There was a commentary on him last night on CBC (the Canadian network that provides the Olympic coverage), and I found him well spoken. In answer to the question, "What do you do?", he answered gave some answer that sounded like "helping businesses market themselves". Now I know what that really means. I still had to respect the guy for being able to balance his business life AND his olympic dreams, all before most of us have even finished our schooling.
I can't help but cringe at this attitude. Our world is getting smaller and smaller each day. With connectivity to the farthest reaches of our planet at our fingertips, just about everybody is our neighbour. We chat to our friends in other timezones more often than we talk to the guy who lives next door. With this in mind, what makes your geograpically proximate citizens in the USA or EU any more deserving of the technology than those who weren't priviledged to have been born to the right country?
Not as much experience as the parent, but I'm ASIAN and I have 20/20. I have genetics on my side, as neither my mom nor my grandma are shortsighted. I also engage in a decent amount of sports that exercise my eyes.
I've gotten by with installpkg/removepkg for the last 9 years on slackware. I think I should check out some of those other tools...there must be an easier way then:
less MANIFEST.BZ/libtiff #to find what directory the package name will sit in q ncftp <slackware mirror> #I like how ncftp preserves date stamps cd <path to package> get <package> quit d/var/adm/packages/<package> #to see if I have a prior version installed
# that I should remove first installpkg <package> mv <packages> <packagebackupdirectory>
I install only what I need, and am happy with that. I still have remnants on my system that are 9 years old, simply because there has been no reason to update it. Occassionally, the philosphy of "upgrade when I need to" backfires, when an app doesn't work for some reason, and them I'm forced to figure out what dependencies are missing through either a "ld" command or a google search.
The reason a verb is necessary is that the word "Spoof" could be interpreted as the verb, making the headline sound like Star Trek is doing the spoofing.
I think I saw something in Consumer Reports about this many years ago (yes, the brand name brands are better, but generally are not worth the difference in price), but comparing brands really isn't what MythBusters is about. Also, it depends on your application--my tv remotes will pull power out of batteries that are useless anywhere else.
The first time I saw a tuna next to a human being, I thought the photo was fake. Apparently, the giant tuna of yesteryear are long gone. Fisherman have depleted the gene pool of the record sized tuna of 40 years ago, and we're left with what would've been the runts back then.
That's right...it's not exactly a new discovery.
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When I was a kid reading up on sharks 15 years ago, I remember reading this as fact. Nice of slashdot to finally catch up.
Print out all your email before you leave. Bring a typewriter along and type out your replies while you're away, then OCR it back into your computer when you're at home. I'd like to see a hacker break that!
Agreed...but jumping spiders are probably a bit too agile and quick to be kept in a container even such as an aquarium. Perhaps if you were keeping them only for a few days for observation, then maybe, but for longer than that, I'd suggest any of the funnel weaving species (or the wolf spiders you mention) that you'd find in your basement first. They're already aclimatized to your indoor temperature, and they're used to living long periods without food.
Orb weavers (the spiral web weavers) are best kept outdoors, but they tend to have fairly permanent homes that you can feed and observe every day in the same spot.
TFA says that growth is slowing, not that its market share is shrinking (which is how I think you read the headline).
Anyway, a slowing growth is understandable. I think it's probably because everybody who will ever downloaded firefox already has. Most people who use the internet don't know how to install their own programs--I just had to teach my aunt the other day what to do with a.zip file, and she claims to love technology and is a teacher as well. These people will never use firefox unless it's already there on their computer when they power up.
Also, if you scroll to the right in the image I linked, real shadows of buildings will point almost 45 degrees NE, whereas this airplane artifact is due east (in the direction the plane is travelling).
and I still have 20/20 vision. An eye doctor friend says that how you use your eyes is a big component of how they'll turn out--spending lots of time outdoors and focusing on farther objects has probably helped sustain my vision.
Comdex Vancouver was the only time I ever gave out my work address. Two years later, I get my first spam message. Now I get about 3 spam a day to that address (address has since changed, so I know it's the same spamlist).
