The main TurboGears stuff is MIT licensed. Various components have their own (open source) licenses. LGPL (SQLObject) is the most restrictive one, but that can be swapped out with SQLAlchemy (MIT), if necessary.
For $100, you can have a USB->optical link. Personally, I'm glad they didn't include the optical link. Makes it cheaper for the 95% of the market that doesn't want or need it.
First, that's not what you originally said. You said It doesn't include food and energy (gas, natural gas, fuel oil, petro, or electricty) in its figures. This is demonstrably not true.
Second, home energy costs make up 3.83% of the CPI budget, auto fuel makes up 3.25%, dairy makes up 0.84% of the budget, and all food makes up 15.38% of the budget. Assuming a $2,000/month budget, this translates to $76.60 a month for home energy, $65 for auto fuel, $16.80 for dairy, and $307.60 for all food. None of those figures look too terribly out of line to me. Specifically, which one do you object to?
Third, the BLS table shows dairy up 10.4% since August 2003, and auto fuel up 16.5% over the same period. I calculate the price rise from the USDA numbersto be about 23%, and the Department of Energy has fuel prices up 15.9%. Granted, the milk number looks skewed, but the DOE numbers are actually higer for fuel costs.
I will concede that the CPI numbers aren't perfect; no measure of "inflation" can be. But, to insinuate they are cooked or are made up is really tenuous.
I think your link is somewhat misinformed. CPI does include a 'owners equivalent rent' cost, which tries to split out the 'I need a place to live' component from the 'this is an investment' component of home ownership. There is a pretty good description on the bls site. I think reasonable people could argue about the accuracy of the measure, but to say that the CPI people are ignoring that component is a little misguided.
You are (politely speaking) misinformed. CPI-U (which the parent linked) includes both energy and food components. Don't believe me? See the FAQ and the most recent (detailed) release. Milk and gas are clearly included.
The DirectTV Tivo has dual tuners. You can watch one live channel and record another, or you can watch a recording and record two live channels. I have had my unit for 3 years, so this really isn't new. FYI, the HTDV TiVo has four tuners.
What you are probably referring to is the TiVo stand-alone unit. The problem here is that TiVo has to encode the analog signal, something that the DirecTV or HDTV units (or your generic digital cable box) don't have to do. Dual tuners in these analog TiVo boxes would likely be prohibitively expensive.
infinitely much easier on your feet, knees and back. Infinetly? Well, I'll give you that it is probably easier on the feet and knees, although a badly adjusted bike can be hard on the knees. I have never had a running injury, and that is good enough for me.
you can spend much more power, and you have more flexibility in choosing a suitable power level Running, I can go from a walk to an all out sprint. Seems like a pretty wide power distribution.
you can cover a larger area so it's less boring I prefer to think of it as I have more time to enjoy what I am looking at:-)
more flexibility in duration. Biking 8 hours a day is no problem for an untrained person, but running is. WTF? 8 hours for an untrained person? Come on. Are you forgetting how much your butt hurts after a long ride when you are first starting out?
you can carry some luggage easily (iPod, phone, gps, book to read while pausing, drinks)
There are lots of ways to carry things while running, if you want. Granted, we can't do the touring thing as easily. On long runs, I go with a fanny pack that carries water, keys, cell phone, and I can strap on my iPod if I want.
you don't need to wear silly clothing (although you certainly can) A biker giving a runner a hard time about silly clothing? That's rich.
a modern bike is way more interesting technically than running shoes. All the more stuff that can break down.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy biking. But I also like running. Most people don't. But so what? Just because you don't like it, doesn't make biking 'better'. It's just personal preference.
That 220-age is just a guideline. There is a lot of variability to that (the distribution for max heartrate is pretty wide). Personaly, I am 33, but have seen a max heartrate of 202.
The only way to really find you max heartrate is to exercise to exhaustion (or very near it). You can do this via a treadmill and increasing the intesity, or repeated runs up a hill (200-300m or so). Also, insert standard disclaimer here about guidance of doctor, etc.
