Anyone else here blocked Google's ads as well? It's just one more block of irrelevant content that my eye has to scan over to get to the stuff I wanted.
There is absolutely no similarity between Betamax and OGG Vorbis.
The average user doesn't give a crap about decoder liceses; when was the last time you had
to pay for MP3 software? The comparison is a valid one because users are presented with two choices, and are choosing what allows them to most easily enjoy their (and other's) music, not which choice makes a better political or ethical statement.
Great idea, posting a link to a Tripod site on Slashdot... Its dailly bandwidth quota will be consumed in 20 mins, making the post useless for the rest of the day.
I got this model about 2 months ago, and it's not the same as the one they used in the movie. The color is more of an orange-red than the cherry red used in the movie, and even its construction is different.
The movie's stapler's hinges are underneath the top piece, while the one being sold now has the hinges on either side of the top piece. In addition, the "Swingline" label is on the sides of the movie's stapler, while the current one has a single logo on the top. If they had just gotten the color right, I'd be a lot happier with it.
It is not certain if Tesla ever used the death ray, or indeed if he even succeeded in building one. But the following is the often-related story of what happened one night in 1908 when Tesla tested the foreboding weapon.
At the time, Robert Peary was making his second attempt to reach the North Pole. Cryptically, Tesla had notified the expedition that he would be trying to contact them somehow. They were to report to him the details of anything unusual they might witness on the open tundra. On the evening of June 30, accompanied by his associate George Scherff atop Wardenclyffe tower, Tesla aimed his death ray across the Atlantic towards the arctic, to a spot which he calculated was west of the Peary expedition.
Tesla switched on the device. At first, it was hard to tell if it was even working. Its extremity emitted a dim light that was barely visible. Then an owl flew from its perch on the tower's pinnacle, soaring into the path of the beam. The bird disintegrated instantly.
That concluded the test. Tesla watched the newspapers and sent telegrams to Peary in hopes of confirming the death ray's effectiveness. Nothing turned up. Tesla was ready to admit failure when news came of a strange event in Siberia.
On June 30, a massive explosion had devastated Tunguska, a remote area in the Siberian wilderness. Five hundred thousand square acres of land had been instantly destroyed. Equivalent to ten to fifteen megatons of TNT, the Tunguska incident is the most powerful explosion to have occurred in human history -- not even subsequent thermonuclear detonations have surpassed it. The explosion was audible from 620 miles away. Scientists believe it was caused by either a meteorite or a fragment of a comet, although no obvious impact site or mineral remnants of such an object were ever found.
Nikola Tesla had a different explanation. It was plain that his death ray had overshot its intended target and destroyed Tunguska. He was thankful beyond measure that the explosion had -- miraculously -- killed no one. Tesla dismantled the death ray at once, deeming it too dangerous to remain in existence.
Another problem with those free accounts is that they get shut down after a period of inactivity. For exapmle, my @yahoo.com account got close after not checking it for 3 months.
Perhaps the concern is over blinding soldiers, not killing them, kind of like with mustard gas of WWI, which would ruin a soldier's lungs, rendering him unable to fight.
But yes, it's funny how you can't shine a laser at someone's eyes, but you'd get a medal for gouging them out with a knife.
That sort of lame attempt to find good points to cling to in an otherwise bad situation can't speak well for the health of the free software community.
Granted, companies go out of business in other industries (and take their knowledge with them), but we all know the dropout rate is a bit higher in this industry compared to others. Now why would a business want to start producing free software, knowing the venture may fail, and their investment will be lost to "the community?"
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Anyone else here blocked Google's ads as well? It's just one more block of irrelevant content that my eye has to scan over to get to the stuff I wanted.
I agree to bumping the post count. Also, Victory Prima Pils is quite good. Anyone concur?
My history teacher in grade school loved to kick the underside of a sleeping student's desk, making his head pop up half a foot.
dude, the ^ operator is for XOR, not X^Y
There is absolutely no similarity between Betamax and OGG Vorbis.
The average user doesn't give a crap about decoder liceses; when was the last time you had to pay for MP3 software? The comparison is a valid one because users are presented with two choices, and are choosing what allows them to most easily enjoy their (and other's) music, not which choice makes a better political or ethical statement.
Great idea, posting a link to a Tripod site on Slashdot... Its dailly bandwidth quota will be consumed in 20 mins, making the post useless for the rest of the day.
Primer Postado, boyees!
Bravo!
Intel traditionally has sold their own chipsets; this would allow Via to eat away another chunk of this market for them.
Be sure to try Rich "Lowtax" Kayanka's take on DDR:
http://www.somethingawful.com/article.php?id=142
It's quite fun, with two action-packed levels of flash goodness.
Aggressive promotion will defeat the evil M$! Go crazy you long-haired fucks!
I got this model about 2 months ago, and it's not the same as the one they used in the movie. The color is more of an orange-red than the cherry red used in the movie, and even its construction is different.
The movie's stapler's hinges are underneath the top piece, while the one being sold now has the hinges on either side of the top piece. In addition, the "Swingline" label is on the sides of the movie's stapler, while the current one has a single logo on the top. If they had just gotten the color right, I'd be a lot happier with it.
I've got a stream going now from the author (@ 16kbs, though). I had to try a few times to get it to stop crashing when viewing servers.
I've yet to get it going as a server, though. It crashes when Shoutcast tries connecting.
BTW, I'm running WinXP.
From http://www.parascope.com/en/0996/tesla4.htm:
Saw this on CNN a while back.... Get some creativity!!!
-Dave
When they meet, bad stuff goes down!!
20 secs yet??
Nice one!
The man deserves to get modded up at least once! That brought a much-needed chuckle to an otherwise crappy day.
Keep on Trollin'!
At least try to be original with your tired MS-bashing.
NOT a first post!
But popularity equates with demand, so the law of supply and demand certainly applies to his argument.
Another problem with those free accounts is that they get shut down after a period of inactivity. For exapmle, my @yahoo.com account got close after not checking it for 3 months.
Perhaps the concern is over blinding soldiers, not killing them, kind of like with mustard gas of WWI, which would ruin a soldier's lungs, rendering him unable to fight.
But yes, it's funny how you can't shine a laser at someone's eyes, but you'd get a medal for gouging them out with a knife.
That sort of lame attempt to find good points to cling to in an otherwise bad situation can't speak well for the health of the free software community.
Granted, companies go out of business in other industries (and take their knowledge with them), but we all know the dropout rate is a bit higher in this industry compared to others. Now why would a business want to start producing free software, knowing the venture may fail, and their investment will be lost to "the community?"
The MS Optical (the one w/ the white body) is symmetrically shaped, and the drivers (Windows drivers anyway) allow for button remapping.