I was lucky enough to view Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County in my (free) college paper. I'm surprised Bloom County didn't get mentioned until this far down.
C&H was loved by everyone and I think everyone will agree it's the top one. Bloom County was definitely a product of its time. I don't think I'll ever be able to relate how relevent and timely it was to someone who didn't live through the era. Even if you did, it loses a bit if you didn't read it then. It hasn't aged well. But it's still one of my favorites.
C&H is something my kids will be able to read and relate to. Like Peanuts, Dr. Seuss and Bugs Bunny.
MacOSX is a wonderful UI. If you like it. I installed Linux on a PPC iBook back in the day. I ended up switching to an x86 system. Linux support non x86 is a niche. Some things don't work as well or are not available.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who prefers an X11 desktop (I run Solaris and Linux) to Windows or MacOSX.
If it's going to damage my liver, I'm switching to scotch. I'm sorry, Jack, but I just can't take the chance...
Unfortunately, your scotch and bourbon is likely fortified with a corn product.
If it has corn in it or any liquor made with a grain other then malted barley, it's not scotch. Bourbon is made with corn. Scotch is made with malted barley. If you're really concerned with the origins of your whisky, drink single malt scotch
Although, people wishing to avoid all GM foods, corn itself has been so selectively bred that it doesn't even resemble its nearest neighbors. It's even moribund if we ever disappear, because its seeds over compete and kill each other off. If you want to talk about crazy amounts of GM, take something that's essentially a grass, and turn it into corn.
Corn is probably more the result of selective human breeding then any other plant we eat. This is before anyone thought of gene modification. The ancestor of corn, tesonite, produced a mutant with larger kernels. Humans noticed this & kept planting it (like they have done with any other crop through the centruries). Corn (& tesonite) is promiscuous. It cross breeds very easily and can be easly controlled by humans. I think tesonite is rare or was wiped out by corn eventually.
Today's corn cannot survive if left to go native like an apple tree will. By today's corn, I mean even the corn seed that Columbus brought back to Europe. If humans don't plant it and cultivate it, it will out compete itself and die off
I have a SmartQ7. ARM MID. 7" 800x600 color touch screen with 128 MB RAM. Runs a custom Ubuntu that can apt-get from the standard repos. I paid $240ish including shipping from Hong Kong. WinCE is available.
I'm using it to read eBooks and Google Reader. The RAM limits the browser (Midori) and the number of tabs. I don't have flash on it. I don't watch vids or listen to MP3s.
For what I do, it's great.
Maybe in a year I'll be able to buy a 10" 1024x600 (x768 or more please??) 1GB RAM Linux based tablet that can do youtube & other flash apps. I wouldn't bet on it, but I'm not convinced it won't happen.
The price point depends on the sales volume. If this generation of tablets flops, it'll be awhile until the next churn. If it does what Palm did for PDAs (now migrated to phones) that'll be a good thing. The Kindle & other niche tablets could make it happen.
I was looking to replace my aging P4 laptop with a 512MB ceiling. I wanted a touch screen, 4 GB RAM, more then 1024x768.
I ended up getting an ARM based mid for eBooks under $240. 7" Touch screen, 800x480, 128MB RAM and WiFi. Perfect for reading books.
I bought a dual-core laptop with 4 GB RAM and 1xxx by 768 screen for under $500. DVD burner and 2.2 lbs
Laptops are pushing down on netbooks from the top. I don't think the cost savings are enough for me to justify the lower CPU power, RAM limits and screen size.
I don't think it's ugl, but it ain't I see lots of reboxing mods.
My TV is on the wall I have a set top box, DVD player and a TiVo stacked. It can replace my TiVo for playback, but I probably still want to stack it.....
I have yet to see a phone that can take anywhere near as good a picture as some of the most basic point and shoot cameras.
I have yet to see a P&S phone or DSLR that you left at home take as good a picture as the phone you have with you.
I always have my phone with me so I always have a camera with me. If I want to take a serious photo, I'll bring the SLR. Or a party I'll bring the P&S. When I forget, at least I have the phone camera.
