I've been looking at this for a while and can't find anything that does what I want at a reasonable price. I want to be able to have stereo inputs 1 to 6 and mix those into either of stereo outputs A or B, output C might be useful too. If anyone has any suggestions.....? I'm quite happy to build my own, I just don't have the knowledge to design it or the time to acquire that knwledge, but I can probably build it.
To which I say: who cares? As long as people (managers) will be confusing the things. (Like: "Firebird DB? Must be from the same guys that do Firebird Browser. I tried that, didn't like it. Hence - we are not using the DB." etc...).
Which was badly done - drop down then lift up, crap writing. They should have just changed heading/orientation to point at Khan and blasted , and don't give me any bullshit about the sensors, the same things would apply to what they did.
Why did the ships have the same orientation anyway? AHHH, the horror, the horror. I love sci-fi and most of the physics is just BAD, and Star Wars isn't even sci-fi. (And Battlestar Galactica isn't even entertainment)
I hate cute robots with no point. Hint: C3PO could be replaced with a Palm. The only 2 robots I would consider having valid reason for existing (in their millieux) are those in Forbidden Planet and Lost In Space (I know LIS is a pos film but...) And I still like Star Trek, and (oh my secret shame) Andromeda. Babylon 5 and Farscape are miles better though, at least they are mostly internally consistent.
ObNewPollSuggestion: Stupidest Robot in a purportedly sci-fi story: The Dagget (my vote) C3PO R2D2 Twiki Robin Williams Cowborg Neal
I'd have a TVR T440R, a 4 litre straight six with 440bhp@7600rpm and 350ft.lbs@6000 rpm. 0-60 is sub 4 seconds and it should max out at 215mph+ (mnotk). Admittedly its 70k ukpounds (c. USD 110,000 ), but that's still a lot cheaper than most cars with comparable performance.
At the cheaper end of the range the 'cooking' Tuscan has a 350 bhp straight six, with a 0-60 of 4.2 secs and costs 40,000 ukp (usd 64,000). The 'old fashioned' Chimaera has a 4.5l V8 which only gives 285bhp/300ft.lbs but can still manage 0-60 in 4.7s (max 160) for 35k ukp. Oh, and they all sound great - even at the garage the mechanics turn their heads when they drive past.
What do you mean? It's got a seat and anything else required by law, if it doesn't need it or have to have it, it won't be there, like radio, carpet. Personally I'm surprised it has a roof - even though it's practically impossible to get in one with the roof up and it doesn't do much to keep the rain out. I'd love to try one but I'm too big to fit in one:-(
Oh and they are FUN, in a roadholding rather than top speed sense.
I suspect I would derive a strange sense of satisfaction from printing out some spam and using it in the only fashion in which it is useful. Except for the waste of ink...
There's an old English slang word for printed rubbish 'bumf', short for 'bum fodder' indicating the recipients view of the best use for another memo/circular etc. Mayb it should make a comeback.
He now watches the Tweenies and either Tikkabilla or Blues Clues after lunch with his mother, and the Tweenies and Blues Clues with his tea weekdays. At weekends we eat together so no tea-time TV. That's the routine, if he or his mum are sick and can't go out they may watch a video otherwise they do stuff together (or with me when I'm hoem from work) like cooking or walks in the forest or go to the plyground. He likes going for walks and it keeps him fit, we don't want him to grow up chubby so he's a pretty fit three year old.
We don't use the TV as a nanny - looking after him is what we're here for.
We don't get Cailloux this side of the Atlantic (afaik) and builders aren't all looked down here. We have a lot of dodgy ones but there are some good uns too. I spent over 15 years as an IT contractor (until IR35) so I tend to think of myself when people say contractor - at's also not a common term for builders in the UK.
The reason I like Bob is the show is entirely constructive, there is no violence or nastiness - the gang build and/or fix things and whenever I do any DIY my lad brings his tools along and helps daddy. I wouldn't change a thing, seeing him at 2.5 years old explaining how her bicycle brakes work to a bemused 8 year girl was absolutely priceless.
Another thing I am trying to teach my child is how to think - it's so much part of my parenting and my own psychology that it's not even conscious. It may make his life harder in some respects but I don't want him to be a sheeple.
There's an old joke: Q. Why are breasts like a train set? A. They're made for kids but mostly played with by their fathers.
Talking of feeding - if the mother is at home full time breast feeding is more convenient than bottle and healthier too. That is except for the misery that most breast feeding mothers go through with A. Cracked nipples (lanolin may help) B. Teething. You don't want to think about it. I remember my wife crying with the agony of cracked nipples - be very, very sympathetic and supportive, if it wasn't for the health benefits she definitely would have stopped. As it was we tried a breast pump for a bit but it never really worked very well. YMMV.
