Gimp doesn't group windows in a way that is familiar to windows users. If I'm using photoshop, there's a main container window then the smaller windows. If I alt+tab between applications, all photoshop windows (pallet, history, open images, etc) are shown or hidden as a group.
Gimp's mass of windows getting lost among the windows is probably my the biggest complaint. I use linux and devote a virtual desktop to it.
The lack of a common "File, edit,..." menu because there's no main window is another point of confusion.
are you kidding? i'm highly skeptical of the neurophone. wikipedia's neurophone article redirects to the inventor, Patrick Flanagan who sounds like a crackpot. you're saying that our environmental EM noise is capable of transmitting thoughts to us? or that someone has the ability to control the EM to make us do things? the neurophone (even if it were possible) requires the subject to learn the EM language first, where are we learning this?
I don't think it's absurd comparing Feisty Fawn to XP, tho 2000 is stretching it. There are many of us for whom Vista is not an option. My laptop was designed for XP, there's no hope for it running Vista. I just installed Feisty Fawn and am very happy with it. I'm actually coming from primarily using Mac OS -- my PowerBook's logic board fried last week. I had this old PC notebook, mostly used for cross platform testing, Internet browsing and guests. I could have kept using XP but I figured if I'm starting from scratch, why not give Ubuntu a try. I'm glad I did. It reads my mac formatted drives, found all my hardware (even XP gave me trouble with the wireless card, occasionally requiring me to "repair the connection"), the bundled software is great and getting free software legally is awesome.
sure, if i go inside your house that's illegal. but if i walk through your yard (outside your private house) to the field in the back, that's fine unless you tell me otherwise. it's up to you to tell me "no trespassing" that's how it is in the US. i think Britain's laws go a step further, granting free movement of people across land, even across property lines.
the internet is that big public field in your back yard. i'm just passing through your yard network. if you don't want me here tell me and i'll stop.
Why would anybody bother coming up with new ideas if anybody else could just copy them the next day?
come on, that's retarded. it's the big companies who end up getting the patents. patents keep big companies owning ideas so we can't implement them. verizon's only need for this patent is to keep out competition. anything which can be done with computers (like voip/pots interfacing) can be implemented quickly. tech startups never need years of state supported monopoly to make money.
i think many patent supporting techies think they'll be the first to patent something which can used to leverage loot from some big company. i think the odds of winning this lottery are pretty low considering the resources (lawyers) at the disposal of big companies around the world.
A mother from any country who has kids in America does not automatically receive citizenship, but the child does. This applies for all countries, not just Mexico. The mother has to avoid getting caught and deported for 18 years before the child can sponsor the parent's green card application.
A good friend of mine was brought to America from Mexico by her parents when she was 3. She has never known a home other than Los Angeles tho she is not an American citizen. Now 22, she has lived here for 19 years. Her parents worked, she went to public school and excelled. But there is no clear legal path for her to become a citizen or even get a green card. California stopped issuing drivers licenses to undocumented people so she can't drive.
The mother had 2 more children in America (one is a very productive geek) and could sponsor their mother's citizenship except their mother was caught and deported a few years ago which means her life in America will continue to be illegal.
Now Cuba, that's another matter. Any cuban who touches US soil is allowed to stay.
tell me what i'm missing. the US is talking about putting weapons into space. like ballistic missiles, but 15 minutes closer. the countries you cited are putting military spy satellites into space (toys the other big boys already have), are developing ground based lasers to disable such satellites, or are developing a replacement for GPS.
so, now i'm going through your links. why did you waste my time? you've that red dot next to your name now.
so, first article. the lasers only work over the territory where they are being used. if china has some areas it doesn't want to be surveiled, the laser will track satellites which fly over that area then fire the laser at the optics, rendering the optics useless until they leave the laser beam. it's like blinding headlights on the road at night. it can't be used to kill someone or even destory the satellite, just render it inoperable over an area. it's privacy, something we're uncomfortable with but not an immediate threat, not something that will be addressed by this system. but we probably could build optics that cancel out the laser. the mililtary satellites that china wants to launch are the same intellegence gathering satellites we currently have in orbit. IF they were to use them, it's unlikely they would be used against the US, they would be used against taiwan (as your articles point out).
