I have determined that you are in the UK, via a simple observation of your web site information (snark.freeserve.co.uk). Whoops! Am I going to be sued for some kind of patent infringment?
I don't think it was that big of a spoiler. I never read the novels, but I went to see LotR at the theater. After Gandalf fell ito the chasm, I thought about it a bit and determined that he was not dead. My reasoning?
We did not see him actually die
He seemed too important to the plot
So, I was not at all surprised to see him in the trailer.
Speaking of a bundle with "free" stuff, I was at Sam's Club yesterday, and of course headed straight to the XBox display to see what they were doing since the price cut. They had a bundle with Halo, one other game (duh, can't remember which one - NFL game maybe?), and the DVD Player remote for $320. Not really such a deal if I don't like the games.
Sigh... No 32MB video memory option...
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The upcoming Jaguar update to MacOS X will require 32MB of video memory for "optimum" performance, but this iBook update will not allow such a configuration (I did not see any such option at the Apple Store). Too bad. I am interested in buying an iBook, but this looks like a glaring oversight.
The last time I looked into it, it required a security clearance to work at WPAFB. Is that something that is easy to get if you are as squeaky-clean as I am? 8^)
The job market suddenly became very tight here in Columbus, OH. When my last contract ran out five weeks ago, I didn't realize that it would be so hard to find another position, but here I am, still sending out resumes.
Oh, and I am a decent coder with 18+ years of experience. I can imagine how hard it is going to be for the lackeys to find something...
But what evidence does the BSA have that you are under the quasi-legal EULA?
"Hello, we're the BSA, and we're guessing that you have 10,000 copies of Microsoft Office. That gives us the right to come in and audit all of your systems. Move over, please!"
It was a seriously over-ambitious system. The electronics were too expensive (hence the loss), and (likely in an attempt to compensate) the other parts were cheap and poorly designed. When you pick up a Dreamcast controller in your hands, it screams "Piece of junk!" through your fingers.
ACK!! I regularly "pick up my Dreamcast controller" (I own several) and all that it screams is "Use me! Love me! Play a game!". It is a great controller, it feels solid, and plays responsively, not at all a piece of junk. Both I and my 5-year-old son can use it comfortably. The quality of the console is also first-rate, and I'll be enjoying my DOZENS of great games for years to come.
As a developer for 18+ years, I have developed good enough work habits that I don't need any artificial "zone", or whatever, to get or keep me motivated. If a developer cannot sit down and start being productive in whatever environment that they find themselves in, then the person either does not have a challenging enough assignment, or enough training or experience for the challenge.
I could just use the same login and password at every site, right now, and accomplish the same thing!
Don't we all wish! Only if you come up with some realy obscure/unique user ID that no one else will ever use on any site that you might wish to register on. I mean, come on, the name GreenLight is mine! You wouldn't believe, though, how many sites that I try to register on where my name is already taken by some imposter 8^)
Open Source wins in the midst of this travesty?
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If they build copy protection in at the hardware level, it will still be relying on whatever software that you have to utilize it, correct? I mean, M$ Media Player et. al. will surely be making certain that whatever you are trying to listen to is "legal" or whatever.
Open Source software should be free to ignore whatever protection schemes may be built into the hardware.
Until it becomes illegal to write software that doesn't utilize the hardware, I guess. Won't that be a wicked twist! As it is right now, it is illegal to "circumvent" someone's copy protection scheme; the next step will be to make it illegal to not implement such schemes in your software!
Umm, at a live auction, if you jump in at "going twice", then the item is no longer going to be sold in a few seconds. Others bidders can outbid you at their leisure.
It is much different on eBay, where there is a "hard" limit on the auction duration, and after that time has expired, then no more bids will be accepted.
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I tried that on MacOS X 10.1.5, here is what it told me:
Welcome to Darwin!
[localhost:~] tkm% perl -MCPAN -e 'install J/JH/JHI/perl-5.8.0.tar.gz'
Illegal division by zero at -e line 1.
I guess that your example needs some more work, or else I do...
I have determined that you are in the UK, via a simple observation of your web site information (snark.freeserve.co.uk).
Whoops! Am I going to be sued for some kind of patent infringment?
- We did not see him actually die
- He seemed too important to the plot
So, I was not at all surprised to see him in the trailer.Operating System: Optional
Unless you are about to install a "free" operating system on your Cow-box, you aren't finished with your pricing comparison...
the law won't allow them to run Linux
Who on Earth moderated this post up??? It's an idiotic troll, hardly "insightful".
