Same with software though - while you're adding 'kludges' to the top, you're not just leaving the old kludges along. No, they get incrementally rewritten, one function at a time, a little bit here and a little bit there.
I've often considered a fresh rewrite of a few of my apps, but programs are supposed to be modular so why not treat them as such? Rewrite the modules, and after a while you have a complete fresh rewrite without actually doing one.
Shredded paper is usually recycled into cardboard.
In any case, even if it were dumped it would rot away naturally - which is one of the reasons fast food outlets switched from foam boxes to paper & cardboard wrappers.
Will we see covers of new material by long-departed artists? E.g. Lemon Tree performed by the Beatles.
The music companies would have a field day with this. Push a button and you can have a cover of everything by everyone. Not to sell, just to flood P2p networks.
I've only just finished downloading Knoppix 3.8...
(Not karma whoring - that's the honest truth. Might just be time for me to find another ISP... Mine's been promising upgraded accounts for almost a year now and I'm all but out of patience.)
Right, so this japanese ship is heading out to sea with large metal poles on board. Think they want to punch holes in the sea bed? Nah, they're aiming to blow holes in something else.
Better if they used an algorythm to generate thousands upon thousands of 'classified reports' which were just meaningless crap. They could hide their genuine content in this rubbish, so that if someone did luck into a genuine page, they wouldn't know whether it was crap or not.
If I hear a long-forgotten, once-loved song from the eighties and can't remember who sung it or what the hell it was called, I just listen carefully and scribble down a unique sounding line from the song. Hit google with 'lyrics "some line from the song"' and there you have it. You have to filter out the cheesy 90's remake versions, of course:-) And it's hell with instrumentals and those 'sounds like' guessing games.
For some reason they rarely announce title & artist on my local stations these days. Probably to stop people running off and downloading it before it's even finished playing.
I drink a lot of the stuff, and I have a split-level computer desk with a wide, pullout shelf for the keyboard. I've often caught the mug with a headphone/mouse/usb cable and almost hooked it all over the keyboard.
Then there's the issue with coffee spray. I've yet to propel meatballs or spaghetti or pizza in quite the same way.
Don't you mean ? (You have to put it like that for companies who believe words between carets are somehow more important.)
My email client renders all html unto text, and if the result is an unholy mess I simply avail myself of the unsubscribe link.
Send me text, send me a URL to read your newsletter, but never send me HTML. As another poster said, you just know those remote loading images are tracking your IP address, dumping cookies on your PC and otherwise doing Naughty Things.
There's only a remote possibility people will RTFA when it DOES exist. To calculate the possibility you're talking about will require hours of CPU time. Actualy, hours * ~1.5 CPU time, because for some strange reason my HT is now disabled.
All I know is that everyone who asks me for computer advice gets to hear about Firefox, Thunderbird and OO. I still meet people who have never heard of any of them, but firefox is a nice easy term for them to google for. I also have a combined mailing list and forum headcount of perhaps 800 people, and they get to hear about these progs too. I don't beat them over the head with it, people can use whatever they like as far as I'm concerned. I just like to point out alternatives, especially decent alternatives.
Actually, something which Linus's elaborate multi-year plan succeeded in bringing to the attention of media organisations and companies everywhere.* A masterstroke of sheer genius - take up a closed source solution despite all the warnings it would be yanked away at a later date, then gasp in public horror when it's yanked away at a later date. What a wonderful case study for companies evaluating closed vs open source.
* Well, they do say winners get to write the history books...
I've seen the original trilogy umpteen times, but I could only watch episodes I and II once each - despite having them both on DVD. I will certainly catch episide III, if only to round out the experience, but it's going to have to be something really special to make me watch it multiple times.
George Lucas will get my cash so he's not going to be overly bothered. I'll probably wait for the DVD, though.
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Same with software though - while you're adding 'kludges' to the top, you're not just leaving the old kludges along. No, they get incrementally rewritten, one function at a time, a little bit here and a little bit there.
I've often considered a fresh rewrite of a few of my apps, but programs are supposed to be modular so why not treat them as such? Rewrite the modules, and after a while you have a complete fresh rewrite without actually doing one.
Shredded paper is usually recycled into cardboard.
In any case, even if it were dumped it would rot away naturally - which is one of the reasons fast food outlets switched from foam boxes to paper & cardboard wrappers.
Will we see covers of new material by long-departed artists? E.g. Lemon Tree performed by the Beatles.
