Basically, I look at it as acknowledging the fact/providing a method such that you can be a "citizen" of a city, without being a citizen of the country the city is located in.
I don't think Gonzalez is trying to get that right for non-citizens, as he has no ability to enforce it even were he to push it through in SF. His goal is solely confined to local elections, which makes perfect sense - if I live somewhere permanently, I should have the right to influence its local policy, regardless of my citizenship status with respect to the country its located in.
It's like estimating software time - take whatever you think it'll take, and then double or triple it.
Whenever I see a NASA estimate, I instinctually put a "times 10" on the back end, because that's what it'll end up *really* costing by the time they're done.
Your argument is completely unsound, because you're inferring a general truth from a single personal experience. I know most posters to Slashdot have *nothing* in the way of knowledge in formal rhetoric, but yes, an argument can be proved false, or ignorable, simply by its methodology. One of those methods is inference from a single example, which is exactly what you're doing.
I think someone with over 2000 posts would pick the reference.
God. Do I really have 2000 posts on slashdot? I need a life. That said, I still have better things to waste my memory on than slashdot flamewars.
Back to the point.
Your argument, as I said, is that "If its true for me, it must be true for everyone." I have no objection to *you* disliking a tablet, I simply object to your extending that dislike to everyone. I've drawn with a tablet, and while I'm just as bad of an artist with a tablet as with a sketchpad, I wasn't too annoyed by the experience. I know a few people who draw well who really like using a tablet. The point is that its personal preference, and that there is *nothing* inherently inferior about using a tablet vs. a sketchpad.
Next time you want to claim I haven't picked on any of your numerous errors, read my post enough to pick up on my major point - that your argument is entirely unusable, and as such I don't need to pick on individual errors, as the argument itself is false.
Your opinion is wrong because you present *your* opinion as gospel truth. Artists are fairly individual - I know some who love their tablet, and some who can't use one. Saying "They suck" (BTW - the terminology 'that would sux' is stupid in and of itself) is a traditional fallacy of internet argument, wherein you assume that whatever applies to yourself must apply to all others. This is the exact opposite of the objectivity you claim to espouse. Hang your head in shame; at least I admit who I am.
Hence, to use your vernacular - you sux, and to use my vernacular, you're still a twat.
Didn't see Shrek 2. Didn't see it in this argument, either. Try again.
Gabe has written news entries about how he does the comic - and yes, he uses a tablet nowadays.
As to the rest of it - you sir, are a twat. I could spend time replying to your point of view, but you'd still be a twat, and I'd just be tired, so I will leave it at that.
There's non-music stuff on Soulseek, but considering it doesn't do swarming, hashing, or any of the other things that generally make 5GB downloads tolerable, I'd limit my use of it to music and maybe the occasional small CD ISO.
Personally, I like *understanding* the voice acting more than I like the Japanese voice acting. If I can't understand what they're saying, there's really no point in them saying it; give me BETTER VOICE ACTORS IN ENGLISH, not possibly better voice actors who I can't make a decent judgement on because I have no idea whether they're talking about their dead beloved or breakfast.
3/8" is a lot, when the iPod is all of 5/8" or so thick - you're talking a 65% increase in one dimension. If you get used to the size of an iPod, or even a Mini, that increase is going to make it seem bulky indeed.
I do that with my PC. I do it manually, but I see no issue with doing it automatically - I assume utilities to automatically mirror to an external hard drive exist for the PC.
AM is more subject to interference than FM due to the modulation method used, not due to the frequency. AM at 88-107 MHz is susceptible to interference just like AM at 560-1600 kHz. AM carries its information in the amplitude of the signal; FM carries it in the instantaneous frequency. Noise is (generally treated as) additive in amplitude, meaning that in AM noise adds directly to the message, while in FM noise only indirectly affects the message via how it changes the instantaneous frequency. In addition, in FM interference is inversely proportional to carrier amplitude, while in AM it is independent.
The analysis to prove it is pretty complex, but basically - angle-modulation methods (PM and FM) have higher noise immunity by design than amplitude modulation; the cost is they require greater bandwidth. It has very little to do with the frequency they run at.
I think it was roughly 40 bucks; it wasn't ridiculously expensive, which is why it actually sold okay, plus it was (basically) required for a very popular game.
I live in Chicago, and work in a far suburb. I like my job, and am not willing to change jobs, and my job is not likely to relocate in such a fashion that I could live close to it, since I refuse to live anywhere without sidewalks.
I'd be happy if my job opened an office in the city, so I could consistently take mass transit to work, but right now I can either take a very long mass transit route (about 1.75 hours, door to door) or fight with 30 miles of Chicago traffic. What I can't do is live in the suburbs in order to make my commute shorter - for me, living in a real city far outweighs the benefits of a shorter commute.
And that's why I say your optimism is cute; most of the country isn't designed for pedestrian/bicycle access, and most of the country isn't even willing to do what I do and sacrifice one part of their life (commute, in my case) for the ability to be a pedestrian in the rest of it.
