IIRC, you can still do this for basically every channel if you've got one of the big satellite dishes with a C and Ku band receiver. There are packages, too, and some are unencryped over the bird.
I used to dig watching M2 when it was new, and I was spending late, late nights in the TV station. *sigh* Master Control sucks.
I know that this was a problem when I went out to view a storm this past summer; I couldn't see anything because of the haze.
The Space.com article mentions that costal dwellers (yup, that's me) move inland.
My question is how much difference will it make when it's November? For the last leonid shower, I watched it out at Sandbridge (rather remote part of Va. Beach), and didn't have problems with the haze. Biggest problems were the cold (we didn't have the bottle of Jagermeister to warm us up like the VCU studends who shared the dune with us), and some clouds.
Would I be better off going inland, really, than to say, the Outer Banks?
I thought so, but how come people rarely do so? Or never hear about anybody doing it anyways. Isn't quality of life an important thing or is "more power, ARR ARR ARR" the mantra today?
Then again, why am I asking that to bunch of rowdy/. geeky crowd?
Ehh....not all of us are like that. Me, I'm more concerned with having stable hardware so that if the system crashes, I can pretty much be sure it's software (I've been messing around with the Hurd lately....).
The Athlon, frankly, I haven't used much, seeing as how it's not at my house at the moment. I intend to use it as my everyday desktop when it's finished its role away from home.
FWIW, my main desktop machine at home right now is a G3/350. Not exactly an ARR ARR ARR 1337 speed deamon, y'know? It is quiet, but not much more than the PIII it replaced.
exactly what this will do to component life. As you can see from the graphs they posted, the CPU and graphics card do run noticably hotter than with the stock cooling.
To me, the small amount of noise created by a the stock CPU fan and graphics card cooler are worth the bit of extra noise.
A very quiet case fan might be a good addition to this to help draw heat out of the case. That big plastic window doesn't help add anything to radiational cooling from the case, either.
And my athlon isn't *that* noisy, especially when it's tucked away underneat the desk.
I installed it last night
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Okay, so it's not finished, but it's somewhat useable, especially on older 32 bit hardware. Looking through dselect, there's quite a few apps available for it. The machine I'm using it on is a bit flaky (think there's a mobo/mem problem, because Linux actually crashes on it, too). I've got another machine sitting around that I'm going to try it on.
Haven't gotten around to trying X yet.
I'm not sure where they're going with the project, really, because, as you said, there doesn't seem to be alot of active development. What is there are quite a few good ideas, and something that's Not Unix.:-)
Got a spare ext2 partition sitting around? Give it a shot. The Hurd.
Inform students of their moral and legal responsibilities to respect the rights of copyright owners
Universities *can't* do this! Why? The skewed views regarding morality and the law which exist on college campuses today.
I can see it now.....a panel of "trained" students and administrators who find a student "responsible" for questionable uses of the computer network because he was running LimeWire. For this, he will be "educated" by having to take "educational experiences" where he's asked to share his feelings on the subject, and recite whatever it is that the University decides it wants him to believe that day.
This is all B.S. It sounds nice and clean, but these things are also accompanied with C+D letters from record company attorneys. They basically say that the university will be a party to the lawsuit if they don't stamp out P2P. I've personally seen it happen.
And if there's one thing that University administrators can't stand, it's the possibility that they could have to go to court.
The more people who think they know the law but are unaware of its subtleties and precedants make for a less intelligent exchange of ideas and more "I know what I'm talking about, listen to me, not them" type of exchanges.
Agreed. My profession (talk radio) proves that almost daily, unfortunately. Most people haven't the faintest clue about what's going on, but they think they do (I mean, lawyers are scum! It can't be that complicated, now can it?).
There is no substitute for a real legal education and pursuing real-world applications (be you a judge, law professor, trial lawyer or law clerk).
I might be tempted to ask you to strike law professor from that.:-D To clarify, I don't have a J.D., however, my undergrad degree was focused on a law school track; I think I'm more qualified to speak to these things than say, somebody with a CS Degree who never had anything above a 100-level government class. But you don't see me waxing poetic about the merits of programming languages, either. "But everybody understands the law...." Ummhmm.....
