Humor aside, I do wonder what it is about the American male psyche and women's mammory glands. Actually, I wonder about people on both sides of the fence - the women who think they need to have melon-sized breasts in order to be more "womanly" or the men who can't seem to control themselves when in any degree of proximity.
We also looked up to those who died so we could be free today.
I disagree with the kinds of laws being passed, but it never ceases to amaze me how many "Americans" take this "freedom" so completely forgranted. If we didn't have stupid kids (or adults, for that matter) exercising so much of their "freedom", there would be less of an excuse to consider such laws.
Right - I used to be somewhat sympathetic to comcast, until I had to deal with their INANE tech support and ToS. Now I just wish that DSL would be more price competitive. I checked out this $29.95 for 650 Mb/s offered by our local phone company, but it doesn't include the ISP account. By the time you add that in, Comcast is just a little more, and soon, to include four times the bandwidth. It's conceivable that I could get fed up enough to cancel the account anyway and go back to dialup.
That even with the so-called "pros," much of the ideas associated with quantum dynamics is theory. While some is based on real physical phenomenon (the particle/wave duality of light for example), other ideas, like the notion that there exist quantum entities that float around in spacetime (moving backward and forward in time - we notice their presence only when they happen to share the same point in spacetime that we occupy), qualify as nothing more than "the best way we can think of at the moment to explain what we see." Fortunately, a good imagination doesn't require a PhD in quantum physics.
I've done it, I'm considering another go at it. One of the biggest problems is dealing with company politics and budget cycles. Depending on your niche, and how you intend to sell your software, there can be a rather significant lead time between the initial contact and the day they hand you a signed check.
There are other potential problems- for example, dealing with business partners you count on, but who never seem to fulfill their commitment.
Then you've got the issues dealing with any kind of changeover that might be necessary, and convincing prospective customers that it will be worth the time and effort. Sometimes, the software they're using isn't all that good, but it's good enough, given the alternatives and their associated costs (real or perceived).
Let's see...a cellulite filter, an acne filter, a bad hair day filter, a hangover elimination filter, a wrinkle remover, an age regression filter...etc...
Remember that XML is a cut-down version of SGML, and SGML has been around for several years. That having been said, Microsoft is claiming a patent on something that has already been in use for quite some time, and in the manner that they specify. Framemaker uses its own markup language (MML), but its structure and purpose parallel that of SGML and XML.
I want to walk the Court through enough of our complaint to help the Court understand that IBM clearly did contribute a lot of the Unix-related information into Linux. We just don't know what it is...
This comment was made by McBride's lawyer/brother (birds of a feather?) with during pre-discovery, and sums up the whole mess in its entirety. If a court order were issued to "Figure out what it is or shut up," I think it's quite likely that we'd never hear from SCO again. SCO would still die, only quietly.
I was having lunch with a business associate, and he answered his damn phone no fewer than four times, interrupting the conversation, the train of thought, etc. Who was it calling each time? His wife.
In terms of annoyance, this ranks right up there with another most hated invention (at least in my book)....CALL WAITING.
How many current customers stopped doing business with Northwest because of this? Most likely, the just shook their heads, muttered, "gee, that's too bad" under their breath, and carried on as usual.
I have a very simple rule for people concerned about privacy (and I am): PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS. Sacrifice a little comfort and convenience for once, in order to uphold a principle that you claim is important to you (I do).
A local newscast revealed that the fed now has a secret "no fly" list. What's it based on? Well, it's quite obviously the most fool-proof, and the most effective technique available. Quite simply, if your happens to be even SIMILAR to that of someone they've added to the secret "no fly" list, guess what...you don't fly. That is, until you go through a lot red tape (with Bush's name all over it), and obtain special permission, as a U.S. citizen, to board an airplane.
Sometimes I wonder if they've hired the Disney company to choreograph this ongoing circus.
What's the point of having this anti-spam law in the US anyways? The real point I mean. Is it an attempt to make American citizens or the people of the world think that the US is tough on spam or something?
Of course it is- the same way the U.S. government this it's going to fight terrorism by repealing the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Same mindset, and most likely, the same results.
Think about it - if you were John Q. Voter, and had just gotten done "pushing" some on-screen buttons, wouldn't you assume that in pushing the on-screen button, you were actually "voting"? Then, you see something at the end that says, "Vote". "I just did," you think to yourself, so, somewhat confused, you ignore it.
I can't think of a more STUPID way to implement an interface. Would it have killed them to use something that's clear, like "Register your vote," or maybe even something more lengthy, like a brief explanation:
"Your selections have been noted, but they have not yet been registered. Press here when you are done to register your vote."
Not perfect, but if in fact, voters did ignore the "Vote" button, this would make the button's function (and its importance) fairly unambiguous.
Memo to Microsoft - stick with the formula that got you where you are today - cloning and rebranding other ppl's ideas - give up on inventing your own.
Only someone totally brain dead would fork out $400 - $700 for a "music listening device", which is enough to assemble a reasonably nice desktop system.
I'd like to know what I'm signing over to Gates & Co., what kind of global permissions I have to grant them, and what kind of invasive tricks they have up their sleeve- just to make sure my system is as secure as it should have been in the first place.
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I microwaved it for 9 minutes just to be safe.
No one said that life isn't without risk. It's just that now we have more potential sources to deal with.
Humor aside, I do wonder what it is about the American male psyche and women's mammory glands. Actually, I wonder about people on both sides of the fence - the women who think they need to have melon-sized breasts in order to be more "womanly" or the men who can't seem to control themselves when in any degree of proximity.
