I know they are participating in certain programs, such as Course Reader.
A Virtual-U research group, supported by the TeleLearning-NCE, launched a new Open Source software at a teleLearning conference a few months ago.
It's a software called Course Reader allows people to participate in courses via computer even if they don't have access to a fast Internet connection. It's free of charge.
I worked tech support for a major canadian ISP for 3 years. The tech support we offered sucked because the employees in general were underpaid, undertrained and overworked.
The funny part though is that OUR internal tech support sucked even worse. The software we started using had been developed in Malaysia (IIRC), it hadn't been tested at all before it was released and we had no one from the actual development team on site, or even in the country. The thing crashed, double posted billings to accounts, wasn't billing about 6000 customers for a period of 16 months and no one was there to fix it! I don't think anyone even cared.
This is partly why I deal with a smaller ISP now, that rents the network from the larger previously mentioned one (also they allow cash payments for the bill instead of auto-credit-withdraws which I hate).
I won't mention any names, but someone can probably guess which ISP I am referring too.
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I for one welcome our new articulated robot bug overlords.
Hats off to you, for not smoking the fore mentioned -3 flamebait crack.
How is this -1 Flamebait and the parent +5 Funny? QUIT SMOKING -3 FLAMEBAIT CRACK!!!
{Apu} Please do not feed [kernels] to my Elephant God.. {/Apu}
Originally it was peanuts, but what the heck.
Hey! Linux is free!
{Homer Simpson} Unless... {/Homer Simpson}
I'd be happy with 20GB of Karma!!!
(I think I just soiled myself).
+xxx +"right-click to download"
when you say "ho-to" format, do you mean hoe-to?
As in whoring from one place to another...
with the genuine Ford ID chip -- will disable your car. PUT ON YOU TINFOIL HUB CAPS NOW!!!
I know this was meant as a joke, but it's not because he likes little boys and monkeys that we should make fun of him...
wait a minute...
was part lion, goat and serpent
Sounds tasty!
Either way... the glove didn't fit!!!
Come on, get with the program!
No but you can have LTTFA!!! (Listen to the F'ing Article!!!)
No... no... You have it all wrong! It's SCO!
There is always MAME.
One of my favorites was always Galaga '88.Space Legos + Slashdot =
Millenium Falcon and bad jokesAnd all the Microsoft ads turned him over to the dark side.
Now will this affect Doom3? I don't know, even if it does I don't think it will affect it as much as the release of the HL2 engine.
A Virtual-U research group, supported by the TeleLearning-NCE, launched a new Open Source software at a teleLearning conference a few months ago.
It's a software called Course Reader allows people to participate in courses via computer even if they don't have access to a fast Internet connection. It's free of charge.SCO told us you applied to a tinfoil hat license which was valid between 3h30 and 5h30pm EST. Figured you'd be wearing it..
Depending on your propensity to be gullible as hell, one could say that Duke Nukem Forever will eventually be released.
I worked tech support for a major canadian ISP for 3 years.
The tech support we offered sucked because the employees in general were underpaid, undertrained and overworked.
The funny part though is that OUR internal tech support sucked even worse. The software we started using had been developed in Malaysia (IIRC), it hadn't been tested at all before it was released and we had no one from the actual development team on site, or even in the country. The thing crashed, double posted billings to accounts, wasn't billing about 6000 customers for a period of 16 months and no one was there to fix it! I don't think anyone even cared.
This is partly why I deal with a smaller ISP now, that rents the network from the larger previously mentioned one (also they allow cash payments for the bill instead of auto-credit-withdraws which I hate).
I won't mention any names, but someone can probably guess which ISP I am referring too.
I'm actually looking forward to trying this.
It's always nice when you have a free quality demo, specially as of late since I can't find anything that keeps my interest very long.
*rubs hands in greedy anticipation*
(ahhh... MUD).
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donut-shaped universe mmmmmmmmm.... donut.
Where does this guy work?
Same place as your momma! She's quite the extrovert!