A good price... as far as campus bookstores go. I would have killed for a half-price buyback in college. Of course, the bookstore has a much lower risk in re-investing in the same books they JUST sold months before because they know they will be able to sell them again for an 80% markup, no sweat.
Keep in mind that the actual value of the book has barely changed. The content of the book is exactly the same as it was just a semester ago. The bookstore is only exploiting inefficiencies in the used book market. Students are now learning how to better work around these inefficiencies.
A netscape account is sort of like a MS Passport in some respects. I get an AIM screen name, matching email ("screen name"@netscape.net), and I use the calendar function (with email reminders for birthdays, etc.) some. There's also a "my netscape" portal page that is customizable, but it rather sucks.
Outside Tech is most certainly different. Mostly, it varies by recruiter. If an advert doesn't specify, I send PDF. Most often they request.doc. Sometimes they mention RTF or doc is acceptable. Plain text is almost unheard of, though a few companies (who have obviously been burned by attachment viruses) insist that resumes be included in the body of the email (implying plain text).
I personally think that rtf is a good compromise between the nastiness of a text resume and the potential macro-virus infestations of a.doc.
What some *nix'ers are missing with the Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V thing is the difference between Ctrl-C and Ctrl-X. The whole clicking thing is a PITA because you can only copy. Sure, you could just press delete after you copy, but wait... there's more. A good thing (IMO) that win/mac does right is allowing "paste" over a selected section, thus overwriting the selected area. It is here where the concepts get a little funky for Win/Mac'ers in *nix. What would a middle click to when there is something in the clipboard AND you have selected text? I'm sure the answer is obvious to a linux user, but I have no idea.
I've sampled OOo in it's 1.x and 1.1pre versions, and I have to say I'm disappointed.
It doesn't even perform as well as MSOffice 97. I tried to make some charts with the Spreadsheet program and found it totally inadequate for my needs. I was originally looking for a free alternative to Office97 (the version I happen to own). I find the Excel97 graphics to be pretty shitty, but OOo's were worse, and less customizable. Playing with the defaults for 15 minutes in Excel got me reasonably close to what I want. OOo just can't do it.
Oh yeah, and It's much slower.
OOo probably does a lot of stuff well, but until I can make a kick-ass presentation from its components like I can with MS, OOo won't fly in Big Offices everywhere.
(Does anybody know of a free program or suite that can make good charts? Something along the lines of Harvard Graphics98 for windows would be super, but I haven't even found anything as good as Office 97.)
I live in an central Pennsylvania, and I've seen Amish with cell phones. I've also seen Amish shooting billiards, playing video games, and smoking cigarettes. Teens often have boom boxes (battery powered) and listen to the radio.
Two things to remember:
1) The Amish are not monolithic - there are several sects with varying degrees of strictness.
2) Kids get away with more "violations" than adults would.
Lie to them. Tell the execs that some new software or patch or upgrade requires them to change their passwords - it's totally out of your hands. Repeat every couple of months.
I'd be less worried about external hacking than internal snooping. That could be a ball-buster in the event of a fired/disgruntled employee.
I was also screwed by the Netscape webmail thing. The reason every decent name was taken is that they were merging screen names w/ AOL. AOLers got first priority, of course.
The sick thing is that they waited for-damn-ever to actually change my email address. I signed up for webmail for a reason - as a holder for all my misc. registrations. How could I register new stuff under a name that would be defunct in some indeterminate time? So now I have three Netscape Mail/AIM accounts - because you can't have enough of either.
Most clients have an option to leave the email on the server, so a conservative person could try a new client with that setting and continue to download email with both clients.
Sending mail might require you to cc/bcc yourself if you usually save outgoing messages too. A bit of a PITA, but it would reduce any risk in experimenting with new email clients.
Samba, pull your head out of your ass and revoke their right to use/distribute your software.
They can't keep SCO from distributing a GPL'd Samba unless the Samba folks can show that SCO has violated Samba's copyright terms (ie, the GPL as it applies to Samba).
However, it seems to me that Linus and other Linux copyright holders CAN and should demand that SCO stop "licensing" Linux. SCO can't license "their" part of Linux and still distribute the whole kernel as GPL. They're trying to have their cake and eat it too with respect to the GPL - and that's giving them the benefit of the doubt about their supposed IP rights in the kernel.
Fraternal twins also share an important environment for 9 months - the womb. Genetically, they would be "normal" siblings, but environmental factors in the womb affect development and gene expression.
1) "File bookmark" is a great feature. More browsers should have it.
2) Galeon's primary raison d'etre is that Gecko is good but Mozilla is bloated. With the growing popularity of Firebird (and the eventual mainstreaming of FB into Moz), will there really be much of a need for Galeon?
Back when I used to like coasters, I remember the Phoenix being one of my favorites. Knoebel's is nice for a lot of reasons (as you mentioned), and IIRC there are enough shade trees to keep you relatively cool, but Hershey is the better park overall.
