it's gonna happen. So let's look on the positive side.
I think it will be useful if the data can be recorded and used to reconstruct certain past events. Let's say child abductions, auto accidents, sniper shootings, etc.
And perhaps the data should be made public record at some later time to prevent the data from concentrating in the wrong hands.
this reminds me of some bottle rocket "experiements" that my friends and I used to do.
One variation is to use a 2 liter coke bottle, baking powder, toilet paper, and vinegar.
Empty the bottle and fill the bottom 1/5 with vinegar. Pour the baking soda into the sheets of toilet paper and roll them up into mini cigars. Make sure they are thin enough to fit down the hole of the bottle easily.
When you are in a huge open field with no one around, quickly stuff a bunch of the tp cigars down into the bottle and then screw on the cap.
It may take some time for anything to happen, depending on the quantities you mixed, but the result is usually a powerful explosion with the bottle rocketing off a hundred yards or so.:)
Another one I used to do is take grain alcohol, (190 proof) or something similar (isopropyl alcohol 70%?) and pour it into a dry/empty 2 liter coke bottle. Pour only enough to coat the insides well as you want the bottle to fill up with the vapours. Shake it up.
Also, you should have drilled a decently sized hole into the bottle cap. Grab a small piece of toilet paper and roll it into a small fuse. Screw the cap on and place the fuse into the hole. Light it and the that sucker fly!
Warnging: Grain alcohol is *extremely* flammable. I almost set my dorm on fire with that... Have a fire extingusiher ready or something.:(
So tell me this, why did the government enter the Gulf War and not enter in the Rwandan genocide between the Tutsi in Hutu that had more than 2 million in casualties in the 1990's?
Was the US really there in the gulf bcos of oil or bcos of a good and evil morality stint?
why does the US have a huge military presence in Saudi Arabia and closely support Saudi royalty while they run the country with numerous human rights violations? oil.
Why did the US do nothing post gulf war as Saddam continued slaughtering Kurdish refugees. no homes, no food, no water. women and children suffering...
I suggest you go read on the history of those conflicts. And maybe you'll find you know alot less than you think from the comfort of your computer.
(try the NY Times and Newsweek, unless you feel they're biased and anti government. You'll find everything I've mentioned in those sources alone. It'll be a good start.)
Maybe by reaching out to you, I can contribute to one less deluded and ignorant AC.
Does anyone really believe that the US or US corporations have no legislative influence on other countries?
This is pathetic. Search through slashdot and you'll easily find dozens of articles showing otherwise. Human rights violations from oil companies, diamond industry, cobalt/mineral industry, etc. Don't forget all the countries we've invaded, NAFTA, MFN status etc. And then there's the more subtle influence our country has... CIA supporting anti russian activities in Afghanistan during the cold war, ensuring US friendly Saudi royalty support for oil even though they run despotic governments with countless human rights violations. tip o the ice berg.
You are missing the point. He's giving a *hypothetical* scenario to illustrate the importance and critical role that the FSF software plays. To argue whether they could or would revoke the license is retarded.
An OS is composed of more than just a kernel. Think about that.
Multi-Photo Mode is a function used when scanning more than 2 photos with a single operation, and makes the scanned images appear individually in a new window. If you place the photo obliquely, this function will make the adjustment automatically.
Operations
1. Place the photos on the scanner platen. 2. Start ScanGear CS-U. 3. In the ScanGear CS-U Simple Mode Main window, click the [Multi-Photo Mode] button. 4. [Multi-Photo Mode] wizard appears. Click the [Next] button. 5. After pre-scanning, croppings are performed automatically the same number times with the number of photos. During these procedures, do not open the document cover. 6. When the Multi-Photo Mode scanning is finished, the ScanGear CS-U main window appears. Click the close box to close ScanGear CS-U.
7. In the application software, the scanned images are opened. Save the images after adjustment if needed.
Placing the Photos
With the Multi-Photo Mode function, the gap between photos is detected using the rear white background of the document cover.
When you place the photos on the platen, note the followings;
Keep more than 1 centimeter between the photos.
Keep more than 1 centimeter between the photos and the edges of the platen.
With a photo that appears whitish overall, or around edges, this function will not work correctly.
With items other than photos, especially printed or manuscripted matter on white paper (documents or business cards), this function will not work correctly.
You may place the photos either vertically or horizontally and diagonally.
