Hatch says such firms 'think that they can legally profit by inducing children to steal. Some think they can legally lure children into breaking the law with false promises of "free music."'
How about extending the allowable characters in a VIN to include certain ASCII or Unicode symbols? Perhaps make them case-sensitive? That would preserve uniqueness--at least for awhile longer--although it might make the codes harder to verbalize (i.e. to an insurance agent).
I *knew* we'd find a use for Dingbats Font someday!
"The first four bases were built on the surface and gradually got covered with snow and ultimately got so deep they became crushed by the weight of ice and had to be replaced",
Nice try, but a truer Babylon 5 comparison would be to havethe first *three* bases covered in snow, and the fourth base disappear after 24 hours of being operational......
"Well, detective, the coroner's report cited the cause of death as a Blue Skin Of Death." There's gonna be some great Law and Order episodes from this one."
Not to mention ER:
"Get the difibulator! STAT!"...60 seconds later... Windows starup wav...
Galileo International and Sabre, also gave sensitive passenger information, including home phone numbers, credit card numbers and health data, without disclosing the transfers to travelers or asking their permission.
According to North American Law (Canada and US), aren't viruses against the law? And don't virus writers go to jail (or at least get heavy fines) for writing thier viruses?
Not if Orrin Hatch and Jack Valenti like them.
Welcome to the New Millenium's version of "He may be a SOB, but he's our SOB!"
ruling to end the FL recount. It was a 5-4 ruling with Rehnquist, Kennedy, O'Connor, Thomas, and Scalia in favor and Stevens, Breyer, Souter, and Ginsburg opposed.
So, you can't count votes, but you must give your name.
After years of knee-jerk identifying any sort of Starfleet Academy series with "Star Trek:90210", can we at least entertain the possibility of a version akin to "Star Trek: The O.C." (i.e. interesting plotlines that include the adults as well)?
Besides, I've always wanted to know how to say, "Welcome to the SFA, Bitch!" in Klingon.
Well, as long as you're being honest about one approach, you could be honest about the traditional other approach:
Hey, Boss, you've given us eighteen months to build something that nobody has ever seen before. You have vague and conflicting notions about the product, some of which are frankly impossible....
Not to be picky but Microsoft is hardly putting out an OS every few years. Most companies are still using Windows 2000 which is by my math over 4 years old and Longhorn is still way off. And you also make it seem like this Microsoft domination is something new. It's been that way for pretty much over a decade now.
Just pointing out that between now and when TMMM came out, you have the rise of the microcomputers (Apple and the IBM Clones) and the operating systems which run them (DOS, Windows, Mac, Linux, et. al).
Does Brooks' model change from that when the behemoth computers of the 60's walked the Tech World?
Fred's account of the 360 project still has lessons to teach, despite the intervening years. If you haven't read it, go read it.
And from an outsider's view of another "I Was There" project, try Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder. Both books were required reading in Computer Science at college about 20 years ago.
Now, is MMM still relevant in the current Microsoft-dominant environment, with a new Operating System every few years, impacting software development? Is the concept of software development still valid, or is it a matter of hobbling "off the shelf" solutions together?
If there is an issue to celebrate anniversaries when it's chronologically cool, maybe Slashdot should have a "Happy Time" section like Pardon the Interruption.
...there were Bulletin Boards which people had to dial up (at 1200 BAUD!) to log in and enter (no "surfing" in those days). Eventually, after much chatter and posting, people arrange to meet for lunch/dinner at a public gathering.
Oh, what fun to put a face to the name (this was before you could see what the person looked like, due to dial-up speed and technology)! Sometimes, you met a certain someone and you continued a relationship "offline" using a phone (there were no "cell phones" back then), since there was a limited amount of space to send private messages (unless you were lucky with a connected BBS, you had no "E-mail" per se).
So, yes, you would want to meet people you see online....
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When will a new bill be proposed that prevents Orrin Hatch from proposing dumb bills?
General Election, November 2006.
Utah Slashdotters, Register and Vote.
Hatch says such firms 'think that they can legally profit by inducing children to steal. Some think they can legally lure children into breaking the law with false promises of "free music."'
...and they'll still go after the kid...
Actually maybe they already do? If so, then start using the !@#$#$%^%^&*)(*& symbols!
Those symbols are usually reserved for use *after* the accident with the uninsured driver.
How about extending the allowable characters in a VIN to include certain ASCII or Unicode symbols? Perhaps make them case-sensitive? That would preserve uniqueness--at least for awhile longer--although it might make the codes harder to verbalize (i.e. to an insurance agent).
I *knew* we'd find a use for Dingbats Font someday!
Paging Zephram Cochrane....
