Not "real" format..doc exists and works just fine. It's "OPEN" format. Don't let your zeal get in the way of sense. If you don't make sense, nobody will listen to you. You'll be written off as a fringe loonie, AND people will avoid anything associated with you.
The example given tries to safe_finger any detected rogue connection except other fingers (which could cause and endless loop of mutual fingering to start).
Oh yeah, my friend told me about that porno last week
I can see how taking a trademarked (or even commercially used and later trademarked) term could, in some cases, be considered infringement (see http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/211520 0&mode=thread). But, um, last I checked, "illustrator" was a generic term. No monkeybusiness with capital letters in the middle, or it actually being an acronym, or whatever. It's a plain word. I thought they couldn't do that.
Okay, I gotta bite. I do think your post is really interesting, and makes good points, but you seemed to manage to pick in our list of enemies countries that people I know come from:
Russia, Cuba, Vietnamese (gooks* of all kinds), Iraq, China... America seems to define themselves more by who they hate - and who they publicly admonish than they do anything else.
I know lots of Russian people. Actually, two russian girls were spending the night visiting my sister last night, I saw them not ten minutes ago. One of my best friends is from Cuba. I live two miles from a Little Vietnam (sagemont, for people familiar with Houston). I worked with a couple of Iraqi guys last year (weak, I know). My boss is from China.
So yeah, I see your point, and I can conjure up mainstream stereotypical images (especially since I tend to think of people I know as neighbors-that-speak-another-language), but I thought you might find a non-yank perspective interesting.
Part of your message, software being able to ruin hardware got to me. I was thinking about the easiest hardware to screw up in a machine, and the DVD drive came to mind - changing the region. Anyone heard of a virus that changes your region to something useless, like 6 or 7, repeatedly, until it locks? How many people would be whining about DVDs not playing?
Dood, at first I couldn't figure out what you meant by 'tayxis'. I was puzzled until I said it aloud, and it sounded just how it was supposed to. I think I'm infected.
Execept for the unix variant OS, I would pay for it in a heartbeat. I don't think a unix variant OS is good for a handheld (you only need rudimentary security, console password and process/memory segregation, imo), I would REALLY want a uniform interface, and I haven't ever found X to be reliable or easy on resources. I much prefer winCE, or in a pinch, PalmOS will do.
You know, this game is starting to make me wonder if we're not just individual threads in some massive "Black and White II" game, a la Thirteenth Floor. Forget Descartes, can you think non original thought is actually original if you're programmed to ignore the source?
You're absolutely right. I was home schooled, and do you see me out socializing? Three of my best friends are getting married, all I care to do is put money into my car and computer. I have issues interacting with authority figures, bouncing between compulsive shyness and fits of anger. I'm learning to deal with these, of course, but I'm learning it much slower than I should be.
Now, I'm not saying that home school is all bad. There are just issues that need to be worked out. If someone can find a happy medium with learning at home (where you actually learn far more than in some government scool) and getting decent social interaction, I would be all for it. It's just finding that medium. Until then, you're going to turn out deviant dweebs, overbearing jocks, and maladjusted home educated kids.
I've seen pay phones in the airport and such with data plugs on them, pay (lots of money) for data now. I think, at least in the us, there will be a need for these for a while, since I've found data links over cell phones to be unreliable, and that's assuming you have home coverage at airport X. Ricochet is a useful alternative in that situation, since they have lots of major air ports covered. Problem is they don't service the small ones without these data pay phones, and are only in large metro areas, where cell phones are almost guaranteed to work.
Neither cells nor ricochet work well underground, though.
Personally, I see the pay phone staying with us a while longer. I've used one this month, when I didn't want to run up my company cell, and needed to make a long, long distance call. I think they're still needed.
Of course you're right, they're panels, they turn light from the sun into electricity, not redirect the force of the solar wind. (solar sails would be quite useless in orbit, AFAIK) Up late typing nonsense again, I'm afraid, thanks.
I remember when the ISS first had its solar sails deployed. That night, I looked up the night's pass on J-pass, went outside, and saw it rise, for the first time. I made sure to do that the next few nights, as the orbit would allow. It's going to be nice to be able to "see" it for the first time with a radio, get that warm fuzzy feeling about international cooperation across borders and all.
