Microsoft innovation will be on hold for a while, as their R&D division has just announced that they will concentrate on the platform change from PowerPC to Intel.
My teenage daughter got Animal Crossing for her GameCube (a "cute" Sim-like game). My wife spends more time playing it then my daughter. I don't get the appeal (i.e. no rocket launchers) - though the fishing simulation is not bad.
My daughter's friends REALLY like DDR on the PS/2.
More cycle-stealing graphical chrome - that was certainly on the very top of my list of features. Far more important than security or availability (be able to add / update software w/o rebooting). Definitely worth the cost of upgrading and buying more RAM / bigger CPU, etc.
Kennedy analyzed four recent Supreme Court civil law rulings, including a discovery dispute between two Silicon Valley giants, a price-fixing case involving vitamin makers, an effort by a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany to reclaim her family's paintings from the Austrian government, and a claim by a Mexican national for damages arising from his abduction and trial in the United States for the torture and murderr of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
But the high court's most controversial reference to foreign law was in its 5-4 ruling in March outlawing the execution of people for crimes committed while they were juveniles. Writing the majority opinion, Kennedy cited international rejection of such executions. DeLay called that "outrageous."
On Friday, however, Kennedy cautiously supported the consideration of international law by U.S. courts.
"It's really quite wrong to say that the Supreme Court ignores international law and doesn't understand it," he said. Referring to the title of a book by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman about increasing globalization, Kennedy said "the world is now flat, and the U.S. is beginning to be involved in international law."
No, the dog is totally irresponsible with credit.:-)
Anyway, it happened cause I was too cheap to pay extra to have the data phone line (pre-broadband) unlisted. Solution - list the data line in the dog's name. Side effect - ads and credit card offers mailed to to dog.
Perhaps if banks and merchants would control credit a little better we might not have as much of a problem. They could start by not sending credit card offers to my dog.
Hopefully, they'll pick someone who will walk down to the National Archives and take the time to read James Madison's little document. Right now we've got justices that are taking direction from international law. I don't recall Madison mentioning international law. But I suppose it explains the Kelo decision - they must have looked at law in Zimbabwe.
At least he was smart enough to get a percentage of the gross. The author of Forest Gump was promised a percentage of the profit. The studio claimed that there was no profit. Some of the most creative people in Hollywood are the accountants.
During the French Revolution, a doctor, a lawyer, and an engineer are condemned to death by the guillotine. The doctor is to be executed first. The executioner asks the doctor if he wishes to lie face up or face down. The doctor asks which is preferable. The executioner says "Most people prefer face down". The doctor decides, what the heck, he's going to die, and picks face up.
The doctor is placed in the guillotine. The executioner releases the rope. The blade plummets down and screeches to a stop two inches above the doctor's neck. The executioner shrugs and says "This has never happened before... I guess you can go". The relieved doctor leaves and now it's the lawyers turn. He too, chooses face up. Again the blade stops inches above his neck. And again, he's set free.
Finally it's the engineers turn. He also chooses face up. As he's lying on the platform looking up at the guillotine, he says "I think I see what your problem is!"
Except that: 1. It's Hollywood's war against us, the consumers, so it matters to me; 2. Can you really justify to the purple-fingered Iraqis that we never should have removed Saddam?
The MPAA/RIAA is a group of people abusing the laws and the legislature to maintain an obsolete business model. Wheras Saddam is a Dorito eating, kindly old man who kind of / sort of murdered a few hundred thousand people. Obviously the MPAA/RIAA is evil, and Saddam is merely misunderstood.
Bittorrent is a good way to distribute large files. Microsoft wants into the on-line movie distribution business in conjunction with Hollywood. The LAST thing they want is a distribution mechanism that they do not control and (horrors) runs on multiple (including non-Microsoft) platforms. Hence the current FUD attacks on Bittorrent.
Between work and home I've got several hundred passwords. For 'security' purposes some of them age and expire every 60 days. Don't know 'bout you, but I can't remember that many passwords and user ID's. I keep them all on my PDA. I take my PDA everywhere with me (OK, so I'm a geek). The PDA has an application that encrypts the file of passwords (I forget whether it uses Blowfish or IDEA). I remember ONE password which lets me access or update the other passwords.
During a demo the phrase "Out of sight, out of mind" was translated into Russian. As the audience attending the demo didn't know Russian, the Russian phrase was then translated back to English. The result was "Invisible idiot".
In a recent posting it was stated that the BBC may have been inconsiderate for not posting plans for construction of a nuclear weapon in Farsi. In fact, the BBC actually did post plans for construction of a nuclear weapon in Farsi. The writer and editors of the previous posting regret this oversight.
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Microsoft innovation will be on hold for a while, as their R&D division has just announced that they will concentrate on the platform change from PowerPC to Intel.
Which one is the unthinking reaction-machine?
--The one who asks questions or the one who makes ridiculing jokes?
I'd say the one who responded to a barbaric terrorist attack with lunatic conspiracy theories is the unthinking one.
FL - do you get a discount on bulk purchases of aluminum foil?
Microsoft already purchased an indulgence from the DOJ.
