since i gave M$ advice, I'll tell Linux how to beat M$: make a app store. I know, stupidly obvious, but there isn't one built into ubuntu. Needs to be as simple as iTunes Store, and everything just needs to just work, no compiling code or anything crazy. Fill it with tons of free software and M$ product equivalents like OpenOffice.
I run CentOS. Yum seems to work fine for 99% of what I need: No compiling code or anything crazy!
What's the cheapest way of getting Windows 7? Buy a new computer.
This is true. But...
With pre-loaded Win 7, all you get is a worthless "restore" CD. Running Windows really does require a full install CD unless you don't mind losing everything while reinstalling, which you *will* have to do now and then.
My son's middle school was built at the height of the 'dot-com' craze. It did not have real library (broom closet) just a bunch of computer labs. Two years ago they refit three of the classrooms next to the 'library' and built a real library full of real books.
Indeed. In a few years, the Prep School will end up regretting getting rid of those books, as they budget money for new books for their new library.
Well, you know, don't pirate games, it will not be an issue.
Look, this issue is fundamentally different than the RIAA/MPAA issue. Here we are not talking about making backups, or having reasonable control over something you bought and paid for. We're talking about pirated goods, like fake Gucci hand bags and what not. Selling fakes is wrong, unlike the RIAA/MPAA concept of "stealing", this hits closer to the real definition.
Then have the customer enter the spot number they parked in at the pay box. No return trip, no silly paper receipt to put on the dash board, no worries. Was that so hard?
They would have to require you enter the plate number. The car has to be tied to the payment.
If one were to forge the ticket (which can not be examined closely while under the dash glass...), I wonder how often the meter readers would actually check the machine data or ticket number/serial?
People say the same thing about MySpace, yet there is is, plodding along as strong (PINK PONIES!) as ever... Twitter and MySpace are a way for people with relatively benign and routine existences to validate themselves - I EXIST! I AM IMPORTANT... TO SOMEONE...
I have accepted that I am an uniportant tiny cog in some huge machine and no one cares to know the exact moment I take a shit (and where).
I can't believe that this the MTA's actions are going to go over well with the public.
Unfortunately, very very few people will ever know about this, and even fewer still will give a shit. The MTA lawyers know this, which isn't to say they care who knows.
Sure, as a public figure, it's never fun to be insulted on the Internet (ask Mike Arrington if you don't believe me). But this didn't seem to warrant a full-fledged lawsuit.
She's got more money than she knows what to do with. It's a harassment lawsuit.
Wait until the astroturfers and lobyists discover this
They already have. But it's irrelevent, Twitter has or is near peaking. As soon as "the next big thing" hits the scene, Twitter will fade, like ICQ and all the rest of the chat "communities".
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I'm still trying to work around with the cookies scripts, myself.
So, it really doesn't work "very well" yet.
since i gave M$ advice, I'll tell Linux how to beat M$: make a app store. I know, stupidly obvious, but there isn't one built into ubuntu. Needs to be as simple as iTunes Store, and everything just needs to just work, no compiling code or anything crazy. Fill it with tons of free software and M$ product equivalents like OpenOffice.
I run CentOS. Yum seems to work fine for 99% of what I need: No compiling code or anything crazy!
What's the cheapest way of getting Windows 7? Buy a new computer.
This is true. But...
With pre-loaded Win 7, all you get is a worthless "restore" CD. Running Windows really does require a full install CD unless you don't mind losing everything while reinstalling, which you *will* have to do now and then.
This course is available to BestBuy employees and will make them eligible for a $10 copy of Windows 7 upon completion.
I'll take the damn course if it'll get me a $10 copy of Win 7.
These are the same nutters who think we are enslaving the honey bees. No kidding. http://www.vegetus.org/honey/honey.htm
My son's middle school was built at the height of the 'dot-com' craze. It did not have real library (broom closet) just a bunch of computer labs. Two years ago they refit three of the classrooms next to the 'library' and built a real library full of real books.
Indeed. In a few years, the Prep School will end up regretting getting rid of those books, as they budget money for new books for their new library.
Chief Powers expressed his absolute confidence that they will save the Observatory.
Perhaps, but the Rapture Index is at 163, will into "fasten your seat belts" territory.
Well, you know, don't pirate games, it will not be an issue.
Look, this issue is fundamentally different than the RIAA/MPAA issue. Here we are not talking about making backups, or having reasonable control over something you bought and paid for. We're talking about pirated goods, like fake Gucci hand bags and what not. Selling fakes is wrong, unlike the RIAA/MPAA concept of "stealing", this hits closer to the real definition.
If you're going to doctor it, at least have some fun with it....
I think someone had a little fun placing a white MacBook in a Microsoft add...
Mainly because I have a tripple boot system...
Translation: "I have a bigger penis than you..."
I admire them about as much as I admire any obnoxious teenager.
Robotic tentical porn?
Then have the customer enter the spot number they parked in at the pay box. No return trip, no silly paper receipt to put on the dash board, no worries. Was that so hard?
They would have to require you enter the plate number. The car has to be tied to the payment.
If one were to forge the ticket (which can not be examined closely while under the dash glass...), I wonder how often the meter readers would actually check the machine data or ticket number/serial?
It's time for SANE drug laws. No Jail For Pot
The last line of the ruling says: The district court's judgment of May 16, 2007 in favor 15 of Appellee is hereby AFFIRMED with costs.
Does this mean the RIAA pays the victim's court costs?
People say the same thing about MySpace, yet there is is, plodding along as strong (PINK PONIES!) as ever... Twitter and MySpace are a way for people with relatively benign and routine existences to validate themselves - I EXIST! I AM IMPORTANT... TO SOMEONE...
I have accepted that I am an uniportant tiny cog in some huge machine and no one cares to know the exact moment I take a shit (and where).
I can't believe that this the MTA's actions are going to go over well with the public.
Unfortunately, very very few people will ever know about this, and even fewer still will give a shit. The MTA lawyers know this, which isn't to say they care who knows.
Sure, as a public figure, it's never fun to be insulted on the Internet (ask Mike Arrington if you don't believe me). But this didn't seem to warrant a full-fledged lawsuit.
She's got more money than she knows what to do with. It's a harassment lawsuit.
I hope their space ship is more reliable than their web server.
Hmm...
The reusable Russian hardware purchased to initiate the venture was built more than 30 years ago
Maybe not.
Lot's of people can *say* they will offer space travel - and have. But the reality is a long way away. Beware putting down a deposit...
Why is it legal to be hispanic?
In Maricopa County, Arizona, it is.
Cuntflap
The nickname of this guy Gonzalez after a few months in federal prison?
I'm sorry, I'll go away.
Perhaps this only indicates that Java and C# are used more by professionals and Python and Ruby are used more by amateurs.
BY JOVE! I think you nailed it!
Wait until the astroturfers and lobyists discover this
They already have. But it's irrelevent, Twitter has or is near peaking. As soon as "the next big thing" hits the scene, Twitter will fade, like ICQ and all the rest of the chat "communities".