I took "Computer Programming I" in 9th grade. It was all really basic VB stuff, like making currency converters. Everyone played Unreal Tournament over the LAN instead of working, and then I'd do the work in 20 minutes, save to a disc, and pass the disc around for $5 a pop.
Another high school across town used to offer the first two semesters of the Cisco networking courses.
I'm not sure exactly what the conditions of Mr. Blackshaw's driving are, but it might have some influence.
I drive a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer, with a city mpg rating of around 27 I believe. I live in Florida, so we have relatively mild winters, during which I can usually have the heat turned off.
We also have pretty light traffic, because Tallahassee isn't a very big city. This allows me to set my cruise to about 8-10mph over the posted speed limit.
With the ac/heat off, using cruise control, and my music still on relatively loud, I get 30mpg city. We've hit the hot months now though, so I'm getting about 27mpg city.
It's also important to know if he's driving through hilly areas, or if he's been punching it hard off the line at red lights. Quick acceleration eats gas more than some people think.
My father is a lawyer, and he had to get his sister out of a nice sized psychic hotline bill.
It turns out that they have to prove that you agreed to the charges, but then they usually don't inform you that you're being taped. Being that it's a crime to record someone's voice without their permission, they usually drop it.
I was merely speaking from my personal experience, in that it worked fine for me. Then again, I rarely answer my home phone on account of everyone knowing my cell phone anyhow.
It also seems to me that a good portion of the calls that I was getting were during hours in which most people will be at work, so they wouldn't be there to answer the phone, and thus negate the "zapping".
Now if only someone would invent a device to automatically delete the blank messages that get left when people hang up after the answering machine greeting ends.
I agree that this doesn't seem like a viable long-term solution.
The article didn't go into much specifics, but it seems like a waste if they are indeed just modifying the existing technology.
After the Columbia accident, everyone seemed to agree that the shuttle was outdated and needed to be replace with newer technology.
One can only hope that the ESA's prototype is going to be a change from the traditional shuttle.
Photoshop may be more powerful, but it loses in the bang-for-your buck category.
Personally, I don't need anything more powerful than GIMP. Then again, most people that are going to do serious graphic design are going to use OS X anyway.
I can understand needing a decent video card for any complex GUI effects that they want to use, but I would suspect that the current video cards would be fine for an OS to use.
It makes me wonder if that's the system specs required to run a stable Microsoft product.
"Heh, most of the time movies are "traded" around is when the developers GIVE OUT screeners to people, and THAT is uploaded and passed around. So in turns, it's actually their own fault."
So you're saying that they shouldn't give advanced copies to critics? Yeah, good luck getting a movie studio to advertise their films without quoting the praise that the critics give it.
I've been running FC1 on one of my boxes since I couldn't get RH9 to load from the disks I had. It's been working fine, but up2date freezes on me. It's a pretty easy problem to fix- just run yum update through the shell.
Actually, you're right. I have no problem with mine working, but supposedly people are having problems with the SBLive! model that Dell distributes.
From what I understand, it's not supported by ALSA or EMU10K.
I concur, but we also need better hardware support from the manufacturers. I don't think the average user is going to want to spend their time Googling to find out how to get their Soundblaster Live! card working.
The same thing goes for the notoriously bad ATI drivers.
CompUSA in Tallahassee, FL is the one in question. I haven't been in there in a while, but the last time I was in there, they had reserved quite a bit of space for Linux.
That's funny, because when my local CompUSA reserves more shelf space for SuSe and Redhat combined than they do for XP, and they seem to have trouble keeping copies of them on the shelf.
"Seriously, there is nowhere they won't put ads these days. The bathroom, your credit card statement, the bucket your popcorn comes in at the movie... any space that people see has a price. Now DON'T GIVE THEM ANY NEW IDEAS."
Don't forget product placement in movies and television shows.
I always thought that was silly. I won't decide to drink Pepsi over Coke simply because I saw *insert TV character* drinking it.
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I took "Computer Programming I" in 9th grade. It was all really basic VB stuff, like making currency converters. Everyone played Unreal Tournament over the LAN instead of working, and then I'd do the work in 20 minutes, save to a disc, and pass the disc around for $5 a pop. Another high school across town used to offer the first two semesters of the Cisco networking courses.
I'm not sure exactly what the conditions of Mr. Blackshaw's driving are, but it might have some influence.
I drive a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer, with a city mpg rating of around 27 I believe. I live in Florida, so we have relatively mild winters, during which I can usually have the heat turned off.
