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South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

South Africa by Genghis+Troll · 2002-06-13 15:28 · Score: -1 · on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't

What is the mission of Bayonet.Net? Bayonet.Net provides clipart, digital images, video, and sound files relevant to the United States Army for sale. Samples of the clipart and digital images are available free of charge on the world wide web. These materials are intended for general use to include web-design and military briefings, publications, and training material. How do I copy images from the web site to my computer? To save an image to your computer, right click on the thumbnail and select "Save Target As..." (Exact command may vary depending on which browser you are using.) Ensure that you save the target of the thumbnail and not the actual thumbnail itself. The thumbnails are small, low-quality representations of the actual file. Thumbnails are designed to load quickly and allow you to browse all images. However, they are low quality and will not display well in presentations or printed material. By single clicking on a thumbnail, you will generally be able to see the actual image. However this only works with GIF and JPG files. This technique will not work with WMF, CGM, and other types of files. The only way to view these actual images is to save them to your computer using the right click technique above. After you have saved them to your computer, you can use other software such as Microsoft Power Point to view the files. See the section on What software do I need to view the files? for more information. Are the images on the site or CD copyrighted? Bayonet.Net copyrights this web site design and layout and the compilation of files. Individual image files are collected from the public domain. This includes various DoD sources and donations from site visitors. Users of this site are free to use images from the site or CD. It is not necessary to credit Bayonet.Net as the source. However, should you wish to credit Bayonet.Net, you may as long as the nature of your site or material is not derogatory of Bayonet.Net or the Federal Government. If you discover copyrighted material on our site, please contact us and we will remove it. Contact webmaster@bayonet.net for assistance. What file formats are used on the site or CD? This site and the CD contain graphic files in the formats listed below. Formats are divided into bitmapped, vector, and movie and sound formats. Bitmapped formats represent an image as a series of pixels, whereas vector formats represent an image as a series of mathematical formulas. Photographs are generally best used in bitmapped formats, whereas graphics such as a line drawing are generally best used in vector formats. The biggest advantage to vector formats is that they are "scaleable." This means that if you need to print the image either very large or very small, it will automatically resize. If you were to try and do this with a bitmapped format, you would see jagged edges and would loose the detail of the image. For further information of formats go to http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html. Bitmapped Formats: BMP: Windows Bitmaps. This is the standard bitmap format supported by Microsoft Windows. The standard VGA driver does not properly decompress 8-bit compressed BMP files; for best color viewing, you should load a 256-color or higher Windows video driver, which should eliminate this problem. GIF: CompuServe GIF. CompuServe, an on-line service, developed the GIF format to provide good file compression and relatively fast decompression speed. GIF is a very popular format for online services, but is limited to a maximum of 256 colors. JPG, JPE, JPEG: JPEG (JFIF) Files. The JPEG format was developed to provide a high degree of compression for images. It is a "lossy" compression method, meaning that some color information from the original is lost. JPEG is generally appropriate for photographed or scanned images, and works best for 24-bit sources. JPEG is generally inappropriate for any type of line-drawn art.

Re:Pseudo-Libertarian by jeff32 · 2002-06-13 12:01 · Score: 1 · on The Economics of File Sharing

Pseudo-Libertarians are willing to accept any amount of threat to their liberties just so long as they don't come from government.

I really enjoy how you perverted the English language to support your point of view.

Libertarian: One who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state.

What you call true libertarianism isn't libertarianism at all. Libertarians believe that the only role of government is to protect individual rights, and that individual rights can only be violated through the use of force. Corporations and other people are not free to forcibly compell others to deal with them in any way in a libertarian society. Therefore, they couldn't possibly be a threat to personal liberty. If they were a threat in the sense that I just mentioned, a libertarian would view it as proper for the government to stop them.

Re:Pixel and Vertex Shading and OpenGL2.0? by Viking+Coder · 2002-06-13 11:39 · Score: 2 · on NVIDIA's Pixel & Vertex Shading Language

If OpenGL 2.0 covers a lot more ground than shaders, and if you agree that some of that is good - then you think that companies will need to reinvent a lot of OpenGL 2.0 if they want to support Cg at the same time. See what I mean? In essence, nVidia is re-inventing the wheel, just so that they can control exactly what's on their GPU. And you know what, I'd probably do the same thing in their position - if, as you assert, they can't ship OpenGL 2.0 until it's fully ratified.

I'm not arguing that people shouldn't use shading languages. They're fantastic. They're the best thing ever to hit the PC graphics marketplace. It's unfortunate that a closed-source, non-free implementation is available before the open-source, free implementation. Companies can move faster than comittees. (Especially when the companies are on the comittees, too.) It's almost as though a bi-law of the OpenGL review board should be that memebers can not publish competing standards. (It's like a conflict of interests.) That would encourage them to play nice with eachother. I don't know, I'm just venting steam.

