Sounds basically like cleartype, right? I mean, all THAT is is using the RGB (or CYM) sub-pixels to smoothe out lines and curves, correct? Err, so what's the BFD?
What a coincidince; I was just plugging a BS-o-meter earlier today.
Named "Bullfighter" from Deloitte & Touch, it is an add-in for MSword and PowerPoint. You can download the regular version or a for the nonprofit sector.
-theGreater Picador.
That's why you should go for the n series and save yourself a whole lot of hassle to start with. I just installed 20 of these things and they work great.
One thing to note, however, is that you should REALLY get the $20 Dell floppy add on. They don't come with a standard floppy mount or faceplate, and I had to fabricate 20 ugly metal kluges while simultaneously defacing my pricewatch special FDD's.
-theGreater nSeries Fan.
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NOW we'll FINALLY get to see these fine pieces of cinematic gore released. Phew!
How about 'U' and 'V'? 'O and 0' or 'Z' and '2' or '6' and 'G' or '1' and 'I'? Of course, in most fonts they're fairly simple to tell apart, but then most fonts aren't under the hood of your car for 10 years and covered in dirt and grime.
I've always wanted to see if my school's MS only infrastructure could stand up to a good pounding...
-theGreater Slacker.
PS: They say to scan your license in so that it's between 1500 and 2500 pixels long, or between 1 and 2 MB in size. I don't have a scanner, though. Or a job.
I do, I feel all warm and fuzzy inside now. But how exactly does all of this apply to my day-to-day? I'm not sure when it started, but recently there seems to be a proliferation of Commanders of the Obvious who disguise their barely-adequate theories behind some sort of happy analogy. "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" maps roughly to "Boy != Girl". How is it possible that these charlatans continue to prosper? Is it possible that the public is so overly entertained and intellecutally starved that these sort of things are revealations to them?
So, why is it that you chose NOT to abbreviate the SEC? Was it ONLY so that you could misspell?
-theGreater Pedant.
PS: I know, I just do it to be a jerk. I'm not really a grammar Nazi. More of a grammar bigot. I wouldn't torture you or anything, just look down on people.
Correction: Greatest WALLPAPER ever. I'll download and it and reuse it under their lenient licensing and fair use doctrine.
-theGreater Advantage.
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Or randomly. I did preview, I swear to Mod!
-theGreater Embarrassment.
PS: Now I'm just going to type for awhile, until my two minute timer expires. It's unfortunate that I'm rather a speedy typer, though. Luckily for you all, I happen to have rewritten this spiel several times in an attempt to make myself look smarter. It's not working, is it? Ah well, time to push Submi...
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A little genetic algorithm, a dash of Vocaloid, that hit-o-meter thing they were talking about earlier, and some random seeding. Then, when I get The Perfect Pop Album, I compare the results to Mozart's (alleged) Musical Dice. I'm pretty sure that after 3 years of listening to my own tandomly crappy music, I'd be crazy enough for a tenured position.
Well, yes and no. xGoogle is designed largely around finding shared files on IRC IIRC (always wanted to do that). As far as I know, it depends not upon channel content, but on server/channel names and perhaps M'sOTD.
It's already been invented, and I've been using it for years. It's called disobedience.
See, apparently the New York Times thinks I'm a 103 year old grandmother making a quarter million per year as Chief Technology Operator of a homemaking empire. I also subscribe regularly to the NYT.
If you don't like what they're doing to you, break it so it doesn't work.
"However, all the shares would end up with Aunt Agatha in Des Moines and Uncle Milt in Pittsburgh and there would be no real public market at all."
I'm not too investment savvy, but isn't this EXACTLY what a public market means? Public, as in The Public; and Market, as in a place to buy and sell?
It -sounds- like he's saying that he's worried about the Public actually using their purchasing power. God forbid we take the future of something we value out of the hands of the people who brought us Enron, Worldcom, and other such unmitigated disasters.
From R'ing TFA, you will no doubt have noticed that this particular 'feature' includes an IR beam. If you show me the code to spit an IR beam out without hardware, I'll be happy to withdraw my statement.
".NET remoting is often a more appropriate solution than Web Services, and it certainly performs better and scales better when used properly."
This just in: software works better when used correctly. In related news, analysts say it is appropriate to use the tool known as.NET remoting in those situations for which it was designed. Back to you, Timothy.
