"While the placement of most locations is arbitrary, many are placed according to where they appear in relationship to each other in specific episodes of The Simpsons. In some cases 'one-time references' to specific locations have been disregarded in favor of others more often repeated. Due to the many inconsistencies among episodes, the map will never be completely accurate."
I think they've done a great job considering it IS an imaginary place.
I actually like the fact that I can buy a Sony Product (a) and know without a doubt that it will play in my sony product (b).
I waste so much time and effort at work MAKING things work, that at home I'm willing to sheel out some extra cash for the quality and peace of mind that it will work.
Personally all my electronics are sony from my netmd, dvd (playstation2) and TV's....do they make fridges? heh.
You must do all the work on your own time. Including Patents and such under your own name. Best if you don't even tell your company that you are creating something.
But also, with all the support that IBM is getting from the open source community due to the SCO conflict, Sun -- who has a stake in the Open Source Community as well, may just not want to have any chance of being compared to SCO.
In our buisness today (IT) it's a bad thing to be compared to the Anti-OSS (SCO).
Much easier to say "Yes, we'll talk about it." and patrinize than saying "No. It's our IP and it stays closed!"
I worked at Mondera.com during its start up (during the dotcom boom) and was introduced to these chairs. These things are so comfortable that when I left I asked if I could take one. Of course they said no. The Bums:(
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Great Link. Someone should mod this up.
the map's home page say's "
"While the placement of most locations is arbitrary, many are placed according to where they appear in relationship to each other in specific episodes of The Simpsons. In some cases 'one-time references' to specific locations have been disregarded in favor of others more often repeated. Due to the many inconsistencies among episodes, the map will never be completely accurate."
I think they've done a great job considering it IS an imaginary place.
I actually like the fact that I can buy a Sony Product (a) and know without a doubt that it will play in my sony product (b).
...do they make fridges? heh.
I waste so much time and effort at work MAKING things work, that at home I'm willing to sheel out some extra cash for the quality and peace of mind that it will work.
Personally all my electronics are sony from my netmd, dvd (playstation2) and TV's.
I knew somewone would post this ;)
Good job.
I can imagine two weeks into the project the mice start talking back. Please don't poke me with that again!
You must do all the work on your own time. Including Patents and such under your own name. Best if you don't even tell your company that you are creating something.
Yeah I agree.
But also, with all the support that IBM is getting from the open source community due to the SCO conflict, Sun -- who has a stake in the Open Source Community as well, may just not want to have any chance of being compared to SCO.
In our buisness today (IT) it's a bad thing to be compared to the Anti-OSS (SCO).
Much easier to say "Yes, we'll talk about it." and patrinize than saying "No. It's our IP and it stays closed!"
Just my two cents.
Makes you wonder if one of these situations are going to happen.
USENIX: SCO, You don't agree to the GPL so now you can't distribute our software.
Samba: Yeah! You can't use our software because of that either now!
USENIX: And we're not supporting your platforms anymore either.
Misc: Us too!
--After SCO has only a logo left to distribute--
SCO: C'mon guys it's only business, We were playing. We like the GPL now we really do!
I worked at Mondera.com during its start up (during the dotcom boom) and was introduced to these chairs. These things are so comfortable that when I left I asked if I could take one. Of course they said no. The Bums :(