I've already sent off my email of thanks, but if you really want to make the point- you want to go here and make out a check to the man.
Not making fun of your post, but your statement above makes me envision the sad state of this country. IOW, you want to be heard, then you have to pay. You want to REALLY be heard then pay a lot. Sort of takes the "public" out of "public official".
Re:Wouldn't it be easier to use The Bible
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Answer... No
I am not against the Bible. However look at the outreach of the Bible on Earth. I am not just talking about a translation problems. On Earth there are too many people that haven't heard of Jesus, God, Bible, etc. Even if one believes the Bible teachings to be beyond Earth's boundaries, there is no proof that extraterrestrials would have heard of it.
Furthermore, in the Christian point of view, evolution could not have occured according to the Bible.
Some have argued that the days of creation could have lasted serveral years each and evolution could have occured during that time. Problem is, evolution implies death; death occurs to species that are not fit to survive. According to the Bible, physical death did not occur until God killed to provide clothes to cover up Adam and Eve's nakedness (shame). This also implies that in the Garden of Eden, all animals up to this point were vegitarians.
Also, in Genesis there are several statements that various animals produced other animals "accorging to their kind". In using this statement repeatedly the Bible puts emphasis that there cannot be changes in kinds. Variations in "kinds" (i.e. all breeds of dogs) is fine.
Therefore, Biblically speaking evolution and creationism cannot co-exist.
Here is a very interesting article at MSNBC by Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.,
How is it very interesting? I don't see any scientific evidence in the article. I am not saying that this scientist's views are based on opinion, just this article doesn't elaborate on any evidence. I am not disupting the science behind the claim, just the article sucks. BAH!
However, it is on MSNBC. Any one have a better link.
The problem, however, is that this lawsuit is applying to all domains with referee in the name.
Guess what's next... Probably any business that owns the.com AND has a generic English word for a business name will be able to get the other TLDs. Or, anyone who has their last name registered as a domain name is in jeopardy of having a dispute because there is a company that owns the other TLDs and uses it as their business name. This may be even for non-common names such as mine.
I wonder if this may be extended beyond trademark laws that currently allows two businesses to share names if they are not in the same industry.
Hauling my computer on a cart into the bathroom so I can read while I... is loads of joy too.
Most people agree that the main replacement would be something along the lines of a PDA. Others have already commented on their disadvantages (small screen, poor navigation, etc.). I don't like reading notes on a computer - stresses my eyes after a while. Also, I find it more comfortable to have a reference book sitting just beneath my screen so I can quickly glance between it and the work on my monitor.
I really think that e-book reading (ala Star trek) will be the future. It will simply be a while though. Also, Star Trek doesn't address the issue of pay-per-use that I am sure will come up in our future.
The Bible is a standard for those who would accept it. If you don't accept it, what other standards are used to interpret social norms?
One's culture (and their immediate society) will attempt to define a standard but it is a loose definition that is often changed over time, with various social movements or interpreted many ways depending on what one's own view. Herein lies the problem with trying to answer the question of whether or not "computer sex" is considered adultery. The Bible says yes. Would "swingers" say "no"?
Whether any type of social conduct is acceptable or not is left to individuals, couples, or society depending on how many people a particular situation impacts. However, there are no standards so everything is left to interpretation.
BTW, not that it really matters, but my personal view is in accord with what the Bible says about adultery.
Actually, I would like to hand one off my rear-view mirror. But since that is impractical I guess I will just strap it to the roof of my car. Just imagine how many people will be blinded by the reflection off of this thing!
With 3rd party software, a real time NT kernel is possible. I use a SteepleChase software for process equipment. The programs run completely in memory. It uses something called Intime as its real time component. It's possible to crash NT and rip out the hard drive without effecting the program's execution. The GUI is still handled by NT so it dies, but any I/O that is going on continues to operate.
BTW, I am not pitching SteepleChase. It does its job but I don't like some of its quirks. For example, its program editor (programs are graphical/flow charts) is poor.
