You have a "study", but you have to use a laundromat? I think your priorities are bit mixed up:)
Most 2 bedroom apartments (which I presume yours is, at the least) have a washer/dryer hookup, or can easily be adapted to one. Assuming you don't live in one of those cheapass "no laundry machines allowed" complexes, you could at minimum use the ones designed to attach to the sink fixtures.
I would argue that, as pointed out in your link, everyone has a responsibility to know what is right.
I would also argue that many people don't.
Furthermore, I would say that there is no comparison between drug use and causing active harm to other people. Acting on compassion to save lives, even when it is a crime, is an action worth taking. Being stoned has no parallel to being sold as property. People are not dying for a lack of pot. Therefore it has no comparison to the underground railroad.
Women's liberation/equal rights/etc is a closer parallel, but what you're really looking for is prohibition. I would say that those who broke prohibition were most certainly not doing society any favors. I understand that the reason the "noble experiment" was ended was due to outstanding popular demand (and the tons enforcement issues). If pot was all that vital to our way of life, the situation would be the same.
I suspect that a "million pothead march" would be an effective lobbying tool, however. I highly suggest you try to organize it. Things like that are excellent ways of getting media attention to correct wrongs and perceived wrongs.
I have personally been involved in multiple situations requiring police intervention. While not always on time, and not always helpful, most police officers do *try* to do the right thing. I know for a fact that when I reported a suspected 'assault in progress' ( I think that was what the dispatcher at 911 called it ) on a woman at my apt, there were two squad cars there in less than 5 minutes. They were actually there in time to help, and the people involved had a lot of explaining to do. Fortunately, it was just a domestic dispute (despite looking and sounding extremely bad).
Heh. I remember those magazines! I used to run the code from those all the time.
There was this one where you drive an old race car across the US in some kind of race (alaska to florida or some such). It had a bug I never did find:)
Can you imagine publishing Doom/Quake that way? The poor kids would be typing for months:)
Microcomputing 20 years ago: (1985) GNU DOS 3.x Windows 1.0 OS2 ( research ) Mach ( research ) Macintosh System 2.1, Finder 5 BSD 4.2
Microcomputing now: (2005) Linux 2.6 kernel Windows XP OSX 10.4 BSD (x)
My super crazy speculation: (2025) Linux 3.0 kernel Windows LongHorn 2.5 OSX/2 6.5 BSD (x^3)
Obviously I'm teasing a bit there, but there really haven't been that many earth-shattering improvements in the last 20 years. Not when compared to the 20 years before *that*. I hope we see something akin to the next generation of the GUI, some great new FS types, and some seriously large media. Otherwise, it is totally hopeless to predict that far, since we are still in the stone age as far as computer tech goes. MAYBE bronze age, depending on what you consider the 60's to be.
Basically, despite using UNIX/VMS variants almost my entire life, I hope that *something* better comes along soon. I think these computers are entirely too simplistic, and the operating systems are still too primitive to even truly postulate where we will end up.
-WS
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Wow... that apfn site is pretty amazing. Some of the sites it links to? Good grief. I really feel for anyone who believes that the government is dropping "population control chemicals" from government spy airplanes over the US.
I think a computer is more like a bicycle. Warning, gross generalizations follow.
1) First, 80% of people couldn't care less if they rode a Schwinn or a Seven
2) Of the 20% who care, only about 5% care enough to research things for themselves. The other 5% just go with whatever someone cool/famous/smart/etc uses.
3) Of that tiny group, most are mountain bikers.
4) The remainder (let's call it 2%) ride road bikes.
5) A final 0.5% care enough about their road bikes that they not only have custom frames, but agonize over how much a paint job weighs, the virtues of carbon fiber cranks, and how much the water bottle weighs empty. These are the ones with the Zip carbon bar plugs and the half-taped bars... you know who you are.
That final group of people is pretty small, but they care intimately. They know as much about the design and composition of the ball bearings on their bottom brackets as most people on this site do about browsers. They actually do things like use specialized forms of lubrication for certain races. They have different sets of wheels for different rides, etc.
These people care about *everything* that makes up the experience for them. It's why I only use one brand of bar tape;)
Well, I work at a large company. Our system image has IE, but nearly everyone uses firefox. So many, in fact, that people say "site doesn't support firefox" when they have to send out an incompatible link for some reason.
Priniciples are important. I'm glad you stand up for yours.
Actually, all of those inventions are extremely important. Environmental arguments aside, those are critical.
You want impact? Try CPUs. The impact from the creation of a single P4 is probably quite a bit greater than all of the rest. Low yield batches with extremely hazardous chemicals just so we can post on/.?
I have to agree with the Yoda/Jedi points; I suspect the idea was that the Jedi had gotten fat, dumb, and lazy. The part that I found worst was that Darth Maul was just about the dumbest villian seen outside of a cereal commercial.
