And they watch irc also, and gnutella, and kazza, and just about anything else that you can share files with.
So they watch IRC, do they? Pray tell which of the many hundreds of networks are they watching?
That gives me and idea... Why not set up a campus-wide IRC server so that students can share their mp3's locally, and reduce the amount of traffic to the outside world. I have never messed much with IRC servers, but it should be easy to restrict access to those with campus-specific hostmasks. Then you could effectively hide yourself and keep students happy as well.
I know that this doesn't really help the original poster... A 486 won't do much useful video editing, but mod this guy up, somebody. I know I'm sick of hearing people bitch because 1.4GHz isn't enough to word process. This guy's got the right idea here.
that mozilla is quick at fixing their software when problems arise. Too bad that the DHTML bug came up in the first place. But I say "good job moz" for their fast repairs.
Open source software and world standards are the only answers. Suppose Bill Gates becomes unavailable for some reason? Would anyone else have an interest in the Visual Basic programming language (which is itself programmed in C++)? If not, all those who chose that language would suffer.
Now consider what would happen if something horrible, heaven forbid, were to happen to Bjarne Stroustrup. What would happen if the inventor of C++ were to mysteriously vanish off the face of the Earth? I, for one, would not lose interest in C++, by any means. Doesn't seem like many people would, as so very many things depend on C++. Your example with VB is a good one. The same could be said for Java, etc.
Perhaps this would be a good ask Slashdot: "Interpreted Programming Languages, and their Supporting Languages... your thoughts?"
If you can't trust the humans running the polls, the technology doesn't matter. The election officials at my polling place this last time around were polite and professional, so I don't think there was any malevolent tampering with my vote.
There you go. You said it yourself. Lets make sure that there are no people running the polls. For example. each person would only need a connection, via the Internet. People log in, using their social security number, and, perhaps a password/pin number that is mailed/sent to them from the government et al. They enter said code, and access the system, one vote per social security number.
This type of system provides for:
Only citizens may vote, as only citizens have SSN's
Age can be verified by way of SSN, you must be 18 to vote.
Deceased people do not have a SSN that is valid, and thus cannot vote.
Voter registration is not necessary.
All of this is kept track of by the government already. It just needs to be implemented. It seems easy enough, I feel, anyway.
The price starts at $499 for a unit with an Intel Celeron processor, CD-ROM and floppy disk drive and Windows XP.
Damn, they ought to incoroprate this idea with the no-OS deal reported on a few days ago. That would make for small companies getting into the Linux scene a probable reality, IMO.
It would be nice if people could get what they wanted how they wanted it from who they wanted it from.
Students should be able to choose their own courses. Then, the employers should be able to hire, based on what they feel the applicants should have studied or learned.
For example, there is absolutely no reason for a Computer Science major to be required to take a Physical Education course at the university.
It's my life, it's my education, it's my career, so let me decide!
Wow, that's a nice picture of a motorcycle there. It's so well rendered that you can actually see that the designer forgot to render valve caps on the tire valves. Damn!
First thing to mind was to get this thing to slap my face when I fall asleep at the computer, working on another endless project. That would be nice, so I don't wake up with my head on the keyboard having typed 30,000 lines of code, tossing and turning in my sleep. That isn't fun at all.
Isn't that similar to how the BIOS works with your RAM, and how the rudimentary low level OS interoperates with it? It doesn't index itself beyond the amount of memory you have installed, limiting itself to the actual space available. When you add more memory, or bigger memory, it sets up its tables for that much, and none more. Is that right?
I think it's grand that we're already halfway, with this new milestone, to the 3.0 mark. It's great to see development moving along at such a good rate. Finally support for filesystems greater than 2TB, eh? Wow, now I can reduce my pr0n cluster to only 256 machines. Hehe. Keep it up guys.. keep up all the good work.
Yep, if the oil in your engine is burning, you have got a serious problem. I don't think what's left over after that sort of fire would lubricate very well at all. Don't get me wrong, motor oil does burn, but it shouldn't be combusting in your engine. Gasoline combusts in my engine.
Actually, a friend of mine just happened to end her chart there, something to do with airplane mechanic work charts, and then decided to graph it with the chart wizzar. She freaked when she got the flight sim, thought sure she'd lost all the data.:-P
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will we be able to sell these new Dell DJ songs on ebay?
Hey, it's not just computers and peripherals...
Have you seen what passes for an automobile these days?
And they watch irc also, and gnutella, and kazza, and just about anything else that you can share files with.
So they watch IRC, do they? Pray tell which of the many hundreds of networks are they watching?
That gives me and idea... Why not set up a campus-wide IRC server so that students can share their mp3's locally, and reduce the amount of traffic to the outside world. I have never messed much with IRC servers, but it should be easy to restrict access to those with campus-specific hostmasks. Then you could effectively hide yourself and keep students happy as well.
if pro is the opposite of con, then the opposite of progress would be....
if con is the opposite of pro, then the opposite of The Constitution would be...
I got confused when I read about the BSA and software. I was wondering what the Boy Scouts of America had to do with is. My best advice: Be Prepared.