You forgot to mention that for young kids who need to start their entertainment system, they should look through obituarys to find out who died. That way they can go after a surviving relative to buy the deceased person's non-protected equipment.
Letter to Juno - No longer free
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I sent this to: president@juno.com, there supposed general comment email account.
Due to your recent change in your service agreement, are you going to stop advertising your service as free? I am not a lawyer, but I think that it would be illegal for you to still call your service free.
You are providing a service to your customers and as a condition you are demanding a form of compensation. Compensation does not necessarily mean money. In this case you are demanding a service in return.
Here is an analogy... I tell my next door neighboor that I will shovel their sidewalk for free. However, in return the neighbor must rake my leaves. If the neighbor refuses to rake my leaves I will not shovel his sidewalk. In this case, my service is no longer "free".
I advise that you remove any use of the term "free" with regards to your service.
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I also sent an email telling them that I will be advising all the friends I know that use Juno to stop using it. BTW, I have never touched their service and never will. However, I have friends who don't want full ISP service thus don't want to pay for it.
I'm about to buy a Matrox Marvel G400. It is dual head - meaning you can display video on an analog monitor and an NTSC TV at the same time. There isn't a dual analog monitor option. This card also has hardware MJPEG encoding so I can capture video also without the audio sync problem.
I have watched the Matrix DivX using the composite output of my TNT2 card - not too bad. My computer and TV are placed far apart from eachother so, yes a remote will be nice. X10 has some remote control options. I might try one of the RF ones since the computer and TV are in separate rooms. Anyone try any PC remote control options?
BTW, you could also build a computer entertainment system based on PC hardware instead of using your main computer. Here are a couple links for the BookPC:
Does this apply to karma? I remember an interview with Hemos and CmdrTaco where they admitted to messing with someone's karma who was trying to sell their/. account on Ebay. Cmrd's opinion was (at the time of the interview that is) that karma doesn't matter, that it's not THAT important. If these guys win will there be a flood of/. accounts going on sale?
You could always place a camcorder in front of the TV and record the show. In case the audio is watermarked, just stick a microphone in front of the TV (although that might not work either). You could even use a timer to automatically turn your camcorder on to record shows while you are away. And if you happen to be in the room you could pan-and-scan the camera instead of just capturing the "default" center portion of the HDTV widescreen. Of course, you may need to use an older camcorder since camcorder manufacturers may impliment some form of copy protection to prevent you from "stealing" shows in this way.
This method is vulnerable to eathquakes and pets knocking your camera off its stand. Oh well, not a perfect method.
shudder... sorry, can't finish this reply because I am too disgusted.
I used to use DivX;-) for backups also but I prefer to use VCD or SVCD format instead. The benefit... if your standalone DVD player supports VCD AND takes CDRs then you can watch your backups in a standalone DVD player. So far, DivX;-) encoded movies can only be viewed on a computer.
I like being able to take home movies (I have a digital camcorder that transfers the film over firwire), convert them to VCD, burn them onto a CD, then watch them on my DVD player. IMO, a much better way to view and preserve home movies.
I would imagine that the bit error rate on an entertainment system like this would be too high to be used for data storage. DAT audio tape systems were poor backup systems for this reason.
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I've already sent off my email of thanks, but if you really want to make the point- you want to go here and make out a check to the man.
Not making fun of your post, but your statement above makes me envision the sad state of this country. IOW, you want to be heard, then you have to pay. You want to REALLY be heard then pay a lot. Sort of takes the "public" out of "public official".Nitrozac says size DEFINITELY matters.
Answer... No
I am not against the Bible. However look at the outreach of the Bible on Earth. I am not just talking about a translation problems. On Earth there are too many people that haven't heard of Jesus, God, Bible, etc. Even if one believes the Bible teachings to be beyond Earth's boundaries, there is no proof that extraterrestrials would have heard of it.
Furthermore, in the Christian point of view, evolution could not have occured according to the Bible.
Some have argued that the days of creation could have lasted serveral years each and evolution could have occured during that time. Problem is, evolution implies death; death occurs to species that are not fit to survive. According to the Bible, physical death did not occur until God killed to provide clothes to cover up Adam and Eve's nakedness (shame). This also implies that in the Garden of Eden, all animals up to this point were vegitarians.
