How long until companies start putting earth-visible billboards on the moon?
I can see it now..."The old man in the moon uses Viagra! And you wondered what made the moon rise."
Samuel Delaney's classic SF book "Babel-17" explored how language shapes behavior. A clandenstine group who wanted assassins who wouldn't question what they were doing created an artificial language and raised children in it. The language had no word for "I" or "no". It was all commands, such as "You will do this." They had no way of saying "No, I won't.", because the concept didn't exist in the language. I recently re-read it after many years and it's still an incredible read.
I'm fairly certain that NASA's scientists are quite able to tell the difference from a rock that's been formed from volcanic or sedimentary activity from one that fell from space. Stop and think about it, please.
That and the short skirts of the companions too, of course, but...
Romana, Sarah Jane, Nyssa...proof that smart, geeky guys do get to be with the cute girls sometimes!
Otherwise, it makes sense to standardize on a browswer layout format -- something not possible if NS gains market share, since it's incompatible with IE's HTML/XHTML requirements. Uhhh...I guess I was under the mistaken impression that browsers were supposed to conform to WWW standards, instead of the code having to conform to a specific company's requirements. Silly me...!!!
There will always be positions for competent sysadmins. All the paper MCSE's running around out there might have a problem though. I don't have any respect for a (so-called) sysadmin who pees his pants if you show him a command line.
They should print the source code on rolls of paper about six inches wide and four in diameter. It'll make reusing the paper after the trial much easier... I don't think that would work;just think about it...SCO would charge you $699 every time you went to the bathroom.
I think a urologist came up with this idea. They've probably been losing work because it's cheaper to achieve sterility by roasting your testicles than getting a vasectomy.
"One hundred nineteen hours, 41 minutes and 16 seconds. That's the amount of time Adam Rappoport, a high-school senior in Philadelphia, has spent talking into his silver Verizon LG phone since he got it as a gift last Chanukah. That's not even the full extent of his habit. He also spends countless additional hours using his phone's Internet connection to check sports scores, download new ringtones (at a buck apiece) and send short messages to his friends' phones, even in the middle of class. "I know the touch-tone pad on the phone better than I know a keyboard," he says. "I'm a phone guy." Just guessing here, but...Mr. Rappoports GPA is probably about 0.6 and he'll be text-messaging his friends during his shift at MacDonald's this time next year...
In Howie Chaykin's comic American Flagg, Reuben Flagg has to leave his job as a soft-core porn actor when he's replaced by a holographic verion of himself. (Excellent reading, BTW!)
Part of the reason that MS applications load faster is that they keep a portion resident in memory. So even if you're not using IE or Office, there is a little bit using up resources. The true measure is how fast the app runs, not how fast it opens.
Not only cumbersome, but considering Diebold's CEO's comments that he would whatever he could to get King George II re-elected, it would seem to bring Diebold's impartiality into question. Hanging chads seem like a good idea compared with this kludgy mess.
litigating is seen as (or in this case, REALLY IS) more profitable than actually creating or servicing a product. If this isn't a case of rich people trying to get richer without any effort (and I don't know about you, but I don't consider hiring a team of legal sharks to do dirty work effort), than I don't know what is. Go ahead and flame me, but this is everything that is wrong with capitalism as currently being practiced in this country. Reminds me of an old "Wizard of ID" cartoon. "Don't you know what the golden rule is?" "Sure, whoever has the gold makes the rules!"
In his novel "The Demolished Man", some of the characters (mostly the telepaths) had names that would now be considered internet slang names...Samuel @kins and someone else who last name was Wyg&, just to name a couple. But he was always ahead of his time. Maybe it was it just me, but I saw some of his influence in Stephenson's "Snow Crash". Hiro Protagonist has got to be the best name for a main character ever...!
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How long until companies start putting earth-visible billboards on the moon? I can see it now..."The old man in the moon uses Viagra! And you wondered what made the moon rise."
how does it compare to Shalmaneser???
Samuel Delaney's classic SF book "Babel-17" explored how language shapes behavior. A clandenstine group who wanted assassins who wouldn't question what they were doing created an artificial language and raised children in it. The language had no word for "I" or "no". It was all commands, such as "You will do this." They had no way of saying "No, I won't.", because the concept didn't exist in the language. I recently re-read it after many years and it's still an incredible read.
