It's not even human interaction these days. Where before I could have fun playing along with the telemarketers (some of whom recognized that I was just stringing them along, and even had a sense of humor about it), now all I get are recorded messages. I'll pick up the phone and say "Hello?", there will be a pause, and then an overly-slimy recorded message (worse than a bad used car salesman) will start: "Hi, this is Jim. Are you tired of your high cable TV bills?" I don't even have cable TV.
It varies. Here in my apartment, I've only seen that rendering bug once (which is a good record, considering how often I visit/.). When I visited my parents a few weeks ago, it happened every single time on the computer there. Same browser (FF 1.0.1), same OS (Windows XP SP2). Odd behavior.
SomaFM, an entirely listener-supported Internet radio site, has a few streams in aacPlus. I recommend them, they play stuff that you normally don't run across.
Even though in principle it's not, I've had IE bring the Windows Explorer down with it. I think this happens when Explorer is rendering "web content" and thus using the IE backend. I think you can specify in the Folder Options to "Launch folder windows in a separate process" which will stop this from happening, but the option is not enabled by default. Firefox is immune from these issues, and I believe it's a better all-around browser anyway.
Even if you can't read the contents of the disks, I'd at least make backup images of them, since floppies don't last forever. You could use the linux command dd to back it up, or if you use windows, something like undisker. My sister was keeping her resume and other old papers on a floppy disk that windows wouldn't read, but I was able to use undisker to get her data back.
But how many more people simply can't bring themselves to change? There are tons of people who, after having Firefox installed to them and shown how to use it, search through the start menu for Internet Explorer instead of using the Firefox shortcut on the desktop. People like what they're comfortable with. Even if there are other concerns, they'll just make themselves forget, so that they can stay in their comfort zone. Willful ignorance is an unfortunate fact of modern society.
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with nearly 128 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps, 5 million music items and 57 million manuscripts.
So to answer your question, it's about 0.52 LoC if you count only the books.:)
The same consequence can result if your friend decides to play bridge instead of reading a book.
A better analogy would be that your friend read the book in the store instead of buying it to read at home.
Also, if your friend decides to share copies of the book (for instance, memorizing the book read in the store and printing it out at home - this stretches the analogy pretty thin, since there isn't really a direct analogy), then the entity holding the rights to the original is due compensation from your friend for the copies distributed.
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And he'll have to cut the author-self-inserts as well.
;-)
... Hehe... "self-inserts"...
Why should he do that?
Yeah, probably.
If you were an editor, could you resist a story containing the word 'bootytacular'?
It's not even human interaction these days. Where before I could have fun playing along with the telemarketers (some of whom recognized that I was just stringing them along, and even had a sense of humor about it), now all I get are recorded messages. I'll pick up the phone and say "Hello?", there will be a pause, and then an overly-slimy recorded message (worse than a bad used car salesman) will start: "Hi, this is Jim. Are you tired of your high cable TV bills?" I don't even have cable TV.
It varies. Here in my apartment, I've only seen that rendering bug once (which is a good record, considering how often I visit /.). When I visited my parents a few weeks ago, it happened every single time on the computer there. Same browser (FF 1.0.1), same OS (Windows XP SP2). Odd behavior.
DFI and AOpen both make boards. See http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2005q1/dfi-855gm e-mgf/index.x?pg=1 and http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1728546 ,00.asp for reviews of each.
Da media's well important, ain' it?
The Metroid Primes were done by a second party, Retro Studios, under the direction of Nintendo.
You know, after this, I wouldn't be so surprised...
Don't forget Total Annihilation. One of the classics as far as computer game music; I still listen to it from time to time.
It's a new, more efficient means of dupe-ing. Two news posts duped in one extra article instead of two. I applaud the editors' progress .
Looks pretty cool, I'll check it out. Thanks. :)
SomaFM, an entirely listener-supported Internet radio site, has a few streams in aacPlus. I recommend them, they play stuff that you normally don't run across.
I've used that on a few of my systems...
Even though in principle it's not, I've had IE bring the Windows Explorer down with it. I think this happens when Explorer is rendering "web content" and thus using the IE backend. I think you can specify in the Folder Options to "Launch folder windows in a separate process" which will stop this from happening, but the option is not enabled by default. Firefox is immune from these issues, and I believe it's a better all-around browser anyway.
Even if you can't read the contents of the disks, I'd at least make backup images of them, since floppies don't last forever. You could use the linux command dd to back it up, or if you use windows, something like undisker. My sister was keeping her resume and other old papers on a floppy disk that windows wouldn't read, but I was able to use undisker to get her data back.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is the 5th PoP game, not the second. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Persia.
there never was a 300MHz PIII.
But how many more people simply can't bring themselves to change? There are tons of people who, after having Firefox installed to them and shown how to use it, search through the start menu for Internet Explorer instead of using the Firefox shortcut on the desktop. People like what they're comfortable with. Even if there are other concerns, they'll just make themselves forget, so that they can stay in their comfort zone. Willful ignorance is an unfortunate fact of modern society.
From Fascinating Facts About the Library of Congress:
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with nearly 128 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps, 5 million music items and 57 million manuscripts.
So to answer your question, it's about 0.52 LoC if you count only the books. :)
The same consequence can result if your friend decides to play bridge instead of reading a book.
A better analogy would be that your friend read the book in the store instead of buying it to read at home. Also, if your friend decides to share copies of the book (for instance, memorizing the book read in the store and printing it out at home - this stretches the analogy pretty thin, since there isn't really a direct analogy), then the entity holding the rights to the original is due compensation from your friend for the copies distributed.
It's not an acronym, DS is the name of the system.
The Nintendo DS
Dude, I got next!
Resident Evil IIV : It gets crappier anyway
Not that I disagree with your sentiment, but that is not a real Roman numeral.
Does the PSP have the ability to phone home?
Or perhaps the engineers' have low expectations for its success, like a previous E.T. in the videogame industry?