" I keep remembering the desparate "I need a boot loader" email I got from his sorry ass via UUCP. I contributed one out of common grace. And in that he fucked me."
Think what you will, but the only sane one in this deal was Jerry Yang from the start. Microsoft is ruthless - and this shows just how ruthless they are.
Man I agree MS is ruthless and I respect Jerry Yang but I just can't blame Microsoft here. They gave Jerry a 44 BILLION offer, and a few weeks later, the company loses almost 25 billion in value directly because of his refusal to sell.
You mention some mistakes that Yahoo made but how is all that not his fault?
I was working on a Web App that has date fields. There is an example of how to format the date next to it and I put my wedding day. The spec did not call for any certain date. I can look at it years from now and see where I left my mark.
I do not get any more adventurous then that.
Thank the heavens! You were going to give me a heart attack already!
These hardcore engineers, with their exxxtreme easter eggs... It is a miracle your adventures have not caught up with you, mister My Name is Danger. Have you thought about writing an autobiography?
Jazz is improvisation. That right there spans a ridiculously wide amount of jazz genres. Free form jazz is the most extreme form, and personally the most irritating.
However some great jazz may sound like "random" notes, and in a way, it is random, but there's a ridiculous amount of thought behind how to get to those "random" notes.
They say about jazz "The better it is, the less people will really understand it".
"They've clearly been fooled (at least) once now, will they let themselves be fooled twice?"
Oh, no, not at all. After all, remember: There's an old saying in Tennessee I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says, fool me once, shame on shame on you. Fool me you can't get fooled again.
I assure you what the USA spent in one year in the Iraq war surpasses by an order of magnitude the budget of all sorts of research projects around the world, combined, in the same time period.
How much was the Iraq spending again? 200 billion per month?
The "Beer caucus" is the stupidest thing I've ever seen in relation to choosing a president. I remember reading an article about who'd be the better man to have a beer with, Bush or Al Gore (back in the 2000 elections) and everyone agreed Bush was the better, more charismatic man.
Gosh, get a pair of noise-blocking earbuds and go to town!
Plus if you go to any gym these days, you know that no matter how loud you set your music, the Gym's sound system will always overpower it and you get this weird "2 songs at once" thing going on.
The stupidest thing that I've witnessed the USA do is vote for Bush TWICE. I can't even explain that. I think most non-americans don't understand how that happened.
As Bush says, fool me once, shame on you... Fool me again... or repeatedly... or fools that are fooled... and so on.
If they'd done this back when DirectX was just beginning and OpenGL was actually relevant, things would be much different now.
As it is, DirectX went on to beat OpenGl soundly.
This might have some bigger effect on the non gaming graphics applications (CAD and 3D stuff), but for gaming it's just irrelevant now.
I know you might say "Well, it means I can finally play (Insert game from the year 2000 on Linux!", but for 99% of gamers out there, Linux is still irrelevant.
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" I keep remembering the desparate "I need a boot loader" email I got from his sorry ass via UUCP. I contributed one out of common grace. And in that he fucked me."
Wow, care to share that story?
Think what you will, but the only sane one in this deal was Jerry Yang from the start. Microsoft is ruthless - and this shows just how ruthless they are.
Man I agree MS is ruthless and I respect Jerry Yang but I just can't blame Microsoft here. They gave Jerry a 44 BILLION offer, and a few weeks later, the company loses almost 25 billion in value directly because of his refusal to sell.
You mention some mistakes that Yahoo made but how is all that not his fault?
Well, even with the huge backlash on Amazon.com for EA's "Spore", they still didn't remove any DRM except for allowing you a couple extra installs.
They don't give a crap. If sales go down, they'll blame piracy, not DRM.
So, yeah, don't buy the game.
I was working on a Web App that has date fields. There is an example of how to format the date next to it and I put my wedding day. The spec did not call for any certain date. I can look at it years from now and see where I left my mark.
I do not get any more adventurous then that.
Thank the heavens! You were going to give me a heart attack already!
These hardcore engineers, with their exxxtreme easter eggs... It is a miracle your adventures have not caught up with you, mister My Name is Danger. Have you thought about writing an autobiography?
