It wasn't as bad as it sounds - if it weren't for mobile phones coming up fast at the time it could have been a great success.
If I remember correctly, you got what was essentially a cordless phone and base station - you piad wired rates when at home, and mobile rates when elsewhere. The good was that anyone walking past your house could use your base station t omake 'elsewhere' calls (on thier bill, of course).
You presumably got a sign in the pack to stick in your window, because there are still some left around in random places. (one in a flat down the road from me).
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I think somepeople might disagree with the being no linux alternatives.
GPRS is only 2.5G though, 3G will close the gap slightly. I do wonder if it's worth the effort given what you can use a portable device for anyway. Email and web browsing don't need 10Mbps. I suppose you could pull MP3's (or vorbis) while wandering round town, but I would still get them at home where bandwidth is (and will be for some time yet) cheaper and carry them with me.
"3G promises increased bandwidth, up to 384 Kbps when a device is stationary or moving at pedestrian speed, 128 Kbps in a car, and 2 Mbps in fixed applications." (Webopedia)
Quite right, it's a good job I don't have one of those weak smart chip things on my credit card.
yessiree, my magnetic strip if far safer, now I can give my credit card out to random stangers with no fear of getting ripped off.
When I bought my first PC, it came with OS/2 installed. Although the operating system didn't last long, it came with a midi file of that same IBM corporate anthem which I still have lying around somewhere.
It's quite a good tune when the words are removed, if a little dated.
Point updates are freely downloadable from the notes site and are covered under existing license, so there was no 'buy the new version' thing.
Of course, there's still the 'new version testing' thing...
I think we've jumped a step here
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It doesn't say anywhere that it's Lotus/IBM suing them, just that they are being sued relating to the Domino issue.
I would guess it's someone who was the victim of one of these DoS 'attacks' that is doing the suing.
So if I buy my software in the EU where the EULA doesn't count, can I use it in the US where they do? If you didn't buy it in the US, and didn't agree to the EULA, at what point did you break a US law?
(again, IANAL) If you use the software in the US, you are bound by US law. There are countries where it is legal make, sell and buy pirated software, but it is still illegal for me to import it to the UK and use it here.
It doesn't sound to me like he is pushing his religion at work overtly, but when applying for jobs you can't have an unexplained 7 year gap in your CV/resume.
Anyway, you can't leave your 'religion' at home - it's a part of who you are and goes where you do. If I'm at work, so is my faith. I try not to bully people with it, but it's a part of me.
As an aside, there is no contradiciton between the bible and the scientific 'proof' you mention (which is actually only a theory, although a good one which I do subscribe to). As a lifelong Christian with a degree in astronomy, I'm in a pretty good position to judge that.
I was home schooled and graduated at 15
If you were home schooled, then you have missed out on a whole way of life that educates how to interact with people. I'm not saying you never met anyone, but being involved with a large crowd every day for years on end teaches you something in itself, regardless of what you learn academically.
My advice - go to college, don't just get the degree. Immerse yourself in the culture and you will come back a far better rounded person no matter how well you do academically.
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It wasn't as bad as it sounds - if it weren't for mobile phones coming up fast at the time it could have been a great success.
If I remember correctly, you got what was essentially a cordless phone and base station - you piad wired rates when at home, and mobile rates when elsewhere.
The good was that anyone walking past your house could use your base station t omake 'elsewhere' calls (on thier bill, of course).
You presumably got a sign in the pack to stick in your window, because there are still some left around in random places. (one in a flat down the road from me).
I think some people might disagree with the being no linux alternatives.
GPRS is only 2.5G though, 3G will close the gap slightly. I do wonder if it's worth the effort given what you can use a portable device for anyway.
Email and web browsing don't need 10Mbps. I suppose you could pull MP3's (or vorbis) while wandering round town, but I would still get them at home where bandwidth is (and will be for some time yet) cheaper and carry them with me.
"3G promises increased bandwidth, up to 384 Kbps when a device is stationary or moving at pedestrian speed, 128 Kbps in a car, and 2 Mbps in fixed applications." (Webopedia)
Quite right, it's a good job I don't have one of those weak smart chip things on my credit card.
yessiree, my magnetic strip if far safer, now I can give my credit card out to random stangers with no fear of getting ripped off.
When I bought my first PC, it came with OS/2 installed. Although the operating system didn't last long, it came with a midi file of that same IBM corporate anthem which I still have lying around somewhere.
It's quite a good tune when the words are removed, if a little dated.
Point updates are freely downloadable from the notes site and are covered under existing license, so there was no 'buy the new version' thing.
Of course, there's still the 'new version testing' thing...
It doesn't say anywhere that it's Lotus/IBM suing them, just that they are being sued relating to the Domino issue. I would guess it's someone who was the victim of one of these DoS 'attacks' that is doing the suing.
So if I buy my software in the EU where the EULA doesn't count, can I use it in the US where they do? If you didn't buy it in the US, and didn't agree to the EULA, at what point did you break a US law?
(again, IANAL) If you use the software in the US, you are bound by US law. There are countries where it is legal make, sell and buy pirated software, but it is still illegal for me to import it to the UK and use it here.
It doesn't sound to me like he is pushing his religion at work overtly, but when applying for jobs you can't have an unexplained 7 year gap in your CV/resume.
Anyway, you can't leave your 'religion' at home - it's a part of who you are and goes where you do. If I'm at work, so is my faith. I try not to bully people with it, but it's a part of me.
As an aside, there is no contradiciton between the bible and the scientific 'proof' you mention (which is actually only a theory, although a good one which I do subscribe to). As a lifelong Christian with a degree in astronomy, I'm in a pretty good position to judge that.
I was home schooled and graduated at 15
If you were home schooled, then you have missed out on a whole way of life that educates how to interact with people. I'm not saying you never met anyone, but being involved with a large crowd every day for years on end teaches you something in itself, regardless of what you learn academically.
My advice - go to college, don't just get the degree. Immerse yourself in the culture and you will come back a far better rounded person no matter how well you do academically.