Isn't there a 200 mile limit on the coastline? That would make their authority only valid 100 to 200 miles out to sea along the coast unless the continental shelf extends further.
Since everything that you or I or anyone else is copyrighted, wouldn't be easier to look for Public Domain, or pre 1923, and block everything else? (yes, that's sarcasm but closer to the truth of the matter)
"Far worse, however is the author's unfortunate habit of liberally sprinkling his text with italics for emphasis. I cannot find a single page in the book that does not contain at least one or two italicized words."
He means it looks like Slashdot?
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Just came back from lunch after buying this book and then I see it on Slashdot. Coincidence? Well, ya, I guess so....
I've only quickly skimmed this and thought it was a little slow in the beginning, but I did see lots of interesting stuff later on so I decided to by it instead of trying to read it in B&N. I didn't know some of the variations even existed like the MythTV version.
In looking at the Knoppix website I did find lots of Knoppix based distributions listed. My favorite being Whoppix "a standalone penetration testing toolkit" though they do give another reason for it being called Whoppix.....
I keep five computers going with a few hundred dollars in OSS/GPL donations each year. After seeing how much some people spend on software I think increasing my level of donations would not be any big deal.
Since I got three of the computers used because they where "out of date" and wouldn't run the software people were using they were pretty cheap also.
I have always thought there ought to be a category for books like Velikovsky's. SciFi has been refered to as "Speculative Fiction" by Harlan Ellison. Books like Velikovsky's should get a label like "Speculative Non-Fiction". Yes, I know that doesn't make logical sense, but then again look at what it refers to. Maybe "Just So" story is better? Daniel Dennet used Just So story to describe the Aquatic Ape Theory which he thought might actually have some merit and needed further study. Though all this is academic since it is unlikely any of the authors would use these labels....
I believe that sugar is a carbohydrate and therefore a hydrocarbon? IANAC (I am not a chemist). Anyway, Velikovsky's writings were always entertaining, if not exactly verifiable science. Kind of like the "Just So Stories" of Kipling. "How the moon got its spots"?
This reminds me of Immanuel Velikovsky's theory of manna being some sort of cloud of sugar or something falling to earth during one of the interplanetary collisions that he describes. Its been a long time since I have read his books so I can't remember the specifics.
I also have an iRiver (iMP-400) and it works very nicely. The iRiver is also flash upgradable. iRiver has non-cd players that play oggs, but they haven't made them available on there cd based players yet. Being impatient and not wanting to wait for someone else.....
I would like ot see something that plays more file types and can play from DVDs. I am looking into kluging somthing with a nano-itx board, DVD drive (from a laptop?) and laptop battery and small LCD display. With something like that I could play any file format that is currently supported. This would give me the ability to play files like shn and flac directly. It also means that if I use Linux I would only have to write a script file to control the file traversing and choosing of the right player.
This would not be very efficient and more luggable than portable, but I could play anything....ahh the power.....
The relative merits of OSPD3 don't matter much. As an agreed upon list of words it could be a lot better. In fact, tournament Scrabble uses a different list and international Scrabble the two combined. I would say there is an even bigger problem with the international SOWPODS list since they could be considered even more arcane. The point is that there needs to be an agreed upon dictionary. Mastery of the game pretty much requires nowing it. If different dictionaries were used then there wouldn't be any common ground for playing the game. The dictionary (whatever one is agreed on) basically becomes part of the rules.
A few reviewers have said they like the word game. It does not have the same letter values or frequency distribution as the "proprietary" cross word game, there are no blanks, you can't pass, it doesn't use OSPD3 and I don't see how to substitute your own word list. The other really annoying feature is the fact that relatively few different starting racks come up. The lack of randomness is pretty lame....and it is relatively easy to beat. You can add words by telling it to accept them as they come up, but it would take a while for it to learn that way. If you tell it to ignore the word, then it doesn't "know" that word giving you an advantage. I couldn't figure out who wrote this and if there is a more complete version available.... or better yet the source. Of course there is a good text version of Scrabble written for Linux, but the GUI is nice.
As for the Zaurus itself, its great, but why are the screen colors so washed out? It has almost no yellow. Is this just my particular unit or are they all like that?
Didn't Harley Davidson do something like this when they parted ways with AMF? They started some sort of users club. I know I've read about this before, but can't find the reference to it right now. It seems to have worked quite well for them. As I remember they got more members than there were Harley owners at the time. -Jon
How much interaction do you get when the classes require you to sit down shut up and listen? If you homeschool with groups of other parents you will find there is a considerable amount of interaction between the children. There are many homeschooling groups available to participate in some of them actually run by schools or at least at facilities made available by schools. I agree that community is quite important. We homeschool our two children and I do know many others who homeschool. If there is any problem it is usually with due to the fact that quite a few people also homeschool for religious reasons (which can produce some "interesting" science fair projects) making it somewhat uncomfortable if you don't believe in that particular religion. There are many types of groups available though and it is very easy to provide a high quality community environment for your children.
-Jon
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For the other end of the spectrum the book "Your Money or Your Life" by Dominguez and Robin could be called Slower.. it is about slowing down and de-stressing, living on less and having more time to do something other than earn money. (Unless your stock options are still doing well?) Not so much a solution as an alternate viewpoint.
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An actual study here http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2007/1115-hamilton-inactivity.php explaining why standing is important. ...and I've been standing at my desk for a while now. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonsphotos/2255538445/
Isn't there a 200 mile limit on the coastline? That would make their authority only valid 100 to 200 miles out to sea along the coast unless the continental shelf extends further.
