That should be, used an internally-developed piece of software. The word "software," like "hardware" or "clothing" is plural. You have a piece of hardware, a piece of clothing, a piece of software -- not "a hardware" or "a clothing" or (ugh) "a software."
It seems that a majority of people under 40 seem to think that "you" is singular and "you guys" is plural -- even when one or more of the "guys" is actually female. When did it become acceptable to treat a lady as if she were a man? Why aren't the feminists up in arms about this? It is disgusting to take a date to a restaurant and have the waiter ask, "Where would you guys like to sit?" -- I am constantly having to correct her, "Excuse me, my date is a lady, not a guy." Good grief.
What we need is glasses that decrypt "Whiter whites! Brighter brights!" into "We added a little more bleach, a bucketload of fragrance, and slapped it in a fancier box in order to charge you more."
"By using a proprietary software to read..." Really? What is "a software" -- is that like a hardware, an information, or a clothing? You have a piece of information, not "an information" for example. The brochure should be corrected to "By using a proprietary program" or "a proprietary piece of software..."
So who do I pay to get a white pages residential listing, now that I have a mobile phone? Indeed, why does the white pages not list mobile phones? Having an unlisted number is rude to all your friends who might wish to actually find you.
The word is disorenting, I have been reliably informated. Your misuse of suffixes must be cessated and desistated, or your poetic license will be cancellated. Although "(dis)orientation," "information," "cessation," and "cancellation" are verbs, the corresponding verbs are "(dis)orient," "inform," "cease," and "cancel" -- no "-ate" at the end.
Eminently sensible. ".com" should have been "us.co." from the start
An added advantage would be automatic prepending of your local country code, and perhaps even your choice of second-level, if omitted -- so "http://ge/" would map to us.co.ge for USA users and uk.co.ge for users in Llandudno.
Your thumb is for the space-bar. Your fingers are for typing. If you are giving us screens big enough to actually type, how about at least giving us transparent little home-row tactile-feedback bumps where the 'f' and 'j' keys are?
Actually this is the long-awaited stealth revival of IBM's PC division -- the PS/4. Internally it runs IBM's new Linux distribution, OS/4, and have the new integrated high-speed peripheral serial bus, MCA-Wire.
I would prefer 24x7 to 24x7x365, as the latter misses leap years. It is my understanding, though, that Windows Phones now have achieved five-nines uptime, running properly 9.9999% of the time.
Presumably the article refers to
Direct Rendering Management and not Digital Rights Management. Any clue what GEM they are talking about? Unless it's a revival of Digital Research's GEM -- the alternate windowing platform that Ventura Publisher used to use. Article authors: Please expand acronyms with the first usage.
Except that when you install package 513, you discover that you need 357 additional new support packages for it. The total number of packages changes too.
Starting in 1984, I worked at Digital Techniques, who made the TouchCom series of "public access" touch-screen computers. Touch-screens are intuitive for accessing information, but for creating anything we generally used a Summagraphics tablet.
Could you get much work done if someone were holding their hand in front of your screen, and their finger utterly obscuring everything around your cursor? Even if that someone is you...
I lived in Boston Massachusetts and was 33 before I got a driver's license. I did get a "Liquor ID Card" at age 25, which I used exactly once -- who wants to hang out in a smoky bar with a bunch of drunks? -- and then that "Liquor ID Card" sat in a drawer for years. So, until the late 90s I did not have any "identification papers" -- why would I need them in a free country?
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That should be, used an internally-developed piece of software. The word "software," like "hardware" or "clothing" is plural. You have a piece of hardware, a piece of clothing, a piece of software -- not "a hardware" or "a clothing" or (ugh) "a software."
It seems that a majority of people under 40 seem to think that "you" is singular and "you guys" is plural -- even when one or more of the "guys" is actually female. When did it become acceptable to treat a lady as if she were a man? Why aren't the feminists up in arms about this? It is disgusting to take a date to a restaurant and have the waiter ask, "Where would you guys like to sit?" -- I am constantly having to correct her, "Excuse me, my date is a lady, not a guy." Good grief.
sudo rm -rf / ... see also xkcd
What we need is glasses that decrypt "Whiter whites! Brighter brights!" into "We added a little more bleach, a bucketload of fragrance, and slapped it in a fancier box in order to charge you more."
