Let's see. I can rent a disc for $X, or I can watch a disc once for $X+C. HMMM.... What business genius decided that this was a good plan? It's cool that they can make destructible DVD's for us Mission Impossible types, but that's about the only legitimate application.
I noticed that the consulting firm that I work for now is essentially a software company, and that such a software company is incredibly easy to start, assuming that one already works at said consulting firm. The thing that takes the most time is winning the contracts in the first place. If you can get the customers (and therefore $) easily, you're home free.
How many clients can connect to OS X Client? That would be interesting to know. Granted, the server version comes with tools, but what tools are really there that aren't available for free somewhere?
The big problem isn't that Linux is particularly bad or anything, it's that many, many people already have Windows. As bad as Windows might be, it's really annoying and fear-inducing for bosses to imagine taking down all their machines and installing a different O/S on them. The meeting should be on how to get people to switch o/s's, not how to implement linux. Once people aren't scared to switch an o/s, then all will be well.
Have any of you ever seen a bill printed off of a printer? It looks like monopoly money, even if it's an Epson Pro Stylus 10000 with archival ink, and sweet paper. The only way to get the effect of real money even nearly not "monopoly"-ish, is to use engravings and print the stuff... and believe me, once you start down that road, you're in for some trouble.
I think that one has to remember that with Star Trek, there have been multiple distinct SERIES's, the first one having hundreds of episodes, and so on... all with essentially the same back story. How many plots can you really get out of that, when after 20, maybe 30 years, you are still trying to get new angles on some guys/girls in a spaceship for.5-1 hour? I'm not saying this to be mean, I am just not surprised that it's hard to develop a new angle after all that.
I am looking at the image, and I see what appear to be faint blue traces in the valley regions. Does this look like ice to anyone else? I am not sure what I am seeing, but it is definitely not just red sand and red rocks down there.
If I had that when I was little, I'd be an ironman triathlete right now! I hope they can get the price to come down, I know a lot of overweight kids that play games all the time. If they could get one, they'd totally do it. Or, perhaps the DDR pad could be made compatible with other games.
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Um... if it's about the world ending, wouldn't that be closer to "Genesis" in reverse -- or just "Exodus"? Just wondering what exactly Adam and Eve have to do with the world beginning. They're just the biblical story of the "fall from grace" of mankind, unrelated to the creation of the earth.
It would matter a little if Yahoo was going back to whatever proprietary search they had before Overture, but if they're just hosting paid links, I think that only makes Google's product stronger.
Or else Micheal Jackson would probably send notice to thousands of songwriters, asking them to certify that their songs aren't rip-offs of something from "Thriller". It sure sounds ridiculous in that context!
This should come as no surprise to anyone that's ever used a laptop that got "hot". The first time I put a "hot" laptop on my lap, I freaked out at how hot it actually was. I can't believe that more laptops don't just melt from their own heat anyways, much less the battery exploding, catching fire, or whatever's "really" happening here.
This brings up a good point: is anyone to maintain xFree86 anymore? Sure, the source is still available, but is the project documented well enough that another team could pick up in a year where this one left off? Interesting questions that the open source community will have to answer if proprietary source is to be defeated once and for all.
So what kinda opt-out list is being used now? The one that basically just ads your email back into the spam pile, i guess... that's really lame. Of COURSE you should have to use REAL opt-out! That's like car makers complaining that they should have to use "REAL" brakes, or that cigarette makers should have to use "REAL" package labeling.
If it talks in and out, and uses an ear bud, it would be like being able to speak the language, albeit with a terrible accent, and occasionally offending the prime minister! That would be cool.
I wonder if there's a security risk here... so I can "upgrade" someone's linux installation to freebsd using only ssh, assuming permission is not blocked? That sounds like a potentially dangerous piece of software!
the solution is so easy: just get a car that either is incapable of being influenced by the technology, or is too old to get an upgrade, i.e. classic cars. No one's gonna install that in a 600-hp modified '57 chevy hot rod while the owner's still alive.
