Winamp took v2 and v3, added them together, went to v5.
In the original browser wars, Netscape was commonly pitted against the like major version number of Internet Explorer. Nowadays Firefox has adopted the fast-track approach of version numbering from Google Chrome.
With Windows 10, Microsoft is matching MacOS X, and it will create discussion of which is better as it always does when it releases. Then Microsoft will push quickly to Windows 11, and not plod around with 10.1, 10.2, 10.3. In three years time, look to see Mac OS start pushing it numbers faster in response. Both are positing a push away from the 'old desktop mentality.' The name has been a marketing ploy since Windows 95, why should we expect any difference now?
The version I'm usually the most interested in seeing is the one listed as the NT Kernel number displayed in the command prompt.//Even Linux had 3.11 for Workgroups.
When do get the edition where all the shots are tagged, and the viewer is invited to re-cut the movie with the ability to add deleted scenes, delete added scenes, and generally try to prove what the fans have been saying since 1997, that they can cut together the ultimate version of Star Wars. They can release the version which gets the most votes on the next-next Star Wars release. I have seen more packaging for this series than any other, sooner or later, whoever holds the franchise rights will do this. George Lucas won't be running the show forever.
You don’t want to read the forums where Star Wars fans divide up into Sith vs. Jedi camps on allegations of vote-rigging the winning cut.
Windows 98 to 98SE, was available as a free CD to some OEM customers, or you could buy the upgrade for about $20.
Windows 98 / 98SE to Windows Me, had a special upgrade Blue box that was available for about $49 for a limited time (I saw it around for about a year)
I would not be surprised, if Microsoft offered a discount to Windows 7 for Windows Vista users. Such an upgrade might only be offered online, and not make the retail stores. An upgrade for $49 to upgrade whatever version of Vista, to the comparable Windows 7 version (Home, Business, Ultimate) would go far to get Vista users to buy in.
However, if you want to look at it from another angle, Windows 2000 was v5.0, Windows XP was v5.1, I do not recall any special upgrade deal being offered, but 2000 was not marketed to Home users. Windows Vista is v6.0, Windows 7 feels like v6.1. There is nothing special about what Microsoft is doing here other than it is ten years later.
The real story to me is that Microsoft released a new version practically every year with the old Win9x series, and that stopped with Windows XP. They miss the giant revenue stream from yearly upgrades, as would just about any corporation on earth.
I do remember that period. Dug up a link out of my 10 year old personal webpage I had at the time, and found out where the article lives now: Paramount Locks Phasers on Trek Fan Sites from 1996-12-18.
Wow, that has been awhile.
Yea, I would say there is a generation gap between those of us who nearly crapped their pants when seeing Wolfenstein 3D at the state fair for the first time in 92, and those who saw Return to Castle Wolfenstein (RtCW) and merely yawned a decade later. There are different driving forces for kids growing up with computer games as a given, like television.
I haven't found a game since RtCW that I've truly went bonkers over, and most of RtCW was reliving my childhood. And speaking of reliving my childhood, can we get another Wing Commander?
I just got off a phone call with a friend who posed an interesting question. After Googling around and not coming with any hard evidence, I figured I would post the question here in the hope that somebody might have some clarification.
In the senate, after Palpatine says: "We shall change into the first Galactic Empire for a safe and secure society.", Amidala turns to Bail and says "This is how democracy/liberty dies. With thunderous applause."
The question is, what did you hear, 'democracy' or 'liberty'? Both me, him, and all the other people he's talked to that saw THE midnight showing claim they heard 'democracy'. The iMDB quote base shows 'liberty', and a person who saw a later showing claims 'liberty'. Could it be possible that there was a slightly different print out there for just the midnight showing?
I called the offices of Senator Inhofe first, and told the staffer, that as a resident of Oklahoma City I would like to voice my opinion against the INDUCE Act, bill 2560. They told me they would pass along the information. I then asked if they knew what his current position on the bill was, then they transferred me to another staffer. The second staffer did not believe it was coming to the floor yet, so he probably hasn't read the bill yet. I re-expressed that I would like him to vote against it when it does come to the floor.
When I called Nickles office, I quickly mentioned where and who I was again, and that I was against the INDUCE act, bill 2560, but I failed to ask if the Senator had a position yet.
Neither really asked me why I against it, but were courteous and pleasant to deal with.
The last time I had any interaction with my elected officials at all was years ago when I wrote my House Representative a letter in favor of keeping a balanced budget (If I recall correctly.) I've been meaning to actually do more for years, and I'm hoping the 'warm fuzzy' I got from calling them up will continue and propel me to contact my Congressman more in the future. Voting just isn't enough if you expect the government to be run right.
