And more to the point, many of the people originally shipped to Australia were convicted of offences which would be considered barely criminal today, like stealing a loaf of bread I'm a Baker, you insensitive clod!
That does bother a lot of people, but as far as I can tell, the crew is trying to imitate the way real humans view the world. The camera focuses narrowly when a human watching would feel tense, because that's what a human does. The camera shakes and darts, because that's what our eyes do. You're not accustomed to seeing a camera do it, and it may never catch on as a technique (many will appreciate that), but it's interesting to see it done, when you understand what's happening. I really wanted to get into the new Battlestar Galactica, but the cheesy trendy shakeycam technique made it unwatchable for me. Let *me* dart my eyes and focus on what I want on the screen, don't try and do it for me. It's not more immersive, it's distracting and I feel very cheesy, and will help prevent it from being a timeless classic.
Computer geeks have to date computer geeks? Do phychology graduates only date psychology graduates? Just seems a bit short sighted to assume that people in computing science are so pathetic that they could only hope to date within their own discipline.
The one thing that is relevant, is that people in computing (but also in other disciplines) can be passionate about learning, and people who are such, seem to be drawn to others with a similar passion. But to assume it has to be in computing is pretty narrow minded.
Oh yeah; and unlike this V8 "Model" (which someone accurately named it), which is thoroughly impressive as such, the paper clocks do actually run under their own power (well, under the potential energy of their weights, just as a typical clock would).
But seriously, who expected a *paper* V8 to actually produce it's own power; within 5 seconds of reading the headline, one should thing "real internal combustion and paper don't mix," and realize it was a model, not a "working engine." (If someone isn't used to figuring out what the headling/article *really* meant, instead of what it actually said, all I can say is "you must be new around here.")
On demand electrical hot water heaters (known as tankless) have been around awhile.
Another interesting portable product which I use, and with which I am very happy, is the Coleman Hot Water on Demand; this one uses propane and is designed for camping.
The Paper Clock always fascinated me. I stumbled across this in an Edmund's store in Toronto several years ago, and built it; it's a large project, 160 pieces, but it actually is constructed entirely out of paper (included in the book) and a couple of paper clips (and some rocks for weight in the weights).
It has a pendulum, gears, two hands, and can wind up and keep time! The design is ingenious, and apparently comes from an old book the other found in a book store (of german origin, I believe).
Fryer's Kits also had a more simplified paper clock, with just a single dial that rotates with the time; I won't link to them, since their site redirects to a non-existant domain now. Does anybody know where I can find this plan now that Fryer's seems to be defunct??? (They also had a free plan for a paper trebuchet that could launch a grape 30 feet.)
Paper construction of kinetic models fascinates me; it's such an elegant demonstration of construction ingenuity. I would love to see other examples that people might post (other than simple dancing animals and such, which seem to be mostly what one finds when searching the 'net for moving paper models).
One thing I've not seen mentioned yet, is how DC based distribution protects one computer from another. If a motherboard somehow fries, shorts out, or whatever, and sends back interference or other nastiness back up the DC power line, could it not affect other computers in the center?
The ACDC conversion in a power supply provides a degree of isolation to reduce this problem.
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All kidding aside, I'm sure it's just an unexpected/.'ing, and I've seen way more ASP failures on the net than PHP's, and the demo I did see looked really impressive, with lots of "how the heck did they do that?" factor to it (even worked under Opera). Very cool stuff.
(In my best Montgomery Burns voice) "Yes, well, that's almost a sentence."
Of all the recent headlines, that was the hardest to parse; most headlines are statements. This one is just a noun "school power", I guess. My head hurts.
The version I heard (friend of a friend, honest), was about an IBM mainframe, where they oredered an upgrade, and the tech came and *removed* a board to make the system run faster (presumably some limiter functionality).
Paying for functionaltiy (instead of actual hardware costs) isn't exactly a new concept in our industry, and with MS's push towards service-based software product, I'm sure we'll see more of it in the software world.
