As you've missed about 100 times now...you're right that audibly, the first 320kbps mp3 probably has no difference from the.wav/compressed format of choice. However, convert that back to.wav, that.wav back to.mp3, rinse, repeat, and there eventually is going to be some audible difference, and more and more the further down the line you go. It's similar to when people traded tapes...an ANA1 (1st generation off the master) sounded a lot better than an ANA5 (5th generation).
Why don't you try reading the replies to your posts? It might help the discussion, and displace you off your soapbox. Oh wait...
Um, excuse me, but putting cameras on stoplights has EVERYTHING to do with public safety. You had me with the "most traffic laws" because I was thinking to myself that most traffic laws and tickets issued are in regards to speed driven.
Also, your assertion that they don't have the right to put a camera on traffic lights is wrong...the roads and traffic lights are owned by the government, correct? They can't put a device on your car that determines whether you stopped at a traffic signal or not (yet), but it is perfectly reasonable to put a camera on a traffic light.
Also, I tried to find more info on Operation Eagle, but could not find anything in regards to drunk driving. Can you provide a reputable link with more information on this so-called infringing activity? If there is any kind of probable cause (i.e. swerving, etc.) for them pulling you over, then I fail to see the problem with it?
Announcer: Ladies and Gentlemen, 73-year-old candidate, Bob Dole.
Kang: Abortions for all.
[crowd boos]
Very well, no abortions for anyone.
[crowd boos]
Hmm... Abortions for some, miniature American flags for
others.
[crowd cheers and waves miniature flags]
and...
Homer: America, take a good look at your beloved candidates. They're
nothing but hideous space reptiles. [unmasks them]
[audience gasps in terror] Kodos: It's true, we are aliens. But what are you going to do about
it? It's a two-party system; you have to vote for one of us.
[murmurs]
Man1: He's right, this is a two-party system.
Man2: Well, I believe I'll vote for a third-party candidate.
Kang: Go ahead, throw your vote away.
Well, different strokes for different strokes, but IMNSHO...:)
Those chapters are the most anticlimactic part of the book. It redeemed itself at the end with Frodo sailing away, but I did not appreciate reading Frodo and Sam prance around, acting like cocky, world-conquering bastards. The book ended for me at Aragorn's crowning and wedding, the rest should have been part of the appendix, or something.
I know no one will probably agree with me, but hey, that's the fun of message boards.
Have you checked with Ximian Evolution 1.4? Just released today.
I know it's got a bunch of MS Exchange compatibility features, but I don't know if it does exactly/all of what you're looking for. All I know is I downloaded and installed it and it's got the slick Gnome 2 interface, FINALLY. 1.2 and previous were ugly as hell.
Don't laugh, that's how the BBS I frequented (and I'm sure others were just like it) worked. There was a leaderboard to see who uploaded/downloaded the most!
All on a 14.4 - 28.8 modem (which one depended on how much money you had).
I notice you avoided replying to my reply of your original post;)
1 and 2 - because it's many stores' policy, and a good one at that. The burden is on the store and the cardholder to prove that the transaction was true or false, not the card issuer.
Also, at dictionary.com (source: American Heritage Dictionary), I found the following definitions for "signed":
1. Having a signature affixed: a signed document.
2. Of, relating to, or expressed in a sign language: a signed translation.
And for signature:
1. One's name as written by oneself.
2. The act of signing one's name.
3. A distinctive mark, characteristic, or sound indicating identity: A surprise ending is the signature of an O. Henry short story.
4. Abbr. Sig. or S. Medicine. The part of a physician's prescription containing directions to the patient.
5. Music.
1. A sign used to indicate key.
2. A sign used to indicate tempo.
6. Printing.
1. A letter, number, or symbol placed at the bottom of the first page on each sheet of printed pages of a book as a guide to the proper sequence of the sheets in binding.
2. A large sheet printed with four or a multiple of four pages that when folded becomes a section of the book.
So it appears that the one in KDE is at least unclear if not incorrect, "signed" means write your name, as it appears on the card, in cursive, with a pen.
3 - anyone who expects to keep their cashiering job more than 2 days will learn to keep their negative comments about customer behaviors to themselves. And I stopped being a Nazi about requiring a signature when a customer protested and my spineless manager relented, even though we have signs in the store and at the register stating that we required a signature.
And you are exactly right that you have the right to take your business elsewhere. But for your own protection, you really should realize that signing your credit card is a lot more secure than requiring your ID (if your card was stolen, and if the cashier requests to see the card at all).
