The problem was there were literally DOZENS of different bionicles -- once your kid has 7 or 8 and can build an
army of bionicles do they really want more.
My son is a lego maniac and he wanted them all
but some of the kids at his school started putting "no bionicles"
on the birthday party invitations...
It appears to be an ongoing battle between google and the link farms...
Last summer I had a meeting at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto -- found exactly how to get there with a Google search (top of the list)
Last month I wanted to book my parents in to the Sheraton Centre so I typed "sheraton centre toronto" into Google and got reams of travel sites. It was pages before the actual Sheraton Centre page came up.
Just retested now and Sheraton Centre is back at the top.
Don't dispair -- it looks like Google is trying to do the right thing!
There are lots of applications where poking around bored is unacceptable; Medical, Financial, Law Enforcement, National Security to name the first few that come to mind.
I personally don't want the system administrator at my Doctor's office browsing my health records or random people at my bank browsing my financial information.
Just as well, as the pace would be pretty slow with Harrison Ford buzzing along at a brisk 2 mph on one of those electric scooters.
2mph? You've obviously never had some cranky grandma run one of these things up your heels at the mall -- they to 6-7mpg easily!
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The problem we are facing is convergence; multiple words meaning the same thing and losing their old meaning. This is a problem in that we no longer have a word attached to the old concept.
This is analogous to 1984 where the language was slowly restricted to eliminate concepts and hence control thought -- which is double plus ungood as it is hard to form complex thought if your vocabulary is limited.
For instance, if we allow irony to come to mean coincidence or poetic tragedy then what word do we use when we really mean ironic?
My problem with Stallman is his hypocrisy at attempting to control the usage of his software when such control is exactly what the GPL is intended to prevent. Stallman's political goals are often served by free software but this incident shows he is obviously willing to sacrifice the spirit of the GPL when the goals of free software clash with his agenda.
My problem with the FreeCraft guys is that Blizzard owns WarCraft and StarCraft and has not given up any such control. Obviously Blizzard has led the way by having multiple products with the Craft moniker so they are well within their rights to defend it. The FreeCraft guys are just trying to cash in on the ground Blizzard has already staked.
Why do open source products have to name their products as close as possible to the product from which they are ripping all their ideas off?
This wasn't supposed to be the ideal of Open Source -- it's not to make mediocre and blatant copies of commerical products, complete with a "punny" name like FreeCraft, FreeCiv, Lindows or...
We're supposed to be making better, faster, original stuff. Either just plain better (compare the GNU Unix tools against the Solaris versions) or new and better, leading edge stuff like emacs (which was amazing when it came out; although I prefer Vim:-), perl, tcl, python,...
And, damn it, pick a name that doesn't attempt to ride the coat tails of the commercial version so you get free marketing name association. If you're too lazy to market it yourself than you deserve to be ceased and desisted.
Not quite the same -- the seatbelt argument was moronic (I've been wearing seatbelts for over 30 years) from the get go. What if I crash AND my car burst into flame AND my seatbelt locks up and can't be undone!
I used to disagree with ABS because the first generation was NOT as good as my own threshold breaking ability, certainly on ice/snow. Now I have ABS in my Camry because it's better at breaking than I am.
The radar thing will probably be a good idea someday -- just the version they talk about here seems lame.
Exactly, my shoulder would be chaffed from all
the "warning tightenings".
Of course a quick adjustment of the lap belt and you could let your mind wander freely having fantasies about the chick driving the car in the next lane...
How did this get an informative? This is an obvious (deliberate?) misreading of the parent post!
The work reliably part had nothing to do with speed it had to do with orientation -- how do you tell the parked car 100m ahead is in YOUR lane -- radar can't read the lines on the road and tell that your lane is about to curve and take you safely BY the parked car.
The majority of Catholics are NOT taught religous history and Catholic doctrine. Catholic's who go to religous high schools take Theology classes which probably teach some or all of this.
Oh, and having been confirmed does not a believer make. I would consider myself a Recovering Catholic:-)
I've been separated from the Catholic Church ever since I found out that the Priest in a local parish who had been run out of town for attempting to corner one of the altar boys had been run out of three others for the same thing.
Probably, they've ported previous products like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate II -- so they obviously have a business plan.
Remember there are two parts to the system, the game and the engine. The game is already done for the PC version (and is probably MOST of the work) all they need to do is port the engine.
If technology firms like Sony and Microsoft have their way, songs and movies will expire after a single play -- unless you pay the copyright holder their due.
Wow, my kids watched Disney's Robin Hood about 50 times (the still get it out now and then).
So they want $750 (50*14.99) from me for this
movie? That's their due?
They are really nuts -- people buy movies with the expectation of watching them a couple of times and maybe swapping with their friends. As soon as you want this kind of money they'll just go back to watching TV...
