It's because they can't get decent 3G coverage, they're pissed off bees because they can't communicate effectively without mobile broadband. Unlike their Japanese bee friends, who have the next gen phones, along with Tamagotchi bee larvae which they have to feed virtual pollen.
Meanwhile, crickets totally have it sorted out, having traded regular cell phones for their newer kneephone. Ergonimically designed for the chic cricket who is out to look down on the average locust.
Seeing as Microsoft have central control over their product activations, how is the activation process going to work when it's reached the end of its product cycle or if Microsoft decide not to allow new activations of XP, only re-activate licenses that have been activated at least once in the past.
They kind of have access to a big red button which can potentially cripple XP installs past a certain date. Maybe they'll introduce a patch for XP which removes the product activation past a certain date because they won't care anymore about new installations?
One final question Karl and the beautiful lounge suite will be yours... Are you going to have a go? (Karl nods) You're a brave man. Karl Marx, your final question: who won the Cup Final in 1949?
I was an early adopter of ADSL here and they advertised an 'unlimited' ADSL plan. The network was terrible, so bad that their outages were announced on national radio during the early days. They finally capped the unlimited account at 10Gb, at which point there was some competition in Australia and I immediately moved over.
I can answer that question, they analyze the amount of carbon expelled from the establishment then the send Mike Moore over to breath on them heavily for about a week. See how they like it.
They're hurting your feelings, come here and rest on my man boobs. There there, that's better isn't it mr security person. What, they're not as soft and comfortable as your moms boobs? Excuse me, I'd like you to rate my boobs better than that, after all, I am a MAN!
You replace all the FBI warnings, pre-movie adverts and anti-copying technology with a single screen which says in large letters:
"If you copy this, you are a poopy head."
The stigma alone has the power to stop ALL piracy worldwide, even in asia, because once you call someone a poopy head, there's no way you can save face...
Yes, for small businesses it's about 50/50 screwing people over and covering the business. Especially when you're dealing with a sole shareholder of the business, everything business related is personal. It's only when you get to large scale organisations with HR departments that these become more suited to protecting the business.
But even then, you only have to look as far as Steve Ballmer to see how badly shareholders can react to people being swiped from under their feet. I've been in rooms where even non-paid directors of companies have thrown hissy fits and punched walls when this stuff happens.
I've had to make employees sign such things. They are there so that if we get an employee who is valuable to us in terms of their knowledge who leaves on unpleasant terms then we pull it out as an ace. If you leave the company doing the right thing, plenty of notice, nice and amicable then they aren't going to do anything unless the company is desperate enough for money.
The other thing to remember is that business owners tend to be very aware of each other in the local marketplace. They attend the same functions, give to the same charity balls and attend the same cigar club so they can burn $100 notes. It's the adage of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. If your boss finds out that his mens club 'friend' has hired you, he'll take it personally and then use the clause.
Scientist A: OK, lets see how the first DNA storage device has held up over the last 1000 years Scientist B: Sure, let's compare the results. Original encoding written on duct tape stuck to the side of the test tube - "e=mc2" Scientist A: Right, I'll take a look. My god! The DNA has mutated, possibly into a better and yet more powerful equation! What does it say? Scientist B: "=3" Scientist A:... Scientist B: Wow, duct tape can hold information for 1000 years!
haha, if I hadn't posted in here already this would've got a +1 funny. I get this picture of an eager astronaut waiting for the mole to appear, hitting it and flying away into orbit shouting "damn you Newton!"
Like Buzzle? I guess making it Open Source means that they can't lose the source code when a drive crashes, like when Jeskola lost the original Buzz source... Sad day that was.
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It's because they can't get decent 3G coverage, they're pissed off bees because they can't communicate effectively without mobile broadband. Unlike their Japanese bee friends, who have the next gen phones, along with Tamagotchi bee larvae which they have to feed virtual pollen.
Meanwhile, crickets totally have it sorted out, having traded regular cell phones for their newer kneephone. Ergonimically designed for the chic cricket who is out to look down on the average locust.
