If Microsoft wanted a Linux distro, they could've had one a long, long time ago.
Microsoft doesn't want *a* Linux distro. However, they may want *this* Linux distro. Red Hat/Fedora is the distro that is central to commercial Linux. Most professionally written commercial Linux software is written to this distro, and will only be supported by the company making it if you install it in this distro. The possibilities for Microsoft if they could gain control of it are obvious.
Office is the sum of its parts, which were originally separate. Word was built on a prototype called Bravo that Microsoft bought from Xerox PARC. Access and Excel appear to be MS originals, though. Fun fact: Excel 1.0 was a Mac exclusive. Not until 2.0 (actually, 2.05) was there Excel for Windows.
PS2's network adapter was expensive, and other consoles only had phone-jacks.
Dreamcast had a broadband adapter that installed by replacing the modem that shipped with it. However: a) DHCP didn't work with it and b) it had a production run of about three. GameCube also had a broadband adapter that plugged into one of the serial ports, which is actually not that hard to come by.
As far as I know, you could never play online with a Silver subscription.
FFXI on the Xbox 360 has always been available to Silver subscribers (asking people to pay two subscription fees just to be able to play at all is too much for even Microsoft to ask).
Because turning it off or pulling the battery wipes the RAM. The techboys might be able to pull something interesting from the RAM, so best to leave it on. Just make it incommunicado.
Because they want to keep it in an unchanged state until it can be handed to the forensics techs. Turning off the power will wipe anything in the ram. Now they have to make the decision to kill the power or risk a remote wipe.
Or they can have Faraday cage boxes made up and pop the phone into a box as part of the standard procedure of picking it up. Putting the phone into a locked box as soon as it's picked up is good for the evidence chain anyways.
No, it was published in 1949 (on June 8th of that year, to be precise). 1984 is an anagram of 1948 because that's the year Orwell was writing it in. Your analysis of the party structure is unconvincing, inasmuch as the Soviet Union had a similar party structure. In fact, most totalitarian governments have a similar party structure.
1984 was Orwell's diatribe against Fascism (Nazism specifically).
1948 would be an odd time to be writing diatribes against Nazis. It is true that Animal Farm was a direct allegory to communism, with all the parallels you point out. 1984 was a tract against totalitarianism in general. At the time, communism was the main form of totalitarianism threatening the world, as the Nazis had been eliminated from the tournament three years earlier.
None, most likely. BP is making money hand over fist. This is going to put a real dent in their profits, but they aren't going to have trouble coming up with the money.
The biggest cost of the spill cleanup is being borne by the US Armed Forces such as the National Guard etc. None of these costs will ever be paid by BP.
Um, actually, ALL of those costs will be paid by BP. BP has repeatedly and publicly stated that they are liable for all the cleanup costs (as the law clearly states, by the way). The real question is how much of the DAMAGES they're going to pay for, a question they have consistently ducked.
Meter feeding is supposed to be against the rules just about everywhere there's parking meters, but enforcement can very considerably. The really strict places don't count on catching you feeding more coins in--they'll chalk mark your tires to track how long you've been there, and ticket you if you're over the max time even if you have time on the meter.
I was not aware that there were still such variances in British parliamentary districts. In the US, of course, there is a Constitutionally mandated census every ten years (we're having one right now, as a matter of fact), followed by redistricting based on that Census, including requirements that each district in a state have very close to the same voting population. What provisions does Britian have for census and redistricting?
electoral boundaries do not follow geo-political boundaries (like they do in the USA for example)
*pfft* *snerk* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, man, that was good. Pull the other one, it's got bells on. Here's a map of the Illinois 4th Congressional District. Tell me again about how our electoral boundaries follow geo-political boundaries.
You seem to be a bit behind the times. Britain has not had "rotten buroughs" for over a hundred and fifty years now. "10 people living on an island" will be part of a district that will be the same population as the district containing the "1000 living in a town", so the "1000 living in a town" will indeed have more power.
Technically, Brown gets the first chance to form a government because he's the incumbent--he remains Prime Minister until he either resigns or the new House votes in a new PM, and as such he can try to assemble a coalition to confirm him. But the Lib Dems have already said that they're going to talk to the Tories first.
So GW now prohibits anyone from selling their product for more than 20% off, and prohibits the use of online stores to sell their product. How is that legal?
Well, apparently it just became legal. Supreme Court decision in June 2007 nullified the anti-trust law that made it illegal for manufacturers/wholesalers to mandate minimum retail prices. Surprised the heck out of me when I started googling the matter.
