What *exactly* is an evil aliens in Cyberspace? Are these the people that download encryption even though they are outside of the United States?
There are only two typical aliens: 1. People in a country that are from a foreign country (doesn't apply to cyberspace). 2. People born/bred in outerspace (e.g. Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ford Prefect).
I guess that since Ford Prefect tapped into the phone network from a star near Beetulgues, it's feasible that one might tap into the WWW from there.
Just reprogram the CueCat thingy to mute/change channels for the duration of the commercial. That's what I'm going to do with mine.
I doubt that Radio Shack is going to make you sign some EULA to only use this hardware as they tell you to. I'll avoid installing any CueCat software so that they can't bind me to a EULA there.
Ugh... perhaps you should read up on the HIV virus. It turns out that nobody has any solid evidence that HIV causes AIDS. It has been related to AIDS in the sense that they both can be transmitted in similar ways. If you don't believe me or think that this is a troll, then do a google search on Dr. Root-Bernstein. You have nothing to fear. Your HIV will never turn into AIDS. You do need to take precautions and change your lifestyle so that you don't risk getting AIDS.
...and now for the on-topic bit...
Who's this guy think he is anyways? He appears to be some sort of Megalomaniac. First of all he pays all this money to go into space once, probably lacking adequate trainging and a technical background. Then he comes back as some sort of Scientific Expert about research in 0 G??
Oops, I forgot to put in real subject line. Should have read something that grabs you, entices you, but also makes you laugh. It should have also been subtle and very moving. I'm open to suggestion.
Gosh, I only know one thing that does that to me and I'll suggest it as a subject line: James Cameron's TITANIC
I was very moved by Titanic. It grabbed me, enticed me, and, come to think of it, I even laughed at times. 2.5 years later, and I'm still glad that signed up for Sprint Long Distance and got a free copy of Titanic.
Sex, drugs, and Linux subconsciencly associates Linux with Rock & Roll. The RIAA and MS would definetely use this to their advantage by associating Linux users and the GPL with thieves who trade illegal Rock & Roll MP3s. After all, we already know that Linux is un-american. Then we will have an un-americanthief operating system and I don't want that.
You probably already know about this one, but this is just in case you don't. I used to love using BBEdit on my mac as well. When I switched to Linux i found the keystroke combinations in Xemacs to be better than BBEdit's, although the GUI menus are not situated as nicely. Xemacs has a nice demo that you can run that teaches you many of the keystroke combinations.
That sounds very interesting, but can you back it up?
It's not that I don't believe you, rather that I would like to read/find out more information about it.
I remember an article that I read a few years ago that disscussed the advantages/disadvantages of serif Vs. san-serif fonts and it was very interesting. I would like to read more about this.
Although it isn't exactly a CAD package, it has more features than any of the packages listed above: Blender.
There's even a nice tutorial (textbook) on Blender called 'The Blender Book' by Carsten Wartmann.
Blender is primarily intended for 3D graphics and movie rendering. I think that it would also be suitable for a highschool course on CAD.
I've used Catia and Unigraphics for years in the auto industry (designing air intake systems), so I can speak from experience and say that: The 3-Dimensional thought process is more valuable to teach students than it is to learn/use a precise '2-D drawing program' that many of the lower-end CAD packages are. Here's why: 1. All advanced solids modeling packages support schematic drawings, so students will still learn about Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing issues. (Actually, Blender doesn't do this, but the rest of the benefits are more important.) 2. 3-D thinking is like a language/art, children need to get an early start. How do you build a complicated 3-D shape out of simple spheres/cubes/prisms? This is a very important issue and it seperates a good designer from a bad designer. Looking at 2 different complicated 3-D CAD models that both have the same shape, one might rotate/scale/refresh on the screen as smoothly as a Quake 1 on a 1 GHz Athalon, and the other might take 1/2 hour to rebuild/refresh and rotate like Quake 3 on a Pentium 90. My job when I started was to take other companies' CAD models and rebuild them the right way.
3. Finally, Blender opens up possibilities in the graphic design market. The advanced lighting, surfacing, and reflection techniques present in Blender are not available in even the best 4 CAD packages (Catia, Unigraphics, Ideas, ProEngineer). You don't have to teach this in a class where CAD is the focus, but the motivated students will have the option to learn these.
It looks like GTK is becoming a "real" widget set. Good to see. Out GUI folks wrote a time-card entry system using drop-down menus with GTK and didn't know squat about the widgets that they used. It's a great library for beginners and experts alike.
I only wished that we had a way to use PHP with these GTK widgets... oh... nevermind.
I found bibtex to be a pain to use as well. I ended up keeping a huge alphabetized file of citations and I would either cut and paste the ones that I was referencing or I would remove the ones that I wasn't and include the file in my LaTeX documents.
Finally, I don't think that very many academic papers are written using LaTeX. I love LaTeX; it is both efficient and easy to use (once you learn it). Many mathematics and Physics journals use it, but all of the Engineering Journals that I've read the req.s for only accept MS Word or text files. Just so you know that I'm not BSing you, some specific examples are: J. of Amer Ceram Soc, Mat Res Bulletin, J. of Materials Science, Jap. J. of Ceramics.
It's funny, now you know what field my research was in.
The above comment isn't a Troll comment, I find it rather funny. There is much irony in what it says. We all know that it isn't true, but it is indeed funny.
Since I'm the irony nazi, I guess that it would be my authority to point this out.
You are exactly correct Evangelion. My question is, "Why should the GPL matter?" The software is not being redistributed, it is being used.
