Censorware is horrendously ineffective and ham-fisted, and computers and Internet access are so cheap and prevalent. Saying "Libraries should be required to use censorware." is like saying "We should have less traffic." Everyone wants that but there's not always an effective way of getting that result. The end result is kids will just go somewhere else to see pr0n on the Internet if they can't see it in the library.
If it came down to it, I'd like to see a McCain/Forbes ticket in 2000, I think that would be pretty cool. _______ computers://use.urls.People use Networds.
A close analog to the Hacker's Diet is Matt Brzycki's A Practical Approach to Strength Training. It's in three parts, the first part discusses myths and misconceptions, the second part is about organizing your program and how to work on different types of equipment, and the last part talks about other things including nutrition, steroids, the heart, and training at different ages.
This is a very academic book, as it cites references from all over. I bought it precisely because it isn't "fashionable"-- a lot of people into "lifting" because it's telling them things they don't want to believe.
The most important thing this book taught me is that you don't need to be in the gym all the time to get results-- in fact, if you are in the gym all the time (more than 2-3 times a week), you're probably hurting yourself more than you are helping yourself. You generally work your muscles in small sets at enough weight until you are too tired to use them and then that's it. You rest a couple days.
I certainly surprised my girlfriend after a couple weeks after I fixed up my decidedly wimpy nerd-ceps into some pythonesque arms.
ISBN 1-57028-018-5 _______ computers://use.urls.People use Networds.
I've been using a nifty little Palm application called Personal Money Tracker by Charles Morris. It has a companion program called Personal Stock Tracker that hooks in to the PMT program. These programs are cheap, don't require you to be "stuck" with any particular on-line banking system-- however that means you have to enter in the transcations at once.
Except for the Datek site someone mentions (which I haven't seen), PMT has a very useful "balance sheet" view and "income/expense view". Use the balance sheet view to see the wonderful/sorry state of your personal equity, and the income/expense view to see if you're spending less than you're taking in-- if you're not doing that, what the hell are you doing?;) (You can configure the accounts to budget your spending for the year.)
Even better, you don't have to be "on-line" to see where you're at with your finances as long as you're vigilant about entering in transactions. I use it instead of Quicken on Windows because I don't even have a Windows box at home to run it on.
The only thing missing is something that'll help you do your taxes. I'm not going to link to it, you can use a search engine to find it on the usual Palm sites.
For on-line stuff, American Express seems to have acreted a large collection of financial services with a web-interface for banking, brokering, and credit management. I'd consider it only if my brick-and-mortar bank was mistreating me, but they just approved my loan for a brand new 2000 Subaru Impreza RS 2.5 Sedan! (Woohoo!) _______ computers://use.urls.People use Networds.
NASDAQ's only down like 5% after a 80% run-up. If anything, this is a good time to buy under-valued tech stocks.:)
As always, don't be a nimrod and do that technical analysis or buy with momentum, analyze your prospective stock picks and think of the long term. The most embarrasing thing I can think of is when someone says "What do you think of XYZABC stock?" and I ask "What do they do?"... "I don't know... someone told me about them..." Ick. The stock market is not a game.:)
As for Sony, I don't know that anyone who's tried to make their game console a kitchen sink device (Internet, games, computer, CD-player, etc.) has ever suceeded. People will probably always think of the consoles as a game playing device and not much more. When was the last time you played a CD (music) on your Sony PlayStation? I doubt anyone does it that often-- I didn't even know that the Playstation could do it until I RTFM.:)
I could be wrong. Some friends at work are waiting for PSX2 so they can save money on buying a DVD player.:) I'm happy enough with my dedicated DVD player. I feel that they're going to be a big money loser if they don't hit the magical sub-$300 mark for an A/V component. They might do well to consider embedding a Tivo in there.:)
I actually only own like 2 PSX games (I'm a newcomer to the thing, I only got my PSX like a month ago. There has to be a tremendous category killer or new category to inspire me to consider buying any more games for it.
I own more Sony crap than anything else electronic I think. Its usually very good stuff. _______ computers://use.urls.People use Networds.
but getting there should be easier. (Or maybe the people leaving can't find their way back?) This is a semi-rant about signs.;)
From personal experience in the Pittsburgh/suburbs area, they have a very bad signage problem on all the roads. Signs are hard to see, placed unpredictably, and small. What's worse, out in the suburbs, everyone has their own Main St. and Elm St. and Oak St. and Philadelphia Ave (which you must remember is sometimes abbreviated to something like Phil-a or something you might not realize). And none of the little townships or *burgs want to give that up. Ambulances have gotten lost.
My first recommendation is to dump green street signs. They really don't stand out. In the Washington D.C. area, almost everyone standardizes on light text on a bright deep blue background, or a dark text on light background-- with letters about 5-6 inches tall.
