I wonder if they allow chair-throwing in court these days.
If they do, I think Microsoft stands a pretty good chance.
Unfortunately for him, Ballmer is being kept in a special plastic prison. All chairs have been replaced by ultra-light-weight plastic versions that will cause little harm if thrown. And as an added contingency measure, the chairs have been bolted down in the special courtroom. Unless a blue shape-shifter smuggles in a chair, it looks like he is stuck here permanently.
Follow-up on my comment, according to your definition, if you jump off the Burj Dubai and let go of your purse while you're at terminal velocity, did you "drop it"?
I can't believe some of the shit I've seen on the highway at night in North Carolina. It scares the hell out of me when I drive by somebody that feels like it's perfectly okay to be walking just barely off the highway at 11pm. You can't see them until they are just a few seconds away, and then there is barely any time to react or give them extra room. That's just in the middle of *nowhere* on a highway. In one of the small rural towns that you go through (few thousand people, tops) there's all the more chance that somebody is out walking or some high schoolers are riding their skateboards or something, or that family's SUV is pulling out of the gas station and didn't see your 65mph car coming around the corner.
No. I have never seen Iridium flares. The only satellites I have seen are constantly moving dots of light with non-varying brightness. They look exactly like a star moving in a straight line at around the speed you would imagine an airplane to move at high altitude a great distance away. Here is a random link showing 75 different satellites that happened to be observed over a nine-day period.
You may have seen a bright satellite. Sometimes they appear about the same brightness as a star, they have no flashing lights, and they travel at the same speed or faster than planes appear to. It's not at all uncommon to see them.
Chrome should not be dealing with OEMs to root out IE. It should be Firefox.
I said that. It means I wish it were Firefox in this story on Slashdot instead of Chrome. It doesn't mean that I think Google Chrome should be banned from going near an OEM for negotiations, and it doesn't mean that I think the only option should be Firefox. Is that what this whole thread was about, GigaplexNZ?;)
That's an interesting survey. I never really thought about it before, but you can clearly influence the results you want based on the questions you ask and the ways you ask them. I don't know what mod actually thought it was worth modding up.
Who does the choosing? Some people using IE don't care which browser they use, yet I still think they would benefit from switching to another. Don't you? Getting an OEM to go with a particular browser is how we make the choice for some people as to which browser they use.
Last I checked there was IE, Firefox, Opera, Konquerer, Chrome, Mosaic... plenty of browsers out there. But as far as rooting out IE goes, wouldn't you want the "best browser" to be the one to do it? I happen to think Firefox is more polished and far, far better supported on the "add-on" side of things, so I want that to be the one that other people switch to.
If you have switched to what you believe to be a better alternative but other people have not yet, isn't it normal to want to try and improve their situations, as well?
Whenever I read these stories, I secretly (publicly?) hope for the Singularity to be true. I would like to see Strong AI within my lifetime, bound only by the speed with which we can manufacture processors. I wish. But maybe I'll have to wait until I get my Schick Infini-T razor, first.;(
Tevildo was a Maia in the Tale of TinÃviel who was called the "Lord of Cats". He appeared in the form of a great black cat, captured Beren during the Quest for the Silmaril, and was defeated by Huan and LÃthien.
Later he was replaced in the legendarium by Thà (later renamed Sauron), the "Lord of Werewolves". The cat-versus-dog theme prominent in the Tale of TinÃviel was thus eliminated in later writings.
Too bad it was cut. There is almost nothing in Tolkien's works about cats at all, as opposed to many dogs and wolves. Also interesting:
Especially in the case of BerÃthiel and Tevildo, cats in Middle-earth are portrayed in a negative light. It could be argued that Tolkien was not a cat-person. When a cat-breeder asked permission to use names from The Lord of the Rings for her cats, Tolkien replied to them:
"I fear that to me Siamese cats belong to the fauna of Mordor, but you need not tell the cat breeder that."
