Costco -- the rebate form is printed on the register receipt. You only need to fill in your address and mail the rebate form. You can check the rebate status online.
Averment 77: Related to the development of the open source software development movement in the computing world, an organization was founded by former MIT professor Richard Stallman entitled "GNU."
Also, RMS would be surprised to learn he is entitled "GNU."
While checking your email all the time may hurt your productivity if you can't stop reading your email, it does hurt social interaction.
Interruption and immediate response may be more beneficial in many situations than prolonged periods of uninterrupted coding.
I know people who refuse to use instant messaging because it makes them reply right away, wasting their time. At the same time, they also take time to respond to emails.
No extra effort is needed. The reason they rotate the food is to even out the heating. Microwaves tend to create hot spots and cold spots in the food. Either way the energy transfer is about the same.
That too. However, I think that the microwave energy is not generated homogeneously in space. There are maxima and minima of energy, corresponding to nodes and crests created by the electromagnetic wave, similar to the sound wave in a box creating dead and alive spots.
So, if the food and tranceiver were not rotated, the food might not be located at a maximum of the wave oscillations, so the transfer of energy wouldn't be optimal. If the food and tranceiver are rotated, the food will at least pass some of the maxima some of the time.
Your microwave doesn't put "out" a kilowatt. The kilowatt stays inside the microwave. Actually, the energy is being transferred only when there is some food containing water inside the microwave. And even then, you have to apply extra effort (rotate the food and the tranceiver) to transfer more energy to the food.
The radiation is shielded on 5 sides of the oven box by the metal case and the door also has conductive shielding. So, even if you place parts of your body next to the microwave, you won't be exposed to the radiation.
I read somewhere that they placed people inside big microwave ovens and applied moderate amounts of power. The test subjects experienced a warm fuzzy feeling...
I wonder how much [people's] money does it cost to build a mile of maglev vs TGV vs autobahn. I think it would be
maglev = $$$$$
TGV = $$$
autobahn = $$
Mainland China is building a short maglev run to show off. I doubt even a rich country can afford a luxury of using a maglev for intercity transportation. If you just need to deliver passengers from a city to an airport and back, you don't need a 400 km/h train.
... Werner-Braun... plans and develops wireless circuits that routinely span miles, including... a 72-mile-hop installed last month from San Diego to San Clemente Island.
There are 250 Million blank CDRs and tapes bought and used this year for copying music in comparison to 213 Million prerecorded audio media. This means the owners are only being paid for 46 per cent of the musical content. For a comparison: In 1998 almost 90% of all audio media was paid for
And
more: A conservative estimate is that 50% of these [sold blank CDRs] carry music.
These blatant assumptions just make me mad. I bought hundreds of CDRs for backups and I copied maybe one or two music CDs I already own to listen in the car...
Reminds me of the way software industry counts their losses: "my $600 program was posted on the internet. It must've been downloaded a million times, I just lost $600 million dollars!"
Re:Hot off the press.... (ftp site)
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Root Zone Changed
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· Score: 2, Interesting
I just noticed that the new file is no longer available via gopher;)
Old file:...
under anonymous FTP as ; file/domain/named.root ; on server FTP.RS.INTERNIC.NET ; -OR- under Gopher at RS.INTERNIC.NET ; under menu InterNIC Registration Services (NSI) ; submenu InterNIC Registration Archives ; file named.root
New file: ; This file is made available by InterNIC ; under anonymous FTP as ; file/domain/named.root ; on server FTP.INTERNIC.NET
NuSphere MySQL is a fast, reliable relational database management system for developing database-driven Web sites. The integrated distribution of MySQL, Apache, Perl,..
There isn't really a good alternative to Visio of the same quality of open office. I believe Visio is the only missing piece for me to switch completely to Linux, because there are a lot of Word docs with embedded Visio diagrams that cannot be correctly rendered by Open Office. I wish Open Office had a Visio replacement.
Perhaps
the OOo Chart project will grow up to be that missing component.
Unfortunately, Crossover lets you use Microsoft Office in Linux. That just means that fewer people will buy StarOffice or be interested in downloading OpenOffice. As the result, OpenOffice will be killed.
I'd much prefer OpenOffice survive and compete with MS Office. Crossover is evil.
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Costco -- the rebate form is printed on the register receipt. You only need to fill in your address and mail the rebate form. You can check the rebate status online.
Verizon Wireless -- pretty decent too, check if and when they sent you a check.
I am sure other vendors will follow the lead.
ps. I've received a check for every rebate I sent out.
That would be the rate at which Verizon will be dropping your bits on the floor.
Also, RMS would be surprised to learn he is entitled "GNU."
Here's a related story in New York Times IM Expands to Work
While checking your email all the time may hurt your productivity if you can't stop reading your email, it does hurt social interaction.
Interruption and immediate response may be more beneficial in many situations than prolonged periods
of uninterrupted coding.
I know people who refuse to use instant messaging because it makes them reply right away, wasting their time. At the same time, they also take time to respond to emails.
Versioning as applied to the web, that's just like WikiWiki. I wonder how old that is...
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Today's word was puckish
Hmm, should I print my remote control in portrait or landscape?
Also, what happens when I run out of copper ink?
That too. However, I think that the microwave energy is not generated homogeneously in space. There are maxima and minima of energy, corresponding to nodes and crests created by the electromagnetic wave, similar to the sound wave in a box creating dead and alive spots.
