I had the floppy wrangling down to a science. I'd take over a row of stations in the 24-hour computer lab late at night, moving all but one rolling chair out of the way. Start one disk...next...next, rolling along, and by the time the last one was running the first one would be done. I had 19200 IVDM service at the apartment, so all I needed were A, AP, and N, and I'd go get the rest @ home.
If DVDs are from the Mesozoic, peer-to-peer file sharing is not an "emerging technology." The new routers and Internet speeds you're talking about are an emerging technology; P-t-P has pretty darn well emerged. Protip: if you're going to use hyperbole for a good semi-comedic/sarcastic effect, don't mush the meanings of terms in the "straight" part.:)
It's the other way 'round--we already know how to pronounce such names, since that's how they've always been said.
Also--"Staunton" is pronounced the way it is because the town was named for the Stanton family (as in Elizabeth Cady) but was spelled wrong on some document somewhere. So it's pronounced as intended but spelled funny.
Furthermore, I'll just leave this here^W cheer:
"We are the girls of Granby High! We don't drink & we don't smoke! Norfolk! Norfolk! Norfolk!"
2011: Google Lobby, LLC 2012: Google Government, LLC 2014: Google Arms, LLC 2016: Google Earth software is renamed "Google Globe" to avoid collision with the name of Google's corporate planet.
Regarding troubleshooters, I had to laugh. I have been telling users since the Win95 days, "ALWAYS click 'Yes, the test page printed.' Even if it didn't print. Or else your computer will waste your time for a while before you can figure out what the problem is.
I think about this from time to time. Scarily, it appears that some oddball things are calculable in information theory. But it' can be somewhat obvious, like your point about DVDs. On a DVD, a movie is just a binary number, so, ergo, there are a finite number of possible movies. This goes for music, too. I've also wondered if there's a finite number of, say, playable games of chess. It's an odd but interesting thing to think about.
Weak-kneed members of the public will have to be kept away from the giant culture vats, where hideous amorphous flesh lumps, studded with electrodes, thrash and strain
This is the best thinly-disguised metaquote about Slashdot I've seen in a long time.
As opposed to companies who promote great techs to management without providing any guidance or training (poof! you're a manager) who then proceed to screw up because they don't know the first thing about their new job? Personally, I'd seek an organization that seeks a happy medium, or, even better, promotes people who have proven adept at both.
Slashdot Mirror
Hooray, Slashdot is news for ME!
SPOILER... It was "twin language" if I recall correctly.
Uh, oh. Leave it to some open source-oriented site to fork "Bohemian Rhapsody."
No, the other one is a real poster.
I had the floppy wrangling down to a science. I'd take over a row of stations in the 24-hour computer lab late at night, moving all but one rolling chair out of the way. Start one disk...next...next, rolling along, and by the time the last one was running the first one would be done. I had 19200 IVDM service at the apartment, so all I needed were A, AP, and N, and I'd go get the rest @ home.
Seconded. And I'm flattered!
I know about the VAXbar. Microvaxen are too small. Maybe it would do for picnics.
I don't think you and I are thinking of the same thing. 1) I wasn't kidding. 2) It looks similar to this one.
I use a MicroVAX for an end table, you insensitive clod!
"Sometimes, there is no better recourse but to swallow one's tears and resort to using one's head as a mallet." --Funakoshi
Um, I'm fairly sure that in VA the penalty for what you describe is death. I suppose it's debatable whether that's preferable to 100 years in prison.
If DVDs are from the Mesozoic, peer-to-peer file sharing is not an "emerging technology." The new routers and Internet speeds you're talking about are an emerging technology; P-t-P has pretty darn well emerged. Protip: if you're going to use hyperbole for a good semi-comedic/sarcastic effect, don't mush the meanings of terms in the "straight" part. :)
I agree--but I am *really* looking forward to my flaming electric car. Better start trying to snag the GHST RDR plate now....
It's the other way 'round--we already know how to pronounce such names, since that's how they've always been said.
Also--"Staunton" is pronounced the way it is because the town was named for the Stanton family (as in Elizabeth Cady) but was spelled wrong on some document somewhere. So it's pronounced as intended but spelled funny.
Furthermore, I'll just leave this here^W cheer:
"We are the girls of Granby High!
We don't drink & we don't smoke!
Norfolk! Norfolk! Norfolk!"
2011: Google Lobby, LLC
2012: Google Government, LLC
2014: Google Arms, LLC
2016: Google Earth software is renamed "Google Globe" to avoid collision with the name of Google's corporate planet.
Nobody will do that until one blows up a plane.
Someone else shares this opinion. Sort of...(NSFW):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCdexz5RQ8
Regarding troubleshooters, I had to laugh. I have been telling users since the Win95 days, "ALWAYS click 'Yes, the test page printed.' Even if it didn't print. Or else your computer will waste your time for a while before you can figure out what the problem is.
"Coozy Pumpkins" sounds a hell of a lot worse to me... If that's a euphemism for anything I don't want to know.
Still finite if you factor (npi) in the human JND for color and the minimum size of a blob of paint!
I think about this from time to time. Scarily, it appears that some oddball things are calculable in information theory. But it' can be somewhat obvious, like your point about DVDs. On a DVD, a movie is just a binary number, so, ergo, there are a finite number of possible movies. This goes for music, too. I've also wondered if there's a finite number of, say, playable games of chess. It's an odd but interesting thing to think about.
Thanks. fuzzyfuzzyfungus provided the gold; I just pointed it out. :)
Weak-kneed members of the public will have to be kept away from the giant culture vats, where hideous amorphous flesh lumps, studded with electrodes, thrash and strain
This is the best thinly-disguised metaquote about Slashdot I've seen in a long time.
As opposed to companies who promote great techs to management without providing any guidance or training (poof! you're a manager) who then proceed to screw up because they don't know the first thing about their new job? Personally, I'd seek an organization that seeks a happy medium, or, even better, promotes people who have proven adept at both.
But... but... then MARS will be RED!