I listened to a report about it on the radio this morning, and the system was started in 1994 and ran on Windows 3.1. Then they upgraded it to Windows 95. I takes 25 minutes to process what used to take 25 seconds on the old system. 135 million dollars from an initial bugdet of 25 odd million.
"teach our children to think more critically" of what they see in our media...
This is a great idea, being debated in Victorian education (Australia) at present, with divisive strawman arguments against it (e.g. "educating from the back of cereal packets instead of classics","moral relativism will result in social destruction" )
I read about a similar theory in "Total War", a one volume history of WWII. There was apparently a mobilization of Russian troups around Vladivostok waiting for the signal to start a top to bottom invasion/wipeout of Japan, and this may have tipped the Japanese surrender- especially considering that more damage was being done DAILY by bombing raids than that done by the atomic bombs.
I'm reading a book at the moment called "About Face" by the guy that designed VB (don't laugh). Anyway, the simple idioms that are required to use a mouse make using a computer for beginners much easier that it used to be with a keyboard. User's don't want to be effective like programmers do.
Funnily enough, he mentioned these as users' goals:
Don't look stupid Don't make big mistakes Get adequate work done Don't get too bored
Think about that the next time you design an interface and decide which way to go:)
That's why a person's age, nationality, postcode and average income (or their guardians) should be in brackets next to their comments - so that you can take their most probably education into consideration to determine whether tags should be put around their comments.
All DA's versions were different, so why not this one?
What DA did with plots in the different media versions must make SF-ST/SW-canon-geeks heads asplode:)
My girlfriend hadn't read the books before because she thought they were nerdy, but she pissed herself in the movie and will be reading the books as soon as she finishes LOTR.
Her quote: "Oh, I thought the H2G2 were just for nerds."
I think the movie will make a lot of people read the books for the first time.
Sort of what happened in Iran when Khomeini and his religious band of merry men took over the government. Don't worry, American friends, there are many people out there who can relate, and who you can stand beside to fight this scourge.
I did this on XP: Downloaded and ran win version of qemu Create an image file bigger than your iso using qemu Point to your ISO Run! (Knoppix took about 8 mins on old PIII laptop)
If you are referring to not being able to continue to protect a trade mark that has become part of our common language, I'm not sure if this applies. I also wonder if MAME would have reached that widespread use yet?
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Finding, looting, it's just depends on who you are (ducks!)
I listened to a report about it on the radio this morning, and the system was started in 1994 and ran on Windows 3.1. Then they upgraded it to Windows 95. I takes 25 minutes to process what used to take 25 seconds on the old system. 135 million dollars from an initial bugdet of 25 odd million.
Makes me feel a bit better about my job.
Get them to p*ss and sh*t out the back of the station and down a bit. That'll help.
"teach our children to think more critically" of what they see in our media...
This is a great idea, being debated in Victorian education (Australia) at present, with divisive strawman arguments against it (e.g. "educating from the back of cereal packets instead of classics","moral relativism will result in social destruction" )
"PayPuss: pay for it if your married or single."
If the job was using mySQL to track the locations of manhole covers in a city, then yes.
I read about a similar theory in "Total War", a one volume history of WWII. There was apparently a mobilization of Russian troups around Vladivostok waiting for the signal to start a top to bottom invasion/wipeout of Japan, and this may have tipped the Japanese surrender- especially considering that more damage was being done DAILY by bombing raids than that done by the atomic bombs.
I believe you would be looking for something like this?
"Like any other source, you have to evaluate it based on its merits."
Is that you, Ja(y)son Blair?
I'm reading a book at the moment called "About Face" by the guy that designed VB (don't laugh). Anyway, the simple idioms that are required to use a mouse make using a computer for beginners much easier that it used to be with a keyboard. User's don't want to be effective like programmers do.
:)
Funnily enough, he mentioned these as users' goals:
Don't look stupid
Don't make big mistakes
Get adequate work done
Don't get too bored
Think about that the next time you design an interface and decide which way to go
That's why a person's age, nationality, postcode and average income (or their guardians) should be in brackets next to their comments - so that you can take their most probably education into consideration to determine whether tags should be put around their comments.
From memory, the further down from Hydrogen, the better the reaction with water.
If they put lithium on the side of their house, it would explode the next time it rained.
:)
(yes I did understand what you meant
I'm an engineer. What if I marry a nurse?
Interesting though, along gender lines. Girls I know will read tons of fantasy, but won't touch much SF. I go the other way myself.
:)
"Sheesh, smack her for me."
With pleasure
I thought the movie version was hilarious.
:)
All DA's versions were different, so why not this one?
What DA did with plots in the different media versions must make SF-ST/SW-canon-geeks heads asplode
My girlfriend hadn't read the books before because she thought they were nerdy, but she pissed herself in the movie and will be reading the books as soon as she finishes LOTR.
Her quote:
"Oh, I thought the H2G2 were just for nerds."
I think the movie will make a lot of people read the books for the first time.
He runs his screenplays through a stripping program that results in a novel based on a major motion picture. Try reading Timeline, too.
"You forgot news.pl"
Sort of what happened in Iran when Khomeini and his religious band of merry men took over the government. Don't worry, American friends, there are many people out there who can relate, and who you can stand beside to fight this scourge.
:)
They might look like Arabs though
Maybe they do. Releasing specs and driver code could reveal unlicensed use of another company's patented methods and processes.
I did this on XP:
Downloaded and ran win version of qemu
Create an image file bigger than your iso using qemu
Point to your ISO
Run! (Knoppix took about 8 mins on old PIII laptop)
"attempt at being a Grammar Nazi".
Nice assonance.
If you are referring to not being able to continue to protect a trade mark that has become part of our common language, I'm not sure if this applies. I also wonder if MAME would have reached that widespread use yet?
Foley will not by law be able to sue the previous users for continued use of his (potentially) registered marks.
Prior Art is for Patent law. This is TM law. See my comment below for the MAME folks' protections.