Um, not quite. You have your scale backward. I race canoes for fun, and we have to make damn sure to stay out of the shipping lanes, 'cause if a cargo boat comes by and mows us down, we have to pay for the touchup to their propeller paint job.
wasn't the original intention of systems like RDP, DHCP, et al supposed to dramatically reduce, or completely simplify, internet management? If executed properly, "the internet" requires surprisingly little maintenance. It's the services connected to this network that need the push (email, web, etc). The push here is for the infrastructure.
Imagine a neighborhood where each house had a low gain antenna strapped to an 802.11b base station/router. Assuming they were properly configured, it would be an academic exercise to turn this neighborhood into the gamefest/open library seen in most college dorms. Kinda like the early days of the internet, sharing a little bit of a resource you have with the community. The difference with wireless is that, as long as most people play nicely, it's quite inexpensive.
You say you're in south carolina? (in fact you say you go ocean kayaking, so you have to be near . ..) There's beach there, with at least a bit of tourist-trappy-places. Hang out on the beach, learn to make sand castles, walk a dog, liberate a younger sibling or cousin for the day. The sun will do you good too:)
Also consider the grocery store. Ask your mom (if you're still at their house - it's not an insult, I live next door to my parents) for her shopping list, pick stuff up. Cute chicks are drawn to young guys with full shopping carts.
You probably won't like this one, but look around for a religious meeting place. Churches are great places to meet women, most of them are young and single. A tip from a professing young single Christian: avoid like the plague both "singles" classes (eg religious meetmarkets) and Bible-thumping congregations (oddly, a good many SBC congregations do not fall into this group). Put on your good manners for the older crowd, smile, talk with the seniors there (LEARN from them, things are not as different now as both you and them might think - some most relevant advice I've received is from an older person wistfully recalling a story about how things were so different back in the day).
Do you really have to have a woman who knows computers? Can't she just have a positive vague opinion of them? Diversity in a relationship is a good thing, IMHO.
Even if you don't find the kind of chick you're looking for in these circles, don't hesitate to make friends, take a female or two out for dinner or something. Girl WILL spread the word that you're a nice guy, and networking is a good thing. It seems that girls instinctively try to hook people up. Once they know what a nice guy is looking for, they will begin to do the searching and interviewing for him. Don't be surprised when they pointedly parade their single, intelligent friends before you.
There are two new models slated to come out. One is the 3670, basically the same 206 mhz processor, but with 64 MB RAM I believe. It's listed at $150 more, though. Then there's the next model (3690?) supposedly with a 412 mhz processor and 16-bit color. But details are sparse.
As the rumors I've heard go, there are no plans to fix the button problems on the 3670. They might possibly be fixed in the 3690(?), but there are no official reports that I've seen about them.
Whoever modded this down as "Redundant" is full of smelly shit. The poster brings up a good point about agreements that may not be immediately obvious to everyone out there. I'm sure someone will go wailing about how many articles are posted online, quoting number and such. Perhaps a good many of them are posted under contract specifically allowing online posting, benefiting the author as much as the publisher.
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Not "real" format. .doc exists and works just fine. It's "OPEN" format. Don't let your zeal get in the way of sense. If you don't make sense, nobody will listen to you. You'll be written off as a fringe loonie, AND people will avoid anything associated with you.
I can see how taking a trademarked (or even commercially used and later trademarked) term could, in some cases, be considered infringement (see http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/211520 0&mode=thread). But, um, last I checked, "illustrator" was a generic term. No monkeybusiness with capital letters in the middle, or it actually being an acronym, or whatever. It's a plain word. I thought they couldn't do that.
I HATE the AIM client for windows. Personally, I much prefer Trillian. It also replaces the ICQ bloatware, and the growing MSN IM client.
So yeah, I see your point, and I can conjure up mainstream stereotypical images (especially since I tend to think of people I know as neighbors-that-speak-another-language), but I thought you might find a non-yank perspective interesting.
Part of your message, software being able to ruin hardware got to me. I was thinking about the easiest hardware to screw up in a machine, and the DVD drive came to mind - changing the region. Anyone heard of a virus that changes your region to something useless, like 6 or 7, repeatedly, until it locks? How many people would be whining about DVDs not playing?
WTF's a milk bar? I heard of one in a video game once. What do you do, sit around and drink milk?
