A long time ago, I wanted to build a rear-engine automobile with a fold-up helo option, but I have no avionics training (infact I dropped out of physics:-) so if anyone could build such a thing, it certainly wouldn't be me.
What ultimately shot the idea down though (pun intended) was the thought of some moron trying to hit the ground rolling at 150 kph, snapping off the rotor, and killing himself. Or jumping out of the car and chopping his head off.
(Note to moderator: this is not a flamebait about controlling the population of rich idiots.)
If the resulting company were completely cut off from Microsoft, their only hope of survival would be to merge with Tiger Electronics and manufacture a $15 Pokemon ripoff.
Even at that price, they'd have to sell them at KMart and put them on the bottom shelf where the kids would grab them when the parents weren't looking. They would claim interoperability with the GameBoy, but eventually they'd try to hijack the protocols.:-)
Just as long as you don't make it scriptable. The last thing I need is for some script kiddie to hijack the suit if I run Microsoft Outlook on the heads-up display.
It might be a SlashBot(tm): Every time a new story is published, spew out trash.
Which raises the intriguing possibility that the original author is incapacitated or dead, so the process could run forever on some forgotten server in Microsoft's basement...
What is "reversible/hardware"??? hope you're kidding because this was absolutely hilarious -- best rant I've seen in weeks! (Just one tip: you've got lots of slashes, but not enough dots.)
I work with one of the "halfwit DBAs" you mentioned. It's a real shame...
I'm a junior programmer, so if I don't know how to do something, I tell the interviewer honestly up front that I don't know but can "probably figure something out." Given the current tech labor shortage in Silicon Valley, sometimes I get the contract anyway. Then whatever happens becomes entirely the manager's fault. ehhehe heh heh...
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A long time ago, I wanted to build a rear-engine automobile with a fold-up helo option, but I have no avionics training (infact I dropped out of physics :-) so if anyone could build such a thing, it certainly wouldn't be me.
What ultimately shot the idea down though (pun intended) was the thought of some moron trying to hit the ground rolling at 150 kph, snapping off the rotor, and killing himself. Or jumping out of the car and chopping his head off.
(Note to moderator: this is not a flamebait about controlling the population of rich idiots.)
this is at AP's website:N TID=TECHNOLOGY&STORYID=APIS73DP9A00
http://wire.ap.org/APnews/center_story.html?FRO
If the resulting company were completely cut off from Microsoft, their only hope of survival would be to merge with Tiger Electronics and manufacture a $15 Pokemon ripoff.
Even at that price, they'd have to sell them at KMart and put them on the bottom shelf where the kids would grab them when the parents weren't looking. They would claim interoperability with the GameBoy, but eventually they'd try to hijack the protocols. :-)
Just as long as you don't make it scriptable. The last thing I need is for some script kiddie to hijack the suit if I run Microsoft Outlook on the heads-up display.
It might be a SlashBot(tm): Every time a new story is published, spew out trash.
Which raises the intriguing possibility that the original author is incapacitated or dead, so the process could run forever on some forgotten server in Microsoft's basement ...
There's no such thing as an "apple patch." You're thinking of an "orchard."
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P.S. Last Post!!!!
It would be very difficult to OCR these documents because the photocopying is grainy and there's lots of scribbly stuff and handstamps, etc. etc.
(But if anybody does get a decent conversion going, please reply coz I'd love to find an industrial-strength OCR system.)
What is "reversible/hardware"??? hope you're kidding because this was absolutely hilarious -- best rant I've seen in weeks! (Just one tip: you've got lots of slashes, but not enough dots.)
I work with one of the "halfwit DBAs" you mentioned. It's a real shame ...
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I'm a junior programmer, so if I don't know how to do something, I tell the interviewer honestly up front that I don't know but can "probably figure something out." Given the current tech labor shortage in Silicon Valley, sometimes I get the contract anyway. Then whatever happens becomes entirely the manager's fault. ehhehe heh heh
"it's a bit strange watching Patrick Stewart in Dune now compared to before his doing ST:TNG)."
Actually, it's a bit strange hearing anyone say "Young pup!!", especially Patrick Stewart.
if Prevue Guide is carried in your locale, they will page-remind you of scheduled programs ...
maybe that helps, maybe not