Whenever I see a commercial for SBC-Yahoo-DSL,
there is only one thought that comes to mind:
ten years ago, did any of those three words
mean anything (maybe SBC meant something to
some of you). It cracks me up that three
terms that meant nothing to me 10 years ago
all teamed up to make one huge-freaking-term:
SBC-Yahoo-DSL. How can other companies compete
with that?
You've reached the best LucasArts file site in the world. The fact that it's the only all-LucasArts file site helps it be the best, but that's a good thing, right?
Don't older computers than this run air traffic systems in airports?
Is it Y2K compliant?
And last and least, imagine a Beowolf cluster of these.
And BTW, at the link mentioned, they are questioning whether the computer is even running: "From what I read in the links the computer would definitely not work if powered, instead it would probably catch fire".
It makes sense that Netscape 7.01 has the pop-up-disabling feature in it. Once that ad
came out on TV that showed that guy closing
pop up windows (while some type of space invader
music was playing in the background), it was only
a matter of time. At this point... only non-web-savvy folks still have to deal with
the popups. You don't want to look like the
guy in that ad.
I bet the next version of IE will have a popup
blocking feature.
At first, I thought this thing was a glorified
centrifuge. But it sounds like this thing actually
pulverizes anything you put into it. It takes any object and breaks it down into its base ingredients.
I wonder what David Letterman can do with it?
I had no idea there was a word for those hard-to-read images. I just did a quick search and found more info on 'captcha's' here: http://www.captcha.net/ . Interesting.
Some entrepreneurs say the potential market includes apartment buildings and small office buildings.
You bet! Companies like DirectTV went after that (satellite TV) market and they seemed to be very successful. It makes a lot of sense to go this route with wireless internet as well. There is an apartment community in San Jose, California that has already went this route. But that place was built within the last year, so it was pretty easy for them to add the infrastructure while building.
I'm an Amazon associate, and I've been following
this problem. Amazon's web-bots are looking for outdated links to books that don't exist, etc. The reasoning is that if the associate fixes the dead-links, then Amazon (and the associate) will presumably make more money.
The problem is that the bots are way too diligent. They go to every single link on every single page, even if the page is dynamically generated. Many sites have an infinite combination of url's, and as a result, the bots sit on them trying to download every single variation of query. That means that Joe Amazon Associate's web site is hammered with requests and his bandwidth fees go through the roof.
The simple solution would be to just stop Amazon from sucking up the bandwidth via a robots.txt file. But Amazon says that is not allowed. There's the dilemma.
Amazon.com has been silent on this issue for the last several days. My bet is that the bots won't come back without some heavy-duty tuning.
The original definition of the word geek...
on
Kiwi Geeks Seek Domain
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· Score: 5, Funny
Originally, a `geek' was a carnival performer who bit the heads off chickens.
Indeed. I did not know that. That's pretty sick. The stuff you learn by clicking on slashdot links. I thought people who bit heads off chickens were hobo's.
Does this include jewel covers, CD art, and the nearly impossible-to-open plastic that engulfs the CD case? If this is really manufacturing full CD's (CD-R's in any case) on demand, then that's pretty cool. Printing-press-in-a-box for CD's?
Anyone remember that Simpson's episode when Homer sits on the john? Then Bart turns the channel on the TV and gets an inside-the-toilet-view of Homer's "happenings" ?
Figure 6 of the japanese link (the word world in the summary) explains how that was setup!
Sounds like the husband that says he is a great husband:
Doesn't beat his wife.
Doesn't drink.
Doesn't do drugs.
Doesn't sleep around.
But all he does do is sit in front of the TV and talk on Internet chat rooms. Just because you don't beat your wife doesn't mean you are a good person. And just because playing video games doesn't make you a bad person doesn't mean it is good for you.
I'm not a writer and I'm not too good at english, so sorry about all the spelling and grammar errors:) All of this stuff was written at sunday morning, tired after being awake the whole night and not being able to do anything useful...
I'm going to start putting that at the end of everything I write so that people can't criticize anything I do. As a matter of fact... I think I'll only write on Sunday mornings after not sleeping the night before. It seems like it's always Sunday morning anyways.
Is it just me? Or does this this article scrape up visions of hobo's, hermits, and hairless people taking refuge? Where else can these people go, but the London underground?
"... people want a good single-player experience to practice before they go on-line because they feel stupid when they get their butt kicked by a 12-year-old in Ohio," laughs Michael Zarozinski.
