Wait a minute! This implies that people had to pay to get in. People who don't want to pay for software are supposed to pay to hear someone talk about the free software?
It's just wrong for those arrogant capitalists to get rich selling their plastic blocks. Interlocking plastic blocks are a commodity. Everyone should have equal access to free plastic blocks.
Down with closed source LEGO. Plastic wants to be free.
Everyone likes to compare the Internet to the frontiers. The thing about the frontier was that someone's rights only existed as far as he could enforce them with his Smith and Wesson.
Well, I'll kick in $10 to hire a hot gunslinger. Having someplace like/. to express opinions is worth at least that much.
Of course it's important to remember that one person's rights only extend to the point where they infringe on some else's. One of the best things my Dad taught me.
Has a copy of the letter been forwarded to the DOJ yet? They might be really interested. Maybe MS should include a copy in their rebuttal.
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What if we start sticking our necks out, and provide warranties with our software? Consumers still tend to choose products with good warranties over those that basically say "it's not my fault".
If companies can't sell UCITA protected products then it will become a dead issue.
Oh, I know the arguments: "We can't control the so-and-so...", "The users might blah blah blah...". I'm sure those same arguments came up when warranties were suggested for just about any industry. But, they did it anyway, and now a good warranty is necessary to do business.
Find a copy of "Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition : Science Slightly over the Edge". It's not a difinitive reference, but it has a good nano section that wraps everything into a human/social perspective. It's also an interesting read on a lot of other subjects.
...SABRE, the largest airline reservation service in the universe, runs on multiple Sun E10Ks
Uh, no. Sabre's Travelocity runs on multiple Sun 10,000's. It get's its goodies from the Sabre reservation system which is multiple mainframes connected to several hundred high-end storage devices through lots of DASD controllers. Having worked in the underground bunker, I can assure you that you can't even comprehend the volume of big iron that's down there. See the website at http://www.sabre.com/about/overview.html where they have this quote. "Our Tulsa Data Center consists of 30 mainframe computers with a capacity of 12,253 MIPs and over 60 terabytes of electronic storage - equivalent to over 15 billion pages of information."
Dude, pay closer attention in physics class. ...the word mass (or weight, as the referred site seems to prefer the layman's language) He's actually using the two words correctly. Weight is the amount of force gravity exerts on an object. He is specifically trying to negate weight, not mass. The mass is still there without gravitational attraction. Of course, he will have major problems getting the whole idea to work even if his theory is correct.
...at the higher levels of these organisations there are people who don't have a very sound grounding in fundamental physics. If we're willing to assume that there really is such a thing as "fundamental physics" then I would really like to meet someone who's not grounded in it. That would be something to see! Seriously, I've never met or read from anyone who had even a feeble understanding of the fundamentals of our existence. Anyone who claims otherwise is suffering from the most arrogant form of ignorance. There are some brilliant people out there who can idly discuss things that I don't begin to compremend. We've learned a lot of really cool stuff, but we aren't even on track for the real basics. My dollar would go to the "crackpots" every time. Even when they're wrong they do more to advance knowledge than the "smart money" people. And, finally, we don't know the laws of physics. Maybe there's one that says anti-gravity has to exist, and we just haven't found it yet. If we did know the laws then people would just break them.
Don't need one. It runs every possible program at the same time. But, since it's also doing everything else in the universe the trick is getting Quake the be what shows up on the screen.
You can try this link http://www.imsa.edu/~matth/cs299/. This is introductory stuff - which equates to 'nearly incomprehensible' for us normal humans. I think I've made it through 3 sections.
The picture is really nice, but I don't see anything that tells me which dots are stars, which are dwarfs, and which are planets. Is there a better caption somewhere?
This topic seems to suggest that the human race is now, or has been in the past, necessary. Sorry, folks, we're probably the least necessary thing in the universe.
The world was a pretty interesting place before we showed up, and will be when we're gone.
You're a good person, AugstWest. Sharp eye, quick wit, disdain for cow-orking. Orking is generally a bad idea (except for ducks of course, they really don't seem to care).
'Notice that this appendage to the main message is not a sig.'
If jellyfish are alive then the Net must be, too. They both are colonial organisms made of of individual specialized creatures. The collective whole lives and breathes as one animal due to the autocoordination (like that word? I think I just made it up) of its members.
There are stinging cells, eating cells, communicating cells, motion cells,...
Is it just me, or do other people have a problem with the dynamics of these planet systems? I generally like the idea of extrasolar planets, but have an issue with the calculations.
