British guy == Untouchable by RIAA!
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The fact that the game the guy is selling on his website requires a check to be sent to him in the UK means that RIAA cant shut him down. He is British. He is not affected by your silly US laws (if he sensibly hosts it on a machine in the UK). Simple.
The speed of the zooming is dependent on how far past the vertical line you place the stylus. Placing it on the left hand side of the line (slowly) erases things. Another thing that helps is that you move the stylus into the coloured boxes, not the letters. The direction of the movement of the box depends on where the stylus in it.
Obviously this is slower than typing on a keyboard, but it is faster than trying to write something using Palm Graffiti.
You can do distributed builds with ClearCase (I remember doing this a few years back on Digital UNIX). Quite easy to do really. Quite expensive for cleacase licenses (oh yeah, and DEC compiler licenses...)
...but around London a teacher has no hope over ever affording a house on the salaries they receive.
My sister is teaching at a school in Reading, and has to live with my parents.
Simple maths: If teachers salary == 20000 pounds (which my sisters does not - its less) Bank will loan 3.5 - 4 times the salary for a house, ie 70000 - 80000 pounds. Average house price for the UK is now 98000 pounds, the average house price for Reading is far higher.
Would like to make the point that it was pronounced snow arse rather than snoars because the division name is Satellite & Network Operations, SNO - pronounced snow.
From the link to MS, it appears that although the versions of Win2k are evaluation versions, the version of Visual C++ isn't (I don't give a stuff about the rest).
If you can cope without the optimising compiler of the professional edition (which appears to make little difference which optimisation method you choose), $7.95 (+$1.95 to get it to the UK) for Visual C++ seems like a bargain.
A disappointing, meandering examination of the boom-and-bust world of Internet commerce which doesn't even deliver on the promise of its title by naming names.
So the book is like the.com's. Doesn't deliver on it promise.
Who would wnat to buy that?
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Before I followed the link I thought - "Cool! What an ace idea!".
The I followed the link. That is one ugly lump of metal.
So banning 128bit encryption from export from the US will stop everyone getting hold of the AES standard Rjindael because US export regulations obviously cover Belgium.
> Also, Microsoft is alleging that anytime someone uses the word "windows" that means Microsoft.
It could be true. I bought some double-glazing recently, and the salesman kept on calling them 'double-glazed units' rather than double glazed Windows(TM).
I got bored reading the press release after finding the fourth trademarked buzzword in the second paragraph.
I simply can't believe that this method of compression/encoding is so new that it requires a completely new dictionary (of words we presumably are not allowed to use).
Amiga screens were great, every app could run in at is native resolution on a seperate screen - additionally the ability to change the screen resolution halfway down the monitor screen and being able to drag screens to show one of a different resolution behind was a neat trick that I have yet to see any other computer perform.
Check out the rust on it - I'd ask for some money off.
Also someone has removed all of the paint - you're gonna need a complete respray and it will probably cost around 500 bucks.
I'm also not convinced by the amount of mileage it's done. They try to disguise it by the fact that its had one careful owner, but I think its warranty has probably run out and they avoided saying 'one careful female owner'. If it does have a warranty, ensure that it is transferable.
Above all, if they refuse to give you a test drive before you part with the cash, DON'T BUY IT.
They want 2,000,000 - 2,500,000. Taking into account the cost of sorting out whats wrong, and the likely lack of a warranty, I'd offer them between 1,998,500 - 2,498,500.
They've been doing this for years in the UK (some have a voluntary BBFC rating, all seem to have a mandatory European one). Since the ratings are printed on the edge of the box (well PC cardboard boxes anyway), and really small no one ever pays attention to them.
Its all completely pointless getting upset about the fact that your five year old son can't buy the latest photo-realistic bloodbath game until the people who sell the games actually pay attention to the rating printed on it.
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The fact that the game the guy is selling on his website requires a check to be sent to him in the UK means that RIAA cant shut him down. He is British. He is not affected by your silly US laws (if he sensibly hosts it on a machine in the UK). Simple.
