At least there's quite a bit of redundancy with the martian probes. With four going there at once it's quite likely that at least one of them will get there.
The martian probe success rate is so bad that maybe space agencies should launch multiple smaller ones with the expectancy that some will fail to reach their destination than put all their hopes on one larger probe.
The message clearly states that the marketing messages start getting sent out on January 1st, but you can change your preferences *now*.
They aren't going to change the preferences to "Yes" on January 1st.
I'm on Yahoo and all my preferences are still set to "No". If I want to get any of those marketing messages that start on January 1st, I can change the preferences ahead of time, because I sure wouldn't want miss any of those oh-so-good informative messages!
And if he wins, it will certainly put a dent in the fastest growing online gaming market on the planet.
Even if he won, I can't imagine that it would scare off the online gaming industry. China is a huge market and companies see a potential for some major profit when looking at China. If online gaming becomes as popular in China as it is in Korea, then online gaming companies will be rolling in money regardless of lawsuits.
According the the website you linked to, all the visa applicant has to have is a employment guarantee from an India company. That's it.
That is way easier than getting an employment visa for the U.S. I got an employment visa for Germany a few years ago and I had to go through all sorts of hurdles to get it. The most difficult one was that the company had to show that it couldn't find a similarly qualified European Union application. I believe the requirements for a U.S. visa are similar. That's not required in India.
What's the point of spoofing someone's email address? If no one can respond to buy the product, how do they make money? Do they count of people going to a web site instead?
I live in California and I got my settlement info several weeks ago. It says in there that the vouchers can be transferred no more than once to any business or individual. So you can give your vouchers to someone else if you like.
I seriously considering giving mine to Mandrake to help fund Linux development.
I've heard parts of the original Orson Welles broadcast. With all the media we're exposed to, there is absolutely no way we'd be fooled by it today.
Even with good editing and falsified television footage, I still doubt such a thing would fool us. We've seen way too many alien movies and such to be fooled. Something more believable and fear-inducing, such as falsified terrorist threats and terrorist attacks might do it.
I would also point out that it would make it even more difficult to pull such a hoax now due to the fact that we have so many more media sources now. Back then there were only a few radio stations. Now we have the Internet, radio, television, etc. It would certainly look strange if one channel/station was covering it and everyone else seemed oblivious to it.
"Uh, if you refund money from a monopoly, what's to prevent that money from going right back to the monopoly? At least, in this case, it gives people a chance to try out alternatives."
I live in California, and I recently got some settlement info in the mail. It seems that I get vouchers whose value depends on how many Microsoft products I purchased.
I'm thinking of using them to buy a copy of Mandrake Linux. I rather enjoy the though of using Microsoft money to fund Linux. I wonder if Mandrake will be accepting these.
I find it strange that shooting at Quebec terrorists is labeled offensive, yet it perfectly acceptable to make games where you can shoot at Middle Eastern terrorists or Latin American guerillas.
Branding is a cruel practice, and should only be used when necessary.
We need to weigh the pros and the cons. Mozilla will undergo a great deal of pain when we apply the branding iron and will no doubt scream in agony. However, we will be able to separate it from the other browsers when it escapes out onto the open range.
I personally like Windows XP's Luna theme very much. I do detest the annoying search dog, but I very much like the general look of Windows XP. I don't find it distracting: just pretty.
I've seen Windows XP in classic mode, which isn't bad either, but I still prefer Luna over Classic.
Its interesting to see different peoples' reactions to GUIs. I used to work with a guy who simply hated GUIs, regarding them as a waste of CPU power. He was always working in command-prompt windows and at home he had some ancient distribution of Linux without any GUI whatsoever. He was completely disgusted to see Microsoft add that shadow under the mouse cursor, which started with Windows 2000. He regarded it as a disgusting waste of CPU cycles.
I, on the other hand, really like that shadow effect. Oooh, shiny!
It's so huge because you statically linked it(probably to the MFC library). If you had dynamically linked it it would be well under 100K. MFC is huge, so most people use the MFC dll instead. That way there can be one copy on the system in the system32 directory (I bet most people have this dll already, since quite a few apps use it) and all MFC-based programs can use one copy of it. That makes MFC applications a lot smaller
The downside of dynamic linking is that you have to worry about whether the dll is already there, and if it isn't, how to get it there.
