> I dunno, the Viet Cong were pretty much well > funded by the Chinese, who is funding Linux?
At first, I thought you had answered your own question, and simply made a grammatical error:). The Chinese government is indeed funding Linux development. There are a lot of people in China who are not used to paying for (and perhaps cannot pay for) Microsoft products. I believe that Linux will see big growth in places such as China, much more so than America, where Microsoft is well entrenched.
A lot of bands which have enjoyed success on mainstream radio got their start in college radio. Radiohead is one great example (and, er, Tool is another).
There are organisations such as Team Clermont and Addsman who distribute albums for very small labels and independants who are too small to effectively handle their own distribution. Getting one of them to promote your CD is a good start.
Hemp is a weed (yes, go on with your jokes. It contains nowhere near the amount of THC as its infamous cousin). You don't need fertilizer; you'd have to try to kill it. It's also proven resistant to pests.
I halfway suspect that you were at least partially trolling, but what the heck:
1) Yes, soda is horrible. I don't particularly care for beer, either; I'd rather have wine (which actually is good for you, in moderation) or vodka (which isn't, but everyone has something. Beer is certainly not going to help you lose weight; the phrase "beer belly" isn't just a joke.
2) I don't like swimming, either; have you tried martial arts? I know a master instructor in various Chinese arts as well as karate, and he weighs at least 400 pounds.
3) No argument there, though your metabolism will almost certainly slow as you get older (mine really has, which is good; I couldn't afford to feed my teenage self!).
4) You don't need oil and salt to make things taste better, and cooking at home is certainly less expensive than buying pre-packaged food, let alone dining out. Don't "spend years learning how to cook"; start cooking, and get better every year. Everyone is completely capable of at least making pesto pasta from a good recipe. (By the same token, don't be a psycho about salt; there are sound scientific reasons why the right amount of it really does make pretty much everything taste better).
5) My non-university martial arts class costs $40 per month, averaging less than $5 per hour of instruction. I am not a millionaire.
6) "Then...die." But you might want to try some dancing first. You know, with girls.
I know this is just a troll, but you obviously don't take martial arts at all if you can't see the connection between them and dancing. My jujitsu sensei is very accomplished at Greek dancing, and we often use it to warm up; it's more difficult than what most in this country are used to due to the "odd" time signatures (plus, you're dancing in a big circle, so everyone has to keep up).
Additionally, being a good dancer requires a lot of strength, flexibility, and balance. Unsurprisingly, some of the best martial artists I know are also dancers.
(Interesting historical note: at various points in time, martial arts were forbidden in certain countries, probably because the leaders knew that the martial artists were the ones most likely to start revolutions. The teachers were smarter than this, however; they created dances which allowed the martial arts moves to be practiced without giving away what they were doing. My Pentjak Silat teacher refers to this as "Silat in the flowers".)
No, as long as it operates properly and doesn't catch fire/explode, it will probably only mess up a couple of acres. Of course, you also have to have workers living within a reasonable distance of the plant, and you have the wear and tear of transportation (getting the people to and from work, exporting the oil to where it needs to go). You've got the noise from the plant unnerving the wildlife (though I guess they'll probably get used to it eventually).
And there's still the fact that all of this is to bring up petroleum, which isn't the nicest substance in the world. If the Valdez had been filled with corn oil or hemp, would there have been a problem? Not really.
Government institutions, or at least state universities (my father works for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County), are already required to have 10% of their new fleet purchases be alternative fuel powered. My father is actually looking forward to this, as he likes hydrogen fuel cells quite a bit.
One example of how car transportation will eventually not work is the city of Beijing. You either have an "A" license plate, or a "B" license plate, and you can drive every other day. If you drive on the wrong day, you get a ticket. This is because there is simply not enough room for all of the cars. And sometimes I think 695 is bad here in Baltimore...
On the other hand, we have Japan, which is pretty heavily packed with people in most areas, and the cities aren't spread out suburbs. This makes it easy to build an efficient train system, and in fact, most people take the train to get most places (that are too far to walk). Trains stop more frequently (sort of like busses in the US), so it's easier to take them pretty close to where you want to go, and according to my Japanese teacher, you can get really good pricing if you plan on riding them a lot (which you will). Germany is another example of a place with an excellent public transportation system.
