When I worked at Boeing (and before that the Army) - if you had secret plans, you didn't keep them on a box that was open to the Net.
The problem is that they're not even following their own rules - Win boxen have never been approved for holding Net-connected data - only in a stand-alone environment are they even considered, and even then in a secure room with full security protocols enforced.
We used to lock down our drives too. In locked cabinets. When we went home.
IMHO, David Rubenstein had a better Dune feel in his SciFi channel series of Dune and Children of Dune, more like the book, even if it didn't have half as much name talent as the Dune movie did.
This looks promising.
In particular, in a post-9/11 world where we all have a deeper exposure to and understanding of fanatacism and what can go wrong with the clash of cultures, as well as different expectations and social mores about ecology and our place in the world and universe, it's likely that a final full scale movie might bring fresh light to Dune.
We've been using WinXP or Win2K on dual-boot machines (I have one of the few single-boot WinXP machines) due to problems with excessive CPU cycle usage by WinVista - and had to request WinXP "downgrades" for a number of new PCs with dual and quad core CPUs for our statistical genetic analyses we run.
If they only do this for "low-cost" PCs, then we'll have to completely move away from the Office suite and go to OpenOffice instead. Be a shame, but if they don't want us to use Windows, that's their problem.
Not only are those the least funny top ten list items I may have ever read, but you didn't even get the count right. Top... *nine*? Sorry, Surface reset itself when it got to 10.
And I'm glad to see that they finally declassified my third military occupation, so now the world can know we milbloggers have been on the front lines in the War On Terror.
Every time you see a foreign propaganda piece in the Saudi Times and read a comment by Al Rashid, that was our brave comrades in arms, fighting the real fight for Democracy.
Every time you read the Pakistani Journal of Objective Theological Criticism and read the online commentary by Pashtun seperatists, it was Chief Petty Officer Nunzia writing that post.
The few, the proud, the frequently anonymous - Blog Warriors!
And I work in medical genetics and follow new technologies in energy and other fields, so I think somebody just did a braindump without thinking about what the implications are, quite frankly.
I think I said that. I specifically said that for a 720p or less HDTV set the HD-DVD is a cheaper upscaling solution, and thereby implied that Toshiba's remarketing of their existing HD-DVD players as upscaling DVD players is a cheaper solution that works great.
But, many recent (2008) DVD upscaling players can display high quality 720p or 480p output on a set up to 42 inches or so. If you are heavy into sports and have a 50 inch or more HDTV set, I'd probably just get an HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player...
Lost in the shuffle is the reality that you can still buy an HD-DVD player that will upconvert a standard DVD to a higher resolution to meet the needs of anyone who has a 780p or less HDTV up to around 50 inches.
If you don't have an HDTV set, or you have a 40 inch HDTV, you don't even need HD-DVD or Blu-Ray anyway.
Logical fallacy - Why aren't Linux users not gamers.
1. Linux users use game consoles to game on.
2. What is needed is more Linux coders or developers who are game developers.
3. What is even more necessary is Linux people to work on graphics libraries that support in-game calls.
4. What is even more missing are Marketroids who can market and sell said Linux games to the Linux users.
5. And, last but not least - why aren't Linux users willing to spend $100 to buy a Linux game? I bought five myself back in the day, but not enough other Linux users did, so the market cratered.
Be careful what you ask for, you might get it. Just because a game runs on Open Source like Linux or BSD doesn't mean it will be open source too. For example, Mac OS is now BSD based, but you don't see that many open source Mac games that are very popular.
I see this as a basic problem of economics and supply/demand.
See, I'm a scientist (male). I would prefer it if women, including those who believe in astrology, preferred to date male scientists, especially in my age range, and that male scientists didn't want to date women.
That way demand for me is high and supply of me is low, making it fairly easy for me to date cute women.
Oh, and they should be rich too... and really like sex.
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When I worked at Boeing (and before that the Army) - if you had secret plans, you didn't keep them on a box that was open to the Net.
The problem is that they're not even following their own rules - Win boxen have never been approved for holding Net-connected data - only in a stand-alone environment are they even considered, and even then in a secure room with full security protocols enforced.
We used to lock down our drives too. In locked cabinets. When we went home.
I set my mind in motion
The beans make a bitter brew
The stains are a warning
I set my mind in motion
It's made from Honey.
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Now if we could just get the bees to stop dying off, New Zealand wouldn't need beer
Or maybe they could ask the hobbits - I hear they like New Zealand and are fond of beer.
IMHO, David Rubenstein had a better Dune feel in his SciFi channel series of Dune and Children of Dune, more like the book, even if it didn't have half as much name talent as the Dune movie did.
This looks promising.
In particular, in a post-9/11 world where we all have a deeper exposure to and understanding of fanatacism and what can go wrong with the clash of cultures, as well as different expectations and social mores about ecology and our place in the world and universe, it's likely that a final full scale movie might bring fresh light to Dune.
We've been using WinXP or Win2K on dual-boot machines (I have one of the few single-boot WinXP machines) due to problems with excessive CPU cycle usage by WinVista - and had to request WinXP "downgrades" for a number of new PCs with dual and quad core CPUs for our statistical genetic analyses we run.
