I'm a big fan of my Spire backpack... I've had it for the last 4 years. The laptop I'd bought at the same time now no longer commutes due to battery issues, but the bag is still my primary commuting bag. There are no rips, tears, broken zippers, or even worn out webbing... Short of being a bit on the dirty side, it's in shape as good as it arrived.
I'd buy there again if this one ever gave out... it's built almost TOO well.
It's not just that the guy is stupid either... Anyone who's taken in by these schemes has to realize that they're doing something illegal if they're helping someone effectively "steal" millions of dollars.
Oh, come on. Some pederasts are actually quite good people. Consider, if you will, famous music stars, movie actors, and big name politicians who have sex with kids.
Seriously, though, I'm no fan of your referenced proof of talent existing in the fan fiction world. As far as I'm concerned, I have yet to see anything well written that's fan authored. The Star Wars world books are hardly proof... they're poor writing that is deemed as official by the head Jedi... They're STILL poorly written.
I try to make my identity as unattractive as I can to thieves...
Huge debt load, multiple bankrupcties, name in all of the telemarketing databases, etc. Let the bastards have it.
I'm confused how your dual proc machine falls down like that... I run btlaunchmanycurses on my little tiny K6-2 333 machine just fine. Sure, it pigs if I restart the process and it starts checking a dozen large files, but that's what screen is for....
I still get hits from Nimda and Code Red on my apache server. Plenty of them. I'd be very happy to see those ancient beasties exterminated in just this fashion.
Sure, it's not ethical on its own to force a download on people... but it is likely MORE ethical than allowing these clueless infected types to continue to infect others.
If someone's unconcious and bleeding from their head, is it ethical to patch up their head wound without their permission? I'd hope so.
If you believe the paranoids, this will make it ever easier to generate evidence on the fly, without havingt o go to the extra step of encoding all that raw tape.
Well, that was beta.10 version of Mosaic... The followup release to.9. Ie, they didn't believe in zero-padding.
So, technically, it's the 10th anniversary of the 10th (theoretically, anyhow) release. Woo!
From a month earlier, Andreessen posts to USENET:
Comments and suggestions on X Mosaic's capabilities and interface would be very much appreciated. We are releasing new versions about every 7-14 days, so your feedback has an excellent chance of directly influencing near-term development. (Support for handling GIF, JPEG, MPEG, audio, DVI, and PostScript will be in the next version, so don't suggest that.:-)
Market share is generally expressed as a percentage. Let's say Apple is assigned a 10% share in January of Year 1. Let's say they drop to a 9.8% share in January of Year 2.
They still may have sold more machines in that time. They may still be profitable. What's missing is the total size of the market. Perhaps the market was 1 million users in January 1, and thanks to a successful year by Dell acquiring some huge projects in a year, the Intel share spiked.
Apple had 100,000 in Y1. Let's say that they have 150,000 in Y2. Y2's Total Market Size? 1,530,612. Sure, Apple only increased a bit in comparison, but they still exist.
Third party support's investment in market share isn't really a concern either. They don't CARE about percentages unless they develop the same software for multiple platforms, and even then it just reflects on the number of people they have on the projects. What they DO care about is the profitability.
If the software product they're making is only for the Mac, and they can sell 25,000 a year and make a profit, and expand THEIR raw numbers every year, it makes good business sense.
Think about Ferrari. How much market share do they have?
I was under the impression that this would be an actual article about the game, not some addict whining about how Sony and Alan "Absor" VanCouvering have personally wronged him. Suck it up.
Stop whining and quit the game if you hate it so much. Join a support group, and deal with your problem.... it's YOUR problem, not Sony's. May as well be a junkie claiming someone else is lighting up the rock for you.
I think everyone's missing the point - we won't allow the mouse to be patented in Canada. This means that anyone can create pirate mice and sell them.
I think we'll be smuggling them into the USA, not the other way around. Throwing in a free Generic Cancer Mouse with each pack of smuggled smokes the scientists import for their cancer studies.
I'm picturing little wooden-legged mice saying "Arrrr!"...
Apparently the theory behind Empire was that it could be displayed as a piece in a gallery... you could look at it and see an effectively still image. The image changed, of course, but not like you'd expect a MOVIE to.
So, what the piece was was more of a painting or a photograph with some dynamic content.
Copying images? I made a yellow arrow the other day that looks exactly like the one in Adventure... and let's not even TALK about how many black squares I've made in the past.
At least 51% of your salary? There is a maximum figure you can make, so if you were making $120K, you're not going to get 60%. You will likely get 60% if you were making in the neighbourhood of 30K, buth any higher and you're maxxed out.
You can sign that agreement and get the package, and STILL SUE later, as often those agreements are bogus if you later find out that illegal things were happening.
There's also the option of signing a modified agreement. Strike out the clauses you don't agree with and have the company's rep initial your changes. If you really feel like it, check with a lawyer - maybe you could sue if they don't give you the severance package. A waiver on legal liability in return for a package might not be legal...
It's not the contributions that matter. It's the auditing that matters.
