I'm not sure what you're trying to say, but the JN-4 Jenny was a primary trainer, not a military combat aircraft. Why don't we go on to say that the Germans had Me-262s while our boys had to fight with PT-22s?
The Vickers Vimy is a good example of a World War 1 vintage bomber.
Very little in the time period of World War 1 was internally braced or inclosed.
Unfortunatly there are some "programming" or computer teachers that can barely handle windows.
I can't begin to communicate how much I concur with this statement. The "technology" teachers that I deal with most often can't even figure out if their ten-year-old Backpack CD is dead or not. Can't get a room of Windows machines to share a printer. Can't even handle going from Microsoft PowerPoint to SO/OOo Impress "uh, how do I open the file?" Can't figure out how to change the User Information in Microsoft Word so ANOTHER (computer) illiterate teacher will have *her* documents say that *she* created them.
That last one I didn't know either. For about two minutes (hey, I'm a slow learner): Tools/Options/User Information.
Computers are going to be the religion of the future because nobody will understand how they work. It makes me feel old to say it, but these kids today are completely and utterly ignorant of technology outside of video game button-mashing.
Ah yes, ValuJet 592. We all know that it was a load of model rocket engines that caused the fire on that plane, don't we?
Oh wait-- it was pyrotecnic oxygen generators that were supposedly emptied of their chemical reactants. These same oxygen generators, when properly installed and utilized, are what let you breathe when the little masks pop out of the overhead compartments.
My take is this: it's just one more sign of the total lack of competence on the part of the United States Federal Government. It reminds me of the TFRs placed around nuclear power plants. Pilots like me were warned "don't fly within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant!" Fine. Where are they? "We can't tell you." What? You want us to avoid something we don't know where it is? "Yes. If we told you where they were, the EEEEEVIL people would know too!" The AOPA was instrumental in getting that awful rule repealed.
Why is the government incompetent? Are all G-men just idiots? Of course not. The major problem is that We, The People, have sent them on a fool's errand. We've asked them to do what is both impossible for them to accomplish and rightfully our own personal responsibilities-- ensure our personal safety. We've become a Nation of babies, incapable of caring for ourselves. Perhaps the pony-tailed guy was right: we are their children.
There has been so much public outcry (if you'll pardon the expression) to do something that invariably the wrong things are done to look proactive. The feds are completely impotent to solve the problems we demand them to solve. It's no wonder they look so bad.
So, the states want to get together and make on-line consumers cough up taxes for out-of-state mail order (online) purchaes.
When do the counties and municipalities get in on the act? Growing up in Atlanta, not an election cycle went by without a local option sales tax initiative. Those are special additional sales taxes that are used to prop up some poorly-managed thing like MARTA that costs more than ridership will pay for.
Nobody outside the MARTA service area pays that sales tax.
Are these internet retailers going to have to keep track of the local options as well as the state taxes? If not, is there any compelling reason why not that would not also be a compelling reason NOT to track the state sales taxes?
Okay, I was being unfair. Some local option sales taxes are used to pay for needed and worthwhile endveours. I just grew up in Atlanta and became more than a little cynical when they'd increase the MARTA sales tax AND the fares in the same year.
So the drivers rights organization paid to renew their domain registration, but the registrar failed to process the renewal and resold the domian to the dust removal guys.
The arbitrators allow the dust removal guys to keep the registration? First of all, it's apparrent that Australian registrar is grossly negligent, and should pay to compensate the drivers rights group for their loss. It also highlights that the idea of domian name registration arbitration is broken not just here in the States, but around the world.
Finally, and most importantly, it underlines the need for people to become much more creative with domain names. Initials were cute "in the beginning," but with more and more groups competing for names, people must come up with better and ulitmately more meaningful alternatives.
Modifying a cable box in order to view channels not paid for doesn't violate copyright, it is a breech of contract.
In the contract between you and your cable provider, you agree to pay them X per month, and they authorize you to view {Y} channels. By modifying your box so you can view unauthorized channels, you're breaking the contract you signed that said you wouldn't.