There are the percentage targets you mention, but many training programs divide your heartrate into 'zones', which is dependent on your resting heartrate. Resting heartrate goes down as fitness improves. See this for one example of this kind of breakdown.
If anyone is interested in starting to run, I found the Couch-to-5k Running Plan to be quite helpful. I was pretty out of shape when I began using it, but it starts out really easy, and over 9 weeks you ramp up until you can run a full 30 minutes.
No affiliation, just someone who has used it in the past. I know there will be those who say "Just Do It (TM)", but for me, it helped to have a bit more structure than that.
I have a home jukebox that does play AAC files. It is linux based, so I can't really use iTunes. It would be really nice to put my purchased songs on the server and be able to play them. I could have done the M4P->CD->MP3 route, but this is much nicer.
There is a fart joke in Finding Nemo. When the mines blow up (in the shark scene), bubbles rise to the surface. Cut to two pelicans sitting on the water. Bubbles surface. One pelican looks at the other, says something like "Nice", and flys off.
In the dvd commentary, they joke about it a little bit.
I imagine that it was because the G5s were very scarce at launch. These aren't loaves of bread we are talking about. Apple could ship and sell at full price as many of these as they could make, so VT really had no leverage to try and get lower prices. 3-6 months after the launch, then sure, they might be able to get it cheaper. But first in line? I don't think that it is suprising at all to hear they paid full price.
I was in pretty much the same boat about 3 years ago. What I wanted was something that 1) would be good for your cardiovascular system and 2) help me lose a little weight. I wasn't so concerned about weightlifting / bodybuilding. I had done some cycling and swimming, (both of which I enjoy), but given limited time, I took up running. Running has the following advantages:
Pretty low costs. You need a decent pair of running shoes, but other than that you don't need any other equipment.
Really good workout. You can burn a lot of calories in a pretty short time period.
Not boring. You can vary routes and terrain to your heart's content.
Flexibility. Given 45 minutes (total time), you can easily pop in a 30 minute run and a shower and be ready to get on with your life. This is really attractive to me. I can do this in the morning (I need to shower anyways), and it is out of the way. Do this 3 times a week, and it is very unobtrusive (as workout plans go).
I started with the Couch-to-5k running plan. I liked it because it started out very easy, and built to 3 miles over a couple of months.
I know running isn't for everyone, but it does have some advantages that are hard to beat.
According to the Michael Robertson
interview (see question 8), it was their customers that wanted the anti-virus software. So, I guess if you sell Bentleys, and someone really wants a spoiler, you sell it to them.
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Martin Luther (with special attention to the 95 theses)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid
The main TurboGears stuff is MIT licensed. Various components have their own (open source) licenses. LGPL (SQLObject) is the most restrictive one, but that can be swapped out with SQLAlchemy (MIT), if necessary.
http://www.turbogears.org/about/license.html
For $100, you can have a USB->optical link. Personally, I'm glad they didn't include the optical link. Makes it cheaper for the 95% of the market that doesn't want or need it.
Second, home energy costs make up 3.83% of the CPI budget, auto fuel makes up 3.25%, dairy makes up 0.84% of the budget, and all food makes up 15.38% of the budget. Assuming a $2,000/month budget, this translates to $76.60 a month for home energy, $65 for auto fuel, $16.80 for dairy, and $307.60 for all food. None of those figures look too terribly out of line to me. Specifically, which one do you object to?
Third, the BLS table shows dairy up 10.4% since August 2003, and auto fuel up 16.5% over the same period. I calculate the price rise from the USDA numbersto be about 23%, and the Department of Energy has fuel prices up 15.9%. Granted, the milk number looks skewed, but the DOE numbers are actually higer for fuel costs.
I will concede that the CPI numbers aren't perfect; no measure of "inflation" can be. But, to insinuate they are cooked or are made up is really tenuous.
I think your link is somewhat misinformed. CPI does include a 'owners equivalent rent' cost, which tries to split out the 'I need a place to live' component from the 'this is an investment' component of home ownership. There is a pretty good description on the bls site. I think reasonable people could argue about the accuracy of the measure, but to say that the CPI people are ignoring that component is a little misguided.