then you cite the soviet union's response to star wars. that was the 1980s. the soviet union is no more. are you from the past?
then, there's india. india and pakistan hate each other. INDIA IS NOT A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES. not only that, but S. Krishnaswamy backed away from that comment and is now on the record as saying military satellites will only be used for communication (like every other modern military).
did you even read the brasil article or just those first 2 sentences? they're developing a satellite program, again, for communications.
that "article" on japan's aspirations is so lacking in information it's laughable that you would cite it. they probably also want communication/GPS satellites.
and our dear friends europe. you fear them too now? geez. they're not even developing a space weapon, they're developing a replacement for GPS. though currently turned off, Selective Availability gives the US the ability to fuck with GPS for everyone but those using military GPS recievers. this includes other countries. it was turned off in 2000 but european countries know it could be turned back on. so, they thought, better build a better GPS, one that we can count on.
and finally, the national review. the article focuses on statements about the inflated threat posed by the soviet union. whatever threat the soviet union posed never became reality. by the 80's they were falling apart. and national review somehow disagrees.
but the real problem with the national review article is that they never address the real message of the film which is: Fear is now a political tool. i don't blame you if you don't see it, that's the point. to make it real.
For every American killed by a terrorist, 2,427 die of skin cancer, 4,893 expire in car accidents, 9,735 are shot to death by nonterrorists and -- you might want to stub out your cigarette before reading this -- 30,666 are claimed by heart disease and another 18,0746 by cancer.
if you really want to save american lives stop spending billions on war and instead put those billions towards healthcare.
oh, there's an argument -- the american people want space exploration. nasa doesn't deliver so we build space weapons? that's bullshit. fund private space initiatives or cut taxes. our military can already bomb anyplace on earth within 30 minutes.
All the money we are going to spend on militarizing space could have been spent exploring space. But we're afraid that somebody else (who exactly?) will go and militarize space first, leaving us vulnerable.
The film asserts that politicians consequently sought a new role that would restore their power and authority. Writer Adam Curtis, who also narrates the series, declares in the film's introduction that "Instead of delivering dreams, politicians now promise to protect us: from nightmares".
It doesn't say we are bringing about dangerous climate changes (which is what the media and politicians will say it says), it says we "could be bringing about dangerous climate changes".
And when scientists refer to the theory of evolution, they mean "maybe god made us."
You can be carbon neutral. Check out terrapass. An SUV's yearly CO2 output can be offset for about $80, a standard car is about $50 (depending on how much you drive). The cost of making a round trip cross country flight carbon neutral is about $15. It's not a license to pollute but it certainly makes a difference.
The changes we ought to make aren't that extreme or terribly expensive -- $15 extra for a flight is about what the TSA tacks onto your ticket for passenger harassment, er security.
when i was a kid there were 5 climbable trees (the sugar maple's branches were too high) in my yard. i spent so much time in those trees, like natural jungle gyms. my friends and i would time each other to see who could climb to a certain branch the fastest. my arms were scraped from rough bark but i never fell.
i think adults want kids to act like adults which is sad.
i don't have much first hand experience with german comedy, but i found this article about how english jokes don't translate to german interesting. much english humor relies on the ambiguity and flexibility of the english language. the german language is too precise for such jokes. also, according to the article, the germans don't find the human body funny so dirty jokes aren't funny.
but if yahoo started advertising as a 'google engine' it wouldn't matter much would it? only one company gets traffic from going to google.com
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i base my personal presentation for interviews on my experience in 1997 when i was 19 and got an interview with a waaay old school fortune 500 company. figuring that if i showed up in my dressiest clothes i would be expected to continue to dress that way, i showed up wearing the best clothes i could feel comfortable in -- jeans, a short sleeved tennis shirt and my always-on black zip-up hoodie over top. the interview was conducted by four people, one manager in a suit, two workers in business casual, and the most tech-knowledgeable in jeans and t-shirt. despite appearances, my professional demeanor and relevant knowledge convinced them that i was capable. i was later told my dress told them that i wasn't trying to hide anything. i got the job.
