Ha! I wondered about that, with the proxies and everything. I'd like to think I would have caught on sooner, but it was like 8:30 AM here and I'm still working on my initial cups of coffee.:) Sadly, it comes from some sort of boxy German machine that says thins like "In Werking" when I hit the button for "Brewed Italian Coffee." Really, it's not so good. I think I'll go back and try the Mocha. Everytime I use it, I keep hoping it might magically get better. So far, I've been wrong.
Seriously? I only ask because, as it turns out, that's me. Do they actually link to that page? How do you get wiki to load? I thought it was blocked in China--I can't get their from the connection at my apartment. (I just tried to look it up in Chinese, but that didn't work either, although my lack of being able to read Chinese could be a big reason for that.)
I agree. If they had used "Something About You" I might have a new Saturn right now.
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Pretty ironic subject line, given your question. What did we do for you? We liberated Europe. TWICE. More and more, I'm beginning to think it was a mistake...
Microsoft does have End Notes. On Word XP it's under Insert > Reference. If you choose Footnote, you'll have the option of using End Notes, either at the end of the doc. or the end of a section. I know you can do them as far back as Office 97, because I've done it.
Also, if you password protect a document you can make it so cut/paste are disabled. This has also been around since Office 97, I believe. The stuff is all just hidden in hard-to-find menus.
Yeah, sorry. It reminds me of college when i would have to have a paper "peer reviewed." Forget a period and have 10 different people point it out to you...
I'm guessing he uses a computer when he writes his Blog. You can find it at williamgibsonbooks.com. It's pretty interesting to read.
I actually saw him read last week, and he said that is one of the funniest things he hears about himself--that he doesn't use a computer. Like someone else noted, he didn't for Neuromancer, but hardly anyone else wrote on computers, either. And yes, he does use email; he just zealously guards his email address.
They may be losing money, but they have done want they wanted: become the number 2 console maker. Are they ever going to catch Sony? Probably not--but I'd bet for now they're happy beating Nintendo.
And for those of you who insist Nintendo is number 2 (it is in Japan certainly, but not overall) there have been lots of stories in the past few weeks about Nintendo sales. Here's one about Nintendo and EA. Basically, EA sees growth for the PS2 and XBOX, but not for Gamecube. Also from the article: "Shares in Nintendo have been battered by growing concerns about slack GameCube business worldwide."
And no, I'm not a PS2 or XBOX fanboy, so stop thinking I am. And no, I don't have a Gamecube, although if I could afford one I would for Metroid & Zelda alone.
That's true, but couldn't they make just as much--if not more--money by doing what Sega did? If the next Zelda came out for PS2 and XBOX, who wouldn't buy it? They'd sell milliions more copies than they ever would for just the Cube.
The other problem I see with Nintendo is that in many ways they are just those franchises. What do you do while your waiting for the next Miyamoto game to come out? You play some other console...
So what would be a fair price? This does seem to be a little suspicious -- the very low price -- but how much is something like that worth? For that matter, how much is any piece of software worth. I never understood those people who were trying to get money back from MSFT for overpricing Office. I mean, how can you even determine what the price is for something like that? Isn't it whatever the market can bear?
The right to keep your sources confidential operates on the state level, so they'll change from one state to the next. Some have no right, some have mixed, some have strong rights. Not a very specific answer, but hope it helps.
I've lived a few places, and if it's you selling to them, it's common -- like people said, to discourage theft. If they need it to sell to you, well that's just.... well, you know.
He never actually says he likes Linux better. He says: " consider myself an advocate of whatever allows us to achieve our goals most effectively. And today, for us, that certainly is Linux..."
Of course, the/. headline says he "prefers Linux." I'm sure it will say that same thing when this story is posted over the weekend....
I know I have seen one review from the #1 reveiwer -- Harriet Klausner -- and it was awful. It's for the book The Scar by China Mieville, and it's terrible. I think she read the back cover, the first few pages, and a few other reviews to make her own review. She ends the review with this sentence: "Award winning China Mieville (see Perdido Street Station) is bound to more than just receive nominations; she is going to win many trophies for this strong story."
As most of you know, China Mieville is NOT A SHE. Anyone who actually had the book couldn't miss this fact, since there is a big picture of him on the back flap.
They do have some moderation, though. When I first saw the review it was one of the featured reviews on the main book page, but now that 12 people have said it was "unhelpful" it has fallen to the third page.
Anyway, that should tell you something about how good the top reviewers are...
Yeah, god forbid you read stuff off the crappy NYT list, since lots of those books tend to win things like Pulitzers, the National Book Award, and the Pen-Faulkner award. I mean, I like Neal's books and all, but he's not that great.
