If we're going to use Atari-based platform names, why not just name it the "Jaguar" and be done with it. That way it'll tie in well with the one-game systems (Halo3 for "MS Jaguar," vs "Tempest 2000" for "Atari Jaguar")
On the bright side, this would mean that MS only has about another 12 months in them before some hard drive company buys them for a USD$3M Stock-Swap. Freedom fighters rejoice!
I read the headline as "Court Upholds Warrantyless Internet Shopping," and thought "Big deal. That's like buying something off of Ebay."
I guess that a misread like that might hint that it's almost time for me to consider going to sleep. Next thing I know, I'll be misreading reports of Microsoft making partnerships with novels, people buying Praystations, people going mad for IPphones and Gnus for Nerds.
Or maybe my brain has just gone offline from reading too many articles on the SCO case. I'm gonna get my lawyer onto Dril McBirde! I'll Suse!
Sorry; I still use a Temp-Rite (instantaneous cooler - flooded evaporator using that insidious R22 that was banned for having less chlorine than that used by someone cleaning their toilet!)
My prioritys(sic) are much better. Why root around with 1,000's of a Litre when you can just drink straight-from-the-tap?
Whilst not able to trace back to convicts (I'm in South Australia!), we've been able to trace back to the first one of our bloodline that jumped ship here in the 1800's...
So I guess I'm not descended from Convicts, but Illegal Immigrants.
I knew it! I knew that there was something going on!
I always thought it was too co-incidental when things crashed.
Now we know - Windows and MS's servers are whispering quietly to each other:
MS: "Psst... Is it inconvenient yet?"
Win: "Nah, not yet."
MS: "What about now?"
Win: "Just hang on a minute... Pardon the pun."
MS: "What's happening now?"
Win: "Well, he's up to 20 pages now and he hasn't hit Ctrl+S to save..."
MS: "And Autosave?"
Win: "Who do you think I am? I made sure that was disabled ages ago! When should I go?"
MS: "...Wait for it.... Wait..... NOW!"
"Following the success of their DVD Sniffer Dogs, the MPAA is trialling processes to stamp out on-line piracy.
Employing virtual Dogs, supplied by NintenDogs, the MPAA is now sniffing out all packets on the Internet.
Packets containing torrents or other P2P data are immediately 'sniffed' looking for potential copyright violations.
There are hopes that similar methods can be used to combat mail packets containing Spam."
Actually, it means that I might have to re-think my "Coaster-labelling policy." Whenever I burn a coaster, I've historically labelled it something like "The Only Bug Free Copy of Windows in Existance," or "Elvis Presley/Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits," etc.
But then, maybe they'd think they were "super encrypted" disks and then spend weeks trying to decrypt them.
I was more interested in the fact that they were "spamming themselves."
I quickly disregarded the first mental image - involving a tin of spam, one handed typing and appropriate websites... You get the idea.
Then I realised that they must have been sending Spam to themselves. This brings the obvious question - If you are sending emails to yourself, is it unsolicited?
Unless you're suffering from a Holywood form of MPD, the answer would likely be "no, it is solicited. I gave myself permission."
Therefore they cannot spam themselves; they can only email themselves.
Taking into consideration that this statement is a lie, it can therefore be concluded that the rest of the email is a lie and should be deleted (or forwarded to BlueSecurity as spam)
QED.
(And now I shall prove that Black is White, yada-yada-yada)
I've got a submission to this category:
When I was working at a supermarket while schooling, I got sick of the job and started mentioning the potential for faeces to be smeared all over the necrotic decomposing flesh that customers were buying...
And thanks to Australia's "unfair dismissal" laws that were in effect at the time, I got to do it twice more before they could get rid of me.
I like to think that I saved a cow or two during that week. (If only because the graphicness of my comments would have spoiled their appetite)
My next goal, to infiltrate KFC and publicise their animalrightshttp://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/ukinvest.asp> violations to customers, as well as point out to the kiddy's that their kids meal (featuring a happy, colourful chicken character called "Chicky") is containing their favourite friend Chicky.
Of course, when I get fired by KFC for it, I expect a front page article on Slashdot. (My final punishment to KFC! Slashdot the bastards!)
Of course, I'm now grimacing as I remember that fateful "Dun-Dun" buzz...