I remember when our son (3.5) was just saying a few words, probably around 12-15 months. I was eating some fresh beetroot and he was indicating he wanted to try some, so I gave him some, which he liked. Anyway we had about two beets each until I offered him some more when he shook his head and said "nuff", "sick". He still likes beetroot and has pickled herring with his breakfast when we let him.
His favourite food is grapes but he eats almost anything, just because children are small they shouldn't be fed pap. I don't understand people who buy jars of organic baby food and then a year later give their children burgers and beans every day.
You don't really need jars either, except as a standby or when out. We bought a Braun handheld food processor and just pureed what we were having, past, beef with parsnip, potato and carrot etc. Whatever we had, except for things like shellfish obviously. When we went to Brittany and hew was 18 months our son was happily tucking into a baton with Chavroux and Bayonne ham - we just didn't let him have any wine, that will come when he's older.
Agreed, unless you want to be the subject of a sleep deprivation experiment:-)
One night my wife shook and poked me for 10 minutes without waking me, and a friend (father of 4) fell asleep in the dentists chair having a filling...
Once the childs comprehension starts picking up (5/6 months) whenever possible explain the reasons for prohibitions etc. They won't understand to start with but they will gradually start to pick things up and it will train you to treat them as intelligent. Not going overboard, the explanations are simple to start with but it's a principle of communication you are establishing.
I agree with most of this EXCEPT the advice about the child sleeping alone - probably. Cot death (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) is much less likely with infants who sleep in the same room as the parents for the first six months - you can have a bassinet or cot next to your bed. The child doesn't have to sleep in your bed - I suspect this is to do with your becoming sensitized to your child and if the breathing stops one of you may well wake up and pick up the child which, I believe, generally gets them to start breathing again. If they sleep next to your bed and start whimpering just holding their hand is often comfort enough.
I/we made the mistake about cuddling our son to sleep. When he was 9 months we lay awake for nearly three hours listening to him cry for us before he settled himself, that was grim. He now (at 3.5) sleeps 12-13 hours every night and only cries for us when sick or very upset, it is not routine. You can get them to go cold turkey but I think it is harder on you than them, you just want to go and cuddle, but don't.
My son is three and a half and we've been to McDonalds once, for me when my blood sugar was low. We made a decision to give our son real food - he still likes chocolate but he also likes (not tolerates, likes) green vegetables, fruit etc. We stopped eating 'ready meals' and almost all our food is now home prepared - if you give your child what you eat you don't have to prepare 'kiddy meals'. When we eat out he either has some of ours or we order a proper starter for him (usually both). Only in France have we ever bothered with meals aimed at children because in that restaurant it was a small adult portion. He still likes (and gets) chocolate and crisps but most of his diet is real food.
I agree about the TV except - teletubbies (I hate it, he loved it but has now grown out of it) and Bear In The Big Blue House. If you can get them Thomas The Tank Engine and Bob The Builder are good - Bob The Builder is an excellent role model for small kids. When your child is newborn to about 1 year remember to watch TV with teletext subtitles (closed caption?) to keep you sane with the crying.
My final tip - spent time with your child s/he will soon grow and you shouldn't miss any more than you can help. Cut out the late nights - fulfill your work obligations but be at home as much as you can. You should have a better relationship with both your wife and child. They may change as they get older but children would rather have your time than the toys you work overtime to buy.
Oh and a final tip - listen with your eyes when your child talks, don't watch TV or read when being told something which is important to her/him.
No, book loans are free. There is a small charge to reserve a book that is on loan to someone else, and a larger fee (but still small) to get the library to order a book they do not already have - but I haven't actually tried this. Is there a limit to the number of items you can borrow at once? In my county it is 14.
I was replying to phrantics comment about CD rentals. I was assuming he was in the US and that CD rental was not allowed there - perhaps another of your stupid laws (like the DMCA). That's not meant as an anti-US comment - you have some stupid laws and so do we, RIP springs to mind rather quickly (see the sig). BTW my favourite daft US (Florida state) law is the prohibition on tethering your elephant to a parking meter,
FYI here in the UK you can borrow CDs, DVDs and videos from the local library. Ours charges about 2.5ukp per week for a dvd, a bit less for a video and about 0.8 ukp for a cd for three weeks. Not for copyright theft but it's a lot better than video rental shops so I treat the CD/DVD section as a try before you buy deal. It's a cheap and easy way to try new music .
