Ah, after a quick look, I discovered that the most famous use of the phrase was by Marx, referring to the Russian Empire. The first time I saw it was in reference to the Ottoman Empire.
Actually, I was just thinking that: as they once called the Ottoman Empire a prison of nations, they should call AOL a cemetary of independent software projects.
Virus, i, n. [Sanscr. visham; Gr. ios, poison] , a slimy liquid, slime.
The "i" after the word is the genitive form; the genitive of fourth declension is in -us, as is the plural. Don't feel bad about it, I made the same assumption for years until I looked it up in L&S, and I took 8 years of Latin.
If you had authorized the laptop, you would have been able to play from the iPod, but only if you DIDN'T synch. There is a program called iPodRip that you can use to copy the songs from the iPod to your hard drive and then add them to iTunes (and again, if you authorize the laptop, you're all set). The no multiple downloads thing is a bad idea, I think, but the one-way synching was a requirement imposed by the major record labels.
Correction: there were one or two late Treo-branded non-phone PDAs - they are distinguishable from the Visor by their shape and the absence of the Springboard connector. The Visor Deluxe I have is still running, beautifully; I don't use it, but rather use a more featureful but less rugged Tungsten C. It makes me wish the Visor line had survived.
The Visor was also the first Handspring PDA. Look it up: Visor, Visor Deluxe, Visor Prism, Visor Edge, Visor Platinum, Visor Pro, Visor Neo. All the Handspring PDAs (as distinguished from the Handspring smart phones) were called "Visor." For some reason, new management at Handspring decided to abandon the Springboard platform early and move entirely to Treo. Handspring was bought in its entirety by Palm - mostly to get the Treo line - and eventually disappeared into PalmOne after the BeOS NeXT-style Trojan takeover and the split of PalmOne and PalmSource.
The best interview with a writer I've read in a long time. I have never read any of Stephenson's books (only "In the Beginning was the Command Line"), but will run out and buy the three Baroque cycle books.
Now there's a mixed metaphor for you. A "sack" is the fall of a city, usually after a siege. (Or the firing of an incompetent CEO by a board that's sick and tired of seeing its stock price fall deeper and deeper into the cellar, so long as their not praying for a Big Blue Golden parachute.) Not often performed by bandits. And I think he's having an awfully hard time distinguishing "touting" from "toting".
You have to mark your affiliation on your registration??? WTF?! Who thought that was a good idea???
Historically, it was necessary to determine which primaries you were eligible to vote in: Democrats voted in Democratic primaries, Republicans in Republican primaries. A lot of states (like my own) have since gone to a system where you can register as "unenrolled," then select any (in theory; in practice, either) primary ballot at the primary. Taking a primary ballot effectively registers you in that party. What you then must do is re-register as "unenrolled" to retain your ability to select either primary ballot; but conveniently, there are registration cards at the polling places (only during primaries, and only for those who are already registered and want to change their enrollment). Nevertheless, a lot of people do still put their affiliations on their registrations, and it is possible that many states still require you to list an affiliation on your registration in order to vote in a primary.
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Ah, after a quick look, I discovered that the most famous use of the phrase was by Marx, referring to the Russian Empire. The first time I saw it was in reference to the Ottoman Empire.
Actually, I was just thinking that: as they once called the Ottoman Empire a prison of nations, they should call AOL a cemetary of independent software projects.
Obviously you don't know much about Italian politics. Ever hear of a guy called Berlusconi? He makes GWB look like a fscking Fabian.
I was thinking "they stored each ballot as a PDF". But Powerpoint will do as well.
Virus, i, n. [Sanscr. visham; Gr. ios, poison] , a slimy liquid, slime.
The "i" after the word is the genitive form; the genitive of fourth declension is in -us, as is the plural. Don't feel bad about it, I made the same assumption for years until I looked it up in L&S, and I took 8 years of Latin.
