I use Jabber at work. The network is fine, and it interoperates with MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, and AIM. My only real complaint about it is its UI and the way it does certain things. For example, if you remove a Jabber contact from your "roster," the Jabber contact you removed gets a rude message stating that you've deleted them. That may not bother you, but I really dislike getting emails asking why I'm not someone's friend anymore, when all I was doing was paring down a 100+ name contact list.
Jabber also doesn't always display your AIM and Yahoo contacts.
On the plus side, the graphics are nice and the client has a toast feature, letting you know when someone has come online. The chat window itself is AIM circa 1996, but it does the job.
The size of Alaska is truly staggering, even when you ignore the islands peppering off its peninsula and its southeastern appendage. I've always felt like its enormity wasn't properly shown on an atlas. That's partly due to the "curvature" of the atlas, if you know what I mean.
Of course, do note that my first sentence mentions that Texas is second to Alaska in landmass. Alaska's exponential size difference compared to Texas is inconsequential to the discussion, as Alaska's population is relatively miniscule. Nothing against your big beautiful state, of course.:)
Texas is a large state, with the greatest landmass after Alaska. Most of the 20 million+ people who live in Texas reside along the I35 corridor (Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio) and the coast (Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi, and the Rio Grande Valley). West of Fort Worth is a barren wasteland until you get to El Paso, which is on the westmost tip of Texas.
To give you an idea of the size of Texas, the distance between the eastmost city (Texarkana) and westmost city (El Paso) is nearly equal to the distance between El Paso and Los Angeles, CA.
I applied for a job at Applied Research Laboratories back in 1997. The job was writing C++ code for a SONAR system, something to do with dolphins. Very cool stuff for the Defense Department. I'm not surprised to see this toolkit come out of ARL.
UT Austin has some awesome engineers. Hook 'em Horns!
Consider this for a moment. Jane Boxwine buys a brand-new computer in 1999. It's a Pentium II 400 with 128MB RAM, 8MB HD, and Windows 98. She spends $2000 on it.
Jane Boxwine uses this computer for Quicken, maybe to email her family, Solitaire, and simple things like that. Her computer has not outlived its usefulness, but it is woefully underpowered by today's standards.
So now you're telling her that she has to spend $100 on a Windows XP upgrade *and* install an OS that will be very noticeably slower on her machine? You're telling her that Microsoft made mistakes and now Jane has to pay for it?
What you'll often see in articles and interviews is an editor's italicized comment enclosed in brackets, like so:
President Bush enacted his energy policy in 1991 [
ed. this occurred in December] resulting in a marked effect on utility stocks.
So, when I see italicized comments in parentheses, it automatically leads me to think that the comments are those of the editor and not the interviewee.
[Catcher in the Rye is] a brilliant example of literary critics completely losing the plot and advocating a truly pathetic work as some sort of classic, depending on your point of view.
Then you write:
Catcher in the Rye is the only book I have ever found so completely impenetrable that I literally couldn't bring myself to read another page, and I wasn't even 1/4 of the way through when that happened.
Now, I'm not a professional literary critic anymore, but I do know that in order to fully understand a plot, one must read a work in its entirety. You admit to only having read 1/4 of the book, and then you trash it? You are criticizing something to which you have not fully exposed yourself. Regardless of my point of view about Catcher..., it is impossible to take your criticism seriously and have a worthwhile discussion with you about the book.
You owe it to yourself and your argument to actually read whatever you're criticizing. To do any less makes you look stupid.
Good (not bad) article (interview)
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· Score: 3, Interesting
I was very interested by this interview, but the guys overabundance of parentheticals was very distracting. Sometimes I wondered if the editor was adding his own remarks to the interview, since the parentheticals were italicized.
Regardless, I found the content to be very interesting, particularly the fact that Desktop Manager is the guy's first Mac application.
Slackware was the first distro I ever used, way back in 1995. I had read about Linux in a small InfoWorld article, back when InfoWorld was tabloid size instead of regular magazine size. The article said you could run an entire operating system on a single floppy disk. Of course, I had to try this on my 386SX with 4M RAM. I downloaded Slack over a 14.4 modem and then copying it all to a set of floppy disks. I wish I could remember the name of that tool. Anyway, I ended up installing Slackware using UMSDOS so I could keep my DOS/Windows data.
I remember I had to completely reinstall Slackware any time I wanted to add a new piece of software because I didn't know how it all worked. The very first question I asked on a Linux newsgroup was, "What's darkstar?" It, of course, was the default hostname for a new Slackware install. Heh. Starting X would dump you into fvwm with only an xterm and a pager; not much has changed there.:)
Ultimately I used that Slackware machine to learn about Unix and make the move from client-focused to enterprise-focused. Those were fun times.
In the Accounts preference in Panther, you can turn on a sort-of Simple Finder, as well as limit access to specific applications for users. You should play around with those options to get an idea of what you can do.
You have that backwards. They did all the special effects and editing first, and now they're just going to cut-and-paste actors into the digital scenes.