I used to wear a watch all the time, to the point where I felt naked if I wasn't wearing it. Then I started to have RSI issues with my wrists. I'd take the watch off when I was at my desk. Then the watchband broke. I bought a new one (& that took too long) and it broke.
So I tried just using my phone (which I carry everwhere with me for work anyways). And I got used to it. There's usually a clock around me I can use and when there isn't, I can use the phone. I'm not missing the watch enough in *my* life that I want it back. I suspect more & more of the population will feel the same way and watches will become less ubiquitous on people's wrists.
Of course the clock has gone from being a special item to being put into everything. The VCR, the coffee maker, the radio, car, tv set top box, thermometer, microwave, iPod, cameras, etc all have clocks.
On a similar note, I used to use my Palm PDA, but not I use my Blackberry for everything it used to do.
For most of New England, perhaps. In New Hampshire, (from my High School civics 1982), City means there are elected officials running the government. Town have town meetings where *everyone* votes on the issues.
Yes, exactly. X11 ran reasonably complicated applications 20 years ago on hardware that we throw out as woefully inadequate (or quaintly archaic) today
But that was in an environment where the average PC had a 640x480 display with 16 or maybe 256 colours. High end workstations had higher resolution but were often monochrome. The X server simply didn't have to do anywhere near as much work as a modern one.
I was running on a 486 with 1024x768 and 256 colors using and ATI VL-localbus card in 1993. 8 MB RAM. The graphics were faster then the Sun Sparcstation 1+ at work with the same resolution. Compiles & multitasking were slower.
People were doing less work. Instead of OpenOffice, I had LaTeX. sc for a spreadsheet (or Excel 4 on Windows). Xfig ran fine. Emacs 18.59, pine, kermit, ghostscript. olvwm, xclock, xload.
Given the amount of RSI out there, this is a better reason then speed.
I'm not sure it's just about technique; typewriters were usually on a special table that put the keyboard at the right height, was adjustable, etc. Computers just get thrown where they can fit.
Or how would a photographer archive this? So that your kids could show your pictures to your grandkids. Like you were able to go through a shoebox full of negatives with good quality.
1st, you'll want to partition your data. This I can lose (the TV shows you recorded on your DVR), that I want to keep forever (photos & movies of the kids, 1st house), these I want to protect in case of disaster (taxes, resumes, scans of bills, current work projects).
Don't bother with the 1st case. Archive the forever to multiple media and do backups of the last.
Hopefully, backups are the smallest chunk. Often, but you don't need to keep more then 2-3 copies. If you want to retrieve something from x/y/zz, that's an archive not a backup.
Archives should be made to multiple copies (DVDs?) in diverse locations. Not magnetic unless you redo it periodically.
Offline media (tapes, optical, printouts) haven't kept up with online media capacity. *sigh*
Ever try remote X over, say a *slow* connection. 2Mb/s is not slow. But I started when 10baseT was the norm and sometimes ran X over a 28.8 or 14.4 modem.....
When I bought my iPod, I had 30 GB of music ripped from my CDs to MP3 format (I had a Compact Flash based MP3 player). When I went looking for players that could store more then 30 GB, I didn't find many. The Zune was about the same price w/o the 3rd party market of adapters, cases, etc. Archos cost more but had more features. I ended up with an 80 GB version.
I don't use iTunes FWIW. I think just about every other MP3 player lets you just drag files on. The iPod has an internal database.
If you're looking for something w/o a hard drive (low capacity) there are lots of cheaper players. If you want GB/$ portably, the iPod isn't a bad choice.
