Tracksuit, the band I'm in at Queen's University has covered bits of Mega Man in Fortunate Son by CCR. We're certainly not the first too. Lots of bands will jump into old classics like that because everyone in College/University is at that 'perfect' age to have been a kid when the NES came out. I can't tell you how many people recognize the SMB2 *bass line*!
There was an interesting comment below about an angry reader who's site was linked to through AskJeeves but had the ask.com frame at the top. Of course, this can be broken with some Javascript, but it might be a little misleading.
What is very misleading, however, is this (albeit) funny link. When I first clicked on it, I thought it was great, and that it was a fun trick by the AskJeeves staff. However, since the link begins in the middle of an art project, you never see any credits until you get to the end (and it is a long series of documents..)
Is that fair? They're not really giving credit to Garnet Hertz (the author) anywhere, and the ask.com frame at the top seems as if they're (perhaps inadvertantly) taking credit for it..
SP5 is very unreliable. We've held back as much as we can in installing it, however there are those with local admin rights on the network that feel they need every fix as soon as it is released. Unfortunately it seems to have been the main reason that SP6 was released so soon afterwards. SP6 itself is far too recent, and the trouble in installing it on the thousand or so PCs in the hospital within the given time alloted, on top of the other 50 or so helpdesk calls sitting in the queue just doesn't seem like our idea of a pleasant day.
SP4 with minor patches on top of it is the basic setup listed as Compliant by Microsoft, therefore we are basically required to ensure every system fits that standard.
By the way, there are some very odd fixes listed in the detailed fix list on the Microsoft site. Check out links like this one. Basically, you may get an error installing Service Pack 4. If you want to install SP4 properly, install Service Pack 6. I guess they have to be thorough, but it still sounds pretty funny. =)
I'm definately looking forward to coming to Toronto! Right now I'm at Queens, and it's nice to be able to look through some classified ads from the papers and see a nice market there for us comp folk..
How is the living space though? Commuting in from a nice little town just outside of Toronto is what I'm aiming for, mainly because it can get pretty crowded in the city itself..
I work in a Canadian Hospital handling (among other things) the Y2K concern of users. Our main concern is that of local time. Most of our ITS people were busy at work with what the bosses wanted, which was total compliance. Honestly, 90% of our time was spent with the following:
Microsoft Windows NT Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows 95 Y2K Patch Microsoft Windows 98 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 and SR-2
Notice a theme? As far as the heads of the Y2K committee were concerned, we wanted to be able to say that all the software was completely certified as compliant. That means that because Microsoft identified minor issues with WinNT Service Pack 3 and earlier, we got stuck with hundreds (literally) of hours of install time. SP4 takes long enough on its own, and SR-1 takes about 45 minutes per computer. It's ridiculous.
For the average user in the hospital, Y2K problems started about a year ago - that was the alloted time to handle all these god damned time consuming Microsoft updates and patches..
I think one of the interesting things about puzzles like this is that you rarely find irrelevant moves. I've seen a few posts here that suggest things like 3. a4.. 4. a5, ie. just pushing a pawn forward for lack of a better move. Usually in chess puzzles, every move is given for a reason.
And by the way, check out 1. e4 Nc6 2. a4 Nb4 3. Ra3 Nxc2 4. Rd3 Nb4 5. Ne2 Nxd3# given (albeit slightly incorrectly written) from an Anonymous Coward above.. It looks alright.. ?
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Tracksuit, the band I'm in at Queen's University has covered bits of Mega Man in Fortunate Son by CCR. We're certainly not the first too. Lots of bands will jump into old classics like that because everyone in College/University is at that 'perfect' age to have been a kid when the NES came out. I can't tell you how many people recognize the SMB2 *bass line*!
What is very misleading, however, is this (albeit) funny link. When I first clicked on it, I thought it was great, and that it was a fun trick by the AskJeeves staff. However, since the link begins in the middle of an art project, you never see any credits until you get to the end (and it is a long series of documents..)
Is that fair? They're not really giving credit to Garnet Hertz (the author) anywhere, and the ask.com frame at the top seems as if they're (perhaps inadvertantly) taking credit for it..
SP4 with minor patches on top of it is the basic setup listed as Compliant by Microsoft, therefore we are basically required to ensure every system fits that standard.
By the way, there are some very odd fixes listed in the detailed fix list on the Microsoft site. Check out links like this one. Basically, you may get an error installing Service Pack 4. If you want to install SP4 properly, install Service Pack 6. I guess they have to be thorough, but it still sounds pretty funny. =)
How is the living space though? Commuting in from a nice little town just outside of Toronto is what I'm aiming for, mainly because it can get pretty crowded in the city itself..
Microsoft Windows NT Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows 95 Y2K Patch
Microsoft Windows 98 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 and SR-2
Notice a theme? As far as the heads of the Y2K committee were concerned, we wanted to be able to say that all the software was completely certified as compliant. That means that because Microsoft identified minor issues with WinNT Service Pack 3 and earlier, we got stuck with hundreds (literally) of hours of install time. SP4 takes long enough on its own, and SR-1 takes about 45 minutes per computer. It's ridiculous.
For the average user in the hospital, Y2K problems started about a year ago - that was the alloted time to handle all these god damned time consuming Microsoft updates and patches..
If this is readable as "Knight takes rook," "Mate," then:
1. e4 Nc6
2. Qf3 Na5
3. e5 Nb3
4. e6 Nxa1
5. exf7#
There were mentions that there might be a bit of word-play going on here.. I wonder if it comes down to that?
err.. to myself.. sorry, rook to d3 is not okay.. sigh. I think it's bed time.
And by the way, check out 1. e4 Nc6 2. a4 Nb4 3. Ra3 Nxc2 4. Rd3 Nb4 5. Ne2 Nxd3# given (albeit slightly incorrectly written) from an Anonymous Coward above.. It looks alright.. ?
I think you mean: 1. e4 Nc6 2. a4 Nb4 3. Ra3 Nxc2 4. Rd3 Nb4 5. Ne2 Nxd3# Eh?