If that's the case, it's pretty damning. One thing I can't understand is why they went with 2.2 for the installer instead of 2.4 (and yes, there are workarounds that are a PITA).
I'd like the totally, 100% absolutely, positively free Linux (with apt:) but without the baggage that goes along with trying to keep seventyeleven architectures up and running.
(actually I'm a big fan of Debian but they gotta do something about their 2-year release cycles)
Why? I'm 2.4.something on two boxes here at home. Both are Debian testing (one should have been stable, but I forgot when setting up/etc/apt/sources.list). If it does what you want, why upgrade?
Yes, it's a good time, as a fool and his money are soon parted. WTF are you doing that a 2.4 GHz machine won't keep up? A little extra info, please? OS, apps, etc.
Agh!!! No shit. That was my son's favorite for a few weeks. I left the thing in the DVD player just so that I wouldn't have to go through that shit each and every time. Fortunately, I could ffwd through the adverts.
I'd be more concerned about the image quality disadvantages.
Yeah, because, let's face it, when I'm shopping for a $10 camera, image quality is way up there on my list. Heck, quality is why I have my prints done by Walgreens in the first place!
Dec. 12, 2003 | In the real world, Peter Ludlow is an academic, a professor of philosophy and linguistics at the University of Michigan whose books go by sober titles like "Readings in the Philosophy of Language," and "Semantics, Tense and Time: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Natural Language." He's well-regarded in his field and engaging enough on the phone, but Ludlow is, even by his own admission, not a very interesting person. That is to say, Peter Ludlow is nothing like Urizenus, Ludlow's alter ego in the virtual world of "The Sims Online."
Urizenus is an unabashed muckraker. In the mold, perhaps, of Walter Winchell or Joseph Pulitzer, he investigates the shady underside of life in Alphaville, one of the game's largest cities, and posts all his sensational discoveries on the Alphaville Herald, a blog that he describes as the only newspaper covering "The Sims Online." In the couple of months since the blog went live, Urizenus has interviewed many of Alphaville's most infamous scammers, thieves, money launderers, prostitutes (some of whom, he says, are minors) and other dubious types, and he's documented attempts by the community to create a kind of governing authority to police the place.
Urizenus and his compatriots at the Herald have also aimed their bullhorn at Maxis, the company that created "The Sims Online" and that runs the place; in blog entry after blog entry, the Herald describes Maxis as being signally indifferent to the needs of people who populate the game, and it documents the many reasons why "The Sims Online" -- which was predicted to be a blockbuster and made the cover of Time magazine before its launch late in 2002 -- has been a money-loser for Electronic Arts, Maxis' parent company.
But the Herald's relentless criticism does not appear to have gone down well at E.A. On Wednesday, in a move that Ludlow describes as arbitrary and capricious, E.A. terminated Urizenus' "Sims Online" account. "While we regret it," E.A. told him in a letter, "we feel it is necessary for the good of the game and its community." Alphaville's Citizen Kane was kicked out of town.
According to Ludlow, E.A.'s move was "clearly censorship," and other scholars of MMORPGS -- massively multiplayer online role playing games, a category that describes the online worlds of "The Sims," "Everquest," "Ultima Online," and new entrants "There" and "Second Life" -- who are familiar with Ludlow's site agree with his assessment. They say the situation underscores what is becoming increasingly apparent in the virtual world: There's a fundamental divergence between the interests of a community (typically high-minded goals like freedom of speech and assembly) and the interests of the corporations that run those communities (typically not very high-minded but otherwise understandable goals like making money and avoiding public association with words like "prostitution").
"[These virtual worlds] are a strange sort of commercial space where communities come to exist, but there's a tension between the communities and the private commercial company," says Julian Dibbell, the author of "My Tiny Life," a kind of memoir about the virtual world LambdaMOO. "It's similar to what you have with shopping malls. They're becoming the last refuge of public space for teenagers, but they're run by companies, and they can kick you out on a whim."