That's Digital's ReGIS command set, introduced in the 1980s. Even further back, the Tektronix 4010 terminal introduced vector commands circa 1972.
"By using a proprietary software to read..." Really? What is "a software" -- is that like a hardware, an information, or a clothing? You have a piece of information, not "an information" for example. The brochure should be corrected to "By using a proprietary program" or "a proprietary piece of software..."
So if you were tired of running MySQL at level one, now you can dial it down to zero with NoSQL or up to three with TriSQL... oh wait
So who do I pay to get a white pages residential listing, now that I have a mobile phone? Indeed, why does the white pages not list mobile phones? Having an unlisted number is rude to all your friends who might wish to actually find you.
The word is disorenting, I have been reliably informated. Your misuse of suffixes must be cessated and desistated, or your poetic license will be cancellated. Although "(dis)orientation," "information," "cessation," and "cancellation" are verbs, the corresponding verbs are "(dis)orient," "inform," "cease," and "cancel" -- no "-ate" at the end.
Eminently sensible. ".com" should have been "us.co." from the start
An added advantage would be automatic prepending of your local country code, and perhaps even your choice of second-level, if omitted -- so "http://ge/" would map to us.co.ge for USA users and uk.co.ge for users in Llandudno.
Plenty of fun to be had with this system too, http://co.co.chanel/ and http://be.me.up.scotty/ for starters.
Your thumb is for the space-bar. Your fingers are for typing. If you are giving us screens big enough to actually type, how about at least giving us transparent little home-row tactile-feedback bumps where the 'f' and 'j' keys are?
Actually this is the long-awaited stealth revival of IBM's PC division -- the PS/4. Internally it runs IBM's new Linux distribution, OS/4, and have the new integrated high-speed peripheral serial bus, MCA-Wire.
I would prefer 24x7 to 24x7x365, as the latter misses leap years. It is my understanding, though, that Windows Phones now have achieved five-nines uptime, running properly 9.9999% of the time.
Presumably the article refers to Direct Rendering Management and not Digital Rights Management. Any clue what GEM they are talking about? Unless it's a revival of Digital Research's GEM -- the alternate windowing platform that Ventura Publisher used to use. Article authors: Please expand acronyms with the first usage.
is TECO mode! 0LT$$
The article asks if anyone has composed other programming puzzles, like a parenthesis puzzle.
Any LISP program should qualify for that one.
Except that when you install package 513, you discover that you need 357 additional new support packages for it. The total number of packages changes too.
Off-course like the Costa Concordia?
Starting next year: Downgrade six planets illegally and you'll get booted off the Internets.
Furthermore, Yes, Virginia, everything that can be invented already has. Close the patent office.
the new Trek movie wasn't made for us Trek fans.
Indeed, it seems to have been made against us Trek fans.
Starting in 1984, I worked at Digital Techniques, who made the TouchCom series of "public access" touch-screen computers. Touch-screens are intuitive for accessing information, but for creating anything we generally used a Summagraphics tablet.
Could you get much work done if someone were holding their hand in front of your screen, and their finger utterly obscuring everything around your cursor? Even if that someone is you...
I lived in Boston Massachusetts and was 33 before I got a driver's license. I did get a "Liquor ID Card" at age 25, which I used exactly once -- who wants to hang out in a smoky bar with a bunch of drunks? -- and then that "Liquor ID Card" sat in a drawer for years. So, until the late 90s I did not have any "identification papers" -- why would I need them in a free country?
VT05, now that was a real console.
You mean -- The serpent offered Eve a Perl script to parse /etc/passwd, and Adam's punishment was crypt (3) ...?
The traditional measure of a "cup" of coffee, at least in the United States, is 6 fluid ounces, 177 ml. So "four cups" would be about 700ml.