Seeing as Microsoft have central control over their product activations, how is the activation process going to work when it's reached the end of its product cycle or if Microsoft decide not to allow new activations of XP, only re-activate licenses that have been activated at least once in the past.
They kind of have access to a big red button which can potentially cripple XP installs past a certain date. Maybe they'll introduce a patch for XP which removes the product activation past a certain date because they won't care anymore about new installations?
http://goatse.safe/
which should really be http://goatse.braceyourself/
One final question Karl and the beautiful lounge suite will be yours... Are you going to have a go? (Karl nods) You're a brave man. Karl Marx, your final question: who won the Cup Final in 1949?
I was an early adopter of ADSL here and they advertised an 'unlimited' ADSL plan. The network was terrible, so bad that their outages were announced on national radio during the early days. They finally capped the unlimited account at 10Gb, at which point there was some competition in Australia and I immediately moved over.
I can answer that question, they analyze the amount of carbon expelled from the establishment then the send Mike Moore over to breath on them heavily for about a week. See how they like it.
No, you cannot have a pony. [inset picture of pony] - not yours.
I knew keeping my Netscape shares would pay off one day!
Shining sunlight on my mother-in-law makes her melt into a puddle on the floor...
*ba-dum-tish*
Wait, there's more, take my mother-in-law, please.
I really do only need 640k. As long as I can play Scramble on my Vic 20 I'll be happy for life.
American democracy is a form of entertainment. A stage show, which certainly does not take requests from the audience.
They're hurting your feelings, come here and rest on my man boobs. There there, that's better isn't it mr security person. What, they're not as soft and comfortable as your moms boobs? Excuse me, I'd like you to rate my boobs better than that, after all, I am a MAN!
You replace all the FBI warnings, pre-movie adverts and anti-copying technology with a single screen which says in large letters:
"If you copy this, you are a poopy head."
The stigma alone has the power to stop ALL piracy worldwide, even in asia, because once you call someone a poopy head, there's no way you can save face...
Yes, for small businesses it's about 50/50 screwing people over and covering the business. Especially when you're dealing with a sole shareholder of the business, everything business related is personal. It's only when you get to large scale organisations with HR departments that these become more suited to protecting the business.
But even then, you only have to look as far as Steve Ballmer to see how badly shareholders can react to people being swiped from under their feet. I've been in rooms where even non-paid directors of companies have thrown hissy fits and punched walls when this stuff happens.
I've had to make employees sign such things. They are there so that if we get an employee who is valuable to us in terms of their knowledge who leaves on unpleasant terms then we pull it out as an ace. If you leave the company doing the right thing, plenty of notice, nice and amicable then they aren't going to do anything unless the company is desperate enough for money.
The other thing to remember is that business owners tend to be very aware of each other in the local marketplace. They attend the same functions, give to the same charity balls and attend the same cigar club so they can burn $100 notes. It's the adage of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. If your boss finds out that his mens club 'friend' has hired you, he'll take it personally and then use the clause.
Back in even blacker.
Scientist A: OK, lets see how the first DNA storage device has held up over the last 1000 years ...
Scientist B: Sure, let's compare the results. Original encoding written on duct tape stuck to the side of the test tube - "e=mc2"
Scientist A: Right, I'll take a look. My god! The DNA has mutated, possibly into a better and yet more powerful equation! What does it say?
Scientist B: "=3"
Scientist A:
Scientist B: Wow, duct tape can hold information for 1000 years!
Remote control meer cats would be ace. There would be one button to make it pop up out of a hole, hours of fun!
And there it is. Marking the above post the point at where Godwin's law of Nazi analogies comes into effect.
1.21 Gigawatts!
haha, if I hadn't posted in here already this would've got a +1 funny. I get this picture of an eager astronaut waiting for the mole to appear, hitting it and flying away into orbit shouting "damn you Newton!"
When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Imagine spending 65 hours playing whack-a-mole.
Like Buzzle? I guess making it Open Source means that they can't lose the source code when a drive crashes, like when Jeskola lost the original Buzz source... Sad day that was.
All glory to the Hypnofrog!