That's *exactly* why I got an iBook 9 months back. My Windows based system kept giving me problems. Anymore, I don't like having to deal with all the little details of why something isn't working. If I choose to dig down and explore on my own, that's one thing. To be forced into it to resolve some error or other irritant isn't what it used to be for me.
I've found the Mac to be really simple and well designed. It really does just work, for the most part. I bought w/o an Airport card and added one in about 4 months ago and it was the easiest computer upgrade I've done in 15 years. The biggest problem I've had was figuring out why the wireless was working one day and not the next at a different location. (It was software setting that just needed to be changed)
Incidentally, the Mac seems to be a great platform for SW development. Apple provides all the tools needed at no charge.
Haven't decided to completely abandon my Windows desktop for a Mac though.
Now he uses some kind of update alerter to tell him whenever the 5 bazillion random apps he has installed on the machines has an update so that partly explains it,
I don't know what the frequency of patches/updates for 10.3 is, but for 10.2 it seems to be somewhere around one per week (if that often). There is pretty much a new MS update every day. I gave up on using Windows Update (at 56k it takes for-freakin-ever) and just look for anything serious (RPC exploit).
If your dad seriously gets 3-4 updates per day, then it's because of whatever special update tracking software he uses. Apple update is much more reasonable.
{This is based on 9 months experience w/ my iBook}
I never saw a Pascal version of WWIV, but it does sound familiar for some reason.
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Okay, I did some digging. Your first guess was correct.
Version 1.x -- BASIC
Versions 2.x - 3.x -- Pascal
Versions 4.x -- C
This is the best source of info I've found. Lots of old WWIV newsletters from Wayne & Co. Looks like 4.23-ish was the first version with built-in multi-line/-user support. I'm sure there was a mod out before that though.
XO, the version that never got released was the UNIX version. Really made no sense back then to have a UNIX version though... maybe it was just some crazy rumor.
I'm not sure why the actual phone calls are so expensive, but I do know that you have to buy a phone number there. I think some European countries are similar. Kind of a strange situation, but you pay ~$500? (can't remember, it was at least a couple hundred) for a phone number. Then, when you leave or move or whatever, you sell it. Of course, you still have to pay for phone service on top of that.
A lot of things are priced differently in Japan compared to America.
Well, $0.003333_ is 1/3 of a cent. I think we're talking about $0.03333_ which is 3 and 1/3 cents.
There is a typo in the story summary, it should be $0.10 per 3 minutes. Check the article. If we're talking $.010 per 3 minutes, that's 1 cent per 3 minutes, which would be much more then 3x - 8x less than the current going rates.
I never really understood this whole argument. It's almost like South Americans (I remember hearing somewhere that is where most people have this issue -- may not be right, but the post still applies) are ashamed of their own countries. Like it's not enough to be Mexican or Brazilian or whatever..
I have no problem with conceeding that everyone living in North, Central and South America are all Americans. But when someone asks where you're from, and you say, "America" or "I'm American" then everyone knows you're talking about the United States of America.
Someone else in this thread has it right... groups of people have the right to decide what they want to be called.
Of course, we could also just append American to every nationality and fix it all... Mexican-American, Chiliean-American, European-American... Then EVERYONE can be an American.
Yes, he did talk to some independents... But he didn't get much information from them (or chose not to report all of it).
Okay, batteries can can explode. What is the chance of that happening? Is it really something to worry about, or are the odds better for winning the lottery? If there is a good chance of having a problem, then I want to know about it... but someone could write a similar article about getting struck by lightning.
I used this for some old 386 systems I had laying around collecting dust and it worked like a charm! I did some looking around and didn't find many options for computer recycling. The Dell program was really simple though. Simply online order form. Then you just put the stuff outside your front door on the day specified. Couldn't be easier. HP has a recycling program too (looks a little bit more expensive than Dell).
Anywhoo, I was a little upset about having to pay someone to recycling my old electronics. I guess if you consider the fee as a shipping cost though, it's not so bad. Better than dumping more toxic crap in a hole in the ground too.
Actually, there are approximately 86,400.002 seconds in a day (see here). In addition, you neglected to add the leap seconds that may or may not be required.