As I implied above, it would be difficult to do this in most US cities due to the way they're laid out. The public transportation system in Baltimore can't compare with Germany or Japan, although with the combination of busses and the light rail (I believe you can buy monthly plans for a combination of the two), you can get most places around the city and close suburbs, though not in a hurry.
By your logic, it's likely true that we will never run out of oil. But does that mean it's ethical for us to continue to try?
We can make plastic out of hemp or corn (apparently), and alternative means of fueling vehicles are being created. Oil means drilling into the planet to bring up a substance which is unfriendly to most things in nature. If we continue to burn up oil as quickly as we can, people like Bush will continue to press for drilling into areas like the beautiful Alaskan countryside. So isn't it a good idea to look into alternatives before it's absolutely necessary?
Personally, I _want_ my ident server (which I'm forced to run only because of IRC) to return incorrect information. It's frankly none of their business.
freshmeat has at least one ident server listed which will return a random string of characters every time, and I think that's what we're using on our (OpenBSD) gateway at home.
My bank's Web site doesn't attempt to force browser choices on me, and has worked fine with Mozilla since 0.9.8 or so. You should point out to your bank that it is doing something wrong, especially if they don't even support Netscape 4. If they whine about "supported implementations for security", point out the recent IE SSL bug and ask them exactly how much they value your data.
Probably because the manufacturer is a business and likes to sell things. As you pointed out, most of their target audience (home gamers) will better be able to identify the function of an item called "Broadband Adaptor" than one called "NIC". Sorry if they don't feel that people should learn basic networking terms before giving them money:)
Remember, this wasn't named for the benefit of a bunch of geeks wanting to run Linux on the Dreamcast, it was named when the Dreamcast was still an unabandoned (by the manufacturer) gaming platform. In fact, my brother and myselves (who'll get _that_ reference?) would use this adaptor to play PSO (hopefully, this is still possible with the Dreamcast).
(IIRC, DSL/Cable is actually narrowband or wideband according to the Bell Atlantic services chart, which I think is what you're referencing).
I know several people who were homeschooled (dated one of them for 1.5 years), and they certainly weren't lacking in social interaction.
While most parents teach the "three Rs" at home, there are other classes, like art, which are more difficult to teach unless that's really your thing. I don't know about other homeschooling situations, but the Christian Home Educator's Network (CHEN) has kids get together for such classes once per week, and they also meet for other activities.
Plus, you certainly have the kids who live on your block, any siblings, etc.
Most homeschoolers I know also finished their high school degree in 3 years, and started going part time to a community college before they were done. They then had a nice head start at a college education.
This question has also already been answered. He used to not like yams, but now that his daughter likes them, he is getting to like them better. He still doesn't like lamb's eyes or liver.
OK, I did misspeak; it's really only regions of India that are completely vegetarian (though even larger regions would never eat a cow!). There are other good examples, but I'm not going to bother doing research for an off-topic thread on Slashdot.
Yes, I have a silly username, but all the permutations of "Ray Shaw" I bothered to try were taken. I don't know why Slashdot doesn't let you pick a different real name to display as freshmeat does; why is the login name so important? Bah.
And at least I have user info, mr. mysterious-for-no-good-reason.:)
True, you never really hear of any famous Olympians from India (though I don't watch sports, so maybe _you_ have heard of some, but I haven't). But I don't want to go to the Olympics:) My point was that you can certainly be healthy without eating meat, but only if your body is built for it. Just like some people have food allergies and others don't, some people were clearly not designed for a meat-free diet.
No, I don't count myself as a "real" vegetarian. If I see a really interesting dish in a restaurant which contains something I don't normally eat, I will try it (this happens very infrequently, though). And I do eat seafood, though it's generally only once per week or so (mainly because I have to go to the Korean grocery store to get good seafood at good prices, which is somewhere I only go about twice a month, and really I have to get it the day I cook it). I have a great love of sushi, too (yes, I know that sushi means vinegared rice, and sashimi means fish, but I can only eat so many cucumber rolls at a time:). But I certainly eat far less meat than most people who do not call themselves vegetarians.