Empire Strikes Back was directed by Irvin Kershner and written Leigh Brackett (a master of pulp SF and Ray Bradbury's mentor) and Lawrence Kasdan. Some would argue that it is the best movie sequels ever made.
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To answer your question, I am using Jabber Messenger 2.7.4.46. Copyright Jabber, Inc. Take a look at their website.
Jabber also doesn't always display your AIM and Yahoo contacts.
On the plus side, the graphics are nice and the client has a toast feature, letting you know when someone has come online. The chat window itself is AIM circa 1996, but it does the job.
Hope that helps.
Of course, do note that my first sentence mentions that Texas is second to Alaska in landmass. Alaska's exponential size difference compared to Texas is inconsequential to the discussion, as Alaska's population is relatively miniscule. Nothing against your big beautiful state, of course. :)
To give you an idea of the size of Texas, the distance between the eastmost city (Texarkana) and westmost city (El Paso) is nearly equal to the distance between El Paso and Los Angeles, CA.
UT Austin has some awesome engineers. Hook 'em Horns!
P. Diddy's testimony at his trial was a sample of OJ Simpson's testimony with Puffy's "Unh, yeah" recorded on top.
Jane Boxwine uses this computer for Quicken, maybe to email her family, Solitaire, and simple things like that. Her computer has not outlived its usefulness, but it is woefully underpowered by today's standards.
So now you're telling her that she has to spend $100 on a Windows XP upgrade *and* install an OS that will be very noticeably slower on her machine? You're telling her that Microsoft made mistakes and now Jane has to pay for it?
So what's the solution for Jane Boxwine?
What's your IP?
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Eventually, they'll release a 10 DVD box set of Christopher Tolkien reading the books aloud in front of a camera.
I offered to post it on the Net but the friend was afraid he'd get in trouble. I never did read it.
It would appear that you have been caught in a lie.
No disrespect intended, but why are you suggesting books for me to read?
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with backup tapes.
So, when I see italicized comments in parentheses, it automatically leads me to think that the comments are those of the editor and not the interviewee.
[Catcher in the Rye is] a brilliant example of literary critics completely losing the plot and advocating a truly pathetic work as some sort of classic, depending on your point of view.
Then you write:
Catcher in the Rye is the only book I have ever found so completely impenetrable that I literally couldn't bring myself to read another page, and I wasn't even 1/4 of the way through when that happened.
Now, I'm not a professional literary critic anymore, but I do know that in order to fully understand a plot, one must read a work in its entirety. You admit to only having read 1/4 of the book, and then you trash it? You are criticizing something to which you have not fully exposed yourself. Regardless of my point of view about Catcher..., it is impossible to take your criticism seriously and have a worthwhile discussion with you about the book.
You owe it to yourself and your argument to actually read whatever you're criticizing. To do any less makes you look stupid.
Regardless, I found the content to be very interesting, particularly the fact that Desktop Manager is the guy's first Mac application.
John Von Neumann owns that patent.
2) A method for displaying a computer's file system (see earlier patent for details) based on the top of a typical desk.
Apple owns that patent.
3) A number system based solely on the numbers 1 and 0.
Microsoft owns that patent. If the Onion didn't charge for archive access, I'd show you a link.
4) A method for having sex with a computer (you know it'll happen one day... and when it does... I'm rolling in the cash)
Isaac Asimov owns that patent.
Sorry I ruined your retirement dreams.
This won't work in my Z8 roadster? Pish-posh. Guess I'll just have to deal with whatever Jeeves puts on whilst riding in the Maybach.
Slackware was the first distro I ever used, way back in 1995. I had read about Linux in a small InfoWorld article, back when InfoWorld was tabloid size instead of regular magazine size. The article said you could run an entire operating system on a single floppy disk. Of course, I had to try this on my 386SX with 4M RAM. I downloaded Slack over a 14.4 modem and then copying it all to a set of floppy disks. I wish I could remember the name of that tool. Anyway, I ended up installing Slackware using UMSDOS so I could keep my DOS/Windows data.
:)
I remember I had to completely reinstall Slackware any time I wanted to add a new piece of software because I didn't know how it all worked. The very first question I asked on a Linux newsgroup was, "What's darkstar?" It, of course, was the default hostname for a new Slackware install. Heh. Starting X would dump you into fvwm with only an xterm and a pager; not much has changed there.
Ultimately I used that Slackware machine to learn about Unix and make the move from client-focused to enterprise-focused. Those were fun times.
The original quote is often attributed to Plutarch.
The PC-Engine LT alone is worth $1000.
In the Accounts preference in Panther, you can turn on a sort-of Simple Finder, as well as limit access to specific applications for users. You should play around with those options to get an idea of what you can do.
Will studying proper digital photography techniques get rid of my double chin?
Cite your source of this "fact."
You have that backwards. They did all the special effects and editing first, and now they're just going to cut-and-paste actors into the digital scenes.
Empire Strikes Back was directed by Irvin Kershner and written Leigh Brackett (a master of pulp SF and Ray Bradbury's mentor) and Lawrence Kasdan. Some would argue that it is the best movie sequels ever made.