My father is a college professor and he frequently complains about the problems he faces trying to prevent his students from downloading a term paper and handing it in.
Tell your father to get his school to subscribe to this
It automatically checks papers and compares them with papers available for sale on the internet.
If anything, the internet has made it easier to detect plaigerism.
She goes on and on about how capitalism is great and we don't need governments, yet she herself threatened to sue a professor who was critical about her work.
I've heard some estimates that Viacom was going up 50% in some cases in price.
Bzzt. Wrong.
EchoStar Chief Executive Charlie Ergen told reporters this week Viacom had asked for a 40-percent rate increase over an undisclosed multi-year period. But one of his own lawyers admitted in a San Francisco court Viacom was asking for an average 7-percent rate increase.
According to Omniture here are the internet averages for browser plugins:
1. Flash 89.1% 2. Java 67.7% 3. Acrobat 51.5% 4. Windows Media Player 52.0% 5. RealPlayer 35.4% 6. Quicktime 18.2%
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Real's Reality
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strange, every time I try and read the article I get a page that says "Click here to read the free article" and when I click it I get "Fill out this form to purchase ArticleOne"
Boy did I feel dumb (and taken) when I found out the ink drys in about 3 months or so
So get a laserjet. My HP LaserJet4L has lasted me for over a decade now. The damn thing runs forever, and toner doesn't ever go bad, so if you only use it twice a year, a single $60 toner cartridge will last you forever.
While using unstable Windows 95 at home, I admired apple for creating stable operating systems such as Macintosh OS, which I used in my university.
As crappy as Win95 is, OS7 and 8 were a lot worse in terms of stability.
I've never met a OS7 user who hasn't had to "rebuild his desktop" at least every other week.
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I know a lot of people complained about the price, but given the fact that they've now sold out, Apple would have been stupid to set a lower price.
I dunno, Apple may be forced to drop the price in a bit. What percentage of those buyers already own an iPod? Is Apple really increasing its marketshare or is it just selling a device to its most diehard fans?
Selling out on launch isn't impressive, the dreamcast did that, continuing to make sales after you sold to your hardcore fanbase is what matters. In 2 months if the miPod is still selling at a brisk pace, then we can say that Apple was right about the price point.
The concept of "search folders" and being able to flag messages for follow-up in many colours is, simply put, invaluable. Mozilla mail doesn't even come close--although it should.
Joss Whedon should call up USA. With Monk and Dead Zone it's obvious that USA isn't afraid to back a strange-yet-brilliant show.
Or maybe FX (Nip Tuck, The Shield) or Bravo (Keen Eddie, Touching Evil).
Cable is really the only place you can find good shows that don't dumb down to the common denominator.
Fox is just stupid. How much money are they making from the Firefly dvds and Family Guy dvds? Compare that with how much money you would expect an any reality TV DVD to make.
In a couple of years, fox is going to have to reach all the way back to In Living Colour in order to make DVD sales... because no one wants to buy anything that they currently air.
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My father is a college professor and he frequently complains about the problems he faces trying to prevent his students from downloading a term paper and handing it in.
Tell your father to get his school to subscribe to this
It automatically checks papers and compares them with papers available for sale on the internet.
If anything, the internet has made it easier to detect plaigerism.
Ayn Rand is a crackpot and a hypocrite.
She goes on and on about how capitalism is great and we don't need governments, yet she herself threatened to sue a professor who was critical about her work.
Maybe people just stopped looking things up!
I find that completely colorable. Kids' dilatoriness cause them to be parsimonious.
and this has been a problem for color blind people who go by the position, rather than the color of the light.
Maybe for people who are 100% color blind (and see only in greys) but the majority of people are red/green colorblind (like my brother).
That's why the green light isn't green, but aqua. My brother says red lights look greyish-orange, green lights look blue.
but w t f are you going to do with it!!?!
Yeah, someone should build a HookShot instead, that was always more useful.
I've heard some estimates that Viacom was going up 50% in some cases in price.
Bzzt. Wrong.
EchoStar Chief Executive Charlie Ergen told reporters this week Viacom had asked for a 40-percent rate increase over an undisclosed multi-year period. But one of his own lawyers admitted in a San Francisco court Viacom was asking for an average 7-percent rate increase.
What everyone actually has is Quicktime.
Well that's a lie.
