In many ways, anyone who attacks these books because they preach witchcraft etc COUGH*COUGH*CHURCH*TYPES*COUGH*COUGH are completely missing what these books have done.
I guess I would be one who fits in to the "Church Types" column, and I would have absolutly no problem letting my kids read them. I also own all the books and movies so far. I have heard objections from the more conservative of this column, and can see were they come from, but obviously have no exposure to the series.
Even children should have a distinction between Fiction and Non-fiction. That should be apparent in any childeren's novel. There are very few books out there that don't have something people will dismiss as 'not true' or 'not possible', but that doesn't mean we shouldn't read them and enjoy them!
You're creed is your business, and in everyday life anyone with any type of creed will have to make choices as to what they accept and regect. I very much enjoy a good fantasy, as do many, and see it as purley fiction without any bearing on my personal creed.
Besides, how many 'church types' lie^H^H^H tell their kid about Santa Clause!
Anyway, there goes my karma, and let the flamewar begin...
I currently work for a rurual telephone co-op.
Previously we ran an N3 Motorola network that uses fiber to each neighborhood node and copper to the home. We are able to provide 5 mbps up and downstream(VDSL) in ADDITION to a 30mpbs stream for 3 televisions. However, the limitation is that we can only push video 1 mile, and DSL 2 miles from each node. This being a VERY rural area, this leaves about 10% of our customer without TV from us.
Currently we are wiring a completely new network in a neighboring city. This is to a complete FTTH network. This network has the capacity of 1 gbps to each premise. Currently the box on the house is limited to 40mbps up/down for internet service, and the rest used for HD-Video(up to 6 streams) and of course Voice(dialtone). Due to the long range capability of the equipement, we will be able to provide 100% coverage.
We are also in the process of rewiring some of our more rural copper to full FTTH. FTTH has a distinct advantage for 'last mile' issues due to its extremley long range/bandwidth over copper.
One interesting point is that the phone part of our FTTH services is NOT VoIP! It is still considered POTS(i'm in the internet dept, so don't quite understand what makes the destinction) That way it is still under the same regulation and rules (and revenue) as our copper customers.
I'm not sure what the verison system uses, but our FTTH equipment is quite standard and interfaces with our existing network systems (IP video and internet) quite well. There is defintly no need on our customer's end for proprietary equipment(other than the ethernet card in the computer and a VideoIP box for the TV--which we provide). Also our service rates are VERY competitive compared to the other providers in the area. And, cost recovery must be alright due to the fact that all our new service areas will continue to be FTTH at the same service rates as our copper customers.
The last few gas pipes i've installed had to be made from a specific corrosion resistant copper or stainless steel. Evidently natural gas isn't kind to most metals.
Not to mention my gas lines coming up to the house were plastic.. and the tracer lines are not interconnected, they just sit next to thepipes and there's no reason to tie them at the junctions
and now just as i reload this, there's ANOTHER is someone trying to say something here? Dont submit it so many times, cuz it'll get posted so many times?:)
I've got my plans.. nice dinner at a place we can dress nice, and its paid for buy someone else(the best!) But, I'd like to find a nice gift...
She got a tri-gold necklace for christmas and that went over great.. but i'd like to find a pendant to go with.. something just as unique... and well, geeky(she does product design and manufacturing.. )...
I saw some of the Titanium Jewelry on/. a while back, anyone have any more info on that kinda thing(where to get, what's cool, wats not, etc)?
That's almost exactly what I see here. Word of mouth is the only advertising we do, because(at least in this smaller market) word gets around to _most_ people who's good and who'e a crook.
My original thinking with this article was that regulation would save some of our customers the first-time-going-to-the-wrong-place grief. But as you said it *might* remove the shady shops.. there again i know a few mechanics around here that meet the requirements that are certainly shady or incompetent.
Interesting to find someone working in almost the same position as I:)
That's one of the things I thought of when writing the article.
And your point about the critical systems is well taken, but what about critical data? Data is one of the most vulnerable things when a tech does a diagnostic, which can cost a company much $$ or even be a saftey issue(medical records, etc).
Until it's really worth it to blow $10000 on a top-shelf digital, I'll stick with my film.
AMEN! I bought a canon EOS for about $300, my friend bought a canon 6mpxl digital for around $900(i think), and my EOS does as good or better than the 6mpxl for 1/3 the price. That, and the accessories i can get for that(lenses, filters, shutterbulb-try that on digital) are SOO much more common.