I'm fairly certain that NASA's scientists are quite able to tell the difference from a rock that's been formed from volcanic or sedimentary activity from one that fell from space. Stop and think about it, please.
Shouldn't that be The PENGUINATOR...!?!?!? Born to frag, indeed!
was the dancing monkey they had for entertainment. It looked kind of familiar for some reason.
Lots of people get their rocks off to Britney...oh, you meant her music?!?!?!? My bad!
To quote Will Rogers: "You can't cheat an honest man."
'Nuff said!
That and the short skirts of the companions too, of course, but ...
Romana, Sarah Jane, Nyssa...proof that smart, geeky guys do get to be with the cute girls sometimes!
That doesn't make sense...if he has Ballmer, what does he need the sheep for????
our highly-evolved fiber overlords.
Otherwise, it makes sense to standardize on a browswer layout format -- something not possible if NS gains market share, since it's incompatible with IE's HTML/XHTML requirements. Uhhh...I guess I was under the mistaken impression that browsers were supposed to conform to WWW standards, instead of the code having to conform to a specific company's requirements. Silly me...!!!
There will always be positions for competent sysadmins. All the paper MCSE's running around out there might have a problem though. I don't have any respect for a (so-called) sysadmin who pees his pants if you show him a command line.
They should print the source code on rolls of paper about six inches wide and four in diameter. It'll make reusing the paper after the trial much easier... I don't think that would work;just think about it...SCO would charge you $699 every time you went to the bathroom.
I think a urologist came up with this idea. They've probably been losing work because it's cheaper to achieve sterility by roasting your testicles than getting a vasectomy.
I'm so careful, I wrap my cellphone in tinfoil. I haven't gotten any calls lately. I'm not sure why...
"One hundred nineteen hours, 41 minutes and 16 seconds. That's the amount of time Adam Rappoport, a high-school senior in Philadelphia, has spent talking into his silver Verizon LG phone since he got it as a gift last Chanukah. That's not even the full extent of his habit. He also spends countless additional hours using his phone's Internet connection to check sports scores, download new ringtones (at a buck apiece) and send short messages to his friends' phones, even in the middle of class. "I know the touch-tone pad on the phone better than I know a keyboard," he says. "I'm a phone guy." Just guessing here, but...Mr. Rappoports GPA is probably about 0.6 and he'll be text-messaging his friends during his shift at MacDonald's this time next year...
In Howie Chaykin's comic American Flagg, Reuben Flagg has to leave his job as a soft-core porn actor when he's replaced by a holographic verion of himself. (Excellent reading, BTW!)
Part of the reason that MS applications load faster is that they keep a portion resident in memory. So even if you're not using IE or Office, there is a little bit using up resources. The true measure is how fast the app runs, not how fast it opens.
Oh, no...one more piece in the monopoly. I can just see Mr. Bill saying "All your frag are belong to us!"
Elmer? Why not go right to the source and name it the Darl???
We should put one in Washington, D.C. We could light the whole world up like a pinball machine!!
Not only cumbersome, but considering Diebold's CEO's comments that he would whatever he could to get King George II re-elected, it would seem to bring Diebold's impartiality into question. Hanging chads seem like a good idea compared with this kludgy mess.
litigating is seen as (or in this case, REALLY IS) more profitable than actually creating or servicing a product. If this isn't a case of rich people trying to get richer without any effort (and I don't know about you, but I don't consider hiring a team of legal sharks to do dirty work effort), than I don't know what is. Go ahead and flame me, but this is everything that is wrong with capitalism as currently being practiced in this country. Reminds me of an old "Wizard of ID" cartoon. "Don't you know what the golden rule is?" "Sure, whoever has the gold makes the rules!"
In his novel "The Demolished Man", some of the characters (mostly the telepaths) had names that would now be considered internet slang names...Samuel @kins and someone else who last name was Wyg&, just to name a couple. But he was always ahead of his time. Maybe it was it just me, but I saw some of his influence in Stephenson's "Snow Crash". Hiro Protagonist has got to be the best name for a main character ever...!