According to Omniture here are the internet averages for browser plugins:
1. Flash 89.1%
2. Java 67.7%
3. Acrobat 51.5%
4. Windows Media Player 52.0%
5. RealPlayer 35.4%
6. Quicktime 18.2%
strange, every time I try and read the article I get a page that says "Click here to read the free article" and when I click it I get "Fill out this form to purchase ArticleOne"
QT doesn't ask about upping to pro everytime it starts, it's like once a month or something.
No, it's definately close to every time or every-other-time.
The Germans also excel at team killing.
(Oh, I'm going to hell for that)
Boy did I feel dumb (and taken) when I found out the ink drys in about 3 months or so
So get a laserjet. My HP LaserJet4L has lasted me for over a decade now. The damn thing runs forever, and toner doesn't ever go bad, so if you only use it twice a year, a single $60 toner cartridge will last you forever.
the best joystick I ever used was an Apple][ joystick
Pictures are here
It just had the perfect feel and was fairly well built. It was the only joystick I've ever seen survive Decathalon.
I found this cool TiVo replacement just 5 minutes ago, but it needed a computer... I'll pass for now.
While using unstable Windows 95 at home, I admired apple for creating stable operating systems such as Macintosh OS, which I used in my university.
As crappy as Win95 is, OS7 and 8 were a lot worse in terms of stability.
I've never met a OS7 user who hasn't had to "rebuild his desktop" at least every other week.
I know a lot of people complained about the price, but given the fact that they've now sold out, Apple would have been stupid to set a lower price.
I dunno, Apple may be forced to drop the price in a bit. What percentage of those buyers already own an iPod? Is Apple really increasing its marketshare or is it just selling a device to its most diehard fans?
Selling out on launch isn't impressive, the dreamcast did that, continuing to make sales after you sold to your hardcore fanbase is what matters. In 2 months if the miPod is still selling at a brisk pace, then we can say that Apple was right about the price point.
there are some GC games that want a memory card all to themselves (madden 2004).
True, but they're rare (Madden and Animal Crossing). and Animal Crossing comes with a memory card in the box.
there is "nothing new under the Sun"
Well, there's a passwd vuln...
Here in Canada, first-party mem-cards can run $40. Five cards? Yes, I could easily need five cards.
I don't think so. Here in the US Nintendo 250 slot memory cards cost $15.
The average game uses 3-6 slots for a save game. So you're looking at about 25 save games for $15.
I don't think you would ever need 5 cards.
it's the scourge of the internet, responsible for a slew of poorly designed sites
No. Bad designers are responsible for a slew of poorly designed sites.
Never blame the tool, blame the person using it.
Why doesn't Evolution support importing mailboxes?
Because he's reviewing a severly beta version of Evolution? The version he's using doesn't even refresh the inbox list until you change folders.
Stick with 1.4.5 (which does support importing mailboxes) until 1.5 becomes 1.6
The concept of "search folders" and being able to flag messages for follow-up in many colours is, simply put, invaluable. Mozilla mail doesn't even come close--although it should.
Um, both of those features are in Evolution.
I would rather have the series returen
Joss Whedon should call up USA. With Monk and Dead Zone it's obvious that USA isn't afraid to back a strange-yet-brilliant show.
Or maybe FX (Nip Tuck, The Shield) or Bravo (Keen Eddie, Touching Evil).
Cable is really the only place you can find good shows that don't dumb down to the common denominator.
Fox is just stupid. How much money are they making from the Firefly dvds and Family Guy dvds? Compare that with how much money you would expect an any reality TV DVD to make.
In a couple of years, fox is going to have to reach all the way back to In Living Colour in order to make DVD sales... because no one wants to buy anything that they currently air.
Remember Ghosts 'n' Goblins?
I picked up Super Ghosts 'n Goblins for the SNES a few months ago.. I can't even get past the graveyard.
Games today are still challenging, they're just not pound-your-head-against-the-wall impossible anymore.
I'd say that was a good thing. I can't be wasting my time playing the same level over and over again like I could when I was a kid.
I used to have the time and focus to play games like Shadow of the Beast of the Amiga for hours, perfecting my timing.
Shadow of the Beast, one of the most beautiful (even by today's standards) and hard (especially by today's standards) games ever created.
You had one life, no continues, no saves. I really don't think there has ever been a game as demanding as SotB.
I want a funny game that makes me laugh!
You're in luck
If that game is half as funny as the website, I'm there.