We also looked up to those who died so we could be free today.
I disagree with the kinds of laws being passed, but it never ceases to amaze me how many "Americans" take this "freedom" so completely forgranted. If we didn't have stupid kids (or adults, for that matter) exercising so much of their "freedom", there would be less of an excuse to consider such laws.
Right - I used to be somewhat sympathetic to comcast, until I had to deal with their INANE tech support and ToS. Now I just wish that DSL would be more price competitive. I checked out this $29.95 for 650 Mb/s offered by our local phone company, but it doesn't include the ISP account. By the time you add that in, Comcast is just a little more, and soon, to include four times the bandwidth. It's conceivable that I could get fed up enough to cancel the account anyway and go back to dialup.
That even with the so-called "pros," much of the ideas associated with quantum dynamics is theory. While some is based on real physical phenomenon (the particle/wave duality of light for example), other ideas, like the notion that there exist quantum entities that float around in spacetime (moving backward and forward in time - we notice their presence only when they happen to share the same point in spacetime that we occupy), qualify as nothing more than "the best way we can think of at the moment to explain what we see." Fortunately, a good imagination doesn't require a PhD in quantum physics.
I've done it, I'm considering another go at it. One of the biggest problems is dealing with company politics and budget cycles. Depending on your niche, and how you intend to sell your software, there can be a rather significant lead time between the initial contact and the day they hand you a signed check.
There are other potential problems- for example, dealing with business partners you count on, but who never seem to fulfill their commitment.
Then you've got the issues dealing with any kind of changeover that might be necessary, and convincing prospective customers that it will be worth the time and effort. Sometimes, the software they're using isn't all that good, but it's good enough, given the alternatives and their associated costs (real or perceived).
Filters!
Let's see...a cellulite filter, an acne filter, a bad hair day filter, a hangover elimination filter, a wrinkle remover, an age regression filter...etc...
I hope you don't design user interfaces for a living.
I'd suggest that like most everything else associated with Microsoft, there's a real "QA" issue here.
Remember that XML is a cut-down version of SGML, and SGML has been around for several years. That having been said, Microsoft is claiming a patent on something that has already been in use for quite some time, and in the manner that they specify. Framemaker uses its own markup language (MML), but its structure and purpose parallel that of SGML and XML.
I want to walk the Court through enough of our complaint to help the Court understand that IBM clearly did contribute a lot of the Unix-related information into Linux. We just don't know what it is...
This comment was made by McBride's lawyer/brother (birds of a feather?) with during pre-discovery, and sums up the whole mess in its entirety. If a court order were issued to "Figure out what it is or shut up," I think it's quite likely that we'd never hear from SCO again. SCO would still die, only quietly.
Very well stated.
What I see from McBride looks more like the little man syndrome.
I was having lunch with a business associate, and he answered his damn phone no fewer than four times, interrupting the conversation, the train of thought, etc. Who was it calling each time? His wife.
In terms of annoyance, this ranks right up there with another most hated invention (at least in my book)....CALL WAITING.
How many current customers stopped doing business with Northwest because of this? Most likely, the just shook their heads, muttered, "gee, that's too bad" under their breath, and carried on as usual.
I have a very simple rule for people concerned about privacy (and I am): PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS. Sacrifice a little comfort and convenience for once, in order to uphold a principle that you claim is important to you (I do).
A local newscast revealed that the fed now has a secret "no fly" list. What's it based on? Well, it's quite obviously the most fool-proof, and the most effective technique available. Quite simply, if your happens to be even SIMILAR to that of someone they've added to the secret "no fly" list, guess what...you don't fly. That is, until you go through a lot red tape (with Bush's name all over it), and obtain special permission, as a U.S. citizen, to board an airplane.
Sometimes I wonder if they've hired the Disney company to choreograph this ongoing circus.
What's the point of having this anti-spam law in the US anyways? The real point I mean. Is it an attempt to make American citizens or the people of the world think that the US is tough on spam or something?
Of course it is- the same way the U.S. government this it's going to fight terrorism by repealing the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Same mindset, and most likely, the same results.
Think about it - if you were John Q. Voter, and had just gotten done "pushing" some on-screen buttons, wouldn't you assume that in pushing the on-screen button, you were actually "voting"? Then, you see something at the end that says, "Vote". "I just did," you think to yourself, so, somewhat confused, you ignore it.
I can't think of a more STUPID way to implement an interface. Would it have killed them to use something that's clear, like "Register your vote," or maybe even something more lengthy, like a brief explanation:
"Your selections have been noted, but they have not yet been registered. Press here when you are done to register your vote."
Not perfect, but if in fact, voters did ignore the "Vote" button, this would make the button's function (and its importance) fairly unambiguous.
oops.
Memo to Microsoft - stick with the formula that got you where you are today - cloning and rebranding other ppl's ideas - give up on inventing your own.
No, on second thought, don't.
Only someone totally brain dead would fork out $400 - $700 for a "music listening device", which is enough to assemble a reasonably nice desktop system.
I'd like to know what I'm signing over to Gates & Co., what kind of global permissions I have to grant them, and what kind of invasive tricks they have up their sleeve- just to make sure my system is as secure as it should have been in the first place.
The halo is off and linux will have to prove itself by the same measures other IT components are judged.
Since Microsoft has set the bar rediculously low in terms of measurable and effective productivity, this won't be much of an issue.