Believe it or don't, but I still use PaintShopPro v. 7.0 for any photo manipulation, including personal photos, making silly manipulations and the like.
The interface isn't very good at all, but that's what I know, and once you get used to a system you get used to it. Many end-users (including businesses) don't have the time and/or effort (as has been stated previously) to adapt to a new interface. However, the marketing department is always looking for new customers often moreso than supporting the existing ones, so this is not a surprising move on Adobe's part.
It would be silly to exclude conditions not similar to Earth alltogether, but it is definitely reasonable to focus on conditions that are similar
While I agree it's arrogant presumption to assume that all "life" must rely on liquid water and similar to life on earth...it's all that we know about and hence, all we have the skills on which to focus. So yes, I agree. We have a decent set of tools to look for life forms that resemble ours, and that's all we have in our toolbox at present. It's natural to continue in that vein until we discover more tools that scientists can use.
He would have been better off explaining the amount of $71.94 (or whatever) in the number of pennies, e.g. 7,194 cents. Had he used the term "pennies" instead of cents that might have made more sense (pun intended) to the Verizon people.
All graphics cards seem to do one or two things really well, then fail at the rest. The only consistency I've noticed between brands is their crappy fans. If you look at it funny it will start making that familiar buzzing noise and will fail (obviously) not long after that. Until video cards develop either better fans or a cheap and reliable liquid cooling system, I shall hate all video cards and consider them a necessary evil.
True...the real "analog hole" is based on the old RCA jacks, the coaxial cables, etc. The day I see the RIAA/MPAA successfully eliminating those from new consumer electronics, that's when I know we've lost.
I'm clinging to my turntable and my cassette decks. We might be the only ones left standing.
Let's not forget about OSHA. If any of you have had to deal with the fear of an OSHA inspection at your workplace, you'll know what I mean. I can only imagine that schools are in fear of documenting everything they have as well, and it's much easier to clean out the chemistry lab than to acquire an MSDS for table salt.
My understanding is that both the concept and design of the ISS were contingent on the Space Shuttle offering convenient flights to help build the thing. It wasn't uncommon to have one Shuttle flight each month back in the so-called heyday.
What's failed is that the international, co-operative vision of the ISS kept on going even while the Shuttle fleet was realized to be an aging dinosaur, at best. Had the Shuttle been more reliable over the past decade, the ISS would be vastly different than it is now.
My only experience with someone named "Ferris" who happened to know computers was someone who changed his excessive high school absences from nine times (nine times?) to 0
There used to be this nifty site, CPU Scorecard that tried to do just that. Seems it's not been updated of late.
Given all of the other factors such as FSB speed, graphics card speed, general motherboard performance, etc. the overall "speed" of a CPU has become rather subjective at best. I guess all we can do is say: "oh yeah? My computer is faster than yours! nyaaah nyaaah nyaaaah."
(oh..and mine is. nyaah.)
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It might have been changed since I bought my copy of Freespace2 oh so many moons ago, but the EULA on the disc I just popped in reads like standard boilerplate....but there is the bit about giving it to "friends" (in bold)
This software product, FreeSpace 2 (the "Software"), is intended solely for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Software, except as permitted by law. Interplay Productions and Volition, Inc. retain all rights and title in the Software including all intellectual property rights embodied therein and derivatives thereof. You are granted a revocable, nonassignable limited license to create derivative works of this Software solely for your own personal noncommercial home entertainment use and may publicly display such derivative works to the extent specifically authorized by Interplay in writing. A copy of this authorization, if any, will be provided on Interplay's World Wide Web site, located at http://www.interplay.com/ or by contacting the legal department of Interplay Productions in the US at (949) 553-6655. The Software, including, without limitation, all code, data structures, characters, images, sounds, text, screens, game play, derivative works and all other elements of the Software may not be copied (except as provided below), resold, rented, leased, distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on pay-per-play, coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for any commercial purpose. You may make copies of the Software for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use and to give to friends and acquaintances on a no cost noncommercial basis. This limited right to copy the Software expressly excludes any copying or distribution of the Software on a commercial basis, including, without limitation, bundling the product with any other product or service and any give away of the Software in connection with another product or service. Any permissions granted herein are provided on a temporary basis and can be withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any time. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
It seems to me that traditionally smaller companies worked well by providing electronics that were meant for certain markets, not the "mass-market" type. I'm one of those crazy people who still clings to an audio compenent system (have you tried to buy a stand-alone tuner lately? *sigh*). Those companies have done well in meeting the demands of consumers who want something more than the latest whatever at Best Buy (with rebates, of course). I should think this is where they should focus their market.
While I'm all for SETI, it seems we have so many other things to learn first. Personally, I'm a big fan of the work done at the coolest of all "Arrays", the Very Large Array located in New Mexico. It's a sight to behold, and the information they gather through radio information has been extremely valuable over the years.
I'm sure it's that more impressive as it is in the middle of nowhere...there is a visitor center there (unstaffed) and the last time I went through there they sold postcards, pictures, etc., and had a box where you were kindly asked to deposit your payment. That tells me they were interested in the science first, the glitz and glamour of space.com is probably very low on their list.
