When I lived in CA - both Los Angeles and Santa Clara Valley, AAA paper maps was what I used. Was really straightforward, since CA typically has a grid like road system - one knows which roads run in parallel, and which ones perpendicular, and can mentally plot a drive from, say, Topanga/Victory to Winnetka/Ventura.
However, when I moved to the East coast 3 years ago, I decided to order an in-unit GPS system on the car I bought. Couldn't have made a better decision. It made Charlotte easy to explore, then when I went to Atlanta, didn't have issues there. In N VA, it's still pretty good, although some places have started to look dated, making me check my phone maps. The advantage of a dashboard GPS unit is that it doesn't eat up my mobile data, and it's more convenient to just glance at it occasionally while driving. One big advantage - if I'm driving at night on a dark road and there's suddenly a curve ahead, I know about it in advance and am prepared. Something that a paper map can in no way help. Besides, unlike in CA, roads wind around in bizarre ways, so that even one w/ a good sense of direction loses it very quickly. Like in Atlanta, the 285 Perimeter is a closed loop, so that it's easy to get confused w/o either map or GPS.
Recently, I had to turn in my car for maintenance and got a loaner car. The GPS system had one major improvement - support for both Apple Car & Android Auto. Really handy for dealing w/ maps getting outdated. Would probably need to explore a replacement GPS at some point.
I just can't do it. It's unfathomable. I don't blame the engineers, why wouldn't you do it if you could? But the corporate culture in America must be brought down. It's evil and must be stopped at all costs.
Obviously b'cos every job is indistinguishable from every other job
Here is another suggestion. Have an MP4 player that can play video music tracks, is small enough and also can be connected to any iPod playback system (like in a car). In the player, have an YouTube downloader, as well as a playlist organizer. That way, one can download all the songs one likes, organize it in a playlist, and either watch it while sitting somewhere, or listen to it in the car. It would leverage the iPod compatibility of a lot of players, while enabling people to enjoy what they download.
I had a couple of shuffles which were gifted to me, and worked really well. I passed them along.
Just bought the latest Nano before they ended it. I think they should have included the ability to download tunes directly from iTunes instead of forcing one to connect to a laptop. iTunes on Windows is really flaky.
One question - anybody knows how to transfer YouTube downloaded MP4s into a Nano? For audio files, I can put in an MP3, but for video tracks, what should one use that iTunes allows? Anybody w/ that experience?
Make that 'Fuck Islam'. The Yazidis, the Assyrians, the Chaldeans, the Maronites, the Copts, the Jews ain't the ones creating trouble for everyone else
Yeah, tell that to the Copts, who were shit scared during that time. Or Israel, which expected its 30 year long peace treaty w/ Egypt to come to an end. The Muslim Brotherhood is the parent organization of al Qaeda & Hamas, and Qatar is one of the few Muslim countries that recognizes it as mainstream.
The al Sisi regime ain't murderous, unless one happens to be a Libyan ISIS guerilla who beheads Copts, or launches attacks on Egyptian forces in the Libyan desert
Why would they need to study? A lot of practice w/ documents, spreadsheets (including pivot tables) and presentations (including embedded worksheets w/ animations) would get them there.
Oil can sometimes be used for electricity, and probably already is, in OPEC countries. Not sure that it's much the case in India. But it is used variably in trains, which run on both coal and diesel. Which is a bigger pollutant than cars.
I thought that the less oil or coal that's burned, the less carbon dioxide, and therefore, less heating. Although the excessive heating is more a result of a much higher population in Northern India
Interestingly enough, that 'golden age' only occurred at the beginning of Iran's conversion to Islam: some of the people usually lionized had unknown origins, and were clearly converts to Islam from something else - be it Zoroastrianism, Christianity or Judaism. Iran did have a great culture during the Sassanid dynasty, and that didn't collapse overnight. The Samanids, who aside from Islam, were proud of their Iranian heritage, continued to patronize that for a bit, but once their empire collapsed, it went south from there.
Aside from that, there is also the fact that a lot of the 'achievements' were imports from the east - be it China or India. They love boasting about the 'Arabic' numerals, ignoring the fact that those things, and the number zero, originated in India, and was at one time called either 'Hindu numerals' or at worst 'Hindu-Arabic numerals'. Other works were translations into Arabic or Farsi, which, while noteworthy, is not the same as being an original creator.