I'm sure there are a lot of programs that use libraries that use the Win32 API instead of MFC. The Win32 API is ugly (and it is a C API, so no pretty objects) and difficult to use, but just sticking to the API results in a much smaller executable. The MFC library contains lots of stuff, 80% of which you will never use.
You youngins and your fancy schmancy computer thingies. Back in my days we didn't have no fancy "computers" and we were grateful! We all did are programming using pseudocode. We never had to deal with memory or speed restrictions! The sky was the limit! Things have gone downhill since they made the switch to those fancy computers. So show some respect, sonny!
I've always wondered how useful that information would be to Microsoft. A lot of the crashes are due to non-Microsoft software. What good would that information do them?
I think it's more like something to make users feel like they can do something instead of clicking the OK button when Windows tells them "Too Bad, I've decided to stop running this program". Maybe Microsoft figured it would reduce some anger on the user end.
So I pay for a copy of Windows and soon I might have to pay Microsoft to fix the bugs that shouldn't have been there in the first place?
I've been considering switching to Linux for a while now and having to pay more money to Microsoft for fixes would cause me to switch for sure. I'm not going to put up with crap like that!
This game is a wonderful cooperative experience. I've played most of the way through it with a friend of mine. There are a few parts that are a bit difficult to figure out (mostly jumping puzzles), but it was a ton of fun. It's great to work with the person you are playing with to try and figure out the puzzles.
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At least there's quite a bit of redundancy with the martian probes. With four going there at once it's quite likely that at least one of them will get there.
The martian probe success rate is so bad that maybe space agencies should launch multiple smaller ones with the expectancy that some will fail to reach their destination than put all their hopes on one larger probe.
The message clearly states that the marketing messages start getting sent out on January 1st, but you can change your preferences *now*.
They aren't going to change the preferences to "Yes" on January 1st.
I'm on Yahoo and all my preferences are still set to "No". If I want to get any of those marketing messages that start on January 1st, I can change the preferences ahead of time, because I sure wouldn't want miss any of those oh-so-good informative messages!
And if he wins, it will certainly put a dent in the fastest growing online gaming market on the planet.
Even if he won, I can't imagine that it would scare off the online gaming industry. China is a huge market and companies see a potential for some major profit when looking at China. If online gaming becomes as popular in China as it is in Korea, then online gaming companies will be rolling in money regardless of lawsuits.
Greed conquers all fears
According the the website you linked to, all the visa applicant has to have is a employment guarantee from an India company. That's it.
That is way easier than getting an employment visa for the U.S. I got an employment visa for Germany a few years ago and I had to go through all sorts of hurdles to get it. The most difficult one was that the company had to show that it couldn't find a similarly qualified European Union application. I believe the requirements for a U.S. visa are similar. That's not required in India.
Thanks. Now I have an urge to eat onion cake.
There really is such a thing as onion cake. It sounds terrible, but is really quite good.
What's the point of spoofing someone's email address? If no one can respond to buy the product, how do they make money? Do they count of people going to a web site instead?
Actually, AOL is present in Germany already, and I believe in the German version of AOL, it says "Email fuer dich" (Email for you).
Ah, yes, the future will come...In 5 to 10 years
Just in time for Duke Nukem Forever to be shipped on this type of disc.
I live in California and I got my settlement info several weeks ago. It says in there that the vouchers can be transferred no more than once to any business or individual. So you can give your vouchers to someone else if you like.
I seriously considering giving mine to Mandrake to help fund Linux development.
I've heard parts of the original Orson Welles broadcast. With all the media we're exposed to, there is absolutely no way we'd be fooled by it today.
Even with good editing and falsified television footage, I still doubt such a thing would fool us. We've seen way too many alien movies and such to be fooled. Something more believable and fear-inducing, such as falsified terrorist threats and terrorist attacks might do it.
I would also point out that it would make it even more difficult to pull such a hoax now due to the fact that we have so many more media sources now. Back then there were only a few radio stations. Now we have the Internet, radio, television, etc. It would certainly look strange if one channel/station was covering it and everyone else seemed oblivious to it.
"Uh, if you refund money from a monopoly, what's to prevent that money from going right back to the monopoly? At least, in this case, it gives people a chance to try out alternatives."
