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Lets see.. whats on my desk right now (from right to left, over about 6 linear feet)?
80C51 Programmer that I finished building yesterday
My scanner
5 photos I have been scanning
5 rolls of film for my camera
Circular polarising filter for my camera.
A copy of Mastering Linux (hardback edition circa 1988) that I use to prop up the screen from my notebook when it is on my desk.
USB cable for my digital camera.
A CD of the last film that I got processed.
A box cutter
My desktops monitor
A pile of 20 receipts that I need to sort through
My cheap as Epson printer
Remains of photos that I am NOT going to scan
Several PC cords for my film camera
Last back up DVD from my desktop
Pile of my business cards
Photo loupe for looking at negatives
More film for my camera
Some floppies
Pile of paperwork I have to sort through
Small lightbox for viewing negatives
A photo album
Various negatives that I have been sorting through
Various pens etc
So remind me again. Why am I drooling over the apple-like desk that would have 90% of my stuff sitting in the floor???? Not to mention that I rest my arms on my desk whenever I am not typing.
Yes I agree that consistency is the hallmark of good writing anywhere SF or non SF.
But I would suggest that dragging real world physics into a fictional universe to support meerly one point of a shows plot is just convenient in the least. Yes you can quote Heisenberg for teleportation limitations. But who do you quote to support various renditions of FTL travel??
You can't have it both ways.
Either fictional universes subscribe to real world physics that we know about - In which case that telportation and FTL travel don't exist
OR
They subscribe to physics that we don't know about - In which case you cannot definetively state that teleportation is limited by what we know.
Hmmm.. I know I have read that first quote in a book somewhere.. not sure where, but I am thinking it's a from a Robert Heinlein book. Can't remember which one though (if it is him)
The movie of the original radio plays? The movie of the books of the original radio plays? The movie of the TV series of the books of the orginal radio plays?
Because they were ALL different. And I much prefer the radio plays.
(And I think there was also a soundtrack recording of the TV series in there as well)
Sybase isn't putting this in because they feel it's the next big thing from their marketing department. They are offering it because Dubya decreed via the USA PATRIOT act that institutions *have* to do this sort of thing. Sybase are only responding to a government created market.
Unless of course you subscribe to a religeon or philosophy that does not include Jesus in it's manifesto. In which case the WWJD question is rather moot.
You may consider that Christianity is the be all and end all of explaining the universe, but please remember that many people do not.
And I am not trying to discredit *your* beliefs. Just that I think differently.
Personally I think that some of Christianities beliefs are quite unstable, especially when it comes to trying to match the end of times with current political and world events. (I am actually worried that some people are trying to force a match)
As per what Jesus said - no one will know when it comes.
Hmmm.. so we send up a zillion nanobots who recycle all the debris into more nanobots.. end result is that we end up with a (zillion * mass of one nanobot) more stuff in orbit threatening the innocent space based weapons that are just minding their own business. This is worse than just leaving the garbage all alone.
You need to *remove* the garbage from orbit, not just transform it from one sort of item to another.
Now if they could all assemble together into one big nanobot ball as the process progresses, then that would be another thing. But if they are delicate little beasties, then I can't see that happening.
Wouldn't it make sense now to define a standard procedure for ensuring that junk is sent on a destructive re-entry?
How about writing legislation that says people can't litter. That'll keep the Earth clean. And maybe fine people for littering - that'll be a good incentive.
Whoever came up with this scheme has never worked a rotating nightshift in their life. Otherwise they wouldn't have set up a full rotation every 168 hours.
Here in Oz we did away with 1 and 2 cent pieces years ago. (Can't say that I miss them though I do have about 1 kg collection). But we still have prices set to the nearest cent (ie $9.99). What we do is add all the amounts up and then round to the nearest 5 cents (of which we still have a coin) Sometimes you win, sometimes store wins.. big deal . I think it all evens out in the end.
A few years ago I was visiting the Denver mint, where I think the majority of US coins are made. I suggested to the tour guide that the US pennies are pretty lame and how we got rid of the equivelant. He then went into this big litany of how what we do must be cheating the people out of all that money, especially when it came to paying your taxes, and how you need the pennies to ensure that teh government was honest. Personally I think he was a nutter.
