The "look" of the Workplace Shell (WPS) is not really anything spectacular, IMHO, so I'm not sure whether a theme would really be informative. The great thing about the WPS is all the things that you can do with folders and other desktop objects -- and they are objects. Want to print something? Drag the file icon onto the printer icon. Need a handy copy of a program on your desktop? Make a shadow -- like a shortcut, except that if the original gets relocated, the shadow still works. Need a file to be associated with a specific application? Don't worry about filename extensions, just go ahead and set the properties. It's a very useful GUI and not very difficult to learn. A while ago, you could even get a "Workplace Shell for Windows" from the IBM Employee Written Software site; not sure if that's still around.
At the OS level, I used to have to run several DOS sessions at once, each with their own environments. OS/2 never blinked. And if one of them broke, it could be mercilessly destroyed while the rest of the system kept on going . . . but I digress.
I just had a chance to send my own feedback to the AP, and when I brought up the article (via Yahoo) I noticed that it had been updated to include the following:
Early today, activists copied the utility and details of the effort and began distributing them across the Internet on nearly two dozen Web sites that duplicated Jansson and Skala's original work.
Those efforts apparently were coordinated on a popular technology Web site, www.slashdot.org, where the lawsuit was roundly condemned.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the leap year rules are as follows, leap years occur when the year is divisible by 4, except when the year is divisible by 100 unless the year is divisible by 1000 OK. You're wrong. But just a little. The last part of the rule is "unless the year is divisible by 400." Thus, the last double-aught leap year was 1600.
I for one would pay for one of those "I Flamed LinuxOne" T-shirts:) You'd probably have to anyway . . . first, assuming you're not in the 650 area code, the long-distance call ("Winners please call (650)948-6201 to claim your prize.") Then they'll probably have a small shipping and handling charge. Hmmm, I wonder if selling "I Flamed LinuxOne" t-shirts myself would be allowable under GPL?
> if the groundhog comes of of his hole today and can see his shadow summer is just around the corner, but if he can't we're going to have more winter weather.
Actually, if he sees his shadow, it is supposed to scare him back into his hole, for an additional six weeks of hibernation. This while tradition/legend is beginning to seem more and more bizarre as I read these posts. I think I had better code something.
I noticed that the Google groundhog is not casting a shadow, which should indicate a quick end to this winter. On the other hand, all the Google letters are casting shadows, so without the appropriate amount of caffeine, I am unable to determine the significance of this augury.
> Anyone know where I can get a copy? For any platform??
Can you read an Atari 800 diskette?
Heck, I don't even know if I can read one anymore. All I know is that the hardware is all neatly packed away in "the spare room." None of that 800XL crap either, I'm talking the original!
Hmmm, now I think I know what I'm going to be doing this weekend . ..
Outside of the people writing military grade combat/weapons simulations, there are not many other programming jobs that are as mentally taxing and physically demanding as that of programming games. [emphasis added] I'm trying to figure this out. I didn't see any further support for this assertion in the article (although I admit to dozing off about halfway through). Add this odd statement to the back-handed swipe that R.I.P. takes at all other programmers - something along the lines of the "the hardest thing they have to do is figure out a new date algorithm". Gee, thanks. Besides, I'll still take the original Infocom text games over most of todays graphics-fests any day. Of course, those aren't very physically demanding either.
Nice to see that the author went out of his/her way to mention this as "NASA's latest failure," and to remind us of the metric/English conversion problem. Funny how the complete success of the latest shuttle mission didn't get mentioned. Grrrrrrrrrrr.
I believe that some of SFNB's account offerings now credit "foreign" ATM fees for a limited number of transactions each month. (Now if only I could use the local ATMs to make deposits).
An informed consumer should be aware that Security First is owned by S1 Corp, which also markets the software (Virtual Financial Manager) that operates Security First. This is not necessarily a bad thing, in fact, some might consider it a very good thing. I have found the online banking features easy to use, I don't really have any concerns about security, and although I don't use this feature, it is apparantly very easy to download account information into Quicken. The one time I had to call their 800 nunber, it was answered quickly and my issue dealt with immediately. My only complaint is that I don't get an account statement in the mail -- and I think that was my oversight when I first signed up.
