> Damn, what was that sci-fi "spaceships of the future" book that I got back in the early 80s about where all the spaceships are made of "plastisteel"?
Dabs are a pain somewhat - they often list items as in stock that they can't get hold of (like the CDRW drive they sold - showing 345 in stock but didn't have any, and refused to refund the delivery). I've cancelled my delivery with them.
Makes sense to me, it worked for Microsoft in a way!
If it helps I'll download a copy:D
Seems to me if Apple release their OS for the x86, a lot more people would have heard of Apple and be willing to consider 'em as an upgrade to their own pc maybe, or buying a 'Intel' Apple. I'm guessing it probably will be faster too.
More people that try it, more people will buy and stay with Apple, and maybe try other OS's. At least it's going to bring Microsoft's monopoly down a tad!
Nice ideas man, check out LIRC for Linux Infrared control - transmitting and receiving made really simple using any old remote:) - http://www.lirc.org/
Confused me too, but i reckon he might mean the file associations? When you run WMP, it overrides the file assocs that YOU set in it.
(When you did the setup, it does actually ask you... and if it's that, they're not very good Windows programmers!)
If not then I'm lost.
"this "hack" is making the rounds, so i wanted to get it up here. with usb drives getting smaller and cheaper, there's pretty much no end to where you could potentially put them. in this example, a pez dispenser. i'm pretty sure companies like pez may even be offering up these of their own soon with content on the drives along with that sweet sweet candy. post up other weird things that can or have been used a usb drive..."
What bollocks! C is nothing like VB6, VB is a Rapid Application Developement platform and makes it easy for writing BUSINESS APPS.
I know how to make components in VB6 - its really not difficult. Any VB6 programmer who doesn't know how isn't a expert vb6 programmer - maybe at your company they're like that but not where I used to work!
Ok, its crap for games, but its not designed for that!
And it works great with ASP; how else can you integrate MS Word or Excel with a webpage? I know it sounds evil but it is useful for an intranet and stuff...
Can we please have some tolerance for programming languages? Not operating systems tho, Windows is shite.
Oh, and.NET is shite too. C'mon, how many bugs has it got in it? At least VB6 works when written by a competent programmer.
When you compare tobacco tax revenues with the alleged cost of health treatment, the former far outweighs the latter. In the UK, for example, tobacco tax revenue currently stands at £7 billion a year compared with the £1.5 billion it allegedly costs to tackle 'smoking-related' diseases. (Taxation revenue should of course be even higher - over £10 billion - but the Government has cleverly 'lost' £3 billion by over taxing tobacco and therefore encouraging smugglers and cross-Channel shoppers to buy the product abroad.)
Now see why they don't want to ban it that much?
Taken from http://www.forestonline.org/output/page22.asp
and
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/ne ws/2004/10/20/nhs20.xml
HTH!
Dug
When you compare tobacco tax revenues with the alleged cost of health treatment, the former far outweighs the latter. In the UK, for example, tobacco tax revenue currently stands at £7 billion a year compared with the £1.5 billion it allegedly costs to tackle 'smoking-related' diseases. (Taxation revenue should of course be even higher - over £10 billion - but the Government has cleverly 'lost' £3 billion by over taxing tobacco and therefore encouraging smugglers and cross-Channel shoppers to buy the product abroad.)
Now see why they don't want to ban it that much?
Taken from http://www.forestonline.org/output/page22.asp and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/ ne ws/2004/10/20/nhs20.xml
Actually, I'd be inclined to believe this more:) - Religion's the major cause of practically every war that we know of.
This article just says there's been more fixes to Linux than Windows, maybe they see how many Windows & Linux machines have been broken into, rather than how many have had 'fixes'.
Maybe we should see how many changes satanism went though in comparison to christianity:D
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> Damn, what was that sci-fi "spaceships of the future" book that I got back in the early 80s about where all the spaceships are made of "plastisteel"?
;)
Was it Prometheus by William R. Forstchen ?
Dug
Damn series 7 and 8... the original quote was soooo much better ;)
:D
Good on ya for rememberin it tho
Dug
Touché! :)
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For those that don't know;
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,564-16096
Dabs are a pain somewhat - they often list items as in stock that they can't get hold of (like the CDRW drive they sold - showing 345 in stock but didn't have any, and refused to refund the delivery). I've cancelled my delivery with them.
Dabs suck!
Ebuyer.com are ok imho, as are http://www.overclockers.co.uk/ and http://www.scan.co.uk./
Make sure you check for voucher/promotional codes. http://www.hotukdeals.com/, http://www.currentcodes.com/ and http://www.flamingoworld.com/ all seem good.
Dug
Could this be the end of rethorical doomsday predictions in /. articles? :D
Ok, ok, I'm sorry.
D
Makes sense to me, it worked for Microsoft in a way!
