Unless Microsoft can show Exactly how such licenses would violate their Intelectual property rights such license restrictions are covered under 'Restraint of Trade' and are illegal.
I have never in my life seen a movie with such bad accents. While I admit I haven't driven to Fargo yet, I've been as to Grand Forks and I don't remember anybody sounding that stupid...
You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Now, just replace fool with please and your done.
This is comparable to choosing to implement something other than Electric Fence in C; the impact on the entire community is negligable. If I choose to use a different logger it will not seriously impact anyone outside of the development group. It may mean the default is less than optimal, and people will use it without knowing there is an alternative which is better, but these are the same people who wouldn't know such a library existed now anyway.
one of the best in the world for access and availability?
In the U.S.? Yeah, right, and I've got a moon plot to sell you.
Don't get me wrong, the U.S. isn't like a 3rd world country when it comes to its phone system. But I've heard enough complaints about US phone service to think it has to be at the bottom of a list of First world countries.
No offence. But your Telephone companies don't sell telephone service, they sell utter frustration.
I've learned Pascal, Basic, and IBM 360/Assist as initial programming languages. (Basic/ Grade 11, Pascal/ Grade 12, IBM 360/Assist (assembler) in College Term 1.)
I won't discuss Basic. It's an abomination as a teaching language.
Pascal was good because it had constraints, and was well structured.
IBM 360 forces you to understand the basics before you can do anything else.
All of these have there place for different types of courses.
With decent course material each of these languages can be used to teach without worrying the students will get over their heads too fast. (It's difficult to jump ahead in IBM 360 without understanding, with Pascal the structure is quite simple, etc.)
A language like C is impossible for beginners to grasp. They can quickly get over their head with bugs they cannot even comprehend yet. You have to be able to take small steps to build on the ideas.
Java, I think, can fit nicely in this. You won't have to worry about core dumps while your trying to teach simpler concepts.
The problems with C++ relate back to C, it is quite possible to shoot yourself in the foot in such a way it is very difficult to find the problem without a through understanding of C/C++ and the program as written. Sometimes difficult to do with some students programs.
I knew C quite well before I attended college, I help a number of students that were learning it, they found it difficult, or impossible to debug if they made a mistake with an unintended pointer issue.
Fixing it for them doesn't help their understanding, and, in general, they don't have the background at that point to understand it enough to fix it themselves.
(Keeping in mind this was on a 3-6week course in C, not 2 years...)
It isn't a rumour, its utter speculation without verification. It can be proven to be true, so, unless your prepared to prove it, why spread the rumour?
I undertsand that in Europe the typical person doesn't travel more than 50Miles from their home in a year. (The study I heard -may- have excluded a yearly holiday).
Some poeple in North America travel that far to work every day.
Thats the big difference between North America and European drivers.
someone pointed out a Metal fuel cell article at IEEE, heres a blurb...
These experts point out that if gasoline were not already established as an irreplaceable part of modern life, it would probably never be approved as a fuel in today's regulatory environment. Hydrogen, although not nearly as dangerous, has scared people ever since the Hindenburg airship disaster more than half a century ago. When hydrogen leaks, the gas tends to rise and dissipate, unlike heavy gasoline vapors, which tend to gather in low places and wait for unsuspecting victims to touch them off.
Carefully watch the footage of the Hindenburg and you'll note it was the canvas and it's coating which is the significant source of flames after the first second. The hydrogen wasn't the problem.
Please produce the patent numbers for them, and document GM not being willing to license them.
Patents are public documents. People like saying companies buy up the patents and then noone can use them, what they often forget is that the patent can atleast be referenced.
A lot of conspiracy nuts have hid behind this misunderstanding for 50 years.
500 miles is the point where there are few, if any arguments against fuel cells.
What isn't mentioned is the amount of fuel required to do it.
Hybrid technology is a stepping stone anyway. If we continue to use gasoline for a while so people switch to fuelcell, so be it. But, once all the cars on the road are fuelcell based it would be possible to switch over to hydrogen at the pumps.
Microsoft has a few odities when it comes to hardware. (They have mice with version tags of 2.1 for istance.. not simply a new model, but Version tags...) But they do make excelent hardware.
I've used Mice from other companies, but I prefer Microsoft. I like their keyboards (mostly, the first ergonomics were awfull; but I dislike all ergonomic keyboards since I don't touchtype).
Now if they could just get out of the OS business...
