I first noticed this morning that Rogers was re-directing my DNS errors. My first instinct was to switch to another ISP provider. Then, I had a better idea.
I think that ClarisWorks 2.1 was the ultimate suite. It was tiny and fast and truly integrated, in contrast to MS Office, which is so un-integrated that the various applications don't share so much as a common file open/save dialog. With ClarisWorks 2.1, in one document, you could have text, a bitmap picture, a vector image, a spreadsheet and database fields. It was also a terminal emulator. ClarisWorks 3 and 4 were essentially the same, except that some useless fluff was added.
ClarisWorks 2.1 is dead! Long live ClarisWorks 2.1!
And in a way, it does live on at my house. I have recently re-furbished an Emate for my toddler. NewtWorks is basically ClarisWorks 2.1, right down to the keyboard shortcuts!
I just bought a laptop for my 2-year-old son: an Apple eMate 300 from eBay. I paid $1.
He loves it!
He likes playing with my MacBook, but I didn't like how he kept poking the screen. (For two reasons: first, he cannot interact with a MacBook that way, second, he could damage the screen.)
Even if you don't have a 2-year-old, pick up an eMate off eBay. It's a fun, disposable toy for programmers!
I remember first watching Tron at a birthday party in 1983. For the kids entertainment, the hosts rented a Videodisc Player and we watched Tron. For you young'uns, Videodiscs were analog 12" discs, which had audio and video information. The player functioned much like a record player, with a needle dragged through a groove.
And, much like a record player, they added horrible hiss to the audio and fuzz to the video, and could even 'skip'!
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Back then, what did you get from Disney? Cute li'l films about cute fuzzy animals having some cute adventures. So people did not expect a "serious" science fiction movie.
Actually, what you got 'back then' from Disney was the most violent film Disney ever made: The Black Hole, released in 1979.
I was 9, and my Dad took me to see Star Trek: The Motion Picture at the early show, then The Black Hole at the late show. Even though I haven't seen the movie since 1979, the scene where a robot tears into a man's chest with big, sharp, egg-beater-looking things is still burned into my brain. The only other thing I remember is finding toy versions of some of the robots from cereal boxes.
After The Black Hole, the "Disney" name was no longer applied to movies without "G" ratings. Such movies are now labelled "Miramax" etc.
Actually, if you want a truly high correlation with an 'ism' and killing, then look past 'Islamofascism' to 'Communism.' In the previous century, the U.S.S.R. killed 60 million, Communist China killed 30 million, and another 10 million or so are attributed to Cambodia, Viet Nam, N. Korea and many others.
In contrast to Communism, Islamofascism has killed a small fraction.
The punchline? How many Western university professors, columnists for The Guardian, and other so-called intellectuals self-identify as Communist?
Here's my solution. Charge $1 to open a new blog account. It's still basically free for anyone who wants an account, but prohibitively expensive for spammers who want thousands of accounts.
So, the number of bugs afflicting us Mac users has a negative correlation with the popularity of the software? Not quite, but you might be on to something here: Because Windows is so popular, Microsoft doesn't give a shit how many bugs it has!
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You say "a** f**k" like it's a bad thing.
I first noticed this morning that Rogers was re-directing my DNS errors. My first instinct was to switch to another ISP provider. Then, I had a better idea.
I've decided to stop paying my Rogers bill.
How do you like me now, Rogers?
I think that ClarisWorks 2.1 was the ultimate suite. It was tiny and fast and truly integrated, in contrast to MS Office, which is so un-integrated that the various applications don't share so much as a common file open/save dialog. With ClarisWorks 2.1, in one document, you could have text, a bitmap picture, a vector image, a spreadsheet and database fields. It was also a terminal emulator. ClarisWorks 3 and 4 were essentially the same, except that some useless fluff was added.
ClarisWorks 2.1 is dead! Long live ClarisWorks 2.1!
