Now that IBM's started throwing off it's chains, I wonder who'll be next? And once Apple and Sun stop using Windows in their business, it's anyone's guess where the avalange will hit. On the other hand, you have to wonder why these companies would stop using Windows, seeing as how Microsoft invented the whole GOOEY thing anyways. Weird! They won't be able to rely on the strength of Microsoft's support and development anymore and won't be able to run Office. If they can't run office, how will they get any work done? Will they just use notepad? They won't be able to use email either, without Outlook Express. Suckez!
What is this trust in submissions? They are publishing a professional journal and part of the professionalism is reading the submissions and deciding their merit. An editor and publisher is responsible for what they publish. If they get egg on their face, it's their own fault. If they want to be taken seriously, they have to own their work (publishing their journal) and accept all derogations and accolades. So they made a bad call. It does not matter whether the material they published was bogus by intent or error. It is their job to pick the good from the bad.
...More likely, it's just an indication of the argument that the deconstructionists have been making all along: language is not capable of specificity, and with jargon, social and cultural perspectives, indeterminacy of the writer and reader, etc, the quest for the grand unified theory is not possible.
The quest is always possible. The outcome is indeterminate.
Good thing I've kept every disk set and cd back to version Photoshop 2.0. I wonder if I'll need an older computer to run the older software? Good think I've kept all the computers I've ever owned, and they're in full working order.
1956 is Steve Jobs' birthday. This shows up in older Macs, if the logic board is reset. 1904 is the date newer logic boards reset to. No idea the signifigance of the date.
My Dad does the same thing. About every other year, it's some Windows game. I ooh and aah over it and take it to work and pass it on. I've been a Mac tech for almost 10 years and he still has no clue, despite my telling him "no, I haven't gotten X virus this week as I have a Mac and it doesn't run Windows.
It's the thought that counts. This year, I got Pirates of Carib DVD and cordless drill (12v). Guess I'll use it as driver as I already have a nice 18v combo set that I bring over and use at his house.
Wife (with severe asthma) got another gift basket of scented soaps. Sometimes it seems they never really have a clue of who you are, after awhile.
Best gift for me was watching my 3yr old daughter really get into Christmas this year. She was trying to make snow angels on the floor at work this week (I threw down a bunch of packing peanuts to keep her occupied while I upgraded a server). She also tried sliding down a small hill on the grass (we're in Florida). Got her a real bike (16" wheels) this year and she spent almost two hour going up and down the sidewalk. Guess we can ditch the tricycle. Dad did get her a leap pad which is really cool. He knows what little kids like.
I can understand how it could be confusing. Tolkien's style of writing is similar to the Bible. To him, he was making a mythology for Britain, of which LotRs is just the most detailed of thousands of years of tales and stories.
As for the film, I feel that Jackson missed a couple things that stand out in the book. One is that several of the good fighters are interested in growth and creation and fight only when needed. In the book, Aragorn is a healer, as is Elrond. Galadriel is interested in preserving life os the elder days while Faramir is a scholar. They are all great fighters but are interested in much else.
The other thing that Jackson missed is that the scouring of the Shire is a passage of age for mortals. In the book, Gandalf leaves the hobbits at the edge of the Shire, telling them that they (and all humanity) are now grown up and ready to solve their own problems. It's similar to the rise of rational thought over superstition.
Actually, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was written just a few years ago. It's a Wuxia or adventure/soap opera type of book. It also reflects the the wuxia style of film making, which is most recognizable by the wire style martial arts (as seen in Crouching tiger). The Matrix was was cool because it brought in Woo-ping Yuen as the martial arts director. He has a long history as a Wuxia dirctor.
I'm talking about running Virtual PC on a PC. This way, the os/software are not running in emulation, just within their own disk image/box.
As for G5's, I'm waiting for next version. Turns out VPC 5/6 have been tweaked in assembly for the G4/altivec chips. That's why you have shitty performance on your iBook/G3 and why it won't work at all on the G5.
Virtual PC makes it really easy to set up disk images for each OS. These images do not have a set size and can expand as needed. Saves a lot of time in formating the hard drive, rebooting, etc. Also, once you get your base image set up, you make a backup copy and then start in on your kernal tweaking or whatever. You screw up something, just toss the bad image and start a clean copy. Saves a lot of time re-installing OS's when they become corrupt. So, yeah, he could put multiple partitions on his laptop hard drive, install 10 or more Unix/Linux/BSD variations, or he could just shuffle drive image files around.
I think that's one reason Microsoft purchased Virtual PC. Your PC could be running a secure *cough* MS OS and then you could run other versions of Windows within VPC and have an easier time of things. Would be usefull for gaming, where each game is installed on it's own drive image, with it's own, tweaked OS. Since it's not really emulating on the PC, just running in a box, there shouldn't be a performance hit, just like Apple's use of OS9 within OSX.
