In other news today, the internet gambling industry was crippled when the principality of sealand sunk, apparantly due to the fact that its crumbling concrete supports were from the 1930s...
Just like handwriting, voice recognition is only really usefull in stories, letters, etc. Trying to code using voice recognition would be a headache/stroke waiting to happen. Also, i dont see the keyboard ever becoming fully obsolite, because without the wasd keys and my mouse, id be lost;-)
but a lack of using it. one of my relatives has his degree in theoretical physics. Once he graduated, he got a job as a computer programmer, and now is in charge of every datacenter in europe for zurich financial. me, i was thinking about computer science, but changed to physics when i realized how mindnumbingly repetitive comp sci is (but i do have a lot of respect for programmers, for doing what i am too lazy to do)
"wolfconfig.cfg// id Software and Activision will NOT ask you to send this file to them."
so if by id Software, they mean Microsoft, and by activision, they mean Bill Gate's pockets, then nothing is changed, because this is not a real xbox emulator/wrapper.
My company recently barred any changes to the system from what we (the MIS department) originally give out in the computer system. All system settings are locked, as well as access to floppy drives and cd-roms. Internal email only is enabled. Sending of documents, etc, are done through the network. Internet access has been limited, so that by default, no computers have access, and only when the employee explains why they require access to the internet do we make the decision on giving it to them. Now, obviously, these limitations are not present in the IS department's computers, however, being friends with those in other departments, i feel that restricting access this heavily is unjustified. Even the simplest thing, such as being allowed to pick and change their wallpapers at will, or picking a fun screensaver, can brighten up someone's day. Management (wo subsequently do have access to their own settings, and full internet access by default)obviously havnt thought this one through properly.
I am a Win2k nut, and a person who generally stays away from Linux. Despite this, even I find this funny:
"When the resulting software product is distributed, its creator must make the entire source code base freely available to everyone, at no additional charge. This viral aspect of the GPL poses a threat to the intellectual property of any organization making use of it. "
The phrase "This viral aspect of the GPL..." truely brings a smile to my face.
It was the beginning of december, and I was using a regular dial up account with a 56k modem. I was running MSIE 4 and wanted to upgrade to 5. It would take hours on my slow internet connection. I then realized that the AOL5 cd that came in the mail a few days earlier had MSIE 5 on it! I poped it in the drive and tried to install ONLY MSIE 5. The biggest mistake of my life. Although it didn't install the AOL lite crap, IE 5 was AOLified. The top of the screen said Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by America Online! The Icon in the corner did not have the familier windows symbol, it had the AOL symbol! I felt like I had commited a sin (and I am fairly sure that God is going to punnish me for that). Then, only weeks later, I got a DSL. My computer still had the AOL text, but I managed to remove the aol symbol in IE. The sad thing is, there is no way to uninstall it! You can uninstall the AOLified 5, and go down to a normal version of 4, but as soon as you reinstall 5 (even from microsoft's website) it defaults to the AOL crap! I need a few days to sit down and seriously search the registry for the AOL crap and try and remove it. I also might try installing IE5.5 Beta.If I find a cure, I'll let you guys know.
Does anyone know MORE's website. Also, what is the guy talking about when he reffers to Altavista. I was there for 20 minutes and didn't find anything. But - no matter. I downloaded DeCSS as soon as I found out about it.
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Based on one of the greatest television series ever, has a lot going for it, except one thing - the lack of it being for pc. ... Good point, Bender.
In other news today, the internet gambling industry was crippled when the principality of sealand sunk, apparantly due to the fact that its crumbling concrete supports were from the 1930s...
They've been there for years, didnt you ever read the book "Mr Popper's Penguins" when you were kids :-P
Excellent example of why the Japanese language kicks ass - they have a single word that means small wireless gadget. If only english was that cool...
Just like handwriting, voice recognition is only really usefull in stories, letters, etc. Trying to code using voice recognition would be a headache/stroke waiting to happen. Also, i dont see the keyboard ever becoming fully obsolite, because without the wasd keys and my mouse, id be lost ;-)
I'd like to see real hoverboards, enough with the 2 wheel segways, i wont be happy until the wheel is obsolite
they're not alone....
;-)
because anyone who is anyone has a clean room in their basement
but a lack of using it. one of my relatives has his degree in theoretical physics. Once he graduated, he got a job as a computer programmer, and now is in charge of every datacenter in europe for zurich financial. me, i was thinking about computer science, but changed to physics when i realized how mindnumbingly repetitive comp sci is (but i do have a lot of respect for programmers, for doing what i am too lazy to do)
Get yourself a slashdot login, you of all people should have one :-P
I quote from the file xbox.vxd...
// id Software and Activision will NOT ask you to send this file to them."
"wolfconfig.cfg
so if by id Software, they mean Microsoft, and by activision, they mean Bill Gate's pockets, then nothing is changed, because this is not a real xbox emulator/wrapper.
My company recently barred any changes to the system from what we (the MIS department) originally give out in the computer system. All system settings are locked, as well as access to floppy drives and cd-roms. Internal email only is enabled. Sending of documents, etc, are done through the network. Internet access has been limited, so that by default, no computers have access, and only when the employee explains why they require access to the internet do we make the decision on giving it to them. Now, obviously, these limitations are not present in the IS department's computers, however, being friends with those in other departments, i feel that restricting access this heavily is unjustified. Even the simplest thing, such as being allowed to pick and change their wallpapers at will, or picking a fun screensaver, can brighten up someone's day. Management (wo subsequently do have access to their own settings, and full internet access by default)obviously havnt thought this one through properly.
"When the resulting software product is distributed, its creator must make the entire source code base freely available to everyone, at no additional charge. This viral aspect of the GPL poses a threat to the intellectual property of any organization making use of it. "
The phrase "This viral aspect of the GPL..." truely brings a smile to my face.
Well, it is.... :-P
My other computer is a 4000 node Beowulf Cluster (and it's running overclocked Durons).
It was the beginning of december, and I was using a regular dial up account with a 56k modem. I was running MSIE 4 and wanted to upgrade to 5. It would take hours on my slow internet connection. I then realized that the AOL5 cd that came in the mail a few days earlier had MSIE 5 on it! I poped it in the drive and tried to install ONLY MSIE 5. The biggest mistake of my life. Although it didn't install the AOL lite crap, IE 5 was AOLified. The top of the screen said Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by America Online! The Icon in the corner did not have the familier windows symbol, it had the AOL symbol! I felt like I had commited a sin (and I am fairly sure that God is going to punnish me for that). Then, only weeks later, I got a DSL. My computer still had the AOL text, but I managed to remove the aol symbol in IE. The sad thing is, there is no way to uninstall it! You can uninstall the AOLified 5, and go down to a normal version of 4, but as soon as you reinstall 5 (even from microsoft's website) it defaults to the AOL crap! I need a few days to sit down and seriously search the registry for the AOL crap and try and remove it. I also might try installing IE5.5 Beta.If I find a cure, I'll let you guys know.
At my local EB they only had one copy, and it was the special "elite" limited edition tin box version. It was also more expensive than the win9x ver.
Does anyone know MORE's website. Also, what is the guy talking about when he reffers to Altavista. I was there for 20 minutes and didn't find anything. But - no matter. I downloaded DeCSS as soon as I found out about it.