Not that having a law degree makes you eligable to offer legal advice (I wouldn't ask an IP lawyer for help with closing on a house), but it does place you in better standing.
Bar exams are comprehensive. It may not be wise to hire an IP attorney to close on your house, but he's qualified to do it. He could also offer you advice if you're having a problem with your real estate attorney....You don't just learn one part of the law in law school. I could care less about contract law, however, I know I'm going to have to take it when I go to law school. And it will be on the bar exam, too.
Use this article to help you better understand the legal document you are reading, do NOT use it to further legal advice to others -- that is not what this article, or any other like it, is meant for.
Agreed. Although there are better primers for reading a case, I think. And don't get in the habit of giving legal advice to anyone. (Until you've passed the bar, and the person asking for advice has signed the billing agreement.:-D)
XXX U.S. XXXX (19XX): That's the official citation of a case. Often, if you go into a library, you won't find an official reporter (and you probably wouldn't want the official reporter, anyway). Lexis and West Publishing put out what are called unofficial reporters, the Lawyer's Edition (L.Ed.) and....I can't remember the other one at the moment IIRC (Supreme Court Reports). These have all sorts of annotations that lead you to other important info regarding the case, or cases cited within the decision. Sometimes in the decision itself, if you're not familiar with a case that's cited by the writer, you won't understand the argument. Some judges are especially obtuse (think writing code without good comments).
The Brief:
Here's the thing....the brief is far from the full story when considering a case. The brief puts one side's best spin on the case. It's designed to be persuasive, as well as being informative. Both sides submit them, blah blah blah. But, especially in cases before the Supreme Court, other factors come into play. A well-written amicus brief can have quite a bit of influence; even if the two parties involved do not solicit it, nor endorse it.
After the all the briefs are submitted, the justices hear oral arguments, where they're free to clarify things that don't make sense.
In a sense, the briefs discussed in this article are Release Notes on the case....they make the argument, but don't tell the full story.
Re:The secret of ./'s^H^H^H/.'s success....
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There. Better. Too much time in bash lately.
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This is one of the things that the 4x4 guys argue about all the time. The thing about it is that the multiplication (in most cases) drops off pretty quickly as you move up the RPM band. As for the five speed thing....what I've found is that many cars with a decently-sized engine don't need that low first gear to get off the line. I rarely use first gear in mine, because it's got enough oomph (242 cid I-6) to get out of the hole okay.
And I agree with the slushbox on a boat......one of the most fun cars I've ever driven was a Chevy Impala SS. *drool*
I've always hated automatic boxes (and in the UK, they're in the minority, thank goodness). They take away all the fun from driving; they never seem to be in the right gear.
I think I read that something like 89% of new vehicles sold in the US now come with a slushbox. I have never owned one, nor do I want one. Especially in a car with no torque.
But the SMG is very, very fun. It's not big or clever to be able to use a manual gearbox. Heck, every 17 year old over here can do it (we learn just about exclusively in manual cars).
See above. I know far too many people who turn the color of an iMac when asked to drive a stick. It is disgusting, indeed.
But being a "yank," and no disrespect to the Europeans, I like this better. And yeah, it's got a real clutch.:-D
"Clutchless" manual transmission. No thanks, my left foot works just fine. What's even more irritating is that it looks like you can't even use the old automatic transmission trick of holding your left foot on the brake, and pushing the go pedal until you get the engine up to the torque converter's stall speed and lettting go.....
Of course I'm biased.....I'm still suspicious of the hydraulic clutch in mine.
ObAOL: Me too! Well, sorta. I bought at Compaq Presario 710 (1ghz Duron/DVD/256M/20GB) instead of the 600 iBook I could have gotten a screaming deal on. I regret it. This is especially true after I bought an old PowerMac G3 just to run OSX on. The notebook sorta runs Linux okay now, but I couldn't say that for the first two months I owned it. I still haven't been able to get the power management to work right under Linux, and get about 45 minutes of battery life if I'm lucky. At least the sound now works with the 2.4.19 kernel.
The G3, on the other hand, has been basically flawless. Jaguar refused to install, but that was due to a bad DIMM. Since I got 10.2 to install, I think I've rebooted it twice. it just chugs along. No, it's not real fast. But then, neither is the Duron running KDE.
