...and to pass, one must break the speed limit, and legally it's allowed. You're allowed to break the speed limit when overtaking a vehicle. There's also certain other conditions that allow you to break the speed limit legally, such as going down certain grades of inclines.
Bullshit, at least in the state of New York. I just checked the little booklet they give you and you are not legally permitted to break the speed limit under any circumstances.
So far, Linux has not made big inroads. IDC software analyst Jenny Jin estimates it has "a very small percentage" of the operating system market, probably less than 4 percent.
I wonder what this means. Homegrown Windows like OS? Whatever it is, this is plain wrong.
What it means is that Micro$oft Windoze is pirated on a massive scale in China (and much of Asia, for that matter), so no one cares about the cost of it. If everyone paid list price for their copy of Windows you'd better believe that Linux's share would grow very quickly.
Thanks for the link to dhmo.org. The site is hilarious! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Seriously, though, I bet it's taken in more than a few idiots!
Did you know you can fertilize your lawn with used motor oil?
I hope that was a joke. Used motor oil contains all sorts of nasty toxic hydrocarbons and heavy metals. You definitely don't want to put it on the lawn!
After all, it couldn't just be shoddy Windows programming. It HAS to be evil Microsoft, even though thousands upon thousands of competing products run just fine under Windows, even better than many Microsoft products themselves.
Not that I'm making any accusations (:-) ) but when I first installed Netscape 7.1 on my W98SE box it ran great. However, with each Windows "security patch" from MS, NS7.1 gets flakier and flakier. You gotta wonder...
I am sick and tired of this outsourcing to India cr!p.
A technicality: despite their darker skin, Indians are considered to be of the Caucasian (white) race. Not to say that the term "race" really means anything significant...
If we do establish a presence on the Moon, we'll be able to build a telescope that will make Hubble look like a 25-cent plastic magnifying glass.
Bullshit. Being on the Moon means that you have to fight the effects of gravity distorting the mirror, just like on Earth. There is a major advantage to having a telescope in orbit rather than on a planet or moon.
So Long and Thanks For All the Fish and Mostly Harmless are [OK], but get worse and worse.
So Long is my favorite of the "trilogy" -- a love story that's funny and touching. I really fell for Fenchurch. On the other hand, you could tell that Adams was pissed off about "having" to write Mostly Harmless to shut up fans clamoring for another HHGG book. You could tell he was relieved at putting an end to things.
As soon as they remove the old (elevated) Central Artery they'll find the new (tunnel) one clogged to capacity and they'll be wishing they had kept the old one for the added capacity!
I can't imagine what sort of "preliminary three-year plan of works" in such an Herculean effort could be done for a mere $30 million.
$30 million is of course for very preliminary engineering and geological surveys -- nothing more than a "sniff test" to see if it's worth doing any more on.
The geology of the proposed tunnel -- depth aside -- will be much more complex than the stable chalk marl of the Chunnel. The Spain/Morocco tunnel will pass through the Africa/Europe plate boundary, which is regularly crumpled up enough to completely block the Strait. I would be surprised to find the rock heavily faulted.
OTOH it could be a life-changing experience for some of them. Some people are more sensitive to the light/dark cycle than others.
Yeah, I'm waiting for some poor sap at JPL, all thrown out of kilter by the constantly changing work hours, to press the wrong button and destroy the mission. Then I will say I TOLD YOU SO!
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They represent the nasty side of the biology of the Net: the fact that any simulated or real ecosystem produces more parasites than non-parasites, and that non-parasites have to spend a significant amount of energy fighting off the bugs.
I've seen estimates that half of all animal species are parasites of one sort or another.
Early in the 20th century, researchers found "filterable viruses" caused some infections -- these were poisons (L. virus) that could not be filtered out of fluids with filters then available. Eventually, ceramic filters were made that were fine enough to stop the "poisons" and thus it was found that they were in fact particles of some sort. That's how 'virus' came to be associated with small infectuous units, and when software viruses came along the term was picked up for them.
Seriously, I've wondered what happens when the mid-Atlantic rift opens up a little right under a cable? It probably doesn't do a cable much good to be dunked into molten magma, or to be stretched to the breaking point if it's lucky enough to be suspended over the rift itself...
The concept is somewhat analogous to hybrid cars now on the market that take the energy generated during braking and recycle it into electricity used to power the car.
Somewhat off the subject of "reversible computing", but that reminds me... since CPUs put out so much heat, could you stick a thermoelectric generator (Peltier effect, IIRC) between the chip and the heat sink and generate some electricity from heat that is otherwise discarded?
I'd tell you my sig, but then I'd have to kill you.
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...and to pass, one must break the speed limit, and legally it's allowed. You're allowed to break the speed limit when overtaking a vehicle. There's also certain other conditions that allow you to break the speed limit legally, such as going down certain grades of inclines.
Bullshit, at least in the state of New York. I just checked the little booklet they give you and you are not legally permitted to break the speed limit under any circumstances.
So far, Linux has not made big inroads. IDC software analyst Jenny Jin estimates it has "a very small percentage" of the operating system market, probably less than 4 percent.
