Oh, how I lusted for a monochrome monitor, when all I had was an OL-267 Data Terminal Set, its lovely 8K ASSCII buffer having a switch to take it from green to amber!
Teetering on the brink
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But that didn't stop someone from leaking the pilot on the internet. The file eventually found its way into the BitTorrent network.
Over the last couple of weeks, enough people have downloaded and viewed the pilot online to give producers hope that TV executives might take a second look at the show.
Advertising:
One way to save.
But legal standing?
Really quite grave
Wherein lies SCOTUS, and ol' Burma Shave
The truth of the matter is the average Iranian is disgusted by American culture.
Parent:
I myself am not a big proponent of some of the Trappings of American culture
I cheerfully admit that "American culture" frequently drinks deeply from Oxymoron's well.
Where the US often succeeds, to glance at the editorial page of a newspaper, is at allowing violently disagreeing viewpoints to coexist.
I didn't mind, subjectively, when visiting the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the idea of everyone conforming to a reasonable standard of modesty.
The fact that it was strictly enforced by a 'modesty police' with a unilateral standard, however, didn't excite me.
Too much power in the hands of religious or secular leadership isn't the best thing, if recent history tells us much.
The case is considered so pivotal that 55 amicus briefs have been submitted. The National Football League, the Christian Coalition and various artists are among those weighing in on the entertainment side. AT&T, Intel, the ACLU and the American Conservative Union have filed on behalf of the tech side.
I cringe at the mixing of the Chistianity with business, politics, and law; often, it can imply a Peter-esque loss of eye contact with the Great Commissioner.
Cox support in VA: could be more knowledgable. Knowing that you run dhcpcd to get an IP address under Linux ought not to be that hard, but I suspect they may have a massive shareholder who doesn't care to have that advertised.
As long as you know what you're about, their blend of cable, ISP, and phone services, while possibly not the cheapest way to go, are solid.
They rated competitively in TFA, and I think that's about right.
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Platform support
> From:
> Date: Fri, June 17, 2005 6:43 pm
> To: support@junefabrics.com
>
> JuneFabrics,
> I am interested in using your product (for which I already purchased a
> Windows copy) under GNU/Linux.
> Are there any arrangements under which this might be possible.
> Thank you,
> Chris
I'm thinking of a PJ Plaguer editorial in CUJ. He (of Dinkumware, Inc.) argued (and I'm paraphrasing heavily) that Free Software is his friend, because cost isn't just tactical money: the strategic loss of throwing money at projects/tools/staff that suck, merely because they are lower cost, drives business back towards his non-free, rock-solid C++ Standard Library implementation.
Of course, I'm arguing what might be a niche case, but perhaps your "every time" should be lowered to "the majority of the time", and I'll even throw in a free "overwhelming", just because business is about making stupid decisions to polish the quarterly report.
When I consider the spectrum of non-sensical ideas in circulation today, it strikes me as odd that the "real-live-no-kidding-locally-made" meme hasn't found a suitable proponent.
For IT services, promoting a company as "local non-idiots using best practices" seems like something that could go far, with the right marketing.
I just want to know what precludes these disenfranchised workers from forming a company and competing with IBM and their new Indian hires.
A new company formed of the actual talent, with all of the PHBs and their golden parachute collections amputated, ought to compete effectively, or am I missing something?
Regret if my tone sounded caustic; I like nvidia, too, but I could like them more if their drivers were liberated, and wanted to encourage them to consider such.
Bundle this card with two 17" flat panels and some means of driving both of them, for $1,000, and I might go knock over a few grocery stores.
However, having my naughty bits tied to Redmond is unappealing; if you haven't the guts to GPL the drivers, at least make sure that the media-video/nvidia-kernel.ebuild is up to snuff.
<lumberg voice>Thanks,</lumberg voice>
Chris
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Well, Smoove B. is an obvious Secretary of State.
And I think Jean Teasdale would do for Attorney General.
Really gotta resurrect ol' T. Herman Zwiebel himself for Secretary of Defense, though.
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Anchower is #2 for me.
Herbert Kornfeld is teh d00d.
Now, wouldn't they make a great presidential ticket?
Can't devolve much from where we are now...
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And you try and explain that to the youth of today...
Oh, how I lusted for a monochrome monitor, when all I had was an OL-267 Data Terminal Set, its lovely 8K ASSCII buffer having a switch to take it from green to amber!
C'mon, let's fan it!
