Well, I just grabbed my knife and tried to get the logo off of my Windows startup screen. Unfortunately, as soon as I got the hole in the glass to get access to it, my monitor started futzing out on me. So now the logo's gone, but not because I cut it out.
Cutting it out of the retail packaging, on the other hand, went rather smoothly. So I'm 1 for 2.
Federal Reserve Notes are backed by government debt:) They're valuable because people want them, and they're relatively scarce (at least controlled supply). That is the same as for your precious metals. The only reason gold is valuable is because it's rare/scarce and people want it. Its practical value as a counductor and a ductile metal resistant to oxidation is pretty limited.
Reserve notes help to create a much more efficient trading economy than mere bartering could hope to accomplish. If you don't agree with this, then try to trade a computer program, or whatever else it is you make, for everything that you need to buy. It might work one time, but I doubt you could survive for more than a couple weeks like this.
Well, you have access to the source, don't you? I can hardly form a useful regular expression, and I could probably fix this to use a different browser in about a minute.
Actually, it's much better to require that something (like a stamp or a signature, or maybe a hole with an accompanying signature) be put *on* the card rather than holes punched in it. Otherwise, I could just pick up a card, run to some arts and crafts store to get the right-shaped hole puncher, and walk back ten minutes later to pick up a free sandwich.
So, since the superbowl took place in the Louisiana superdome, it would appear that fake grass is beating real grass in the competition, no? Or does playing on turf just destroy the whole spirit of the game?
Comeon. You know they just use "me2", or "me 2", or even if they try to spell it out, would just do "me to". I'd have to guess that the slashes in "ASL" are dropped more often than not too out of laziness. I have to agree with you on "lol" though.
Codecs don't record audio, they encode and decode audio. If you've used a multi-tracking program to record multiple channels of audio, you will more than likely have one wave file for each track, perhaps packaged together in a zip file, tarball, or similar, and you can encode each individually, or write some simple script to take care of that for you.
Hmm, even if you don't pick up on #4 in the coded part itself...
Williams said that a large poster and contest information was created using a computer code -- called Base4 -- which substitutes a series of numbers for letters of the alphabet.
Why oh why would the computer code be called Base 4? I have no idea. Anyway, it is a pretty neat gimmick. I probably would've spent the few minutes to decipher it if I had gotten it in the mail, even without any intention of going to that school.
Except for that part where it says you need Quicktime and/or Windows Media Player to access some content. I understand it's in Microsoft's interest to support WMP, but if they offer an alternative, why not Real? RealPlayers are available for more platforms than Quicktime. Oh well, I probably wasn't going back to that site anyway, and never would have been there without this story.
As I understood it, a lot of the tight-fisted media control in Sydney was designed to let NBC time-shift the coverage with impunity. They felt that they would get many fewer watchers if people could see the results 12 hours (+/- a few) before they were replayed on television. This probably won't be as much of a problem at the Salt Lake games, because NBC and other monopolistic influences are very US-centric. I suppose I can't say for sure, but I think the restrictions ought to be a little easier to work with this time around.
They're not 13" monitors, there are 13 monitors. As far as I can tell, most seem to be 15". I haven't seen a 13" LCD for a while now, and doubt it would sell, much less be worth reviewing.
While those are the steepest operating requirements yet, 5-6 year old computers support that. Releasing a brand new operating system that will run on nearly all computers up to 5 years old is actually pretty reasonable, it seems to me. For the record though, you could easily still be running Windows 98 with no problems whatsoever on even older machines. It's not like 98 has been obsoleted yet.
Unfortunately, in a movie marketing flop, the book was published before the movie was released. This meant that anybody could read the book, and have the entire plot of the movie before they watched it. In fact, you could take this far enough, and say you wouldn't even need to watch the movie if you had read the book. The makers of the movie should have predicted this and prevented the book from being released until after the movie was ready.
Well, with pounds there, you're looking at about $720 US, which is quite a bit, and more than your $500-$600. Do you *really* feel that Office v.X is worth $720? Personally, I don't.
I recommend first that you get everybody to agree to use the same editor.
How would that help anything? Both of the major competing editors produce output that is in an open format and is perfectly readable by the other, or any other text editor in existence.
it will always be a bit scatterbrained when it comes to standards.
I think the problem with your statement and your argument is that standards really don't (and shouldn't) apply to programs/executables. Standards apply to formats and protocols. In that sense, the open-source community is dead-on when it comes to standards. The reason something like Microsoft Word is a commonly used is because it defaults to reading and writing a closed, proprietary, format. If you want to communicate with someone else who sends you a.doc file, the easiest and best way to open that file is using Microsoft Word. This however, does not make Word or.doc files a standard. In fact their proprietary nature and desired incompatibility with competing/other programs make Word and.doc files quite the opposite.