Geeks might not also like to move to a state that signed an exclusive contract to run all services with Windows NT. Maybe they should reconsider that.:)
The geography in the area though is pretty wild. Very hilly, all sorts of stuff to look at. Lots of creeks and things. Everyone is very friendly. Perhaps its just a long-standing stigma with the place called Pittsburgh? _______ computers://use.urls.People use Networds.
I'll consider that when it happens. Probably, by then, I'll be pretty unpopular, but anyway...
My first acts of power:
Taxes. Dismantle the IRS and replace it with a flat tax (unless we're lucky and Forbes does it for us in 2000). Taxes on things (property taxes, aka You Own It, Therefore You Should Give Us Money) should be outlawed. Not enough money for the gov't? Gov't needs to prioritize.
Education. Dismantle the Dept. of Education. They're obviously not getting the job done. Basic schooling for our kids will be limited to reading, writing, mathmatics up to algebra, geography; world, usa, state, and local history. There should not be this crazy a-la-carte choice of things that are best handled in college or trade schools. K12 schooling isn't about getting you ready to work, its about getting you ready to learn a career.
Social Security. Social what? It's just not going to be there, so you'd better bone up on your finances at a place like The Motley Fool. You think I'm kidding?
Campaign Finance. No spending on any kind of broadcast-advertising. Candiates will have to detail their plans on the Internet where they can be noted by people actually curious about their standings-- not subtley influed by negative attack ad campaigns. The Internet routes around Propaganda. Candidates can advertise their URL's. Remember, already there are more peope on the Internet than not on the Internet in 1999.
Cryptofinancialprivacy. Every human has a basic human right to protect their finances and privacy through the use of strong unescrowed encryption technology. (You heard it here first.)
Voting. It will be a misdemeanor to fail to vote in an election if you are registered to vote. If you have a public key pair signed by your state election board, you can vote over the Internet.
That's all I feel like venting at this time.:) _______ computers://use.urls.People use Networds.
First of all, I wouldn't want to look like I was junked up on heroin while I wear a 10-key shirt keyboard on my heart.;) [I'm joking!] Otherwise, for a wearable to make sense to me, it would have to include some things...
A lightweight operating system. Of course, that means running PalmOS. Sad to say, Linux doesn't have the applications for this kind of situation (yet?).
Cryptofinancial Privacy. Use iButton(s) to store things like private keys and other cryptofinancial information. For now, I'll have to be content with GNU Keyring on my Palm IIIx. Confinitiy's PayPal gets a poke in the eye until they get their act together and make a Linux installer for their Palm software.
Regarding PayPal: I encourage everyone to open an account (it's free unless you want to use it, then you will have to put some money in it-- personally, I won't be putting any money into it until I can put the PayPal software into my Palm from my Linux box.) and then dropping them a note saying that you would like a Linux installer for the Palm software.
Real Style. Not look like something from Logan's Run. Technology is at its best when its subtle and unnoticable. A Palm device in your pocket or purse is pretty unnoticable (until you start using it, then the Unknowing clamor about it 'Ooh, what is that?')
Cesium-133 Timepeice Accuracy. It should know how to set its time/date from the Atomic Clock in Fort Collins, CO.
Where are ya?. If you're going to put in any kind of radio receiver, you might as well throw a GPS receiver in it so you don't get lost. Or, at the least, be really annoying when you can say "If we keep walking at this rate, we'll get to Fargo in 345 days, 6 minutes, 35 seconds!"
Remote control. A really strong IR transceiver for remote control applications. It would be really nice if I didn't have to get up off the couch to grab a remote. Cripes, I've got like 10 of them on the coffee table.
Note that I do not advocate the MP3 player, etc. I think the wearable is more about control-- control of your financials (ala the new Wallet), control of your time (ala never worrying about what time it is), your style (ala don't be a fashion slave), where you want to go (ala I know how close I am to getting somewhere) and your stuff (ala CHANGE THE CHANNEL ALREADY! TURN OFF THAT TELETUBBY CRAP! ARRGGH!).
Otherwise, I think the show was mostly an opportunity to show off sexy-sexy models wearing either Goretex or shiny black vinyl.:) _______ computers://use.urls.People use Networds.
Do you fully expect to get an unbiased review of IA64 vs. Alpha from the people who make the Alpha?
There's no way Compaq is going to release a comparison that doesn't make the Alpha look stunning and the IA64 like a 386SX if they can't help it.
There's no way anyone can say Alpha is better than IA64 without some solid benchmarking, and this PDF file only quotes benchmark data for the Pentium and PentiumPro, not the IA64.
Until a Third Party with No Vested Interests (aka TPwNVI[tm]) can independently compare Alpha with IA64 (with widely recognized benchmarks and other objective tests), take anything you hear from Compaq and Intel with a grain of salt. _______ computers://use.urls.People use Networds.
