Here ya go: One of my websites (I'm not posting a link because I'm not doing this to advertise my site:P) is about as non-geeky as it gets, deals with historical stuff, has a target audience who know more about old cars and books than computers and are on average probably well over 50 - it's not a major traffic magnet but still gets several hundred hits per day, so it's probably a fair demographic sample of Joe Sixpack net users. Current stats for April: * IE 82.2% * Firefox 8.5% * Mozilla 2.4% * Netscape 1.9% * Others
For comparison, here are the numbers for April 04... * IE 91.2% * Mozilla 3.6% * Netscape 2% * All the rest
...and October 04. * IE 85.7% * Mozilla 7.5% * Netscape 2.3% * Firefox 0.7% * Others
So there. Totally unscientific, but I can see a very noticeable rise in Firefox usage among the non-geeky web population.
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> If you have to stop surfing to cross the road
There's a chicken joke somewhere in there, but I can't quite lay my fingers on it...
4D Sports Driving (aka Stunts) already had that feature in 1990...you could choose different camera angles (including a series of TV cameras automatically placed along the track), and you could save replays to disk. Coolest racing game ever...
The only Cray-I I've ever seen up close is the one at Deutsches Museum in Munich. It's actually quite comfortable to sit on, and the insides (at least right behind the panels, some of which have been replaced with clear plastic sheets) seem to contain nothing mecchanical (here's a photo of the museum's Cray). Might get a bit warm if you sit on tere while it's powered on, though:p
Couple of years ago, I worked for a company that constantly shipped machines between the LA and Germany offices. Needless to say, nobody ever checked the PSU settings before plugging in a machine (Germany runs on 220VAC) - not a problem for the LA guys because a 220V PSU that gets only 110V will simply not do very much, but we on the German side had lots of blown fuses and burnt-out PSUs to deal with.
Usual procedure was to set up the machines in the lab/training room to check the configuration before moving them to active duty (which had the added benefit that the occasional blown fuse would only affect the training room where usually nobody was working).
The real fun started when one day I set up a machine in the server room without checking the PSU setting. Of course, everythig in the server room is connected to a UPS, and the UPS kept supplying power to the poor PSU without even thinking about blowing a fuse...and supplying...and supplying...I noticed something was very wrong when the room started filling with blue smoke and molten plastic dripped from the machine's case. Always made sure to check every single PSU after that:p
I humbly submit that "Bullet in the Head" is the best John Woo film ever, and one of the best action movies of all time. And I'm one of those guys who actually liked A Better Tomorrow 2...great action scenes and what I thought was actually a pretty decent and compelling story.
...only for Schiller plays because that's what's usually read in German classrooms. Basically, we created a chart for every play where all the characters were connected by four different types of arrows which were labeled "kills", "tries to kill", "fucks" and "tries to fuck". Ah, the memories...
Here's two jpegs captured from the viewer: First one shows an overview of the launch site, the other one is a zoomed-in view of what appears to be the launch tower. Please be kind to my poor server...
See me code in the sunset On my 19" screen Out for all that I can get If you know what I mean mod_perl to the left of me IIS to the right Ain't got no shell Ain't got no life But don't you start no fight
CHORUS: 'Cause it's PHP, it's dynamite PHP it'll win the fight PHP it's a power load PHP watch it explode
It's dirty, mean and mighty unclean It's a wanted man Public enemy number one Understand So lock up your server Lock up your files Lock up your back door And run for your life The code is back in town Don't you mess it 'round
CHORUS PHP Oi, oi, oi PHP Oi, oi, oi PHP Oi, oi, oi PHP Oi, oi, oi PHP Oi It's dynamite (oi, oi) PHP Oi, It'll win the fight, PHP It's a power load PHP Watch it explode!
Uh...you're probably trolling, but just for the record, the comic book series started back in 1999 (or 2000, I'm not 100% sure and too lazy to dig up my old issues). Don't know where you got that 2002 date, but it's probably the publishing date of the paperback collection. Check your facts before jumping to conclusions.
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Yep, it's still there...has the very original name "cinema" and is about ten minutes' walk from the train station...but then, Munich is quite some distance from Düsseldorf...
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Here ya go: One of my websites (I'm not posting a link because I'm not doing this to advertise my site :P) is about as non-geeky as it gets, deals with historical stuff, has a target audience who know more about old cars and books than computers and are on average probably well over 50 - it's not a major traffic magnet but still gets several hundred hits per day, so it's probably a fair demographic sample of Joe Sixpack net users. Current stats for April:
...and October 04.
* IE 82.2%
* Firefox 8.5%
* Mozilla 2.4%
* Netscape 1.9%
* Others
For comparison, here are the numbers for April 04...
