Nope... they have different birth dates, so their star signs are different. Anyone who reads womens' magazines knows star signs are far more important than genes (But Levi's Rule:-)
more than one phone number per inhabitant of our planet
Yeah - but that limits it to humans. For the average cellphone company to expand at the rate they told their shareholders expect, they are going to have to sell the phones to all the insects too!
It may be a factor - but the biggest reason by far is:
Girls do not like doing anything that involves concentrating on one single thing for long periods. They like to switch from one thought to another, and keep many balls up in the air at one time.
The fact is, the nature of the subject, and anything else requiring in-depth knowledge, will not appeal to most girls, just like armed robbery doesn't appeal to most girls.
Contary to the teaching of the Women's Liberation Movement, women are not men with oranges up their jumpers - they are actually different.
Algol68 does all the things claimed for D, and more (Including support for threads). Designed and tested 30 years ago, it only died because it was not invented by IBM, who, at that time, were the power that M$ is today. And the books about it were printed in decent fonts:->
Come on all ye compiler-writers, and give us an Algol68 compiler (preferably will support for NetBSD on Sparc:-)
of course boxes equipped with this BIOS will refuse to boot Linux.
If it can't boot linux, its not a general purpose machine. The computer sells because "one size fits all". That is why PCs outsell Suns, Macs, etc - it does everything.
If the Palladium machine wont run a load of software, then Lusers will return them as defective.
Hell, if it wont run NetBSD, it probably isnt even a computer - Its well known: NetBSD runs on everything, including toasters.
Im using a laserJet 3d - it uses a $30 cart that does 55,000 pages. OK, only 300 dpi, but with my eyesight, I couldn't tell the difference anyway. Sure it cost $3,000 new, but its 12 years old and still works fine.
Do I want to buy a $300 printer that takes $100 carts which do 1000 pages? If you cant do the maths, don't do the @$£#
Nope - I have one of these scammy lexmark carts, and, its true - there is some kind of a "licence" attached. It was a "workgroup" type Laser printer.
I assumed that since it was unethical, it was not legally binding in Europe, and I have no intention whatever of abiding by it. I got the printer pretty cheap, I would guess because the dealer was having difficulty shipping them to large organisations who were scared by this "feature".
If Lexmark sue me, I bet their sales will be badly damaged by the publicity.
I used to work for Xerox, implementing a similar scam, and its well known within the company that this type of tie-in has a major negative impact on sales. See how Xerox shares are doing these days.
Windows that had no Apps (I had to go out and buy them - a slow and painful business, especially as you find that after paying for them, they are still prone to crashing, and don't do what you want.
Windows has NO support - try phoning MS support - they just put you on hold till you cant face the phone bill, or tell you to reformat the HD and reinstall!
Windows comes with an EULA that needs a lawyer to understand it, and when you ask one what it means he/she explains "It means selling your soul to the devil"
How many things pop up in one version of Gnome/KDE that is copied by the next version of the competing desktop?
I cant answer that, because I have never actually managed to get gnome to install on anything, and I have only ever got one version of KDE to install. I have had more success with fvwm95, but I think that is more intent on copying something else.
I think bug-free is more important than standard, and I'd rather be able to chose between two lame ducks than be forced to use one.
If there was a window manager called "Donald" I'd use it if it worked.
Why is there still no standard model for adding and removing apps? The number of competing models for package management alone is sickening.
Because its OPEN SOURCE, STUPID.
Anyone can do it their own way. People have choice. If, and only If, one method was so wonderfully better than all the others, everyone would be using it. (That is why we LIKE open source software, remember?)
Of course, one method IS better and will win in the end - NetBSD's pkgsrc.:-)
In another discovery, bacteria which live entirely on porn spam have been found buried 100 miles inside servers at a well known ISP.
Even as I write this, teams of geeks and nerds on five continents are trying to find a way to make them breed on the surface - or at least in an Athlon.
I don't think this is remotely true. You might wish to try Kingston, Jamaica, or Glasgow, or practically any big city in America. London has a population of about 8 million. I doubt there are more than two stabbings a week, and probably only 1 in 10 of those is fatal.
Gun crime against innocent people is virtually zero in England.
I live on the "Murder Mile" in Hackney (London) where there is about one shooting a week.
All are either drug dealers killing people who cheated on a deal, or illegal gambling den owners killing people who failed to pay their debts.
Arrest rate for murder in the UK is around 99% (although it occasionally takes 30 years to get the right person). Most criminals dont carry a gun, because being found with a gun is likely to lead to a long prison sentence. The police dont carry guns for their own safety. 75% of American police that are shot are either shot by their own gun, or the gun of another officer. AFAIK, in the last 10 years in London, only 3 policemen have been shot - one by another policeman.
