I have a copy of that somewhere. It appeared around 1998-99 in some computer magazine. I had that posted in my cube years ago. It should be in all my old cube stuff from that era. (Packed in a box and forgotten...)
Seems every week some company comes up with a way to detect copyright violations or terrorists or naughty pictures or some other buzzworthy topic that will get them paid suitcases full of money.
Until I see some sort of evidence that they can do it, I rank the claims along with those who claim that they can tell what people are thinking by where they scratch.
Part of the opposition to Macs by IT people is due to outdated information.
When they think of Macs, they think of MacOS instead of OS X. Mac OS was a horrid abomination of an operating system with a usable GUI. OS X (as of 10.3.4 or so) is a very powerful and useful Unix with a useful GUI. It has some odd quirks (most of which are due to shoehorning many Macisms into BSD), but it is a BIG improvement over what went before it.
Given a preference between Windows and the Mac, I will use a Mac. Given a choice to run whatever I want, I will still use Linux over either of them.
How is this "humane"? Inflicting wide area pain at a distance is somehow better than delivering it in person? (It will not be long before we hear about this being used on confined prisoners.)
People remember what you do to them. If you make them suffer, they are not going to thank you for it later. This is going to be just another reason for people to hate the US. (Like we have not given them enough Shock and Awe already...)
How long before it gets used on US citizens? Protest and find out!
The reason that IT jobs were exported to India in the first place is that US employers did not want to pay US wages. It is the same reason the want exemptions to import workers. So they can pay them sub-standard wages and deport them if they get uppity.
Until employers get over the slave owner mentality and start paying people fairly for their work, they are going to have a hard time finding good people.
O'Reilly has all sorts of "interesting" trademarks. They have trademarked the Camel on the Perl books. (You know, the one(s) taken from the Dover Animals clipart book.) They will trademark just about anything if they think it will give them an "edge".
I wonder just how much they pay to Dover for all the clipart they use on their covers that have been taken from Dover clipart books. Damn little I bet.
I remember when CDs came out. The labels pulled all sorts of renegotiation tricks to pay less money on CDs compared with vinyl. One of the excuses was that it was a "new technology".
If the RIAA really wanted to go after music thieves, they would be sueing the record labels.
one might say people who continue to work for such companies or in such conditions are idiots and just stressing themselves. This is either true (in a lot of cases) or just short-sighted (in many others).
Or they have a mortgage and not enough saved to sit out a couple of weeks while payroll catches up.
I have worked for a couple of companies that worked hard to keep their employees on a close enough financial edge so they could not leave and did not have enough money to hire legal council. I would not be surprised if MBAs are taught to do that on purpose.
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I have a copy of that somewhere. It appeared around 1998-99 in some computer magazine. I had that posted in my cube years ago. It should be in all my old cube stuff from that era. (Packed in a box and forgotten...)
It was pretty obvious that the Monkey Island sequel would never be released. It does not take place in the Star Wars universe.
Lucas Arts only sells Star Wars games these days. That is all that their sales and marketing people know.
Sam and Max fans already know that. Time for the Monkey island fans to learn that lesson as well.
Seems every week some company comes up with a way to detect copyright violations or terrorists or naughty pictures or some other buzzworthy topic that will get them paid suitcases full of money.
Until I see some sort of evidence that they can do it, I rank the claims along with those who claim that they can tell what people are thinking by where they scratch.
What happened?
AJAX/Web 2.0/CSS/[Insert Buzzword here].
People wanted more and more bells and whistles in page rendering.
Try reading Slashdot with a 199x era web browser. I doubt it will work very well.
The nature of the web has grown in complexity from the httpd 0.9 days and so have the tools needed to view them.
Electronic gadgets are not as big of a distraction as driving with children.
You can turn off gadgets, but you cannot turn off your children. (Well, you can, but they tend to not come back on and it voids the warrenty.)
Until they outlaw children in cars these accidents will continue to happen.