In this case (thanks to the calculations of Mr. Woodhams in post #58) we're looking at a really large ball of gas that's about 7.5M km from it's sun. That means it's traveling around 165 kps - that's pretty darn quick. At that distance the solar wind would be relatively dense. So how long would it be before the tidal forces and effects of drag totally smeared that ball of gas along its orbit?
I have to believe they are seeing something besides simple on-planet systems out there.
Yep. As soon as I figure out how to use my mouse to project a crosshair on a real target with my real gun I'll be a killing machine. Hey, has anyone got that keyboard/Glock interface working yet?
I guess it kind of depends on your personal tastes in tech. Disney tends to stretch the envelope in every attraction. Some have lots of whiz-bang, others have a lot of behind the scenes technology to make it look simple. It's almost always there somewhere.
Disney has nothing, and I mean nothing to match the new Spiderman ride at Islands of Adventure. Even the Back to the Future ride, Terminator 3D and Twister, are far ahead of anything at Disney
That's where most people miss out on the Disney experience. By all means, if you're looking for thrill rides then go to another park. Disney isn't the place for you.
I've been to both of the American parks several times since the early sixties. Always, I am amazed (and a bit saddened) by all the people who run to stand in enormous lines at the big thrill rides.
Next time any of you go to a Disney park head straight for the "kiddie rides". Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Pay close attention as you go through those slow and totally unexciting attractions. Notice the level of technology that was installed 20-40 years ago to create the illusions. Immerse yourself into the detailed fantasy worlds that Walt set out to create. Walk up the almost unmarked stairways into the castle towers - you never know what you'll find there.
That is where you find the real Disney. The thrill rides are there for the sake of commercial competition. The rest is for us geeks and dreamers.
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Wait a minute! This implies that people had to pay to get in. People who don't want to pay for software are supposed to pay to hear someone talk about the free software?
I don't think so.
It's just wrong for those arrogant capitalists to get rich selling their plastic blocks. Interlocking plastic blocks are a commodity. Everyone should have equal access to free plastic blocks.
Down with closed source LEGO. Plastic wants to be free.
Everyone likes to compare the Internet to the frontiers. The thing about the frontier was that someone's rights only existed as far as he could enforce them with his Smith and Wesson.
/. to express opinions is worth at least that much.
Well, I'll kick in $10 to hire a hot gunslinger. Having someplace like
Of course it's important to remember that one person's rights only extend to the point where they infringe on some else's. One of the best things my Dad taught me.
Has a copy of the letter been forwarded to the DOJ yet? They might be really interested. Maybe MS should include a copy in their rebuttal.
I hereby relinquish this post into the Public Domain.
What if we start sticking our necks out, and provide warranties with our software? Consumers still tend to choose products with good warranties over those that basically say "it's not my fault".
If companies can't sell UCITA protected products then it will become a dead issue.
Oh, I know the arguments: "We can't control the so-and-so...", "The users might blah blah blah...". I'm sure those same arguments came up when warranties were suggested for just about any industry. But, they did it anyway, and now a good warranty is necessary to do business.
It's time for the change.
I firmly believe that there are two absolute requirements for a successful user interface.
You must have a user and something to interface with.
If you leave out either one then the UI is useless.
I believe your sig should end with "'oo killed 'oo". We have to remember they were speaking British, not English.
..we eat 'am an' spam an' jam alot...
Find a copy of "Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition : Science Slightly over the Edge". It's not a difinitive reference, but it has a good nano section that wraps everything into a human/social perspective. It's also an interesting read on a lot of other subjects.
I wish I had an arm sticking out of my head. That, and be able to drive without running into things.
...SABRE, the largest airline reservation service in the universe, runs on multiple Sun E10Ks
Uh, no.
Sabre's Travelocity runs on multiple Sun 10,000's. It get's its goodies from the Sabre reservation system which is multiple mainframes connected to several hundred high-end storage devices through lots of DASD controllers.
Having worked in the underground bunker, I can assure you that you can't even comprehend the volume of big iron that's down there. See the website at http://www.sabre.com/about/overview.html where they have this quote. "Our Tulsa Data Center consists of 30 mainframe computers with a capacity of 12,253 MIPs and over 60 terabytes of electronic storage - equivalent to over 15 billion pages of information."
Dude, pay closer attention in physics class.
