If you watch ONE show a night on that thing, you're going to have tossed $365 out the window over the course of a year.
But compare that to likely well over $400/year for cable... this is the ultimate a la carte solution for the casual or infrequent watcher.
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I'm fairly certain it ran Emacs 18. I remember that it was an overnight compile for us on our Sun 3/60's, but something (readme? configure?) claimed a couple-minute compile on a Cray.
It's irrelevant. If a court overturns and says you do have an expectation of privacy (or protection against trespass and vandalism) in your driveway, then they'll just attach the damned GPS tracker when you're parked at the grocery store.
Today Google was directing me onto New Hamsphire Route 3. My Droid had fun pronouncing that one. Okay, it's not as interesting a mistake as a road that should, or shouldn't be there. In that regard, I found that for a long time, Google wouldn't stay on Route 2 outside 495 in Massachusetts. It would take you off the highway in Ayer, and put you right back on in Shirley. But it couldn't be convinced of the continuity of the road.
If you go Verizon & Android, note that the Skype application works only over 3G, not WiFi. It routes US domestic calls through the cellular voice network, even. It makes that hardware/software/carrier combination utterly useless (IMHO) for your needs.
I can't believe that in this crowd nobody has yet mentioned this one:
"This is a remarkable replica, hand-tooled by skilled craftsmen, lovingly assembled using ancient craft secrets into a memento you will be proud to own, in memory of those who fell, and in tribute to the Galaxy — our Galaxy — which they died to defend"
Slartibartfast floated past again at this moment.
"Found it," he said, "We can lose all this rubbish. Just don't nod, that's all."
"Now let us bow our heads in payment," intoned the voice.
Douglas Adams, from Life, the Universe, and Everything.
So if I copy all but the first character, I get exactly what I copied, but if I copy the first character it prepends the protocol to the front on the clipboard? That's incredibly inconsistent. I should have control over whether or not I get the protocol when I copy, and that control should be the extent of my selection.
Is it unlawful to refuse to return keys after termination? To return a company-owned laptop? To return an id badge? Normally, you aren't allowed to leave without turning these things in at human resources but if you don't have them on you, you'd better get them and return them, no?
In this case, he did the intellectual equivalent of putting his own lock on his office door, and refusing to give the key to anyone.
What the heck are you talking about? Bonjour is a service discovery protocol (mDNS) server and client library. It doesn't pop up anything, and it certainly doesn't install software. If you have a complaint it's with either the Apple Software Update, or some other software update product.
Given that many ski areas are on public land (National Forest), and they most certainly *can* charge an access fee for use of such lands as well as deny access to others, I think there are some significant gaps here that only a lawyer with experience in the field can truly discuss.
You're still buying in to the con that there is a cost to information.
I'm sure all the reporters and editors who research, write, edit, and put together the the newspaper and news websites would be thrilled to hear that you feel they don't deserve to be paid for their efforts.
You do, however, lose the ability to convert file formats to the Kindle format, as that's done by emailing attachments to an account-specific address at Amazon, and either getting the converted.azw file back for free, or paying 10 cents and having it delivered wirelessly to the Kindle. Either case would stop working if your account was suspended, and then the only way to add content to the Kindle would be via USB in one of the formats it handles natively, namely Mobipocket or plain text.
Okay, it wasn't a portable device, but I did something very similar to the basic premise of this patent back in 1992. I wrote a "screen locker" for VMS that locked the terminal, moved random characters around the screen to prevent burn-in on my VT100 as well as prevent idle timeout, and collected any system messages / broadcasts / new mail notifications / etc. When I typed my password, it would present me with all those messages in a scrolling box, and offer to let me all the way back to the DCL prompt, or relock.
And I *just* threw out the source code two weeks ago in a mass basement cleaning...
It is. In New Hampshire due to an unreasonable spate of unprepared hikers and calling for rescue, if you are found to have been inadequately prepared or done something extraordinarily stupid (and believe me, they do pull some whoppers), you will be be billed for the cost of your rescue.
Some people think that a cell phone will get them out of any danger. They head into the mountains with no map, no light, inadequate gear, sometimes not even any food or water. When they get stuck somewhere, lost, or even just find themselves in the dark because they didn't turn around when they should have, they grab the phone and call for help.
These are the intended payers-up, not the poor guy who trips and breaks his ankle, or the woman who has an allergic reaction to a sting.
Seems to me the easiest thing would have been to turn it on, connect to the airport public wifi network, connect to the Apple Store web site, and show them the MacBook air page.
While true that San Francisco has cable cars pulled from underground, they also have DC electric traction streetcars, too. People likely think of either of these modes of transportation when hearing the word “trolley,” plus of course even old horse-drawn carriages.
And let's be clear on this...
The application itself, per se, is not what's reading/etc/passwd... it's libc, when the application calls getpwent() or getpwuid(). And it depends on/etc/nsswitch.conf's settings, which it reads first. Pure FUD. And if the idiot blocks application access to those files, things are NOT going to work correctly.
Oh, and as for reading the Mozilla profile... could it be looking for the Skype Toolbar?
I have been opining since the iPhone was announced that its "platform" was going to be Dashboard. The current focus on Safari only further encourages my belief in this.
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But compare that to likely well over $400/year for cable ... this is the ultimate a la carte solution for the casual or infrequent watcher.
I'm fairly certain it ran Emacs 18. I remember that it was an overnight compile for us on our Sun 3/60's, but something (readme? configure?) claimed a couple-minute compile on a Cray.