Except if you have highly (and expensively) trained combat fighter pilots you don't voluntarily use them as grunts. No disrespect intended to ground troops, quite the opposite. Some people don't have the aptitude (or intelligence/education) to be combat pilots. Others aren't suited to be infantry. Pilots cost too much to send 'em off in an APC with a M16. Unrealistic.
Unless usenet has changed since I last investigated (it may have that wasn't a crack) there is no contractual obligation between usenet servers, it's a collaborative mechanism. What happens with an UDP is that some (maybe most) of the offending ISPs peers decide that they've had enough and withdraw from peering arrangements, severely restricting the propagation of the ISPs traffic.
The analogy I find useful is to consider like my reaction to certain politicians speeches - when they come on the babblebox I turn over or off - I refuse to listen. They may be able to speak but they don't have to be able to be heard - especially if I have to pay the bill (or part of it).
Err, they're admins, you've given both a job description and a psychological profile. Why sound surprised?
More seriously if you read news.admin.net-abuse.usenet you'll soon realise that a lot of debate and agonizing goes on before a UDP. Often this debate is enough of a warning to an ISP that the UDP isn't necessary. UDPs are definitely a last resort, not a knee-jerk reaction.
Getting a consensus of the admins on nanau (news.admin etc) is considerably harder than herding cats, lurk a while and learn what goes on if you don't already know.
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I've been looking at this for a while and can't find anything that does what I want at a reasonable price.
I want to be able to have stereo inputs 1 to 6 and mix those into either of stereo outputs A or B, output C might be useful too. If anyone has any suggestions.....?
I'm quite happy to build my own, I just don't have the knowledge to design it or the time to acquire that knwledge, but I can probably build it.
No? Well how about Firebird Web Design
Or how about Pontiac ? oh my mistake.
Still you can get a mortgage from Firebird , who incidentally have a database
Or a hosting solution from Firebird Networks
There was even a firebird joystick - so your point was?
FirebirdSQL may be top of the search results pile now, but they took that position from someone else too....
Your point being?
Why did the ships have the same orientation anyway? AHHH, the horror, the horror.
I love sci-fi and most of the physics is just BAD, and Star Wars isn't even sci-fi. (And Battlestar Galactica isn't even entertainment)
I hate cute robots with no point. Hint: C3PO could be replaced with a Palm.
The only 2 robots I would consider having valid reason for existing (in their millieux) are those in Forbidden Planet and Lost In Space (I know LIS is a pos film but...)
And I still like Star Trek, and (oh my secret shame) Andromeda.
Babylon 5 and Farscape are miles better though, at least they are mostly internally consistent.
ObNewPollSuggestion: Stupidest Robot in a purportedly sci-fi story:
The Dagget (my vote)
C3PO
R2D2
Twiki
Robin Williams
Cowborg Neal
At the cheaper end of the range the 'cooking' Tuscan has a 350 bhp straight six, with a 0-60 of 4.2 secs and costs 40,000 ukp (usd 64,000).
The 'old fashioned' Chimaera has a 4.5l V8 which only gives 285bhp/300ft.lbs but can still manage 0-60 in 4.7s (max 160) for 35k ukp.
Oh, and they all sound great - even at the garage the mechanics turn their heads when they drive past.
Personally I'm surprised it has a roof - even though it's practically impossible to get in one with the roof up and it doesn't do much to keep the rain out. I'd love to try one but I'm too big to fit in one
Oh and they are FUN , in a roadholding rather than top speed sense.
Seems quite likely, perhaps a trifle mild for mil slang though?
There's an old English slang word for printed rubbish 'bumf', short for 'bum fodder' indicating the recipients view of the best use for another memo/circular etc. Mayb it should make a comeback.
We don't use the TV as a nanny - looking after him is what we're here for.
I spent over 15 years as an IT contractor (until IR35) so I tend to think of myself when people say contractor - at's also not a common term for builders in the UK.
The reason I like Bob is the show is entirely constructive , there is no violence or nastiness - the gang build and/or fix things and whenever I do any DIY my lad brings his tools along and helps daddy. I wouldn't change a thing, seeing him at 2.5 years old explaining how her bicycle brakes work to a bemused 8 year girl was absolutely priceless.
Another thing I am trying to teach my child is how to think - it's so much part of my parenting and my own psychology that it's not even conscious. It may make his life harder in some respects but I don't want him to be a sheeple.
Q. Why are breasts like a train set?
A. They're made for kids but mostly played with by their fathers.
Talking of feeding - if the mother is at home full time breast feeding is more convenient than bottle and healthier too.