You are (politely speaking) misinformed. CPI-U (which the parent linked) includes both energy and food components. Don't believe me? See the FAQ and the most recent (detailed) release. Milk and gas are clearly included.
They aren't the owner of the TCL code. Thus, they are commiting perjury.
The DirectTV Tivo has dual tuners. You can watch one live channel and record another, or you can watch a recording and record two live channels. I have had my unit for 3 years, so this really isn't new. FYI, the HTDV TiVo has four tuners.
What you are probably referring to is the TiVo stand-alone unit. The problem here is that TiVo has to encode the analog signal, something that the DirecTV or HDTV units (or your generic digital cable box) don't have to do. Dual tuners in these analog TiVo boxes would likely be prohibitively expensive.
Here is the registration required link. Don't even think you can pull that "parnter=rssuserland" crap around here, buddy.
Well, at least I thought it was funny.
Me too.
Michael apparently can't be bothered to read email OR the front page of the site he works for.
Infinetly? Well, I'll give you that it is probably easier on the feet and knees, although a badly adjusted bike can be hard on the knees. I have never had a running injury, and that is good enough for me.
you can spend much more power, and you have more flexibility in choosing a suitable power level
Running, I can go from a walk to an all out sprint. Seems like a pretty wide power distribution.
you can cover a larger area so it's less boring :-)
I prefer to think of it as I have more time to enjoy what I am looking at
more flexibility in duration. Biking 8 hours a day is no problem for an untrained person, but running is.
WTF? 8 hours for an untrained person? Come on. Are you forgetting how much your butt hurts after a long ride when you are first starting out?
you can carry some luggage easily (iPod, phone, gps, book to read while pausing, drinks)
There are lots of ways to carry things while running, if you want. Granted, we can't do the touring thing as easily. On long runs, I go with a fanny pack that carries water, keys, cell phone, and I can strap on my iPod if I want.
you don't need to wear silly clothing (although you certainly can)
A biker giving a runner a hard time about silly clothing? That's rich.
a modern bike is way more interesting technically than running shoes.
All the more stuff that can break down.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy biking. But I also like running. Most people don't. But so what? Just because you don't like it, doesn't make biking 'better'. It's just personal preference.
The only way to really find you max heartrate is to exercise to exhaustion (or very near it). You can do this via a treadmill and increasing the intesity, or repeated runs up a hill (200-300m or so). Also, insert standard disclaimer here about guidance of doctor, etc.
There are the percentage targets you mention, but many training programs divide your heartrate into 'zones', which is dependent on your resting heartrate. Resting heartrate goes down as fitness improves. See this for one example of this kind of breakdown.
No affiliation, just someone who has used it in the past. I know there will be those who say "Just Do It (TM)", but for me, it helped to have a bit more structure than that.
Just one (non-infringing) example.
There is a fart joke in Finding Nemo. When the mines blow up (in the shark scene), bubbles rise to the surface. Cut to two pelicans sitting on the water. Bubbles surface. One pelican looks at the other, says something like "Nice", and flys off.
In the dvd commentary, they joke about it a little bit.
So, you are a Windows user? I'm confused.
Limited Liability Partnership. Not that it matters.
I imagine that it was because the G5s were very scarce at launch. These aren't loaves of bread we are talking about. Apple could ship and sell at full price as many of these as they could make, so VT really had no leverage to try and get lower prices. 3-6 months after the launch, then sure, they might be able to get it cheaper. But first in line? I don't think that it is suprising at all to hear they paid full price.
You forgot the "AAAAH! MY EYES! MAKE THE BURNING STOP!"
foogely foogley stupid lameness filter...
Plasma TVs don't need to be recharged. The plasma is sealed in the unit. It is the phosphors that degrade over time, not the plasma.
I started with the Couch-to-5k running plan. I liked it because it started out very easy, and built to 3 miles over a couple of months.
I know running isn't for everyone, but it does have some advantages that are hard to beat.
Yeah, nevermind. I don't buy that either.