I wonder what this means. Homegrown Windows like OS? Whatever it is, this is plain wrong.
What it means is that Micro$oft Windoze is pirated on a massive scale in China (and much of Asia, for that matter), so no one cares about the cost of it. If everyone paid list price for their copy of Windows you'd better believe that Linux's share would grow very quickly.
Thanks for the link to dhmo.org. The site is hilarious! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Seriously, though, I bet it's taken in more than a few idiots!
All it requires is the ability to think logically,
Oh dear, that rules out the vast majority of people, doesn't it?
(CS graduate with 22 years experience, will code for food)
Note that a worker bee is designed to die when it stings...
IIRC, not all bee-like insects die when they sting. Some (the honeybees?) have barbless stingers.
Did you know you can fertilize your lawn with used motor oil?
I hope that was a joke. Used motor oil contains all sorts of nasty toxic hydrocarbons and heavy metals. You definitely don't want to put it on the lawn!
I'd love to see the look on their faces after their windows get blown out ;)
Easy. Just fire up your Linux box...
Why is SCO suing Microsoft ?
Huh? Where did you see that? M$ is one of SCO's biggest sponsors in this whole sordid affair.
After all, it couldn't just be shoddy Windows programming. It HAS to be evil Microsoft, even though thousands upon thousands of competing products run just fine under Windows, even better than many Microsoft products themselves.
:-) ) but when I first installed Netscape 7.1 on my W98SE box it ran great. However, with each Windows "security patch" from MS, NS7.1 gets flakier and flakier. You gotta wonder...
Not that I'm making any accusations (
I am sick and tired of this outsourcing to India cr!p.
A technicality: despite their darker skin, Indians are considered to be of the Caucasian (white) race. Not to say that the term "race" really means anything significant...
But wait a minute.. the Irish are whites, too..
Yeah, tell that to the English...
If we do establish a presence on the Moon, we'll be able to build a telescope that will make Hubble look like a 25-cent plastic magnifying glass.
Bullshit. Being on the Moon means that you have to fight the effects of gravity distorting the mirror, just like on Earth. There is a major advantage to having a telescope in orbit rather than on a planet or moon.
So Long and Thanks For All the Fish and Mostly Harmless are [OK], but get worse and worse.
So Long is my favorite of the "trilogy" -- a love story that's funny and touching. I really fell for Fenchurch. On the other hand, you could tell that Adams was pissed off about "having" to write Mostly Harmless to shut up fans clamoring for another HHGG book. You could tell he was relieved at putting an end to things.
trying misspelled words has been basic eBay-ing since the early 90s
And how long has eBay been around???
but as a manager and steakholder
Steakholder? Now that sounds like my kind of job!
OK... fork you too!
Same for IBM's Intel-based "z" platforms.
I think you've mixed up something. The "x" platforms are Intel-based, while the "z" platforms are the former S/390 line.
with bear hands?
I'm waiting with "baited" breath...
Alfred E.'s uncle?
As soon as they remove the old (elevated) Central Artery they'll find the new (tunnel) one clogged to capacity and they'll be wishing they had kept the old one for the added capacity!
I can't imagine what sort of "preliminary three-year plan of works" in such an Herculean effort could be done for a mere $30 million.
$30 million is of course for very preliminary engineering and geological surveys -- nothing more than a "sniff test" to see if it's worth doing any more on.
The geology of the proposed tunnel -- depth aside -- will be much more complex than the stable chalk marl of the Chunnel. The Spain/Morocco tunnel will pass through the Africa/Europe plate boundary, which is regularly crumpled up enough to completely block the Strait. I would be surprised to find the rock heavily faulted.
OTOH it could be a life-changing experience for some of them. Some people are more sensitive to the light/dark cycle than others.
Yeah, I'm waiting for some poor sap at JPL, all thrown out of kilter by the constantly changing work hours, to press the wrong button and destroy the mission. Then I will say I TOLD YOU SO!
They represent the nasty side of the biology of the Net: the fact that any simulated or real ecosystem produces more parasites than non-parasites, and that non-parasites have to spend a significant amount of energy fighting off the bugs.
I've seen estimates that half of all animal species are parasites of one sort or another.
Early in the 20th century, researchers found "filterable viruses" caused some infections -- these were poisons (L. virus) that could not be filtered out of fluids with filters then available. Eventually, ceramic filters were made that were fine enough to stop the "poisons" and thus it was found that they were in fact particles of some sort. That's how 'virus' came to be associated with small infectuous units, and when software viruses came along the term was picked up for them.
Seriously, I've wondered what happens when the mid-Atlantic rift opens up a little right under a cable? It probably doesn't do a cable much good to be dunked into molten magma, or to be stretched to the breaking point if it's lucky enough to be suspended over the rift itself...
The concept is somewhat analogous to hybrid cars now on the market that take the energy generated during braking and recycle it into electricity used to power the car.
Somewhat off the subject of "reversible computing", but that reminds me... since CPUs put out so much heat, could you stick a thermoelectric generator (Peltier effect, IIRC) between the chip and the heat sink and generate some electricity from heat that is otherwise discarded?
I'd tell you my sig, but then I'd have to kill you.