I found my favorite Unix comment while browsing through the Unix sixth edition source (yes this was a loooong time ago). Embedded within reams of commentless code was:
Around 1994 or 95 I used to have an MSDN CD called Microsoft Games SDK, the precursor to DirectX. They renamed it DirectX about the same time they came out with ActiveX.
Sometimes you'll see a retail store advertise a product, such as a dishwasher, with the claim that they'll match the price if you find it lower at a competing store. The fine print says that it must be the exact same model number. What they don't tell you is that the manufacturer's model number is exclusive to that store chain so it's impossible to find that *exact* model number at a competing store.
Some people are building MAME consoles, basically a PC and a TV in a cabinet, loaded with the MAME emulator software and arcade ROMs. Add the emulators for Nintendo etc. and it would be an awesome experience.
Count me as one who just recently switched from IE to Firefox (actually count me as two since I switched both my computers). In the early years I ran Mosaic and Netscape but switched to IE because I was tired of Netscape's constant crashes. IE was the least of all evils at that time, and everytime I went back to take a peek at Netscape's latest version it was still buggier and slower than IE.
So far Firefox seems ok and renders all the websites I visit properly. It still seems to render slower than IE but with faster computers now it's not such a noticeable difference. I see a few bugs but I'll wait for version 1.0 before passing serious judgement.
The most severe bug however is the Software Update feature. I installed 0.9.1 last week and almost immediately I saw an article on Slashdot about a Firefox security hole and fix. I didn't immediately attempt to install the fix. So a few days later I went to mozilla.org and saw that 0.9.2 was the latest version. Help->About shows I'm still at 0.9.1. OK, no problem, the automatic update probably checks once a month. I click "Update Now" and Firefox tells me that no updates are available. WTF? Seems like this is an ideal time to show that, not only does Firefox fix the bugs faster than IE, but they have an infrastructure to get the fixes out to the users. If a security bug were actively being exploited, I'd want it to be fixed ASAP without me having to proactively surf the geek sites like Slashdot to find out about the fix, and then manually go to mozilla.org to find, download, and install the fix. Your momma ain't gonna be so proactive.
As I said, I realize it's prerelease so I'm not passing serious judgement yet, but the update technology had better work by the time they get to 1.0 if they expect to be a serious contender.
Yes, it's Sony's fault, not MS. Last year I got a new Dell machine at work but the person who ordered it for me accidentally got it with XP Home. I wiped the machine and installed XP Pro. I took Dell's OEM CD home and installed it on a PC I built at home. Works fine, so Dell's OEM version does not enforce that it's running on a Dell PC.
Had it not worked then I would have bought a new copy of XP Home. But MS already had the money for the Dell version so it would have been a shame to waste it.
I have a film scanner (Minolta Dimage Scan Speed) I use for some special purpose photography. As you say, scanner resolution is much higher than today's digital cameras. But for most of my photos I use a digital camera (Olympus C2100 Ultrazoom - only 2.1 Megapixels, but 10x optical zoom). I get excellent quality pictures from the digital camera and it is *much* more convenient. When using my film camera I have to change the film every 24 or 36 shots, while I can take hundreds of digital pics before changing the card.
A local newspaper reporter actually spoke with Richter and revealed two phone numbers: the one listed above, and another unpublished number he used to speak with him. Quite a potty-mouth Mr. Richter has. Here's the article.
A citizens arrest sounds risky and inconvenient. It would be more effective to require the criminal to self arrest, which can be done by filling out this web form.
I have essentially the opposite experience. I had to abandon my yahoo account because it passed through SO much spam AND blocked about 15% of my legitimate email. Meanwhile my main ISP uses spam assassin on my behalf which catches about 98% of spam and has a false positive about once a month (out of about 100 spams a day).
While some ISPs might quickly jump on the bandwagon to be able to accept mail from yahoo.com, most corporations will not. Even if Microsoft updates Exchange Server to support this, how many corporations are going to upgrade? It's a major deal to upgrade the email servers at a big company, and corporations that don't deal directly with consumers probably get an insignificant amount of mail from yahoo.com, so what's the business motivation? If it's so I can receive a personal email from a friend, my company will tell me to stop using the company servers for personal use.
Imagine seeing before you 3D representations of the solitaire cards. You pick them up, feel the razor-thin edge, turn them over to see the artwork on the back. Shuffle them and they make a satisfying ripple sound. Play any of hundreds of varieties of solitaire, or ignore the rules and build a house of cards. Just how far will gaming technology take you?
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe they could call it Arpanet
I vote for Lara Croft for two lifetime achievements.
Does anyone know what the Blue Screen of Death sounds like?
Around 1994 or 95 I used to have an MSDN CD called Microsoft Games SDK, the precursor to DirectX. They renamed it DirectX about the same time they came out with ActiveX.
1. Write code ....
2. Post to windowsupdate.com
3.
4. Profit
This type of blue moon is rare unless beer is involved.