nuclear reactors don't themselvs produce CO2. but the production of uranium sure does. mining the stuff it makes me wonder, how much energy does nuclear actually net? this site doesn't have all the information but it sure has some nice pics.
in this paper, the authors calculated that with high quality ore, the CO2 produced by the full life of a reactor is about half to one third of an equivalent sized gas-fired power station. but once high quality ore is not available (it's getting rare) low quality ores are used, requiring more energy to mine and refine, and the CO2 produced by the reactor becomes equal to that produced by the equivalent gas-fired power station.
but a station built to run on natural gas could be retrofitted to be fueled by something more carbon neutral, less radioactive.
i live in LA. i sold my car after realizing i really don't like driving. the thrill of driving wore off in my early 20s when i realized how much of my life was going to be lost in a car. after i left my job and it's 45 minute commute, i found a job 5 miles away and rode my bike. metal baskets over the back wheels allow me to carry my laptop and 2 bags of groceries. markets small and large line my route home.
every major supermarket out here has a shuttle bus which will drive you home with all your groceries for free. so you can walk, ride or bus to the store then take the shuttle home.
for trips less than 5 miles, my bike and i are equal or faster than a car. this is covers most of my trips. trips over 5 miles take me a few minutes longer than a car but i don't have to find parking. anyway, once you get comfortable riding in the street, bikes are so much more fun than driving. oh, and you don't get tickets. i paid hundred of dollars to the city for parking in the wrong place at the wrong time.
but what i think this thread is about is how much the automobile has shaped american life. most new construction expects people to have an automobile. we don't build on human scale, we build on automobile scale. most people i know couldn't live their life without the automobile. for most americans, work and home and school and groceries are so far apart. we live so low-density that normal public transit becomes infefficient. i more local/regional commuter lines (express bus/light rail, stops every 10 miles) with taxis for the final mile would help in the suburbs.
i think that has implications for people's inclination to accept high CO2 levels is bad news for the planet.
btw, i keep extra dry foods (rice, beans, etc.) and fuel for emergencies and freeze my own prepared meals for when i'm too lazy to make fresh food.
i assume you mean the risk of loosing everything in your account. that's not much of a risk with a good bank. a few years ago, my debit card was stolen. it took two days for me to notice, i prefer cash. by that point they had spent $1800 from my checking account. fortunately, my credit union (i swear by credit unions) refunded all but $50 in exchange for me filing a police report.
so if most of the waste is in heat, what are the prospects for getting a sterling engine added to the cooling system? seems like that'd be a real good addition, espically to a hybrid vehicle. the added weight (2nd engine, gear box to generator) is a consideration but it should provide enough energy to compensate.
Until the world learns to work together and not distrust each other I would much rather have my country be at the leading edge of military technology then some other country be the leader.
aye, aye. because my homeland's leaders are incapable of mistakes. We are God's side.
what did you think the FBI was after? indymedia's apache config file? it's a webserver -- everything else of interest is available upon request at port 80. at the very least rackspace acted unprofessionally, unnecessarily taking down a client's server for a week and handing over it's most essential hardware (you can substitute ram, cpu, etc., you can't replace data) to law enforcement.
trees and leaves are full of water and therefore eat wireless signals. not that it wouldn't work, just not as well during the summer when trees have leaves. also, the solar cells would be shaded by the trees.
now, substitute the tree with a tethered hydrogen filled mylar balloon.... you'd just have to check for vine growth on the tether every so often.
there are all kinds of people. we do things for different reasons.
i don't eat meat primarily because i don't like how it tastes (i never did) but the conditions that livestock are raised under would be as good a reason for me. i eat some fish a couple times a year 'cause i like it but i'm concerned about overfishing and i've got issues with farm raised (antibiotic filled, local ecosystem destroying) fish.
i don't like fake meat that tastes like meat. but i love tofu "ribs", covered in delicious sauce or breaded deep fried "chicken" sticks. they're called chicken or ribs or burgers (and shaped likewise) for marketing purposes. not entirely because it's trying to emulate meat.
btw, i read somewhere (maybe i can find a link later) that the buyers of veggie burgers are mostly not vegetarian. sure, lots of vegetarians eat them but most people who buy them eat meat AND veggie burgers. i don't consider veggie burgers meat-substitutes, i consider them delicious in their own right.
