I'm still trying to wrap my head around the high-jump metaphor used for violin-playing. (Even if you do clear the bar, you've got quite a drop while holding an expensive violin!)
A: Anyway, the worst part about his bandwith needs was he was acting like whole of it was his. He was acting like the owner of our Internet connection, like he was acting as the owner of the game in the other aspects of our work. So his most frequent line was "everyone, stop your downloads". If that didn't work he was going personally to that person's desk and was repeating his demands... he wasn't accepting any "excuses". And that is not all. He went as far as disconnecting other people's LAN cables from the switch.
Unless those were huge downloads, they couldn't have had much of a pipe. Did they actually get to the stage of having offsite testers?
Do these companies really buy patents from inventors for any fair price, or do they just wait around and acquire them for nothing from bankruptcy sale of assets? And how many do they scoop up to find one that they can threaten companies with?
Stick it all on one box, then install p2p software. Name all the files to song titles and it'll spread even faster. (Of course, the RIAA might go after John W. Doe...)
Yes, but not too long ago, they were trying to fit a lifetime of human experience into a few MB of disk space. Soon we'll be trying to fit months of human experience into TB of disk space! We're making progress!:)
If you RTFA, there's a link "Listen" with audio of the NPR piece. I'm surprised that they're using a speech synth that sounds like it's at least ten years behind the times, as? well? as? sounding? like? every? word? is? a? kvestion?? The Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice engine that MS gives away with SAPI4/Agent is arguably better, and that's 1998 tech from a dead company. (L&H, not MS.)
A good speech synth would add a lot to Tank's personality. (On the other hand, I have 1980s tech card that would sound awful but very robo-retro.)
I dunno about a mistress named Tank. And a keyboard, how quaint. But maybe if you combined it with a cluster of The Neediest Dolls In The World, you might have something.
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around the high-jump metaphor used for violin-playing. (Even if you do clear the bar, you've got quite a drop while holding an expensive violin!)
But finally Linux users will be able to have all the functionality of Microsoft Bob! :)
Calacanis? Who let the dogs out?
Hey, flooz.com is for sale! Only *cough*cough*cough* a mere $140,000 asking price! Quelle bargoone!
They also said "No goatse without representation!"
Maybe it's really from the Julian Calendar dept, where Christmas falls on January 7th Gregorian?
Well, a little change in the software for swords instead of guns and it would be easy to find out.
How much liberty and freedom would you sacrifice to remove goatse and tubgirl from the net?
The Noodly One has blessed us with a miracle! (And I forgot my spoon...)
Yeah, but opening up a Zuma looks like it would be kind of fun, if not that fast. (Zumas are BWs in Canada.)
Anthrax Terrorist Bomb Plutonium Mom Radical Keyhole ...
Can't we camp on their respawn points?
We named the dog Indiana.
Trigger the Rapture. They'll all be gone and we'll get all their stuff!
After getting kicked out of the Garden of Eden, humans were on God's Double-Secret Probation list, so they went on a road-trip.
Do these companies really buy patents from inventors for any fair price, or do they just wait around and acquire them for nothing from bankruptcy sale of assets? And how many do they scoop up to find one that they can threaten companies with?
Stick it all on one box, then install p2p software. Name all the files to song titles and it'll spread even faster. (Of course, the RIAA might go after John W. Doe...)
Odd are, no one trims their replies. Just save the most recent one and you're done!
I did not have sex with that robot! ...it was research...
I don't know if Parry would be happy working there.
Yes, but not too long ago, they were trying to fit a lifetime of human experience into a few MB of disk space. Soon we'll be trying to fit months of human experience into TB of disk space! We're making progress! :)
Notice that Tank is replacing the cutsie Valerie-bot, a spunky Barbara Streisand fan?
A good speech synth would add a lot to Tank's personality. (On the other hand, I have 1980s tech card that would sound awful but very robo-retro.)
I dunno about a mistress named Tank. And a keyboard, how quaint. But maybe if you combined it with a cluster of The Neediest Dolls In The World, you might have something.