I hope you get a lot of comfort from being able to say "I didn't try".
Didn't try what? Didn't try for the 8th consecutive time to elect an unelectable third party? Were you not listening when I mentioned that the system itself is corrupted? That there were only two possible outcomes, neither of which I could support?
Gh0d, I am so sick of you whining sheep that continue to bleat about "every vote makes a difference". In case it has yet again escaped your notice, at the federal level it doesn't! You are given a choice between two essentially interchangable figureheads and the status remains quo. Why do you think Howard Dean was forced out so early?
And you say that as though the "system" gave a tinker's cuss whether you voted or not. The plain fact of the matter is that the outcome has been decided. One of two people will "win" and there is nothing I can do to change that. Nothing. So I abstain. That way, when the shit hits the fan, I can at least say I had no part in it.
Stop whining about pointless shit and get involved enough to do something about the hideous mess that is the current US government.
Yeah? What exactly do you suggest that wouldn't end up with one of the two major-party-machine candidates emerging victorious? Salvation for this debacle is farther away than a single presidential election. The problems penetrate to the core of the system as a whole.
I'm not apathetic. I'm abstaining, because my vote can do nothing but ensure that one of the two preselected figureheads will win. People say "vote your conscience". Well, my conscience says I can't support the farce anymore.
Yahoo's search is only available on certain carriers (T-Mobile isn't on the list), leading me to believe that they are seeking co-branding as a revenue stream. Also, they say that WAP browsers will only get a subset of the search features. Google's WAP search facility (wap.google.com, which has been around a lot longer than their SMS search), OTOH, acts as an automatic WAP proxy to re-render HTML into WAP so you can do a real web search and use the results from your WAP phone.
If this doesn't yet strike you as a "me, too!" offering, check out the Yahoo! search home page. That doesn't look anything like Google's home page, no sir!
I have to remind you that the lesser of two evils is still evil. I would dearly love a real choice on the ballot. Hell, I'd like to see "none of the above" as a choice. Anything that would let me register my dislike of the current machine with some hope that it would make a difference.
The music cartels love to give you what you want...
And then...
The point of all of this is that even though YOU might not care it's still blatant marketing and you are falling for it hook, line, and sinker.
If you really believe that first line, then all their hook, line and sinker are belong to you.
Hint: the music cartel (note the singular) gives you what they want to give you, and tells you it's what you want. Apparently, many people believe them.
With Google branching into so many fields, one day you'll drive your Google to the Goggle to buy some Goggle to eat while you watch Google on your Google.
I have one of these, which holds my laptop, all the various and sundry crap to keep it connected, my cell phone (with charger), a notebook for work, two cd cases (music and software), my iRiver cd player and a hardcover copy of Cryptonomicon. And it still fits underneath the seat in front of me. Of course, the Highly Trained Airport Security Person may have been tempted to ask "Where's your laptop case, and what's all this junk in your backpack?"
Whatever happened to "innocent until proven guilty?
Ummm... track record of criminal acts? Wallace still owes me over $600, unpaid invoices from his spamming days 10 years ago. Why should I think he's changed anything but his tactics?
In my one brief experience with home ownership, I (and my now-ex) turned down a 5-bedroom behemoth of a house, selling at an outstanding price, because of 2 reasons: the yard was small and there was an oppressive HOA that had rules such as you could only fence off an area of your property equal to less than 1/2 of your home's square footage and you could not have a visible antenna of any kind. Oh, and I believe there were decoration requirements for the major commercial marketing excuses (what we sometimes call "holidays").
Many modern coin phones really do generate the audible dial tone, because they're not just a simple connection device. The curent COCOT (Customer Owned, Coin Operated Telephone) frequently uses alternative long-distance providers and manages its own call routing. If you have a sharp ear, you can often hear the difference in the dialtone from such a phone. (to me, it sounds "flatter" than a real CO-generated dialtone) And on some models, you can hear the flurry of tones that get generated to route your call through the phone's preferred provider (either by prepending a 10-10 PIC code or routing through a WATS gateway).
Actually a rotary phone does not use timing what so ever.
Kids, these days...
Standard pulse timing is 10 pps, with a window from about 7.5-12 IIRC. It's been a while since I had to adjust the little mechanical governor that controlled the rotary dial return rate. Duty cycle is 50%. Pulse too slow and it will be mistaken for a hookflash. Too fast and you'll exceed the slew rate of the switch and drop pulses. Mechanical switches are, of course, more succeptible to too-fast pulse rates. Electronic switches can probably accept faster than 12 pps, but 10 is still the standard.
The "turning of the dial" creates no current. It interrupts the circuit. So does the hookswitch, which led to being able to "dial" a phone with the hookswitch. You still had to have good manual dexterity, especially when there were higher numbers in the number you were trying to reach. This was popular in the days when a coin telephone disabled only the dial circuit and not the voice path. Nowadays, of course, you can't do this because the dial tone you hear when you pick up is generated by the phone itself, which accepts your call information and then decides how to route the call.