Most DRM stuff I've encountered gives you a Windows-based license that they say will work on that computer forever (and that's short-sighted).
There are two issues that concern me with any DRM manager: 1) they often specify only a windows DRM key, thus leaving out anyone other than a Windows User (Mac, Linux, etc. users are out of luck), and: 2) So I backed it up onto some other media and I re-formatted my hard drive. These files are now useless to me, unless I pay for another DRM license.
If some kind of open source movement can address those two issues, I am all for it.
Sheesh, tell Ballmer and Gates to use Thunderbird. Or drink it first (better). Then politely tell them how to use junk mail controls. They'll forget anyway, or probably ask: "Hey how can we buy more Thunderbird?"
I'll point them to the corner liquor store instead, as they just wouldn't understand, anyway.
Frankly, I think most of us who have Win2K (and like it!) have learned enough how to keep it running happily (no need for XP). Firefox will be just fine, if not better, for us.
What is this "Internet Explorer" of which you speak? In all seriousness, my windows box has been fine running windows2000 and it's a shame they're putting it out to pasture. feh.
Most Libraries are in the process of getting rid of their Microfilm archives. By "getting rid of" I mean they are literally throwing them in the dumpster, as they take up space, and they can get them electronically. Yes they are paying for them several times over (once for print, once for Microfilm, and now for online databases). It's a terrible thing, but anyway.
Nearly all public/college/university libraries will allow you to access their databases even if you are not a student there, so the idea of charging individual users for such material is just more money that publishers can hope to charge. I live across the street from a public library. If I need a NYT article from 12 years ago (not sure why), I'll trot on over there instead of giving them yet more money.
The really beneficial use of E-mail for emergencies would be in the workplace. I briefly held a position where I was also "Building Manager." Since I didn't have weather radio handy in my office, getting an e-mail from Facilities Management that we were in a Tornado Watch or some such thing was probably the most useful means of communication. Certainly much easier than having them telephone everyone.
Granted these were Internal e-mails, but the idea was pretty good, and it worked. It's too bad AOL has to be...um, well, AOL.
Slashdot Mirror
no message. I'm out of my element.
Well, if I were related to a guy with that much money, I'd like to keep him in the family as well!
Believe it or don't, but I still use PaintShopPro v. 7.0 for any photo manipulation, including personal photos, making silly manipulations and the like.
The interface isn't very good at all, but that's what I know, and once you get used to a system you get used to it. Many end-users (including businesses) don't have the time and/or effort (as has been stated previously) to adapt to a new interface. However, the marketing department is always looking for new customers often moreso than supporting the existing ones, so this is not a surprising move on Adobe's part.
I thought Cpt. Kirk already solved this philosophical dilemma for us?
While I agree it's arrogant presumption to assume that all "life" must rely on liquid water and similar to life on earth...it's all that we know about and hence, all we have the skills on which to focus. So yes, I agree. We have a decent set of tools to look for life forms that resemble ours, and that's all we have in our toolbox at present. It's natural to continue in that vein until we discover more tools that scientists can use.
Join the National Arbor Day Foundation and they'll send you 10 living saplings for cheap (10-15 bucks).
Of course, that means that people might have to get outside once in a while.
He would have been better off explaining the amount of $71.94 (or whatever) in the number of pennies, e.g. 7,194 cents. Had he used the term "pennies" instead of cents that might have made more sense (pun intended) to the Verizon people.
I do admire his patience, though.
I'm totally down with it!
Get Perpendicular!
Majel Barrett was also Nurse Chapel in TOS (as if you didn't know).
She was quite pretty, then.
All graphics cards seem to do one or two things really well, then fail at the rest. The only consistency I've noticed between brands is their crappy fans. If you look at it funny it will start making that familiar buzzing noise and will fail (obviously) not long after that. Until video cards develop either better fans or a cheap and reliable liquid cooling system, I shall hate all video cards and consider them a necessary evil.
True...the real "analog hole" is based on the old RCA jacks, the coaxial cables, etc. The day I see the RIAA/MPAA successfully eliminating those from new consumer electronics, that's when I know we've lost.
I'm clinging to my turntable and my cassette decks. We might be the only ones left standing.
And change the rules. I mean, it's so easy! (it takes a bit of money, though. Just a bit.)
Federal Election Commission
Let's not forget about OSHA. If any of you have had to deal with the fear of an OSHA inspection at your workplace, you'll know what I mean. I can only imagine that schools are in fear of documenting everything they have as well, and it's much easier to clean out the chemistry lab than to acquire an MSDS for table salt.
My understanding is that both the concept and design of the ISS were contingent on the Space Shuttle offering convenient flights to help build the thing. It wasn't uncommon to have one Shuttle flight each month back in the so-called heyday.
What's failed is that the international, co-operative vision of the ISS kept on going even while the Shuttle fleet was realized to be an aging dinosaur, at best. Had the Shuttle been more reliable over the past decade, the ISS would be vastly different than it is now.