Up to 10 photos can be processed.
In the platen, the width of the letter size (215.9 mm) and the height of A4 size (297 mm) is processed.
Miscellaneous
Also note that, if ScanGear CS-U is launched from the application that cannot open 2 or more images at a time, an image on the entire platen is send to the application, when using the [Multi-Photo Mode] function.
ScanGear CS-U 6.2 (hereafter ScanGear CS-U) is a TWAIN-compliant scanner driver that communicates with and retrieves images from a Canon scanner connected via USB interface. ScanGear CS-U is designed to run under Windows Me, Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Professional, and can be used with the following scanners:
CanoScan N670U/N676U
CanoScan N1240U
ScanGear CS-U, however, is much more than just a scanner driver because it also provides many functions for adjusting and enhancing images. With Canon ScanGear CS-U driver you can:
Scan in Simple Mode, which allows you to set up a scanning job quickly, or scan in Advanced Mode which provides more options for setting up a professional scanning job.
Adjust image brightness and contrast
Adjust image tone quality
Invert image colors and create negative images
Rotate an image
Crop part of the image in the Preview Area for scanning
Set ScanGear CS-U to display the image from the previous session every time you open ScanGear CS-U
Set ScanGear CS-U to scan immediately the original on the scanner every time you open ScanGear CS-U.
The Canon N670U flatbed scanner I have will scan multiple pictures and automatically crop them. I tried it once, and seemed to work ok. YMMV.
the pictures were scanned at 300 DPI by default. I'm not sure how configurable the settings are. The process was more time consuming, as the computer had to analyze and crop the images.
Not only that, but I think she was also unique among the amazons. Wasn't she their princess and greatest warrior or something? i don't remember if i got that from the comic book or the tv show with linda carter, lol.
I never really followed the comics at all... although I did buy an issue that George Perez penned. awesome artist.
The Waterfall Method maybe the only choice in a project because time, cost, or some other critical parameter prevents a repeat of the cycle. This is scenario is not impossible to imagine or come across.
For example: There is a small window of time that will not allow for a debug. You only get one shot. There is no testing/try again.
Any errors at any stage may be unacceptable and/or costly. Human death or destruction of a system, etc.
You don't "assume" that step N is perfect. You ensure to the best of your ability to complete and verify step N as comprehensively as possible. You don't rapidly jump in and out expecting to catch errors later. It's a method, not an algorthm. You have a very distorted way of describing such methodolgies. (eg:"Waterfall says...")
if you are afraid of exponential complexity, you then reduce the scope of the project until you are comfortable. Of course, such an evaluation will depend on your ability and experience.
A short development cycle does not translate to a program that will not fail/blow up and kill people/destroy expensive equipment on it's first test.
Some projects dictate the method. And there are projects that will have zero tolerance for error at any stage. Therefore, you will not be given a chance to "test and see." So you will have no alternative.
The Waterfall Method is a methodology of software development that exists because certain software projects have very little room for error. (think NASA, life support, avionic systems, etc.)
Proponents of the waterfall method reason that for such critical software systems the normal write/test/debug cycle is too dangerous.
To simply dismiss this methodology with such a blanket statement is irresponsible.
You really believe the government is capable of establishing such safety nets? Then explain to me why this safety net failed with the World Trade Center as government agencies had information prior to the 9/11.
People have too much confidence in organizations they know little about. Stop watching X-files.
in the far future 160 $108.00 4 480 $432.00 $0.90 200 $145.00 4 600 $580.00 $0.97 240 $225.00 4 720 $900.00 $1.25
in the far, far future 200 $108.00 4 600 $432.00 $0.72 240 $145.00 4 720 $580.00 $0.81 280 $225.00 4 840 $900.00 $1.07
The first set of prices are from NewEgg.com for Maxtor drives. I thought I'd analyze/extrapolate on the cost of the drives today/future when setting up a linux software RAID 5 system using 4 drives for a multimedia (divx,mp3) file server when I'm rich.
You're one of the few authors that could create characters and worlds immersive and compelling enough where I actually cared. Thank you for all the great books while I was growing up. (I think I had over 60 of them at some point!)
For those who have never read Piers or are interested in his works, I recommend the following books as must reads. (I don't follow much of his recent stuff. Nowadays my time is spent with Oreilly;)
A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth) On a Pale Horse (Incarnations) Bio of a Space Tyrant: Refugee Dragon's Gold Any of the first few Adept Series books.