Just send up Salvage 1. Or maybe Quark.
It's irrelevant. If a court overturns and says you do have an expectation of privacy (or protection against trespass and vandalism) in your driveway, then they'll just attach the damned GPS tracker when you're parked at the grocery store.
Are you running the PowerPC version of your software on your Core 2 Duo using Rosetta?
Today Google was directing me onto New Hamsphire Route 3. My Droid had fun pronouncing that one. Okay, it's not as interesting a mistake as a road that should, or shouldn't be there. In that regard, I found that for a long time, Google wouldn't stay on Route 2 outside 495 in Massachusetts. It would take you off the highway in Ayer, and put you right back on in Shirley. But it couldn't be convinced of the continuity of the road.
If you go Verizon & Android, note that the Skype application works only over 3G, not WiFi. It routes US domestic calls through the cellular voice network, even. It makes that hardware/software/carrier combination utterly useless (IMHO) for your needs.
It varies from state to state, but in Massachusetts they get you for the unlawful audio portion of the recording ... based on a wiretapping law.
Despite what the timestamps say, they weren't there when I searched just prior to posting. Twice.
I can't believe that in this crowd nobody has yet mentioned this one:
"This is a remarkable replica, hand-tooled by skilled craftsmen, lovingly assembled using ancient craft secrets into a memento you will be proud to own, in memory of those who fell, and in tribute to the Galaxy — our Galaxy — which they died to defend"
Slartibartfast floated past again at this moment.
"Found it," he said, "We can lose all this rubbish. Just don't nod, that's all."
"Now let us bow our heads in payment," intoned the voice.
Douglas Adams, from Life, the Universe, and Everything.
So if I copy all but the first character, I get exactly what I copied, but if I copy the first character it prepends the protocol to the front on the clipboard? That's incredibly inconsistent. I should have control over whether or not I get the protocol when I copy, and that control should be the extent of my selection.
You're going to have bigger problems if you're using a keyboard and letting your elbows rest on the desk.
Is it unlawful to refuse to return keys after termination? To return a company-owned laptop? To return an id badge? Normally, you aren't allowed to leave without turning these things in at human resources but if you don't have them on you, you'd better get them and return them, no? In this case, he did the intellectual equivalent of putting his own lock on his office door, and refusing to give the key to anyone.
What the heck are you talking about? Bonjour is a service discovery protocol (mDNS) server and client library. It doesn't pop up anything, and it certainly doesn't install software. If you have a complaint it's with either the Apple Software Update, or some other software update product.
Given that many ski areas are on public land (National Forest), and they most certainly *can* charge an access fee for use of such lands as well as deny access to others, I think there are some significant gaps here that only a lawyer with experience in the field can truly discuss.
I thought that feature was "temporarily unavailable" for the past year or so? Or am I thinking of the IM integration?
You're still buying in to the con that there is a cost to information.
I'm sure all the reporters and editors who research, write, edit, and put together the the newspaper and news websites would be thrilled to hear that you feel they don't deserve to be paid for their efforts.
If you're willing to run Windows, the Mobi converter is available for free and then you can convert as you please.
You do, however, lose the ability to convert file formats to the Kindle format, as that's done by emailing attachments to an account-specific address at Amazon, and either getting the converted .azw file back for free, or paying 10 cents and having it delivered wirelessly to the Kindle. Either case would stop working if your account was suspended, and then the only way to add content to the Kindle would be via USB in one of the formats it handles natively, namely Mobipocket or plain text.
Okay, it wasn't a portable device, but I did something very similar to the basic premise of this patent back in 1992. I wrote a "screen locker" for VMS that locked the terminal, moved random characters around the screen to prevent burn-in on my VT100 as well as prevent idle timeout, and collected any system messages / broadcasts / new mail notifications / etc. When I typed my password, it would present me with all those messages in a scrolling box, and offer to let me all the way back to the DCL prompt, or relock. And I *just* threw out the source code two weeks ago in a mass basement cleaning...
It is. In New Hampshire due to an unreasonable spate of unprepared hikers and calling for rescue, if you are found to have been inadequately prepared or done something extraordinarily stupid (and believe me, they do pull some whoppers), you will be be billed for the cost of your rescue. Some people think that a cell phone will get them out of any danger. They head into the mountains with no map, no light, inadequate gear, sometimes not even any food or water. When they get stuck somewhere, lost, or even just find themselves in the dark because they didn't turn around when they should have, they grab the phone and call for help. These are the intended payers-up, not the poor guy who trips and breaks his ankle, or the woman who has an allergic reaction to a sting.
Seems to me the easiest thing would have been to turn it on, connect to the airport public wifi network, connect to the Apple Store web site, and show them the MacBook air page.
While true that San Francisco has cable cars pulled from underground, they also have DC electric traction streetcars, too. People likely think of either of these modes of transportation when hearing the word “trolley,” plus of course even old horse-drawn carriages.
And let's be clear on this... The application itself, per se, is not what's reading /etc/passwd ... it's libc, when the application calls getpwent() or getpwuid(). And it depends on /etc/nsswitch.conf's settings, which it reads first. Pure FUD. And if the idiot blocks application access to those files, things are NOT going to work correctly.
Oh, and as for reading the Mozilla profile ... could it be looking for the Skype Toolbar?
I have been opining since the iPhone was announced that its "platform" was going to be Dashboard. The current focus on Safari only further encourages my belief in this.