...the word mass (or weight, as the referred site seems to prefer the layman's language)
He's actually using the two words correctly. Weight is the amount of force gravity exerts on an object. He is specifically trying to negate weight, not mass. The mass is still there without gravitational attraction.
Of course, he will have major problems getting the whole idea to work even if his theory is correct.
...at the higher levels of these organisations there are people who don't have a very sound grounding in fundamental physics.
If we're willing to assume that there really is such a thing as "fundamental physics" then I would really like to meet someone who's not grounded in it. That would be something to see!
Seriously, I've never met or read from anyone who had even a feeble understanding of the fundamentals of our existence. Anyone who claims otherwise is suffering from the most arrogant form of ignorance. There are some brilliant people out there who can idly discuss things that I don't begin to compremend. We've learned a lot of really cool stuff, but we aren't even on track for the real basics.
My dollar would go to the "crackpots" every time. Even when they're wrong they do more to advance knowledge than the "smart money" people.
And, finally, we don't know the laws of physics. Maybe there's one that says anti-gravity has to exist, and we just haven't found it yet. If we did know the laws then people would just break them.
Don't need one. It runs every possible program at the same time. But, since it's also doing everything else in the universe the trick is getting Quake the be what shows up on the screen.
You can try this link http://www.imsa.edu/~matth/cs299/. This is introductory stuff - which equates to 'nearly incomprehensible' for us normal humans. I think I've made it through 3 sections.
The picture is really nice, but I don't see anything that tells me which dots are stars, which are dwarfs, and which are planets. Is there a better caption somewhere?
This topic seems to suggest that the human race is now, or has been in the past, necessary. Sorry, folks, we're probably the least necessary thing in the universe.
The world was a pretty interesting place before we showed up, and will be when we're gone.
Being able to sue someone because you spilled coffee on yourself is just plain dumb.
Being able to sue someone who knowingly and intentionally performed actions that hurt you or your business is what lawsuits are supposed to be for.
Go AOL (even if your service sucks).
You're a good person, AugstWest. Sharp eye, quick wit, disdain for cow-orking. Orking is generally a bad idea (except for ducks of course, they really don't seem to care).
'Notice that this appendage to the main message is not a sig.'
If jellyfish are alive then the Net must be, too. They both are colonial organisms made of of individual specialized creatures. The collective whole lives and breathes as one animal due to the autocoordination (like that word? I think I just made it up) of its members.
There are stinging cells, eating cells, communicating cells, motion cells,...
Sounds alive to me.
Is it just me, or do other people have a problem with the dynamics of these planet systems? I generally like the idea of extrasolar planets, but have an issue with the calculations.
In this case (thanks to the calculations of Mr. Woodhams in post #58) we're looking at a really large ball of gas that's about 7.5M km from it's sun. That means it's traveling around 165 kps - that's pretty darn quick. At that distance the solar wind would be relatively dense. So how long would it be before the tidal forces and effects of drag totally smeared that ball of gas along its orbit?
I have to believe they are seeing something besides simple on-planet systems out there.
Yep.
As soon as I figure out how to use my mouse to project a crosshair on a real target with my real gun I'll be a killing machine.
Hey, has anyone got that keyboard/Glock interface working yet?
But, hey, your logic on the positive/negative thing was impeccable.
"oodly oodly oodly"
How's that for a dumb sig?
I guess it kind of depends on your personal tastes in tech. Disney tends to stretch the envelope in every attraction. Some have lots of whiz-bang, others have a lot of behind the scenes technology to make it look simple. It's almost always there somewhere.
Umm. Doesn't electricity also travel through copper at roughly the speed of light?
Disney has nothing, and I mean nothing to match the new Spiderman ride at Islands of Adventure. Even the Back to the Future ride, Terminator 3D and Twister, are far ahead of anything at Disney
That's where most people miss out on the Disney experience. By all means, if you're looking for thrill rides then go to another park. Disney isn't the place for you.
I've been to both of the American parks several times since the early sixties. Always, I am amazed (and a bit saddened) by all the people who run to stand in enormous lines at the big thrill rides.
Next time any of you go to a Disney park head straight for the "kiddie rides". Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Pay close attention as you go through those slow and totally unexciting attractions. Notice the level of technology that was installed 20-40 years ago to create the illusions. Immerse yourself into the detailed fantasy worlds that Walt set out to create. Walk up the almost unmarked stairways into the castle towers - you never know what you'll find there.
That is where you find the real Disney. The thrill rides are there for the sake of commercial competition. The rest is for us geeks and dreamers.