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Here are the facts. Serving pages costs money. Creating content costs money. People are utterly untrustworthy when it comes to free donation of cash, even for a resource they might use everyday. The reason why you enjoy the Internet free at the point of use (ignoring the initial outlay for equipment) ie. page serving, is because ADVERTISERS PAY GOOD MONEY TO SUPPORT IT.
Here are the facts. You are about to suffer from a heart-attack or psychosis if you don't chill out a bit and look after your health. You are damaging yourself by taking things too seriously, and by having an overly bitter outlook on life.
Please consult your health professional, or at least take up yoga or Tai Chi or something, for your own sake.
Never trust any company with the word "Micro" in their name. Seriously, "micros" have a lower standard on everything compared to mainframes. You get what you pay for.
You want me to trust one of those finicky and new-fangled mainframes, when my slide-rule works perfectly reliably????? WTF?
Strange, I can get a STB in australia for $70au, roughly $45USD.
I believe that America uses a different (apparently inferior) digital TV broadcast standard than the rest of the world. So the US gear might cost more. This might be because the US standards are more expensive to implement - or simply because of lack of volume. The US is dominated by cable TV, where free-to-air broadcasting is more popular elsewhere in the world.
The prices will probably come down in the US as it gets adopted - however, by that time, inflation, the value of the US dollar, increasing manufacturing costs, etc. - may mean that electronics don't get as cheap in the future as many expect.
Imagine hearing on the news that your commute will henceforth take approximately 12% less time thanks to improvements in the vehicle routing algorithms...
Or that 300 people experienced the Red Screen of Death due to a programming error...
Also, think of the ways people could mess with the system. Have a few friends selectively stop their cars on the route you all want to take home, and voila! you have a significantly less congested road!
If there were so few users of the system that 'a few friends' are enough to significantly alter the routing, then how would you get the 'significantly less congested road' as a result?
So, when did Dubya volunteer as a test-subject in this project? Release the papers! We want to see the President's true medical record and DNA structure.
Hey this is Apple, clearly this is a new and innovative shipping concept, designed to be aesthetically plesing to the user.
No, this is not Apple. It is a third-party retailer - PCMall - who are recalling the copies. Apple has made no statement that these early copies would not be supported - that's probably just BS made up by PCMall to cover their ass.
A weekend per month secluded from all electronica, preferably with someone else, along with non-technical books, and one or more chess sets
I dunno, how about a weekend per week of nothing but sex and food? Would that work? All you'd have to do it ban computer-controlled vibrators, dildonics and erotobots.
> > I heard somewhere Microsoft gonna use Pthon for the default scripting
It their very own fault for the disputing with Sun. It better they use Java. Here we are using Java since three years ago. We not only using Java for the programmer increase (though we are: maybe ten times, maybe twenty times) we also now use it for everything from the commanding line stuff such as grep through to the web engine beans. Same speed C but faster. The security we are finding, and with the IDE too (Borland or IBM). Portability of course is of the deal.
Not quite. Drag was added by a round piece of wood, i.e. a "log". That's where "log book" comes from, it was the book where the knot counts from the string attached to the log were written down.
Curse you for shattering my illusion of the Captain writing in a book that's big, heavy and wood (and fits on his back).
Nothing says "trustworthy, serious company, capable of handling your financial information" like a pig or cobra! A cobra! Jebus, who the hell makes up this company's demographic?
You see... Most folk'll never click a pig, but then again some folk'll... Like Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel...
"Hey, I can call my Ma from this internet thingamy. HEY MA! GET OFF THE DANG ROOF!"
As a young scamp of 21, I find it hard to believe that anyone got anything done in any reasonable amount of time before the existence of the internet. What did people do to obtain obscure information?
That's strange. Ever since the internet became popular, I have been wondering - why do people waste so much time looking up obscure information, rather than getting stuff done in a reasonable amount of time?
Massive respect and shout-outz go to the orginal Graphing Calculator by Pacific Tech. This is the kind of software that compliments education perfectly!
On a similar note, I wish more teachers, students and educators had adopted Hypercard and kept it alive! Poor documentation is a huge problem in both education and mainstream/alternative software. Greater usage and skills in Hypercard could have sustained educational computing through many of the dark years.
Unfortunately, history has shown that educational computing has been widely abused in the 90s and 2000s. Instead of using simple, inexpensive software to advance teaching, cheap PCs with poor software have been unloaded on hapless schools - costing a lot of money, and confounding teachers who haven't been provided with adequate training, or decent software tools. It was a crazy bonanza of spending on inappropriate technology when schools were encouraged to "adopt" IT and computing. But now the spending-spree is over, with schools and government having to live with their poor decisions, while not being able to afford replacements. If only some sensible decisions had been made a decade ago, we might not have to live with this crap today!
