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Won't these people learn? Didn't they see the Terminator? Don't they know if they build this it will come back and bite them in the ass? Haven't I asked enough questions for one post?
I did that as well, except I strapped my binoculars to the top of my video camera. With the eyepiece of the binoculars pointing the same direction as the lens of the camera, I was able to video the eclipse as it showed on the white paper, where the image was being projected. Worked great!
is to put SQL Server on a port other than 1433. Of course for an existing installation, this could be a major change. But if you're setting up a new SQL Server, use another port. This is assuming you are using SQL Server and not another superior database product (like Oracle).
It's interesting that when Episode I came out around the same time as the Matrix, the consensus was that the Matrix was the better movie. This time around it's Spider man and the winner is... not Star Wars.
There would be areas of Antarctica that would be more like Mars than Utah with a constant hostile environment due to the extreme cold. You would only need a place not constantly covered in ice. Of course the abundantly rich oxygen and no radiation are other problems in simulating Mars here on Earth. Perhaps the best way to simulate Mars with be through some bio dome like structure with virtual reality.
The other big question of course is "Why". Why do this at all? Do people really think simulating and then visiting Mars is a possible step in permanent habitation? Our only chance of survival in THIS solar system is here on earth. And any planets revolving around other stars are too far away for us, right now. It's a disservice to get everyones hopes up for living on Mars.
NT is one or more steps behind VMS. Some people who were only users of VMS didn't like it because it had a clunky command line interface. BUT, under the hood, VMS was an awesome operating system. I know because I took many internals classes, and worked with it for many years as an operator, system manager, DBA, and programmer. A large reason for it not being more successful was that DEC had no marketing intelligence whatsoever. Their engineers, on the other hand, were the best. Did you know that VMS had clustering in the 1980's? Everyone else is still struggling to get that right.
"And through Windows NT, you can see it throughout the design. In a weak sense, it is a form of Unix."
Actually, Windows NT was built very much like VMS, the operating system for the VAX built by DEC. David Cutler, one of the main architects for VMS, was hired by Microsoft to build Windows NT. The name Windows NT itself is one of those HAL like play on letters where each letter is the VMS letter plus 1.
WNT
VMS
It's painfully obvious the patent office is not going to change their ways after seeing patent after patent issued without checking for prior art. Perhaps a way around that would be to push for a law that would require a "quiet period" for filing lawsuits related to the patent following the issuance of a patent. How long did this company wait after receiving the patent before filing the lawsuit, a couple of weeks?
When a company (or person) receives a patent, they have to wait at least 1 year before dragging anyone into court related to that patent. That will give the court of public opinion (slashdot) time to find and point out the mistake to the patent office and hopefully they will make amends.
What did you do when you graduated high school (assuming you did graduate high school)? You were faced with a choice then, college or work. You obviously chose to go straight after the money at that time. I did not. I knew at that time that a college degree would mean much more in the long run, so I chose college. You sound like a get rich quick kind of guy, which is not a problem, but you can't shortcut a college degree. There is no substitute for hard work and for putting your time in. If you work for someone else, i.e. do not own your own company, sooner or later you will hit the salary ceiling because you do not have a degree, and to get a degree means putting your time in NOW. 3-4 years of college to get a degree is not unreasonable.
If we do donate to the EFF and the like, what are they prepared to do? Do they have a lobby in DC to pull back the ears of the congressman and get some real results? Like it or not, hardly any congressmen read email or snail mail. They have staff people read and summarize what they receive. The only thing those guys hear is cash registers, cha-ching! And a lobby in DC for the EFF or some other similarly minded organization is the only way to effect real change.
Let's wildly speculate here. At M$, they put on the glossy brochure to attest to the security of XP, all the while "engineering" large backdoors in the security. 98% of the population loads the product, BEFORE THE FIRST SERVICE PACK for cryin' out loud. M$ now has control over many systems and can glean whatever knowledge they want, perhaps even plant other code. When an independent organization or person finds and discloses the gaping security hole, they switch to the "feign concern" mode. Shortly after, they have a fix for it, something they work working on from the beginning. They still have a load of PC users who will never load the SP or patch, where they still have access to SYSTEM account. It would also not be surprising they use the knowldge gained from those machines to feed marketing data folks, probably a sweet deal for them.