"The first four bases were built on the surface and gradually got covered with snow and ultimately got so deep they became crushed by the weight of ice and had to be replaced",
Nice try, but a truer Babylon 5 comparison would be to havethe first *three* bases covered in snow, and the fourth base disappear after 24 hours of being operational......
"Well, detective, the coroner's report cited the cause of death as a Blue Skin Of Death."
...60 seconds later... Windows starup wav...
There's gonna be some great Law and Order episodes from this one."
Not to mention ER:
"Get the difibulator! STAT!"
"Forget it. He's gone."
*Finally*!
The Underpants Gnomes develop Phase Two: Anti-Virus Software for Underwear.
Compare and Contrast "21 Rules" with The Mythical Man-Month Revisted.
'The Cincinnati Bengals have selected, as its first-round draft choice, from the BerlinKids-International Kindergarten e.V....'
When he grows up, will be look like Dan Ackroyd, Christopher Reeve, Dean Cain, or Tom Welling?
Galileo International and Sabre, also gave sensitive passenger information, including home phone numbers, credit card numbers and health data, without disclosing the transfers to travelers or asking their permission.
According to HIPAA, this is a big, costly, no-no.
IANAL. Yeah yeah.
According to North American Law (Canada and US), aren't viruses against the law? And don't virus writers go to jail (or at least get heavy fines) for writing thier viruses?
Not if Orrin Hatch and Jack Valenti like them.
Welcome to the New Millenium's version of "He may be a SOB, but he's our SOB!"
A cell phone in a powder case? In a wrist watch? Inside your earring?
First 'Dick Tracy' Reference Post!
A cell phone in a powder case? In a wrist watch? Inside your earring?
In your jeans! In your cheeseburgers! In your Nutty Buddys! Cellphones are EVERYWHERE!
Michael J. Fox has no cell phone in him...
ruling to end the FL recount.
It was a 5-4 ruling with
Rehnquist, Kennedy, O'Connor, Thomas, and Scalia in favor and Stevens, Breyer, Souter, and Ginsburg opposed.
So, you can't count votes, but you must give your name.
Strange society, this America....
After years of knee-jerk identifying any sort of Starfleet Academy series with "Star Trek:90210", can we at least entertain the possibility of a version akin to "Star Trek: The O.C." (i.e. interesting plotlines that include the adults as well)?
Besides, I've always wanted to know how to say, "Welcome to the SFA, Bitch!" in Klingon.
Didn't Joe pitch a Star Trek series to TPTB before?
A Canadian Space Agency????
Red Green, Bob & Doug MacKenzie, and Hockey Night in Canada, and this country has a SPACE PROGRAM??
You *do* know Captain Kirk was Canadian...?
(Quebecois, to be exact)
If it succeeds --
Boss: And it was all my idea!
If it fails --
Boss: You're Fired!
Not to be picky but Microsoft is hardly putting out an OS every few years. Most companies are still using Windows 2000 which is by my math over 4 years old and Longhorn is still way off. And you also make it seem like this Microsoft domination is something new. It's been that way for pretty much over a decade now.
Just pointing out that between now and when TMMM came out, you have the rise of the microcomputers (Apple and the IBM Clones) and the operating systems which run them (DOS, Windows, Mac, Linux, et. al).
Does Brooks' model change from that when the behemoth computers of the 60's walked the Tech World?
Fred's account of the 360 project still has lessons to teach, despite the intervening years. If you haven't read it, go read it.
And from an outsider's view of another "I Was There" project, try Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder. Both books were required reading in Computer Science at college about 20 years ago.
Now, is MMM still relevant in the current Microsoft-dominant environment, with a new Operating System every few years, impacting software development? Is the concept of software development still valid, or is it a matter of hobbling "off the shelf" solutions together?
If there is an issue to celebrate anniversaries when it's chronologically cool, maybe Slashdot should have a "Happy Time" section like Pardon the Interruption.
or at least tinge CowboyNeal in red.
Before everyone starts quoting 1984... ...there you go again....
Camera's saw the Oklahoma truck bomb, but it still blew up.
:P
Camera's saw the 9/11 hijackers at the airports boarding the planes, but they still hit their targets.
Camera's aren't going to prevent a strike in its exocution phase or someone willing to die to carry out an attack.
Yeah, but they'll make great visuals for local news during Sweeps.
...there were Bulletin Boards which people had to dial up (at 1200 BAUD!) to log in and enter (no "surfing" in those days). Eventually, after much chatter and posting, people arrange to meet for lunch/dinner at a public gathering.
Oh, what fun to put a face to the name (this was before you could see what the person looked like, due to dial-up speed and technology)! Sometimes, you met a certain someone and you continued a relationship "offline" using a phone (there were no "cell phones" back then), since there was a limited amount of space to send private messages (unless you were lucky with a connected BBS, you had no "E-mail" per se).
So, yes, you would want to meet people you see online....