I loved Ren and Stimpy "back in the day". One of their episodes was the basis for naming my website, Missing Left Socks. As for the people that won't watch it because of the black bar at the bottom of the screen -- why is it they have no problem watching letterbox movies? It is just rediculous.
Sorry sir, we are out of the magazine Barely Legal
But, it might be neat to have tailored banner ads online. I mean, I never want to go hunting or fishing, so don't show me anything outdoorsy, but would like to see something regarding computer programming, but not games.
Then you have the Tier1 and Tier 2 playing sets. To play on the upper set, you have to BUY NEW CARDS.
Actually, Type I is still the most popular format around the area where I live. Some of us are known as so "old-school", that I have not purchased cards to build decks with from the new sets. Old cards rule!
I would buy them. I still enjoy playing, but more importantly, am now a collector. Drop me an email by clicking the email link at the bottom of my website, Missing Left Socks.
At my work we came up with a good way to stop this. We simply added a bunch of registry edits to the login script (one locks down the Netware client so you cannot bypass the scripts). One sets a corporate-accepted background for the desktop. One shuts down file access types for MP3, MPG, AVI, etc. One removes winamp, ICQ, AIM and Bonzai Buddy if found. Lastly, group policies don't allow non-admins to introduce new programs. It works fairly well -- problems arrise when a user attempts to load Acrobat Reader (which we now add as part of a default install) or some other needed software.
I don't see what the fuss is. I doubt seriously that all Christians or even monotheistic theologists agree on all tenants of what God is. So, what Eisenhower thought God was and what he expected "his" nation to envision shouldn't be any different than our money mentioning "In God We Trust". I don't see too many people giving up money because of the statement on the bills and coins.
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Amiga computers are used by Elvis on his island in the south pacific, and when the time is right he will return to challenge Bill McEwen to a duel to the death, quashing this AmigaOne nonsense. Amiga 5000 with 64bit PCI and dual video slots! Quad G5's. And software that detects usage by SG, and self-destructs!
Pretty funny. The guru must meditate on that a while.
I don't know if IBM is an advertiser on MSNBC, but if so isn't Linux mention obligatorily in every ad? How can the statement be made that Linux is dead when it is growing in market acceptance, being used for critical military projects, used in hospitals and research facilities and incorporating itself into most universities?
I for one am happy to see the influx of ideas that are representative of what mainframes and minicomputers of old were accomplishing. The use of virtual computers or machines along with centralized processing has been a welcome change from the mentality of the PC market for about the last 15 years.
People had said for a long time that personal computers connected to file servers was a lower-cost, better system. However, now many places are going to web-based or host-based connections because of buggy issues at the desktop and the unmanageability of the personal computer. Couple this with the fact that licensing manangement is such a bear and you see why us Unix folks are glad to see the turn-around.
Mainframes had been on their way out before the personal computer, in favor of smaller satellite processing via minicomputers. However, now people are realizing that virtual computers in a big iron case gives you a better managed array of computing power for multiple users or processes. I for one welcome this back, and hope that we will continue to see vitual computing take over the personal computer business market approach. Bring in the network computers!
Could I just simply start calling the users of www.dmarien.com my employees?
They could all be considered independent contractors if their purpose of being a user of your site is to generate funds for your company and they have signed an agreement as such. When we sign up for an eBay account, we make such an agreement.
Let us look at Slashdot. For them to do the same they would need to demonstrate that the funds they make are a direct result of user activity. This is not so clear in their case because while the site wouldn't make any money with no users, it becomes questionable they can determine a scale for each user's contribution to their bottom line. If they had some pay for play, those items could qualify, but the numbers would need to be staggering. Don't forget that eBay is not paying this insurance, rather the qualified members would pay their own.
I wonder how they are managing to legitimize expensing the health care coverage of their "employee's" when the "employee's" are basically users on their website... Does eBay pay those who auction their goods? Obviously the auctioners make money for eBay, but what are the direct (from eBay) rewards to the seller?
Many companies have independent contractors that are not employees, but qualify for benefits. You see this a lot in insurance sales, consulting agencies, legal firms, etc. I think this is wonderful for eBay to not only be this creative, but also to help maintain their position as the best.com auction site.
I had something similar for my BBS. It was a DOS TSR that had a countdown and unless I typed in two phrases before it ran out it would zero-out the drive. Well, software sucks, and software on DOS doubly so -- can you say boom!?!?!
Supposedly the large number on the back of the bill with no decoration surrounding it was for the sight impaired. I read somewhere that color would not work that well because of fading, color blending and people with color blindedness.
Does anyone remember seeing some bills a long time ago printed with red ink? Am I dreaming?
Why is it that the first 10 or so posts are always something inane like "first post"? You read the article, come to the discussion for further insight and bam -- stupidity!
People that say, "If support for Linux on my system is dropped then my next system won't be from that company", are just ignorant. They most likely installed or learned Linux in an unsupported environment. The ThinkPad the guy bought 1-1/2 years ago running Linux was in an unsupported state.