The whole issue brings up privacy concerns. Essentially, I am using software at my website, not redistributing it. I don't think the GPL should tell me that I have to release my changes to the software.
I've installed and use Slashcode. I plan on making money with it through my business. As long as I don't distribute the program, I shouldn't be forced to allow people to see my changes to the code.
To reask my question again... Why should the GPL matter in this case? It's not distribution, it personal private or commercial use.
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It is extremely long term planning, rather than irony, that allowed for this.
It is not irony in the correct sense of the word since rsync is available to sync the Linux PDA with any *nix system.
Nice try, however. Better luck in the future.
There's too much irony in the whole situation. What is the world coming too???!?!
There are only two typical aliens:
1. People in a country that are from a foreign country (doesn't apply to cyberspace).
2. People born/bred in outerspace (e.g. Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ford Prefect).
I guess that since Ford Prefect tapped into the phone network from a star near Beetulgues, it's feasible that one might tap into the WWW from there.
I doubt that Radio Shack is going to make you sign some EULA to only use this hardware as they tell you to. I'll avoid installing any CueCat software so that they can't bind me to a EULA there.
...and now for the on-topic bit...
Who's this guy think he is anyways? He appears to be some sort of Megalomaniac. First of all he pays all this money to go into space once, probably lacking adequate trainging and a technical background. Then he comes back as some sort of Scientific Expert about research in 0 G??
Check out the Berlin project. Their main page is HERE. It looks like a very exciting project, although it seems to be moving *very* slowly.
You seem to misunderstand the point of my friend, grammar nazi.
Thank you very much. That sounds like exactly what I wanted to read.
James Cameron's TITANIC
I was very moved by Titanic. It grabbed me, enticed me, and, come to think of it, I even laughed at times. 2.5 years later, and I'm still glad that signed up for Sprint Long Distance and got a free copy of Titanic.
And you, my kind sir, are a COCK.
Sex, drugs, and Linux subconsciencly associates Linux with Rock & Roll. The RIAA and MS would definetely use this to their advantage by associating Linux users and the GPL with thieves who trade illegal Rock & Roll MP3s. After all, we already know that Linux is un-american. Then we will have an un-american thief operating system and I don't want that.
You probably already know about this one, but this is just in case you don't. I used to love using BBEdit on my mac as well. When I switched to Linux i found the keystroke combinations in Xemacs to be better than BBEdit's, although the GUI menus are not situated as nicely. Xemacs has a nice demo that you can run that teaches you many of the keystroke combinations.
It's not that I don't believe you, rather that I would like to read/find out more information about it.
I remember an article that I read a few years ago that disscussed the advantages/disadvantages of serif Vs. san-serif fonts and it was very interesting. I would like to read more about this.
There's even a nice tutorial (textbook) on Blender called 'The Blender Book' by Carsten Wartmann.
Blender is primarily intended for 3D graphics and movie rendering. I think that it would also be suitable for a highschool course on CAD.
I've used Catia and Unigraphics for years in the auto industry (designing air intake systems), so I can speak from experience and say that: The 3-Dimensional thought process is more valuable to teach students than it is to learn/use a precise '2-D drawing program' that many of the lower-end CAD packages are. Here's why:
1. All advanced solids modeling packages support schematic drawings, so students will still learn about Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing issues. (Actually, Blender doesn't do this, but the rest of the benefits are more important.)
2. 3-D thinking is like a language/art, children need to get an early start. How do you build a complicated 3-D shape out of simple spheres/cubes/prisms? This is a very important issue and it seperates a good designer from a bad designer. Looking at 2 different complicated 3-D CAD models that both have the same shape, one might rotate/scale/refresh on the screen as smoothly as a Quake 1 on a 1 GHz Athalon, and the other might take 1/2 hour to rebuild/refresh and rotate like Quake 3 on a Pentium 90. My job when I started was to take other companies' CAD models and rebuild them the right way.
3. Finally, Blender opens up possibilities in the graphic design market. The advanced lighting, surfacing, and reflection techniques present in Blender are not available in even the best 4 CAD packages (Catia, Unigraphics, Ideas, ProEngineer). You don't have to teach this in a class where CAD is the focus, but the motivated students will have the option to learn these.
I only wished that we had a way to use PHP with these GTK widgets... oh... nevermind.
Finally, I don't think that very many academic papers are written using LaTeX. I love LaTeX; it is both efficient and easy to use (once you learn it). Many mathematics and Physics journals use it, but all of the Engineering Journals that I've read the req.s for only accept MS Word or text files. Just so you know that I'm not BSing you, some specific examples are: J. of Amer Ceram Soc, Mat Res Bulletin, J. of Materials Science, Jap. J. of Ceramics.
It's funny, now you know what field my research was in.
Since I'm the irony nazi, I guess that it would be my authority to point this out.
Please moderate the above to 'Funny'.
Perhaps heaven is OpenSource?
I think that Jeff Bezos has a patent on multiple Internets spread throughout solar system. I hope that NASA isn't infringing on Amazon.com's IP.
you are giving the Nazi's a bad name!
The whole issue brings up privacy concerns. Essentially, I am using software at my website, not redistributing it. I don't think the GPL should tell me that I have to release my changes to the software.
I've installed and use Slashcode. I plan on making money with it through my business. As long as I don't distribute the program, I shouldn't be forced to allow people to see my changes to the code.
To reask my question again... Why should the GPL matter in this case? It's not distribution, it personal private or commercial use.
Ah, my friend latro. You are finally beginning to see clearly.
I'll be the judge of irony and you are a sad sad case.