This is Iomega we're talking about. It will be incompatible with disks written by the very same drive!:)
A zip 250 came as a "freebie" with this laptop. After having owned and dealt with zip's before, I haven't asked for any spare disks--I *like* being aboe to retrieve my data . . .
hawk
Lawyer: Keep in mind . . .
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I am an attorney, but this is not legal advice. Ifyou need legal advice, contact an attorney licensed in your own jurisdiction.
We regularly see arguments based upon what the FSF or RMS claims. Keep in mind, though, that there are about 5 billion people on the planet whose opinion counts more . . .
Put aside the ideology, and whether you lvoe or hate the GPL. I'm talking about rules of legal construction. The author of a document had a full opportunity to make it say what it means. The author's view on interpretation just plain doesn't count, and has no legal weight. While there are situations in which the author *might* be called to testify (perhaps for "state of mind" evidence), ambiguities or doubts are construed *against* the author.
This doesn't necessarily mean that the FSF comments are useless. If a point is not arguable, the FSF explanation could be useful. But if the purpose is to *resolve* the meaning, the opinion of the FSF, and RMS in particular, is worth less than the paper it isn't written on . . .
The entire "games cause violence" thing was palyed out several years earlier. The same people complaining, the same obliviousness to cause and effect, and the same solutions.
In the 80's, it was Dungeons and Dragons that was supposedly "causing" kids to go nuts. Todaqy it's guns. THere was probably something before dungeons and dragons (Rock 'n' Roll probably had similar responses when kids went off the dep end), and there will be more in the future.
Let'sface it; some people just aren't stable, and latch on to some type of fantasy as they leave reality behind. If it wasn't D&D or guns, it could just as well be Mickey Mouse comic books. You can kiill a *lot* more people trying to be Black Pete you ever could with guns and explosives. The kids at Columbine or McVeigh could have killed magnitudes more if they'd used poison. Or suppose they built their rocket to paint the moon black (one of Black Pete's escapades). Or messed with the highways, or the water supply. Shall we ban all of the classic comic books to prevent these?
> It's not about sex-vs-violence, it's about the appropriateness of
> each, and the degree to which each is pandering to the audience in its
> marketing.
In other words, instead of bimbos, they should be killing people in their booths:)
Why, just last week, in this small, west-central Pennysylvania town, we had no less than three incideents in which elves were abducted and beaten with cold iron. The week before, a Martian was tortued by forcing him into scuba gear and forcing a rich oxygen mix on him.
And don't get me going about the vivicists at the blood bank. They're turning away vampires just because they're dead . . .
It may make a difference that It was a Thinkpad:) AN out of date thinkpad, but still . . . and so is my new laptop that I refer to elsewhere (But it is *not* out of date:)
When I was spending 12-14 hours a day staring at my dissertation, I would often transfer it to a flopy,so that instead of using the 19" magnavox (still a current "good" monitor at the time) to my 486 laptop with a 640x480 display for editing. I could get *much* more done before my eyese swam to the poinht of illegibility.
I have a 21" sony coming to attach to the workstation to complement this laptop, but I expect that I'll spend more time ssh'ing in from the laptop, save at debug time . . . mmm, 2048x1536 for watch windows . . . tasty . ..)
To keep things in context, Apple has always (ok, a couple of notable exceptions) tended to high-end quality on their crt's. In gerneral, if you're choosing with no information other than brand, the correct answer is "apple." (and failing that, "Sony."). Apple has never sold crt's near the commodity price-point--nor have they sold crt's with images down in that range.
Also, as others have pointed out, the adjustments on today's lcd monitors for off-prime sizes are much better than they used to be. For that matter, look at the mask on a color crt--you have those little triangles of phosphor elements in R, G, and B, which function awefully close to pixels--there's less than 1/3 of any given scan line that can take a given primary color, and there's a similar vertical problem as well.
I have yet to notice any artifacts running this screen at sub-prime sizes--but I don't use windows much at all (only for old kids' games), and X will only handle 1600x1200 . . .
Yes, but not in the same way, nor to the same degree--or for the same reasons.
Many (most?) U.S. High schools require two years of a foreign language. (High school is roughly 14-18 here, grades 9-12. I think our grades are off by one from most European counts.).
