The name took on connotations of a dolt when hunter Elmer Fudd was called "Nimrod" by Bugs Bunny in the popular Warner Bros. cartoons. Long before that, there are recorded instances of its use as a slang word to mean simply "hunter" (from the Genesis account). Fudd's dimwitted personality may have lent much to its proliferation as an insult.
"No, I always have the option of not buying the bundle at all.."
No, you don't, because you are dependent on parts of the bundle which are controlled by a monopoly or near-monopoly.
Microsoft is fully aware of its power to force people/companies to buy what they don't want. Cripes, they can control bits and bytes down to the granularity of a song-play, but they want us to believe that they can only sell software as an all-or-nothing package?
Until 1995, they didn't think an IP stack was a fundamental part of the OS. Until recently they didn't think "terminal services" or protected memory were fundamental. But they have the gall to claim that a web browser is? A video player? A network directory server?
They bundle the things they can't sell standalone. In other words, they give it away for free, NOT. We're all paying for it, but they're not going to tell us how much. And since you've already bought it, you might as well use it, right? Wrong, because using it means that you will be locking yourself into THEIR file formats, THEIR APIs, THEIR protocols. When it's time to update, you'll find that there's something else you must now buy.
Even people who never buy MS products are victims. Our buying dollars and tax dollars are wasted on unused software unwillingly purchased by other entities in the chain.
Well at least Bill Gates gives a ton of money to charities. That takes away a bit of the sting. But doesn't he get a tax break for those contributions? Shouldn't those breaks be given to the actual source of this money? The purest charity is anonymous, but Gates loves appearing in public to show how "generous" he is.
MS, like a cab driver, asks "Where do you want to go today?" What they don't tell you is that, like it or not, you're going on the expensive scenic route.
As a USian, I completely agree with you except for one thing. When you attribute prancing, self-congratulation and double-speak to the USA, you're stereotyping all of us. Unintentionally, I hope, you're displaying animosity towards ME.
Bush and Company are the real enemies. Many of us think that "you're either against Bush, or you're against the USA." We recognize the hipocrisy of his waging a war on terror, while he terrorizes "his own people" and the rest of the world with lies about WMD.
I'm quite relaxed, and as you might have noticed, I used the singular form. The only reason I jumped in was that I was already planning to ask the same questions. In my experience here, repeating the question does sometimes help the process, especially when the original post is in danger of falling below the noise floor.
It doesn't make sense that the data is sent on the corners of a square wave. Infinite slope means that there's no delta time between the bits.
This page says that triggers happen as the clock rises and falls thru certain voltages. e.g. on a 1.6 volt scale, the triggers might be >0.4, >1.2, 1.2, and 0.4. The anandtech description is still a bit confusing because they show a square wave. I'm not sure, but I think the wave is probably closer to a triangle. With a triangle, the thresholds are evenly spaced in time.
Cisco Kid was a friend of mine The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine He route IP Pancho spam the line He route IP Pancho spam the line Met down on the border BGP We met down on the border BGP Sendin' all dem packets out de lan Sendin' all dem packets out de lan Outlaws wardrive find de magic port Outlaws wardrive find de magic port Cisco came in blasted running snort Cisco came in blasted running snort They rode the segment, thousands VAC They rode the segment, thousands VAC Chased the gringo through magnetic field Chased the gringo through magnetic field
"Except that OS/2 was IBM, not Microsoft. Microsoft was the reason it died."
OS/2 was a joint development project between MS and IBM.
MS had committed to OS/2 as the next generation of Windows (i.e. NT). When the Windows 3 API exploded in popularity, MS realized that it would be crazy to abandon that platform in favor of something they didn't wholly own.
They went back on their word with IBM and began developing their own NT. It was a huge deal. Big Blue had put MS on the map and now MS was telling them to fuck off... and getting away with it.
The split happened in 1990 when OS/2 was just about ready for primetime. Professional users who had invested in the Windows roadmap would now have to wait a few more years for a version with memory protection and preemptive multitasking. Mainstream users would have to wait a full decade.
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images so realistic you won't be sure your wall's not on fire.
I'll buy if you'll fly!
"As people have said many many times before, why buy a Porsche and put a Yugo engine in it?"
To get to the other side of the road?
You have a couple mistakes in there.
The 'units' program doesn't understand 'queries' so I'll substitute 'lids'.
You have: (.02 cents/lid) (20 percent 100 million ) (20 percent lid/day)
You want: grand/year
* 292.19376
This seems to explain it:
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From wikipedia:
The name took on connotations of a dolt when hunter Elmer Fudd was called "Nimrod" by Bugs Bunny in the popular Warner Bros. cartoons. Long before that, there are recorded instances of its use as a slang word to mean simply "hunter" (from the Genesis account). Fudd's dimwitted personality may have lent much to its proliferation as an insult.
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FYI... They're not as far off the mark as you are with your use of the word nimrod.
Yeah, this is exactly the same. FUCK OFF TROLL.
