... It just wouldn't seem right without the simulation of the capacitor "popping" in an old VT100. I saw this happen and a little mushroom cloud formed over the top of the terminal. I had to walk over and unplug it as the young woman at the key board wouldn't go back near it.
Tron was later on, The tank battle part of Tron was the best part. If you liked that you should download the demo version of Treadmarks.
I remember
Pong
Break out
SpaceWars
Asteroids
Battlezone
Later on was Joust, and Donkey Kong. I have an excellent PC version of Asteroids that works just like the arcade version after I remapped the keys. The arrival of these games coincided with my college days so of course I had a lot of time to play them.
It may also depend on which university you are attending as to the internships that are available to you. Kettering University (the old GM Institute (GMI)) in Flint Michigan has a program where every other term is a co-op. Graduates usually have a high degree of placement in CS, EE, ME, Management... But they do not guarantee a coop and students are having trouble finding them in this economy. The Co-ops are usually in the 9-15 $ an hour range when they are available.
First, never, ever, criticize someone in email. For reasons which I have never fully grasped, any negative emotion is always amplified by communication through email.
It is very easy for communications to be misunderstood over email. I have had people accuse me of being flip, even when not intended, with email. And, I have experienced the same phenomenon. This partially due to people feel freer to express themselves without the potential of immediate confrontation. I have seen this in snail mail letters from relatives. Also without actually seeing the responses of the person i.e. body language you do not pick up all the communication nuances and what is intended as humor can seem snide.
I have a particular bone to pick with support desks that utilize email instead of a live support person. It is extremely annoying to recieve a "have a nice" day or "Glad I could help" when nothing has been resolved. I have a particularly long two way email conversation with Sprint/PCS support that resolved nothing for me except to conclude the Sprint was hiring idiots. I will dig it up and post it if I can find it.
If EITHER one is not satisfied..it is a big space-rock
Wouldn't "if Either" imply two criterion, not three.
"... Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, Our chief weapon is fear, fear and surprise..."
On a more serious note I didn't see anything in the article to use as a reason to demote the status of Pluto. I hope the discussion in scientific circles focuses more on understanding the differences in origins of the different types of planets and kuiper belt objects than in any arbitrary designation.
You can also use the analogy of junk faxes. Your machine is set up and the number is available for anyone to call, but people can be prohibited from using your resources by sending you junk faxes.
Though with out specific laws it probably comes down to contract and at that point it is probably buyer beware, whether you agree with it or not.
Are these metrics from AOL supposed to impress us? The only measure that matters from the user's perspective is the amount SPAM that gets through. The only target goal that matters is "Zero Defects." If vendor YYY does a better job of eliminating SPAM from my mail box than vendor XXX, I will go with Vendor YYY. It does'nt matter to me how hard XXX is working.
Nothing would invigorate the US space program more than to have china mount a serious attempt to reach and mine the moon. It will be "manifest destiny" all over again, and this time, as far as we know, there won't be native Lunar Moondians to get to set up tax free casinos.
A somewhat luney response, but it really serve to help get our "space" priorities set right.
The Space Program has been justified by advances in many technologies including Medical. Earlier spaceflight advanced medical monitoring devices that enabled the first advances in open heart surgery. Numerous advances in Materials development have also had commercial applications. It's hard to put a value on the human life of the Astronauts, but their sacrifice is not just the cost of national pride, the program has improved and extended the lives of many individuals. We need to continually revisit and improve our plans for achieving these advances, but stopping or greadly reducing the space program is not prudent option.
Being the creator isn't all its stacked up be from this news release on the demise of Red Herring.
The fallout from the 2001 terrorist attacks and corporate scandals of last year compounded Red Herring's problems, said Tony Perkins, the magazine's founder and a columnist until the end.
"The Red Herring was like a small vessel trying to navigate this perfect storm," said Perkins, who got Friday's bad news when he tried to turn in his column for the April issue. "I feel like we continued to put out a great magazine, but it would have been a miracle if we had survived all this."
