I've bought 50 domain names for clients before now when they KNOW they'll only use one of them for the project. The others just lapse after a couple of years. NSI have to hide the deletion date otherwise the domain hogs would run a little script to hammer WHOIS and buy anything that expires on the second it does so.
NSI are indeed very annoying and unhelpfull but the billing cycle argument holds true. I've paid bills on expired domains before they were deleted and brought them back from the dead.
If you like the idea of a dead domain then http://www.whois.net/ lets you search the database of expired domains in the manner you normally search active ones.
After some fairly large failures with recent missions (lost probes, intermitant links etc) and the much commented on funding cuts I certainly wouldn't want to go on a mission to mars, not this decade anyway
The schedules this, and other, reports mention don't make sense to me. If one person dies then the space program will die too. I think they need to do heaps more testing of the new "budget" approach to deep space before we send ourselves.
I've got an Abit mobo in my box and everyone knows and loves the SoftCPU system they have to let you tweak your system speed.
I was slightly suprised to see that the 66 MHz 486-SX (AMD Elan SC410) fitted to this machine has the following option: CPU is BIOS-settable for 100 MHz operation with heat sink installed.
I used a 66MHz DX at 100MHz for quite a while as my main machine a few year back and I have one recommendation... if you're going to do this carry the unit in a bag, not your trouser pocket!
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
That seems like a fairly sweeping disclaimer to me. I've used the GPL extensively with software I've supplied in the UK but I have no faith in this clause at all. Maybe now people in the US can have a little faith.
But seriously.. this is why I spend a small fortune on insurance. If you meet with a client and sell them something to cover their requirements then the law (UK) says it has to be "fit for the purpose for which it is sold" (psuedo-quote). I don't know about the US but I've been advised by my insurance company that they cover the costs of buggy advice/software I give to clients.
Saying "I told you not to trust it/me" doesn't cut it in their eyes. But then they've would say that and if I got sued they would try very hard to avoid paying out...
Shame the book is actually quite poor.
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I got this book when it came out and was very disappointed. It lacks any worthwhile structure and doesn't compare at all well with Chaos and Genius, also by Gleick.
Whereas Chaos excellently followed the growth of a science and Genius was a biography this is merely a loose collection of reasonable asides about time. I found "Longitude" (?) and "The Code Book" (Singh) which I read at the same time to be far better.
A real shame because I've always really enjoyed Gleick's other stuff. Chaos was the book that inspired me to take up computer programming so I have him to thank for that.
Are they you seriously trying to claim this DVD player is unusual?
A "very large" number of the top selling DVD players in the UK have simple handset hacks to play DVDs from other regions. The hardware reviews in some home cinema magazines actually report the hacks and their ease of use affects the player's rating. Sony players from most of the Far East regions play anything when they arrive at the shop, at least the ones I've used do.
One of the UK's biggest supermarket chains (Tesco) recently went on record, in the national press, as saying the "all regions" capability of the cheap and cheerfull player they sell is the main reason they're selling out.
I've never found a dvd my player won't play. And thats an official UK pioneer model.
Damm those Japanese. Curse the Euro-swines. No respect for US law.... does anyone?
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Nice cow graphic but did they really want to
"Stats are down for maintenance. We're chasing bugs -- Thanks for your patience... "
At the same time as a slashdot story?
You can't beat bad luck I guess.
Then again the "bug" may be a higher than average load and we may be seeing cause and effect.
I've bought 50 domain names for clients before now when they KNOW they'll only use one of them for the project. The others just lapse after a couple of years. NSI have to hide the deletion date otherwise the domain hogs would run a little script to hammer WHOIS and buy anything that expires on the second it does so.
NSI are indeed very annoying and unhelpfull but the billing cycle argument holds true. I've paid bills on expired domains before they were deleted and brought them back from the dead.
If you like the idea of a dead domain then http://www.whois.net/ lets you search the database of expired domains in the manner you normally search active ones.
After some fairly large failures with recent missions (lost probes, intermitant links etc) and the much commented on funding cuts I certainly wouldn't want to go on a mission to mars, not this decade anyway
The schedules this, and other, reports mention don't make sense to me. If one person dies then the space program will die too. I think they need to do heaps more testing of the new "budget" approach to deep space before we send ourselves.
I've got an Abit mobo in my box and everyone knows and loves the SoftCPU system they have to let you tweak your system speed.
I was slightly suprised to see that the 66 MHz 486-SX (AMD Elan SC410) fitted to this machine has the following option: CPU is BIOS-settable for 100 MHz operation with heat sink installed.
http://www.tiqit.com/computer/specifi cations/
I used a 66MHz DX at 100MHz for quite a while as my main machine a few year back and I have one recommendation... if you're going to do this carry the unit in a bag, not your trouser pocket!
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
That seems like a fairly sweeping disclaimer to me. I've used the GPL extensively with software I've supplied in the UK but I have no faith in this clause at all. Maybe now people in the US can have a little faith.
But seriously.. this is why I spend a small fortune on insurance. If you meet with a client and sell them something to cover their requirements then the law (UK) says it has to be "fit for the purpose for which it is sold" (psuedo-quote). I don't know about the US but I've been advised by my insurance company that they cover the costs of buggy advice/software I give to clients.
Saying "I told you not to trust it/me" doesn't cut it in their eyes. But then they've would say that and if I got sued they would try very hard to avoid paying out...
I got this book when it came out and was very disappointed. It lacks any worthwhile structure and doesn't compare at all well with Chaos and Genius, also by Gleick.
Whereas Chaos excellently followed the growth of a science and Genius was a biography this is merely a loose collection of reasonable asides about time. I found "Longitude" (?) and "The Code Book" (Singh) which I read at the same time to be far better.
A real shame because I've always really enjoyed Gleick's other stuff. Chaos was the book that inspired me to take up computer programming so I have him to thank for that.
Are they you seriously trying to claim this DVD player is unusual?
A "very large" number of the top selling DVD players in the UK have simple handset hacks to play DVDs from other regions. The hardware reviews in some home cinema magazines actually report the hacks and their ease of use affects the player's rating. Sony players from most of the Far East regions play anything when they arrive at the shop, at least the ones I've used do.
One of the UK's biggest supermarket chains (Tesco) recently went on record, in the national press, as saying the "all regions" capability of the cheap and cheerfull player they sell is the main reason they're selling out.
I've never found a dvd my player won't play. And thats an official UK pioneer model.
Damm those Japanese. Curse the Euro-swines. No respect for US law.... does anyone?