And the iBook wouldn't be burning my thighs as we speak....
You're either "FOR copyright facism" or "AGAINST censorship." I think I'll choose against censorship.
This is not censorship. Only a government can censor. This is unauthorized re-editing, then re-selling that product you didn't produce, but modified.
I think we've had more than enough puritanism. If you don't want your kids to see violence or sex, don't show them the bloody movie. Read them a book or something.
If only more people would do this....
Or would that be too much work for parents?
Sadly, in many cases is the answer is "yes." That's why we've got V-Chips in televisions, a television rating system that was created under duress (Senator Lieberman said Washington would act if Hollywood didn't do something), and the Communications Decency Act.
I agree, though, editing films to remove sex and violence without permission is wrong. If the directors want to target the audience these editors are serving, they'll edit the films themselves. In fact, it would be in their benefit to do so, as it expands the available market for their product.
- Primary residence on North Carolina's Outer Banks - Vacation home in Northern Europe - Ski Chalet (Rockies) - Plot in a Banana Republic
Of course, also I'd need...
- Multi-million dollar yacht - Plane - Fleet of cars for each residence - 1967 AMC Ambassador SST
Computers...
I can't, really....several offerings from Sun, a top-o-da-line TiBook (every single time they release one that's better, I'd get a new one), Cray.....
With the rest, I'd put it into a trust where the interest will be protected, and I'll live on the interest. At death, Uncle Sam will get a cut (unfortunately), and the rest will go to worthy causes of my choice (my alma mater, Debian project....)
How about Hugh Grant for Zaphod? He has to be charming, but annoying, simultaneously. I think Grant MIGHT be able to pull that off.
For whatever reason, the Zaphod character always seemed like an arrogant Hollywood star (i.e. American). Somebody who is too slick for his own good at times....a playboy. Unfortunately, those kinds seem to be a bit lacking in Hollywood today. A young Burt Reynolds would be perfect, as would Travolta, minus years.
One of the brat pack, maybe? Corey Feldman and Corey Haim?
It'd be interesting to see who they'll cast in it.
Dent: gotta be someone who can play "a complete kneebiter." British. I'm out of ideas on this one. Trillian: Elizabeth Hurley? Zaphod: No need to actually hire someone, just do some computer modifications to John Travolta's character from Battlefield Earth. Slartibartfast: Anthony Hopkins or William Shatner.
For about $500, and a few spare parts I had around, I built an Athlon 1700+. It's much faster than the 1Ghz notebook I bought last winter (sounds similar to the one in the article), and gobs faster than my primary machine (400 MHz G3). Still, doesn't matter much when you're surfing, or looking at pr0n. Okay, so the flash ads aren't as annoying when they load.:-)
But I think the Athlon 2200's were like $170 more than I paid for the 1700.
P2P with centralized servers with lists of content, whether pr0n or music, will inevitably end up trading "intellectual property." This could range from pics that are owned by a magazine (ever hit the alt.binaries groups and see the # of posts looking for a recent playboy spread), or the 31337 k1dd13z learning that if you append.mpeg to the end of your Metallica tune, it'll look just like pr0n on the servers. Then the RIAA comes after them again.
As for the videos that could possibly be traded.....Is there such thing as an MPPAA?:-D
I work in talk radio, and we run mostly syndicated national programming. The new receivers have the ability to send ads directly to our reciever at the station to target the market. The first use of this I heard was, interestingly enough, an ad for an upcoming television special. The end of the spot was tagged with the local affiliate's channel number (i.e. "See it on NBC 12). This also opens up national accounts more easily. Auto manufacturers often have promotions that are only valid in certain parts of the country. Those could be targeted directly to the viewer by location ("Stop by your Virginia Ford dealer, and get a rebate, blah blah blah") Also is good for companies that have different branding in different locales (Hardee's and Jack in the Box come immediately to mind).
I do concede, however, that this can be abused. The idea of having people over to watch football on Sunday, and all the breaks having ads for 800 sex numbers and "Girls Gone Wild" is a little disconcerting (based, of course, upon my^H^Hthe viewer's normal habits).
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IIRC, you can still do this for basically every channel if you've got one of the big satellite dishes with a C and Ku band receiver. There are packages, too, and some are unencryped over the bird.
