In fact, years ago when they were first starting to use the term, MS made it clear that the trademark was for "Microsoft Windows" rather than "Windows"--and for good reason. The word "windows" was already in wide-spread use for regions of a computer screen--including on the Apple ][ . . . (There were four addresses [12-15?] into which the boundaries of the active window were poked; text scrolled only in that window).
And although there is no law against counting cards, casinos can and will ask you to leave if they believe you are counting. More often than not, they don't. In fact, if they find you counting, you may actually be more likely to be comped than evicted.
When they believe someone is counting, the first thing they do is evaluate the method. More often than not, it's a doomed method, and they're happy to leave you in your ignorant bliss, and may even comp you to keep you going . . .
Kind of like what we say to people who come with a "system."
Believe it or not, we used to do just fine with 24-64*K* of main memory and a pair of 100k floppy drives . . . the changes in productivity with today's machines are merely incremental for most purposes.
But this would help! If the windows job does its job well enough, it will (several times a week) load itself entirely to ram and then delete windows from the disk (probably while pumping Ride of the Valkyrie out the speakers at high volume)
Don't believe that; it's really about scheduling on the hard drive.
It's an algorithm to deal with competing requests. The german portion of the algorithm attempts to write everywhere immediately, while the french portion hides behind a bad sector and then surrenders . . .:)
But those clones weren't what apple sued out of existence. Those relied on taking ROM from an Apple Macintosh, pulling them, and putting them into the clones.
There were also adapters to do this with the Amiga and/or Atari (I forget which, that was, err, a couple of years ago).
You're mixing separate events. The Apple II cloners were sued out of existence (well, sort of. Didn't Franklin continue as a pc clone maker for a while?). They built their machines from the Apple reference manuals (not hard to do at all) and copied the II's ROMs.
The mac cloners were licensed, but disappeared when apple wanted to increase the royalties to cover the cloners' share of R&D costs.
Given the music typically played in garages, do you count the customers desperately holding their hands over their ears to avoid it as part of the audience? Or the ones with their heads fully submerged in the fishtank?
>At this point, it's become a cultural code word for syrupy, annoying, >instrumental renditions of songs we hated in the first place.
I hate to break this to you, but one of those tragic days that we all must face is the first time we here the obnoxious music of our high school days turned to muzak . . .
hawk, surely not old enough to have first-hand experience. Yeah, that's it.
>Probably not a scam but pretty damned close--time share style!
Hey! Those are great.
Aside from helping out with your vacation budget, it's fun to correct the salesman's abysmal economics, recalculate based upon market rates and your own investment returns, . . .:)
hawk, who turned his $50 in one-way casino chips into a real $400
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I am a lawyer, but this is not legal advice.
In fact, years ago when they were first starting to use the term, MS made it clear that the trademark was for "Microsoft Windows" rather than "Windows"--and for good reason. The word "windows" was already in wide-spread use for regions of a computer screen--including on the Apple ][ . . . (There were four addresses [12-15?] into which the boundaries of the active window were poked; text scrolled only in that window).
hawk
>I'm now in the process of trying to talk my wife into letting me upgrade.
The wife, or the upgrade?
hawk, whistling innocently
Nethack, of course!
oh, wait . . .
hawk
OK. Here's four bucks. Send us the change when you've figured it out . . . :)
hawk
When they believe someone is counting, the first thing they do is evaluate the method. More often than not, it's a doomed method, and they're happy to leave you in your ignorant bliss, and may even comp you to keep you going . . .
Kind of like what we say to people who come with a "system."
hawk
P.S. We tell them, "Welcome."
Neither. He's Aunt Jemimah's love child (and a bit slow). . .
hawk
I guess that would make him Lt. Burrito?
hawk
They *estimate* a week. It's really until he writes out all of the compromised numbers longhand.
:)
A nun has been recalled from retirement to stand over him with a ruler and make sure he writes them *neatly*.
hawk
Believe it or not, we used to do just fine with 24-64*K* of main memory and a pair of 100k floppy drives . . . the changes in productivity with today's machines are merely incremental for most purposes.
hawk
>Why do you state that the exit polls were wrong? Organizations have been doing them for quite literally, decades.
Indeed. That's how we found out that President Dewey beat Truman . . .
hawk
Several years ago, "Sister Boom-Boom," a transvestite "nun" in San Francisco, tried to be listed as "Nun of the Above" on the municipal ballots . . .
hawk
>why, for example, do record companies withhold a certain percentage of download sales as "breakage"...
downloads on windows machines, of course!
hawk
But this would help! If the windows job does its job well enough, it will (several times a week) load itself entirely to ram and then delete windows from the disk (probably while pumping Ride of the Valkyrie out the speakers at high volume)
haw
Don't believe that; it's really about scheduling on the hard drive.
:)
It's an algorithm to deal with competing requests. The german portion of the algorithm attempts to write everywhere immediately, while the french portion hides behind a bad sector and then surrenders . . .
hawk
I'm a ghost! Pacman devoured my entire family, you insensitive clod! :)
hawk
But those clones weren't what apple sued out of existence. Those relied on taking ROM from an Apple Macintosh, pulling them, and putting them into the clones.
There were also adapters to do this with the Amiga and/or Atari (I forget which, that was, err, a couple of years ago).
hawk
>I once earnestly wished for Microsoft to eat IBM's lunch; I won't make that mistake again.
And I thought I was the only one who could remember when MS was the white knight that was going to save us from the evil IBM . . .
hawk
Only on a new-fangled terminal . . . :)
hawk
You're mixing separate events. The Apple II cloners were sued out of existence (well, sort of. Didn't Franklin continue as a pc clone maker for a while?). They built their machines from the Apple reference manuals (not hard to do at all) and copied the II's ROMs.
The mac cloners were licensed, but disappeared when apple wanted to increase the royalties to cover the cloners' share of R&D costs.
hawk
Given the music typically played in garages, do you count the customers desperately holding their hands over their ears to avoid it as part of the audience? Or the ones with their heads fully submerged in the fishtank?
hawk, who needs to know
>At this point, it's become a cultural code word for syrupy, annoying,
>instrumental renditions of songs we hated in the first place.
I hate to break this to you, but one of those tragic days that we all must face is the first time we here the obnoxious music of our high school days turned to muzak . . .
hawk, surely not old enough to have first-hand experience. Yeah, that's it.
Save the lessons for the one-on-one they insist upon.
:)
Also, discussing hard numbers is a great way to terrify your wife into thinking you might actually do it
hawk
>An accountant I know has a client (restaurant) who took this to court and lost.
Accountant, restaurant--is this a lead-in to a "cooking the books" joke?
hawk
>The servicing chain will loose, loose big time,
Yikes!
Everyone keep your cars and tires (tyres?) away from this place if you want to make it home!
hawk
>Probably not a scam but pretty damned close--time share style!
:)
Hey! Those are great.
Aside from helping out with your vacation budget, it's fun to correct the salesman's abysmal economics, recalculate based upon market rates and your own investment returns, . . .
hawk, who turned his $50 in one-way casino chips into a real $400