Plus, since it's E-Ink, all you need to do is press a button and suddenly it's not porn anymore. You know, instead of the classic hide it inside another magazine/book trick.
I'm going to have to add my agreement here as well. The hatchback w/ the flat fold down seats was a big plus for me. Also, it's much roomier inside than I expected; I mostly notice this when I get into other people's cars that didn't used to feel cramped, but now do.
The keyless entry and start are probably my favorite features though. Overall, it's a very impressive piece of engineering.
e.g. jackrabbiting of the light is actually a good thing By "jackrabbiting" you mean really stepping on the gas to get up to speed as fast as possible? I haven't tried this as I assumed it wouldn't be as efficient (plus it's not really my driving style), but you really found it gave you *better* millage? Have you noticed other things that would go against intuition? I've got a 2007 Prius and usually average more like 44 (mix of highway and city - usually a bit higher for highway, though stop and go traffic jams are where the car really thrives:p).
Paul Allen's science advisors don't necessarily know enough about fusion to be capable of evaluating whether or not Tri-Alpha's scheme will work or not. Even the guys at Tri-Alpha know it probably won't, but it might, and the investors (including Paul Allen) are aware that it is a very high risk investment, but they have enough money that they feel it is still worthwhile. After all, if someone does come up with a workable fusion power machine those that funded it stand to make a lot of money.
In a physics class? I surprised (having majored in physics myself, we left pi in the answer all the time). Now an engineering-physics I'd be less surprised. . .
hmm, seemed to have strayed well off topic here:p
Want to bring linux to the mainstream, pick a standard and develop it. Set aside your disagreements and work for the greater good. The world doesn't need another linux distro, it needs everyone working to create a single comprehensive distro. We certainly do *not* need everyone working to create a single, comprehensive distro. Throwing more people at the problem, after a certain point, is only going to slow things down.
Working towards standards, however, would be a good thing. A standard package format could be very nice indeed.
See, I really like the speedometer readout on my Prius *because* it's digital (they've also placed it in a much more convenient place, closer to where I'm looking at the road anyway). Analog meters just don't work as well for me, takes me longer to read (probably because I'm reading the numbers off anyway, and then have to interpolate mentally).
Kind of like a watch, some people really like the analog ones, for me, digital just works way better.
I (try to) always put the -rf at the end of the line, and have a habit of using tab completion, so before I add the -rf to anything I'm about to delete I have a much better chance of having selected the files I really do wish to delete.
Mostly I have to do this because I often accidentally hit the enter key halfway through entering a command (my enter key is actually in the split area between what would be 'h' and 'g' on a qwerty keyboard, which makes it easier to hit, but then it's also easier to hit [accidentally]).
yea, aliases are (in theory) nice for this (then you know who's giving away your address too). The problem is, when you sign up for an account, a lot of places will tell you the email address you entered is not valid (because of the + in the address I presume). This causes a bit of a problem, unless your mail provider uses some other type of aliases that don't get rejected (I'm using gmail where aliases are of the form 'username+whatever@gmail.com')
see, now that's what I figured, but I'm still under 50 KB/s on my download, though the upload is hitting 80 or 90.
Weird because the torrent of Herd 5 I grabbed yesterday was much faster. (I was about to burn that one to CD when I read the announcement that the new beta was out today:p)
I got wine working for the 64 bit version, but it was a while ago and I don't quite remember how; think it might have been a package someone built and linked to on the forums. I also remember reading some compile it yourself instructions.
Also, for flash, I got the flash 9 beta to work by using nspluginwrapper (should be able to find the howto on ubuntuforums).
I suggest you dl and burn yourself a CD, then you can boot off the CD and play with it w/o having to install to your hard drive. If you like it, go ahead and install on another partition and dual boot while you make sure everything works and it's right for you.
In Vista, sound from each program can have its volume set independently. This means that an instant messenger client could have its volume turned down while still leaving an MP3 player nice and loud. Hey, this actually sounds like a nice feature to have.
I read the 30 days with ubuntu article, but hadn't come across the response, so I went looking for it; this is the closest I found:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_Reps_Respond_to_ 30_days_with_Ubuntu_Article
it's pasted in the comments a few comments down. Thought that might be useful for anyone else who hadn't seen this yet but was interested.
