I've shipped a lot of computers and almost always, UPS (pronounced Oops), would jiggle lots of cards and sockets. I rarely ship anything that doesn't have a seating problem with it on the other end.
If you think the boxes for servers are big, you should see the boxes/crates for sensitive and very expensive biomedical research equipment (NMR's, Mass Spec's, Sequencing equipment, etc).
I bet there is a correlation with the number of mistakes and the geekiness of that movie. Comic Book Guy types tend to report more errors and they certainly aren't going to report them for sense and sensability...
Dumbass, it's the schools that are hurting for money. Learn english and grow a brain you linux-loving fag.
Wow, I've been called a fag and linux-loving, but never in the same sentence. Anyway, It was you that was confused, not I. I was laughing at microsoft's expressions of understanding, not questioning whether they were hurting for money....
You are correct. Unfortunately "any business" doesn't have monopolistic power, either. The reason we have laws against monopolies is to prevent business from applying normal business practices in a competitive vacuum.
Perhaps I'm confused (or maybe it is because I got bored and only read 10 of the many links on that page), BUT, I don't find the story of Nadine all that unique or interesting. I get piles of spam everyday and I haven't opted-in to anything. My most spammed address gets over 100 messages a day.
In my experience, trying to follow up or research these spammers is generally a useless waste of time. Bounce them, sue them or further change the law. Doing more is just going to frustrate yourself, IMO. Remember when you call around and get put on hold and follow the paper/isp trail you are wasting a lot more of your time than theirs.
A collapsing universe has long been a hypothesized. It would be interesting if this were true, because it implies that each universal state is discrete and has a finite lifetime. I wonder how much time our universe has left?
The one thing I like about this (I likely wont support it, however) is that it may protect against identity theft, specifically the kind where people use the identity to steal from the person whose identity they stole.
Also, right now the INS, IRS and other gov't organizations don't talk to each other much. A national id card would change that, it might remove some beaurocracy.
Me: However,/. cannot get into the belief that software piracy is *not* a bad thing. Especially when it is commercial piracy (shrink wrapping copied/conterfeit products).
You: Isn't counterfeiting a *bad* thing? Isn't it directly *stealing* from the publishers by intercepting their *paying* customers and redirecting the money into the counterfeiters' wallets?
I think that is what I was saying. Perhaps my double negative confused you?
Micro$oft has a monopoly. What's worse is they use those powers regularly in a way that is not productive to the consumer or, IMO, the computer industry. However,/. cannot get into the belief that software piracy is *not* a bad thing. Especially when it is commercial piracy (shrink wrapping copied/conterfeit products). The observation that sales are increasing has nothing to do with whether piracy is good/bad or affecting/not affecting the market.
I'm surprised that the/. community gets up in arms over gpl violations but thinks piracy against the evil empire is somehow less bad. There are better ways to work for a better (more fair) computer industry.
Microsoft recommends that educational institutions only accept computer donations that are accompanied by proper operating system documentation. If the donor cannot provide this documentation, it is recommended that you decline the donated PC(s).
Says:
We like the idea of you donating, but we really don't want to donate ourselves. We do care, we really do. But remember an undocumented computer is worse than no computer.
This is exactly what they are trying to do. By making it difficult to copy individual cd's they are trying to make it easier to paint those who have digital copies as criminals. Right now it is very difficult to point the finger. The more difficult something illegal is to do, the easier it is to point the finger. For example evaluate these statements:
1. "Here's a copied DVD of the Matrix" 2. "Here's a DVD of Episode II" 3. "Here's a copy of John Tesh's latest"
I bet in general people think that 2 is the most serious and 3 is the least.
using its Virtual Dos Machines it had the most stable version of Dos
Not to be too anal, but, Dos itself wasn't more stable, the computer was. Dos still crashed. I remember when i was learning to program in C, I used Borlands IDE in DOS running under OS/2. When I segfaulted, borland would scroll the dead system register info on the screen and request a reboot. All I had to do was hit ctrl-esc and kill the process and restart it. This meant no more crazy DOS bugs! My favorite was the one that caused the system to reboot (without a sound) or the ones that write to video and screw up the screen. Oh, *sigh*, the days of unprotected memory.
The spark-chamber experiments simulated conditions on earth. Warm, wet with an atmosphere.
The original Miller-Urey showed that the basic components could be formed in a reducing environment containing some basic gasses/liquids (ammonia, CO2, etc) with repeating spark catalyst. It is the reducing environment that the is key here...
I respectfully disagree, while the plot differences were handled just fine, I think symbolism and the mysterious power that Bombadil shows was an important contrast to the rest of middle earth. Remember the ring had no power over him. Nor did weapons (he had them in a pile and had no use for them). The contrast of his peaceful existance as a powerful entity when compared with every other character in the story is one that is missed in the films.
According to a bunch of places that, unless he re-films it, Tom Bombadil isn't going to be in there. Which is too bad, really. I think it would be a tough scene to film, but it adds a lot to the rest of the story.:(
eParka.com's digital maps are a cool way to visualize GPS mapping technology for free. Supports the entire country (sans alaska) and will support the Garmin GPS...
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I've shipped a lot of computers and almost always, UPS (pronounced Oops), would jiggle lots of cards and sockets. I rarely ship anything that doesn't have a seating problem with it on the other end.
If you think the boxes for servers are big, you should see the boxes/crates for sensitive and very expensive biomedical research equipment (NMR's, Mass Spec's, Sequencing equipment, etc).
-Sean
-Sean
I bet there is a correlation with the number of mistakes and the geekiness of that movie. Comic Book Guy types tend to report more errors and they certainly aren't going to report them for sense and sensability ...
-Sean
Dumbass, it's the schools that are hurting for money. Learn english and grow a brain you linux-loving fag.
