I'm not sure if this is true. If the sky is clear, I don't think you would be able to see the beam. You cannot actually see a beam of light. This is why they need fog machines in laser light shows: to make the beams visible.
A couple of years ago I was looking at my brother in law's machine to see what I could do to upgrade it. It was a Gateway Pentium II system, or at least that's what it said on the case. When I opened it I saw that the processor had an FPGA form-factor. I had thought all PII's were slot 1. Also, when it booted the BIOS said it was running at 166Mhz.
So, was there really a 166Mhz FPGA Pentium II or did Gateway pull a fast one?
As I recall it, Microsoft (along with IBM) were pushing OS/2 as *the* platform of the future. They convinced many large ISVs to develop for OS/2 instead of DOS or Windows (2.0 at the time).
When they released Windows 3.0, Word and Excel were the only productivity apps available. Lotus & WordPerfect had bet on OS/2 and lost.
As so many other people have pointed out, he never actually made this statement. But what if he had? Would he have been so wrong?
Consider that, at the time, most software ran quite well within 128K. 640K was, indeed, enough for anyone. Saying that "640K should be enough for anyone" is not the same as saying "640K will always be enough for anyone".
Another typical example of this kind of thing is when Thomas Watson, Jr. was reported to have said the world would never need more than six computers. Well, at the time, computers were huge, room-sized monsters. Let me ask you. How many huge, room-sized computers are in use today. I may be incorrect, but I would bet that the number is not far from six.
The point I am making is that people often repeat these quotes in order to show that those quoted did not know what they were talking about. But the only thing they are showing is that *they* do not understand the context in which those statements were (allegedly) made.
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Easy, change the name so it doesn't have the word "nuclear" in it.
When Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging first came out, the public was not eager to accept the new technology. So they took out the word "nuclear", NMRIs became MRIs and everyone was happy with that.
Usually, if I'm working on a problem late at night, I find it more productive to just go to sleep. You wouldn't believe the number of times I've woken up in the morning with the solution being blindingly obvious to me.
Well...that's partially correct. We do live in a republic. In a democracy, however, people vote directly on the law. Whereas in a republic the people's representatives, elected or otherwise, make the laws.
I think the 10 ip addresses per person figure is probably incorrect.
Think about it. Each organization would have a 64-bit address range to assign as it sees fit. Every molecule on the planet could have its own ip address and there would be plenty left over.
...the only draw back to AbiWord is that it currently does not feature a grammar checker
The grammar checker in Word is worse than useless. It gets confused very easily so that you waste a lot of time trying to figure out why it's complaining about a perfectly good sentence.
Turn it off, there is a vastly superior grammar checker between your ears.
I a big fan of SF, both written and filmed and I feel the same way. I've tried no less than three times to watch Blade Runner...and fell asleep every single time.
When some of my family was visiting from Italy, I took them to see the Grand Canyon. When we stopped at an Italian restaurant on the way, they started laughing. It turned out the name of the restaurant meant "the slut" in their dialect. They all insisted on having their picture taken next to the big sign with the place's name on it.
Mistakes happen. Unless you *know* that it's intentional then getting upset about it is just a sign of immaturity.
Archer can time travel into the tribbles episode. They can then show scenes of the original episode AND the DS9 episode where they travel back in time to that same TOS episode. Imagine Kirk, Sisko & Archer all in the same show. Now if we can just get Picard & Janeway in... just imagine the comedic possibilities!
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I'm not sure if this is true. If the sky is clear, I don't think you would be able to see the beam. You cannot actually see a beam of light. This is why they need fog machines in laser light shows: to make the beams visible.
Actually (as of 8:35AM) 60,000 CDN = 49,320.34 USD
A couple of years ago I was looking at my brother in law's machine to see what I could do to upgrade it. It was a Gateway Pentium II system, or at least that's what it said on the case. When I opened it I saw that the processor had an FPGA form-factor. I had thought all PII's were slot 1. Also, when it booted the BIOS said it was running at 166Mhz.
So, was there really a 166Mhz FPGA Pentium II or did Gateway pull a fast one?