:D
If it helps I'll download a copy
Seems to me if Apple release their OS for the x86, a lot more people would have heard of Apple and be willing to consider 'em as an upgrade to their own pc maybe, or buying a 'Intel' Apple. I'm guessing it probably will be faster too.
More people that try it, more people will buy and stay with Apple, and maybe try other OS's. At least it's going to bring Microsoft's monopoly down a tad!
D
Nice ideas man, check out LIRC for Linux Infrared control - transmitting and receiving made really simple using any old remote :) - http://www.lirc.org/
:)
I did it and it's really easy!
Dug
Confused me too, but i reckon he might mean the file associations? When you run WMP, it overrides the file assocs that YOU set in it. (When you did the setup, it does actually ask you... and if it's that, they're not very good Windows programmers!) If not then I'm lost.
May be very nice but THC is soluble in alcohol, so it can lessen the effect ;)
;)
I know 3.5 stripes (578410) said it first but there's a link for ya, give 'im any mod points tho
OOOK!
Mb
I wish I had some Mod Points!! THIS IS TONIGHT PEOPLE!
;)
Nice one dunsurfin
Duguk
Riiiiight, so he didn't get it from
http://www.hackaday.com/entry/6336767343487544/
or
http://crap.mousetoy.com/pez.html
"this "hack" is making the rounds, so i wanted to get it up here. with usb drives getting smaller and cheaper, there's pretty much no end to where you could potentially put them. in this example, a pez dispenser. i'm pretty sure companies like pez may even be offering up these of their own soon with content on the drives along with that sweet sweet candy. post up other weird things that can or have been used a usb drive..."
Dug
What bollocks! C is nothing like VB6, VB is a Rapid Application Developement platform and makes it easy for writing BUSINESS APPS.
.NET is shite too. C'mon, how many bugs has it got in it? At least VB6 works when written by a competent programmer.
I know how to make components in VB6 - its really not difficult. Any VB6 programmer who doesn't know how isn't a expert vb6 programmer - maybe at your company they're like that but not where I used to work!
Ok, its crap for games, but its not designed for that!
And it works great with ASP; how else can you integrate MS Word or Excel with a webpage? I know it sounds evil but it is useful for an intranet and stuff...
Can we please have some tolerance for programming languages? Not operating systems tho, Windows is shite.
Oh, and
My boss is a woman.
Just about.
But she is a geologist.
Uh, well, an IT manager. Qualified as a geologist.
DO NOT WORK WITH WOMEN IN I.T.! It is way too stressful imho.
Dug
not as much as is made off of the taxes on smoking:
r eshold=1&commentsort=0&tid=158&tid=187&tid=95&mode =thread&pid=11711263#11711675
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=139879&th
Well, they do quite a lot of 'good' things, apparently:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_096.html
Dug
When you compare tobacco tax revenues with the alleged cost of health treatment, the former far outweighs the latter. In the UK, for example, tobacco tax revenue currently stands at £7 billion a year compared with the £1.5 billion it allegedly costs to tackle 'smoking-related' diseases. (Taxation revenue should of course be even higher - over £10 billion - but the Government has cleverly 'lost' £3 billion by over taxing tobacco and therefore encouraging smugglers and cross-Channel shoppers to buy the product abroad.) Now see why they don't want to ban it that much? Taken from http://www.forestonline.org/output/page22.asp and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/ne ws/2004/10/20/nhs20.xml
HTH!
Dug
Sure;
d / ne ws/2004/10/20/nhs20.xml
When you compare tobacco tax revenues with the alleged cost of health treatment, the former far outweighs the latter. In the UK, for example, tobacco tax revenue currently stands at £7 billion a year compared with the £1.5 billion it allegedly costs to tackle 'smoking-related' diseases. (Taxation revenue should of course be even higher - over £10 billion - but the Government has cleverly 'lost' £3 billion by over taxing tobacco and therefore encouraging smugglers and cross-Channel shoppers to buy the product abroad.)
Now see why they don't want to ban it that much?
Taken from http://www.forestonline.org/output/page22.asp
an
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=
HTH!
Dug
Actually, I'd be inclined to believe this more :) - Religion's the major cause of practically every war that we know of.
:D
This article just says there's been more fixes to Linux than Windows, maybe they see how many Windows & Linux machines have been broken into, rather than how many have had 'fixes'.
Maybe we should see how many changes satanism went though in comparison to christianity
Dug
Why not just put some more tax on petrol? Its not like you pay much anyway, especially compared to the UK and we pay MOT & another Tax too!
Dug
Have you tried KnoppMyth? http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html
> Does your patheticity know no bounds? None whatsoever :)
AAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHH! NSFW! Not safe for anything! That's way too scary. Dug
Exactly what i was thinking, although it does now have support for apple. I think someone made a mistake here :D
Dug
Anyone else shocked beyond belief?
Na, me either.
Ain't this a dupe too?
Dug
PS. FP?
Do you mean GhostZilla?
Not that I've ever used it of course.
Dug