I have to throw words like "closed standard" around because this is a closed standard. As to throwing around "monopoly", the reason I do it is because nVidia could either play with the proposed open standard, or invent their own closed standard. I'm not saying that they're abusing their monopoly. I'm just saying that they're trying to establish one. There's nothing illegal about having a monopoly - it's illegal to abuse it. Everyone in their right mind wants their company to have a monopoly.

I disagree strongly with your assesment that they are taking "an extremely active role in the development of OpenGL 2.0." Based on that disagreement, you can imagine why I'm frustrated at their behavior. If you are correct, then I agree, they can potentially dramatically improve the OpenGL 2.0 standard. (And I hope they do!) When 2.0 is ratified, we'll see how quickly they come out with an implementation. I hope for everyone's sakes that they do it quickly, and that it's good.

You can ship a proposed standard. People do it all the time. C++ compilers come to mind.

If they're out to "kill Direct3D 9", I'm happy. Granted, they'd only be trying to "kill" the shader language part - but that's fine by me. I just hope, hope, hope, hope, hope that they don't kill OpenGL 2.0 before it's born.

I don't think I'm saying there are conspiracies. And I don't think my standpoint is "absurd." Maybe you disagree with my conclusions, and some of my assumptions - but do you honestly think I'm acting in an "absurd" manner? You think that I'm "manifesting the view that there is no order or value in human life or in the universe"? =)

Yes, I think Microsoft is happy that Cg supports OpenGL. Because I think you'll find that Cg works much better on DirectX than it does on OpenGL 1.4 (which, by the way, has not yet been ratified - which proves my side of the argument, not yours). That's just my guess, but it's what I think will happen. And I think that developers will tend to chose the platform that supports it better. (Other than Carmack, who always seems to chose the standard he thinks is better in the long run.) It's embrace and extend all over again.

Honestly, I wish there was only one shading language : RenderMan Shading Language. Not that it couldn't use some improving, but wouldn't it be cool if you could literally use the exact same code on every platform? Offline renderers, included?

Why i hate /. readers by smileyy · 2002-06-13 05:58 · Score: 2 · on WiFi, Light Bulbs, And The FCC

One wreaks havoc, not wrecks havoc.

Are basic english skills too much to ask for? And I'm not whining about people who speak English as a second language. I'm talking about the english-is-my-first-language-but-i'm-too-fucking-i ncompetent-to-speak/write-it-correctly crowd.

Re:Stealing? Nope. by shepd · 2002-06-12 18:08 · Score: 3, Informative · on Universal, Sony Cutting Prices on Downloaded Music

>You don't have to deprive someone of something to be guilty of stealing.

So, if I, as a parent, stopped my child's allowace because they misbehave, I've stolen it?

Does a murderer steal lives?

Does someone who is greedy and buys all the CDRs in the city (this happened where I live) steal them?

Does someone who makes a profit steal it? I mean, there is no law saying you are entitled to make a profit on anything whatsoever.

Does someone who decides not to give a dollar to the bum on the street in fact steal the dollar from the bum?

No. You are confused on the issue and I reccomend you consult the dictionary on this matter. Perhaps a synonym might help.

This is the definition of piracy. Notice no mention of theft, or its synonyms, unless your name is BlackBeard or Bin Laden.

Dictionaries were very careful to clear this up in the past because people were beginning the confuse the issues. I am happy they've done so. Notice how dictionary.com went out of their way to use the verbose sentence "The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material" rather than "Stealing Intellectual Property". That's because they saw the difference.

If you read the Berne Convention, the international foundation of modern copyright law, you'll never see the words steal or theft. The world's lawyers were careful to separate the meanings even though they have the most to gain. If english teachers, lawyers, judges, and many other respected people around the world firmly agree on this issue, why don't you?

I think you'll be very interested to know that in my country we are allowed to buy CDRs from America (bypassing a special media tax) and burn a copy of any album we like at a friends house and take it home. This is a law agreed to by the people, the lawyers, the artists, and the media companies, even when this loophole was explicitly pointed out once (we've all agreed to the law a second time, even after the rush on the border for CDRs). If any of these people considered that stealing (which, by your definition, it is) they would have most certainly not have agreed to allow this to happen.

Put simply, piracy is (for example) copying a song when you shouldn't, plain and simple. Stealing is when you take a car for a joyride. The difference is remarkable.

Re:Stealing? Nope. by shepd · 2002-06-12 18:08 · Score: 3, Informative · on Universal, Sony Cutting Prices on Downloaded Music

>You don't have to deprive someone of something to be guilty of stealing.

So, if I, as a parent, stopped my child's allowace because they misbehave, I've stolen it?

Does a murderer steal lives?