Hopefully the founders of Slashdot have better rapport with the owners.
Economics will be the driving force to end or deter Spam. You will get what you pay for. Some enterprising ISP will find ways to deter or end Spam and will get a fee for that service. Spam has been essentially non-existent through two ISP providers that I have used. (NOT AOL, or other free email sites). Certain laws may help, but you may not want to live with the outcome if the government get involved. Remember, its the governments system that discounts bulk mailing to your door of advertising (spam) and charges you 37 cents to send a personnel message. Government solutions will also have a life of their own and may involve national firewalls, etc. that will cost money and be of most benefit to organizations that can fund lobbyists.
The only effective means to block Spam is through economic means brought about through re-education of the ignorant individuals that purchase products as a result of spam and the entities that purchase these services from spammers. This will be a long drawn out process, much as the movement to reduce cigarette smoking has been. Unless people wake up and stop making spam rewarding this will not change.
Now how do you reach millions of ignorant individuals waiting to react to unsolicited material.
Wait a minute, I have the number of a good spammer....
Slashdot Mirror
I still have the "nanosecond" I received from Grace Hopper dinner she spoke at in Milwaukee. I wonder how many of these are still around?
Probably about a billion.
def: nanosecond: wire approx 11.98 Inch long, if you don't know why already then you wouldn't be interested.
... It just wouldn't seem right without the simulation of the capacitor "popping" in an old VT100. I saw this happen and a little mushroom cloud formed over the top of the terminal. I had to walk over and unplug it as the young woman at the key board wouldn't go back near it.
Tron was later on, The tank battle part of Tron was the best part. If you liked that you should download the demo version of Treadmarks. I remember Pong Break out SpaceWars Asteroids Battlezone Later on was Joust, and Donkey Kong. I have an excellent PC version of Asteroids that works just like the arcade version after I remapped the keys. The arrival of these games coincided with my college days so of course I had a lot of time to play them.
It may also depend on which university you are attending as to the internships that are available to you. Kettering University (the old GM Institute (GMI)) in Flint Michigan has a program where every other term is a co-op. Graduates usually have a high degree of placement in CS, EE, ME, Management ... But they do not guarantee a coop and students are having trouble finding them in this economy. The Co-ops are usually in the 9-15 $ an hour range when they are available.
Today Telemarketing, Tomorrow SPAM!!!
First, never, ever, criticize someone in email. For reasons which I have never fully grasped, any negative emotion is always amplified by communication through email.
It is very easy for communications to be misunderstood over email. I have had people accuse me of being flip, even when not intended, with email. And, I have experienced the same phenomenon. This partially due to people feel freer to express themselves without the potential of immediate confrontation. I have seen this in snail mail letters from relatives. Also without actually seeing the responses of the person i.e. body language you do not pick up all the communication nuances and what is intended as humor can seem snide.
I have a particular bone to pick with support desks that utilize email instead of a live support person. It is extremely annoying to recieve a "have a nice" day or "Glad I could help" when nothing has been resolved. I have a particularly long two way email conversation with Sprint/PCS support that resolved nothing for me except to conclude the Sprint was hiring idiots. I will dig it up and post it if I can find it.
Did I hear Censorship
I hear Jesse Helms is looking for work.
What about
start123
summer03
winter03
fall2003
f someone bothered to name a Roman god after it, it's a planet. Pluto, Mars, Jupiter--all friendly planets.
... or a Disney character.
If EITHER one is not satisfied..it is a big space-rock
..."
Wouldn't "if Either" imply two criterion, not three.
"... Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, Our chief weapon is fear, fear and surprise
On a more serious note I didn't see anything in the article to use as a reason to demote the status of Pluto. I hope the discussion in scientific circles focuses more on understanding the differences in origins of the different types of planets and kuiper belt objects than in any arbitrary designation.