For point and shoot, family photos, or pretty much any snapshot-not-really-artistic quality photos, digital's great. No film, developing, etc. But, there's still tons of things i couldnt do with a digital cam just because i can switch films. whereas a digital, you're stuck with one type of ccd/cmos sensor. You can tweak some settings, but overall its like using the same film for everything.
I have enough flexibility with my $300 EOS to do regular snapshots with ASA200, HUGE enlargments with ASA25, fast action with ASA800, or night arial survelance with ASA1600/3200.
I have a pretty strong prescription for nearsigtedness and astigmatism(at like a 30 degree angle, wich makes things even more fun) I switched to contacts last year and my normal vision is much better, however my low light went to shit. I have rather large max-dialation, so the lens's correctiveness doesnt cover my pupil in low light conditions(and having a thick lens doesnt help either). If this is any indication of what LASIK is like.. forget it... I still revert back to glasses when doing night photography or volunteer security patrol.
Anyone know if the LASIK halo problem stems from the same reason of the Contact Lens halo problem(over large pupil dialation)?
I deal in the retail computer/technology world, mainly compaq, epson, HP, and Envision(AOC) monitors.
Never fails, pretty much every 3 months compaq replaces their desktop line, and 3-4 months their laptop line(presarios and evos alike I believe... I work with both). Stocking them gets to be a bitch in a small market like ours... we order frequent small orders so not to get stuck with old models. So, if we hit it wrong, we're without computers for a week, because the old stock runs out, but the new stuff's still backordered.
Never fails, EVERY back-to-school season we run waaay short, especially on laptops(so figure your cycle starting end of august).
Epson and HP's printers keep a little more lifespan, usually 4-6 months, whenever the decide we need more faux-resolution increase, or a new type of ink/cartridge.
Monitors... a year or better product cycle, at least for CRTs anyway... havent changed much beside the (case) color in a while either.
I usually buy RIGHT at the end of product life.. get nice and cheap then.. but i hate it because the next product I see a week later is always sooo much cooler:)
I've noticed with a few of our local smaller broadband companies that they will have a diagnostic bandwidth meter on their website.
The advantage to that is there is no 'internet traffic' delay to speak of because its basically a direct connection from one end of the line to the other. They've found it to be an invaluable diagnostic tool for tech support.
I'm guessing not to many larger companies are going to do this, that and "fixing" the meter to their advantage is always a possibility:)
Win2k and XP Pro do support SMP, XP home does not... strangley enough. Works fine on my Linux 2.4 kernel though:)
Of course, you ARE talking about MARKETING, so AMD wouldn't tell consumers that their OS and most of their software won't even use the second proc, but hey, a Dual 2600+ sounds good to me:)
As for buying a dual proc system for my workstation, its a waste. My single Athlon 1200 outpaces my friend's Dual P-III 933 (same RAM, pretty much the same HDD and software config, etc) And he paid quite a bit more. Second proc, and a SMP mobo aint cheap either.
Could SMP on home/smallbiz workstations be just as much marketing fluff potential as Mhz/Ghz are now?
... a class action suite against Microsoft because WindowsXP isnt any better ExPerience than any other version of Windows.
Seriously though... WTF? So AMD doesn't even use Mhz rating anymore so they get away with saying 'mines's is better?'
But guess what? the P4 DOES bench faster on some benchmarks than the p3 and Athlon, likewise, the p3 does better in a few, and Athlon does the best in still other things.
Anyway, its not like the processor's slowing the machine down. "It's the DRIVES, stupid!":)
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In many ways, anyone who attacks these books because they preach witchcraft etc COUGH*COUGH*CHURCH*TYPES*COUGH*COUGH are completely missing what these books have done.
I guess I would be one who fits in to the "Church Types" column, and I would have absolutly no problem letting my kids read them. I also own all the books and movies so far. I have heard objections from the more conservative of this column, and can see were they come from, but obviously have no exposure to the series.
Even children should have a distinction between Fiction and Non-fiction. That should be apparent in any childeren's novel. There are very few books out there that don't have something people will dismiss as 'not true' or 'not possible', but that doesn't mean we shouldn't read them and enjoy them!
You're creed is your business, and in everyday life anyone with any type of creed will have to make choices as to what they accept and regect. I very much enjoy a good fantasy, as do many, and see it as purley fiction without any bearing on my personal creed.