Wow, I've been called a fag and linux-loving, but never in the same sentence. Anyway, It was you that was confused, not I. I was laughing at microsoft's expressions of understanding, not questioning whether they were hurting for money....
-Sean
You are correct. Unfortunately "any business" doesn't have monopolistic power, either. The reason we have laws against monopolies is to prevent business from applying normal business practices in a competitive vacuum.
-Sean
[They] said a lot about understanding the hardships schools face and how we were hurting for funding.
Yeah, right.
Perhaps I'm confused (or maybe it is because I got bored and only read 10 of the many links on that page), BUT, I don't find the story of Nadine all that unique or interesting. I get piles of spam everyday and I haven't opted-in to anything. My most spammed address gets over 100 messages a day.
In my experience, trying to follow up or research these spammers is generally a useless waste of time. Bounce them, sue them or further change the law. Doing more is just going to frustrate yourself, IMO. Remember when you call around and get put on hold and follow the paper/isp trail you are wasting a lot more of your time than theirs.
-Sean
Dear Steve:
I just asked Melinda and she said no.
Your friend,
Bill
What I find funny is that the people who constantly complain about reposts can't figure
out that they are doing the same thing.
That said, I have to say, "You go, Edgar!" Replies to M$ FUD needs more people like you.
-Sean
Madison Priest's Patent
Editorial: Bwa-hahahahahaha, Dumbasses. Maybe they should invest in Alex Chiu
-Sean
A collapsing universe has long been a hypothesized. It would be interesting if this were true, because it implies that each universal state is discrete and has a finite lifetime. I wonder how much time our universe has left?
-Sean
The one thing I like about this (I likely wont support it, however) is that it may protect against identity theft, specifically the kind where people use the identity to steal from the person whose identity they stole.
Also, right now the INS, IRS and other gov't organizations don't talk to each other much. A national id card would change that, it might remove some beaurocracy.
-Sean
Me: However, /. cannot get into the belief that software piracy is *not* a bad thing. Especially when it is commercial piracy (shrink wrapping copied/conterfeit products).
You: Isn't counterfeiting a *bad* thing? Isn't it directly *stealing* from the publishers by intercepting their *paying* customers and redirecting the money into the counterfeiters' wallets?
I think that is what I was saying. Perhaps my double negative confused you?
-Sean
Micro$oft has a monopoly. What's worse is they use those powers regularly in a way that is not productive to the consumer or, IMO, the computer industry. However, /. cannot get into the belief that software piracy is *not* a bad thing. Especially when it is commercial piracy (shrink wrapping copied/conterfeit products). The observation that sales are increasing has nothing to do with whether piracy is good/bad or affecting/not affecting the market.
/. community gets up in arms over gpl violations but thinks piracy against the evil empire is somehow less bad. There are better ways to work for a better (more fair) computer industry.
I'm surprised that the
-Sean
Microsoft recommends that educational institutions only accept computer donations that are accompanied by proper operating system documentation. If the donor cannot provide this documentation, it is recommended that you decline the donated PC(s).
Says:
We like the idea of you donating, but we really don't want to donate ourselves. We do care, we really do. But remember an undocumented computer is worse than no computer.
-Sean
I hear that Junis has offered some Commodore 64's to help out.
-Sean
from people who don't assume that I'm a criminal.
This is exactly what they are trying to do. By making it difficult to copy individual cd's they are trying to make it easier to paint those who have digital copies as criminals. Right now it is very difficult to point the finger. The more difficult something illegal is to do, the easier it is to point the finger. For example evaluate these statements:
1. "Here's a copied DVD of the Matrix"
2. "Here's a DVD of Episode II"
3. "Here's a copy of John Tesh's latest"
I bet in general people think that 2 is the most serious and 3 is the least.
-Sean
using its Virtual Dos Machines it had the most stable version of Dos
Not to be too anal, but, Dos itself wasn't more stable, the computer was. Dos still crashed. I remember when i was learning to program in C, I used Borlands IDE in DOS running under OS/2. When I segfaulted, borland would scroll the dead system register info on the screen and request a reboot. All I had to do was hit ctrl-esc and kill the process and restart it. This meant no more crazy DOS bugs! My favorite was the one that caused the system to reboot (without a sound) or the ones that write to video and screw up the screen. Oh, *sigh*, the days of unprotected memory.
-Sean
This is a great day for OS/2 users
Yes, we are both very happy.
-Sean
The spark-chamber experiments simulated conditions on earth. Warm, wet with an atmosphere.
...
The original Miller-Urey showed that the basic components could be formed in a reducing environment containing some basic gasses/liquids (ammonia, CO2, etc) with repeating spark catalyst. It is the reducing environment that the is key here
=Sean
Amino acids, so what? I will be excited when the explain how amino acids assemble themselves into something as complex as DNA.
So would I. Perhaps you should read your own signature. Nucleic acids assemble to DNA; amino acids make proteins.
-Sean
I respectfully disagree, while the plot differences were handled just fine, I think symbolism and the mysterious power that Bombadil shows was an important contrast to the rest of middle earth. Remember the ring had no power over him. Nor did weapons (he had them in a pile and had no use for them). The contrast of his peaceful existance as a powerful entity when compared with every other character in the story is one that is missed in the films.
-Sean
According to a bunch of places that, unless he re-films it, Tom Bombadil isn't going to be in there. Which is too bad, really. I think it would be a tough scene to film, but it adds a lot to the rest of the story. :(
-Sean
eParka.com's digital maps are a cool way to visualize GPS mapping technology for free. Supports the entire country (sans alaska) and will support the Garmin GPS...
-Sean
Hey, if this guy adopts it, he could save slashdot some money...
-Sean
I guess this is why I entered cnn and ended up on slashdot.