't life out there, doesn't that prove how fragile and precious life is here, and maybe we might start to look after it a bit better. I think that Carl Sagan made some points like that.
sorry, just tired really tired. You we're probably only trolling anyway.
It's probably been already said, but just say that king charged no money for this (there is no paper involved, so expenses are only for the hosting, which amazon are paying, and his time for writting it (see below)) then a lot of people will read his work that might not have normally read any king books (like me). And then I read it and liked it, wouldn't I go out and buy other king books?
making him more money?
I see this as more of an investment on his part, even if/when it fails. It CAN'T be bad for him, because he will pick up more readers (consumers). So I don't see this as a gift, more like a trojan horse/virus for your brain... hehe:)
Hey, it's late, and I don't know what I'm talking about...
Just to give you some idea of what it's like, I used to live in a town in rural Queensland (pop 10,000). The cost for the local (and only) ISP is about $2.50/hr. Has been that high for the last two-three years or so.
The only alternative for most people is to make a long distance call to the nearest major center, which can get just as pricey!
I now live in Sydney, and have cable. I'm paying the same money (per month) for a far better service. There is a very big divide between rural and urban areas in Australia, so anything that can help people connect and provided them with information that they need is great! I (used to) know how isolated they feel:)
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Wasn't it something like 386, 486/i486, Pentium.
iirc, they stuck the "i" in front after the whole "Our numbers are trademarks" thing. I think they then used Pentium because the judge said "i486? You got to be joking. Nope, you can't trademark that either" (or words to that effect.)
I remember a time when "pent" = 586, but now "pentIV" = 886. Yeah, that makes sense.
But then again, WinME = win ver 4.2 or something. *shrug*, guess the whole world is slowly being taken over by marketroids and lawyers.
How about this? http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=flamekurtatthe popedotorg
I think that it's a great idea to get kurt on the show. How come he hasn't done it before?
hmm, [conspiracy theory] I know! Kurt is really cmdr tacos split personality. The one he uses when he needs to use any MS products!! No wonder he wanted all those alcohol recipies!
Boy, am I Feeling dumb today :)
Probably already been said, but Venus doesn't have moons.
Those bloody overclockers!
Libertarian Party no(ish) to MS breakup
Do you really think that they understand free(dom) software with this sort of statement (about Y2K)? Do they understand what GPL/BSDL is about, or did the techs set up the server, picking what they thought would be best for the job? (i.e. a very secure OS that is very likely to be attacked)
yeah, I'd have to agree. Remember those watches that had a calc in them? remember what the key-pad was like? ever tried to use one?
Wish list: Okay, maybe have a phone or PDA as the centre for my personal network. Use bluetooth to talk between them. This watch updates its time from my phone that is updated through GSM or WAP or whatever. I would be great to interface with my calendar/appointments and beep when I get mail.
Oh, and of course scroll /. headlines :)
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At least this would be a lot more colourful than the "grey goo" of nano-tech gone wrong :)
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Carl Sagan mentioned Hitler opening the 1936 Olympic games in his book "Contact" which was made into the movie staring Jody Foster.
The book is far better than the movie, read the book first, then try the movie.
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I don't think that's why there aren't any gas giants in the inner solar system. Jupiter is pretty big, I doubt that you could really affect it by being too close to a star going through "teething problems".
This and this link should give you some good information. The first one is for the Modern Laplacian Theory, which is my personal favorite, and the second gives some quick information on some other formation theories, and talks a little bit about Bode's law.
I saw somewhere else that people were talking about vulcan. If memory serves, I think that vulcan was the name given to the planet inside mercurys orbit. This planet was predicted by using Bode's law, and searched for in the 1800's (I think?). I guess it was a kind of cold fusion of the day :)
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What if I don't have a credit card? or am joe newbie that doesn't want to use a credit card on the internet (esp. if I'm not buying anything)
Will people get fined for bad posts instead of just losing karma?
I guess that would be a way of up-ing the IQ level :)
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I didn't claim to be an elite slashdot reader.
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No one seems to be posting much about them.
How much would these things go for in $AU?
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Do you even know what debian do? Yeah, I'm sure that they've just got tons of spare money to throw around.
If it doesn't fit, use a bigger hammer...
Yeah, whoops. Good point :)
I don't know. I agree it's not fun when it gives you an unfair advantage over others, then yes it is boring.
But I have very fond memories of a Doom II patch that someone got for us. It let you fire the double barrel shotgun VERY fast with unlimited ammo.
This was great, as we all had this insane gun, made for REALLY fast gaming action. Turn the game speed up 250% and you've got an insane frag-fest. Things just happend so quickly. Try it sometime, really gets the blood pumping :)
No-one ever camped, because that got boring real fast. The players worked out what you were doing and just didn't go there, and the trick was to keep moving, you got so many more frags going to them rather than sitting back and waiting!
I've got a friend that makes the same arguments about space exploration. "Why waste time doing it when there are people suffering here."
I'm not sure what these people want us to do, go back to a horse and cart? Bang stones together and live in a cave? Do you know where the dish is that they use for this? hmm, it's in Puerto Rico. Is Puerto Rico a 1st world country? Doesn't this mean that there is money being spent there that normally wouldn't?
Stopping progress doesn't help anyone. Sure if we all shared it would be a lovely world, but people don't. They are greedy. sure, they give a few bucks here and there, but how many people do you let into the USA or Australia every year?
Our PM tells us that Australia is going great, but not that great that we can let people stay that have no homeland.
Why do we send them back? Because our quality of life will go down. People say: I want to help the starving people of the world, but god forbid that I can't buy that 68" TV and DVD for the bathroom.
If (when?) we do find something, could you imagine what would happen to the people on the planet? We are not alone... I like to think that it might unite us a bit more than we are now. And if there isn't life out there, doesn't that prove how fragile and precious life is here, and maybe we might start to look after it a bit better. I think that Carl Sagan made some points like that.
sorry, just tired really tired. You we're probably only trolling anyway.
making him more money?
I see this as more of an investment on his part, even if/when it fails. It CAN'T be bad for him, because he will pick up more readers (consumers). So I don't see this as a gift, more like a trojan horse/virus for your brain ... hehe :)
Hey, it's late, and I don't know what I'm talking about...
If you have a Holden VN,VP,VR or VS this might be of interest to you.
The only alternative for most people is to make a long distance call to the nearest major center, which can get just as pricey!
I now live in Sydney, and have cable. I'm paying the same money (per month) for a far better service. There is a very big divide between rural and urban areas in Australia, so anything that can help people connect and provided them with information that they need is great! I (used to) know how isolated they feel :)
Windows isn't a virus, virii do something...
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GNU slash slash dot Linux?
My God! Are you mad? :)
Sorry, someone had to say it.