Never said that, and if you read the NIAC report, you'd know it isn't necessary for a cable to be aligned geosynchronously. That was nothing like my point.
However, geosynchronous orbits by necessity orbit over a equatorial point. This is physics, and is non-negotiable.
Think about it. The reasons should not be hard to understand, but I'll give you a hint - objects orbit around other objects centers of mass. A geosynchronous orbit above a point not on the equator cannot possibly orbit a sphereish object with a gravitational center of mass at or near the center of the sphereishness.
We use them at my company to authenticate our VPN connections for remote users. Works great, and I've never heard a single complaint about it; it allows us to use untrusted connections to do trusted work.
Just as a note, RSA has also released a software version of the token, which eliminates some of the problems of the keyfob - it doesn't expire, and you can have a copy on every computer you might conceivably use - you just install a token file on the machine itself, which allows the program to be synched to the keystream. However, with that sort of system, you have to be careful about who has access to the token-enabled program - the program has an option to password protect access, as well as the typical protections (Windows password, etc.)
I believe they've also released versions of the generator for PocketPC, and possibly for Palm.
Without the user-memorized factor, the token (secureID or otherwise) becomes the entirety of the password, making it no better than a key for a lock - if it goes missing, your security is nil.
Essentially, the two-factor system needs both the user-generated factor and the automatic factor - the automatic protects against social engineering of the user, and the user protects against physical engineering (i.e. theft) of the automatic.
How does this differ from Found Magazine, a magazine which consists entirely of snippets of people's lives found lying around discarded or lost?
While the actions might be (since apparently the blogger actually does own the card) illegal or immoral, the end result was an interesting idea for something that is, essentially, a piece of art, and seeing the originator prosecuted would be a sad day.
That's because land in Texas is relatively cheap. The real point was the ~15% premium; essentially, in Texas such a home should cost in the 95-120 range, I would bet (depends on relative percentage cost for land, materials, and labor).
800 sq ft is a decent sized one bedroom apartment, or a fairly small two bedroom.
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I suspect Gonzalez would agree with you.
Basically, I look at it as acknowledging the fact/providing a method such that you can be a "citizen" of a city, without being a citizen of the country the city is located in.
I don't think Gonzalez is trying to get that right for non-citizens, as he has no ability to enforce it even were he to push it through in SF. His goal is solely confined to local elections, which makes perfect sense - if I live somewhere permanently, I should have the right to influence its local policy, regardless of my citizenship status with respect to the country its located in.
Well, judging from the state of the world today, the Republican party is flying.
After all, I always said "I'll see the draft come back when pigs fly."
I like memory stick, except for the stupid Sony connection, so I generally go with flash drive or USB flash (implying drive).
It's like estimating software time - take whatever you think it'll take, and then double or triple it.
Whenever I see a NASA estimate, I instinctually put a "times 10" on the back end, because that's what it'll end up *really* costing by the time they're done.
Your argument is completely unsound, because you're inferring a general truth from a single personal experience. I know most posters to Slashdot have *nothing* in the way of knowledge in formal rhetoric, but yes, an argument can be proved false, or ignorable, simply by its methodology. One of those methods is inference from a single example, which is exactly what you're doing.
I think someone with over 2000 posts would pick the reference.
God. Do I really have 2000 posts on slashdot? I need a life. That said, I still have better things to waste my memory on than slashdot flamewars.
Back to the point.
Your argument, as I said, is that "If its true for me, it must be true for everyone." I have no objection to *you* disliking a tablet, I simply object to your extending that dislike to everyone. I've drawn with a tablet, and while I'm just as bad of an artist with a tablet as with a sketchpad, I wasn't too annoyed by the experience. I know a few people who draw well who really like using a tablet. The point is that its personal preference, and that there is *nothing* inherently inferior about using a tablet vs. a sketchpad.
Next time you want to claim I haven't picked on any of your numerous errors, read my post enough to pick up on my major point - that your argument is entirely unusable, and as such I don't need to pick on individual errors, as the argument itself is false.
By the way, paragraphs. Learn em. Love em.
Your opinion is wrong because you present *your* opinion as gospel truth. Artists are fairly individual - I know some who love their tablet, and some who can't use one. Saying "They suck" (BTW - the terminology 'that would sux' is stupid in and of itself) is a traditional fallacy of internet argument, wherein you assume that whatever applies to yourself must apply to all others. This is the exact opposite of the objectivity you claim to espouse. Hang your head in shame; at least I admit who I am.
Hence, to use your vernacular - you sux, and to use my vernacular, you're still a twat.
Didn't see Shrek 2. Didn't see it in this argument, either. Try again.
Gabe has written news entries about how he does the comic - and yes, he uses a tablet nowadays.
As to the rest of it - you sir, are a twat. I could spend time replying to your point of view, but you'd still be a twat, and I'd just be tired, so I will leave it at that.
