Comment Re:Nobody gets it. (Score 1) 481
First you get the virus that turns you into a zombie. It follows the Resident Evil zombie model.
First you get the virus that turns you into a zombie. It follows the Resident Evil zombie model.
An electrician is also called a sparky on a construction site.
My grandma had a dog named sparky.
The Spark of Hope gives you +100 spirit
SparkOfHope.org helps disabled children
Sparkles the Clown does birthdays (i hate clowns they should sue him)
Jeff Dunham had a comedy central special called Spark Of Insanity - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epsx2dlQQ6k
I could go on.
Magazines are good for the crapper. You can read an article in a visit, and you can throw them away when done so you don't have to worry about having a poo book. Scientific American is one of my favorites.
Most people see the 32 million dollar price tag and have this knee jerk reaction. They don't take into consideration the people they will have to pay, hardware, facilities, and all that other junk that goes into a large project. I stopped getting all worked up when I learned that a project I worked on cost around 200 million.
That flowchart does work wonders.
Perhaps this will usher in a golden age of sperm-jacking and blood-letting?
Hasn't the Internet already brought a golden age of sperm-jacking?
And the FTC gets its authority to regulate interstate commerce from the Constitution.
You forget the terrorist attack during the 1996 games. The guy that committed the attack did this because he believed that the games were to promote global socialism. Does this sound familiar? Whenever we get a Democrat in the White House this kind of crazy comes out of the woodwork. Personally, I wouldn't want to have company over when I have my crazy spread all over the living room.
Also, corporate sponsorship is part of Atlanta culture. This is probably due to the fact that many large corporations are headquartered in Atlanta, and employ a large portion of the population. It was one of the things that stood out when I moved to Atlanta 3 years ago, to work at a the headquarters of a large corporation.
Even with all that, I tend to believe that Rio's win has to do more with the fact that the US has hosted 8 games. More games then anyone else, and the 2016 Olympics will be the first time the Olympics are hosted in South America.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_host_cities#Total_Olympic_games_by_country
I am happy for Rio, and I hope for a successful 2016 Olympics.
My work laptop was a Latitude D620, but it was replaced with with an E6400 last week. It is lighter then my old D620 even with the , and has a much smaller power supply. This makes a difference when you have to lug a bag around.
I can't really comment on battery life since I my use consists of moving from docking station to docking station. I don't think I actually opened it since client support dropped it off, but I haven't had any problems running 2 monitors through the docking station.
I do like the fact that both the dock and the laptop have eSATA ports. For my use, this is probably the biggest improvement outside of the upgraded processor. If you are like me an keep most of your work on an external hard drive, eSATA is a big improvement over USB.
My only complaint is the sound quality, and you if you can't listen to Lady Gaga you can't do any real development. I don't think it pumps out enough power to drive my headphones. Maybe this is an excuse to build an Altoids amp.
I voted for the Windows key because I'm on Linux. I guess I could map it to something, but I have grown used to ignoring it.
First this is coming from the Washington Times. Its the newspaper equivalent of Fox News.
Second this was reported back in January 2009.
Ford doesn't have a patent or a trade mark on the steering wheel. That fact allowed the automobile to have somewhat of a standard interface. Sure there will be differences with the location of the shifter, but if you cant figure that out maybe you shouldn't be driving.
When software companies try to patent things like a hyperlink or the concept of a window things can get hard for OSS. Especially since they usually don't have lawyer armies to point out how lame the patent.
It takes the focus off the product. I know that the Tivo is running Linux, but you wont find a mention of Linux on the Tivo website.
http://search.tivo.com/search?q=Linux
They do have this site
But the first words on the page are, "In compliance with the GPL version 2."
Imagine a radio interview on a top 40 station during a morning show that's sole purpose is to plug this little device.
The non-Linux version
Joe: Welcome to the show Bob tell me about this new thing.
Bob:Thanks Joe its great to be on. This little box does some really cool stuff. It will play radio stations from around the world and connect to your Facebook page
Joe: Wow that's really neat. How does it do all that
Bob:Well it connects to the Internet over your wireless connection. This also allows it to get updates automatically and allows new features to be added
Joe: That sounds complicated.
Bob: Actually its really simple. All you do is plug it in and push the connect button.
Joe: That does sound simple. Can it make coffee too?
Bob: ha ha ha.. Not yet, but we're working on it
Joe: That's all the time we have right now. Thanks for bringing us this really cool thing today Bob. I can't wait to buy one.
Bob: Not a problem, and thanks for having me on
Joe: Up next Lady Gaga Poker Face and the fart joke of the day
The Linux version
Joe: Welcome to the show Bob tell me about this new thing.
Bob:Thanks Joe its great to be on. This little box does some really cool stuff. It will play radio stations from around the world and connect to your Facebook page
Joe: Wow that's really neat. How does it do all that
Bob:Well it connects to the Internet over your wireless connection. This also allows it to get updates automatically and allows new features to be added
Joe: That sounds complicated.
Bob: Actually its really simple. We use a customized version of the Linux Kernel. Version 2.6.30 to be exact. All the software on our device is open source and is available for download from our website. We encourage our users to make modifications to this device.
Joe: But don't hackers use Linux to steal identities of people using the Internet?
Bob: ha ha ha.. No, don't be silly Joe. Hackers are the good guys. I think you mean crackers
Joe: Um.... Thanks for coming on Show. Up next Lady Gaga Poker Face and the fart joke of the day
One of my development servers is in our data center a mile down the road from our office. There is nothing like having to call the data center to get someone to go out on the floor to reboot when it stops responding. Granted this doesn't happen all the time, but its still a pain in the ass.
Then there is the issue of getting the machine re-imaged.
They left the Asian guy, but you do have a point. When Clinton addressed the Serbian people back in the 90's they made him a little extra pasty for the audience.
If God had not given us sticky tape, it would have been necessary to invent it.