Frequently junior high schools (grades 7-8, but that varies; there are 6-8 and 7-9, and they're sometimes called "middle schools") have spanish and maybe french or german. Two years there tends to replace one year of high school.
Our colleges frequently have a language requirement as well, with college years equating (roughly) two high school years. Four years of high school language will meet most college requirements. Often individual departments (e.g., math) will have a written language test if foreign language research is still relevant (so at my undergraduate, if I had finished the math major instead of taking a pair of minors (philosophy), I would have had to shown that I could translate a page from a german or russian (or french?) math text or article into english (with use of a dictionary). In physics or economics, everything importantis either written in English in the first place, or immediately trnaslated, so there is no similari requirement).
Our requirements are closer in purpose to your third language in sixth grade than the english in third. You're not learnning english to learn about british or american culture or literature, but because it's the universal language. We already happen to speak it; if another language had that role, I assume that we'd be trained in it early on.
Then to get things really wierd, there's an english group pushing to have british rather than american english taught as a foreign language, which completely misses the point--american english isn't the norm because it's spoken in the U.S., but because it's the dialect spoken by everyone else.
You don't really think your car is a person, do you?
:)
I want to say that there were two ships known as "he," the Bismarck, and I forget the second . . .
they're not? I thought they had some kind of past connection to the Mennonites. Then again, my knowledge of Protestant theology tends to the mainstream and baptist . . .
Russia did *not* switch to capitalism or free markets (kudos to Mr. Slippery above for being one of the rare folks to recognize the difference).
Under a capitalist system, ownders of the capital receive the proceeds. This just isn't the case there--the managers of the firms get the proceeds, and currently the shareholders have absolutely no way to force them out. Additionally, the state is massively involved to favor its own industries (Just look at the current takeover of the media).
Russia is currently a mix of industrial feudalism and fascism. The markets are not free, and the owners of capital are not entitled to the proceeds.
There was a big fuss about them a bit over a year ago, abut as I recall, there was no plan to implement them in the near futere.
Also, reaction to them varies: Is it charging more on a hot day, or is it offering steep discounts on cold days? People tend to oppose the former and support the latter, even though they're the same thing.
The amish are another anabaptist group. About 5 miles down the road s an amish store near several farms. On the repackaged bulk goods, the price is consistently *exactly* twice as much for a package twice as large . . .
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or don't hunch over! if you need glasses to see that far, get them, for crying out loud . . .
hawk
A zip 250 came as a "freebie" with this laptop. After having owned and dealt with zip's before, I haven't asked for any spare disks--I *like* being aboe to retrieve my data . . .
hawk
We regularly see arguments based upon what the FSF or RMS claims. Keep in mind, though, that there are about 5 billion people on the planet whose opinion counts more . . .
Put aside the ideology, and whether you lvoe or hate the GPL. I'm talking about rules of legal construction. The author of a document had a full opportunity to make it say what it means. The author's view on interpretation just plain doesn't count, and has no legal weight. While there are situations in which the author *might* be called to testify (perhaps for "state of mind" evidence), ambiguities or doubts are construed *against* the author.
This doesn't necessarily mean that the FSF comments are useless. If a point is not arguable, the FSF explanation could be useful. But if the purpose is to *resolve* the meaning, the opinion of the FSF, and RMS in particular, is worth less than the paper it isn't written on . . .
hawk
In the 80's, it was Dungeons and Dragons that was supposedly "causing" kids to go nuts. Todaqy it's guns. THere was probably something before dungeons and dragons (Rock 'n' Roll probably had similar responses when kids went off the dep end), and there will be more in the future.
Let'sface it; some people just aren't stable, and latch on to some type of fantasy as they leave reality behind. If it wasn't D&D or guns, it could just as well be Mickey Mouse comic books. You can kiill a *lot* more people trying to be Black Pete you ever could with guns and explosives. The kids at Columbine or McVeigh could have killed magnitudes more if they'd used poison. Or suppose they built their rocket to paint the moon black (one of Black Pete's escapades). Or messed with the highways, or the water supply. Shall we ban all of the classic comic books to prevent these?
hawk
hawk
> each, and the degree to which each is pandering to the audience in its
> marketing.