Anyway.. it is something for you guys to consider.. how do you want prices to be set when you can't pay pennies as cash ???
I just did a search on google for GuidePlus and came up with this AnandTech review for the ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon, which comes with the GuidePlus software.
Nice work .. but makes me sad
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Yes it's a nice job, and I'd love to have one myself. But I came over all sad and reminiscing when I looked at the pics. It's just that I can remember the days when a cool hardware hack was to build a computer from scratch. Nowdays it seems that if you just repackage some commerical product people will gush all over you.
Is this where it's headed - "ooh look.. shiny computer.. wow!!"
In parts of this world... you can actually mix with naked women in social situations, without listening to them. For free, and no strings attached. In fact there is a beach 5km from where I sit where this is true.
Of course this is more difficult in the more progressive USA, where even partly exposing your flesh on the beach is illegal
What was that word?.. I just can't remember it right now... (reaching for dictionary)... effective? Nope. effeminate? Nope. effervescent? Nope. efficacious? Nope. efficiency! Yeah that's it. Thats why it won't work:-)
I may not be able to name political figures from the Ukraine, or cities in Slovenia, or the political situation in the Faroe islands, But I do know where they are.
And how well do you think that Americans actually know their own country? For instance: The part of US banks and companies in building up cheap foreign (to the US) steel production to the detriment of the domestic market? Or the extent of poverty in WVa? Or the how Dubya intends to finance his renewable energy policy?
These are all domestic US issues that I know would fly right past the majority of US population.
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80C51 Programmer that I finished building yesterday
My scanner
5 photos I have been scanning
5 rolls of film for my camera
Circular polarising filter for my camera.
A copy of Mastering Linux (hardback edition circa 1988) that I use to prop up the screen from my notebook when it is on my desk.
USB cable for my digital camera.
A CD of the last film that I got processed.
A box cutter
My desktops monitor
A pile of 20 receipts that I need to sort through
My cheap as Epson printer
Remains of photos that I am NOT going to scan
Several PC cords for my film camera
Last back up DVD from my desktop
Pile of my business cards
Photo loupe for looking at negatives
More film for my camera
Some floppies
Pile of paperwork I have to sort through
Small lightbox for viewing negatives
A photo album
Various negatives that I have been sorting through
Various pens etc
So remind me again. Why am I drooling over the apple-like desk that would have 90% of my stuff sitting in the floor???? Not to mention that I rest my arms on my desk whenever I am not typing.
Why we like to live in Oz :-)
I spent 6 months living and working in Siberia, and I can tell you that the Siberian lovin' is damn hot :-)
The natives were VERY friendly.
When I used to live in the US I loved that show .. ahh the memories it brings back
Yes I agree that consistency is the hallmark of good writing anywhere SF or non SF.
But I would suggest that dragging real world physics into a fictional universe to support meerly one point of a shows plot is just convenient in the least. Yes you can quote Heisenberg for teleportation limitations. But who do you quote to support various renditions of FTL travel??
You can't have it both ways.
Either fictional universes subscribe to real world physics that we know about - In which case that telportation and FTL travel don't exist
OR
They subscribe to physics that we don't know about - In which case you cannot definetively state that teleportation is limited by what we know.
How about the even sinmpler fact that it is a TV
show and that would spoil all the writers plots??
"God dammit, It's ficiton Jim"
As opposed to just the "sex-with-anyone-even-remotely-connected-with-the- plot" phase??
Yep .. thats it .. rember it well now I have the context!
Hmmm .. I know I have read that first quote in a book somewhere .. not sure where, but I am thinking it's a from a Robert Heinlein book. Can't remember which one though (if it is him)
And not only that, the Daily Planet is talking about going public with an IPO in the next 6 or 12 months.
.. just going to check on my investments"
"Hey honey
The movie of the original radio plays?
The movie of the books of the original radio plays?
The movie of the TV series of the books of the orginal radio plays?
