Who are the remaining 1% who wouldn't want this cure? Religious fanatics. There is a new vaccine out now for HPV that can prevent cervical cancer in women, and some religious organizations are debating whether it is "moral" for teenage girls to have the vaccine. They think the threat of getting HPV and cervical cancer may prevent girls from having premarital sex.
Release Candidate 1 of Windows 2000 still supported Alpha. It was somewhere around RC2 or RC3 (if there ever was a RC3, I don't remember) that Microsoft went to x86 only. Prior to that, with NT4 they supported MIPS, PPC, Alpha, and x86, up until the early service packs. After Service Pack 3 (for NT4 that is) they were only supporting x86 and Alpha. I remember because I worked in a shop that used Compac/DEC Alpha machines running MS Exchange on NT4 for their mail system. Don't know what their long term plans were since I got laid off from that place.
Yeah, I've been wondering how is the iPod generation different than the Walkman generation. Its all the same to me, I'd rather have a good stereo than be tied down to earphones stuck in my head.
There are some (not many) DVDs that have PCM digital as one of the soundtrack options, that's two-channel uncompressed. Same as what you'd get on a Compact Disc. Pink Floyd, "The Wall" is one, and a couple of other music DVDs.
When I filled out an application for a passport in Janurary 2002 there were a number of "interesting" questions on the application. The one I recall best was "Have you ever served in the military for a foreign country/government?" I haven't, but what if I had? I know one guy who's serving in the US Army and he's a citizen of Mexico, has a green card an all that.
I remember IE1 and IE2. When I got my first "real" pc in December 1995 it came with Windows 95 and IE1. When I fired it up, it immediately went to a Microsoft website and prompted me to upgrade to IE2 which I did. I used IE2 while everyone else was using Netscape 2.x because I just didn't like Netscape (except on the 16-bit platform). Netscape would reload the page every time I resized the window it was in was my main gripe, along with the fact that it was $40 (if you bothered to pay for it I guess).
I started beta testing IE3 as soon as I could. I've always been a MSIE user, but I have to admit if it weren't for the Google Toolbar blocking popups, I would have left IE a long time ago. I started using Firefox last November at work, and have recently switched my home computer over to it. These days I use Firefox almost exclusively.
Cryptic Registry Settings - I've never quite gotten why it was determined that putting all your settings and configuration in one basket was deemed to be a good idea. I can't think of any positive justification whatsoever for this.
Remember the days of Windows 3.11 and how everyone complained to high heaven about having to configure autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini, and system.ini? "Why oh why can't they put all the config files into one file instead of having to hunt them down all over the computer?" Well Microsoft did, they created the registry, and everyone has been complaining ever since.
I admit there are large sections of the registry that are completely cryptic and I avoid, but I'm not afraid of the thing.
You're exactly right, IMO. I took Calculus I my senior year in high school (an AP class). Later in college I tried taking Calc I. What took nearly 4 weeks to cover in high school (derivatives), they blazed through in 1.5 or 2 weeks in college Calc. Although I always liked math, the pace was way too intense for me, and I ended up dropping that class.
I haven't checked it recently, but reading the entry on Methamphetamine (Crystal Meth) where more than once the author stated it was not physically addictive, only psychologically addictive amazed me.
Wikipedia is "interesting" but I take it with a huge grain of salt, like most things I hear on the internet.
I had a co-worker back in 1990 who's goal was to be a Software Engineer someday, but he adamantly refused to take any computer programming classes. His opinion was that "programmers where no different than typists", and he didn't want to be a typist. When a programmer was writing code, he was doing it through a keyboard and he figured typing was for secretaries and beneath him. He believed that it was Software Engineers who sat back and told programmers what to type ("code" in other words) and the programmers did all the dirty work, while he would get all the money. Don't know whatever happened to him, but I seriously doubt he got far with that attitude.
Now, I do remember reading an interview with a video games programmer from the golden age of arcade games (late 1970's early 1980's) and he said he would write out his code on legal pads, and then hand it off to the typing pool who'd input the code into their system for testing and eval, etc but that was back when the IBM PC was just on the horizon. Times had changed by the time 1990 had rolled around.
