Anyone wanting to know how the publishing industry works, including the reasons why and why not to use traditional publishing, should read Kristine Kathryn Rusch's blog "The Business Rush: On Writing."
In short, if you want to publish your work, read Rusch first. She's worked in the industry for 30+ years. BTW, you may want to buy some of her sci-fi books, too.:-)
"It would be interesting (I'm not necessarily saying it would be a good idea, but it would be interesting) to see what would happen if the VP spot went to the #2 candidate in the election. Not only would it provide contrast in the administration in most cases, but it would probably get other candidates from outside the two major parties some additional clout."
Read your American history. It's been tried. However, in the 1800 election, each Democratic-Republican elector cast 1 vote for Thomas Jefferson and 1 vote for Aaron Burr, leading to a tie. Jefferson was to have served as president, but Burr refused to concede. Alexander Hamilton talked the Federalists into supporting Jefferson, giving the office to Jefferson.
This, among other reasons, led to a duel between Burr and Hamilton. Burr became the only vice-president in American history to kill a man in a duel.
As much as I'd like to claim credit for my alma mater and this project, the authors didn't check the facts thoroughly. The university involved is the University of Alabama in Huntsville, not The University of Alabama. The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and boasts its own ranked engineering programs.
Actually, Apple's.Mac utilities certainly work on other operating systems. You can store your documents on your iDisk and then access your documents from any machine with the iDisk utilities installed. This includes your Windows machine at work, if you're not blessed to use a Mac both places.
After 15 years working as a computer geek, I'm teaching history at a local community college now (long story). I've gained a reputation after only a semester as a "hard" instructor because I require writing assignments. I require each class I teach to write 3 essays and a properly formatted research paper. I was floored at the grammar and spelling of my students last semester; what do these kids do in high school?
I also try to show the students how history repeats itself ("A generation which ignores history has no past and no future," Heinlein says) because each generation fails to understand the lessons of the past. It usually takes a few weeks, but most of the students finally get it by the last paper. This lesson is best learned by thinking about the topic, and writing a paper is the best way to stimulate the thinking process. And, as I point out to the students, most employers won't give a multiple-choice test on work assignments
Hopefully, you've read at least one of the books. The story in the books is far different from the movies, but then we all know what Hollywood does to great stories.
Rowling is weaving a quality story that may one day rank as an epic. Her attention to detail is phenomenal. In the books, you realize that the story transcends Harry and Voldemort. There are an absolute good and an absolute evil in the books, and there are consequences regardless of which you choose to follow.
Don't judge the books by the movies, especially movie 3 (which is an abomination that ranks with Star Trek 5). If you haven't seen the third movie, do yourself a favor: check out books 1-3 from your library and read them instead. You'll need to read all the books or you'll miss some crucial details. It's like reading LOTR: you can start with The Fellowship of the Ring, but you'll understand the story better by reading The Hobbit first.
I wonder now whether the rumored Intel Mini was actually the Developer's machine Apple's making available. And everyone thought the Intel Mini would run Windows...
In Heaven: The French are the chefs, the Italians are the lovers, the Swiss are the bankers, the Germans are the mechanics, and the British are the police.
In Hell: The British are the chefs, the Swiss are the lovers, the Italians are the bankers, the French are the mechanics, and the Germans are the police.
Back when I was an undergraduate, a History professor had this saying taped to his door:
"The reason the American Army is so good at war is that war is chaos, and the American military practices chaos on a daily basis." - From a World War II German Army War Manual
Same with credit unions. I spent more time doing paperwork than fixing computers. Part of our "process," as designated by our DP vendor, required me to make 2 overnight trips to Orlando for meetings that could have been conducted by conference call. I flew in at night, flew out the next afternoon (so no, no Disney World trips for me:-( ).
BTW, our vendor found "one more bug" late in December 1999. We had to install a Y2K patch while we were doing year-end processing on 30 December. Fortunately, I had insisted we close 31 December to give us time for just such emergencies.
There's a patch that give NeoOffice the Aqua menus, but when I downloaded the latest beta, I found they have already included Aqua-style menus. The scrollbars are still un-Maclike, though.
"Bring back?" We just installed a new HP Alpha DS 25: 2 1 GH processors, 2 GB RAM, a ton of hard drive space, OpenVMS 7.3.2. It's replacing a DEC (yes, a Digital) Alpha 2100. Wow, it's sweet. I just tried a job that once took all night on the old machine run in less than 15 minutes on the new one. Our month-end processing that once took 4 hours can run in around 40 minutes.
OpenVMS is still around, it's still running, and it's better than ever. I suppose the question is what will happen when the Alphas die.
Honestly, I read too much/. The seminary I attend has a Women's Theological Fellowship, which the participants always abbreviate "WTF" in their e-mails and memos to the students. I can't tell anyone why I always break into spasms when I get a message from WTF. They just wouldn't understand.
Jerry Pournelle. You can read visit his Web site (www.jerrypournelle.com to get a better idea of his political views. There are many right-wing contributors to his site; and be warned, Pournelle has nothing good to say about the neocons.
