The GP should record some LP, at 24 bits per sample, at 96 kSa/s, in stereo. It wouldn't be too unusual, especially if he picks a well known music. Classical music will be particularly good here.
I remember, back in the day, DEC had an account called FIELD on all the VMS systems they maintained. The DEC support guy would always grumble when we disabled that account, or changed the password. Its more trouble for them, you see.
Disabling the FIELD SERVICE account is the hallmark of any good SYSTEM MANAGER.
NO NO NO. installing a cocktail of AV software is NOT the answer in a system that has to do 27/7 operations and has to be kind of real-time responsive.
That's why most shops don't offer more than 24/7 uptime. The three extra hours a day is plenty of time to run AV software.
Aren't "There is a God" "God created the world in 7 days" both grossly abusive and insulting in relation to matters held sacred by the practitioner of atheism?
To say nothing of believers in Creation. It's a well-known fact that God created the world in SIX days. Since He was then able to take an entire day off, we can assume that He finished 14% under budget, a laudable achievement that the "7 days" figure fails to acknowledge.
Saying that God does not exist is a blasphemous act, as only God or a peer of God could know that for sure.
I'd just like to point out that this is a perfect example of 'begging the question'. The premise that only God (or a peer of His) knows the truth of God's existence assumes the existence of God in the first place -- there must be a God at all for statements about God to be sensical. (If there is no God, then what God is left to know this?) One might as well just say "Saying that God does not exist is a blasphemous act, because God does exist."
This actually happened recently; I forget the case now or the players, but some big company A sued some other big company B for patent infringement, and then was countersued by B for infringing on one of their patents.
Oh yeah, the self-censorship thing is so fucking ridiculous. As if its not enough that TV is censored.. (and screw the children, I learned to swear at a young age and so does everyone else, TV swearing or no)
Oh, so you're advocating meta-self-censorship? Bl*w me. I don't need some tw*t telling me not to self-censor. F*ck that sh*t.
The Web Apps offline storage stuff has been shipping in Gecko since Firefox 3.0, I believe. You can use Zimbra in an offline browser today, compose mails, and it will save them to its local storage area and then send when you go online.
Or I could use a traditional POP/SMTP client, using a fraction of the memory and CPU. And that's not counting the Web server.
As in, this has been a solved problem for at least a year and a half, and going on two browser major updates now.
Offline email has been a solved problem for over two decades, in fact.
I'd say this comment misses the point of phone apps pretty terribly. At least the ones I use tend to rely almost entirely on the phone's hardware features. Not just accelerated graphics and GPS and camera, but tie-ins to the address book and calendar, etc.
Not to mention offline operation and storage. Without a net connection you can't send email, but you can still compose an email.
It's been my hope that the proliferation of mobile apps would legitimize local apps in general. Many of the strikes against Web apps on a phone also apply to desktops (or at least laptops, in the case of battery life).
You software hippies are just afraid of Steve Ballmer because of his good looks, his charm, his masculinity, his Christianity, his ability connect to the common user and his overall wonderfulness!
Yawn. Wake me when he's the mother of five children.
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The GP should record some LP, at 24 bits per sample, at 96 kSa/s, in stereo. It wouldn't be too unusual, especially if he picks a well known music. Classical music will be particularly good here.
How about this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo
Wow. Someone's sarcasm/humor detector is broken.
Ha ha, well played!
I remember, back in the day, DEC had an account called FIELD on all the VMS systems they maintained. The DEC support guy would always grumble when we disabled that account, or changed the password. Its more trouble for them, you see.
Disabling the FIELD SERVICE account is the hallmark of any good SYSTEM MANAGER.
I am very sorry that when this Microsoft executive opens something, he faces incompetence.
Maybe 'open' means 'incontinent'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI
What could be better than taking a sledgehammer to a disk drive without causing problems?
Shooting it with a .45?
NO NO NO. installing a cocktail of AV software is NOT the answer in a system that has to do 27/7 operations and has to be kind of real-time responsive.