If they only do this for "low-cost" PCs, then we'll have to completely move away from the Office suite and go to OpenOffice instead. Be a shame, but if they don't want us to use Windows, that's their problem.
1. Because the OS kept giving it a Blue Surface of Death.
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2. Every time the OS patched itself, it put the boots back on the surface of the table in the "rebooting" process.
3. The household cats kept eating the external plug-in Mouse.
4. It kept switching from Fox to MSNBC when you used the built in TV-watching mode.
5. When using Internet Explorer 9, it kept using The Prisoner TV series or old ST:TNG series as a home page.
6. Whenever you tried to wipe off the table surface, it kept popping up "Allow or Deny?" requests
7. They couldn't fit the table through a standard door, since it was built for uber-mansions that had pod bay doors.
8. Whenever a kid sat down on the table to put on their shoes, the Surface would think they had initiated the Wipe Hard Drive protocol.
9. The Surface got lonely if it couldn't talk to the Fridge in the next room.
He said he was leaving Infoworld to go work at Microsoft in this week's column, but nobody believed him.
That would be bad.
I for one, welcome our glitter spandex endowed overlords and brought a marshmallow stick with me just in case this DRM thing blows up in our faces.
And I'm glad to see that they finally declassified my third military occupation, so now the world can know we milbloggers have been on the front lines in the War On Terror.
Every time you see a foreign propaganda piece in the Saudi Times and read a comment by Al Rashid, that was our brave comrades in arms, fighting the real fight for Democracy.
Every time you read the Pakistani Journal of Objective Theological Criticism and read the online commentary by Pashtun seperatists, it was Chief Petty Officer Nunzia writing that post.
The few, the proud, the frequently anonymous - Blog Warriors!
...the vast majority of these comments are not bashing Microsoft. Who are you people, and what have you done with the regular Slashdot community?
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Why bother?
We all knew Vista was a turkey anyway, and everyone pretty much suspected the SP1 patch would just make the turkey even lamer, so why bother posting?
Now, go away, and let us read The Onion parody of someone asking for change
I buy my music CDs directly from the band and rip them into MP3s already.
Because I can't read the comments in your code that are like this: // GRPL nvm lol grep nsfw sew oui ussse perrl
Isn't it great when people work together?
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I can see it now - we make nuclear disposable batteries and al-Qaeda recycles them out of the kindness of their hearts
From the business pages of the Wall Street Journal, it appears that many countries in the EU are ditching Microsoft and going with Linux.
So one wonders if this will all become moot at some point, as the invisible hand of the marketplace chooses a wiser solution.
And I work in medical genetics and follow new technologies in energy and other fields, so I think somebody just did a braindump without thinking about what the implications are, quite frankly.
I think I said that. I specifically said that for a 720p or less HDTV set the HD-DVD is a cheaper upscaling solution, and thereby implied that Toshiba's remarketing of their existing HD-DVD players as upscaling DVD players is a cheaper solution that works great.
...
But, many recent (2008) DVD upscaling players can display high quality 720p or 480p output on a set up to 42 inches or so. If you are heavy into sports and have a 50 inch or more HDTV set, I'd probably just get an HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player
Lost in the shuffle is the reality that you can still buy an HD-DVD player that will upconvert a standard DVD to a higher resolution to meet the needs of anyone who has a 780p or less HDTV up to around 50 inches.
If you don't have an HDTV set, or you have a 40 inch HDTV, you don't even need HD-DVD or Blu-Ray anyway.
Logical fallacy - Why aren't Linux users not gamers.
1. Linux users use game consoles to game on.
2. What is needed is more Linux coders or developers who are game developers.
3. What is even more necessary is Linux people to work on graphics libraries that support in-game calls.
4. What is even more missing are Marketroids who can market and sell said Linux games to the Linux users.
5. And, last but not least - why aren't Linux users willing to spend $100 to buy a Linux game? I bought five myself back in the day, but not enough other Linux users did, so the market cratered.
Be careful what you ask for, you might get it. Just because a game runs on Open Source like Linux or BSD doesn't mean it will be open source too. For example, Mac OS is now BSD based, but you don't see that many open source Mac games that are very popular.
Official arrestee when they break the LAW in the process of doing their "job".
Scientists not only should not date them, but we should burn Astrologists for being witches.
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But first we should test this scientifically, and see if they float.
Remember, if a duck floats
Are you sure they didn't say "It's because of your address" instead of "It's because you're wearing a dress"?
For example, maybe her email is populargirl@facebook.com - now that is Flamebait just waiting to get p0wned.
Back when Java had only been out for seven years.
There is no shortage, just a lack of skills reinvestment by the hiring managers.
I see this as a basic problem of economics and supply/demand.
... and really like sex.
See, I'm a scientist (male). I would prefer it if women, including those who believe in astrology, preferred to date male scientists, especially in my age range, and that male scientists didn't want to date women.
That way demand for me is high and supply of me is low, making it fairly easy for me to date cute women.
Oh, and they should be rich too
The thing you have to remember is they have training, so they probably already moved on.