I've had marvellous fun with Lamy plastic fountain pens: big and fat and the cartridges hold lots of ink. The bladder that comes with it is really very handy and the smooth nibs are just brilliant. I'm a big fan of broad nibs, and, since I'm a physics/mathematics student, my terrible handwriting is much less important than making short strokes readable. When the writing itself is gorgeous, for some reason, the math is easier to understand. Pencils are the way of the heathen. Mostly, it has to be soundless or it's distracting, and pencils make the most annoying ikki-ikki-ikki noise.
Fountain pens quickly develop into something of an obsession, though, but once you've experienced what real pens are like you can't possibly buy those horrid ballpoints and rollerballs. And don't even get me started about disposables.
And, people who don't use fountain pens never see the cool colour gradient effect that happens when you change cartridges and watch the colour slowly drift from the old to the new ink. It looks gorgeous.
I think it's mostly a mental thing. If you have a good pen, you won't lose it, and you'll think twice before you write stuff down. It's like a small internal quality control filter.
Also, it's easy to get syringes and needles from drugstores (at least, it is in Canada) so you can experiment with mixing inks and getting exactly the colours that you want.
Fountain pens are the only way, and the broader the nib the better.
Now, I know that it's not English, or even any other valid language, but the longest thing I've ever written purely on the left hand was a variable name that I came up with purely by chance - DatabaseGateway. I suppose it's somewhat cheating since some people would use the right hand shift key to do the capitals, but I use the left shift key, so that just makes me odd.
Within a reference frame attached to the photon, time does stop - the concept of an "age" of a photon is nonsensical
the relativity you speak of predicts that all observers will measure the speed of light to be c, regardless of the speed of the observer.
Also, the invariant he speaks of works like this:
if you define the proper time, \tau, which is time as measured in a reference frame at rest with respect to the body in motion,
one has d\tau^2 = dt^2 - \frac{dx_1^2 + dx_2^2 + dx_3^2}{c^2}
if you define the four dimensional displacement vector r = (ct, x_1, x_2, x_3),
then dr/d\tau is invariant and that's the mathematics that substantiates the parent's claim that "in spacetime all objects move at the same speed"
I've not tried any classical music - but I encoded some vocal jazz from a choir that i'm in - we made a cd - in both ogg and mp3 and was *much* more satisfied with the ogg.
Starting nitpick: I think you're confusing 1984 and Brave New World. BNW had state-controlled eugenics, but the couples in 1984 made babies the good old fashioned way.
Also, neither ford nor firestone can be charged with murder, because one of the burdens of proof (motive) is not met. Neither entity *wanted* people to die, so it's not murder.
However, there exist various laws which do the trick, Criminally Negligent Homicide comes to mind, perhaps even Manslaughter, as you mentioned.
Actually, there are more irrational numbers than rational ones. And, moreover, between any two rational numbers there exists at least one irrational number.
The irrational numbers that you mention are drops in the bucket of irrational numbers.
screw ordinary people - If we want computers to be useful and powerful in the hands to which they're most suited (those who take the time to learn), then we must and should cater to those who know. Case insensitivity hurts people who use case-sensitivity for their own benifit, their only recourse is to change their naming scheme and hurt their productivity indefinitely. Case Sensitivity is a form of tough love, it hurts people who don't understand, but their recourse is _good_ for them - learning the way useful filesystems work.
The computing solution for the average mac idiot is not pandering, but allowing non threatening methods to teach them what is _better_ about computers, what power they hold. Clearly I am not the sort who could do such teaching;) but Apple certainly could, and it's an insult to use case insensitive file systems because it smacks of "*I* will decide what your computer is good for, not you"
I subscribe to a relatively traditional sort of Christianity, no particular denomination, with an emphasis on personal well-thinking and acting, instead of wide societal change.
I remember reading that JRR Tolkien attributed his Lord of the Rings trilogy to a desire to pay homage to god by creating his own world, in the image of god's creation but with different elements. This was his tribute, in creation - imitation truly is the sincerest form of flattery.
I liken this to programming, personally - I take huge creative pride in my work, and I prefer the encompassing, huge programs that take lots of modules and good design to make work -- epic programs, even if they don't come out right.
actually, the intermediary hold no helpful data - everything that goes through is encrypted the intermediary knows the ips of the computers on the left and right of it (in this situation the sender and reciever) but doesn't know the request
>Amongst other things, the GPL says that unless >it's a system library, if you link something to >GPL'd code you've got to make it available under >the GPL.