I'm talking about the general tendency toward constantly adding "one more thing" to my phone. I understand that SMS is no big deal. Neither are a lot of things. But 1,000 no big deals stuffed into what is supposed to be a phone is going too far.
And this particular no big deal has an RF transmitter, according to the article. Add imaging capabilities, another no big deal. Throw in a couple of games, also small. Just keep adding and adding until I've got a Windows CE environment just so I can call home and tell the wife I'll be late for dinner.
As an aside, it would be useful to note that we are each stating our personal opinions and preferences. What is useful to you might be cluttery to me, and vice versa. All I'm asking for is a choice -- a simple alternative.
Actually, most sparks involving entering / exiting one's transport vehicle typically are the fault of slick interiors and good scratchy clothes. When one slides out all in one motion, one generates a fairly large amount of static. If the next thing you do is bridge the gap between the pump and your car, you could have a little problem. And there is the BOOM! you describe.
-theGreater Alternative.
...cellphones weren't already complex enough? I don't carry a Swiss Army Knife or a Leatherman, when all I need is one blade. For the very same reason, I'm strongly against most cluttery "features" like this.
First give me a product that has a useable interface and spend some time making sure I can dial the thing one-handed. Add useful PHONE features, not useful kitchen utensils and assorted toys. Use that extra space on a huge battery I only have to charge once a week. In short, make my cellphone better, not just different.
This is not a top ten list, nor is it a top ANYTHING list. In fact, it's no kind of list at all. It is rather a collection of anecdotes intended to remind you, joe linux, how stupid the average user is.
Not to mention the obscure story lines, re-hashed plots, standardized hero/villain archetypes, and generally diminished quality of American graphic novels / comic boos. Seriously, how many more times can we see a time travel / surprise-I-am-your-father issue?
Call me crazybutt; I liked DC's Bloodline series, even if it was only a pathetic attempt to create a new mass of super-types a la' X-men. Oh and the new Superman is ridiculous.
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Sounds basically like cleartype, right? I mean, all THAT is is using the RGB (or CYM) sub-pixels to smoothe out lines and curves, correct? Err, so what's the BFD?
-theGreater Muller.What a coincidince; I was just plugging a BS-o-meter earlier today.
Named "Bullfighter" from Deloitte & Touch, it is an add-in for MSword and PowerPoint. You can download the regular version or a for the nonprofit sector.
-theGreater Picador.
One thing to note, however, is that you should REALLY get the $20 Dell floppy add on. They don't come with a standard floppy mount or faceplate, and I had to fabricate 20 ugly metal kluges while simultaneously defacing my pricewatch special FDD's.
-theGreater nSeries Fan.
NOW we'll FINALLY get to see these fine pieces of cinematic gore released. Phew!
-theGreater Obvious Comment.
Just curious as to why Bochs wasn't even mentioned? I understand it's Beta quality, but it CAN run a significant subset of hardware.
-theGreater.
How about 'U' and 'V'? 'O and 0' or 'Z' and '2' or '6' and 'G' or '1' and 'I'? Of course, in most fonts they're fairly simple to tell apart, but then most fonts aren't under the hood of your car for 10 years and covered in dirt and grime.
-theGreater Mechanic.
From the article:
... the company used ... llamas to transport equipment to the rugged terrain, Weaver said."
"In 2000
Llamas, Cows, and Colts, all in a post about deprecated cellphone tech. It brings a tear to my eye.
-theGreater Barnyard Activist.
That is why I signed
My miserable attempt
theGreater HACK-u
As you can see I
Made no real attempt toward
Actual haiku.
gzipped jar here
I've always wanted to see if my school's MS only infrastructure could stand up to a good pounding...
-theGreater Slacker.
PS: They say to scan your license in so that it's between 1500 and 2500 pixels long, or between 1 and 2 MB in size. I don't have a scanner, though. Or a job.
One word. Facibitate.
That is all.
-theGreater BuzzWordSmith.
I do, I feel all warm and fuzzy inside now. But how exactly does all of this apply to my day-to-day? I'm not sure when it started, but recently there seems to be a proliferation of Commanders of the Obvious who disguise their barely-adequate theories behind some sort of happy analogy. "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" maps roughly to "Boy != Girl". How is it possible that these charlatans continue to prosper? Is it possible that the public is so overly entertained and intellecutally starved that these sort of things are revealations to them?
-theGreater Ranter.
So, why is it that you chose NOT to abbreviate the SEC? Was it ONLY so that you could misspell?