Maybe I'll just stand still for 5 minutes and wait for all the walls to change into exits... Cheating? Nah. If it was cheating, you'd need a code to do it!
(Of course, it would have helped if I had thrown in an emoticon or two, I guess.)
As to Coopers; I definitely agree. It's good to have something with Hops (besides those damned 'roos!) instead of that chemical shite. I still can't believe that my In-laws (from Arizona & Nevada) think that people over here drink Fosters!
BTW, I regularly do some work at a pub in a nearby town that expanded to include the old bank - so I could invite you to a 'Keg Party' in a genuine bank vault if you like...
No; it's much further north-west than Snowtown... But feel free to bring your Concession Card and your Tax-File-Number if you like; I could use the extra cash.
Of course, we also have personal contact with all staff members, and everybody's manager has a weekly "Employee Development Meeting" (It's an E-Mythed company) with all of their coworkers working under them. These meetings are personal development, helping the staff out with any challenges they are facing (both work and non-work related). And yes, they are still 'on the clock' for these meetings.
With this sort of mindset, it's also taken on a case-by-case scenario. The tech in question moved down here when his wife was promoted to head a branch office. After the birth of their son, they both want to move to their hometown to be closer to their family. (They currently drive the 400km (each-way) trip on 3 out of 4 weekends, just to see their family!)
Before discussing the move, his work performance had slipped dramatically; now it had improved.
I don't know about you, but I would take that at face value...
Actually, I used a similar argument to that one when arguing how many weeks to pay out an ex-employee who had given notice (and was actively sabotaging.
They had given 6 weeks notice (expecting to be paid out on all 6); however, legally they only needed to give us 1 week.
The clerk-droid at the other end of the phone at the Industry reps said "Um, I suppose you have to pay them their 6 weeks."
Upon which I asked "What would happen if I gave 10 years notice?"
Guess what; they did some research and we only needed to pay the 1 week that they were legally required to give!
I agree with other posters; it is standard procedure to have people finish without working out their leave - depending on their reason for leaving.
Last week, we had an employee leave (before he was pushed) and he finished that afternoon. (We checked his briefcase on his way out and removed all of the confidential information he was stealing first... Warrants are being drawn up to search his house now.)
If that guy had stayed on, he would have caused a lot of damage.
OTOH, one of our techs has advised that he will be leaving within 12 months, and has expressed that he wants to work out the completion of his work - and he will be allowed to do so! Why? Because he's simply going to be moving back to his home town - nothing sinister there!
Finally, in some industries, the moment you announce that you are leaving, you are escorted off the premises immediately by security.
Personal effects on your desk? No problem. We'll post them to you. Don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out!
And just in case anyone is wondering; This is in South Australia, not some First Would Country!
It's the Mars Colony that's always responsible for some kind of rebellion, upgrising, revolution or war! It always ends in riots, bloodshed and decades of racism and bigotry; not to mention annoying circumstances of people having to beg for a 'backdoor' transmission to try and locate lost loves and other causes for flashback sequences.
Let's not even mention the poor basketball- playing, black-headed martians with their ACME lasers and funky green bird-like minions. Where's Duck Dodgers when you need him?
I was considering a modification of this unit to work for my pet WaterDragon.
It would be great for distributing frozen mice (keeping them frozen with a peltier module) and letting them thaw (the other side of the module) before distributing them.
Problem is, once he found out that it was running Python, he ran away from it. But then, most lizards have a fear of snakes.
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OS/2 was given the moniker "A better Windows than Windows," and we all know how well that panned out!
Last place I have seen OS/2 was in an ATM that was rebooting!
Isn't that rather obvious?
I mean, the ones with the two other heads managed to swim across the straight and created the colony of "Victoria."
Mr Ballmer was spotted running up to Software-Plus-Services, smacking it around the ears and shouting "Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyaaaaah-Nyah!"
Pictures at 11.
Falcon? WTF?
If we're going to use Atari-based platform names, why not just name it the "Jaguar" and be done with it. That way it'll tie in well with the one-game systems (Halo3 for "MS Jaguar," vs "Tempest 2000" for "Atari Jaguar")
On the bright side, this would mean that MS only has about another 12 months in them before some hard drive company buys them for a USD$3M Stock-Swap. Freedom fighters rejoice!
A beowulf cluster of these!