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Someone already did this.
http://eric.themoritzfamily.com/2008/05/20/appengine-vs-twitter/
I haven't tried it tho.
Gimp doesn't group windows in a way that is familiar to windows users. If I'm using photoshop, there's a main container window then the smaller windows. If I alt+tab between applications, all photoshop windows (pallet, history, open images, etc) are shown or hidden as a group.
..." menu because there's no main window is another point of confusion.
Gimp's mass of windows getting lost among the windows is probably my the biggest complaint. I use linux and devote a virtual desktop to it.
The lack of a common "File, edit,
are you kidding? i'm highly skeptical of the neurophone. wikipedia's neurophone article redirects to the inventor, Patrick Flanagan who sounds like a crackpot. you're saying that our environmental EM noise is capable of transmitting thoughts to us? or that someone has the ability to control the EM to make us do things? the neurophone (even if it were possible) requires the subject to learn the EM language first, where are we learning this?
I don't think it's absurd comparing Feisty Fawn to XP, tho 2000 is stretching it. There are many of us for whom Vista is not an option. My laptop was designed for XP, there's no hope for it running Vista. I just installed Feisty Fawn and am very happy with it. I'm actually coming from primarily using Mac OS -- my PowerBook's logic board fried last week. I had this old PC notebook, mostly used for cross platform testing, Internet browsing and guests. I could have kept using XP but I figured if I'm starting from scratch, why not give Ubuntu a try. I'm glad I did. It reads my mac formatted drives, found all my hardware (even XP gave me trouble with the wireless card, occasionally requiring me to "repair the connection"), the bundled software is great and getting free software legally is awesome.
sure, if i go inside your house that's illegal. but if i walk through your yard (outside your private house) to the field in the back, that's fine unless you tell me otherwise. it's up to you to tell me "no trespassing" that's how it is in the US. i think Britain's laws go a step further, granting free movement of people across land, even across property lines.
the internet is that big public field in your back yard. i'm just passing through your yard network. if you don't want me here tell me and i'll stop.
Why would anybody bother coming up with new ideas if anybody else could just copy them the next day?
come on, that's retarded. it's the big companies who end up getting the patents. patents keep big companies owning ideas so we can't implement them. verizon's only need for this patent is to keep out competition. anything which can be done with computers (like voip/pots interfacing) can be implemented quickly. tech startups never need years of state supported monopoly to make money.
i think many patent supporting techies think they'll be the first to patent something which can used to leverage loot from some big company. i think the odds of winning this lottery are pretty low considering the resources (lawyers) at the disposal of big companies around the world.
A mother from any country who has kids in America does not automatically receive citizenship, but the child does. This applies for all countries, not just Mexico. The mother has to avoid getting caught and deported for 18 years before the child can sponsor the parent's green card application.
A good friend of mine was brought to America from Mexico by her parents when she was 3. She has never known a home other than Los Angeles tho she is not an American citizen. Now 22, she has lived here for 19 years. Her parents worked, she went to public school and excelled. But there is no clear legal path for her to become a citizen or even get a green card. California stopped issuing drivers licenses to undocumented people so she can't drive.
The mother had 2 more children in America (one is a very productive geek) and could sponsor their mother's citizenship except their mother was caught and deported a few years ago which means her life in America will continue to be illegal.
Now Cuba, that's another matter. Any cuban who touches US soil is allowed to stay.
so, now i'm going through your links. why did you waste my time? you've that red dot next to your name now.
so, first article. the lasers only work over the territory where they are being used. if china has some areas it doesn't want to be surveiled, the laser will track satellites which fly over that area then fire the laser at the optics, rendering the optics useless until they leave the laser beam. it's like blinding headlights on the road at night. it can't be used to kill someone or even destory the satellite, just render it inoperable over an area. it's privacy, something we're uncomfortable with but not an immediate threat, not something that will be addressed by this system. but we probably could build optics that cancel out the laser. the mililtary satellites that china wants to launch are the same intellegence gathering satellites we currently have in orbit. IF they were to use them, it's unlikely they would be used against the US, they would be used against taiwan (as your articles point out).
