Ooh, an expanding international market! A patent on a lead lined passport case would be a nice little earner with a tinfoil version for cheapskates. Could call it iFoil
The "news" in this story is not that people become disinterested in a story, but that the rate at which they become disinterested is quite different from what was expected.
The article used the word uninterested which has a completely different meaning. Disinterested means impartial or neutral while uninterested means bored or not interested. For a more detailed explanation
I was helping a pensioners' group get started with computers. One guy asked how he could install some program that came on a CD. Just stick it in the disc drive and Windows autoplay will start the installation. Follow the instructions and it will sort itself out.
Over the next few weeks the answers became more and more complicated as each suggestion totally failed. Finally I asked which way up he had inserted the disc.
The valuable lesson I learned was to assume nothing when dealing with novices.
Actually, in the UK, he's right..
Add three zeros to a million and you get a thousand million. Add three more and you've got a billion.
It is not just the UK, much of Europe does the same but not always consistently. In the field of economics the US definition has become pretty standard. This has lead to much confusion and you really have to double check exactly what people mean when they talk about, say, a billion square feet of office accomodation in a certain country or a billion Euro turnover of a company.
I guess you are talking about Porsches and not about porches.
Whatever it is, the only way a decision taker is going to get a backhander is from a dodgy dealer who has received a benefit. I suspect that your idea of charging $200,000 for RHEL 4 and a car or house extension is the only way these crooks are going to order free software.
From the article: One billion dollars each in seed capital from Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, and Google would be enough to set neighborhood network dominos falling in communities throughout...
Wow, now that would be something to see, a biblical prophecy getting it right on the button: The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 11:6
Calling it Office Vista will give a good hint as to when it will come out. This will have the advantage of only having having to issue single postponement notices.
I guess that a totally blank page is probably a lot more interesting than their meaningless list. When I had the same problem I could have used the Firefox NoScript plugin to allow JS but I just could not be bothered to make the effort.
Maybe they will win a nomination for the worst designed product in the rest of 2006.
The article said:
"the conference chairman and vice president of the ECM company Alfresco, Matt Asay, said that he hoped that he was "going to hear today that Sun has decided to open source Java". Phipps remained silent on the subject."
This gives us a pretty good idea of Sun's "Directive self Interest"
Initial fine £100 (US$182) This is discounted by 50% if you pay within 14 days
Not long after being ticketed you are likely to be clamped and the release fee is £65
And then they will tow you for only an additional £165
That adds up to £330 ($500) and somehow there always seems to be an extra charge - and that does not count the damage done to your car. If you are a stranger driving in London be afraid, be very afraid!
You are correct logically but I am not so sure about the real world. A lot of bidders seem to be very competitive and do not like to be losers at anything. They just keep on making "just one more bid" and go well over a true market price if two of these bidders collide. You can avoid these people and keep your powder dry by waiting for the last moment. By the time they realise they have been outbid the auction is closed.
Usually I do not bother to snipe but if the item is a lot of money or very important to me I have been known to get up at 3AM and make a bid. It not only seems to pay but also prevents me from making just one more bid.
> how many internet cafes you know offer 13 hours of service for only $20 ?
Since you ask, dozens. In the Costa del Sol in Spain (a big tourist area) there is an internet cafe on almost every corner. Lots offer free wifi and if you do not have your own hardware the going rate seems to be 1 Euro per hour or $0.80
The aircraft power supply is usually restricted to 75 watts which is a problem for MacBook Pro and many powerful 17" PC laptops which need more than that.
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Ooh, an expanding international market! A patent on a lead lined passport case would be a nice little earner with a tinfoil version for cheapskates. Could call it iFoil
Now that is scary!
Certainly not any country whose name begins with "The Democratic Republic of"
The article used the word uninterested which has a completely different meaning. Disinterested means impartial or neutral while uninterested means bored or not interested. For a more detailed explanation
>>The perfect demonstration of zero point energy is the Casimir effect, which has actually been observed in a laboratory.
Another example is the teenager effect which can be observed in any teenager's bedroom when it is time to get up.
