Ahhhh, how I yearn for the day when hardware came with code snippets, bound manuals, 3d-glasses, etc... If I recall, my first system (c64) came with the computer's schematics!
"The educational pricing for OS X Server is quite nice"
Perhaps I made a mistake in speaking to an Apple representative, because I was told in no uncertain terms that student pricing is *not* available for OSX server software.
LINUX is that geeky guy that never takes days off, but instead sits in his lonely office with the lights turned off pounding out incredible amounts of code in record time.
OSX is that hot geek woman that tries really hard to show everyone that she's not just a piece of meat, but instead has a brain. She never takes off either.
OS9 is that old guy on the edge of retiring who doesn't give a $hit about doing the job. He goes to the doctor alot because of cruft, complains about new technology, and talks about the old days to anyone that'll listen. He takes off quite a bit to visit the urologist.
WINDOWS is that guy who managed to get far in the company by taking pictures of the president of the company with a goat. He doesn't really do a lot on his own, but instead steals most of his ideas from the hot chick and the old guy and presents them to his superiors. He takes off all the time to play golf, visit his mistress, and to sleep off hang-overs.
"wait till you see what happens when you go for their TVs."
But I thought that TVs caused gun violence. If we take away the TVs, then impressionable minds would have no access to Manson videos and therefore would no longer need guns. We can kill two evil, dirty, vile birds with one stone.;) -m
As a casual user, I simply cannot live without the ability to insert MediaPlayer G2 controls into my correspondence... therefore 5.1 will not work for me.
I guess when this format hits the street the 'evil hackers' will have a field day trying to crack the copy protection scheme before the disc self-destructs. Sounds like fun!
Is there anything preventing Microsoft from grabbing an existing Linux distro, putting some proprietary HPC tools into it, and rebranding it as Windows HPC edition? The possibilities are firghtening. -m
" And by publishing your inventions at this stage, you have just invalidated your patents."
That's OK, I have a million more... how about an input device for a computer consisting of small tabs on which alpha-numeric characters are printed? How about a system for controlling, or operating if you will, the internal hardware of a computer system? I have a million more... all of which are certain to make me filthy rich! -m
Not being an astronomer myself; I can't speak for the validity of faces on Mars or Moon non-landings. However, I do know that for my whole life I've been assaulted by pseudo-computer-science. A couple examples include:
- Absolutely ridiculous user interfaces -- giant 3D worlds representing data and algorithms where they still require the programmers to type like mad in order to get them to operate.
- Computer screens that project their contents onto the faces of their users in a dark room.
- 'Hackers' that look like Reeves, Moss, the Wolverine guy, the Laura Croft woman, etc...
There are millions more, but these bother me more than any others. -m
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Ahhhh, how I yearn for the day when hardware came with code snippets, bound manuals, 3d-glasses, etc... If I recall, my first system (c64) came with the computer's schematics!
-m
"John Carmack mentioned something in his GDC"
You wouldn't happen to have a link would you?
-m
"The educational pricing for OS X Server is quite nice"
Perhaps I made a mistake in speaking to an Apple representative, because I was told in no uncertain terms that student pricing is *not* available for OSX server software.
... he was the first know person to use the phrase:
ENIAC: Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these?!
-m
LINUX is that geeky guy that never takes days off, but instead sits in his lonely office with the lights turned off pounding out incredible amounts of code in record time.
OSX is that hot geek woman that tries really hard to show everyone that she's not just a piece of meat, but instead has a brain. She never takes off either.
OS9 is that old guy on the edge of retiring who doesn't give a $hit about doing the job. He goes to the doctor alot because of cruft, complains about new technology, and talks about the old days to anyone that'll listen. He takes off quite a bit to visit the urologist.
WINDOWS is that guy who managed to get far in the company by taking pictures of the president of the company with a goat. He doesn't really do a lot on his own, but instead steals most of his ideas from the hot chick and the old guy and presents them to his superiors. He takes off all the time to play golf, visit his mistress, and to sleep off hang-overs.
-m
I own the patents for the following vague ideas:
1) A method for translating program source code into a machine runnable format.
2) A method for displaying a computer's file system (see earlier patent for details) based on the top of a typical desk.
3) A number system based solely on the numbers 1 and 0.
4) A method for having sex with a computer (you know it'll happen one day... and when it does... I'm rolling in the cash)
Anyone have the number for a good (i.e. slimey) lawyer?
-m
"Vertically Challenged"
I'm a dwarf you insensitive clod!
"wait till you see what happens when you go for their TVs."
;)
But I thought that TVs caused gun violence. If we take away the TVs, then impressionable minds would have no access to Manson videos and therefore would no longer need guns. We can kill two evil, dirty, vile birds with one stone.
-m
"I gave up on word the day I clicked on a menu and an hourglass appeared."
Well, Word has come quite a long way since then... they've upgraded to a really cool spinning rainbow disk now.
-m
Gator eWallet version 5.1 was the pinnacle of scumware.
-m
As a casual user, I simply cannot live without the ability to insert MediaPlayer G2 controls into my correspondence... therefore 5.1 will not work for me.
-m
... you know, my firewall sounds just like John Cage's 4'33"! This is sooo weird!
-m
I guess when this format hits the street the 'evil hackers' will have a field day trying to crack the copy protection scheme before the disc self-destructs. Sounds like fun!
"How different is this one from the first edition?"
Brushed Metal pages?
-m
Whoops! I fail too! :p
I meant:
10 print "Real men code everything in BASIC."
20 goto 10
-m
"Real men code everything in BASIC."
Well, you fail then... the correct answer was:
10 "Real men code everything in BASIC."
20 goto 10
-m
"Don't animators already insert single-frame porn, etc into these things?"
Is Tyler Durden an animator?
-m
" Yeah with only 2 billion people in their market, they could wind up being really isolated."
How many of those 2-million would even be able to afford, much less even care about DVDs?
-m
Does this mean that my pirate VCDs will no longer work in my player? What a rip-off!
-m
Is there anything preventing Microsoft from grabbing an existing Linux distro, putting some proprietary HPC tools into it, and rebranding it as Windows HPC edition? The possibilities are firghtening.
-m
" And by publishing your inventions at this stage, you have just invalidated your patents."
That's OK, I have a million more... how about an input device for a computer consisting of small tabs on which alpha-numeric characters are printed? How about a system for controlling, or operating if you will, the internal hardware of a computer system? I have a million more... all of which are certain to make me filthy rich!
-m
My patent papers are in for the following ideas that I invented:
1) A method for translating program source code into a machine runnable format.
2) A method for displaying a computer's file system (see earlier patent for details) based on the top of a typical desk.
3) A number system based solely on the numbers 1 and 0.
4) A method for having sex with a computer (you know it'll happen one day... and when it does... I'm rolling in the cash)
-m
Dammit! I posted mine first! :(
-m
If a web log is a blog, then shouldn't project log be a tlog?
-m
Not being an astronomer myself; I can't speak for the validity of faces on Mars or Moon non-landings. However, I do know that for my whole life I've been assaulted by pseudo-computer-science. A couple examples include:
- Absolutely ridiculous user interfaces -- giant 3D worlds representing data and algorithms where they still require the programmers to type like mad in order to get them to operate.
- Computer screens that project their contents onto the faces of their users in a dark room.
- 'Hackers' that look like Reeves, Moss, the Wolverine guy, the Laura Croft woman, etc...
There are millions more, but these bother me more than any others.
-m
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