Then again, there are some schools of thought that don't count fish as meat. Kosher law, for one, regards fish as pareve (I had a roommate for 1.5 years who is Orthodox Jewish, so we kept Kosher at home and I learned a lot; he moved to Israel in January, so I can eat squid again:). They are, in fact, "barely considered alive", as my friend puts it, because fish blood is the only blood that's Kosher, and fish are considered neither meat nor dairy (which is what pareve means; not sure if you knew that).
My brother has two large (120 gallon and 75 gallon), beautiful tropical aquariums (one a reef tank, the other a predator tank). I love to look at the fish, but I don't really have a problem with eating seafood. Maybe it has something to do with their lesser brain power, or (more probably) the fact that most are still caught. I need to take a look at how fish farms are run. Personally, I don't like the killing of animals, but I'm not going to tell you that you're wrong for doing it.
I work for freshmeat, so if an editor mods me down pointlessly (I'm already shaving my +1 bonus), they'll one day have to face my wrath!:)
He's actually stated in an interview that he would have used Viking on the show, because he likes them, but he doesn't have Viking at home because he can't afford it. He won't endorse products in combination with Good Eats, even if he likes them, for various reasons. Read the (nice, long) interview here:
That may be true for your friend, but it doesn't mean it applies equally to every other person in the world. There are entire _countries_ out there whose people _never_ eat anything to do with meat, and they seem to get along just fine.
Different people have different types of nutritional needs. My mom can't even be a vegetarian for more than 2 weeks without feeling faint, so she doesn't try anymore. But that doesn't mean I can't do it. There are all sorts of suggestions as to why this is true; I've read a book linking it to blood type which did seem to make some sense, but I think that the best way to find out is to try it. Clearly, your friend cannot viably be a vegetarian.
Personally, I am only sort of a vegetarian. I try to never eat pork and beef, and usually not chickens, because of the way those animals are treated (and what they are fed) in this country. I'd like to think that my life will indeed by longer and healthier without overdoses of antibiotics, and without eating cows that have eaten processed, dead cows. I do eat seafood regularly, but get most of my protein from eggs, tofu, and mushrooms. I also take two martial arts (a total of 4 times per week), and I don't have any endurance/stamina/whatever problems.
Then again, most martial arts don't require mountains of muscles for you to be effective. I suppose that if I wanted to be a bodybuilder, I'd probably have to change my diet. But I think life's too short for meaningless physical output on a daily basis. Just pushing around weights? Why not become a mover?
He did address this in a past show, but I forget which one. I didn't see it, but I did read the transcript at www.goodeatsfanclub.com.
For the record, here's what I remember from the episode: Choose a quality knife that feels comfortable to you. Hone them at home after each use (it actually straightens the blade, not sharpens it). Professionals send their knives out to be sharpened, and so should you.
He probably hasn't been on Iron Chef because the show hasn't been filmed for years; it's just that it's slowly making its way over here. Most anime takes 2 years to get here, and the dubbing on Iron Chef is (generally) higher quality (not that I think need it at all, but...)
He has said in an interview that he doesn't consider himself a chef, and holds master chefs in high regard as artists, but is annoyed that they publish cookbooks, because "ordinary" people will never be able to duplicate their efforts. He likens it to Picasso publishing a "Paint like Picasso" book. Check out www.goodeatsfanpage.com for that interview, as well as transcripts to every show, and all sorts of good stuff.
What I'd really like to ask Alton is how much control he has over the recipes that appear on foodtv.com. His herb spread recipe from "Good Milk Gone Bad" seems to have been altered quite a bit, and in fact, the spices he used are listed as an alternative! Also, two of the recipes from "Deep Purple" (eggplant) seem to have suffered similar fates. In the episode, he made a big deal about combining all the other ingredients for baba ghannouj first, and then adding the parsley last, because, "You don't want to pulverise that parsely" (or it will turn bitter). But the foodtv recipe listing just tosses it all in at once. It also shortenes the draining time (for removing bitter alkaloids) from 30 minutes to 10 minutes. And though it's nice that they doubled the Eggplant Pasta recipe to serve more people, they seem to have quadrupled the olive oil, tomatoes, and basil; and again, the prep time is reduced (purging time given in the show was 15 minutes + 1-3 hours; here, it's 30 minutes). As picky as AB is about methods, I find this very strange.
