What is the point of writing an article about the world biggest passengerjet and the buildings it is assembled in, when you have no photos? Lazy-ass journalists.
Very true MSTC... IBM & Trolltech need to show something quite different/good to beat the Palm/PocketPC bandwagon. And don't forget, Symbian seems to be making it on the new phones, if the SE P800 was a bit cheaper (And if I had a job) I would buy one in a heartbeat and probably park my Palm for good. Nobody has come up with a sales pitch for a connected phone/pda. The web is too 'fat', you need fairly recent computer to be able to enjoy it with all the flashy graphics and stupid <table> and 1px gif based layouts. Perhaps XHTML/XML will be the next step? (Get a clue, web "designers") J.
You mean we are supposed to get all the specs before starting working? Sacre Bleu! Why didn't somebody tell me this when I started working in the IT business!! J.
I have to pimp EVE from ccpgames. (Just because it is made by some aquintances of mine). It is almost out, and people have been beta-testing it for some time now. Think of it as Elite on anabolic steroids. Read the FAQ and look at the screenshots. It is promising.
EULAs are just intimidation by software companys laywers. Ok, you don't own the copy, you only get a licence to use this copy. Very similar if you rent a car. When you rent a car you sign a agreement. When you "rent" a software, you don't sign anything. You just "buy" it just like you buy your CD or book. When did you sign the rental agreement for the software? And besides, the laywer language in all EULAs is just plain silly. If I may use the carrental analogy, the terms and conditions are in plain english, not this corporate mumbo jumbo laywer-speak. If Avis can do it to rent you a $20.000 equipment, that can actually cost people lives, then Microsft surely can do it for $100 software! You shouldn't need corporate laywer to read your licence agreement. J.
Unlimited nationally, with 1Gb (default, you can get more) limit international. After that, you pay by the MB. Otherwise, I guess we are getting pretty good service...
On (semi) related topic. Why has slashdot.org blocked validator.w3.org? Are they embarresed by the results? After all I can always do a "Save as" and then upload the page to the validator. Pretty childish, if you ask me. J.
Now we only need a transparent (protocol-wise, not visually, before somebody makes the obvious joke) CompactFlash/Memorystick/Smartmedia/etc. 802.11 card for our digital cameras, and we never have to swap cards again!:) Carry one in your backpack, with batteries, even put it in waterproof container, and your photos are safe. I wander how little energy 802.11 card can get away with for 1 meter distance? Hmm.... J.
BeOS did something close to this. Although vector-based icons are more suited to this. I could start ftp download and then just keep an eye on the file's icon in the Tracker for progress... Very useful. J.
Is dejá-vu.org taken? And why is the html validator on w3.org blocked?:) J.
I tried to watch american football once....
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Superbowl XXXVII
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It was one of the most boring tv-sport I have ever been so lucky to lay my eyes on! 3/4 of the time, the players just walked back and forth for no reason, only interrupted by short bursts of activity. It's firmly in the place with golf, baseball, kricket and syncronized swimming. Too rigid, and too organized. Yawner... J.
Ditto here. For some reason, I never quite 'clicked' with MOO, but MOM I played until dawn. But of course I will try out MOO3 when it comes out. Who knows. (I wander if I can find my old MOM floppys, and if it runs under WXP) J.
It was something like this: The energy to make one solar panel is more than the energy that panel will make in it's lifetime. Actually, I can believe that. J.
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What is the point of writing an article about the world biggest passengerjet and the buildings it is assembled in, when you have no photos?
Lazy-ass journalists.
Get out and see the world. Get as much sex as you can.
I'm sorry, but I dont recall ever have heard of this magazine, and I consider myself quite net savy.
Maybe it is no wonder that it shut down?
Just a thought.
Actually it was/is. Alaska is the one place I really want to visit.
Very true MSTC... IBM & Trolltech need to show something quite different/good to beat the Palm/PocketPC bandwagon. And don't forget, Symbian seems to be making it on the new phones, if the SE P800 was a bit cheaper (And if I had a job) I would buy one in a heartbeat and probably park my Palm for good.
Nobody has come up with a sales pitch for a connected phone/pda. The web is too 'fat', you need fairly recent computer to be able to enjoy it with all the flashy graphics and stupid <table> and 1px gif based layouts. Perhaps XHTML/XML will be the next step? (Get a clue, web "designers")
J.
I guess that I will have to lower USA on my Countries-that-are-cool-to-visit list.
I have been doing my tax report online for 3 years now...
You mean we are supposed to get all the specs before starting working? Sacre Bleu! Why didn't somebody tell me this when I started working in the IT business!!
J.
I only use Trogdor Burninator CD-RW drives...
I have to pimp EVE from ccpgames. (Just because it is made by some aquintances of mine).
It is almost out, and people have been beta-testing it for some time now. Think of it as Elite on anabolic steroids. Read the FAQ and look at the screenshots. It is promising.
I don't get it...
This is what happens when you let the marketing team design literature, people!
J.
EULAs are just intimidation by software companys laywers. Ok, you don't own the copy, you only get a licence to use this copy. Very similar if you rent a car. When you rent a car you sign a agreement. When you "rent" a software, you don't sign anything. You just "buy" it just like you buy your CD or book. When did you sign the rental agreement for the software?
And besides, the laywer language in all EULAs is just plain silly. If I may use the carrental analogy, the terms and conditions are in plain english, not this corporate mumbo jumbo laywer-speak. If Avis can do it to rent you a $20.000 equipment, that can actually cost people lives, then Microsft surely can do it for $100 software!
You shouldn't need corporate laywer to read your licence agreement.
J.
Unlimited nationally, with 1Gb (default, you can get more) limit international. After that, you pay by the MB. Otherwise, I guess we are getting pretty good service...
On (semi) related topic. Why has slashdot.org blocked validator.w3.org? Are they embarresed by the results? After all I can always do a "Save as" and then upload the page to the validator.
Pretty childish, if you ask me.
J.
Now we only need a transparent (protocol-wise, not visually, before somebody makes the obvious joke) CompactFlash/Memorystick/Smartmedia/etc. 802.11 card for our digital cameras, and we never have to swap cards again! :)
Carry one in your backpack, with batteries, even put it in waterproof container, and your photos are safe. I wander how little energy 802.11 card can get away with for 1 meter distance? Hmm....
J.
BeOS did something close to this. Although vector-based icons are more suited to this.
I could start ftp download and then just keep an eye on the file's icon in the Tracker for progress... Very useful.
J.
You REALLY think that every Shuttle mission is for civial purposes? You are naive, my friend.
J.
Heartless, faceless...
Is dejá-vu.org taken? :)
And why is the html validator on w3.org blocked?
J.
It was one of the most boring tv-sport I have ever been so lucky to lay my eyes on! 3/4 of the time, the players just walked back and forth for no reason, only interrupted by short bursts of activity. It's firmly in the place with golf, baseball, kricket and syncronized swimming.
Too rigid, and too organized.
Yawner...
J.
18 EXAbytes file sizes, real journals, life queries...
*SOB*
J.
Ditto here. For some reason, I never quite 'clicked' with MOO, but MOM I played until dawn. But of course I will try out MOO3 when it comes out. Who knows. (I wander if I can find my old MOM floppys, and if it runs under WXP)
J.
If you are getting married, you are no longer a geek. You just another square who goes with the flow...
J.
It was something like this:
The energy to make one solar panel is more than the energy that panel will make in it's lifetime.
Actually, I can believe that.
J.