Free has often been of the right side of the tracks as a provider: they allowed VOIP at a time when others banned it; they give you static IPs if you ask; they were the first to do TV over ADSL, etc... I'm glad to see them show some spine here, even if it's only to get them some new customers, and even if it won't last.
I went from a 1600x1200 CRT to 1920x1200 LCD. In other words, I lost no vertical resolution.
Well, my 1920x1200 monitor died twice last month, and the 2nd I decided to dump it. I could NOT find a replacement at the same resolution on my usual online store that had 300 models in stock. The few monitors at that or above resolution were in the 2000$ range.
Are there any laws governing what you can legally name your organization?
Can I register a corporation under the name "Federal government of the United States"?
Years ago in France a guy did name his company "Trésor Publicité". A perfectly good name. Except that he used it to cash intercepted checks intended for the "Trésor Public" [the french revenue service], just adding the 3 letters at the end. Guess how that worked out for him... Hint: never steal money from thieves, they don't take kindly to it.
Because it would be a LOT cheaper to use recycled water to make beer than to bring it out of the gravity well. I've drunk recycled water for a year and by itself it's not that great. Turning it to beer is a great improvement.
In a zero-G environment, these globules will instead stay in suspension and the yeast will remain in an active state for a longer period of time.
Yes, and how do you filter it out then ? It's supposed to occur slowly thanks to gravity, either towards the bottom or the top. So we'd at least need a new name for it! And if they need anybody up there for trials, I'm available. [and I just brewed some stout yesterday]
Wasn't the previous slashdot post about "Man gets 10 years for VOIP hacking" ? But when the gov does it it's all dandy and fine and necessary and indeed obligatory ?!?
Certain words and phrases are simply irresistible to certain mindsets
I can understand that. What I can't understand is why the advertisement regulators aren't on their asses in one millisecond for blatant false advertisement.
I always thought that the low use of SMS in the US was due to the prevalence of cars. In Europe people spend a lot of time sending them while in public transportation. Obviously you can't do that while commuting in your car, but you can still speak on the phone... however the consequences...
Nope, because if the extra memory (or cores or speed) is already inside your computer, then it means you have ALREADY paid for it. Paying extra later to unlock it is just a ripoff.
Because the article is alarmist bs? You are probably NOT being rooted even as you read this. Every ksplice story slashdot has carried has turned out to be no big deal. I'm going to ignore it, based on their previous performance.
Well, here at work they were alarmed quite enough to turn off access to the racks upon racks of grid servers until a patch is available. That certainly impacted us, and if a company comes out with a patch quickly, they deserve their name wherever.
Pirated or jailbroken, that is one CPU I will not buy. Intentionally holding a gun to the customer's head by crippling the device until you pay a ransom is not a way to get my business.
I completely agree. This 'method' of doing business has been going on for a long time in the digital spectrometer world and mainframe world. I find it revolting and for the period when I had some decision power on what was being purchased I made it very clear to vendors that I would never consider their equipment for that very reason. Fortunately (for them), I'm back to lowly coder now.
Interesting idea. It was indeed used in some classical greece cities. I'd combine that with a long-term congress with oversee and/or weak veto power (a bit like the chamber of lords). Take the best of those random officials at the end of their term, with 'best' being subjective (voted by the people, those who got closest to their objective, etc) and put them in this long-term congress for life.
But then again, anyone who has actually lived in areas with significant gypsy population (again, by this I mean the folks which embrace the culture, not gypsies by blood) know that all too well, and those who hadn't will just keep crying "racists!", because in their rosy multicultural picture of the world all cultures are equally good and valued.
I had a good laugh listening to the news today when Sarkozy replied to the criticism of Luxembourg about how France handles the Gypsies with: "Well, then I guess Luxembourg will offer to take some of them...?"
VueScan works exactly the same in Linux and Windows, and it's one program that is absolutely worth paying for.
TrueCrypt (which works in Linux but is a PITA to deal with).
TrueCrypt also works exactly the same in both OSes, so I don't understand why you say that: Launch, [Auto-mount], insert volume password, insert user password. Done. Creating an encrypted device or files is done in a few seconds with the wizard.
Linux is also far less likely to completely freeze as Flash is having it's usual problems.
Yes. Flash freezes in Linux about once a day for me. It's easily solved with a "killall npviewer.bin", then reloading the page in Firefox.
In Windows it would freeze about once a week, but then either crash Firefox with 70 tabs opened, or even crash the whole system (if opened full screen).
Yeah, the Asus T91 was exactly what I wanted technically. Except that, unlike most Asus products, it didn't run Linux natively. After installing Ubuntu on it, there were a few driver issues and random crashes that totally spoiled the experience. I gave up on it quickly (and a colleague wanted it with puke Win7).
Sounds neat. Are you going to explain all that to my Mother, Sister and girlfriend? Will you also explain to them why they have no coverage the next time they get a flat tire out in the sticks somewhere?
Why, can't you enable roaming and then place a call at a higher price ?
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Free has often been of the right side of the tracks as a provider: they allowed VOIP at a time when others banned it; they give you static IPs if you ask; they were the first to do TV over ADSL, etc... I'm glad to see them show some spine here, even if it's only to get them some new customers, and even if it won't last.
There were columns in CSS2 too, but IIRC they were only ever supported by Netscape.
This depends entirely on the monitor you buy.
I went from a 1600x1200 CRT to 1920x1200 LCD. In other words, I lost no vertical resolution.
Well, my 1920x1200 monitor died twice last month, and the 2nd I decided to dump it. I could NOT find a replacement at the same resolution on my usual online store that had 300 models in stock. The few monitors at that or above resolution were in the 2000$ range.