It's common stated that there are only a handful of plots in literature, and most books are variations on these themes. Depending upon how broad the patent office chooses to be (and we've seen some doozies from them in the past), this could be disasterous for literature (at least in the US).
Oracle is proceeding in a very smart fashion to eliminate MySQL, which I'm sure they see as their biggest threat. (Yes, for all your Oracle zealouts out there, Oracle can do this, and Oracle can do that, and the other thing, that MySQL can not; but for 99.9% of web based database-driven applications, MySQL works great and does everything you need.)
First, they buy up the InnoDB, which is the engine behind MySQL that offers the more advanced features (ones most likely to compete with Oracle), surely bringing an end to significant advances in the leading edge of MySQL.
Second, they offer a free alternative to get people onto Oracle.
This is very dangerous stuff for MySQL. Let's hope Oracle doesn't succeed in fully killing it.
So Bill wants to lock down Vista and software with hardware DRM, but does not want movies locked down. Yeah, "protect" the stuff that makes me money, but don't "protect" the stuff that doesn't make me money. Sheeesh. (I use "protect" in quotes, since both areas restrict fair use such as moving an OS to a new PC, or backing up a DVD.)
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If you cannot remember the name of a function, go back to the manual and study it. You're going to not handle the edge cases of it. If it's Java, you'll ignore a potential exception. If it's C, you'll miss a potential error code. In the world of Unix system calls, I'd agree. In the world's of massive Win32 (and even Java) API's, it's more than one human can remember reasonably, so autocompletion suddenly becomes actually useful, and not a detriment to learning.
My son has dust allergies, and the Dr. recommended wrapping his pillow in polyethlyene and taping it. With a good thick pillow case over it, you barely notice it, yet retain the comfort of the pillow.
I would imagine that would go a long way towards reducing fungus and other pillow-dwellers.
If memory serves, OpenNT was a bunch of ex-MKS'ers who split off (pretty much violating their non-competes, I would say), and did a very MKS-like-thing on their own, and sold it to MS. Very sleazy. (At the time, MKS was big into producing POSIX-compliant API's and Tools for a variety of operating systems.)
With all the ground work that MySQL has made, it is starting to be seriously considered an enterprise grade system. I can just see managers using some of these quotes to show that it's really just a toy, not a real DB like "Oracle." Would have been better just to say nothing.
I trust my laptop, with its back-up data, far more than I'd trust an Internet-based service.
Don't underestimate the "mom-can't-fuck-it-up" factor.
I set my mom up with a Windows PC many years ago, constant grief and support. Then I bought my her a WebTV box; life has been bliss ever since. She's happier, I'm happier.
There are some people for whom embedded boxes are a better solution. Probably more than you would think.
I trust my laptop, with its back-up data, far more than I'd trust an Internet-based service.
How much data has been lost at the corporate backed-up UPS's RAID'ed rudundant services such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc., etc., versus how much data has been lost on the average consumer's laptop?
I think for the average person (who does not back up properly), centralized storage is *more* reliable.
That being said, the ability to work on things offline, and not being dependant upon my ISP, the backbones, etc,. being up, are the main reason that I prefer editing locally. But surely a hybrid approach could be done (web based, localhost server, mirroring data; patent pending, patent pending, patent pending:)
From what I've read, bands don't make money off the album anyway, the record companies take back all the money for video production, fees, and so forth, so it's a break even for the band, even a loss. They have to make money on live gigs.
So why not release the album for free, get some good coverage, lotsa propagation, and get your band known; then make your money on touring.
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And more to the point, many of the people originally shipped to Australia were convicted of offences which would be considered barely criminal today, like stealing a loaf of bread
I'm a Baker, you insensitive clod!
That does bother a lot of people, but as far as I can tell, the crew is trying to imitate the way real humans view the world. The camera focuses narrowly when a human watching would feel tense, because that's what a human does. The camera shakes and darts, because that's what our eyes do. You're not accustomed to seeing a camera do it, and it may never catch on as a technique (many will appreciate that), but it's interesting to see it done, when you understand what's happening.
