> Are we all supposed to spend a large portion of our lives catching up on reading stuff written so long ago? Where does it stop? How far back do we have to go to be considered an intellectual? Why does it matter? Why do you believe that everyone should derive pleasure from the same sort of subject matter or author?
Well, I can't speak for the original AC poster, but my own take is: there's nothing wrong with reading new books (I do it all the time). But at the same time, having all those great old books freely available is a wonderful thing; and they definitely aren't all the "same sort of subject matter or author." Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, War of the Worlds, Huckleberry Finn, Heart of Darkness... lots of fine reading out there ripe for the pickin'.
Q: When did Adobe become aware of the Elcomsoft violation?
A: Our awareness of Elcomsoft was elevated in June when we fasted and meditated on it for 24 hours.
"Elevated awareness" my butt. Sounds like a slippery way of saying "we've known about it for a while but just decided to do something recently."
Corporations buy it because 1) they have money to spend on this kind of stuff and 2) pirated software is not only a security risk, but also illegal. Of course some corporations are more concerned about legality than others.
IIRC, George is the adult version of Porgy. For more information, buy the Firesign Theatre CD (or LP) "Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers."
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Check out David Macaulay's "Motel of the Mysteries" if you can find a copy. Wonderful, meticulously illustrated book about the discovery of the ruins of a 20th century American motel, "Toot 'n' C'mon."
I may be wrong about this, but I think the term also implies an American perception that soccer is "safer" for the children (and hence, wimpier) than our more traditional sports, especially football.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply to my cheap joke.:)
I actually stumbled across E-Prime not too long ago--chances are good that I saw it mentioned on Slashdot. In some ways, it sounds like a good idea. I suppose my main concerns about it would be:
1) A little more cumbersome than regular speech--though unless you were looking for it, you might read several paragraphs without realizing it was E-Prime. Much easier to read than to write, though I imagine the knack could be acquired without too much trouble.
2) I'm not completely convinced that the mental shortcut of saying "x is a y" is entirely unjustifiable. I will allow that easy, thoughtless categorization has played a large role in countless historical tragedies; but I'm not sure that E-Prime isn't "throwing out the baby with the bathwater."
The point the article raised was that the fine was imposed by a private company, not via the courts; and the private company did not disclose that it had rigged the car to monitor this. Legal, maybe, but in questionable taste.
Nostromo, Nostromo, Joseph Conrad, and someday soon, respectively, though I just finished rereading Heart of Darkness--but now I'm working on The Book Of Tiki. Can't avoid pop culture all the time!
> I think there are something like 20 MLSs in Cleveland, and I'm pretty sure that at least parts of Manhattan don't have one at all.
The Cleveland area only has one (NORMLS) but Northeast Ohio as a whole has several: CRIS, Wayne County, Ashtabula, Firelands, and others. Not to mention all the rogue "underground boards" that keep springing up for a few days before being shut down by the FBI... okay, I'm kidding about that last part.
What advantage does a realtor have in spending time (and thus money) to put ads up on the internet? How much more money are they really going to make by selling to someone out of state/country?
One of the main ideas behind getting properties on the Internet is "competitive advantage," in two senses. First, if agent A has stuff on the Internet and agent B doesn't, agent A's listings have a greater chance of being noticed by people who want to browse on the Internet before making a live human contact with an agent. And second, even if you can find flaws with that argument, try explaining those flaws to an irate sales associate who notices that the local ColdwellMax21 franchise has its own site but her brokerage doesn't. Agent retention is a terrible, terrible problem for a real estate brokerage--very little "employee loyalty". They're not usually employees to start with, and it's very difficult and expensive for one broker to offer a compelling slate of perks that make it more attractive than all the others.
I think the point is that the patents shouldn't have been granted in the first place. The methods IPIX uses were known and available long before the issuance.
I always thought that the term "n-word" was a deliberately ironic comment on the whole way the, uh, n-word is treated in society today.
Read George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman books sometime for some interesting historical perspective on the term... Flashy throws the n-word around like it was going out of style.
If such a fanciful thing ever did happen, it would make hour-long traffic jams into day-long traffic jams.
Not necessarily. Traffic often behaves in non-intuitive ways--there are cases where traffic patterns in major cities have been improved by closing streets.
I usually do a good job of maintaing "Assured Clear Distance" even during rush hour, and I never get people honking at me or glaring. What I do get, however, is a few waves from people who have been desperately waiting for a chance to switch lanes.
As someone who is Canadian and has received over 1/2 a million dollars worth of operations and tests at no cost to myself, I find you comment both offensive and ridiculous.
I know for a fact that the Vietnam government just hired 4 people to enter the country to teach BASIC farming techniques, BASIC health-care and community planning. Things that they see as desperate needs in that country for the "average" "citizen" in Vietnam.
Okay, it's not pretty, but is BASIC really that bad? Are Americans that much better off just because of Java-based farming techniques and health care?
Okay, then, if you have to count the bodies, it would probably still be HHG... two grillion killed by one pleasant, rustic, rabidly xenophobic civilization. The horror!
Yep, and for a long time they also believed that bleeding patients was a great general cure all. They even had elaborate theories explaining why you should bleed a patient under some circumstances, give him purgatives under other situations, and the whole nine yards. They had tons of anecdotal evidence to support their beliefs. Do you recommend that we re-establish bleeding as a therapy because people earnestly believed that it was valuable?
There's no need--it's an already-established medical procedure called phlebotomy. Of course, I realize that this doesn't refute your argument... it's just FYI.
