Did you mean Steve Wozniak? He did wrote the BASIC interpreter and most other software for the original Apple computers. And he co-founded the company with Steven Paul Jobs, who was also a drop out.
The ideas are not valuable. The person who can come up with the ideas is valuable.
OMG... you've made me seen the light.
My brain hurts! Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch!
Next, they'll have contracts that steal me (as a whole person, and all my ideas) forever. They'll trap me with all sorts of anti-compete clause in legalese, and intimidate me to sign the contract.
The Qwerty Keyboard is actually designed to separate often-used letter-pairs to opposite ends because it dates back to the old mechanical typewriters that used to jam up if you went too fast due to typebars being located beside one another.
There, fixed it for ya.
"Sholes struggled for the next six years to perfect his invention, making many trial-and-error rearrangements of the original machine's alphabetical key arrangement in an effort to reduce the frequency of typebar clashes." QWERTY
As to why QWERTY is selected for computer keyboards, I can't find the answer. I believe it may partly be due to the popularity of the Selectric typewriter.
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You can now get ergonomic keyboards that are designed to let you type as fast as you like
To PP: I can ship you one if you like. Only $299.99 excluding S&H. It has 104 keys, allowing you to use your existing investments to the fullest!
... slowly leading to an era where helicopters can transform into airplanes, blood sampling is completely painless, brain contents can be downloaded by scanning the eyes, and clones can be produced in an afternoon.
And ask them for Math answers.
And tell them disgusting things during lunchtime.
And kidnap their dolls for ransom money.
And do all sorts of things to annoy them.
And pelt snowballs at them at every chance.
Never heard of the "smile at tourists" rule. Tourists (Australian backpackers) with huge backpacks often had to stand in the trains while young healthy Singaporeans hogged the seats.
The chewing gum law is correct. So is "no food or drinks on trains".
I'm not sure how much freedom we have with regards to personal data on PCs and laptops, though. At least I can ping www.gnupg.org at 217.69.76.60, right?
They didn't even let you make a copy of your data?
My sympathies. I live in Singapore. If this happens to me, I'm moving elsewhere.
Of course, I'd need to start making backups and hiding them. I'm not going to let my 15 years of documents be lost permanently due to some "professional" high up not doing their job properly.
"The evidence generated by DtecNet has been used and approved by criminal and civil courts alike across Europe."
I know it's too early to tell, but assuming if their claims were true...
If their evidence can satisfy the European courts, which are more protective of the individual (my POV, barring history), then what trouble would they have in the US courts?
"By only targeting content positively identified as illegal, the system avoids the problems of targeting P2P protocols indiscriminately securing maximum bandwidth for legal traffic."
Interesting, how would they know - they'll have to download a copy, right? If I record my own karaoke and share it out, does it count?
Also, won't they fall into the same "couldn't prove defendants had shared their files with anyone other than investigators" situation? (Imagine if they say that my <insert lousy movie here> episode is downloaded 50,000 times!)
Think of your degree of stupidity as a reflection of your inability to change. Now rethink your comment.
mfh (56)! You're like a parent to us! We look upon you with such respect and AWE; we listen to ALL your teachings; and we look upon you as THE role model of civilized Slashdot discussions. YOU are the reason why we read Slashdot everyday.
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Should he be buried in the common crypt or Goodsoup Family Crypt?
Common crypt (for low class citizens) - he comes back and heads the company once more. Endless loop.
Goodsoup Family Crypt (very high class) - he moves on and does other stuff.
I'm sure the mandated DRM server will achieve 99.999% uptime.
We'll hire discount babes instead.
... you end up with a house full of hand soap that'll last you the next 30 years ...
Only true for IT geeks who spent most of their time in their parents' basements.
Slashdot readers, on the other hand, spend most of their time in their girlfriends' beds.
Please see MP3 Royalty Rates. MP3 music sold requires 2% royalty payment.
In addition, MP3-related lawsuits were still raging in the legal world. (Example 1)
In contrast, for AAC, "No licenses or payments are required to be able to stream or distribute content in AAC format."
PJ said in the first interview (31 July 2003):
"I was forever reading Slashdot comments about legal news and most of the comments would be way off..."
I'm shocked!
He'd probably say "There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of" or something like that.
Darn, I wanted to write a funny post!
Did you mean Steve Wozniak? He did wrote the BASIC interpreter and most other software for the original Apple computers. And he co-founded the company with Steven Paul Jobs, who was also a drop out.
The ideas are not valuable. The person who can come up with the ideas is valuable.