Part of the opposition to Macs by IT people is due to outdated information.
When they think of Macs, they think of MacOS instead of OS X. Mac OS was a horrid abomination of an operating system with a usable GUI. OS X (as of 10.3.4 or so) is a very powerful and useful Unix with a useful GUI. It has some odd quirks (most of which are due to shoehorning many Macisms into BSD), but it is a BIG improvement over what went before it.
Given a preference between Windows and the Mac, I will use a Mac. Given a choice to run whatever I want, I will still use Linux over either of them.
I would fix the patent system the same way a vet fixes a cat.
Sounds like a "Breakout" product to me.
Nothing can live in Lutefisk.
How is this "humane"? Inflicting wide area pain at a distance is somehow better than delivering it in person? (It will not be long before we hear about this being used on confined prisoners.)
People remember what you do to them. If you make them suffer, they are not going to thank you for it later. This is going to be just another reason for people to hate the US. (Like we have not given them enough Shock and Awe already...)
How long before it gets used on US citizens? Protest and find out!
He should roll up the humans in a large ball and give them as an offering to the King of the Cosmos.
The reason that IT jobs were exported to India in the first place is that US employers did not want to pay US wages. It is the same reason the want exemptions to import workers. So they can pay them sub-standard wages and deport them if they get uppity.
Until employers get over the slave owner mentality and start paying people fairly for their work, they are going to have a hard time finding good people.
Goverment helping people or doing nice things for them is Socialism. Socialism is BAD.
Throwing them to the wolves, however is not Socialism, therefore it must be good.
As has already been pointed out, this is NOT a Merit badge, it is a patch.
But if it is a patch to something that is proprietary, isn't that a violation of the license?
I have considered getting the Wii, but I have not seen anything in the initial game list that was a "must have" for me.
Can anyone name a game that will be a must have or should I just stick with my PS/2?
Why do I get the Iraqi word for "Childcare" when I say "Kidnapping"?
The new slogan:
"Everybody WIIs"
"What have I got in my pockets".
"But pity staid his hand.
"It is a pity I have run out of bullets."."
- Bored of the Rings
The reason these kids are inside playing games is they are not welcome outside.
If they play outside, either their parents get too worried about their kids being "safe" or they are viewed as a threat by the adult population.
Every time kids find something to do that is not a church or school approved ultra-supervised activity, they get hassled for it. (Or worse.)
If they find a place to skateboard, they get hastled by cops or property owners.
If they go to the mall to hang out, they get hastled by security guards.
There are no places where a kid can go to play without getting crap for it.
Fix that problem, without the overbearing supervision that most authoritarians want, and they might play less video games.
O'Reilly has all sorts of "interesting" trademarks. They have trademarked the Camel on the Perl books. (You know, the one(s) taken from the Dover Animals clipart book.) They will trademark just about anything if they think it will give them an "edge".
I wonder just how much they pay to Dover for all the clipart they use on their covers that have been taken from Dover clipart books. Damn little I bet.
I remember when CDs came out. The labels pulled all sorts of renegotiation tricks to pay less money on CDs compared with vinyl. One of the excuses was that it was a "new technology".
If the RIAA really wanted to go after music thieves, they would be sueing the record labels.
one might say people who continue to work for such companies or in such conditions are idiots and just stressing themselves. This is either true (in a lot of cases) or just short-sighted (in many others).
Or they have a mortgage and not enough saved to sit out a couple of weeks while payroll catches up.
I have worked for a couple of companies that worked hard to keep their employees on a close enough financial edge so they could not leave and did not have enough money to hire legal council. I would not be surprised if MBAs are taught to do that on purpose.
That will work... until someone patents the Wiki.
The people I know on the kernel list influence people by actually doing work, and lots of it.
Open Source is a Meritocracy. If you don't do good work, people ignore you.
We don't listen to talking heads and know-nothing managers. We leave that to Microsoft.
They are patenting the idea of taking a published book and turning it into a movie.