I'm not trolling here, I really am curious: is Miguel de Icaza basically a Microsoft stooge? I mean, didn't he put hard for.NET compatibility stuff for Linux?
Seems like this is inevitable. Already there are med-resistant staph infections in the news which are killing more people than AIDS does. Forget terrorism; the next big die off will be from a microscopic threat.
than domain names. One time I register {my firstname}{my lastname}.com and let it lapse. I do not have a memorable or popular name at all. Yet sure enough, someone was squatting on it for a couple of years. I keep thinking something akin to AOL's keywords would have been better than domain names. Say instead of a domain, it's just a plain string. No top levels or any of that. "IBM Corporation", "/.", "Natalie Portman is hot". Maybe have a maximum size and forbid a few characters to prevent code execution and the like. Maybe a have a nominal fee so someone doesn't grab zillions of strings. But man, the restrictions and absurdity in place right now is nuts.
Oh, man, I'm really getting annoyed at that "...well, blah" phrase people use. Next time someone, well, says it, I'm going to, well, sticking a fork in my, well, eye!
They have a bunch of regular patent examiners doing their thing as usual. But then there's a second line of examiners who audit approvals at random. This second line of examiners can delve into it more deeply and find the obvious patents, etc. that the first line didn't get.
the cell phone companies. There's no real techincal reason that we can't have cool, open OSes for our phones. They just want to lock us in so that we have to buy their stupid wallpaper, ring tones, etc.
How many do you get per day? I get an average of around 100 per day, thanks to only 30 references to my email online. Most of those are newsgroup posts. Gmail gets most them, but some still end up in my inbox.
I would say it's as tactical as chess but more strategic. For example, are you a player who generally favors influence, territor, neither, both? Pretty much every chess position is a tactical problem. In Go, there are larger themes at work.
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I'm not trolling here, I really am curious: is Miguel de Icaza basically a Microsoft stooge? I mean, didn't he put hard for .NET compatibility stuff for Linux?
Seems silly that Slashdot doesn't allow comment editing. Reddit.com allows it and people there find it handy.
The previous instruction said to remove the blade, not tape it.
..while we are turning out more science students, all of them believe the Earth is 6,000 years old.
Seems like this is inevitable. Already there are med-resistant staph infections in the news which are killing more people than AIDS does. Forget terrorism; the next big die off will be from a microscopic threat.
No, that was Padmé Amidala, played by Natalie Portman.
than domain names. One time I register {my firstname}{my lastname}.com and let it lapse. I do not have a memorable or popular name at all. Yet sure enough, someone was squatting on it for a couple of years. I keep thinking something akin to AOL's keywords would have been better than domain names. Say instead of a domain, it's just a plain string. No top levels or any of that. "IBM Corporation", "/.", "Natalie Portman is hot". Maybe have a maximum size and forbid a few characters to prevent code execution and the like. Maybe a have a nominal fee so someone doesn't grab zillions of strings. But man, the restrictions and absurdity in place right now is nuts.
Mission accomplished!
That's a great compliment. X is "quite sufficient." Hehe. I'm gonna use it on my wife.
Umm... you're confused.
Oh, man, I'm really getting annoyed at that "...well, blah" phrase people use. Next time someone, well, says it, I'm going to, well, sticking a fork in my, well, eye!
*Jedi voice* This is not the adverb you are looking for...
Witness the post-it notes under the keyboard to remember a password. :-)
Nice domain. :-)
Sir, I don't think I've ever seen a UID as low as yours. I stand in awe.
If you can agree with a troll, then he's not doing his job.
They have a bunch of regular patent examiners doing their thing as usual. But then there's a second line of examiners who audit approvals at random. This second line of examiners can delve into it more deeply and find the obvious patents, etc. that the first line didn't get.
the cell phone companies. There's no real techincal reason that we can't have cool, open OSes for our phones. They just want to lock us in so that we have to buy their stupid wallpaper, ring tones, etc.
That there are 33,000 web design "professionals" out there... or that they have enough downtime to fill out a silly survey. ;-)
works out of the box!
What's this "we" shit? You mix "I" and "we" in your post. Are you schizo?
True, but that excuse is so tired. No one *has* to do business with China. Choosing profit over human rights is forced on no one.
How many do you get per day? I get an average of around 100 per day, thanks to only 30 references to my email online. Most of those are newsgroup posts. Gmail gets most them, but some still end up in my inbox.
I would say it's as tactical as chess but more strategic. For example, are you a player who generally favors influence, territor, neither, both? Pretty much every chess position is a tactical problem. In Go, there are larger themes at work.
What about Seamonkey?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Application_Suite