I used to have DirecTV satellite service and enjoyed it a lot. I certainly did experience rain fade and loss of signal in heavy snowfalls, but this was in New England where it is always either raining or snowing. I think I probably lost a signal maybe 5-6 times in a year, and usually only for a few minutes.
I've since moved and now have digital cable. I hate it. The quality is lousy compared to my old satellite, and the Motorola cable box is a joke. The on-screen guide is not very useful (only shows 30 minutes at a time) and is very slow and painful to use. Given the choice, I think it's a no-brainer. Go with the satellite.
The only reason Bush would annouce such a plan is that he will now be known in history as the first president to propose the idea. Much like Kennedy was the first to propose going to the moon. It's irrelevant the fact that Bush won't actually be the one in power to see it through to fruition. (God help us, anyway).
This type of behaviour is nothing new for the ultra right-wing hawks in power. It's not actually what they know or do, it's what people perceive what they did.
"However, there is a group of software developers in the United States, and other parts of the world, that do not believe in the approach to copyright protection mandated by Congress."
Why the Hell should the rest of the world have to conform to US laws? I'd like to see the US conform to Saudi Arabian laws.
Your president only says that because he has no fucking idea how to get it to go the other way. Stop listening to what GW says and start figuring things out for yourself.
This reminds me of a statement made by former Corel boss Michael Cowpland. He basically said that he would rather have people using pirated versions of his software, rather than using pirated copies of his competitors.
Eventually, even the pirates are going to have to buy software sometime.
"The chip will allow future machines to run, say, Windows XP together with Linux or the Apple operating system as easily as today's Windows computers run Word and Internet Explorer simultaneously."
My machine already runs Windows and Linux together as well as Word and IE together.
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I used to have DirecTV satellite service and enjoyed it a lot. I certainly did experience rain fade and loss of signal in heavy snowfalls, but this was in New England where it is always either raining or snowing. I think I probably lost a signal maybe 5-6 times in a year, and usually only for a few minutes.
I've since moved and now have digital cable. I hate it. The quality is lousy compared to my old satellite, and the Motorola cable box is a joke. The on-screen guide is not very useful (only shows 30 minutes at a time) and is very slow and painful to use. Given the choice, I think it's a no-brainer. Go with the satellite.
Cheaper anti-matter? Where are you buying yours from that it's so expensive? I get mine wholesale at rockbottom prices. Shop around.
It's called an Athlon.
Should I take H2G2 to translate to Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? If so, say so. Not all of us are fluent in gibberishspeak.
You haven't been looking then. Redhat still uses this to reboot.
We at SCO already thought of this a long time ago. Our lawyers will be contacting you shortly.
Back in the early '80's, an Air Canada 767 made an emergency landing because it ran out of fuel.
The reason: The fuel was specified in kg, but was loaded in lbs. Needless to say, they plane only got 0.45 the distance it should have.
And maybe if you hadn't have bombed out all the roads and train tracks, it might not cost so damn much.
Bunch of jackasses.
"... his domain would confuse Microsoft customers."
Sounds about right. Microsoft customers (by definition) are not the brightest cookies out there. Case in point, Clippy.
The only reason Bush would annouce such a plan is that he will now be known in history as the first president to propose the idea. Much like Kennedy was the first to propose going to the moon. It's irrelevant the fact that Bush won't actually be the one in power to see it through to fruition. (God help us, anyway).
This type of behaviour is nothing new for the ultra right-wing hawks in power. It's not actually what they know or do, it's what people perceive what they did.
With no broadband, the thought of 51,000 people all sharing a 56k dialup connection sounds appealing.
"However, there is a group of software developers in the United States, and other parts of the world, that do not believe in the approach to copyright protection mandated by Congress."
Why the Hell should the rest of the world have to conform to US laws? I'd like to see the US conform to Saudi Arabian laws.
Bunch of assholes!
The real reason the systems crashed was because because they were installing the newest NVIDIA drivers.
Question: How can SCO claim that they own Linux, and then turnaround and say that Novell's version competes with theirs?
Answer: They can't!
Bunch of jackasses!
This happens with paper ballots too though, he says as he goes about spending his $300 tax rebate brought to you by GWB.
Yeah think SCO is going to have a field day with this?
"Look, Linux must be ours, even RedHat has stopped selling it."
Dude,
Your president only says that because he has no fucking idea how to get it to go the other way. Stop listening to what GW says and start figuring things out for yourself.
He doesn't help though.
This reminds me of a statement made by former Corel boss Michael Cowpland. He basically said that he would rather have people using pirated versions of his software, rather than using pirated copies of his competitors.
Eventually, even the pirates are going to have to buy software sometime.
No man, just rip it out. That's what I did to get rid of that annoying behavior. And I've never put it back. Windows key? Yeah, right.
"The chip will allow future machines to run, say, Windows XP together with Linux or the Apple operating system as easily as today's Windows computers run Word and Internet Explorer simultaneously."
My machine already runs Windows and Linux together as well as Word and IE together.
It's nice to see Microsoft helping out the physically challenged
Yeah, it's called filling out the form and sending it in yourself.
I think that's facinating. How can SCO stock ever go down with an unlimited backroll (potentially) funding them?