Even public radio and TV have fallen victim to product placement.:(
The other night I went with some friends to a Karaoke Box (basically, you do karaoke but instead of it being in a big bar in front of everybody, American style, you go in a room just big enough for you and your friends.. like what they do in Japan.
Anyway, I was disturbed that in the background video for one of the songs (you know what I mean, the really cheesy low-production-values video that they play as a background to the lyrics on the TV screen), some woman was wearing a denim jacket with Coca-Cola patches sewn all over it.
Given the patches and how they didn't really go with the jacket at all, it is pretty much impossible that the jacket just happend to have Coca-cola patches on it for no reason.
In short, Orthodox Jews can not print the name of God on paper (actually, they can, but then they are forbidden from destroying or defacing that paper). Recent decisions from whoever it is decides these things state that writing on a computer is not considered permanent (so, for example, you could type "GOD" on a computer and backspace over it), but observant Jews like to write "G-D" even so, because it's possible that someone else will print out the page/message and deface or destroy it
I know that I'm obviously not the right person to be discussing Jewish law, but I wanted to make sure that a comment about how it was probably okay to barbeque on the sabbath since that was a "fun" fire and not a "work" fire didn't go unchecked...
I suspect that a Jewish person who observes the Sabbath would not take a job which required him to be on call from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. As such, I don't believe it is problematic. "The boss" would already know not to disturb the sabbath observer, and would have made prior arrangements.
However, there are numerous situations where making fire can be considered play.
Not by orthodox jews. "Work" is probably a poor translation into English of what is forbidden on the Sabbath. For example, a Rabbi and his staff are permitted to do their jobs on the Sabbath (it is their job). Likewise, there are several leisure activities which are forbidden. So the distinction isn't "fun vs. not fun" or "making money vs. not making money". Even if you like playiung video games or want to watch the hockey game, you can't.
"Doing Work" really means "using technology" or "doing creative things" or "transporting large objects outdoors", etc.
Note that I'm not Jewish either, but for 2 1/2 years I rented a basement apartment from an Orthodox Jewish family and learned a lot about the religion at that time.
What's an average e-mail message?
1 gigabit = ~125 MB
When I archive (yes... outlook) my older emails I can barely fit a month on a CD... and I'm nowhere near 3.5 million emails. I guess this would make sense if a person never received any images or Pr0n.... err ya right.
When I did the math, I determined that the "average" email used for that calculation is about 2.1 kilobytes. Seems like about right for an average. Remember that Outlook stores a whole bunch of indexes and stuff which would make your email archives a lot bigger than the actual content of the email.
Um, they allow access to a whole lot of "sample images" before you ever have to prove that you're 18.
Salesmen are only motivated by money?
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I know it's a cool Dilbert-esque thing to make fun of salesmen, but it's a rather stupid assumption to assume that salesmen are any more or less motivated by money than "Einsteins".
The last time I checked, salesmen are human too, and as such have a fairly wide range of motivations, from workplace comfort to a good peer group to flexible hours to money.
Or maybe the sales guys at my company are just weird...
Japanese toilets also have (this is ALL toilets, not just the high-tech ones) two flush types: turn the handle one way for a small flush (#1), turn it the other way for a big flush (#2).
Oh, is that what that was? I assumed that it was asking whether what I did was small or big.
Plagarism? That's preposturous! That paper was licensed under the GPL! I had every right to copy it and modify a few words here and there, as long as I made the paper available to others...
Copying? That's insane! My dissertation complied with the GNU Public License! I was entitled to duplicate while slightly changing the contents, as long as I ensured that the dissertation could be read by other individuals.
It seems like with these units, you don't actually have to pay a subscription fee, so I would much rather have this than a Tivo (which I would be happy to subscribe to if they sold service to Canadians).
But I am still left without a program guide, since they don't have local lineups for Canada. Is there some way for me to copy my own program schedule to the unit? That way, I could write scripts to get schedule info from tvguide.ca and update the PVR with them.
If it's in a jewel case that looks like a CD, and is on the shelf in HMV, and costs the same as other CDs, and is on the shelf beside other CDs, do you think that most consumers would stop to look if it has the Philips CD logo on it?
Thought I'd share a useless, though maybe interesting, use of the plastic write-enable rings that used to come on 9-track tapes (little plastic rings about 4" in diameter).
It's a Christmas (er, I mean Unnamed Holiday) tradition in our family to "play rings". Basically, about 25 years ago, my Dad managed to get hold of a big box of plastic write-enable rings. So, we put a target (like a beer bottle, or a toilet plunger, or anything else that is skinny and stands up) in the middle of the room and throw rings at it. There are enough rings for everyone to have a good 50-60 of them.