The fat cat on the mat
may seem to dream
of nice mice that suffice
for him, or cream;
but he free, maybe,
walks in thought
unbowed, proud, where loud
roared and fought
his kin, lean and slim,
or deep in den
in the East feasted on beasts
and tender men.
The giant lion with iron
claw in paw,
and huge ruthless tooth
in gory jaw;
the pard dark-starred,
fleet upon feet,
that oft soft from aloft
leaps upon his meat
where woods loom in gloom --
far now they be,
fierce and free,
and tamed is he;
but fat cat on the mat
kept as a pet
he does not forget.
I used Chrome for two weeks straight and got used to it. However, once I switched back to Firefox, it was such a vast improvement I cannot begin to describe it. Even Firefox's omnibar is better at finding 'partial' URLs than Chrome's, and that's unforgivable considering how highly they were touting it.
Other posters are right. Chrome should not be dealing with OEMs to root out IE. It should be Firefox.
The weird thing is, all E-7s and above are required to have a special DA photo taken. This lady was a general, of rank somewhere between O-7 and O-10. She should already have a DA photo taken that essentially looks almost exactly the same as this "faked" one in her file. It's possible that the DA photo in her file was really out of date or perhaps even missing, who knows? Paperwork goes missing in the army all the time.
It's far too loud to be soothing. It's not like a gentle fan blowing somewhere in a room. I welcome any sort of "quieter" jets. I always try to get a seat that is as far forward as possible.
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by Adolf Hitroll (562418) Alter Relationship on Monday November 24, @10:16AM (#25872855)
Wow, I think you lose the argument pretty quickly, there. ;)
I wonder if they allow chair-throwing in court these days.
If they do, I think Microsoft stands a pretty good chance.
Unfortunately for him, Ballmer is being kept in a special plastic prison. All chairs have been replaced by ultra-light-weight plastic versions that will cause little harm if thrown. And as an added contingency measure, the chairs have been bolted down in the special courtroom. Unless a blue shape-shifter smuggles in a chair, it looks like he is stuck here permanently.
Follow-up on my comment, according to your definition, if you jump off the Burj Dubai and let go of your purse while you're at terminal velocity, did you "drop it"?
Depends on how high you are, and your forward movement, I would say.
I can't believe some of the shit I've seen on the highway at night in North Carolina. It scares the hell out of me when I drive by somebody that feels like it's perfectly okay to be walking just barely off the highway at 11pm. You can't see them until they are just a few seconds away, and then there is barely any time to react or give them extra room. That's just in the middle of *nowhere* on a highway. In one of the small rural towns that you go through (few thousand people, tops) there's all the more chance that somebody is out walking or some high schoolers are riding their skateboards or something, or that family's SUV is pulling out of the gas station and didn't see your 65mph car coming around the corner.
There's a reason some speed limits exist.
No. I have never seen Iridium flares. The only satellites I have seen are constantly moving dots of light with non-varying brightness. They look exactly like a star moving in a straight line at around the speed you would imagine an airplane to move at high altitude a great distance away. Here is a random link showing 75 different satellites that happened to be observed over a nine-day period.
Here is a video of a great Iridium flare, and here is a video of a not-quite-so-great Iridium flare.
Your last four posts here need to be modded up highly, and fast. I've learned quite a bit from your posts. Thanks.
Holiday Art Executed In Google Documents
Jesus christ, so much for "do no evil"!
You may have seen a bright satellite. Sometimes they appear about the same brightness as a star, they have no flashing lights, and they travel at the same speed or faster than planes appear to. It's not at all uncommon to see them.
If anybody hasn't seen the video in the summary yet, watch it right away. My reaction was "holy CRAP". What a hell of a light show.
Thanks for the link! That was a very good read. Summary: The survey is a total crock.
They should be.
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:D
Chrome should not be dealing with OEMs to root out IE. It should be Firefox.
