The opening sequence in Nasuicaa where she glides over the desert is really fantastic if you're into flying although you know in the back of your mind something like this would never be stable.
I just had to restore our Q&A executables to the network after our ancient librarian decided she needed to get back into her old catalog which was supposedly completely migrated over to a web-based system.
...as long as the wires remain in intimate proximity.
We had one of our network-connected copiers start sending copious amount of garbage data through the network. When we went to take a look at it we had found that a cleaner had uncovered the network cable and run over it with a vacuum.
The outside cover had been torn completely off and the internal wires were definitely not in "intimate proximity".
From the Land of Cute we got cute manuals with cute pictures of cute anthropomorphic home electronis reacting in cute cartoon manner to the possible bad, bad things the new owner might do to the poor little Microwave/VCR/kettle.
However, the number and types of ports on the back of this box ring alarm bells with me. How many PC-based consoles have:
Composite and S-Video and component video?
RCA and optical and "coax" audio?
Other little signs:
Power adapter plug has changed from previous regular PC style to circular multi-pin.
There is a coax connector for an optional internal cable modem (according to the proposed specs but an internal ADSL modem is also an option. How do you choose which?
This reminds me of the Moller SkyCar where they produce just enough prototypes to keep the investors happy but never actually produce anything.
If they didn't turn the thing on then this is probably just an empty box with some ports stuck on the back.
I saw the Smart cars in the U.K. last year and knew that's EXACTLY what I need for my commute. I don't drive far, use good roads and just need to plunk it in any small spot. Currently my 95 Tercel fits the bill but having a car with a big Mercedes badge on the front would add to the status just a tad.:-)
The Smart site indicates that discussions are underway to introduce the City Coupe in Canada at some point. I'm not holding my breath but if they are looking for test drivers.....
When the Apollo blew up they fucking fixed it and came home, but when the Space Shuttle gets fucked up they make Powerpoints about it and ignore the problem.
Fantastic post but that last statement is just Fucking Brilliant!! (c)2004 Bono
Mac and Tosh, the excessively polite gophers seen in a couple of Bugs Bunny cartoons.
(In the midst of being chased by something): "Please do go first" "Oh no, I must insist, you go first" "I couldn't possibly go first, you must go first" etc. etc.
U.K. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain waving the "Peace in Our Time" document whereby Germany agreed to play nice in Europe and never to go to war with England again.
In 1938.
We all know what happened next.
Darl's "proof" probably has as much value as Neville's scrap of paper.
Not really the specialization of the kits but the fact you pay >C$20 for about 20 pieces of formed plastic with an actual production cost of less than $0.50 per kit.
For those going on about the specialization of kits, if you have enough anything is really possible. My son takes those individual space kits and comes up with some pretty good Chris Foss-inspired spaceships.
Our accounting package, which is an ancient thing running 70's RPG-II code under a System36 emulator, is the only application I have ever seen that will spawn a process that absolutely, positively cannot be killed by Windows 2000, not even using the Kill utility from the Resource Kit.
You have to hold down the power switch to force the machine off to clear the session if it hangs.
I would be *very* curious to see how this runs under DOSEMU especially as it requires a specific drive letter mapping.
One of the first clients I had was the Tokyo office of a large U.S. law firm. Their system was three Xenix servers connected to a world-wide leased-line network. All the secretaries and some lawyers had dumb serial terminals.
The word processor was WordPerfect with an early for of document management system. Very slick.
Now, almost 20 years later I actually had a secretary in my current firm call up and say "The Validate macro isn't working!"
Yes, although our main word processor is now Word, the bills are still done on good old WordPerfect for DOS 5.1 using over 200 macros which I have to support because I'm the only one old enough to know it. {whimper}
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From the German for "Seagull".
The opening sequence in Nasuicaa where she glides over the desert is really fantastic if you're into flying although you know in the back of your mind something like this would never be stable.
You weren't alone.
There were many of us like that.
I just had to restore our Q&A executables to the network after our ancient librarian decided she needed to get back into her old catalog which was supposedly completely migrated over to a web-based system.
Can you say "I can't learn anything new"
Multiple Starbucks in one location?
In at least two places in Vancouver:
1) Bottom of my building in the Sears (ex-Eatons) and right across the street beside London Drugs.
2) Robson and Bute, kitty-corner.
...as long as the wires remain in intimate proximity.
