> In other words, you don't want to know how your program really works. A fine attitude for a PHB. I suggest you switch to english.
Switching to English won't help because it's full of gotchas also. For example, whoever would have thought that "ph" and "f" have the same sound?
I've often been amazed how bad the aerodynamics of Science Fiction are. The X wing is a pretty good example, with those huge laser weapons on the ends of the wings that guarantee flutter problems in the wings. I also find it hilarious that the leading edges of the wings are flat. Then there's the silliness of having 4 engines instead of two. The whole problem is instead of being practical, science fiction spacecraft are just there to look cool.
If the rebels can't figure out a few obvious improvements like these then they deserve to be crushed like a bug by the Emperor.
So the future is going to have people waving their hands around to get anything done? Sounds like everyone's going to be an amateur symphony conductor. At least the picture phone didn't make it's appearance again. What I can't figure out is why all these companies is people want the future to be FUN, not easy. If it's easy, it's boring!
I also can't figure out why there are so many bleepin speakers in that speaker system. I count 8, 4 of which they could be used as engines on a small plane and the other 4 have stupid lighted boxes on the top.
And as usual the future is all about fancy gadgets to improve the corporate profits. There's nothing here about humans evolving, just technology.
What if somebody has been replaced by a body hatched from those pods that floated down from outer space? Is Apple going to sue the pod people also? If so I'm glad because I don't like pod people.
It's simply not possible to make a DC power transformer because only alternating current provides the changing magnetic field that makes them work. Power transformers are required for stepping up the voltage before transmitting the power over long distances in order to reduce the power losses.
Since the patent covers rich media over the Internet, all that has to be done is change the name of the Internet to be say, the World Wide Super Collosal Hyperconnected Multicomputer Communication Method, and the patent doesn't apply. Other "Internet" patents may also be invalidated also!
WWSCHMCM here we come!
Mr. Microsoft convenitently ignored the fact that with Linux you can run a lot of useful things like webservers, mail servers, and DNS servers completely without any memory GUI. This allows Linux to run on older hardware than Windows. The problem is such a comparison simply isn't possible because if you want to use Windows for server applications you're forced to use the GUI and you can't do anything useful in Windows without it. This is a frequent use of old machines that no longer have the horsepower to work as a desktop machine: stick Linux on it without the GUI running and use it for a server of some type.
Once games are properly experienced nobody (Male or Female) sets them down lightly. The games speak for themselves.
In my case games have spoken for themselves and I booted them out. I played a whole bunch of top of the line games of all types (FPS, RTS, Simulations, Civs) a few years ago and simply got sick and tired of the whole idea of spending seemingly endless hours glued to my computer screen clicking with a mouse and pecking at the keyboard. Nowadays I'd just rather relax or take a walk outside.
I can't help but wonder if Open Source software is a big reason for this. I can see this kind of demand increasing in the future because Windows is constantly compared with Linx and Open Source software where the file formats and protocols are all open. If OSS wasn't around then it'd be much harder to make a case for opening things up simply because there wouldn't be anything to compare with. It'd be like the bad old days where everything was closed and everyone would think that's the way it ought to be. If so then this is a victory for Linux simply because of the change in what the way things ought to be.
I guess you've never lived in Michigan with the temperature in the 90s and the humidity in the 90% range. I grew up in Michigan well remember how stuffy it gets with hot humid air blowing off of Lake Michigan.
If there's one complaint I have about web sites is the way so many of them change typefaces and override my browser settings. It's infuriating the way they play around with this like a bunch of tots with a new toy. I wish they'd quit doing this and design their web sites so it doesn't matter which font is being used by the browser. They don't seem to realize that I have carefully selected a font I like, only to have the web site shove their own fonts down my throat. Will the person who added the face attribute to the font tag please go out and die already?
A can of Coke is kind of the same: all the calories help increase obesity and the caffeine reduces the risk of liver disease due to obesity. Now THATS a balanced food!
Why else would they argue so stupidly? It's pretty obvious that North Carolina wants their code, not Microsoft's. I'm sure Diebold knows this but they're so desperate they're gone into the absurd zone.
They also haven't gone far enough. If you take their argument to it's logical conclusion then they also should cough up the microcode for the CPUs they use, the software for device drivers, the embedded code in the modems they use, and so forth.There's no reason to stop with the Windows source code. Keep on going!
Now that Melanie Moss has told us how to dress, why shouldn't the Slashdot crowd go critique her website? Personally I think it's a slow loading slug of a site, loaded with JavaScript, and a huge pompous graphic on the home page with cloyingly cutesy handwriting on it in a lame attempt to get cozy. The pink color on the drop down menus is ugly and unproffessional. Somebody needs to clue her in on newspeak: "Menu of services" indeed! The section called "Corporate Entertaining" is really just a plug for her "Corporate Styling Service". "Corporate Presentations" takes you to the same place that the misnamed "Corporate Entertaning" does. And oh, by the way, in her "Menu of Services" she'll shop for you for $100/hour. Imagine that, paying a woman to shop! To top it off, she'll tell you what you should wear for $100/hour and buy gifts for $100/hour. Oddly enough in her picture she reminds me of Monica Lewinsky.
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> In other words, you don't want to know how your program really works. A fine attitude for a PHB. I suggest you switch to english. Switching to English won't help because it's full of gotchas also. For example, whoever would have thought that "ph" and "f" have the same sound?
I like to watch terrorism, so please add me to your list. Sincerely, Joe Blow
I for one welcome our Black Hole overlords.