Of course, what invariably happens is that someone ends up accidentally hitting someone else, sparking a huge ring fight with everyone trying to bean everyone else. The room always ends up covered in rings, and when anyone runs out of rings, they have to go gather up used ones from the floor, which always leads to them getting pelted with more of the things as other family members see an easy target.
It'll be sad to see these stop being produced, even if my only involvment with them had absolutely nothing to do with "the good old days of computing".
The link is slashdotted already, so I can't tell. It would really be useful if Slashdot editors didn't assume that "2.2.20pre10" meant something to every single one of their readers.
It's an interesting goal and everything, but it's a moving target, as far as I can tell.
Every few months I get a new copy of the MSDN library (basically documentation for all Microsoft's APIs), and every time it's a bit different from the one before.
Of course I don't want to tell anyone how to spend their time, but if it were me, I'd spend my energy on building something new, rather than just trying to be compatible with something that'll just be obsolete by the time I'm done anyway.
Might I respectfully suggest one of the great General Aviation flight sims that are available (MS Flight Simulator 2000, Fly!, Pro Pilot, etc.)
While a lot of people may play it just to look at the scenery, or "hyuk, hyuk, let's see what happens if I crash this plane on purpose!", it might also spark a healthy interest in aviation for a few of these kids, and give them a goal to work towards.
I've been flying (real) planes for a couple of years now, and remain grateful to Flight Simulators for helping to foster my interest in aviation.
Re:Happy birthday in multiple languages
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I guess you've never lived in Japan and heard people singing Happy Birthday to each other then.
Let me start off by saying that I firmly believe in the existence of God.
It's also my belief that God purposely created man as scientifically-minded, inquisitive creatures. In order for us to carry out His work on Earth, scientific innovation must not be suppressed.
George Bush, in an effert to do what he believed was moral, in fact suppressed innovation. Stem Cell research has fantastic potential to improve quality of life for generations to come
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To not allow scientific research and discovery, rather than being the "morally correct" choice, is the exact opposite. To not use our God-given gifts of intelligence and curiosity when they could be used to help humans, is truly the morally incorrect choice.
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Even public radio and TV have fallen victim to product placement. :(
The other night I went with some friends to a Karaoke Box (basically, you do karaoke but instead of it being in a big bar in front of everybody, American style, you go in a room just big enough for you and your friends.. like what they do in Japan.
Anyway, I was disturbed that in the background video for one of the songs (you know what I mean, the really cheesy low-production-values video that they play as a background to the lyrics on the TV screen), some woman was wearing a denim jacket with Coca-Cola patches sewn all over it.
Given the patches and how they didn't really go with the jacket at all, it is pretty much impossible that the jacket just happend to have Coca-cola patches on it for no reason.
I guess they'll stick an ad anywhere.
Carter didn't die - it was Dr Green.
Dr. Green didn't die - it was Dr. Greene.
Here's an answer from jewfaq.org.
In short, Orthodox Jews can not print the name of God on paper (actually, they can, but then they are forbidden from destroying or defacing that paper). Recent decisions from whoever it is decides these things state that writing on a computer is not considered permanent (so, for example, you could type "GOD" on a computer and backspace over it), but observant Jews like to write "G-D" even so, because it's possible that someone else will print out the page/message and deface or destroy it
Thank you for the clarification.
I know that I'm obviously not the right person to be discussing Jewish law, but I wanted to make sure that a comment about how it was probably okay to barbeque on the sabbath since that was a "fun" fire and not a "work" fire didn't go unchecked...
- awh
I suspect that a Jewish person who observes the Sabbath would not take a job which required him to be on call from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. As such, I don't believe it is problematic. "The boss" would already know not to disturb the sabbath observer, and would have made prior arrangements.
However, there are numerous situations where making fire can be considered play.
Not by orthodox jews. "Work" is probably a poor translation into English of what is forbidden on the Sabbath. For example, a Rabbi and his staff are permitted to do their jobs on the Sabbath (it is their job). Likewise, there are several leisure activities which are forbidden. So the distinction isn't "fun vs. not fun" or "making money vs. not making money". Even if you like playiung video games or want to watch the hockey game, you can't.
"Doing Work" really means "using technology" or "doing creative things" or "transporting large objects outdoors", etc.
Note that I'm not Jewish either, but for 2 1/2 years I rented a basement apartment from an Orthodox Jewish family and learned a lot about the religion at that time.
An excellent read is Judaism 101
.Citation, please. If you can't provide one, I'm going to have to agree with Snopes in that it's likely an urban legend.
What's an average e-mail message? 1 gigabit = ~125 MB When I archive (yes... outlook) my older emails I can barely fit a month on a CD... and I'm nowhere near 3.5 million emails. I guess this would make sense if a person never received any images or Pr0n.... err ya right.