>> This is exactly what I was thinking. It shouldn't be too hard to bookmark the "bad" parts of a DVD, for easy and automatic skipping.
Cool idea - assuming that you can also use it to skip the "good" parts.
Did you mean if one has a boner?
Does the same applied to shoes? After all I used to walk 10 miles barefoot in the snow
I guess that means that there will be no Genuine Advantage in the software.
It sounds as though that was not the only thing blown out of all proportion.
I was helping a pensioners' group get started with computers. One guy asked how he could install some program that came on a CD. Just stick it in the disc drive and Windows autoplay will start the installation. Follow the instructions and it will sort itself out.
Over the next few weeks the answers became more and more complicated as each suggestion totally failed. Finally I asked which way up he had inserted the disc.
The valuable lesson I learned was to assume nothing when dealing with novices.
Ugh! Right where I was planning to dance
It is not just the UK, much of Europe does the same but not always consistently. In the field of economics the US definition has become pretty standard. This has lead to much confusion and you really have to double check exactly what people mean when they talk about, say, a billion square feet of office accomodation in a certain country or a billion Euro turnover of a company.
I guess you are talking about Porsches and not about porches.
Whatever it is, the only way a decision taker is going to get a backhander is from a dodgy dealer who has received a benefit. I suspect that your idea of charging $200,000 for RHEL 4 and a car or house extension is the only way these crooks are going to order free software.
From the article: ...
One billion dollars each in seed capital from Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, and Google would be enough to set neighborhood network dominos falling in communities throughout
Wow, now that would be something to see, a biblical prophecy getting it right on the button:
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6
Calling it Office Vista will give a good hint as to when it will come out. This will have the advantage of only having having to issue single postponement notices.
Never mind the quality, feel the width.
Maybe this is a trial run for a middle mouse button on Macs. Very ergonomic, a middle button but no left or right :)
I guess that a totally blank page is probably a lot more interesting than their meaningless list. When I had the same problem I could have used the Firefox NoScript plugin to allow JS but I just could not be bothered to make the effort.
Maybe they will win a nomination for the worst designed product in the rest of 2006.
The article said:
"the conference chairman and vice president of the ECM company Alfresco, Matt Asay, said that he hoped that he was "going to hear today that Sun has decided to open source Java". Phipps remained silent on the subject."
This gives us a pretty good idea of Sun's "Directive self Interest"
> My question is; is it possible for a piece of information to be completely destroyed?
Well, sometimes Wikipedia seems to have a very good try.
Oh what joy to get towed in Boston and only pay $100
/ parking/controlledparkingzones/incorrect.cfm and this is the deal:
Come to London http://www.westminster.gov.uk/transportandstreets
Initial fine £100 (US$182) This is discounted by 50% if you pay within 14 days
Not long after being ticketed you are likely to be clamped and the release fee is £65
And then they will tow you for only an additional £165
That adds up to £330 ($500) and somehow there always seems to be an extra charge - and that does not count the damage done to your car. If you are a stranger driving in London be afraid, be very afraid!
You are correct logically but I am not so sure about the real world. A lot of bidders seem to be very competitive and do not like to be losers at anything. They just keep on making "just one more bid" and go well over a true market price if two of these bidders collide. You can avoid these people and keep your powder dry by waiting for the last moment. By the time they realise they have been outbid the auction is closed.
Usually I do not bother to snipe but if the item is a lot of money or very important to me I have been known to get up at 3AM and make a bid. It not only seems to pay but also prevents me from making just one more bid.
> how many internet cafes you know offer 13 hours of service for only $20 ? Since you ask, dozens. In the Costa del Sol in Spain (a big tourist area) there is an internet cafe on almost every corner. Lots offer free wifi and if you do not have your own hardware the going rate seems to be 1 Euro per hour or $0.80
You can find out what each airline offers at http://seatguru.com/articles/in-seat_laptop_power. php
The aircraft power supply is usually restricted to 75 watts which is a problem for MacBook Pro and many powerful 17" PC laptops which need more than that.