Does someone who is greedy and buys all the CDRs in the city (this happened where I live) steal them?

Does someone who makes a profit steal it? I mean, there is no law saying you are entitled to make a profit on anything whatsoever.

Does someone who decides not to give a dollar to the bum on the street in fact steal the dollar from the bum?

No. You are confused on the issue and I reccomend you consult the dictionary on this matter. Perhaps a synonym might help.

This is the definition of piracy. Notice no mention of theft, or its synonyms, unless your name is BlackBeard or Bin Laden.

Dictionaries were very careful to clear this up in the past because people were beginning the confuse the issues. I am happy they've done so. Notice how dictionary.com went out of their way to use the verbose sentence "The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material" rather than "Stealing Intellectual Property". That's because they saw the difference.

If you read the Berne Convention, the international foundation of modern copyright law, you'll never see the words steal or theft. The world's lawyers were careful to separate the meanings even though they have the most to gain. If english teachers, lawyers, judges, and many other respected people around the world firmly agree on this issue, why don't you?

I think you'll be very interested to know that in my country we are allowed to buy CDRs from America (bypassing a special media tax) and burn a copy of any album we like at a friends house and take it home. This is a law agreed to by the people, the lawyers, the artists, and the media companies, even when this loophole was explicitly pointed out once (we've all agreed to the law a second time, even after the rush on the border for CDRs). If any of these people considered that stealing (which, by your definition, it is) they would have most certainly not have agreed to allow this to happen.

Put simply, piracy is (for example) copying a song when you shouldn't, plain and simple. Stealing is when you take a car for a joyride. The difference is remarkable.

Re:Stealing? Nope. by shepd · 2002-06-12 18:08 · Score: 3, Informative · on Universal, Sony Cutting Prices on Downloaded Music

>You don't have to deprive someone of something to be guilty of stealing.

So, if I, as a parent, stopped my child's allowace because they misbehave, I've stolen it?

Does a murderer steal lives?

Does someone who is greedy and buys all the CDRs in the city (this happened where I live) steal them?

Does someone who makes a profit steal it? I mean, there is no law saying you are entitled to make a profit on anything whatsoever.

Does someone who decides not to give a dollar to the bum on the street in fact steal the dollar from the bum?

No. You are confused on the issue and I reccomend you consult the dictionary on this matter. Perhaps a synonym might help.

This is the definition of piracy. Notice no mention of theft, or its synonyms, unless your name is BlackBeard or Bin Laden.

Dictionaries were very careful to clear this up in the past because people were beginning the confuse the issues. I am happy they've done so. Notice how dictionary.com went out of their way to use the verbose sentence "The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material" rather than "Stealing Intellectual Property". That's because they saw the difference.

If you read the Berne Convention, the international foundation of modern copyright law, you'll never see the words steal or theft. The world's lawyers were careful to separate the meanings even though they have the most to gain. If english teachers, lawyers, judges, and many other respected people around the world firmly agree on this issue, why don't you?

I think you'll be very interested to know that in my country we are allowed to buy CDRs from America (bypassing a special media tax) and burn a copy of any album we like at a friends house and take it home. This is a law agreed to by the people, the lawyers, the artists, and the media companies, even when this loophole was explicitly pointed out once (we've all agreed to the law a second time, even after the rush on the border for CDRs). If any of these people considered that stealing (which, by your definition, it is) they would have most certainly not have agreed to allow this to happen.

Put simply, piracy is (for example) copying a song when you shouldn't, plain and simple. Stealing is when you take a car for a joyride. The difference is remarkable.

Re:Stealing? Nope. by JesseL · 2002-06-12 09:25 · Score: 4, Insightful · on Universal, Sony Cutting Prices on Downloaded Music

From dictionary.com (emphasis mine):

theft

\Theft\, n. [OE. thefte, AS. [thorn]i['e]f[eth]e, [thorn][=y]f[eth]e, [thorn]e['o]f[eth]e. See Thief.] 1. (Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same ; larceny.

Note: To constitute theft there must be a taking without the owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious; every part of the property stolen must be removed, however slightly, from its former position; and it must be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of the thief. See Larceny, and the Note under Robbery.

Democracy defined by smiff · 2002-06-11 10:03 · Score: 0 · on Countries Ponder: GNU/Linux vs. Microsoft

Citizens should learn that they do NOT live in a Democracy, they live in a Democratic REPUBLIC.

Please stop using this stupid argument. We may not live in a "Direct Democracy", but we still live in a "Democracy":

Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
A political or social unit that has such a government.
The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
Majority rule.
The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.

The "we don't live in a democracy" argument is a bald faced lie, invented by politicians as an excuse to disregard the will of the people.