Same deal here. I've been going to college since '85 but have never graduated (keep changing majors). The most money I've made was working for a guy running his own repair shop. When times were good, so was the pay. When times were off, so was the pay. It all depended on how well we worked.
On the flip side, things have changed since the mid 90's and a degree would be useful.
The scene in Galadriel's mirror is a worst case/might happen vision for Frodo. Galadriel says that some things only come to pass if one steps away from their true path to prevent what they see in the mirror.
Personally, I think Pippen should have shoved his weed pouch down Saruman's throat when he had the chance.
one of my personal favorites -- blanking on the title at the moment -- was about a society in which all citizens are required by law to carry guns. Duels are common, and everybody is incredibly polite:-).
Sound's like H. Beam Piper's Planet for Texans. Indiscriminante killing is outlawed but shooting politicians is ok. Piper was a lot like Heinlein in his political outlook but rather more prudish in his social mores.
Hmmm...I setup my TI-99/4A to print Tenguar in the early '80's. I also use an Elvish name I derived since the late '70's (see slashdot name)? Even family members call me by that.
What about getting my Tolkien based device tatooed on my body (was drunk at biker bar)? Nerd, yet?
For what it's worth, I drive a jacked up '70 big block Chevy, wear a mullet, listen to music released before 1980, drink Miller High Life and Jim Beam, am married to an aging hippy chick (though she's a sys-admin and all her servers run SCO) and I work in a college IT shop. Can one be a high tech redneck and still be a nerd and not a geek?
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To me, a geek is someone who is more than a little obsessed with certain subjects and are usually more than proficient in their chosen areas. There can be car geeks (guilty), movie geeks, computer geeks, etc. Geeks can be socially awkward or life of the party but they have some depth to them.
Nerds, on the other hand, don't have to be particularly good at anything and they are totally obnoxious. Script kiddies come to mind here as well as the ricer with the hideous car (multiple wings, twin fart cans, plaid, dayglow paint job, etc.).
Am proud to call myself a geek. Call me a nerd and you're going down.
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Now that IBM's started throwing off it's chains, I wonder who'll be next? And once Apple and Sun stop using Windows in their business, it's anyone's guess where the avalange will hit. On the other hand, you have to wonder why these companies would stop using Windows, seeing as how Microsoft invented the whole GOOEY thing anyways. Weird! They won't be able to rely on the strength of Microsoft's support and development anymore and won't be able to run Office. If they can't run office, how will they get any work done? Will they just use notepad? They won't be able to use email either, without Outlook Express. Suckez!
What is this trust in submissions? They are publishing a professional journal and part of the professionalism is reading the submissions and deciding their merit. An editor and publisher is responsible for what they publish. If they get egg on their face, it's their own fault. If they want to be taken seriously, they have to own their work (publishing their journal) and accept all derogations and accolades. So they made a bad call. It does not matter whether the material they published was bogus by intent or error. It is their job to pick the good from the bad.
...More likely, it's just an indication of the argument that the deconstructionists have been making all along: language is not capable of specificity, and with jargon, social and cultural perspectives, indeterminacy of the writer and reader, etc, the quest for the grand unified theory is not possible.
The quest is always possible. The outcome is indeterminate.
Good thing I've kept every disk set and cd back to version Photoshop 2.0. I wonder if I'll need an older computer to run the older software? Good think I've kept all the computers I've ever owned, and they're in full working order.
1956 is Steve Jobs' birthday. This shows up in older Macs, if the logic board is reset. 1904 is the date newer logic boards reset to. No idea the signifigance of the date.
My Dad does the same thing. About every other year, it's some Windows game. I ooh and aah over it and take it to work and pass it on. I've been a Mac tech for almost 10 years and he still has no clue, despite my telling him "no, I haven't gotten X virus this week as I have a Mac and it doesn't run Windows.
It's the thought that counts. This year, I got Pirates of Carib DVD and cordless drill (12v). Guess I'll use it as driver as I already have a nice 18v combo set that I bring over and use at his house.
Wife (with severe asthma) got another gift basket of scented soaps. Sometimes it seems they never really have a clue of who you are, after awhile.
Best gift for me was watching my 3yr old daughter really get into Christmas this year. She was trying to make snow angels on the floor at work this week (I threw down a bunch of packing peanuts to keep her occupied while I upgraded a server). She also tried sliding down a small hill on the grass (we're in Florida). Got her a real bike (16" wheels) this year and she spent almost two hour going up and down the sidewalk. Guess we can ditch the tricycle. Dad did get her a leap pad which is really cool. He knows what little kids like.
I can understand how it could be confusing. Tolkien's style of writing is similar to the Bible. To him, he was making a mythology for Britain, of which LotRs is just the most detailed of thousands of years of tales and stories.