Applied Cryptography, 2nd Edition, Bruce Schneier, pg. 266-267
Also, the NSA would have never OKed DES if they had known the algorithm could also be implemented in software. (There were enough details in the specification to do so.) computers://use.urls.People use Networds.
I can't begin to count how many times this has happened. I agree completely with the "please criticize us" mentality-- because it gets someone who knows how to do it quickly motivated and satisfied when they complete the work in a couple weeks of hacking code. computers://use.urls.People use Networds.
I can't get it to install either, and their support has been non-existent. The one response I've ever recieved from StarDivision is an advertisement for the latest version of StarOffice.
Yes, you guessed it, the same version that won't install. computers://use.urls.People use Networds.
Slashdot Mirror
If it came down to it, I'd like to see a McCain/Forbes ticket in 2000, I think that would be pretty cool.
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computers://use.urls. People use Networds.
This is a very academic book, as it cites references from all over. I bought it precisely because it isn't "fashionable"-- a lot of people into "lifting" because it's telling them things they don't want to believe.
The most important thing this book taught me is that you don't need to be in the gym all the time to get results-- in fact, if you are in the gym all the time (more than 2-3 times a week), you're probably hurting yourself more than you are helping yourself. You generally work your muscles in small sets at enough weight until you are too tired to use them and then that's it. You rest a couple days.
I certainly surprised my girlfriend after a couple weeks after I fixed up my decidedly wimpy nerd-ceps into some pythonesque arms.
ISBN 1-57028-018-5
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computers://use.urls. People use Networds.
Except for the Datek site someone mentions (which I haven't seen), PMT has a very useful "balance sheet" view and "income/expense view". Use the balance sheet view to see the wonderful/sorry state of your personal equity, and the income/expense view to see if you're spending less than you're taking in-- if you're not doing that, what the hell are you doing? ;) (You can configure the accounts to budget your spending for the year.)
Even better, you don't have to be "on-line" to see where you're at with your finances as long as you're vigilant about entering in transactions. I use it instead of Quicken on Windows because I don't even have a Windows box at home to run it on.
The only thing missing is something that'll help you do your taxes. I'm not going to link to it, you can use a search engine to find it on the usual Palm sites.
For on-line stuff, American Express seems to have acreted a large collection of financial services with a web-interface for banking, brokering, and credit management. I'd consider it only if my brick-and-mortar bank was mistreating me, but they just approved my loan for a brand new 2000 Subaru Impreza RS 2.5 Sedan! (Woohoo!)
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computers://use.urls. People use Networds.
As always, don't be a nimrod and do that technical analysis or buy with momentum, analyze your prospective stock picks and think of the long term. The most embarrasing thing I can think of is when someone says "What do you think of XYZABC stock?" and I ask "What do they do?"... "I don't know... someone told me about them..." Ick. The stock market is not a game. :)
As for Sony, I don't know that anyone who's tried to make their game console a kitchen sink device (Internet, games, computer, CD-player, etc.) has ever suceeded. People will probably always think of the consoles as a game playing device and not much more. When was the last time you played a CD (music) on your Sony PlayStation? I doubt anyone does it that often-- I didn't even know that the Playstation could do it until I RTFM. :)
I could be wrong. Some friends at work are waiting for PSX2 so they can save money on buying a DVD player. :) I'm happy enough with my dedicated DVD player. I feel that they're going to be a big money loser if they don't hit the magical sub-$300 mark for an A/V component. They might do well to consider embedding a Tivo in there. :)
I actually only own like 2 PSX games (I'm a newcomer to the thing, I only got my PSX like a month ago. There has to be a tremendous category killer or new category to inspire me to consider buying any more games for it.
I own more Sony crap than anything else electronic I think. Its usually very good stuff.
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computers://use.urls. People use Networds.
From personal experience in the Pittsburgh/suburbs area, they have a very bad signage problem on all the roads. Signs are hard to see, placed unpredictably, and small. What's worse, out in the suburbs, everyone has their own Main St. and Elm St. and Oak St. and Philadelphia Ave (which you must remember is sometimes abbreviated to something like Phil-a or something you might not realize). And none of the little townships or *burgs want to give that up. Ambulances have gotten lost.
My first recommendation is to dump green street signs. They really don't stand out. In the Washington D.C. area, almost everyone standardizes on light text on a bright deep blue background, or a dark text on light background-- with letters about 5-6 inches tall.
Geeks might not also like to move to a state that signed an exclusive contract to run all services with Windows NT. Maybe they should reconsider that. :)
The geography in the area though is pretty wild. Very hilly, all sorts of stuff to look at. Lots of creeks and things. Everyone is very friendly. Perhaps its just a long-standing stigma with the place called Pittsburgh?