Well, for one thing it totally ignores Nintendo's franchise. It's like the poster never heard of Mario, Zeldo, the Fox thingy, Metroid...
To think that Nintendo will disappear because M$ has an entry in the field is a bit unrealistic.
Speaking of a bundle with "free" stuff, I was at Sam's Club yesterday, and of course headed straight to the XBox display to see what they were doing since the price cut. They had a bundle with Halo, one other game (duh, can't remember which one - NFL game maybe?), and the DVD Player remote for $320. Not really such a deal if I don't like the games.
The upcoming Jaguar update to MacOS X will require 32MB of video memory for "optimum" performance, but this iBook update will not allow such a configuration (I did not see any such option at the Apple Store). Too bad. I am interested in buying an iBook, but this looks like a glaring oversight.
Oh, you are just browsing with too low of a threshold 8^)
I guess that you didn't read the article. This release is about PERFORMANCE!
From what everyone is saying (at least those who have used it), performance is incredibly snappy. This is what OS X users have been waiting for.
Clueless moderators!
Hint: This should be "-1: Troll", not "+1: Informative"
The last time I looked into it, it required a security clearance to work at WPAFB. Is that something that is easy to get if you are as squeaky-clean as I am? 8^)
The job market suddenly became very tight here in Columbus, OH. When my last contract ran out five weeks ago, I didn't realize that it would be so hard to find another position, but here I am, still sending out resumes.
Oh, and I am a decent coder with 18+ years of experience. I can imagine how hard it is going to be for the lackeys to find something...
I like typing cat door better.
Umm, yep, you're right, you haven't read the article...
This Steganography has nothing to do with your skull, which we now have to wonder about (your skull, that is).
But what evidence does the BSA have that you are under the quasi-legal EULA?
"Hello, we're the BSA, and we're guessing that you have 10,000 copies of Microsoft Office. That gives us the right to come in and audit all of your systems. Move over, please!"
It was a seriously over-ambitious system. The electronics were too expensive (hence the loss), and (likely in an attempt to compensate) the other parts were cheap and poorly designed. When you pick up a Dreamcast controller in your hands, it screams "Piece of junk!" through your fingers.
ACK!! I regularly "pick up my Dreamcast controller" (I own several) and all that it screams is "Use me! Love me! Play a game!". It is a great controller, it feels solid, and plays responsively, not at all a piece of junk. Both I and my 5-year-old son can use it comfortably. The quality of the console is also first-rate, and I'll be enjoying my DOZENS of great games for years to come.
How does it help to post a link to a story that might be /.'ed?
Yeah, and there's a lot of source code that I wouldn't want my kid to see either...
As a developer for 18+ years, I have developed good enough work habits that I don't need any artificial "zone", or whatever, to get or keep me motivated. If a developer cannot sit down and start being productive in whatever environment that they find themselves in, then the person either does not have a challenging enough assignment, or enough training or experience for the challenge.
Yeah, and they also cut the bottom of the sign so that the whole thing looks like the letter 'T' (or a cross without the top).
I've been seeing less of the signs now, though, at least along Brice Rd. where they were a terrible plague...
I could just use the same login and password at every site, right now, and accomplish the same thing!
Don't we all wish! Only if you come up with some realy obscure/unique user ID that no one else will ever use on any site that you might wish to register on. I mean, come on, the name GreenLight is mine! You wouldn't believe, though, how many sites that I try to register on where my name is already taken by some imposter 8^)
If they build copy protection in at the hardware level, it will still be relying on whatever software that you have to utilize it, correct? I mean, M$ Media Player et. al. will surely be making certain that whatever you are trying to listen to is "legal" or whatever.
Open Source software should be free to ignore whatever protection schemes may be built into the hardware.
Until it becomes illegal to write software that doesn't utilize the hardware, I guess. Won't that be a wicked twist! As it is right now, it is illegal to "circumvent" someone's copy protection scheme; the next step will be to make it illegal to not implement such schemes in your software!
Just my thoughts on the matter...
No, sorry, MacOS X does not come with AppleWorks. I should know, I bought the retail version for $130.
Umm, at a live auction, if you jump in at "going twice", then the item is no longer going to be sold in a few seconds. Others bidders can outbid you at their leisure. It is much different on eBay, where there is a "hard" limit on the auction duration, and after that time has expired, then no more bids will be accepted.