The story also prompts a host of compelling questions regarding the nature of virtual existence. For instance, can something like prostitution occur online? And what about community-based policing -- is that possible, or desirable, in the Sim world? And, finally, does E.A. have any obligation to allow a free press to document how all these issues will play out in "The Sims Online"? After all, it's their world -- why can't they run it how they please, however capricious their rule may seem to others?
Peter Ludlow's abiding interest in "The Sims Online" is, he says, professional. The question "What emerges from a state of nature?" is an old chestnut among philosopher
You bought an overpriced computer. Then you pinch pennies on a shitty scanner? And you pinch the pennies even harder by not getting some of the for pay products mentioned in this thread?
I'm certain when I used Macs exclusively ('87 until '98) this would have made sense, but I'm having trouble seeing the logic now.
Not sure what courses are offered in your area, but you may want to investigate some options other than taking the BRC again (that's Basic RiderCourse, BTW). I took dirtbike school a couple of months ago, and it was a blast. You may want to take the ERC (the 'advanced' class you mention). Next year, in Maryland, we'll be doing a BRC II, which is much of the riding, but little of the classroom. It also assumes you can find the controls, get the bike moving, etc.
If you/she buy a new bike, most manufacturers will reimburse you for a course taken within 12 months (before or after) of purchase. Be wary of the Buell Blast and the Harley course. I've heard loads of problems with the Blast (at least as bad as the old Cyclone and Lightning's) and the bike is geared a bit high. There is one excercise where you do a 2-3-2 shift. The Blast requires you to go too fast to really be able to do it safely. This isn't from personal experience, but from that of a person who has been teaching MSF stuff for about 10 years. Better than nothing, OTOH.
Oh, and if you want a REALLY interesting weekend, try to find a Sidecar Safety Program course near you.
What series CB750 do you have? Tons of parts on eBay (I search for CB750-K0 parts, because some of the braking parts are common with Gold Wings of the same vintage). Also, my supervisor for the training site is parting with some CB750's (wants to buy a house). And my brother had a CB750 Nighthawk as his first bike (after having spent a few thousand miles on my dad's BMW F650).
I agree that the statistic is partially pointless, for exactly the reasons you mention. Unfortunately, there is little data available. The best study on motorcycle accidents was done 20 years ago, and the NHTSA and DOT have been reluctant to fund a more current study. The MSF, AMA, and a few other groups are attempting to fund, in part, a pilot study, with hopes that the fed will conduct a bigger, more current study.
But, I should also defend the intrinsic value of professional instruction. Much of what is taught by friends/relatives is inaccurate. Ignorance of the rear brake is a common problem, as is ignorance of counter-steering.
I had a similar situation. Except I was in a nice, greasy intersection. First/only time I've activated the ABS on my bike.
Brother had a similar situation. He got on the brakes fairly hard. Hit a full size pickup. Pictures are available of his bike. He had a bit of road rash from where his arm rubbed the truck. His bike was repaired in a week. Now, more than six months later, the guy's truck still has the imprint of my brother's bike in it:)
My father rode in the late 60's/early 70's (and again). When my brother and I started riding in the late 90's, he imparted the same bit of advice. And now, I give the same advice to all of my students.
I loved both of my roadsters (I also had a R1100R, but can't seem to find any pictures of it). I suspect a HUD won't draw much more power than an electric clock or something similar. There would be some sort of transmitter on the bike, that presumably taps into existing feeds for gauges. The power supply for the display would probably be helmet mounted.
Which raises another question: how much weight does this add to a helmet? A heavy HUD is one thing in a car, where the helmet can be strapped to the frame of the car, but there's nothing to strap it to on a bike. No, the HUD probably isn't very heavy, and I'm just being silly at this point.
What you are referring to is 'lane-splitting'. Not sure about Europe, but in the US, that is legal in CA, under certain conditions. But yes, I have a problem with that as well:)
Guess again troll: I'm a part timer. My 'stuffed shirt' DMV uniform is a t-shirt and leather jacket. 'Passenger vehicle operators' is more accurate than 'car and light truck and SUV drivers'.