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> I dunno, the Viet Cong were pretty much well
> funded by the Chinese, who is funding Linux?
At first, I thought you had answered your own question, and simply made a grammatical error
A lot of bands which have enjoyed success on mainstream radio got their start in college radio. Radiohead is one great example (and, er, Tool is another).
There are organisations such as Team Clermont and Addsman who distribute albums for very small labels and independants who are too small to effectively handle their own distribution. Getting one of them to promote your CD is a good start.
No matter which way I look at it, I can't seem to make "you" longer than "anata"
Hemp is a weed (yes, go on with your jokes. It contains nowhere near the amount of THC as its infamous cousin). You don't need fertilizer; you'd have to try to kill it. It's also proven resistant to pests.
I halfway suspect that you were at least partially trolling, but what the heck:
1) Yes, soda is horrible. I don't particularly care for beer, either; I'd rather have wine (which actually is good for you, in moderation) or vodka (which isn't, but everyone has something. Beer is certainly not going to help you lose weight; the phrase "beer belly" isn't just a joke.
2) I don't like swimming, either; have you tried martial arts? I know a master instructor in various Chinese arts as well as karate, and he weighs at least 400 pounds.
3) No argument there, though your metabolism will almost certainly slow as you get older (mine really has, which is good; I couldn't afford to feed my teenage self!).
4) You don't need oil and salt to make things taste better, and cooking at home is certainly less expensive than buying pre-packaged food, let alone dining out. Don't "spend years learning how to cook"; start cooking, and get better every year. Everyone is completely capable of at least making pesto pasta from a good recipe. (By the same token, don't be a psycho about salt; there are sound scientific reasons why the right amount of it really does make pretty much everything taste better).
5) My non-university martial arts class costs $40 per month, averaging less than $5 per hour of instruction. I am not a millionaire.
6) "Then...die." But you might want to try some dancing first. You know, with girls.
I know this is just a troll, but you obviously don't take martial arts at all if you can't see the connection between them and dancing. My jujitsu sensei is very accomplished at Greek dancing, and we often use it to warm up; it's more difficult than what most in this country are used to due to the "odd" time signatures (plus, you're dancing in a big circle, so everyone has to keep up).
Additionally, being a good dancer requires a lot of strength, flexibility, and balance. Unsurprisingly, some of the best martial artists I know are also dancers.
(Interesting historical note: at various points in time, martial arts were forbidden in certain countries, probably because the leaders knew that the martial artists were the ones most likely to start revolutions. The teachers were smarter than this, however; they created dances which allowed the martial arts moves to be practiced without giving away what they were doing. My Pentjak Silat teacher refers to this as "Silat in the flowers".)
No, as long as it operates properly and doesn't catch fire/explode, it will probably only mess up a couple of acres. Of course, you also have to have workers living within a reasonable distance of the plant, and you have the wear and tear of transportation (getting the people to and from work, exporting the oil to where it needs to go). You've got the noise from the plant unnerving the wildlife (though I guess they'll probably get used to it eventually).
And there's still the fact that all of this is to bring up petroleum, which isn't the nicest substance in the world. If the Valdez had been filled with corn oil or hemp, would there have been a problem? Not really.
Government institutions, or at least state universities (my father works for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County), are already required to have 10% of their new fleet purchases be alternative fuel powered. My father is actually looking forward to this, as he likes hydrogen fuel cells quite a bit.
One example of how car transportation will eventually not work is the city of Beijing. You either have an "A" license plate, or a "B" license plate, and you can drive every other day. If you drive on the wrong day, you get a ticket. This is because there is simply not enough room for all of the cars. And sometimes I think 695 is bad here in Baltimore...
On the other hand, we have Japan, which is pretty heavily packed with people in most areas, and the cities aren't spread out suburbs. This makes it easy to build an efficient train system, and in fact, most people take the train to get most places (that are too far to walk). Trains stop more frequently (sort of like busses in the US), so it's easier to take them pretty close to where you want to go, and according to my Japanese teacher, you can get really good pricing if you plan on riding them a lot (which you will). Germany is another example of a place with an excellent public transportation system.
