Worrying about this is like worrying about the "DO NOT REMOVE" sticker on your flaming mattress.
I don't think the label worked if the mattress is flaming.
(I also think that the label is only intended to apply until the mattress is sold, but yours might be special.)
Mistress: (n) the thing that comes between a mister and a mattress.
I thought that was a really great technique when I first came across it and used it extensively. However, it is shocking how disruptive this construct can be to one's train of thought when reading through a complicated algorithm. It is also of limited value as it doesn't really help when it becomes necessary to test if (foo == bar). Consequently, I have reverted to relying on the compiler to tell me when I have made a typo.
Who the hell would care about an EM pulse or UWB pulse in the middle of nowhere
I don't know about you, but 40 miles from London doesn't quite count as the middle of nowhere to me.
According to a recent article in New Scientist (hard copy edition - no link, sorry) the MoD is even preventing wind turbine farms from being placed in the North Sea because of the possiblity that they may interfere with radar. I think that those guys are going to be quite concerned about EM pulses going off in the English Channel.
But lilo is much easier to install and setup. I have to keep a Linux boot disk handy in case Windows XP on my box takes a nose dive, forcing me to reinstall it, thus overwrite the MBR and grub.
Surely it would be necessary to do the same if you were using LILO, wouldn't it? If the MBR gets wiped, it doesn't really matter what was on it - it won't work anymore.
Same sort of accident where a couple of US tomahawk cruise missiles hit the Chinese embassy in Serbia (Chinese soil).
I suspect that in the event of Chinese guided missiles being fired at targets in northern Europe, most people will have other things to worry about than their website. Certainly, bandwidth and hosting costs would be expected to rise!
However, I sincerely doubt that most people consider the ability of their upstream provider to withstand physical assault when selecting a contract. I would also suspect that the vast majority of ISPs in the continental US are more vulnerable to sabotage than HavenCo.
The important consideration here is that HavenCo is far more legally independent than most other service providers. They are not obliged to comply with whatever draconian legislation congress' paymasters deem appropriate and very little pressure can be applied to force them to sign up to distasteful international treaties.
You're basically saying, "Here Bill Gates, you look after my data. I trust you".
No I'm not. I'm saying that in the business world, it is unreasonable and unrealistic to think that I can make all my customers, partners and suppliers change their toolsets just because I have a very strong preference for non-proprietry data formats. It is not really that difficult to print a.doc to file and then run ps2pdf on the resulting.ps to create a world readable file that is immune to Microsoft's future innovations. The hardest bit is getting access to a tool that can read the.doc file in the first place
Of course, PDF is not an ideal format for editing files, but then I use LaTeX for all documents that require more than a simple ascii text file. I've never had a complaint yet from someone who wasn't happy to receive a document as either PDF or HTML derived from LaTeX.
OpenOffice's rendering of MS Office documents is not perfect and this becomes more noticeable with more complex documents. However, it is good enough that we are now able to use Linux machines at work (mainly technical) without having to go to a Windows machine or dual-boot into NT every time someone sends us a.doc,.xls or.ppt.
We don't need a Word/Office killer. We need the ability to read documents that are sent to us while using a system that is appropriate to our needs.
The cost per day seems to have dropped in the last twenty minutes - it is now at $10.51. I'm not entirely sure how they calculate this because neither $11.31 nor $10.51 == 0.06 * 210.0
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So, you're agreeing with me that the general [user | bread buyer] is not placed under any obligation by participating in this kind of transaction, right?
And you may not use the search results provided by the Google Web APIs service with an existing product or service that competes with products or services offered by Google.
It is certainly reasonable for google to prevent other large search engines from crippling them by using the Google API to obtain all the best links, but this is rather vague.What exactly constitutes competition? Other search engines? Other commercial sites competing for viewers? Other sites that display adverts?
While I'm sure that Google's interpretation will be very reasonable, I don't really like the license text.
Menus are a good way to learn what features a package has when you are learning to use it. It is generally a lot quicker to browse the menu and see what happens than to read through pages and pages of documentation - especially when you haven't yet decided if the tool is the right one for you.
The menubar on emacs (for instance) is a great way of introducing emacs to complete novices. The smart ones usually find (or redefine) the hotkeys quickly enough.
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That looks like a better solution for preventing abuse of the system. However, as the plugin has being developed because people can't be bothered to bookmark their link and cut-and-paste URLs, I wouldn't have thought that they would get a very good response if they then add the extra hassle of sending them money. The whole point of the plugin is to make it really, really easy to inform. If they are going to start charging/rewarding people, the old web interface would probably suffice.