then you cite the soviet union's response to star wars. that was the 1980s. the soviet union is no more. are you from the past?
then, there's india. india and pakistan hate each other. INDIA IS NOT A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES. not only that, but S. Krishnaswamy backed away from that comment and is now on the record as saying military satellites will only be used for communication (like every other modern military).
did you even read the brasil article or just those first 2 sentences? they're developing a satellite program, again, for communications.
that "article" on japan's aspirations is so lacking in information it's laughable that you would cite it. they probably also want communication/GPS satellites.
and our dear friends europe. you fear them too now? geez. they're not even developing a space weapon, they're developing a replacement for GPS. though currently turned off, Selective Availability gives the US the ability to fuck with GPS for everyone but those using military GPS recievers. this includes other countries. it was turned off in 2000 but european countries know it could be turned back on. so, they thought, better build a better GPS, one that we can count on.
and finally, the national review. the article focuses on statements about the inflated threat posed by the soviet union. whatever threat the soviet union posed never became reality. by the 80's they were falling apart. and national review somehow disagrees.
but the real problem with the national review article is that they never address the real message of the film which is: Fear is now a political tool. i don't blame you if you don't see it, that's the point. to make it real.
death by terrorist is remote if you really want to save american lives stop spending billions on war and instead put those billions towards healthcare.
oh, there's an argument -- the american people want space exploration. nasa doesn't deliver so we build space weapons? that's bullshit. fund private space initiatives or cut taxes. our military can already bomb anyplace on earth within 30 minutes.
If you havn't already seen it, PLEASE check out "The Power of Nightmares":
http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmar
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=the+power+o
from the wikipedia page:
You can be carbon neutral. Check out terrapass. An SUV's yearly CO2 output can be offset for about $80, a standard car is about $50 (depending on how much you drive). The cost of making a round trip cross country flight carbon neutral is about $15. It's not a license to pollute but it certainly makes a difference.
Check out their faq for more info.
The changes we ought to make aren't that extreme or terribly expensive -- $15 extra for a flight is about what the TSA tacks onto your ticket for passenger harassment, er security.
it is quad band and based on this: http://www.broadcom.com/products/Cellular/HSDPA-WC DMA-EDGE-GPRS-GSM-Baseband-Processors/BCM2121
the processor is the same as the treo 650 but unlike the treo, it's got wifi. 312 mhz sounds a little underpowered for encrypted voip but it's probably doable.
when i was a kid there were 5 climbable trees (the sugar maple's branches were too high) in my yard. i spent so much time in those trees, like natural jungle gyms. my friends and i would time each other to see who could climb to a certain branch the fastest. my arms were scraped from rough bark but i never fell.
i think adults want kids to act like adults which is sad.
i don't have much first hand experience with german comedy, but i found this article about how english jokes don't translate to german interesting. much english humor relies on the ambiguity and flexibility of the english language. the german language is too precise for such jokes. also, according to the article, the germans don't find the human body funny so dirty jokes aren't funny.
but if yahoo started advertising as a 'google engine' it wouldn't matter much would it? only one company gets traffic from going to google.com
i base my personal presentation for interviews on my experience in 1997 when i was 19 and got an interview with a waaay old school fortune 500 company. figuring that if i showed up in my dressiest clothes i would be expected to continue to dress that way, i showed up wearing the best clothes i could feel comfortable in -- jeans, a short sleeved tennis shirt and my always-on black zip-up hoodie over top. the interview was conducted by four people, one manager in a suit, two workers in business casual, and the most tech-knowledgeable in jeans and t-shirt. despite appearances, my professional demeanor and relevant knowledge convinced them that i was capable. i was later told my dress told them that i wasn't trying to hide anything. i got the job.
nuclear reactors don't themselvs produce CO2. but the production of uranium sure does. mining the stuff it makes me wonder, how much energy does nuclear actually net? this site doesn't have all the information but it sure has some nice pics.