As I implied above, it would be difficult to do this in most US cities due to the way they're laid out. The public transportation system in Baltimore can't compare with Germany or Japan, although with the combination of busses and the light rail (I believe you can buy monthly plans for a combination of the two), you can get most places around the city and close suburbs, though not in a hurry.
By your logic, it's likely true that we will never run out of oil. But does that mean it's ethical for us to continue to try?
We can make plastic out of hemp or corn (apparently), and alternative means of fueling vehicles are being created. Oil means drilling into the planet to bring up a substance which is unfriendly to most things in nature. If we continue to burn up oil as quickly as we can, people like Bush will continue to press for drilling into areas like the beautiful Alaskan countryside. So isn't it a good idea to look into alternatives before it's absolutely necessary?
Not an entire state, but the city of Largo, Florida uses Linux and thin clients.
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/08/10/14
Personally, I _want_ my ident server (which I'm forced to run only because of IRC) to return incorrect information. It's frankly none of their business.
freshmeat has at least one ident server listed which will return a random string of characters every time, and I think that's what we're using on our (OpenBSD) gateway at home.
My bank's Web site doesn't attempt to force browser choices on me, and has worked fine with Mozilla since 0.9.8 or so. You should point out to your bank that it is doing something wrong, especially if they don't even support Netscape 4. If they whine about "supported implementations for security", point out the recent IE SSL bug and ask them exactly how much they value your data.
Click the mailto!?
Ever think of "webmaster@site.com", or "postmaster@site.com"? Postmaster, at least, should go someplace reasonable, and webmaster usually does.
Probably because the manufacturer is a business and likes to sell things. As you pointed out, most of their target audience (home gamers) will better be able to identify the function of an item called "Broadband Adaptor" than one called "NIC". Sorry if they don't feel that people should learn basic networking terms before giving them money
Remember, this wasn't named for the benefit of a bunch of geeks wanting to run Linux on the Dreamcast, it was named when the Dreamcast was still an unabandoned (by the manufacturer) gaming platform. In fact, my brother and myselves (who'll get _that_ reference?) would use this adaptor to play PSO (hopefully, this is still possible with the Dreamcast).
(IIRC, DSL/Cable is actually narrowband or wideband according to the Bell Atlantic services chart, which I think is what you're referencing).
I know several people who were homeschooled (dated one of them for 1.5 years), and they certainly weren't lacking in social interaction.
While most parents teach the "three Rs" at home, there are other classes, like art, which are more difficult to teach unless that's really your thing. I don't know about other homeschooling situations, but the Christian Home Educator's Network (CHEN) has kids get together for such classes once per week, and they also meet for other activities.
Plus, you certainly have the kids who live on your block, any siblings, etc.
Most homeschoolers I know also finished their high school degree in 3 years, and started going part time to a community college before they were done. They then had a nice head start at a college education.
Hey, don't forget music! So...Violence, Music, Sex?
This question has also already been answered. He used to not like yams, but now that his daughter likes them, he is getting to like them better. He still doesn't like lamb's eyes or liver.
OK, I did misspeak; it's really only regions of India that are completely vegetarian (though even larger regions would never eat a cow!). There are other good examples, but I'm not going to bother doing research for an off-topic thread on Slashdot.
Yes, I have a silly username, but all the permutations of "Ray Shaw" I bothered to try were taken. I don't know why Slashdot doesn't let you pick a different real name to display as freshmeat does; why is the login name so important? Bah.
And at least I have user info, mr. mysterious-for-no-good-reason.
True, you never really hear of any famous Olympians from India (though I don't watch sports, so maybe _you_ have heard of some, but I haven't). But I don't want to go to the Olympics
No, I don't count myself as a "real" vegetarian. If I see a really interesting dish in a restaurant which contains something I don't normally eat, I will try it (this happens very infrequently, though). And I do eat seafood, though it's generally only once per week or so (mainly because I have to go to the Korean grocery store to get good seafood at good prices, which is somewhere I only go about twice a month, and really I have to get it the day I cook it). I have a great love of sushi, too (yes, I know that sushi means vinegared rice, and sashimi means fish, but I can only eat so many cucumber rolls at a time
Then again, there are some schools of thought that don't count fish as meat. Kosher law, for one, regards fish as pareve (I had a roommate for 1.5 years who is Orthodox Jewish, so we kept Kosher at home and I learned a lot; he moved to Israel in January, so I can eat squid again
My brother has two large (120 gallon and 75 gallon), beautiful tropical aquariums (one a reef tank, the other a predator tank). I love to look at the fish, but I don't really have a problem with eating seafood. Maybe it has something to do with their lesser brain power, or (more probably) the fact that most are still caught. I need to take a look at how fish farms are run. Personally, I don't like the killing of animals, but I'm not going to tell you that you're wrong for doing it.