When I did the math, I determined that the "average" email used for that calculation is about 2.1 kilobytes. Seems like about right for an average. Remember that Outlook stores a whole bunch of indexes and stuff which would make your email archives a lot bigger than the actual content of the email.
Plus it Shows u have enuff dedication to get threw college to get one.
Which college did you go to? I want to make sure I don't hire any grads from there.
It is somewhat telling that you consider 6 hours to be a good sleep.
Um, they allow access to a whole lot of "sample images" before you ever have to prove that you're 18.
I know it's a cool Dilbert-esque thing to make fun of salesmen, but it's a rather stupid assumption to assume that salesmen are any more or less motivated by money than "Einsteins".
The last time I checked, salesmen are human too, and as such have a fairly wide range of motivations, from workplace comfort to a good peer group to flexible hours to money.
Or maybe the sales guys at my company are just weird...
Japanese toilets also have (this is ALL toilets, not just the high-tech ones) two flush types: turn the handle one way for a small flush (#1), turn it the other way for a big flush (#2).
Oh, is that what that was? I assumed that it was asking whether what I did was small or big.
Plagarism? That's preposturous! That paper was licensed under the GPL! I had every right to copy it and modify a few words here and there, as long as I made the paper available to others...
Copying? That's insane! My dissertation complied with the GNU Public License! I was entitled to duplicate while slightly changing the contents, as long as I ensured that the dissertation could be read by other individuals.
Well, gee, I was going to bid, but I don't think I'll send $13,100 USD to someone with 0 feedback...
Just wondering.
It seems like with these units, you don't actually have to pay a subscription fee, so I would much rather have this than a Tivo (which I would be happy to subscribe to if they sold service to Canadians).
But I am still left without a program guide, since they don't have local lineups for Canada. Is there some way for me to copy my own program schedule to the unit? That way, I could write scripts to get schedule info from tvguide.ca and update the PVR with them.
If it's in a jewel case that looks like a CD, and is on the shelf in HMV, and costs the same as other CDs, and is on the shelf beside other CDs, do you think that most consumers would stop to look if it has the Philips CD logo on it?
Thought I'd share a useless, though maybe interesting, use of the plastic write-enable rings that used to come on 9-track tapes (little plastic rings about 4" in diameter).
It's a Christmas (er, I mean Unnamed Holiday) tradition in our family to "play rings". Basically, about 25 years ago, my Dad managed to get hold of a big box of plastic write-enable rings. So, we put a target (like a beer bottle, or a toilet plunger, or anything else that is skinny and stands up) in the middle of the room and throw rings at it. There are enough rings for everyone to have a good 50-60 of them.
Of course, what invariably happens is that someone ends up accidentally hitting someone else, sparking a huge ring fight with everyone trying to bean everyone else. The room always ends up covered in rings, and when anyone runs out of rings, they have to go gather up used ones from the floor, which always leads to them getting pelted with more of the things as other family members see an easy target.
It'll be sad to see these stop being produced, even if my only involvment with them had absolutely nothing to do with "the good old days of computing".
release of what? What software?
The link is slashdotted already, so I can't tell. It would really be useful if Slashdot editors didn't assume that "2.2.20pre10" meant something to every single one of their readers.
It's an interesting goal and everything, but it's a moving target, as far as I can tell.
Every few months I get a new copy of the MSDN library (basically documentation for all Microsoft's APIs), and every time it's a bit different from the one before.
Of course I don't want to tell anyone how to spend their time, but if it were me, I'd spend my energy on building something new, rather than just trying to be compatible with something that'll just be obsolete by the time I'm done anyway.
Might I respectfully suggest one of the great General Aviation flight sims that are available (MS Flight Simulator 2000, Fly!, Pro Pilot, etc.)
While a lot of people may play it just to look at the scenery, or "hyuk, hyuk, let's see what happens if I crash this plane on purpose!", it might also spark a healthy interest in aviation for a few of these kids, and give them a goal to work towards.
I've been flying (real) planes for a couple of years now, and remain grateful to Flight Simulators for helping to foster my interest in aviation.
I guess you've never lived in Japan and heard people singing Happy Birthday to each other then.
None of that's going to do any good anyway; you're not allowed to use the product for research.
It's also my belief that God purposely created man as scientifically-minded, inquisitive creatures. In order for us to carry out His work on Earth, scientific innovation must not be suppressed.
George Bush, in an effert to do what he believed was moral, in fact suppressed innovation. Stem Cell research has fantastic potential to improve quality of life for generations to come
.To not allow scientific research and discovery, rather than being the "morally correct" choice, is the exact opposite. To not use our God-given gifts of intelligence and curiosity when they could be used to help humans, is truly the morally incorrect choice.