Yes, God forbid they demonstrate security models on Windows, the operating system used on 90% of the computers on the planet. Lord knows we wouldn't want THEM to be secure...
I think the thing to remember is that he's only 50 or so, so he has lots of time to give his money away. What would you have him do? Give away every cent he has all in the same week, and then say "okay, I'm done"? Hardly.
Huh. That must be why I read it on the front page of the Seattle PI today. Oh no, wait -- that doesn't make sense?
I'm sure your right about Verizon's origins, but need I add another "read the article" comment? But then again, if everyone who wrote "read the article" actually read the article, no one hear would have anything to talk about.
Is because they don't want people to see how overpriced their merchandise is. With the increase in shopping portals that aggregate offers from lots of different companies (see shopping.yahoo.com, shopping.msn.com, etc.) it's easy to see how overpriced a lot of the stuff big merchants sell is.
Didn't Microsoft have to pay a fine or something for violating the license? THey killed Java because Sun decided Microsoft had to pay to license Java, and Microsoft said they didn't want to. Think what you want about MSFT, but do you people really think they should be forced to pay to include a program they don't want to? Personally, I think the entire thing is one of the funniest things I have heard about in a while -- Sun really screwed themselves over. You make your bed and all that...
So which one do people think is the better deal? I have both consoles, but will probably only go online with one. The games will make a huge difference, naturally, but right now I am only looking at $50 for a year of XBOX online, which seems like a good deal to me. Especially since with the PS2 I will have to buy a network adapter/modem and a hard drive (I'm guessing together that will be $125-150, but maybe someone else knows better) and then pay different people on a per game basis? That seems a little unreasonable. So if all I care about is FFXI, I'm going to have to drop like $200 (game included) on top of the $300 I paid for the PS2 to play?
I think the best best-seller list is at the USA Today. Instead of only tracking select books -- as the NY Times does -- the USA Today list actually tracks scanned sales from some of the country's largest book stores, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Waldenbooks, Wal-Mart (ugh), Borders, and more. (The complete list is on the bottom of the page I've linked to.)
Anyway, it's an interesting list -- especially if you compare it to the NY Times list. Star Wars is #1 and #13 (a children's version, I guess), and Spider-Man is #32.
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Ha! I wondered about that, with the proxies and everything. I'd like to think I would have caught on sooner, but it was like 8:30 AM here and I'm still working on my initial cups of coffee. :) Sadly, it comes from some sort of boxy German machine that says thins like "In Werking" when I hit the button for "Brewed Italian Coffee." Really, it's not so good. I think I'll go back and try the Mocha. Everytime I use it, I keep hoping it might magically get better. So far, I've been wrong.
Seriously? I only ask because, as it turns out, that's me. Do they actually link to that page? How do you get wiki to load? I thought it was blocked in China--I can't get their from the connection at my apartment. (I just tried to look it up in Chinese, but that didn't work either, although my lack of being able to read Chinese could be a big reason for that.)
I agree. If they had used "Something About You" I might have a new Saturn right now.
Pretty ironic subject line, given your question. What did we do for you? We liberated Europe. TWICE. More and more, I'm beginning to think it was a mistake ...
Microsoft does have End Notes. On Word XP it's under Insert > Reference. If you choose Footnote, you'll have the option of using End Notes, either at the end of the doc. or the end of a section. I know you can do them as far back as Office 97, because I've done it.
Also, if you password protect a document you can make it so cut/paste are disabled. This has also been around since Office 97, I believe. The stuff is all just hidden in hard-to-find menus.
Yeah, sorry. It reminds me of college when i would have to have a paper "peer reviewed." Forget a period and have 10 different people point it out to you ...
I'm guessing he uses a computer when he writes his Blog. You can find it at williamgibsonbooks.com. It's pretty interesting to read.
I actually saw him read last week, and he said that is one of the funniest things he hears about himself--that he doesn't use a computer. Like someone else noted, he didn't for Neuromancer, but hardly anyone else wrote on computers, either. And yes, he does use email; he just zealously guards his email address.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading the book.
They may be losing money, but they have done want they wanted: become the number 2 console maker. Are they ever going to catch Sony? Probably not--but I'd bet for now they're happy beating Nintendo.
And for those of you who insist Nintendo is number 2 (it is in Japan certainly, but not overall) there have been lots of stories in the past few weeks about Nintendo sales. Here's one about Nintendo and EA. Basically, EA sees growth for the PS2 and XBOX, but not for Gamecube. Also from the article: "Shares in Nintendo have been battered by growing concerns about slack GameCube business worldwide."
And no, I'm not a PS2 or XBOX fanboy, so stop thinking I am. And no, I don't have a Gamecube, although if I could afford one I would for Metroid & Zelda alone.