We had one of our network-connected copiers start sending copious amount of garbage data through the network. When we went to take a look at it we had found that a cleaner had uncovered the network cable and run over it with a vacuum.
The outside cover had been torn completely off and the internal wires were definitely not in "intimate proximity".
I'm considering getting one as a package with a Palm T3.
Now how did you get THAT around the lameness filter?
From the Land of Cute we got cute manuals with cute pictures of cute anthropomorphic home electronis reacting in cute cartoon manner to the possible bad, bad things the new owner might do to the poor little Microwave/VCR/kettle.
My exact words upon hearing my mother call up the stairs with the news. Only the second time in my life I ever used the "f" word in front of her.
That time she didn't wash my mouth out with soap.
"ohhh yesss, it hurtss usss!"
"IT BURNSSS USSS!!!"
"My preciouss Linuxxess."
"Bad, bad Perenesess."
I'll stop now.
We thought digital watches were a pretty neat idea.
Some disagreed and thought that we shouldn't have come down from the trees.
Others thought that even the trees were a bad idea and that we should have never left the ocean.
Gamespot has some hi-res photos.
However, the number and types of ports on the back of this box ring alarm bells with me. How many PC-based consoles have:
Composite and S-Video and component video?
RCA and optical and "coax" audio?
Other little signs:
Power adapter plug has changed from previous regular PC style to circular multi-pin.
There is a coax connector for an optional internal cable modem (according to the proposed specs but an internal ADSL modem is also an option. How do you choose which?
This reminds me of the Moller SkyCar where they produce just enough prototypes to keep the investors happy but never actually produce anything.
If they didn't turn the thing on then this is probably just an empty box with some ports stuck on the back.
Or just see my instructional video.
Here
I saw the Smart cars in the U.K. last year and knew that's EXACTLY what I need for my commute. I don't drive far, use good roads and just need to plunk it in any small spot. Currently my 95 Tercel fits the bill but having a car with a big Mercedes badge on the front would add to the status just a tad. :-)
The Smart site indicates that discussions are underway to introduce the City Coupe in Canada at some point. I'm not holding my breath but if they are looking for test drivers.....
When the Apollo blew up they fucking fixed it and came home, but when the Space Shuttle gets fucked up they make Powerpoints about it and ignore the problem.
Fantastic post but that last statement is just Fucking Brilliant!! (c)2004 Bono
It's a link on the site for the Like Yourself HOWTO.
Students from Simon Fraser University might not be so impressed.
Umm, traffic is theoretically required to stop for pedestrians in all crosswalks. That's what they're for.
You don't live in Vancouver, do you?
Mac and Tosh, the excessively polite gophers seen in a couple of Bugs Bunny cartoons.
(In the midst of being chased by something):
"Please do go first"
"Oh no, I must insist, you go first"
"I couldn't possibly go first, you must go first"
etc. etc.
The only difference is the "honest" part.
Neville should be pitied.
Darl should be pilloried.
U.K. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain waving the "Peace in Our Time" document whereby Germany agreed to play nice in Europe and never to go to war with England again.
In 1938.
We all know what happened next.
Darl's "proof" probably has as much value as Neville's scrap of paper.
Not really the specialization of the kits but the fact you pay >C$20 for about 20 pieces of formed plastic with an actual production cost of less than $0.50 per kit.
For those going on about the specialization of kits, if you have enough anything is really possible. My son takes those individual space kits and comes up with some pretty good Chris Foss-inspired spaceships.
Our accounting package, which is an ancient thing running 70's RPG-II code under a System36 emulator, is the only application I have ever seen that will spawn a process that absolutely, positively cannot be killed by Windows 2000, not even using the Kill utility from the Resource Kit.
You have to hold down the power switch to force the machine off to clear the session if it hangs.
I would be *very* curious to see how this runs under DOSEMU especially as it requires a specific drive letter mapping.
One of the first clients I had was the Tokyo office of a large U.S. law firm. Their system was three Xenix servers connected to a world-wide leased-line network. All the secretaries and some lawyers had dumb serial terminals.
The word processor was WordPerfect with an early for of document management system. Very slick.
Now, almost 20 years later I actually had a secretary in my current firm call up and say "The Validate macro isn't working!"
Yes, although our main word processor is now Word, the bills are still done on good old WordPerfect for DOS 5.1 using over 200 macros which I have to support because I'm the only one old enough to know it. {whimper}