The difference between Microsoft and the chemical companies and rainforest loggers is that the chem. companies and loggers simply do their thing without giving much thought to the problems they cause, wheras Microsoft actively tries to cause problems.
The thing is, should we keep trying to convince the general populace that the next century starts in 2001, or should we just officially declare the 20th century to be a "pael" century (that's "leap" in reverse) that only has 99 years? I've been trying to do the former for some time now and I don't seem to be having any luck.
Another possible solution would be to tilt the platform and let gravity supply the forced caused by the person's acceleration. Speed would still be a problem, though.
Well, when OS/2 Warp version 4 came out, it was priced slightly above the $200 mark, although I had managed to get a copy of Warp 3 for less than $60 a few months earlier, when it was still the latest version (not a second-hand copy, either.) Cullinan was probably using that as an excuse for his comment, although, as much as I hate to say it, OS/2 isn't much of a competitor anymore... Although I still don't know what his excuse was for using the plural...... Sanity is highly overrated, or at least that's what the voices in my head tell me.
Actually, I've read that there's a protein on cells that gets shorter and shorter each time the cell divides. Eventually, the protein (I'm not sure if it actually is a protein, it's been a while since I read the article) becomes so short (or disappears entirely, again not quite sure) tha the cell can no longer divide. Cancerous cells, by the way, seem to not have this problem, and can divide indefinately.
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Apparently PCs running OS/2 STILL aren't considered a "PC or Mac" by the Fox people...
...Brains: You can't live with them, you can't... ummm... er...
The difference between Microsoft and the chemical companies and rainforest loggers is that the chem. companies and loggers simply do their thing without giving much thought to the problems they cause, wheras Microsoft actively tries to cause problems.
The thing is, should we keep trying to convince the general populace that the next century starts in 2001, or should we just officially declare the 20th century to be a "pael" century (that's "leap" in reverse) that only has 99 years? I've been trying to do the former for some time now and I don't seem to be having any luck.
Another possible solution would be to tilt the platform and let gravity supply the forced caused by the person's acceleration. Speed would still be a problem, though.
Well, when OS/2 Warp version 4 came out, it was priced slightly above the $200 mark, although I had managed to get a copy of Warp 3 for less than $60 a few months earlier, when it was still the latest version (not a second-hand copy, either.) Cullinan was probably using that as an excuse for his comment, although, as much as I hate to say it, OS/2 isn't much of a competitor anymore... Although I still don't know what his excuse was for using the plural... ... Sanity is highly overrated, or at least that's what the voices in my head tell me.
Actually, I've read that there's a protein on cells that gets shorter and shorter each time the cell divides. Eventually, the protein (I'm not sure if it actually is a protein, it's been a while since I read the article) becomes so short (or disappears entirely, again not quite sure) tha the cell can no longer divide. Cancerous cells, by the way, seem to not have this problem, and can divide indefinately.