Heh, that reminds me of what a friend of mine who has been living in the USA for the past 7 years said. I told him that corruption in the States might even be worse than in Nigeria, and he answered cheerfully: "Yes, but here it's legalized!";)
I had a Nigerian colleague once and he told me you get nothing done in Nigeria without paying the right people. So actually this is not news (and certainly not a story;):) ), but normal business practice.
I sought long and hard for just the games you mentioned after Myst Online crashed for the second time, and the only thing I found is A Tale of the Desert. This game exactly suits your needs, I think. No violence, you can trade stuff you grew or made, etc. I never played it because I basically want MystOnline to be back online, but I think you should give it a try.
I use as little Apple software as possible, and as much software that runs on all important platforms as possible, so I can easily switch from Apple to somewhere else if I want to. I realize that I am quite unique in that regard though.
This could render those pesky OSS programs a thing of the past. If Microsoft hosts and vets downloads like Apple does with the iPhone, it means less choice for users, as well extra costs for vendors and distributors of free software.
I think this is just a way to kill pirated software. What if in Windows 7, like the iPhone, you can only install software you got from the MS App store? It's also a nice way to keep those irritating OSS programs like FF and OO off of their lawn.
Play a few good adventure games, like The Longest Journey, Dreamfall, and many others. Here you can learn all about them, read reviews etc. Disclaimer: I am in no way connected to the AdventureGamers' staff. I just like the website a lot.
They should calculate which extinct animal has a one in a million chance of resurrection by cloning its DNA. After all, one in a million chances pop up one time out of ten.
That's funny, especially the list of people who also run as root. I made a root account on my Macs, just for the reasons mentioned in that funny article. Typing sudo all the time drives me mad.
This is not a story, it's a news fact. The person who tags everything 'story' should at least know what a story is. So here we go (from OSX's Dictionary):
STORY 1 noun ( pl. -ries) 1 an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment : an adventure story | I'm going to tell you a story. - a plot or story line : the novel has a good story. - a report of an item of news in a newspaper, magazine, or news broadcast : stories in the local papers. - a piece of gossip; a rumor : there have been lots of stories going around, as you can imagine. - informal a false statement or explanation; a lie : Ellie never told stories --she had always believed in the truth. 2 an account of past events in someone's life or in the evolution of something : the story of modern farming | the film is based on a true story. - a particular person's representation of the facts of a matter, esp. as given in self-defense : during police interviews, Harper changed his story. - [in sing. ] a situation viewed in terms of the information known about it or its similarity to another : having such information is useful, but it is not the whole story | many children with leukemia now survive--twenty years ago it was a very different story. PHRASES but that's another story informal used after raising a matter to indicate that one does not want to expand on it for now. end of story informal used to emphasize that there is nothing to add on a matter just mentioned : Men don't cry in public. End of story. it's a long story informal used to indicate that, for now, one does not want to talk about something that is too involved or painful. it's (or that's) the story of one's life informal used to lament the fact that a particular misfortune has happened too often in one's experience : "It's the story of my life," my mother would say when she returned home from a sale empty-handed. the same old story used to indicate that a particular bad situation is tediously familiar : are we not faced with the same old story of a badly managed project? the story goes it is said or rumored : the story goes that he's fallen out with his friends. to make (or Brit. cut) a long story short used to end an account of events quickly : to make a long story short, I married Stephen. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a historical account or representation): shortening of Anglo-Norman French estorie, from Latin historia (see history ). story 2 noun a part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level : [in combination ] a three-story building. DERIVATIVES storied |ˈstɔrid| ( Brit. also storeyed) adjective : [in combination ] four-storied houses. ORIGIN late Middle English : shortening of Latin historia 'history, story,' a special use in Anglo-Latin, perhaps originally denoting a tier of painted windows or sculptures on the front of a building (representing a historical subject). Story Story, Joseph (1779-1845), U.S. Supreme Court associate justice 1811-45. Appointed to the Court by President Madison, he was the youngest associate justice ever to serve. He established the supremacy of Supreme Court rulings.
