I've been writing "then" instead of "than" since I learned Pascal. Also, I use a lot more smicolons in my writing then (sic) I used to.
I've seen a couple of errors in newspaper articles that match "helpful grammar suggestions" from clippy. I think editing is now mostly done by the writer + word processor. Sell your blue pencil stock.
if the mail delivery fails, the target e-mail is often removed from the list of e-mail addresses they are trying to send scam e-mails to
Ridiculous. Spammers don't even see bounces, since most spam isn't sent from their own computers. Its mostly sent throw open relays and hijacked machines. I see attempts from names I blacklisted 5 years ago.
Shaw protects their customers from more than the RIAA. They also don't listen to email abuse reports. Maybe all those music downloaders are the same folks selling cheap copies of MS Office.
Let me be the first of many to mention TheOpenCD. First switch to OSS under Windows. Once you're used to the apps, its easier to make the leap to a full Linux desktop.
I have dual-boot RH9/Win at work now and have not booted the Windows OS in 2 months. Most of what I need is:
... and I, for one, would prefer to see a little more NASA money spent on protecting the Earth from being hit by big rocks. It may not be fun, but it sure could have a big payoff in the long run. I wouldn't want to be under the next Shoemaker-Levy.
moving mass quantities of people
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There will never be a time when moving mass quantities of people makes sense. The economics are that flying you to another planet will cost more than the total amount of useful work that you do in your lifetime, even if you didn't spend time on/.
Sending DNA is the only likely method of colonizing extrasolar planets. No giant colony ships, no band of hardy explorers in "hypersleep".
Besides, AI is just around the corner. I read about in Popular Science in 1975.
#1 I want to download a trailer. Unfortunately, its busy and only 1% of the hits gets through.
#2 I want to download a trailer. Its busy but it uses a BT algorithm. Everybody gets through. The average upload is only 20KBPS because they are all on cable modems? Fine, then the average download runs at 20K. But you still get through.
Why is shifting costs of a service onto the users of the service unfair in any way? If its a business distributing a product to customers, they pay for it anyway out of the product costs. If its a free service that somebody is providing to everyone, then everyone should chip in.
You seem to believe that 'corporations' should pay whatever it takes to upgrade their servers and bandwidth in order to give you decent download times for free. Heh. If BT lets me get fast download times at the cost of using some of my mostly idle upload bandwidth, I think its a great idea.
As for ISPs metering bandwidth, guess what, you have to pay for what you use anyway, otherwise the ISP doesn't stay in business. It doesn't matter whether its metered or a fixed $30 or $60 / month. It has to cover their costs. If you're complaining that your cost would go up with metering, its because you think that you use a lot more bandwidth then everyone else. So you're just trying to shift the costs to the people that don't use as much. Pot, meet kettle.
The ad claims a $389 base price. When you go to the HP website and run the configurator, the cheapest you can make it is $436 (Linux, CD, 128MB, 40GB, no monitor, no floppy). Still not a bad price for a new PC.
This is exactly the goal. I was at C-MU in the late 70's when Lynn Conway came and spoke on behalf of the Pentagon about the autonomous vehicle program. Basically, Berserker tanks capable of making independent judgements about what to kill. Very scary stuff, and the AI technology has not advanced much since.
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I've been writing "then" instead of "than" since I learned Pascal. Also, I use a lot more smicolons in my writing then (sic) I used to.
I've seen a couple of errors in newspaper articles that match "helpful grammar suggestions" from clippy. I think editing is now mostly done by the writer + word processor. Sell your blue pencil stock.
if the mail delivery fails, the target e-mail is often removed from the list of e-mail addresses they are trying to send scam e-mails to
Ridiculous. Spammers don't even see bounces, since most spam isn't sent from their own computers. Its mostly sent throw open relays and hijacked machines. I see attempts from names I blacklisted 5 years ago.
Shaw protects their customers from more than the RIAA. They also don't listen to email abuse reports. Maybe all those music downloaders are the same folks selling cheap copies of MS Office.