Oh yeah, here's a question.
Do you welcome visits from fans? I'd love to take you and your family out to dinner or something similar and get a chance to chat and thank you for all the memories growing up.
Many of the financial companies on Wall Street use Sybase. They are very conservative with tech and are slow to adopt new technologies. Thus there is a large user base that can and does shell out big bucks to maintain/customize these systems.
Also, Sybase runs on Unix, Linux, and Windows.
So, Postgresql is a minor player in the real world. In the future, this will change of course.
I try to buy everything from Buy.com I can to take of advantage of their free shipping. (eg: case, ram, power supply, optical mouse, etc.)
Then whatever they don't have available, I will buy through Newegg. (Asus/Soyo Dragon Plus/etc)
Also, Shopping.yahoo.com is a wonderful site. Kinda of like Pricewatch.com, but all the stores can use your yahoo account to bill you. Convenient as hell.
For friends/work...
I recommend going with a cheap dell system. no hassles, no worries. If the person has a really tight budget, I may try and put together a machine from spare parts.
Some side notes: Buy.com has great service. I sometimes receive my stuff the next day. Bravo!
NewEgg OTOH, takes a few days before they even ship. Then slap on another week. bleh. (I'm in NYC)
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it's gonna happen. So let's look on the positive side.
I think it will be useful if the data can be recorded and used to reconstruct certain past events. Let's say child abductions, auto accidents, sniper shootings, etc.
And perhaps the data should be made public record at some later time to prevent the data from concentrating in the wrong hands.
this reminds me of some bottle rocket "experiements" that my friends and I used to do.
:)
:(
One variation is to use a 2 liter coke bottle, baking powder, toilet paper, and vinegar.
Empty the bottle and fill the bottom 1/5 with vinegar.
Pour the baking soda into the sheets of toilet paper and roll them up into mini cigars. Make sure they are thin enough to fit down the hole of the bottle easily.
When you are in a huge open field with no one around, quickly stuff a bunch of the tp cigars down into the bottle and then screw on the cap.
It may take some time for anything to happen, depending on the quantities you mixed, but the result is usually a powerful explosion with the bottle rocketing off a hundred yards or so.
Another one I used to do is take grain alcohol, (190 proof) or something similar (isopropyl alcohol 70%?) and pour it into a dry/empty 2 liter coke bottle. Pour only enough to coat the insides well as you want the bottle to fill up with the vapours. Shake it up.
Also, you should have drilled a decently sized hole into the bottle cap. Grab a small piece of toilet paper and roll it into a small fuse.
Screw the cap on and place the fuse into the hole. Light it and the that sucker fly!
Warnging: Grain alcohol is *extremely* flammable. I almost set my dorm on fire with that... Have a fire extingusiher ready or something.
So tell me this, why did the government enter the Gulf War and not enter in the Rwandan genocide between the Tutsi in Hutu that had more than 2 million in casualties in the 1990's?
Was the US really there in the gulf bcos of oil or bcos of a good and evil morality stint?
why does the US have a huge military presence in Saudi Arabia and closely support Saudi royalty while they run the country with numerous human rights violations? oil.
Why did the US do nothing post gulf war as Saddam continued slaughtering Kurdish refugees. no homes, no food, no water. women and children suffering...
I suggest you go read on the history of those conflicts. And maybe you'll find you know alot less than you think from the comfort of your computer.
(try the NY Times and Newsweek, unless you feel they're biased and anti government. You'll find everything I've mentioned in those sources alone. It'll be a good start.)
Maybe by reaching out to you, I can contribute to one less deluded and ignorant AC.
that the key to the immortality that we seek possibly lies in the cancers that plague us?
Cancer is just a bunch of immortal cells. (ie: won't undergoe apoptosis)
Reminds me of the Hela Virus cells that were collected from Henrietta Lacks still sitting in some fridge somewhere...
How does this get rated as 5?
Does anyone really believe that the US or US corporations have no legislative influence on other countries?
This is pathetic. Search through slashdot and you'll easily find dozens of articles showing otherwise. Human rights violations from oil companies, diamond industry, cobalt/mineral industry, etc. Don't forget all the countries we've invaded, NAFTA, MFN status etc. And then there's the more subtle influence our country has... CIA supporting anti russian activities in Afghanistan during the cold war, ensuring US friendly Saudi royalty support for oil even though they run despotic governments with countless human rights violations. tip o the ice berg.
you guys make me sick with your ignorance. blah.