The music companies would have a field day with this. Push a button and you can have a cover of everything by everyone. Not to sell, just to flood P2p networks.
I've only just finished downloading Knoppix 3.8...
(Not karma whoring - that's the honest truth. Might just be time for me to find another ISP... Mine's been promising upgraded accounts for almost a year now and I'm all but out of patience.)
Right, so this japanese ship is heading out to sea with large metal poles on board. Think they want to punch holes in the sea bed? Nah, they're aiming to blow holes in something else.
Better if they used an algorythm to generate thousands upon thousands of 'classified reports' which were just meaningless crap. They could hide their genuine content in this rubbish, so that if someone did luck into a genuine page, they wouldn't know whether it was crap or not.
Oh wait, I just described the world wide web.
I thought they were supposed to be studying T-Rex bones, not T-Rex boners.
They show both shots, but they're maziacs remakes. Doesn't matter, VB81 is a nice emu and you can play Mazogs full screen with it.
Mazogs was the Sinclair ZX81 version, on the Speccy they called it Maziacs. Still, your link is for Mazogs so we can both be happy ;-)
Would you believe I still play this from time to time? I've been debating whether to write a remake for about 15 years.
A printer which is full of bugs by design.
There's a kernel of truth in what you say.
Never mind emulating all those trashy modern toys, I want to know when I can run Sinclair Spectrum games on it!
Do they reach all the way to Australia?
:-)
If I hear a long-forgotten, once-loved song from the eighties and can't remember who sung it or what the hell it was called, I just listen carefully and scribble down a unique sounding line from the song. Hit google with 'lyrics "some line from the song"' and there you have it. You have to filter out the cheesy 90's remake versions, of course :-) And it's hell with instrumentals and those 'sounds like' guessing games.
For some reason they rarely announce title & artist on my local stations these days. Probably to stop people running off and downloading it before it's even finished playing.
My money's on Spaceballs II - No Hope
Betcha I can make your head pop first!
Well yes, that's another use for this technology.
I drink a lot of the stuff, and I have a split-level computer desk with a wide, pullout shelf for the keyboard. I've often caught the mug with a headphone/mouse/usb cable and almost hooked it all over the keyboard.
Then there's the issue with coffee spray. I've yet to propel meatballs or spaghetti or pizza in quite the same way.
Don't you mean ? (You have to put it like that for companies who believe words between carets are somehow more important.)
My email client renders all html unto text, and if the result is an unholy mess I simply avail myself of the unsubscribe link.
Send me text, send me a URL to read your newsletter, but never send me HTML. As another poster said, you just know those remote loading images are tracking your IP address, dumping cookies on your PC and otherwise doing Naughty Things.
Yeah, or scenario 3 - Guy with pinky toe:
Guy: How was it for you, babe?
Girl: What did you use, your pinky toe?
Guy: Mumbles with embarrassment.
Scenario 4 - Guy with pinky toe:
Guy: How was it for you?
Girl: What did you use, your pinky toe?
Guy (Confidently): No way, babe!
... shorty to be offshored to Mars ...
If there's a chance of growing faster, shorty will probably be first in line.
There's only a remote possibility people will RTFA when it DOES exist. To calculate the possibility you're talking about will require hours of CPU time. Actualy, hours * ~1.5 CPU time, because for some strange reason my HT is now disabled.
All I know is that everyone who asks me for computer advice gets to hear about Firefox, Thunderbird and OO. I still meet people who have never heard of any of them, but firefox is a nice easy term for them to google for. I also have a combined mailing list and forum headcount of perhaps 800 people, and they get to hear about these progs too. I don't beat them over the head with it, people can use whatever they like as far as I'm concerned. I just like to point out alternatives, especially decent alternatives.
And I just spotted this in another browser tab: Microsoft share of browser market slips
Something Linus recently found out :)
Actually, something which Linus's elaborate multi-year plan succeeded in bringing to the attention of media organisations and companies everywhere.* A masterstroke of sheer genius - take up a closed source solution despite all the warnings it would be yanked away at a later date, then gasp in public horror when it's yanked away at a later date. What a wonderful case study for companies evaluating closed vs open source.
* Well, they do say winners get to write the history books...
Like a centerfold without the legs?
I've seen the original trilogy umpteen times, but I could only watch episodes I and II once each - despite having them both on DVD. I will certainly catch episide III, if only to round out the experience, but it's going to have to be something really special to make me watch it multiple times.
George Lucas will get my cash so he's not going to be overly bothered. I'll probably wait for the DVD, though.