My teenage daughter got Animal Crossing for her GameCube (a "cute" Sim-like game). My wife spends more time playing it then my daughter. I don't get the appeal (i.e. no rocket launchers) - though the fishing simulation is not bad.
My daughter's friends REALLY like DDR on the PS/2.
More cycle-stealing graphical chrome - that was certainly on the very top of my list of features. Far more important than security or availability (be able to add / update software w/o rebooting). Definitely worth the cost of upgrading and buying more RAM / bigger CPU, etc.
From Yahoo news article:
Kennedy analyzed four recent Supreme Court civil law rulings, including a discovery dispute between two Silicon Valley giants, a price-fixing case involving vitamin makers, an effort by a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany to reclaim her family's paintings from the Austrian government, and a claim by a Mexican national for damages arising from his abduction and trial in the United States for the torture and murderr of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
But the high court's most controversial reference to foreign law was in its 5-4 ruling in March outlawing the execution of people for crimes committed while they were juveniles. Writing the majority opinion, Kennedy cited international rejection of such executions. DeLay called that "outrageous."
On Friday, however, Kennedy cautiously supported the consideration of international law by U.S. courts.
"It's really quite wrong to say that the Supreme Court ignores international law and doesn't understand it," he said. Referring to the title of a book by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman about increasing globalization, Kennedy said "the world is now flat, and the U.S. is beginning to be involved in international law."
Maybe he's more credit worth than you are? ;)
:-)
No, the dog is totally irresponsible with credit.
Anyway, it happened cause I was too cheap to pay extra to have the data phone line (pre-broadband) unlisted. Solution - list the data line in the dog's name. Side effect - ads and credit card offers mailed to to dog.
Perhaps if banks and merchants would control credit a little better we might not have as much of a problem. They could start by not sending credit card offers to my dog.
Hopefully, they'll pick someone who will walk down to the National Archives and take the time to read James Madison's little document. Right now we've got justices that are taking direction from international law. I don't recall Madison mentioning international law. But I suppose it explains the Kelo decision - they must have looked at law in Zimbabwe.
At least he was smart enough to get a percentage of the gross. The author of Forest Gump was promised a percentage of the profit. The studio claimed that there was no profit. Some of the most creative people in Hollywood are the accountants.
OK - sponsored by Umbrella Corp. and Union Aerospace Corp.
During the French Revolution, a doctor, a lawyer, and an engineer are condemned to death by the guillotine. The doctor is to be executed first. The executioner asks the doctor if he wishes to lie face up or face down. The doctor asks which is preferable. The executioner says "Most people prefer face down". The doctor decides, what the heck, he's going to die, and picks face up.
... I guess you can go". The relieved doctor leaves and now it's the lawyers turn. He too, chooses face up. Again the blade stops inches above his neck. And again, he's set free.
The doctor is placed in the guillotine. The executioner releases the rope. The blade plummets down and screeches to a stop two inches above the doctor's neck. The executioner shrugs and says "This has never happened before
Finally it's the engineers turn. He also chooses face up. As he's lying on the platform looking up at the guillotine, he says "I think I see what your problem is!"
Except that: 1. It's Hollywood's war against us, the consumers, so it matters to me; 2. Can you really justify to the purple-fingered Iraqis that we never should have removed Saddam?
The MPAA/RIAA is a group of people abusing the laws and the legislature to maintain an obsolete business model. Wheras Saddam is a Dorito eating, kindly old man who kind of / sort of murdered a few hundred thousand people. Obviously the MPAA/RIAA is evil, and Saddam is merely misunderstood.
Bittorrent is a good way to distribute large files. Microsoft wants into the on-line movie distribution business in conjunction with Hollywood. The LAST thing they want is a distribution mechanism that they do not control and (horrors) runs on multiple (including non-Microsoft) platforms. Hence the current FUD attacks on Bittorrent.
The LAT has an editorial section, letters to the editors, and editorials posing as "news". Why do they need an on-line editorial as well?
Between work and home I've got several hundred passwords. For 'security' purposes some of them age and expire every 60 days. Don't know 'bout you, but I can't remember that many passwords and user ID's. I keep them all on my PDA. I take my PDA everywhere with me (OK, so I'm a geek). The PDA has an application that encrypts the file of passwords (I forget whether it uses Blowfish or IDEA). I remember ONE password which lets me access or update the other passwords.
Yes, but can you control it with your mind using the Wing Zero System?
Hope they do IDN right, otherwise it will make phishing and spoofing easier.
Great, now I can be one of those deep-sea fangly fish with a party deck on the back ... or Sterance.
The version I heard was:
During a demo the phrase "Out of sight, out of mind" was translated into Russian. As the audience attending the demo didn't know Russian, the Russian phrase was then translated back to English. The result was "Invisible idiot".
MEMRI (memri.org) does a nice job of translating articles, essays, and even video from various media in the Middle East.
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In a recent posting it was stated that the BBC may have been inconsiderate for not posting plans for construction of a nuclear weapon in Farsi. In fact, the BBC actually did post plans for construction of a nuclear weapon in Farsi. The writer and editors of the previous posting regret this oversight.
The Beeb could have at least provided a translation of the article in Farsi. :~)
Time is the magazine that insists that Anne Coulter is sane and Al Gore is not. ... and your point is?