FACT noun a thing that is indisputably the case : she lacks political experience--a fact that becomes clear when she appears in public | a body of fact. - ( the fact that) used in discussing the significance of something that is the case : the real problem facing them is the fact that their funds are being cut. - (usu. facts) a piece of information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article. - chiefly Law the truth about events as opposed to interpretation : there was a question of fact as to whether they had received the letter. PHRASES before (or after) the fact before (or after) the committing of a crime : an accessory before the fact. a fact of life something that must be accepted as true and unchanging, even if it is unpleasant : it is a fact of life that young girls write horrible things about people i
No, as far as I know it hasn't. It doesn't have a clear melting point, as someone else mentioned already, and you can't crystallize glass whatever you do.
OK, I've read TFA. Now all I want to know is: how the hell do they make many many kilometres of crystalline silicon? Amorphous Si, OK, I can understand, but getting it crystalline is amazing. Or do they mean polycrystalline? Wouldn't that ruin the optical properties?
I didn't delve in that deep. But that means basically thet you have to pay $1000,- to have other people earn money with your genes. I mean, if the research on your genes leads to certain medication, that will lead to lots of profit, of which you will never see a dime. Besides, people can patent genes that are specifically yours, for instance if you have an interesting discrepancy in one of your genes. No thanks, I will never participate in this project.
I wonder when my university will finally realize that. I use OO at work because you can make decent PDF's with it. Most people at my job look at me as if I'm crazy when they see me not using Word. Sigh...
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Heh, that reminds me of what a friend of mine who has been living in the USA for the past 7 years said. I told him that corruption in the States might even be worse than in Nigeria, and he answered cheerfully: "Yes, but here it's legalized!" ;)
I had a Nigerian colleague once and he told me you get nothing done in Nigeria without paying the right people. So actually this is not news (and certainly not a story ;) :) ), but normal business practice.
If that isn't a troll I don't know what is. Who modded this Interesting?
I sought long and hard for just the games you mentioned after Myst Online crashed for the second time, and the only thing I found is A Tale of the Desert. This game exactly suits your needs, I think. No violence, you can trade stuff you grew or made, etc. I never played it because I basically want MystOnline to be back online, but I think you should give it a try.
I use as little Apple software as possible, and as much software that runs on all important platforms as possible, so I can easily switch from Apple to somewhere else if I want to. I realize that I am quite unique in that regard though.
This could render those pesky OSS programs a thing of the past. If Microsoft hosts and vets downloads like Apple does with the iPhone, it means less choice for users, as well extra costs for vendors and distributors of free software.
I think this is just a way to kill pirated software. What if in Windows 7, like the iPhone, you can only install software you got from the MS App store? It's also a nice way to keep those irritating OSS programs like FF and OO off of their lawn.
Play a few good adventure games, like The Longest Journey, Dreamfall, and many others. Here you can learn all about them, read reviews etc. Disclaimer: I am in no way connected to the AdventureGamers' staff. I just like the website a lot.
But who uses the current build of AR? AR 8.0 is a disaster and the reason I switched to Foxit. I guess the versions after 8.0 are not better.
They should calculate which extinct animal has a one in a million chance of resurrection by cloning its DNA. After all, one in a million chances pop up one time out of ten.
That's funny, especially the list of people who also run as root. I made a root account on my Macs, just for the reasons mentioned in that funny article. Typing sudo all the time drives me mad.
This is not a story, it's a news fact. The person who tags everything 'story' should at least know what a story is. So here we go (from OSX's Dictionary):
STORY 1
noun ( pl. -ries)
1 an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment : an adventure story | I'm going to tell you a story.
- a plot or story line : the novel has a good story.
- a report of an item of news in a newspaper, magazine, or news broadcast : stories in the local papers.
- a piece of gossip; a rumor : there have been lots of stories going around, as you can imagine.
- informal a false statement or explanation; a lie : Ellie never told stories --she had always believed in the truth.
2 an account of past events in someone's life or in the evolution of something : the story of modern farming | the film is based on a true story.