In other words, instead of bimbos, they should be killing people in their booths
hawk
And don't get me going about the vivicists at the blood bank. They're turning away vampires just because they're dead . . .
:)
hawk
yes, it's just it's polite southern manners that are causing it to wait until the confederacy has its turn . . .
hawk
>in no way competing against linux/*bsd/hurd/etc.
hawk
hawk
hawk
I have a 21" sony coming to attach to the workstation to complement this laptop, but I expect that I'll spend more time ssh'ing in from the laptop, save at debug time . . . mmm, 2048x1536 for watch windows . . . tasty . .
hawk
though *what* they watch might do it.
hawk, renewing his campaign for the "B-chip" to smite the evil dinosoaur
Also, as others have pointed out, the adjustments on today's lcd monitors for off-prime sizes are much better than they used to be. For that matter, look at the mask on a color crt--you have those little triangles of phosphor elements in R, G, and B, which function awefully close to pixels--there's less than 1/3 of any given scan line that can take a given primary color, and there's a similar vertical problem as well.
I have yet to notice any artifacts running this screen at sub-prime sizes--but I don't use windows much at all (only for old kids' games), and X will only handle 1600x1200 . . .
hawk
> Microsoft owns the trademark on "Windows".
no, they don't. In fact, they made a very big deal about that several years ago.
however, if someone tried to market "Microsoftster Windows," they'd have exactly the same problems that aimsterhas . . .
hawkj
Many (most?) U.S. High schools require two years of a foreign language. (High school is roughly 14-18 here, grades 9-12. I think our grades are off by one from most European counts.).
Frequently junior high schools (grades 7-8, but that varies; there are 6-8 and 7-9, and they're sometimes called "middle schools") have spanish and maybe french or german. Two years there tends to replace one year of high school.
Our colleges frequently have a language requirement as well, with college years equating (roughly) two high school years. Four years of high school language will meet most college requirements. Often individual departments (e.g., math) will have a written language test if foreign language research is still relevant (so at my undergraduate, if I had finished the math major instead of taking a pair of minors (philosophy), I would have had to shown that I could translate a page from a german or russian (or french?) math text or article into english (with use of a dictionary). In physics or economics, everything importantis either written in English in the first place, or immediately trnaslated, so there is no similari requirement).
Our requirements are closer in purpose to your third language in sixth grade than the english in third. You're not learnning english to learn about british or american culture or literature, but because it's the universal language. We already happen to speak it; if another language had that role, I assume that we'd be trained in it early on.
Then to get things really wierd, there's an english group pushing to have british rather than american english taught as a foreign language, which completely misses the point--american english isn't the norm because it's spoken in the U.S., but because it's the dialect spoken by everyone else.
hawk
Just what *did* you think that cloudy sky that shows up on the startup screen was supposed to mean?
hawk
:)
I want to say that there were two ships known as "he," the Bismarck, and I forget the second . . .
hawk
In many language, there is a pronoun for persons of unknown gender. English is one of those languages, and the word is "he."
"she" always impliexs gender in English. "He" only implies gender when the rest of the context implies a male.
hawk, nodding to Halmos, who set him straight on this [yes, *that* Halmos]
they're not? I thought they had some kind of past connection to the Mennonites. Then again, my knowledge of Protestant theology tends to the mainstream and baptist . . .
hawk
the man once got the price down on a bucket of chicken at Col. Sanders . . .
hawk
Under a capitalist system, ownders of the capital receive the proceeds. This just isn't the case there--the managers of the firms get the proceeds, and currently the shareholders have absolutely no way to force them out. Additionally, the state is massively involved to favor its own industries (Just look at the current takeover of the media).
Russia is currently a mix of industrial feudalism and fascism. The markets are not free, and the owners of capital are not entitled to the proceeds.
hawk, econ professor
Also, reaction to them varies: Is it charging more on a hot day, or is it offering steep discounts on cold days? People tend to oppose the former and support the latter, even though they're the same thing.
hawk, economist
hawk
just what I needed today, bombardment with cruddy televisions and uncomfortable japanese bedding . . .
P>
hawk