You are missing the point. He's giving a *hypothetical* scenario to illustrate the importance and critical role that the FSF software plays. To argue whether they could or would revoke the license is retarded.
An OS is composed of more than just a kernel. Think about that.
as another vector for spam?
:P
Walking through a business convention and collecting like hell...
They should have a supa secret handshake that will only divulge the email address as a security protocol.
Here's a copy and paste from the help:
Multi-Photo Mode is a function used when scanning more than 2 photos with a single operation, and makes the scanned images appear individually in a new window.
If you place the photo obliquely, this function will make the adjustment automatically.
Operations
1. Place the photos on the scanner platen.
2. Start ScanGear CS-U.
3. In the ScanGear CS-U Simple Mode Main window, click the [Multi-Photo Mode] button.
4. [Multi-Photo Mode] wizard appears. Click the [Next] button.
5. After pre-scanning, croppings are performed automatically the same number times with the number of photos. During these procedures, do not open the document cover.
6. When the Multi-Photo Mode scanning is finished, the ScanGear CS-U main window appears. Click the close box to close ScanGear CS-U.
7. In the application software, the scanned images are opened. Save the images after adjustment if needed.
Placing the Photos
With the Multi-Photo Mode function, the gap between photos is detected using the rear white background of the document cover.
When you place the photos on the platen, note the followings;
Keep more than 1 centimeter between the photos.
Keep more than 1 centimeter between the photos and the edges of the platen.
With a photo that appears whitish overall, or around edges, this function will not work correctly.
With items other than photos, especially printed or manuscripted matter on white paper (documents or business cards), this function will not work correctly.
You may place the photos either vertically or horizontally and diagonally.
Up to 10 photos can be processed.
In the platen, the width of the letter size (215.9 mm) and the height of A4 size (297 mm) is processed.
Miscellaneous
Also note that, if ScanGear CS-U is launched from the application that cannot open 2 or more images at a time, an image on the entire platen is send to the application, when using the [Multi-Photo Mode] function.
ScanGear CS-U 6.2 (hereafter ScanGear CS-U) is a TWAIN-compliant scanner driver that communicates with and retrieves images from a Canon scanner connected via USB interface. ScanGear CS-U is designed to run under Windows Me, Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Professional, and can be used with the following scanners:
CanoScan N670U/N676U
CanoScan N1240U
ScanGear CS-U, however, is much more than just a scanner driver because it also provides many functions for adjusting and enhancing images. With Canon ScanGear CS-U driver you can:
Scan in Simple Mode, which allows you to set up a scanning job quickly, or scan in Advanced Mode which provides more options for setting up a professional scanning job.
Adjust image brightness and contrast
Adjust image tone quality
Invert image colors and create negative images
Rotate an image
Crop part of the image in the Preview Area for scanning
Set ScanGear CS-U to display the image from the previous session every time you open ScanGear CS-U
Set ScanGear CS-U to scan immediately the original on the scanner every time you open ScanGear CS-U.
The Canon N670U flatbed scanner I have will scan multiple pictures and automatically crop them. I tried it once, and seemed to work ok. YMMV.
the pictures were scanned at 300 DPI by default. I'm not sure how configurable the settings are.
The process was more time consuming, as the computer had to analyze and crop the images.
Not only that, but I think she was also unique among the amazons. Wasn't she their princess and greatest warrior or something? i don't remember if i got that from the comic book or the tv show with linda carter, lol.
I never really followed the comics at all... although I did buy an issue that George Perez penned. awesome artist.
The Waterfall Method maybe the only choice in a project because time, cost, or some other critical parameter prevents a repeat of the cycle. This is scenario is not impossible to imagine or come across.
For example: There is a small window of time that will not allow for a debug. You only get one shot. There is no testing/try again.
Any errors at any stage may be unacceptable and/or costly. Human death or destruction of a system, etc.
You don't "assume" that step N is perfect. You ensure to the best of your ability to complete and verify step N as comprehensively as possible. You don't rapidly jump in and out expecting to catch errors later. It's a method, not an algorthm. You have a very distorted way of describing such methodolgies. (eg:"Waterfall says...")
if you are afraid of exponential complexity, you then reduce the scope of the project until you are comfortable. Of course, such an evaluation will depend on your ability and experience.