Also, if all these achievements were products of Islam, why wasn't that replicated anywhere else in the Islamic empire? There were a myriad number of Muslim sultanates and emirates throughout history, from Mali to Brunei. So why weren't there more Islamic scholars from these various kingdoms who contributed meaningfully to culture? Reason is that 'bida', or innovation, is considered verboten in Islam, which is why it's rarely done.
No, the other choices were Muslim Brotherhood - the only longstanding opposition in Syria not only during this president's reign, but also during that of his father, Hafez al Assad. As well as Jabaat al-Nusra, an al Qaeda affiliate, and other myriad Jihadist parties all over the country that united under the Islamic Front banner, and had allegance to the Saudis. The Kurds were a local force in the NorthEast, and in any case, running into problems w/ the Turks, who fear that an independent Kurdistan would just inspire their own Kurdish population in the East to either revolt or secede.
Also, this Assad was a moderate, and started off as a reformer. His father, Hafez al Assad, was a real terrorism backer throughout the region. He came to power in 1970, made Syria the successor state to Nasserite Egypt as far as being a Soviet ally went, and backed terrorist organizations throughout the region. For the longest time, Hamas and Islamic Jihad had major offices in Damascus, which they only closed when this civil war started. Hafez Assad also stood out in being one of 2 Arab regimes to support Iran in the 8 year long Ira war b/w Iran & Iraq, and did all he could to make Lebanon a de-facto part of Syria, including assassinating their president elect Bashir Gemayel. Only in 1991 did relations w/ the US improve, b'cos Syria supported the allied side against Iraq, due to Assad's personal enmity w/ Saddam Hussein.
When his son came to power in 2000, he was a novice, and decided to start a perestroika like process in Syria. Which went on well until the Arab Spring started. Once regimes in Tunisia, Egypt & Libya started falling, the Saudis decided to inspire a Sunni insurrection in Syria that would disrupt Iran's Shi'ite Crescent of Iran, Iraq, Syria & Lebanon, since that would fall under the guise of the 'Arab Spring'. Except that unlike Egypt or Tunisia which have homogeneous populations and where none of them stood to be massacred should regimes change (except the hapless Copts), in Syria, that had lethal implications for the Alawites, whom Sunnis and even some Shi'ites regard as heretics. The Baathist coalition of Alawites, Shi'ites, Christians & Druze feared that they'd be massacred if the Assad regime fell, which explains why the insurrection turned into a civil war.
Also, if one notices some of the activities of the 'rebels' during this war, there had been ethnic cleansing of Christians and Alawites from cities like Aleppo, Homs, and so on. In fact, after the first Iraqi 'democratic' Shi'ite regime came to power, the persecution of Iraqi Christians by the Shi'ites started, causing them to flee to Syria. In Syria, they joined their religious comrades, and again found themselves driven out into Lebanon. So the idea that it was just Assad who by releasing the terrorists, contaminated the 'freedom loving' pool is just hogwash. That made sense for Saddam to do in 2003, but not Assad: releasing Sunni terrorists would just increase the ranks of his enemies.
Anyway, fact remains that even w/o ISIS - which was essentially remnants of Zarqawi's al Qaeda spinoff - all the 'rebels' in Syria were Sunni Jihadists who during their campaigns massacred or drove out the ethnic peoples they opposed. If Assad were to get overthrown, it's they who would come to power, and make Syria an even greater bloodbath than it already is. Israel, which never was a friend of Syria's, made it a point to stay neutral but root for Assad: the last thing they want on the Golan border is a Hamas like Muslim Brotherhood regime like Morsi's. Egypt, which was w/ the rest of the Arab League & OIC in expelling Syria due to the war, recently decided to re-open channels w/ Syria, b'cos like Syria, they know the pitfalls of falling under the Muslim Brotherhood. Even though al Sisi is no friend to Iran or Hizbullah.
The Kurds are today powerful enough to hold their own. But they don't have territorial ambitions beyond where they live. So they'd happily take places like Kirkuk & Kobani, but they wouldn't be interested in Raqqa or Mosul. So it doesn't make sense to look at Kurds as the overall solution
Besides, this year, the Kurds in Iraq will hold a referandum on seceeding, and will likely be joined by their Syrian comrades. So Arabs ain't likely to look at them as partners in anything
c d e f....
Any number of rebel jihadist factions such as the infamous "white helmets".