I have always been amazed by Google, and can certainly see why Linux was chosen for its Unix-like use without the Unix-like pricing. However, there have always been databases for Linux that would work for your environment, and especially within the last few years. Has there been talk of or pressure to use something like DB2 or Oracle for your indexing? If so, how has that been countered?
I have been trying for a long time to get my office to consider Star Office, and now Open Office. We have continued licensing issues with Microsoft, and have even received (what I term as) threatening letters from law firms stating that we need to "double check" our licensing. Their suspect? Well, we purchased 300+ copies of MS Office 95, and upgraded them all later to MS Office 97, but we didn't jump to MS Office 2000 and now MS Office XP. So, Microsoft figures that we are using the new version and not paying....
Long and short, articles like this help my case that Open Office is becoming more mainstream. I love it!
Theft is going to be the biggest problem. Look at the bulk they add to CDs and DVDs today to help stop store theft. Would they continue that style of packaging?
One corner that is often cut when discussing CGI programming is security. This is a very dangerous approach to take as a badly written CGI program can leave your web server open to attack from anyone on the Internet. That's not a mistake that is made here as the authors introduce security in chapter 2. Add to that the fact that the code examples all use -w, use strict and CGI.pm and the book is already head and shoulders above most of its competition.
This is a big one for me. As a programmer, it has become increasingly difficult to compete with hackjobs out there. Anyone can pick up a book and begin writing Perl CGI or PHP websites, but not everyone has the experience to secure those systems, or to identify bad code design that leaves built-in vulnerabilities. With some companies this is hard to convey -- well, when you are proposing a $25,000 solution and there is another company willing to do it for $5,000. Nevermind that they have two programmers on their staff willing to make $20,000 this year each and they have been programming off and on for a couple of years, but they like making web pages!
You know, you can also "pump" fluid using electromagnetic fields...
While true, now you have to provide power every so often along the "wire". Magnetic effects go less of a distance than photo-optic ones, so you are cutting down on your maximum distance without repeaters. This, too, is unacceptable.
The story mentions fluid pumping. This means moving parts, which means more chance for failure. If the speed does not jump by several orders of magnitude, or the distance limitations disappear, I don't see why anyone would install the technology built around this.
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But, it might be neat to have tailored banner ads online. I mean, I never want to go hunting or fishing, so don't show me anything outdoorsy, but would like to see something regarding computer programming, but not games.
Actually, Type I is still the most popular format around the area where I live. Some of us are known as so "old-school", that I have not purchased cards to build decks with from the new sets. Old cards rule!
I would buy them. I still enjoy playing, but more importantly, am now a collector. Drop me an email by clicking the email link at the bottom of my website, Missing Left Socks.
I don't see what the fuss is. I doubt seriously that all Christians or even monotheistic theologists agree on all tenants of what God is. So, what Eisenhower thought God was and what he expected "his" nation to envision shouldn't be any different than our money mentioning "In God We Trust". I don't see too many people giving up money because of the statement on the bills and coins.
Pretty funny. The guru must meditate on that a while.
Everything I live for is gone
No, but maybe that is because I only play Zork, Wizardry (yes, Proving Grounds) and BSD mille. God, I love Mille Bornes.
People had said for a long time that personal computers connected to file servers was a lower-cost, better system. However, now many places are going to web-based or host-based connections because of buggy issues at the desktop and the unmanageability of the personal computer. Couple this with the fact that licensing manangement is such a bear and you see why us Unix folks are glad to see the turn-around.
Mainframes had been on their way out before the personal computer, in favor of smaller satellite processing via minicomputers. However, now people are realizing that virtual computers in a big iron case gives you a better managed array of computing power for multiple users or processes. I for one welcome this back, and hope that we will continue to see vitual computing take over the personal computer business market approach. Bring in the network computers!
Many companies have independent contractors that are not employees, but qualify for benefits. You see this a lot in insurance sales, consulting agencies, legal firms, etc. I think this is wonderful for eBay to not only be this creative, but also to help maintain their position as the best
Does anyone remember seeing some bills a long time ago printed with red ink? Am I dreaming?
Why is it that the first 10 or so posts are always something inane like "first post"? You read the article, come to the discussion for further insight and bam -- stupidity!
Long and short, articles like this help my case that Open Office is becoming more mainstream. I love it!
This is a big one for me. As a programmer, it has become increasingly difficult to compete with hackjobs out there. Anyone can pick up a book and begin writing Perl CGI or PHP websites, but not everyone has the experience to secure those systems, or to identify bad code design that leaves built-in vulnerabilities. With some companies this is hard to convey -- well, when you are proposing a $25,000 solution and there is another company willing to do it for $5,000. Nevermind that they have two programmers on their staff willing to make $20,000 this year each and they have been programming off and on for a couple of years, but they like making web pages!
While true, now you have to provide power every so often along the "wire". Magnetic effects go less of a distance than photo-optic ones, so you are cutting down on your maximum distance without repeaters. This, too, is unacceptable.