DSL-Admin, are you trying to tell me that you could not judge a barrel of apples without at least a single rotten one in it? "I don't know if these apples are good or not; there's nothing to compare them to!"
Light/dark, good/evil: they are NOT opposite sides of the same coin, no matter what Superfriends or the Masters of the Universe taught you.
BADNESS isn't something in its own right that must "balance" goodness, as if "too much" goodness would be a bad(!) thing. QED.
You'd probably say that if everything in the world were red, there'd be no color in the world.
(I think IHBT)
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Always read the links before you include them, and don't depend on Google to give you What You Meant, just What You Asked For.
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This is also true of Darwinian evolution. It's a very well tested theory (or "fact" if you will) by now, with wast predictive and explanatory powers.
Actually, nobody has ever seen "evolution" happen in a way congruent with the theories proposed by Darwinian evolutionists. Their theories include rates of change that are so slow as to be unobservable.
Furthermore, no evolutionist has ever explained creatures like the Bombardier Beetle and its built-in flame thrower. This strange little insect has a defense mechanism based on the hypergolic reaction of two chemicals that it (obviously) stores in seperate sacks, mixing the two only in its rear-mounted "combustion chamber." The chemistry and mechanical complexity of the system is high enough I don't think simple evolutionary changes can account for it-- it must have been put in the beetle completely operational: how did it get two chemicals that are hypergolic into its body and learn to control them without blowing itself up?
Later you rightfully mention Occam's Razor. I think that upon honest reflection, you will find that holding dogmaticly to Darwinian evoltion isn't nearly as satisfying and compelling as you previously thought compared to other, ultimately simpler, ideas.
First of all, I'm a microwave/RF circuits engineer, and my wife teaches high school biology; we solve differential equations and/or dissect animals regularly:)
Education isn't about getting a good job. It's not about learning what will make you employable and bring home the bigger bucks. It's not about money at all.
Education is about making the student a better person. It's about figuring about yourself and the world around you. For example, teaching literature to teenagers puts them in touch with their newly discovered feelings. The angst that Romeo and Juliette feel is something that the average teenager can relate to over their first crush.
Writing papers, essays and other school projects teaches the student how to communicate with others. Without the ability to transfer ideas and share experiences with others, the student will certianly have a difficult and frustrating life!
Math and science lessons develop the student's ability to think critically and reason effectively. People aren't born with the natural ability to THINK; it must be taught. Is the "value size" at Wal-Mart actually a better deal than the smaller box? It may be cheaper by the ounce, but if it's perishable, can it be used up before it expires? Should I refinance my house at a slightly lower rate even if I have to pay points? How far can I drive on that last three gallons before the car sputters to a halt? Will I make it to the house? I like flowers; which ones can I plant that will not die this winter/summer? Now my flowers have bugs. How can I get rid of the bugs without hurting the flowers?
Cooking is chemistry; knowing how to put things together in the right porportions to effect the desired results. Many home maintenance operations are chemistry-- glues, paints, fuels all undergo chemical changes during their use. Furthermore, it's probably important to know why it's bad to mix household cleaners, for instance.
Nobody wants to die young; health classes teach habits that overcome naturally-occuring slothful lifestyles and poor eating habits leading to myriad problems later in life. Students also look better, feel better and have higher self-images when in shape than when not. Finally physically fit individuals tend to be sharper mentally than unfit people.
Knowing history keeps the student for falling for the current political fad. Remembering the past allows us to know they're pulling our leg about "the worst economy of the last fifty years." Learning history instills appreciation for how special our (United States) form of government is in the world, how our current government is far removed from what the Framers intended, and how more people should have paid attention in their history classes:) As Solomon wrote, there's nothing new under the sun; teaching history gives us the backdrop of current events showing us where we came from and hinting to the studious of where we're going.
Teaching biology goes hand-in-hand with health. Why is strength training not enough for cardiovascular fitness? Why are aerobics not enough to get "cut?" Food goes in one end, comes out the other; what happens in the middle and why is it necessary? What impact does porcine anatomy play in the raising of hogs? Finally, biology may be the first time that the students deal with their on mortality; human anatomy is not far removed from the specimen on the table.