- a particular person's representation of the facts of a matter, esp. as given in self-defense : during police interviews, Harper changed his story.
- [in sing. ] a situation viewed in terms of the information known about it or its similarity to another : having such information is useful, but it is not the whole story | many children with leukemia now survive--twenty years ago it was a very different story.
PHRASES
but that's another story informal used after raising a matter to indicate that one does not want to expand on it for now.
end of story informal used to emphasize that there is nothing to add on a matter just mentioned : Men don't cry in public. End of story.
it's a long story informal used to indicate that, for now, one does not want to talk about something that is too involved or painful.
it's (or that's) the story of one's life informal used to lament the fact that a particular misfortune has happened too often in one's experience : "It's the story of my life," my mother would say when she returned home from a sale empty-handed.
the same old story used to indicate that a particular bad situation is tediously familiar : are we not faced with the same old story of a badly managed project?
the story goes it is said or rumored : the story goes that he's fallen out with his friends.
to make (or Brit. cut) a long story short used to end an account of events quickly : to make a long story short, I married Stephen.
ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a historical account or representation): shortening of Anglo-Norman French estorie, from Latin historia (see history ).
story 2
noun
a part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level : [in combination ] a three-story building.
DERIVATIVES
storied |ˈstɔrid| ( Brit. also storeyed) adjective : [in combination ] four-storied houses.
ORIGIN late Middle English : shortening of Latin historia 'history, story,' a special use in Anglo-Latin, perhaps originally denoting a tier of painted windows or sculptures on the front of a building (representing a historical subject).
Story
Story, Joseph (1779-1845), U.S. Supreme Court associate justice 1811-45. Appointed to the Court by President Madison, he was the youngest associate justice ever to serve. He established the supremacy of Supreme Court rulings.
FACT
noun
a thing that is indisputably the case : she lacks political experience--a fact that becomes clear when she appears in public | a body of fact.
- ( the fact that) used in discussing the significance of something that is the case : the real problem facing them is the fact that their funds are being cut.
- (usu. facts) a piece of information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article.
- chiefly Law the truth about events as opposed to interpretation : there was a question of fact as to whether they had received the letter.
PHRASES
before (or after) the fact before (or after) the committing of a crime : an accessory before the fact.
a fact of life something that must be accepted as true and unchanging, even if it is unpleasant : it is a fact of life that young girls write horrible things about people i
Yeah this is the first interesting original innovation I have seen from MS in the past 25 years or so. Very neat stuff.
No, as far as I know it hasn't. It doesn't have a clear melting point, as someone else mentioned already, and you can't crystallize glass whatever you do.
I just sent them a mail. Let's hope they change it before the article is 'old'.
I guess it has to do with the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... taking up more than one line when the font is too big.
Yes, I have it switched on. Let me try without... (opens a new tab...)... What the...??!! You're right, it works now! Amazing. Cool, thanks!!
OK, I've read TFA. Now all I want to know is: how the hell do they make many many kilometres of crystalline silicon? Amorphous Si, OK, I can understand, but getting it crystalline is amazing. Or do they mean polycrystalline? Wouldn't that ruin the optical properties?
Firefox almost never does that to me. Strange.
Thanks! Weird that I don't see them on the site.
Can someone tell me from which server the pictures in the fine article come? I seem to have adblocked them or something, because I don't see them.
I didn't delve in that deep. But that means basically thet you have to pay $1000,- to have other people earn money with your genes. I mean, if the research on your genes leads to certain medication, that will lead to lots of profit, of which you will never see a dime. Besides, people can patent genes that are specifically yours, for instance if you have an interesting discrepancy in one of your genes. No thanks, I will never participate in this project.
From the website: Even though participants can enroll at no cost, we encourage donations.
I wonder when my university will finally realize that. I use OO at work because you can make decent PDF's with it. Most people at my job look at me as if I'm crazy when they see me not using Word. Sigh...
I use NeoOffice on the Mac, which is a port of OO to OSX. Works fine. It is a bit behind on the most recent version of OO though.