Also, in Genesis there are several statements that various animals produced other animals "accorging to their kind". In using this statement repeatedly the Bible puts emphasis that there cannot be changes in kinds. Variations in "kinds" (i.e. all breeds of dogs) is fine.
Therefore, Biblically speaking evolution and creationism cannot co-exist.
Here is a very interesting article at MSNBC by Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.,
How is it very interesting? I don't see any scientific evidence in the article. I am not saying that this scientist's views are based on opinion, just this article doesn't elaborate on any evidence. I am not disupting the science behind the claim, just the article sucks. BAH!
However, it is on MSNBC. Any one have a better link.
The problem, however, is that this lawsuit is applying to all domains with referee in the name.
Guess what's next... Probably any business that owns the .com AND has a generic English word for a business name will be able to get the other TLDs. Or, anyone who has their last name registered as a domain name is in jeopardy of having a dispute because there is a company that owns the other TLDs and uses it as their business name. This may be even for non-common names such as mine.
I wonder if this may be extended beyond trademark laws that currently allows two businesses to share names if they are not in the same industry.
Come on lucky 19...
There are PLENTY of standards.
Could you please name some that are not religious? Something other than the Kuran (sp?), Septugant, etc?
Hauling my computer on a cart into the bathroom so I can read while I ... is loads of joy too.
Most people agree that the main replacement would be something along the lines of a PDA. Others have already commented on their disadvantages (small screen, poor navigation, etc.). I don't like reading notes on a computer - stresses my eyes after a while. Also, I find it more comfortable to have a reference book sitting just beneath my screen so I can quickly glance between it and the work on my monitor.
I really think that e-book reading (ala Star trek) will be the future. It will simply be a while though. Also, Star Trek doesn't address the issue of pay-per-use that I am sure will come up in our future.
The Bible is a standard for those who would accept it. If you don't accept it, what other standards are used to interpret social norms?
One's culture (and their immediate society) will attempt to define a standard but it is a loose definition that is often changed over time, with various social movements or interpreted many ways depending on what one's own view. Herein lies the problem with trying to answer the question of whether or not "computer sex" is considered adultery. The Bible says yes. Would "swingers" say "no"?
Whether any type of social conduct is acceptable or not is left to individuals, couples, or society depending on how many people a particular situation impacts. However, there are no standards so everything is left to interpretation.
BTW, not that it really matters, but my personal view is in accord with what the Bible says about adultery.
Actually, I would like to hand one off my rear-view mirror. But since that is impractical I guess I will just strap it to the roof of my car. Just imagine how many people will be blinded by the reflection off of this thing!
With 3rd party software, a real time NT kernel is possible. I use a SteepleChase software for process equipment. The programs run completely in memory. It uses something called Intime as its real time component. It's possible to crash NT and rip out the hard drive without effecting the program's execution. The GUI is still handled by NT so it dies, but any I/O that is going on continues to operate.
BTW, I am not pitching SteepleChase. It does its job but I don't like some of its quirks. For example, its program editor (programs are graphical/flow charts) is poor.
You forgot to mention that for young kids who need to start their entertainment system, they should look through obituarys to find out who died. That way they can go after a surviving relative to buy the deceased person's non-protected equipment.
I sent this to: president@juno.com, there supposed general comment email account.
Due to your recent change in your service agreement, are you going to stop advertising your service as free? I am not a lawyer, but I think that it would be illegal for you to still call your service free.
You are providing a service to your customers and as a condition you are demanding a form of compensation. Compensation does not necessarily mean money. In this case you are demanding a service in return.
Here is an analogy... I tell my next door neighboor that I will shovel their sidewalk for free. However, in return the neighbor must rake my leaves. If the neighbor refuses to rake my leaves I will not shovel his sidewalk. In this case, my service is no longer "free".
I advise that you remove any use of the term "free" with regards to your service.
