I think it was in Gnome (maybe still is), where you could use the ALT+F2 keyboard shortcut to bring up the run dialog, and type in "free the fish". And a swimming fish would appear across your screen. You could click on it and it would swim away, but would return a few moments later (unless you killed gnome-panel).
We used to do it to each other if we left our machines unlocked.
And, with that defined distance from the car in front, it will in fact put a stop to several of the 'barry boys' who believe that the safe braking distance from the car in front is best measured in inches.
And then there's the question of what happens when you take that sharp bend. You're no longer in 'direct line-of-sight' of what's ahead of you on the road. Your lightwaves just hit something 20 degrees to starboard. Oh, turns out it was 'sharp bend' sign which wasn't in our path at all.
In any case, it could hurt the car's ability to take bends. Once you're past the apex, it's best to start applying the throttle, rather than braking. I wonder if this system would be that smart once you've done the apex and it's mistaken a tree lying 5 yards away from the road for a car.
Please think a little before deciding oxygen has nothing to do with water.
Nope, personally, I've never had a parking fine in London. Ever.
Parking tickets are not easily contested, with the burden of proof generally lying on the motorist.
And as for the colour-prejudice, I'll have you know I intervened just off Baker Street to stop a Nigerian traffic warden from getting a severe kicking at the hands of a couple of rather large gentlemen who were upset about their BMW having a ticket. If you want to take a cheap shot, try not to shoot blanks.
This will entirely remove the 'fun' element to driving. Taking that tight bend at 80 won't have the same appeal, as you'll know that you didn't have anything to do with it.
Also, gone will be the 'sporty' designs in cars, especially the dash. There are already designs for cars with 'couplings', so they work like train carriages in built-up areas. Your car will resemble a small train compartment more than a Ferrari.
On the other hand, at least it will rid the world of this lot.
Nigeria? Are you serious?
Without prejudice - it's one of the worst states for corruption. The streets of London are full of Nigerian traffic wardens putting tickets on ambulances, or on vans parked in loading bays, and then pretending not to speak English.
I know of $large_banking_firm who outsourced lots of coding over there, and 6 months later, found there was a huuuge backdoor in the system. Their 'professional' coders wanted lots of cash to reveal where/what the backdoor was. The bank paid, as it would have taken them waaay too long to go through every line of code and figure it out themselves. I think the crooks got busted in the end (this was about 4-5 years ago), but hey - why risk it?
For a general overview of what happens in British English (aka English English), see the h2g2 style guidelines.
Personally, I would punctuate the above as "Some years ago, there was, in the city of York, a society of Magicians." - and I'm a Brit, and one who tends to be over-zealous when it comes to using commas, colons and periods. Maybe the author was trying to make it difficult to read in the same way that Shakespear is, but he/she should really have read Penny-Arcade if they wanted the likes of me to rate them over Asimov.
MSIE on my old Win2k box would 'encounter a problem' at least twice per day, and on no particular site. Sending an error report would just redirect me to a microsoft page, telling me to check for spyware - which, of course - I had done. Spybot/Giant/AdAware didn't find anything, neither did BHOdemon, there were no suspicious processes, services or registry keys - but MS seemed to be insisting that spyware was the problem. I got rid of my google toolbar, but to no effect.
It wasn't spyware, just bug-ridden software.
I willingly pay that sum every year, because I think it's worth it. The quality of programming found on BBC, is generally far higher than what the competition can come up with. And there's the lack of adverts. I like that. I've seen TV in the US, where it seems every 5 minutes, there's yet another ad break. The commercial stations over here leave it about 15 minutes between breaks (excepting sporting events, where it'd be 45 minutes) - and they have to, because they can't push further than what's tolerable in the eyes of the public, in comparison to the competition.
What happened to Google's 'dont be evil' policy. Guess that only applies when its convenient. Personally.. I would have given GoogleGuy -1 Troll.
Google/GoogleGuy isn't being evil, just seemingly suffering from ignorance and/or apathy.
That said, I'm reminded of a quote I heard once: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". Please stop doing nothing, Google.
Really, when it comes down to it why not consider you own emotional state a sense?
Because 'how I feel emotionally about the fact that I just witnessed my girlfriend in bed with my brother' is subjective. Whereas 'where my left leg is in relation to my right' is not.
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I think it was in Gnome (maybe still is), where you could use the ALT+F2 keyboard shortcut to bring up the run dialog, and type in "free the fish". And a swimming fish would appear across your screen. You could click on it and it would swim away, but would return a few moments later (unless you killed gnome-panel). We used to do it to each other if we left our machines unlocked.
I don't recall saying that.