With witty lines like that, I can't believe the poster refrained from making reference to 'murdercycles'. Helmets are largely a nonissue WRT motorcycle safety these days. They are 'safe enough', provided they are worn. (I'd like to ride in a state with helmet choice, but I'd always choose a lid.)
There are three issues that overwhelmingly appear in motorcycle fatalities. The first is alcohol. Alcohol use BY THE MOTORCYCLIST is the number one rider controllable factor in fatalities. Eliminate alcohol, and you eliminate 25% or more of motorcycle fatalities and accidents. That is why Harley does its customers a disservice by providing beer tents at events. Because of the number of factors a rider must juggle, the effects of alcohol are more readily apparant on bikes than cars.
The next issue is ignorance by other road users, primarily passenger vehicle operators. Nope, bikers aren't getting squashed by semis, they're getting squashed by SUVs and minivans. I've long been a proponent of tougher licensing standards in the US.
And the final issue is rider skill. Riders who are self taught or taught by friends and family are over six times as likely to be involved in an accident. That's why the MSF came into being. Yes, I'm an instructor, no, I don't speak on their behalf.
The value of HUDs, particularly WRT driver/rider safety at highway speeds found in the US (where this inventor is located) is of questionable. Lack of access to engine and/or vehicle statistics doesn't even appear in any accident statistics. Sure, this is a neat toy, but judging by the writing by the AC submitter, I think he's just pissed at having been passed by even the most mundane of motorcycles.
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Yeah, because the point of the movie was the fighting. Geez, what happen? Someone had a license they needed to go ahead and cash in on?
If that's the case, it's pretty damning. One thing I can't understand is why they went with 2.2 for the installer instead of 2.4 (and yes, there are workarounds that are a PITA).
I'd like the totally, 100% absolutely, positively free Linux (with apt:) but without the baggage that goes along with trying to keep seventyeleven architectures up and running.
(actually I'm a big fan of Debian but they gotta do something about their 2-year release cycles)
/etc/apt/sources.list). If it does what you want, why upgrade?
Why? I'm 2.4.something on two boxes here at home. Both are Debian testing (one should have been stable, but I forgot when setting up
I think next time i'm gonna use a cheat code. (Too bad real life doesn't have those, eh?
I think this is what you're looking for.
He's got two bids. That makes me question if the seller is the one on crack.
Yes, it's a good time, as a fool and his money are soon parted. WTF are you doing that a 2.4 GHz machine won't keep up? A little extra info, please? OS, apps, etc.
the person who gets rich during the Gold ruch isn't the miners, it's the guy selling shovels.
Don't forget about the guy who sells pants to the miners.
Agh!!! No shit. That was my son's favorite for a few weeks. I left the thing in the DVD player just so that I wouldn't have to go through that shit each and every time. Fortunately, I could ffwd through the adverts.
Linkage? That sounds like an interesting story. Far more interesting than political sims.
The sad thing is, I have no idea whether or not you are serious. Either that is a legitimate command sequence for emacs, or a skillful troll.
I was going to post a link to this comment in my JE, announcing to you, StB, and all the other Rush-whores.
Then I saw who wrote the comment;)
You knew about the power failure before they reported it. Slight difference.
I'd be more concerned about the image quality disadvantages.
Yeah, because, let's face it, when I'm shopping for a $10 camera, image quality is way up there on my list. Heck, quality is why I have my prints done by Walgreens in the first place!
Dec. 12, 2003 | In the real world, Peter Ludlow is an academic, a professor of philosophy and linguistics at the University of Michigan whose books go by sober titles like "Readings in the Philosophy of Language," and "Semantics, Tense and Time: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Natural Language." He's well-regarded in his field and engaging enough on the phone, but Ludlow is, even by his own admission, not a very interesting person. That is to say, Peter Ludlow is nothing like Urizenus, Ludlow's alter ego in the virtual world of "The Sims Online."
