Funny how I, and others with a similarly unpopular opinion feel the need to post anonymously... If only there was some rule that you could say what you want without fear for repercussions.
Not only could selling boxed versions be preferable to the consumer, it also seems like the best way to sell as many copies of your product as possible:
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck full of tapes hurtling down the highway." -- Andrew S. Tannenbaum
They responded to this email by offering to give me all of my out-of-pocket expenses in return for the domain name. This came out to be $10; the amount I paid for the domain. (...) I responded by asking for $10,000, which I regret doing now, for my work and domain name.
Technically, one could argue that he asked for $10.- for the domain name, and $9990.- for "his work". Just an honest 17-year-old, trying to make a living...
I always hear people talk about spending hours playing RPGs and fighting just to get a higher level, and I don't get it.
I may have been playing the wrong games (mostly the Final Fantasy series) but I have never had a need to be any stronger than I was. Granted, I always take the long route through any dungeons to make sure I get all the treasure, but generally I have found that the storyline combined with the random battles make you exactly strong enough to face what's up ahead. If you're not strong enough, you're probably headed in the wrong direction.
I believe that if you need to spend hours doing mind-numbing tasks just to be able to keep playing, you're either A) doing something wrong or B) playing a badly-designed game.
I personally started with writing simple (and then increasingly not-so-simple) batch files. Also, windows now comes with Windows Script Host (WSH) and anyone can start writing small JavaScript programs.
There's plenty of readily available scripting languages to get your feet wet.
Chairman Bill Gates told CNET News.com earlier this year that building demand for new products by seeding developer interest "is the Microsoft strategy. We have bet our future on that."
The more development is done on.NET-related projects, the bigger the chance that Microsoft will get away with it's evil plans. So drop your ideas of "competing" with Microsoft in the.NET-world, because it will just attract consumer interest to Microsoft.
It looks like one of the power companies in the Netherlands (Nuon) has started "broadband internet through the power outlet". This is a translation of a press release from Jul 18th 2001:
Nuon will soon introduce 'powerline' communication in the Netherlands. Powerline is a promising new broadband technology that makes quick and efficient internet access possible through your power outlet.
Powerline communication is already in operation in a couple of European countries, including Germany and Spain. Because of specific technological details it has so far been impossible to offer powerline in a large scale over the Dutch power grid. Because the technology has developed rapidly in the past year, Nuon now sees possibilities to apply powerline to the Dutch situation.
Using powerline, customers of Nuon get the possibility of accessing the internet at a speed at least the same as ADSL or Cable, without the need for extra provisions, through every power outlet in their home.
Powerline can also be used by multiple users in the same home for the same price, while with current technologies that is often difficult to do, or only possible against high cost.
Before Nuon decides to offer powerline, it will be tested with 250 homes in the Rijkerswoerd area in Arnhem.
Nuon is backed in the test by the National Radiotraffic board (Rijksdienst voor het Radioverkeer). The test will start this summer, and is expected to end in February 2002. The test aims to confirm the technical viability, and to receive feed-back from the customers about the quality and content of the services that powerline offers.
There is a website for a company called Powerline Technologies, Inc., although I can not confirm that this is the company this press release refers to.
Wow! It's a round object that gets inflated, which causes it to not only roll around, but also bounce! I'm so glad they put up a video, or else I would never have believed it.
"Instead of fixing buggy software, the focus should be on locking down computer systems to prevent activity that could be compromising, said Randy Sandone, CEO of security software maker Argus Systems Group."
Ok so there's a company I'll never trust software from again...
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Exactly. I'm still using an old-fashioned 0-handed keyboard, because even thinking about keyboards with hands just creeps me out.
It has 2 little legs though...
Imaginary "+1 Insightful" coming your way.
Funny how I, and others with a similarly unpopular opinion feel the need to post anonymously... If only there was some rule that you could say what you want without fear for repercussions.
Not only could selling boxed versions be preferable to the consumer, it also seems like the best way to sell as many copies of your product as possible:
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck full of tapes hurtling down the highway." -- Andrew S. Tannenbaum
Might want to pull that from the Google Cache
From the article:
They responded to this email by offering to give me all of my out-of-pocket expenses in return for the domain name. This came out to be $10; the amount I paid for the domain. (...) I responded by asking for $10,000, which I regret doing now, for my work and domain name.
