In simplest terms.... No. The contract is to bind the consumer to the fee structure and other terms. Anything more than that is very unusual, because it's not that sort of business.
In case you have never done tech support over the phone, you should know that you've got a 50/50 chance of the user being able to locate the "Address Bar" no matter how clearly you explain its location. Lots of users simply clicky-clicky and just don't pay attention to the target at any point.
Moreover, in all the flavors of windows of which I'm aware (which I'm afraid you must still consider as a viable design constraint), the Listbox control does not allow extended properties (color, bold, background) for only a portion of a text string (typically the Caption). Your options are color, font, B-I-U, and that's it.
Mixing langauges essentially means that a person who introduces a new langauge gets to build themselves (and a few of their pals) a little ghetto where other programmers are afraid to walk at night.
If I could mod, I would be unable to decide if I should choose Insightful, or Funny... because you can't mod anything "Universal Truth."
...after 2010 or so, the state of Nevada will be able to boast that it's "No Longer a Whole Lot of Nothing! We Have Spent Fuel Rods, Too!!"
And that's just one of the myriad reasons why (at least southern) Nevada is not (and likely never will be) home to any sort of public spaceport. How to consider Groom Lake/Area 51 in terms of spacecraft is an exercise left to the reader...
Heh, yeah, That's a solid standpoint. "Faceless person challenges my point of view so I'll erect a convenient excuse to render them less-correct."
This is often called "Shooting the messenger.":)
Exactly, when consumers can't spend, most engines of macroeconomy slow to a crawl. Think about the ripple effect when the Consumer Confidence Index drops for a couple of months in the US!?
In short, the PPU would perform the same function the GPU does now that it's mature.
GPU is given an instruction set and access to data as proscribed by the CPU - for graphics data. Then the CPU need not worry about seeing it again.
PPU, same process - let the CPU worry about unravelling and displaying the BSP tree, the sound and network layers - shunt the motion math to the processor optimized for the purpose. Fire and Forget Physics in you pipeline.
-- I could be wrong --
Definitely, a misguided thinker here - How would we ever know how easy or difficult it is to build a mini-nuke without actually trying? Most developers of the nuclear programs were also vociferous dissenters regarding the use and availability of those devices.
Kindly refrain from Flamebait.
...But He's got money to waste, first of all. There isn't anything fundamentally wrong with him sinking dollars into space commerce, though I agree it's late to the party and he may seem a little misguided at this stage. What we don't know is who is going in with Jeff. The chances of him teaming up with some X-Prize hopefuls are very likely.
Bottom line? More's the better, and if he has the heart to see it through, that'll be great! I don't think anyone would like to see Virgin Galactic become the TWA of spacebiz.
You raise an interesting point in that it becomes harder to cite Usenet as your publishing domain if you can't find your original pub.
However, pay-for-play services like Lexis Publisher and TESS (on the USPTO site) will probably move to fill that niche if Google doesn't.
This is very true, but a large part of what goes on in the outer fringes of the legal system - in the closed-door sessions between opposing litigators, the miles of paper and tape spent on depositions and affidavits, the settlements and counter-actions and injunctions - has been developed with a jaundiced eye on keeping things *outside* of case-law. This is indeed a double-edged sword. The courts may not necessarily *need* to weigh in on every piddling detail of legality, but the certainty is that when they do, it's often a circus. I definitely appreciate the problem, because precedence as established by rulings should, in theory, provide a smoother path to either aujudication or settlement.
But hey, lawyers are lawyers - most tend not to give a flying assberry who is right or wrong so long as their billable hours are paid.
it's just a phonetic corruption. Most folks think "to hock" is to expectorate (q.v. "* a loogie"), or is a chunk of a pig, and "to hawk" is to sell your wares without the benefit of a retail front. Everyone at a booth or table in the dealer's room at your local sci-fi con is a hawker, by this collquial definition.
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Oh, you mean like in this gem?
"When a man doesn't have less on..."
Sing it, my similarly-monocular Brother!!
