"There's reasons why geeks are frequently thought of as elitist. We're not known as the most socially or financially generous group. We don't tend to help others up"
Speak for yourself, I personaly built and gave away 14 computers to deserving families last year.
How do I decide who is deserving? 1 or more children, no computer. Note: a 486 or less counts as no computer.
How do I get parts? 1. I am a geek, this stuff is attracted to me. 2. My customers give me old hardware, that I have replaced for them. 3. My own preloved parts. 4. Once in a while I even kick in a few bucks of my own.
Why do I do it? 1. It feels good. 2. I am greedy, and want to have that feeling all the time.
POKE 65497,0 on Coco 1 and 2 double speed of RAM and ROM. It will cause your screen to fill with garbage, and sometimes causes memory to disappear. Printer, disk and cassette functions won't work.
"Microsoft has also been employing new tools developed by Microsoft Research that are designed to detect errors in code during the development process, Valentine said"
{clippy}It looks like you are writeing a SQL query.. Would you like some help?{/clippy}
Clippy for code, may god have mercy on their souls.
"XP runs all Windows software."
You would expect it to run all windows software, but you would be wrong. I have seen plenty of software that does not run under XP, and even more that will run, but makes the system totaly unstable. (Instead of just mostly unstable.)
Slashdot Mirror
You arn't the only one who was surprised to be told he is Gen-X. (1968)
1. connect a bunch of Dead, Wet, Duct-tapped people together with Ethernet?
2. ???
3. Profit!!!!
Not just good for you.. Good for them, and damn tastey too.
"There's reasons why geeks are frequently thought of as elitist. We're not known as the most socially or financially generous group. We don't tend to help others up"
Speak for yourself, I personaly built and gave away 14 computers to deserving families last year.
How do I decide who is deserving?
1 or more children, no computer. Note: a 486 or less counts as no computer.
How do I get parts?
1. I am a geek, this stuff is attracted to me.
2. My customers give me old hardware, that I have replaced for them.
3. My own preloved parts.
4. Once in a while I even kick in a few bucks of my own.
Why do I do it?
1. It feels good.
2. I am greedy, and want to have that feeling all the time.
I could tell you, but then it would just get slashdotted, just when I need it most.
That should be 640K pieces..
And that would blow away my collection.
I personally would pay Berman/Braga et al $20 if they would just sit down and watch "Wrath of Kahn." Trek as it should be, and seldom is.
Nope... It just means you know how to use Google.
Now, if you have typed it, that is something else altogether.
You are most welcome..
I can still remember the day I found out about that POKE. My life was never quite the same again.
Battlebots is quite entertaining, but I would hardly call it a sport.
I got that beat.. On Robson St. in Vancouver, there is a corner with 3 coffee shops, and 2 of them are Starbucks.
Beta lives!!!
Nothing will ever replace my beloved Beta machine.
1989 HP IIp Bought for $25
I have gone through 3 toners since I bought it 4 years ago.. Still going strong.
POKE 65497,0 on Coco 1 and 2
double speed of RAM and ROM. It will cause your screen to fill with garbage, and sometimes causes memory to disappear. Printer, disk and cassette functions won't work.
Google can be your friend.
"Microsoft has also been employing new tools developed by Microsoft Research that are designed to detect errors in code during the development process, Valentine said"
{clippy}It looks like you are writeing a SQL query.. Would you like some help?{/clippy}
Clippy for code, may god have mercy on their souls.
Somebody installed Linux on a doorknob?
I gotta try that when I get home..
That is what the other is for.
You only have one computer!?!?!? What kind of geek are you?
Congrats.. You are as old and pathetic as I am.
"how likely is it that India's program will innovate?"
Same chance that Microsoft will innovate.
Don't forget my favorite Beneath the planet of the Apes.
"a degenerate, subterranean cult worshipping the greatest of all human achievements--the cobalt bomb."
Those crafty Canadians... Makes me proud to be one.
Space 1999 anyone?
And only 3 years late.
Thanks for the idea.... Get ready to start sending me cheques..
"XP runs all Windows software."
You would expect it to run all windows software, but you would be wrong. I have seen plenty of software that does not run under XP, and even more that will run, but makes the system totaly unstable. (Instead of just mostly unstable.)