In Japan, it was a joke for some time after the system launch that its best selling game was "The Matrix" on DVD. Since virtually all game consoles (incl. this one) are sold at a loss, with the aim of generating revenue through game licencing, Sony probably didn't find this joke very funny.
Actually, I think Sony makes a fair amount of money off DVD's too... so even if some people never use the PS2 for anything but a DVD player, Sony still might end up ahead on the deal.
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> Are we all supposed to spend a large portion of our lives catching up on reading stuff written so long ago? Where does it stop? How far back do we have to go to be considered an intellectual? Why does it matter? Why do you believe that everyone should derive pleasure from the same sort of subject matter or author?
Well, I can't speak for the original AC poster, but my own take is: there's nothing wrong with reading new books (I do it all the time). But at the same time, having all those great old books freely available is a wonderful thing; and they definitely aren't all the "same sort of subject matter or author." Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, War of the Worlds, Huckleberry Finn, Heart of Darkness... lots of fine reading out there ripe for the pickin'.
Q: When did Adobe become aware of the Elcomsoft violation?
A: Our awareness of Elcomsoft was elevated in June when we fasted and meditated on it for 24 hours.
"Elevated awareness" my butt. Sounds like a slippery way of saying "we've known about it for a while but just decided to do something recently."
Corporations buy it because 1) they have money to spend on this kind of stuff and 2) pirated software is not only a security risk, but also illegal. Of course some corporations are more concerned about legality than others.
IIRC, George is the adult version of Porgy. For more information, buy the Firesign Theatre CD (or LP) "Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers."
Check out David Macaulay's "Motel of the Mysteries" if you can find a copy. Wonderful, meticulously illustrated book about the discovery of the ruins of a 20th century American motel, "Toot 'n' C'mon."
I may be wrong about this, but I think the term also implies an American perception that soccer is "safer" for the children (and hence, wimpier) than our more traditional sports, especially football.
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Thanks for the thoughtful reply to my cheap joke. :)
I actually stumbled across E-Prime not too long ago--chances are good that I saw it mentioned on Slashdot. In some ways, it sounds like a good idea. I suppose my main concerns about it would be:
1) A little more cumbersome than regular speech--though unless you were looking for it, you might read several paragraphs without realizing it was E-Prime. Much easier to read than to write, though I imagine the knack could be acquired without too much trouble.
2) I'm not completely convinced that the mental shortcut of saying "x is a y" is entirely unjustifiable. I will allow that easy, thoughtless categorization has played a large role in countless historical tragedies; but I'm not sure that E-Prime isn't "throwing out the baby with the bathwater."
E-Prime is for Commies!
Oh, wait--I mean to say, E-Prime appeals to the Commie mentality.
The point the article raised was that the fine was imposed by a private company, not via the courts; and the private company did not disclose that it had rigged the car to monitor this. Legal, maybe, but in questionable taste.
Nostromo, Nostromo, Joseph Conrad, and someday soon, respectively, though I just finished rereading Heart of Darkness--but now I'm working on The Book Of Tiki. Can't avoid pop culture all the time!
> I think there are something like 20 MLSs in Cleveland, and I'm pretty sure that at least parts of Manhattan don't have one at all.
The Cleveland area only has one (NORMLS) but Northeast Ohio as a whole has several: CRIS, Wayne County, Ashtabula, Firelands, and others. Not to mention all the rogue "underground boards" that keep springing up for a few days before being shut down by the FBI... okay, I'm kidding about that last part.
What advantage does a realtor have in spending time (and thus money) to put ads up on the internet? How much more money are they really going to make by selling to someone out of state/country?
One of the main ideas behind getting properties on the Internet is "competitive advantage," in two senses. First, if agent A has stuff on the Internet and agent B doesn't, agent A's listings have a greater chance of being noticed by people who want to browse on the Internet before making a live human contact with an agent. And second, even if you can find flaws with that argument, try explaining those flaws to an irate sales associate who notices that the local ColdwellMax21 franchise has its own site but her brokerage doesn't. Agent retention is a terrible, terrible problem for a real estate brokerage--very little "employee loyalty". They're not usually employees to start with, and it's very difficult and expensive for one broker to offer a compelling slate of perks that make it more attractive than all the others.
Wired article here.
The $500,000 fee is to ensure that only serious, committed Mafiosi with a proven customer service track record can get involved.
I should also point out the NewDeal software, which provides a nice, memory-light operating system for even the puniest old machines.
I always thought that the term "n-word" was a deliberately ironic comment on the whole way the, uh, n-word is treated in society today.
Read George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman books sometime for some interesting historical perspective on the term... Flashy throws the n-word around like it was going out of style.
Not necessarily. Traffic often behaves in non-intuitive ways--there are cases where traffic patterns in major cities have been improved by closing streets.
I usually do a good job of maintaing "Assured Clear Distance" even during rush hour, and I never get people honking at me or glaring. What I do get, however, is a few waves from people who have been desperately waiting for a chance to switch lanes.
Or you could make do with a hemp field the size of Rhode Island. But I jest...
I find your comment both amazing and delicious.
Okay, it's not pretty, but is BASIC really that bad? Are Americans that much better off just because of Java-based farming techniques and health care?
Hah... I only found out about the subscription announcement last week, and planned to do it this week. Guess I missed my window of opportunity.
Okay, then, if you have to count the bodies, it would probably still be HHG... two grillion killed by one pleasant, rustic, rabidly xenophobic civilization. The horror!
There's no need--it's an already-established medical procedure called phlebotomy. Of course, I realize that this doesn't refute your argument... it's just FYI.
Actually, I think Sony makes a fair amount of money off DVD's too... so even if some people never use the PS2 for anything but a DVD player, Sony still might end up ahead on the deal.