I'm sorry, but the "check ID" thing in the signature is so stupid (I used to work retail so I had many incidents and much idle time for this thought to occur). All someone has to do, if they steal your credit card, is to make a fake ID with their picture and your name on it. Fake ID's are much easier to obtain than signatures are to copy, and cleaning the signatures off and replacing them doesn't really work very well anymore...and if it did, they could just wipe off "check ID" and write your name in their handwriting anyway.
Again, I'm talking Windows. If you have any problems installing and using Bit Torrent on Windows, maybe you need to format/reinstall because it couldn't possibly be simpler...
Good point, but the comment you replied to still stands...Japan and Germany at the very least have a far more technologically advanced infrastructure. Let me give you my (brief) first hand account of Germany.
Everyone uses ISDN, not POTS. SMS took hold at least 3 years ago and (I was in Germany for 3 weeks in June of 2000) and cellular works far better in general. For those two reasons alone, they are superior to us.
That being said, their infrastructure was basically started from scratch in 1990 (unification), whereas ours is much older in a lot of ways. However, it does go to show you that wiping the slate and starting from scratch time to time can be beneficial...
Have you checked out either of the Star Office 6.1 betas (or the Open Office equivalents, for that matter)? Speed is drastically improved for me, I'm talking 1/4 - 1/2 the load time, it's great. With PDF and Flash write capabilities, it's going to save a lot of companies a lot of money who are willing to make the switch too. I am highly impressed with it.
AbiWord + Gnumeric for word processor and spreadsheet documents, can't think of any others off the top of my head that incorporate filters for MS format documents. I know KOffice is starting to incorporate some limited import abilities.
Maybe the problem is with your box speed, or Debian itself?
I'm using Mandrake 9.1 with KDE 3.1.1a and it's at least as fast as Windows 2000 Professional (which I also have on this system dual booted). Running an Athlon XP 1700+ w/256MB PC2100 RAM, nothing spectacular for this day and age.
It's also at least as graphically unified if not more than my Win2k partition, because I'm using Open Office/Mozilla/Winamp/Trillian over there, and Open Office/Mozilla/XMMS/GAIM over here, the rest are basically the KDE/Mandrake apps. My gripe with Linux, the fonts, has been solved with Anti-Aliased fonts and now Mandrake has made getting the Windows fonts easy, giving a three-click install process to obtain them in the control panel.
The configurability is way better whether speaking graphic tools or console, and of course everybody knows that the Windows console (AKA DOS) cannot compare to Linux. I've been using Linux for a year and a half now so I think I'm out of the "gee wiz" phase too (have used Mandrake 8.1 - 9.1, Red Hat 7.3 - 8, Gentoo 1.2).
Mandrake automagically installed my printer and graphic card drivers in the install, a first with any distribution for me. It also installed the rest of my hardware problem-free, leaving only my scanner which was a three-click process with Scanner Drake through SANE.
The install process for Linux has been as good or better for a year. Office tools have been as good or better for 6 months. But with the newest crop of releases, I feel (and many agree) that Linux is really ready for the desktop now.
Could you decisively state that LOTR is one of the best fantasy books of all time in the first 50 pages? No, of course not.
Some books allow you to jump right in. Other take time and build the story. Both have their merits, and neither method is better than the other. The same goes for music...it might take a musician an entire album to say what a different musician can say in a one-minute-thirty-second song.
All forms of art are the same way, why should television story telling be any different?
And for the record, I love both the Simpsons and Buffy, but it took some time for me to be able to accept the latter. I don't expect anyone to arbitrarily give it a chance, I had to have my wife force me to watch it at her sister's house a bunch of times:)
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As you've missed about 100 times now...you're right that audibly, the first 320kbps mp3 probably has no difference from the .wav/compressed format of choice. However, convert that back to .wav, that .wav back to .mp3, rinse, repeat, and there eventually is going to be some audible difference, and more and more the further down the line you go. It's similar to when people traded tapes...an ANA1 (1st generation off the master) sounded a lot better than an ANA5 (5th generation).
Why don't you try reading the replies to your posts? It might help the discussion, and displace you off your soapbox. Oh wait...
Chris
Um, excuse me, but putting cameras on stoplights has EVERYTHING to do with public safety. You had me with the "most traffic laws" because I was thinking to myself that most traffic laws and tickets issued are in regards to speed driven.