Repeat after me... Job security is a fallacy. It does not exist. It never has and it never will. It is supposed to be your protection from being laid off, right? If your company has any least little bit of financial struggle and they want to appease Wall Street, LAYOFFS. You're not safe. "Job security" is a lousy excuse for not commenting your code.
Well, it looks like the moderation gods were kind to you!
I totally agree with you. It is Lucas we have to blame for fast food/toy promotions and the shameless pushing of merchandise for movies. I wouldn't mind movies without the $100 million price tag in lieu of not having to endure the countless commercials and shelf space awarded to these extensions of the movie industry/entertainment industry/record industry/pick your money-grubbing industry and replace it here.
Just because the news media has never reported that Micro$oft has done this, do you think this means that they in fact have not? I don't. Not for a second. M$ will do anything to take advantage of a situation. The fact that it has not been reported shows either:
1) They are good at hiding it, or 2) They're paying off the news media to not report it
Oracle getting caught doing this does not bother me in the least.
Think it through SLOWLY. On the musical staff, B comes BEFORE C going up, therefore B is BELOW C. D comes AFTER C, therefore a half step up from C (C# or C-sharp) is the same as a half step down from D (Db or D-flat)
I would call this the "extinguish" phase from M$ for Java. In reality, they are not extinguishing Java but instead they are extinguishing their own credibility with respect to programming languages.
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Won't these people learn? Didn't they see the Terminator? Don't they know if they build this it will come back and bite them in the ass? Haven't I asked enough questions for one post?
I did that as well, except I strapped my binoculars to the top of my video camera. With the eyepiece of the binoculars pointing the same direction as the lens of the camera, I was able to video the eclipse as it showed on the white paper, where the image was being projected. Worked great!
is to put SQL Server on a port other than 1433. Of course for an existing installation, this could be a major change. But if you're setting up a new SQL Server, use another port. This is assuming you are using SQL Server and not another superior database product (like Oracle).
It's interesting that when Episode I came out around the same time as the Matrix, the consensus was that the Matrix was the better movie. This time around it's Spider man and the winner is... not Star Wars.
This whole submission should be moderated as "Irrelevant"
Well let's examine this.
Enron Field
Compaq Center
If you work for Reliant Energy, be afraid. Be very afraid.
HPQ, what does that stand for, Hewlett-Paqard?
There would be areas of Antarctica that would be more like Mars than Utah with a constant hostile environment due to the extreme cold. You would only need a place not constantly covered in ice. Of course the abundantly rich oxygen and no radiation are other problems in simulating Mars here on Earth. Perhaps the best way to simulate Mars with be through some bio dome like structure with virtual reality.
The other big question of course is "Why". Why do this at all? Do people really think simulating and then visiting Mars is a possible step in permanent habitation? Our only chance of survival in THIS solar system is here on earth. And any planets revolving around other stars are too far away for us, right now. It's a disservice to get everyones hopes up for living on Mars.
NT is one or more steps behind VMS. Some people who were only users of VMS didn't like it because it had a clunky command line interface. BUT, under the hood, VMS was an awesome operating system. I know because I took many internals classes, and worked with it for many years as an operator, system manager, DBA, and programmer. A large reason for it not being more successful was that DEC had no marketing intelligence whatsoever. Their engineers, on the other hand, were the best. Did you know that VMS had clustering in the 1980's? Everyone else is still struggling to get that right.
"And through Windows NT, you can see it throughout the design. In a weak sense, it is a form of Unix."
Actually, Windows NT was built very much like VMS, the operating system for the VAX built by DEC. David Cutler, one of the main architects for VMS, was hired by Microsoft to build Windows NT. The name Windows NT itself is one of those HAL like play on letters where each letter is the VMS letter plus 1. WNT VMS
It's painfully obvious the patent office is not going to change their ways after seeing patent after patent issued without checking for prior art. Perhaps a way around that would be to push for a law that would require a "quiet period" for filing lawsuits related to the patent following the issuance of a patent. How long did this company wait after receiving the patent before filing the lawsuit, a couple of weeks?