Besides, how many 'church types' lie^H^H^H tell their kid about Santa Clause!
Anyway, there goes my karma, and let the flamewar begin...
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I'll second that!!!
wouldn't the object _have_ to radiate something in order to it to not turn into a cinder the second it was in sunlight?
I saw that live.
That dude was ICE COLD.
I loved the fact that he needed NO lifelines, and he use the phone a friend to call his dad and tell him he was going to win.
Not to mention he worked for the IRS, and probly kept a better share of the $1M than most people.
Tic Tac Toe beats YOU!
I currently work for a rurual telephone co-op. Previously we ran an N3 Motorola network that uses fiber to each neighborhood node and copper to the home. We are able to provide 5 mbps up and downstream(VDSL) in ADDITION to a 30mpbs stream for 3 televisions. However, the limitation is that we can only push video 1 mile, and DSL 2 miles from each node. This being a VERY rural area, this leaves about 10% of our customer without TV from us.
Currently we are wiring a completely new network in a neighboring city. This is to a complete FTTH network. This network has the capacity of 1 gbps to each premise. Currently the box on the house is limited to 40mbps up/down for internet service, and the rest used for HD-Video(up to 6 streams) and of course Voice(dialtone). Due to the long range capability of the equipement, we will be able to provide 100% coverage.
We are also in the process of rewiring some of our more rural copper to full FTTH. FTTH has a distinct advantage for 'last mile' issues due to its extremley long range/bandwidth over copper.
One interesting point is that the phone part of our FTTH services is NOT VoIP! It is still considered POTS(i'm in the internet dept, so don't quite understand what makes the destinction) That way it is still under the same regulation and rules (and revenue) as our copper customers.
I'm not sure what the verison system uses, but our FTTH equipment is quite standard and interfaces with our existing network systems (IP video and internet) quite well. There is defintly no need on our customer's end for proprietary equipment(other than the ethernet card in the computer and a VideoIP box for the TV--which we provide). Also our service rates are VERY competitive compared to the other providers in the area. And, cost recovery must be alright due to the fact that all our new service areas will continue to be FTTH at the same service rates as our copper customers.
its the dyslexic version of /.
I've still kissed ten or twenty other girls in passion.
./ there's no way that's legit!
C'mon this is
The last few gas pipes i've installed had to be made from a specific corrosion resistant copper or stainless steel. Evidently natural gas isn't kind to most metals.
Not to mention my gas lines coming up to the house were plastic.. and the tracer lines are not interconnected, they just sit next to thepipes and there's no reason to tie them at the junctions
I dont know about 80 billion, but IIRC back in grade skool(20 years ago), we were estimated at about 5 to 5.5 billion
:)
so 1.5 billion in 20 years, at a linear increase(which its definitly not) that puts it about 19 billion at 2150..
but who knows, gotta have a good poplulation decrease by that time anyway
the previous story was a whole THREE entries below this one on the homepage.
:)
That, and there's three diffent duplicates
and now just as i reload this, there's ANOTHER is someone trying to say something here? Dont submit it so many times, cuz it'll get posted so many times?
I've got my plans.. nice dinner at a place we can dress nice, and its paid for buy someone else(the best!) But, I'd like to find a nice gift...
/. a while back, anyone have any more info on that kinda thing(where to get, what's cool, wats not, etc)?
She got a tri-gold necklace for christmas and that went over great.. but i'd like to find a pendant to go with.. something just as unique... and well, geeky(she does product design and manufacturing.. )...
I saw some of the Titanium Jewelry on
We've got at least 3 in our little area of 30sq miles ... I checked...
That's almost exactly what I see here. Word of mouth is the only advertising we do, because(at least in this smaller market) word gets around to _most_ people who's good and who'e a crook.
:)
My original thinking with this article was that regulation would save some of our customers the first-time-going-to-the-wrong-place grief. But as you said it *might* remove the shady shops.. there again i know a few mechanics around here that meet the requirements that are certainly shady or incompetent.
Interesting to find someone working in almost the same position as I
That's one of the things I thought of when writing the article.
And your point about the critical systems is well taken, but what about critical data? Data is one of the most vulnerable things when a tech does a diagnostic, which can cost a company much $$ or even be a saftey issue(medical records, etc).
Just a thought though...
Bascially exactly what I did, just used one of those larger magenet mount antennas for cars, and ran athe cable into the house and to the phone.
Biggest drawback is, it basically makes it a corded phone.