I liked the whole first part of Ep 1, and some of the stuff from Ep 2. I will see Ep 3 on video, just like Ep 2. However, I think that the rest were totally awesome. Even the new versions. The only "remastering" bits that really bugged were the stupid "bouncing Han" bit with Jabba, and the fact that a civilization capable of holograms and sentient robots had HUDs that came straight from BattleZone.
1) He built the stupid thing. Build your own PDA, cellphone, etc and your connectors will match too. I am weak in the force, so I charge all my devices from the same powersource... an iGo:)
If this pans out, it will be really cool. I wouldn't hold my breath, but I do personally use OO.o and StarOffice (staroffice on my Solaris 10 SPARC box, OO.o on my home and work machines).
I hope it catches on. I think I'll start by having CDs shipped to my family;)
It's sort of like the CleverNickName bit... anybody who pays attention knows who it is, but to the "normal" readers it is just another user. Perhaps the difference is that there isn't likely to be an interview with AsSeenOnTV.
I agree to this. I just purchased a really nice condo in a 4 story building that has extensive wilderness landscaping (as in all the areas that could not be easily built on instantly became "wildlife areas"). The population in this town is amazing, considering how small it is. From the air it looks like a small, tree filled town with insanely wide roads. The local public transit is quite good, and every large set of condos has a small mall near it (in easy walking distance) to discourage driving. It is probably the nicest place I've ever been.
I'd call it much more enjoyable than my previous place, which was exactly the "American Dream" (big cars, house in suburbs with lawn, job far away)
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:)
You have a "study", but you have to use a laundromat? I think your priorities are bit mixed up
Most 2 bedroom apartments (which I presume yours is, at the least) have a washer/dryer hookup, or can easily be adapted to one. Assuming you don't live in one of those cheapass "no laundry machines allowed" complexes, you could at minimum use the ones designed to attach to the sink fixtures.
-WS
I would argue that, as pointed out in your link, everyone has a responsibility to know what is right.
I would also argue that many people don't.
Furthermore, I would say that there is no comparison between drug use and causing active harm to other people. Acting on compassion to save lives, even when it is a crime, is an action worth taking. Being stoned has no parallel to being sold as property. People are not dying for a lack of pot. Therefore it has no comparison to the underground railroad.
Women's liberation/equal rights/etc is a closer parallel, but what you're really looking for is prohibition. I would say that those who broke prohibition were most certainly not doing society any favors. I understand that the reason the "noble experiment" was ended was due to outstanding popular demand (and the tons enforcement issues). If pot was all that vital to our way of life, the situation would be the same.
I suspect that a "million pothead march" would be an effective lobbying tool, however. I highly suggest you try to organize it. Things like that are excellent ways of getting media attention to correct wrongs and perceived wrongs.
-WS
Sorry, this is not the case.
I have personally been involved in multiple situations requiring police intervention. While not always on time, and not always helpful, most police officers do *try* to do the right thing. I know for a fact that when I reported a suspected 'assault in progress' ( I think that was what the dispatcher at 911 called it ) on a woman at my apt, there were two squad cars there in less than 5 minutes. They were actually there in time to help, and the people involved had a lot of explaining to do. Fortunately, it was just a domestic dispute (despite looking and sounding extremely bad).
-WS
Heh. I remember those magazines! I used to run the code from those all the time.
:)
:)
There was this one where you drive an old race car across the US in some kind of race (alaska to florida or some such). It had a bug I never did find
Can you imagine publishing Doom/Quake that way? The poor kids would be typing for months
-WS
I did that too! Wow, looks like a lot of us did stupid stuff like that.
:)
Mine said things like "I can't find that for you. Can't you see that I'm busy?" and stuff like that.
I think I called it "sleepy" or "grumpy" or something. I tossed it into the autoexec.bat, and annoyed family and friends for ages
-WS
Interesting thought.
Microcomputing 20 years ago: (1985)
GNU
DOS 3.x
Windows 1.0
OS2 ( research )
Mach ( research )
Macintosh System 2.1, Finder 5
BSD 4.2
Microcomputing now: (2005)
Linux 2.6 kernel
Windows XP
OSX 10.4
BSD (x)
My super crazy speculation: (2025)
Linux 3.0 kernel
Windows LongHorn 2.5
OSX/2 6.5
BSD (x^3)
Obviously I'm teasing a bit there, but there really haven't been that many earth-shattering improvements in the last 20 years. Not when compared to the 20 years before *that*. I hope we see something akin to the next generation of the GUI, some great new FS types, and some seriously large media. Otherwise, it is totally hopeless to predict that far, since we are still in the stone age as far as computer tech goes. MAYBE bronze age, depending on what you consider the 60's to be.
Basically, despite using UNIX/VMS variants almost my entire life, I hope that *something* better comes along soon. I think these computers are entirely too simplistic, and the operating systems are still too primitive to even truly postulate where we will end up.