None of these things are intended make you a better worker bee; they make you a better person.
Why can't you do that with Windows? Is that a technical reason or a licensing issue? I'd hate to have to buy 5 copies of XP for all the computers in my house that use it. That seems ridiculous since I'm only using one at a time
If you NEVER use more than one machine at a time, I think that it was legal to do what you describe with older releases. The first time more than one machine is on simultaneously, however, you'd be in breech of the license agreement. The license said that it was for a SINGLE user. To use more than one machine you'd need more than one license.
The problem with multiple XP installations is described on this page:
So what is this registration thing?
All versions of Windows XP (and Microsoft Office XP) require registration with Microsoft. The registration program takes a snapshot of your computer's hardware settings and uses this during boot-up to make sure it is running on the same machine it was registered to.
Facts about Registration
If you choose not to register, Windows XP becomes unusable in 30 days. If your hardware settings change you may be required to reregister (this prevents you from loading one copy of Windows XP on multiple machines). If Windows XP expires you can reload it.
For the longest time I've been using the Ximian desktop, but on my K6-2/400 Nautilus is pokey. Okay, Nautilus is pokey everywhere, on anything. I've been thinking about giving the ROX desktop a try.
Since the article mentioned that most of the cruft was to overcome limitations of now-twenty-year-old hardware, perhaps the BEST solution is a clean-slate system. Add "compatibility" back in via some sandbox functionality, but dispense with the junk from the get-go.
I think there's always going to be cruft; todays consession to necessity is ALWAYS going to end up as tomorrow's cruft.
But glass does flow; the windows in my house (built in 1912) are already showing droop towards the bottom of the frames. Anyone that has ever been in an old house knows that glass flows over time.
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Isn't Truth the Anti-Drug? What's that got to do with the DMCA?
But how long is an int? Not knowing the type of i, but wanting to check to see if *all* its bits are set to 1, would not my solution work better?
I'm not sure what you're trying to say, but the JN-4 Jenny was a primary trainer, not a military combat aircraft. Why don't we go on to say that the Germans had Me-262s while our boys had to fight with PT-22s?
The Vickers Vimy is a good example of a World War 1 vintage bomber.
Very little in the time period of World War 1 was internally braced or inclosed.
Ask Joe Biden? You've got to be kidding. He's still a senator from Delaware!. Yeah, he lost the Democratic nomination for President in 1988. So did Gary Hart.
Nothing of major consequence happened to Biden. The people of Delaware have continued to elect him.
That's why you do a "if(i==~0)" instead!
I can't begin to communicate how much I concur with this statement. The "technology" teachers that I deal with most often can't even figure out if their ten-year-old Backpack CD is dead or not. Can't get a room of Windows machines to share a printer. Can't even handle going from Microsoft PowerPoint to SO/OOo Impress "uh, how do I open the file?" Can't figure out how to change the User Information in Microsoft Word so ANOTHER (computer) illiterate teacher will have *her* documents say that *she* created them.
That last one I didn't know either. For about two minutes (hey, I'm a slow learner): Tools/Options/User Information.
Computers are going to be the religion of the future because nobody will understand how they work. It makes me feel old to say it, but these kids today are completely and utterly ignorant of technology outside of video game button-mashing.
Did he mention
(4) the latest Netcraft survey?
(5) Usenet post ratios?
I agree, if he's going to do the $(whatever) is dying troll, he needs to do it right!
Ah yes, ValuJet 592. We all know that it was a load of model rocket engines that caused the fire on that plane, don't we?
Oh wait-- it was pyrotecnic oxygen generators that were supposedly emptied of their chemical reactants. These same oxygen generators, when properly installed and utilized, are what let you breathe when the little masks pop out of the overhead compartments.
My take is this: it's just one more sign of the total lack of competence on the part of the United States Federal Government. It reminds me of the TFRs placed around nuclear power plants. Pilots like me were warned "don't fly within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant!" Fine. Where are they? "We can't tell you." What? You want us to avoid something we don't know where it is? "Yes. If we told you where they were, the EEEEEVIL people would know too!" The AOPA was instrumental in getting that awful rule repealed.