Looks like they just cut and pasted that page. Found in source code html...
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I remember when the first time this happens and all the teachers at the elementary school I went to were so happy that a teacher was going up in space. They got the rest of us kids pumped up about it, and then brought out the TV so we could watch it live as it happened.
***BOOM***
I don't quite believe I knew I had just watched history in the making, but the teachers huge grins turned into dropped jaws very shortly, and then the television got turned off after they regained their composure. It wasn't a *big* deal for me, so I didn't really get upset.
I've heard once or twice since then that child psychologists had a field day trying to analyise the affects that this had across the nation on kids (much like the Oklahoma City/Murrah, and now 9/11 attacks... only those were much, much worse)
So, my question is, are the public classrooms going to have this on TV again? Odds of the same thing happening twice are remote at best, but still...
Hmm... quick Google search reveals this link that is interesting...
I DO get a kick seeing all of the drones "needing" their coffee in the morning - people don't realize they are hooked on the caffine. More addictive than crack!
Okay, yes, I may be addicted to caffeine. But no more so than my grandfather who drinks coffee with every meal, including pizza and Taco Bell. The look on their faces at Taco Bell when you point out to them that coffee *IS* on the menu... Priceless.
In my business I typically go out to people's houses and fix their computers on site. In rare instances, I have to reformat their drives and reinstall Windows. Finally, after all these years, people generally know to keep their Windows CD handy, but all the other stuff such as modem, and video drivers are no where to be found. When they have Windows 98 or later my life is much easier, but even with W98, it almost never has the drivers for two things the video and the modem.
I now have a CD full of drivers for all of the most common devices I come across. This was built with the help of driverguide.com on the modem drivers section, and from various other manufactuer websites for the video. A collection of all drivers ever made is impossible, but one that has the drivers of most devices you run into is not. Just be sure to come up with a organizational system to put the drivers in any time you have to hunt one down for a new exotic device, and in a few short months driver hunting will be more a diversion than the norm.
Once you are done collecting your drivers, you can then invest time in organizing 2-3 CDs full of Windows Updates and bug fixes so that you are not sending virus prone machines out to be wrecked by some script kiddie.
At one point during the.9x builds somehow I corrupted Mozilla so that I could not any https:// reguardless of who it was or if they accepted Mozilla. Multiple uninstall/reinstalls later it still did not work.
Afterwards, I ended up reinstalling the entire OS and tried Mozilla again, and it was then able to surf https:// like a charm again. I still have no real idea as to what when wrong.
If you do ever find out a good answer, let me know.
I've heard this one before from James Burke in his video-essay "After The Warming". He basically used this same scenario as an example that the environment can change drastically and quickly.
"After the last deep ice age, (about 10,720 years ago) an enormous lake (Lake Agassiz) remaining from melting glaciers in central Canada burst through, and dumped an enormous quantity of water through the St. Lawrence River and out into the north Atlantic. This fresh water diluted the Gulf Stream and literally stopped it, because the diluted water was not dense enough to sink. All of this took place in a short period of some 70 years. The effect was to chill the northern regions considerably; in fact, the event was discovered only because seeds of some Canadian flowers that favor extreme cold were found in abundance in the Antarctic ice formed at the time. It was well after the ice age was supposed to be over."
- Burke's delusion: After the Warming
Burke then goes on to say that we are currently having the same drastic effect on the environment today with our polution and pumping out greenhouse gasses way too fast for the environement to cope. His prediction, is that global warming is going to come upon us hard here soon. Unfortunately, he leaves this same scenario out to off-set global warming. This makes his presentation somewhat lacking. However, I found his video-essay very enjoyable anyways. And yes, this is the same James Burke that did the 'Connections' series you may have seen on the Learning Channel.
"Adobe getting hit with DMCA problems, Verizon and the RIAA going at it over DMCA, eBay with patent problems. If enough large and publicly traded companies get hurt by this sort of stuff it could be a good thing. In the long run."
So, is there anyway to make good on this? Can we file *bad* patents against everything in the world and then use extortion to create a fund in order to overhaul the Patent System?
"Hey, pay us $50,000 in an 'out-of-court settlement', or we'll sue you for violation of our patent x,xxx,xxx which says xxxxx. Or else your lawyers will cost you $100,000 just getting it thrown out of court."
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Winamp took v2 and v3, added them together, went to v5.
In the original browser wars, Netscape was commonly pitted against the like major version number of Internet Explorer. Nowadays Firefox has adopted the fast-track approach of version numbering from Google Chrome.