-WS
Wow... that apfn site is pretty amazing. Some of the sites it links to? Good grief. I really feel for anyone who believes that the government is dropping "population control chemicals" from government spy airplanes over the US.
I thought *I* was crazy...
-WS
I have both, and I have to say that thinkpads are quite nice. They run Linux well, too.
-WS
Radium? I thought it was tritium. Amusingly enough, the only thing you really *can't* do with tritium is ingest it.
Of course, the painters sucked on their bruses to point them.
-WS
I think a computer is more like a bicycle. Warning, gross generalizations follow.
;)
1) First, 80% of people couldn't care less if they rode a Schwinn or a Seven
2) Of the 20% who care, only about 5% care enough to research things for themselves. The other 5% just go with whatever someone cool/famous/smart/etc uses.
3) Of that tiny group, most are mountain bikers.
4) The remainder (let's call it 2%) ride road bikes.
5) A final 0.5% care enough about their road bikes that they not only have custom frames, but agonize over how much a paint job weighs, the virtues of carbon fiber cranks, and how much the water bottle weighs empty. These are the ones with the Zip carbon bar plugs and the half-taped bars... you know who you are.
That final group of people is pretty small, but they care intimately. They know as much about the design and composition of the ball bearings on their bottom brackets as most people on this site do about browsers. They actually do things like use specialized forms of lubrication for certain races. They have different sets of wheels for different rides, etc.
These people care about *everything* that makes up the experience for them. It's why I only use one brand of bar tape
-WS
Well, I work at a large company. Our system image has IE, but nearly everyone uses firefox. So many, in fact, that people say "site doesn't support firefox" when they have to send out an incompatible link for some reason.
Priniciples are important. I'm glad you stand up for yours.
-WS
Actually, all of those inventions are extremely important. Environmental arguments aside, those are critical.
/.?
You want impact? Try CPUs. The impact from the creation of a single P4 is probably quite a bit greater than all of the rest. Low yield batches with extremely hazardous chemicals just so we can post on
-WS
Much like a standard car radiator?
I would hope that has been tried already. If not, well... there's always a first time.
-WS
Humor != Esprit, for example :)
-WS
Actually, his voice powers some of my favorite characters. He's no Harrison Ford, but he did pretty well for an ex-gymnist.
-WS
I have to agree with the Yoda/Jedi points; I suspect the idea was that the Jedi had gotten fat, dumb, and lazy. The part that I found worst was that Darth Maul was just about the dumbest villian seen outside of a cereal commercial.
I liked the whole first part of Ep 1, and some of the stuff from Ep 2. I will see Ep 3 on video, just like Ep 2. However, I think that the rest were totally awesome. Even the new versions. The only "remastering" bits that really bugged were the stupid "bouncing Han" bit with Jabba, and the fact that a civilization capable of holograms and sentient robots had HUDs that came straight from BattleZone.
-WS
Ok, I'm sorry but that is funny. Creating a spoof ID and posting as that poor guy, just to make fun of him is a lot of work. Not nice either.
Funny, though.
-WS
Two things:
:)
1) He built the stupid thing. Build your own PDA, cellphone, etc and your connectors will match too. I am weak in the force, so I charge all my devices from the same powersource... an iGo
2) The Force.
-WS
What, like spotlight?
-WS
If this pans out, it will be really cool. I wouldn't hold my breath, but I do personally use OO.o and StarOffice (staroffice on my Solaris 10 SPARC box, OO.o on my home and work machines).
;)
I hope it catches on. I think I'll start by having CDs shipped to my family
-WS
10%? WOW!!! That must be because all those vendors are shipping it pre-installed!! I bet Linux and Solaris 10 are at least 10% of the market now!!!
So, you got an official report of some kind to prove this "fact" of yours?
Sheesh.
-WS
Yup. Apple actually just made a damn good API. The rest is up to you.
:)
Developers, start your engines.
I know I'll be doing stuff with this in the very near future.
-WS
Apparently not *that* well known :)
/.?
It's sort of like the CleverNickName bit... anybody who pays attention knows who it is, but to the "normal" readers it is just another user.
Perhaps the difference is that there isn't likely to be an interview with AsSeenOnTV.
Unless Jobs ninja'd his way into
-WS
Yup. FECL... That's right, just consider the acronym now :)
-WS
I agree to this. I just purchased a really nice condo in a 4 story building that has extensive wilderness landscaping (as in all the areas that could not be easily built on instantly became "wildlife areas"). The population in this town is amazing, considering how small it is. From the air it looks like a small, tree filled town with insanely wide roads. The local public transit is quite good, and every large set of condos has a small mall near it (in easy walking distance) to discourage driving. It is probably the nicest place I've ever been.
I'd call it much more enjoyable than my previous place, which was exactly the "American Dream" (big cars, house in suburbs with lawn, job far away)
-WS