Strangely, there don't seem to be many comments on the subject of "Heartland Institute Threatens To Sue Anyone Who Comments...".
Isn't this exactly what VGrep was designed to sort out?
It appears that Sony have suspended production of the CDs infected with DRM:.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4430608.stm
Would you like to boycott Sony?
Foundation's Triumph?
As deceased former mayor of Terminus, I refuse to endorse this publication.
And, with that defined distance from the car in front, it will in fact put a stop to several of the 'barry boys' who believe that the safe braking distance from the car in front is best measured in inches.
And then there's the question of what happens when you take that sharp bend. You're no longer in 'direct line-of-sight' of what's ahead of you on the road. Your lightwaves just hit something 20 degrees to starboard. Oh, turns out it was 'sharp bend' sign which wasn't in our path at all.
In any case, it could hurt the car's ability to take bends. Once you're past the apex, it's best to start applying the throttle, rather than braking. I wonder if this system would be that smart once you've done the apex and it's mistaken a tree lying 5 yards away from the road for a car.
Please think a little before deciding oxygen has nothing to do with water.
Nope, personally, I've never had a parking fine in London. Ever.
Parking tickets are not easily contested, with the burden of proof generally lying on the motorist.
And as for the colour-prejudice, I'll have you know I intervened just off Baker Street to stop a Nigerian traffic warden from getting a severe kicking at the hands of a couple of rather large gentlemen who were upset about their BMW having a ticket. If you want to take a cheap shot, try not to shoot blanks.
Also, gone will be the 'sporty' designs in cars, especially the dash. There are already designs for cars with 'couplings', so they work like train carriages in built-up areas. Your car will resemble a small train compartment more than a Ferrari.
On the other hand, at least it will rid the world of this lot.Nigeria? Are you serious? Without prejudice - it's one of the worst states for corruption. The streets of London are full of Nigerian traffic wardens putting tickets on ambulances, or on vans parked in loading bays, and then pretending not to speak English.
I know of $large_banking_firm who outsourced lots of coding over there, and 6 months later, found there was a huuuge backdoor in the system. Their 'professional' coders wanted lots of cash to reveal where/what the backdoor was. The bank paid, as it would have taken them waaay too long to go through every line of code and figure it out themselves. I think the crooks got busted in the end (this was about 4-5 years ago), but hey - why risk it?
They could grip it by the husk!
It's just me pretending to be mutli-lingual
See: Journal.
For a general overview of what happens in British English (aka English English), see the h2g2 style guidelines.
Personally, I would punctuate the above as "Some years ago, there was, in the city of York, a society of Magicians." - and I'm a Brit, and one who tends to be over-zealous when it comes to using commas, colons and periods. Maybe the author was trying to make it difficult to read in the same way that Shakespear is, but he/she should really have read Penny-Arcade if they wanted the likes of me to rate them over Asimov.
How do you destroy a Russian space station?
Knock on the window.
MSIE on my old Win2k box would 'encounter a problem' at least twice per day, and on no particular site.
Sending an error report would just redirect me to a microsoft page, telling me to check for spyware - which, of course - I had done. Spybot/Giant/AdAware didn't find anything, neither did BHOdemon, there were no suspicious processes, services or registry keys - but MS seemed to be insisting that spyware was the problem. I got rid of my google toolbar, but to no effect.
It wasn't spyware, just bug-ridden software.
I willingly pay that sum every year, because I think it's worth it. The quality of programming found on BBC, is generally far higher than what the competition can come up with. And there's the lack of adverts. I like that. I've seen TV in the US, where it seems every 5 minutes, there's yet another ad break. The commercial stations over here leave it about 15 minutes between breaks (excepting sporting events, where it'd be 45 minutes) - and they have to, because they can't push further than what's tolerable in the eyes of the public, in comparison to the competition.
Perhaps Mr Adams wasn't so wrong in stating that Earth and everything on it was actually one big computer, running a very important program.
The first rule of economics: For every economist, there is an equal and opposite economist.
The second rule of economics: They're both wrong.
Agreed. It may not be what we want to hear, but it is at least +n, Informative
Google's loss is the Yahoo PR department's gain.
Google/GoogleGuy isn't being evil, just seemingly suffering from ignorance and/or apathy.
That said, I'm reminded of a quote I heard once: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". Please stop doing nothing, Google.Yeah, it's all McDonalds, Burger King and Dominoes these days..
oh damn! You've found a way of preventing me from saying things like 'Netcraft Confirms It!'. Damn you!
Either that or they'll have to rebuild their web server.
Because 'how I feel emotionally about the fact that I just witnessed my girlfriend in bed with my brother' is subjective. Whereas 'where my left leg is in relation to my right' is not.