Let's put it this way: in the Known Universe he and Larry Niven created, the U.S. and Soviet Union (they've been writing for a while) colonize space after the invention of the Alderson Drive. The resulting empire has a monarchy and aristocracy for a government.
Actually, we're signing for a new one in a few days now. If you have software running on OpenVMS, the Alpha is still the chip to have.
BTW, we're retiring a 1994-model DEC (yes, Digital!) Alpha 2100 with a 200 MHz (yes, that's megahertz) processor. The thing has run 24x7 for nearly 10 years and probably averaged less than a day downtime a year. We downed it only for hardware upgrades. We're replacing it with an DS 25, 2 processors, 2 GB RAM (our original had a whopping 64 MB when we bought it) and 5 36 GB drives (our original 2100 had 4 1 GB drives, and we were top stuff in town!). My, I'm feeling old.
We're using a DEC (that's right, the original DEC) Alpha 2100 here to run our credit union software. We've upgraded almost everything that can be upgraded short of adding an additional processor. This unit came in the door in 1994. It's still running as it has for almost 10 years now: 24x7x365.
I've always said, if DEC had hired quality marketing people in addition to quality engineers, the company would still be in business. They designed and built rock-solid stuff.
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I'm not waiting for God for "force" me to give up a rather nice salary in tech to serve full time: I'm praying He'll make it possible.
I've already been through the experience of receiving a calling from a cushy academic computing job to go to seminary. Now that I've been in seminary for 3 years, I don't think I can ever see myself working full-time in computing again, even if I do love these infernal machines. I'm working part-time in tech now to support my family while I study. Hopefully, my current pastorate will soon become a full-time position, even if the church can never pay me as much as I made as a full-time geek.
As for church being "non-threatening," the church tends to reflect the values of the pastor. I almost applied for the Oxford "i-Church" pastorate, but I'm not Anglican. BTW, they have an interesting question on the application: "Do you own a car?" I'd think a decent computer (preferably running *nix) with a fast connection would matter more.:-)
If that skier's flying down the mountain using the same stabilizing technology they used on the Beagle 2, I don't think the health monitoring kit will help.
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Anyone wanting to know how the publishing industry works, including the reasons why and why not to use traditional publishing, should read Kristine Kathryn Rusch's blog "The Business Rush: On Writing."
How to evaluate a traditional publishing company
The dangers of self-publishing with Amazon
Negotiating with publishers (read the second part, too)
How to make traditional publishing writer friendly
In short, if you want to publish your work, read Rusch first. She's worked in the industry for 30+ years. BTW, you may want to buy some of her sci-fi books, too. :-)
"It would be interesting (I'm not necessarily saying it would be a good idea, but it would be interesting) to see what would happen if the VP spot went to the #2 candidate in the election. Not only would it provide contrast in the administration in most cases, but it would probably get other candidates from outside the two major parties some additional clout."
Read your American history. It's been tried. However, in the 1800 election, each Democratic-Republican elector cast 1 vote for Thomas Jefferson and 1 vote for Aaron Burr, leading to a tie. Jefferson was to have served as president, but Burr refused to concede. Alexander Hamilton talked the Federalists into supporting Jefferson, giving the office to Jefferson.
This, among other reasons, led to a duel between Burr and Hamilton. Burr became the only vice-president in American history to kill a man in a duel.
The 12th Amendment was the result of this election fiasco. Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
As much as I'd like to claim credit for my alma mater and this project, the authors didn't check the facts thoroughly. The university involved is the University of Alabama in Huntsville, not The University of Alabama. The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and boasts its own ranked engineering programs.
Let's give the Huntsville program its due.
Actually, Apple's .Mac utilities certainly work on other operating systems. You can store your documents on your iDisk and then access your documents from any machine with the iDisk utilities installed. This includes your Windows machine at work, if you're not blessed to use a Mac both places.
There are many benefits to studying at Lakehead University. Ubiquitous wireless Internet access, however, isn't one of them.
Obviously, neither is their stellar physics department.
After 15 years working as a computer geek, I'm teaching history at a local community college now (long story). I've gained a reputation after only a semester as a "hard" instructor because I require writing assignments. I require each class I teach to write 3 essays and a properly formatted research paper. I was floored at the grammar and spelling of my students last semester; what do these kids do in high school?
I also try to show the students how history repeats itself ("A generation which ignores history has no past and no future," Heinlein says) because each generation fails to understand the lessons of the past. It usually takes a few weeks, but most of the students finally get it by the last paper. This lesson is best learned by thinking about the topic, and writing a paper is the best way to stimulate the thinking process. And, as I point out to the students, most employers won't give a multiple-choice test on work assignments
I don't know which is worse: that I read and understood this, or that I think it's funny. Am I really that much of a nerd?
In other words, never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetent bureaucracy.
Hopefully, you've read at least one of the books. The story in the books is far different from the movies, but then we all know what Hollywood does to great stories.
Rowling is weaving a quality story that may one day rank as an epic. Her attention to detail is phenomenal. In the books, you realize that the story transcends Harry and Voldemort. There are an absolute good and an absolute evil in the books, and there are consequences regardless of which you choose to follow.