I really wanted to get into the new Battlestar Galactica, but the cheesy trendy shakeycam technique made it unwatchable for me. Let *me* dart my eyes and focus on what I want on the screen, don't try and do it for me. It's not more immersive, it's distracting and I feel very cheesy, and will help prevent it from being a timeless classic.
Thank God! Because everyone knows that terrorists and other bad people have no contacts in Canada or the US.
Computer geeks have to date computer geeks? Do phychology graduates only date psychology graduates? Just seems a bit short sighted to assume that people in computing science are so pathetic that they could only hope to date within their own discipline.
The one thing that is relevant, is that people in computing (but also in other disciplines) can be passionate about learning, and people who are such, seem to be drawn to others with a similar passion. But to assume it has to be in computing is pretty narrow minded.
Oh yeah; and unlike this V8 "Model" (which someone accurately named it), which is thoroughly impressive as such, the paper clocks do actually run under their own power (well, under the potential energy of their weights, just as a typical clock would).
But seriously, who expected a *paper* V8 to actually produce it's own power; within 5 seconds of reading the headline, one should thing "real internal combustion and paper don't mix," and realize it was a model, not a "working engine." (If someone isn't used to figuring out what the headling/article *really* meant, instead of what it actually said, all I can say is "you must be new around here.")
On demand electrical hot water heaters (known as tankless) have been around awhile.
Another interesting portable product which I use, and with which I am very happy, is the Coleman Hot Water on Demand; this one uses propane and is designed for camping.
The Paper Clock always fascinated me. I stumbled across this in an Edmund's store in Toronto several years ago, and built it; it's a large project, 160 pieces, but it actually is constructed entirely out of paper (included in the book) and a couple of paper clips (and some rocks for weight in the weights).
It has a pendulum, gears, two hands, and can wind up and keep time! The design is ingenious, and apparently comes from an old book the other found in a book store (of german origin, I believe).
Fryer's Kits also had a more simplified paper clock, with just a single dial that rotates with the time; I won't link to them, since their site redirects to a non-existant domain now. Does anybody know where I can find this plan now that Fryer's seems to be defunct??? (They also had a free plan for a paper trebuchet that could launch a grape 30 feet.)
Paper construction of kinetic models fascinates me; it's such an elegant demonstration of construction ingenuity. I would love to see other examples that people might post (other than simple dancing animals and such, which seem to be mostly what one finds when searching the 'net for moving paper models).
Yes, still...
Riiiight.
lst -l | glbllysrchfrrglrxprssnsndprnt -i budget | srt | mr
Yeah, that worked well. Yes, there are vowels missing in several, but like english, there seems to be more exceptions than rules...
i've used the KTP laser for laparoscopic ablation of endometriosis.
Well, Duh. Who on Slashdot hasn't?
One thing I've not seen mentioned yet, is how DC based distribution protects one computer from another. If a motherboard somehow fries, shorts out, or whatever, and sends back interference or other nastiness back up the DC power line, could it not affect other computers in the center?
The ACDC conversion in a power supply provides a degree of isolation to reduce this problem.
Comments?
Yes, Microsoft, be *very* afraid of Qooxdoo!
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/.'ing, and I've seen way more ASP failures on the net than PHP's, and the demo I did see looked really impressive, with lots of "how the heck did they do that?" factor to it (even worked under Opera). Very cool stuff.
I went to http://qooxdoo.sourceforge.net/ and got the following:
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All kidding aside, I'm sure it's just an unexpected
School Power Over Student Web Speech?
(In my best Montgomery Burns voice) "Yes, well, that's almost a sentence."
Of all the recent headlines, that was the hardest to parse; most headlines are statements. This one is just a noun "school power", I guess. My head hurts.
The version I heard (friend of a friend, honest), was about an IBM mainframe, where they oredered an upgrade, and the tech came and *removed* a board to make the system run faster (presumably some limiter functionality).
