In a related story, it was found that 7% of all people who have recently purchased a vintage reel-to-reel player would be willing to purchase a used PDP-11 if the price was right.
Maybe they will. But there are nearly infinite possible URLs vs. the 20 or so possible frequencies in any given market. Either way, they won't be a monopoly anymore.
Not only that, a videocassette can withstand a toddler playing with it, standing on it, etc. Toddler gets ahold of a DVD for any length of time and usually it won't play any more.
Fans of the VHS video format have been gathering outside the home of VHS for over an hour, forming an impromptu vigil for this fallen hero of home entertainment which was found dead of Degaussclerosis in its home yesterday.
One woman, sobbing, pleaded, "But how will I record American Idol now?"
A memorial service is planned for next week. At the ceremony, the casket containing VHS's earthly remains will be inserted into a slot on the front of a specially constructed burial vault and lowered into the ground.
I sometimes wonder what will happen once most major cities get ubiquitous wireless internet. I suspect someone will market a "URL radio" that can play from any streaming audio in the car.
Within a few years, ClearChannel will be gone! What a glorious day that will be.
It is worth noting that Benito Musoulinni (sp?) who invented Fascism described it as the merger of state and corporate power. In this sense, Fascism refers to corporate control of government rather than the other way around. Thus "fascist govt control" and "private industry monopolization" are hardly opposites.
At least with "public ownership" you can vote, hold office, campaign, and otherwise affect policy. With private ownership, you are pretty much SOL if things aren't going your way and you don't have the purchasing power to make a difference.
Back in the day I worked maintenance at an amusement park. I had to get there at 6 AM, before the cleaning people got to the bathroomst. I went into a men's room and one of the toilets was backed up and spilled all over. So I decided, hell, it's 6 AM, no one else is here yet, I'll use the ladies room. Went in there. They have a little box, on the wall, by the toilet. DO NOT LOOK IN THIS BOX. EVER.
Perhaps the intent is to keep implementations of Visual BASIC from springing up on other platforms. A great deal of software out there is still written in VB and this code often stands in the way of getting off of Windows for good.
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Fortunately, you can now long onto the internets and take out your frustration by remotely shooting at live animals. As for the virgin Mary grilled cheese, it's sacrilicious!!
It is worth noting that 600,000 is greater than 500,000. Thus the modifier "over" is appropriate and this contains no error. Also, use of the modifier "almost" with the 3 million figure qualifies that it is less than 600,000 per diem.
Thus you can correctly say over 500,000 or less than 600,000, but not less than 500,000 or more than 600,000.
I worked at a grocery store that had an "electronic gun" system like that and a small stock room. System worked great except the one week the manager accidentally sent the order TWICE.
It's simple really. Each piece of data is given 2 32 bit keys. One is called the selector, the other the offset. The selector key is left-shifted 8 bits and added to the offset to generate the physical address of the data. Thus, any piece of data can be accessed if you know hits selector and offset.
A spammer has been using my email address as a forged return address for some time now. I knew there was trouble when this showed up in my inbox:
From: patent-approvals@uspto.gov Subject: (auto-reply) Your patent
Your patent submitted to patent-approvals@uspto.gov for "A new medical miracle! Better than V|agr.a" has been granted. Your patent number is 54594523345. Your patent certificate will be mailed to:
This may be the big one folks. There is so much prior art for this that its not even funny. Not only that, this is the backbone of the world's economy and its rigorous enforcement may well wake up the world to the problem of broad software patents and bring about quick change to the patent system.
May it be rigorously enforced for the good of humanity.
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In a related story, it was found that 7% of all people who have recently purchased a vintage reel-to-reel player would be willing to purchase a used PDP-11 if the price was right.
Several years ago, I read an article predicting that cell phones would explode in the coming years. They were right!!
Maybe they will. But there are nearly infinite possible URLs vs. the 20 or so possible frequencies in any given market. Either way, they won't be a monopoly anymore.
Not only that, a videocassette can withstand a toddler playing with it, standing on it, etc. Toddler gets ahold of a DVD for any length of time and usually it won't play any more.