Don't judge the books by the movies, especially movie 3 (which is an abomination that ranks with Star Trek 5). If you haven't seen the third movie, do yourself a favor: check out books 1-3 from your library and read them instead. You'll need to read all the books or you'll miss some crucial details. It's like reading LOTR: you can start with The Fellowship of the Ring, but you'll understand the story better by reading The Hobbit first.
I wonder now whether the rumored Intel Mini was actually the Developer's machine Apple's making available. And everyone thought the Intel Mini would run Windows...
Back when I was a kid, people used a Magic-8 ball to answer questions like this.
In Heaven:
The French are the chefs,
the Italians are the lovers,
the Swiss are the bankers,
the Germans are the mechanics,
and the British are the police.
In Hell:
The British are the chefs,
the Swiss are the lovers,
the Italians are the bankers,
the French are the mechanics,
and the Germans are the police.
Back when I was an undergraduate, a History professor had this saying taped to his door:
"The reason the American Army is so good at war is that war is chaos, and the American military practices chaos on a daily basis." - From a World War II German Army War Manual
Same with credit unions. I spent more time doing paperwork than fixing computers. Part of our "process," as designated by our DP vendor, required me to make 2 overnight trips to Orlando for meetings that could have been conducted by conference call. I flew in at night, flew out the next afternoon (so no, no Disney World trips for me :-( ).
BTW, our vendor found "one more bug" late in December 1999. We had to install a Y2K patch while we were doing year-end processing on 30 December. Fortunately, I had insisted we close 31 December to give us time for just such emergencies.
There's a patch that give NeoOffice the Aqua menus, but when I downloaded the latest beta, I found they have already included Aqua-style menus. The scrollbars are still un-Maclike, though.
"Bring back?" We just installed a new HP Alpha DS 25: 2 1 GH processors, 2 GB RAM, a ton of hard drive space, OpenVMS 7.3.2. It's replacing a DEC (yes, a Digital) Alpha 2100. Wow, it's sweet. I just tried a job that once took all night on the old machine run in less than 15 minutes on the new one. Our month-end processing that once took 4 hours can run in around 40 minutes.
OpenVMS is still around, it's still running, and it's better than ever. I suppose the question is what will happen when the Alphas die.
You weren't ignored. They voted for Bush.
Honestly, I read too much /. The seminary I attend has a Women's Theological Fellowship, which the participants always abbreviate "WTF" in their e-mails and memos to the students. I can't tell anyone why I always break into spasms when I get a message from WTF. They just wouldn't understand.
Jerry Pournelle. You can read visit his Web site (www.jerrypournelle.com to get a better idea of his political views. There are many right-wing contributors to his site; and be warned, Pournelle has nothing good to say about the neocons.
Let's put it this way: in the Known Universe he and Larry Niven created, the U.S. and Soviet Union (they've been writing for a while) colonize space after the invention of the Alderson Drive. The resulting empire has a monarchy and aristocracy for a government.
Actually, we're signing for a new one in a few days now. If you have software running on OpenVMS, the Alpha is still the chip to have.
BTW, we're retiring a 1994-model DEC (yes, Digital!) Alpha 2100 with a 200 MHz (yes, that's megahertz) processor. The thing has run 24x7 for nearly 10 years and probably averaged less than a day downtime a year. We downed it only for hardware upgrades. We're replacing it with an DS 25, 2 processors, 2 GB RAM (our original had a whopping 64 MB when we bought it) and 5 36 GB drives (our original 2100 had 4 1 GB drives, and we were top stuff in town!). My, I'm feeling old.
We're using a DEC (that's right, the original DEC) Alpha 2100 here to run our credit union software. We've upgraded almost everything that can be upgraded short of adding an additional processor. This unit came in the door in 1994. It's still running as it has for almost 10 years now: 24x7x365.
I've always said, if DEC had hired quality marketing people in addition to quality engineers, the company would still be in business. They designed and built rock-solid stuff.
I'd have posted AC if I were you.
Watch Minority Report .
John Anderton: I'd like to keep the old ones.
Dr. Solomon: Why?
John Anderton: Because my mother gave them to me.
I'm not waiting for God for "force" me to give up a rather nice salary in tech to serve full time: I'm praying He'll make it possible.
:-)
I've already been through the experience of receiving a calling from a cushy academic computing job to go to seminary. Now that I've been in seminary for 3 years, I don't think I can ever see myself working full-time in computing again, even if I do love these infernal machines. I'm working part-time in tech now to support my family while I study. Hopefully, my current pastorate will soon become a full-time position, even if the church can never pay me as much as I made as a full-time geek.
As for church being "non-threatening," the church tends to reflect the values of the pastor. I almost applied for the Oxford "i-Church" pastorate, but I'm not Anglican. BTW, they have an interesting question on the application: "Do you own a car?" I'd think a decent computer (preferably running *nix) with a fast connection would matter more.
If that skier's flying down the mountain using the same stabilizing technology they used on the Beagle 2, I don't think the health monitoring kit will help.