Good, you want to separate your data from your OS. That make a number of things possible:
- your OS upgrade shouldn't affect your data drives - you can treat data and OS backup seperate - you'll be classifying your data (at least somewhat)
Take the next step & put them on a NAS (I don't care which as I'm not supporting you) - Now you can get your data on multiple machines, regardless of OS (if you do it right) - Your OS won't affect your data - Gigabit ethernet is not expensive and it usually beats USB 2.0 speeds. - You can isolate your data physically
= away from foot traffic with liquid spills, etc
= locate in a cooler environment
= not put in dogy devices into the data device
= less noise & heat at your desktop
IMHO (and IAAMD) the term "antidepressant" is a big misnomer. They are really mood stabilizers, ala lithium. They do flatten both the ups and downs and they do interfere with creative energy and ability.
I've been suffering from clinical depression for over 10 years. I've tried a number of different medications due to side effects and the meds no longer working. Now this is for depression, not bipolar so I might be way off from what you're talking about.
I mainly experience the meds making it possible to be happy. With the depression, it just doesn't seem possible. But I haven't had problems with my creative energy or ability while on the meds.
Without the meds, I have no creative ability so there's no peak. With the meds, its possible to have a peak.
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I was lucky enough to view Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County in my (free) college paper. I'm surprised Bloom County didn't get mentioned until this far down.
C&H was loved by everyone and I think everyone will agree it's the top one. Bloom County was definitely a product of its time. I don't think I'll ever be able to relate how relevent and timely it was to someone who didn't live through the era. Even if you did, it loses a bit if you didn't read it then. It hasn't aged well. But it's still one of my favorites.
C&H is something my kids will be able to read and relate to. Like Peanuts, Dr. Seuss and Bugs Bunny.
And the smartQ is fast enough. I wish mine had more then 128MB RAM.
For eBooks and light browsing, it's great with the stock firmware. There's an optimized build that runs faster too.
Wizardry was one of the 1st software programs I bought.
For the Apple ][+ in 1982. I think it even out sold Visicalc.
I think Wizardry IV was the last Apple ][ version.
5, 6, and 7 were on DOS. Or was it UCSD Pascal like the Apple versions?
There may have been a NES version too.
You could get a CD with 1-7 for PCs.
Version 8 came out 10? years after 7 and the company announced it was ceasing development. and this was the last product.
FWIW, I ended up going to Clarkson, where the two (or one of the?) authors were professor(s).
MacOSX is a wonderful UI. If you like it. I installed Linux on a PPC iBook back in the day. I ended up switching to an x86 system. Linux support non x86 is a niche. Some things don't work as well or are not available.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who prefers an X11 desktop (I run Solaris and Linux) to Windows or MacOSX.
If it's going to damage my liver, I'm switching to scotch. I'm sorry, Jack, but I just can't take the chance...
Unfortunately, your scotch and bourbon is likely fortified with a corn product.
If it has corn in it or any liquor made with a grain other then malted barley, it's not scotch. Bourbon is made with corn. Scotch is made with malted barley. If you're really concerned with the origins of your whisky, drink single malt scotch
Although, people wishing to avoid all GM foods, corn itself has been so selectively bred that it doesn't even resemble its nearest neighbors. It's even moribund if we ever disappear, because its seeds over compete and kill each other off. If you want to talk about crazy amounts of GM, take something that's essentially a grass, and turn it into corn.
Corn is probably more the result of selective human breeding then any other plant we eat. This is before anyone thought of gene modification. The ancestor of corn, tesonite, produced a mutant with larger kernels. Humans noticed this & kept planting it (like they have done with any other crop through the centruries). Corn (& tesonite) is promiscuous. It cross breeds very easily and can be easly controlled by humans. I think tesonite is rare or was wiped out by corn eventually.
Today's corn cannot survive if left to go native like an apple tree will. By today's corn, I mean even the corn seed that Columbus brought back to Europe. If humans don't plant it and cultivate it, it will out compete itself and die off
I think we'll see $200 ARM tablets Real Soon Now.
I have a SmartQ7. ARM MID. 7" 800x600 color touch screen with 128 MB RAM. Runs a custom Ubuntu that can apt-get from the standard repos. I paid $240ish including shipping from Hong Kong. WinCE is available.
I'm using it to read eBooks and Google Reader. The RAM limits the browser (Midori) and the number of tabs. I don't have flash on it. I don't watch vids or listen to MP3s.