In layman's terms, it means that in MSOS, Office has a firm grip on your back orifice.
Fill in your timesheet or you will be violated by a dancing broom handle.
Find the fried rat hiding in the chicken.
"No, I always have the option of not buying the bundle at all.."
No, you don't, because you are dependent on parts of the bundle which are controlled by a monopoly or near-monopoly.
Microsoft is fully aware of its power to force people/companies to buy what they don't want. Cripes, they can control bits and bytes down to the granularity of a song-play, but they want us to believe that they can only sell software as an all-or-nothing package?
Until 1995, they didn't think an IP stack was a fundamental part of the OS. Until recently they didn't think "terminal services" or protected memory were fundamental. But they have the gall to claim that a web browser is? A video player? A network directory server?
They bundle the things they can't sell standalone. In other words, they give it away for free, NOT. We're all paying for it, but they're not going to tell us how much. And since you've already bought it, you might as well use it, right? Wrong, because using it means that you will be locking yourself into THEIR file formats, THEIR APIs, THEIR protocols. When it's time to update, you'll find that there's something else you must now buy.
Even people who never buy MS products are victims. Our buying dollars and tax dollars are wasted on unused software unwillingly purchased by other entities in the chain.
Well at least Bill Gates gives a ton of money to charities. That takes away a bit of the sting. But doesn't he get a tax break for those contributions? Shouldn't those breaks be given to the actual source of this money? The purest charity is anonymous, but Gates loves appearing in public to show how "generous" he is.
MS, like a cab driver, asks "Where do you want to go today?" What they don't tell you is that, like it or not, you're going on the expensive scenic route.
"My dad's girlfriend loves Python. How does that phrase apply here?"
She must be a goer. Know what I mean?
The Gillette Reflex is the only one I remember having the shake-on function. It was featured prominently in their tv ads.
Love is like oxygen
You get too much you get too high
Not enough and you're gonna die
Love gets you high
Sweet, Love Is like Oxygen
More like Optimus Wood.
As a USian, I completely agree with you except for one thing. When you attribute prancing, self-congratulation and double-speak to the USA, you're stereotyping all of us. Unintentionally, I hope, you're displaying animosity towards ME.
Bush and Company are the real enemies. Many of us think that "you're either against Bush, or you're against the USA." We recognize the hipocrisy of his waging a war on terror, while he terrorizes "his own people" and the rest of the world with lies about WMD.
Nu, why so angry my son? Have a knish, you'll feel better.
-shalom
Instead of users reserving time, it might be easier and fairer to prioritize on how many people requested each show.
Set a cutoff date a couple days before airtime so that someone whose program was voted out can make alternate plans.
I'm quite relaxed, and as you might have noticed, I used the singular form. The only reason I jumped in was that I was already planning to ask the same questions. In my experience here, repeating the question does sometimes help the process, especially when the original post is in danger of falling below the noise floor.
Stupid moderator.
It's nice that it has Ethernet, but can you do anything useful with it or will it be heavily DRM'ed?
What about the data on the USB disk--is it encrypted or is it readable and usable MPEG files?
"because polling 280 million Americans would be an impossible and unfeasible task"
Nah, we do it every 4 years... oh wait.
This:
>0.4, >1.2, 1.2, and 0.4.
Should have read:
It doesn't make sense that the data is sent on the corners of a square wave. Infinite slope means that there's no delta time between the bits.
This page says that triggers happen as the clock rises and falls thru certain voltages. e.g. on a 1.6 volt scale, the triggers might be >0.4, >1.2, 1.2, and 0.4. The anandtech description is still a bit confusing because they show a square wave. I'm not sure, but I think the wave is probably closer to a triangle. With a triangle, the thresholds are evenly spaced in time.
Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
He route IP Pancho spam the line
He route IP Pancho spam the line
Met down on the border BGP
We met down on the border BGP
Sendin' all dem packets out de lan
Sendin' all dem packets out de lan
Outlaws wardrive find de magic port
Outlaws wardrive find de magic port
Cisco came in blasted running snort
Cisco came in blasted running snort
They rode the segment, thousands VAC
They rode the segment, thousands VAC
Chased the gringo through magnetic field
Chased the gringo through magnetic field
"Except that OS/2 was IBM, not Microsoft. Microsoft was the reason it died."
OS/2 was a joint development project between MS and IBM.
MS had committed to OS/2 as the next generation of Windows (i.e. NT). When the Windows 3 API exploded in popularity, MS realized that it would be crazy to abandon that platform in favor of something they didn't wholly own.
They went back on their word with IBM and began developing their own NT. It was a huge deal. Big Blue had put MS on the map and now MS was telling them to fuck off... and getting away with it.
The split happened in 1990 when OS/2 was just about ready for primetime. Professional users who had invested in the Windows roadmap would now have to wait a few more years for a version with memory protection and preemptive multitasking. Mainstream users would have to wait a full decade.
"One shouldn't take any single source to be reliable, ever."
Yeah, what he said!