Dood, at first I couldn't figure out what you meant by 'tayxis'. I was puzzled until I said it aloud, and it sounded just how it was supposed to. I think I'm infected.
Consumers are the average american citizen that doesn't vote or write their congresspersons.
Execept for the unix variant OS, I would pay for it in a heartbeat. I don't think a unix variant OS is good for a handheld (you only need rudimentary security, console password and process/memory segregation, imo), I would REALLY want a uniform interface, and I haven't ever found X to be reliable or easy on resources. I much prefer winCE, or in a pinch, PalmOS will do.
Actually, I remember seeing those same ads in Houston a year ago. Who's the one being ripped off?
God help me, I'm turning into Rick Berman Jr.
Moo?
You know, this game is starting to make me wonder if we're not just individual threads in some massive "Black and White II" game, a la Thirteenth Floor. Forget Descartes, can you think non original thought is actually original if you're programmed to ignore the source?
Now, I'm not saying that home school is all bad. There are just issues that need to be worked out. If someone can find a happy medium with learning at home (where you actually learn far more than in some government scool) and getting decent social interaction, I would be all for it. It's just finding that medium. Until then, you're going to turn out deviant dweebs, overbearing jocks, and maladjusted home educated kids.
Neither cells nor ricochet work well underground, though.
Personally, I see the pay phone staying with us a while longer. I've used one this month, when I didn't want to run up my company cell, and needed to make a long, long distance call. I think they're still needed.
Of course you're right, they're panels, they turn light from the sun into electricity, not redirect the force of the solar wind. (solar sails would be quite useless in orbit, AFAIK) Up late typing nonsense again, I'm afraid, thanks.
I remember when the ISS first had its solar sails deployed. That night, I looked up the night's pass on J-pass, went outside, and saw it rise, for the first time. I made sure to do that the next few nights, as the orbit would allow. It's going to be nice to be able to "see" it for the first time with a radio, get that warm fuzzy feeling about international cooperation across borders and all.
Um, not quite. You have your scale backward. I race canoes for fun, and we have to make damn sure to stay out of the shipping lanes, 'cause if a cargo boat comes by and mows us down, we have to pay for the touchup to their propeller paint job.
Imagine a neighborhood where each house had a low gain antenna strapped to an 802.11b base station/router. Assuming they were properly configured, it would be an academic exercise to turn this neighborhood into the gamefest/open library seen in most college dorms. Kinda like the early days of the internet, sharing a little bit of a resource you have with the community. The difference with wireless is that, as long as most people play nicely, it's quite inexpensive.
Also consider the grocery store. Ask your mom (if you're still at their house - it's not an insult, I live next door to my parents) for her shopping list, pick stuff up. Cute chicks are drawn to young guys with full shopping carts.
You probably won't like this one, but look around for a religious meeting place. Churches are great places to meet women, most of them are young and single. A tip from a professing young single Christian: avoid like the plague both "singles" classes (eg religious meetmarkets) and Bible-thumping congregations (oddly, a good many SBC congregations do not fall into this group). Put on your good manners for the older crowd, smile, talk with the seniors there (LEARN from them, things are not as different now as both you and them might think - some most relevant advice I've received is from an older person wistfully recalling a story about how things were so different back in the day).
Do you really have to have a woman who knows computers? Can't she just have a positive vague opinion of them? Diversity in a relationship is a good thing, IMHO.
Even if you don't find the kind of chick you're looking for in these circles, don't hesitate to make friends, take a female or two out for dinner or something. Girl WILL spread the word that you're a nice guy, and networking is a good thing. It seems that girls instinctively try to hook people up. Once they know what a nice guy is looking for, they will begin to do the searching and interviewing for him. Don't be surprised when they pointedly parade their single, intelligent friends before you.
As the rumors I've heard go, there are no plans to fix the button problems on the 3670. They might possibly be fixed in the 3690(?), but there are no official reports that I've seen about them.
Whoever modded this down as "Redundant" is full of smelly shit. The poster brings up a good point about agreements that may not be immediately obvious to everyone out there. I'm sure someone will go wailing about how many articles are posted online, quoting number and such. Perhaps a good many of them are posted under contract specifically allowing online posting, benefiting the author as much as the publisher.