Why is the government incompetent? Are all G-men just idiots? Of course not. The major problem is that We, The People, have sent them on a fool's errand. We've asked them to do what is both impossible for them to accomplish and rightfully our own personal responsibilities-- ensure our personal safety. We've become a Nation of babies, incapable of caring for ourselves. Perhaps the pony-tailed guy was right: we are their children.
There has been so much public outcry (if you'll pardon the expression) to do something that invariably the wrong things are done to look proactive. The feds are completely impotent to solve the problems we demand them to solve. It's no wonder they look so bad.
Yes, we have that here in Florida for a week in the summer before school starts. But only on clothes purchases that meet specific criteria.
So, the states want to get together and make on-line consumers cough up taxes for out-of-state mail order (online) purchaes.
When do the counties and municipalities get in on the act? Growing up in Atlanta, not an election cycle went by without a local option sales tax initiative. Those are special additional sales taxes that are used to prop up some poorly-managed thing like MARTA that costs more than ridership will pay for.
Nobody outside the MARTA service area pays that sales tax.
Are these internet retailers going to have to keep track of the local options as well as the state taxes? If not, is there any compelling reason why not that would not also be a compelling reason NOT to track the state sales taxes?
Okay, I was being unfair. Some local option sales taxes are used to pay for needed and worthwhile endveours. I just grew up in Atlanta and became more than a little cynical when they'd increase the MARTA sales tax AND the fares in the same year.
Yes. In the past they've had WAY too many welders!
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I got a spam this morning from vvitehouse.com. There's just no end to the possibilities, I guess.
So the drivers rights organization paid to renew their domain registration, but the registrar failed to process the renewal and resold the domian to the dust removal guys.
The arbitrators allow the dust removal guys to keep the registration? First of all, it's apparrent that Australian registrar is grossly negligent, and should pay to compensate the drivers rights group for their loss. It also highlights that the idea of domian name registration arbitration is broken not just here in the States, but around the world.
Finally, and most importantly, it underlines the need for people to become much more creative with domain names. Initials were cute "in the beginning," but with more and more groups competing for names, people must come up with better and ulitmately more meaningful alternatives.
It's contrail , not "chemtrail". Condensation trail. Just an artificial cloud. Condensed water vapor suspended in the air.
Phil, I must quibble a bit...
Modifying a cable box in order to view channels not paid for doesn't violate copyright, it is a breech of contract.
In the contract between you and your cable provider, you agree to pay them X per month, and they authorize you to view {Y} channels. By modifying your box so you can view unauthorized channels, you're breaking the contract you signed that said you wouldn't.
DSL-Admin, are you trying to tell me that you could not judge a barrel of apples without at least a single rotten one in it? "I don't know if these apples are good or not; there's nothing to compare them to!"
Light/dark, good/evil: they are NOT opposite sides of the same coin, no matter what Superfriends or the Masters of the Universe taught you.
BADNESS isn't something in its own right that must "balance" goodness, as if "too much" goodness would be a bad(!) thing. QED.
You'd probably say that if everything in the world were red, there'd be no color in the world.
(I think IHBT)
Always read the links before you include them, and don't depend on Google to give you What You Meant, just What You Asked For.
Jeff
Actually, nobody has ever seen "evolution" happen in a way congruent with the theories proposed by Darwinian evolutionists. Their theories include rates of change that are so slow as to be unobservable.
Furthermore, no evolutionist has ever explained creatures like the Bombardier Beetle and its built-in flame thrower. This strange little insect has a defense mechanism based on the hypergolic reaction of two chemicals that it (obviously) stores in seperate sacks, mixing the two only in its rear-mounted "combustion chamber." The chemistry and mechanical complexity of the system is high enough I don't think simple evolutionary changes can account for it-- it must have been put in the beetle completely operational: how did it get two chemicals that are hypergolic into its body and learn to control them without blowing itself up?
Later you rightfully mention Occam's Razor. I think that upon honest reflection, you will find that holding dogmaticly to Darwinian evoltion isn't nearly as satisfying and compelling as you previously thought compared to other, ultimately simpler, ideas.
