Other posters have noted that regexps aren't necessarily useful to (they claim) the majority.
What about searching for file names containing whole words (as opposed to parts of words, so that "MGM" doesn't match Winmgmt.exe) or phrases (especially useful for song titles)?
I do not have permission to install software on a significant number of Windows computers that I use. And does Cygwin (including its installer) work well on Windows 9x, on computers that connect to the Internet through dialup, or on computers whose Internet access is filtered to a whitelist of approved web sites? And is Cygwin XFree86 mature enough to be usable for everyday work?
It's VERY well done, and some of the things (like the start menu and the systray) are very well done.
You press start to stop the computer.
You press start... to stop the computer!
And pressing the Logo key between Ctrl and Alt will unceremoniously dump the player out of a fast-action full-screen game.
The "standard" Windows GUI, is quite good though.
The graphical shell lacks some things. Does it have a way to search for file names by regular expressions, by exact substring/phrase, or even by all the words? I can't get Windows 2000 to search by anything other than any of the word stems.
In the Netherlands, there was a patent case once about the idea of salvaging sunk ships by filling them with air-filled ping-pong balls; the patent was denied because the idea had been used before in a Donald Duck comic.
On the other hand, think of what would have hit the proverbial fan had the patent been upheld. The government would have recognized a Disney writer as the inventor, and the assignee would have been (obviously) The Walt Disney Company. In that case, Disney would have sought out a Cher Patent Term Harmonization Act for sure.
The goto statement is useful in at least one instance: in C code that corresponds to Java's named break and named continue. (I have never used it otherwise in C.) Likewise, you can't say the name of Panasonic's parent company without using either the four-letter "shit" or some sort of circumlocution every time such as "Panasonic's parent company". Sometimes, the most convenient way of saying something is the most desirable.
I've had to allow unresolvable FQDNs in the HELO, because a few of the companies that my employer deals with have morons in their IT department. Those morons have managed to configure mail servers using *internal* names that don't resolve outside of their network.
Then allow only addresses that either 1. are a FQDN or 2. are one of the servers managed by morons working for companies that your employer deals with.
Just treat [virus infected emails] as spam [spamcop.net].
This is against SpamCop's rules, which forbid use of the reporting service on "virus infected emails... regardless of whether you know the originating party or not."
How is a software thief any different than a car thief?
A person who commits grand theft auto deprives the owner of the car of the use of the car.
A person who copies a work and infringes the copyright deprives the owner of the original copy (who is an end user) of precisely nothing. He almost certainly does not deprive the copyright owner of the full suggested retail price of the lost sale, as he probably would not have bought a copy anyway.
Where did they get the idea that they could tack restrictions on my right to click a button on a piece of software I've already purchased, anyway?
Conspicuous text on the outside of the box: "Your purchase of this package indicates your acceptance of the following terms: Publisher is not willing to sell or license the enclosed Software to you except under the terms displayed when you install the enclosed Software. If you do not agree to the enclosed terms, you hereby agree to return the entire contents of this package for a full refund of the purchase price." How would you weasel out of that?
In fact, what if the EULA were printed on the box?
If you _support_ the Free Software Movement, shouldn't you be coding an open-source EDA tool that doesn't suck, instead of waiting for others to do it for you?
Not everybody has both sufficient knowledge of computer science and enough cash with which to feed oneself while writing an open-source EDA tool.
Quake 3 was pretty good on the Dreamcast AND you could add a keyboard and mouse if you really wanted to. It also had both a modem and an ethernet adapter for multiplayer mayhem...
Can you point me in the direction of a Dreamcast Ethernet adapter for sale?
One problem with buying a cheap Radeon with TV output and then connecting the PC to the TV is that the text in many PC games is too small to come through readably at 480p.
On the PC, I can get 1600x1200 pixels. Can I get those pixels on a huge display that four people can comfortably sit around? Giving each player his own display costs several times more of the family budget than connecting four input devices to one console and using a non-first-person game design such as that of Bomberman, Super Smash Bros., etc.
Sure, same-room multiplayer doesn't work against people in another state, but broadband is expensive too, and speed-of-light limitations still add quite a bit of latency.
And yes, I asked and chose NOT to open a bank account at a bank which required me to use Windows.
How did you get this choice? In many towns, there is only one bank with ATMs. Example: Terre Haute First National Bank, whose web interface required IE until recently, is pretty much the only bank in Terre Haute, Indiana.
I tend to use the DVD player for DVDs and the Mac when I'm on the road. The Mac software is licensed.
For Linux/x86 users, installing the DVD software for Macs costs at least $1,000, which includes the cost of purchasing a new Macintosh computer. Most DVD players don't have VGA output either; many people (I'm thinking college students) would have to 1. buy a TV, and 2. rent enough extra space to hold a TV.
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Other posters have noted that regexps aren't necessarily useful to (they claim) the majority.
What about searching for file names containing whole words (as opposed to parts of words, so that "MGM" doesn't match Winmgmt.exe) or phrases (especially useful for song titles)?
install cygwin
I do not have permission to install software on a significant number of Windows computers that I use. And does Cygwin (including its installer) work well on Windows 9x, on computers that connect to the Internet through dialup, or on computers whose Internet access is filtered to a whitelist of approved web sites? And is Cygwin XFree86 mature enough to be usable for everyday work?
It's VERY well done, and some of the things (like the start menu and the systray) are very well done.
You press start to stop the computer.
You press start... to stop the computer!
And pressing the Logo key between Ctrl and Alt will unceremoniously dump the player out of a fast-action full-screen game.
The "standard" Windows GUI, is quite good though.