-----I also sent an email telling them that I will be advising all the friends I know that use Juno to stop using it. BTW, I have never touched their service and never will. However, I have friends who don't want full ISP service thus don't want to pay for it.
I'm about to buy a Matrox Marvel G400. It is dual head - meaning you can display video on an analog monitor and an NTSC TV at the same time. There isn't a dual analog monitor option. This card also has hardware MJPEG encoding so I can capture video also without the audio sync problem.
I have watched the Matrix DivX using the composite output of my TNT2 card - not too bad. My computer and TV are placed far apart from eachother so, yes a remote will be nice. X10 has some remote control options. I might try one of the RF ones since the computer and TV are in separate rooms. Anyone try any PC remote control options?
BTW, you could also build a computer entertainment system based on PC hardware instead of using your main computer. Here are a couple links for the BookPC:
http://www.directron.com/bookpc.html
http://www.dansdata.com/bookpc.htm
Nice remote!
From the Tivo Hacking FAQ:
PureDiva: Software only bundled with complete PC's. http://www.purediva.com
Ligos: Windows based PTV. http://www.ligos.com/news/pr_timeshift.html
PowerVCR: Windows based VCR. http://www.cyberlink.com.tw/english/products/power vcr2/powervcr2.asp
WinVCR: Windows based VCR. http://www.cinax.com/Products/winvcr.html
SnapStream: Windows based PTV (freeware and commercial version). http://www.snapstream.com
ShowShifter: Windows based PTV (freeware). http://www.showshifter.com
Also, the Matrox G450 eTV has some PTV software that comes with it for Tivo like functionality. Not sure how it gets its program guide though.
Does this apply to karma? I remember an interview with Hemos and CmdrTaco where they admitted to messing with someone's karma who was trying to sell their /. account on Ebay. Cmrd's opinion was (at the time of the interview that is) that karma doesn't matter, that it's not THAT important. If these guys win will there be a flood of /. accounts going on sale?
Camcorder recordings of a TV screen look terrible.
I would have hoped that the "solution" presented would have been taken as an obvious joke.you get a nasty flicker
Yup, you see these quite often on TV when a TV is in the picture. Most often this scenario is in news footage.You could always place a camcorder in front of the TV and record the show. In case the audio is watermarked, just stick a microphone in front of the TV (although that might not work either). You could even use a timer to automatically turn your camcorder on to record shows while you are away. And if you happen to be in the room you could pan-and-scan the camera instead of just capturing the "default" center portion of the HDTV widescreen. Of course, you may need to use an older camcorder since camcorder manufacturers may impliment some form of copy protection to prevent you from "stealing" shows in this way.
This method is vulnerable to eathquakes and pets knocking your camera off its stand. Oh well, not a perfect method.
shudder... sorry, can't finish this reply because I am too disgusted.
I used to use DivX;-) for backups also but I prefer to use VCD or SVCD format instead. The benefit... if your standalone DVD player supports VCD AND takes CDRs then you can watch your backups in a standalone DVD player. So far, DivX;-) encoded movies can only be viewed on a computer.
I like being able to take home movies (I have a digital camcorder that transfers the film over firwire), convert them to VCD, burn them onto a CD, then watch them on my DVD player. IMO, a much better way to view and preserve home movies.
VCD info
BTW, it's possible to convert DivX;-) into VCD but it takes HOURS. You can get info on how to do it at the above link.
And it probably made as much noise as a 20" fan. My case makes enough noise with 2 fans in it.
Here are some user case designs previously shown on slashdot. Remember the PVC case? PCMods has rather bland cases in comparison.
Here is another page previously shown on slashdot.
BTW, being a Jeep owner I am rather dissappointed by the lack of stainless steel cover accessories.
I would imagine that the bit error rate on an entertainment system like this would be too high to be used for data storage. DAT audio tape systems were poor backup systems for this reason.
Besides random access benefits, VHS tapes are physically HUGE compared to a CD.
This site links to many sid archives. There is also links to sid emulators.
http://www.replayer.com/sids.html
My favorite is Sean Pappalardo's Sweet Success (in the game Driven 12 ?).