I just called a local Radio Shack (in Waterloo, Ontario), and they didn't know what I was talking about. Sounds like this is just for the Unitedstatesians, at least for now.
Especially those MySQL users, hmm? Now, I don't really have a preference, I use MySQL for some situations, PostgreSQL for others, or another database for another situation..
However, you have to look no further than the PostgreSQL HOWTO (the author calls it Database-SQL-RDBMS HOW-TO, take that as you will) to find religious fanaticism..
Kenyon's site, like other abandonware sites, offers hundreds of classic games and applications free for download, including Dune 2 and Syndicate... Kenyon and his peers define abandonware as software that is at least five years old and is no longer sold or supported by its publisher or developer.
I know Syndicate is still available for purchase from Electronic Arts under its 'Classic' label.. and I'm sure quite a bit of the software on abandonware sites is still sold in stores. Most of my software purchases are classic games, because you can get excellent games for a great price, and you can know the game won't suck. If abandonware sites claim they are doing a service for people who need replacements for bad disks, why don't they have sanction/permission from the publisher? Oh, wait, it's just like how Napster, et al is really used for freely distributable music.
If you want classic games, pick them up for $5 at the store, on CD-ROM no less. You'll be doing everyone a favour - you will have a great game, and publishers will be encouraged to re-release more classics for cheap prices.
1. Mostly working, but still under test; usu. used with `in': `in beta'. In the Real World, systems (hardware or software) software often go through two stages of release testing: Alpha (in-house) and Beta (out-house?). Beta releases are generally made to a group of lucky (or unlucky) trusted customers. 2. Anything that is new and experimental. "His girlfriend is in beta" means that he is still testing for compatibility and reserving judgment. 3. Flaky; dubious; suspect (since beta software is notoriously buggy).
Historical note: More formally, to beta-test is to test a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected (or self-selected) customers and users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the industry. `Alpha Test' was the unit, module, or component test phase; `Beta Test' was initial system test. These themselves came from earlier A- and B-tests for hardware. The A-test was a feasibility and manufacturability evaluation done before any commitment to design and development. The B-test was a demonstration that the engineering model functioned as specified. The C-test (corresponding to today's beta) was the B-test performed on early samples of the production design, and the D test was the C test repeated after the model had been in production a while.
Oh, you've never microwaved a CD before, have you? I suggest trying it with an AOL CD or somesuch, it's quite entertaining (and destructive to the CD). Just make sure not to keep it in there too long.. it starts to smell.
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Since the initial Internet products planned by Compaq and Gateway won't run Windows 98, they can't carry out many of the tasks general-purpose PCs can. Later versions of these products may include some basic office software, industry executives said.
I didn't realize Windows was the only operating environment/system in which I could do useful things! Thank you for showing me the light, ZDNet!
It states in the article several times that no money is physically transferred, to the island or to any other place.
As a practical matter, it is only in the form of ledger entries that offshore dollars ordinarily pass through Nauru. The way the international banking system works, funds are electronically transferred to and from "correspondent accounts" that the Nauru-registered banks maintain in distant money centers such as New York.
The system is as secure as the 'distant money centers' are. And it's all electronic.
Opera 3.60 supports PNG files natively. They don't have 100% of the features implemented (such as all the funky transparency options), but there's more and more in each new version of Opera.
Microsoft strikes again.. "Visio is slated to be a division within Microsoft's Business Productivity Group." Sounds like they're going to shovel it in with Office Pro or something.. I imagine that companies that use both products will be happy, until Microsoft manages to screw it up. What's next? Autodesk? Could happen.
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I just enter what I would if I had to register.. user aaaaa, pass aaaaa. Someone else back yonder had the courtesy to create that. =)
Which happens to be one of the most expensive things of all.
Couple references: World War I, World War II.
(Yes, I know Freedom is not a 'thing.' Pick a word you like, ideal, condition, whathaveyou.)
I haven't been caught yet, but they never pay attention to me!
