"There are lots of geologists out there who are looking at these pictures and they are starting to drool," Haldeman said. "The American taxpayer that spent $800 million on this deserves a thorough analysis," Haldeman said.
You could have bought it and resold it, making the crime connection a selling point. I'm sure there are people who would pay more money for a car with that kind of history.
That's exactly the point - he said it wrongly to give the false impression that it couldn't be repeated. Had it been *too* perfect, it would have been obvious it was all fake.
1. The Queen is HM, not a lowly HRH.
2. Isn't Australia a kingdom already? After all, why would it else have a queen. (I suppose it could be a queendom, but I don't think that word exists, and, in any case, if there is such a word as "queendom", it sounds more like some kind of sexual preference.)
Hieroglyphs have been available in various forms for years, Winglyph (for Windows) for instance, and is indeed used by egyptologists. Nothing new there, no pushing the envelope.
See e.g.
http://www.hieroglyphs.net/000501/html/000-048.htm l
http://www.aegyptisch.de/mdc.html
(A Google search turns up more links.)
HAL R. VARIAN is a professor of information management, economics, and business at the University of California at Berkeley. He works on the economics of information technology.
CHRISTOPHER M. VARIAN is 16 years old and does not yet have a biography, although he is looking forward to acquiring one.
"A+ certified techicians would equivalently handle basics, like replacing alternators, starters, draining transmission fluid, replacing water pumps, checking differential gear oil, lubing the suspension or steering parts, replacing obviously bad water hoses, and the like. Stuff that stands out. By comparison to computers the person would be able to replace hard disk drives and CD-ROMs, install video cards, install the OS from scratch for the default configuration, configure sound support, and the like. Maybe even dig into the registry a smidgeon."
I think it is rather silly to talk about a "technician" of any degree in a case like this. I have changed and installed harddrives, CD-ROM drives and various cards inside the box. I have installed my OS (Windows several times, Mandrake Linux twice), formatted and partitioned harddrives, and even occasionally been "dig[ging] into the registry a smidgeon".
But I wouldn't consider myself a "technician", even in a metaphorical sense; I have an education in the humanities. I am miles and miles away from doing any serious computer-related work, such as programming.
The reason I can do these things is because the OS installation interface today is extremely simple (for the needs of the normal computer user), and the preconfigured way the OS and various programs work is still annoying enough (I'm talking about Windows here) that I feel I have no choice but tweaking a bit. And the hardware interface is also rather obvious; in most cases one really has to go out of one's way to connect anything wrongly inside the box, or mess up anything seriously if doing so. I am able to use the software and hardware resources I have to use, and I cannot afford having anyone else to help me with them. That's all. I enjoy doing this, to a certain degree.
Well, he said that he could probably have come to an agreement with MS if he had been treated better. The problem was the way they went about, using his company as a target just to set an example.
MST = Medium Space Thingies (formerly known as tiny, but that wasn't good for marketing),
and then continues with:
BST = Big Space Thingies. XBST = Extra Big Space Thingies. KSST = King Size Space Thingies (always written with small crowns replacing the dots over the i:s). SSKS = SuperSized King Size Space Thingies (ditto, but has to be written in a larger, blinking red text).
Then, of course, there are the Kids' Space Thingies, which are quite small and come with plastic Disney figures.
Maybe the last "days" of the universe will consist of groups of highly advanced intelligent beings scavenging for matter in a dying universe to sustain them. They will still be looking for a way to create another universe, and therefore new life. If they succeed, they will no doubt create a universe with a slightly different set of parameters so that life evolves much earlier than it did in the present universe.
Perhaps they will find a way to teleport into the new universe they create, each life form becoming truly a God.
Of course we will. That's what we did last time. But how do you know anything about that?
I don't think so. You can easily unzip an OOo.sxw document using WinZip, then open the individual xml files to see what they contain (and even edit them). I have done so; I haven't really checked for sensitive hidden data in them, but I don't believe there is anything unnecessary in there. And of course, an OOo file is just about a third the size of a Word.doc file.
I'm right-handed, but use the mouse with my left hand, because of pain in my right hand. As this switch was a gradual process, I never reprogrammed the mouse and use it as I think you do, mostly with the hand diagonally over the mouse. It is just a matter of habit and no less natural than using the right hand. I occasionally switch back to using the right hand on the mouse and have now internalized the different right-hand and left-hand behaviours, and I no longer feel that urge to "mirror" my hand behaviour that is natural when first switching hands doing something.
The side buttons are sometimes annoying but can usually be ignored.
... if I already use Mozilla. In which way is it better? I also use Mozilla for Usenet. It still is limited in its filtering capacity, but I still find it OK.
And why did Mozilla get rid of the dino/dragon splash screen?
