A couple of times, back in high school, a friend and I blew off those events and just roamed the halls. The one time we encountered a teacher who asked us why we weren't at the rally, we just held up our 6502 assembly printouts and box of personal 5.25" disks, mumbled something like "Oh, we're doing computer stuff", and were allowed to go on our way.
Weird... I posted this, then went and did some metamoderation. The second comment for me to metamoderate was the one I'm replying to. I wonder whether if I go do metamod again, whether I'll get this comment?
Because we had a standing bounty on any new Soviet planes and we wanted to make sure any pilot knew we'd be happy to give him shelter and a check if he brought us Soviet gear and intel.
I remember reading about this incident a while back.
These projects sometimes (usually?) have some sort of tutorial showing how to set up a simple website. I know Django and TurboGears do; I'm not sure about the others.
I'm reminded of the joke illustration in the 1st edition AD&D DMG, where a group of fantasy characters are sitting around a table playing "Papers and Paychecks".
This kid tried (badly, apparently) to do the same in the US a while back. I lived only a couple of streets over, but had left the area a dozen years before his attempt. I think I delivered newspapers to his house.
This reminds me more of the robotic training devices used in one of the Dune books ("Children of Dune", maybe). Alia trains with one on the highest setting, which was supposed to have been pretty impressive, if I remember right (read it 30 years ago, or so).
Yeah, we originally moved data around with a 'big' (80M, I think) external HD carried around on a bed of foam. People used to plug this thing in, copy up/down whatever customer files they worked with, and send it on to the next person. Thankfully, that was replaced with a 12Mhz 286 Epson Equity II+ fileserver running Netware, and an ArcNet network.
It was probably 3 or 4 years later that we replaced all that with thin Ethernet, which sucked a little less.
Bleh, now you've brought back my suppressed memories of editing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to convince all the drivers and memory managers to work together nicely. Thanks a freaking lot:-).
I renewed my (NH, USA) driver's license last year, and my photo shows me with glasses on. Probably depends on the state/province (you seem to be in BC, CA)
I wasn't privy to the details, but I guess it wound up costing significantly less to buy/lease (whichever it was) the plane and pay the pilot, than it would have to fly commercial, given the amount of travel we dozen or so employees were doing for that 2-3 year period.
This wasn't an individual person renting it; it was essentially our corporate plane.
In the late 90s, the small company in NH I worked for was doing some government projects that involved a lot of work on-site in TX, KY, VT and NE, as well as a lot of meetings in VA and DC. Our solution was to buy (I think; I don't know the specifics) a Cessna 350. Piloting was done by a guy who was already providing flight instruction to a couple of us, so the time spent flying turned into hours of instruction. It really saved a lot of time and money.
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but I have been in numerous tornadoes
Is this related to your username? :-)
There was a Stargate episode where the populace of a town is compelled to construct a spaceship while 'asleep'.
A couple of times, back in high school, a friend and I blew off those events and just roamed the halls. The one time we encountered a teacher who asked us why we weren't at the rally, we just held up our 6502 assembly printouts and box of personal 5.25" disks, mumbled something like "Oh, we're doing computer stuff", and were allowed to go on our way.
In case anyone cares, I did, and parent comment was the first in the metamod list.
Infinity karma, here I come!
Weird... I posted this, then went and did some metamoderation. The second comment for me to metamoderate was the one I'm replying to. I wonder whether if I go do metamod again, whether I'll get this comment?
More like the ghouls in Fritz Lieber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser books.
Because we had a standing bounty on any new Soviet planes and we wanted to make sure any pilot knew we'd be happy to give him shelter and a check if he brought us Soviet gear and intel.
I remember reading about this incident a while back.
He'd better stop before he makes anemone out of you.
These projects sometimes (usually?) have some sort of tutorial showing how to set up a simple website. I know Django and TurboGears do; I'm not sure about the others.
I'm reminded of the joke illustration in the 1st edition AD&D DMG, where a group of fantasy characters are sitting around a table playing "Papers and Paychecks".
Yeah. It's pretty obvious to me that Frost was writing about a CPU lamenting its poor branch prediction implementation.
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This kid tried (badly, apparently) to do the same in the US a while back. I lived only a couple of streets over, but had left the area a dozen years before his attempt. I think I delivered newspapers to his house.
All I can say is, "ditto".
This reminds me more of the robotic training devices used in one of the Dune books ("Children of Dune", maybe). Alia trains with one on the highest setting, which was supposed to have been pretty impressive, if I remember right (read it 30 years ago, or so).
Very funny, but what if your Int stat is 11 or less, and the only language you speak is Common?
Yeah, we originally moved data around with a 'big' (80M, I think) external HD carried around on a bed of foam. People used to plug this thing in, copy up/down whatever customer files they worked with, and send it on to the next person. Thankfully, that was replaced with a 12Mhz 286 Epson Equity II+ fileserver running Netware, and an ArcNet network.
It was probably 3 or 4 years later that we replaced all that with thin Ethernet, which sucked a little less.
Bleh, now you've brought back my suppressed memories of editing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to convince all the drivers and memory managers to work together nicely. Thanks a freaking lot :-).
Yeah, he must not know how hard it is to thread your dreadlocks through those little holes every morning...
I renewed my (NH, USA) driver's license last year, and my photo shows me with glasses on. Probably depends on the state/province (you seem to be in BC, CA)
I wasn't privy to the details, but I guess it wound up costing significantly less to buy/lease (whichever it was) the plane and pay the pilot, than it would have to fly commercial, given the amount of travel we dozen or so employees were doing for that 2-3 year period.
This wasn't an individual person renting it; it was essentially our corporate plane.
In the late 90s, the small company in NH I worked for was doing some government projects that involved a lot of work on-site in TX, KY, VT and NE, as well as a lot of meetings in VA and DC. Our solution was to buy (I think; I don't know the specifics) a Cessna 350. Piloting was done by a guy who was already providing flight instruction to a couple of us, so the time spent flying turned into hours of instruction. It really saved a lot of time and money.
I wonder if that idea would work as well today?
Golfing.
There used to be a website dedicated the the Microsoft 'Innovation' Hall of Shame, but it doesn't seem to exist anymore :-(.
Wouldn't that be under the jurisdiction of the nanoPope?
Swift Enterprises had a Triphibian Atomicar back in the early 60s. I wonder what ever became of it?