Non ISIS Jihadists are still Jihadists. Even during good times, they'll attack not just Christians, Yazidis, Kurds & Druze, but also Muslims of sects other than their own. If they are one of the Saudi-backed Islamic Front groups or the Jabaat al-Nusra, they'll attack Alawites and other Shi'ites. If the McCains and other warmongers had their way, Syria would resemble either Morsi's Egypt, or Qatar. Even Egypt, which previously supported the insurrection in Syria, now supports Assad b'cos they're both threatened by the Muslim Brotherhood. Which countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Emirates, Bahrein, Israel, Syria, Iraq & Russia all outlaw, but Western countries can't bring themselves to accept that they are Jihadists.
But Xoom - now PayPal owned - only allows money to be sent one way - from the US - depending on country. I used it 3 years ago, and it seemed fine then.
How is Zelle for international transactions, which is what I'm assuming this new feature is about. I mean, within the US, I have no problems sending money to someone else, be it by check, or wiring the money. Internationally, however, it's not that smooth, and even PayPal initially takes some weeks before someone establishes a history and then PayPal allows them to immediately access their funds. Would this Skype Send Money feature allow international transactions, not only from the US, but to the US as well?
Yeah, but that would be illegals who are pro-Democrat. GP was talking about legal i.e. law abiding immigrants who are either H1Bs or Green Card holders, but not citizens. And since they are pro-Trump, why would the Dems try to get them to vote? Particularly since only 3 were 'Hispanics', and most of them were Chinese - a group that tends GOP, even in CA
In that case, our trade deficit w/ every country should be a good thing. More foreign products we consume => fewer products for Chinese & others to consume, so higher prices there, lower prices here. So why is everybody - Republican AND Democrat - in favor of us exporting more?
Democrats & neocons act like Fake News is something that requires a state actor. Despite the fact that anybody on a laptop can put together something on a website, broadcast it on FaceBook & Twitter, get enough retweets and soon, the thing has a life of its own.
During the Cold War, US diplomats could tell their Soviet counterparts, when confronting them w/ photographic or video evidence, that pictures don't lie. That changed since computers became popular, along w/ Photoshop and video editing tools. Today's reality is that a 200lb 14 year old in mom's basement can do this stuff.
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When I lived in CA - both Los Angeles and Santa Clara Valley, AAA paper maps was what I used. Was really straightforward, since CA typically has a grid like road system - one knows which roads run in parallel, and which ones perpendicular, and can mentally plot a drive from, say, Topanga/Victory to Winnetka/Ventura.
However, when I moved to the East coast 3 years ago, I decided to order an in-unit GPS system on the car I bought. Couldn't have made a better decision. It made Charlotte easy to explore, then when I went to Atlanta, didn't have issues there. In N VA, it's still pretty good, although some places have started to look dated, making me check my phone maps. The advantage of a dashboard GPS unit is that it doesn't eat up my mobile data, and it's more convenient to just glance at it occasionally while driving. One big advantage - if I'm driving at night on a dark road and there's suddenly a curve ahead, I know about it in advance and am prepared. Something that a paper map can in no way help. Besides, unlike in CA, roads wind around in bizarre ways, so that even one w/ a good sense of direction loses it very quickly. Like in Atlanta, the 285 Perimeter is a closed loop, so that it's easy to get confused w/o either map or GPS.
Recently, I had to turn in my car for maintenance and got a loaner car. The GPS system had one major improvement - support for both Apple Car & Android Auto. Really handy for dealing w/ maps getting outdated. Would probably need to explore a replacement GPS at some point.
That was gonna be my question as well.
I just can't do it. It's unfathomable. I don't blame the engineers, why wouldn't you do it if you could? But the corporate culture in America must be brought down. It's evil and must be stopped at all costs.
Obviously b'cos every job is indistinguishable from every other job
Here is another suggestion. Have an MP4 player that can play video music tracks, is small enough and also can be connected to any iPod playback system (like in a car). In the player, have an YouTube downloader, as well as a playlist organizer. That way, one can download all the songs one likes, organize it in a playlist, and either watch it while sitting somewhere, or listen to it in the car. It would leverage the iPod compatibility of a lot of players, while enabling people to enjoy what they download.
I had a couple of shuffles which were gifted to me, and worked really well. I passed them along.
Just bought the latest Nano before they ended it. I think they should have included the ability to download tunes directly from iTunes instead of forcing one to connect to a laptop. iTunes on Windows is really flaky.
One question - anybody knows how to transfer YouTube downloaded MP4s into a Nano? For audio files, I can put in an MP3, but for video tracks, what should one use that iTunes allows? Anybody w/ that experience?