That's why most shops don't offer more than 24/7 uptime. The three extra hours a day is plenty of time to run AV software.
Well, if Windows 95/98 defined what the mainstream would accept, then I guess just about any hand-turned assembly could be considered mainstream.
How primitive. Real hackers use a lathe.
Yeah, but by the time I get home, /. seems a lot less important, and it just isn't worth the effort
Looks like you just answered your own question.
It makes me even more proud to be a PC.
Is that you, John Hodgman?
Aren't "There is a God" "God created the world in 7 days" both grossly abusive and insulting in relation to matters held sacred by the practitioner of atheism?
To say nothing of believers in Creation. It's a well-known fact that God created the world in SIX days. Since He was then able to take an entire day off, we can assume that He finished 14% under budget, a laudable achievement that the "7 days" figure fails to acknowledge.
Saying that God does not exist is a blasphemous act, as only God or a peer of God could know that for sure.
I'd just like to point out that this is a perfect example of 'begging the question'. The premise that only God (or a peer of His) knows the truth of God's existence assumes the existence of God in the first place -- there must be a God at all for statements about God to be sensical. (If there is no God, then what God is left to know this?) One might as well just say "Saying that God does not exist is a blasphemous act, because God does exist."
There is an old saying that applies here: Never ascribe to malice that which can readily be explained by incompetance.
You're thinking of Hanlon's Razor.
http://xkcd.com/605/
And while we're at it, telling them that the Hollocaust happened would be bad, since there are some "historians" that debate that, too!
Yes, teaching about the 'Hollocaust' would be perceived as bad -- especially to a certain kind of Nazi.
This actually happened recently; I forget the case now or the players, but some big company A sued some other big company B for patent infringement, and then was countersued by B for infringing on one of their patents.
I believe you're thinking of Nokia suing Apple.
You reserve the right to self censor. We reserve the right to call it ridiculous, pointless and to mock it mercilessly.
And to miss the irony, apparently.
Oh yeah, the self-censorship thing is so fucking ridiculous. As if its not enough that TV is censored.. (and screw the children, I learned to swear at a young age and so does everyone else, TV swearing or no)
Oh, so you're advocating meta-self-censorship? Bl*w me. I don't need some tw*t telling me not to self-censor. F*ck that sh*t.
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> Not to mention offline operation and storage.
The Web Apps offline storage stuff has been shipping in Gecko since Firefox 3.0, I believe. You can use Zimbra in an offline browser today, compose mails, and it will save them to its local storage area and then send when you go online.
Or I could use a traditional POP/SMTP client, using a fraction of the memory and CPU. And that's not counting the Web server.
As in, this has been a solved problem for at least a year and a half, and going on two browser major updates now.
Offline email has been a solved problem for over two decades, in fact.
I'd say this comment misses the point of phone apps pretty terribly. At least the ones I use tend to rely almost entirely on the phone's hardware features. Not just accelerated graphics and GPS and camera, but tie-ins to the address book and calendar, etc.
Not to mention offline operation and storage. Without a net connection you can't send email, but you can still compose an email.
It's been my hope that the proliferation of mobile apps would legitimize local apps in general. Many of the strikes against Web apps on a phone also apply to desktops (or at least laptops, in the case of battery life).
You software hippies are just afraid of Steve Ballmer because of his good looks, his charm, his masculinity, his Christianity, his ability connect to the common user and his overall wonderfulness!
Yawn. Wake me when he's the mother of five children.
I've often thought that someone should come up with a Public Domain "Happy Birthday" song to replace the covered-by-copyright one.
How about setting "Happy Birthday" to the Hallelujah chorus from Händel's Messiah?
Haaaaaappy birthday! Happy birthday! Happy birthday!
Haaaaaappy birthday! Happy birthday, to you!
I remember coding on MacOS 7 and 8
Ah yes... I remember the last time I coded for classic Mac OS like it was yesterday...
Actually, it was yesterday.
That one axtually originates at Microsoft
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