I'm more interested in the ads that won't be shown in other countries because they are too "racy", "religiously offensive", etc. It's always fascinating to see how another culture rules out elements that we think are normal. The other way around is not so surprising, since we all watch the TV here all the time, and we know what shows and what doesn't on our own tv's.
Ultimately, I must agree that the "best" commercial is no commercial at all.
It strikes me that perhaps the combination of chemicals to beware is that of the most common "harmful" chemicals people have absorbed, etc. with common prescription medicines. Both contain chemicals, which if in direct contact, might do a lot of harm, compared with what the prescription or absorbed chemical does in it's otherwise intended or dormant state.
Maybe people wouldn't steal movies so much if cell phones, morons, etc didn't keep making noise in the theater, despite nearly 50 years of attempts to thwart their annoyance... there is nothing more annoying than paying $17 and being annoyed on a date.
An underground highway can only lead to underground McDonalds's, and underground apartments for the McD workers... is this the start of the Morlocks? Also, since when does every bridge have to be some kinda new-fangled contraption that looks like the next contender for a Maxell Audio commercial (bridge falls down)? They put up one of those at OSU, and it's cool, "i guess", but i think more thoroughly tested designs would be better solutions.
Except for that there's probably been a million classified journeys by both US and Russian-made UFO-type objects, and somehow with all the Reality TV "send in your tape" shows, no one has caught one reliably on film... amazing. Or, maybe they did, and the gov't responsible bought the tape.
Well, "supported" for programmed technology amounts to approximately the same thing for ancient technology - someone can work it, someone can make it, and someone can repair it. If you need someone's help, it is readily available. However, I agree that it is different, in the sense that there isn't one "the abacus company" you can call to get answers. It makes an interesting point, though, as to how far a company might be willing to go to port software to new hardware as the years pass... something that a lot of companies, especially video game companies, avoid altogether. Many just make a new game for whatever the fastest hardware is, since that's what generates interest.
In terms of the oldest supported computer, the abacus far outstrips any modern programmed computer's support, having existed for thousands of years. Is there any chance that a piece of software could be written that would be supported in functionality and design for that long? Any thoughts on that?
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Let's see. I can rent a disc for $X, or I can watch a disc once for $X+C. HMMM.... What business genius decided that this was a good plan? It's cool that they can make destructible DVD's for us Mission Impossible types, but that's about the only legitimate application.
I noticed that the consulting firm that I work for now is essentially a software company, and that such a software company is incredibly easy to start, assuming that one already works at said consulting firm. The thing that takes the most time is winning the contracts in the first place. If you can get the customers (and therefore $) easily, you're home free.
That sounds like an idea that could equally apply to those with lower circulation, not just those on the slopes / in the cold.
How many clients can connect to OS X Client? That would be interesting to know. Granted, the server version comes with tools, but what tools are really there that aren't available for free somewhere?
The big problem isn't that Linux is particularly bad or anything, it's that many, many people already have Windows. As bad as Windows might be, it's really annoying and fear-inducing for bosses to imagine taking down all their machines and installing a different O/S on them. The meeting should be on how to get people to switch o/s's, not how to implement linux. Once people aren't scared to switch an o/s, then all will be well.
Have any of you ever seen a bill printed off of a printer? It looks like monopoly money, even if it's an Epson Pro Stylus 10000 with archival ink, and sweet paper. The only way to get the effect of real money even nearly not "monopoly"-ish, is to use engravings and print the stuff... and believe me, once you start down that road, you're in for some trouble.
I think that one has to remember that with Star Trek, there have been multiple distinct SERIES's, the first one having hundreds of episodes, and so on... all with essentially the same back story. How many plots can you really get out of that, when after 20, maybe 30 years, you are still trying to get new angles on some guys/girls in a spaceship for .5-1 hour? I'm not saying this to be mean, I am just not surprised that it's hard to develop a new angle after all that.
I am looking at the image, and I see what appear to be faint blue traces in the valley regions. Does this look like ice to anyone else? I am not sure what I am seeing, but it is definitely not just red sand and red rocks down there.
If I had that when I was little, I'd be an ironman triathlete right now! I hope they can get the price to come down, I know a lot of overweight kids that play games all the time. If they could get one, they'd totally do it. Or, perhaps the DDR pad could be made compatible with other games.