That is so true. I tried playing a multiplayer game at work a few years ago... and I was absolutely destroyed in seconds. I wanted to get better at the game, but there was no other beginners to play with, and the single-player mode sucked.
It seems strange that there not be enough money to release something for free. Sometimes I get the impression that companies would normally release their product for free, but instead they see how much money they can weasel from the open source community. But on second thought, I'm sure that's not what usually happens. What usually happens (or what used to happen), is that companies will just bury their software forever. They hold out hope that their software will make them a buck in the future (somehow).
At least there is nowadays an alternative to burying the software forever.
This will be a boon for hookers. Here's a quote that was lost:
As he sees it, the crowds who surround us every day constitute a huge waste of johns and hookers. If you live in a city for instance, there are many who pass within a few yards of you each day who could give you a blow job, hand job, or kick in the jimmy (the fun way).
Slashdot Mirror
DirecTVDSL just went out of business. I have a feeling that'll be the next slashdot news story. Out of business.
Whenever I see a commercial for SBC-Yahoo-DSL, there is only one thought that comes to mind: ten years ago, did any of those three words mean anything (maybe SBC meant something to some of you). It cracks me up that three terms that meant nothing to me 10 years ago all teamed up to make one huge-freaking-term: SBC-Yahoo-DSL. How can other companies compete with that?
There may have been something else more specific on the main page, but this page is all that seems to be left.
Well that's one way to be the best.
- Don't older computers than this run air traffic systems in airports?
- Is it Y2K compliant?
- And last and least, imagine a Beowolf cluster of these.
And BTW, at the link mentioned, they are questioning whether the computer is even running: "From what I read in the links the computer would definitely not work if powered, instead it would probably catch fire".Is Slashdot down?
I bet the next version of IE will have a popup blocking feature.
At first, I thought this thing was a glorified centrifuge. But it sounds like this thing actually pulverizes anything you put into it. It takes any object and breaks it down into its base ingredients. I wonder what David Letterman can do with it?
1. Sell phones by saying that Grandma can see the kids grow up.
2. Send movie trailers to their phones!
3. ???
4. Profit!
--One sex question without a captcha
You bet! Companies like DirectTV went after that (satellite TV) market and they seemed to be very successful. It makes a lot of sense to go this route with wireless internet as well. There is an apartment community in San Jose, California that has already went this route. But that place was built within the last year, so it was pretty easy for them to add the infrastructure while building.
The problem is that the bots are way too diligent. They go to every single link on every single page, even if the page is dynamically generated. Many sites have an infinite combination of url's, and as a result, the bots sit on them trying to download every single variation of query. That means that Joe Amazon Associate's web site is hammered with requests and his bandwidth fees go through the roof.
The simple solution would be to just stop Amazon from sucking up the bandwidth via a robots.txt file. But Amazon says that is not allowed. There's the dilemma.
Amazon.com has been silent on this issue for the last several days. My bet is that the bots won't come back without some heavy-duty tuning.
--Your Sex
Indeed. I did not know that. That's pretty sick. The stuff you learn by clicking on slashdot links. I thought people who bit heads off chickens were hobo's.
--Manufactured Sex Gateway
--Signature Spam
Figure 6 of the japanese link (the word world in the summary) explains how that was setup!
--Answer this question while on the john
- Doesn't beat his wife.
- Doesn't drink.
- Doesn't do drugs.
- Doesn't sleep around.
But all he does do is sit in front of the TV and talk on Internet chat rooms. Just because you don't beat your wife doesn't mean you are a good person. And just because playing video games doesn't make you a bad person doesn't mean it is good for you.--Your sex
I'm going to start putting that at the end of everything I write so that people can't criticize anything I do. As a matter of fact... I think I'll only write on Sunday mornings after not sleeping the night before. It seems like it's always Sunday morning anyways.
--No money raised for this...
--The sex of hobo's and hairless people
That is so true. I tried playing a multiplayer game at work a few years ago... and I was absolutely destroyed in seconds. I wanted to get better at the game, but there was no other beginners to play with, and the single-player mode sucked.
At least there is nowadays an alternative to burying the software forever.
--YerSex
As he sees it, the crowds who surround us every day constitute a huge waste of johns and hookers. If you live in a city for instance, there are many who pass within a few yards of you each day who could give you a blow job, hand job, or kick in the jimmy (the fun way).
--YerSex