Linking is a one way process - you have a library and you build a program against it - and this has tripped you up. True - you can't link something against GPL'd code and then not open the source under the GPL - which is why, if *QT* was GPL, then KDE would have to be.
KDE is being linked against QT - not the other way around Qt is self-sufficient, it is not bound by the KDE licensing choice - you've got things backwards.
And what if I hit your page from lynx? are you gonna come and sue me? Did I miss the click agreement that specified that I couldn't view certain parts of your page without viewing others?
Unless all the five (or four) moderations happen within a few seconds of each other (not bloody likely), then each subsequent moderation means more than the last one. I've often read a post marked at three and thought, that was funny, just about a '3' funny, and left it at three, while I placed a moderator point on some other not-as-funny joke that was currenlty ranked at 1 that I thought should have been ranked at a 2.
So a mod from 4-5 is actually very very impressive, worth much more than just a mod point.
The point is not to cripple, the point is to give Microsoft what they've been asking for all along: the chance to innovate. At this point, their stranglehold on the desktop has relieved them of this burden, inasmuch as they can keep marketshare by way of their existing monopoly.
If you define compatibility with existing windows software as an essential service, than giving it away to everyone is the logical thing to do and will *force* Microsoft to compete based on the merit of their new ("innovative") products. I like it.
The painful thing about Motif not being abstracted enoungh is the uncertainty it generates whenever theres a problem. Consider the following:
hmmm, where's that foobar function I want? hmmmm let's check the Motif docs.... hmmm, no mention what about Xt? *10 minutes later* naahh, not here either what about xlib? oh, here we go....
rinse, lather, repeat
Poor programmers spending hours more than necessary because it's not all in one place. That qualifies as painful.
"None of them said that any of their belongings were their own, but they all shared with one another everything they had"
or Luke 4:34b,35
"Those who owned fields or houses would sell them, bring the money recieved from the sale, and hand it over to the apostles; and the money was distributed to each one according to his need."
It is is entirely false to purport that it is "God's law that no reward come from work" and these verses that I quote do not fall into the small exception you (erroneosly) mention.
Christianity is not a blue-collar religion, it does not have social distinctions as such, viz. Galatians 3:26-29
"It is through faith that all of you rare God's children in union with Christ Jesus. So ther is no ifference bewtwen Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free people, between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus."
Such is Christian thought (as per the new testament).
The berses you mention above are specific rules given in a specific context to the people of Isreal as warnings against laziness. At the time, the nation itself was in a time where survival was critically important, and laziness could not practically tolerated. Even still, there are warnings against laziness all through the bible, but the Bible is an enormous book with hundreds of stories, each with it's own context, albeit there are many lessons which crossover. It behooves you to know the context of what it is you quote.
We can therefore say, with a fair degree of certainty, that god does not mandate any given economic system. Both capatalism and socialism can be used in positive and negative ways concerning religion. Open Source is not a cheap door that lets robbers steal your work easily, it is a voluntary contribution to peer review and use. Even the community itself rallies against "stealing", viz. the Sun-Blackdown fiasco. Open source, linux, et al, is about collaboration for the greater good, not making money off of someobody else's back whilst one slacks off.
Christianity is certainly not capitalist, not communist, nor socialist, nor fascist.
As a member of the Christian Left, I know many people from Christian backgrounds who use linux, and you can trust us that we are not bucking for thuderbolts, god is perfectly ok with socialism, open source, et al.
Show me where in any countries constitution it says that open-to-all communications and formats are a right of all citizens. If I go to France, can I yell at them because they speak French and I can't easily communicate with them?
Slashdot Mirror
Dr. Mario has to be one of the most addictive ever.
When I close my eyes, all I see are curious arrangements of blue, red, and yellow pills.
I do the same thing, since I like to leave my computer on at night and can't sleep with the noise. It works remarkably well.
Micah
Heh. I've been craving I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again lately. The eurovision pun contest is the best.