OMG... you've made me seen the light.
My brain hurts! Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch!
Next, they'll have contracts that steal me (as a whole person, and all my ideas) forever. They'll trap me with all sorts of anti-compete clause in legalese, and intimidate me to sign the contract.
You have a good point.
After getting my first computer, I watched TV less. Nowadays, I only watch 3 hours per week - mostly cartoons.
Maybe some people will find that they don't really need TV in their lives.
3. Battery lasts a full 19 minutes.
4. $9000 for the 40GB option.
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I love it! I bet it'll be THE product of 1960!
The Qwerty Keyboard is actually designed to separate often-used letter-pairs to opposite ends because it dates back to the old mechanical typewriters that used to jam up if you went too fast due to typebars being located beside one another.
There, fixed it for ya.
"Sholes struggled for the next six years to perfect his invention, making many trial-and-error rearrangements of the original machine's alphabetical key arrangement in an effort to reduce the frequency of typebar clashes." QWERTY
As to why QWERTY is selected for computer keyboards, I can't find the answer. I believe it may partly be due to the popularity of the Selectric typewriter.
.
You can now get ergonomic keyboards that are designed to let you type as fast as you like
To PP:
I can ship you one if you like. Only $299.99 excluding S&H. It has 104 keys, allowing you to use your existing investments to the fullest!
Is it better to capture or hire the black hats?
I always wondered.
And should I equip myself with, um, l33t haxx0r (read: script kiddie) skillz, just for my own, um, protection?
... slowly leading to an era where helicopters can transform into airplanes, blood sampling is completely painless, brain contents can be downloaded by scanning the eyes, and clones can be produced in an afternoon.
Enter Arnold Schwarzenegger's clone, Adam Gibson!
Bill Watterson's Calvin (age 6):
And ask them for Math answers.
And tell them disgusting things during lunchtime.
And kidnap their dolls for ransom money.
And do all sorts of things to annoy them.
And pelt snowballs at them at every chance.
Welcome to the Get Rid of Slimy Girls (G.R.O.S.S.) club!
(Sorry, I wanted to list Jason Fox, but I couldn't remember him taunting Eileen Jacobson.)
music technology literalrickroll pianorollblues
I keep hearing the song in my head (piano version). Just do it already!
Never heard of the "smile at tourists" rule. Tourists (Australian backpackers) with huge backpacks often had to stand in the trains while young healthy Singaporeans hogged the seats.
The chewing gum law is correct. So is "no food or drinks on trains".
I'm not sure how much freedom we have with regards to personal data on PCs and laptops, though. At least I can ping www.gnupg.org at 217.69.76.60, right?
They didn't even let you make a copy of your data?
My sympathies. I live in Singapore. If this happens to me, I'm moving elsewhere.
Of course, I'd need to start making backups and hiding them. I'm not going to let my 15 years of documents be lost permanently due to some "professional" high up not doing their job properly.
From their web site:
"The evidence generated by DtecNet has been used and approved by criminal and civil courts alike across Europe."
I know it's too early to tell, but assuming if their claims were true...
If their evidence can satisfy the European courts, which are more protective of the individual (my POV, barring history), then what trouble would they have in the US courts?
"By only targeting content positively identified as illegal, the system avoids the problems of targeting P2P protocols indiscriminately securing maximum bandwidth for legal traffic."
Interesting, how would they know - they'll have to download a copy, right? If I record my own karaoke and share it out, does it count?
Also, won't they fall into the same "couldn't prove defendants had shared their files with anyone other than investigators" situation? (Imagine if they say that my <insert lousy movie here> episode is downloaded 50,000 times!)
Think of your degree of stupidity as a reflection of your inability to change. Now rethink your comment.
mfh (56)! You're like a parent to us! We look upon you with such respect and AWE; we listen to ALL your teachings; and we look upon you as THE role model of civilized Slashdot discussions. YOU are the reason why we read Slashdot everyday.
Yet you... you... you talk like this!
*runs away and cries*
Those pirates were making millions of dollars by illegally selling code developed by Microsoft at great expense.
Yet, as users today get hooked on pirated Microsoft software, companies in future will cater to them by paying for original Microsoft licenses.
How much does 20 volume licenses of Microsoft Office Standard cost?
Should Google even be able to see the passwords?
As networks grow in complexity I am starting to think it would make sense to require IT pros to get licenses.
When you raise the entry bar ...
... to let you know that we ARE hiring you to handle almost 100TB's worth of data.
(I kid, I kid!)
5. Shout at server disks, causing vibration? Check!