I'm flying on Southwest at 0800 Eastern Standard Time (GMT + 0500?) Sunday morning.
Not to be paranoid, but do I have anything to worry about? It's a transcontinental flight, so they can't use Loran. Obviously, this is not a surprise to those in the aviation business, but I still worry a teeny bit flying on a cut-price carrier...
Who invented the polio vaccine? That's easy - Jonas Salk.
Who invented plate glass? Doesn't that go way back?
Who invented SCUBA equipment? Another easy one, Jacques Cousteau.
What was the first steamship called and who invented it? I was under the impression that there is some dispute over the steamship invention, but the names elude me for the moment.
Who invented the telegraph Hmmm, that's one people ought to know, but I have to confess to cluelessness. It wouldn't have been Mr. Morse, would it? On a vaguely related subject, the last Morse code transmitting stations in the world shut down last month. I never did earn that merit badge anyway.
I guess they can skip Boston; it's not a big college town...
Well, one of my friends was in fact hired by VA a few weeks ago, but I guess his kitchen does not quite qualify as a fully-established VA Boston Office. These guys have been on a _serious_ hiring binge.
Wasn't there a lactation room in A Clockwork Orange?
Joking aside, it's wonderful to see that there's at least a little bit of corporate acceptance of breastfeeding. The savings in health care costs for ear infections alone probably offsets the cost of special accomodations for nursing moms!
My coding mum's 65. Actually, she does modelling and less code, but she hasn't slowed down. And they love her at work because she frequently brings cookies. No, I am not kidding. And yes, her cookies are very good.
Most modelling agencies aren't interested in 65 year olds; I'm glad your mom can still find work. But then, I don't think I'd want her cookies; I wouldn't want my computer at work to leave any evidence that I've been browsing models on company time...
You can increase the font size in Netscape by repeatedly hitting ctrl-] (i.e. "control-rightbracket"). ctrl-[ reduces font size.
I find it amusing that Netscape's webmail service uses unreadably small fonts, so you effectively can't use IE to read your mail. You have to use netscape and hit ] about 3 or 4 times to avoid eye strain. Or use lynx, I suppose (although I haven't managed to make that work).
You can increase the font size in Netscape by repeatedly hitting \] (i.e. "control-rightbracket"). \[ reduces font size.
I find it amusing that Netscape's webmail service uses unreadably small fonts, so you effectively can't use IE to read your mail. You have to use netscape and hit ] about 3 or 4 times to avoid eye strain.
believe they are talking about the admin to the site, that maintains the database, etc. You should really check into things before you start laughing and flaming. They request that you write for info regarding the source. Maybe you should do that.
Thanks for checking out our source code! I plan to use this space to post special messages to those who are helping to improve our web site -- by making our source code the best it can be. The fact that you are peeking behind the scenes at our site means you can make an important difference to this Internet effort.
No, it actually sounds like they are talking about looking at the web pages, not the "administration" stuff. After all, the site is apparently run on MS IIS with a closed source e-commerce solution.
I, too, wanted to mention that MS Windows should be nominated as the new classic example of lock-in market failure (AOL is also a good nominee).
I'd also like to find out if anyone in the world other than Douglas Engelbart uses one of his "Chord keysets". Apparently Mr. Engelbart (for those who don't read and memorize every/. post, he's the inventor of the mouse) has long ago developed a left-hand device that lets him enter common commands or macros by hitting a "chord" (a set of simultaneous finger-presses). It sounds like it would be wonderful to use, far more interesting and powerful than "keyboard accelerators" or the all-but-forgotten function keys.
``We are launching the industry's first comprehensive, multi-platform, E-commerce solution to accelerate the rapid move of businesses to the Net Economy. The strategy unveiled today demonstrates the natural synergy between the Sun and Netscape products, as well as the opportunity that Internet-powerhouse America Online provides with its consumer expertise and audience reach.''
``There are two big phenomena that make this strategic alliance a compelling opportunity. First, consumers are coming online in droves and accelerating E-commerce. Second, businesses are embracing network computing on top of Internet standards as the architecture for all of their back-end systems. For E-commerce to make it to the next level, there have to be new, comprehensive, integrated solutions that make every part of the commerce value chain much easier. That's what this strategic Alliance will do: enhance the value chain all the way from silicon to eyeballs.''
Oy! I think someone just put Business@The Speed of Thought through a blender to come up with those quotes.
My understanding is that the old DB, which is still available everywhere via FTP, was explicitly freely available. The CDDB server of that era was GPL'ed as well. They (apparently quietly) took the database private around the same time they added the HTTP interface. The service is now free as in free beer.
I'm sorry if this issue has already been raised. I hope that moderators are required to set their filter at 0 or -1. If the moderators do not look at any AC or slammed messages, then those messages have no means of coming back and getting promoted. A moderator set at 2, for example, would only be able to second the positive opinions of other moderators.
Bill says that they know sales figures by product by sales channel.
MS traditionally has claimed a "Chinese wall" between OS development and application development.
MS now claims that they can't calculate profit and cost by product, which is different than sales.
A cynic would say "just subtract the departmental costs for OS development from the OS sales, and do the same for applications.
In slight defense of MS, I have to point out that MS is largely a sales and marketing company, and they might not do a very good job of splitting indirect costs (such as sales trips, marketing studies, and some advertising) into separate OS / Application components.