My only experience with someone named "Ferris" who happened to know computers was someone who changed his excessive high school absences from nine times (nine times?) to 0
There used to be this nifty site, CPU Scorecard that tried to do just that. Seems it's not been updated of late.
Given all of the other factors such as FSB speed, graphics card speed, general motherboard performance, etc. the overall "speed" of a CPU has become rather subjective at best. I guess all we can do is say: "oh yeah? My computer is faster than yours! nyaaah nyaaah nyaaaah."
(oh..and mine is. nyaah.)
It might have been changed since I bought my copy of Freespace2 oh so many moons ago, but the EULA on the disc I just popped in reads like standard boilerplate....but there is the bit about giving it to "friends" (in bold)
This software product, FreeSpace 2 (the "Software"), is
intended solely for your personal noncommercial home entertainment
use. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the
Software, except as permitted by law. Interplay Productions and
Volition, Inc. retain all rights and title in the Software including
all intellectual property rights embodied therein and derivatives
thereof. You are granted a revocable, nonassignable limited license
to create derivative works of this Software solely for your own
personal noncommercial home entertainment use and may publicly
display such derivative works to the extent specifically
authorized by Interplay in writing. A copy of this authorization, if
any, will be provided on Interplay's World Wide Web site, located at
http://www.interplay.com/ or by contacting the legal department of
Interplay Productions in the US at (949) 553-6655. The Software,
including, without limitation, all code, data structures, characters,
images, sounds, text, screens, game play, derivative works and all
other elements of the Software may not be copied (except as provided
below), resold, rented, leased, distributed (electronically or
otherwise), used on pay-per-play, coin-op or other for-charge basis,
or for any commercial purpose. You may make copies of the Software
for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use and to give to
friends and acquaintances on a no cost noncommercial basis. This
limited right to copy the Software expressly excludes any copying or
distribution of the Software on a commercial basis, including,
without limitation, bundling the product with any other product or
service and any give away of the Software in connection with another
product or service. Any permissions granted herein are provided on a
temporary basis and can be withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any
time. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
etc. etc.
It seems to me that traditionally smaller companies worked well by providing electronics that were meant for certain markets, not the "mass-market" type. I'm one of those crazy people who still clings to an audio compenent system (have you tried to buy a stand-alone tuner lately? *sigh*). Those companies have done well in meeting the demands of consumers who want something more than the latest whatever at Best Buy (with rebates, of course). I should think this is where they should focus their market.
While I'm all for SETI, it seems we have so many other things to learn first. Personally, I'm a big fan of the work done at the coolest of all "Arrays", the Very Large Array located in New Mexico. It's a sight to behold, and the information they gather through radio information has been extremely valuable over the years.
I'm sure it's that more impressive as it is in the middle of nowhere...there is a visitor center there (unstaffed) and the last time I went through there they sold postcards, pictures, etc., and had a box where you were kindly asked to deposit your payment. That tells me they were interested in the science first, the glitz and glamour of space.com is probably very low on their list.
Most DRM stuff I've encountered gives you a Windows-based license that they say will work on that computer forever (and that's short-sighted).
There are two issues that concern me with any DRM manager: 1) they often specify only a windows DRM key, thus leaving out anyone other than a Windows User (Mac, Linux, etc. users are out of luck), and: 2) So I backed it up onto some other media and I re-formatted my hard drive. These files are now useless to me, unless I pay for another DRM license.
If some kind of open source movement can address those two issues, I am all for it.
Sheesh, tell Ballmer and Gates to use Thunderbird. Or drink it first (better). Then politely tell them how to use junk mail controls. They'll forget anyway, or probably ask: "Hey how can we buy more Thunderbird?"
I'll point them to the corner liquor store instead, as they just wouldn't understand, anyway.
Frankly, I think most of us who have Win2K (and like it!) have learned enough how to keep it running happily (no need for XP). Firefox will be just fine, if not better, for us.
What is this "Internet Explorer" of which you speak? In all seriousness, my windows box has been fine running windows2000 and it's a shame they're putting it out to pasture. feh.
So does this mean we can all take a "Johnny Cab" just like Gov. Schwarzenegger in Total Recall?
Most Libraries are in the process of getting rid of their Microfilm archives. By "getting rid of" I mean they are literally throwing them in the dumpster, as they take up space, and they can get them electronically. Yes they are paying for them several times over (once for print, once for Microfilm, and now for online databases). It's a terrible thing, but anyway.
Nearly all public/college/university libraries will allow you to access their databases even if you are not a student there, so the idea of charging individual users for such material is just more money that publishers can hope to charge. I live across the street from a public library. If I need a NYT article from 12 years ago (not sure why), I'll trot on over there instead of giving them yet more money.
The really beneficial use of E-mail for emergencies would be in the workplace. I briefly held a position where I was also "Building Manager." Since I didn't have weather radio handy in my office, getting an e-mail from Facilities Management that we were in a Tornado Watch or some such thing was probably the most useful means of communication. Certainly much easier than having them telephone everyone.
Granted these were Internal e-mails, but the idea was pretty good, and it worked. It's too bad AOL has to be...um, well, AOL.