Also, your assertion that they don't have the right to put a camera on traffic lights is wrong...the roads and traffic lights are owned by the government, correct? They can't put a device on your car that determines whether you stopped at a traffic signal or not (yet), but it is perfectly reasonable to put a camera on a traffic light.
Also, I tried to find more info on Operation Eagle, but could not find anything in regards to drunk driving. Can you provide a reputable link with more information on this so-called infringing activity? If there is any kind of probable cause (i.e. swerving, etc.) for them pulling you over, then I fail to see the problem with it?
Chris
Announcer: Ladies and Gentlemen, 73-year-old candidate, Bob Dole.
Kang: Abortions for all.
[crowd boos]
Very well, no abortions for anyone.
[crowd boos]
Hmm... Abortions for some, miniature American flags for
others.
[crowd cheers and waves miniature flags]
and...
Homer: America, take a good look at your beloved candidates. They're
nothing but hideous space reptiles. [unmasks them]
[audience gasps in terror]
Kodos: It's true, we are aliens. But what are you going to do about
it? It's a two-party system; you have to vote for one of us.
[murmurs]
Man1: He's right, this is a two-party system.
Man2: Well, I believe I'll vote for a third-party candidate.
Kang: Go ahead, throw your vote away.
Chris
What about Lindows?
Chris
My impression was that scene would be near the beginning of ROTK, since no part of it is in TTT. Maybe you're right, though.
Chris
Well, different strokes for different strokes, but IMNSHO... :)
Those chapters are the most anticlimactic part of the book. It redeemed itself at the end with Frodo sailing away, but I did not appreciate reading Frodo and Sam prance around, acting like cocky, world-conquering bastards. The book ended for me at Aragorn's crowning and wedding, the rest should have been part of the appendix, or something.
I know no one will probably agree with me, but hey, that's the fun of message boards.
Chris
Have you checked with Ximian Evolution 1.4? Just released today.
I know it's got a bunch of MS Exchange compatibility features, but I don't know if it does exactly/all of what you're looking for. All I know is I downloaded and installed it and it's got the slick Gnome 2 interface, FINALLY. 1.2 and previous were ugly as hell.
Chris
I fail to see why this is a troll....
Mods, hello?
Chris
Don't laugh, that's how the BBS I frequented (and I'm sure others were just like it) worked. There was a leaderboard to see who uploaded/downloaded the most!
All on a 14.4 - 28.8 modem (which one depended on how much money you had).
Those were the days.
Chris
I notice you avoided replying to my reply of your original post ;)
1 and 2 - because it's many stores' policy, and a good one at that. The burden is on the store and the cardholder to prove that the transaction was true or false, not the card issuer.
Also, at dictionary.com (source: American Heritage Dictionary), I found the following definitions for "signed":
1. Having a signature affixed: a signed document.
2. Of, relating to, or expressed in a sign language: a signed translation.
And for signature:
1. One's name as written by oneself.
2. The act of signing one's name.
3. A distinctive mark, characteristic, or sound indicating identity: A surprise ending is the signature of an O. Henry short story.
4. Abbr. Sig. or S. Medicine. The part of a physician's prescription containing directions to the patient.
5. Music.
1. A sign used to indicate key.
2. A sign used to indicate tempo.
6. Printing.
1. A letter, number, or symbol placed at the bottom of the first page on each sheet of printed pages of a book as a guide to the proper sequence of the sheets in binding.
2. A large sheet printed with four or a multiple of four pages that when folded becomes a section of the book.
So it appears that the one in KDE is at least unclear if not incorrect, "signed" means write your name, as it appears on the card, in cursive, with a pen.
3 - anyone who expects to keep their cashiering job more than 2 days will learn to keep their negative comments about customer behaviors to themselves. And I stopped being a Nazi about requiring a signature when a customer protested and my spineless manager relented, even though we have signs in the store and at the register stating that we required a signature.
And you are exactly right that you have the right to take your business elsewhere. But for your own protection, you really should realize that signing your credit card is a lot more secure than requiring your ID (if your card was stolen, and if the cashier requests to see the card at all).
Chris
Exactly. Read the part of the sentence immediately preceding the part you quoted :)
Chris
I'm sorry, but the "check ID" thing in the signature is so stupid (I used to work retail so I had many incidents and much idle time for this thought to occur). All someone has to do, if they steal your credit card, is to make a fake ID with their picture and your name on it. Fake ID's are much easier to obtain than signatures are to copy, and cleaning the signatures off and replacing them doesn't really work very well anymore...and if it did, they could just wipe off "check ID" and write your name in their handwriting anyway.