Urizenus is an unabashed muckraker. In the mold, perhaps, of Walter Winchell or Joseph Pulitzer, he investigates the shady underside of life in Alphaville, one of the game's largest cities, and posts all his sensational discoveries on the Alphaville Herald, a blog that he describes as the only newspaper covering "The Sims Online." In the couple of months since the blog went live, Urizenus has interviewed many of Alphaville's most infamous scammers, thieves, money launderers, prostitutes (some of whom, he says, are minors) and other dubious types, and he's documented attempts by the community to create a kind of governing authority to police the place.
Urizenus and his compatriots at the Herald have also aimed their bullhorn at Maxis, the company that created "The Sims Online" and that runs the place; in blog entry after blog entry, the Herald describes Maxis as being signally indifferent to the needs of people who populate the game, and it documents the many reasons why "The Sims Online" -- which was predicted to be a blockbuster and made the cover of Time magazine before its launch late in 2002 -- has been a money-loser for Electronic Arts, Maxis' parent company.
But the Herald's relentless criticism does not appear to have gone down well at E.A. On Wednesday, in a move that Ludlow describes as arbitrary and capricious, E.A. terminated Urizenus' "Sims Online" account. "While we regret it," E.A. told him in a letter, "we feel it is necessary for the good of the game and its community." Alphaville's Citizen Kane was kicked out of town.
According to Ludlow, E.A.'s move was "clearly censorship," and other scholars of MMORPGS -- massively multiplayer online role playing games, a category that describes the online worlds of "The Sims," "Everquest," "Ultima Online," and new entrants "There" and "Second Life" -- who are familiar with Ludlow's site agree with his assessment. They say the situation underscores what is becoming increasingly apparent in the virtual world: There's a fundamental divergence between the interests of a community (typically high-minded goals like freedom of speech and assembly) and the interests of the corporations that run those communities (typically not very high-minded but otherwise understandable goals like making money and avoiding public association with words like "prostitution").
"[These virtual worlds] are a strange sort of commercial space where communities come to exist, but there's a tension between the communities and the private commercial company," says Julian Dibbell, the author of "My Tiny Life," a kind of memoir about the virtual world LambdaMOO. "It's similar to what you have with shopping malls. They're becoming the last refuge of public space for teenagers, but they're run by companies, and they can kick you out on a whim."
The story also prompts a host of compelling questions regarding the nature of virtual existence. For instance, can something like prostitution occur online? And what about community-based policing -- is that possible, or desirable, in the Sim world? And, finally, does E.A. have any obligation to allow a free press to document how all these issues will play out in "The Sims Online"? After all, it's their world -- why can't they run it how they please, however capricious their rule may seem to others?
Peter Ludlow's abiding interest in "The Sims Online" is, he says, professional. The question "What emerges from a state of nature?" is an old chestnut among philosopher
Screw credit cards, I always carry plenty of cash.
Given that Slashdot sucks nutz, I think they won't be doing that.
You bought an overpriced computer. Then you pinch pennies on a shitty scanner? And you pinch the pennies even harder by not getting some of the for pay products mentioned in this thread?
I'm certain when I used Macs exclusively ('87 until '98) this would have made sense, but I'm having trouble seeing the logic now.
Don't forget his court packing attempts.
Not sure what courses are offered in your area, but you may want to investigate some options other than taking the BRC again (that's Basic RiderCourse, BTW). I took dirtbike school a couple of months ago, and it was a blast. You may want to take the ERC (the 'advanced' class you mention). Next year, in Maryland, we'll be doing a BRC II, which is much of the riding, but little of the classroom. It also assumes you can find the controls, get the bike moving, etc.
If you/she buy a new bike, most manufacturers will reimburse you for a course taken within 12 months (before or after) of purchase. Be wary of the Buell Blast and the Harley course. I've heard loads of problems with the Blast (at least as bad as the old Cyclone and Lightning's) and the bike is geared a bit high. There is one excercise where you do a 2-3-2 shift. The Blast requires you to go too fast to really be able to do it safely. This isn't from personal experience, but from that of a person who has been teaching MSF stuff for about 10 years. Better than nothing, OTOH.
