Dell is dumping floppies because they want to make $400 PCs. At that price, $15 for a fdd actually makes a difference to some people. (Just like shared memory video is an acceptable solution for _somebody_ out there.)
Terrible device? Like the PS/2 port or parallel printers? We just got away from the ISA bus. How about the i386 instruction set? That's the real problem with PCs: they're an awfully old foundation on which to build anything.
It reminds me of high hschool. We had a really slick network and server with accounts for every student, but in English class, we still had to keep our work on floppy disks so the teacher knew they were safe.
Except for the roughly three a week "my floppy died so I didn't finish the work" excuses.
OmniWeb 2.0 and 3.0 are still popular NEXTSTEP and OpenStep browsers. I use 3.0 regularly on my Cube and Nitro.
OmniWeb and Mail.app were two of the reasons I moved to a Mac in 2001 from using my NeXT full-time. I proudly bought OW a second time. Now, though, I have to admit, that I'm using Safari full time. It's the only browser I've seen that produces results that are as attractively presented as OmniWeb. When I was forced to use IE or a gecko-based browser instead of OW (usually for JavaScript reasons), I would blanch. They're almost unusably ugly after you become accustomed to the elegance and attractiveness of OW.
I have never seen anything uglier than the way Gecko browsers pesent text, graphics, and the spacing of same. Compared to OmniWeb (the best looking browser) and Safari (great looking and fast as hell), Geck based browsers are like an ugly stepchild.
The "I was lonely" line was the highlight of the movie! My friend and I (who are both reasonably big ST fans and like to think that we have a good idea of what's interesting and what isn't) burst out laughing hysterically. A lot of the people in the audience stared at us, and the dork behind us actually went "shh, it's not a funny movie." Shit. It was the best delivered light moment in the movie (though it did have some quality laughs ["Shut up Data," "Very astute," etc.])
I think they realized that about the best thing they have going for them is Brent Spiner's acting. Patrick Stewart's a great actor, but he's a bit old to be an action hero, though.
At least they knew well enough to keep Riker off screen for as much time as possible.
I agree, though, that more Beverly would be good. One of my favorite Trek moments was when she had to take command of the Enterprise in Descent. It's cool seeing familiar people in unfamiliar situations.
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It ain't insightful, but it is funny. There's no requirement that a troll can't be funny or insightful. I think it's funny. It's a troll that's also a finger pointing and laughing at both trolls and the bandwagon crowd. Kudos to the poster.
Heh. There is that. I was pronouncing it "goat-see," while I try and pronounce PostgreSQL "MySQL" as much as I can. Not because I'm part of either religion, but because I can actually say the latter.:-) My database needs are sufficiently basic that I have the luxury of picking the product that's easiest to pronounce. That's why I like America.
Actually, I read two every day. But most columnists are sufficiently jaded and world weary that they have lost the freshness and insight that I saw in Dave's column. I like Maureen Dowd, etc., and I wouldn't want her regular column to be replaced by Dave Barry, but I like to have a little shot of life now and then.
Because most people would rather listen to interesting, funny, possibly insightful people than expert web designers like you, if what they can expect is a result similar to what's reflected in your post?
You know, it isn't that big a deal. If I could afford it, I would hire someone to live in my house to do nothing but operate my vacuum cleaner and my oven. It's not that they're out of my capacity, it's just that I'm not very good at cooking and my priorities do not include getting better. If I have to make something for dinner, I will. Sometimes I'll get adventurous and try something new (which will probably turn out as an awful mess.) It's not different from Stevie Nicks and her VCR. It's not her priority, and she can afford to make it somebody else's priority. I don't sense much derision in your tone, but I have sensed an intellectual-technical haughtiness in the tones of many other posters here. I find it frustrating and disappointing that so many people who are so intelligent can be so snobby about what assets they have while being so ignorant their exhibition of those same "limitations."
You know what? A few years ago people like you'd have bothered me. Now I know you're just wrong. You know why? People are largely the same all over the world. When an Afghani civilian dies, it saddens me. When an Iraqi civilian dies, it saddens me (and it makes me angry at our policies when it happens as a result of them.)
I've been all over the world to many places that are not the Americans' best friends. And the people I've met have been friendly and normal human beings (except for in France. They were jerks.)
So go back to firebombing your local McDonalds and pouring Starbucks down the drain. I'll continue feeling sad for the families who have lost their loved ones and I guarantee you I'll end up being a happier, better person in the end.
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First off, your work security policy is pretty broken if that's really its basis.
Second, if you had a Mac, you'd be able to boot from a USB drive. I don't know what silly problems the PC world has to deal with.
Dell is dumping floppies because they want to make $400 PCs. At that price, $15 for a fdd actually makes a difference to some people. (Just like shared memory video is an acceptable solution for _somebody_ out there.)
Terrible device? Like the PS/2 port or parallel printers? We just got away from the ISA bus. How about the i386 instruction set? That's the real problem with PCs: they're an awfully old foundation on which to build anything.
My friend got a Toshiba notebook with something like a PII 366 that had it standard.