Do you see your folly now?
Chris
Sorry, I forgot about my actual point :) My point is that on my box, Mandrake 9.1 is as fast or faster at everything except opening Open Office.
Chris
Again, I'm talking Windows. If you have any problems installing and using Bit Torrent on Windows, maybe you need to format/reinstall because it couldn't possibly be simpler...
Chris
All you do is install it. You don't need to fire up a program to use it, unless you have to do it the "old-fashioned way" and use CLI.
You download a "file.ext.torrent" from the net (after install), double-click on it, and it automatically calls on the program.
Chris
Hot damn. Those crazy Brits, always having to do things different. First putting the steering wheel on the right, and now this!
Chris
Are you scared of fractions or something? He finds fractions a lot easier than using floating point math ;)
Chris
Good point, but the comment you replied to still stands...Japan and Germany at the very least have a far more technologically advanced infrastructure. Let me give you my (brief) first hand account of Germany.
Everyone uses ISDN, not POTS. SMS took hold at least 3 years ago and (I was in Germany for 3 weeks in June of 2000) and cellular works far better in general. For those two reasons alone, they are superior to us.
That being said, their infrastructure was basically started from scratch in 1990 (unification), whereas ours is much older in a lot of ways. However, it does go to show you that wiping the slate and starting from scratch time to time can be beneficial...
Chris
What is a billion if not a thousand million? Am I missing something here?
Chris
The Bit Torrent install/use in Windows in easy. It's a bit harder in Linux, and serving is kind of a bitch all around.
t .h tml#THIRDSTEP
Check out this page for instructions on use:
http://www.sidewalkcrusaders.com/bthowto/btstar
Chris
Have you checked out either of the Star Office 6.1 betas (or the Open Office equivalents, for that matter)? Speed is drastically improved for me, I'm talking 1/4 - 1/2 the load time, it's great. With PDF and Flash write capabilities, it's going to save a lot of companies a lot of money who are willing to make the switch too. I am highly impressed with it.
Chris
AbiWord + Gnumeric for word processor and spreadsheet documents, can't think of any others off the top of my head that incorporate filters for MS format documents. I know KOffice is starting to incorporate some limited import abilities.
Chris
Maybe the problem is with your box speed, or Debian itself?
I'm using Mandrake 9.1 with KDE 3.1.1a and it's at least as fast as Windows 2000 Professional (which I also have on this system dual booted). Running an Athlon XP 1700+ w/256MB PC2100 RAM, nothing spectacular for this day and age.
It's also at least as graphically unified if not more than my Win2k partition, because I'm using Open Office/Mozilla/Winamp/Trillian over there, and Open Office/Mozilla/XMMS/GAIM over here, the rest are basically the KDE/Mandrake apps. My gripe with Linux, the fonts, has been solved with Anti-Aliased fonts and now Mandrake has made getting the Windows fonts easy, giving a three-click install process to obtain them in the control panel.
The configurability is way better whether speaking graphic tools or console, and of course everybody knows that the Windows console (AKA DOS) cannot compare to Linux. I've been using Linux for a year and a half now so I think I'm out of the "gee wiz" phase too (have used Mandrake 8.1 - 9.1, Red Hat 7.3 - 8, Gentoo 1.2).
Mandrake automagically installed my printer and graphic card drivers in the install, a first with any distribution for me. It also installed the rest of my hardware problem-free, leaving only my scanner which was a three-click process with Scanner Drake through SANE.
The install process for Linux has been as good or better for a year. Office tools have been as good or better for 6 months. But with the newest crop of releases, I feel (and many agree) that Linux is really ready for the desktop now.
Chris
Could you decisively state that LOTR is one of the best fantasy books of all time in the first 50 pages? No, of course not.
:)
Some books allow you to jump right in. Other take time and build the story. Both have their merits, and neither method is better than the other. The same goes for music...it might take a musician an entire album to say what a different musician can say in a one-minute-thirty-second song.
All forms of art are the same way, why should television story telling be any different?
And for the record, I love both the Simpsons and Buffy, but it took some time for me to be able to accept the latter. I don't expect anyone to arbitrarily give it a chance, I had to have my wife force me to watch it at her sister's house a bunch of times
Chris
Depends on how fast the burners are that the pirates use I think....
Chris