Um... if it's about the world ending, wouldn't that be closer to "Genesis" in reverse -- or just "Exodus"?
Just wondering what exactly Adam and Eve have to do with the world beginning. They're just the biblical story of the "fall from grace" of mankind, unrelated to the creation of the earth.
It would matter a little if Yahoo was going back to whatever proprietary search they had before Overture, but if they're just hosting paid links, I think that only makes Google's product stronger.
Or else Micheal Jackson would probably send notice to thousands of songwriters, asking them to certify that their songs aren't rip-offs of something from "Thriller". It sure sounds ridiculous in that context!
This should come as no surprise to anyone that's ever used a laptop that got "hot". The first time I put a "hot" laptop on my lap, I freaked out at how hot it actually was. I can't believe that more laptops don't just melt from their own heat anyways, much less the battery exploding, catching fire, or whatever's "really" happening here.
This brings up a good point: is anyone to maintain xFree86 anymore? Sure, the source is still available, but is the project documented well enough that another team could pick up in a year where this one left off? Interesting questions that the open source community will have to answer if proprietary source is to be defeated once and for all.
So what kinda opt-out list is being used now? The one that basically just ads your email back into the spam pile, i guess... that's really lame. Of COURSE you should have to use REAL opt-out! That's like car makers complaining that they should have to use "REAL" brakes, or that cigarette makers should have to use "REAL" package labeling.
If it talks in and out, and uses an ear bud, it would be like being able to speak the language, albeit with a terrible accent, and occasionally offending the prime minister! That would be cool.
I wonder if there's a security risk here... so I can "upgrade" someone's linux installation to freebsd using only ssh, assuming permission is not blocked? That sounds like a potentially dangerous piece of software!
the solution is so easy: just get a car that either is incapable of being influenced by the technology, or is too old to get an upgrade, i.e. classic cars. No one's gonna install that in a 600-hp modified '57 chevy hot rod while the owner's still alive.
I'm more interested in the ads that won't be shown in other countries because they are too "racy", "religiously offensive", etc. It's always fascinating to see how another culture rules out elements that we think are normal. The other way around is not so surprising, since we all watch the TV here all the time, and we know what shows and what doesn't on our own tv's.
Ultimately, I must agree that the "best" commercial is no commercial at all.
It strikes me that perhaps the combination of chemicals to beware is that of the most common "harmful" chemicals people have absorbed, etc. with common prescription medicines. Both contain chemicals, which if in direct contact, might do a lot of harm, compared with what the prescription or absorbed chemical does in it's otherwise intended or dormant state.
Maybe people wouldn't steal movies so much if cell phones, morons, etc didn't keep making noise in the theater, despite nearly 50 years of attempts to thwart their annoyance... there is nothing more annoying than paying $17 and being annoyed on a date.
An underground highway can only lead to underground McDonalds's, and underground apartments for the McD workers... is this the start of the Morlocks? Also, since when does every bridge have to be some kinda new-fangled contraption that looks like the next contender for a Maxell Audio commercial (bridge falls down)? They put up one of those at OSU, and it's cool, "i guess", but i think more thoroughly tested designs would be better solutions.
Except for that there's probably been a million classified journeys by both US and Russian-made UFO-type objects, and somehow with all the Reality TV "send in your tape" shows, no one has caught one reliably on film... amazing. Or, maybe they did, and the gov't responsible bought the tape.
Well, "supported" for programmed technology amounts to approximately the same thing for ancient technology - someone can work it, someone can make it, and someone can repair it. If you need someone's help, it is readily available. However, I agree that it is different, in the sense that there isn't one "the abacus company" you can call to get answers. It makes an interesting point, though, as to how far a company might be willing to go to port software to new hardware as the years pass... something that a lot of companies, especially video game companies, avoid altogether. Many just make a new game for whatever the fastest hardware is, since that's what generates interest.
In terms of the oldest supported computer, the abacus far outstrips any modern programmed computer's support, having existed for thousands of years. Is there any chance that a piece of software could be written that would be supported in functionality and design for that long? Any thoughts on that?