One of my friends at college (1981) had a solar powered scientific calculator. It was his pride and joy.
One term we had to do an extra maths test and it was scheduled for 7pm. It was winter and we were in an outbuilding with basic lighting.
My friend was some way into a complex calculation when the examiner, who had been walking around, passed by his desk, throwing his shadow over the calculator - the display gracefully faded as the calculator powered down. My friend jumped up uttering a burst of expletives and was nearly thrown out of the exam!
I 'did the right thing' when working on a 2 week paid contract in the USA about 4 years ago and applied for a business visa. The short story is that the first application for the visa was rejected but when I faxed a copy of the contract to the US Embassy in London they told me to come in and get my visa.
Because of this, I have to state that I have had a visa refused in the past on the visa form they give you on the plane-which means that whenever I fly in to the USA, I am usually told to go wait in the immigration office. After about an hour, I'm usually 'interviewed':
Official: So why was the visa refused?
Me: I had to fax the work contract to the US embassy in London and then I got my visa.
Official: OK, you can go then.
So, as soon as you've finished your manuscript do you dive head-first into your word processor, destroying your work and blowing yourself up in the process?
REPEAT
..WHILE NOT (customer_at_entrance) CALL(stock_shelves,allow_interrupt); ..IF array_element_count(customer_shopping_list) < 7 THEN give_customer(basket) ELSE give_customer(cart);
UNTIL (break_time OR end_of_day);
In other news - SCO files a suit against any Freenet node holding the consecutuve bytes 0C 0F FF FA because that code sequence comes from one of their SCO UNIX binaries.
Switch off, go outside, smell the fresh air and look at the real world (with no lag unless you're 'on something') through your inbuilt biochemical display rendering system.
Go back inside and make yourself a fresh coffee (or whatever takes your fancy) - open a draw - look - there IS a spoon.
Slashdot Mirror
Kettle boils dry - no-one is injured.
Yawn!
Download Qbasic + Run prog = 3 mins.
Download and Install Perl on PC...
+
Learn perl
OR
Do similar with Python
Tough one that.
Most, if not all, of their software and maps seem to have been released under the 'Find me on Kazaa' licence ages ago.
Holy cow!
I downloaded QBasic today to run a small prog I wrote years ago to process unwanted commas in the middle of CSV files (in-between quotes)!
Prior to this I pulled out a copy of GWBASIC but it didn't like the code!
My first ever prog was written in BASIC on a Commodore PET 3016.
One of my friends at college (1981) had a solar powered scientific calculator. It was his pride and joy.
One term we had to do an extra maths test and it was scheduled for 7pm. It was winter and we were in an outbuilding with basic lighting.
My friend was some way into a complex calculation when the examiner, who had been walking around, passed by his desk, throwing his shadow over the calculator - the display gracefully faded as the calculator powered down. My friend jumped up uttering a burst of expletives and was nearly thrown out of the exam!
Priceless!
..Any ideas how Xerox XNS fits in or was that just for the, network transport?
I 'did the right thing' when working on a 2 week paid contract in the USA about 4 years ago and applied for a business visa. The short story is that the first application for the visa was rejected but when I faxed a copy of the contract to the US Embassy in London they told me to come in and get my visa.
Because of this, I have to state that I have had a visa refused in the past on the visa form they give you on the plane-which means that whenever I fly in to the USA, I am usually told to go wait in the immigration office. After about an hour, I'm usually 'interviewed':
OK, we all agree a common time, dial a friend and utter the phrase:
"George Bush, the President of the United States, would never assasinate an infidel World Leader with Semtex or a radioactive nuclear dirty bomb"
and see what happens!
Chew on that Echey baby!
Benefits of an office at home!
Dear me, you have led a sheltered life if you think topless glamour shots are porn.
I see a very attractive woman, no more - perhaps we have different standards, or your mind works at a differnt level.
L3K
PS: Go look up NSFW
So, as soon as you've finished your manuscript do you dive head-first into your word processor, destroying your work and blowing yourself up in the process?
Sorry but the Muppets haven't got anything to compare with This!
I lent them that Sunday ages ago
He/She/it's already on the US 'Do not fly' list
yes, regrettably, the UK also has its quota of total di*kheads.
Could we all club together, buy them and hand them over to some geek from around here please.
If they were all linked together, we could then stop forever trying to imagine a Beowulf Cluster of 2600s, Nintendos, Playstations etc.
--we could go SEE them!!
We'll go 'tut' and write a letter to the Daily Mail.
Spreading anything recorded by a boy or girl band should be criminal! Listening to Girls Aloud makes me feel ashamed.
((Ice_cube AND Ice_cube) OR (Can_in_freezer_for_15_mins)) and NOT (Sugar) = Cold _diet_Coke
Dunno, but I bet you got a warm tootsie because the seat held part of the cooling system and power supply.
Let me translate for you: "Our software leaks like a sieve....so we're going to start selling corks..."
In other news - SCO files a suit against any Freenet node holding the consecutuve bytes 0C 0F FF FA because that code sequence comes from one of their SCO UNIX binaries.
Depends on how many cameras the editor will allow them to lose?! Not cheap, these things.
Switch off, go outside, smell the fresh air and look at the real world (with no lag unless you're 'on something') through your inbuilt biochemical display rendering system.
Go back inside and make yourself a fresh coffee (or whatever takes your fancy) - open a draw - look - there IS a spoon.
Welcome to the real world.