Okay, maybe not a cluster - but what about distributed wi-fi? Then it'll be a real killer app - a telco killer!
I read the headline as "Court Upholds Warrantyless Internet Shopping," and thought "Big deal. That's like buying something off of Ebay."
I guess that a misread like that might hint that it's almost time for me to consider going to sleep. Next thing I know, I'll be misreading reports of Microsoft making partnerships with novels, people buying Praystations, people going mad for IPphones and Gnus for Nerds.
Or maybe my brain has just gone offline from reading too many articles on the SCO case. I'm gonna get my lawyer onto Dril McBirde! I'll Suse!
Sorry; I still use a Temp-Rite (instantaneous cooler - flooded evaporator using that insidious R22 that was banned for having less chlorine than that used by someone cleaning their toilet!)
My prioritys(sic) are much better. Why root around with 1,000's of a Litre when you can just drink straight-from-the-tap?
I think that a requirement of Celibacy from Geeks, especially those that are Unix, is rather redundant...
And then there is South Australia.
We are the only State that was never a Penal Colony. Of course, I've often wondered if that makes as a Vaginal Colony.
(Melbournians, especially Collingwood Supporters, need not respond!)
Whilst not able to trace back to convicts (I'm in South Australia!), we've been able to trace back to the first one of our bloodline that jumped ship here in the 1800's...
So I guess I'm not descended from Convicts, but Illegal Immigrants.
Catch you later. I'm off to Baxter now.
You Die. Die? (yn)
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I knew it! I knew that there was something going on!
I always thought it was too co-incidental when things crashed.
Now we know - Windows and MS's servers are whispering quietly to each other:
MS: "Psst... Is it inconvenient yet?"
Win: "Nah, not yet."
MS: "What about now?"
Win: "Just hang on a minute... Pardon the pun."
MS: "What's happening now?"
Win: "Well, he's up to 20 pages now and he hasn't hit Ctrl+S to save..."
MS: "And Autosave?"
Win: "Who do you think I am? I made sure that was disabled ages ago! When should I go?"
MS: "...Wait for it.... Wait..... NOW!"
STOP 0x0000001E (4a4a4a4a4a, 4a4a4a4a4a, 4a4a4a4a4a, 4a4a4a4a4a) KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Win: "ROFL! He's screaming and kicking the desk! Aw man, you should have seen him hit the monitor! What a wanker!"
Now we know...
"Following the success of their DVD Sniffer Dogs, the MPAA is trialling processes to stamp out on-line piracy.
Employing virtual Dogs, supplied by NintenDogs, the MPAA is now sniffing out all packets on the Internet.
Packets containing torrents or other P2P data are immediately 'sniffed' looking for potential copyright violations.
There are hopes that similar methods can be used to combat mail packets containing Spam."
Actually, it means that I might have to re-think my "Coaster-labelling policy." Whenever I burn a coaster, I've historically labelled it something like "The Only Bug Free Copy of Windows in Existance," or "Elvis Presley/Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits," etc.
But then, maybe they'd think they were "super encrypted" disks and then spend weeks trying to decrypt them.
I was more interested in the fact that they were "spamming themselves."
I quickly disregarded the first mental image - involving a tin of spam, one handed typing and appropriate websites... You get the idea.
Then I realised that they must have been sending Spam to themselves. This brings the obvious question - If you are sending emails to yourself, is it unsolicited?
Unless you're suffering from a Holywood form of MPD, the answer would likely be "no, it is solicited. I gave myself permission."
Therefore they cannot spam themselves; they can only email themselves.
Taking into consideration that this statement is a lie, it can therefore be concluded that the rest of the email is a lie and should be deleted (or forwarded to BlueSecurity as spam)
QED.
(And now I shall prove that Black is White, yada-yada-yada)
After that, you'd Need a "For X"
(XXXX, the most overated beer in Australia...)
I've got a submission to this category:
When I was working at a supermarket while schooling, I got sick of the job and started mentioning the potential for faeces to be smeared all over the necrotic decomposing flesh that customers were buying...
And thanks to Australia's "unfair dismissal" laws that were in effect at the time, I got to do it twice more before they could get rid of me.
I like to think that I saved a cow or two during that week. (If only because the graphicness of my comments would have spoiled their appetite)
My next goal, to infiltrate KFC and publicise their animal rights http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/ukinvest.asp> violations to customers, as well as point out to the kiddy's that their kids meal (featuring a happy, colourful chicken character called "Chicky") is containing their favourite friend Chicky.
