From the TFA: Netscape goes public on Aug. 9. Its frenzied first day of trading foreshadows the market mania that will follow. (That day also brings a sad event: Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia dies. The next morning's San Jose Mercury News played both stories on the front page; Garcia got much more space.)
Garcia died of a heart attack, and the joke at the time was that his last words were:
"Netscape opened at what?!?"
He wrote the Ecmas editor in 1943 and started the Foundations for Getting Softwares for Free. In 1986 he was involved in a six-issue battle with Phil Gates for the ultimate control of the universe plus the Internets. It was a pretty decisive victory for Linux, but Phil got away, swearing revenge.
However, his proposed lawsuit against the estate of Charles M. Schultz never quite panned out.
You see our galaxy is really smelly and all the other ones want to get away from it.
Many years ago, Mad Magazine featured a "quote" from Alfred E. Neuman that said, more or less, "Scientists tell us that the entire universe is moving away from Earth. But then -- who can blame it?"
Also, you are certainly wrong in one example you gave. Microsoft did out-innovate Netscape. They mat not have been the first on the scene with a browser, but they were certainly the first to produce one that was a pleasure to use (by the standards at the time)...
Oh, yeah, I used to spend hours crying over the unintuitiveness of Netscape 1.x and begging for Microsoft to save us all.
Jeez...
I think the more important question is whether or not IE5 will be ported to the OSX/Intel platform.
One could make a reasonable argument it was never ported to the OSX/PPC platform.
"And, this breaking news from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena: The recent Deep Impact mission accidentally steered a comet toward Earth, where it now will obliterate all known forms of animal life, including humans.
"However, a JPL spokesperson reminded reporters, the mission itself achieved complete success in meeting its own objectives and, quote, 'That's what the taxpayers should keep in mind.'"
MacRumors has set up MacRumorsLive.com for this purpose. And, later today -- assuming the WWDC attendees don't rise up as one and kill Jobs if he really does announce a transition to x86 -- there'll probably a QT re-feed somewhere on the Apple site.
In the U.S., one would say "doesn't" because American English uses the singular verb when a corporation's name is the subject. Elsewhere, English uses the plural verb, in the sense of "[the people at] Microsoft..." -- or something like that.
By gathering 50 people, forming the outline of male genitalia when seen from above?
No need to gather people. Just take a satellite's-eye view of the freeways around Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. (See on a map if you don't know what I mean.)
True. Otherwise, it's like the dumb guy who came home and found his wife in bed with the next-door neighbor and quickly grabbed a pistol from the dresser drawer. The wife and neighbor cringed, until the dummy put the pistol to his own head. The wife began to laugh. The dummy said, "Don't laugh TOO hard. You're next!"
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From the TFA:
Netscape goes public on Aug. 9. Its frenzied first day of trading foreshadows the market mania that will follow. (That day also brings a sad event: Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia dies. The next morning's San Jose Mercury News played both stories on the front page; Garcia got much more space.)
Garcia died of a heart attack, and the joke at the time was that his last words were:
"Netscape opened at what?!?"
However, his proposed lawsuit against the estate of Charles M. Schultz never quite panned out.
That's the famous "Elvis in Las Vegas" model.
Yep, they're in their last "throes."
Oh, so that's the burning smell I suddenly noticed.
or, get the nuclear reactors used on submarines down to a size that would let home be used on cars and busses.
Busses, eh? So she has lips that glow in the dark, you mean? /. Just couldn't resist.]
[Nah, I'm not a "spelling Nazi," at least not on
You see our galaxy is really smelly and all the other ones want to get away from it.
Many years ago, Mad Magazine featured a "quote" from Alfred E. Neuman that said, more or less, "Scientists tell us that the entire universe is moving away from Earth. But then -- who can blame it?"
Also, you are certainly wrong in one example you gave. Microsoft did out-innovate Netscape. They mat not have been the first on the scene with a browser, but they were certainly the first to produce one that was a pleasure to use (by the standards at the time)... Oh, yeah, I used to spend hours crying over the unintuitiveness of Netscape 1.x and begging for Microsoft to save us all. Jeez...
I think the more important question is whether or not IE5 will be ported to the OSX/Intel platform.
One could make a reasonable argument it was never ported to the OSX/PPC platform.
"However, a JPL spokesperson reminded reporters, the mission itself achieved complete success in meeting its own objectives and, quote, 'That's what the taxpayers should keep in mind.'"
Well, there's this place called India, see...
Dell has a Chief Medical Officer?
Dammit, Jim, I'm a surgeon, not a computer manufacturer.
I am sorry, you have just posted to Slashdot- the proper spelling is "rediculous"
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
Similarly, that should be "teh proper spelling."
... And then beat the living hell out of it until it is dead, its oily black blood oozing out of all three of its hideous nostrils.
Jenny Craig has her tickets punched already, and the Atkins and South Beach freaks are right behind her.
(Hey, wait just a minute...)
Sssssssh. Be vewwy, vewwy quiet. I'm hunting wackos. Ha ha ha ha.
Wrong show. Today's is WWDC.
MacRumors has set up MacRumorsLive.com for this purpose. And, later today -- assuming the WWDC attendees don't rise up as one and kill Jobs if he really does announce a transition to x86 -- there'll probably a QT re-feed somewhere on the Apple site.
In the U.S., one would say "doesn't" because American English uses the singular verb when a corporation's name is the subject. Elsewhere, English uses the plural verb, in the sense of "[the people at] Microsoft..." -- or something like that.
By gathering 50 people, forming the outline of male genitalia when seen from above?
No need to gather people. Just take a satellite's-eye view of the freeways around Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. (See on a map if you don't know what I mean.)
True. Otherwise, it's like the dumb guy who came home and found his wife in bed with the next-door neighbor and quickly grabbed a pistol from the dresser drawer. The wife and neighbor cringed, until the dummy put the pistol to his own head. The wife began to laugh. The dummy said, "Don't laugh TOO hard. You're next!"
Sure you're not thinking of the first floppy drive for the Apple II?
Correct. One of Apple's early advertising slogans was: "The Most Personal Computer."