Who knows, it could be from an oil producing nation with subsidy. I'm sure there are more than a few Saudis and Venezuelans wondering if we are loopy when they compare $.14/gal gas to our $2.10-ish prices. Heck, just check out Iraq.
"For years, Iraqis have enjoyed subsidized fuel prices, with gasoline costing about 5 cents a gallon. Last month, prices increased to 27 cents a gallon as part of a phased plan to remove subsidies and bring prices into line with other Persian Gulf countries."
To get back to the quote, Shaun of the Dead was an awesome movie. Rather than poke fun at society and bureaucracy by taking it on an integalactic scale, in that case removing Earth to make room for an intergalactic freeway, they make due with everyday life: A pub crawling loser doomed to life working in an electronics store with kids almost half his age doesn't quite notice that zombies have taken over the town.
"Microsoft so screwed up the launch of the 360 the business mags are noting its hurting their bottom line and their outlook."
You must live in the Bizarro Universe, where game console launches are meant to snag as many customers as possible in some sort of box-office-movie parallel. That's not how it is in the real world.
In the real world, Microsoft does not want any gamers to regret buying the XBox 360 yet. They would rather have a strong, solid, but small installed base that will attract the masses around the time that Halo 3 comes out. To get this, they've got a very small supply of consoles out there in the real world and a ton of games (far more than there are consoles to support them) taking up space in Wal-Mart. Meanwhile, the casual gamers (like me... guys who think that $300 game consoles are insane) are finally picking up the a new Xbox (because we know about used toasters) and a ton of great, cheap greatest hits games and subscribing to live. Setting the stage for an excellent couple of Christmas seasons for Microsoft with the least ammount of risk.
Now, if only I could find a copy of Marvel vs Capcom 2 that didn't cost $60 bucks.
At the moment, I'l working with a small newspaper's website.... We redid our news archive completely, to make it really easy for users and spiders to crawl. After sending it in to Google News, they initially turned it down, saying that we aggregated news from the AP and such. Which we do. So does ABC news, New York Times, Washington Post, and hundreds of other sites on Google News.
I'm okay with getting turned down in that instance, though. We just added the ability to limit our archives to local with a simple addition to the "/archive" url, now it's "archive/local"... We've re-sent that new URL instead, and now we are waiting to see if they'll accept it and only crawl under that URL or not.
We honestly live in what appears to be the most well managed, well thought out, and well prepared oppressive regime in history."
Oh yes, the Bush administration is sooooo oppressive. I'm sure they'll stop idiots from doing the pots-and-pans-clanging protest outside the State of the Union address tonight.
Not.
It's a lot like Rebel Without A Cause... just a lot more rebels.
These researchers can blame the bells and whistles all they want, but I doubt they tested the interactive books against a real control... If you give a 5 year old a copy of Curious George, be prepared to watch them struggle at the rate of 30 seconds per page, or 5 to 10 minutes for a whole book, reading and figuring out each word. By the end of the ordeal, they plot of the story and details wont matter to them. What matters is that they've read every word, and the monkey somehow managed to rescue his banana.
From the blog post: "These PC's were running on the same large TCP/IP network as my PC client at Bessemer as well our Exchange server, and yet there was no way for me to access my corporate email and calendar."
"These patents were written by programmers who were engaged in building a viable, commercial platform, and genuinely wished to protect the invention."
Here's the deal... He wants to fix a problem, bridge a gap. On obvious gap. The patent system is supposed to protect inventions, not prevent people from creating their own solutions to a problem. I see nothing in that stupid patent that isn't nebulous and pathetic.
"But this time Microsoft is steamrolling its way into wireless messaging through the clear theft of my, Daniel's, Chris', and others' intellectual property. That's why Visto is suing."
Pray, tell, what exactly did Microsoft steal? Did they steal your problem space? Because patents don't cover problems. They cover solutions.
"Sponsorship is encouraged to support the global activities of the X.Org Foundation. Current X.Org Sponsors include Sun Microsystems, HP, IBM, StarNet Communications, AttachmateWRQ, Hummingbird, and Integrated Computer Solutions Incorporated [ICS].
* LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. "Solaris" is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. All company names are trademarks of their registered owners. "
That's supposed to be GNU/LINUX, you insensitive clod!
'My sense is that... There are more designers at Microsoft on any single team as there were, not too long ago, in the entire company." - Martin LaMonica
"And the answer to the question inside this envelope is 'Transit Strike'"
** rip **
"Why are ZDNet relying on second-string writer monkey rejects today?"
I only mentioned WebTV. The word "Microsoft" wasn't anywhere.:)
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"I can't imagine what google is working on next, but I have been contemplating their need for a "proof-of-concept" engine that would be considered a web browser to some, but in all reality it would be an operating system."
A web browser that hides the operating system and all the associated bagage? Wow, that's revolutionary! It's amazing that nobody though of it before, way to go google!
And what, pray tell, has OSDL done to deserve my trust or respect?