Oh, and if you want a REALLY interesting weekend, try to find a Sidecar Safety Program course near you.
What series CB750 do you have? Tons of parts on eBay (I search for CB750-K0 parts, because some of the braking parts are common with Gold Wings of the same vintage). Also, my supervisor for the training site is parting with some CB750's (wants to buy a house). And my brother had a CB750 Nighthawk as his first bike (after having spent a few thousand miles on my dad's BMW F650).
I agree that the statistic is partially pointless, for exactly the reasons you mention. Unfortunately, there is little data available. The best study on motorcycle accidents was done 20 years ago, and the NHTSA and DOT have been reluctant to fund a more current study. The MSF, AMA, and a few other groups are attempting to fund, in part, a pilot study, with hopes that the fed will conduct a bigger, more current study.
But, I should also defend the intrinsic value of professional instruction. Much of what is taught by friends/relatives is inaccurate. Ignorance of the rear brake is a common problem, as is ignorance of counter-steering.
I had a similar situation. Except I was in a nice, greasy intersection. First/only time I've activated the ABS on my bike.
Brother had a similar situation. He got on the brakes fairly hard. Hit a full size pickup. Pictures are available of his bike. He had a bit of road rash from where his arm rubbed the truck. His bike was repaired in a week. Now, more than six months later, the guy's truck still has the imprint of my brother's bike in it:)
My father rode in the late 60's/early 70's (and again). When my brother and I started riding in the late 90's, he imparted the same bit of advice. And now, I give the same advice to all of my students.
I loved both of my roadsters (I also had a R1100R, but can't seem to find any pictures of it). I suspect a HUD won't draw much more power than an electric clock or something similar. There would be some sort of transmitter on the bike, that presumably taps into existing feeds for gauges. The power supply for the display would probably be helmet mounted.
Which raises another question: how much weight does this add to a helmet? A heavy HUD is one thing in a car, where the helmet can be strapped to the frame of the car, but there's nothing to strap it to on a bike. No, the HUD probably isn't very heavy, and I'm just being silly at this point.
What you are referring to is 'lane-splitting'. Not sure about Europe, but in the US, that is legal in CA, under certain conditions. But yes, I have a problem with that as well:)
Guess again troll: I'm a part timer. My 'stuffed shirt' DMV uniform is a t-shirt and leather jacket. 'Passenger vehicle operators' is more accurate than 'car and light truck and SUV drivers'.
With witty lines like that, I can't believe the poster refrained from making reference to 'murdercycles'. Helmets are largely a nonissue WRT motorcycle safety these days. They are 'safe enough', provided they are worn. (I'd like to ride in a state with helmet choice, but I'd always choose a lid.)
There are three issues that overwhelmingly appear in motorcycle fatalities. The first is alcohol. Alcohol use BY THE MOTORCYCLIST is the number one rider controllable factor in fatalities. Eliminate alcohol, and you eliminate 25% or more of motorcycle fatalities and accidents. That is why Harley does its customers a disservice by providing beer tents at events. Because of the number of factors a rider must juggle, the effects of alcohol are more readily apparant on bikes than cars.
The next issue is ignorance by other road users, primarily passenger vehicle operators. Nope, bikers aren't getting squashed by semis, they're getting squashed by SUVs and minivans. I've long been a proponent of tougher licensing standards in the US.
And the final issue is rider skill. Riders who are self taught or taught by friends and family are over six times as likely to be involved in an accident. That's why the MSF came into being. Yes, I'm an instructor, no, I don't speak on their behalf.
The value of HUDs, particularly WRT driver/rider safety at highway speeds found in the US (where this inventor is located) is of questionable. Lack of access to engine and/or vehicle statistics doesn't even appear in any accident statistics. Sure, this is a neat toy, but judging by the writing by the AC submitter, I think he's just pissed at having been passed by even the most mundane of motorcycles.