"To be clear there are no Operating System APIs that IE uses that are not documented on MSDN as part of the platform SDK and available to other browsers and any other software that runs on Windows..'"
But what about API's provided by IE the the *operating system* relies on...?
"Then again, another record-industry type, casually speaking to Pearlman after the talk, had perhaps the most succinct counter suggestion. Why not charge 10 cents, instead of 5, and double the revenue?"
Hey, why not charge $1.00 instead of 5 cents, and get 20 times the revenue?!
Accuchek has been doing it for a long time with the code chips you have to put into your blood glucose monitor to identify the batch of strips being used. Go past the expiration date and the meter refuses to operate....
Oh, wow! The wife installed the spyware to see if her husband was cheating on her. But the judge says that was illegal. I guess the wife can rest easy now, since she didn't (legally) catch him cheating.....and why does she need to present this evidence in court anyway? These days, you can get divorced for any reason or no reason. Court is just to figure out who gets what...
Our cool family computer toy from the 70s was the Imsai 8080... and we played a TTY version of Star Trek on it (except there was something not quite right with the TV Typerwriter, so it displayed as Star Vrek)... This we did after loading up BASIC from punch tape. Oh yeah, the punch tape was a pirated copy of MS BASIC. I guess we contributed to Microsoft being the Most Ripped Off Company Around....
Oh, great. Now they are going to mandate manufacture of TVs that disable the remote when commercials come on? OK, I'll just hit the power button. Oh, wait, that'll be a soft button that doesn't work at commercial time, too.
How 'bout I pull the plug? "I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that..."
I don't think that's a good question to test someone's problem solving skills. Even a complete moron is going to try the switch again before replacing the bulb. It's an obvous step that requires very little in the way of "problem solving skills".
If people answer that they'd replace the lightbulb right off, it's because they didn't quite understand the depth of detail the questioner is expecting.
> 6)... an important part of not being stupid is > the ability to recognize patterns and details that > you see daily. For instance: from top to bottom, > what is the correct coloring of a traffic light?
This test is obviously culturally biased! I live in New Mexico, and our traffic lights are horizontal!
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But what about API's provided by IE the the *operating system* relies on...?
Magic 8-ball says, "Outlook not so good"...
"Then again, another record-industry type, casually speaking to Pearlman after the talk, had perhaps the most succinct counter suggestion. Why not charge 10 cents, instead of 5, and double the revenue?"
Hey, why not charge $1.00 instead of 5 cents, and get 20 times the revenue?!
Oh, wait...
"According to the FCC, the flag is going to ease the nation's transition from today's analog televisions to tomorrow's high-definition televisions."
We're from the government. We're here to help you...
>> 6. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
> WTF? First penguins now woodchucks? What? Do you have some sort of animal fetish?!
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if his dentures were any good....
Accuchek has been doing it for a long time with the code chips you have to put into your blood glucose monitor to identify the batch of strips being used. Go past the expiration date and the meter refuses to operate....
...then they shouldn't waste their time on this IsNot operator.
Give us something really useful. Implement the ComeFrom statement!
> but I am pretty sure that once you are married what's his is hers and what's hers is his.
Wrong. Once you are married, what's his is hers, and what's hers is hers....
Oh, wow! The wife installed the spyware to see if her husband was cheating on her. But the judge says that was illegal. I guess the wife can rest easy now, since she didn't (legally) catch him cheating... ..and why does she need to present this evidence in court anyway? These days, you can get divorced for any reason or no reason. Court is just to figure out who gets what...
... is a great place to be from.
I'm glad I don't live there any more...
> ... while the restaurant's area code stretches as much as 4 hours away from their location.
Heh. You must live in the Inland Empire...
Ex-Basketball Player
by John Updike
Pearl Avenue runs past the high-school lot,
Bends with the trolley tracks, and stops, cut off
Before it has a chance to go two blocks,
At Colonel McComsky Plaza. Berths Garage
Is on the corner facing west, and there,
Most days, youll find Flick Webb, who helps Berth out.
Flick stands tall among the idiot pumps---
Five on a side, the old bubble-head style,
Their rubber elbows hanging loose and low,
Ones nostrils are two Ss, and his eyes
An E and O. And one is squat, without
A head at all--- more of a football type.
Once Flick played for the high-school team, the Wizards.
He was good: in fact, the best. In 46
He bucketed three hundred ninety points.
A county record still. The ball loved Flick.
I saw him rack up thirty-eight or forty
In one home game. His hands were like wild birds.
He never learned a trade, he just sells gas,
Checks oil, and changes flats. Once in a while,
As a gag, he dribbles an inner tube,
But most of us remember anyway.
His hands are fine and nervous on the lug wrench.
It makes no difference to the lug wrench, though.
Off work, he hangs around Maes Luncheonette.
Grease-gray and kind of coiled, he plays pinball,
Sips lemon cokes, and smokes those thin cigars;
Flick seldom speaks to Mae, just sits and nods
Beyond her face toward bright applauding tiers
Of Necco Wafers, Nibs, and Juju Beads.
... your uncle's third cousin is your third cousin (once removed)...
What, you just clicked through it without reading it when you signed up for your driver's license?
I'm an HO-gage guy, myself...
I thought I heard someone say, "DivX" (as in Circuit City) ....
Move along, nothing to see here.
You forgot to put quote marks around the words, "intelligent" and "sophisticated" ..
My wife likes to watch Animal Cops on Animal Planet. I wonder when we'll see Linus' place get raided...
Our cool family computer toy from the 70s was the Imsai 8080... and we played a TTY version of Star Trek on it (except there was something not quite right with the TV Typerwriter, so it displayed as Star Vrek)... This we did after loading up BASIC from punch tape. Oh yeah, the punch tape was a pirated copy of MS BASIC. I guess we contributed to Microsoft being the Most Ripped Off Company Around....
: Its very easy to do ((137 * 2) * 10) + (137 * 3)
: in your head (at least for me) but 137 * 23 is a
: lot tougher.
Why should this be tougher?
The classic way to do
137
x23
---
is to actually do (137 * 3) + 10*(137*2), isn't it?
How's that tougher than ((137 * 2) * 10) + (137 * 3) ?
Seems the same complexity to me...
Umm.. Latvija is right next to Lithuania...
Oh, great. Now they are going to mandate manufacture of TVs that disable the remote when commercials come on? OK, I'll just hit the power button. Oh, wait, that'll be a soft button that doesn't work at commercial time, too.
How 'bout I pull the plug?
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that..."
I don't think that's a good question to test someone's problem solving skills. Even a complete moron is going to try the switch again before replacing the bulb. It's an obvous step that requires very little in the way of "problem solving skills".
If people answer that they'd replace the lightbulb right off, it's because they didn't quite understand the depth of detail the questioner is expecting.
From TFT:
... an important part of not being stupid is
> 6)
> the ability to recognize patterns and details that
> you see daily. For instance: from top to bottom,
> what is the correct coloring of a traffic light?
This test is obviously culturally biased!
I live in New Mexico, and our traffic lights are horizontal!
Yes, I entertained that thought.
However, RH9 does not crash, so that leads me to believe it's a software thang.