About 2:30 Eastern - I was browsing through the clips, etc...got a error that closed my browser on a QT file (I think) and went back - Links were gone...
Methinks ABC or the AIAA (Advertising Industry Association of America) got to them?
His adventures enthralled thousands. The punctation of his name baffled millions. Whether or not you were able to pronunce the word asterik you knew Q*Bert. Even those who did not participate in his adventures, they were aware of his sometimes fruitless attempts to outwit the dasterdly Coily the snake.
Punctation, Pronunce, Asterik, and Dasterdly. All in one paragraph, although I think "dasterdly" appears a couple more times in the article.
Nevermind Carnivore and whatever - we need a spell-checking filter between every host on this beloved internet. I'm getting really sick of feeling superior because I can spell. I'm also wondering (worrying) about the socio-economic fallout from a nation/world of communications-challenged users! Learn the language, learn to SPELL!
Yup. Happened to me this last week, as well as terribly long waits between pages. I had three mod points with three days left - they disappeared on a page reload.
Perhaps slashcode is not tolerating a longer delay between Perl scripts...not a Perl coder, so I dunno...but I've been cancelled out of a couple MetaMod submissions in the last two weeks as well.
Also being over 30 (and even over 40;) I couldn't help but wonder when reading your comment:
I'd like to see the stats on which artists are downloaded the most? I wouldn't be shocked if the balance is sweeping away from the machinery-made stars, and that another scary thought for the "industry".
I'm wondering if highly publicized artists see a parallel in popularity in the two worlds...for example, you won't see me downloading anything that was spewed out by some formula act.
It's the more obscure artists that catch my ear, not only from being one years ago, but from knowing that the most interesting ear candy comes from indie artists - it always has!
I got certs from/through Productivity Point, and had a good experience. My instructors welcomed dialogue that seemed to go tangential, but helped dig deeper than the text. It also helped that 90% of the students had at least 5 yrs experience in related fields, with real-world questions about routing, subnetting, etc.
With the certs necessary for certain "partner" agreements, there was no choice at the time. My employer (at the time) paid for it, around $10k counting my wages. Considering I already had 12+ years experience making PCs talk to each other, it was still worth it for the resouces. Each of us had plenty of lab space as well as a reasonably good workstation.
YMMV, but this was on the north side of Grand Rapids, MI, and I might have gotten lucky with the instructors' savvy and lectern-side manners. One of them was a seasoned ex-IBM field tech - I learned the most from him.
Still, one could just go there and *learn for the tests*, but it takes little more effort to pursue knowledge beyond *rote*.
Dude,
I'm sorry to hear you actually threw that out.
Not that pissin' off the wife is a recommendation, but it sounded like an important part of your life, and it couldn't have taken that much space.
I'm not one to talk about conserving space, however. My collection occupies at least 4000 cubic feet, all boxed up on three different floors.
Oh, yeah. I don't have a wife (at the moment) to have a problem with it. The collection is boxed to protect it from the current renovation dust.
We're talkin' Osborne, ATR8000 (Atari CP/M box), two flavors of Commodore stuff, five flavors of Atari, as well as x86 up the wazoo (including a set of XT clones that ran Pagemaker on Windows runtime under DOS 3 - the local newspaper was created each week on this stuff. I even have the NEC SilentWriter that went with it (Woot).
And, a IBM System 4 (8" floppies, 16k RAM), original Compaq luggable, and anything else that someone didn't want. Oh, and I do still have the original PC I built (in parts, methinks)
Circa 1935-1940. Hand rolled 35mm loads have taken the warmest, least grainy photos I've been able to produce with my 2 OM2s and a Leica M3.
I think I have about 100 feet of it left. It's safely (?) stored in my Michigan basement (no, not a dirt floor) which is ~68 deg.F. 24/7/365.
My father was a professional photographer; it's left over from his days of filming Generals and Celebrities in the LA area in the 40s. I was in a band when I found it - it provided the best promo shots we ever got when used with proper flash and a remote shutter switch with a winder.
With the dangers involved, it's not stored near anything flammable, and I will put some back into service soon (new darkroom in the next six months) - it beats the crap outta the Kodak offerings for B/W, IMHO.
Caveat: I'd guess it's fastest (pushed) speed is ASA 20:(
Here is a thread that has accounts of the secrecy policies, although no mention of beheading. Some 33 yr old guy did die when a cleat from the Columbia hit him in the face, through negligence (and staff cuts).
