I'm sure my employer would have something to say about my password protected Blackberry (with probable HIPAA implications, since I work for a Healthcare company) being searched like this.
For many courses and standardized tests, only a few kinds of graphing calculators are allowed to be used. By allowing outside code to run on their calculators, TI risks losing their place on this list (and thus, sales) since those that administer these courses/tests might find out that TI's calculators allow outside programs to run that allow problems to be solved more easily.
Every article Dvorak writes is complaining about the tech industry, or some subset thereof. Why does he even bother with the tech industry, then? He seems miserable with the entire subject, so why doesn't he just find something else to do? I know the answer; he keeps doing it because of the money, plus the fact that his "popularity" (I use the term loosely) is due to his negative attitude. He doesn't really hate the industry, but is paid to.
What I don't understand is why people can't figure this out and stop giving him exposure. It's the same situation with that other guy that I refuse to name, you know, the anti-video game industry guy. The attention they receive only encourages them to do it again, and again, ad nauseam.
Please don't tell me that the attention he receives from article such as this on sites like/. does not matter because he writes for a magazine. PC Magazine hasn't been relevant for years. If you stop paying attention to them, trolls will go away.
I live about 5 miles from Firaxis...
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XM Radio just added over 20 channels for most major metropolitan areas that give you a quick 5 minute traffic and weather report. Find out if your city is listed here.
Of course, the cost of the hardware and the monthly subscription fee may turn many off.
I've tried Broderbund's 3D Home Architect, and I've found that the design is horrible. I tried making a simple floorplan for an apartment so I could see how/where furniture can fit in, and it was such a headache. The obvious thing a user would do is to draw the lenghts of the walls they measured, and then plug in the furniture. But when I did that, I found I was coming up a few inches short, even though I knew certain things would fit. That's because the damn software would draw the walls with the space between the exterior and exterior wall! WTF?!? There wasn't even an option I could use to turn it off. It was impossible (maybe a feature that wasn't documented in the help file) to draw a simple plan with dimensions that one measured to get a feel for a place.
So in response to your question, I have no idea, but I agree with you in that 3DHA is a nightmare to use.
Gillespie at his best! Just remember a few things if buying it at auction:
1. Make sure that you give Dr. Harmon the patented Huxtable "VOICE OF DOOM!" 2. If phoning in a bid, make sure your wife doesn't start bidding against you on the auction floor. 3. EAT THE JELLO, DAAAAHHHH!
I didn't mean to imply that the games were not great when it comes to playability, I meant that when I was just a kid playing on my NES, these games *seemed* great as in the size, the grandeur, especially of RPGs. I was trying to say that a game that used to come on a large cartrige could now be fit on a card no thicker than cardboard.
Hell, I play much, much more of NesterDC on my Dreamcast, than I do the actual Dreamcast games. For instance, Baseball Stars just can't be beaten by any of today's baseball games. Too bad my original NES cart of Baseball Star's battery died and I lost all my old teams... =(
I thought for a second they were talking about the restaurant Subway... And to think my 200-pound weigh loss diet was in jeopardy! I'd hate to see animated ads with the big old flabby Jarrod and the new, skinnier one...
The Cassiopeia E-200 line of PocketPCs had a similar problem. It seems the first batch of units produced had a faulty sidelight where it would burn out, usually within 2 weeks. This happened to about 75% of the first batch of units, and I was unlucky enough to get one of those. I exchanged it for a new one and have had no problems with it, but am waiting for it to burn out once the warrantee is up...
Casio has been very responsive about this issue and issued a new batch of units which do not have this problem. However, it just makes me wonder, do companies beta test their hardware any more? This sidelight burnt out on the defective batch usually within 14 days, under normal usage. Does this mean that they don't even beta test their products this long?
Here's a page about a guy who has done several of these, although he doesn't them more from a prankster point-of-view. They aren't vandalism as you might think, but just fun stuff that he makes to see how long his art goes by unnoticed.
Most of them are funny, like the one where he finds a sign at a cafe explaining "How to put the lid on your coffee," (duh!) and changes it to a version which contains many sexual overtones that even fools the employees.
Of course it must be useless and un-newsworth, JonKatz is posting it. Really people, I don't mean to sound trollish either, but c'mon guys, this isn't news, and it doesn't matter.;) At least to me it doesn't, and I'm sure most of you don't care either. I'm about one article short of putting Jon on my ignore list. I really hope it didn't have to come to this, but enough is enough!
Bnetd didn't reverse engineer any of Blizzard's software to create their server, so what right does Blizzard have to stop any of this? Sure you can make the case that bnetd allows software pirates to play their illegal copies of Blizzard's games more easily, but bnetd should be treated as a completely independent software developer.
If there's one thing we've learned this past month, it's that we must stick together. As computer users, we must stand together on this issue. This includes writing your state representatives in the U.S. Congress and Senate, since they will ultimately be deciding the fate of this bill.
Since Seanbaby is getting a cheap plug, I figured I would plug my site as well. Imagine my surprise to actually think some news would be in this space... This just in on slashdot! Uhm... a website!
*slips JonKatz a $5 bill* (you'd be surprised what you could get on slashdot for $5)
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AC is correct that it is a company phone, considering it said this right in the subject. (and quoting Donald Trump in a comment, seriously?)
I'm sure my employer would have something to say about my password protected Blackberry (with probable HIPAA implications, since I work for a Healthcare company) being searched like this.
For many courses and standardized tests, only a few kinds of graphing calculators are allowed to be used. By allowing outside code to run on their calculators, TI risks losing their place on this list (and thus, sales) since those that administer these courses/tests might find out that TI's calculators allow outside programs to run that allow problems to be solved more easily.
Street View blurs faces and license plates.