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Yeah - but that limits it to humans. For the average cellphone company to expand at the rate they told their shareholders expect, they are going to have to sell the phones to all the insects too!
There is no law against stupidity.
Girls do not like doing anything that involves concentrating on one single thing for long periods. They like to switch from one thought to another, and keep many balls up in the air at one time.
The fact is, the nature of the subject, and anything else requiring in-depth knowledge, will not appeal to most girls, just like armed robbery doesn't appeal to most girls.
Contary to the teaching of the Women's Liberation Movement, women are not men with oranges up their jumpers - they are actually different.
Reality is not politially correct
Damn right - Fortran is fantastic, and Cobol is the greatest!
Algol68 does all the things claimed for D, and more (Including support for threads). Designed and tested 30 years ago, it only died because it was not invented by IBM, who, at that time, were the power that M$ is today. And the books about it were printed in decent fonts :->
Come on all ye compiler-writers, and give us an Algol68 compiler (preferably will support for NetBSD on Sparc :-)
If it can't boot linux, its not a general purpose machine. The computer sells because "one size fits all". That is why PCs outsell Suns, Macs, etc - it does everything.
If the Palladium machine wont run a load of software, then Lusers will return them as defective.
Hell, if it wont run NetBSD, it probably isnt even a computer - Its well known: NetBSD runs on everything, including toasters.
Hold on ... If it boots windows, why would anyone trust it?
Do I want to buy a $300 printer that takes $100 carts which do 1000 pages? If you cant do the maths, don't do the @$£#
I assumed that since it was unethical, it was not legally binding in Europe, and I have no intention whatever of abiding by it. I got the printer pretty cheap, I would guess because the dealer was having difficulty shipping them to large organisations who were scared by this "feature".
If Lexmark sue me, I bet their sales will be badly damaged by the publicity.
I used to work for Xerox, implementing a similar scam, and its well known within the company that this type of tie-in has a major negative impact on sales. See how Xerox shares are doing these days.
Basically VIOP means free calls to anywhere in the world.
Intercontinental calls are often in the region of 60c PER MINUTE at present (call Africa from Europe if you dont believe me).
With the threat of death hanging over them, are you surprised they won't deliver decent broad band?
Windows that kept crashing
Windows that had no Apps (I had to go out and buy them - a slow and painful business, especially as you find that after paying for them, they are still prone to crashing, and don't do what you want.
Windows has NO support - try phoning MS support - they just put you on hold till you cant face the phone bill, or tell you to reformat the HD and reinstall!
Windows comes with an EULA that needs a lawyer to understand it, and when you ask one what it means he/she explains "It means selling your soul to the devil"
think I will stick with FreeBSD thank you
In Soviet Russia, The Bears arm you!
Maybe you need to vote for more fashion cops, if the ones you have are not able to enforce the law effectively.
If your server is located in Europe can AOL ask Bush to bomb you for failing to comply with American patents? Even if you are not a muslim?
I cant answer that, because I have never actually managed to get gnome to install on anything, and I have only ever got one version of KDE to install. I have had more success with fvwm95, but I think that is more intent on copying something else.
I think bug-free is more important than standard, and I'd rather be able to chose between two lame ducks than be forced to use one.
If there was a window manager called "Donald" I'd use it if it worked.
Because its OPEN SOURCE, STUPID.
Anyone can do it their own way. People have choice. If, and only If, one method was so wonderfully better than all the others, everyone would be using it. (That is why we LIKE open source software, remember?)
Of course, one method IS better and will win in the end - NetBSD's pkgsrc. :-)
Even as I write this, teams of geeks and nerds on five continents are trying to find a way to make them breed on the surface - or at least in an Athlon.
Yes, but do they like our pr0n?
I don't think this is remotely true. You might wish to try Kingston, Jamaica, or Glasgow, or practically any big city in America. London has a population of about 8 million. I doubt there are more than two stabbings a week, and probably only 1 in 10 of those is fatal.
I live on the "Murder Mile" in Hackney (London) where there is about one shooting a week.
All are either drug dealers killing people who cheated on a deal, or illegal gambling den owners killing people who failed to pay their debts.
Arrest rate for murder in the UK is around 99% (although it occasionally takes 30 years to get the right person). Most criminals dont carry a gun, because being found with a gun is likely to lead to a long prison sentence. The police dont carry guns for their own safety. 75% of American police that are shot are either shot by their own gun, or the gun of another officer. AFAIK, in the last 10 years in London, only 3 policemen have been shot - one by another policeman.
Yes - just send corporal^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h Indiana Jones