And to think I was born the day Ol' Walt opened the place: 7/17/55. My first time in California, all I wanted to do was spend the day; I was 18:).
Raiders of the Lost Ark for the 2600 was not so bad...the wife and I each finished it and fought over it in the divorce, as well as the console and Trinitron as well.
Even considering those raunchy joysticks - it was playable, and made sense.
Ya well, I'm from Michigan, and I resent your rant.
If you can find Soviet Russia, please go there or where it used to be, and take Rush Limbaugh with you, moron.
Extremadura is being closely watched by Linux enthusiasts and Microsoft for how it manages the transition. Such efforts are likely to become the next front in the battle to steal market share from Microsoft, now that a federal judge has approved a settlement in its antitrust case in the United States. (emphasis added)
Who is "stealing" market share? That editorial blurb seemed wrong to me from the gitgo.
IMHO, if anyone chooses to use an alternative OS or hardware, they have the right to do so. There is no theft involved, just freedom of choice.
My take on this is along the same lines as yours, but it jogged my memory back to a similar situation:
About 15 years ago I ordered Cable TV when it just became available. For the first three months I didn't receive a bill, which was also supposed to include my HBO guide. The office was 4 miles away, and each month I stopped by and picked up the guide, and notified them that I wasn't being billed.
Then I just subscribed to TV Guide, and never bothered with this fly-by-night outfit. I continued getting premium cable TV for about 7 years.
During this time the company changed hands about three times, during which I never received a bill. A physical audit finally caused the current company to catch up with me.
So I ordered basic cable from them, which really sucked. Had they demanded payment for all those years, I would have laughed them off.
The next month I cancelled the basic service, and got DirectTV:)
I've got an Osborne II (I think). Complete with the magnifying lens that hangs on a stick like a carrot for a donkey. What will you give me for it? (I've given up on the idea for a museum.)
I've also got 2 Vic 20s, 2 C64s, several Atari 8 and 16 bit boxen, as well as a genuine IBM System 4 (8 inch floppies, 16K RAM. I'm half serious, but also curious as to who else can't throw away shit that is too old to be truly useful - and hangin' on to it for nostalgic reasons. Hell, I'm even doing it with 286-486 stuff. It was really good at what it did!
And couldn't help but think about the "life enchancing" technologies that have run amiss in the last few decades.
A Freudian slip? Maybe, but in an armchair analysis, I see government control (i.e.: budget constraints and administrative failures) leading to the fatalities that document our brave and confident space travelers who've perished in the wake of "Enchancement..."
No flame, just lament...one of my classmate had a cousin named Roger B. Chaffee.:-((
Just today I followed the link...yesterday my son decided to infect me with a Gator "attack", which beyond processing with Ad-Aware prompted me to delete mucho cookies.
In my haste, I blew away not only my/. cookie, but my NYTimes cookie. I didn't know this until I used the link to the printable version.
Slashdot Mirror
Just goes to show that some moderators don't even check on something before they click :-(
Methinks ABC or the AIAA (Advertising Industry Association of America) got to them?
Punctation, Pronunce, Asterik, and Dasterdly. All in one paragraph, although I think "dasterdly" appears a couple more times in the article.
Nevermind Carnivore and whatever - we need a spell-checking filter between every host on this beloved internet. I'm getting really sick of feeling superior because I can spell. I'm also wondering (worrying) about the socio-economic fallout from a nation/world of communications-challenged users! Learn the language, learn to SPELL!
Perhaps slashcode is not tolerating a longer delay between Perl scripts...not a Perl coder, so I dunno...but I've been cancelled out of a couple MetaMod submissions in the last two weeks as well.
...not yet :-)
Read the article. They polled users of these DSL modems.
First time to New York - he's partying his ass off with his boss. I'll be surprised if he attends today, considering the hangover potential ;-))
I'd like to see the stats on which artists are downloaded the most? I wouldn't be shocked if the balance is sweeping away from the machinery-made stars, and that another scary thought for the "industry".
I'm wondering if highly publicized artists see a parallel in popularity in the two worlds...for example, you won't see me downloading anything that was spewed out by some formula act.
It's the more obscure artists that catch my ear, not only from being one years ago, but from knowing that the most interesting ear candy comes from indie artists - it always has!
Thanks for the memories...if and when that thing gets fired up again, it'll be to show my grandkids what helped start it all out...