They're passive, but if the signal is good outside, its just like having the phone outside. And its cheap, like 15-20$
Until it's really worth it to blow $10000 on a top-shelf digital, I'll stick with my film.
AMEN! I bought a canon EOS for about $300, my friend bought a canon 6mpxl digital for around $900(i think), and my EOS does as good or better than the 6mpxl for 1/3 the price. That, and the accessories i can get for that(lenses, filters, shutterbulb-try that on digital) are SOO much more common.
For point and shoot, family photos, or pretty much any snapshot-not-really-artistic quality photos, digital's great. No film, developing, etc. But, there's still tons of things i couldnt do with a digital cam just because i can switch films. whereas a digital, you're stuck with one type of ccd/cmos sensor. You can tweak some settings, but overall its like using the same film for everything.
I have enough flexibility with my $300 EOS to do regular snapshots with ASA200, HUGE enlargments with ASA25, fast action with ASA800, or night arial survelance with ASA1600/3200.
I have a pretty strong prescription for nearsigtedness and astigmatism(at like a 30 degree angle, wich makes things even more fun)
I switched to contacts last year and my normal vision is much better, however my low light went to shit. I have rather large max-dialation, so the lens's correctiveness doesnt cover my pupil in low light conditions(and having a thick lens doesnt help either).
If this is any indication of what LASIK is like.. forget it... I still revert back to glasses when doing night photography or volunteer security patrol.
Anyone know if the LASIK halo problem stems from the same reason of the Contact Lens halo problem(over large pupil dialation)?
I deal in the retail computer/technology world, mainly compaq, epson, HP, and Envision(AOC) monitors.
:)
Never fails, pretty much every 3 months compaq replaces their desktop line, and 3-4 months their laptop line(presarios and evos alike I believe... I work with both). Stocking them gets to be a bitch in a small market like ours... we order frequent small orders so not to get stuck with old models. So, if we hit it wrong, we're without computers for a week, because the old stock runs out, but the new stuff's still backordered.
Never fails, EVERY back-to-school season we run waaay short, especially on laptops(so figure your cycle starting end of august).
Epson and HP's printers keep a little more lifespan, usually 4-6 months, whenever the decide we need more faux-resolution increase, or a new type of ink/cartridge.
Monitors... a year or better product cycle, at least for CRTs anyway... havent changed much beside the (case) color in a while either.
I usually buy RIGHT at the end of product life.. get nice and cheap then.. but i hate it because the next product I see a week later is always sooo much cooler
I've noticed with a few of our local smaller broadband companies that they will have a diagnostic bandwidth meter on their website.
:)
The advantage to that is there is no 'internet traffic' delay to speak of because its basically a direct connection from one end of the line to the other. They've found it to be an invaluable diagnostic tool for tech support.
I'm guessing not to many larger companies are going to do this, that and "fixing" the meter to their advantage is always a possibility
Yah.. its kinda weird, I just heard about this on the local morning radio show. They reported it like it was something new too...
Why not evaluate Red Bull and shit like that?
...exactly, shit, er should i say piss? damn stuff tastes(and looks) like cow piss (dont ask about that experience ;-) )
But i'd hafta agree, the part about coke/pepsi being plan so you reach for vanilla coke? Its all th3e same
Win2k and XP Pro do support SMP, XP home does not... strangley enough. Works fine on my Linux 2.4 kernel though :)
:)
Of course, you ARE talking about MARKETING, so AMD wouldn't tell consumers that their OS and most of their software won't even use the second proc, but hey, a Dual 2600+ sounds good to me
As for buying a dual proc system for my workstation, its a waste. My single Athlon 1200 outpaces my friend's Dual P-III 933 (same RAM, pretty much the same HDD and software config, etc) And he paid quite a bit more. Second proc, and a SMP mobo aint cheap either.
Could SMP on home/smallbiz workstations be just as much marketing fluff potential as Mhz/Ghz are now?
... a class action suite against Microsoft because WindowsXP isnt any better ExPerience than any other version of Windows.
:)
Seriously though...
WTF? So AMD doesn't even use Mhz rating anymore so they get away with saying 'mines's is better?'
But guess what? the P4 DOES bench faster on some benchmarks than the p3 and Athlon, likewise, the p3 does better in a few, and Athlon does the best in still other things.
Anyway, its not like the processor's slowing the machine down. "It's the DRIVES, stupid!"