You may be trying to say that a unified and dominant user-interface should be available, and I actually think that it is to some extent, even though it is two programs. Many default linux distro installs include both KDE and Gnome, selectable on a per-user, per-session basis at logon. If you're familiar with Gnome, and go to a computer that has both Gnome and KDE installed, you can choose Gnome, and have everything just the way you want it. As long as many/all popular window managers and desktop environments are available on public computers, there should be no UI issues, really.
I'm sorry. Your use of the word "window" is a direct infringement on a Microsoft trademark. Please report to the nearest Microsoft district court to have the rebellion flogged out of you.
The QWERTY restriction is, as far as I know, designed to prevent theft/copying of test questions. With an efficient data entry system, one could easily copy all of the SAT math questions during a test sitting.
What type of base conversions are you talking about? My TI-86 can do decimal/octal/hex/etc. conversions, so I'd hope that the 92 can as well. If not, that seems like a pretty big thing to not have included.
Not to hold anything against the 92+ (and I believe the 89 does it as well), but HP calculators can do symbolic integration too. Therefore, you're not deciding between RPN and symbolic integration, you're really only deciding between RPN and algebraic data entry.
The benefits of RPN are somewhat similar to the benefits of Dvorak - you can do many things with one or two fewer keystrokes, or more efficiently, and you can lend your calculator to someone for a test with the full knowledge that they'll be screwed (like having an unfamiliar typist use Dvorak..."Hey, your calculator/keyboard is broken!"). In addition, now that I'm used to it, RPN seems easier and more logical than algebraic entry. I'm not really sure why, it just does:)
First of all, someone PLEASE explain how h@x0r can be pronounced as hacker?
I suppose it could be, but it's usually not. Most people whom I've heard and I pronounce it "hacksor/hackzor/haxor". Back-dooring @Home machines is really not going to help you at all. You'd have to back-door the ZDNet web/database/poll server, considering the poll has been closed for three days now.
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Well, I just grabbed my knife and tried to get the logo off of my Windows startup screen. Unfortunately, as soon as I got the hole in the glass to get access to it, my monitor started futzing out on me. So now the logo's gone, but not because I cut it out.
Cutting it out of the retail packaging, on the other hand, went rather smoothly. So I'm 1 for 2.
Federal Reserve Notes are backed by government debt :) They're valuable because people want them, and they're relatively scarce (at least controlled supply). That is the same as for your precious metals. The only reason gold is valuable is because it's rare/scarce and people want it. Its practical value as a counductor and a ductile metal resistant to oxidation is pretty limited.
Reserve notes help to create a much more efficient trading economy than mere bartering could hope to accomplish. If you don't agree with this, then try to trade a computer program, or whatever else it is you make, for everything that you need to buy. It might work one time, but I doubt you could survive for more than a couple weeks like this.
(These Texans know how to name things, too.)
Ah yes, like the new NFL expansion team, the Houston Texans.
Well, you have access to the source, don't you? I can hardly form a useful regular expression, and I could probably fix this to use a different browser in about a minute.
Actually, it's much better to require that something (like a stamp or a signature, or maybe a hole with an accompanying signature) be put *on* the card rather than holes punched in it. Otherwise, I could just pick up a card, run to some arts and crafts store to get the right-shaped hole puncher, and walk back ten minutes later to pick up a free sandwich.
So, since the superbowl took place in the Louisiana superdome, it would appear that fake grass is beating real grass in the competition, no? Or does playing on turf just destroy the whole spirit of the game?
I think many slashdot readers would be quick to assert that Microsoft security flaws are not a minority by any stretch of the imagination.
M-E-T-O-O ?
Comeon. You know they just use "me2", or "me 2", or even if they try to spell it out, would just do "me to". I'd have to guess that the slashes in "ASL" are dropped more often than not too out of laziness. I have to agree with you on "lol" though.
Codecs don't record audio, they encode and decode audio. If you've used a multi-tracking program to record multiple channels of audio, you will more than likely have one wave file for each track, perhaps packaged together in a zip file, tarball, or similar, and you can encode each individually, or write some simple script to take care of that for you.
Hmm, even if you don't pick up on #4 in the coded part itself...
Williams said that a large poster and contest information was created using a computer code -- called Base4 -- which substitutes a series of numbers for letters of the alphabet.
Why oh why would the computer code be called Base 4? I have no idea. Anyway, it is a pretty neat gimmick. I probably would've spent the few minutes to decipher it if I had gotten it in the mail, even without any intention of going to that school.
Well...we wouldn't be so paranoid if they weren't all out to get us, now would we?