As for the film, I feel that Jackson missed a couple things that stand out in the book. One is that several of the good fighters are interested in growth and creation and fight only when needed. In the book, Aragorn is a healer, as is Elrond. Galadriel is interested in preserving life os the elder days while Faramir is a scholar. They are all great fighters but are interested in much else.
The other thing that Jackson missed is that the scouring of the Shire is a passage of age for mortals. In the book, Gandalf leaves the hobbits at the edge of the Shire, telling them that they (and all humanity) are now grown up and ready to solve their own problems. It's similar to the rise of rational thought over superstition.
Actually, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was written just a few years ago. It's a Wuxia or adventure/soap opera type of book. It also reflects the the wuxia style of film making, which is most recognizable by the wire style martial arts (as seen in Crouching tiger). The Matrix was was cool because it brought in Woo-ping Yuen as the martial arts director. He has a long history as a Wuxia dirctor.
I'm talking about running Virtual PC on a PC. This way, the os/software are not running in emulation, just within their own disk image/box.
As for G5's, I'm waiting for next version. Turns out VPC 5/6 have been tweaked in assembly for the G4/altivec chips. That's why you have shitty performance on your iBook/G3 and why it won't work at all on the G5.
Virtual PC makes it really easy to set up disk images for each OS. These images do not have a set size and can expand as needed. Saves a lot of time in formating the hard drive, rebooting, etc. Also, once you get your base image set up, you make a backup copy and then start in on your kernal tweaking or whatever. You screw up something, just toss the bad image and start a clean copy. Saves a lot of time re-installing OS's when they become corrupt. So, yeah, he could put multiple partitions on his laptop hard drive, install 10 or more Unix/Linux/BSD variations, or he could just shuffle drive image files around.
I think that's one reason Microsoft purchased Virtual PC. Your PC could be running a secure *cough* MS OS and then you could run other versions of Windows within VPC and have an easier time of things. Would be usefull for gaming, where each game is installed on it's own drive image, with it's own, tweaked OS. Since it's not really emulating on the PC, just running in a box, there shouldn't be a performance hit, just like Apple's use of OS9 within OSX.
Same deal here. I've been going to college since '85 but have never graduated (keep changing majors). The most money I've made was working for a guy running his own repair shop. When times were good, so was the pay. When times were off, so was the pay. It all depended on how well we worked.
On the flip side, things have changed since the mid 90's and a degree would be useful.
The scene in Galadriel's mirror is a worst case/might happen vision for Frodo. Galadriel says that some things only come to pass if one steps away from their true path to prevent what they see in the mirror.
Personally, I think Pippen should have shoved his weed pouch down Saruman's throat when he had the chance.
I don't know anything about Canadian politicians. How would a mere Floridian know who to vote for?
Since the term geek appears to have originated with the carney guy who'd bite the head off of chickens, where do nerd and dork originate?
one of my personal favorites -- blanking on the title at the moment -- was about a society in which all citizens are required by law to carry guns. Duels are common, and everybody is incredibly polite :-).
Sound's like H. Beam Piper's Planet for Texans. Indiscriminante killing is outlawed but shooting politicians is ok. Piper was a lot like Heinlein in his political outlook but rather more prudish in his social mores.
Who's Malda? I've never seen him post and I've been here a long time.
Thought that was Sturgeon. Am I wrong?
I am building the control module for a fuel injection unit for my Chevy. I'm falling down by using software someone else wrote, though. Doh!
Hmmm...I setup my TI-99/4A to print Tenguar in the early '80's. I also use an Elvish name I derived since the late '70's (see slashdot name)? Even family members call me by that.
What about getting my Tolkien based device tatooed on my body (was drunk at biker bar)? Nerd, yet?
For what it's worth, I drive a jacked up '70 big block Chevy, wear a mullet, listen to music released before 1980, drink Miller High Life and Jim Beam, am married to an aging hippy chick (though she's a sys-admin and all her servers run SCO) and I work in a college IT shop. Can one be a high tech redneck and still be a nerd and not a geek?
Use GURPS, man. D20 just screams nerd.
To me, a geek is someone who is more than a little obsessed with certain subjects and are usually more than proficient in their chosen areas. There can be car geeks (guilty), movie geeks, computer geeks, etc. Geeks can be socially awkward or life of the party but they have some depth to them.
Nerds, on the other hand, don't have to be particularly good at anything and they are totally obnoxious. Script kiddies come to mind here as well as the ricer with the hideous car (multiple wings, twin fart cans, plaid, dayglow paint job, etc.).
Am proud to call myself a geek. Call me a nerd and you're going down.
Eeewww! Funny but eeewww!
Is it supposed to be "the only white man you ever met?"
I only saw NP I once. For some reason, Disney Channel keeps showing number II a lot.
Waah?
Chewbakka's a lesbian? Cool! If Padme or Leia's into rug munchin', they have their work cut out for them.