For the record, I am both a SFNB customer and a SONE stockholder.
First, I have to admit to a weakness for all things Sony -- just look in my living room (TV, VHS VCR, 8mm VCR, Receiver [2 of 'em], Cassette Deck, CD Player, CD Changer [300!!], Turntable, etc). But . . . I've resisted both the latest game consoles -- still smarting from the unfulfilled promise of the first two Nintendo systems; and DVDs -- had to wait for the DIVX fiasco to play out, among other things. In addition, I've never really figured out why I'd want a phone line next to the TV. But the PSX2 might be the system to push me over the edge. The combination of movies, games, and (more than likely) limited net.access in one box that isn't my PC is pretty appealing. So what's the projected price point?
OK, calm down and read the article again. This isn't going to be like a metal detector that everyone walks through, with the monitor in plain sight of other travellers.
International travelers who are suspected of smuggling drugs or carrying weapons are being offered the body scanner as an alternative to a physical pat-down or frisk when they pass through ports of entry at airports across the country.
First you have to be suspected of being a bad guy. Then you get asked to step into the little room. Then you get a choice of scan or frisk. I would guess that those who are still under suspicion after a frisk or scan will then be subject to a good old-fashioned strip search as well, and as much as I've travelled, I have NEVER seen a strip search in the public concourse areas.
The article also explicitly states no images will be recorded or saved. Do you imagine that these machines will all be hooked up with T3's so they can instantly transmit the images to Usenet?
I'd kinda prefer that the plane I get on arrive at the advertised destination without any bullet holes screwing up the pressurization. Seems like a reasonable device to me.
Fry's is NOT like CompUSA or BestBuy. Gaaah, how to explain it . . .
At Fry's you can get a complete PC system, a mid-tower case with a power supply, or the smallest diode that will become part of the power supply. MS Office 2000, a barebones Linux distribution on CD, or an "adult-content" CD-ROM. Not to mention Twinkies, Jolt, and Doritos. And some of the most atrociously bad "customer-service" to ever come down the pike.
It really helps to be a geek of the male persausion as well -- while you'll find shaving cream and Playboy, there's nary a tampon to be found.
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The "look" of the Workplace Shell (WPS) is not really anything spectacular, IMHO, so I'm not sure whether a theme would really be informative. The great thing about the WPS is all the things that you can do with folders and other desktop objects -- and they are objects. Want to print something? Drag the file icon onto the printer icon. Need a handy copy of a program on your desktop? Make a shadow -- like a shortcut, except that if the original gets relocated, the shadow still works. Need a file to be associated with a specific application? Don't worry about filename extensions, just go ahead and set the properties. It's a very useful GUI and not very difficult to learn. A while ago, you could even get a "Workplace Shell for Windows" from the IBM Employee Written Software site; not sure if that's still around.
At the OS level, I used to have to run several DOS sessions at once, each with their own environments. OS/2 never blinked. And if one of them broke, it could be mercilessly destroyed while the rest of the system kept on going . . . but I digress.
"coordinated on slashdot"??? Heh.
Two words:
Dr. Laura
Excuse while I go wash the stench off my keyboard.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the leap year rules are as follows, leap years occur when the year is divisible by 4, except when the year is divisible by 100 unless the year is divisible by 1000
OK. You're wrong. But just a little. The last part of the rule is "unless the year is divisible by 400." Thus, the last double-aught leap year was 1600.
How about Mickey Dolenz as Arthur?
But they didn't cast "Puddy" in the part of The Tick, they cast Patrick Warburton. Give the guy a chance to prove he's not a one-dimensional actor.
I for one would pay for one of those "I Flamed LinuxOne" T-shirts :)
You'd probably have to anyway . . . first, assuming you're not in the 650 area code, the long-distance call ("Winners please call (650)948-6201 to claim your prize.") Then they'll probably have a small shipping and handling charge.
