"Real-Time Operating Systems Must be Highly Reliable" Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Unix, and Linux often crash, lock up, or go crazy. They indicate this condition by displaying a sad face, an exploding bomb, a red X, a blue screen of death, or by simply refusing to respond to mouse-clicks or keyboard input.
Come on, if Windows was that bad Diebold wouldn't use it in their ATMs... Ooops...
"Whether you have an authentic game or not, it is illegal to copy a Nintendo game from a cartridge or to download and play a Nintendo ROM from the Internet."
So, there is no point in buying the original game.
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I've had an idea about PPC emulation and running OS X.
What about taking a x86 "lower half" of the OS (i.e. Darwin) and plugging and emulated "upper half" (i.e. Cocoa, Charcoal, etc.) of OS X above it.
Would that be feasible?
With a nice black rectangle superimposed to the original text, of course...
The first is clinical depression, which means that chemicals are screwed up in your brain...
The second is situational depression, which basically means your life sucks.
And if your brain is screwed up, AND your life sucks, you post on Slashdot...
Please enlighten me? Why GPL Java?
Java is pretty good right now.
And don't get me started on Solitaire!
"Real-Time Operating Systems Must be Highly Reliable"
Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Unix, and Linux often crash, lock up, or go crazy. They indicate this condition by displaying a sad face, an exploding bomb, a red X, a blue screen of death, or by simply refusing to respond to mouse-clicks or keyboard input.
Come on, if Windows was that bad Diebold wouldn't use it in their ATMs... Ooops...
It remins me of that story...
Guy asks to change his name...
Judge: It's not like that we need proof that your name is a bad one.
Guy: My name is Johm Crap
Judge: Yes, we'll change it right away. What would you like to be your new name?
Guy: Jack Crap...
VBA for Excel
I wonder how many of us read that as pornographic...
That's because of obscene lawsuits...
old fashioned.
Try the french layout.
1 - Most of the keys match... I said most. Exceptions: QA , WZ, and you have to press shift to type the numbers...
2 - Symbols? Forget about it...
... DIebold anounced their plans to replace Verizon at handling the 911 system...
"We figured out that with our new phone systems, completely powered by Microsoft Software these problems will be a thing of the past"
Some decisions just make sense...
AAC is a good format (better than MP3, same quality , on average, as Ogg (IMHO) and much better than WMA AT ANY BITRATE)
Not that WMA is bad, but it's too picky... One music in 64kbps sounds very good, another one sounds like crap.
Kudos!
NSA Guy 1: Of course you can inspect our servers, Mr McBride...
NSA Guy 2 to NSA Guy 1: Did you mention that we would have to shoot him if he ever inspects our servers...
Guy 1 : Ooops!
Doctor: I'm sorry to say, but your baby was born with no arms...
Mother: Oh, doctor, I don't care, I'll still love him...
D: I'm afraid he doesn't have any legs either...
M: Never mind, he's still my son...
D: He doesn't have a trunk...
M: Ah...
D: And no head, either...
M: But, what does he has...
D: An ear...
(doctor brings the ear)
M: OH MY SON, MY BEAUTIFUL SON...
D: It's no use screaming, cause he's deaf...
RMS is planning to start his own free email service.
And the root password will be known by everybody, I hope...
"Whether you have an authentic game or not, it is illegal to copy a Nintendo game from a cartridge or to download and play a Nintendo ROM from the Internet."
So, there is no point in buying the original game.
BANG! There goes your files...
BANG! Blaster is here...
BANG!
There you have it...
Articles say that the liscenses were thrown in as part of a seperate breach of contract settlement. They were not "purchased".
Oh, MY GOD!!!
Guy 1: Hey, what about that 100 grand you owe me!
Guy 2: Hey, did you know I own the Brookling Bridge? Let's just throw it in the deal, ok!
about the other 150 invaidated patents...
P No. 1234567 A machine that does nothing
You forgot
Saturday: ???
Sunday: Profit!!!
I tremind me of the (5 year experience w/ Windows 95) posted in 1996...
They're mixing free beer and free speech.
EVERYBODY knows not to mix free beer and free speech... God, it's like mixing milk chocolate with Guinness...
This reminds me of a phrase posted here on slashdot about the movie " How about I give you the finger and you give me my 10 dollars back!"
No, really. If they're obligating you to change it's because they're morons and don't deserve having you as an employee...
A lot of CD's come with extra's for the PC.
Do you mean all that DRM crap that you have to press SHIFT to bypass???