With Windows 10, Microsoft is matching MacOS X, and it will create discussion of which is better as it always does when it releases. Then Microsoft will push quickly to Windows 11, and not plod around with 10.1, 10.2, 10.3. In three years time, look to see Mac OS start pushing it numbers faster in response. Both are positing a push away from the 'old desktop mentality.' The name has been a marketing ploy since Windows 95, why should we expect any difference now?
The version I'm usually the most interested in seeing is the one listed as the NT Kernel number displayed in the command prompt. //Even Linux had 3.11 for Workgroups.
When do get the edition where all the shots are tagged, and the viewer is invited to re-cut the movie with the ability to add deleted scenes, delete added scenes, and generally try to prove what the fans have been saying since 1997, that they can cut together the ultimate version of Star Wars. They can release the version which gets the most votes on the next-next Star Wars release. I have seen more packaging for this series than any other, sooner or later, whoever holds the franchise rights will do this. George Lucas won't be running the show forever.
You don’t want to read the forums where Star Wars fans divide up into Sith vs. Jedi camps on allegations of vote-rigging the winning cut.
Geez! Intel introduced MMX Technology to take care of this problem in 1996! Get with the times!
Windows 98 to 98SE, was available as a free CD to some OEM customers, or you could buy the upgrade for about $20.
Windows 98 / 98SE to Windows Me, had a special upgrade Blue box that was available for about $49 for a limited time (I saw it around for about a year)
I would not be surprised, if Microsoft offered a discount to Windows 7 for Windows Vista users. Such an upgrade might only be offered online, and not make the retail stores. An upgrade for $49 to upgrade whatever version of Vista, to the comparable Windows 7 version (Home, Business, Ultimate) would go far to get Vista users to buy in.
However, if you want to look at it from another angle, Windows 2000 was v5.0, Windows XP was v5.1, I do not recall any special upgrade deal being offered, but 2000 was not marketed to Home users. Windows Vista is v6.0, Windows 7 feels like v6.1. There is nothing special about what Microsoft is doing here other than it is ten years later.
The real story to me is that Microsoft released a new version practically every year with the old Win9x series, and that stopped with Windows XP. They miss the giant revenue stream from yearly upgrades, as would just about any corporation on earth.
A fantastic movie, topped only by it's sequel Day Watch.
It wouldn't surprise me at all that your health meter goes down in the shroud, or you could be trapped there in a timed level searching for a way out.
If RDA doesn't play MacGyver, then they should get a robot to play RDA playing MacGyver.
And let's just forget about MacGyver's kid.
(You can get one of those robots through the Stargate, it won't even know it's not RDA.)
I do remember that period. Dug up a link out of my 10 year old personal webpage I had at the time, and found out where the article lives now: Paramount Locks Phasers on Trek Fan Sites from 1996-12-18. Wow, that has been awhile.
And then bounces back off the glass of some cosmic snow globe.
Yea, I would say there is a generation gap between those of us who nearly crapped their pants when seeing Wolfenstein 3D at the state fair for the first time in 92, and those who saw Return to Castle Wolfenstein (RtCW) and merely yawned a decade later. There are different driving forces for kids growing up with computer games as a given, like television.
I haven't found a game since RtCW that I've truly went bonkers over, and most of RtCW was reliving my childhood. And speaking of reliving my childhood, can we get another Wing Commander?
Too bad it will be another ten years before New Horizons gets there to really start telling what Pluto / Charon is all about.
I just got off a phone call with a friend who posed an interesting question. After Googling around and not coming with any hard evidence, I figured I would post the question here in the hope that somebody might have some clarification.
In the senate, after Palpatine says: "We shall change into the first Galactic Empire for a safe and secure society.", Amidala turns to Bail and says "This is how democracy/liberty dies. With thunderous applause."
The question is, what did you hear, 'democracy' or 'liberty'? Both me, him, and all the other people he's talked to that saw THE midnight showing claim they heard 'democracy'. The iMDB quote base shows 'liberty', and a person who saw a later showing claims 'liberty'. Could it be possible that there was a slightly different print out there for just the midnight showing?
...those were made a long time ago.
Episode VII: The Ewok Adventure
Episode VIII: Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Episode IX: Star Wars Holiday Special
I called the offices of Senator Inhofe first, and told the staffer, that as a resident of Oklahoma City I would like to voice my opinion against the INDUCE Act, bill 2560. They told me they would pass along the information. I then asked if they knew what his current position on the bill was, then they transferred me to another staffer. The second staffer did not believe it was coming to the floor yet, so he probably hasn't read the bill yet. I re-expressed that I would like him to vote against it when it does come to the floor.