He gets paid for his business analytics: you can name an entertainment stock and a quarter in the past 20 years, and he will tell you what their earnings were from memory. He's actually not that bad at that part.
Truly an irreplaceable talent. Ah, if only we had some way of recording facts mechanically so that they could be quickly and easily retrieved.
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I'll take this potato chip...AND EAT IT!
Microsoft doesn't want *a* Linux distro. However, they may want *this* Linux distro. Red Hat/Fedora is the distro that is central to commercial Linux. Most professionally written commercial Linux software is written to this distro, and will only be supported by the company making it if you install it in this distro. The possibilities for Microsoft if they could gain control of it are obvious.
And then threw himself through a closed window on the 10th floor. Very tragic story.
Office is the sum of its parts, which were originally separate. Word was built on a prototype called Bravo that Microsoft bought from Xerox PARC. Access and Excel appear to be MS originals, though. Fun fact: Excel 1.0 was a Mac exclusive. Not until 2.0 (actually, 2.05) was there Excel for Windows.
Dreamcast had a broadband adapter that installed by replacing the modem that shipped with it. However: a) DHCP didn't work with it and b) it had a production run of about three. GameCube also had a broadband adapter that plugged into one of the serial ports, which is actually not that hard to come by.
FFXI on the Xbox 360 has always been available to Silver subscribers (asking people to pay two subscription fees just to be able to play at all is too much for even Microsoft to ask).
Because turning it off or pulling the battery wipes the RAM. The techboys might be able to pull something interesting from the RAM, so best to leave it on. Just make it incommunicado.
Or they can have Faraday cage boxes made up and pop the phone into a box as part of the standard procedure of picking it up. Putting the phone into a locked box as soon as it's picked up is good for the evidence chain anyways.
Er, five. Actually.
No, it was published in 1949 (on June 8th of that year, to be precise). 1984 is an anagram of 1948 because that's the year Orwell was writing it in. Your analysis of the party structure is unconvincing, inasmuch as the Soviet Union had a similar party structure. In fact, most totalitarian governments have a similar party structure.
1948 would be an odd time to be writing diatribes against Nazis. It is true that Animal Farm was a direct allegory to communism, with all the parallels you point out. 1984 was a tract against totalitarianism in general. At the time, communism was the main form of totalitarianism threatening the world, as the Nazis had been eliminated from the tournament three years earlier.
Steel.
None, most likely. BP is making money hand over fist. This is going to put a real dent in their profits, but they aren't going to have trouble coming up with the money.
Um, actually, ALL of those costs will be paid by BP. BP has repeatedly and publicly stated that they are liable for all the cleanup costs (as the law clearly states, by the way). The real question is how much of the DAMAGES they're going to pay for, a question they have consistently ducked.
Yep, you're right. Surprised me when I went to look it up. There's 55 gallons in a *drum*.
Meter feeding is supposed to be against the rules just about everywhere there's parking meters, but enforcement can very considerably. The really strict places don't count on catching you feeding more coins in--they'll chalk mark your tires to track how long you've been there, and ticket you if you're over the max time even if you have time on the meter.
Oh, yes.
I was not aware that there were still such variances in British parliamentary districts. In the US, of course, there is a Constitutionally mandated census every ten years (we're having one right now, as a matter of fact), followed by redistricting based on that Census, including requirements that each district in a state have very close to the same voting population. What provisions does Britian have for census and redistricting?
"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."--Mark Twain
Not much has changed in a hundred years, has it?
*pfft* *snerk* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, man, that was good. Pull the other one, it's got bells on. Here's a map of the Illinois 4th Congressional District. Tell me again about how our electoral boundaries follow geo-political boundaries.
You seem to be a bit behind the times. Britain has not had "rotten buroughs" for over a hundred and fifty years now. "10 people living on an island" will be part of a district that will be the same population as the district containing the "1000 living in a town", so the "1000 living in a town" will indeed have more power.
Technically, Brown gets the first chance to form a government because he's the incumbent--he remains Prime Minister until he either resigns or the new House votes in a new PM, and as such he can try to assemble a coalition to confirm him. But the Lib Dems have already said that they're going to talk to the Tories first.
Their seats in the House of Commons went from 62 to 57. Their vote share *increased* from 22.1% to 23%. First past the post voting does funny things.
Well, apparently it just became legal. Supreme Court decision in June 2007 nullified the anti-trust law that made it illegal for manufacturers/wholesalers to mandate minimum retail prices. Surprised the heck out of me when I started googling the matter.
Truly an irreplaceable talent. Ah, if only we had some way of recording facts mechanically so that they could be quickly and easily retrieved.