Sure but you need to fight it at some point, because they will eventually try to ban encryption for the average citizen.
"What do you need to hide, hmmm? You need a permit for an encryption license"
Ah, yes, the obligatory Simpsons quote.
Thing is, anyone "faking" jazz is immediately noticeable to anyone who is even slightly educated in the genre.
Jazz is improvisation. That right there spans a ridiculously wide amount of jazz genres. Free form jazz is the most extreme form, and personally the most irritating.
However some great jazz may sound like "random" notes, and in a way, it is random, but there's a ridiculous amount of thought behind how to get to those "random" notes.
They say about jazz "The better it is, the less people will really understand it".
I thought jazz musicians had something to worry about, but damn if it doesn't sound horrible...
http://oeyvind.teks.no/pre_mercurysiren.mp3
The concept is great however. I've no doubt we're moving towards computer generated music, but still a-ways to go...
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- George W. Bush, The Decider "
"They've clearly been fooled (at least) once now, will they let themselves be fooled twice?"
Oh, no, not at all. After all, remember:
There's an old saying in Tennessee I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says, fool me once, shame on shame on you. Fool me you can't get fooled again.
Are there any health risks associated with super strong magnets? (Besides the obvious "metal knives constantly travel fast towards you" thing)
I mean about cancer or something like that. Does it affect cells or something?
I assure you what the USA spent in one year in the Iraq war surpasses by an order of magnitude the budget of all sorts of research projects around the world, combined, in the same time period.
How much was the Iraq spending again? 200 billion per month?
Absolutely. The only thing that Steam needs to be better is:
1. Better customer support
2. Being able to sell or transfer the license for a game you bought to someone else.
Other than that, never had any problems and I love Steam(as long as you're online, of course).
The "Beer caucus" is the stupidest thing I've ever seen in relation to choosing a president. I remember reading an article about who'd be the better man to have a beer with, Bush or Al Gore (back in the 2000 elections) and everyone agreed Bush was the better, more charismatic man.
Fat lot of good that did you.
A banjo player wins the lottery. The newspaper asks: "What will you do now that you are a rich man?"
The banjo player replies: "Well, I guess I'll keep on gigging until the money runs out..."
Gosh, get a pair of noise-blocking earbuds and go to town!
Plus if you go to any gym these days, you know that no matter how loud you set your music, the Gym's sound system will always overpower it and you get this weird "2 songs at once" thing going on.
Seriously, gyms are like nightclubs these days...
Oh man, your post is like a Chernobyl of bad jokes, I think I'm getting radiation poisoning!
Personally, I'm a big fan of his google 3d models! ( http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=00954388159546749388 )
From the 10 year evolution of Google that I've seen, I've no doubt that they will.
I recommend it, if only for the dialog options.
It wasn't particularly hard either, so it's great for casual gamers too. And the animations were surprisingly decent.
The stupidest thing that I've witnessed the USA do is vote for Bush TWICE. I can't even explain that. I think most non-americans don't understand how that happened.
As Bush says, fool me once, shame on you... Fool me again... or repeatedly... or fools that are fooled... and so on.
"The first space elevator will be built about fify years after everyone stops laughing."
-Arthur C. Clarke
That's interesting. I just told a girlfriend about this and she laughed at the idea.
So... 2058 Space Elevator, here I come!
That elitist attitude is worse than the Apple Cult, man.
At least for the gaming market.
If they'd done this back when DirectX was just beginning and OpenGL was actually relevant, things would be much different now.
As it is, DirectX went on to beat OpenGl soundly.
This might have some bigger effect on the non gaming graphics applications (CAD and 3D stuff), but for gaming it's just irrelevant now.
I know you might say "Well, it means I can finally play (Insert game from the year 2000 on Linux!", but for 99% of gamers out there, Linux is still irrelevant.
Not only that, but sadly, most of the time the same note is found at Digg with the EXACT same paragraph/summary. It's becoming ridiculous.
Besides that, the fact that EVERYONE now wants to be a comedian and just posts "funny" comments that really don't add anything to the discussion.
I'm not a grinch nor do I hate comedy, but when everyone does it and it doesn't contribute anything interesting...