I had no idea how to read the subject line until I jumped into the comments. Might have been easier if they had put "Doctor Who" in quotes.
Different ways to have read the subject: Culprit of the Leaky Doctor (he soiled himself) was found (while watching) an Episode (of Desperate Housewives) Culprit of leak? A clumsy Doctor! Who found the episode?
Killer app is right. Here are mine: - Windows Media Player. It comes with Pocket PC, and it will play all the shows I record with my TVTuner card (after a scheduled conversion to wma format). It's been ages since I've actually sat down to watch TV live, and even now I don't have the time to do so even in my free time. So I watch it on the bus. Also an MP3 player when I don't have shows occupying my memory card. - PocketStreets. I don't need to fumble around with a paper map to get around the city - pocketIE. I don't have WiFi on my PDA, but viewing offline content (news, weather, movie listings) is awesome. - BibleReader. Searching for content is instant. - PocketNester (NES emulator). For that extra bit of interaction and nostalgia.
The PDA pretty much has the largest screen in a device that I'd be able to carry around, and being able to access information and entertainment at my fingertips keeps me from getting bored.
Yes, I used to do quite a bit of travelling for work, and my.yahoo.com was one-stop shopping for weather, news, notes, photos, email, calendar. MSN is too glittered with ads and fluffy articles on how to dress sexy. I suppose that some of those features aren't really replacement for desktop apps, but they're nice to have when you're not at home.
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Unsubscribe. It worked for me. In my case, I was legitimately on their mailing list.
There was a commentary on him last night on CBC (the Canadian network that provides the Olympic coverage), and I found him well spoken. In answer to the question, "What do you do?", he answered gave some answer that sounded like "helping businesses market themselves". Now I know what that really means. I still had to respect the guy for being able to balance his business life AND his olympic dreams, all before most of us have even finished our schooling.
I can't help but cringe at this attitude. Our world is getting smaller and smaller each day. With connectivity to the farthest reaches of our planet at our fingertips, just about everybody is our neighbour. We chat to our friends in other timezones more often than we talk to the guy who lives next door. With this in mind, what makes your geograpically proximate citizens in the USA or EU any more deserving of the technology than those who weren't priviledged to have been born to the right country?
Not as much experience as the parent, but I'm ASIAN and I have 20/20. I have genetics on my side, as neither my mom nor my grandma are shortsighted. I also engage in a decent amount of sports that exercise my eyes.
I've gotten by with installpkg/removepkg for the last 9 years on slackware. I think I should check out some of those other tools...there must be an easier way then:
/libtiff #to find what directory the package name will sit in /var/adm/packages/<package> #to see if I have a prior version installed
less MANIFEST.BZ
q
ncftp <slackware mirror> #I like how ncftp preserves date stamps
cd <path to package>
get <package>
quit
d
# that I should remove first
installpkg <package>
mv <packages> <packagebackupdirectory>
I install only what I need, and am happy with that. I still have remnants on my system that are 9 years old, simply because there has been no reason to update it. Occassionally, the philosphy of "upgrade when I need to" backfires, when an app doesn't work for some reason, and them I'm forced to figure out what dependencies are missing through either a "ld" command or a google search.
The reason a verb is necessary is that the word "Spoof" could be interpreted as the verb, making the headline sound like Star Trek is doing the spoofing.
I think I saw something in Consumer Reports about this many years ago (yes, the brand name brands are better, but generally are not worth the difference in price), but comparing brands really isn't what MythBusters is about. Also, it depends on your application--my tv remotes will pull power out of batteries that are useless anywhere else.
The first time I saw a tuna next to a human being, I thought the photo was fake. Apparently, the giant tuna of yesteryear are long gone. Fisherman have depleted the gene pool of the record sized tuna of 40 years ago, and we're left with what would've been the runts back then.
When I was a kid reading up on sharks 15 years ago, I remember reading this as fact. Nice of slashdot to finally catch up.