Steve
The speed of the zooming is dependent on how far past the vertical line you place the stylus. Placing it on the left hand side of the line (slowly) erases things. Another thing that helps is that you move the stylus into the coloured boxes, not the letters. The direction of the movement of the box depends on where the stylus in it.
Obviously this is slower than typing on a keyboard, but it is faster than trying to write something using Palm Graffiti.
It takes a little getting used to, but the idea is good. Not sure about trying it on a palm though - the screen is a bit small.
You can do distributed builds with ClearCase (I remember doing this a few years back on Digital UNIX). Quite easy to do really. Quite expensive for cleacase licenses (oh yeah, and DEC compiler licenses...)
Steve.
I booked two days holiday so I could see the midnight showing at Leicester Square, London.
Steve.
...but around London a teacher has no hope over ever affording a house on the salaries they receive.
My sister is teaching at a school in Reading, and has to live with my parents.
Simple maths:
If teachers salary == 20000 pounds (which my sisters does not - its less)
Bank will loan 3.5 - 4 times the salary for a house, ie 70000 - 80000 pounds.
Average house price for the UK is now 98000 pounds, the average house price for Reading is far higher.
Steve.
Would like to make the point that it was pronounced snow arse rather than snoars because the division name is Satellite & Network Operations, SNO - pronounced snow.
Standing for the Satellite and Network Operations Anomaly Reporting System, our bug tracker.
The acronym has since been changed.
Steve.
From the link to MS, it appears that although the versions of Win2k are evaluation versions, the version of Visual C++ isn't (I don't give a stuff about the rest).
If you can cope without the optimising compiler of the professional edition (which appears to make little difference which optimisation method you choose), $7.95 (+$1.95 to get it to the UK) for Visual C++ seems like a bargain.
Steve.
A disappointing, meandering examination of the boom-and-bust world of Internet commerce which doesn't even deliver on the promise of its title by naming names.
.com's. Doesn't deliver on it promise.
So the book is like the
Before I followed the link I thought - "Cool! What an ace idea!".
The I followed the link. That is one ugly lump of metal.
The drives contain more than 17,000 files. Though all of them are related to al-Qa'ida in some way, many are humdrum and dull.
Yeah. I always thought WIN.EXE was a bit dodgy.
Steve.
So banning 128bit encryption from export from the US will stop everyone getting hold of the AES standard Rjindael because US export regulations obviously cover Belgium.
What a dum idea.
Steve.
No one sensible can afford to live in London.
What do you mean activate it? Its already there and open to the public.
Steve.
ICANN are likely to do something if Nominet stop their payments. Remove the .uk domain.
> Also, Microsoft is alleging that anytime someone uses the word "windows" that means Microsoft.
It could be true. I bought some double-glazing recently, and the salesman kept on calling them 'double-glazed units' rather than double glazed Windows(TM).
Steve.
I simply can't believe that this method of compression/encoding is so new that it requires a completely new dictionary (of words we presumably are not allowed to use).
Amiga screens were great, every app could run in at is native resolution on a seperate screen - additionally the ability to change the screen resolution halfway down the monitor screen and being able to drag screens to show one of a different resolution behind was a neat trick that I have yet to see any other computer perform.
Steve
Steve.
Looks like a pain for those of us who are left handed.
Steve.
"Work or test on this apparatus must be authorised by the authorised person"
Who is the authorised person?
Steve.
Steve.
Also someone has removed all of the paint - you're gonna need a complete respray and it will probably cost around 500 bucks.
I'm also not convinced by the amount of mileage it's done. They try to disguise it by the fact that its had one careful owner, but I think its warranty has probably run out and they avoided saying 'one careful female owner'. If it does have a warranty, ensure that it is transferable.
Above all, if they refuse to give you a test drive before you part with the cash, DON'T BUY IT.
They want 2,000,000 - 2,500,000. Taking into account the cost of sorting out whats wrong, and the likely lack of a warranty, I'd offer them between 1,998,500 - 2,498,500.
Steve.
Its all completely pointless getting upset about the fact that your five year old son can't buy the latest photo-realistic bloodbath game until the people who sell the games actually pay attention to the rating printed on it.
Steve.