Umm... I know! "Are you alive?" packets! Uh... yeah! Just flood the network with 'em! It's the Microsoft Way(tm)! That means that it is the right thing to d... augh! No! Put down that two-by-f...ow! Ow ow ow ow ow!
This seems a bit odd to me... I mean, how hard could it be? Client sends "Lock this file" message to server, server locks file (if not already locked), sends back "Okay, you got it!" message back to client. Am I missing something obvious?
If you're dead, does it really even matter? You're just a bunch of decaying organic matter at that point -- food for worms, bugs, and microorganisms. You aren't you anymore.
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Build a railway around the moon and have the telescope mounted on a train that makes one revolution of the planet every 29.5 of your puny Earth days.
That is the coolest "telescope on the moon" idea I have ever heard.
but even then, anyone that has used windows for 6 months or so can figure out how to click on the start button and lauch the app that they want.
The hell it does! I work in tech support and the vast majority of users don't realize that they can find their programs in Start->Programs. If it ain't on the desktop, they don't run it.
Jupiter appears that large because when you zoom in at that magnitude objects appear as if they were closer together. Don't believe me? Go grab a video camera and try it out.
The behaviour that I'm getting is a bit different: The time is always accurate but the clock itself will vanish and stay gone until a reboot is performed.
I used to do telephone surveys. (Bad economy! I needed the job!) Since we actually weren't selling anything we'd press 1 and go through.
One lady I called had an unlisted number. She was really upset and asked how we were able to call her. I explained that we were using an autodialer that dialed numbers at random.
She then said, and I quote, "Well, what I want to know is how can you randomly dial an unlisted number!!", and then abruptly hung up.
Good thing to, since I started laughing my ass off at that point.
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Umm... I know! "Are you alive?" packets! Uh... yeah! Just flood the network with 'em! It's the Microsoft Way(tm)! That means that it is the right thing to d... augh! No! Put down that two-by-f...ow! Ow ow ow ow ow!
This seems a bit odd to me... I mean, how hard could it be? Client sends "Lock this file" message to server, server locks file (if not already locked), sends back "Okay, you got it!" message back to client. Am I missing something obvious?
If you're dead, does it really even matter? You're just a bunch of decaying organic matter at that point -- food for worms, bugs, and microorganisms. You aren't you anymore.
Build a railway around the moon and have the telescope mounted on a train that makes one revolution of the planet every 29.5 of your puny Earth days.
That is the coolest "telescope on the moon" idea I have ever heard.
All spheres spontaniously grow temporary arms. Didn't you know that?
This... this is what's wrong with education today! They don't teach young'uns anything anymore!
That depends on your definition of "soon", now doesn't it...
GW Bush. There's your fourth.
Shouldn't that read: 'A 16" gun can shoot a Volkswagon 352 football fields'?
More like 20, what with the ginormous font they use.
Oh, and green. The text has to be green!
but even then, anyone that has used windows for 6 months or so can figure out how to click on the start button and lauch the app that they want.
The hell it does! I work in tech support and the vast majority of users don't realize that they can find their programs in Start->Programs. If it ain't on the desktop, they don't run it.
Or you could run Mozilla and not get pop-ups at all!
$4 $10? NO! That's not true! That's IMPOSSIBLE!
Jupiter appears that large because when you zoom in at that magnitude objects appear as if they were closer together. Don't believe me? Go grab a video camera and try it out.
I actually have (in a box in my room) Lotus 123 for the PCjr. A few floppies and two cartridges!
Unfortunately, the PCjr itself died a few years back.
This stinks... If you thought the Microsoft tax was bad, get ready for the RIAA tax!
Wait a sec... don't the RIAA and the MPAA already make a bit of money off of each CD-R(W) (and other digital media) sold?
Why... that means I've already paid for the right to pirate!
(I doubt that would stand up in court, but it makes sense to me.)
$0 +/- $0.00
I asked it "What is a toekn ring" and it replied by opening up "google" and doing a search for token ring
Sounds pretty damned smart to me. Now if it had opend up MSN...
Besides, the calculations for making the aforementioned boobies look smooth and round are beyond your average FPU-less cellphone.
That's what fixed-point integer routines are for!
How's the job market up there?
I had to move to another state and my pay went from $50,000 a year to $17,000 a year.
Ramen consumption has gone up. Way up.
The behaviour that I'm getting is a bit different: The time is always accurate but the clock itself will vanish and stay gone until a reboot is performed.
So your clock randomly vanishes too, eh?
I used to do telephone surveys. (Bad economy! I needed the job!) Since we actually weren't selling anything we'd press 1 and go through.
One lady I called had an unlisted number. She was really upset and asked how we were able to call her. I explained that we were using an autodialer that dialed numbers at random.
She then said, and I quote, "Well, what I want to know is how can you randomly dial an unlisted number!!", and then abruptly hung up. Good thing to, since I started laughing my ass off at that point.
I wouldn't know... not enough slashdotters in Missoula, MT!
They aren't?
*blink*
You're sure?