Virus is NOT a fourth declension noun. Look it up in Lewis and Short or the OLD: it is a defective second declension noun.
Yes, the precincts report in unusual ways. Also, yes, polls skew strongly for the challenger, even in races where the incumbent wins.
So, I would assume the folks here have done every letter combination for up to 7 character long passwords, since that's all they'd need to do.
Yep. The 124 Billion Names of Bill Gates.
Actually, the plural of vir, men, is viri. If virus had a plural in Latin, it, too, would be viri; but no plural of virus is attested.
That's called separate but equal. s/gays/blacks/ and you'll see why not.
So let me get this straight: the story linked to mentions the series, the posting to /. mentions the series, but I mention it and I'm offtopic?
If you had authorized the laptop, you would have been able to play from the iPod, but only if you DIDN'T synch. There is a program called iPodRip that you can use to copy the songs from the iPod to your hard drive and then add them to iTunes (and again, if you authorize the laptop, you're all set). The no multiple downloads thing is a bad idea, I think, but the one-way synching was a requirement imposed by the major record labels.
And I for one will welcome our statistics-wielding, red-sock-wearing, tendon-suturing, walk-off-home-run-hitting overlords.
Well, for one, there are those who would like to make polygraphs admissable by law.
Correction: there were one or two late Treo-branded non-phone PDAs - they are distinguishable from the Visor by their shape and the absence of the Springboard connector. The Visor Deluxe I have is still running, beautifully; I don't use it, but rather use a more featureful but less rugged Tungsten C. It makes me wish the Visor line had survived.
The Visor was also the first Handspring PDA. Look it up: Visor, Visor Deluxe, Visor Prism, Visor Edge, Visor Platinum, Visor Pro, Visor Neo. All the Handspring PDAs (as distinguished from the Handspring smart phones) were called "Visor." For some reason, new management at Handspring decided to abandon the Springboard platform early and move entirely to Treo. Handspring was bought in its entirety by Palm - mostly to get the Treo line - and eventually disappeared into PalmOne after the BeOS NeXT-style Trojan takeover and the split of PalmOne and PalmSource.
On my machine, /Library/StatupItems is owned by system, and admin group has Read & Write permissions. 10.3.5
This machine (the PIC) isn't intended for the US consumer market, but for Russia, Mexico, etc. So price is an important issue.
Nope, I mean bricks&mortar. I want to read them NOW.
The best interview with a writer I've read in a long time. I have never read any of Stephenson's books (only "In the Beginning was the Command Line"), but will run out and buy the three Baroque cycle books.
A lot of mac users buy their memory third-party because Apple's memory prices skew high. That might be part of the reason - they may not sell as well.
If one of his programs ever starts singing "Bicycle Built for Two," RUN.
Now there's a mixed metaphor for you. A "sack" is the fall of a city, usually after a siege. (Or the firing of an incompetent CEO by a board that's sick and tired of seeing its stock price fall deeper and deeper into the cellar, so long as their not praying for a Big Blue Golden parachute.) Not often performed by bandits. And I think he's having an awfully hard time distinguishing "touting" from "toting".
Yell "FIRE!!!" in a crowded theater, and then talk to me about the freedom of speech. You cannot IMAGINE how much has been written on this subject.
You have to mark your affiliation on your registration??? WTF?! Who thought that was a good idea???
Historically, it was necessary to determine which primaries you were eligible to vote in: Democrats voted in Democratic primaries, Republicans in Republican primaries. A lot of states (like my own) have since gone to a system where you can register as "unenrolled," then select any (in theory; in practice, either) primary ballot at the primary. Taking a primary ballot effectively registers you in that party. What you then must do is re-register as "unenrolled" to retain your ability to select either primary ballot; but conveniently, there are registration cards at the polling places (only during primaries, and only for those who are already registered and want to change their enrollment). Nevertheless, a lot of people do still put their affiliations on their registrations, and it is possible that many states still require you to list an affiliation on your registration in order to vote in a primary.