Except for that part where it says you need Quicktime and/or Windows Media Player to access some content. I understand it's in Microsoft's interest to support WMP, but if they offer an alternative, why not Real? RealPlayers are available for more platforms than Quicktime. Oh well, I probably wasn't going back to that site anyway, and never would have been there without this story.
As I understood it, a lot of the tight-fisted media control in Sydney was designed to let NBC time-shift the coverage with impunity. They felt that they would get many fewer watchers if people could see the results 12 hours (+/- a few) before they were replayed on television. This probably won't be as much of a problem at the Salt Lake games, because NBC and other monopolistic influences are very US-centric. I suppose I can't say for sure, but I think the restrictions ought to be a little easier to work with this time around.
They're not 13" monitors, there are 13 monitors. As far as I can tell, most seem to be 15". I haven't seen a 13" LCD for a while now, and doubt it would sell, much less be worth reviewing.
Tuition...that's just the $20,000 cover charge, isn't it?
While those are the steepest operating requirements yet, 5-6 year old computers support that. Releasing a brand new operating system that will run on nearly all computers up to 5 years old is actually pretty reasonable, it seems to me. For the record though, you could easily still be running Windows 98 with no problems whatsoever on even older machines. It's not like 98 has been obsoleted yet.
Sorry, it may have been a lame attempt at humor, but it was an attempt nonetheless. Guess I fooled the moderator too.
Unfortunately, in a movie marketing flop, the book was published before the movie was released. This meant that anybody could read the book, and have the entire plot of the movie before they watched it. In fact, you could take this far enough, and say you wouldn't even need to watch the movie if you had read the book. The makers of the movie should have predicted this and prevented the book from being released until after the movie was ready.
Well, with pounds there, you're looking at about $720 US, which is quite a bit, and more than your $500-$600. Do you *really* feel that Office v.X is worth $720? Personally, I don't.
I recommend first that you get everybody to agree to use the same editor.
.doc file, the easiest and best way to open that file is using Microsoft Word. This however, does not make Word or .doc files a standard. In fact their proprietary nature and desired incompatibility with competing/other programs make Word and .doc files quite the opposite.
How would that help anything? Both of the major competing editors produce output that is in an open format and is perfectly readable by the other, or any other text editor in existence.
it will always be a bit scatterbrained when it comes to standards.
I think the problem with your statement and your argument is that standards really don't (and shouldn't) apply to programs/executables. Standards apply to formats and protocols. In that sense, the open-source community is dead-on when it comes to standards. The reason something like Microsoft Word is a commonly used is because it defaults to reading and writing a closed, proprietary, format. If you want to communicate with someone else who sends you a
You may be trying to say that a unified and dominant user-interface should be available, and I actually think that it is to some extent, even though it is two programs. Many default linux distro installs include both KDE and Gnome, selectable on a per-user, per-session basis at logon. If you're familiar with Gnome, and go to a computer that has both Gnome and KDE installed, you can choose Gnome, and have everything just the way you want it. As long as many/all popular window managers and desktop environments are available on public computers, there should be no UI issues, really.
I'm sorry. Your use of the word "window" is a direct infringement on a Microsoft trademark. Please report to the nearest Microsoft district court to have the rebellion flogged out of you.
Thank you, and have a nice^H^H^H^HMicrosoft day.
The QWERTY restriction is, as far as I know, designed to prevent theft/copying of test questions. With an efficient data entry system, one could easily copy all of the SAT math questions during a test sitting.
What type of base conversions are you talking about? My TI-86 can do decimal/octal/hex/etc. conversions, so I'd hope that the 92 can as well. If not, that seems like a pretty big thing to not have included.
Not to hold anything against the 92+ (and I believe the 89 does it as well), but HP calculators can do symbolic integration too. Therefore, you're not deciding between RPN and symbolic integration, you're really only deciding between RPN and algebraic data entry.
:)
The benefits of RPN are somewhat similar to the benefits of Dvorak - you can do many things with one or two fewer keystrokes, or more efficiently, and you can lend your calculator to someone for a test with the full knowledge that they'll be screwed (like having an unfamiliar typist use Dvorak..."Hey, your calculator/keyboard is broken!"). In addition, now that I'm used to it, RPN seems easier and more logical than algebraic entry. I'm not really sure why, it just does
First of all, someone PLEASE explain how h@x0r can be pronounced as hacker?
I suppose it could be, but it's usually not. Most people whom I've heard and I pronounce it "hacksor/hackzor/haxor". Back-dooring @Home machines is really not going to help you at all. You'd have to back-door the ZDNet web/database/poll server, considering the poll has been closed for three days now.