I work for freshmeat, so if an editor mods me down pointlessly (I'm already shaving my +1 bonus), they'll one day have to face my wrath!
He's actually stated in an interview that he would have used Viking on the show, because he likes them, but he doesn't have Viking at home because he can't afford it. He won't endorse products in combination with Good Eats, even if he likes them, for various reasons. Read the (nice, long) interview here:
http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com
That may be true for your friend, but it doesn't mean it applies equally to every other person in the world. There are entire _countries_ out there whose people _never_ eat anything to do with meat, and they seem to get along just fine.
Different people have different types of nutritional needs. My mom can't even be a vegetarian for more than 2 weeks without feeling faint, so she doesn't try anymore. But that doesn't mean I can't do it. There are all sorts of suggestions as to why this is true; I've read a book linking it to blood type which did seem to make some sense, but I think that the best way to find out is to try it. Clearly, your friend cannot viably be a vegetarian.
Personally, I am only sort of a vegetarian. I try to never eat pork and beef, and usually not chickens, because of the way those animals are treated (and what they are fed) in this country. I'd like to think that my life will indeed by longer and healthier without overdoses of antibiotics, and without eating cows that have eaten processed, dead cows. I do eat seafood regularly, but get most of my protein from eggs, tofu, and mushrooms. I also take two martial arts (a total of 4 times per week), and I don't have any endurance/stamina/whatever problems.
Then again, most martial arts don't require mountains of muscles for you to be effective. I suppose that if I wanted to be a bodybuilder, I'd probably have to change my diet. But I think life's too short for meaningless physical output on a daily basis. Just pushing around weights? Why not become a mover?
Ack! Yes, s/club/page/. Thanks for the correction.
He did address this in a past show, but I forget which one. I didn't see it, but I did read the transcript at www.goodeatsfanclub.com.
For the record, here's what I remember from the episode: Choose a quality knife that feels comfortable to you. Hone them at home after each use (it actually straightens the blade, not sharpens it). Professionals send their knives out to be sharpened, and so should you.
He probably hasn't been on Iron Chef because the show hasn't been filmed for years; it's just that it's slowly making its way over here. Most anime takes 2 years to get here, and the dubbing on Iron Chef is (generally) higher quality (not that I think need it at all, but...)
He has said in an interview that he doesn't consider himself a chef, and holds master chefs in high regard as artists, but is annoyed that they publish cookbooks, because "ordinary" people will never be able to duplicate their efforts. He likens it to Picasso publishing a "Paint like Picasso" book. Check out www.goodeatsfanpage.com for that interview, as well as transcripts to every show, and all sorts of good stuff.
What I'd really like to ask Alton is how much control he has over the recipes that appear on foodtv.com. His herb spread recipe from "Good Milk Gone Bad" seems to have been altered quite a bit, and in fact, the spices he used are listed as an alternative! Also, two of the recipes from "Deep Purple" (eggplant) seem to have suffered similar fates. In the episode, he made a big deal about combining all the other ingredients for baba ghannouj first, and then adding the parsley last, because, "You don't want to pulverise that parsely" (or it will turn bitter). But the foodtv recipe listing just tosses it all in at once. It also shortenes the draining time (for removing bitter alkaloids) from 30 minutes to 10 minutes. And though it's nice that they doubled the Eggplant Pasta recipe to serve more people, they seem to have quadrupled the olive oil, tomatoes, and basil; and again, the prep time is reduced (purging time given in the show was 15 minutes + 1-3 hours; here, it's 30 minutes). As picky as AB is about methods, I find this very strange.