My mother was one of those computers - she worked in England during WWII, using a 'comptometer' and had no idea what she was computing, despite hearing random roaring noises from elsewhere in the facility, until one fine day she was introduced to a Mr. Whittle, who had designed one of the first jet engines for Great Britain.
>So many times I'm there putting about 600lbs of force trying to get the too-small screwdriver to turn the screw without stripping it.
Buy the damn screwdriver, and a small belt to hold it (so your co-workers don't walk off with it) before you jam the blade right through your hand. I've done it... it kinda hurts.
<Geezer Mode> Back in the BBS days, online users would have 'meets' often attended by the system operators of various local BBSes. At one meet, the sysops were comparing notes about a piece of malware that had propagated locally, and which had required hundreds of hours to repair the systems. A user proudly piped up that he had written that particular piece of code. We watched as they beat him rather soundly. Wish it would happen to more malware authors. </Geezer Mode>
...then there was the colleague who came home to find his PowerBook hot-glued to his bedroom wall by his angry ex, running well, but now somewhat less portable...
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No backups... disaster for DHS... added protection for the people who are listed on their servers... most of the identity information that's 'gone missing' lately has been from mislaid backup tapes.
Either way... odd choice of a name... kinda desolate and hostile.
Hmmm. Googling. Zorn is a jazz musician, an artist, and apparently a mathematician:
Zorn's Lemma
If S is any nonempty partially ordered set in which every chain has an upper bound, then S has a maximal element. This statement is equivalent to the axiom of choice.
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"A Feeling Of Power"
My mother was one of those computers - she worked in England during WWII, using a 'comptometer' and had no idea what she was computing, despite hearing random roaring noises from elsewhere in the facility, until one fine day she was introduced to a Mr. Whittle, who had designed one of the first jet engines for Great Britain.
Imagine a slide whistle, followed by a dull pop.
I'm waiting on Martian Bureaucrats and Burt Rutan's progress... it all takes time.
Patience... soon we'll live in the best of all possible worlds.
Now's the time to see if my dual citizenship still holds...
>I really think that we should have taken more time to consider what ass smacking and coke snorting does to our future...
I recommend pasting this to your bathroom mirror.
I just want a lazy-susan thingie on the bottom of my new XBOX360 so I can rotate it the promised 360 degrees...
>So many times I'm there putting about 600lbs of force trying to get the too-small screwdriver to turn the screw without stripping it.
Buy the damn screwdriver, and a small belt to hold it (so your co-workers don't walk off with it) before you jam the blade right through your hand. I've done it... it kinda hurts.
Use the proper tool.
Multi-modal:
Deaf - Signing/GUI
Blind - Verbal/Acoustic
Multiple Challenge - Tactile/Special peripheral
>unless Microsoft goes the way of the dodo...
Actually, I see Microsoft going the way of the Passenger Pigeon
...then there was the colleague who came home to find his PowerBook hot-glued to his bedroom wall by his angry ex, running well, but now somewhat less portable...
Hello. Go to the sofa and look for change.
Your Uncle Mildred is happy to see you.
Galvanize the subway on Thursday.
Semes liek ah gud idae ta mee, altho sum peeple fur whmo egnlish iz ah secund langwidge maht hab sum prolbems reeding sucth obfiscated txt.
...and AC's are Apocryphal...
No, that's Revelations(TM) - Jobs's favorite source for keynote speeches.
Deuteronomy.
It's the NextStep to the iBible.
From the source...
...and of course, his website
Gordon Matzigkeit , 2000-07-25
It's all about control. The company's business model is to control the use of their product. In my opinion, a now failed business model.
Dear Madam:
The 'BS' in the headline was simply referring to your initials...
No harm done.
The use of the word 'Madam' in our letter, on the other hand, is deliberate.
Sincerely,
The Economist
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PC Case Made Completely of Ham
Case Modder Builds Play-Doh PC
Cigars and Caulk make a Smokin' PC Case
Mac Mini Case made of Matzoh
400 3.5" Disks make "Floppy" PC Case
AOL CDs made into PC Case
>Why are you asking a bunch of 17 years that have never held a job in their lives these questions?
...maybe because some of us are well-traveled 50-year-olds with 35 years of experience?
I ask a wide variety of people for feedback on most questions.
No backups... disaster for DHS... added protection for the people who are listed on their servers... most of the identity information that's 'gone missing' lately has been from mislaid backup tapes.
Either way... odd choice of a name... kinda desolate and hostile.
Hmmm. Googling. Zorn is a jazz musician, an artist, and apparently a mathematician:
Zorn's Lemma
If S is any nonempty partially ordered set in which every chain has an upper bound, then S has a maximal element. This statement is equivalent to the axiom of choice.
Or in layman's terms - "I meant to do that!"