Because they were ALL different. And I much prefer the radio plays.
(And I think there was also a soundtrack recording of the TV series in there as well)
Sybase isn't putting this in because they feel it's the next big thing from their marketing department. They are offering it because Dubya decreed via the USA PATRIOT act that institutions *have* to do this sort of thing. Sybase are only responding to a government created market.
Unless of course you subscribe to a religeon or philosophy that does not include Jesus in it's manifesto. In which case the WWJD question is rather moot.
You may consider that Christianity is the be all and end all of explaining the universe, but please remember that many people do not.
And I am not trying to discredit *your* beliefs. Just that I think differently.
Personally I think that some of Christianities beliefs are quite unstable, especially when it comes to trying to match the end of times with current political and world events. (I am actually worried that some people are trying to force a match)
As per what Jesus said - no one will know when it comes.
Hmmm .. so we send up a zillion nanobots who recycle all the debris into more nanobots .. end result is that we end up with a (zillion * mass of one nanobot) more stuff in orbit threatening the innocent space based weapons that are just minding their own business. This is worse than just leaving the garbage all alone.
You need to *remove* the garbage from orbit, not just transform it from one sort of item to another.
Now if they could all assemble together into one big nanobot ball as the process progresses, then that would be another thing. But if they are delicate little beasties, then I can't see that happening.
Wouldn't it make sense now to define a standard procedure for ensuring that junk is sent on a destructive re-entry?
How about writing legislation that says people can't litter. That'll keep the Earth clean. And maybe fine people for littering - that'll be a good incentive.
What do you mean that we already have that??
Whoever came up with this scheme has never worked a rotating nightshift in their life. Otherwise they wouldn't have set up a full rotation every 168 hours.
Here in Oz we did away with 1 and 2 cent pieces years ago. (Can't say that I miss them though I do have about 1 kg collection). But we still have prices set to the nearest cent (ie $9.99). What we do is add all the amounts up and then round to the nearest 5 cents (of which we still have a coin) Sometimes you win, sometimes store wins .. big deal . I think it all evens out in the end.
.. it is something for you guys to consider .. how do you want prices to be set when you can't pay pennies as cash ???
A few years ago I was visiting the Denver mint, where I think the majority of US coins are made. I suggested to the tour guide that the US pennies are pretty lame and how we got rid of the equivelant. He then went into this big litany of how what we do must be cheating the people out of all that money, especially when it came to paying your taxes, and how you need the pennies to ensure that teh government was honest. Personally I think he was a nutter.
Anyway
I just did a search on google for GuidePlus and came up with this AnandTech review for the ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon, which comes with the GuidePlus software.
Yes it's a nice job, and I'd love to have one myself. But I came over all sad and reminiscing when I looked at the pics. It's just that I can remember the days when a cool hardware hack was to build a computer from scratch. Nowdays it seems that if you just repackage some commerical product people will gush all over you.
.. shiny computer .. wow!!"
Is this where it's headed - "ooh look
A used car salesman and a computer salesman?
A: A used car salesman knows how to drive a car.
Of course this is more difficult in the more progressive USA, where even partly exposing your flesh on the beach is illegal
The users don't know they are running insecure software. Are they still responsible?
What if the manufactures don't know that their software is insecure. Are they still liable?
What was that word? .. I just can't remember it right now ... (reaching for dictionary)... :-)
effective? Nope.
effeminate? Nope.
effervescent? Nope.
efficacious? Nope.
efficiency! Yeah that's it. Thats why it won't work
is a geek doing out in the desert anyway? Surely you must mean "virtual desert"?
I didn't say Understand, I said Locate.
I may not be able to name political figures from the Ukraine, or cities in Slovenia, or the political situation in the Faroe islands, But I do know where they are.
And how well do you think that Americans actually know their own country? For instance: The part of US banks and companies in building up cheap foreign (to the US) steel production to the detriment of the domestic market? Or the extent of poverty in WVa? Or the how Dubya intends to finance his renewable energy policy?
These are all domestic US issues that I know would fly right past the majority of US population.