_______
computers://use.urls. People use Networds.
I'll consider that when it happens. Probably, by then, I'll be pretty unpopular, but anyway...
My first acts of power:
- Taxes. Dismantle the IRS and replace it with a flat tax (unless we're lucky and Forbes does it for us in 2000). Taxes on things (property taxes, aka You Own It, Therefore You Should Give Us Money) should be outlawed. Not enough money for the gov't? Gov't needs to prioritize.
- Education. Dismantle the Dept. of Education. They're obviously not getting the job done. Basic schooling for our kids will be limited to reading, writing, mathmatics up to algebra, geography; world, usa, state, and local history. There should not be this crazy a-la-carte choice of things that are best handled in college or trade schools. K12 schooling isn't about getting you ready to work, its about getting you ready to learn a career.
- Social Security. Social what? It's just not going to be there, so you'd better bone up on your finances at a place like The Motley Fool. You think I'm kidding?
- Campaign Finance. No spending on any kind of broadcast-advertising. Candiates will have to detail their plans on the Internet where they can be noted by people actually curious about their standings-- not subtley influed by negative attack ad campaigns. The Internet routes around Propaganda. Candidates can advertise their URL's. Remember, already there are more peope on the Internet than not on the Internet in 1999.
- Cryptofinancialprivacy. Every human has a basic human right to protect their finances and privacy through the use of strong unescrowed encryption technology. (You heard it here first.)
- Voting. It will be a misdemeanor to fail to vote in an election if you are registered to vote. If you have a public key pair signed by your state election board, you can vote over the Internet.
That's all I feel like venting at this time._______
computers://use.urls. People use Networds.
- A lightweight operating system. Of course, that means running PalmOS. Sad to say, Linux doesn't have the applications for this kind of situation (yet?).
- Cryptofinancial Privacy. Use iButton(s) to store things like private keys and other cryptofinancial information. For now, I'll have to be content with GNU Keyring on my Palm IIIx. Confinitiy's PayPal gets a poke in the eye until they get their act together and make a Linux installer for their Palm software.
- Real Style. Not look like something from Logan's Run. Technology is at its best when its subtle and unnoticable. A Palm device in your pocket or purse is pretty unnoticable (until you start using it, then the Unknowing clamor about it 'Ooh, what is that?')
- Cesium-133 Timepeice Accuracy. It should know how to set its time/date from the Atomic Clock in Fort Collins, CO.
- Where are ya?. If you're going to put in any kind of radio receiver, you might as well throw a GPS receiver in it so you don't get lost. Or, at the least, be really annoying when you can say "If we keep walking at this rate, we'll get to Fargo in 345 days, 6 minutes, 35 seconds!"
- Remote control. A really strong IR transceiver for remote control applications. It would be really nice if I didn't have to get up off the couch to grab a remote. Cripes, I've got like 10 of them on the coffee table.
Note that I do not advocate the MP3 player, etc. I think the wearable is more about control-- control of your financials (ala the new Wallet), control of your time (ala never worrying about what time it is), your style (ala don't be a fashion slave), where you want to go (ala I know how close I am to getting somewhere) and your stuff (ala CHANGE THE CHANNEL ALREADY! TURN OFF THAT TELETUBBY CRAP! ARRGGH!).Otherwise, I think the show was mostly an opportunity to show off sexy-sexy models wearing either Goretex or shiny black vinyl. :)
_______
computers://use.urls. People use Networds.
There's no way Compaq is going to release a comparison that doesn't make the Alpha look stunning and the IA64 like a 386SX if they can't help it.
There's no way anyone can say Alpha is better than IA64 without some solid benchmarking, and this PDF file only quotes benchmark data for the Pentium and PentiumPro, not the IA64.
Until a Third Party with No Vested Interests (aka TPwNVI[tm]) can independently compare Alpha with IA64 (with widely recognized benchmarks and other objective tests), take anything you hear from Compaq and Intel with a grain of salt.
_______
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Also, the NSA would have never OKed DES if they had known the algorithm could also be implemented in software. (There were enough details in the specification to do so.)
computers://use.urls. People use Networds.
I can't begin to count how many times this has happened. I agree completely with the "please criticize us" mentality-- because it gets someone who knows how to do it quickly motivated and satisfied when they complete the work in a couple weeks of hacking code.
computers://use.urls. People use Networds.
Bruce Chovnik's got a SUCKY commute! Gaithersburg to Herndon. He must hate life. :)
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I can't get it to install either, and their support has been non-existent. The one response I've ever recieved from StarDivision is an advertisement for the latest version of StarOffice.
Yes, you guessed it, the same version that won't install.
computers://use.urls. People use Networds.