Williams did go out in a shower of sparks though. IMHO, Medieval Madness and Monster Bash were two of the finest machines of the last decade. I know of at least a handful of programmers who would rather play pinball than sit and stare at a monitor.
I only hope the designers get picked up by Gottlieb or Bally!
another reason young programmers are cheaper; most of them have no experience with 50 ways that an employer can screw you contractually. older programmers have probably already been reemed a couple of times:(
Memes, see Richard Dawkins "The Selfish Gene," really don't care about right, wrong, fair or unfair. They only care about survival. One in twenty seems like as good of a meme as one in a million, its just that one in a million is being propagated more rapidly in the giant petri dish we call 'human culture.'
I wouldn't worry about it except for the fact that it's spreading as rapidly as it is; Orwellian thought propaganda never had such a good friend as this little meme.
when books are outlawed only outlaws will read books.
Yes. Its true. If MS was a European company they wouldn't be pulling this sort of thing. However I don't think its merely trade-protectionism; The European Union is heavily reliant on Microsoft operating systems. I've never seen a Linux box in any of their data centers, although they do use several flavors of Unix.
As far as bogus claims go, though, I rather enjoy it that in certain instances (GM foods, in particular) a government entity steps forward and demands proof before the fact.
And when it comes to Microsoft in particular, if you think for one minute that they aren't doing everything they can to make other-OS interoperability a nightmare then you're probably using WFW 3.11.
at US$50, including a book, its very reasonable. i prefer it to all the other systems i have:
WinNT4
Win98 (for gamez)
Linux/KDE
BeOS
it installed more easily than any of the others, even win98. it doesn't prompt me that i've added new hardware every time i move a PCI card. and in general its a lot more pleasant than anything else. if giving it away for free, including the development package, can get some of the slackers to write quality warez for it then maybe both sides would gain.
A few things to note: Santa has candy, kids don't. Santa could have just given them some candy. These kids are undoubtedly poor. By North American standards quite poor -> think Appalachia 60 years ago. Poor people with time on their hands often (not always) = violence. I doubt that there was very much under the tree for any of them. Think about it. I been there, I seen it, I know.
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I only hope the designers get picked up by Gottlieb or Bally!
"Master, whats a torso." Igor, in Monster Bash
another reason young programmers are cheaper; most of them have no experience with 50 ways that an employer can screw you contractually. older programmers have probably already been reemed a couple of times :(
I wouldn't worry about it except for the fact that it's spreading as rapidly as it is; Orwellian thought propaganda never had such a good friend as this little meme.
when books are outlawed only outlaws will read books.
What happens when I accidently walk through a router stream during a DoS attack?
anyone notice that the page hasn't been updated since feb 10?
As far as bogus claims go, though, I rather enjoy it that in certain instances (GM foods, in particular) a government entity steps forward and demands proof before the fact.
And when it comes to Microsoft in particular, if you think for one minute that they aren't doing everything they can to make other-OS interoperability a nightmare then you're probably using WFW 3.11.
-- an expat yank in euroland
- WinNT4
- Win98 (for gamez)
- Linux/KDE
- BeOS
it installed more easily than any of the others, even win98. it doesn't prompt me that i've added new hardware every time i move a PCI card. and in general its a lot more pleasant than anything else.if giving it away for free, including the development package, can get some of the slackers to write quality warez for it then maybe both sides would gain.
--disgruntled NT pawn
I am amazed that anyone here is asking whether the ease-of-use and the power-of-technology can be wedded. JUST BE.
A few things to note:
Santa has candy, kids don't.
Santa could have just given them some candy.
These kids are undoubtedly poor. By North American standards quite poor -> think Appalachia 60 years ago.
Poor people with time on their hands often (not always) = violence.
I doubt that there was very much under the tree for any of them. Think about it.
I been there, I seen it, I know.