Better yet, can you tell me that their "Desktop Linux Working Group" doesn't invision a better, brighter future... A future where a single linux desktop named KDE reigns?
I trust that neither OSDL or Linus have an objective opinion on the desktop... They just want their working group to succeed, leading to more money and less desktop competition in the future.
That's based on the faulty assumption that I must for some reason allow my daughter to go to a swimming pool. No, I have a choice to refuse to let her swim.
"I'm not convinced it is a matter of parenting because it is simply not possible to watch older children or teens every waking moment."
Okay, dude. It's inconvenient. It's tough. It's not even remotely fun. I wouldn't want to do it in a few years when my daughter hits her teens. It's bound to make for an unhappy family... Any which way, I'm absolutely certain of one thing: It IS possible to supervise your child during every waking moment. Neither the law nor physics can stop you if you choose to do it.
Maybe he just wanted to draw attention to the great work that Jimmy Carter is doing for organizations like habitat for humanity... I'm sure you've read articles about it in the news. They typically go about two or three paragraphs before saying something like... "Though Jimmy Carter is a respected humanitarian these days, he still keeps his pulse on American politics. During our meeting, he occasionally brought up she subject of the war in Iraq, off the record, calling it a 'quaqmire within a box within a portabello mushroom within a gulag', which we assume is a bad thing."
These articles are a bit like FOX running a story about the anti-FOX News camp and their books and blogs, or Anderson Cooper insisting that an "anti-gay" politician's stance unfairly impacts "us" during an interview. Always interesting, but there's simply no way to apply the objective label to this reporting.
The Japanese content was simply replaced or toned down during the translation process... You may be surprised to know that Daddy Warbucks was created in Japan as Mister Mephistopheles.
Annie? She was Thong, the dog was Bananahammock, and Miss Ashtma was known as Aunt Grannypanties.
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Who knows, it could be from an oil producing nation with subsidy. I'm sure there are more than a few Saudis and Venezuelans wondering if we are loopy when they compare $.14/gal gas to our $2.10-ish prices. Heck, just check out Iraq.
"For years, Iraqis have enjoyed subsidized fuel prices, with gasoline costing about 5 cents a gallon. Last month, prices increased to 27 cents a gallon as part of a phased plan to remove subsidies and bring prices into line with other Persian Gulf countries."
"Just remember the golden rule of everything (television standards, jumper cables, sex, whatever): you have to match the output to the input."
Willie "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other" Nelson may disagree with you there.
Actually, it's Kyle's mom....
To get back to the quote, Shaun of the Dead was an awesome movie. Rather than poke fun at society and bureaucracy by taking it on an integalactic scale, in that case removing Earth to make room for an intergalactic freeway, they make due with everyday life: A pub crawling loser doomed to life working in an electronics store with kids almost half his age doesn't quite notice that zombies have taken over the town.
Doubleplusyes.
"Teri Hatcher swimsuit malfunction"
I don't think anyone is going to search for a "Teri Hatcher swimsuit malfunction" after this photo.
Since when did "Unmanned" become a verb? I thought it was an adjective...
This must be some of that New English they them thar be teachin to muh mamma babies.
Millions? With an "M"?
You know you've missed the mark when even Dr. Evil is laughing at you.
"Microsoft so screwed up the launch of the 360 the business mags are noting its hurting their bottom line and their outlook."
You must live in the Bizarro Universe, where game console launches are meant to snag as many customers as possible in some sort of box-office-movie parallel. That's not how it is in the real world.
In the real world, Microsoft does not want any gamers to regret buying the XBox 360 yet. They would rather have a strong, solid, but small installed base that will attract the masses around the time that Halo 3 comes out. To get this, they've got a very small supply of consoles out there in the real world and a ton of games (far more than there are consoles to support them) taking up space in Wal-Mart. Meanwhile, the casual gamers (like me... guys who think that $300 game consoles are insane) are finally picking up the a new Xbox (because we know about used toasters) and a ton of great, cheap greatest hits games and subscribing to live. Setting the stage for an excellent couple of Christmas seasons for Microsoft with the least ammount of risk.
Now, if only I could find a copy of Marvel vs Capcom 2 that didn't cost $60 bucks.
At the moment, I'l working with a small newspaper's website.... We redid our news archive completely, to make it really easy for users and spiders to crawl. After sending it in to Google News, they initially turned it down, saying that we aggregated news from the AP and such. Which we do. So does ABC news, New York Times, Washington Post, and hundreds of other sites on Google News.
I'm okay with getting turned down in that instance, though. We just added the ability to limit our archives to local with a simple addition to the "/archive" url, now it's "archive/local"... We've re-sent that new URL instead, and now we are waiting to see if they'll accept it and only crawl under that URL or not.
We honestly live in what appears to be the most well managed, well thought out, and well prepared oppressive regime in history."
Oh yes, the Bush administration is sooooo oppressive. I'm sure they'll stop idiots from doing the pots-and-pans-clanging protest outside the State of the Union address tonight.
Not.
It's a lot like Rebel Without A Cause... just a lot more rebels.