There are enough conspiracy theorists and paranoids among the coders out there that they would audit every line of code without necessarily contributing any code. That is where an open solution works - people know that the code is good because nobody's got valid paranoid rants about it.
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Why does it always have to be like Star Trek? That interface system is awful; nothing like the tactile response of a glass screen.
I'm a big fan of my Spire backpack... I've had it for the last 4 years. The laptop I'd bought at the same time now no longer commutes due to battery issues, but the bag is still my primary commuting bag. There are no rips, tears, broken zippers, or even worn out webbing... Short of being a bit on the dirty side, it's in shape as good as it arrived.
I'd buy there again if this one ever gave out... it's built almost TOO well.
Detail-filled and good....
Andromeda and Mutant X...
Nope and nope.
Exactly. He's talked at length about the proper term to use in indicating something is similar to the GNU/Linux system.
He advises that the only proper term is heretofore to be:
GNUishnessly/Linuxosity
They're Criminally Stupid.
Seriously, though, I'm no fan of your referenced proof of talent existing in the fan fiction world. As far as I'm concerned, I have yet to see anything well written that's fan authored. The Star Wars world books are hardly proof... they're poor writing that is deemed as official by the head Jedi... They're STILL poorly written.
I mean, I'm glad that this isn't a DVD with fan fiction style sex scenes and unplausible dialogue, but fan documentary? Is that any better?
I try to make my identity as unattractive as I can to thieves... Huge debt load, multiple bankrupcties, name in all of the telemarketing databases, etc. Let the bastards have it.
I'm confused how your dual proc machine falls down like that... I run btlaunchmanycurses on my little tiny K6-2 333 machine just fine. Sure, it pigs if I restart the process and it starts checking a dozen large files, but that's what screen is for....
Sure, it's not ethical on its own to force a download on people... but it is likely MORE ethical than allowing these clueless infected types to continue to infect others.
If someone's unconcious and bleeding from their head, is it ethical to patch up their head wound without their permission? I'd hope so.
If you believe the paranoids, this will make it ever easier to generate evidence on the fly, without havingt o go to the extra step of encoding all that raw tape.
So, technically, it's the 10th anniversary of the 10th (theoretically, anyhow) release. Woo!
From a month earlier, Andreessen posts to USENET:
The post at dejavu.org...
Classifications that define something obvious. Oh. http://company.WEB. Well, why didn't you SAY it was a web page.
It's not black and white...
Market share is generally expressed as a percentage. Let's say Apple is assigned a 10% share in January of Year 1. Let's say they drop to a 9.8% share in January of Year 2.
They still may have sold more machines in that time. They may still be profitable. What's missing is the total size of the market. Perhaps the market was 1 million users in January 1, and thanks to a successful year by Dell acquiring some huge projects in a year, the Intel share spiked.
Apple had 100,000 in Y1. Let's say that they have 150,000 in Y2. Y2's Total Market Size? 1,530,612. Sure, Apple only increased a bit in comparison, but they still exist.
Third party support's investment in market share isn't really a concern either. They don't CARE about percentages unless they develop the same software for multiple platforms, and even then it just reflects on the number of people they have on the projects. What they DO care about is the profitability.
If the software product they're making is only for the Mac, and they can sell 25,000 a year and make a profit, and expand THEIR raw numbers every year, it makes good business sense.
Think about Ferrari. How much market share do they have?
The other child - is he IN the fifth grade? If so, that MIGHT indicate a problem... ;)
I was under the impression that this would be an actual article about the game, not some addict whining about how Sony and Alan "Absor" VanCouvering have personally wronged him. Suck it up.
Stop whining and quit the game if you hate it so much. Join a support group, and deal with your problem.... it's YOUR problem, not Sony's. May as well be a junkie claiming someone else is lighting up the rock for you.
Better luck getting the settings right next time... your clock was off by at least a couple minutes.
I think we'll be smuggling them into the USA, not the other way around. Throwing in a free Generic Cancer Mouse with each pack of smuggled smokes the scientists import for their cancer studies.
I'm picturing little wooden-legged mice saying "Arrrr!"...
So, what the piece was was more of a painting or a photograph with some dynamic content.
No more need be said.
Copying images? I made a yellow arrow the other day that looks exactly like the one in Adventure... and let's not even TALK about how many black squares I've made in the past.
At least 51% of your salary? There is a maximum figure you can make, so if you were making $120K, you're not going to get 60%. You will likely get 60% if you were making in the neighbourhood of 30K, buth any higher and you're maxxed out.
You can sign that agreement and get the package, and STILL SUE later, as often those agreements are bogus if you later find out that illegal things were happening. There's also the option of signing a modified agreement. Strike out the clauses you don't agree with and have the company's rep initial your changes. If you really feel like it, check with a lawyer - maybe you could sue if they don't give you the severance package. A waiver on legal liability in return for a package might not be legal...
Are we sure they're thinking of REALLY offering a ride on the taxi, or is this going to end like that Pepsi thing?
It's the auditing that matters.
There are enough conspiracy theorists and paranoids among the coders out there that they would audit every line of code without necessarily contributing any code. That is where an open solution works - people know that the code is good because nobody's got valid paranoid rants about it.