I seem to be just about the only computer geek to *like* the XP interface. The frequently used applications thing in the XP menu is something I've wished Windows had for years now. I also like the XP style theme; I think it's more pleasing to the eye.
Though the first thing I do when getting on an XP computer that I can do this on without the owner getting mad (i.e. my own or the PSU computers when the roaming profile server is down) is to set the color scheme from the default blue thing (which I *do* think is ugly) to silver.
Better would be just a simple addition to the replace dialog: 'Rename Old' and 'Rename Copying'. Perhaps better titles; that's the best I can think of at the moment.
How 'bout this? Say that no bots are allowed and that only humans (and other intelligent life forms if you'd like, so your friend from the planet near Betelgeuse can get in) are allowed to log in. Get some OSS ftp server and make the user press enter to accept.
Acualy, t isnothar t agrgue that faruse is iplicily covered by the US Consitution. Conress can only pass copyright laws to "promote the Useful Arts and Sciences' (the exact quote may be slightly different, but that's the flavor). So 'all' you have to argue is that preventing copying for, say, personal use doesn't "promote the Useful Arts and Sciences" and any law that does so oversteps Congressional authority and is hence unconstitutional (amendment 10?).
I think the poster is saying that the other TV programs cause very slight burn-in. My guess is that normally other programs would obscure this burn-in, but it would be visible when it was supposed to be showing black
There's the display to, they want to make it look nice among the other stereo devices, and finally take a look at the back panel. They use virtually all the space.
Your story reminds me of the "Safecracker Meets Safecracker" chapter in "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman". Lots of fun stories of him breaking into most of the safes that lay around Los Alamos while he worked on the Manhatten Project. If you haven't read it, you may want to go pick it up.
While this deserves the +3, funny, there are significant advantages to having a lock that doesn't require you to carry around a physical object, as I have discovered numerous times when I have returned to my house (usually after school) and realized I had forgotten my key. (My favorite time was when I was using a keyed lock for my locker and put both my house key and the key to said padlock *inside* my locker before shutting and locking it. While incredibly annoying at the time, I have had many laughs about it since.)
"Crooks have cordless saws all's to go through the wall of a wooden structure in under 5 minutes. And last time I checked it was pitifully easy to break through a door."
It seems like a keypad would almost be a better solution. You don't have to carry something around, only remember the combination. I don't know how reliable this is; from what I've seen in stores, these don't read fairly often, and he's going through glass.
Of course, you'd have to make the password sufficiently strong.
Don't be too sure... the 1993 "Visionary Tecgnology" Ig Nobel Prize was "Presented jointly to Jay Schiffman of Farmington Hills, Michigan, crack inventor of AutoVision, an image projection device that makes it possible to drive a car and watch television at the same time, and to the Michigan state legislature, for making it legal to do so."
More like, "If she didn't want to be raped she shouldn't have placed ads in the newspaper saying that she wouldn't object to being raped and then walked around wearing a sign that said 'rape me'."
The Internet--the collection of PUBLIC sites that use the HTTP protocol--inherantly is public, and says "visit me."
Your example is more suited to saying "you should have increased your security so I couldn't port scan you."
As another analogy, saying "you can't link here without our permission" is about the same as saying "you cannot talk to me without my permission." The specific case of sites forbidding deep-linking is roughly equilivalent to stating "You cannot speak to me without saying 'hi' first," though the analogy isn't perfect.
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Any you'll probably be able to revert to a Win95 style interface under Longhorn.
I seem to be just about the only computer geek to *like* the XP interface. The frequently used applications thing in the XP menu is something I've wished Windows had for years now. I also like the XP style theme; I think it's more pleasing to the eye.
Though the first thing I do when getting on an XP computer that I can do this on without the owner getting mad (i.e. my own or the PSU computers when the roaming profile server is down) is to set the color scheme from the default blue thing (which I *do* think is ugly) to silver.
