Sheesh, I know I'm being a grammar Nazi here, but this one is a pet peeve of mine. The past participle of "to run" is "run" not "ran." So the sentence should be "is run" not "is ran."
I'm constantly telling students of my CFD courses that simulations are "run," they're not "ran."
Sorry, I live in Stuttgart (after having lived in Dayton, OH for over 4 years). This area of Germany is not nearly as hot/humid as the US Midwest is, let alone the DC area. I'm still waiting for the "summer" weather to kick in -- and it's July.
The problem with LMDE is that it is still Debian with a bit more sane initial configuration. And you're only guaranteed to stay with Gnome 2 if you stay with stable, and LMDE is meant to be a rolling distro that tracks testing. It also doesn't allow installation onto a pre-existing LUKS-LVM setup, like I can with Fedora. On the whole, it's just not as user-friendly for the desktop. I have found that, for the time being, Fuduntu is a pretty nice alternative. Since it is based on Fedora 14, it has Gnome 2, but with an updated kernal (3.0.3). Then again, since it's based on 14, it will stop receiving updates once F16 is released.
So, just as SL is increasing in popularity due to the (perceived) problems with CentOS, Red Hat pulls the main SL developer away. Coincidence? Perhaps...
I'm fairly new faculty (second year), teaching aerospace engineering. I've taught several classes with Onenote, in a similar way. How do you set up the Onenote pages so the page breaks in the correct place (without constantly going back and forth from print preview)?
This is probably one of the most insightful things I've read here regarding the raising of children. We have four, and each is completely different (and has been since birth). Dealing with each individual child must be tailored to that unique personality. What works with one, will not work with the others.
That's actually an idea that has been tried. Slashdot covered a similar effort here. Check out the comments there. Not a lot of support, huh? Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Slashdot seems to have a way of mixing "Utah", "Mormon", "Porn", and "Censorhip" to make things much more sensational than they really are.
Have you every met Ralph Yarro? I have. At Brigham Young University, at a discussion concerning CP80 and potential solutions to what is, in my opinion, a scourge of porn that is more available than it every should be. He's actually a decent guy. I'm with him on this one. I gave him a bit of a hard time for the whole SCO-Linux lawsuit, and we agreed to disagree on that matter, but I'm behind him here.
You know, you might be a little more open about your biases and agenda (BYU, where real dissent is not tolerated?). What's the story? What's your slant? I'll be open and honest: I'm a BYU graduate, I'm an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I grew up in Utah (haven't lived there in about 12 years, though), and yet, I'm a Linux fan. But I've met Ralph, and I think he's a decent guy. Technically ignorant? Only interested in profit? I think not. Someone who has seen the effect of porn on the lives of young university students and is trying to find a solution to a vexing problem.
Hmmph. I have an 8-core Xeon with 24GB of RAM sitting under my desk at work. It runs CentOS 5 and is used for CFD simulations. I could get it up to 128GB if I felt like it (and had the research funds) but it's not worth it...
It is interesting, but not so surprising, to find that "about 200" members of the church are leaving over the Proposition 8 issue. That's hardly a large number, though, compared to the more than 12 million worldwide membership of the church. There are always some who will find some reason to leave the church. That is their decision.
I do, however, take issue with your opinion that the leadership of the church injected itself inappropriately into a contemporary political issue. How was it inappropriate? Do church leaders not have the same freedom of speech as do any other person in the United States? Of course they do. They don't always exercise that right. Be aware that the church has consistently kept itself out of politics, the exception being when the political issues concern morals. It is then the right, and duty, of the church to speak out.
It's the typical struggle between our inner virtual and self-interest. If we in a society would be governed by our inner virtue, we would voluntarily take care of one another -- your cooperation model. However, if we allow self-interest to rule, we need laws to keep all the self-interest in check and we lose freedom. Only a virtuous society can be truly free.
"No free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles" -- George Mason
"Statesmen...may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand." -- John Adams
If the earth's temperature is being increased by the sun, then it's more important we do something about global warming, and quick.
All the bad stuff that's going to happen thanks to global warming doesn't magically vanish because it's being done by the sun.
If the change is caused by the sun (and not by humans), then it is simply Nature at work. Who are we to be messing around with Nature? If the dinosaurs messed with Nature, they'd still be here! Evolution is the answer...we need to evolve/adapt to the climate change. If we can't, we don't survive--but that is evolution at work, right?
And if you honestly believe that there is no difference between the Republican party and fascism, then you don't know squat about what the parties are actually proposing.
The Mormons will.... then again, never mind the Mormons.:-D
The Mormons will just shrug and say, "So what?"
I'm a Mormon. We do not rely exclusively on the Bible for our religious thinking. We believe the Bible to be the word of God "as far as it is translated correctly." We also have other scriptures (such as the Book of Mormon) that we rely on. We also believe that God has, and continues, to call men to whom He gives authority to act in His name and proclaim His truth (i.e. continuing revelation).