2000-08-10 17:00:49 Early season leeks now available (articles,news) (rejected)
2000-08-19 01:20:21 Are genetically engineered leeks safe? (articles,science) (rejected)
2000-08-22 15:31:42 Leeks leeks leeks! (articles,humor) (rejected)
Okay, not that funny. But I've got nothing better to do at the moment!
I just called a local Radio Shack (in Waterloo, Ontario), and they didn't know what I was talking about. Sounds like this is just for the Unitedstatesians, at least for now.
However, you have to look no further than the PostgreSQL HOWTO (the author calls it Database-SQL-RDBMS HOW-TO, take that as you will) to find religious fanaticism..
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO /PostgreSQL-HOWTO-4.html
I won't even talk about the "What is PostgreSQL" section. =)
Okay then, s/MTA/"MailThingie"/
=)
Don't you mean:
One MTA to rule them all, one MTA to find them
One MTA to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
If you want classic games, pick them up for $5 at the store, on CD-ROM no less. You'll be doing everyone a favour - you will have a great game, and publishers will be encouraged to re-release more classics for cheap prices.
You are missing something really big and obvious.
Bob.
Nuff said.
Ah, must have been a relative link in the HTML from the Jargon File. Here's the link for your enjoyment =)
Real World
beta /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/ n.
1. Mostly working, but still under test; usu. used with `in': `in beta'. In the Real World , systems (hardware or software) software often go through two stages of release testing: Alpha (in-house) and Beta (out-house?). Beta releases are generally made to a group of lucky (or unlucky) trusted customers. 2. Anything that is new and experimental. "His girlfriend is in beta" means that he is still testing for compatibility and reserving judgment. 3. Flaky; dubious; suspect (since beta software is notoriously buggy).
Historical note: More formally, to beta-test is to test a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected (or self-selected) customers and users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the industry. `Alpha Test' was the unit, module, or component test phase; `Beta Test' was initial system test. These themselves came from earlier A- and B-tests for hardware. The A-test was a feasibility and manufacturability evaluation done before any commitment to design and development. The B-test was a demonstration that the engineering model functioned as specified. The C-test (corresponding to today's beta) was the B-test performed on early samples of the production design, and the D test was the C test repeated after the model had been in production a while.
Probably wouldn't happen anyway even without this stuff - since U(W) has already cut a deal with Bell Sympatico.
I'm using rogers and I get fairly snappy connectivity to the math servers, so I'm fine with it. Just don't try to run Netscape. Trust me on that one.
Sure, if you have a spare $500,000 CDN lying around. That's how much you have to invest in Canadian businesses in order to get in without much hassle.
Oh, you've never microwaved a CD before, have you? I suggest trying it with an AOL CD or somesuch, it's quite entertaining (and destructive to the CD). Just make sure not to keep it in there too long.. it starts to smell.
A quick google seach found this informative site:
http://raptor.physics.wisc.edu/wacky/cd/
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/Sa ving-Space.html
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Isn't that special.
It is in Finland.. actually, iirc, they pronounce it linn-oose.
*insert 500 post long discussion about how to pronounce Linux*
Because Linus said so.
http://www.linux.org/info/index.html
Look down in the middle of the page. =)
The system is as secure as the 'distant money centers' are. And it's all electronic.
Eternal Warriors (Developer)
ValuSoft (Publisher)
With that out of the way, I think this is a very interesting development. I've been waiting for something like this for quite a while.
Opera 3.60 supports PNG files natively. They don't have 100% of the features implemented (such as all the funky transparency options), but there's more and more in each new version of Opera.
Getting papers online isn't news. Teachers/profs using programs to automatically mark student papers is.
And there are automatic source code checkers (besides compilers, of course) too, they use them for some CS courses at my university. =)
Could someone please post the text of the article here or at an http mirror? There are those of us who are without FTP access due to firewalls.
Microsoft strikes again.. "Visio is slated to be a division within Microsoft's Business Productivity Group." Sounds like they're going to shovel it in with Office Pro or something.. I imagine that companies that use both products will be happy, until Microsoft manages to screw it up. What's next? Autodesk? Could happen.