I'm just sayin', if you're going to try and be ultra accurate, then don't half-ass it.
So why not spend the billions developing quieter traffic? Put it into fuel cells and electric motors, for example.
From the article: "By year's end, one-quarter of Paris' 416 garbage trucks will run on natural gas, 50 percent quieter than current diesel models, City Hall says."
According to this site, Bush's approval ratings are not extremely high. They're actually pretty average, somewhere around 50-60% (which is neither high nor low).
Here's an interesting chart that plots approval ratings for many recent Presidents (Clinton, Reagan, Carter...). I don't know how accurate it is, but it is nice to have some visualization.
Somewhat along these lines... I heard a story on some NPR program in the past week (I think it was from the CBC) about a guy applying genetic algorithms to creating poetry. Users score poems and the highest scoring are used to make new ones. Here's the link.
WinXP actually seems to have pretty good language support (yeah, I was surprised too). It's not perfect. I have used it though (for Japanese), and it works pretty good.
Of course, PHB sees you working from home and wonders why not just outsource the job to India or China. It's just telecommuting on a larger scale. If there is a serious need to meet, then someone hops on an airplane or sets up a VTC.
I've worked with a couple of people that have done the telecommuting thing. It seems like a really cool deal. I'm opposed to outsourcing, but there might be downsides too.
I remember reading a story in Wired a couple of years back about an advertising company that did the same thing (or something very similar) and it turned out to be a big failure. Don't remember any of the specifics though.
If you've got no guarantee of the same location, what do you do about stuff you have to store (reference books, nerf guns,...)?
Currently only two states allow their electors to split their votes: Maine and Nebraska. Votes are split based on congressional districts and the remaining 2 votes are given to the candidate that won the majority of the districts.
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That's *exactly* why I got an iBook 9 months back. My Windows based system kept giving me problems. Anymore, I don't like having to deal with all the little details of why something isn't working. If I choose to dig down and explore on my own, that's one thing. To be forced into it to resolve some error or other irritant isn't what it used to be for me.
I've found the Mac to be really simple and well designed. It really does just work, for the most part. I bought w/o an Airport card and added one in about 4 months ago and it was the easiest computer upgrade I've done in 15 years. The biggest problem I've had was figuring out why the wireless was working one day and not the next at a different location. (It was software setting that just needed to be changed)
Incidentally, the Mac seems to be a great platform for SW development. Apple provides all the tools needed at no charge.
Haven't decided to completely abandon my Windows desktop for a Mac though.
I don't know what the frequency of patches/updates for 10.3 is, but for 10.2 it seems to be somewhere around one per week (if that often). There is pretty much a new MS update every day. I gave up on using Windows Update (at 56k it takes for-freakin-ever) and just look for anything serious (RPC exploit).
If your dad seriously gets 3-4 updates per day, then it's because of whatever special update tracking software he uses. Apple update is much more reasonable.
{This is based on 9 months experience w/ my iBook}
WWIV.com is pretty sparse.
I never saw a Pascal version of WWIV, but it does sound familiar for some reason.
...
Okay, I did some digging. Your first guess was correct.
Version 1.x -- BASIC
Versions 2.x - 3.x -- Pascal
Versions 4.x -- C
This is the best source of info I've found. Lots of old WWIV newsletters from Wayne & Co. Looks like 4.23-ish was the first version with built-in multi-line/-user support. I'm sure there was a mod out before that though.
XO, the version that never got released was the UNIX version. Really made no sense back then to have a UNIX version though... maybe it was just some crazy rumor.
You have to remove the space that it auto inserted into that URL.
I hope you don't survive long enough to reproduce.
Of course, you realize what this means: Coffee drinkers are terrorists!
I'm not sure why the actual phone calls are so expensive, but I do know that you have to buy a phone number there. I think some European countries are similar. Kind of a strange situation, but you pay ~$500? (can't remember, it was at least a couple hundred) for a phone number. Then, when you leave or move or whatever, you sell it. Of course, you still have to pay for phone service on top of that.
A lot of things are priced differently in Japan compared to America.