A short development cycle does not translate to a program that will not fail/blow up and kill people/destroy expensive equipment on it's first test.
Some projects dictate the method. And there are projects that will have zero tolerance for error at any stage. Therefore, you will not be given a chance to "test and see." So you will have no alternative.
The Waterfall Method is a methodology of software development that exists because certain software projects have very little room for error. (think NASA, life support, avionic systems, etc.)
Proponents of the waterfall method reason that for such critical software systems the normal write/test/debug cycle is too dangerous.
To simply dismiss this methodology with such a blanket statement is irresponsible.
Who here has had a stripper call them "sir" in a strip club?! (uhm... for those of u that have been to one of course ;)
You are retarded.
You really believe the government is capable of establishing such safety nets? Then explain to me why this safety net failed with the World Trade Center as government agencies had information prior to the 9/11.
People have too much confidence in organizations they know little about. Stop watching X-files.
7/26/2002
:)
Size Price Qty Raid5Size TotalCost Cost/GB
80 $108.00 4 240 $432.00 $1.80
120 $145.00 4 360 $580.00 $1.61
160 $225.00 4 480 $900.00 $1.88
in the future
120 $108.00 4 360 $432.00 $1.20
160 $145.00 4 480 $580.00 $1.21
200 $225.00 4 600 $900.00 $1.50
in the far future
160 $108.00 4 480 $432.00 $0.90
200 $145.00 4 600 $580.00 $0.97
240 $225.00 4 720 $900.00 $1.25
in the far, far future
200 $108.00 4 600 $432.00 $0.72
240 $145.00 4 720 $580.00 $0.81
280 $225.00 4 840 $900.00 $1.07
The first set of prices are from NewEgg.com for Maxtor drives. I thought I'd analyze/extrapolate on the cost of the drives today/future when setting up a linux software RAID 5 system using 4 drives for a multimedia (divx,mp3) file server when I'm rich.
No, no, no.
The actual phrase is "*I* am the root of all evil!"
telnet RootOfAllEvil
Perhaps circular manhole covers also use the least amount of material for the most usable passage space, thus reducing overall production costs.
I'm reminded that spheres have the lowest surface to volume ratio of all three dimensional objects.
What does he program in? Visual basic? :P
Seriously though. What kind of IDE/development tools does a blind person use to code?
You're one of the few authors that could create characters and worlds immersive and compelling enough where I actually cared. Thank you for all the great books while I was growing up. (I think I had over 60 of them at some point!)
;)
For those who have never read Piers or are interested in his works, I recommend the following books as must reads. (I don't follow much of his recent stuff. Nowadays my time is spent with Oreilly
A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth)
On a Pale Horse (Incarnations)
Bio of a Space Tyrant: Refugee
Dragon's Gold
Any of the first few Adept Series books.
Oh yeah, here's a question.
Do you welcome visits from fans? I'd love to take you and your family out to dinner or something similar and get a chance to chat and thank you for all the memories growing up.
5)???
:P
6)Profit!!!
yes, that old gag again...
Let's all thank the aliens for fixing the poor thing and putting it back out into orbit. :)
Many of the financial companies on Wall Street use Sybase. They are very conservative with tech and are slow to adopt new technologies. Thus there is a large user base that can and does shell out big bucks to maintain/customize these systems.
Also, Sybase runs on Unix, Linux, and Windows.
So, Postgresql is a minor player in the real world. In the future, this will change of course.
For myself...
I try to buy everything from Buy.com I can to take of advantage of their free shipping. (eg: case, ram, power supply, optical mouse, etc.)
Then whatever they don't have available, I will buy through Newegg. (Asus/Soyo Dragon Plus/etc)
Also, Shopping.yahoo.com is a wonderful site. Kinda of like Pricewatch.com, but all the stores can use your yahoo account to bill you. Convenient as hell.
For friends/work...
I recommend going with a cheap dell system. no hassles, no worries. If the person has a really tight budget, I may try and put together a machine from spare parts.
Some side notes:
Buy.com has great service. I sometimes receive my stuff the next day. Bravo!
NewEgg OTOH, takes a few days before they even ship. Then slap on another week. bleh. (I'm in NYC)
Amazon is somewhere between the two.
I just ordered 2 of the $299 Lindows systems for work. Should be here within 2 weeks. Anyone else already have em?