I used to dig watching M2 when it was new, and I was spending late, late nights in the TV station. *sigh* Master Control sucks.
I know that this was a problem when I went out to view a storm this past summer; I couldn't see anything because of the haze.
The Space.com article mentions that costal dwellers (yup, that's me) move inland.
My question is how much difference will it make when it's November? For the last leonid shower, I watched it out at Sandbridge (rather remote part of Va. Beach), and didn't have problems with the haze. Biggest problems were the cold (we didn't have the bottle of Jagermeister to warm us up like the VCU studends who shared the dune with us), and some clouds.
Would I be better off going inland, really, than to say, the Outer Banks?
I've always wanted to ride in one of those tubes. This sounds similar. :-D
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23% of the posts will contain the phrase "IANAL," followed by a shoddy, uneducated legal analysis.
I thought so, but how come people rarely do so? Or never hear about anybody doing it anyways. Isn't quality of life an important thing or is "more power, ARR ARR ARR" the mantra today?
/. geeky crowd?
Then again, why am I asking that to bunch of rowdy
Ehh....not all of us are like that. Me, I'm more concerned with having stable hardware so that if the system crashes, I can pretty much be sure it's software (I've been messing around with the Hurd lately....).
The Athlon, frankly, I haven't used much, seeing as how it's not at my house at the moment. I intend to use it as my everyday desktop when it's finished its role away from home.
FWIW, my main desktop machine at home right now is a G3/350. Not exactly an ARR ARR ARR 1337 speed deamon, y'know? It is quiet, but not much more than the PIII it replaced.
exactly what this will do to component life. As you can see from the graphs they posted, the CPU and graphics card do run noticably hotter than with the stock cooling.
To me, the small amount of noise created by a the stock CPU fan and graphics card cooler are worth the bit of extra noise.
A very quiet case fan might be a good addition to this to help draw heat out of the case. That big plastic window doesn't help add anything to radiational cooling from the case, either.
And my athlon isn't *that* noisy, especially when it's tucked away underneat the desk.
Okay, so it's not finished, but it's somewhat useable, especially on older 32 bit hardware. Looking through dselect, there's quite a few apps available for it. The machine I'm using it on is a bit flaky (think there's a mobo/mem problem, because Linux actually crashes on it, too). I've got another machine sitting around that I'm going to try it on.
:-)
Haven't gotten around to trying X yet.
I'm not sure where they're going with the project, really, because, as you said, there doesn't seem to be alot of active development. What is there are quite a few good ideas, and something that's Not Unix.
Got a spare ext2 partition sitting around? Give it a shot. The Hurd.
Inform students of their moral and legal responsibilities to respect the rights of copyright owners
Universities *can't* do this! Why? The skewed views regarding morality and the law which exist on college campuses today.
I can see it now.....a panel of "trained" students and administrators who find a student "responsible" for questionable uses of the computer network because he was running LimeWire. For this, he will be "educated" by having to take "educational experiences" where he's asked to share his feelings on the subject, and recite whatever it is that the University decides it wants him to believe that day.
This is all B.S. It sounds nice and clean, but these things are also accompanied with C+D letters from record company attorneys. They basically say that the university will be a party to the lawsuit if they don't stamp out P2P. I've personally seen it happen.
And if there's one thing that University administrators can't stand, it's the possibility that they could have to go to court.
The more people who think they know the law but are unaware of its subtleties and precedants make for a less intelligent exchange of ideas and more "I know what I'm talking about, listen to me, not them" type of exchanges.
:-D To clarify, I don't have a J.D., however, my undergrad degree was focused on a law school track; I think I'm more qualified to speak to these things than say, somebody with a CS Degree who never had anything above a 100-level government class. But you don't see me waxing poetic about the merits of programming languages, either. "But everybody understands the law...." Ummhmm.....
:-D)
Agreed. My profession (talk radio) proves that almost daily, unfortunately. Most people haven't the faintest clue about what's going on, but they think they do (I mean, lawyers are scum! It can't be that complicated, now can it?).
There is no substitute for a real legal education and pursuing real-world applications (be you a judge, law professor, trial lawyer or law clerk).
I might be tempted to ask you to strike law professor from that.