"Progressives" are people who are open minded about new ideas, and new ways of thinking. They think that change can be good. For example, my grandmother was a suffragette, and was arrested for protesting in front of the White House early in the 20th century. Back then, women's suffrage was a progressive idea. The NAACP promoting equal rights for African-Americans was a progressive idea when it started.
Of course on the flip side, communism and facism seemed like good ideas to a lot of people in the 1920's and 1930's, but we know better now.
Exactly. I remember when the problem was called "credit card fraud".
Who remembers in the 80's when a credit card check at the cash register meant a cashier checking the credit card # against a list of bad numbers, printed on newsprint that was updated once a week. Purchases less than $50 would rarely get checked at all, while those over $50 would get called in by phone/modem for verification depending on the size of the retailer.
The 55 mph speed limit was repealed by the 1994 Republican Congress. I know higher speed limits did manage to pop up here and there before then, but giving the authority to set speed limits back to the states was one of the things on their agenda. One of the few things about them that I agreed with.
Am I the only one who never notices the name of the person who submits the story? I'm only interested in the article and the discussion, I could care less who submits it.
Let me add to it, I was born in '66, and grew up on Speed Racer, Marine Boy, Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, StarBlazers, and I forget what else.
I always liked most (but not all) Anime, before we had a word for it. We just called it Japanese animation. Then someone came up with "Japanimation". Now its Anime. And it all seems to get better over time.
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The TV commercials make it seem like an interesting game, but since its PS2 only, I can't play it. When it comes out on Xbox, then I can try it.
Who are the remaining 1% who wouldn't want this cure?
Religious fanatics. There is a new vaccine out now for HPV that can prevent cervical cancer in women, and some religious organizations are debating whether it is "moral" for teenage girls to have the vaccine. They think the threat of getting HPV and cervical cancer may prevent girls from having premarital sex.
I don't know. Anyone that finds the cure for HIV/AIDS can be guaranteed three things:
1. Nobel Prize
2. Their name in the history books
3. 99% of the world population will want it.
Release Candidate 1 of Windows 2000 still supported Alpha. It was somewhere around RC2 or RC3 (if there ever was a RC3, I don't remember) that Microsoft went to x86 only. Prior to that, with NT4 they supported MIPS, PPC, Alpha, and x86, up until the early service packs. After Service Pack 3 (for NT4 that is) they were only supporting x86 and Alpha. I remember because I worked in a shop that used Compac/DEC Alpha machines running MS Exchange on NT4 for their mail system. Don't know what their long term plans were since I got laid off from that place.
There is no such thing as the "iPod Generation".
Yeah, I've been wondering how is the iPod generation different than the Walkman generation. Its all the same to me, I'd rather have a good stereo than be tied down to earphones stuck in my head.
If you're going to discriminate on the basis of marital status, you're asking for a big fat lawsuit.
There are some (not many) DVDs that have PCM digital as one of the soundtrack options, that's two-channel uncompressed. Same as what you'd get on a Compact Disc. Pink Floyd, "The Wall" is one, and a couple of other music DVDs.
When I filled out an application for a passport in Janurary 2002 there were a number of "interesting" questions on the application. The one I recall best was "Have you ever served in the military for a foreign country/government?" I haven't, but what if I had? I know one guy who's serving in the US Army and he's a citizen of Mexico, has a green card an all that.
I seem to recall using a Microsoft Mouse in 1993. You know, the "Dove Bar" shaped one? ;)
I remember IE1 and IE2. When I got my first "real" pc in December 1995 it came with Windows 95 and IE1. When I fired it up, it immediately went to a Microsoft website and prompted me to upgrade to IE2 which I did. I used IE2 while everyone else was using Netscape 2.x because I just didn't like Netscape (except on the 16-bit platform). Netscape would reload the page every time I resized the window it was in was my main gripe, along with the fact that it was $40 (if you bothered to pay for it I guess).
I started beta testing IE3 as soon as I could. I've always been a MSIE user, but I have to admit if it weren't for the Google Toolbar blocking popups, I would have left IE a long time ago. I started using Firefox last November at work, and have recently switched my home computer over to it. These days I use Firefox almost exclusively.