I've often been amazed how bad the aerodynamics of Science Fiction are. The X wing is a pretty good example, with those huge laser weapons on the ends of the wings that guarantee flutter problems in the wings. I also find it hilarious that the leading edges of the wings are flat. Then there's the silliness of having 4 engines instead of two. The whole problem is instead of being practical, science fiction spacecraft are just there to look cool. If the rebels can't figure out a few obvious improvements like these then they deserve to be crushed like a bug by the Emperor.
So why is this a surprise? My black hole makes clouds of gas when I eat beans.
This is a moot point. Earth has already lost it's marbles and can't afford to lose anymore.
Don't worry, they'll be back on the job when we use up our energy resources.
I guess this is what happens when so many people light their own farts.
So the future is going to have people waving their hands around to get anything done? Sounds like everyone's going to be an amateur symphony conductor. At least the picture phone didn't make it's appearance again. What I can't figure out is why all these companies is people want the future to be FUN, not easy. If it's easy, it's boring!
I also can't figure out why there are so many bleepin speakers in that speaker system. I count 8, 4 of which they could be used as engines on a small plane and the other 4 have stupid lighted boxes on the top.
And as usual the future is all about fancy gadgets to improve the corporate profits. There's nothing here about humans evolving, just technology.
What if somebody has been replaced by a body hatched from those pods that floated down from outer space? Is Apple going to sue the pod people also? If so I'm glad because I don't like pod people.
Atlantis just launched? Gee, I thought it was still at the bottom of the ocean.
It's about charging the maximum price that the market will bare.
And I'm waiting around to have a good leer when it bares it all.
It's simply not possible to make a DC power transformer because only alternating current provides the changing magnetic field that makes them work. Power transformers are required for stepping up the voltage before transmitting the power over long distances in order to reduce the power losses.
Since the patent covers rich media over the Internet, all that has to be done is change the name of the Internet to be say, the World Wide Super Collosal Hyperconnected Multicomputer Communication Method, and the patent doesn't apply. Other "Internet" patents may also be invalidated also! WWSCHMCM here we come!
Aren't lawyeres already robots? They can't be human, that's obvious.
Mr. Microsoft convenitently ignored the fact that with Linux you can run a lot of useful things like webservers, mail servers, and DNS servers completely without any memory GUI. This allows Linux to run on older hardware than Windows. The problem is such a comparison simply isn't possible because if you want to use Windows for server applications you're forced to use the GUI and you can't do anything useful in Windows without it. This is a frequent use of old machines that no longer have the horsepower to work as a desktop machine: stick Linux on it without the GUI running and use it for a server of some type.
Once games are properly experienced nobody (Male or Female) sets them down lightly. The games speak for themselves. In my case games have spoken for themselves and I booted them out. I played a whole bunch of top of the line games of all types (FPS, RTS, Simulations, Civs) a few years ago and simply got sick and tired of the whole idea of spending seemingly endless hours glued to my computer screen clicking with a mouse and pecking at the keyboard. Nowadays I'd just rather relax or take a walk outside.
I can't help but wonder if Open Source software is a big reason for this. I can see this kind of demand increasing in the future because Windows is constantly compared with Linx and Open Source software where the file formats and protocols are all open. If OSS wasn't around then it'd be much harder to make a case for opening things up simply because there wouldn't be anything to compare with. It'd be like the bad old days where everything was closed and everyone would think that's the way it ought to be. If so then this is a victory for Linux simply because of the change in what the way things ought to be.
I guess you've never lived in Michigan with the temperature in the 90s and the humidity in the 90% range. I grew up in Michigan well remember how stuffy it gets with hot humid air blowing off of Lake Michigan.
Please spell this differently so people with the $ony rootkit can see it.
If there's one complaint I have about web sites is the way so many of them change typefaces and override my browser settings. It's infuriating the way they play around with this like a bunch of tots with a new toy. I wish they'd quit doing this and design their web sites so it doesn't matter which font is being used by the browser. They don't seem to realize that I have carefully selected a font I like, only to have the web site shove their own fonts down my throat. Will the person who added the face attribute to the font tag please go out and die already?
somebody's trying to mate elephants with hippopotamus.
A can of Coke is kind of the same: all the calories help increase obesity and the caffeine reduces the risk of liver disease due to obesity. Now THATS a balanced food!
They also haven't gone far enough. If you take their argument to it's logical conclusion then they also should cough up the microcode for the CPUs they use, the software for device drivers, the embedded code in the modems they use, and so forth.There's no reason to stop with the Windows source code. Keep on going!
I think North Carolina has them scared.
Now that Melanie Moss has told us how to dress, why shouldn't the Slashdot crowd go critique her website? Personally I think it's a slow loading slug of a site, loaded with JavaScript, and a huge pompous graphic on the home page with cloyingly cutesy handwriting on it in a lame attempt to get cozy. The pink color on the drop down menus is ugly and unproffessional. Somebody needs to clue her in on newspeak: "Menu of services" indeed! The section called "Corporate Entertaining" is really just a plug for her "Corporate Styling Service". "Corporate Presentations" takes you to the same place that the misnamed "Corporate Entertaning" does. And oh, by the way, in her "Menu of Services" she'll shop for you for $100/hour. Imagine that, paying a woman to shop! To top it off, she'll tell you what you should wear for $100/hour and buy gifts for $100/hour. Oddly enough in her picture she reminds me of Monica Lewinsky.