Not that having a law degree makes you eligable to offer legal advice (I wouldn't ask an IP lawyer for help with closing on a house), but it does place you in better standing.
Bar exams are comprehensive. It may not be wise to hire an IP attorney to close on your house, but he's qualified to do it. He could also offer you advice if you're having a problem with your real estate attorney....You don't just learn one part of the law in law school. I could care less about contract law, however, I know I'm going to have to take it when I go to law school. And it will be on the bar exam, too.
Use this article to help you better understand the legal document you are reading, do NOT use it to further legal advice to others -- that is not what this article, or any other like it, is meant for.
Agreed. Although there are better primers for reading a case, I think. And don't get in the habit of giving legal advice to anyone. (Until you've passed the bar, and the person asking for advice has signed the billing agreement.
On Citations...
XXX U.S. XXXX (19XX): That's the official citation of a case. Often, if you go into a library, you won't find an official reporter (and you probably wouldn't want the official reporter, anyway). Lexis and West Publishing put out what are called unofficial reporters, the Lawyer's Edition (L.Ed.) and....I can't remember the other one at the moment IIRC (Supreme Court Reports). These have all sorts of annotations that lead you to other important info regarding the case, or cases cited within the decision. Sometimes in the decision itself, if you're not familiar with a case that's cited by the writer, you won't understand the argument. Some judges are especially obtuse (think writing code without good comments).
The Brief:
Here's the thing....the brief is far from the full story when considering a case. The brief puts one side's best spin on the case. It's designed to be persuasive, as well as being informative. Both sides submit them, blah blah blah. But, especially in cases before the Supreme Court, other factors come into play. A well-written amicus brief can have quite a bit of influence; even if the two parties involved do not solicit it, nor endorse it.
After the all the briefs are submitted, the justices hear oral arguments, where they're free to clarify things that don't make sense.
In a sense, the briefs discussed in this article are Release Notes on the case....they make the argument, but don't tell the full story.
There. Better. Too much time in bash lately.
They didn't buy a Super Bowl ad.
This is one of the things that the 4x4 guys argue about all the time. The thing about it is that the multiplication (in most cases) drops off pretty quickly as you move up the RPM band. As for the five speed thing....what I've found is that many cars with a decently-sized engine don't need that low first gear to get off the line. I rarely use first gear in mine, because it's got enough oomph (242 cid I-6) to get out of the hole okay.
And I agree with the slushbox on a boat......one of the most fun cars I've ever driven was a Chevy Impala SS. *drool*
I've always hated automatic boxes (and in the UK, they're in the minority, thank goodness). They take away all the fun from driving; they never seem to be in the right gear.
:-D
I think I read that something like 89% of new vehicles sold in the US now come with a slushbox. I have never owned one, nor do I want one. Especially in a car with no torque.
But the SMG is very, very fun. It's not big or clever to be able to use a manual gearbox. Heck, every 17 year old over here can do it (we learn just about exclusively in manual cars).
See above. I know far too many people who turn the color of an iMac when asked to drive a stick. It is disgusting, indeed.
But being a "yank," and no disrespect to the Europeans, I like this better. And yeah, it's got a real clutch.
"Clutchless" manual transmission. No thanks, my left foot works just fine. What's even more irritating is that it looks like you can't even use the old automatic transmission trick of holding your left foot on the brake, and pushing the go pedal until you get the engine up to the torque converter's stall speed and lettting go.....
Of course I'm biased.....I'm still suspicious of the hydraulic clutch in mine.
Built a sparc, maybe? If it's running Linux, you'd have to assume that they've cloned a chip linux runs on.
ObAOL: Me too! Well, sorta. I bought at Compaq Presario 710 (1ghz Duron/DVD/256M/20GB) instead of the 600 iBook I could have gotten a screaming deal on. I regret it. This is especially true after I bought an old PowerMac G3 just to run OSX on. The notebook sorta runs Linux okay now, but I couldn't say that for the first two months I owned it. I still haven't been able to get the power management to work right under Linux, and get about 45 minutes of battery life if I'm lucky. At least the sound now works with the 2.4.19 kernel.
The G3, on the other hand, has been basically flawless. Jaguar refused to install, but that was due to a bad DIMM. Since I got 10.2 to install, I think I've rebooted it twice. it just chugs along. No, it's not real fast. But then, neither is the Duron running KDE.
