Not quite right. I think the real question is which answering machine has the ability to ring or not-ring based on caller-id info. I wish my own answerer could do that. It should have these options to control whether the phone rings:
Ring/don't ring for blacklisted callers Ring/don't ring for whitelisted callers Ring/don't ring for new but identified callers Ring/don't ring for unidentified callers
It should have similar modes controlling whether or not the machine will accept a voice message. That should all be simple to implement in a device that connects like a regular phone (in parallel). When reviewing the incoming calls, it should be a one-touch operation to specify how the machine should handle future calls of the same type.
The super-duper version should have the ability to sit between the phone line and other devices (series) and use a speech synthesizer and recognizer (or dtmf decoder) to allow control from regular phones throughout the house. e.g. A call comes in, the phones give a single short ring as the machine announces itself to the caller. If a person picks up a phone, the machine tells him whatever it knows about the call and asks whether to hangup, connect, or take a message.
That's an unfair comparison. The explosion on Apollo 13 was the result of straightforward engineering and manufacturing errors. The shuttle suffers from an inherent design flaw.
MS is a diversified organization. Half of their serfs are experts at twisting digital protocols and the other half specialize in legal protocols.
MS is pure evil. If I had to bet my life on a single statement, it wouldn't be that "god exists", or that "Jennifer Anniston is prettier than Kath kinney. It would be that MS, by gently raping hundreds of millions of innocent people stands out as one of the great scourges in recorded history. By me another beer and I'll elaborate!
I'm sure there are plenty of good reasons to move away from VB, but IMO, it's an elegant way of leveraging the MS API's. Kinda like wearing fancy gloves while driving a diesel Audi.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority. "We reject, however, the notion that the First Amendment shields from discipline the expressions employees make pursuant to their professional duties,"
But if Constitutional rights do not apply to employees of the government, then it is not a "government of the people". Up yours, Mr. Justice.
"...customers with defective chips should simply return and replace them."
Simple for whom? It can be a real pain in the ass to swap a CPU.
AMD says that from now on, chips that have this problem will be rerated to lower clock speeds. It would be nice if they offered customers the option of turning down the clockspeed in exchange for a partial refund.
If I create an interface to provide interoperability between my programs, and my programs become popular enough that people want to connect to them for reasons I didn't intend (and don't want to have to support), why is it a good business decision to release an API for that interface? It seems like that might shooting myself in the foot if I'm giving it to others who intend (as the linux community does) to supplant me with my own technology.
Floppy disks have an interesting history that goes back even further than the 80's. They were clunky and slow, but they did provide a reasonable alternative to something like this removable cartridge hard drive of the same era, especially when compared to punched paper tape or audio cassette.
Where Bill Gates is concerned, almost nothing is flamebate. He has chosen to live by the sword, he deserves to die by it.
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According to http://www.roger-russell.com/mcintosh2.htm, the Macintosh Plus had a sticker that read "Apple and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Macintosh is a trademark of McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. and is being used with express permission of its owner."
The "jump" is not a moment of glory. The jump is the moment when it becomes painfully clear to the viewer that the show has become lame. It's the nadir, not the peak.
Now look at that monkey that's the way you do it You trade unfairly with your WinPC That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Monkey for nothin' and chimps for free
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb Maybe get a summons from DOJ lawyers Maybe get a chair thrown at your head
We won't install no microsoft software Custom kernel parameters We'd rather relink all of those modules We'd rather move those shared IRQs
See the ugly monkey with the sweatstain and the chrome-dome Yeah buddy that's not his butt That ugly monkey got his own jet airplane That ugly monkey he's a billionaire
We won't install no microsoft software Custom kernel parameters We'd rather relink all of those modules We'd rather move those shared IRQs
The RIAA, the MPAA and you say that it's necessary. But no matter how many times you say it, millions of us remain unconvinced.
You can stick your head in the sand if you want, but some of us won't "get used to it". We'll continue to protest against it. We'll disclose the dirty little secrets that the Sonys of this world don't want people to know. We'll keep the DRM vendors honest.
Eventually we'll win, because once most people understand how DRM really affects them, they'll rule with their dollars. Circuit City's DIVX is a good example. I know several people who steered clear of those players once they had heard the arguments against them.
They're not entirely different. They all have power cords so they all have an associated fire risk. Something else they have in common is that they are usually mounted to a wall where a small fire could turn into a big one.
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Not quite right. I think the real question is which answering machine has the ability to ring or not-ring based on caller-id info. I wish my own answerer could do that. It should have these options to control whether the phone rings:
Ring/don't ring for blacklisted callers
Ring/don't ring for whitelisted callers
Ring/don't ring for new but identified callers
Ring/don't ring for unidentified callers
It should have similar modes controlling whether or not the machine will accept a voice message. That should all be simple to implement in a device that connects like a regular phone (in parallel). When reviewing the incoming calls, it should be a one-touch operation to specify how the machine should handle future calls of the same type.