There's non-music stuff on Soulseek, but considering it doesn't do swarming, hashing, or any of the other things that generally make 5GB downloads tolerable, I'd limit my use of it to music and maybe the occasional small CD ISO.
Quality is measured with very expensive equipment, not kBps.
You sir, are obviously an audiophile. Do you have your green marker and diamond tipped, sand-filled, speaker stands handy?
(I kid, I kid. I love my spectrum analyzer.)
Personally, I like *understanding* the voice acting more than I like the Japanese voice acting. If I can't understand what they're saying, there's really no point in them saying it; give me BETTER VOICE ACTORS IN ENGLISH, not possibly better voice actors who I can't make a decent judgement on because I have no idea whether they're talking about their dead beloved or breakfast.
3/8" is a lot, when the iPod is all of 5/8" or so thick - you're talking a 65% increase in one dimension. If you get used to the size of an iPod, or even a Mini, that increase is going to make it seem bulky indeed.
I do that with my PC. I do it manually, but I see no issue with doing it automatically - I assume utilities to automatically mirror to an external hard drive exist for the PC.
2 is wrong.
AM is more subject to interference than FM due to the modulation method used, not due to the frequency. AM at 88-107 MHz is susceptible to interference just like AM at 560-1600 kHz. AM carries its information in the amplitude of the signal; FM carries it in the instantaneous frequency. Noise is (generally treated as) additive in amplitude, meaning that in AM noise adds directly to the message, while in FM noise only indirectly affects the message via how it changes the instantaneous frequency. In addition, in FM interference is inversely proportional to carrier amplitude, while in AM it is independent.
The analysis to prove it is pretty complex, but basically - angle-modulation methods (PM and FM) have higher noise immunity by design than amplitude modulation; the cost is they require greater bandwidth. It has very little to do with the frequency they run at.
Something the Slashdot coders could learn from, perhaps?
/.'s coders could actually *learn*?)
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I think it was roughly 40 bucks; it wasn't ridiculously expensive, which is why it actually sold okay, plus it was (basically) required for a very popular game.
I live in Chicago, and work in a far suburb. I like my job, and am not willing to change jobs, and my job is not likely to relocate in such a fashion that I could live close to it, since I refuse to live anywhere without sidewalks.
I'd be happy if my job opened an office in the city, so I could consistently take mass transit to work, but right now I can either take a very long mass transit route (about 1.75 hours, door to door) or fight with 30 miles of Chicago traffic. What I can't do is live in the suburbs in order to make my commute shorter - for me, living in a real city far outweighs the benefits of a shorter commute.
And that's why I say your optimism is cute; most of the country isn't designed for pedestrian/bicycle access, and most of the country isn't even willing to do what I do and sacrifice one part of their life (commute, in my case) for the ability to be a pedestrian in the rest of it.
30 miles to work, each way, so I can live in a neighborhood where I can walk to get my groceries. Hell if I'm going to bike.
Your optimism is cute, but unrealistic.
Never said that, and if you read the NIAC report, you'd know it isn't necessary for a cable to be aligned geosynchronously. That was nothing like my point.
However, geosynchronous orbits by necessity orbit over a equatorial point. This is physics, and is non-negotiable.
Think about it. The reasons should not be hard to understand, but I'll give you a hint - objects orbit around other objects centers of mass. A geosynchronous orbit above a point not on the equator cannot possibly orbit a sphereish object with a gravitational center of mass at or near the center of the sphereishness.
Yes, geosynch has to be at the equator.
N64 memory expansion as well.
Pretty much only so you could play Perfect Dark, but well worth it.
We use them at my company to authenticate our VPN connections for remote users. Works great, and I've never heard a single complaint about it; it allows us to use untrusted connections to do trusted work.
Just as a note, RSA has also released a software version of the token, which eliminates some of the problems of the keyfob - it doesn't expire, and you can have a copy on every computer you might conceivably use - you just install a token file on the machine itself, which allows the program to be synched to the keystream. However, with that sort of system, you have to be careful about who has access to the token-enabled program - the program has an option to password protect access, as well as the typical protections (Windows password, etc.)
I believe they've also released versions of the generator for PocketPC, and possibly for Palm.
Without the user-memorized factor, the token (secureID or otherwise) becomes the entirety of the password, making it no better than a key for a lock - if it goes missing, your security is nil.
Essentially, the two-factor system needs both the user-generated factor and the automatic factor - the automatic protects against social engineering of the user, and the user protects against physical engineering (i.e. theft) of the automatic.
How does this differ from Found Magazine, a magazine which consists entirely of snippets of people's lives found lying around discarded or lost?
While the actions might be (since apparently the blogger actually does own the card) illegal or immoral, the end result was an interesting idea for something that is, essentially, a piece of art, and seeing the originator prosecuted would be a sad day.
That's because land in Texas is relatively cheap. The real point was the ~15% premium; essentially, in Texas such a home should cost in the 95-120 range, I would bet (depends on relative percentage cost for land, materials, and labor).
800 sq ft is a decent sized one bedroom apartment, or a fairly small two bedroom.