Fans of the VHS video format have been gathering outside the home of VHS for over an hour, forming an impromptu vigil for this fallen hero of home entertainment which was found dead of Degaussclerosis in its home yesterday.
One woman, sobbing, pleaded, "But how will I record American Idol now?"
A memorial service is planned for next week. At the ceremony, the casket containing VHS's earthly remains will be inserted into a slot on the front of a specially constructed burial vault and lowered into the ground.
I sometimes wonder what will happen once most major cities get ubiquitous wireless internet. I suspect someone will market a "URL radio" that can play from any streaming audio in the car.
Within a few years, ClearChannel will be gone! What a glorious day that will be.
It is worth noting that Benito Musoulinni (sp?) who invented Fascism described it as the merger of state and corporate power. In this sense, Fascism refers to corporate control of government rather than the other way around. Thus "fascist govt control" and "private industry monopolization" are hardly opposites.
At least with "public ownership" you can vote, hold office, campaign, and otherwise affect policy. With private ownership, you are pretty much SOL if things aren't going your way and you don't have the purchasing power to make a difference.
The Wendy's guy or the third rate sitcom actor?
Back in the day I worked maintenance at an amusement park. I had to get there at 6 AM, before the cleaning people got to the bathroomst. I went into a men's room and one of the toilets was backed up and spilled all over. So I decided, hell, it's 6 AM, no one else is here yet, I'll use the ladies room. Went in there. They have a little box, on the wall, by the toilet. DO NOT LOOK IN THIS BOX. EVER.
Italy announced today that they would not sign the treaty. Quoth their Prime Minister, "I uh WIPO my assuh on your treaty-uh." /ducks
BS means bachelor of science.
CS110 is a beginners entry level computer programming course.
The implication is that whether you are an expert on computers or not, you can use this product.
Perhaps the intent is to keep implementations of Visual BASIC from springing up on other platforms. A great deal of software out there is still written in VB and this code often stands in the way of getting off of Windows for good.
Fortunately, you can now long onto the internets and take out your frustration by remotely shooting at live animals. As for the virgin Mary grilled cheese, it's sacrilicious!!
Exactly, for example, scaling fish is dangerous work and rather nasty as well.
It is worth noting that 600,000 is greater than 500,000. Thus the modifier "over" is appropriate and this contains no error. Also, use of the modifier "almost" with the 3 million figure qualifies that it is less than 600,000 per diem.
Thus you can correctly say over 500,000 or less than 600,000, but not less than 500,000 or more than 600,000.
So there.
The first rule of Robot Fight Club is:
A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
The second rule of Robot Fight Club is:
A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
The third rule of Robot Fight Club is:
A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
The fourth rule of Robot Fight CLub is:
A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
I worked at a grocery store that had an "electronic gun" system like that and a small stock room. System worked great except the one week the manager accidentally sent the order TWICE.
Arrgghh!! My shirt! You blurted bromide all over it. It's ruined!!
It's simple really. Each piece of data is given 2 32 bit keys. One is called the selector, the other the offset. The selector key is left-shifted 8 bits and added to the offset to generate the physical address of the data. Thus, any piece of data can be accessed if you know hits selector and offset.
Come on now, the ink has to be the smallest part of the cost there is. It probably breaks down like this:
2% Ink
5% Cartridge
15% DRM chip
7% ???
70% Profit!!!
I knew a programmer who did data mining. He died from pneumohexidecimosis, commonly known as bitlung.
A spammer has been using my email address as a forged return address for some time now. I knew there was trouble when this showed up in my inbox:
From: patent-approvals@uspto.gov
Subject: (auto-reply) Your patent
Your patent submitted to patent-approvals@uspto.gov for "A new medical miracle! Better than V|agr.a" has been granted. Your patent number is 54594523345. Your patent certificate will be mailed to:
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This may be the big one folks. There is so much prior art for this that its not even funny. Not only that, this is the backbone of the world's economy and its rigorous enforcement may well wake up the world to the problem of broad software patents and bring about quick change to the patent system.
May it be rigorously enforced for the good of humanity.
Lisa: His shoes are corn, his hat is corn, I think even that check is made of corn.
Homer: Lisa, a man who has plenty of corn is less likely to hurt Stalky than someone whose corn supplies are running low.