Better would be just a simple addition to the replace dialog: 'Rename Old' and 'Rename Copying'. Perhaps better titles; that's the best I can think of at the moment.
Maybe backing up is precisely what he does (or will be doing). Like quadruple or qunituple redundancy.
It just adds an extra prompt... how 'bout this then:
present the terms before requesting user/pass and state that by logging in they accept them.
How 'bout this? Say that no bots are allowed and that only humans (and other intelligent life forms if you'd like, so your friend from the planet near Betelgeuse can get in) are allowed to log in. Get some OSS ftp server and make the user press enter to accept.
"Lovely spam, wonderful spam!"
There's a big difference between weather forcasting and climate forcasting.
My guess is that they haven't had any reports of fradulent use.
Or MS Office
That was my favorite commercial, I think because of the Office Space reference.
Hmmm.... here's a hint. Don't try to type on a wireless keyboard with low batteries on the edge of it's range. You'll miss letters.
That first sentence should read: "Acually, it is not hard to agrgue that fair use is implicily covered by the US Consitution."
Acualy, t isnothar t agrgue that faruse is iplicily covered by the US Consitution. Conress can only pass copyright laws to "promote the Useful Arts and Sciences' (the exact quote may be slightly different, but that's the flavor). So 'all' you have to argue is that preventing copying for, say, personal use doesn't "promote the Useful Arts and Sciences" and any law that does so oversteps Congressional authority and is hence unconstitutional (amendment 10?).
Of course, at the same time direct copying would become legal, so would making derivative works, e.g. cracked versions.
I think the poster is saying that the other TV programs cause very slight burn-in. My guess is that normally other programs would obscure this burn-in, but it would be visible when it was supposed to be showing black
There's the display to, they want to make it look nice among the other stereo devices, and finally take a look at the back panel. They use virtually all the space.
This could be easily fixed... just add exhaust fans. The theory could be okay while the execution isn't.
Your story reminds me of the "Safecracker Meets Safecracker" chapter in "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman". Lots of fun stories of him breaking into most of the safes that lay around Los Alamos while he worked on the Manhatten Project. If you haven't read it, you may want to go pick it up.
While this deserves the +3, funny, there are significant advantages to having a lock that doesn't require you to carry around a physical object, as I have discovered numerous times when I have returned to my house (usually after school) and realized I had forgotten my key. (My favorite time was when I was using a keyed lock for my locker and put both my house key and the key to said padlock *inside* my locker before shutting and locking it. While incredibly annoying at the time, I have had many laughs about it since.)
"Crooks have cordless saws all's to go through the wall of a wooden structure in under 5 minutes. And last time I checked it was pitifully easy to break through a door."
Not to mention picking locks.
It seems like a keypad would almost be a better solution. You don't have to carry something around, only remember the combination. I don't know how reliable this is; from what I've seen in stores, these don't read fairly often, and he's going through glass.
Of course, you'd have to make the password sufficiently strong.
Don't be too sure... the 1993 "Visionary Tecgnology" Ig Nobel Prize was "Presented jointly to Jay Schiffman of Farmington Hills, Michigan, crack inventor of AutoVision, an image projection device that makes it possible to drive a car and watch television at the same time, and to the Michigan state legislature, for making it legal to do so."
More like,
"If she didn't want to be raped she shouldn't have placed ads in the newspaper saying that she wouldn't object to being raped and then walked around wearing a sign that said 'rape me'."
The Internet--the collection of PUBLIC sites that use the HTTP protocol--inherantly is public, and says "visit me."
Your example is more suited to saying "you should have increased your security so I couldn't port scan you."
As another analogy, saying "you can't link here without our permission" is about the same as saying "you cannot talk to me without my permission." The specific case of sites forbidding deep-linking is roughly equilivalent to stating "You cannot speak to me without saying 'hi' first," though the analogy isn't perfect.
In that case, Apple would have a probable case for copyright or trademark infringement.
He was, I'm sure, referring to legal enforcement. As in, they wouldn't get anywhere if they took you to court.