I live in California, and I recently got some settlement info in the mail. It seems that I get vouchers whose value depends on how many Microsoft products I purchased.
I'm thinking of using them to buy a copy of Mandrake Linux. I rather enjoy the though of using Microsoft money to fund Linux. I wonder if Mandrake will be accepting these.
I find it strange that shooting at Quebec terrorists is labeled offensive, yet it perfectly acceptable to make games where you can shoot at Middle Eastern terrorists or Latin American guerillas.
Does anyone else find this strange?
I have been very pleased with register.com. They are a real company, established and based in New York. Not some fly by night registar.
Cowboy 1: "This company in based in New York City!"
All The Cowboys: "New York City?!!"
Cowboy 2: "Get a rope!"
Announcer: "PaceRegistrar.com is based in San Antonio, where we know how to run a registrar."
Branding is a cruel practice, and should only be used when necessary.
We need to weigh the pros and the cons. Mozilla will undergo a great deal of pain when we apply the branding iron and will no doubt scream in agony. However, we will be able to separate it from the other browsers when it escapes out onto the open range.
Great, so it's a bunch of graffiti put there centuries later by a bunch of Celtic misfit teenagers.
Those little punks!
I personally like Windows XP's Luna theme very much. I do detest the annoying search dog, but I very much like the general look of Windows XP. I don't find it distracting: just pretty.
I've seen Windows XP in classic mode, which isn't bad either, but I still prefer Luna over Classic.
Its interesting to see different peoples' reactions to GUIs. I used to work with a guy who simply hated GUIs, regarding them as a waste of CPU power. He was always working in command-prompt windows and at home he had some ancient distribution of Linux without any GUI whatsoever. He was completely disgusted to see Microsoft add that shadow under the mouse cursor, which started with Windows 2000. He regarded it as a disgusting waste of CPU cycles.
I, on the other hand, really like that shadow effect. Oooh, shiny!
I love the music in Europa Universalis 2. As the game progresses through the centuries, the game plays music from that period.
The soundtrack is professionally done and I really enjoy listening to it (even though it can be a bit repetitive at times).
It's so huge because you statically linked it(probably to the MFC library). If you had dynamically linked it it would be well under 100K. MFC is huge, so most people use the MFC dll instead. That way there can be one copy on the system in the system32 directory (I bet most people have this dll already, since quite a few apps use it) and all MFC-based programs can use one copy of it. That makes MFC applications a lot smaller
The downside of dynamic linking is that you have to worry about whether the dll is already there, and if it isn't, how to get it there.
I'm sure there are a lot of programs that use libraries that use the Win32 API instead of MFC. The Win32 API is ugly (and it is a C API, so no pretty objects) and difficult to use, but just sticking to the API results in a much smaller executable. The MFC library contains lots of stuff, 80% of which you will never use.
I would have been more impressed by this article if it hadn't come from a university that was dissatisfied with its ranking.
You youngins and your fancy schmancy computer thingies. Back in my days we didn't have no fancy "computers" and we were grateful! We all did are programming using pseudocode. We never had to deal with memory or speed restrictions! The sky was the limit! Things have gone downhill since they made the switch to those fancy computers. So show some respect, sonny!
Yes sir, those were the good ol' days.
As a Californian it's now my turn to laugh after all you East Coasties were mocking us for our power outages.
Ha Ha!Current software packages apparently translate sign language into illegible English, thereby making them useful only in doctors' offices
I've always wondered how useful that information would be to Microsoft. A lot of the crashes are due to non-Microsoft software. What good would that information do them?
I think it's more like something to make users feel like they can do something instead of clicking the OK button when Windows tells them "Too Bad, I've decided to stop running this program". Maybe Microsoft figured it would reduce some anger on the user end.
So I pay for a copy of Windows and soon I might have to pay Microsoft to fix the bugs that shouldn't have been there in the first place?
I've been considering switching to Linux for a while now and having to pay more money to Microsoft for fixes would cause me to switch for sure. I'm not going to put up with crap like that!
This game is a wonderful cooperative experience. I've played most of the way through it with a friend of mine. There are a few parts that are a bit difficult to figure out (mostly jumping puzzles), but it was a ton of fun. It's great to work with the person you are playing with to try and figure out the puzzles.