I've been using computers for almost 20 years, I type horribly, have horrendous posture, etc. Up until recently I've never suffered from RSI at all. However, I'm 29 and I've felt the effects on several occasions in the past few months.
I have every reason to believe it is a combination of things, including stress which causes it. When people are stressed they tend to stiffen up their muscles, they tend not to relax them and I think this creates the environment for the problem to show up.
There is also the possibility it may in some cases be caused by another ilness, something similar to the flu and which simply agitates the system causing what would otherwise be ignored and quickly go away to get worse.
I had to quit playing Black & White because of it. I bet I could start playing it a few days from now (currently dehydrated a bit from a recent flu) and it wouldn't bother me much, if at all.
When I start feeling any symptoms I tend to change my posture, I change how I do tasks and, I event went so far as to remove my wristwatch. I happen to wear my watch on my right wrist, and I the same hand for the mouse. Sometimes this causes problems; and the watch restricts my movement.
Decent keyboards, realistic posture, and less stress (I expect I'll have the same job tomorrow I have today.. unlike 5 years ago... etc) are probably the main reason it has disapeared.
Use a computer that is fast enough that the HD is the slow point in the process.
Do 2 drives at a time by writing to a drive on each of the IDE channels. (Not entirly supported by some low-level support chips; the bastards sometimes still treat it like it has 1 channel and flips between the two...damn cheapass chipsets).
Remove all the HD, process them, when done put them in a box marked completed... distribute the computers with the drives, and/or, re-install them.
Bad news... many IDE drives require data to exists outside of the space for user data. This is for head alignment, etc. Some drives do support re-creation of this data, others do not and a general whipe like that may leave them dead.
NEVER Secure a Network in such a way. It won't work.
If I drop a packet sniffer on that network, what do you think I get?
EVERYTHING.
A switch isn't a real solution to that either, unless All the switches are configured correctly and securely I would only need 1 to get packets directed onto the 'secure' network.
While you don't want a single point of failure in a network, you also don't want to leave all the doors and windows open.
No, they also require tests to go with it. X-rays or MRIs to see if a tumour is indeed smaller, has stopped growing, etc. A patient may feel good and die 5 seconds later, it happens. You log what they say, you track the test results, but testimonials only tell you that you should test something, not the results of the tests.
Skycable offers such a service in the Winnipeg, Manitoba area. I know someone who has used it, and he said it worked ok for games like Quake, but he prefered cable. (His brother uses SkyCable).
SkyCable uses a radio link for it's service and offers the same features as cable service does in Urban areas.
If you force passwords to be non-words, and contain atleast 1 letter or digit and a minumum length of 6-8 characters you should be fine. Forcing users to change passwords every month or 2 is counter productive. They will write the passwords down and leave them in standard locations. (Under keyboards, in the drawer, post-it note on the monitor, etc..) (BeOS suggests 'check the cubicle beside you for a password' if you key in a wrong password...)
If the company you work for wants to exceed the above requirements they should consider biometrics, smart cards, or any number of physical security methods. Not longer passwords.
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I have never in my life seen a movie with such bad accents. While I admit I haven't driven to Fargo yet, I've been as to Grand Forks and I don't remember anybody sounding that stupid...
Now, just replace fool with please and your done.
This is comparable to choosing to implement something other than Electric Fence in C; the impact on the entire community is negligable. If I choose to use a different logger it will not seriously impact anyone outside of the development group. It may mean the default is less than optimal, and people will use it without knowing there is an alternative which is better, but these are the same people who wouldn't know such a library existed now anyway.
He obsesed over it.
Course, then he went on to obsess over Quake...
In the U.S.? Yeah, right, and I've got a moon plot to sell you.
Don't get me wrong, the U.S. isn't like a 3rd world country when it comes to its phone system. But I've heard enough complaints about US phone service to think it has to be at the bottom of a list of First world countries.
No offence. But your Telephone companies don't sell telephone service, they sell utter frustration.
Unless you have a subscription.
I won't discuss Basic. It's an abomination as a teaching language.
Pascal was good because it had constraints, and was well structured.
IBM 360 forces you to understand the basics before you can do anything else.
All of these have there place for different types of courses.
With decent course material each of these languages can be used to teach without worrying the students will get over their heads too fast. (It's difficult to jump ahead in IBM 360 without understanding, with Pascal the structure is quite simple, etc.)
A language like C is impossible for beginners to grasp. They can quickly get over their head with bugs they cannot even comprehend yet. You have to be able to take small steps to build on the ideas.
