For megalomaniac, control freak, world domination personalities it's not about how much money you have. It's about how many people you can control or destroy.
You've heard it said that no one ever says on their deathbed that they wished they'd spent more time at the office? I'll bet Gates or Ballmer would say that.
When Microsoft first introduced WinFS in 2003, the company said it would include a new synchronization engine that could index a host of disparate Windows files
I recall the guy who discovered prions saying he tried various methods to try to destroy them, including subjecting them to high heat. They survived. They aren't alive so they can't be killed. I don't think he tried any protein-digesting enzyme.
I just hope they don't pour the blood tests down the drain. Even routine medical waste disposal procedures probably aren't adequate.
You must be too busy watching sports (the new opium for the masses), and are not paying attention. What with the housing bubble, credit bubble, budget deficit, trade deficit, and God know what else, we will either have hyperinflation or a deflationary depression, maybe as early as 2006. I guess you missed the report last year that the monetary obligations of the US government are about $44 trillion (sorry, no link, look it up yourself). Either way, I don't think anyone will be paying anone off in 10 years.
Oh yeah, even if we don't have an economic meltdown, with global warming we will probably either have desertification of most of the planet or a new ice age (a la Day After Tomorrow).
Now you can return to your regularly scheduled programming.
OK, maybe this isn't the material, but could nanotubes be used? If they could be constructed so they become rigid when compressed, maybe like a geodesic dome? Buckyballs?
I'm thinking of a blimp that has more lift than nydrogen, and has no danger of exploding.
The story goes that when Dennis Ritchie was asked what he would do differently if he had to do Unix over, he said "I would spell 'creat' with a second 'e'."
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and prepare to move to India if you want a job.
How long until Micro$oft puts pressure on PC manufacturers to only allow Windows?
"You are only allowed to run Microsoft products on this hardware."
Even worse would be to only allow certain versions of the OS. New version of Windows comes out and you have to buy a new computer.
For megalomaniac, control freak, world domination personalities it's not about how much money you have. It's about how many people you can control or destroy.
You've heard it said that no one ever says on their deathbed that they wished they'd spent more time at the office? I'll bet Gates or Ballmer would say that.
What makes you think they ALL disappeared?
"I work in a *very* big company (can't say right now, in the office... but we're possibly the biggest on Earth by at least one metric)"
Microsoft?
Or maybe they have the fattest employees?
They could have save a lot of money by running Linux on a bunch of old 486's.
When Microsoft first introduced WinFS in 2003, the company said it would include a new synchronization engine that could index a host of disparate Windows files
I'll bet it is based on the Unix 'file' command.
And here I thought it was all about the Pentiums.
I recall the guy who discovered prions saying he tried various methods to try to destroy them, including subjecting them to high heat. They survived. They aren't alive so they can't be killed. I don't think he tried any protein-digesting enzyme.
I just hope they don't pour the blood tests down the drain. Even routine medical waste disposal procedures probably aren't adequate.
They can't be easily destroyed. How do they plan to dispose of them?
OpenOffice 2.0 vs MS Office Anything on Linux.
... well, we are still waiting.
Under Linux OO2.0 can do .
MSOffice
There you have it folks.
I guess I can stop packing my bags.
Do you really think these guys would give their really choice ideas for free?
Like 'hype' if you are from New York City.
Thank you. Of course $1.98 might be a little bit extreme. How about $10.98?
You must be too busy watching sports (the new opium for the masses), and are not paying attention. What with the housing bubble, credit bubble, budget deficit, trade deficit, and God know what else, we will either have hyperinflation or a deflationary depression, maybe as early as 2006. I guess you missed the report last year that the monetary obligations of the US government are about $44 trillion (sorry, no link, look it up yourself). Either way, I don't think anyone will be paying anone off in 10 years.
Oh yeah, even if we don't have an economic meltdown, with global warming we will probably either have desertification of most of the planet or a new ice age (a la Day After Tomorrow).
Now you can return to your regularly scheduled programming.
$10,000 will be worth about $1.98 in today's dollars, due to the coming hyperinflation.
nydrogen ?
OK, maybe this isn't the material, but could nanotubes be used? If they could be constructed so they become rigid when compressed, maybe like a geodesic dome? Buckyballs?
I'm thinking of a blimp that has more lift than nydrogen, and has no danger of exploding.
The story goes that when Dennis Ritchie was asked what he would do differently if he had to do Unix over, he said "I would spell 'creat' with a second 'e'."
I you could build a strong enough sphere out of this stuff and pump out all the air, would it have more lift than the equivalent volume of hydrogen?
Maybe they can creat a bionic spell checker.
And I guess I'll need it when they do.
Maybe they can creat a bionic spell checker.
Also, the obligatory:
I'd like to see a Biowulf cluster of these.
All your biohacks are belong to us!
You still have to physically open the book?
I hope they use Windoze(tm). Imagine all those blue-screened slots.