Not like it matters.
How else are you going to back up your data?
It reminds me of high hschool. We had a really slick network and server with accounts for every student, but in English class, we still had to keep our work on floppy disks so the teacher knew they were safe.
Except for the roughly three a week "my floppy died so I didn't finish the work" excuses.
OmniWeb 2.0 and 3.0 are still popular NEXTSTEP and OpenStep browsers. I use 3.0 regularly on my Cube and Nitro.
OmniWeb and Mail.app were two of the reasons I moved to a Mac in 2001 from using my NeXT full-time. I proudly bought OW a second time. Now, though, I have to admit, that I'm using Safari full time. It's the only browser I've seen that produces results that are as attractively presented as OmniWeb. When I was forced to use IE or a gecko-based browser instead of OW (usually for JavaScript reasons), I would blanch. They're almost unusably ugly after you become accustomed to the elegance and attractiveness of OW.
Yea++ Safari!
I have never seen anything uglier than the way Gecko browsers pesent text, graphics, and the spacing of same. Compared to OmniWeb (the best looking browser) and Safari (great looking and fast as hell), Geck based browsers are like an ugly stepchild.
As I understand it, that's how OS/390 (or whatever it's called) on the big IBM mainframes works. Pretty damned amazing if you ask me.
The "I was lonely" line was the highlight of the movie! My friend and I (who are both reasonably big ST fans and like to think that we have a good idea of what's interesting and what isn't) burst out laughing hysterically. A lot of the people in the audience stared at us, and the dork behind us actually went "shh, it's not a funny movie." Shit. It was the best delivered light moment in the movie (though it did have some quality laughs ["Shut up Data," "Very astute," etc.])
Brent Spiner, too. He's really good. (Particularly in the movies, but when I rewatch old TNG episodes, he's half the reason they're tolerable.)
I think they realized that about the best thing they have going for them is Brent Spiner's acting. Patrick Stewart's a great actor, but he's a bit old to be an action hero, though.
At least they knew well enough to keep Riker off screen for as much time as possible.
I agree, though, that more Beverly would be good. One of my favorite Trek moments was when she had to take command of the Enterprise in Descent. It's cool seeing familiar people in unfamiliar situations.
It ain't insightful, but it is funny. There's no requirement that a troll can't be funny or insightful. I think it's funny. It's a troll that's also a finger pointing and laughing at both trolls and the bandwagon crowd. Kudos to the poster.
Heh. There is that. I was pronouncing it "goat-see," while I try and pronounce PostgreSQL "MySQL" as much as I can. Not because I'm part of either religion, but because I can actually say the latter. :-) My database needs are sufficiently basic that I have the luxury of picking the product that's easiest to pronounce. That's why I like America.
Clunky as it may be, I've misplaced my HP48G. So if anyone happens to see it, could he let me know? Thanks.
I like going back and reading UF to remind myself what a dork I was in the late '90s.
Actually, I read two every day. But most columnists are sufficiently jaded and world weary that they have lost the freshness and insight that I saw in Dave's column. I like Maureen Dowd, etc., and I wouldn't want her regular column to be replaced by Dave Barry, but I like to have a little shot of life now and then.
Because most people would rather listen to interesting, funny, possibly insightful people than expert web designers like you, if what they can expect is a result similar to what's reflected in your post?
I really dig Goatse & The Trolls. It has a cool '50s ring and verbal rhythm that strongly suggests Josie and the Pussycats. Well done!
You know, it isn't that big a deal. If I could afford it, I would hire someone to live in my house to do nothing but operate my vacuum cleaner and my oven. It's not that they're out of my capacity, it's just that I'm not very good at cooking and my priorities do not include getting better. If I have to make something for dinner, I will. Sometimes I'll get adventurous and try something new (which will probably turn out as an awful mess.) It's not different from Stevie Nicks and her VCR. It's not her priority, and she can afford to make it somebody else's priority. I don't sense much derision in your tone, but I have sensed an intellectual-technical haughtiness in the tones of many other posters here. I find it frustrating and disappointing that so many people who are so intelligent can be so snobby about what assets they have while being so ignorant their exhibition of those same "limitations."
Good lord. That's one of the best newspaper columns I've ever read.
Huh?
Now I can convince my friends who don't like it that coffee really is good.
When your argument fails, resort to Evil. Ha!
You know what? A few years ago people like you'd have bothered me. Now I know you're just wrong. You know why? People are largely the same all over the world. When an Afghani civilian dies, it saddens me. When an Iraqi civilian dies, it saddens me (and it makes me angry at our policies when it happens as a result of them.)
I've been all over the world to many places that are not the Americans' best friends. And the people I've met have been friendly and normal human beings (except for in France. They were jerks.)
So go back to firebombing your local McDonalds and pouring Starbucks down the drain. I'll continue feeling sad for the families who have lost their loved ones and I guarantee you I'll end up being a happier, better person in the end.
Because when people die in the pursuit of peaceful international cooperation and science, it's always a tragedy. That's all there is to it.