What they need is an "Activity Based Costing" (ABC) study.
de Icaza on Red Hat payroll?
on
GNOME-steaders
·
· Score: 1
I thought this rumor had recently gotten squashed. Not that it matters to me whether he gets paid or not, but I thought his GNOME work was strictly voluntary.
I thought of organizing a collaberative open source book project just a couple weeks ago, but of course I sat on my butt and didn't do anything to implement the idea. Jeez, you have to be fast these days...
Linus didn't even call it Linux to begin with (I get the impression he's not quite so egotistical). His friends did not like his original name (which I thought was kind of cute, but the name escapes me right now).
I don't think anyone can stop the world from calling it Linux now, the cat's out of the bag, the point is moot.
I also would like to see what percent of several distributions falls into the following categories:
GPL'ed LGPL'ed other licences
I mean, even if FSF did not write the software, they wrote the license, the advocated for the concept, and they inspired thousands.
And how much of this software would have been written so efficiently, beautifully, or quickly, if there were no Emacs?
Slashdot Mirror
Not to be paranoid, but do I have anything to worry about? It's a transcontinental flight, so they can't use Loran. Obviously, this is not a surprise to those in the aviation business, but I still worry a teeny bit flying on a cut-price carrier...
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
"Suck? That must be one of them thar porno sites!"
Forbidden by rating check
You are not permitted to access the URL http://www.suck.com/ due to the policy of your organization.
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Who invented plate glass? Doesn't that go way back?
Who invented SCUBA equipment? Another easy one, Jacques Cousteau.
What was the first steamship called and who invented it? I was under the impression that there is some dispute over the steamship invention, but the names elude me for the moment.
Who invented the telegraph Hmmm, that's one people ought to know, but I have to confess to cluelessness. It wouldn't have been Mr. Morse, would it? On a vaguely related subject, the last Morse code transmitting stations in the world shut down last month. I never did earn that merit badge anyway.
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Not piracy, not the the threat of piracy, just the potential threat of piracy.
Sort of like Alan Greenspan keeping an all night vigil looking for the Inflation Bogeyman. Sheesh.
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Well, one of my friends was in fact hired by VA a few weeks ago, but I guess his kitchen does not quite qualify as a fully-established VA Boston Office. These guys have been on a _serious_ hiring binge.
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Joking aside, it's wonderful to see that there's at least a little bit of corporate acceptance of breastfeeding. The savings in health care costs for ear infections alone probably offsets the cost of special accomodations for nursing moms!
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Most modelling agencies aren't interested in 65 year olds; I'm glad your mom can still find work. But then, I don't think I'd want her cookies; I wouldn't want my computer at work to leave any evidence that I've been browsing models on company time...
-- YeOldeGnurd, age 36, going on 16.
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
You can always check pricewatch.com for the latest lowest prices, except that they aren't listing buy.com today for some bizarre reason.
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Linux:
Limited to 2GB of physical memory
Limited to a maximum file size of 2GB
...
NT Server 4.0:
...
NTFS provides a 64-bit file system which is capable of file sizes up to 264 (must larger than 2GB)
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Doesn't that precede Microsoft's use of the term by more than 2 decades?
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
I find it amusing that Netscape's webmail service uses unreadably small fonts, so you effectively can't use IE to read your mail. You have to use netscape and hit ] about 3 or 4 times to avoid eye strain. Or use lynx, I suppose (although I haven't managed to make that work).
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
I find it amusing that Netscape's webmail service uses unreadably small fonts, so you effectively can't use IE to read your mail. You have to use netscape and hit ] about 3 or 4 times to avoid eye strain.
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
From The HTML for algore2000.com...
No, it actually sounds like they are talking about looking at the web pages, not the "administration" stuff. After all, the site is apparently run on MS IIS with a closed source e-commerce solution.
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Has anyone notified ESR?
Oh, and my as my wife just asked "Does that mean everyone has access to the AlGoreRithms?"
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
I'd also like to find out if anyone in the world other than Douglas Engelbart uses one of his "Chord keysets". Apparently Mr. Engelbart (for those who don't read and memorize every /. post, he's the inventor of the mouse) has long ago developed a left-hand device that lets him enter common commands or macros by hitting a "chord" (a set of simultaneous finger-presses). It sounds like it would be wonderful to use, far more interesting and powerful than "keyboard accelerators" or the all-but-forgotten function keys.
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Oy! I think someone just put Business@The Speed of Thought through a blender to come up with those quotes.
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
- Bill says that they know sales figures by product by sales channel.
- MS traditionally has claimed a "Chinese wall" between OS development and application development.
- MS now claims that they can't calculate profit and cost by product, which is different than sales.
A cynic would say "just subtract the departmental costs for OS development from the OS sales, and do the same for applications.In slight defense of MS, I have to point out that MS is largely a sales and marketing company, and they might not do a very good job of splitting indirect costs (such as sales trips, marketing studies, and some advertising) into separate OS / Application components.
What they need is an "Activity Based Costing" (ABC) study.
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
I don't think anyone can stop the world from calling it Linux now, the cat's out of the bag, the point is moot.
I also would like to see what percent of several distributions falls into the following categories:
GPL'ed
LGPL'ed
other licences
I mean, even if FSF did not write the software, they wrote the license, the advocated for the concept, and they inspired thousands.
And how much of this software would have been written so efficiently, beautifully, or quickly, if there were no Emacs?
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity
Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity