I was astonished to find that if you install the Office XP Tablet PC pack on a Tablet PC, you are urged to "ALWAYS" trust Microsoft's installation components. This has to do with loading the components into Windows Journal.
To do otherwise, means you sift through "Installation" warnings every time you launch Journal.
Ignoring the purchase of a Tablet for a second, for a company that claims to be more-than-ever concerned about security, this is highly insecure. Certificates are forged all the time.
Ugh. This is so gross! It's bad enough that I occasionally have to sit down on public toilets, but the very idea that people are placing this "wireless keyboard" on their bare laps and doing God knows what is just enough to make me not EVER use one of these.
And not to be crass, but who is going to clean this keyboard and would you pick one up if you saw, ahm, hairs on it?
"And it was, like, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. And then, like, half of my TXT msg was gone. And I was, like... heh. It devoured my TXT msg. It was a really good TXT msg. And then I had to do it again and I had to do it fast so it wasn't as good. It's kind of a bummer."
This is why I always put down that I'm a female, born in 1902, who lives in zip code 90210.
So, you're the whippersnapper that's been putting me on all those mailing lists! I might be 100 years old, but my cane can still fit up your butthole, sonny.
I agree with some of the other posts here. You'll likely have to take this up with the phone service provider, NOT Yahoo!. I suppose if I just got the phone number, I'd demand a new one. I realize that this isn't always possible or ideal, but it's the sure way to get away from it all.
I've seen similar things happen to folks who sign up with larger ISPs. Recently one signed up with RCN, got an "available" e-mail address, connected for the first time only to find 50+ spams inside from various companies.
I think we're doomed to see this more and more as ISPs/phoneservice providers run out of name/numberspace. Recycling will happen. What can the providers do if the e-mail/phonemail address is out there already? Even if they close the number of X number of months, the spammers will still pump out ads at the address.
I appreciate the fact the Miyamoto still brings this aspect to video games. To my mind, there's a healthy mix out there of blood/guts and colorful characters on ALL consoles. If there's more "kiddie" stuff on Nintendo's consoles, good. I think that's a nice choice for the marketplace.
Besides, what is "mature"? Is it the ability to print "death" on a screen? To splatter blood? What is inherently less mature about killing a turtle by jumping on it versus pumping it full of lead and splattering guts all over the screen?
Perhaps this is more of an opinion than fact, but I really believe this is/was Apple's un-stated marketing campaign. Apple has always handed out stickers of various types and these things do show up in a lot of places.
Perhaps the difference here is that MS (and, maybe, to some degree, IBM) actively promotes spreading the message with the stickable items. To my knowledge, Apple never said, "Hurry to your local bus stop and stick up your Apple logos."
I never minded the Apple or IBM stickers. But, as usual, someone has to push moderation into excessive.
Interestingly, on I-95 around Boston, there is a train bridge that advertises a show on a local radio station. What's different here, however, is that it's SPRAY-PAINTED on the bridge. It's not just graffiti, it's graffiti with marketing chutzpah!
It would be even better if they offered more stories from news sources arond the world. I've noticed in the past that if I read a story on CNN.com, and then go read it on El Mundo or Le Monde that you tend to get a very different point of view.
I agree with you. I think this would be a very nice addition to the site. You should suggest that to them.
Well, a laptop can be less than ideal in some situations. I know video professionals who would prefer a small-space PC to a laptop because some of the cuts laptop manufacturers make for battery life. Slower hard drives, slower CPUs, etc.
A small-scale, otherwise full-fledged PC is a great idea. It's portable, in an Apple//c way, and it's very powerful, unlike even the most high-end laptops.
[NG] declined, saying there wouldn't be enough interest. Well now it's in the Post, it's on/. and to cap it all off, who's doing a TV special about it? Discovery. Ain't that a swift kick in the crotch.
And NG is writing articles, too. Imagine that, NG having to play catch up!
Bart: The ironing is delicious. Lisa: The word is "irony." Bart: Huh?
I remember reading a fan-produced publication on this matter. This publication was made to look like an "official" Starfleet report.
It stated that the reason for the different looks is because there are two distinct races which are often at war with each other. For a time, the more human-looking ones were in power. This booklet showed the various land masses each race controlled. Lots of background.
But, as someone else pointed out, it doesn't easily explain why Enterprise's Klingons are ridged.
It would be interesting to see an upcoming Enterprise episode that plays with this theory. Maybe the Klingon Empire collapses for a time, shuttling some human-looking Klingons into the series.
Yeah, I do agree with others that think Worf was expressing some sort of disgust in the DS9 episode. If Enterprise were to play with some of these theories, they could _easily_ bring in the larger issue, race!
Other theories I've heard: The Klingons attempted to make a human-klingon hybrid in order inject spies into the Federation.
The Romulans and Klingons collaborated on a human-klingon hybrid in order to inject spies into the Federation.
The human-looking Klingons are a Romulan invention that went awry.
The Klingons from the original series aren't Klingons at all, but rather humans who like dark clothes and don't take baths.
Kirk and Spock were lovers. (Oh, wait, that has nothing to do with the Klingons, huh?)
I just changed the date on my Win2kPro laptop to 2038 and the thing immediately became pokey, wouldn't respond to mouse-clicks or keyboard commands. Super amounts of disk activity.
Who knows what it really was, but when I switched the date back -- which I was able to do without a reboot -- the system calmed down right away.
Disclaimer: This message is not intended to imply that Win2kPro or laptops or even pokey-things will go blitzy-bonkers to 2038, but it was kinda cool to see what would happen. Kids, don't try this at home.
Besides, isn't some asteroid suppose to hit us by then?
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Consumers weigh the cost savings of Linux on the desktop versus the hassle of learning a new system and the availability of desireable apps such as Medal of Honor, Photoshop and others they can purchase at any retailer and/or copy from friends and family.
I'm sorry, but I don't think consumers even get this far. When they want to buy a PC, they go to Circuit City, Best Buy, Gateway Country, et al. And these guys aren't pushing Linux at all. The consumer doesn't even get to the point of considering it. It's just not in their field of vision, for the most part.
That's part of the problem.
If you could walk into a Best Buy and walk up to a display of three computers running Mac OSX, WinXP Pro, and Mandrake (or other), ask knowledgeable people questions, and PLAY with all of the computers, THEN Linux would have a better chance.
Back in the days of 2400bps, when modems touted features like "auto-dial," every night when one of my friends made his BBS rounds, the cops would show up at his house.
This went on for days. And no one really put it together until, one night, while listening to the dial-tones coming out the speak of his Avatar 2400 modem, he noticed that anytime the modem attempted to dial an 8, nothing would come out.
And one of the BBSs he dialed started thus: (8)91-1xxx
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I don't recall agreeing to participate.
I was astonished to find that if you install the Office XP Tablet PC pack on a Tablet PC, you are urged to "ALWAYS" trust Microsoft's installation components. This has to do with loading the components into Windows Journal.
To do otherwise, means you sift through "Installation" warnings every time you launch Journal.
Ignoring the purchase of a Tablet for a second, for a company that claims to be more-than-ever concerned about security, this is highly insecure. Certificates are forged all the time.
Is this security through idiocy?
That turned me off video games forever.
wireless keyboard
Ugh. This is so gross! It's bad enough that I occasionally have to sit down on public toilets, but the very idea that people are placing this "wireless keyboard" on their bare laps and doing God knows what is just enough to make me not EVER use one of these.
And not to be crass, but who is going to clean this keyboard and would you pick one up if you saw, ahm, hairs on it?
This whole thing is such a bad idea.
*klik*klik*klik*klik*klik*klik* *beep*beep*beep*beep*beep*beep*
... heh. It devoured my TXT msg. It was a really good TXT msg. And then I had to do it again and I had to do it fast so it wasn't as good. It's kind of a bummer."
"And it was, like, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. And then, like, half of my TXT msg was gone. And I was, like
This is why I always put down that I'm a female, born in 1902, who lives in zip code 90210.
So, you're the whippersnapper that's been putting me on all those mailing lists! I might be 100 years old, but my cane can still fit up your butthole, sonny.
I agree with some of the other posts here. You'll likely have to take this up with the phone service provider, NOT Yahoo!. I suppose if I just got the phone number, I'd demand a new one. I realize that this isn't always possible or ideal, but it's the sure way to get away from it all.
I've seen similar things happen to folks who sign up with larger ISPs. Recently one signed up with RCN, got an "available" e-mail address, connected for the first time only to find 50+ spams inside from various companies.
I think we're doomed to see this more and more as ISPs/phoneservice providers run out of name/numberspace. Recycling will happen. What can the providers do if the e-mail/phonemail address is out there already? Even if they close the number of X number of months, the spammers will still pump out ads at the address.
"Rosebud."
What could it mean? WHAT COULD IT MEAN?!
I appreciate the fact the Miyamoto still brings this aspect to video games. To my mind, there's a healthy mix out there of blood/guts and colorful characters on ALL consoles. If there's more "kiddie" stuff on Nintendo's consoles, good. I think that's a nice choice for the marketplace.
Besides, what is "mature"? Is it the ability to print "death" on a screen? To splatter blood? What is inherently less mature about killing a turtle by jumping on it versus pumping it full of lead and splattering guts all over the screen?
Devloppers strikes me as a very funny word. Sounds like management, lopping developers heads off.
Maybe someone should devlop Miyamoto.
Heh.
:-D
I am pretty scared I didn't try that.
Sorry. Monday morning.
... is how when you search for "Broadjump Client Foundation" in Google, the company's own homepage doesn't come up in the early listings.
This says to me that either there are very few links to the company's homepage, or there is no company homepage.
Heh. Conspiracy therories entered here. 10 cents.
Perhaps this is more of an opinion than fact, but I really believe this is/was Apple's un-stated marketing campaign. Apple has always handed out stickers of various types and these things do show up in a lot of places.
Perhaps the difference here is that MS (and, maybe, to some degree, IBM) actively promotes spreading the message with the stickable items. To my knowledge, Apple never said, "Hurry to your local bus stop and stick up your Apple logos."
I never minded the Apple or IBM stickers. But, as usual, someone has to push moderation into excessive.
Interestingly, on I-95 around Boston, there is a train bridge that advertises a show on a local radio station. What's different here, however, is that it's SPRAY-PAINTED on the bridge. It's not just graffiti, it's graffiti with marketing chutzpah!
It would be even better if they offered more stories from news sources arond the world. I've noticed in the past that if I read a story on CNN.com, and then go read it on El Mundo or Le Monde that you tend to get a very different point of view.
I agree with you. I think this would be a very nice addition to the site. You should suggest that to them.
In the meantime, you want World News Review.
Some folks ask: "Why not get a laptop?"
//c way, and it's very powerful, unlike even the most high-end laptops.
Well, a laptop can be less than ideal in some situations. I know video professionals who would prefer a small-space PC to a laptop because some of the cuts laptop manufacturers make for battery life. Slower hard drives, slower CPUs, etc.
A small-scale, otherwise full-fledged PC is a great idea. It's portable, in an Apple
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I mean, this is just like when an animal, so starved for food, starts to eat its own body parts.
[NG] declined, saying there wouldn't be enough interest. Well now it's in the Post, it's on /. and to cap it all off, who's doing a TV special about it? Discovery. Ain't that a swift kick in the crotch.
And NG is writing articles, too. Imagine that, NG having to play catch up!
Bart: The ironing is delicious.
Lisa: The word is "irony."
Bart: Huh?
penile enlarger or an antenna booster
Can you?
Why in the heck is Lockheed Martin produce pr0n!! ;-)
I remember reading a fan-produced publication on this matter. This publication was made to look like an "official" Starfleet report.
It stated that the reason for the different looks is because there are two distinct races which are often at war with each other. For a time, the more human-looking ones were in power. This booklet showed the various land masses each race controlled. Lots of background.
But, as someone else pointed out, it doesn't easily explain why Enterprise's Klingons are ridged.
It would be interesting to see an upcoming Enterprise episode that plays with this theory. Maybe the Klingon Empire collapses for a time, shuttling some human-looking Klingons into the series.
Yeah, I do agree with others that think Worf was expressing some sort of disgust in the DS9 episode. If Enterprise were to play with some of these theories, they could _easily_ bring in the larger issue, race!
Other theories I've heard:
The Klingons attempted to make a human-klingon hybrid in order inject spies into the Federation.
The Romulans and Klingons collaborated on a human-klingon hybrid in order to inject spies into the Federation.
The human-looking Klingons are a Romulan invention that went awry.
The Klingons from the original series aren't Klingons at all, but rather humans who like dark clothes and don't take baths.
Kirk and Spock were lovers. (Oh, wait, that has nothing to do with the Klingons, huh?)
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WOW!
I just changed the date on my Win2kPro laptop to 2038 and the thing immediately became pokey, wouldn't respond to mouse-clicks or keyboard commands. Super amounts of disk activity.
Who knows what it really was, but when I switched the date back -- which I was able to do without a reboot -- the system calmed down right away.
Disclaimer: This message is not intended to imply that Win2kPro or laptops or even pokey-things will go blitzy-bonkers to 2038, but it was kinda cool to see what would happen. Kids, don't try this at home.
Besides, isn't some asteroid suppose to hit us by then?
Consumers weigh the cost savings of Linux on the desktop versus the hassle of learning a new system and the availability of desireable apps such as Medal of Honor, Photoshop and others they can purchase at any retailer and/or copy from friends and family.
I'm sorry, but I don't think consumers even get this far. When they want to buy a PC, they go to Circuit City, Best Buy, Gateway Country, et al. And these guys aren't pushing Linux at all. The consumer doesn't even get to the point of considering it. It's just not in their field of vision, for the most part.
That's part of the problem.
If you could walk into a Best Buy and walk up to a display of three computers running Mac OSX, WinXP Pro, and Mandrake (or other), ask knowledgeable people questions, and PLAY with all of the computers, THEN Linux would have a better chance.
Back in the days of 2400bps, when modems touted features like "auto-dial," every night when one of my friends made his BBS rounds, the cops would show up at his house.
This went on for days. And no one really put it together until, one night, while listening to the dial-tones coming out the speak of his Avatar 2400 modem, he noticed that anytime the modem attempted to dial an 8, nothing would come out.
And one of the BBSs he dialed started thus:
(8)91-1xxx