Happy new yera!
First of all, I'm a microwave/RF circuits engineer, and my wife teaches high school biology; we solve differential equations and/or dissect animals regularly :)
:) As Solomon wrote, there's nothing new under the sun; teaching history gives us the backdrop of current events showing us where we came from and hinting to the studious of where we're going.
Education isn't about getting a good job. It's not about learning what will make you employable and bring home the bigger bucks. It's not about money at all.
Education is about making the student a better person. It's about figuring about yourself and the world around you. For example, teaching literature to teenagers puts them in touch with their newly discovered feelings. The angst that Romeo and Juliette feel is something that the average teenager can relate to over their first crush.
Writing papers, essays and other school projects teaches the student how to communicate with others. Without the ability to transfer ideas and share experiences with others, the student will certianly have a difficult and frustrating life!
Math and science lessons develop the student's ability to think critically and reason effectively. People aren't born with the natural ability to THINK; it must be taught. Is the "value size" at Wal-Mart actually a better deal than the smaller box? It may be cheaper by the ounce, but if it's perishable, can it be used up before it expires? Should I refinance my house at a slightly lower rate even if I have to pay points? How far can I drive on that last three gallons before the car sputters to a halt? Will I make it to the house? I like flowers; which ones can I plant that will not die this winter/summer? Now my flowers have bugs. How can I get rid of the bugs without hurting the flowers?
Cooking is chemistry; knowing how to put things together in the right porportions to effect the desired results. Many home maintenance operations are chemistry-- glues, paints, fuels all undergo chemical changes during their use. Furthermore, it's probably important to know why it's bad to mix household cleaners, for instance.
Nobody wants to die young; health classes teach habits that overcome naturally-occuring slothful lifestyles and poor eating habits leading to myriad problems later in life. Students also look better, feel better and have higher self-images when in shape than when not. Finally physically fit individuals tend to be sharper mentally than unfit people.
Knowing history keeps the student for falling for the current political fad. Remembering the past allows us to know they're pulling our leg about "the worst economy of the last fifty years." Learning history instills appreciation for how special our (United States) form of government is in the world, how our current government is far removed from what the Framers intended, and how more people should have paid attention in their history classes
Teaching biology goes hand-in-hand with health. Why is strength training not enough for cardiovascular fitness? Why are aerobics not enough to get "cut?" Food goes in one end, comes out the other; what happens in the middle and why is it necessary? What impact does porcine anatomy play in the raising of hogs? Finally, biology may be the first time that the students deal with their on mortality; human anatomy is not far removed from the specimen on the table.
None of these things are intended make you a better worker bee; they make you a better person.
If you NEVER use more than one machine at a time, I think that it was legal to do what you describe with older releases. The first time more than one machine is on simultaneously, however, you'd be in breech of the license agreement. The license said that it was for a SINGLE user. To use more than one machine you'd need more than one license.
The problem with multiple XP installations is described on this page:
I'm sure we'd all be using super-duper Amigas.
For the longest time I've been using the Ximian desktop, but on my K6-2/400 Nautilus is pokey. Okay, Nautilus is pokey everywhere, on anything. I've been thinking about giving the ROX desktop a try.
Since the article mentioned that most of the cruft was to overcome limitations of now-twenty-year-old hardware, perhaps the BEST solution is a clean-slate system. Add "compatibility" back in via some sandbox functionality, but dispense with the junk from the get-go.
I think there's always going to be cruft; todays consession to necessity is ALWAYS going to end up as tomorrow's cruft.
But glass does flow; the windows in my house (built in 1912) are already showing droop towards the bottom of the frames. Anyone that has ever been in an old house knows that glass flows over time.
That's great until the batteries go dead.
But, according to this PDF file (see page. 29-30), IDEAS can't be copyrighted, only the embodiment.
Seems to me that based on the logic of the linked PDF file, both are fine, copyright-wise.
Now, if the dragon Godzilla is trademarked, that's a different story since that deals with "trade dress" and consumer confusion.