The graphical shell lacks some things. Does it have a way to search for file names by regular expressions, by exact substring/phrase, or even by all the words? I can't get Windows 2000 to search by anything other than any of the word stems.
In the Netherlands, there was a patent case once about the idea of salvaging sunk ships by filling them with air-filled ping-pong balls; the patent was denied because the idea had been used before in a Donald Duck comic.
On the other hand, think of what would have hit the proverbial fan had the patent been upheld. The government would have recognized a Disney writer as the inventor, and the assignee would have been (obviously) The Walt Disney Company. In that case, Disney would have sought out a Cher Patent Term Harmonization Act for sure.
comprising at least two display boxes in which data can be displayed by electronic activation
The Palm OS supports windowing. This creates virtual "display boxes."
The Palm OS supports synchronization with PC-side PIM software. The Palm device has a "display box"; the PC has another.
Some people timeshift MTV.
Humans are not animals
Are they plants?
Yeah, couch potatoes, but the rest?
The goto statement is useful in at least one instance: in C code that corresponds to Java's named break and named continue. (I have never used it otherwise in C.) Likewise, you can't say the name of Panasonic's parent company without using either the four-letter "shit" or some sort of circumlocution every time such as "Panasonic's parent company". Sometimes, the most convenient way of saying something is the most desirable.
How about, "He's as tall as 3 apples." Is that easy to recognize like, "He's knee high to a grasshopper." is?
To fans of the Smurfs, it is.
You really don't need so many words to communicate effectively.
D*mn straight. In fact, the language Toki Pona has only about 120 words.
Madonna Remix
Did you get permission from the songwriters?
I've had to allow unresolvable FQDNs in the HELO, because a few of the companies that my employer deals with have morons in their IT department. Those morons have managed to configure mail servers using *internal* names that don't resolve outside of their network.
Then allow only addresses that either 1. are a FQDN or 2. are one of the servers managed by morons working for companies that your employer deals with.
Just treat [virus infected emails] as spam [spamcop.net].
This is against SpamCop's rules, which forbid use of the reporting service on "virus infected emails ... regardless of whether you know the originating party or not."
How is a software thief any different than a car thief?
A person who commits grand theft auto deprives the owner of the car of the use of the car.
A person who copies a work and infringes the copyright deprives the owner of the original copy (who is an end user) of precisely nothing. He almost certainly does not deprive the copyright owner of the full suggested retail price of the lost sale, as he probably would not have bought a copy anyway.
Where did they get the idea that they could tack restrictions on my right to click a button on a piece of software I've already purchased, anyway?
Conspicuous text on the outside of the box: "Your purchase of this package indicates your acceptance of the following terms: Publisher is not willing to sell or license the enclosed Software to you except under the terms displayed when you install the enclosed Software. If you do not agree to the enclosed terms, you hereby agree to return the entire contents of this package for a full refund of the purchase price." How would you weasel out of that?
In fact, what if the EULA were printed on the box?
If you _support_ the Free Software Movement, shouldn't you be coding an open-source EDA tool that doesn't suck, instead of waiting for others to do it for you?
Not everybody has both sufficient knowledge of computer science and enough cash with which to feed oneself while writing an open-source EDA tool.
Quake 3 was pretty good on the Dreamcast AND you could add a keyboard and mouse if you really wanted to. It also had both a modem and an ethernet adapter for multiplayer mayhem...
Can you point me in the direction of a Dreamcast Ethernet adapter for sale?
Get a graphics card with S-Video output!
One problem with buying a cheap Radeon with TV output and then connecting the PC to the TV is that the text in many PC games is too small to come through readably at 480p.
If you're a small garage band trying to advertize yourself, there's nothing wrong with throwing mp3s of your performances on kazaa.
What about the copyrights owned by the songwriters?
Blurry, or detailed. Take your pick.
On the PC, I can get 1600x1200 pixels. Can I get those pixels on a huge display that four people can comfortably sit around? Giving each player his own display costs several times more of the family budget than connecting four input devices to one console and using a non-first-person game design such as that of Bomberman, Super Smash Bros., etc.
Sure, same-room multiplayer doesn't work against people in another state, but broadband is expensive too, and speed-of-light limitations still add quite a bit of latency.
It's old.
And you probably aren't as skilled as Yakov.
So stop making "Soviet Russia" jokes unless you can think of something original.
And yes, I asked and chose NOT to open a bank account at a bank which required me to use Windows.
How did you get this choice? In many towns, there is only one bank with ATMs. Example: Terre Haute First National Bank, whose web interface required IE until recently, is pretty much the only bank in Terre Haute, Indiana.
I tend to use the DVD player for DVDs and the Mac when I'm on the road. The Mac software is licensed.
For Linux/x86 users, installing the DVD software for Macs costs at least $1,000, which includes the cost of purchasing a new Macintosh computer. Most DVD players don't have VGA output either; many people (I'm thinking college students) would have to 1. buy a TV, and 2. rent enough extra space to hold a TV.
If you did not agree, and you signed the contract anyway, then you committed fraud.
People on consoles have been brainwashed into using stupid little gamepads and claiming they like it.
Do you really think you could play Mario or Sonic games on the keyboard and get a better score than you would on a PS1 style gamepad?
They don't even complain about the lack of save-game ability on most consoles.
Game consoles have been saving games since The Legend of Zelda, published by Nintendo in the late 1980s.
Poor bastards who can't buy a PC.
A 27 inch TV costs $250. How much does a 27 inch PC monitor cost?
TiVo runs a modified version of Linux, which is protected by the GPL. Therefore, legally they have always been required to release their source.
TiVo has distributed source code for the version of the Linux kernel included in the devices for as long as I can remember.