I remember loading off of a cassette for my Apple II+. It was the first Flight Simulator program (just barely a flight sim). You had to listen for the header tone then quickly plug in the line and hit return to start the load. It worked about 40% of the time. Good thing the programs were small back then too since it was a s-l-o-w process.
I'm thankful I have an office with a real door. Open spaces (cubes or not) make you subject to everyone's loud conversations, whistling, eating noises, screeching cell phone rings, etc. When I worked in a cube environment there was always one person who would leave their cell phone unattended for hours and it would ring CONSTANTLY. Without dividers I'd feel like a bug under a microscope.
Sadly recording work doesn't require that you be flown anywhere, just the tape. It was problably done in Mario's plumbing supply warehouse in New Jersey.
I'm always working on old code so I constantly run into error handlers that say something like "File not found" but the info for the file name and where it is looking is available. Why not "File X not found at location Y"? (Assuming there is no security issue with giving this info of course) If the info is there pass it on and help the debugger.
It has to be one of the most annoying trends on the web. Like another comment said, I can read faster than some video can pass on the info. They force me to sit through a x minute long video when I could have read the same info in less than a minute. News websites are the worst for this. Someone had to write it down for the talking head to read in the first place, how about publishing that? It would use less of their bandwidth too.
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I remember loading off of a cassette for my Apple II+. It was the first Flight Simulator program (just barely a flight sim). You had to listen for the header tone then quickly plug in the line and hit return to start the load. It worked about 40% of the time. Good thing the programs were small back then too since it was a s-l-o-w process.
I miss booting up my Apple IIe. Turn on power, *BEEP*, done!
Now with Win XP (and Zone Alarm), turn on computer, go to bathroom, get a snack, read paper...
Things like this make my buying decisions easier.
"NOPE!"
Or 250,000 MP3s hidden in zip files.
Just do as the v-1=@+g_r.A spammers do when it comes to file names.
I think these folks would go to Youtube for authoritative information ..
You're thinking of the Richard Stallman model.
You'll never see Warcraft suntan lotion though.
For that price you could buy a real sword and armor.
"Lighting bolt! Lightning bolt!"
My elf archer needs his own workspace too.
I'm thankful I have an office with a real door. Open spaces (cubes or not) make you subject to everyone's loud conversations, whistling, eating noises, screeching cell phone rings, etc. When I worked in a cube environment there was always one person who would leave their cell phone unattended for hours and it would ring CONSTANTLY. Without dividers I'd feel like a bug under a microscope.
You can settle the whole issue by bolting a wing to the back of your Civic and slapping a soup can "Piss-Off-The-Neighbors" exhaust on it.
Hey, if people couldn't abuse units of measurement then Han Solo would never have been able to do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
Only turning off your screen could make Ron look better.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out. *rim shot*
Plus they'd be hanging themselves out there for some person to discover ("Hey, the NSA is running a botnet!"). Why bother?
Sadly recording work doesn't require that you be flown anywhere, just the tape. It was problably done in Mario's plumbing supply warehouse in New Jersey.
I'm always working on old code so I constantly run into error handlers that say something like "File not found" but the info for the file name and where it is looking is available. Why not "File X not found at location Y"? (Assuming there is no security issue with giving this info of course) If the info is there pass it on and help the debugger.
It has to be one of the most annoying trends on the web. Like another comment said, I can read faster than some video can pass on the info. They force me to sit through a x minute long video when I could have read the same info in less than a minute. News websites are the worst for this. Someone had to write it down for the talking head to read in the first place, how about publishing that? It would use less of their bandwidth too.
Just wait, they are getting Vista-XP ready for 2009.
Looks like trash day will become much more interesting.
"Honey, it's you turn to take out the generator waste. My hair is still falling out."
Thousands of small reactors, I don't see any problem controlling that. No sir-ree bob.
c/gulgag/gulag
Finally, a gulgag for "undesireable" Microsoft employees.
"Reduce your bug count or we're shipping you off to Siberia."
They didn't mention that the fossil scorpion was found under the imprint of a 10m long foot.
But then you're IN the office. That makes all the difference. See?
Now I'm going to spend 1/2 an hour in the company men's room...