I haven't been there - and I've only talked with a couple people that have been close, on the China side, but I've got the feeling that for many of the people getting fed on a regular basis is high enough a priority that they wont care where it comes from or who is in charge.
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I don't understand why the word illegal keeps coming up. I didn't say it was illegal, I just wouldn't characterize as running software on unsupported hardware as "win".
That's fine - I just wouldn't call running unsupported software that may or may not work with your hardware "win". I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, I just wouldn't characterize it as the best alternative - as the OP seemed to do.
support patches that could break things legal issues should apple decide it is worth the trouble (and let me restate, it doesn't have to be illegal for this to come up) those are what I can think of off the top of my head.
The article says it is Windows 7 RC1, which I believe is still only available in one version - which means it isn't whatever will be the 'lite' version. As for the numbers I don't know but I wouldn't think someone has them. But I doubt the 3 app limit is in play.
I didn't say it was illegal - I said it breaks the license. There are plenty of negative ramifications to being in that state that have nothing to do with legality.
To be honest, I hadn't even heard of this. This article says the very first cartridges just became available at the end of last year. Amazon has them but it looks they all come from one company (the one mentioned in the article I linked) and I couldn't find any reviews or comments. I did notice that as far as I can tell they are the only company selling soy based toner cartridges and they only sell them for HP right now - though I guess they plan to add others in the future. That may solve your issue right there though, unless you own the right printers.
Interestingly enough the link in TFA doesn't seem to point to a company that does anything other than refurbish and refill toner cartridges with regular toner. Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see a thing about soy based toner. I'm sure someone will point me in the right direction on that if I'm mistaken.
So I'd be interested as well in hearing if anyone has actually used this yet, but unless it has been an immediate disaster it doesn't seem that enough time has passed to tell how well it is going to work.
Like a lot of other intro. type books it teaches normalization - which is the start of good design, in my opinion. But I certainly wouldn't want someone designing a real world db with just that information.
If you are getting back in the game it might be a fun way to get refreshed on terminology and basic concepts. But if you are doing anything non-trivial then you'll need more.
The book is inexpensive, the content is decent and it may come in handy when you inevitably run into someone who needs to know a little SQL or how a general idea of how relational databases work.
I'm pretty sure it was more like January of this year. I don't think I got my copy until February. So yeah - I've still had it for a bit but not as long as you think.
I've got a family, job, etc. So sometimes the reading and reviewing hobby has to take a back seat. If you've read something good that is more recent I recommend writing up a review and submitting it. It's fun.
I don't really like saying old style and new style joins - but in most discussions old style vs. ansi seems to communicate what I mean very well. And it sounds like you got it too - so yes you are correct but the way I use it works so I'll stick with it.
I'm such an idiot - I wrote all that and I've been thinking more and more about it. I saw that game on the PC of a friend's dad - a couple years before I worked with computers in school. His dad was an engineer for Carsten Manufacturing - they make Ping golf clubs. Ah well - we did do similar stuff on school computers - but it was at Doug Avann's house that I saw this game or a copy of it that was based on Star Trek. I'd forgotten all about that until tonight.
The first computer I ever saw in person and worked on was a TRS-80 model III. I was in the 7th grade and my junior high school had a lab with a bunch of them. I can remember playing games that looked very similar to the video. This was 1982, so it was probably something different, but the same idea, using letters and symbols. We learned basic in that class and did a little bit of graphics stuff ourselves. I don't remember it all that well now, but I do know that I loved it.
I enjoyed it enough that my dad bought the family a Commodore Vic-20. That was a big deal as our family didn't have a ton of money. I don't think we even owned a vcr yet at that point. I spent tons of time on that thing, and took all the classes I could get in jr. high and high school. It really was a cool time to be messing with home computers. I had a friend in the 8th grade that wrote a text adventure and was selling it out of a local computer store. He didn't make a lot but it was just fun to be able to do that kind of stuff. I'm not sure if there is a similar environment or feel like that anywhere any more. (Or more likely - it's somewhere I'm just not in it, too old to see it, etc.)
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We are talking about the DPRK, not the PRC.
That's what your body thetans want you to think.
I haven't been there - and I've only talked with a couple people that have been close, on the China side, but I've got the feeling that for many of the people getting fed on a regular basis is high enough a priority that they wont care where it comes from or who is in charge.
You're right. About the first part.
Or if that wont work it looks like there is a decent chance we'll be able to buy some from the Taliban soon.
The character Holling from the tv show Northern Exposure had something like this.
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I don't understand why the word illegal keeps coming up. I didn't say it was illegal, I just wouldn't characterize as running software on unsupported hardware as "win".