I said that. It means I wish it were Firefox in this story on Slashdot instead of Chrome. It doesn't mean that I think Google Chrome should be banned from going near an OEM for negotiations, and it doesn't mean that I think the only option should be Firefox. Is that what this whole thread was about, GigaplexNZ? ;)
That's an interesting survey. I never really thought about it before, but you can clearly influence the results you want based on the questions you ask and the ways you ask them. I don't know what mod actually thought it was worth modding up.
Who does the choosing? Some people using IE don't care which browser they use, yet I still think they would benefit from switching to another. Don't you? Getting an OEM to go with a particular browser is how we make the choice for some people as to which browser they use.
Last I checked there was IE, Firefox, Opera, Konquerer, Chrome, Mosaic... plenty of browsers out there. But as far as rooting out IE goes, wouldn't you want the "best browser" to be the one to do it? I happen to think Firefox is more polished and far, far better supported on the "add-on" side of things, so I want that to be the one that other people switch to.
If you have switched to what you believe to be a better alternative but other people have not yet, isn't it normal to want to try and improve their situations, as well?
Whenever I read these stories, I secretly (publicly?) hope for the Singularity to be true. I would like to see Strong AI within my lifetime, bound only by the speed with which we can manufacture processors. I wish. But maybe I'll have to wait until I get my Schick Infini-T razor, first. ;(
Tevildo was a Maia in the Tale of TinÃviel who was called the "Lord of Cats". He appeared in the form of a great black cat, captured Beren during the Quest for the Silmaril, and was defeated by Huan and LÃthien.
Later he was replaced in the legendarium by Thà (later renamed Sauron), the "Lord of Werewolves". The cat-versus-dog theme prominent in the Tale of TinÃviel was thus eliminated in later writings.
Too bad it was cut. There is almost nothing in Tolkien's works about cats at all, as opposed to many dogs and wolves. Also interesting:
Especially in the case of BerÃthiel and Tevildo, cats in Middle-earth are portrayed in a negative light. It could be argued that Tolkien was not a cat-person. When a cat-breeder asked permission to use names from The Lord of the Rings for her cats, Tolkien replied to them:
"I fear that to me Siamese cats belong to the fauna of Mordor, but you need not tell the cat breeder that."
The fat cat on the mat
may seem to dream
of nice mice that suffice
for him, or cream;
but he free, maybe,
walks in thought
unbowed, proud, where loud
roared and fought
his kin, lean and slim,
or deep in den
in the East feasted on beasts
and tender men.
The giant lion with iron
claw in paw,
and huge ruthless tooth
in gory jaw;
the pard dark-starred,
fleet upon feet,
that oft soft from aloft
leaps upon his meat
where woods loom in gloom --
far now they be,
fierce and free,
and tamed is he;
but fat cat on the mat
kept as a pet
he does not forget.
JRR Tolkien
and shudder at the data they have on people.
Jesus, I hope you don't use the Internet at ALL outside of Slashdot, because Chrome is the least of your worries as far as tracking goes....
I used Chrome for two weeks straight and got used to it. However, once I switched back to Firefox, it was such a vast improvement I cannot begin to describe it. Even Firefox's omnibar is better at finding 'partial' URLs than Chrome's, and that's unforgivable considering how highly they were touting it.
Other posters are right. Chrome should not be dealing with OEMs to root out IE. It should be Firefox.
The weird thing is, all E-7s and above are required to have a special DA photo taken. This lady was a general, of rank somewhere between O-7 and O-10. She should already have a DA photo taken that essentially looks almost exactly the same as this "faked" one in her file. It's possible that the DA photo in her file was really out of date or perhaps even missing, who knows? Paperwork goes missing in the army all the time.
DA = Department of the Army
Hmm... I expect his body was hidden in the last place they looked. It always seems to work out that way for me.
It's far too loud to be soothing. It's not like a gentle fan blowing somewhere in a room. I welcome any sort of "quieter" jets. I always try to get a seat that is as far forward as possible.
Just "more quiet" jets would be a godsend. I hate sitting in the back half of the cabin to the rear of the jet engines.