48 moons? Ha! In highschool I was big enough to [insert fatjoke here]!!
Shouldn't that read
48 moons? Ha! In highschool I set the record with 51.
The astronomy picture of the day a few days ago had a nice moving picture of Jupiter with two moons. Where did the other 46 go?
(feeble Karma saving attempt)
Well for 47 it really wasn't going to be worth the effort, but for 48 I think we better make the Trip. So Lets Go!
"... but Capan, Capan, i can not Geet it oop, I got to have 30 minutes.. "
(with apologies to Scotty)
Pick your analogy.
You can also use the analogy of junk faxes. Your machine is set up and the number is available for anyone to call, but people can be prohibited from using your resources by sending you junk faxes.
Though with out specific laws it probably comes down to contract and at that point it is probably buyer beware, whether you agree with it or not.
Are these metrics from AOL supposed to impress us? The only measure that matters from the user's perspective is the amount SPAM that gets through. The only target goal that matters is "Zero Defects." If vendor YYY does a better job of eliminating SPAM from my mail box than vendor XXX, I will go with Vendor YYY. It does'nt matter to me how hard XXX is working.
Work smarter not harder
Nothing would invigorate the US space program more than to have china mount a serious attempt to reach and mine the moon. It will be "manifest destiny" all over again, and this time, as far as we know, there won't be native Lunar Moondians to get to set up tax free casinos.
A somewhat luney response, but it really serve to help get our "space" priorities set right.
The Space Program has been justified by advances in many technologies including Medical. Earlier spaceflight advanced medical monitoring devices that enabled the first advances in open heart surgery. Numerous advances in Materials development have also had commercial applications. It's hard to put a value on the human life of the Astronauts, but their sacrifice is not just the cost of national pride, the program has improved and extended the lives of many individuals. We need to continually revisit and improve our plans for achieving these advances, but stopping or greadly reducing the space program is not prudent option.
Being the creator isn't all its stacked up be from this news release on the demise of Red Herring.
The fallout from the 2001 terrorist attacks and corporate scandals of last year compounded Red Herring's problems, said Tony Perkins, the magazine's founder and a columnist until the end.
"The Red Herring was like a small vessel trying to navigate this perfect storm," said Perkins, who got Friday's bad news when he tried to turn in his column for the April issue. "I feel like we continued to put out a great magazine, but it would have been a miracle if we had survived all this."
Hopefully the founders of Slashdot have better rapport with the owners.
Good post, wish I would've thought of it.
Don't hold back, let us know how you really feel.
How did this piece of SPAM get in here?
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain the computer really is performing 330 trillion operations per second.
"What I'd like to know is if something like Junk-Fax can be used to bust michiganoid Alan Ralsky"
Shouldn't that read Michi-gonad Alan Ralsky
FEAR NOTHING
"No matter what you do you'll still be around 30 years from now,"
he said paradoxically
Economics will be the driving force to end or deter Spam. You will get what you pay for. Some enterprising ISP will find ways to deter or end Spam and will get a fee for that service. Spam has been essentially non-existent through two ISP providers that I have used. (NOT AOL, or other free email sites). Certain laws may help, but you may not want to live with the outcome if the government get involved. Remember, its the governments system that discounts bulk mailing to your door of advertising (spam) and charges you 37 cents to send a personnel message. Government solutions will also have a life of their own and may involve national firewalls, etc. that will cost money and be of most benefit to organizations that can fund lobbyists.
Be careful what you ask for.
The only effective means to block Spam is through economic means brought about through re-education of the ignorant individuals that purchase products as a result of spam and the entities that purchase these services from spammers. This will be a long drawn out process, much as the movement to reduce cigarette smoking has been. Unless people wake up and stop making spam rewarding this will not change.
Now how do you reach millions of ignorant individuals waiting to react to unsolicited material.
Wait a minute, I have the number of a good spammer....