Re:Remember Eugene Podkletnov? by julesh · 2002-06-11 01:30 · Score: 2, Funny · on Can Superconductors Block Gravitational Fields?

his university ejected him and now he has retreated to a hermetic existence.

Hermetic? Don't think he'd last very long in an air-tight container.

Re:can't resist by seanadams.com · 2002-06-10 18:04 · Score: 2 · on ADTI Whitepaper Released

I'll try to help you out here:

the apostrophe in "it's" is a correct possesive usage.

No, it certainly is not.

(the money belonging to the css camp. it is the css camp's money. it's money.)

It is money? Huh? What is money?

i'm not so sure about the apostrophe in "money's". bob the angry flower didn't really enlighten me on that because i'm not sure i really understand the idiom "moneys worth".

Money's worth == the worth of money. I.e. "he didn't get his money's worth" means he received less goods than his money was worth.

i suspect this is a plain pluralization, however, and doesn't warrant an apostrophe at all.

Nope. BTW, if you want anyone to take your thoughs on grammar seriously, you might want to capitalize "I".

Less is more? by Safety+Cap · 2002-06-10 00:44 · Score: 2 · on Australia Plans More Spying on Citizens

~Australia is about to have a whole lot less political parties?"

I suspect there will be fewer Australian political parties, not less.

From Dictionary.com (with my emphasis):

Usage Note: The traditional rule holds that fewer should be used for things that can be counted (fewer than four players), while less should be used with mass terms for things of measurable extent (less paper; less than a gallon of paint).

Re:Unemployed but nice nails by great+throwdini · 2002-06-08 17:51 · Score: 1 · on The Almighty Buck

According to the bougious pigs...

I hope you meant to type out bourgeoise in the above line.

It is you who does not understand irony. by SocialWorm · 2002-06-08 14:54 · Score: 1 · on Beijing Newspaper Spoofed by The Onion

I refer you to Dictionary.com, which actually brings up the very subject you mentioned. Note that while it states that "78 percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use of ironically in [a manner to denote coincidence]", that means that slightly more than 1 in 5 of their faculty think this usage is just fine, or have no objections to it.

Furthermore, it is no coincidence that we read this story on Slashdot: they post stories here all the time, and people read them. What is "contrary to what was expected" is the number of levels all talking about essentially the same thing. Therefore, this story is ironic, because you REALLY wouldn't expect it.

Re:Linux is still safe, but... by iangoldby · 2002-06-08 09:30 · Score: 1 · on Linux and the Smile.D Virus keeps us Smiling

One not-insignificant reason that Linux is safer than Windows is that there are less people trying to write viruses for Linux. The reward of writing a virus is probably something to do with seeing how far it can spread and whether it gets into the news. That's much less likely for a Linux virus if only because there are less machines to spread it. There are some of the same elements to this as in the security through obsolescence argument.

I bet if the 'market share' of Windows and Linux was reversed, there'd be Linux viruses taking advantage of every root expliot available. (Of course, the Open Source world would be quick to patch problems as they appeared, but we know you can't rely on Joe Public to keep his OS up-to-date with all of the latest patches.)

<soapbox>Can we please lose the 'viri' spelling for the plural of virus, please? It's viruses.</soapbox>

Re:This Bridge of Ours by neocon · 2002-06-08 03:21 · Score: 1 · on Sicilian Suspension Bridge to Go Ahead

first off we are not "just as bad" in a cultural sense. only in a death sense.

What does this mean? Is killing an enemy soldier in war because he is trying to kill you `just as bad' as killing thousands of enemy civilians because you believe their culture is the `great satan'? No, of course not. We are not in any way `as bad' as them. Where do you get this?

second buchanan is the closes ideolog to bin laden..

How do you figure? Unless your position is that `wanting to restrict immigration and wanting to kill thousands of civilians are just the same, man', this doesn't float at all. I'm not that fond of Mr. Buchanan's views on a number of subjects, but to compare him to Bin Laden is simply nonsense.

Now, if we take your words literally, and say `yes, Mr. Buchanan is the closest we come to Bin Laden, and he's not even remotely close to him', then you've made my point exactly

yes i do seee a difference. america(tm) pushes the buttons for our bombs and the muslims have to sacrifice accuale people.

If that's the only difference you see between attacking enemy soldiers who are trying to kill you and blowing yourself up in the children's area of a restaurant, then you, sir, are a moral midget.

i dont think that any ideology or country that convinces people to die and kill for it is "right" in any true sense of the word.

So you really see no difference between killing someone in self defense when they are trying to kill you, as we are doing and killing civilians for the `crime' of being from the wrong culture, as Mr. Bin Laden advocates?

i hope that you will stop the use of the word islamist or islamic, because anyone who believes in islam is muslim.

That's not what dictionary.com says.