So, the discovery of a new manuscript would be interesting, especially if proven authentic. But just because it lacks something that we take to be truth wouldn't be such a big deal.
No, I'm talking about my PhD dissertation. I gather that the template makes all the difference. I had a LaTex template for mine, and it made it very easy.
when you are considering a 250+ page document, its not so easy to manage
I wrote my 250+ page dissertation using LaTex. Compared to all the hoop-jumping my Word-using colleagues had to do, it was much easier to keep the figures, equations, etc, numbered correctly. I'd really like to know _what_ you think is so hard about managing a LaTex document (even a 250+ page one)!
I'm an engineer/professor, and I teach computational fluid dynamics. I develop, test and run numerical simulations on UNIX systems, but I require a Windows system (for applications, mostly). I've found that andLinux is great for developing the applications on my Windows system. I tend to use command line tools, mostly, which are a pain in the MS world. Have you ever tried building a UNIX makefile code on Windows? And cygwin just doesn't cut it (OpenMPI doesn't work).
I was involved in a similar situation several years ago, when Palm Pilots were just becoming popular. The LDS scriptures were (and are) freely available on its website (www.lds.org). I downloaded the html files (via wget), removed all extra formatting using several perl scripts, and converted them to iSilo format for use on a Palm Pilot. I then posted the iSilo files on the web. My brother, who ran the website, received a letter from the church HQ requesting that the copyrighted files be removed. When I called and spoke to the head of the church's copyright office, the reasoning was this: the church's scriptures are extrememly important in conveying church doctrine and policy, and hence every effort must be taken to ensure accuracy. Thus, they are only allowed to be distributed through official church channels. They are not secret; anybody can read them online, or buy them at a bookstore (www.deseretbook.com), etc.
I see the same thing here. The church handbook of instructions conveys official church policy. If it is distributed through other-than-official channels, errors might creep in (intentionally or not). Thus, the church has an interest in ensuring accurate distribution of the material.
The material is copyrighted to enable the church to control distribution for these very reasons. They have to enforce that copyright.
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Sheesh, I know I'm being a grammar Nazi here, but this one is a pet peeve of mine. The past participle of "to run" is "run" not "ran." So the sentence should be "is run" not "is ran." I'm constantly telling students of my CFD courses that simulations are "run," they're not "ran."
You may think you don't smell bad when sweating, but have you every asked those around you what they think?
Sorry, I live in Stuttgart (after having lived in Dayton, OH for over 4 years). This area of Germany is not nearly as hot/humid as the US Midwest is, let alone the DC area. I'm still waiting for the "summer" weather to kick in -- and it's July.
The problem with LMDE is that it is still Debian with a bit more sane initial configuration. And you're only guaranteed to stay with Gnome 2 if you stay with stable, and LMDE is meant to be a rolling distro that tracks testing. It also doesn't allow installation onto a pre-existing LUKS-LVM setup, like I can with Fedora. On the whole, it's just not as user-friendly for the desktop. I have found that, for the time being, Fuduntu is a pretty nice alternative. Since it is based on Fedora 14, it has Gnome 2, but with an updated kernal (3.0.3). Then again, since it's based on 14, it will stop receiving updates once F16 is released.
This is what the biggest USAF compute cluster uses (RH, PBS)
No, the largest USAF system (AFRL's Raptor, which is actually the largest DoD system) is a Cray XE6 and uses a custom built Linux environment, CLE.
So, just as SL is increasing in popularity due to the (perceived) problems with CentOS, Red Hat pulls the main SL developer away. Coincidence? Perhaps...
It's a Dell Latitude XT2 convertible tablet PC -- with a physical keyboard.
I'm fairly new faculty (second year), teaching aerospace engineering. I've taught several classes with Onenote, in a similar way. How do you set up the Onenote pages so the page breaks in the correct place (without constantly going back and forth from print preview)?
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This is probably one of the most insightful things I've read here regarding the raising of children. We have four, and each is completely different (and has been since birth). Dealing with each individual child must be tailored to that unique personality. What works with one, will not work with the others.
That's actually an idea that has been tried. Slashdot covered a similar effort here. Check out the comments there. Not a lot of support, huh? Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Slashdot seems to have a way of mixing "Utah", "Mormon", "Porn", and "Censorhip" to make things much more sensational than they really are.
You know, you might be a little more open about your biases and agenda (BYU, where real dissent is not tolerated?). What's the story? What's your slant? I'll be open and honest: I'm a BYU graduate, I'm an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I grew up in Utah (haven't lived there in about 12 years, though), and yet, I'm a Linux fan. But I've met Ralph, and I think he's a decent guy. Technically ignorant? Only interested in profit? I think not. Someone who has seen the effect of porn on the lives of young university students and is trying to find a solution to a vexing problem.