Since everything that you or I or anyone else is copyrighted, wouldn't be easier to look for Public Domain, or pre 1923, and block everything else? (yes, that's sarcasm but closer to the truth of the matter)
"Far worse, however is the author's unfortunate habit of liberally sprinkling his text with italics for emphasis. I cannot find a single page in the book that does not contain at least one or two italicized words."
He means it looks like Slashdot?
Just came back from lunch after buying this book and then I see it on Slashdot. Coincidence? Well, ya, I guess so....
I've only quickly skimmed this and thought it was a little slow in the beginning, but I did see lots of interesting stuff later on so I decided to by it instead of trying to read it in B&N. I didn't know some of the variations even existed like the MythTV version.
In looking at the Knoppix website I did find lots of Knoppix based distributions listed. My favorite being Whoppix "a standalone penetration testing toolkit" though they do give another reason for it being called Whoppix.....
I always thought it came from an amimal called the Nauga..... The one they get naugahyde from...
I keep five computers going with a few hundred dollars in OSS/GPL donations each year. After seeing how much some people spend on software I think increasing my level of donations would not be any big deal.
Since I got three of the computers used because they where "out of date" and wouldn't run the software people were using they were pretty cheap also.
..and, of course Limewire so that you can download .... oops
Thanks for the clarification on hydrocarbons.
I have always thought there ought to be a category for books like Velikovsky's. SciFi has been refered to as "Speculative Fiction" by Harlan Ellison. Books like Velikovsky's should get a label like "Speculative Non-Fiction". Yes, I know that doesn't make logical sense, but then again look at what it refers to. Maybe "Just So" story is better? Daniel Dennet used Just So story to describe the Aquatic Ape Theory which he thought might actually have some merit and needed further study. Though all this is academic since it is unlikely any of the authors would use these labels....
I believe that sugar is a carbohydrate and therefore a hydrocarbon? IANAC (I am not a chemist). Anyway, Velikovsky's writings were always entertaining, if not exactly verifiable science. Kind of like the "Just So Stories" of Kipling. "How the moon got its spots"?
This reminds me of Immanuel Velikovsky's theory of manna being some sort of cloud of sugar or something falling to earth during one of the interplanetary collisions that he describes. Its been a long time since I have read his books so I can't remember the specifics.
http://www.linux-sound.org/
I also have an iRiver (iMP-400) and it works very nicely. The iRiver is also flash upgradable. iRiver has non-cd players that play oggs, but they haven't made them available on there cd based players yet. Being impatient and not wanting to wait for someone else .....
...ahh the power.....
I would like ot see something that plays more file types and can play from DVDs. I am looking into kluging somthing with a nano-itx board, DVD drive (from a laptop?) and laptop battery and small LCD display. With something like that I could play any file format that is currently supported. This would give me the ability to play files like shn and flac directly. It also means that if I use Linux I would only have to write a script file to control the file traversing and choosing of the right player.
This would not be very efficient and more luggable than portable, but I could play anything.
http://www.cardfaq.org/ is a great site listing just about everything you could want to know about paper models.
The relative merits of OSPD3 don't matter much. As an agreed upon list of words it could be a lot better. In fact, tournament Scrabble uses a different list and international Scrabble the two combined. I would say there is an even bigger problem with the international SOWPODS list since they could be considered even more arcane.
The point is that there needs to be an agreed upon dictionary. Mastery of the game pretty much requires nowing it. If different dictionaries were used then there wouldn't be any common ground for playing the game. The dictionary (whatever one is agreed on) basically becomes part of the rules.
A few reviewers have said they like the word game. It does not have the same letter values or frequency distribution as the "proprietary" cross word game, there are no blanks, you can't pass, it doesn't use OSPD3 and I don't see how to substitute your own word list. The other really annoying feature is the fact that relatively few different starting racks come up. The lack of randomness is pretty lame. ...and it is relatively easy to beat. You can add words by telling it to accept them as they come up, but it would take a while for it to learn that way. If you tell it to ignore the word, then it doesn't "know" that word giving you an advantage. I couldn't figure out who wrote this and if there is a more complete version available.... or better yet the source. Of course there is a good text version of Scrabble written for Linux, but the GUI is nice.
As for the Zaurus itself, its great, but why are the screen colors so washed out? It has almost no yellow. Is this just my particular unit or are they all like that?
OK, I need to get a life......
Didn't Harley Davidson do something like this when they parted ways with AMF? They started some sort of users club. I know I've read about this before, but can't find the reference to it right now. It seems to have worked quite well for them. As I remember they got more members than there were Harley owners at the time.
-Jon
How much interaction do you get when the classes require you to sit down shut up and listen? If you homeschool with groups of other parents you will find there is a considerable amount of interaction between the children. There are many homeschooling groups available to participate in some of them actually run by schools or at least at facilities made available by schools. I agree that community is quite important. We homeschool our two children and I do know many others who homeschool. If there is any problem it is usually with due to the fact that quite a few people also homeschool for religious reasons (which can produce some "interesting" science fair projects) making it somewhat uncomfortable if you don't believe in that particular religion. There are many types of groups available though and it is very easy to provide a high quality community environment for your children. -Jon
For the other end of the spectrum the book "Your Money or Your Life" by Dominguez and Robin could be called Slower.. it is about slowing down and de-stressing, living on less and having more time to do something other than earn money. (Unless your stock options are still doing well?) Not so much a solution as an alternate viewpoint.