Now, admit it, how many times have you typed 'no@no.com' into a reply-to field, or a web-form?
:-P
Never.
Typically, I enter uce@ftc.gov so the spam can be processed directly. This way, I do not have to forward the spam by hand.
- He had trouble getting around Windows, just to run the company-provided software installer.
- He was unable to prove that he knew the difference between a USB connector and an RJ-45.
- He could not tell me whether or not I could purchase a device to hook up the sattelite directly to an ethernet network.
- He was unable to produce a copy of the license to which I was agreeing.
- When asked to hook up the rest of my computers, he told me that he was not allowed.
- Later, he told me that the satellite dish could only support one computer.
- He told me that I would have to buy a different satellite dish for each computer I wished to put on the DirecWAY service.
I may be slightly biassed, but DirecWAY seems to be a bit lacking in some areas. Is this anyone else's experience with DirecWAY installers?If I had points today, I'd have modded you up. You are truly a gentleman and a scholar.
I know that this doesn't really help the original poster... A 486 won't do much useful video editing, but mod this guy up, somebody. I know I'm sick of hearing people bitch because 1.4GHz isn't enough to word process. This guy's got the right idea here.
then again my dad is the head tech for a county court system in California and he only buys contract boxes with Windows
Does anyone else see the problem here?
How can courts ruling in various Microsoft issues ever consider themselves impartial when their computers, by contract, run Windows?
that mozilla is quick at fixing their software when problems arise. Too bad that the DHTML bug came up in the first place. But I say "good job moz" for their fast repairs.
No they dont, I should know - I build and test them.
The building I can understand... but doesn't it hurt to have your chest cut open and sewn back up every day just to see how they work?
Open source software and world standards are the only answers. Suppose Bill Gates becomes unavailable for some reason? Would anyone else have an interest in the Visual Basic programming language (which is itself programmed in C++)? If not, all those who chose that language would suffer.
Now consider what would happen if something horrible, heaven forbid, were to happen to Bjarne Stroustrup. What would happen if the inventor of C++ were to mysteriously vanish off the face of the Earth? I, for one, would not lose interest in C++, by any means. Doesn't seem like many people would, as so very many things depend on C++. Your example with VB is a good one. The same could be said for Java, etc.
Perhaps this would be a good ask Slashdot: "Interpreted Programming Languages, and their Supporting Languages... your thoughts?"
There you go. You said it yourself. Lets make sure that there are no people running the polls.
For example. each person would only need a connection, via the Internet. People log in, using their social security number, and, perhaps a password/pin number that is mailed/sent to them from the government et al. They enter said code, and access the system, one vote per social security number.
This type of system provides for:
- Only citizens may vote, as only citizens have SSN's
- Age can be verified by way of SSN, you must be 18 to vote.
- Deceased people do not have a SSN that is valid, and thus cannot vote.
- Voter registration is not necessary.
All of this is kept track of by the government already. It just needs to be implemented. It seems easy enough, I feel, anyway.The price starts at $499 for a unit with an Intel Celeron processor, CD-ROM and floppy disk drive and Windows XP.
Damn, they ought to incoroprate this idea with the no-OS deal reported on a few days ago. That would make for small companies getting into the Linux scene a probable reality, IMO.
It would be nice if people could get what they wanted how they wanted it from who they wanted it from.
:-P
Students should be able to choose their own courses. Then, the employers should be able to hire, based on what they feel the applicants should have studied or learned.
For example, there is absolutely no reason for a Computer Science major to be required to take a Physical Education course at the university.
It's my life, it's my education, it's my career, so let me decide!
Wow, that's a nice picture of a motorcycle there. It's so well rendered that you can actually see that the designer forgot to render valve caps on the tire valves. Damn!
First thing to mind was to get this thing to slap my face when I fall asleep at the computer, working on another endless project. That would be nice, so I don't wake up with my head on the keyboard having typed 30,000 lines of code, tossing and turning in my sleep. That isn't fun at all.
Isn't that similar to how the BIOS works with your RAM, and how the rudimentary low level OS interoperates with it? It doesn't index itself beyond the amount of memory you have installed, limiting itself to the actual space available. When you add more memory, or bigger memory, it sets up its tables for that much, and none more. Is that right?
I think it's grand that we're already halfway, with this new milestone, to the 3.0 mark. It's great to see development moving along at such a good rate. Finally support for filesystems greater than 2TB, eh? Wow, now I can reduce my pr0n cluster to only 256 machines. Hehe. Keep it up guys.. keep up all the good work.
It's kind of like combustion-free motor oil...
Yep, if the oil in your engine is burning, you have got a serious problem. I don't think what's left over after that sort of fire would lubricate very well at all. Don't get me wrong, motor oil does burn, but it shouldn't be combusting in your engine. Gasoline combusts in my engine.
Actually, a friend of mine just happened to end her chart there, something to do with airplane mechanic work charts, and then decided to graph it with the chart wizzar. She freaked when she got the flight sim, thought sure she'd lost all the data. :-P
You're not the king of the world... I am!
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