Google maps is also good at respecting the privacy of retired military officers!
Every article Dvorak writes is complaining about the tech industry, or some subset thereof. Why does he even bother with the tech industry, then? He seems miserable with the entire subject, so why doesn't he just find something else to do? I know the answer; he keeps doing it because of the money, plus the fact that his "popularity" (I use the term loosely) is due to his negative attitude. He doesn't really hate the industry, but is paid to.
/. does not matter because he writes for a magazine. PC Magazine hasn't been relevant for years. If you stop paying attention to them, trolls will go away.
What I don't understand is why people can't figure this out and stop giving him exposure. It's the same situation with that other guy that I refuse to name, you know, the anti-video game industry guy. The attention they receive only encourages them to do it again, and again, ad nauseam.
Please don't tell me that the attention he receives from article such as this on sites like
...so my question is, Can I have a job?
XM Radio just added over 20 channels for most major metropolitan areas that give you a quick 5 minute traffic and weather report. Find out if your city is listed here.
Of course, the cost of the hardware and the monthly subscription fee may turn many off.
I've tried Broderbund's 3D Home Architect, and I've found that the design is horrible. I tried making a simple floorplan for an apartment so I could see how/where furniture can fit in, and it was such a headache. The obvious thing a user would do is to draw the lenghts of the walls they measured, and then plug in the furniture. But when I did that, I found I was coming up a few inches short, even though I knew certain things would fit. That's because the damn software would draw the walls with the space between the exterior and exterior wall! WTF?!? There wasn't even an option I could use to turn it off. It was impossible (maybe a feature that wasn't documented in the help file) to draw a simple plan with dimensions that one measured to get a feel for a place.
So in response to your question, I have no idea, but I agree with you in that 3DHA is a nightmare to use.
Gillespie at his best! Just remember a few things if buying it at auction:
1. Make sure that you give Dr. Harmon the patented Huxtable "VOICE OF DOOM!"
2. If phoning in a bid, make sure your wife doesn't start bidding against you on the auction floor.
3. EAT THE JELLO, DAAAAHHHH!
Why can't we have an icon specially for Lord of the Rings? C'mon, we have a Star Wars icon, and now we want one for LOTR!
SimCity 4 went gold a few days ago! Should be out January 10, IIRC. w00t!
I just figured you were a canadian or slow or something. ;) Just kidding ppl!
My "English Spellchecker" keeps telling me the word "spellcheque" is incorrect... How ironic ;)
devloppers! devloppers! devloppers! devloppers!
Get on your feet!
*does the steve ballmer monkey dance*
Check out the hot deal forums over at sites like Fatwallet.com or Anandtech. Here's a thread about cheap firewalls from the latter.
under the "Quickies" topic?
I miss quickies!
I didn't mean to imply that the games were not great when it comes to playability, I meant that when I was just a kid playing on my NES, these games *seemed* great as in the size, the grandeur, especially of RPGs. I was trying to say that a game that used to come on a large cartrige could now be fit on a card no thicker than cardboard.
Hell, I play much, much more of NesterDC on my Dreamcast, than I do the actual Dreamcast games. For instance, Baseball Stars just can't be beaten by any of today's baseball games. Too bad my original NES cart of Baseball Star's battery died and I lost all my old teams... =(
I thought for a second they were talking about the restaurant Subway... And to think my 200-pound weigh loss diet was in jeopardy! I'd hate to see animated ads with the big old flabby Jarrod and the new, skinnier one...
I'm not listening to a word this guy's saying... I wish I was at home with a big bag of potato chips... Mmmmmmm... Potato chips.
Oh wait, they make a different kind of chips...
The Cassiopeia E-200 line of PocketPCs had a similar problem. It seems the first batch of units produced had a faulty sidelight where it would burn out, usually within 2 weeks. This happened to about 75% of the first batch of units, and I was unlucky enough to get one of those. I exchanged it for a new one and have had no problems with it, but am waiting for it to burn out once the warrantee is up...
Casio has been very responsive about this issue and issued a new batch of units which do not have this problem. However, it just makes me wonder, do companies beta test their hardware any more? This sidelight burnt out on the defective batch usually within 14 days, under normal usage. Does this mean that they don't even beta test their products this long?
Here's a page about a guy who has done several of these, although he doesn't them more from a prankster point-of-view. They aren't vandalism as you might think, but just fun stuff that he makes to see how long his art goes by unnoticed.
Most of them are funny, like the one where he finds a sign at a cafe explaining "How to put the lid on your coffee," (duh!) and changes it to a version which contains many sexual overtones that even fools the employees.
Of course it must be useless and un-newsworth, JonKatz is posting it. Really people, I don't mean to sound trollish either, but c'mon guys, this isn't news, and it doesn't matter. ;) At least to me it doesn't, and I'm sure most of you don't care either. I'm about one article short of putting Jon on my ignore list. I really hope it didn't have to come to this, but enough is enough!
Bnetd didn't reverse engineer any of Blizzard's software to create their server, so what right does Blizzard have to stop any of this? Sure you can make the case that bnetd allows software pirates to play their illegal copies of Blizzard's games more easily, but bnetd should be treated as a completely independent software developer.
If there's one thing we've learned this past month, it's that we must stick together. As computer users, we must stand together on this issue. This includes writing your state representatives in the U.S. Congress and Senate, since they will ultimately be deciding the fate of this bill.
Write Your Representative
Write Your Senator
Keep our rights alive!
Since Seanbaby is getting a cheap plug, I figured I would plug my site as well. Imagine my surprise to actually think some news would be in this space...
This just in on slashdot! Uhm... a website!
*slips JonKatz a $5 bill* (you'd be surprised what you could get on slashdot for $5)
bacontaco NOW!