There are two kinds of servers, Dump Truck Servers and Wheelbarrow Servers. Her laptop could be a wheelbarrow server (or two or three), but not a Dump Truck Server...
I'm not sure if I should mod that as "funny" or "sad".
Hrm... k, I'll comment, instead.
I wonder if there's a way to turn off the automatic updates? It's rather annoying when corporate users who don't have permission to install updates (or, in some cases, access the Internet at all) are constantly prompted to upgrade.
History shows that the majority of "consolidation" will eventually unwind, fragment, and finally return to something similar to the original way of doing things.
And then it will happen again.
Witness: Mainframe computing to Personal Computing to Thin Client Computing.
Well, I've had it open for almost 48 hours now... surfing an average of 7 tabs open at a time (8, right now), doing HTTP uploads and all kinds of other crazy crap...
Firefox is using 95MB. Thunderbird is using 100MB.
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There are two kinds of servers, Dump Truck Servers and Wheelbarrow Servers. Her laptop could be a wheelbarrow server (or two or three), but not a Dump Truck Server ...
They may not cause disease, but they can sure as hell cause oxygen deprivation :)
Maybe this one will draw in a bigger crowd than Lukas Rossi.
...)
(I kid, I kid! He's an upstanding Canadian guy
From the Because-They're-Cheap Department.
:)
Too cheap to proofread?
Yes, that was my point - that even counting Yahoo's alternative services, if you lump YouTube into Google's camp, the hits must be off the charts.
Umm, if you want to include services, then I only have one thing to say:
YouTube.
I'd rather own a Wii. They just sound more friendly, frankly.
Although, to be fair, I haven't tried Gears of War. It sounds fun, though.
I'm not sure if I should mod that as "funny" or "sad".
... k, I'll comment, instead.
Hrm
I wonder if there's a way to turn off the automatic updates? It's rather annoying when corporate users who don't have permission to install updates (or, in some cases, access the Internet at all) are constantly prompted to upgrade.
... and neither will the consolidation of greedy corporate service providers displace the stand-alone web service. They will compliment one another.
History shows that the majority of "consolidation" will eventually unwind, fragment, and finally return to something similar to the original way of doing things.
And then it will happen again.
Witness: Mainframe computing to Personal Computing to Thin Client Computing.
"My sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood."
Optimus Keyboard.
Sure, the full meal deal won't be out for a few months, but the little keypad made it out!
Seriously. I can't find it.
They're called Slashdot posters.
Save the Chicken Wing, Save the World.
He once said that he made 4, 5 and 6 first because they featured a more compelling story.
:)
He was right.
It's called "Pop Music". Or, more specifically, "Nickelback". :)
What if it was a space ship from a galaxy far, far away?
There is no truth in science. There are merely findings which are less false than others. ;-)
Uh. I think you've got your planets mixed up.
Mercury would be better for solar flare observation.
It's like a corporate Poison Pill for Jack Thompson. Nee-chay!
I fail to see how this is more significant than "rocks sink and beachballs float"? :)
Well, I've had it open for almost 48 hours now ... surfing an average of 7 tabs open at a time (8, right now), doing HTTP uploads and all kinds of other crazy crap ...
Firefox is using 95MB. Thunderbird is using 100MB.
Any nudity?
or, maybe it's better to not carry a half-gram of coke on you.