Re:The irony by Inthewire · 2002-06-07 16:25 · Score: 1 · on SDSU Students Create Sporty Hybrid Vehicle

He will be forever missed--fair well my friend

God damn it. It isn't fair well. It is farewell .

Re:science "mysteries": a slashdot myth by Lars+T. · 2002-06-07 09:19 · Score: 2 · on Nitroglycerin Mystery Solved

Read this and be quiet when grown-ups talk.

Re:No problem by RKloti · 2002-06-07 06:37 · Score: 1 · on Sicilian Suspension Bridge to Go Ahead

a army bridge master(forget the true title)

The word you are looking for is pontonier

Re:How Baby Bells FIT the Definition by JohnDenver · 2002-06-07 05:51 · Score: 2 · on The Coming Internet Monopolies

I think you need to consult a brand name dictionary-- perhaps Merriam-Webster, and realize that cheap imitation dictionaries, are, like genuine "Sorny" televisions, best left unsold.

Funny you say that, I usually use dictionary.com, but having dealt with people not considering dictionary.com a good source of definitions I made sure I used Marriam-Webster.

It's pretty ironic that in going out of my way to reduce dumb comments focusing on which dictionary I used, I still get dumb comments.

Maybe you should look up quibble

See the second definition...

Incorrect statement by shawnmelliott · 2002-06-07 05:30 · Score: 2, Informative · on Moshe Bar on Programming, Society, and Religion

No offense but this statement is scientifically untrue

"We know the world created itself a few billion years ago and not 5762 years ago (according to the Jewish counting). We know that evolution is the culprit for that inexplicably destructive and increasingly contradictory thing called the human, the human was not made directly by G-d"

Actually, we scientifically don't know. because we have not actually witnessed it. We had a hypothesis which has become a theory. But we don't know. Remember, they knew scientifically that the Earth was the center of the galaxy for the longest time ( astronomically proved it with science too ;) ) and were wrong.

Note Dictionary.com's definition of Theory. Especially items 4 & 6

Item 6: An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture

Also note that science ( in the past and somewhat now ) doesn't wish to say anything is absolutely certain unless an experiment can reproduce the behaviour, event or action. Creationism vs. Big Bang vs. ??? is a debate and no particular side is right as far as science is concerned. Personally, I believe in Creationism, others do not. Please Please Please people, before you must say that we all evolved or that the earth is millions of years old and that those who say otherwise are incorrect remember that you are no more correct than they as far as science is concerned ( and it's you using science to make the claims )

I am ready to receive the flames I'm certain I will get for my statement but I felt it necessary and felt it to be on topic

Re:Anyone else read that as... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-06-07 03:03 · Score: 0 · on Sicilian Suspension Bridge to Go Ahead

Are there any words that you recognise? Learnt is spelt correctly.

Slashdot & Journalism by MoThugz · 2002-06-06 15:51 · Score: 1, Informative · on Blogging for Dummies?

From Dictionary.com...

The collecting, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television broadcasts.
Material written for publication in a newspaper or magazine or for broadcast.
The style of writing characteristic of material in newspapers and magazines, consisting of direct presentation of facts or occurrences with little attempt at analysis or interpretation.
Newspapers and magazines.
An academic course training students in journalism.
Written material of current interest or wide popular appeal.

What interests me the most is point 3, because most of the time here, people with give their views and opinions of posts. Therefore /. is more suitable to be called a discussion site or forum.

Re:Meaning of blog is fine, dammit by echucker · 2002-06-06 14:37 · Score: 2, Insightful · on Blogging for Dummies?

What literary authorities have defined "blog"? It does not yet appear in the online version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary or at dictionary.com

If it's not in either of these places yet, who's to say what definitions are right or wrong?

Re:Make it user-friendly. by generic-man · 2002-06-06 12:50 · Score: 0 · on Feasibility of Linux for Public-Access Labs?

I usually find that mozilla doesn't render sites like that poperly because they are in fact not web sites at all.

Ooh, semantics. Oh great Internet dictionary, what is a web site?

A Web site (we prefer the two words rather than Website) is a collection of Web files on a particular subject that includes a beginning file called a home page. -- from TechTarget

A set of interconnected webpages, usually including a homepage, generally located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, group, or organization. -- from the American Heritage Dictionary

I'm sorry, I don't see any preaching about what is and what isn't a "Web file." You say that only "The W3C does" specify what is and isn't an HTML file. That's true: they have a validator which can tell you whether a web page is valid HTML. You and I both know that most of the highly-trafficked sites on the web aren't valid HTML. CNN.com isn't valid HTML. Yahoo! isn't valid HTML 4.01 Transitional. Of course, even Slashdot isn't valid HTML. Should these not be considered web sites? Well, they all render just fine in Mozilla, so by your definition they're fine and dandy.