I once purchased a Ministry of Sound CD thinking it was some new or bootleg Ministry and was left wondering what all that Garbage of Sound was.
Are there any laws governing what you can legally name your organization? Can I register a corporation under the name "Federal government of the United States"?
Years ago in France a guy did name his company "Trésor Publicité". A perfectly good name. Except that he used it to cash intercepted checks intended for the "Trésor Public" [the french revenue service], just adding the 3 letters at the end. Guess how that worked out for him... Hint: never steal money from thieves, they don't take kindly to it.
Two and a half lines and about 20 mistakes. I don't know what kind of point you were trying to make, but I'm sure you failed it.
So truth is a lie?
Well, according to Fox News, a lie is the best alternative there is to the truth, and as such is worth the same level of 'respect'.
I really don't see why you would want to do that
Because it would be a LOT cheaper to use recycled water to make beer than to bring it out of the gravity well. I've drunk recycled water for a year and by itself it's not that great. Turning it to beer is a great improvement.
In a zero-G environment, these globules will instead stay in suspension and the yeast will remain in an active state for a longer period of time.
Yes, and how do you filter it out then ? It's supposed to occur slowly thanks to gravity, either towards the bottom or the top. So we'd at least need a new name for it! And if they need anybody up there for trials, I'm available. [and I just brewed some stout yesterday]
Maybe we should sent an expedition to check for life on the sun
It's been done: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeelee_Sequence_species#Photino_birds
Or this one
Wasn't the previous slashdot post about "Man gets 10 years for VOIP hacking" ? But when the gov does it it's all dandy and fine and necessary and indeed obligatory ?!?
Excellent video but... what the heck is he drinking at the end ?!?
It is amazing what you can hit while aiming at something else.
Quote of the day !
Certain words and phrases are simply irresistible to certain mindsets
I can understand that. What I can't understand is why the advertisement regulators aren't on their asses in one millisecond for blatant false advertisement.
I always thought that the low use of SMS in the US was due to the prevalence of cars. In Europe people spend a lot of time sending them while in public transportation. Obviously you can't do that while commuting in your car, but you can still speak on the phone... however the consequences...
because it makes economic sense
Nope, because if the extra memory (or cores or speed) is already inside your computer, then it means you have ALREADY paid for it. Paying extra later to unlock it is just a ripoff.
Because the article is alarmist bs? You are probably NOT being rooted even as you read this. Every ksplice story slashdot has carried has turned out to be no big deal. I'm going to ignore it, based on their previous performance.
Well, here at work they were alarmed quite enough to turn off access to the racks upon racks of grid servers until a patch is available. That certainly impacted us, and if a company comes out with a patch quickly, they deserve their name wherever.
Pirated or jailbroken, that is one CPU I will not buy. Intentionally holding a gun to the customer's head by crippling the device until you pay a ransom is not a way to get my business.
I completely agree. This 'method' of doing business has been going on for a long time in the digital spectrometer world and mainframe world. I find it revolting and for the period when I had some decision power on what was being purchased I made it very clear to vendors that I would never consider their equipment for that very reason. Fortunately (for them), I'm back to lowly coder now.
Interesting idea. It was indeed used in some classical greece cities. I'd combine that with a long-term congress with oversee and/or weak veto power (a bit like the chamber of lords). Take the best of those random officials at the end of their term, with 'best' being subjective (voted by the people, those who got closest to their objective, etc) and put them in this long-term congress for life.
Sled (reusable) on the ground = 1st Stage ...
All extensions of more or less current technology.
For those who haven't seen this video of the land speed record on a sled at an unbelievable 2884m/s (yeah, that's over Mach 8!)
But then again, anyone who has actually lived in areas with significant gypsy population (again, by this I mean the folks which embrace the culture, not gypsies by blood) know that all too well, and those who hadn't will just keep crying "racists!", because in their rosy multicultural picture of the world all cultures are equally good and valued.
I had a good laugh listening to the news today when Sarkozy replied to the criticism of Luxembourg about how France handles the Gypsies with: "Well, then I guess Luxembourg will offer to take some of them...?"
A properly working scanner.
VueScan works exactly the same in Linux and Windows, and it's one program that is absolutely worth paying for.
TrueCrypt (which works in Linux but is a PITA to deal with).
TrueCrypt also works exactly the same in both OSes, so I don't understand why you say that: Launch, [Auto-mount], insert volume password, insert user password. Done. Creating an encrypted device or files is done in a few seconds with the wizard.
Linux is also far less likely to completely freeze as Flash is having it's usual problems.
Yes. Flash freezes in Linux about once a day for me. It's easily solved with a "killall npviewer.bin", then reloading the page in Firefox. In Windows it would freeze about once a week, but then either crash Firefox with 70 tabs opened, or even crash the whole system (if opened full screen).
Also, I've learned that it's the sales department which makes the companies earn their income. No income, no salaries. No salaries, no employees.
Huh? It's the product that makes the company. No engineer, no product. No product, no income. See, just as simplistic and almost as wrong.
Yeah, the Asus T91 was exactly what I wanted technically. Except that, unlike most Asus products, it didn't run Linux natively. After installing Ubuntu on it, there were a few driver issues and random crashes that totally spoiled the experience. I gave up on it quickly (and a colleague wanted it with puke Win7).
Sounds neat. Are you going to explain all that to my Mother, Sister and girlfriend? Will you also explain to them why they have no coverage the next time they get a flat tire out in the sticks somewhere?
Why, can't you enable roaming and then place a call at a higher price ?