According to the article the owls are frequently used in black magic rituals. Is it just fashionable/sensationalist to blame it on Harry Potter when more of the issue are the cultural beliefs around black magic in the country?
...does it run 3 versions of windows for no reason?
But seriously for a second. Why run 3 versions of Windows?! So yes you *can* - the ostensible reason for doing anything 'adventurous' like climbing a mountain - ''cos it's there like'; but running three versions of windows is hardly adventurous is it?
Answers on a post-card puhleeze.
Apologies for the hideous punctuation in that last uber-sentence:/
If this actually happens, it will be a Very Good Thing for the world in general, as Microsoft will no longer be legally able to keep changing their protocols to break access by non-Microsoft software.
Given their track record, though, I don't believe for a minute that Microsoft will actually make all the information available in a clear and usable format. More likely they'll release some information that looks nice, to show what good boys they're being, then release some more information terribly scrambled, and keep most of the information to themselves, because by that point the EU will be paying less attention to them and they'll have to take them back to court to get them to do anything more.
Same old story.
And yes, I am a terminal cynic. Why do you ask?;-)
Dan Aris
They can't seem to produce their software in "a clear and usable format" so I fail to see why information about their software should do anything but follow suit:)
Bring me a new interview with Alan Turing and maybe that would peak my interest
Now that could be quite the challenge. I hear he's not granting many interviews lately.
Certainly would. Establishing an after-life being one and formulating a means of communication with those in the after-life being the next. Expectations of what would 'peak my interest' being pretty modest after all!;)
I agree! I ranked this down as a 'slow news day', but obviously the weight of opinion was against me. Bring me a new interview with Alan Turing and maybe that would peak my interest! Or if Brian had something interesting to say in the interview maybe.
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According to the article the owls are frequently used in black magic rituals. Is it just fashionable/sensationalist to blame it on Harry Potter when more of the issue are the cultural beliefs around black magic in the country?
Ooh NASA goes in search of a rock on a planet made, largely, of rock! Slow news day :)
...does it run 3 versions of windows for no reason?
But seriously for a second. Why run 3 versions of Windows?! So yes you *can* - the ostensible reason for doing anything 'adventurous' like climbing a mountain - ''cos it's there like'; but running three versions of windows is hardly adventurous is it? Answers on a post-card puhleeze. Apologies for the hideous punctuation in that last uber-sentence :/
If this actually happens, it will be a Very Good Thing for the world in general, as Microsoft will no longer be legally able to keep changing their protocols to break access by non-Microsoft software.
Given their track record, though, I don't believe for a minute that Microsoft will actually make all the information available in a clear and usable format. More likely they'll release some information that looks nice, to show what good boys they're being, then release some more information terribly scrambled, and keep most of the information to themselves, because by that point the EU will be paying less attention to them and they'll have to take them back to court to get them to do anything more.
Same old story.
And yes, I am a terminal cynic. Why do you ask? ;-)
Dan Aris
They can't seem to produce their software in "a clear and usable format" so I fail to see why information about their software should do anything but follow suit :)
Bring me a new interview with Alan Turing and maybe that would peak my interest
Now that could be quite the challenge. I hear he's not granting many interviews lately.
Certainly would. Establishing an after-life being one and formulating a means of communication with those in the after-life being the next. Expectations of what would 'peak my interest' being pretty modest after all! ;)
I agree! I ranked this down as a 'slow news day', but obviously the weight of opinion was against me. Bring me a new interview with Alan Turing and maybe that would peak my interest! Or if Brian had something interesting to say in the interview maybe.
If a programmer needs to use an IDE, as opposed to just using one for convenience, something is very wrong.
Once you cover the basic needs of food and shelter, everything after that becomes a convenience
So this would be the application of Maslow's Hierachy of Needs to programming!?