In simplest terms.... No. The contract is to bind the consumer to the fee structure and other terms. Anything more than that is very unusual, because it's not that sort of business.
In case you have never done tech support over the phone, you should know that you've got a 50/50 chance of the user being able to locate the "Address Bar" no matter how clearly you explain its location. Lots of users simply clicky-clicky and just don't pay attention to the target at any point. Moreover, in all the flavors of windows of which I'm aware (which I'm afraid you must still consider as a viable design constraint), the Listbox control does not allow extended properties (color, bold, background) for only a portion of a text string (typically the Caption). Your options are color, font, B-I-U, and that's it.
Press that button. ...
Not that one!!
Mixing langauges essentially means that a person who introduces a new langauge gets to build themselves (and a few of their pals) a little ghetto where other programmers are afraid to walk at night.
If I could mod, I would be unable to decide if I should choose Insightful, or Funny... because you can't mod anything "Universal Truth."
...after 2010 or so, the state of Nevada will be able to boast that it's "No Longer a Whole Lot of Nothing! We Have Spent Fuel Rods, Too!!"
And that's just one of the myriad reasons why (at least southern) Nevada is not (and likely never will be) home to any sort of public spaceport. How to consider Groom Lake/Area 51 in terms of spacecraft is an exercise left to the reader...
Heh, yeah, That's a solid standpoint. "Faceless person challenges my point of view so I'll erect a convenient excuse to render them less-correct." This is often called "Shooting the messenger." :)
Exactly, when consumers can't spend, most engines of macroeconomy slow to a crawl. Think about the ripple effect when the Consumer Confidence Index drops for a couple of months in the US!?
Tinfoil Glove.
In short, the PPU would perform the same function the GPU does now that it's mature. GPU is given an instruction set and access to data as proscribed by the CPU - for graphics data. Then the CPU need not worry about seeing it again. PPU, same process - let the CPU worry about unravelling and displaying the BSP tree, the sound and network layers - shunt the motion math to the processor optimized for the purpose. Fire and Forget Physics in you pipeline. -- I could be wrong --
"Hard to resist the pull towards that black hole." That's disgusting. I love it.
Definitely, a misguided thinker here - How would we ever know how easy or difficult it is to build a mini-nuke without actually trying? Most developers of the nuclear programs were also vociferous dissenters regarding the use and availability of those devices. Kindly refrain from Flamebait.
...But He's got money to waste, first of all. There isn't anything fundamentally wrong with him sinking dollars into space commerce, though I agree it's late to the party and he may seem a little misguided at this stage. What we don't know is who is going in with Jeff. The chances of him teaming up with some X-Prize hopefuls are very likely. Bottom line? More's the better, and if he has the heart to see it through, that'll be great! I don't think anyone would like to see Virgin Galactic become the TWA of spacebiz.
...and in the Satanic Bible, 9 is the true number of the devil...
You raise an interesting point in that it becomes harder to cite Usenet as your publishing domain if you can't find your original pub. However, pay-for-play services like Lexis Publisher and TESS (on the USPTO site) will probably move to fill that niche if Google doesn't.
Short answer? When they're done dicking us over on "Faith Based Initiatives."
This is very true, but a large part of what goes on in the outer fringes of the legal system - in the closed-door sessions between opposing litigators, the miles of paper and tape spent on depositions and affidavits, the settlements and counter-actions and injunctions - has been developed with a jaundiced eye on keeping things *outside* of case-law. This is indeed a double-edged sword. The courts may not necessarily *need* to weigh in on every piddling detail of legality, but the certainty is that when they do, it's often a circus. I definitely appreciate the problem, because precedence as established by rulings should, in theory, provide a smoother path to either aujudication or settlement. But hey, lawyers are lawyers - most tend not to give a flying assberry who is right or wrong so long as their billable hours are paid.
it's just a phonetic corruption. Most folks think "to hock" is to expectorate (q.v. "* a loogie"), or is a chunk of a pig, and "to hawk" is to sell your wares without the benefit of a retail front. Everyone at a booth or table in the dealer's room at your local sci-fi con is a hawker, by this collquial definition.