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i would still do it all day. I'm sure a lot of people who are desperate for cash would
But aren't the very people who have no money the ones that make the most use of warez sites? I'm fairly certain that the proportion of students with unauthorised copies of Windows on their home machines is greater than the proportion of Fortune 100 CEOs who succumb to the temptation to save a couple of hundred dollars.
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I hope this doesn't come as too much of a shock to you, but I think that you will find that you have no obligations whatsoever once you have purchased your food. My baker certainly does not have the right to fine me for failing to eat bread in the prescribed manner.
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It could be put in the EULA of the plugin.
Whoever said that downloading and using the plugin was the only way of contacting their site? It should be simple enough to reverse engineer the protocol it uses, for those inclined to do such things.
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I'm still desperately waiting for the general strike of entertainment providers. Just a week or so of no pre-digested teeny bands ... ah, bliss!
I don't think the label worked if the mattress is flaming.
(I also think that the label is only intended to apply until the mattress is sold, but yours might be special.)
Mistress: (n) the thing that comes between a mister and a mattress.
peaceably assemble somewhere else ;-)
I thought that was a really great technique when I first came across it and used it extensively. However, it is shocking how disruptive this construct can be to one's train of thought when reading through a complicated algorithm. It is also of limited value as it doesn't really help when it becomes necessary to test if (foo == bar). Consequently, I have reverted to relying on the compiler to tell me when I have made a typo.
A perfect CPU; I used to have one of those!!!
used to be?!*? Are you losing the faith?
I suspect that in the event of Chinese guided missiles being fired at targets in northern Europe, most people will have other things to worry about than their website. Certainly, bandwidth and hosting costs would be expected to rise!
However, I sincerely doubt that most people consider the ability of their upstream provider to withstand physical assault when selecting a contract. I would also suspect that the vast majority of ISPs in the continental US are more vulnerable to sabotage than HavenCo.
The important consideration here is that HavenCo is far more legally independent than most other service providers. They are not obliged to comply with whatever draconian legislation congress' paymasters deem appropriate and very little pressure can be applied to force them to sign up to distasteful international treaties.
No I'm not. I'm saying that in the business world, it is unreasonable and unrealistic to think that I can make all my customers, partners and suppliers change their toolsets just because I have a very strong preference for non-proprietry data formats. It is not really that difficult to print a .doc to file and then run ps2pdf on the resulting .ps to create a world readable file that is immune to Microsoft's future innovations. The hardest bit is getting access to a tool that can read the .doc file in the first place
Of course, PDF is not an ideal format for editing files, but then I use LaTeX for all documents that require more than a simple ascii text file. I've never had a complaint yet from someone who wasn't happy to receive a document as either PDF or HTML derived from LaTeX.
We don't need a Word/Office killer. We need the ability to read documents that are sent to us while using a system that is appropriate to our needs.
The cost per day seems to have dropped in the last twenty minutes - it is now at $10.51. I'm not entirely sure how they calculate this because neither $11.31 nor $10.51 == 0.06 * 210.0
Thank you. Oh, about the copyright on that ad ... ;o)
OpenOffice: The power of Unix, but still able to open/write the *.doc files for mother/boss sends you.
Keyword____Clicks/Day____$/Click_______Cost/Day
freedom_________5.1______$0.37____________$1.88
free_________5700.0_______$1.33________$7,569.23
So, you're agreeing with me that the general [user | bread buyer] is not placed under any obligation by participating in this kind of transaction, right?
While I'm sure that Google's interpretation will be very reasonable, I don't really like the license text.
M-x smile
The menubar on emacs (for instance) is a great way of introducing emacs to complete novices. The smart ones usually find (or redefine) the hotkeys quickly enough.
That looks like a better solution for preventing abuse of the system. However, as the plugin has being developed because people can't be bothered to bookmark their link and cut-and-paste URLs, I wouldn't have thought that they would get a very good response if they then add the extra hassle of sending them money. The whole point of the plugin is to make it really, really easy to inform. If they are going to start charging/rewarding people, the old web interface would probably suffice.
But aren't the very people who have no money the ones that make the most use of warez sites? I'm fairly certain that the proportion of students with unauthorised copies of Windows on their home machines is greater than the proportion of Fortune 100 CEOs who succumb to the temptation to save a couple of hundred dollars.
I hope this doesn't come as too much of a shock to you, but I think that you will find that you have no obligations whatsoever once you have purchased your food. My baker certainly does not have the right to fine me for failing to eat bread in the prescribed manner.
Whoever said that downloading and using the plugin was the only way of contacting their site? It should be simple enough to reverse engineer the protocol it uses, for those inclined to do such things.