We also have pretty light traffic, because Tallahassee isn't a very big city. This allows me to set my cruise to about 8-10mph over the posted speed limit.
With the ac/heat off, using cruise control, and my music still on relatively loud, I get 30mpg city. We've hit the hot months now though, so I'm getting about 27mpg city.
It's also important to know if he's driving through hilly areas, or if he's been punching it hard off the line at red lights. Quick acceleration eats gas more than some people think.
My father is a lawyer, and he had to get his sister out of a nice sized psychic hotline bill.
It turns out that they have to prove that you agreed to the charges, but then they usually don't inform you that you're being taped. Being that it's a crime to record someone's voice without their permission, they usually drop it.
Hmm, interesting point indeed.
I was merely speaking from my personal experience, in that it worked fine for me. Then again, I rarely answer my home phone on account of everyone knowing my cell phone anyhow.
It also seems to me that a good portion of the calls that I was getting were during hours in which most people will be at work, so they wouldn't be there to answer the phone, and thus negate the "zapping".
Now if only someone would invent a device to automatically delete the blank messages that get left when people hang up after the answering machine greeting ends.
For the telemarketers, you can pick up a Telezapper for about $20 at Best Buy or a similar store.
It seems silly, but it worked for me. It just removes your information from their automated dialing system, so after a few weeks the calls stop.
I agree that this doesn't seem like a viable long-term solution. The article didn't go into much specifics, but it seems like a waste if they are indeed just modifying the existing technology. After the Columbia accident, everyone seemed to agree that the shuttle was outdated and needed to be replace with newer technology. One can only hope that the ESA's prototype is going to be a change from the traditional shuttle.
Eh, I understood the joke perfectly. Perhaps I should've put sarcasm tags around my post?
They might get sued by M$ for the use of the word 'Window'.
I mean, after the Lindows debacle, one can only assume that M$ owns the rights to any word containing the letter arrangement 'indow'.
"Graphics -
XP: Photoshop
Linux: Gimp"
Photoshop may be more powerful, but it loses in the bang-for-your buck category.
Personally, I don't need anything more powerful than GIMP. Then again, most people that are going to do serious graphic design are going to use OS X anyway.
Great point.
I can understand needing a decent video card for any complex GUI effects that they want to use, but I would suspect that the current video cards would be fine for an OS to use.
It makes me wonder if that's the system specs required to run a stable Microsoft product.
"Heh, most of the time movies are "traded" around is when the developers GIVE OUT screeners to people, and THAT is uploaded and passed around. So in turns, it's actually their own fault."
So you're saying that they shouldn't give advanced copies to critics? Yeah, good luck getting a movie studio to advertise their films without quoting the praise that the critics give it.
Pardon me, but I seem to recall the Mario games having a relatively in-depth storyline about Koopa kidnapping the princess and what not.
I've been running FC1 on one of my boxes since I couldn't get RH9 to load from the disks I had. It's been working fine, but up2date freezes on me. It's a pretty easy problem to fix- just run yum update through the shell.
Actually, you're right. I have no problem with mine working, but supposedly people are having problems with the SBLive! model that Dell distributes. From what I understand, it's not supported by ALSA or EMU10K.
The government doesn't need a warrant for that anymore.
The PATRIOT Act cancelled that out.
I concur, but we also need better hardware support from the manufacturers. I don't think the average user is going to want to spend their time Googling to find out how to get their Soundblaster Live! card working. The same thing goes for the notoriously bad ATI drivers.
The ACLU isn't interested in the politics of the situation - they protect Republicans and Democrats alike.
As shown in the case of Rush Limbaugh.
"Clinton got a blowjob. Under Bush WE'RE all taking it in the ass."
This reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw a few months back: "Clinton screwed an intern, Bush screwed the whole country."
CompUSA in Tallahassee, FL is the one in question. I haven't been in there in a while, but the last time I was in there, they had reserved quite a bit of space for Linux.
Hmm, scratch that 'when' at the beginning of the statement.
That's funny, because when my local CompUSA reserves more shelf space for SuSe and Redhat combined than they do for XP, and they seem to have trouble keeping copies of them on the shelf.
"Seriously, there is nowhere they won't put ads these days. The bathroom, your credit card statement, the bucket your popcorn comes in at the movie... any space that people see has a price. Now DON'T GIVE THEM ANY NEW IDEAS."
Don't forget product placement in movies and television shows.
I always thought that was silly. I won't decide to drink Pepsi over Coke simply because I saw *insert TV character* drinking it.