For what I do, it's great.
Maybe in a year I'll be able to buy a 10" 1024x600 (x768 or more please??) 1GB RAM Linux based tablet that can do youtube & other flash apps. I wouldn't bet on it, but I'm not convinced it won't happen.
The price point depends on the sales volume. If this generation of tablets flops, it'll be awhile until the next churn. If it does what Palm did for PDAs (now migrated to phones) that'll be a good thing. The Kindle & other niche tablets could make it happen.
There are some netbooks over $400 out there.
I was looking to replace my aging P4 laptop with a 512MB ceiling. I wanted a touch screen, 4 GB RAM, more then 1024x768.
I ended up getting an ARM based mid for eBooks under $240. 7" Touch screen, 800x480, 128MB RAM and WiFi. Perfect for reading books.
I bought a dual-core laptop with 4 GB RAM and 1xxx by 768 screen for under $500. DVD burner and 2.2 lbs
Laptops are pushing down on netbooks from the top. I don't think the cost savings are enough for me to justify the lower CPU power, RAM limits and screen size.
I don't think it's ugl, but it ain't
I see lots of reboxing mods.
My TV is on the wall
I have a set top box, DVD player and a TiVo stacked.
It can replace my TiVo for playback, but I probably still want to stack it.....
Replace CrunchPad with Macintosh and Arrington with Jobs if it helps outline who does what.
Ok, Jobs probably got into lots more detail, but he's not an engineer or programmer. Jobs certainly was a major factor in the Mac's design.
I'd say Arrington is probably similar with the Crunchpad. He provided 2 prototypes, office space, access to Silicon Valley capital.
I have yet to see a phone that can take anywhere near as good a picture as some of the most basic point and shoot cameras.
I have yet to see a P&S phone or DSLR that you left at home take as good a picture as the phone you have with you.
I always have my phone with me so I always have a camera with me. If I want to take a serious photo, I'll bring the SLR. Or a party I'll bring the P&S. When I forget, at least I have the phone camera.
I agree with you, mostly.
I used to wear a watch all the time, to the point where I felt naked if I wasn't wearing it. Then I started to have RSI issues with my wrists. I'd take the watch off when I was at my desk. Then the watchband broke. I bought a new one (& that took too long) and it broke.
So I tried just using my phone (which I carry everwhere with me for work anyways). And I got used to it.
There's usually a clock around me I can use and when there isn't, I can use the phone. I'm not missing the watch enough in *my* life that I want it back. I suspect more & more of the population will feel the same way and watches will become less ubiquitous on people's wrists.
Of course the clock has gone from being a special item to being put into everything. The VCR, the coffee maker, the radio, car, tv set top box, thermometer, microwave, iPod, cameras, etc all have clocks.
On a similar note, I used to use my Palm PDA, but not I use my Blackberry for everything it used to do.
There's KeePass for BlackBerry too.
For most of New England, perhaps. In New Hampshire, (from my High School civics 1982), City means there are elected officials running the government. Town have town meetings where *everyone* votes on the issues.
NH has 13 cities: Berlin, Claremont, Concord, Dover, Franklin, Keene, Laconia, Lebanon, Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth, Rochester, Somersworth.
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_town#Cities "Most cities are former towns that changed to a city form of government because they grew too large to be administered by a town meeting."
FWIW, I'm originally from Lebanon, NH which is on the border with Hartford, VT.
Yes, exactly. X11 ran reasonably complicated applications 20 years ago on hardware that we throw out as woefully inadequate (or quaintly archaic) today
But that was in an environment where the average PC had a 640x480 display with 16 or maybe 256 colours. High end workstations had higher resolution but were often monochrome. The X server simply didn't have to do anywhere near as much work as a modern one.
I was running on a 486 with 1024x768 and 256 colors using and ATI VL-localbus card in 1993. 8 MB RAM. The graphics were faster then the Sun Sparcstation 1+ at work with the same resolution. Compiles & multitasking were slower.
