The idea of the space elevator is about 35 years old. Yuri Artusanov (spelling?) came up with the idea circa 1968, and Arthur C. Clarke ran with it in "The Fountains of Paradise". The anchor point's name of "Clarke" in the Mars series was a tribute.
The Ninth Amendment: "Even if we didn't mention them here, all your rights are belong to you!" The Tenth Amendment: "If we didn't say here that they can, then the Feds can't do it."
These must be the two most ignored amendments (though lately the First, Fourth, and Fifth are coming along too).
No, but paying lip service to OS/2, while working on the replacement (and planning to drop OS/2) and encouraging everyone else to code towards OS/2 is cheating.
3) WP - bet the farm on OS/2, MS - bet the farm on Windows while paying lip service to OS/2. 4) WP - try to compete with traditional strengths, MS - Work with IBM to create a CUA, then change the CUA once everyone else adopts it. 5) WP - hated MS so much that they used Borland OWL, MS - made the compiler, made the dlls and APIs, didn't tell anyone about it if they could have an advantage for awhile.
(emphasis mine).
Those items sure sound like "cheating" by MS to me. Not so sure that MS didn't "gain it" more than WP "lost it".
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That's cuz Slash breaks it up to avoid the page widening trolls.
Here's the link...
Why would I want that? My wife is quite beautiful, thank you.
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You mean like Clarke's own The Fountains of Paradise?
The idea of the space elevator is about 35 years old. Yuri Artusanov (spelling?) came up with the idea circa 1968, and Arthur C. Clarke ran with it in "The Fountains of Paradise". The anchor point's name of "Clarke" in the Mars series was a tribute.
Didn't they do that first for Carey's "Grinch" movie?
Microsoft is deliberately making your PC obsolete. For no discernable reason.
No, there's a very good reason. If your PC is made obsolete, you'll have to buy a new one, which just happens to have MS Janus(tm) DRM built in.
voltage = currant * resistance.
And how many raisins does it take to generate 1V with 1 ohm of resistance?
You'd think a self-proclaimed EE would spell current properly.
They should add sound effects for other operations like when the door is opened
Didn't GM already do this for the Astro van? You know, "Ruh-roh Reorge! Roor ris ropen!"
But at least they're current!
98SE was the best they had until 2K came out. OK, maybe NT 3.51 too...
Why it's not a good idea to drop bombs on spammers.
YOu mean this?
Worf WAS a Jewish Klingon... OK, his stepparents were, at least
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Well, I guess you could try to post in red, so that your post would die a quick, painful, meaningless death.
Very well done.
So screw off and come back when you've got something to sue us over.
Actually, they filed for dismissal with prejudice, so they actually said something like:
So screw off, and don't bother coming back.
Obviously these robocones come from the planet Remulak! -- I mean... France.
Thank you! The Ninth is my favorite Amendment!
The Ninth Amendment: "Even if we didn't mention them here, all your rights are belong to you!"
The Tenth Amendment: "If we didn't say here that they can, then the Feds can't do it."
These must be the two most ignored amendments (though lately the First, Fourth, and Fifth are coming along too).
I'd really like someone to go after the studios for false advertising.
They advertise DVDs as "[INSERT MOVIE NAME HERE]: Buy it today!!!" or "[INSERT MOVIE NAME HERE]: Own it today!!!"
Yet, the MPAA (and the studios) claim that you're not buying it, but licensing it! Has to be a false advertising claim in there somewhere....
Somehow I think "[INSERT MOVIE NAME HERE]: License it today!!!" wouldn't sell so well...
There's Klingons off the starboard bow.
Just like in Batman...
No, but paying lip service to OS/2, while working on the replacement (and planning to drop OS/2) and encouraging everyone else to code towards OS/2 is cheating.
(emphasis mine).
Those items sure sound like "cheating" by MS to me. Not so sure that MS didn't "gain it" more than WP "lost it".