A good choice, but I wish Bluetooth wasn't such a power hog. Another option is going with the n8X0 and just carrying a battery-powered EVDO router with you at all times. I just ordered a PHS300, for my u727 EVDO modem, and that's what I'll be doing. The problem is, the max battery life that I've seen for such user-end routers is only in the ~2.5hrs range.
It's certainly not the solution for everyone, but what I always do is run Photoshop within VMWare. It's cleaner and probably quicker. For some reason I feel icky when using Wine for native Windows apps, it feels like I'm using a ndiswrapper network card::shudder::... but for some it is the only option. I am also wondering what if any compatibility problems Photoshop in Wine would have with pressure sensitivity with, for instance, Wacom tablets. Any thoughts?
Something 'greater' than ourselves? I'm sick of this line of argument. Why is it that modern humans have this incomprehensible need to quantify relationships that should be, if nothing else is, qualitative. Our relationship to the earth, to its creatures, to the possibility of other life forms or the universe - why do these very complex relationships have to be confined within the mathematical and linguistic bounds of greater or less than?
As creative commons grows, we might have a bit of a weapon to fight back with, if on our end we set up something more-or-less automatic for creating those contracts, it may turn out that we can swamp Soundexchange with them if they haven't already automated their end of the deal.
That's intention of projects like the Antenna Alliance, trying to make it easier for artists to release their works on CC licenses. At the same time it makes their music freely available directly through the website. So it gives the artist more exposure, it makes more content accessible to the listener, and (most importantly) makes CC licenses a more widely accepted way to release music.
On a somewhat related note, it's kind of ironic that this comes on the heels of the Local Community Radio Act of 2007 - a bill that will free the airwaves somewhat of corporate control and make it a lot easier for low-power FM radio stations to gain broadcasting licenses. For more info on this, go to the Prometheus Radio Project.
We're certainly living in an exciting and frightening time for radio.
Of course the Pacific Institute has its own bias, but your criticisms of their analysis are pretty baseless. For example, you say
"Further is the problem with using 2000 as the reference point. In fact, it is perfectly valid to use 2000 as a reference point; it's just as valid as using 1997 or any other time."
At first glance, this seems to be a valid point. But if you had read the report thoroughly, you would notice that choosing any other year as a base of analysis would give just the opposite results - Europe performed 'better' than the US.
You also criticize the report for downplaying the effect of CO2 vis a vis other greenhouse gases. Just because they refuse to ignore other greenhouse gases doesn't mean that they are downplaying the effects of CO2, they are merely illuminating a very important point - that only by concentrating on CO2 exclusively, and given that only within a very specific time period, can the White House and Horner make the claims that they are making. Even focusing specifically on CO2 emissions, this claim is only partially true within that 'hunted' time period.
I think a more valid criticism can be made of this report. The wording seems to allude to the fact that Europe is doing a good job with greenhouse emissions. Compared to the U.S. this is certainly true, and the report backs that up with solid data. But what ever happened to global context?
Even with full implementation of all Kyoto protocols, the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would only be reduced 1% by 2050. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a UN-accountable organization, current emissions have to be reduced by 60-80% to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of CO2.
Furthermore, there is a lag time between emission of greenhouse gases and the resultant maximum climate change. The estimates of how long this lag time actually is vary from 30 to 50 years, but it means that the climate changes we are seeing now are a result of emissions in the past. It also means that even if we cut greenhouse gas emission to 0 right now, we will still be facing 30-50 years of the harshest climate change we have seen yet.
What we need to be concentrating on is not who is doing 'better' by some slim fraction, but what measures we can take to effectively prepare for climate change.
"The company goes on to say that, essentially, it could have done that any time in the last three years if it wanted to."
Microsofts dad could beat Linuxs dad up any day, if he wanted to!
This isn't about denying a court order or the criteria for being a journalist or expressing ones views. The fact is, this is part of a strategy of power that is being implemented by the US Government right now that seeks to criminalize not actions but views and lifestyles. It is criminalizing alternative ways of living that aren't compatible with the dominant culture. It's trying to squash a movement that doesn't currently have a hell of a lot of power, but has a lot of potential power in the examples it is setting and the options it presents. So next time you go criticizing someone for refusing to submit to an absurd legal procedure (info on grand juries: http://www.fbiwitchhunt.com/gj.html) keep in mind that these kinds of things don't just happen out of nowhere, but in a very specific context. And please check your holier-than-thou attitude at the door if you can't even bother to read about the kind of state repression that's going on, while making statements that reflect your a priori acceptance of a legal framework adopted from a time when they thought mice grew out of cheese.
Clearly, this calls for the.mn top-level domain. It already belongs to Mongolia, but that's not a problem! Caterpillar, Norcat, and Boeing can do what they're best at - blowing things up! Once Mongolia is gone, the.mn extension will be up for grabs.