Vegemite is the girl's blouse version of Marmite, that British favourite:) Marmite have been running some really good ads about you either love it or yo
That doesn't really make sense, because Marmite is much blander and milder tasting than Vegemite, which has a much more disctinctive, powerful taste. If people can't handle that sissy Marmite, then they will be violently ill if they try Vegemite.
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Here are the facts. You are about to suffer from a heart-attack or psychosis if you don't chill out a bit and look after your health. You are damaging yourself by taking things too seriously, and by having an overly bitter outlook on life.
Please consult your health professional, or at least take up yoga or Tai Chi or something, for your own sake.
Offensive or not, isn't it actually illegal to offer humans for sale? Isn't there this whole prohibition of slavery thing?
You want me to trust one of those finicky and new-fangled mainframes, when my slide-rule works perfectly reliably????? WTF?
I believe that America uses a different (apparently inferior) digital TV broadcast standard than the rest of the world. So the US gear might cost more. This might be because the US standards are more expensive to implement - or simply because of lack of volume. The US is dominated by cable TV, where free-to-air broadcasting is more popular elsewhere in the world.
The prices will probably come down in the US as it gets adopted - however, by that time, inflation, the value of the US dollar, increasing manufacturing costs, etc. - may mean that electronics don't get as cheap in the future as many expect.
So, what's the problem if people are happy with what they've got? What's the need for the change?
Or that 300 people experienced the Red Screen of Death due to a programming error...
If there were so few users of the system that 'a few friends' are enough to significantly alter the routing, then how would you get the 'significantly less congested road' as a result?
So, when did Dubya volunteer as a test-subject in this project? Release the papers! We want to see the President's true medical record and DNA structure.
Of course, due to feature bloat and strap-in, extra lubricant is required for a painless experience.
No, this is not Apple. It is a third-party retailer - PCMall - who are recalling the copies. Apple has made no statement that these early copies would not be supported - that's probably just BS made up by PCMall to cover their ass.
What, like enlarging my penis with funds from a relative of the ex-president of Nigeria?
I dunno, how about a weekend per week of nothing but sex and food? Would that work? All you'd have to do it ban computer-controlled vibrators, dildonics and erotobots.
It their very own fault for the disputing with Sun. It better they use Java. Here we are using Java since three years ago. We not only using Java for the programmer increase (though we are: maybe ten times, maybe twenty times) we also now use it for everything from the commanding line stuff such as grep through to the web engine beans. Same speed C but faster. The security we are finding, and with the IDE too (Borland or IBM). Portability of course is of the deal.
Curse you for shattering my illusion of the Captain writing in a book that's big, heavy and wood (and fits on his back).
Use its ergonomic point-and-chomp interface, of course.
You see ... Most folk'll never click a pig, but then again some folk'll ... Like Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel...
"Hey, I can call my Ma from this internet thingamy. HEY MA! GET OFF THE DANG ROOF!"
That's strange. Ever since the internet became popular, I have been wondering - why do people waste so much time looking up obscure information, rather than getting stuff done in a reasonable amount of time?
Zombie eat brains, but zombie cannot swallow injustice of using Windows!
Funny - That is sooo wrong.
Bill Clinton.
Bill CLINTON!
Yes, it's obviously all his fault, because all teens see him as a role model and the ultimate guide to sex.
P.S: Bill Clinton!
On a similar note, I wish more teachers, students and educators had adopted Hypercard and kept it alive! Poor documentation is a huge problem in both education and mainstream/alternative software. Greater usage and skills in Hypercard could have sustained educational computing through many of the dark years.
Unfortunately, history has shown that educational computing has been widely abused in the 90s and 2000s. Instead of using simple, inexpensive software to advance teaching, cheap PCs with poor software have been unloaded on hapless schools - costing a lot of money, and confounding teachers who haven't been provided with adequate training, or decent software tools. It was a crazy bonanza of spending on inappropriate technology when schools were encouraged to "adopt" IT and computing. But now the spending-spree is over, with schools and government having to live with their poor decisions, while not being able to afford replacements. If only some sensible decisions had been made a decade ago, we might not have to live with this crap today!
Yeah, but come on. We got a savage chick in torn clothing who liked to go around stabbing people for fun. What more does one need in life?
Yeah, damn that Google Labs! Is this the price of your research into algorithms? I heard Google Labs renamed one of their skunkworks as "kittenworks."
What a twisted world we live in, where a company must form one arm to keep another arm in check.
That doesn't really make sense, because Marmite is much blander and milder tasting than Vegemite, which has a much more disctinctive, powerful taste. If people can't handle that sissy Marmite, then they will be violently ill if they try Vegemite.
What, the existing streets would magically vanish if we stopped paying for them? No, they would just erode over a long period if not maintained.