Of course, when I get fired by KFC for it, I expect a front page article on Slashdot. (My final punishment to KFC! Slashdot the bastards!)
I take my Gauntlet off to thee...
Of course, I'm now grimacing as I remember that fateful "Dun-Dun" buzz...
Maybe I'll just stand still for 5 minutes and wait for all the walls to change into exits... Cheating? Nah. If it was cheating, you'd need a code to do it!
Thank you! Someone got the joke!
(Of course, it would have helped if I had thrown in an emoticon or two, I guess.)
As to Coopers; I definitely agree. It's good to have something with Hops (besides those damned 'roos!) instead of that chemical shite. I still can't believe that my In-laws (from Arizona & Nevada) think that people over here drink Fosters!
BTW, I regularly do some work at a pub in a nearby town that expanded to include the old bank - so I could invite you to a 'Keg Party' in a genuine bank vault if you like...
No; it's much further north-west than Snowtown... But feel free to bring your Concession Card and your Tax-File-Number if you like; I could use the extra cash.
That is how it appears to work here , yes.
Of course, we also have personal contact with all staff members, and everybody's manager has a weekly "Employee Development Meeting" (It's an E-Mythed company) with all of their coworkers working under them. These meetings are personal development, helping the staff out with any challenges they are facing (both work and non-work related). And yes, they are still 'on the clock' for these meetings.
With this sort of mindset, it's also taken on a case-by-case scenario. The tech in question moved down here when his wife was promoted to head a branch office. After the birth of their son, they both want to move to their hometown to be closer to their family. (They currently drive the 400km (each-way) trip on 3 out of 4 weekends, just to see their family!)
Before discussing the move, his work performance had slipped dramatically; now it had improved.
I don't know about you, but I would take that at face value...
Actually, I used a similar argument to that one when arguing how many weeks to pay out an ex-employee who had given notice (and was actively sabotaging.
They had given 6 weeks notice (expecting to be paid out on all 6); however, legally they only needed to give us 1 week.
The clerk-droid at the other end of the phone at the Industry reps said "Um, I suppose you have to pay them their 6 weeks."
Upon which I asked "What would happen if I gave 10 years notice?"
Guess what; they did some research and we only needed to pay the 1 week that they were legally required to give!
I agree with other posters; it is standard procedure to have people finish without working out their leave - depending on their reason for leaving.
Last week, we had an employee leave (before he was pushed) and he finished that afternoon. (We checked his briefcase on his way out and removed all of the confidential information he was stealing first... Warrants are being drawn up to search his house now.)
If that guy had stayed on, he would have caused a lot of damage.
OTOH, one of our techs has advised that he will be leaving within 12 months, and has expressed that he wants to work out the completion of his work - and he will be allowed to do so! Why? Because he's simply going to be moving back to his home town - nothing sinister there!
Finally, in some industries, the moment you announce that you are leaving, you are escorted off the premises immediately by security.
Personal effects on your desk? No problem. We'll post them to you. Don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out!
And just in case anyone is wondering; This is in South Australia, not some First Would Country!
OMFG! Don't these guys watch any movies?
It's the Mars Colony that's always responsible for some kind of rebellion, upgrising, revolution or war! It always ends in riots, bloodshed and decades of racism and bigotry; not to mention annoying circumstances of people having to beg for a 'backdoor' transmission to try and locate lost loves and other causes for flashback sequences.
Let's not even mention the poor basketball- playing, black-headed martians with their ACME lasers and funky green bird-like minions. Where's Duck Dodgers when you need him?
Mo.tel, eh?
I'm gonna go for kissand.tel - of course, we won't be seeing too many slashdot readers there, eh?
I second that. Let's have a look through history at what all of the human-brained sheep have done so far:
The Crusades, The Spanish Inquisition, The Hundred-Years War...
Yup. You just described Christianity. They are described in the Bible as Sheep, no?
I was considering a modification of this unit to work for my pet WaterDragon.
It would be great for distributing frozen mice (keeping them frozen with a peltier module) and letting them thaw (the other side of the module) before distributing them.
Problem is, once he found out that it was running Python, he ran away from it. But then, most lizards have a fear of snakes.