Hmmm, as a Confirmed Catholic who was an alter boy for years I just have to say, for the record, that the average Catholic is taught that the Pope is infallible. Most don't believe it but that's another matter.
Your distinction is an obscure theological matter, the subtle intricacies of which never made it down to my Sunday school.
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My son is a lego maniac and he wanted them all but some of the kids at his school started putting "no bionicles" on the birthday party invitations ...
Last summer I had a meeting at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto -- found exactly how to get there with a Google search (top of the list)
Last month I wanted to book my parents in to the Sheraton Centre so I typed "sheraton centre toronto" into Google and got reams of travel sites. It was pages before the actual Sheraton Centre page came up.
Just retested now and Sheraton Centre is back at the top.
Don't dispair -- it looks like Google is trying to do the right thing!
Surely sundered sanity seizes sovereignty soon!
They may be allowing this to continue to establish the precedence that such programs are NOT copyright infringing.
(G * mass of earth) / (radius of earth ^ 2)
My calculator is having problems with that since my mathematical tables book is at home right now ...
when absolutely nobody ever does :-)
I personally don't want the system administrator at my Doctor's office browsing my health records or random people at my bank browsing my financial information.
The winner was Tom Swift Jr. and it's even documented on the NASA web site!
Kids these days -- nobody reads ...
That would REALLY let me find my important information quickly!
Why don't more people use blink on their websites for drawing attention to important information?
It's a short story, it appears in the Man who sold the Moon and in The Past Through Tomorrow. Rob.
I thought the union comment was particularily apropos because this is France we are talking about -- they have a general strike seemingly every year.
See also The Roads Must Roll; Robert Heinlein's book based upon moving roads and what happens when the guys who maintain them go on strike ...
It's hard to tell but these guys look like they are from the Doug McKenzie line. The Bob's are generally much thinner.
2mph? You've obviously never had some cranky grandma run one of these things up your heels at the mall -- they to 6-7mpg easily!
This is analogous to 1984 where the language was slowly restricted to eliminate concepts and hence control thought -- which is double plus ungood as it is hard to form complex thought if your vocabulary is limited.
For instance, if we allow irony to come to mean coincidence or poetic tragedy then what word do we use when we really mean ironic?
My problem with Stallman is his hypocrisy at attempting to control the usage of his software when such control is exactly what the GPL is intended to prevent. Stallman's political goals are often served by free software but this incident shows he is obviously willing to sacrifice the spirit of the GPL when the goals of free software clash with his agenda.
My problem with the FreeCraft guys is that Blizzard owns WarCraft and StarCraft and has not given up any such control. Obviously Blizzard has led the way by having multiple products with the Craft moniker so they are well within their rights to defend it. The FreeCraft guys are just trying to cash in on the ground Blizzard has already staked.
Please enlighten!
This wasn't supposed to be the ideal of Open Source -- it's not to make mediocre and blatant copies of commerical products, complete with a "punny" name like FreeCraft, FreeCiv, Lindows or ...
We're supposed to be making better, faster, original stuff. Either just plain better (compare the GNU Unix tools against the Solaris versions) or new and better, leading edge stuff like emacs (which was amazing when it came out; although I prefer Vim :-), perl, tcl, python, ...
And, damn it, pick a name that doesn't attempt to ride the coat tails of the commercial version so you get free marketing name association. If you're too lazy to market it yourself than you deserve to be ceased and desisted.
I used to disagree with ABS because the first generation was NOT as good as my own threshold breaking ability, certainly on ice/snow. Now I have ABS in my Camry because it's better at breaking than I am.
The radar thing will probably be a good idea someday -- just the version they talk about here seems lame.
Of course a quick adjustment of the lap belt and you could let your mind wander freely having fantasies about the chick driving the car in the next lane ...
The work reliably part had nothing to do with speed it had to do with orientation -- how do you tell the parked car 100m ahead is in YOUR lane -- radar can't read the lines on the road and tell that your lane is about to curve and take you safely BY the parked car.
Oh, and having been confirmed does not a believer make. I would consider myself a Recovering Catholic :-)
I've been separated from the Catholic Church ever since I found out that the Priest in a local parish who had been run out of town for attempting to corner one of the altar boys had been run out of three others for the same thing.
Remember there are two parts to the system, the game and the engine. The game is already done for the PC version (and is probably MOST of the work) all they need to do is port the engine.
Finally, I'll buy it :-)
Wow, my kids watched Disney's Robin Hood about 50 times (the still get it out now and then). So they want $750 (50*14.99) from me for this movie? That's their due?
They are really nuts -- people buy movies with the expectation of watching them a couple of times and maybe swapping with their friends. As soon as you want this kind of money they'll just go back to watching TVYour distinction is an obscure theological matter, the subtle intricacies of which never made it down to my Sunday school.