Paying for functionaltiy (instead of actual hardware costs) isn't exactly a new concept in our industry, and with MS's push towards service-based software product, I'm sure we'll see more of it in the software world.
Enjoy!
It's common stated that there are only a handful of plots in literature, and most books are variations on these themes. Depending upon how broad the patent office chooses to be (and we've seen some doozies from them in the past), this could be disasterous for literature (at least in the US).
Good reference to this concept is here
Wow...This will be a huge job for Google books to scan in...
Oracle is proceeding in a very smart fashion to eliminate MySQL, which I'm sure they see as their biggest threat. (Yes, for all your Oracle zealouts out there, Oracle can do this, and Oracle can do that, and the other thing, that MySQL can not; but for 99.9% of web based database-driven applications, MySQL works great and does everything you need.)
First, they buy up the InnoDB, which is the engine behind MySQL that offers the more advanced features (ones most likely to compete with Oracle), surely bringing an end to significant advances in the leading edge of MySQL.
Second, they offer a free alternative to get people onto Oracle.
This is very dangerous stuff for MySQL. Let's hope Oracle doesn't succeed in fully killing it.
So Bill wants to lock down Vista and software with hardware DRM, but does not want movies locked down. Yeah, "protect" the stuff that makes me money, but don't "protect" the stuff that doesn't make me money. Sheeesh. (I use "protect" in quotes, since both areas restrict fair use such as moving an OS to a new PC, or backing up a DVD.)
If you cannot remember the name of a function, go back to the manual and study it. You're going to not handle the edge cases of it. If it's Java, you'll ignore a potential exception. If it's C, you'll miss a potential error code.
In the world of Unix system calls, I'd agree. In the world's of massive Win32 (and even Java) API's, it's more than one human can remember reasonably, so autocompletion suddenly becomes actually useful, and not a detriment to learning.
My son has dust allergies, and the Dr. recommended wrapping his pillow in polyethlyene and taping it. With a good thick pillow case over it, you barely notice it, yet retain the comfort of the pillow.
I would imagine that would go a long way towards reducing fungus and other pillow-dwellers.
If memory serves, OpenNT was a bunch of ex-MKS'ers who split off (pretty much violating their non-competes, I would say), and did a very MKS-like-thing on their own, and sold it to MS. Very sleazy. (At the time, MKS was big into producing POSIX-compliant API's and Tools for a variety of operating systems.)
Wow, what a dumb, dumb statement.
With all the ground work that MySQL has made, it is starting to be seriously considered an enterprise grade system. I can just see managers using some of these quotes to show that it's really just a toy, not a real DB like "Oracle." Would have been better just to say nothing.
I trust my laptop, with its back-up data, far more than I'd trust an Internet-based service.
Don't underestimate the "mom-can't-fuck-it-up" factor.
I set my mom up with a Windows PC many years ago, constant grief and support. Then I bought my her a WebTV box; life has been bliss ever since. She's happier, I'm happier.
There are some people for whom embedded boxes are a better solution. Probably more than you would think.
I trust my laptop, with its back-up data, far more than I'd trust an Internet-based service.
:)
How much data has been lost at the corporate backed-up UPS's RAID'ed rudundant services such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc., etc., versus how much data has been lost on the average consumer's laptop?
I think for the average person (who does not back up properly), centralized storage is *more* reliable.
That being said, the ability to work on things offline, and not being dependant upon my ISP, the backbones, etc,. being up, are the main reason that I prefer editing locally. But surely a hybrid approach could be done (web based, localhost server, mirroring data; patent pending, patent pending, patent pending
From what I've read, bands don't make money off the album anyway, the record companies take back all the money for video production, fees, and so forth, so it's a break even for the band, even a loss. They have to make money on live gigs.
So why not release the album for free, get some good coverage, lotsa propagation, and get your band known; then make your money on touring.
Sounds like a plan to me.