That is except for the misery that most breast feeding mothers go through with
A. Cracked nipples (lanolin may help)
B. Teething. You don't want to think about it.
I remember my wife crying with the agony of cracked nipples - be very, very sympathetic and supportive, if it wasn't for the health benefits she definitely would have stopped. As it was we tried a breast pump for a bit but it never really worked very well. YMMV.
His favourite food is grapes but he eats almost anything, just because children are small they shouldn't be fed pap. I don't understand people who buy jars of organic baby food and then a year later give their children burgers and beans every day.
You don't really need jars either, except as a standby or when out. We bought a Braun handheld food processor and just pureed what we were having, past, beef with parsnip, potato and carrot etc. Whatever we had, except for things like shellfish obviously. When we went to Brittany and hew was 18 months our son was happily tucking into a baton with Chavroux and Bayonne ham - we just didn't let him have any wine, that will come when he's older.
One night my wife shook and poked me for 10 minutes without waking me, and a friend (father of 4) fell asleep in the dentists chair having a filling...
Once the childs comprehension starts picking up (5/6 months) whenever possible explain the reasons for prohibitions etc. They won't understand to start with but they will gradually start to pick things up and it will train you to treat them as intelligent. Not going overboard, the explanations are simple to start with but it's a principle of communication you are establishing.
I/we made the mistake about cuddling our son to sleep. When he was 9 months we lay awake for nearly three hours listening to him cry for us before he settled himself, that was grim. He now (at 3.5) sleeps 12-13 hours every night and only cries for us when sick or very upset, it is not routine. You can get them to go cold turkey but I think it is harder on you than them, you just want to go and cuddle, but don't.
We stopped eating 'ready meals' and almost all our food is now home prepared - if you give your child what you eat you don't have to prepare 'kiddy meals'. When we eat out he either has some of ours or we order a proper starter for him (usually both). Only in France have we ever bothered with meals aimed at children because in that restaurant it was a small adult portion. He still likes (and gets) chocolate and crisps but most of his diet is real food.
I agree about the TV except - teletubbies (I hate it, he loved it but has now grown out of it) and Bear In The Big Blue House. If you can get them Thomas The Tank Engine and Bob The Builder are good - Bob The Builder is an excellent role model for small kids.
When your child is newborn to about 1 year remember to watch TV with teletext subtitles (closed caption?) to keep you sane with the crying.
My final tip - spent time with your child s/he will soon grow and you shouldn't miss any more than you can help. Cut out the late nights - fulfill your work obligations but be at home as much as you can. You should have a better relationship with both your wife and child. They may change as they get older but children would rather have your time than the toys you work overtime to buy.
Oh and a final tip - listen with your eyes when your child talks, don't watch TV or read when being told something which is important to her/him.
I was replying to phrantics comment about CD rentals. I was assuming he was in the US and that CD rental was not allowed there - perhaps another of your stupid laws (like the DMCA). That's not meant as an anti-US comment - you have some stupid laws and so do we, RIP springs to mind rather quickly (see the sig). BTW my favourite daft US (Florida state) law is the prohibition on tethering your elephant to a parking meter,
FYI here in the UK you can borrow CDs, DVDs and videos from the local library. Ours charges about 2.5ukp per week for a dvd, a bit less for a video and about 0.8 ukp for a cd for three weeks.
Not for copyright theft but it's a lot better than video rental shops so I treat the CD/DVD section as a try before you buy deal. It's a cheap and easy way to try new music .
Except if you have highly (and expensively) trained combat fighter pilots you don't voluntarily use them as grunts. No disrespect intended to ground troops, quite the opposite.
Some people don't have the aptitude (or intelligence/education) to be combat pilots. Others aren't suited to be infantry. Pilots cost too much to send 'em off in an APC with a M16. Unrealistic.
Minor nit-pick, the Sharp site gives the memory as 32Mb SDRAM and 64Mb Flash.
The analogy I find useful is to consider like my reaction to certain politicians speeches - when they come on the babblebox I turn over or off - I refuse to listen. They may be able to speak but they don't have to be able to be heard - especially if I have to pay the bill (or part of it).
More seriously if you read news.admin.net-abuse.usenet you'll soon realise that a lot of debate and agonizing goes on before a UDP. Often this debate is enough of a warning to an ISP that the UDP isn't necessary. UDPs are definitely a last resort, not a knee-jerk reaction.
Getting a consensus of the admins on nanau (news.admin etc) is considerably harder than herding cats, lurk a while and learn what goes on if you don't already know.