in this paper, the authors calculated that with high quality ore, the CO2 produced by the full life of a reactor is about half to one third of an equivalent sized gas-fired power station. but once high quality ore is not available (it's getting rare) low quality ores are used, requiring more energy to mine and refine, and the CO2 produced by the reactor becomes equal to that produced by the equivalent gas-fired power station.
but a station built to run on natural gas could be retrofitted to be fueled by something more carbon neutral, less radioactive.
i live in LA. i sold my car after realizing i really don't like driving. the thrill of driving wore off in my early 20s when i realized how much of my life was going to be lost in a car. after i left my job and it's 45 minute commute, i found a job 5 miles away and rode my bike. metal baskets over the back wheels allow me to carry my laptop and 2 bags of groceries. markets small and large line my route home.
every major supermarket out here has a shuttle bus which will drive you home with all your groceries for free. so you can walk, ride or bus to the store then take the shuttle home.
for trips less than 5 miles, my bike and i are equal or faster than a car. this is covers most of my trips. trips over 5 miles take me a few minutes longer than a car but i don't have to find parking. anyway, once you get comfortable riding in the street, bikes are so much more fun than driving. oh, and you don't get tickets. i paid hundred of dollars to the city for parking in the wrong place at the wrong time.
but what i think this thread is about is how much the automobile has shaped american life. most new construction expects people to have an automobile. we don't build on human scale, we build on automobile scale. most people i know couldn't live their life without the automobile. for most americans, work and home and school and groceries are so far apart. we live so low-density that normal public transit becomes infefficient. i more local/regional commuter lines (express bus/light rail, stops every 10 miles) with taxis for the final mile would help in the suburbs.
i think that has implications for people's inclination to accept high CO2 levels is bad news for the planet.
btw, i keep extra dry foods (rice, beans, etc.) and fuel for emergencies and freeze my own prepared meals for when i'm too lazy to make fresh food.
i assume you mean the risk of loosing everything in your account. that's not much of a risk with a good bank. a few years ago, my debit card was stolen. it took two days for me to notice, i prefer cash. by that point they had spent $1800 from my checking account. fortunately, my credit union (i swear by credit unions) refunded all but $50 in exchange for me filing a police report.
so if most of the waste is in heat, what are the prospects for getting a sterling engine added to the cooling system? seems like that'd be a real good addition, espically to a hybrid vehicle. the added weight (2nd engine, gear box to generator) is a consideration but it should provide enough energy to compensate.
Until the world learns to work together and not distrust each other I would much rather have my country be at the leading edge of military technology then some other country be the leader.
aye, aye. because my homeland's leaders are incapable of mistakes. We are God's side.
see jingoism
i'd prefer that the most advanced military belong to the country least likely to use it in a pre-emptive fashion.
when i read the grandparent, i saw sarcasm.
what did you think the FBI was after? indymedia's apache config file? it's a webserver -- everything else of interest is available upon request at port 80. at the very least rackspace acted unprofessionally, unnecessarily taking down a client's server for a week and handing over it's most essential hardware (you can substitute ram, cpu, etc., you can't replace data) to law enforcement.
i wouldn't host with someone so careless.
trees and leaves are full of water and therefore eat wireless signals. not that it wouldn't work, just not as well during the summer when trees have leaves. also, the solar cells would be shaded by the trees.
now, substitute the tree with a tethered hydrogen filled mylar balloon.... you'd just have to check for vine growth on the tether every so often.
there are all kinds of people. we do things for different reasons.
i don't eat meat primarily because i don't like how it tastes (i never did) but the conditions that livestock are raised under would be as good a reason for me. i eat some fish a couple times a year 'cause i like it but i'm concerned about overfishing and i've got issues with farm raised (antibiotic filled, local ecosystem destroying) fish.
i don't like fake meat that tastes like meat. but i love tofu "ribs", covered in delicious sauce or breaded deep fried "chicken" sticks. they're called chicken or ribs or burgers (and shaped likewise) for marketing purposes. not entirely because it's trying to emulate meat.
btw, i read somewhere (maybe i can find a link later) that the buyers of veggie burgers are mostly not vegetarian. sure, lots of vegetarians eat them but most people who buy them eat meat AND veggie burgers. i don't consider veggie burgers meat-substitutes, i consider them delicious in their own right.