With the certs necessary for certain "partner" agreements, there was no choice at the time. My employer (at the time) paid for it, around $10k counting my wages. Considering I already had 12+ years experience making PCs talk to each other, it was still worth it for the resouces. Each of us had plenty of lab space as well as a reasonably good workstation.
YMMV, but this was on the north side of Grand Rapids, MI, and I might have gotten lucky with the instructors' savvy and lectern-side manners. One of them was a seasoned ex-IBM field tech - I learned the most from him.
Still, one could just go there and *learn for the tests*, but it takes little more effort to pursue knowledge beyond *rote*.
Not that pissin' off the wife is a recommendation, but it sounded like an important part of your life, and it couldn't have taken that much space.
I'm not one to talk about conserving space, however. My collection occupies at least 4000 cubic feet, all boxed up on three different floors.
Oh, yeah. I don't have a wife (at the moment) to have a problem with it. The collection is boxed to protect it from the current renovation dust.
We're talkin' Osborne, ATR8000 (Atari CP/M box), two flavors of Commodore stuff, five flavors of Atari, as well as x86 up the wazoo (including a set of XT clones that ran Pagemaker on Windows runtime under DOS 3 - the local newspaper was created each week on this stuff. I even have the NEC SilentWriter that went with it (Woot).
And, a IBM System 4 (8" floppies, 16k RAM), original Compaq luggable, and anything else that someone didn't want. Oh, and I do still have the original PC I built (in parts, methinks)
Ya Well, it's Agfa.
I think I have about 100 feet of it left. It's safely (?) stored in my Michigan basement (no, not a dirt floor) which is ~68 deg.F. 24/7/365.
My father was a professional photographer; it's left over from his days of filming Generals and Celebrities in the LA area in the 40s. I was in a band when I found it - it provided the best promo shots we ever got when used with proper flash and a remote shutter switch with a winder.
With the dangers involved, it's not stored near anything flammable, and I will put some back into service soon (new darkroom in the next six months) - it beats the crap outta the Kodak offerings for B/W, IMHO.
Caveat: I'd guess it's fastest (pushed) speed is ASA 20 :(
And to think I was born the day Ol' Walt opened the place: 7/17/55. My first time in California, all I wanted to do was spend the day; I was 18 :).
Even considering those raunchy joysticks - it was playable, and made sense.
Ya well, I'm from Michigan, and I resent your rant.
If you can find Soviet Russia, please go there or where it used to be, and take Rush Limbaugh with you, moron.
Who is "stealing" market share? That editorial blurb seemed wrong to me from the gitgo.
IMHO, if anyone chooses to use an alternative OS or hardware, they have the right to do so. There is no theft involved, just freedom of choice.
Since my /. ID# is over 50,000 higher than you, and I've been on /. (IIRC) since before Dubya's term or even campaign, did you change your handle?
If so, how did you do that? I can't find the option in preferences...not that I want to change...like I said, this is curiosity.
I do concur with the content of your comment. It hits the nail right on the head.
About 15 years ago I ordered Cable TV when it just became available. For the first three months I didn't receive a bill, which was also supposed to include my HBO guide. The office was 4 miles away, and each month I stopped by and picked up the guide, and notified them that I wasn't being billed.
Then I just subscribed to TV Guide, and never bothered with this fly-by-night outfit. I continued getting premium cable TV for about 7 years.
During this time the company changed hands about three times, during which I never received a bill. A physical audit finally caused the current company to catch up with me.
So I ordered basic cable from them, which really sucked. Had they demanded payment for all those years, I would have laughed them off.
The next month I cancelled the basic service, and got DirectTV :)
I agree. What's also cool is the attempt to make good use of a 5" color CRT....? Go figger.
I've also got 2 Vic 20s, 2 C64s, several Atari 8 and 16 bit boxen, as well as a genuine IBM System 4 (8 inch floppies, 16K RAM. I'm half serious, but also curious as to who else can't throw away shit that is too old to be truly useful - and hangin' on to it for nostalgic reasons. Hell, I'm even doing it with 286-486 stuff. It was really good at what it did!
A Freudian slip? Maybe, but in an armchair analysis, I see government control (i.e.: budget constraints and administrative failures) leading to the fatalities that document our brave and confident space travelers who've perished in the wake of "Enchancement..."
No flame, just lament...one of my classmate had a cousin named Roger B. Chaffee. :-((
In my haste, I blew away not only my /. cookie, but my NYTimes cookie. I didn't know this until I used the link to the printable version.
Darn :((
Yup. That makes sense. Shame on me...;-)(