These researchers can blame the bells and whistles all they want, but I doubt they tested the interactive books against a real control... If you give a 5 year old a copy of Curious George, be prepared to watch them struggle at the rate of 30 seconds per page, or 5 to 10 minutes for a whole book, reading and figuring out each word. By the end of the ordeal, they plot of the story and details wont matter to them. What matters is that they've read every word, and the monkey somehow managed to rescue his banana.
"Republican passed and the Republicans are occupied running our country even farther into the ground while it's used to abuse the poor and the weak."
Perhaps the government of the United States shouldn't be strong enough to abuse anybody, even the rich.
" But the Republicans are the ones with all the cards and they own the responsibility for the shit that's going on."
Because bad things never happen unprovoked? That's not how the world works.
From the blog post:
"These PC's were running on the same large TCP/IP network as my PC client at Bessemer as well our Exchange server, and yet there was no way for me to access my corporate email and calendar."
"These patents were written by programmers who were engaged in building a viable, commercial platform, and genuinely wished to protect the invention."
Here's the deal... He wants to fix a problem, bridge a gap. On obvious gap. The patent system is supposed to protect inventions, not prevent people from creating their own solutions to a problem. I see nothing in that stupid patent that isn't nebulous and pathetic.
"But this time Microsoft is steamrolling its way into wireless messaging through the clear theft of my, Daniel's, Chris', and others' intellectual property. That's why Visto is suing."
Pray, tell, what exactly did Microsoft steal? Did they steal your problem space? Because patents don't cover problems. They cover solutions.
"Sponsorship is encouraged to support the global activities of the X.Org Foundation. Current X.Org Sponsors include Sun Microsystems, HP, IBM, StarNet Communications, AttachmateWRQ, Hummingbird, and Integrated Computer Solutions Incorporated [ICS].
* LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. "Solaris" is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. All company names are trademarks of their registered owners. "
That's supposed to be GNU/LINUX, you insensitive clod!
'My sense is that... There are more designers at Microsoft on any single team as there were, not too long ago, in the entire company." - Martin LaMonica
"And the answer to the question inside this envelope is 'Transit Strike'"
** rip **
"Why are ZDNet relying on second-string writer monkey rejects today?"
I only mentioned WebTV. The word "Microsoft" wasn't anywhere. :)
"I can't imagine what google is working on next, but I have been contemplating their need for a "proof-of-concept" engine that would be considered a web browser to some, but in all reality it would be an operating system."
A web browser that hides the operating system and all the associated bagage? Wow, that's revolutionary! It's amazing that nobody though of it before, way to go google!
"sales of down-filled parkas skyrocketed in hell, Israel and Palestine agreed to merge and form one country under UN supervision...."
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reportedly wants to label the destination for Unified Palisrael with the name "New West Italy".
And what, pray tell, has OSDL done to deserve my trust or respect?
Better yet, can you tell me that their "Desktop Linux Working Group" doesn't invision a better, brighter future... A future where a single linux desktop named KDE reigns?
I'm sorry, but I've probably done more for GNOME and free software in my free time than half of the members on OSDL company roster.
I trust that neither OSDL or Linus have an objective opinion on the desktop... They just want their working group to succeed, leading to more money and less desktop competition in the future.
That's based on the faulty assumption that I must for some reason allow my daughter to go to a swimming pool. No, I have a choice to refuse to let her swim.
:)
Your argument is invalid.
"I'm not convinced it is a matter of parenting because it is simply not possible to watch older children or teens every waking moment."
Okay, dude. It's inconvenient. It's tough. It's not even remotely fun. I wouldn't want to do it in a few years when my daughter hits her teens. It's bound to make for an unhappy family... Any which way, I'm absolutely certain of one thing: It IS possible to supervise your child during every waking moment. Neither the law nor physics can stop you if you choose to do it.
Maybe he just wanted to draw attention to the great work that Jimmy Carter is doing for organizations like habitat for humanity... I'm sure you've read articles about it in the news. They typically go about two or three paragraphs before saying something like...
"Though Jimmy Carter is a respected humanitarian these days, he still keeps his pulse on American politics. During our meeting, he occasionally brought up she subject of the war in Iraq, off the record, calling it a ' quaqmire within a box within a portabello mushroom within a gulag ', which we assume is a bad thing."
"Maybe the records industry could somehow start promoting clusters of artists and whole genres instead of one mega artist? Hmm.."
The Highwaymen, Travelling Wilburys, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Los Super Seven... ?
These articles are a bit like FOX running a story about the anti-FOX News camp and their books and blogs, or Anderson Cooper insisting that an "anti-gay" politician's stance unfairly impacts "us" during an interview. Always interesting, but there's simply no way to apply the objective label to this reporting.
The Japanese content was simply replaced or toned down during the translation process... You may be surprised to know that Daddy Warbucks was created in Japan as Mister Mephistopheles.
Annie? She was Thong, the dog was Bananahammock, and Miss Ashtma was known as Aunt Grannypanties.