The super-duper version should have the ability to sit between the phone line and other devices (series) and use a speech synthesizer and recognizer (or dtmf decoder) to allow control from regular phones throughout the house. e.g. A call comes in, the phones give a single short ring as the machine announces itself to the caller. If a person picks up a phone, the machine tells him whatever it knows about the call and asks whether to hangup, connect, or take a message.
That's an unfair comparison. The explosion on Apollo 13 was the result of straightforward engineering and manufacturing errors. The shuttle suffers from an inherent design flaw.
Though it lacked depth and breadth, it was uncannily accurate.
MS is a diversified organization. Half of their serfs are experts at twisting digital protocols and the other half specialize in legal protocols.
MS is pure evil. If I had to bet my life on a single statement, it wouldn't be that "god exists", or that "Jennifer Anniston is prettier than Kath kinney. It would be that MS, by gently raping hundreds of millions of innocent people stands out as one of the great scourges in recorded history. By me another beer and I'll elaborate!
"It's just not quite as good when the head is all over the table."
Each to his own.
I'm sure there are plenty of good reasons to move away from VB, but IMO, it's an elegant way of leveraging the MS API's. Kinda like wearing fancy gloves while driving a diesel Audi.
I've always enjoyed getting a little head while drinking beer. Domo arigato, Miss Roboto.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority. "We reject, however, the notion that the First Amendment shields from discipline the expressions employees make pursuant to their professional duties,"
But if Constitutional rights do not apply to employees of the government, then it is not a "government of the people". Up yours, Mr. Justice.
With friends like us, who needs enemies?
Generals, please... there's no fighting in the war room.
Fuck the Xbox.
Fuck Microsoft.
Fuck the 9 year-olds.
M.J.
If his overclocking it causes a problem he can kick his own ass.
I used to burn out a lot of abacus beads.
"...customers with defective chips should simply return and replace them."
Simple for whom? It can be a real pain in the ass to swap a CPU.
AMD says that from now on, chips that have this problem will be rerated to lower clock speeds. It would be nice if they offered customers the option of turning down the clockspeed in exchange for a partial refund.
If I create an interface to provide interoperability between my programs, and my programs become popular enough that people want to connect to them for reasons I didn't intend (and don't want to have to support), why is it a good business decision to release an API for that interface? It seems like that might shooting myself in the foot if I'm giving it to others who intend (as the linux community does) to supplant me with my own technology.
Floppy disks have an interesting history that goes back even further than the 80's. They were clunky and slow, but they did provide a reasonable alternative to something like this removable cartridge hard drive of the same era, especially when compared to punched paper tape or audio cassette.
I can't remember which version it was, but I once saw a manpage for nice that said:
BUGS
Nobody ever uses this command.
Wow, *your* algorithm even compresses the moderation!
Where Bill Gates is concerned, almost nothing is flamebate. He has chosen to live by the sword, he deserves to die by it.
According to http://www.roger-russell.com/mcintosh2.htm, the Macintosh Plus had a sticker that read "Apple and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Macintosh is a trademark of McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. and is being used with express permission of its owner."
The "jump" is not a moment of glory. The jump is the moment when it becomes painfully clear to the viewer that the show has become lame. It's the nadir, not the peak.
That's not a feature, it's a creature.
Monkey For Nothing
Now look at that monkey that's the way you do it
You trade unfairly with your WinPC
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Monkey for nothin' and chimps for free
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a summons from DOJ lawyers
Maybe get a chair thrown at your head
We won't install no microsoft software
Custom kernel parameters
We'd rather relink all of those modules
We'd rather move those shared IRQs
See the ugly monkey with the sweatstain and the chrome-dome
Yeah buddy that's not his butt
That ugly monkey got his own jet airplane
That ugly monkey he's a billionaire
We won't install no microsoft software
Custom kernel parameters
We'd rather relink all of those modules
We'd rather move those shared IRQs
The RIAA, the MPAA and you say that it's necessary. But no matter how many times you say it, millions of us remain unconvinced.
You can stick your head in the sand if you want, but some of us won't "get used to it". We'll continue to protest against it. We'll disclose the dirty little secrets that the Sonys of this world don't want people to know. We'll keep the DRM vendors honest.
Eventually we'll win, because once most people understand how DRM really affects them, they'll rule with their dollars. Circuit City's DIVX is a good example. I know several people who steered clear of those players once they had heard the arguments against them.
They're not entirely different. They all have power cords so they all have an associated fire risk. Something else they have in common is that they are usually mounted to a wall where a small fire could turn into a big one.