I'm certain if it's Oracle we are talking about, 'fair' has nothing to do with it. They are just trying to figure out how to justify charging as much as possible.
No one seems to have considered in thier comments about *why* we like it mixed up.
I think it is about contrast. If you listen to a single artist, the songs, no matter how diverse, start to sound alike. This is because artists have a =sound=. If they didn't, they would probably not be popular. It's not a bad thing, but it's better when contratsted with other 'sound's.
Monotony bores us and we start ignoring the content. It's not about short attention span, I mean it entertainment, right?
It seems kindof odd that a computer super expert would be able to discuss usability issues with any sort of authority. The simple fact thay they know computer systems so well makes them prejudicial to being human interaction specialists.
"I get a message from another co-worker that Contoso's big cheese is slated to go on TV in two hours. He'd like to announce a new line of widgets too, one that's faster and cheaper than silly Fabricam's. We have such a widget in development but I'll have to find out if we have the facilities to speed up production so we can beat Fabricam to market."
She should have added:
"I save all the effort and just lie, after all, Microsoft does it all the time."
-And- the video drivers suck under windows. There are serious problems with NWN, and I had to manually install them instead of using the installer because there was a 'fatal error' (fucking lazy programmers won't even tell me what so I can fix the problem)
They also reported a loud, growling noise inside the space station. It turned out to be a broken gyroscope that was commanded to spin down and then shut down. One of the bearings apparently seized up.
I wonder if they use FDBs like they do in modern HDDs, it seems to me that they wouldn't freeze up that easily.
Don't forget, there are people who have money and no time or skills, you could provide either of those 2 things while the others provide the financial part.
These groups will start when -you- start them. Become invloved, get a bunch of people together than want this, pool your money, use the free technology available out there to make it happen.
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I'm sure it's all right there, in ALL CAPS, plain as day in the 40 Page EULA.
I could swear I signed up in like 97, but my user id is way higher than yours.
What about a lowish number AND a username with illegal characters?
w00t!
In my day, computers ran windows, and they could hardly do more than one thing at a time!
I'm certain if it's Oracle we are talking about, 'fair' has nothing to do with it. They are just trying to figure out how to justify charging as much as possible.
Half Moon Bay, in California was had this at least a year ago, and there was even a story on the Science Channel about it!
It seems that they are having bandwidth problems.
I think if they had the foresight to use Bit Torrent technology on this site, it would be better for everyone.
No one seems to have considered in thier comments about *why* we like it mixed up.
I think it is about contrast. If you listen to a single artist, the songs, no matter how diverse, start to sound alike. This is because artists have a =sound=. If they didn't, they would probably not be popular. It's not a bad thing, but it's better when contratsted with other 'sound's.
Monotony bores us and we start ignoring the content. It's not about short attention span, I mean it entertainment, right?
It seems kindof odd that a computer super expert would be able to discuss usability issues with any sort of authority. The simple fact thay they know computer systems so well makes them prejudicial to being human interaction specialists.
BTW the image is in the GWIC format, so you will need somethign that can display that before trying to download.
That lump to the right and behind it it the reformer, it spans the entire length of the laptop behind it. Fuel Cell Laptop
Alan
I don't know why, but no one has bothered to suggest something more cutting edge, like Bit Torrent.
"I get a message from another co-worker that Contoso's big cheese is slated to go on TV in two hours. He'd like to
announce a new line of widgets too, one that's faster and cheaper than silly Fabricam's. We have such a widget in
development but I'll have to find out if we have the facilities to speed up production so we can beat Fabricam to
market."
She should have added:
"I save all the effort and just lie, after all, Microsoft does it all the time."
And the
Wiki Wiki WAN mesh network project.
Well, actually, it prevents you from getting any sun-induced UV rays, so yea, I have never gotten a sunburn from those hours of IRC and coding.
-And- the video drivers suck under windows. There are serious problems with NWN, and I had to manually install them instead of using the installer because there was a 'fatal error' (fucking lazy programmers won't even tell me what so I can fix the problem)
Blea, I'm never buying any ATI stuff again.
They also reported a loud, growling noise inside the space station. It turned out to be a broken gyroscope that was commanded to spin down and then shut down. One of the bearings apparently seized up.
I wonder if they use FDBs like they do in modern HDDs, it seems to me that they wouldn't freeze up that easily.
I think gabe and tycho said it best:
- 04 -08
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2002
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voidref
Don't forget about that amount of data you store because you -might- want access to some peice that it contains.
I have loads of data on my machine that I will probably never look at, but it's nice to know it's there.
Don't forget, the queries are live, so if the state of the system changes (item added/removed/moved) the query changes it's content automagically.
When do people start modding laptop cases.
;)
The most I have seen is upolstry, fake fur on this one person's notebook that I know. Man and I thought STICKERS were wild and crazy!
This was actually first conceived by Buckminster Fuller.
There is a book (which I forget the name of) which has his sketches and ideas about this in.
You need to use the X-Master hack software.
There is a link to it in the 'Requirements' section of the site.
Don't forget, there are people who have money and no time or skills, you could provide either of those 2 things while the others provide the financial part.
If you have time, you can contribute.
These groups will start when -you- start them. Become invloved, get a bunch of people together than want this, pool your money, use the free technology available out there to make it happen.