# Basic finance skills - credit card interests, mortage, retirenment planning, investment options and risk assessment. Ok, there is some math here, but highly advanced trig.
# Relationship and child raising skills
# Social skills such as getting along with people, making a good impression on an interview, basic project management.
Unfortunately, these are skills many parents do not actually posses.
yes but on the other hand, you're going to want the teachers that know the subject best to be teaching the brightest students too.
From a teacher perspective, I know I'd rather teach math to a bunch of bright and (hopefully) enthusiastic kids.
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Yea, I like sleeping and reading fiction too :)
Plus, since it's E-Ink, all you need to do is press a button and suddenly it's not porn anymore. You know, instead of the classic hide it inside another magazine/book trick.
I'm going to have to add my agreement here as well. The hatchback w/ the flat fold down seats was a big plus for me. Also, it's much roomier inside than I expected; I mostly notice this when I get into other people's cars that didn't used to feel cramped, but now do. The keyless entry and start are probably my favorite features though. Overall, it's a very impressive piece of engineering.
darn, I guess we'll just have to start cutting the trees down and burying them straight away :P
Paul Allen's science advisors don't necessarily know enough about fusion to be capable of evaluating whether or not Tri-Alpha's scheme will work or not. Even the guys at Tri-Alpha know it probably won't, but it might, and the investors (including Paul Allen) are aware that it is a very high risk investment, but they have enough money that they feel it is still worthwhile. After all, if someone does come up with a workable fusion power machine those that funded it stand to make a lot of money.
I hope somebody mods this up, I found it both insightful and funny :)
In a physics class? I surprised (having majored in physics myself, we left pi in the answer all the time). Now an engineering-physics I'd be less surprised. . . hmm, seemed to have strayed well off topic here :p
See, I really like the speedometer readout on my Prius *because* it's digital (they've also placed it in a much more convenient place, closer to where I'm looking at the road anyway). Analog meters just don't work as well for me, takes me longer to read (probably because I'm reading the numbers off anyway, and then have to interpolate mentally). Kind of like a watch, some people really like the analog ones, for me, digital just works way better.
I (try to) always put the -rf at the end of the line, and have a habit of using tab completion, so before I add the -rf to anything I'm about to delete I have a much better chance of having selected the files I really do wish to delete. Mostly I have to do this because I often accidentally hit the enter key halfway through entering a command (my enter key is actually in the split area between what would be 'h' and 'g' on a qwerty keyboard, which makes it easier to hit, but then it's also easier to hit [accidentally]).
yea, aliases are (in theory) nice for this (then you know who's giving away your address too). The problem is, when you sign up for an account, a lot of places will tell you the email address you entered is not valid (because of the + in the address I presume). This causes a bit of a problem, unless your mail provider uses some other type of aliases that don't get rejected (I'm using gmail where aliases are of the form 'username+whatever@gmail.com')
Ask a Gay Ninja.
see, now that's what I figured, but I'm still under 50 KB/s on my download, though the upload is hitting 80 or 90. Weird because the torrent of Herd 5 I grabbed yesterday was much faster. (I was about to burn that one to CD when I read the announcement that the new beta was out today :p)
I got wine working for the 64 bit version, but it was a while ago and I don't quite remember how; think it might have been a package someone built and linked to on the forums. I also remember reading some compile it yourself instructions. Also, for flash, I got the flash 9 beta to work by using nspluginwrapper (should be able to find the howto on ubuntuforums).
I suggest you dl and burn yourself a CD, then you can boot off the CD and play with it w/o having to install to your hard drive. If you like it, go ahead and install on another partition and dual boot while you make sure everything works and it's right for you.
Psychologically, I feel a hell of a lot better when it's light out when I wake up in the morning, so I'd much rather put DST off for another month.
As a hobbyist developer, I found Linux much more accessible simple because of the plethora of quality free tools.
I read the 30 days with ubuntu article, but hadn't come across the response, so I went looking for it; this is the closest I found: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_Reps_Respond_to_ 30_days_with_Ubuntu_Article
it's pasted in the comments a few comments down. Thought that might be useful for anyone else who hadn't seen this yet but was interested.
yes but on the other hand, you're going to want the teachers that know the subject best to be teaching the brightest students too. From a teacher perspective, I know I'd rather teach math to a bunch of bright and (hopefully) enthusiastic kids.