If you're posting on Slashdot I seriously doubt you're autistic.
Cryptic Registry Settings - I've never quite gotten why it was determined that putting all your settings and configuration in one basket was deemed to be a good idea. I can't think of any positive justification whatsoever for this.
Remember the days of Windows 3.11 and how everyone complained to high heaven about having to configure autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini, and system.ini? "Why oh why can't they put all the config files into one file instead of having to hunt them down all over the computer?" Well Microsoft did, they created the registry, and everyone has been complaining ever since.
I admit there are large sections of the registry that are completely cryptic and I avoid, but I'm not afraid of the thing.
You're exactly right, IMO. I took Calculus I my senior year in high school (an AP class). Later in college I tried taking Calc I. What took nearly 4 weeks to cover in high school (derivatives), they blazed through in 1.5 or 2 weeks in college Calc. Although I always liked math, the pace was way too intense for me, and I ended up dropping that class.
I haven't checked it recently, but reading the entry on Methamphetamine (Crystal Meth) where more than once the author stated it was not physically addictive, only psychologically addictive amazed me.
Wikipedia is "interesting" but I take it with a huge grain of salt, like most things I hear on the internet.
I had a co-worker back in 1990 who's goal was to be a Software Engineer someday, but he adamantly refused to take any computer programming classes. His opinion was that "programmers where no different than typists", and he didn't want to be a typist. When a programmer was writing code, he was doing it through a keyboard and he figured typing was for secretaries and beneath him. He believed that it was Software Engineers who sat back and told programmers what to type ("code" in other words) and the programmers did all the dirty work, while he would get all the money. Don't know whatever happened to him, but I seriously doubt he got far with that attitude.
Now, I do remember reading an interview with a video games programmer from the golden age of arcade games (late 1970's early 1980's) and he said he would write out his code on legal pads, and then hand it off to the typing pool who'd input the code into their system for testing and eval, etc but that was back when the IBM PC was just on the horizon. Times had changed by the time 1990 had rolled around.
that's like, the ghey, LOL!!!
"Progressives" are people who are open minded about new ideas, and new ways of thinking. They think that change can be good. For example, my grandmother was a suffragette, and was arrested for protesting in front of the White House early in the 20th century. Back then, women's suffrage was a progressive idea. The NAACP promoting equal rights for African-Americans was a progressive idea when it started.
Of course on the flip side, communism and facism seemed like good ideas to a lot of people in the 1920's and 1930's, but we know better now.
Exactly. I remember when the problem was called "credit card fraud".
Who remembers in the 80's when a credit card check at the cash register meant a cashier checking the credit card # against a list of bad numbers, printed on newsprint that was updated once a week. Purchases less than $50 would rarely get checked at all, while those over $50 would get called in by phone/modem for verification depending on the size of the retailer.
First, they moved the factories to Japan/HongKong/Taiwain/Mexico, and told us a High School degree was no longer good enough.
Then they moved all the programming jobs to India, and said a Bachelors degree was no longer good enough.
Then they moved the xxx jobs to yyy and told us a MBA was no longer good enough.
I wonder how it will eventually turn out.
The 55 mph speed limit was repealed by the 1994 Republican Congress. I know higher speed limits did manage to pop up here and there before then, but giving the authority to set speed limits back to the states was one of the things on their agenda. One of the few things about them that I agreed with.
Am I the only one who never notices the name of the person who submits the story? I'm only interested in the article and the discussion, I could care less who submits it.
Ummm, New London is in Connecticut, not New Jersey. Just thought you'd like to know :)
you have a point. It used to be ok to use double negatives, until mathmaticians pointed out that two negatives made a positive.
Let me add to it, I was born in '66, and grew up on Speed Racer, Marine Boy, Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, StarBlazers, and I forget what else.
I always liked most (but not all) Anime, before we had a word for it. We just called it Japanese animation. Then someone came up with "Japanimation". Now its Anime. And it all seems to get better over time.
People with a Phd can be called doctor too.
Besides, not all engineers design bridges.