Getting back to the original topic, now that I think of it, I don't think either park would likely make my list of geek hotspots for a X-country trek.
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That's the best kind of prophesy ;-)
You can see this in political ads - they are targeted at clueless... er... "swing voters", who are often identified as suburban white women.
If you aren't a suburban white woman, you probably think most political ads are pointless.
but on the plus side, you would be virtually guaranteed (and encouraged!) to [ahem!] reproduce on a multi-generational ship.
Keep in mind that the actual value of the book has barely changed. The content of the book is exactly the same as it was just a semester ago. The bookstore is only exploiting inefficiencies in the used book market. Students are now learning how to better work around these inefficiencies.
AAC-->CD-->MP3 is a recipe for nastiness. (You could still just burn a bunch of CD's though...)
I think they should stick with apps that can actually be deployed in a meaningful way.
A netscape account is sort of like a MS Passport in some respects. I get an AIM screen name, matching email ("screen name"@netscape.net), and I use the calendar function (with email reminders for birthdays, etc.) some. There's also a "my netscape" portal page that is customizable, but it rather sucks.
Of course, nobody will use it anyway because p2p is a haven for illegal stuff, like you said.
I personally think that rtf is a good compromise between the nastiness of a text resume and the potential macro-virus infestations of a .doc.
What some *nix'ers are missing with the Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V thing is the difference between Ctrl-C and Ctrl-X. The whole clicking thing is a PITA because you can only copy. Sure, you could just press delete after you copy, but wait... there's more. A good thing (IMO) that win/mac does right is allowing "paste" over a selected section, thus overwriting the selected area. It is here where the concepts get a little funky for Win/Mac'ers in *nix. What would a middle click to when there is something in the clipboard AND you have selected text? I'm sure the answer is obvious to a linux user, but I have no idea.
Dude, don't fuck with the coffee. You are asking for a severe beatdown.
IANA GPL expert, but I'm pretty sure you can. You just can't retroactively GPL somebody else's stuff. You could create a GPL'd fork to a BSD project.
It doesn't even perform as well as MSOffice 97. I tried to make some charts with the Spreadsheet program and found it totally inadequate for my needs. I was originally looking for a free alternative to Office97 (the version I happen to own). I find the Excel97 graphics to be pretty shitty, but OOo's were worse, and less customizable. Playing with the defaults for 15 minutes in Excel got me reasonably close to what I want. OOo just can't do it.
Oh yeah, and It's much slower.
OOo probably does a lot of stuff well, but until I can make a kick-ass presentation from its components like I can with MS, OOo won't fly in Big Offices everywhere.
(Does anybody know of a free program or suite that can make good charts? Something along the lines of Harvard Graphics98 for windows would be super, but I haven't even found anything as good as Office 97.)
Two things to remember:
1) The Amish are not monolithic - there are several sects with varying degrees of strictness.
2) Kids get away with more "violations" than adults would.
You're not even trying! Come on people, troll a little better than that.
I'd be less worried about external hacking than internal snooping. That could be a ball-buster in the event of a fired/disgruntled employee.
The sick thing is that they waited for-damn-ever to actually change my email address. I signed up for webmail for a reason - as a holder for all my misc. registrations. How could I register new stuff under a name that would be defunct in some indeterminate time? So now I have three Netscape Mail/AIM accounts - because you can't have enough of either.
Metallica's latest, "St. Anger", is hated even by fans of Metallica.
Sending mail might require you to cc/bcc yourself if you usually save outgoing messages too. A bit of a PITA, but it would reduce any risk in experimenting with new email clients.
They can't keep SCO from distributing a GPL'd Samba unless the Samba folks can show that SCO has violated Samba's copyright terms (ie, the GPL as it applies to Samba).
However, it seems to me that Linus and other Linux copyright holders CAN and should demand that SCO stop "licensing" Linux. SCO can't license "their" part of Linux and still distribute the whole kernel as GPL. They're trying to have their cake and eat it too with respect to the GPL - and that's giving them the benefit of the doubt about their supposed IP rights in the kernel.
Or... you could just avoid the discussion section. Original articles ARE linked from the front page. Nobody is forcing you to join discussion.
Fraternal twins also share an important environment for 9 months - the womb. Genetically, they would be "normal" siblings, but environmental factors in the womb affect development and gene expression.
"I have no strong feelings one way or the other!" [cheering in background]
"It's a beige alert!"
"If I don't make it, tell my wife I said, 'hello'."
2) Galeon's primary raison d'etre is that Gecko is good but Mozilla is bloated. With the growing popularity of Firebird (and the eventual mainstreaming of FB into Moz), will there really be much of a need for Galeon?
Getting back to the original topic, now that I think of it, I don't think either park would likely make my list of geek hotspots for a X-country trek.