When I called Nickles office, I quickly mentioned where and who I was again, and that I was against the INDUCE act, bill 2560, but I failed to ask if the Senator had a position yet.
Neither really asked me why I against it, but were courteous and pleasant to deal with.
The last time I had any interaction with my elected officials at all was years ago when I wrote my House Representative a letter in favor of keeping a balanced budget (If I recall correctly.) I've been meaning to actually do more for years, and I'm hoping the 'warm fuzzy' I got from calling them up will continue and propel me to contact my Congressman more in the future. Voting just isn't enough if you expect the government to be run right.
Looks like they just cut and pasted that page. Found in source code html...
I hate to say this, but the sequels are already filmed and done with...
Star Wars 7: The Star Wars Holiday Special
Star Wars 8: The Ewok Adventure
Star Wars 9: The Battle for Endor
Why bother, the blank paper's worth more! :-P
Acutally, Canadian money did fairly well last year.
Canadian Dollar Historial Timeline
Loonie up 22% for 2003
It's now up to about 78 cents to the US Dollar.
"I guess my dream of visiting every star in our galaxy just got a bit tougher."
Yes, but are you going to insult everybody in it? Individually, personally, one by one, and by alphabetical order?
I miss Douglas Adams
Oh geez, I'm sorry.
I plugged my flux capacitor in, and it takes 1.21 gigawatts to charge. I knew I should've called the power plant first...
Completely dating myself here, but...
I remember when the first time this happens and all the teachers at the elementary school I went to were so happy that a teacher was going up in space. They got the rest of us kids pumped up about it, and then brought out the TV so we could watch it live as it happened.
***BOOM***
I don't quite believe I knew I had just watched history in the making, but the teachers huge grins turned into dropped jaws very shortly, and then the television got turned off after they regained their composure. It wasn't a *big* deal for me, so I didn't really get upset.
I've heard once or twice since then that child psychologists had a field day trying to analyise the affects that this had across the nation on kids (much like the Oklahoma City/Murrah, and now 9/11 attacks... only those were much, much worse)
So, my question is, are the public classrooms going to have this on TV again? Odds of the same thing happening twice are remote at best, but still...
Hmm... quick Google search reveals this link that is interesting...
In my business I typically go out to people's houses and fix their computers on site. In rare instances, I have to reformat their drives and reinstall Windows. Finally, after all these years, people generally know to keep their Windows CD handy, but all the other stuff such as modem, and video drivers are no where to be found. When they have Windows 98 or later my life is much easier, but even with W98, it almost never has the drivers for two things the video and the modem.
I now have a CD full of drivers for all of the most common devices I come across. This was built with the help of driverguide.com on the modem drivers section, and from various other manufactuer websites for the video. A collection of all drivers ever made is impossible, but one that has the drivers of most devices you run into is not. Just be sure to come up with a organizational system to put the drivers in any time you have to hunt one down for a new exotic device, and in a few short months driver hunting will be more a diversion than the norm.
Once you are done collecting your drivers, you can then invest time in organizing 2-3 CDs full of Windows Updates and bug fixes so that you are not sending virus prone machines out to be wrecked by some script kiddie.
At one point during the .9x builds somehow I corrupted Mozilla so that I could not any https:// reguardless of who it was or if they accepted Mozilla. Multiple uninstall/reinstalls later it still did not work.
Afterwards, I ended up reinstalling the entire OS and tried Mozilla again, and it was then able to surf https:// like a charm again. I still have no real idea as to what when wrong.
If you do ever find out a good answer, let me know.
Boy, I guess the ole' boy got used to having two sources of income when Futurama was on and now just can't cope with one cash cow.
Burke then goes on to say that we are currently having the same drastic effect on the environment today with our polution and pumping out greenhouse gasses way too fast for the environement to cope. His prediction, is that global warming is going to come upon us hard here soon. Unfortunately, he leaves this same scenario out to off-set global warming. This makes his presentation somewhat lacking. However, I found his video-essay very enjoyable anyways. And yes, this is the same James Burke that did the 'Connections' series you may have seen on the Learning Channel.
So, is there anyway to make good on this? Can we file *bad* patents against everything in the world and then use extortion to create a fund in order to overhaul the Patent System?
"Hey, pay us $50,000 in an 'out-of-court settlement', or we'll sue you for violation of our patent x,xxx,xxx which says xxxxx. Or else your lawyers will cost you $100,000 just getting it thrown out of court."