Seems there was some sort of bios lock on the machine that was enacted after not signing it in after so many sessions
A laptop that's locked up after some number of unsuccessful authorization attempts, which purportedly belongs to this 12-year old from a crack house neighborhood.
'Forever Autumn' is Justin Hayward's contribution. One of my ex-bosses (who is also a fair guitar player) described the work as "a B musical with A players". I tend to agree.
What ever happened to just not working when a bad S/N is entered? Not producing garbage output or destroying files, but just not working. If you're going to take the approach of pissing off the user, where's the justification in vandalizing the system to do it? Unless the programmer is trying to invite up-close-and-personal criticism.
Installing Gentoo on my Dell Latitude CP (purchased used, with an unknown setup password that prevented me from booting a CD directly) pretty much demanded a bootable floppy disk. OTOH, when I built up my Shuttle Mini-ITX box last year, I didn't put a floppy in it. I use the bay for a multi-flashcard reader.
Yes, youcan. It does depend on your motherboard and BIOS, but most new machines boot off USB. (caveat: my Shuttle SN41G2 prefers USB 1.1 for booting. I've had very spotty results booting from USB 2.0 memsticks)
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Gh0d, I am so sick of you whining sheep that continue to bleat about "every vote makes a difference". In case it has yet again escaped your notice, at the federal level it doesn't! You are given a choice between two essentially interchangable figureheads and the status remains quo. Why do you think Howard Dean was forced out so early?
And you say that as though the "system" gave a tinker's cuss whether you voted or not. The plain fact of the matter is that the outcome has been decided. One of two people will "win" and there is nothing I can do to change that. Nothing. So I abstain. That way, when the shit hits the fan, I can at least say I had no part in it.
Voting says "The system is OK, but my guy just didn't win." But the system is not OK. Participating just perpetuates the problem.
I'm not apathetic. I'm abstaining, because my vote can do nothing but ensure that one of the two preselected figureheads will win. People say "vote your conscience". Well, my conscience says I can't support the farce anymore.
If this doesn't yet strike you as a "me, too!" offering, check out the Yahoo! search home page. That doesn't look anything like Google's home page, no sir!
Hint: the music cartel (note the singular) gives you what they want to give you, and tells you it's what you want. Apparently, many people believe them.
I have one of these, which holds my laptop, all the various and sundry crap to keep it connected, my cell phone (with charger), a notebook for work, two cd cases (music and software), my iRiver cd player and a hardcover copy of Cryptonomicon. And it still fits underneath the seat in front of me. Of course, the Highly Trained Airport Security Person may have been tempted to ask "Where's your laptop case, and what's all this junk in your backpack?"
In my one brief experience with home ownership, I (and my now-ex) turned down a 5-bedroom behemoth of a house, selling at an outstanding price, because of 2 reasons: the yard was small and there was an oppressive HOA that had rules such as you could only fence off an area of your property equal to less than 1/2 of your home's square footage and you could not have a visible antenna of any kind. Oh, and I believe there were decoration requirements for the major commercial marketing excuses (what we sometimes call "holidays").
Many modern coin phones really do generate the audible dial tone, because they're not just a simple connection device. The curent COCOT (Customer Owned, Coin Operated Telephone) frequently uses alternative long-distance providers and manages its own call routing. If you have a sharp ear, you can often hear the difference in the dialtone from such a phone. (to me, it sounds "flatter" than a real CO-generated dialtone) And on some models, you can hear the flurry of tones that get generated to route your call through the phone's preferred provider (either by prepending a 10-10 PIC code or routing through a WATS gateway).
Standard pulse timing is 10 pps, with a window from about 7.5-12 IIRC. It's been a while since I had to adjust the little mechanical governor that controlled the rotary dial return rate. Duty cycle is 50%. Pulse too slow and it will be mistaken for a hookflash. Too fast and you'll exceed the slew rate of the switch and drop pulses. Mechanical switches are, of course, more succeptible to too-fast pulse rates. Electronic switches can probably accept faster than 12 pps, but 10 is still the standard.
The "turning of the dial" creates no current. It interrupts the circuit. So does the hookswitch, which led to being able to "dial" a phone with the hookswitch. You still had to have good manual dexterity, especially when there were higher numbers in the number you were trying to reach. This was popular in the days when a coin telephone disabled only the dial circuit and not the voice path. Nowadays, of course, you can't do this because the dial tone you hear when you pick up is generated by the phone itself, which accepts your call information and then decides how to route the call.
You're trolling, aren't you?
'Forever Autumn' is Justin Hayward's contribution. One of my ex-bosses (who is also a fair guitar player) described the work as "a B musical with A players". I tend to agree.
What ever happened to just not working when a bad S/N is entered? Not producing garbage output or destroying files, but just not working. If you're going to take the approach of pissing off the user, where's the justification in vandalizing the system to do it? Unless the programmer is trying to invite up-close-and-personal criticism.