Mozilla doesn't render all of the web's documents correctly. Neither does IE. However, IE is the de facto standard now, so most usability testing focuses on IE accessibility. Slashdot users such as yourself love to spout sour grapes about how such-and-such site doesn't render with Mozilla, but so what? No amount of whining will change that. If I told my professors that I couldn't research a site because it wouldn't work in Mozilla, they'd tell me, "That's nice. You fail."

The web would be a nicer place if everyone wrote standards-compliant HTML, but everyone doesn't. You can't whine about it. Just deal with it.

Just to point out by To0n · 2002-06-06 09:44 · Score: 1 · on Hominids: The Neanderthal Parallax

Correct spelling is Neandertal, not Neanderthal.

Also, physical charicteristics of Neandertal are no chin, large jawbone (So that excludes Jay Leno), a sagital keel (think like a small bump that runs on the top of your head, where your jaw muscles would attach to), an Supra-Orbital Torus (eyebrow bone. It'd look like it were jutting out quite a bit), as well as strong, big neck muscles (charicterized by an Occipital bun on the back of the head.)

It is shown that Neandertal and Archaic Homo Sapiens lived during the same time, hell, evidence suggests that they lived close to each other. Campsites, tool kits (shared traits in those tool kits - i.e. Blades, Lavolla flaked hand tools like awls and needles)... It's possible that Neandertal did survive (according to my biological anthropology class) but rather unlikely. Neandertal is a different species and unable to produce viable offspring w/ Homo Sapiens Sapiens (see definition of species). So I wouldn't worry too much about them trying to score the chicks with their hairy basketball player looks (Hack a Shaq indeed)

Re:Ding Dong, IE is Dead! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-06-05 08:34 · Score: 0 · on Mozilla 1.0 Officially Here

Please, learn the proper English plural of the word 'virus.'

There's no need to be making up words in hopes of sounding smarter. You only end up looking silly.

The measure of dumbness by leonbrooks · 2002-06-04 11:36 · Score: 2 · on Ask Moshe Bar about [your choice here]

I didnt' say people back then were dumb. I used the word "ignorant".

Oh, well, yay, there's a big improvement. Not.

Ignorant people do not slice up and cart around 2000-tonne blocks of stone as a hobby. Note that the 1100 tonne stone pictured cannot be moved by any number of sweating slaves, since no known material would make strong enough staves to get the required number of slaves near it, and the stone would break if they tried stuff like rollers.

They just didn't know any better to realize such things as "the sun is the center of the solar system and the earth goes around it."

...and speaking of ignorance... yes, they did. That was pretty clever of them because without excellent telescopes it is basically impossible to distinguish between a model involving Earth orbiting the Sun, and one involving the Sun orbiting the Earth and dragging the planets with it. Tycho Brahe proposed just such a model.

There's obviously a few gaping holes in your understanding of history. They not only understood heliocentrism, they knew enough to promptly adjust their calendars to track changes in astronomical conditions.

Because modern astronomy (and other sciences) is generally sold on gradualism, a consequence of a priori committment to materialism, they have a hard time even admitting that serious changes could take place within a historical timescale in our own solar system. A similar a priori commitment dooms atheistic Egyptologists to using the broken Sothic Cycle for dating, which throws their results out to the tune of up to 1000 years, and we're only talking maybe 4000 years ago.

Another flaw is your failure to understand tha atheism isn't a claim, nor a belief. It's the default hypothesis when evidence is lacking, and there hasn't been enough evidence yet to sway from that default hypothesis.

That's not a failure. You're describing agnosticism. Atheism is not a default condition, it is the deliberate denial of theism. You will find that your arbitrarily atheistic stance is a consequence of assuming materialism without proof.

We don't often see it as a default hypothesis because we are indoctrinated to believe in a god since early childhood, such that anything else now seems like a deviation from the norm.

Neither position can be a default. Each position is a definite statement, ergo cannot be taken until it has been considered - except ignorantly.

I'm not calling them dumb. I'm calling them ignorant.

That's very, uh, brave of you.

So... your hypothesis is apparently that mankind existed for millions of years in intelligent ignorance, and only in the last few thousand years or so has knowledge rushed in to fill the void? What evidence do you call in support of this assertion?

The measure of dumbness by leonbrooks · 2002-06-04 11:36 · Score: 2 · on Ask Moshe Bar about [your choice here]

I didnt' say people back then were dumb. I used the word "ignorant".

Oh, well, yay, there's a big improvement. Not.

Ignorant people do not slice up and cart around 2000-tonne blocks of stone as a hobby. Note that the 1100 tonne stone pictured cannot be moved by any number of sweating slaves, since no known material would make strong enough staves to get the required number of slaves near it, and the stone would break if they tried stuff like rollers.

They just didn't know any better to realize such things as "the sun is the center of the solar system and the earth goes around it."