Sometimes you'll see a retail store advertise a product, such as a dishwasher, with the claim that they'll match the price if you find it lower at a competing store. The fine print says that it must be the exact same model number. What they don't tell you is that the manufacturer's model number is exclusive to that store chain so it's impossible to find that *exact* model number at a competing store.
Google is down and the world is in a panic. All clues indicate the butler did it. Don't believe me? Ask Jeeves.
Some people are building MAME consoles, basically a PC and a TV in a cabinet, loaded with the MAME emulator software and arcade ROMs. Add the emulators for Nintendo etc. and it would be an awesome experience.
Selling? Marketing, maybe, but I doubt they've sold very many.
Count me as one who just recently switched from IE to Firefox (actually count me as two since I switched both my computers). In the early years I ran Mosaic and Netscape but switched to IE because I was tired of Netscape's constant crashes. IE was the least of all evils at that time, and everytime I went back to take a peek at Netscape's latest version it was still buggier and slower than IE.
So far Firefox seems ok and renders all the websites I visit properly. It still seems to render slower than IE but with faster computers now it's not such a noticeable difference. I see a few bugs but I'll wait for version 1.0 before passing serious judgement.
The most severe bug however is the Software Update feature. I installed 0.9.1 last week and almost immediately I saw an article on Slashdot about a Firefox security hole and fix. I didn't immediately attempt to install the fix. So a few days later I went to mozilla.org and saw that 0.9.2 was the latest version. Help->About shows I'm still at 0.9.1. OK, no problem, the automatic update probably checks once a month. I click "Update Now" and Firefox tells me that no updates are available. WTF? Seems like this is an ideal time to show that, not only does Firefox fix the bugs faster than IE, but they have an infrastructure to get the fixes out to the users. If a security bug were actively being exploited, I'd want it to be fixed ASAP without me having to proactively surf the geek sites like Slashdot to find out about the fix, and then manually go to mozilla.org to find, download, and install the fix. Your momma ain't gonna be so proactive.
As I said, I realize it's prerelease so I'm not passing serious judgement yet, but the update technology had better work by the time they get to 1.0 if they expect to be a serious contender.
But that still doesnt explain why spock had to look down that blue screen-scope thing...
Two words. Vulcan pr0n.
Yes, it's Sony's fault, not MS. Last year I got a new Dell machine at work but the person who ordered it for me accidentally got it with XP Home. I wiped the machine and installed XP Pro. I took Dell's OEM CD home and installed it on a PC I built at home. Works fine, so Dell's OEM version does not enforce that it's running on a Dell PC.
Had it not worked then I would have bought a new copy of XP Home. But MS already had the money for the Dell version so it would have been a shame to waste it.
I have a film scanner (Minolta Dimage Scan Speed) I use for some special purpose photography. As you say, scanner resolution is much higher than today's digital cameras. But for most of my photos I use a digital camera (Olympus C2100 Ultrazoom - only 2.1 Megapixels, but 10x optical zoom). I get excellent quality pictures from the digital camera and it is *much* more convenient. When using my film camera I have to change the film every 24 or 36 shots, while I can take hundreds of digital pics before changing the card.
As long as they can't link to the Microsoft Money database on my PC I'm safe.
Actually we had a new moon last weekend. It happens every 28 days...
No need to push porn web sites to the middle east. Just give them a superbowl halftime feed.
A local newspaper reporter actually spoke with Richter and revealed two phone numbers: the one listed above, and another unpublished number he used to speak with him. Quite a potty-mouth Mr. Richter has. Here's the article.
Hey, his business address is right across the street from where I work. I guess the sign on that building says P3NIS ENLARGEMENT after all.
A citizens arrest sounds risky and inconvenient. It would be more effective to require the criminal to self arrest, which can be done by filling out this web form.
I have essentially the opposite experience. I had to abandon my yahoo account because it passed through SO much spam AND blocked about 15% of my legitimate email. Meanwhile my main ISP uses spam assassin on my behalf which catches about 98% of spam and has a false positive about once a month (out of about 100 spams a day).
While some ISPs might quickly jump on the bandwagon to be able to accept mail from yahoo.com, most corporations will not. Even if Microsoft updates Exchange Server to support this, how many corporations are going to upgrade? It's a major deal to upgrade the email servers at a big company, and corporations that don't deal directly with consumers probably get an insignificant amount of mail from yahoo.com, so what's the business motivation? If it's so I can receive a personal email from a friend, my company will tell me to stop using the company servers for personal use.
Imagine seeing before you 3D representations of the solitaire cards. You pick them up, feel the razor-thin edge, turn them over to see the artwork on the back. Shuffle them and they make a satisfying ripple sound. Play any of hundreds of varieties of solitaire, or ignore the rules and build a house of cards. Just how far will gaming technology take you?
Except that after the eclipse, the full moon will be too bright to see many of the meteors. Still worth looking though.