ClickOnce is just a wrapper around a .NET 2.0 MSI, which will run on any platform back to Win98. The target machine does not require .NET 2.0.
Print out all your email before you leave. Bring a typewriter along and type out your replies while you're away, then OCR it back into your computer when you're at home. I'd like to see a hacker break that!
Agreed...but jumping spiders are probably a bit too agile and quick to be kept in a container even such as an aquarium. Perhaps if you were keeping them only for a few days for observation, then maybe, but for longer than that, I'd suggest any of the funnel weaving species (or the wolf spiders you mention) that you'd find in your basement first. They're already aclimatized to your indoor temperature, and they're used to living long periods without food.
Orb weavers (the spiral web weavers) are best kept outdoors, but they tend to have fairly permanent homes that you can feed and observe every day in the same spot.
TFA says that growth is slowing, not that its market share is shrinking (which is how I think you read the headline).
.zip file, and she claims to love technology and is a teacher as well. These people will never use firefox unless it's already there on their computer when they power up.
Anyway, a slowing growth is understandable. I think it's probably because everybody who will ever downloaded firefox already has. Most people who use the internet don't know how to install their own programs--I just had to teach my aunt the other day what to do with a
> Christians are one of the least-discriminated-against groups in this country
You wouldn't be able to tell that from all the anti-Christian posts that have been modded up.
Also, if you scroll to the right in the image I linked, real shadows of buildings will point almost 45 degrees NE, whereas this airplane artifact is due east (in the direction the plane is travelling).
Nope, not a shadow... I see it too.
1 92218,-123.255937&spn=0.005600,0.007510&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=vancouver,bc&ll=49.
and I still have 20/20 vision. An eye doctor friend says that how you use your eyes is a big component of how they'll turn out--spending lots of time outdoors and focusing on farther objects has probably helped sustain my vision.
Comdex Vancouver was the only time I ever gave out my work address. Two years later, I get my first spam message. Now I get about 3 spam a day to that address (address has since changed, so I know it's the same spamlist).
Culprit of Leaked Doctor Who Episode Found
I had no idea how to read the subject line until I jumped into the comments. Might have been easier if they had put "Doctor Who" in quotes.
Different ways to have read the subject:
Culprit of the Leaky Doctor (he soiled himself) was found (while watching) an Episode (of Desperate Housewives)
Culprit of leak? A clumsy Doctor! Who found the episode?
Yeah, if I had known I could post stories on this, I would've done so last week when I sold at $2.75 :(
Killer app is right. Here are mine:
- Windows Media Player. It comes with Pocket PC, and it will play all the shows I record with my TVTuner card (after a scheduled conversion to wma format). It's been ages since I've actually sat down to watch TV live, and even now I don't have the time to do so even in my free time. So I watch it on the bus. Also an MP3 player when I don't have shows occupying my memory card.
- PocketStreets. I don't need to fumble around with a paper map to get around the city
- pocketIE. I don't have WiFi on my PDA, but viewing offline content (news, weather, movie listings) is awesome.
- BibleReader. Searching for content is instant.
- PocketNester (NES emulator). For that extra bit of interaction and nostalgia.
The PDA pretty much has the largest screen in a device that I'd be able to carry around, and being able to access information and entertainment at my fingertips keeps me from getting bored.
When my woman exclaims, "You're a machine!", she'll actually be right.
remember typing on monochrome monitors
watch enough anime to appreciate certain exaggerated features
enjoy correcting and ridiculing spelling errors
can identify with characters who are bullied in a playful way, and remind us of our youth
used to own or play those pixelated console atari games
owned a single-tone keyboard with that cutesy demo song
can appreciate some clean humour
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Actually, the next winter games are in Turin, Italy.
Sorry, just looking for a stupid excuse to post on a saturday.
Yes, I used to do quite a bit of travelling for work, and my.yahoo.com was one-stop shopping for weather, news, notes, photos, email, calendar. MSN is too glittered with ads and fluffy articles on how to dress sexy. I suppose that some of those features aren't really replacement for desktop apps, but they're nice to have when you're not at home.