Soar, to the tune of
Satriani: Crystal Planet.
Foam poses no threat,
Can it?
Burma Shave
One way to save.
But legal standing?
Really quite grave
Wherein lies SCOTUS, and ol'
Burma Shave
Litter the floor
Beyond Sonos
One thing I need more:
Burma Shave
Should the Rings
The world ever save
We could hock it for cash
To buy that overgrown, hirsute hobbit-esque fellow they call Peter Jackson
Burma Shave
Double dandy.
Even so,
No girls handy.
Fix your face,
Reveal you're randy.
Burma Shave.
You disgusting, abominable creature.
You'll do anything to get on CNN, won't you?
He was in cookie.jar again? Feed that git to the JIT!
Hopefully, the market replies with a collective, international "You're Number 1" gesture, like the Norwegian government, to all non-open formats.
I empathize with your JE about /. being TU.
Severe shortage of cluesticks and tolerance in these parts.
Where the US often succeeds, to glance at the editorial page of a newspaper, is at allowing violently disagreeing viewpoints to coexist.
I didn't mind, subjectively, when visiting the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the idea of everyone conforming to a reasonable standard of modesty.
The fact that it was strictly enforced by a 'modesty police' with a unilateral standard, however, didn't excite me.
Too much power in the hands of religious or secular leadership isn't the best thing, if recent history tells us much.
While not in support of the unspeakable, I think that external control methods amount to cures worse than the disease. See http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=Romans% 207;&version=9; v7-10.
Allusion to Peter in http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=Matthew +14:22-33, plus the Great Commission at the end of Matthew.
A FAQ?
Cox support in VA: could be more knowledgable. Knowing that you run dhcpcd to get an IP address under Linux ought not to be that hard, but I suspect they may have a massive shareholder who doesn't care to have that advertised.
As long as you know what you're about, their blend of cable, ISP, and phone services, while possibly not the cheapest way to go, are solid.
They rated competitively in TFA, and I think that's about right.
From: support@junefabrics.com
Subject: RE: Platform support
To:
cc: store@junefabrics.com
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:42:37 -0700
Chris,
Sorry that unfortunately we have no plan to support Linux system.
Thanks,
June Fabrics PDA Software Support
http://www.junefabrics.com/
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Platform support
> From:
> Date: Fri, June 17, 2005 6:43 pm
> To: support@junefabrics.com
>
> JuneFabrics,
> I am interested in using your product (for which I already purchased a
> Windows copy) under GNU/Linux.
> Are there any arrangements under which this might be possible.
> Thank you,
> Chris
I'm thinking of a PJ Plaguer editorial in CUJ. He (of Dinkumware, Inc.) argued (and I'm paraphrasing heavily) that Free Software is his friend, because cost isn't just tactical money: the strategic loss of throwing money at projects/tools/staff that suck, merely because they are lower cost, drives business back towards his non-free, rock-solid C++ Standard Library implementation.
Of course, I'm arguing what might be a niche case, but perhaps your "every time" should be lowered to "the majority of the time", and I'll even throw in a free "overwhelming", just because business is about making stupid decisions to polish the quarterly report.
When I consider the spectrum of non-sensical ideas in circulation today, it strikes me as odd that the "real-live-no-kidding-locally-made" meme hasn't found a suitable proponent.
For IT services, promoting a company as "local non-idiots using best practices" seems like something that could go far, with the right marketing.
I just want to know what precludes these disenfranchised workers from forming a company and competing with IBM and their new Indian hires.
A new company formed of the actual talent, with all of the PHBs and their golden parachute collections amputated, ought to compete effectively, or am I missing something?
Regret if my tone sounded caustic; I like nvidia, too, but I could like them more if their drivers were liberated, and wanted to encourage them to consider such.
Bundle this card with two 17" flat panels and some means of driving both of them, for $1,000, and I might go knock over a few grocery stores. .ebuild is up to snuff.
However, having my naughty bits tied to Redmond is unappealing; if you haven't the guts to GPL the drivers, at least make sure that the media-video/nvidia-kernel
<lumberg voice>Thanks,</lumberg voice>
Chris
Well, Smoove B. is an obvious Secretary of State.
And I think Jean Teasdale would do for Attorney General.
Really gotta resurrect ol' T. Herman Zwiebel himself for Secretary of Defense, though.
Anchower is #2 for me.
Herbert Kornfeld is teh d00d.
Now, wouldn't they make a great presidential ticket?
Can't devolve much from where we are now...