Hmmph. I have an 8-core Xeon with 24GB of RAM sitting under my desk at work. It runs CentOS 5 and is used for CFD simulations. I could get it up to 128GB if I felt like it (and had the research funds) but it's not worth it...
And where is the Apple Tablet PC on which I can use Inkwell?
Egads. "'Mormon' Church of Latter-Day Saints"? It's the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
It is interesting, but not so surprising, to find that "about 200" members of the church are leaving over the Proposition 8 issue. That's hardly a large number, though, compared to the more than 12 million worldwide membership of the church. There are always some who will find some reason to leave the church. That is their decision.
I do, however, take issue with your opinion that the leadership of the church injected itself inappropriately into a contemporary political issue. How was it inappropriate? Do church leaders not have the same freedom of speech as do any other person in the United States? Of course they do. They don't always exercise that right. Be aware that the church has consistently kept itself out of politics, the exception being when the political issues concern morals. It is then the right, and duty, of the church to speak out.
It's the typical struggle between our inner virtual and self-interest. If we in a society would be governed by our inner virtue, we would voluntarily take care of one another -- your cooperation model. However, if we allow self-interest to rule, we need laws to keep all the self-interest in check and we lose freedom. Only a virtuous society can be truly free.
"No free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles" -- George Mason
"Statesmen...may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand." -- John Adams
If the earth's temperature is being increased by the sun, then it's more important we do something about global warming, and quick.
All the bad stuff that's going to happen thanks to global warming doesn't magically vanish because it's being done by the sun.
If the change is caused by the sun (and not by humans), then it is simply Nature at work. Who are we to be messing around with Nature? If the dinosaurs messed with Nature, they'd still be here! Evolution is the answer...we need to evolve/adapt to the climate change. If we can't, we don't survive--but that is evolution at work, right?
And if you honestly believe that there is no difference between the Republican party and fascism, then you don't know squat about what the parties are actually proposing.
There. Fixed that for ya.
It's not so hard with EasyBCD.
The Mormons will.... then again, never mind the Mormons. :-D
The Mormons will just shrug and say, "So what?"
I'm a Mormon. We do not rely exclusively on the Bible for our religious thinking. We believe the Bible to be the word of God "as far as it is translated correctly." We also have other scriptures (such as the Book of Mormon) that we rely on. We also believe that God has, and continues, to call men to whom He gives authority to act in His name and proclaim His truth (i.e. continuing revelation).
So, the discovery of a new manuscript would be interesting, especially if proven authentic. But just because it lacks something that we take to be truth wouldn't be such a big deal.
No, I'm talking about my PhD dissertation. I gather that the template makes all the difference. I had a LaTex template for mine, and it made it very easy.
when you are considering a 250+ page document, its not so easy to manage
I wrote my 250+ page dissertation using LaTex. Compared to all the hoop-jumping my Word-using colleagues had to do, it was much easier to keep the figures, equations, etc, numbered correctly. I'd really like to know _what_ you think is so hard about managing a LaTex document (even a 250+ page one)!
Lemme know when Basket Notepads has searchable handwriting recognition for Tablet PCs similar to OneNote.
Besides, ever tried writing a doctoral thesis in OpenOffice? I have, it's not easy.
And writing it in Word is any easier?? Try LaTex--truly the only way to write any kind of technical document.
I'm an engineer/professor, and I teach computational fluid dynamics. I develop, test and run numerical simulations on UNIX systems, but I require a Windows system (for applications, mostly). I've found that andLinux is great for developing the applications on my Windows system. I tend to use command line tools, mostly, which are a pain in the MS world. Have you ever tried building a UNIX makefile code on Windows? And cygwin just doesn't cut it (OpenMPI doesn't work).
I was involved in a similar situation several years ago, when Palm Pilots were just becoming popular. The LDS scriptures were (and are) freely available on its website (www.lds.org). I downloaded the html files (via wget), removed all extra formatting using several perl scripts, and converted them to iSilo format for use on a Palm Pilot. I then posted the iSilo files on the web. My brother, who ran the website, received a letter from the church HQ requesting that the copyrighted files be removed. When I called and spoke to the head of the church's copyright office, the reasoning was this: the church's scriptures are extrememly important in conveying church doctrine and policy, and hence every effort must be taken to ensure accuracy. Thus, they are only allowed to be distributed through official church channels. They are not secret; anybody can read them online, or buy them at a bookstore (www.deseretbook.com), etc.
I see the same thing here. The church handbook of instructions conveys official church policy. If it is distributed through other-than-official channels, errors might creep in (intentionally or not). Thus, the church has an interest in ensuring accurate distribution of the material.
The material is copyrighted to enable the church to control distribution for these very reasons. They have to enforce that copyright.