Close - Under the settlement, MS must open protocols that match a certain definition, which can be worked around. Also, it does not fully match #2 (Microsoft should be prohibited from restricting equipment manufacturers from altering the software or reconfiguring the computer, such as installing rival software running on Windows or setting up a dual-boot with Linux.), only the specific example given. In other words, they are not allowed to retaliate against OEMs that add another bootable OS, but they can make many other restrictions on rival software or non-standard configurations. Source
EP1 SFX quality is better than the original trilogy, but I'd have to give the design award to the originals. The spacecraft and "grunt" robots were remarkably uninteresting in Phantom Menace. The only exception I can think of is that donut ship. The non-grunt rolling robot was pretty cool, too.
A) Document all APIs, protocols, file formats, etc. This would seem to be the primary use of an operating system, and it would dramatically increase competition.
and/or:
b) Eliminate licensing altogether, and move them back to the standard copyright: No copying for distribution. You can make seventy-five copies and store them in your attic if you own a legitimate copy, but you can't compete with MS (for profit or for free) with their own software.
I would like a way to refuse all cookies for a specific page with one click. Currently, in IE, I have to make sure the page is in the right zone, while in Netscape I have to refuse EACH cookie individually. Perhaps a toggle on the button bar, for "Accept Cookies"...
Well, obviously the asteroid was the heat shield for a high-speed landing craft. When it got close to the surface, it ignited the retro-rockets, disintegrating the remaining heat shield, and making a soft landing. Duh.
I think they meant "most efficient" in terms of "highest information density"," as a function of the size of a digit versus highest numerical value the digit can hold. The ease of operation on this number was not taken into account. They leave all that stuff up to the engineers to work out.
I would have expected a single ternary digit to be a trit, and that 18-digit number to be a trite.
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And just think of the 2's! They'll get hooked around the slightest obstruction, and all the other numbers, causing constant clogging. And if the added number is -1, that's adding TWO SYMBOLS per bit instead of one!
SNL wasn't ready for primetime back when it started, and it was superior to virtually everything else on TV. Now that it's been processed for The Masses, I think it sucks more often than not. Except Will Farrell. That man is a genius.
Aieeee!!!! Will Farrell epitomizes all that is wrong with SNL and SNL-inspired movies! He's evil, I tells you! Eeeevil!
There has long been a debate as to whether stormtroopers were actual people or what, we know that the suits can be removed. So Maybe the clones are inside of them.
"Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?" Perhaps they are all supposed to be the same height...
Internet advertising is the redheaded stepchild of the marketing family. Old media ads have no need to justify themselves with inanities like "click-through"; they know their demographic and their real estate is mindshare, that precious commodity which they assume that they're purchasing with their ad dollars, regardless of whether or not this purchase translates into a product purchase immediately or down the road.
Personally, I think internet advertising was doomed because it was the first place where advertising's effectiveness could be measured. Unfortunately for them, the measurement was very low. In the end it was blamed on the mode, rather than the fact that ads aren't nearly as effective as they'd thought. It's important that an ad be available when someone wants that type of product (Google-type ads), but ads 'pushed' on people are annoying, and will become less effective over time, as people either block them on the web, or skip them on TV recordings, or just leave the room during commercials.
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There isn't a "The Author's Rights Online" section, so this one seemed closest.
Close - Under the settlement, MS must open protocols that match a certain definition, which can be worked around. Also, it does not fully match #2 (Microsoft should be prohibited from restricting equipment manufacturers from altering the software or reconfiguring the computer, such as installing rival software running on Windows or setting up a dual-boot with Linux.), only the specific example given. In other words, they are not allowed to retaliate against OEMs that add another bootable OS, but they can make many other restrictions on rival software or non-standard configurations. Source
It's a start, but there are a lot of loopholes.
You misspelled "French Four Gin Legion".
That's a license restriction.
EP1 SFX quality is better than the original trilogy, but I'd have to give the design award to the originals. The spacecraft and "grunt" robots were remarkably uninteresting in Phantom Menace. The only exception I can think of is that donut ship. The non-grunt rolling robot was pretty cool, too.