That's fine - I just wouldn't call running unsupported software that may or may not work with your hardware "win". I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, I just wouldn't characterize it as the best alternative - as the OP seemed to do.
support
patches that could break things
legal issues should apple decide it is worth the trouble (and let me restate, it doesn't have to be illegal for this to come up)
those are what I can think of off the top of my head.
The article says it is Windows 7 RC1, which I believe is still only available in one version - which means it isn't whatever will be the 'lite' version. As for the numbers I don't know but I wouldn't think someone has them. But I doubt the 3 app limit is in play.
I didn't say it was illegal - I said it breaks the license. There are plenty of negative ramifications to being in that state that have nothing to do with legality.
I'm pretty sure Dell Mini 9 + OSX = breaking the license. Or has apple suddenly made an about face in this regard?
as many others type this in at the same time - but it sounds like it pretty much runs like all other netbooks - regardless of the OS.
Who said I bought ink-jet cartridges? Your kind of freaking me out - talking about what I do so much.
I didn't build anything. I certainly didn't ship anything thousands of miles to my local Staples. And I'm not worried about ink.
And I like cherry so I have a diet coke with my triple scoop ice cream sundae and save calories that way.
I do most of that other stuff you mention - but thanks for the reminder.
What's better is that they aren't talking about soy based toner - just a company that refills toner cartridges.
To be honest, I hadn't even heard of this. This article says the very first cartridges just became available at the end of last year. Amazon has them but it looks they all come from one company (the one mentioned in the article I linked) and I couldn't find any reviews or comments. I did notice that as far as I can tell they are the only company selling soy based toner cartridges and they only sell them for HP right now - though I guess they plan to add others in the future. That may solve your issue right there though, unless you own the right printers.
Interestingly enough the link in TFA doesn't seem to point to a company that does anything other than refurbish and refill toner cartridges with regular toner. Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see a thing about soy based toner. I'm sure someone will point me in the right direction on that if I'm mistaken.
So I'd be interested as well in hearing if anyone has actually used this yet, but unless it has been an immediate disaster it doesn't seem that enough time has passed to tell how well it is going to work.
That's an interesting way of looking at it - I'm glad you shared it.
I don't have a lot to add or anything - I need to think it over and process it but I did want to let you know I appreciate it.
Like a lot of other intro. type books it teaches normalization - which is the start of good design, in my opinion. But I certainly wouldn't want someone designing a real world db with just that information.
If you are getting back in the game it might be a fun way to get refreshed on terminology and basic concepts. But if you are doing anything non-trivial then you'll need more.
The book is inexpensive, the content is decent and it may come in handy when you inevitably run into someone who needs to know a little SQL or how a general idea of how relational databases work.
I'm pretty sure it was more like January of this year. I don't think I got my copy until February. So yeah - I've still had it for a bit but not as long as you think.
I've got a family, job, etc. So sometimes the reading and reviewing hobby has to take a back seat. If you've read something good that is more recent I recommend writing up a review and submitting it. It's fun.
I don't really like saying old style and new style joins - but in most discussions old style vs. ansi seems to communicate what I mean very well. And it sounds like you got it too - so yes you are correct but the way I use it works so I'll stick with it.
I'm such an idiot - I wrote all that and I've been thinking more and more about it. I saw that game on the PC of a friend's dad - a couple years before I worked with computers in school. His dad was an engineer for Carsten Manufacturing - they make Ping golf clubs. Ah well - we did do similar stuff on school computers - but it was at Doug Avann's house that I saw this game or a copy of it that was based on Star Trek. I'd forgotten all about that until tonight.
The first computer I ever saw in person and worked on was a TRS-80 model III. I was in the 7th grade and my junior high school had a lab with a bunch of them. I can remember playing games that looked very similar to the video. This was 1982, so it was probably something different, but the same idea, using letters and symbols. We learned basic in that class and did a little bit of graphics stuff ourselves. I don't remember it all that well now, but I do know that I loved it.
I enjoyed it enough that my dad bought the family a Commodore Vic-20. That was a big deal as our family didn't have a ton of money. I don't think we even owned a vcr yet at that point. I spent tons of time on that thing, and took all the classes I could get in jr. high and high school. It really was a cool time to be messing with home computers. I had a friend in the 8th grade that wrote a text adventure and was selling it out of a local computer store. He didn't make a lot but it was just fun to be able to do that kind of stuff. I'm not sure if there is a similar environment or feel like that anywhere any more. (Or more likely - it's somewhere I'm just not in it, too old to see it, etc.)
Thanks- I've looked at quite a few but for whatever reason that one did not show up in my searches. I'll be giving it a spin this week.