I can (sort of) understand why Mac users don't like Microsoft.
Can anyone explain to me why they also don't like Intel? I've see artist Mac-user types, who wouldn't know machine language if it rammed up their butt holes, go on and on about "Intel's segmented architecture." As if it mattered what instruction set your computer software ran on, as long as it's fast enough.
...how different the world would have been if, for example, Geocities gave you a free page for the first 90 days, then a few dollars a month if you didn't want it deleted.
It would have been a sustainable business, instead of a rotten and nearly gone wart in Yahoo's portfolio.
Back in thos Crazy Internet Days, those dot-com kids beleived that NUMBERS were more important than paying customers. They thought it would have been better to say: "Look! We have 400,000,000 users", rather than to have 500,000 paying customers.
You need to account for the space between the monitors, and crop out the image so that it's correct. This means that some of the image isn't displayed because it's "obscured" by the inter-monitor gap.
The effect of the flaw on the images in the article is obvious. The images look stretched out or "exploded" instead of contiguous, because this naive implementation doesn't discard the portions of the image that would logically fall between the monitors.
While it may seem wrong to cut out parts of the image, our brains are great at filling in gaps, and it would have looked perfectly natural.
...about once a month it goes down for an hour or so. The red "LINE ERROR" light on the DSL modem blinks, indicating--according to the manual for the DSL modem--that the problem is on the "phone line" end of it.
Nevertheless, before customer service will escalate it to the guy who tries to detect my modem from the CO end of things, I have to tell them what OS I'm running, pretend that I'm checking things in the control panel, prentend that I'm rebooting it, etc.
If I had enoug free time, I'd video the red light blinking, and take the modem manual to court with me--to sue them for wasting my time. I'd probably lose, but (maybe) some exec at the company would change the customer service script to skip all that bullshit if the RED LINE ERROR LIGHT is blinking!
i got an email a while ago (during the.com bubble) telling me that i got that email because somebody was romantically interested in me (i don't use dating services of any sort, online or not).
That was *me*, cutie-pie! And I'm still waiting your response. Please don't leave me hanging.
The installation of software associated with the E-card requires the user's permission in order to perform it's mass-mailing capabilities.
If Symantec didn't hire only the cheapest H1-B programmers (for the stuff it doesn't ship out to India), they would have known that "it's" means "it is."
I used to be a staunch defender of The Walt Disney Company--until just a few weeks ago they fired me, to replace me with a younger, cheaper worker (after YEARS of good reviews!).
I hope they get run out of business (or AOL/TW buys them--which is the same thing, isn't it?) Rumor about a merger is here
Someone should also do something about their pedophile infested dot-com division!
Encrypted communications won't matter if you're simply stealing credit card info (or username/password for some commercial WiFi network.)
You can present a screen that appears to be the airport's commercial WiFi system and ask for a username/password (or credit card) authorization.
Once you've stolen that you can "drop" the connection and let them connect for real.
It should be EASY
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to sit in an airport or a starbucks with a hidden laptop + 802.11 card that presents a welcome screen that LOOKS LIKE some pay-per-use internet access point.
I would never use one of those airport systems because ANYONE could be spoofing it. There could be someone sitting next to me with a laptop in his suitcase.
TiVo (even though I have TWO of them and can't live without it) will fail because there's no good way of charging for it. People pay for the television listings--it's only a matter of time before some consortium of high-end TV makers put connectors for disk-drives on TV sets and let you download the listings for free on the Internet. (It would be in the networks best interest to provide their listings in some common XML format.)
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Can anyone explain to me why they also don't like Intel? I've see artist Mac-user types, who wouldn't know machine language if it rammed up their butt holes, go on and on about "Intel's segmented architecture." As if it mattered what instruction set your computer software ran on, as long as it's fast enough.
Call a LAWYER, and SUE THAT BITCH and the COMPANY for everything they've got.
Companies should realize that laying people off can cost money as well as save it.
It would have been a sustainable business, instead of a rotten and nearly gone wart in Yahoo's portfolio.
Back in thos Crazy Internet Days, those dot-com kids beleived that NUMBERS were more important than paying customers. They thought it would have been better to say: "Look! We have 400,000,000 users", rather than to have 500,000 paying customers.
Day after day, week after week, I tell them that the word "ITS" is the possesive form of "IT," and the word "IT'S" means "IT IS."
Despite my best efforts, the editors come up with phrases like:
art far beyond it's quick-and-dirty origins
What can we--Slashdot readers who wince when we see our mother tounge mangled--do to make them stop?
...contains DOG MEAT, in addition to PORK
The effect of the flaw on the images in the article is obvious. The images look stretched out or "exploded" instead of contiguous, because this naive implementation doesn't discard the portions of the image that would logically fall between the monitors.
While it may seem wrong to cut out parts of the image, our brains are great at filling in gaps, and it would have looked perfectly natural.
2x if we were girls.
Nevertheless, before customer service will escalate it to the guy who tries to detect my modem from the CO end of things, I have to tell them what OS I'm running, pretend that I'm checking things in the control panel, prentend that I'm rebooting it, etc.
If I had enoug free time, I'd video the red light blinking, and take the modem manual to court with me--to sue them for wasting my time. I'd probably lose, but (maybe) some exec at the company would change the customer service script to skip all that bullshit if the RED LINE ERROR LIGHT is blinking!
See this for instance.
...would be Java which was developed by admitted pedophile Patrick Naughton to search the web for pictures of naked little girls.
That was *me*, cutie-pie! And I'm still waiting your response. Please don't leave me hanging.
The installation of software associated with the E-card requires the user's permission in order to perform it's mass-mailing capabilities.
If Symantec didn't hire only the cheapest H1-B programmers (for the stuff it doesn't ship out to India), they would have known that "it's" means "it is."
...I see Apple Logo stickers everywhere. What's the difference?
...are pop-up ads that hit you in the head.
...that folks won't find a buffer-overflow expoloit tomorrow!
Free Mickey Mouse!
Free Software!
MAKE MONEY FAST
ITS is the possessive form of "IT"
If I was a Professional Editor for a major website, I'd get it right.
Being able to press a button ay my seat, and having a light go on when it's my turn to go is a great idea. I'm all for it.
I don't think this patent was so silly.
[RANT] I'm sick and tired of stupid /, folks mis-rating posts {/RANT]
I hope they get run out of business (or AOL/TW buys them--which is the same thing, isn't it?) Rumor about a merger is here
Someone should also do something about their pedophile infested dot-com division!
You can present a screen that appears to be the airport's commercial WiFi system and ask for a username/password (or credit card) authorization.
Once you've stolen that you can "drop" the connection and let them connect for real.
I would never use one of those airport systems because ANYONE could be spoofing it. There could be someone sitting next to me with a laptop in his suitcase.
I used to love the Walt Disney Company, but now I want Mickey Mouse to be FREE!
I'm hoping the Supreme Court will make the correct decision.
TiVo (even though I have TWO of them and can't live without it) will fail because there's no good way of charging for it. People pay for the television listings--it's only a matter of time before some consortium of high-end TV makers put connectors for disk-drives on TV sets and let you download the listings for free on the Internet. (It would be in the networks best interest to provide their listings in some common XML format.)