When a company (or person) receives a patent, they have to wait at least 1 year before dragging anyone into court related to that patent. That will give the court of public opinion (slashdot) time to find and point out the mistake to the patent office and hopefully they will make amends.
I've been walking erect since I first saw that Farrah Fawcett poster in the '70s. Perhaps I've been around longer than the online book publisher.
What did you do when you graduated high school (assuming you did graduate high school)? You were faced with a choice then, college or work. You obviously chose to go straight after the money at that time. I did not. I knew at that time that a college degree would mean much more in the long run, so I chose college. You sound like a get rich quick kind of guy, which is not a problem, but you can't shortcut a college degree. There is no substitute for hard work and for putting your time in. If you work for someone else, i.e. do not own your own company, sooner or later you will hit the salary ceiling because you do not have a degree, and to get a degree means putting your time in NOW. 3-4 years of college to get a degree is not unreasonable.
If we do donate to the EFF and the like, what are they prepared to do? Do they have a lobby in DC to pull back the ears of the congressman and get some real results? Like it or not, hardly any congressmen read email or snail mail. They have staff people read and summarize what they receive. The only thing those guys hear is cash registers, cha-ching! And a lobby in DC for the EFF or some other similarly minded organization is the only way to effect real change.
Let's wildly speculate here. At M$, they put on the glossy brochure to attest to the security of XP, all the while "engineering" large backdoors in the security. 98% of the population loads the product, BEFORE THE FIRST SERVICE PACK for cryin' out loud. M$ now has control over many systems and can glean whatever knowledge they want, perhaps even plant other code. When an independent organization or person finds and discloses the gaping security hole, they switch to the "feign concern" mode. Shortly after, they have a fix for it, something they work working on from the beginning. They still have a load of PC users who will never load the SP or patch, where they still have access to SYSTEM account. It would also not be surprising they use the knowldge gained from those machines to feed marketing data folks, probably a sweet deal for them.
The above prose is fiction.
Repeat after me ... Job security is a fallacy. It does not exist. It never has and it never will. It is supposed to be your protection from being laid off, right? If your company has any least little bit of financial struggle and they want to appease Wall Street, LAYOFFS. You're not safe. "Job security" is a lousy excuse for not commenting your code.
is like trying to herd cats. At least with the bright ones. For the intelligently challenged, maybe not.
5. Never trust air you can't see
4. The combustible engine was the greatest invention ever. We intend to keep it that way.
3. I'm a rich and powerful executive: I dont need a damn slogan!
2. Killing vegetation now so your descendants will have oil thousands of years from now.
1. Fuel cell, shmool cell: we can't make $100 billion a year on that!
Do you want the menstrual cycles of hundreds of millions of women disrupted? NO. It's bad enough now and we KNOW what to expect.
Well, it looks like the moderation gods were kind to you!
I totally agree with you. It is Lucas we have to blame for fast food/toy promotions and the shameless pushing of merchandise for movies. I wouldn't mind movies without the $100 million price tag in lieu of not having to endure the countless commercials and shelf space awarded to these extensions of the movie industry/entertainment industry/record industry/pick your money-grubbing industry and replace it here.
Just because the news media has never reported that Micro$oft has done this, do you think this means that they in fact have not? I don't. Not for a second. M$ will do anything to take advantage of a situation. The fact that it has not been reported shows either:
1) They are good at hiding it, or
2) They're paying off the news media to not report it
Oracle getting caught doing this does not bother me in the least.
Think it through SLOWLY. On the musical staff, B comes BEFORE C going up, therefore B is BELOW C. D comes AFTER C, therefore a half step up from C (C# or C-sharp) is the same as a half step down from D (Db or D-flat)
I would call this the "extinguish" phase from M$ for Java. In reality, they are not extinguishing Java but instead they are extinguishing their own credibility with respect to programming languages.
Could someone write a "Mr. Cooper" filter? His comments and objections are a waste of bits.
Also, what is a steam box? That question generated several pages of "confidential" stuff.
Ok everyone, here's a 22nd century time capsule for you...
Pebble-sized titanium bolts, aluminum I-beams and heavy nickel batteries