So, if the food and tranceiver were not rotated, the food might not be located at a maximum of the wave oscillations, so the transfer of energy wouldn't be optimal. If the food and tranceiver are rotated, the food will at least pass some of the maxima some of the time.
Your microwave doesn't put "out" a kilowatt. The kilowatt stays inside the microwave. Actually, the energy is being transferred only when there is some food containing water inside the microwave. And even then, you have to apply extra effort (rotate the food and the tranceiver) to transfer more energy to the food.
The radiation is shielded on 5 sides of the oven box by the metal case and the door also has conductive shielding. So, even if you place parts of your body next to the microwave, you won't be exposed to the radiation.
I read somewhere that they placed people inside big microwave ovens and applied moderate amounts of power. The test subjects experienced a warm fuzzy feeling...
Only Canada needs that many digits of \pi.
I wonder how much [people's] money does it cost to build a mile of maglev vs TGV vs autobahn. I think it would be
maglev = $$$$$
TGV = $$$
autobahn = $$
Mainland China is building a short maglev run to show off. I doubt even a rich country can afford a luxury of using a maglev for intercity transportation. If you just need to deliver passengers from a city to an airport and back, you don't need a 400 km/h train.
ps. Pun intended, chinese currency is called "people's money"
You only have to pay $500,000 to sequence it...
And in other news, Wernher von Braun established a 200 mile hop from Baltic Coast to London using a high bandwidth high latency connection.
"It was the first time that the GPL, the cornerstone of the open source and free software movements, had been dragged before the bar. [...]
In the process, a federal judge deemed the GPL enforceable and binding."
And more: A conservative estimate is that 50% of these [sold blank CDRs] carry music.
These blatant assumptions just make me mad. I bought hundreds of CDRs for backups and I copied maybe one or two music CDs I already own to listen in the car...
Reminds me of the way software industry counts their losses: "my $600 program was posted on the internet. It must've been downloaded a million times, I just lost $600 million dollars!"
I just noticed that the new file is no longer available via gopher ;)
/domain/named.root
/domain/named.root
Old file:...
under anonymous FTP as
; file
; on server FTP.RS.INTERNIC.NET
; -OR- under Gopher at RS.INTERNIC.NET
; under menu InterNIC Registration Services (NSI)
; submenu InterNIC Registration Archives
; file named.root
New file:
; This file is made available by InterNIC
; under anonymous FTP as
; file
; on server FTP.INTERNIC.NET
; This file holds the information on root name servers needed to /domain/named.root
; initialize cache of Internet domain name servers
; (e.g. reference this file in the "cache . <file>"
; configuration file of BIND domain name servers).
;
; This file is made available by InterNIC
; under anonymous FTP as
; file
; on server FTP.INTERNIC.NET
;
; last update: Nov 5, 2002
; related version of root zone: 2002110501
;
;
; formerly NS.INTERNIC.NET
;
. 3600000 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 198.41.0.4
;
; formerly NS1.ISI.EDU
;
. 3600000 NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.9.0.107
;
; formerly C.PSI.NET
;
. 3600000 NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.33.4.12
;
; formerly TERP.UMD.EDU
;
. 3600000 NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.8.10.90
;
; formerly NS.NASA.GOV
;
. 3600000 NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.203.230.10
;
; formerly NS.ISC.ORG
;
. 3600000 NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.5.5.241
;
; formerly NS.NIC.DDN.MIL
;
. 3600000 NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.112.36.4
;
; formerly AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL
;
. 3600000 NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.63.2.53
;
; formerly NIC.NORDU.NET
;
. 3600000 NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.36.148.17
;
; operated by VeriSign, Inc.
;
. 3600000 NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.58.128.30
;
; housed in LINX, operated by RIPE NCC
;
. 3600000 NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 193.0.14.129
;
; operated by IANA
;
. 3600000 NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 198.32.64.12
;
; housed in Japan, operated by WIDE
;
. 3600000 NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 202.12.27.33
; End of File
As of now, NuSphere's website doesn't seem to have any information about the dispute and search for "MySQL" returns
NuSphere MySQL is a fast, reliable relational database management system for developing database-driven Web sites. The integrated distribution of MySQL, Apache, Perl, ..
[root@localhost named]# perl -pi.orig -e "s'198.41.0.10'192.58.128.30'" /var/named/named.ca
/var/named/named.ca /var/named/named.ca.orig
[root@localhost named]# diff
67c67
< J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.58.128.30
---
> J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 198.41.0.10
There isn't really a good alternative to Visio of the same quality of open office. I believe Visio is the only missing piece for me to switch completely to Linux, because there are a lot of Word docs with embedded Visio diagrams that cannot be correctly rendered by Open Office. I wish Open Office had a Visio replacement. Perhaps the OOo Chart project will grow up to be that missing component.
Another minor quip is that there is no PDF export from Open Office that correctly renders document links and references as PDF links the way Adobe PDFMaker does it. Maybe it will come in some future OOo versions, however it doesn't seem very likely to happen soon. The announced PDF export feature seems to be just another link to printing to PDF via ghostscript.
There are also some attempts related to the KDE project worth evaluating.
Unfortunately, Crossover lets you use Microsoft Office in Linux. That just means that fewer people will buy StarOffice or be interested in downloading OpenOffice. As the result, OpenOffice will be killed.
I'd much prefer OpenOffice survive and compete with MS Office. Crossover is evil.
Obvious, they fit both categories!
I looked through those guy's FAQ and I didn't see an explanation how the trucks are supposed to get pass the gates (presuming AOL HQ is fenced)
Also, isn't dumping tons of CDs on the street illegal?