Make that 'Fuck Islam'. The Yazidis, the Assyrians, the Chaldeans, the Maronites, the Copts, the Jews ain't the ones creating trouble for everyone else
Yeah, tell that to the Copts, who were shit scared during that time. Or Israel, which expected its 30 year long peace treaty w/ Egypt to come to an end. The Muslim Brotherhood is the parent organization of al Qaeda & Hamas, and Qatar is one of the few Muslim countries that recognizes it as mainstream.
The al Sisi regime ain't murderous, unless one happens to be a Libyan ISIS guerilla who beheads Copts, or launches attacks on Egyptian forces in the Libyan desert
Or Calligra suite championship, which could use it
Why would they need to study? A lot of practice w/ documents, spreadsheets (including pivot tables) and presentations (including embedded worksheets w/ animations) would get them there.
Did this championship get opened by cutting a ribbon? That would have been ironically funny
Thankfully, I don't have Alphabet stock, nor do I ever buy anything from Google
You guys need to stop pretending that Russia == Soviet Union, just b'cos both capitals is/was Moscow
Oil can sometimes be used for electricity, and probably already is, in OPEC countries. Not sure that it's much the case in India. But it is used variably in trains, which run on both coal and diesel. Which is a bigger pollutant than cars.
I thought that the less oil or coal that's burned, the less carbon dioxide, and therefore, less heating. Although the excessive heating is more a result of a much higher population in Northern India
Interestingly enough, that 'golden age' only occurred at the beginning of Iran's conversion to Islam: some of the people usually lionized had unknown origins, and were clearly converts to Islam from something else - be it Zoroastrianism, Christianity or Judaism. Iran did have a great culture during the Sassanid dynasty, and that didn't collapse overnight. The Samanids, who aside from Islam, were proud of their Iranian heritage, continued to patronize that for a bit, but once their empire collapsed, it went south from there.
Aside from that, there is also the fact that a lot of the 'achievements' were imports from the east - be it China or India. They love boasting about the 'Arabic' numerals, ignoring the fact that those things, and the number zero, originated in India, and was at one time called either 'Hindu numerals' or at worst 'Hindu-Arabic numerals'. Other works were translations into Arabic or Farsi, which, while noteworthy, is not the same as being an original creator.
Also, if all these achievements were products of Islam, why wasn't that replicated anywhere else in the Islamic empire? There were a myriad number of Muslim sultanates and emirates throughout history, from Mali to Brunei. So why weren't there more Islamic scholars from these various kingdoms who contributed meaningfully to culture? Reason is that 'bida', or innovation, is considered verboten in Islam, which is why it's rarely done.
Has slashdot browsing been built into emacs as yet?
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No, the other choices were Muslim Brotherhood - the only longstanding opposition in Syria not only during this president's reign, but also during that of his father, Hafez al Assad. As well as Jabaat al-Nusra, an al Qaeda affiliate, and other myriad Jihadist parties all over the country that united under the Islamic Front banner, and had allegance to the Saudis. The Kurds were a local force in the NorthEast, and in any case, running into problems w/ the Turks, who fear that an independent Kurdistan would just inspire their own Kurdish population in the East to either revolt or secede.
Also, this Assad was a moderate, and started off as a reformer. His father, Hafez al Assad, was a real terrorism backer throughout the region. He came to power in 1970, made Syria the successor state to Nasserite Egypt as far as being a Soviet ally went, and backed terrorist organizations throughout the region. For the longest time, Hamas and Islamic Jihad had major offices in Damascus, which they only closed when this civil war started. Hafez Assad also stood out in being one of 2 Arab regimes to support Iran in the 8 year long Ira war b/w Iran & Iraq, and did all he could to make Lebanon a de-facto part of Syria, including assassinating their president elect Bashir Gemayel. Only in 1991 did relations w/ the US improve, b'cos Syria supported the allied side against Iraq, due to Assad's personal enmity w/ Saddam Hussein.
When his son came to power in 2000, he was a novice, and decided to start a perestroika like process in Syria. Which went on well until the Arab Spring started. Once regimes in Tunisia, Egypt & Libya started falling, the Saudis decided to inspire a Sunni insurrection in Syria that would disrupt Iran's Shi'ite Crescent of Iran, Iraq, Syria & Lebanon, since that would fall under the guise of the 'Arab Spring'. Except that unlike Egypt or Tunisia which have homogeneous populations and where none of them stood to be massacred should regimes change (except the hapless Copts), in Syria, that had lethal implications for the Alawites, whom Sunnis and even some Shi'ites regard as heretics. The Baathist coalition of Alawites, Shi'ites, Christians & Druze feared that they'd be massacred if the Assad regime fell, which explains why the insurrection turned into a civil war.