And the iBook wouldn't be burning my thighs as we speak....
You're either "FOR copyright facism" or "AGAINST censorship." I think I'll choose against censorship.
This is not censorship. Only a government can censor. This is unauthorized re-editing, then re-selling that product you didn't produce, but modified.
I think we've had more than enough puritanism. If you don't want your kids to see violence or sex, don't show them the bloody movie. Read them a book or something.
If only more people would do this....
Or would that be too much work for parents?
Sadly, in many cases is the answer is "yes." That's why we've got V-Chips in televisions, a television rating system that was created under duress (Senator Lieberman said Washington would act if Hollywood didn't do something), and the Communications Decency Act.
I agree, though, editing films to remove sex and violence without permission is wrong. If the directors want to target the audience these editors are serving, they'll edit the films themselves. In fact, it would be in their benefit to do so, as it expands the available market for their product.
- Primary residence on North Carolina's Outer Banks
- Vacation home in Northern Europe
- Ski Chalet (Rockies)
- Plot in a Banana Republic
Of course, also I'd need...
- Multi-million dollar yacht
- Plane
- Fleet of cars for each residence
- 1967 AMC Ambassador SST
Computers...
I can't, really....several offerings from Sun, a top-o-da-line TiBook (every single time they release one that's better, I'd get a new one), Cray.....
With the rest, I'd put it into a trust where the interest will be protected, and I'll live on the interest. At death, Uncle Sam will get a cut (unfortunately), and the rest will go to worthy causes of my choice (my alma mater, Debian project....)
How about Hugh Grant for Zaphod? He has to be charming, but annoying, simultaneously. I think Grant MIGHT be able to pull that off.
For whatever reason, the Zaphod character always seemed like an arrogant Hollywood star (i.e. American). Somebody who is too slick for his own good at times....a playboy. Unfortunately, those kinds seem to be a bit lacking in Hollywood today. A young Burt Reynolds would be perfect, as would Travolta, minus years.
One of the brat pack, maybe? Corey Feldman and Corey Haim?
It'd be interesting to see who they'll cast in it.
Dent: gotta be someone who can play "a complete kneebiter." British. I'm out of ideas on this one.
Trillian: Elizabeth Hurley?
Zaphod: No need to actually hire someone, just do some computer modifications to John Travolta's character from Battlefield Earth.
Slartibartfast: Anthony Hopkins or William Shatner.
Any other ideas?
For about $500, and a few spare parts I had around, I built an Athlon 1700+. It's much faster than the 1Ghz notebook I bought last winter (sounds similar to the one in the article), and gobs faster than my primary machine (400 MHz G3). Still, doesn't matter much when you're surfing, or looking at pr0n. Okay, so the flash ads aren't as annoying when they load. :-)
But I think the Athlon 2200's were like $170 more than I paid for the 1700.
P2P with centralized servers with lists of content, whether pr0n or music, will inevitably end up trading "intellectual property." This could range from pics that are owned by a magazine (ever hit the alt.binaries groups and see the # of posts looking for a recent playboy spread), or the 31337 k1dd13z learning that if you append .mpeg to the end of your Metallica tune, it'll look just like pr0n on the servers. Then the RIAA comes after them again.
:-D
As for the videos that could possibly be traded.....Is there such thing as an MPPAA?
On the other hand, it could be....
I work in talk radio, and we run mostly syndicated national programming. The new receivers have the ability to send ads directly to our reciever at the station to target the market. The first use of this I heard was, interestingly enough, an ad for an upcoming television special. The end of the spot was tagged with the local affiliate's channel number (i.e. "See it on NBC 12). This also opens up national accounts more easily. Auto manufacturers often have promotions that are only valid in certain parts of the country. Those could be targeted directly to the viewer by location ("Stop by your Virginia Ford dealer, and get a rebate, blah blah blah") Also is good for companies that have different branding in different locales (Hardee's and Jack in the Box come immediately to mind).
I do concede, however, that this can be abused. The idea of having people over to watch football on Sunday, and all the breaks having ads for 800 sex numbers and "Girls Gone Wild" is a little disconcerting (based, of course, upon my^H^Hthe viewer's normal habits).