...and speaking of ignorance... yes, they did. That was pretty clever of them because without excellent telescopes it is basically impossible to distinguish between a model involving Earth orbiting the Sun, and one involving the Sun orbiting the Earth and dragging the planets with it. Tycho Brahe proposed just such a model.

There's obviously a few gaping holes in your understanding of history. They not only understood heliocentrism, they knew enough to promptly adjust their calendars to track changes in astronomical conditions.

Because modern astronomy (and other sciences) is generally sold on gradualism, a consequence of a priori committment to materialism, they have a hard time even admitting that serious changes could take place within a historical timescale in our own solar system. A similar a priori commitment dooms atheistic Egyptologists to using the broken Sothic Cycle for dating, which throws their results out to the tune of up to 1000 years, and we're only talking maybe 4000 years ago.

Another flaw is your failure to understand tha atheism isn't a claim, nor a belief. It's the default hypothesis when evidence is lacking, and there hasn't been enough evidence yet to sway from that default hypothesis.

That's not a failure. You're describing agnosticism. Atheism is not a default condition, it is the deliberate denial of theism. You will find that your arbitrarily atheistic stance is a consequence of assuming materialism without proof.

We don't often see it as a default hypothesis because we are indoctrinated to believe in a god since early childhood, such that anything else now seems like a deviation from the norm.

Neither position can be a default. Each position is a definite statement, ergo cannot be taken until it has been considered - except ignorantly.

I'm not calling them dumb. I'm calling them ignorant.

That's very, uh, brave of you.

So... your hypothesis is apparently that mankind existed for millions of years in intelligent ignorance, and only in the last few thousand years or so has knowledge rushed in to fill the void? What evidence do you call in support of this assertion?

The measure of dumbness by leonbrooks · 2002-06-04 11:36 · Score: 2 · on Ask Moshe Bar about [your choice here]

I didnt' say people back then were dumb. I used the word "ignorant".

Oh, well, yay, there's a big improvement. Not.

Ignorant people do not slice up and cart around 2000-tonne blocks of stone as a hobby. Note that the 1100 tonne stone pictured cannot be moved by any number of sweating slaves, since no known material would make strong enough staves to get the required number of slaves near it, and the stone would break if they tried stuff like rollers.

They just didn't know any better to realize such things as "the sun is the center of the solar system and the earth goes around it."

...and speaking of ignorance... yes, they did. That was pretty clever of them because without excellent telescopes it is basically impossible to distinguish between a model involving Earth orbiting the Sun, and one involving the Sun orbiting the Earth and dragging the planets with it. Tycho Brahe proposed just such a model.

There's obviously a few gaping holes in your understanding of history. They not only understood heliocentrism, they knew enough to promptly adjust their calendars to track changes in astronomical conditions.

Because modern astronomy (and other sciences) is generally sold on gradualism, a consequence of a priori committment to materialism, they have a hard time even admitting that serious changes could take place within a historical timescale in our own solar system. A similar a priori commitment dooms atheistic Egyptologists to using the broken Sothic Cycle for dating, which throws their results out to the tune of up to 1000 years, and we're only talking maybe 4000 years ago.

Another flaw is your failure to understand tha atheism isn't a claim, nor a belief. It's the default hypothesis when evidence is lacking, and there hasn't been enough evidence yet to sway from that default hypothesis.

That's not a failure. You're describing agnosticism. Atheism is not a default condition, it is the deliberate denial of theism. You will find that your arbitrarily atheistic stance is a consequence of assuming materialism without proof.

We don't often see it as a default hypothesis because we are indoctrinated to believe in a god since early childhood, such that anything else now seems like a deviation from the norm.

Neither position can be a default. Each position is a definite statement, ergo cannot be taken until it has been considered - except ignorantly.

I'm not calling them dumb. I'm calling them ignorant.

That's very, uh, brave of you.

So... your hypothesis is apparently that mankind existed for millions of years in intelligent ignorance, and only in the last few thousand years or so has knowledge rushed in to fill the void? What evidence do you call in support of this assertion?

The measure of dumbness by leonbrooks · 2002-06-04 11:36 · Score: 2 · on Ask Moshe Bar about [your choice here]

I didnt' say people back then were dumb. I used the word "ignorant".

Oh, well, yay, there's a big improvement. Not.

Ignorant people do not slice up and cart around 2000-tonne blocks of stone as a hobby. Note that the 1100 tonne stone pictured cannot be moved by any number of sweating slaves, since no known material would make strong enough staves to get the required number of slaves near it, and the stone would break if they tried stuff like rollers.

They just didn't know any better to realize such things as "the sun is the center of the solar system and the earth goes around it."

