I know the ratio is 1:4:9. I was replying to
ethereal who implied that it wouldn't make sense
for the monolith to be about 6 feet tall. My
point was it didn't really matter how big any
particular direction was, but that the ratio had to be right. So I agree with you totally, its not the feet.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
There is no way Bush will let the current
breakup plan stand. And I don't think that
he's going to be enthusiastic about regulating
Microsoft in anyway. I think that
this New York Times article which suggests
letting Microsoft off with a huge fine is an
all too likely possible outcome. The one saving
grace may be that 19 states are also plaintiffs
in the case, so as mentioned by another
NYT article, the case
may still go on even when Bush caves into Gates.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
You shouldn't have any problems getting Linux
on it. I have a TP 365X that I picked up six
months ago, and I put Debian on it using a
PCMCIA ethernet card. Just use the info you
see for the 365XD on the net - the only real
difference is the CD-ROM drive. You might
have some issues with the PCMCIA CD-ROM, but
I don't really know because I've never used one.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
I use framemaker for scientific work as well, and it's witout a doubt the best program for the job.
Uhm, there's quite a bit of doubt. Framemaker is
indeed good, but LaTeX has a lot of advantages
over it. I won't try to repeat all of the pro-LaTeX arguments in this discussion, but just one of the most important ones. LaTeX is truly cross-platform - it runs on any platform that I can think of - and it is open source. There is little risk that LaTeX won't be around in 10 years, while the same can't be said for Framemaker. This means there are much smaller worries about not being able to get at old documents.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
I'm not trying to be a troll, but could you be more specific about why you can't get the DVD
player hooked up to your TV? Are you trying to hook it through the VCR?
I ask because I had a simlar problem - DVD player and an ancient TV that only has one coax input. I tried hooking the DVD through the VCR,
but I ran into Macrovision. So I bought a box that converts RCA inputs to coax and a switch for
choosing between the coax inputs. It is a hassle,
but its a lot cheaper than a new TV.
Of course I agree that we shouldn't have to do
stuff like this just to use equipment that we obtained legally.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
The book is worth a couple of hundred $US even in semi-crappy condition. You really think a library copy would have lasted more than a couple of weeks before getting pinched? I have a copy of the original and until I sell it, I won't be letting it out of the house.;)
I got The Big U through inter-library loan
with no problem. Since I thought that Stephenson wasn't going to let it be reprinted, I went to
the trouble of photocopying it. Now I'll be able
to soothe my conscience and buy a copy. Quite nice.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
You know what's even worse? I had to vote at a
retirement home. Everybody wonders why old people
vote more than young people - well if people don't
even have to go outside to vote, its kind of hard
to come up with excuses for not voting. I guess
saying, "Somebody hid my walker!" might work as an excuse.
Of course I'm sure that it also makes it easier to find old ladies to run the election
as well.
Re:nobel price for physics out, too
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More info at NY Times (free registration required)on both the physics and the chemistry awards.
Its seems like kind of a down year for the Nobels.
The physics award is for work that is closer to
engineering than to pure research (not that there's
anything wrong with that;0) and similarly the
chemistry award seems more like material science.
In fact, C.S. Lewis, originally an athiest who became one of the
most famous Christian authors of the last century, also wrote a little bit of science fiction.
I hate to tell you, but C. S. Lewis was one of the most famous authors of this century. He was born in 1898, and died in 1963. So he all of his writing in the 20th century, which we are still in until next January.
So first, if I recall correctly, you had a tiff with your Record Company. There was some kind of problem with your contract with Elektra, so you tried to sue them and get out of your contract. Now your ticked off at some of your fans so your going after them. Now, I know paranoia plays an important part of songs like "Fade to Black" and "Escape," but don't you think that you are taking it a little bit too far? I know the say goes "even paranoid people have enemies," but is there anybody who isn't out to get you? Your families? Each other?
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Depleted uranium isn't killing anybody. You get more exposure from a week in the Alps than you get from depleted uranium. Take a look at some facts.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
I know the ratio is 1:4:9. I was replying to ethereal who implied that it wouldn't make sense for the monolith to be about 6 feet tall. My point was it didn't really matter how big any particular direction was, but that the ratio had to be right. So I agree with you totally, its not the feet.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
Except that what alien worth it salt would measure their monolith in feet?
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
There is no way Bush will let the current breakup plan stand. And I don't think that he's going to be enthusiastic about regulating Microsoft in anyway. I think that this New York Times article which suggests letting Microsoft off with a huge fine is an all too likely possible outcome. The one saving grace may be that 19 states are also plaintiffs in the case, so as mentioned by another NYT article, the case may still go on even when Bush caves into Gates.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
You shouldn't have any problems getting Linux on it. I have a TP 365X that I picked up six months ago, and I put Debian on it using a PCMCIA ethernet card. Just use the info you see for the 365XD on the net - the only real difference is the CD-ROM drive. You might have some issues with the PCMCIA CD-ROM, but I don't really know because I've never used one.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
Troll or typo - you make the call. Either way, it is OpenBSD not FreeBSD.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
You should be able to get the hardware you need at Radio Shack. From talking to the techies there, this seems to be a fairly common problem.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
I ask because I had a simlar problem - DVD player and an ancient TV that only has one coax input. I tried hooking the DVD through the VCR, but I ran into Macrovision. So I bought a box that converts RCA inputs to coax and a switch for choosing between the coax inputs. It is a hassle, but its a lot cheaper than a new TV.
Of course I agree that we shouldn't have to do stuff like this just to use equipment that we obtained legally.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
I got The Big U through inter-library loan with no problem. Since I thought that Stephenson wasn't going to let it be reprinted, I went to the trouble of photocopying it. Now I'll be able to soothe my conscience and buy a copy. Quite nice.
"That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball."
Of course I'm sure that it also makes it easier to find old ladies to run the election as well.
More info at NY Times (free registration required)on both the physics and the chemistry awards.
Its seems like kind of a down year for the Nobels. The physics award is for work that is closer to engineering than to pure research (not that there's anything wrong with that ;0) and similarly the
chemistry award seems more like material science.
Didn't you teacher ever teach you that its "i before e except after f". Geez, kids these days.
I hate to tell you, but C. S. Lewis was one of the
most famous authors of this century. He
was born in 1898, and died in 1963. So he all
of his writing in the 20th century, which we are
still in until next January.
So first, if I recall correctly, you had a tiff with your
Record Company. There was some kind of problem with
your contract with Elektra, so you tried to sue
them and get out of your contract. Now your ticked
off at some of your fans so your going after them.
Now, I know paranoia plays an important part of songs like
"Fade to Black" and "Escape," but don't you think that
you are taking it a little bit too far? I know the
say goes "even paranoid people have enemies," but
is there anybody who isn't out to get you? Your
families? Each other?
Do you really want to sort through poorly documented
Perl code?
Let them clean it up first.
If its as hacked together as they make it
sound, then everyone will be better off that way.
Ugly code is no fun to play with. And I
I understand why CT has things he would rather do than clean
his code.