It's green when he's around big, handsome and studly Obi-Wan,
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... around "studly Obi-Wan"?
wouldn't the moodsaber turn purple
Uh-oh. You've done it now! Oh - wait. Wrong show...
Ed himself may be good, but any other person's films are bad if they can be compared to his.
I'm in favor of:
A) Document all APIs, protocols, file formats, etc. This would seem to be the primary use of an operating system, and it would dramatically increase competition.
and/or:
b) Eliminate licensing altogether, and move them back to the standard copyright: No copying for distribution. You can make seventy-five copies and store them in your attic if you own a legitimate copy, but you can't compete with MS (for profit or for free) with their own software.
To accuratly plan a software release you must have the project, and all it's complexities and nuances down COLD.
Of course, that's just pushing the problem back to the earlier stage. How do you estimate how long it will take to plan the project down COLD?
I would like a way to refuse all cookies for a specific page with one click. Currently, in IE, I have to make sure the page is in the right zone, while in Netscape I have to refuse EACH cookie individually. Perhaps a toggle on the button bar, for "Accept Cookies"...
If my black hole and a donut are near each other, the donut soon is gone.
Well, obviously the asteroid was the heat shield for a high-speed landing craft. When it got close to the surface, it ignited the retro-rockets, disintegrating the remaining heat shield, and making a soft landing. Duh.
So you DO have a TV, you sneak! Perhaps not standalone, but still...
Think of it as evolution in action, to quote somebody whose name doesn't deserve mentioning.
What's he got against Niven?
I think they meant "most efficient" in terms of "highest information density"," as a function of the size of a digit versus highest numerical value the digit can hold. The ease of operation on this number was not taken into account. They leave all that stuff up to the engineers to work out.
I would have expected a single ternary digit to be a trit, and that 18-digit number to be a trite.
And just think of the 2's! They'll get hooked around the slightest obstruction, and all the other numbers, causing constant clogging. And if the added number is -1, that's adding TWO SYMBOLS per bit instead of one!
You mean there's something right with SNL and SNL movies?!
Not necessarily. Farrell could epitomize everything about them...
SNL wasn't ready for primetime back when it started, and it was superior to virtually everything else on TV. Now that it's been processed for The Masses, I think it sucks more often than not. Except Will Farrell. That man is a genius.
Aieeee!!!! Will Farrell epitomizes all that is wrong with SNL and SNL-inspired movies! He's evil, I tells you! Eeeevil!
Do you vote for politicians whose policies clash with your own?
Yes, don't you? Or were you lucky enough to find a candidate you agreed with on all issues?
Your other points are good, though...
'Forth' is a legitimate word outside of the programming context, as well.
There has long been a debate as to whether stormtroopers were actual people or what, we know that the suits can be removed. So Maybe the clones are inside of them.
"Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?" Perhaps they are all supposed to be the same height...
Please forgive a possibly dumb question, but why would the Motion Picture Association give a rat's ass about what TV show you are decrypting?
A question that has plagued us for decades.
And dear lord please tell me people have better things to do than spend $$$$ on a HDTV just to watch "Weakest Link"!!!
Another question that has plagued us for decades, but substituting the latest technology and crappy-but-popular show.
On Netscape and Opera, I do. On IE, I have it set to my Netscape bookmarks.
Yeah, I saw it too... But:
Internet advertising is the redheaded stepchild of the marketing family. Old media ads have no need to justify themselves with inanities like "click-through"; they know their demographic and their real estate is mindshare, that precious commodity which they assume that they're purchasing with their ad dollars, regardless of whether or not this purchase translates into a product purchase immediately or down the road.
Personally, I think internet advertising was doomed because it was the first place where advertising's effectiveness could be measured. Unfortunately for them, the measurement was very low. In the end it was blamed on the mode, rather than the fact that ads aren't nearly as effective as they'd thought. It's important that an ad be available when someone wants that type of product (Google-type ads), but ads 'pushed' on people are annoying, and will become less effective over time, as people either block them on the web, or skip them on TV recordings, or just leave the room during commercials.