You mean Microsoft will use some of the 43 billion they have sitting around to leverage a hostile takeover of LucasArts. Turning to an overused joke:
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2. Buy Lucasfilm LTD
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That's true, but couldn't they make just as much--if not more--money by doing what Sega did? If the next Zelda came out for PS2 and XBOX, who wouldn't buy it? They'd sell milliions more copies than they ever would for just the Cube.
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The other problem I see with Nintendo is that in many ways they are just those franchises. What do you do while your waiting for the next Miyamoto game to come out? You play some other console
So what would be a fair price? This does seem to be a little suspicious -- the very low price -- but how much is something like that worth? For that matter, how much is any piece of software worth. I never understood those people who were trying to get money back from MSFT for overpricing Office. I mean, how can you even determine what the price is for something like that? Isn't it whatever the market can bear?
The right to keep your sources confidential operates on the state level, so they'll change from one state to the next. Some have no right, some have mixed, some have strong rights. Not a very specific answer, but hope it helps.
I've lived a few places, and if it's you selling to them, it's common -- like people said, to discourage theft. If they need it to sell to you, well that's just .... well, you know.
He never actually says he likes Linux better. He says: " consider myself an advocate of whatever allows us to achieve our goals most effectively. And today, for us, that certainly is Linux ..."
/. headline says he "prefers Linux." I'm sure it will say that same thing when this story is posted over the weekend....
Of course, the
What you say makes sense, so you must be a troll. Moderate -100 / reasonable
I know I have seen one review from the #1 reveiwer -- Harriet Klausner -- and it was awful. It's for the book The Scar by China Mieville, and it's terrible. I think she read the back cover, the first few pages, and a few other reviews to make her own review. She ends the review with this sentence: "Award winning China Mieville (see Perdido Street Station) is bound to more than just receive nominations; she is going to win many trophies for this strong story."
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As most of you know, China Mieville is NOT A SHE. Anyone who actually had the book couldn't miss this fact, since there is a big picture of him on the back flap.
They do have some moderation, though. When I first saw the review it was one of the featured reviews on the main book page, but now that 12 people have said it was "unhelpful" it has fallen to the third page.
Anyway, that should tell you something about how good the top reviewers are
Yeah, god forbid you read stuff off the crappy NYT list, since lots of those books tend to win things like Pulitzers, the National Book Award, and the Pen-Faulkner award. I mean, I like Neal's books and all, but he's not that great.
Yes, God forbid they demonstrate security models on Windows, the operating system used on 90% of the computers on the planet. Lord knows we wouldn't want THEM to be secure ...
I think the thing to remember is that he's only 50 or so, so he has lots of time to give his money away. What would you have him do? Give away every cent he has all in the same week, and then say "okay, I'm done"? Hardly.
Huh. That must be why I read it on the front page of the Seattle PI today. Oh no, wait -- that doesn't make sense?
I'm sure your right about Verizon's origins, but need I add another "read the article" comment? But then again, if everyone who wrote "read the article" actually read the article, no one hear would have anything to talk about.
Whatever. Beep beep beep beep.
Is because they don't want people to see how overpriced their merchandise is. With the increase in shopping portals that aggregate offers from lots of different companies (see shopping.yahoo.com, shopping.msn.com, etc.) it's easy to see how overpriced a lot of the stuff big merchants sell is.
Didn't Microsoft have to pay a fine or something for violating the license? THey killed Java because Sun decided Microsoft had to pay to license Java, and Microsoft said they didn't want to. Think what you want about MSFT, but do you people really think they should be forced to pay to include a program they don't want to? Personally, I think the entire thing is one of the funniest things I have heard about in a while -- Sun really screwed themselves over. You make your bed and all that ...
So which one do people think is the better deal? I have both consoles, but will probably only go online with one. The games will make a huge difference, naturally, but right now I am only looking at $50 for a year of XBOX online, which seems like a good deal to me. Especially since with the PS2 I will have to buy a network adapter/modem and a hard drive (I'm guessing together that will be $125-150, but maybe someone else knows better) and then pay different people on a per game basis? That seems a little unreasonable. So if all I care about is FFXI, I'm going to have to drop like $200 (game included) on top of the $300 I paid for the PS2 to play?
I think the best best-seller list is at the USA Today. Instead of only tracking select books -- as the NY Times does -- the USA Today list actually tracks scanned sales from some of the country's largest book stores, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Waldenbooks, Wal-Mart (ugh), Borders, and more. (The complete list is on the bottom of the page I've linked to.)
Anyway, it's an interesting list -- especially if you compare it to the NY Times list. Star Wars is #1 and #13 (a children's version, I guess), and Spider-Man is #32.
Because you won't like what you find when you do look inside ...