...and speaking of ignorance... yes, they did. That was pretty clever of them because without excellent telescopes it is basically impossible to distinguish between a model involving Earth orbiting the Sun, and one involving the Sun orbiting the Earth and dragging the planets with it. Tycho Brahe proposed just such a model.

There's obviously a few gaping holes in your understanding of history. They not only understood heliocentrism, they knew enough to promptly adjust their calendars to track changes in astronomical conditions.

Because modern astronomy (and other sciences) is generally sold on gradualism, a consequence of a priori committment to materialism, they have a hard time even admitting that serious changes could take place within a historical timescale in our own solar system. A similar a priori commitment dooms atheistic Egyptologists to using the broken Sothic Cycle for dating, which throws their results out to the tune of up to 1000 years, and we're only talking maybe 4000 years ago.

Another flaw is your failure to understand tha atheism isn't a claim, nor a belief. It's the default hypothesis when evidence is lacking, and there hasn't been enough evidence yet to sway from that default hypothesis.

That's not a failure. You're describing agnosticism. Atheism is not a default condition, it is the deliberate denial of theism. You will find that your arbitrarily atheistic stance is a consequence of assuming materialism without proof.

We don't often see it as a default hypothesis because we are indoctrinated to believe in a god since early childhood, such that anything else now seems like a deviation from the norm.

Neither position can be a default. Each position is a definite statement, ergo cannot be taken until it has been considered - except ignorantly.

I'm not calling them dumb. I'm calling them ignorant.

That's very, uh, brave of you.

So... your hypothesis is apparently that mankind existed for millions of years in intelligent ignorance, and only in the last few thousand years or so has knowledge rushed in to fill the void? What evidence do you call in support of this assertion?

Re:Before more 'Divided Linux' posts start ... by redtoade · 2002-06-04 04:39 · Score: 1 · on SuSE Denies UnitedLinux Per-Seat License Model

Not meaning to nitpick, BUT:

separate

If you're going to use caps for emphasis, spelling the words correctly helps.

Re:I'm sure, somewhere... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-06-03 05:02 · Score: 0 · on Win32/Linux Cross-Platform Virus

Please, learn the proper English plural of the word 'virus.'

There's no need to be making up words in hopes of sounding smarter. You only end up looking silly..
--

Re:This is great news! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-06-03 04:59 · Score: 0 · on Win32/Linux Cross-Platform Virus

Please, learn the proper English plural of the word 'virus.'

There's no need to be making up words in hopes of sounding smarter. You only end up looking silly...

Re:And if you get bored... by satanami69 · 2002-05-31 18:46 · Score: 1 · on Rootin' Tootin' Case Mod Roundup

It's "people who are more stupid" not "stupider". Fuckhead

Wow, nice job screwing up, fucktard. Maybe you should look up words that do exists.

stupider

Re:software developers v users - the battle contin by HRabson · 2002-05-30 08:34 · Score: 1 · on United Linux is Here

'[aside: Debian is one of the most popular distros --- does that mean that Debian is the de facto standard?]'

If most distributions do things a certain way then it becomes the standard way, whether Red Hat (or Debian) likes it or not. That's what de facto means. If Debian becomes significant enough, other distributions will have to drop gawk from the default install and feature a Reagan-era OS installer.

'You were saying that Debian was non-standard --- I don't think that what a particular version of a particular other distribution is doing counts as standard'

Put them all together, draw a circle around the common elements, and you have a de facto standard. I agree: I don't think what a particular version of a particular other distribution is doing counts as standard. That's why I (like most people) wrote my software with a goal of making it work on the majority of distributions, which should include Debian but didn't for some time because Debian differed from SuSE, Red Hat, Caldera, Turbolinux and Slackware in a great enough number of ways for it to be a major pain in the ass. To make my software Debian-friendly required more effort than making it run on all the other distros put together. That was a direct result of the little eccentricities which masqueraded as innovations in Debian.

'If you're so excited about this de facto standard of yours, what do you think of using file system labels in fstab, instead of devices?'

At least they were adding functionality. Taking away gawk from a GNU/Linux distribution is just silly. What does the G of gawk stand for?

'The majority of Red Hat systems that are running don't use that scheme, so are RedHat breaking the standard by introducing change, or are all historical RedHat installs now non-standard? How about Grub vs. Lilo? Do you want me to go on?'

Hey, this is Slashdot. Why not. :-) Seriously, though, you're right about the LABEL= thing. I don't like it at all. It was a major pain to code for and allow for. So was GRUB. However, Red Hat are large enough to influence or even determine the de facto standard on their own. If the Debian team want to innovate, they could try doing it in ways which don't break code which runs just fine on the other major distributions.

Group-think is not a good way to gain mainstream acceptance. Debian can secede from the Union for all I care, just so long as they understand that they are feeding their pride at the expense of cross-compatibility.

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