has at one point been confronted with a brilliant idiot. The kind of guy who wants to spend 2 weeks to make all dialog boxes come up 1/5 of a second faster, by coding his own dialog boxes, from scratch, which would require that everyone use his, and only his dialog boxes, and that the existing 2000 or so dialogs be converted.
Not that he couldn't code it, but... (ahem).
You know him. You've dealt with him. He is everywhere.
It interrupts their work in a major way, frequently sucks up an hour of productive time (contrary to MS's lame human factor studies) and forces them to reboot to get anything done, followed by that *stupid* message about seeing what was updated (Golly Gosh, I'm so excited about the latest Windows update, I can hardly wait!). . Maybe, it's like having a regularly scheduled blue screen of death instead of a random one. Not much of an improvement.
Maybe *that's* why they're leery of patches. At least the viruses try and stay out of the way.
Used to work there. Honestly, you can't beat it for mathematics editing, graphing, etc. Saves in Latex if you want. Free trial downloads too if you want to give the tires a kick.
>salaried journalists in national papers who are willing to dig in and develop a good story.
This is dying and has been for years. Editors, and more importantly their owners (http://www.thenation.com/special/bigten.html) prefer light, cheap puff pieces that don't disturb the citizenry or alert them to little things like the fact that the treasuries of the world are being looted by the worlds wealthy and that oil depletion issues are going to start rocking our world in an unpleasant way in the next decade or two. . So we get Yahoo and MSM, where the top stories are "10 ways to know if he/she's cheating on you!" and "How to tell if you're a f***king idiot." (Hint, you're reading Yahoo's front page.) . The internet, however, is still relatively free although who knows for how long. If net neutrality is withdrawn, you can forget that too.
Guys, thanks to both of you. This really is useful information I didn't know. . FYI, I drive a Toyota Tacoma Two seater truck and have survived numerous accidents in it (Apparently, many drunk people think Stop signs are for other people), so strictly speaking, I do have some evidence to support your contention. I always assumed it was just luck.
... because the lightweight frame will fold like a piece of tissue.
Which is why I won't buy one of these things until the frame is a carbon fiber composite stronger than steel or titanium. Expensive. In the meantime, I plan to continue to drive a gas guzzling heavy framed car that keeps me safe from the dimwitted morons on the road.
So with these goggles, two high resolution webcams, and a netbook, I could have an expensive "vision replacement system" which would work less well than nothing at all.
Nor did they disappear. Mayans can still be found on any day on the Yucatan peninsula selling hammocks, fixing cars, running banks, building roads and so on. A little tour outside of Merida will show you people still living in sturdy houses made entirely of native materials. The Mayans, although occupied, are still largely alive and well.
And it was the liberal's fault. Obama and Acorn are to blame. If we had just cut taxes on the wealthy and corporations, removed all those pesky regulations, and elected conservatives, the meteorite would have never fallen.
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Perhaps, but he is also making the world safer from stupidity. Evolution in action is often not pleasant.
Apparently, Iraq excels at producing superstitious wackjobs even more than we do.
is this?
has at one point been confronted with a brilliant idiot. The kind of guy who wants to spend 2 weeks to make all dialog boxes come up 1/5 of a second faster, by coding his own dialog boxes, from scratch, which would require that everyone use his, and only his dialog boxes, and that the existing 2000 or so dialogs be converted.
Not that he couldn't code it, but... (ahem).
You know him. You've dealt with him. He is everywhere.
No, it's money vs. the serfs. Didn't you get the memo?
ow! Ow! OW! Stop! STOP! The memories... The nightmares of my technical support days still haunt me.
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It interrupts their work in a major way, frequently sucks up an hour of productive time (contrary to MS's lame human factor studies) and forces them to reboot to get anything done, followed by that *stupid* message about seeing what was updated (Golly Gosh, I'm so excited about the latest Windows update, I can hardly wait!).
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Maybe, it's like having a regularly scheduled blue screen of death instead of a random one. Not much of an improvement.
Maybe *that's* why they're leery of patches. At least the viruses try and stay out of the way.
As far as I know, it's still a going concern. Don't know how much development is still going on with it. I haven't worked there since 1998,
Used to work there. Honestly, you can't beat it for mathematics editing, graphing, etc. Saves in Latex if you want. Free trial downloads too if you want to give the tires a kick.
http://www.mackichan.com/
We used to just call it "stupid."
>It's a cocotokamak!
And it's tasty too!
>salaried journalists in national papers who are willing to dig in and develop a good story.
This is dying and has been for years. Editors, and more importantly their owners (http://www.thenation.com/special/bigten.html) prefer light, cheap puff pieces that don't disturb the citizenry or alert them to little things like the fact that the treasuries of the world are being looted by the worlds wealthy and that oil depletion issues are going to start rocking our world in an unpleasant way in the next decade or two.
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So we get Yahoo and MSM, where the top stories are "10 ways to know if he/she's cheating on you!" and "How to tell if you're a f***king idiot." (Hint, you're reading Yahoo's front page.)
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The internet, however, is still relatively free although who knows for how long. If net neutrality is withdrawn, you can forget that too.
Guys, thanks to both of you. This really is useful information I didn't know.
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FYI, I drive a Toyota Tacoma Two seater truck and have survived numerous accidents in it (Apparently, many drunk people think Stop signs are for other people), so strictly speaking, I do have some evidence to support your contention. I always assumed it was just luck.
... because the lightweight frame will fold like a piece of tissue.
Which is why I won't buy one of these things until the frame is a carbon fiber composite stronger than steel or titanium. Expensive. In the meantime, I plan to continue to drive a gas guzzling heavy framed car that keeps me safe from the dimwitted morons on the road.
Yours truly, Mr. Cold-Water-Of-Reality-Man
There's an app for that!
So with these goggles, two high resolution webcams, and a netbook, I could have an expensive "vision replacement system" which would work less well than nothing at all.
As Spock would say, "Fascinating."
Nor did they disappear. Mayans can still be found on any day on the Yucatan peninsula selling hammocks, fixing cars, running banks, building roads and so on. A little tour outside of Merida will show you people still living in sturdy houses made entirely of native materials. The Mayans, although occupied, are still largely alive and well.
And it was the liberal's fault. Obama and Acorn are to blame. If we had just cut taxes on the wealthy and corporations, removed all those pesky regulations, and elected conservatives, the meteorite would have never fallen.
Apparently he dropped a couple.
Of course, we live in a capitalist system, so the most likely answer you'll get to that suggestion is "f*** off" but more politely worded.
Note to open source guys. Larry Ellison thanks you for the free labor.
And you thought it was bad when they only gnawed through wood!
The box makes such a good target at the firing range.
But a thousand drones, each armed differently, painted to look fierce, might.
And lose. You can't *hold* ground with robots or avatars. You can't win hearts and minds. You can't accomplish significant political objectives.