Well, $0.003333_ is 1/3 of a cent.
I think we're talking about $0.03333_ which is 3 and 1/3 cents.
There is a typo in the story summary, it should be $0.10 per 3 minutes. Check the article.
If we're talking $.010 per 3 minutes, that's 1 cent per 3 minutes, which would be much more then 3x - 8x less than the current going rates.
I never really understood this whole argument. It's almost like South Americans (I remember hearing somewhere that is where most people have this issue -- may not be right, but the post still applies) are ashamed of their own countries. Like it's not enough to be Mexican or Brazilian or whatever..
I have no problem with conceeding that everyone living in North, Central and South America are all Americans. But when someone asks where you're from, and you say, "America" or "I'm American" then everyone knows you're talking about the United States of America.
Someone else in this thread has it right... groups of people have the right to decide what they want to be called.
Of course, we could also just append American to every nationality and fix it all... Mexican-American, Chiliean-American, European-American... Then EVERYONE can be an American.
Yes, he did talk to some independents... But he didn't get much information from them (or chose not to report all of it).
Okay, batteries can can explode. What is the chance of that happening? Is it really something to worry about, or are the odds better for winning the lottery? If there is a good chance of having a problem, then I want to know about it... but someone could write a similar article about getting struck by lightning.
I'd love to hear Shatner sing the 'Vegas' version of Rollins' Liar.
someone would wipe the memory of that movie from my mind.
But you don't see me crying about games that glorify pimp slapping and whacking whores with 2x4s.
Get a thicker skin for fuck-sake.
I used this for some old 386 systems I had laying around collecting dust and it worked like a charm! I did some looking around and didn't find many options for computer recycling. The Dell program was really simple though. Simply online order form. Then you just put the stuff outside your front door on the day specified. Couldn't be easier. HP has a recycling program too (looks a little bit more expensive than Dell).
Anywhoo, I was a little upset about having to pay someone to recycling my old electronics. I guess if you consider the fee as a shipping cost though, it's not so bad. Better than dumping more toxic crap in a hole in the ground too.
Actually, there are approximately 86,400.002 seconds in a day (see here). In addition, you neglected to add the leap seconds that may or may not be required.
I'm just sayin', if you're going to try and be ultra accurate, then don't half-ass it.
Oh cruel irony, why do you mock me so!
So why not spend the billions developing quieter traffic? Put it into fuel cells and electric motors, for example.
From the article: "By year's end, one-quarter of Paris' 416 garbage trucks will run on natural gas, 50 percent quieter than current diesel models, City Hall says."
Money is being spent on quieter vehicles.
Here's an interesting chart that plots approval ratings for many recent Presidents (Clinton, Reagan, Carter...). I don't know how accurate it is, but it is nice to have some visualization.
Somewhat along these lines... I heard a story on some NPR program in the past week (I think it was from the CBC) about a guy applying genetic algorithms to creating poetry. Users score poems and the highest scoring are used to make new ones. Here's the link.
I thought it was neat anyway.
You UN-American bastard! Turn yourself in and wait quietly for the Thought Police to come pick you up.
Capitalism is the new religion.
WinXP actually seems to have pretty good language support (yeah, I was surprised too). It's not perfect. I have used it though (for Japanese), and it works pretty good.
Here's a link to a MS KB article.
Cheney/Bush.
Indeed Winston, when will the Proles wake up and realize their power?
Of course, PHB sees you working from home and wonders why not just outsource the job to India or China. It's just telecommuting on a larger scale. If there is a serious need to meet, then someone hops on an airplane or sets up a VTC.
I've worked with a couple of people that have done the telecommuting thing. It seems like a really cool deal. I'm opposed to outsourcing, but there might be downsides too.
I remember reading a story in Wired a couple of years back about an advertising company that did the same thing (or something very similar) and it turned out to be a big failure. Don't remember any of the specifics though.
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If you've got no guarantee of the same location, what do you do about stuff you have to store (reference books, nerf guns,
Currently only two states allow their electors to split their votes: Maine and Nebraska. Votes are split based on congressional districts and the remaining 2 votes are given to the candidate that won the majority of the districts.