People were doing less work. Instead of OpenOffice, I had LaTeX. sc for a spreadsheet (or Excel 4 on Windows). Xfig ran fine. Emacs 18.59, pine, kermit, ghostscript. olvwm, xclock, xload.
And to bring it back to the computer geek world, Google introduced its Chrome Browser with a Comic.
My niece in high school rarely uses a computer. She does most of what she needs on her iPhone.
That's what scares MS....
Given the amount of RSI out there, this is a better reason then speed.
I'm not sure it's just about technique; typewriters were usually on a special table that put the keyboard at the right height, was adjustable, etc. Computers just get thrown where they can fit.
How about a theme for red-green color blindness? It affects something like 15% of the male population.
I have it. I can't tell the difference when a two color LED used on computer equipment is red or green. As a sysadmin, it's sometimes a problem.
Or how would a photographer archive this? So that your kids could show your pictures to your grandkids. Like you were able to go through a shoebox full of negatives with good quality.
1st, you'll want to partition your data. This I can lose (the TV shows you recorded on your DVR), that I want to keep forever (photos & movies of the kids, 1st house), these I want to protect in case of disaster (taxes, resumes, scans of bills, current work projects).
Don't bother with the 1st case. Archive the forever to multiple media and do backups of the last.
Hopefully, backups are the smallest chunk. Often, but you don't need to keep more then 2-3 copies. If you want to retrieve something from x/y/zz, that's an archive not a backup.
Archives should be made to multiple copies (DVDs?) in diverse locations. Not magnetic unless you redo it periodically.
Offline media (tapes, optical, printouts) haven't kept up with online media capacity. *sigh*
ZFS is for doing ECC. But it's not going to add to the cost at all.
It *might* make it cheaper as ZFS works better with JBOD then a RAID card. The JBOD allows ZFS do ECC all the way to the disk.
Yep, provide sources & patches like Minix did before it was open sourced.
Ever try remote X over, say a *slow* connection. 2Mb/s is not slow. But I started when 10baseT was the norm and sometimes ran X over a 28.8 or 14.4 modem.....
When I bought my iPod, I had 30 GB of music ripped from my CDs to MP3 format (I had a Compact Flash based MP3 player). When I went looking for players that could store more then 30 GB, I didn't find many. The Zune was about the same price w/o the 3rd party market of adapters, cases, etc. Archos cost more but had more features. I ended up with an 80 GB version.
I don't use iTunes FWIW. I think just about every other MP3 player lets you just drag files on. The iPod has an internal database.
If you're looking for something w/o a hard drive (low capacity) there are lots of cheaper players. If you want GB/$ portably, the iPod isn't a bad choice.
Good, you want to separate your data from your OS. That make a number of things possible:
- your OS upgrade shouldn't affect your data drives
- you can treat data and OS backup seperate
- you'll be classifying your data (at least somewhat)
Take the next step & put them on a NAS (I don't care which as I'm not supporting you)
- Now you can get your data on multiple machines, regardless of OS (if you do it right)
- Your OS won't affect your data
- Gigabit ethernet is not expensive and it usually beats USB 2.0 speeds.
- You can isolate your data physically
= away from foot traffic with liquid spills, etc
= locate in a cooler environment
= not put in dogy devices into the data device
= less noise & heat at your desktop
Well, the medicated state is unnatural.
I can agree with you there.
IMHO (and IAAMD) the term "antidepressant" is a big misnomer. They are really mood stabilizers, ala lithium. They do flatten both the ups and downs and they do interfere with creative energy and ability.
I've been suffering from clinical depression for over 10 years. I've tried a number of different medications due to side effects and the meds no longer working. Now this is for depression, not bipolar so I might be way off from what you're talking about.
I mainly experience the meds making it possible to be happy. With the depression, it just doesn't seem possible. But I haven't had problems with my creative energy or ability while on the meds.
Without the meds, I have no creative ability so there's no peak. With the meds, its possible to have a peak.