And in a way, it does live on at my house. I have recently re-furbished an Emate for my toddler. NewtWorks is basically ClarisWorks 2.1, right down to the keyboard shortcuts!
I just bought a laptop for my 2-year-old son: an Apple eMate 300 from eBay. I paid $1.
He loves it!
He likes playing with my MacBook, but I didn't like how he kept poking the screen. (For two reasons: first, he cannot interact with a MacBook that way, second, he could damage the screen.)
Even if you don't have a 2-year-old, pick up an eMate off eBay. It's a fun, disposable toy for programmers!
I have OS X running on a 9 year old Mac. Does that count?
I say "no" to tracking immigrants, since they are typically hard-working, decent people, and tracking them is creepy.
Pedophiles, on the other hand, deserve little more than a bullet in the head. I say "yes" to tracking those twisted freaks.
The earliest recorded case of 'beer goggles' recorded 5.4 million years ago.
Caveman 1: Dude, you totally did a chimp last night.
Caveman 2: Oh my God! How much did I drink?
After explaining how Microsoft should have charged more for the XBox 360, he pointed out to the teacher that she forgot to assign homework.
You should get a Mac.
I remember first watching Tron at a birthday party in 1983. For the kids entertainment, the hosts rented a Videodisc Player and we watched Tron. For you young'uns, Videodiscs were analog 12" discs, which had audio and video information. The player functioned much like a record player, with a needle dragged through a groove.
And, much like a record player, they added horrible hiss to the audio and fuzz to the video, and could even 'skip'!
Back then, what did you get from Disney? Cute li'l films about cute fuzzy animals having some cute adventures. So people did not expect a "serious" science fiction movie.
Actually, what you got 'back then' from Disney was the most violent film Disney ever made: The Black Hole, released in 1979.
I was 9, and my Dad took me to see Star Trek: The Motion Picture at the early show, then The Black Hole at the late show. Even though I haven't seen the movie since 1979, the scene where a robot tears into a man's chest with big, sharp, egg-beater-looking things is still burned into my brain. The only other thing I remember is finding toy versions of some of the robots from cereal boxes.
After The Black Hole, the "Disney" name was no longer applied to movies without "G" ratings. Such movies are now labelled "Miramax" etc.
Actually, if you want a truly high correlation with an 'ism' and killing, then look past 'Islamofascism' to 'Communism.' In the previous century, the U.S.S.R. killed 60 million, Communist China killed 30 million, and another 10 million or so are attributed to Cambodia, Viet Nam, N. Korea and many others.
In contrast to Communism, Islamofascism has killed a small fraction.
The punchline? How many Western university professors, columnists for The Guardian, and other so-called intellectuals self-identify as Communist?
I don't know if you can 'loose' it, but you can certainly 'lose' it.
And the iPod can play files from all of those other places, PLUS the most popular paid download service ever -- the iTunes Music Store.
See how that sounds different? That's spin. Let's use math to avoid any spin.
The Z5 can play files from X download services. The iPod can play files from X + 1 download services. iPod > Z5.
Hmmmm... your claims don't really add up.
Do you have an example for that claim? I've never seen anyone do that.
In other news, every sale of a Ford 'holds back' sales of a Chevy.
Klingon Programmer Sayings.
Here's my solution. Charge $1 to open a new blog account. It's still basically free for anyone who wants an account, but prohibitively expensive for spammers who want thousands of accounts.
So, the number of bugs afflicting us Mac users has a negative correlation with the popularity of the software? Not quite, but you might be on to something here: Because Windows is so popular, Microsoft doesn't give a shit how many bugs it has!
That sounds awesome!
Now we just need the technology to shrink the crocodiles to microscopic size, then inject them into the bloodstream of an HIV patient.
Yee haaa!
...in Apple's belt?
...in Microsoft's belt?
...in Linux's belt?
or
I vote Apple.
So, a document about Open Sourcing society is only available as a PDF and must be purchased. Did someone miss posting this last April 1st?