-theGreater Pedant.
PS: I know, I just do it to be a jerk. I'm not really a grammar Nazi. More of a grammar bigot. I wouldn't torture you or anything, just look down on people.
Correction: Greatest WALLPAPER ever. I'll download and it and reuse it under their lenient licensing and fair use doctrine.
-theGreater Advantage.
Or randomly. I did preview, I swear to Mod!
-theGreater Embarrassment.
PS: Now I'm just going to type for awhile, until my two minute timer expires. It's unfortunate that I'm rather a speedy typer, though. Luckily for you all, I happen to have rewritten this spiel several times in an attempt to make myself look smarter. It's not working, is it? Ah well, time to push Submi...
A little genetic algorithm, a dash of Vocaloid, that hit-o-meter thing they were talking about earlier, and some random seeding. Then, when I get The Perfect Pop Album, I compare the results to Mozart's (alleged) Musical Dice. I'm pretty sure that after 3 years of listening to my own tandomly crappy music, I'd be crazy enough for a tenured position.
-theGreater Ponderer.
Well, yes and no. xGoogle is designed largely around finding shared files on IRC IIRC (always wanted to do that). As far as I know, it depends not upon channel content, but on server/channel names and perhaps M'sOTD.
-theGreater Pedant.
It's already been invented, and I've been using it for years. It's called disobedience.
See, apparently the New York Times thinks I'm a 103 year old grandmother making a quarter million per year as Chief Technology Operator of a homemaking empire. I also subscribe regularly to the NYT.
If you don't like what they're doing to you, break it so it doesn't work.
-theGreater Disruption.
It -sounds- like he's saying that he's worried about the Public actually using their purchasing power. God forbid we take the future of something we value out of the hands of the people who brought us Enron, Worldcom, and other such unmitigated disasters.
-theGreater.
From R'ing TFA, you will no doubt have noticed that this particular 'feature' includes an IR beam. If you show me the code to spit an IR beam out without hardware, I'll be happy to withdraw my statement.
-theGreater Sarcastic.
".NET remoting is often a more appropriate solution than Web Services, and it certainly performs better and scales better when used properly."
.NET remoting in those situations for which it was designed. Back to you, Timothy.
This just in: software works better when used correctly. In related news, analysts say it is appropriate to use the tool known as
-theGreater CheekTonguer.
I'm talking about the general tendency toward constantly adding "one more thing" to my phone. I understand that SMS is no big deal. Neither are a lot of things. But 1,000 no big deals stuffed into what is supposed to be a phone is going too far.
And this particular no big deal has an RF transmitter, according to the article. Add imaging capabilities, another no big deal. Throw in a couple of games, also small. Just keep adding and adding until I've got a Windows CE environment just so I can call home and tell the wife I'll be late for dinner.
As an aside, it would be useful to note that we are each stating our personal opinions and preferences. What is useful to you might be cluttery to me, and vice versa. All I'm asking for is a choice -- a simple alternative.
-theGreater
Actually, most sparks involving entering / exiting one's transport vehicle typically are the fault of slick interiors and good scratchy clothes. When one slides out all in one motion, one generates a fairly large amount of static. If the next thing you do is bridge the gap between the pump and your car, you could have a little problem. And there is the BOOM! you describe. -theGreater Alternative.
...cellphones weren't already complex enough? I don't carry a Swiss Army Knife or a Leatherman, when all I need is one blade. For the very same reason, I'm strongly against most cluttery "features" like this.
First give me a product that has a useable interface and spend some time making sure I can dial the thing one-handed. Add useful PHONE features, not useful kitchen utensils and assorted toys. Use that extra space on a huge battery I only have to charge once a week. In short, make my cellphone better, not just different.
-theGreater Luddite.
This is not a top ten list, nor is it a top ANYTHING list. In fact, it's no kind of list at all. It is rather a collection of anecdotes intended to remind you, joe linux, how stupid the average user is.
Honestly, put the R back in RTFA.
-theGreater Pedant.
Not to mention the obscure story lines, re-hashed plots, standardized hero/villain archetypes, and generally diminished quality of American graphic novels / comic boos. Seriously, how many more times can we see a time travel / surprise-I-am-your-father issue?
Call me crazybutt; I liked DC's Bloodline series, even if it was only a pathetic attempt to create a new mass of super-types a la' X-men. Oh and the new Superman is ridiculous.
-theGreater Soapbox Evangelist.