Also, if one notices some of the activities of the 'rebels' during this war, there had been ethnic cleansing of Christians and Alawites from cities like Aleppo, Homs, and so on. In fact, after the first Iraqi 'democratic' Shi'ite regime came to power, the persecution of Iraqi Christians by the Shi'ites started, causing them to flee to Syria. In Syria, they joined their religious comrades, and again found themselves driven out into Lebanon. So the idea that it was just Assad who by releasing the terrorists, contaminated the 'freedom loving' pool is just hogwash. That made sense for Saddam to do in 2003, but not Assad: releasing Sunni terrorists would just increase the ranks of his enemies.
Anyway, fact remains that even w/o ISIS - which was essentially remnants of Zarqawi's al Qaeda spinoff - all the 'rebels' in Syria were Sunni Jihadists who during their campaigns massacred or drove out the ethnic peoples they opposed. If Assad were to get overthrown, it's they who would come to power, and make Syria an even greater bloodbath than it already is. Israel, which never was a friend of Syria's, made it a point to stay neutral but root for Assad: the last thing they want on the Golan border is a Hamas like Muslim Brotherhood regime like Morsi's. Egypt, which was w/ the rest of the Arab League & OIC in expelling Syria due to the war, recently decided to re-open channels w/ Syria, b'cos like Syria, they know the pitfalls of falling under the Muslim Brotherhood. Even though al Sisi is no friend to Iran or Hizbullah.
The Kurds are today powerful enough to hold their own. But they don't have territorial ambitions beyond where they live. So they'd happily take places like Kirkuk & Kobani, but they wouldn't be interested in Raqqa or Mosul. So it doesn't make sense to look at Kurds as the overall solution
Besides, this year, the Kurds in Iraq will hold a referandum on seceeding, and will likely be joined by their Syrian comrades. So Arabs ain't likely to look at them as partners in anything
c d e f ....
Any number of rebel jihadist factions such as the infamous "white helmets".
Non ISIS Jihadists are still Jihadists. Even during good times, they'll attack not just Christians, Yazidis, Kurds & Druze, but also Muslims of sects other than their own. If they are one of the Saudi-backed Islamic Front groups or the Jabaat al-Nusra, they'll attack Alawites and other Shi'ites. If the McCains and other warmongers had their way, Syria would resemble either Morsi's Egypt, or Qatar. Even Egypt, which previously supported the insurrection in Syria, now supports Assad b'cos they're both threatened by the Muslim Brotherhood. Which countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Emirates, Bahrein, Israel, Syria, Iraq & Russia all outlaw, but Western countries can't bring themselves to accept that they are Jihadists.
But Xoom - now PayPal owned - only allows money to be sent one way - from the US - depending on country. I used it 3 years ago, and it seemed fine then.
How is Zelle for international transactions, which is what I'm assuming this new feature is about. I mean, within the US, I have no problems sending money to someone else, be it by check, or wiring the money. Internationally, however, it's not that smooth, and even PayPal initially takes some weeks before someone establishes a history and then PayPal allows them to immediately access their funds. Would this Skype Send Money feature allow international transactions, not only from the US, but to the US as well?
Yeah, but that would be illegals who are pro-Democrat. GP was talking about legal i.e. law abiding immigrants who are either H1Bs or Green Card holders, but not citizens. And since they are pro-Trump, why would the Dems try to get them to vote? Particularly since only 3 were 'Hispanics', and most of them were Chinese - a group that tends GOP, even in CA
In that case, our trade deficit w/ every country should be a good thing. More foreign products we consume => fewer products for Chinese & others to consume, so higher prices there, lower prices here. So why is everybody - Republican AND Democrat - in favor of us exporting more?
Democrats & neocons act like Fake News is something that requires a state actor. Despite the fact that anybody on a laptop can put together something on a website, broadcast it on FaceBook & Twitter, get enough retweets and soon, the thing has a life of its own.
During the Cold War, US diplomats could tell their Soviet counterparts, when confronting them w/ photographic or video evidence, that pictures don't lie. That changed since computers became popular, along w/ Photoshop and video editing tools. Today's reality is that a 200lb 14 year old in mom's basement can do this stuff.
They were talking about text editors, not text based operating environments