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A good choice, but I wish Bluetooth wasn't such a power hog. Another option is going with the n8X0 and just carrying a battery-powered EVDO router with you at all times. I just ordered a PHS300, for my u727 EVDO modem, and that's what I'll be doing. The problem is, the max battery life that I've seen for such user-end routers is only in the ~2.5hrs range.
The vikings ate SPAM almost a millennium ago.
It's certainly not the solution for everyone, but what I always do is run Photoshop within VMWare. It's cleaner and probably quicker. For some reason I feel icky when using Wine for native Windows apps, it feels like I'm using a ndiswrapper network card ::shudder:: ... but for some it is the only option. I am also wondering what if any compatibility problems Photoshop in Wine would have with pressure sensitivity with, for instance, Wacom tablets. Any thoughts?
Something 'greater' than ourselves? I'm sick of this line of argument. Why is it that modern humans have this incomprehensible need to quantify relationships that should be, if nothing else is, qualitative. Our relationship to the earth, to its creatures, to the possibility of other life forms or the universe - why do these very complex relationships have to be confined within the mathematical and linguistic bounds of greater or less than?
As creative commons grows, we might have a bit of a weapon to fight back with, if on our end we set up something more-or-less automatic for creating those contracts, it may turn out that we can swamp Soundexchange with them if they haven't already automated their end of the deal.
That's intention of projects like the Antenna Alliance, trying to make it easier for artists to release their works on CC licenses. At the same time it makes their music freely available directly through the website. So it gives the artist more exposure, it makes more content accessible to the listener, and (most importantly) makes CC licenses a more widely accepted way to release music.
On a somewhat related note, it's kind of ironic that this comes on the heels of the Local Community Radio Act of 2007 - a bill that will free the airwaves somewhat of corporate control and make it a lot easier for low-power FM radio stations to gain broadcasting licenses. For more info on this, go to the Prometheus Radio Project.
We're certainly living in an exciting and frightening time for radio.
Of course the Pacific Institute has its own bias, but your criticisms of their analysis are pretty baseless. For example, you say
"Further is the problem with using 2000 as the reference point. In fact, it is perfectly valid to use 2000 as a reference point; it's just as valid as using 1997 or any other time."
At first glance, this seems to be a valid point. But if you had read the report thoroughly, you would notice that choosing any other year as a base of analysis would give just the opposite results - Europe performed 'better' than the US.
You also criticize the report for downplaying the effect of CO2 vis a vis other greenhouse gases. Just because they refuse to ignore other greenhouse gases doesn't mean that they are downplaying the effects of CO2, they are merely illuminating a very important point - that only by concentrating on CO2 exclusively, and given that only within a very specific time period, can the White House and Horner make the claims that they are making. Even focusing specifically on CO2 emissions, this claim is only partially true within that 'hunted' time period.
I think a more valid criticism can be made of this report. The wording seems to allude to the fact that Europe is doing a good job with greenhouse emissions. Compared to the U.S. this is certainly true, and the report backs that up with solid data. But what ever happened to global context?
Even with full implementation of all Kyoto protocols, the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would only be reduced 1% by 2050. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a UN-accountable organization, current emissions have to be reduced by 60-80% to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of CO2.
Furthermore, there is a lag time between emission of greenhouse gases and the resultant maximum climate change. The estimates of how long this lag time actually is vary from 30 to 50 years, but it means that the climate changes we are seeing now are a result of emissions in the past. It also means that even if we cut greenhouse gas emission to 0 right now, we will still be facing 30-50 years of the harshest climate change we have seen yet. What we need to be concentrating on is not who is doing 'better' by some slim fraction, but what measures we can take to effectively prepare for climate change.
"The company goes on to say that, essentially, it could have done that any time in the last three years if it wanted to." Microsofts dad could beat Linuxs dad up any day, if he wanted to!
So the technologies aren't just growing from the ground?
Ubuntu Edgy? Not long. Ubuntu Edgy with Compiz or Beryl? Much longer, but totally worth it. Flash!
This isn't about denying a court order or the criteria for being a journalist or expressing ones views. The fact is, this is part of a strategy of power that is being implemented by the US Government right now that seeks to criminalize not actions but views and lifestyles. It is criminalizing alternative ways of living that aren't compatible with the dominant culture. It's trying to squash a movement that doesn't currently have a hell of a lot of power, but has a lot of potential power in the examples it is setting and the options it presents. So next time you go criticizing someone for refusing to submit to an absurd legal procedure (info on grand juries: http://www.fbiwitchhunt.com/gj.html) keep in mind that these kinds of things don't just happen out of nowhere, but in a very specific context. And please check your holier-than-thou attitude at the door if you can't even bother to read about the kind of state repression that's going on, while making statements that reflect your a priori acceptance of a legal framework adopted from a time when they thought mice grew out of cheese.
Clearly, this calls for the .mn top-level domain. It already belongs to Mongolia, but that's not a problem! Caterpillar, Norcat, and Boeing can do what they're best at - blowing things up! Once Mongolia is gone, the .mn extension will be up for grabs.