Sure, ml is silly, until your wife asks you how many teaspoons in a quarter cup (as she's trying to upsize a recipe). Then ml are wonderful, and I thank god the measuring devices are marked in ml too. (teaspoon = 5ml, quarter cup = 60 ml).
VOIP may trump POTS, but having a phone book listing for a business trumps VOIP. Until Vonage or the like can get you an entry in the yellow pages, a lot of small business will be stuck with at least one POTS line...
Main Entry: agent Pronunciation: 'A-j&nt Function: noun 4 : one who is authorized to act for or in the place of another: as a : a representative, emissary, or official of a government b : one engaged in undercover activities (as espionage) : SPY c : a business representative (as of an athlete or entertainer)
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Sure, ml is silly, until your wife asks you how many teaspoons in a quarter cup (as she's trying to upsize a recipe). Then ml are wonderful, and I thank god the measuring devices are marked in ml too. (teaspoon = 5ml, quarter cup = 60 ml).
If you were writing a compiler for a machine with less than 64K of memory, you'd be happy with a spiffy macro assembler!
var++ is more efficient on the PDP-11 than ++var.
I was thinking the same thing. It's similar to how people who program for a living tend to have nicer computers at home too...
Since they are going to spend most of their life justifying their budgets with PowerPoint, might as well get them used to windows ;-)
VOIP may trump POTS, but having a phone book listing for a business trumps VOIP. Until Vonage or the like can get you an entry in the yellow pages, a lot of small business will be stuck with at least one POTS line...
First, copyright the testimony. Sort of like the opening of sporting events.
Second, declare the press ban a security measure.
Finally, send the DCMA take-down notice to the ISP...
It's so easy. Just call the RIAA for help!
If I sell MY stuff on ebay, I am not an agent.
To quote the same dictionary:
Main Entry: agent
Pronunciation: 'A-j&nt
Function: noun
4 : one who is authorized to act for or in the place of another: as a : a representative, emissary, or official of a government b : one engaged in undercover activities (as espionage) : SPY c : a business representative (as of an athlete or entertainer)
You could have a I'm-not-completely-gone-yet web site, send out emails to the family saying hi from the great beyond, etc.
Sadly, I think I'm likely to outlive verisign, especially if they lose their monopoly.