I've had marvellous fun with Lamy plastic fountain pens: big and fat and the cartridges hold lots of ink. The bladder that comes with it is really very handy and the smooth nibs are just brilliant. I'm a big fan of broad nibs, and, since I'm a physics/mathematics student, my terrible handwriting is much less important than making short strokes readable. When the writing itself is gorgeous, for some reason, the math is easier to understand. Pencils are the way of the heathen. Mostly, it has to be soundless or it's distracting, and pencils make the most annoying ikki-ikki-ikki noise.
Fountain pens quickly develop into something of an obsession, though, but once you've experienced what real pens are like you can't possibly buy those horrid ballpoints and rollerballs. And don't even get me started about disposables.
And, people who don't use fountain pens never see the cool colour gradient effect that happens when you change cartridges and watch the colour slowly drift from the old to the new ink. It looks gorgeous.
I think it's mostly a mental thing. If you have a good pen, you won't lose it, and you'll think twice before you write stuff down. It's like a small internal quality control filter.
Also, it's easy to get syringes and needles from drugstores (at least, it is in Canada) so you can experiment with mixing inks and getting exactly the colours that you want.
Fountain pens are the only way, and the broader the nib the better.
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Micah
Now, I know that it's not English, or even any other valid language, but the longest thing I've ever written purely on the left hand was a variable name that I came up with purely by chance - DatabaseGateway. I suppose it's somewhat cheating since some people would use the right hand shift key to do the capitals, but I use the left shift key, so that just makes me odd.
Micah
Within a reference frame attached to the photon, time does stop - the concept of an "age" of a photon is nonsensical
the relativity you speak of predicts that all observers will measure the speed of light to be c, regardless of the speed of the observer.
Also, the invariant he speaks of works like this:
if you define the proper time, \tau, which is time as measured in a reference frame at rest with respect to the body in motion,
one has d\tau^2 = dt^2 - \frac{dx_1^2 + dx_2^2 + dx_3^2}{c^2}
if you define the four dimensional displacement vector r = (ct, x_1, x_2, x_3),
then dr/d\tau is invariant and that's the mathematics that substantiates the parent's claim that "in spacetime all objects move at the same speed"
I've not tried any classical music - but I encoded some vocal jazz from a choir that i'm in - we made a cd - in both ogg and mp3 and was *much* more satisfied with the ogg.
Clock one more up for ogg
Starting nitpick: I think you're confusing 1984 and Brave New World. BNW had state-controlled eugenics, but the couples in 1984 made babies the good old fashioned way.
Also, neither ford nor firestone can be charged with murder, because one of the burdens of proof (motive) is not met. Neither entity *wanted* people to die, so it's not murder.
However, there exist various laws which do the trick, Criminally Negligent Homicide comes to mind, perhaps even Manslaughter, as you mentioned.
Of course that's true
but he said the American people are wary of anything that resembles communism, and socialism does resemble communism
Actually, there are more irrational numbers than rational ones. And, moreover, between any two rational numbers there exists at least one irrational number.
The irrational numbers that you mention are drops in the bucket of irrational numbers.
screw ordinary people - If we want computers to be useful and powerful in the hands to which they're most suited (those who take the time to learn), then we must and should cater to those who know. Case insensitivity hurts people who use case-sensitivity for their own benifit, their only recourse is to change their naming scheme and hurt their productivity indefinitely. Case Sensitivity is a form of tough love, it hurts people who don't understand, but their recourse is _good_ for them - learning the way useful filesystems work.
;) but Apple certainly could, and it's an insult to use case insensitive file systems because it smacks of "*I* will decide what your computer is good for, not you"
The computing solution for the average mac idiot is not pandering, but allowing non threatening methods to teach them what is _better_ about computers, what power they hold. Clearly I am not the sort who could do such teaching
Micah
jokes on you, friend ;)
debian is non-profit
which makes three (3) companies, and a non-profit org
I subscribe to a relatively traditional sort of Christianity, no particular denomination, with an emphasis on personal well-thinking and acting, instead of wide societal change.
I remember reading that JRR Tolkien attributed his Lord of the Rings trilogy to a desire to pay homage to god by creating his own world, in the image of god's creation but with different elements. This was his tribute, in creation - imitation truly is the sincerest form of flattery.
I liken this to programming, personally - I take huge creative pride in my work, and I prefer the encompassing, huge programs that take lots of modules and good design to make work -- epic programs, even if they don't come out right.
Such is my tribute, homage, to god.
And hell, if you're a KDE whore, like me, you can even go and get KLyX, and have your favorite app fit with all your themes, etc.