Hmmm, I wonder if selling "I Flamed LinuxOne" t-shirts myself would be allowable under GPL?
look here for a concise history of Groundhog Day.
> if the groundhog comes of of his hole today and can see his shadow summer is just around the corner, but if he can't we're going to have more winter weather.
Actually, if he sees his shadow, it is supposed to scare him back into his hole, for an additional six weeks of hibernation. This while tradition/legend is beginning to seem more and more bizarre as I read these posts. I think I had better code something.
I noticed that the Google groundhog is not casting a shadow, which should indicate a quick end to this winter. On the other hand, all the Google letters are casting shadows, so without the appropriate amount of caffeine, I am unable to determine the significance of this augury.
> Anyone know where I can get a copy? For any platform??
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Can you read an Atari 800 diskette?
Heck, I don't even know if I can read one anymore. All I know is that the hardware is all neatly packed away in "the spare room." None of that 800XL crap either, I'm talking the original!
Hmmm, now I think I know what I'm going to be doing this weekend . .
Outside of the people writing military grade combat/weapons simulations, there are not many other programming jobs that are as mentally taxing and physically demanding as that of programming games. [emphasis added] I'm trying to figure this out. I didn't see any further support for this assertion in the article (although I admit to dozing off about halfway through). Add this odd statement to the back-handed swipe that R.I.P. takes at all other programmers - something along the lines of the "the hardest thing they have to do is figure out a new date algorithm". Gee, thanks. Besides, I'll still take the original Infocom text games over most of todays graphics-fests any day. Of course, those aren't very physically demanding either.
Nice to see that the author went out of his/her way to mention this as "NASA's latest failure," and to remind us of the metric/English conversion problem. Funny how the complete success of the latest shuttle mission didn't get mentioned. Grrrrrrrrrrr.
I believe that some of SFNB's account offerings now credit "foreign" ATM fees for a limited number of transactions each month. (Now if only I could use the local ATMs to make deposits).
For the record, I am both a SFNB customer and a SONE stockholder.
First, I have to admit to a weakness for all things Sony -- just look in my living room (TV, VHS VCR, 8mm VCR, Receiver [2 of 'em], Cassette Deck, CD Player, CD Changer [300!!], Turntable, etc). But . . . I've resisted both the latest game consoles -- still smarting from the unfulfilled promise of the first two Nintendo systems; and DVDs -- had to wait for the DIVX fiasco to play out, among other things. In addition, I've never really figured out why I'd want a phone line next to the TV. But the PSX2 might be the system to push me over the edge. The combination of movies, games, and (more than likely) limited net.access in one box that isn't my PC is pretty appealing. So what's the projected price point?
First you have to be suspected of being a bad guy. Then you get asked to step into the little room. Then you get a choice of scan or frisk. I would guess that those who are still under suspicion after a frisk or scan will then be subject to a good old-fashioned strip search as well, and as much as I've travelled, I have NEVER seen a strip search in the public concourse areas.
The article also explicitly states no images will be recorded or saved. Do you imagine that these machines will all be hooked up with T3's so they can instantly transmit the images to Usenet?
I'd kinda prefer that the plane I get on arrive at the advertised destination without any bullet holes screwing up the pressurization. Seems like a reasonable device to me.
At Fry's you can get a complete PC system, a mid-tower case with a power supply, or the smallest diode that will become part of the power supply. MS Office 2000, a barebones Linux distribution on CD, or an "adult-content" CD-ROM. Not to mention Twinkies, Jolt, and Doritos. And some of the most atrociously bad "customer-service" to ever come down the pike.
It really helps to be a geek of the male persausion as well -- while you'll find shaving cream and Playboy, there's nary a tampon to be found.
He's probably also computer-analyzing John Williams soundtracks so that they can be spat out automatically by a computer for later episodes
You mean that's not already how they're done?