I blocked 71 of these last week:
Mar 31 12:58:44 mailrouter sendmail[20206]: i2VHwh020206: ruleset=check_relay, arg1=h68-145-125-78.cg.shawcable.net, arg2=68.145.125.78, relay=h68-145-125-78.cg.shawcable.net [68.145.125.78], reject=550 5.7.1
Access denied
Let me be the first of many to mention TheOpenCD. First switch to OSS under Windows. Once you're used to the apps, its easier to make the leap to a full Linux desktop.
I have dual-boot RH9/Win at work now and have not booted the Windows OS in 2 months. Most of what I need is:
Gnome
Evolution
OpenOffice
Yes. In fact he sent in 10,000,000 entries.
... and I, for one, would prefer to see a little more NASA money spent on protecting the Earth from being hit by big rocks. It may not be fun, but it sure could have a big payoff in the long run. I wouldn't want to be under the next Shoemaker-Levy.
There will never be a time when moving mass quantities of people makes sense. The economics are that flying you to another planet will cost more than the total amount of useful work that you do in your lifetime, even if you didn't spend time on /.
Sending DNA is the only likely method of colonizing extrasolar planets. No giant colony ships, no band of hardy explorers in "hypersleep".
Besides, AI is just around the corner. I read about in Popular Science in 1975.
So I should stop working on the device that burns out nearby cell phones? This sounds way more profitable.
That's what? About a tenth of a VW? What is that in Libraries of Congress?
Legend - Tom is the worst fantasy hero ever.
Well, one of us misunderstands.
#1 I want to download a trailer. Unfortunately, its busy and only 1% of the hits gets through.
#2 I want to download a trailer. Its busy but it uses a BT algorithm. Everybody gets through. The average upload is only 20KBPS because they are all on cable modems? Fine, then the average download runs at 20K. But you still get through.
Why is shifting costs of a service onto the users of the service unfair in any way? If its a business distributing a product to customers, they pay for it anyway out of the product costs. If its a free service that somebody is providing to everyone, then everyone should chip in.
Its asking for directions. It should obviously be Ms. Search Engine.
You seem to believe that 'corporations' should pay whatever it takes to upgrade their servers and bandwidth in order to give you decent download times for free. Heh. If BT lets me get fast download times at the cost of using some of my mostly idle upload bandwidth, I think its a great idea.
As for ISPs metering bandwidth, guess what, you have to pay for what you use anyway, otherwise the ISP doesn't stay in business. It doesn't matter whether its metered or a fixed $30 or $60 / month. It has to cover their costs. If you're complaining that your cost would go up with metering, its because you think that you use a lot more bandwidth then everyone else. So you're just trying to shift the costs to the people that don't use as much. Pot, meet kettle.
Lithography Now that's printing for guys.
The ad claims a $389 base price. When you go to the HP website and run the configurator, the cheapest you can make it is $436 (Linux, CD, 128MB, 40GB, no monitor, no floppy). Still not a bad price for a new PC.
"much as when, in a crowded pub, you have to shout for a beer several times"
I was wondering when they would get to the practical applications.
This is exactly the goal. I was at C-MU in the late 70's when Lynn Conway came and spoke on behalf of the Pentagon about the autonomous vehicle program. Basically, Berserker tanks capable of making independent judgements about what to kill. Very scary stuff, and the AI technology has not advanced much since.
www.homedepotsucks.com may suck, but check out
Home Despot
"abend"? Are you a COBOL programmer, by chance?
You forgot "halt", "hang", "fail", "die", "crash" and "go wonky".
Linux is easy:
gunzip
tar xvf
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
run
WTF!!!
search google
repeat
I have a copy of Heroes3, best game for Linux I've seen.
Bitter WINE? That would be Vinegar, then?
RAID management software that I tested ran under WINE OK, but it didn't need any special OS features or hardware, just a GUI and network access.
Reader sucks on Linux. I use xpdf.
I recently switched from Eudora to Evolution and imported my mailboxes no problem.
They both use mbox format (approximately). One thing that Evolution lacks, which Eudora does, is to store attachments separately from the mail.
You're right. This is just a cunning stunt.