Technically, one could argue that he asked for $10.- for the domain name, and $9990.- for "his work". Just an honest 17-year-old, trying to make a living...
With the average male thinking about sex every seven minutes, I don't know if their brain should be controling a machine that goes Mach X...
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It'll work in the latest version of Opera (7.22) too.
"We're anxious to get out there and do something."
Always reassuring when someone in the US Army makes such a statement...
I always hear people talk about spending hours playing RPGs and fighting just to get a higher level, and I don't get it.
I may have been playing the wrong games (mostly the Final Fantasy series) but I have never had a need to be any stronger than I was. Granted, I always take the long route through any dungeons to make sure I get all the treasure, but generally I have found that the storyline combined with the random battles make you exactly strong enough to face what's up ahead. If you're not strong enough, you're probably headed in the wrong direction.
I believe that if you need to spend hours doing mind-numbing tasks just to be able to keep playing, you're either A) doing something wrong or B) playing a badly-designed game.
(but then again, what do I know...)
I personally started with writing simple (and then increasingly not-so-simple) batch files. Also, windows now comes with Windows Script Host (WSH) and anyone can start writing small JavaScript programs.
There's plenty of readily available scripting languages to get your feet wet.
Does anyone know how much the Game Boy Player will cost when purchased separately? I like my Cube, but I'd prefer to not have to buy another one...
Ebay had a used 1/8 scale model of this exact shuttle up for sale last August (as noted by slashdot ofcourse.)
"What shall we do with all this old space junk?"
"Sell it to the Americans! Let them deal with it!"
I'm on it! Google, here I come!
According to the second article:
.NET-related projects, the bigger the chance that Microsoft will get away with it's evil plans. So drop your ideas of "competing" with Microsoft in the .NET-world, because it will just attract consumer interest to Microsoft.
Chairman Bill Gates told CNET News.com earlier this year that building demand for new products by seeding developer interest "is the Microsoft strategy. We have bet our future on that."
The more development is done on
Although nuking sites that are suspected to be infected with Anthrax would probably kill any virus, that is a very crude way to do it, yes.
Does this mean the mice are moving away to build a new Earth?
I do hope they make more countries with those lovely frilly edges.
What's this space ship doing hovering over my house?
It looks like one of the power companies in the Netherlands (Nuon) has started "broadband internet through the power outlet". This is a translation of a press release from Jul 18th 2001:
Nuon will soon introduce 'powerline' communication in the Netherlands. Powerline is a promising new broadband technology that makes quick and efficient internet access possible through your power outlet.
Powerline communication is already in operation in a couple of European countries, including Germany and Spain. Because of specific technological details it has so far been impossible to offer powerline in a large scale over the Dutch power grid. Because the technology has developed rapidly in the past year, Nuon now sees possibilities to apply powerline to the Dutch situation.
Using powerline, customers of Nuon get the possibility of accessing the internet at a speed at least the same as ADSL or Cable, without the need for extra provisions, through every power outlet in their home.
Powerline can also be used by multiple users in the same home for the same price, while with current technologies that is often difficult to do, or only possible against high cost.
Before Nuon decides to offer powerline, it will be tested with 250 homes in the Rijkerswoerd area in Arnhem.
Nuon is backed in the test by the National Radiotraffic board (Rijksdienst voor het Radioverkeer). The test will start this summer, and is expected to end in February 2002. The test aims to confirm the technical viability, and to receive feed-back from the customers about the quality and content of the services that powerline offers.
There is a website for a company called Powerline Technologies, Inc., although I can not confirm that this is the company this press release refers to.
No curly braces / squiggly brackets / accolades
Wow! It's a round object that gets inflated, which causes it to not only roll around, but also bounce! I'm so glad they put up a video, or else I would never have believed it.
What will they think of next...
God forbid people actually do good...
the article is here btw.
Automatically rotates to keep sunlight from glaring up your screen? man... now this is the pedestal every serious IT-professional needs!
From that article:
"Instead of fixing buggy software, the focus should be on locking down computer systems to prevent activity that could be compromising, said Randy Sandone, CEO of security software maker Argus Systems Group."
Ok so there's a company I'll never trust software from again...
Yeah, don't you just hate it when a bunch of people read an article, and then just start spouting opinions about it?
oh wait...