Exactly. I've emailed them multiple times about their crappy web interface, and gotten nothing but stupid suggestions like, "enter an invalid password first". Brilliant idea, guys. Now I'm generating TWICE the traffic.
Even better - Make and distribute a DVD movie that is protected by CSS - then SUE all the DVD-player manufacturers for creating devices that allow your DVD to be played.
ISTR that Gaiman and Pratchett wrote the plot/characters/etc. together, but Pratchett did the majority of the actual writing that went into the book. I may be wrong, though.
I use goggles when I swim, haven't lost a contact yet while wearing goggles (though I've gotten lazy, and lost contacts 'cause I didn't put my goggles on.)
I like all of them, myself. The earlier books have more re-read value in them, I think, the later books have more of a mystery-genre leaning, which reduces their re-read value. Still, I liked Hogfather a lot (even with the new ones, PTerry's books seem to get better the more times you read them... They're filled with all sorts of little details that you don't notice at the first read).
I've found that the Border's near me has a number of Canadian books, which fill out most of the Discworld series (I believe that a few of the earlier Discworld books are out of print in the US.)
Well, I haven't seen the TV show (not getting British TV), but I'd imagine that the books and TV show are rather different. The narrative is a lot of what makes Terry Pratchett's books so great, and it's hard to duplicate the effects on TV (e.g., Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy wasn't nearly as good on TV as it was as a book -- and it was originally a radio show..) Pratchett's sort of similar to Douglas Adams (I guess that same type of British humor), people who like one tend to like the other.
Is there a customer feedback email for Pheonix? I think it's time to let them all know exactly what we think of this. (Note: I am not advocating flames here, just well-mannered mail telling them what an insulting idea this is.)
I was browsing through the archives, and noticed a post by John Carmack (sp?). He said that once (the lack of) WARP was the bottle-neck, he'd start bugging Matrox himself...
I've never heard that 40% figure. Java GC implementations have historically not been state-of-the-art, though. The fact is that a good GC is faster than manual deallocation.
Hmm.. That sounds odd... I imagine it's dependant on the type of program that's running... One with lots of idle time should be better off with GC, one with less should be better with manual deallocation.
It seems to me that M$ is splitting into 4 support divisions, and one development division. That bears no relevance to the whole anti-trust thing, except so M$ can say, "Hey, we already restructured once, don't make us do it again." Yet another M$ delay tactic, unless I'm reading it wrong.
Does anyone know where to get the Intel PR440FX's? I can't find a vendor who sells them. If you know, it'd be great if you could email me, too (deephand@remus.rutgers.edu) Thanks...
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Exactly. I've emailed them multiple times about their crappy web interface, and gotten nothing but stupid suggestions like, "enter an invalid password first". Brilliant idea, guys. Now I'm generating TWICE the traffic.
Blow that. If I pay $600 for a TiVO + lifetime subscription, I don't expect them to be selling out little bits of my time to the network.
Sorry. I was considering a TiVO, but not any more.
Thank you.
That was the best laugh I've had in a while.
Dave
There's a cooperative game based on the Lord of the Rings (I'm pretty sure it's called "Lord of the Rings).
They aren't changing the content, they're changing the presentation of the comment (and just by the format of whatever they've linked, too.)
Deja also takes URLs in messages and makes an actual link out of them. Should they stop that, too?
Even better - Make and distribute a DVD movie
that is protected by CSS - then SUE all the
DVD-player manufacturers for creating devices that
allow your DVD to be played.
ISTR that Gaiman and Pratchett wrote the plot/characters/etc. together, but Pratchett did the majority of the actual writing that went into the book.
I may be wrong, though.
I use goggles when I swim, haven't lost a contact yet while wearing goggles (though I've gotten lazy, and lost contacts 'cause I didn't put my goggles on.)
I've never met anyone who's ever said, "damn fine".
Really? Hmm.. I think I saw them at the Borders, perhaps the books were from the UK, not Canada.
I like all of them, myself. The earlier books have more re-read value in them, I think, the later books have more of a mystery-genre leaning, which reduces their re-read value. Still, I liked Hogfather a lot (even with the new ones, PTerry's books seem to get better the more times you read them... They're filled with all sorts of little details that you don't notice at the first read).
Let me correct myself... Pratchett (at his best) and Adams (at his best) tend to use the same type of humor.
I've found that the Border's near me has a number of Canadian books, which fill out most of the Discworld series (I believe that a few of the earlier Discworld books are out of print in the US.)
Well, I haven't seen the TV show (not getting British TV), but I'd imagine that the books and TV show are rather different. The narrative is a lot of what makes Terry Pratchett's books so great, and it's hard to duplicate the effects on TV (e.g., Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy wasn't nearly as good on TV as it was as a book -- and it was originally a radio show..) Pratchett's sort of similar to Douglas Adams (I guess that same type of British humor), people who like one tend to like the other.
I agree. Also, LSpace is an excellent place to go for information about Discworld. I'd probably recommend Small Gods over Feet of Clay, however.
David
Is there a customer feedback email for Pheonix?
I think it's time to let them all know exactly what we think of this.
(Note: I am not advocating flames here, just well-mannered mail telling them what an insulting idea this is.)
I was browsing through the archives, and noticed a post by John Carmack (sp?). He said that once (the lack of) WARP was the bottle-neck, he'd start bugging Matrox himself...
Actually, the page says the sound tops out at "157 dB ABOVE a level that can do permanent damage to the hearing of an adult".
Actually, it says, "Our measurements top out at 157 dB-above a level that can do permanent damage..."
Note the hyphen..
I've never heard that 40% figure. Java GC implementations have historically not been state-of-the-art, though. The fact is that a good GC is faster than manual deallocation.
Hmm.. That sounds odd... I imagine it's dependant on the type of program that's running... One with lots of idle time should be better off with GC, one with less should be better with manual deallocation.
It seems to me that M$ is splitting into 4 support divisions, and one development division. That bears no relevance to the whole anti-trust thing, except so M$ can say, "Hey, we already restructured once, don't make us do it again." Yet another M$ delay tactic, unless I'm reading it wrong.
Does anyone know where to get the Intel PR440FX's? I can't find a vendor who sells them.
If you know, it'd be great if you could email me, too (deephand@remus.rutgers.edu)
Thanks...