Java, I think, can fit nicely in this. You won't have to worry about core dumps while your trying to teach simpler concepts.
The problems with C++ relate back to C, it is quite possible to shoot yourself in the foot in such a way it is very difficult to find the problem without a through understanding of C/C++ and the program as written. Sometimes difficult to do with some students programs.
I knew C quite well before I attended college, I help a number of students that were learning it, they found it difficult, or impossible to debug if they made a mistake with an unintended pointer issue.
Fixing it for them doesn't help their understanding, and, in general, they don't have the background at that point to understand it enough to fix it themselves.
(Keeping in mind this was on a 3-6week course in C, not 2 years...)
sorry for the confusion, but there is a distinction.
It isn't a rumour, its utter speculation without verification. It can be proven to be true, so, unless your prepared to prove it, why spread the rumour?
Some poeple in North America travel that far to work every day.
Thats the big difference between North America and European drivers.
These experts point out that if gasoline were not already established as an irreplaceable part of modern life, it would probably never be approved as a fuel in today's regulatory environment. Hydrogen, although not nearly as dangerous, has scared people ever since the Hindenburg airship disaster more than half a century ago. When hydrogen leaks, the gas tends to rise and dissipate, unlike heavy gasoline vapors, which tend to gather in low places and wait for unsuspecting victims to touch them off.
Article
Carefully watch the footage of the Hindenburg and you'll note it was the canvas and it's coating which is the significant source of flames after the first second. The hydrogen wasn't the problem.
Patents are public documents. People like saying companies buy up the patents and then noone can use them, what they often forget is that the patent can atleast be referenced.
A lot of conspiracy nuts have hid behind this misunderstanding for 50 years.
500 miles is the point where there are few, if any arguments against fuel cells.
What isn't mentioned is the amount of fuel required to do it.
Hybrid technology is a stepping stone anyway. If we continue to use gasoline for a while so people switch to fuelcell, so be it. But, once all the cars on the road are fuelcell based it would be possible to switch over to hydrogen at the pumps.
While they may help reduce pain, they do not do it by blocking the pain receptors. (either at the nerves, or in your head).
I've used Mice from other companies, but I prefer Microsoft. I like their keyboards (mostly, the first ergonomics were awfull; but I dislike all ergonomic keyboards since I don't touchtype).
Now if they could just get out of the OS business...
I have every reason to believe it is a combination of things, including stress which causes it. When people are stressed they tend to stiffen up their muscles, they tend not to relax them and I think this creates the environment for the problem to show up.
There is also the possibility it may in some cases be caused by another ilness, something similar to the flu and which simply agitates the system causing what would otherwise be ignored and quickly go away to get worse.
I had to quit playing Black & White because of it. I bet I could start playing it a few days from now (currently dehydrated a bit from a recent flu) and it wouldn't bother me much, if at all.
When I start feeling any symptoms I tend to change my posture, I change how I do tasks and, I event went so far as to remove my wristwatch. I happen to wear my watch on my right wrist, and I the same hand for the mouse. Sometimes this causes problems; and the watch restricts my movement.
Decent keyboards, realistic posture, and less stress (I expect I'll have the same job tomorrow I have today.. unlike 5 years ago... etc) are probably the main reason it has disapeared.
Please look further into the word Science, and it's applications.
Do 2 drives at a time by writing to a drive on each of the IDE channels. (Not entirly supported by some low-level support chips; the bastards sometimes still treat it like it has 1 channel and flips between the two...damn cheapass chipsets).
Remove all the HD, process them, when done put them in a box marked completed... distribute the computers with the drives, and/or, re-install them.
Bad news... many IDE drives require data to exists outside of the space for user data. This is for head alignment, etc. Some drives do support re-creation of this data, others do not and a general whipe like that may leave them dead.
If I drop a packet sniffer on that network, what do you think I get?
EVERYTHING.
A switch isn't a real solution to that either, unless All the switches are configured correctly and securely I would only need 1 to get packets directed onto the 'secure' network.
While you don't want a single point of failure in a network, you also don't want to leave all the doors and windows open.
SkyCable uses a radio link for it's service and offers the same features as cable service does in Urban areas.
Not that there are not alternatives to this, but rather there isn't a commodity part they can use to do it.
If the company you work for wants to exceed the above requirements they should consider biometrics, smart cards, or any number of physical security methods. Not longer passwords.
The standard keyboard doesn't have the appropriate characters.
(Not to say you CANNOT do it, but rather the 26 characters on your keyboard are not actually enough.)