* IE 91.2%
* Mozilla 3.6%
* Netscape 2%
* All the rest
* IE 85.7%
* Mozilla 7.5%
* Netscape 2.3%
* Firefox 0.7%
* Others
So there. Totally unscientific, but I can see a very noticeable rise in Firefox usage among the non-geeky web population.
> If you have to stop surfing to cross the road
There's a chicken joke somewhere in there, but I can't quite lay my fingers on it...
4D Sports Driving (aka Stunts) already had that feature in 1990...you could choose different camera angles (including a series of TV cameras automatically placed along the track), and you could save replays to disk. Coolest racing game ever...
The only Cray-I I've ever seen up close is the one at Deutsches Museum in Munich. It's actually quite comfortable to sit on, and the insides (at least right behind the panels, some of which have been replaced with clear plastic sheets) seem to contain nothing mecchanical (here's a photo of the museum's Cray). Might get a bit warm if you sit on tere while it's powered on, though :p
A Cray is not a true Cray unless it can be used as a stylish sofa :p
Couple of years ago, I worked for a company that constantly shipped machines between the LA and Germany offices. Needless to say, nobody ever checked the PSU settings before plugging in a machine (Germany runs on 220VAC) - not a problem for the LA guys because a 220V PSU that gets only 110V will simply not do very much, but we on the German side had lots of blown fuses and burnt-out PSUs to deal with.
:p
Usual procedure was to set up the machines in the lab/training room to check the configuration before moving them to active duty (which had the added benefit that the occasional blown fuse would only affect the training room where usually nobody was working).
The real fun started when one day I set up a machine in the server room without checking the PSU setting. Of course, everythig in the server room is connected to a UPS, and the UPS kept supplying power to the poor PSU without even thinking about blowing a fuse...and supplying...and supplying...I noticed something was very wrong when the room started filling with blue smoke and molten plastic dripped from the machine's case. Always made sure to check every single PSU after that
Slashdot have strange editors.
I humbly submit that "Bullet in the Head" is the best John Woo film ever, and one of the best action movies of all time. And I'm one of those guys who actually liked A Better Tomorrow 2...great action scenes and what I thought was actually a pretty decent and compelling story.
Dunno, my first idea was traffic lights zapping speeders with red lasers of death...now that might be amusing to watch.
Either that, or they're using morse code to communicate with their computer.
...only for Schiller plays because that's what's usually read in German classrooms. Basically, we created a chart for every play where all the characters were connected by four different types of arrows which were labeled "kills", "tries to kill", "fucks" and "tries to fuck". Ah, the memories...
Would you like to join forces?
/. could use...)
(I just noticed we have a STRONG tag for posts, but not a BAD tag. Now there's something
I'd prefer a different kind of Porsche design :)
Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of moderation!
...other than paying $50k to CmdrTaco?
Here's two jpegs captured from the viewer:
First one shows an overview of the launch site, the other one is a zoomed-in view of what appears to be the launch tower.
Please be kind to my poor server...
[sung over AC/DC's TNT]
Oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi
See me code in the sunset
On my 19" screen
Out for all that I can get
If you know what I mean
mod_perl to the left of me
IIS to the right
Ain't got no shell
Ain't got no life
But don't you start no fight
CHORUS:
'Cause it's PHP, it's dynamite
PHP it'll win the fight
PHP it's a power load
PHP watch it explode
It's dirty, mean and mighty unclean
It's a wanted man
Public enemy number one
Understand
So lock up your server
Lock up your files
Lock up your back door
And run for your life
The code is back in town
Don't you mess it 'round
CHORUS
PHP Oi, oi, oi
PHP Oi, oi, oi
PHP Oi, oi, oi
PHP Oi, oi, oi
PHP Oi
It's dynamite (oi, oi)
PHP Oi,
It'll win the fight,
PHP
It's a power load
PHP
Watch it explode!
The big question being, why would you want streaming video from your fridge?
Uh...you're probably trolling, but just for the record, the comic book series started back in 1999 (or 2000, I'm not 100% sure and too lazy to dig up my old issues). Don't know where you got that 2002 date, but it's probably the publishing date of the paperback collection. Check your facts before jumping to conclusions.
By the year 2005, certainly.
Does that mean the Republicans invented Al Gore?
Cool, another slashdotter from Munich :)
(at the moment, I'm too surprised by that to care about the inevitable -1, offtopic, so I'm not posting AC)
Yep, it's still there...has the very original name "cinema" and is about ten minutes' walk from the train station...but then, Munich is quite some distance from Düsseldorf...
Not exactly Cliff's Notes, but here's the book-a-minute synopsis...
telnet pr0nvax.ru