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I think that kind of thing is only done in those rebellious colonies in North America.
WWF - The World Wildlife Fund?
"There are lots of geologists out there who are looking at these pictures and they are starting to drool," Haldeman said. "The American taxpayer that spent $800 million on this deserves a thorough analysis," Haldeman said.
Which taxpayer payed this much?
You could have bought it and resold it, making the crime connection a selling point. I'm sure there are people who would pay more money for a car with that kind of history.
They already have their "safe search" for images. Maybe they could just reverse that...
That's exactly the point - he said it wrongly to give the false impression that it couldn't be repeated. Had it been *too* perfect, it would have been obvious it was all fake.
1. The Queen is HM, not a lowly HRH. 2. Isn't Australia a kingdom already? After all, why would it else have a queen. (I suppose it could be a queendom, but I don't think that word exists, and, in any case, if there is such a word as "queendom", it sounds more like some kind of sexual preference.)
Hieroglyphs have been available in various forms for years, Winglyph (for Windows) for instance, and is indeed used by egyptologists. Nothing new there, no pushing the envelope.
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See e.g.
http://www.hieroglyphs.net/000501/html/000-048.ht
http://www.aegyptisch.de/mdc.html
(A Google search turns up more links.)
Yea, we really need cable internet here on Mars. You can't imagine how slow this internet connection is! And the phone bills I get from Marscom....
Just wait until they send a lander to Pluto...
Oh, but Jar Jar is indeed in episode 4.
That is, he will be, as soon as George Lucas is finished with the new version. He will replace the Han Solo character.
He is also going to replace Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones 4.
HAL R. VARIAN is a professor of information management, economics, and business at the University of California at Berkeley. He works on the economics of information technology.
:-)
CHRISTOPHER M. VARIAN is 16 years old and does not yet have a biography, although he is looking forward to acquiring one.
But I wouldn't consider myself a "technician", even in a metaphorical sense; I have an education in the humanities. I am miles and miles away from doing any serious computer-related work, such as programming.
The reason I can do these things is because the OS installation interface today is extremely simple (for the needs of the normal computer user), and the preconfigured way the OS and various programs work is still annoying enough (I'm talking about Windows here) that I feel I have no choice but tweaking a bit. And the hardware interface is also rather obvious; in most cases one really has to go out of one's way to connect anything wrongly inside the box, or mess up anything seriously if doing so. I am able to use the software and hardware resources I have to use, and I cannot afford having anyone else to help me with them. That's all. I enjoy doing this, to a certain degree.
...against Mormons?
I wonder, does it have anything to do with SCO being in Utah?
Well, he said that he could probably have come to an agreement with MS if he had been treated better. The problem was the way they went about, using his company as a target just to set an example.
...begins with:
MST = Medium Space Thingies (formerly known as tiny, but that wasn't good for marketing),
and then continues with:
BST = Big Space Thingies.
XBST = Extra Big Space Thingies.
KSST = King Size Space Thingies (always written with small crowns replacing the dots over the i:s).
SSKS = SuperSized King Size Space Thingies (ditto, but has to be written in a larger, blinking red text).
Then, of course, there are the Kids' Space Thingies, which are quite small and come with plastic Disney figures.
I don't think so. You can easily unzip an OOo .sxw document using WinZip, then open the individual xml files to see what they contain (and even edit them). I have done so; I haven't really checked for sensitive hidden data in them, but I don't believe there is anything unnecessary in there. And of course, an OOo file is just about a third the size of a Word .doc file.
Isn't the point that life may be found below, perhaps even considerably below, the surface of Mars, in a possibly warm and stable environment?
What would happen if American courts would judge the GPL invalid and European courts would uphold it? Does anyone have an idea?
I have one of their mice.
I heard they made some software as well. What was it, Microsoft Doors? Something like that.
I'm right-handed, but use the mouse with my left hand, because of pain in my right hand. As this switch was a gradual process, I never reprogrammed the mouse and use it as I think you do, mostly with the hand diagonally over the mouse. It is just a matter of habit and no less natural than using the right hand. I occasionally switch back to using the right hand on the mouse and have now internalized the different right-hand and left-hand behaviours, and I no longer feel that urge to "mirror" my hand behaviour that is natural when first switching hands doing something.
The side buttons are sometimes annoying but can usually be ignored.
Mixes of Star Wars characters you cannot have people be. Exact analogies you must have.
... if I already use Mozilla. In which way is it better? I also use Mozilla for Usenet. It still is limited in its filtering capacity, but I still find it OK.
And why did Mozilla get rid of the dino/dragon splash screen?
...does this as well. It always tries to make you save stuff in its own .mix format, which hardly any other program can read or import.