Micah
actually, the intermediary hold no helpful data - everything that goes through is encrypted
the intermediary knows the ips of the computers on the left and right of it (in this situation the sender and reciever) but doesn't know the request
Micah
>Amongst other things, the GPL says that unless >it's a system library, if you link something to >GPL'd code you've got to make it available under >the GPL.
Linking is a one way process - you have a library and you build a program against it - and this has tripped you up. True - you can't link something against GPL'd code and then not open the source under the GPL - which is why, if *QT* was GPL, then KDE would have to be.
KDE is being linked against QT - not the other way around Qt is self-sufficient, it is not bound by the KDE licensing choice - you've got things backwards.
Micah
And what if I hit your page from lynx? are you gonna come and sue me? Did I miss the click agreement that specified that I couldn't view certain parts of your page without viewing others?
Unless all the five (or four) moderations happen within a few seconds of each other (not bloody likely), then each subsequent moderation means more than the last one. I've often read a post marked at three and thought, that was funny, just about a '3' funny, and left it at three, while I placed a moderator point on some other not-as-funny joke that was currenlty ranked at 1 that I thought should have been ranked at a 2.
So a mod from 4-5 is actually very very impressive, worth much more than just a mod point.
Micah
The point is not to cripple, the point is to give Microsoft what they've been asking for all along: the chance to innovate. At this point, their stranglehold on the desktop has relieved them of this burden, inasmuch as they can keep marketshare by way of their existing monopoly.
If you define compatibility with existing windows software as an essential service, than giving it away to everyone is the logical thing to do and will *force* Microsoft to compete based on the merit of their new ("innovative") products. I like it.
Micah
Repeat after me: Hotmail runs on BSD.
Hotmail runs on BSD
The comment about Microsoft was in the quoted part, ie, FROM THE SUBMISSION
it's not CmdrTaco at all
The painful thing about Motif not being abstracted enoungh is the uncertainty it generates whenever theres a problem. Consider the following:
hmmm, where's that foobar function I want? hmmmm
let's check the Motif docs.... hmmm, no mention
what about Xt? *10 minutes later* naahh, not here either
what about xlib? oh, here we go....
rinse, lather, repeat
Poor programmers spending hours more than necessary because it's not all in one place. That qualifies as painful.
Micah
ummm
Intel already has a slashdot icon dude. So does AMD.
dunno about cyrix tho
Micah
hmmm
how's a bout Luke 4:32b
"None of them said that any of their belongings were their own, but they all shared with one another everything they had"
or Luke 4:34b,35
"Those who owned fields or houses would sell them, bring the money recieved from the sale, and hand it over to the apostles; and the money was distributed to each one according to his need."
It is is entirely false to purport that it is "God's law that no reward come from work"
and these verses that I quote do not fall into the small exception you (erroneosly) mention.
Christianity is not a blue-collar religion, it does not have social distinctions as such, viz. Galatians 3:26-29
"It is through faith that all of you rare God's children in union with Christ Jesus. So ther is no ifference bewtwen Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free people, between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus."
Such is Christian thought (as per the new testament).
The berses you mention above are specific rules given in a specific context to the people of Isreal as warnings against laziness. At the time, the nation itself was in a time where survival was critically important, and laziness could not practically tolerated. Even still, there are warnings against laziness all through the bible, but the Bible is an enormous book with hundreds of stories, each with it's own context, albeit there are many lessons which crossover. It behooves you to know the context of what it is you quote.
We can therefore say, with a fair degree of certainty, that god does not mandate any given economic system. Both capatalism and socialism can be used in positive and negative ways concerning religion. Open Source is not a cheap door that lets robbers steal your work easily, it is a voluntary contribution to peer review and use. Even the community itself rallies against "stealing", viz. the Sun-Blackdown fiasco. Open source, linux, et al, is about collaboration for the greater good, not making money off of someobody else's back whilst one slacks off.
Christianity is certainly not capitalist, not communist, nor socialist, nor fascist.
As a member of the Christian Left, I know many people from Christian backgrounds who use linux, and you can trust us that we are not bucking for thuderbolts, god is perfectly ok with socialism, open source, et al.
Micah
Show me where in any countries constitution it says that open-to-all communications and formats are a right of all citizens. If I go to France, can I yell at them because they speak French and I can't easily communicate with them?
Micah