As I recall it, Microsoft (along with IBM) were pushing OS/2 as *the* platform of the future. They convinced many large ISVs to develop for OS/2 instead of DOS or Windows (2.0 at the time).
When they released Windows 3.0, Word and Excel were the only productivity apps available. Lotus & WordPerfect had bet on OS/2 and lost.
They also stole a passport-forging facility in Bulgaria?
What is this world coming to when we can't even keep our passport-forging facilities safe?
but it's only a special case of the law of cosines:
a^2 + b^2 = c^2 - 2*a*b*cos(theta)
cos(90) = 0
If it was young eight years ago, how would you describe it some 30+ years ago, when it was first created.
...but not one that reminds me of "Clippy".
As so many other people have pointed out, he never actually made this statement. But what if he had? Would he have been so wrong?
Consider that, at the time, most software ran quite well within 128K. 640K was, indeed, enough for anyone.
Saying that "640K should be enough for anyone" is not the same as saying "640K will always be enough for anyone".
Another typical example of this kind of thing is when Thomas Watson, Jr. was reported to have said the world would never need more than six computers. Well, at the time, computers were huge, room-sized monsters. Let me ask you. How many huge, room-sized computers are in use today. I may be incorrect, but I would bet that the number is not far from six.
The point I am making is that people often repeat these quotes in order to show that those quoted did not know what they were talking about. But the only thing they are showing is that *they* do not understand the context in which those statements were (allegedly) made.
Easy, change the name so it doesn't have the word "nuclear" in it.
When Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging first came out, the public was not eager to accept the new technology. So they took out the word "nuclear", NMRIs became MRIs and everyone was happy with that.
It says: Digital Negative Specification, or DNG...
The "G" stands for "Specification". [;-)]
...due to piracy concerns the profits are being eaten up and there might not be a market for the films at that time.
really means
by the time Episode III comes out there won't be anyone dumb enough to pay for this left.
Usually, if I'm working on a problem late at night, I find it more productive to just go to sleep. You wouldn't believe the number of times I've woken up in the morning with the solution being blindingly obvious to me.
Well...that's partially correct. We do live in a republic. In a democracy, however, people vote directly on the law. Whereas in a republic the people's representatives, elected or otherwise, make the laws.
Not to mention that if they get the spammer, they can probably get the money back!
Can you reserve addresses yet?
;-)
I want dead:beef:dead:beef:dead:beef:dead:beef
I had it all caps but the lame-ass lameness filter yelled at me
I think the 10 ip addresses per person figure is probably incorrect.
Think about it. Each organization would have a 64-bit address range to assign as it sees fit. Every molecule on the planet could have its own ip address and there would be plenty left over.
...the only draw back to AbiWord is that it currently does not feature a grammar checker
The grammar checker in Word is worse than useless. It gets confused very easily so that you waste a lot of time trying to figure out why it's complaining about a perfectly good sentence.
Turn it off, there is a vastly superior grammar checker between your ears.
...the Darwin Awards people yet?
I can smell an award in the making.
I a big fan of SF, both written and filmed and I feel the same way. I've tried no less than three times to watch Blade Runner...and fell asleep every single time.
When some of my family was visiting from Italy, I took them to see the Grand Canyon. When we stopped at an Italian restaurant on the way, they started laughing. It turned out the name of the restaurant meant "the slut" in their dialect. They all insisted on having their picture taken next to the big sign with the place's name on it.
Mistakes happen. Unless you *know* that it's intentional then getting upset about it is just a sign of immaturity.
No. He's right. The circumference of a circle is proportional to r^2. The surface of a sphere is proportional to r^3. Now, go get some coffee.
Archer can time travel into the tribbles episode. They can then show scenes of the original episode AND the DS9 episode where they travel back in time to that same TOS episode. Imagine Kirk, Sisko & Archer all in the same show. Now if we can just get Picard & Janeway in... just imagine the comedic possibilities!
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Believe it or not but when Doom first came out those same graphics were jaw-dropping. It's all a matter of perspective.