Re:The two are *definitely* related
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By the time anyone who would care will read these, I can't imagine that I'll lose more than a couple points. And anyone who would mod me down for a couple of offtopic comments has a small penis. So! Mod me down at the risk of your manhood! BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Re:The two are *definitely* related
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Offtopic question deserves an offtopic reply: yep. You think there's 2 of us floating around with this nick?
The two are *definitely* related
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I've always found that my stress level is directly proportional to the number of times I've tried to fold a goddam pterodactyl or swan or whatever the hell it's supposed to be. I think this guy has the right idea. =)
I'd actually be interested in this food database you're working on. I can't use a lot of these programs, simply because I'm a type I diabetic, and none of these seem to be geared with that in mind. And why would they, right? =) But if you're creating a food database from scratch, this could be something I could use - if you're in the market to share. Feel free to reply here, or email me (it's in my profile).
Honestly, I'm writing this on a 1.2 Ghz laptop as we speak. And it's not one of those mamby-pamby low heat ones. This bastard burns. But most laptops I've seen nowadays get just as hot. Provided I don't try to rip many CDs at the same time, it stays just below scorching. I don't think the heat problem is limited to Athlons.
The Transmeta chip being approved for use in one device hardly qualifies as edging anyone out of the mobile chip market, much less "further" edging them out. Besides, what do we (read as: geeks) have against AMD? I thought we liked them, no?
Can anyone explain to me why 2.4GHz is so popular? Phones use it, 802.11b uses it, and many devices, such as microwaves interfere with it. Do people not realize that the more devices that use it, the less useful/reliable it will be? Is there something special about it that's attractive to developers? Is it because it's a non-regulated frequency? IS it even a non-regulated frequency?
Why? (Score:-1, Insightful)
A monitor is an output device. A scanner (optical reader, whatever) is an input device. Why merge the two when they should be mutually exclusive? This isn't a troll, I'm truly curious as to how this will be better than just a traditional monitor/scanner setup.
Then allow me to sate your curiosity: I happen to like touch screens on areas where there is a need for convergence. On a 19" monitor, one can assume that there is a desktop (a physical one) associated with it. Therefore, there is space to have other peripherals, like keyboards, mice and the like. On a PDA, there is limited room, so convergence becomes a necessity. One needs to be able to write on the same area they read. The only exception to the rule is after market keyboards and the Zaurus, which has one included. As for touch screens - if they're in an office environment, overkill. No need. But in a place like a restaurant, where it's much simpler to not have to use a keyboard and just tap the name of what someone's ordering, it's a great idea.
There is no hard and fast rule that says that there has to be any "hard and fast rules" about this sort of stuff. But coming from a tech support background, whenever there is a device that does the job of 2 (or more), it either doesn't do either as good as the separate devices, or one aspect breaks and makes the whole thing worthless.
I tend to agree with this line of thinking. The printer/copier/scanner thing makes sense: it prints things on paper, it scans things off of paper, it replicates things that are printed on paper. There is a common thread to all those tasks. The monitor/scanner thing doesn't have a common thread. Not that it NEEDS to, it just seems like a proof-of-concept, whiz-bang, "look what I made" kinda thing.
A monitor is an output device. A scanner (optical reader, whatever) is an input device. Why merge the two when they should be mutually exclusive? This isn't a troll, I'm truly curious as to how this will be better than just a traditional monitor/scanner setup.
But who watches the watchers?
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According to the blurb, the mission of this is:
to ensure ready access to the essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of Federal officials, and the national experience. (bold mine)
Last I checked, the archive is run by the government (www.archives.gov), so how upfront are they going to be about the "actions of the Federal officials"? This seems like a good idea, but it could easily become little more than a "rah-rah-look-at-how-great-we-are" propaganda machine. I truly hope not, because it seems like a great idea.
That's peculiar because his kid says he found notes that would extend the story further (what becomes of the sandworms, Duncan, what the hell was chasing the Honored Matres, etc.) and that he's planning on pursuing that. For what it's worth, I think his kid's a much better storyteller than his father. His father painted a grand world, with great depth and well-developed characters with intricate plots, but I felt it got ruined whenever he tried to potificate (ie: Zensunni Wanderers and all their damned sayings). When he just got down to the story itself, with just a little backstory, it read much better. His kid seems to have the knack for just sticking to the story, and since his father already laid the groundwork, he really doesn't have much to do to keep the story going...
If I remember correctly, that old couple at the end of CH:D were "perfect" Face Dancers. That's why they wanted Duncan Idaho - with his repeated lives, reawakenings, and skills of the Honored Matres, he had eventually become the true Kwisatz Haderach
I'm sorry, but who the hell modded this "insightful"? Are you implying that all businesses should employ GPL or BSD style licenses? That's just stupidity piled on top of ignorance. Yes, I think Microsoft engages in shady business practices, and YES, I think they have a monopoly. I even think that they shouldn't bundle IE in with their OS. But to think that they should have to move to GPL instead of proprietary code is ludicrous.
They should release SOME source code, so that improvements can be made, but come on, they ARE a business. It doesn't matter if they have a thousand or a billion dollars, they're in it for the money. I'm defending Microsoft's right to make money, NOT the manner in which they do it. There's a difference and it's important. Your analogy is flawed: telling a thief to "steal less"? This is more like telling the thief to "stop stealing".
While you may think that if every business utilized some utopian GPL license, we'd all be happy, software would be perfect because it would be open source, and the code would be free, and wouldn't that be just peachy, those of us in a little-known called reality know better. What you're advocating is a pipe dream. Great on paper, but utterly useless in the real world.
Congratulations, BTW. Your mindless, drone-like, Microsoft-bashing has caused me to defend them in some small way, something I never thought I'd do. Way to go.
re: 1) Ok, the airline names and tag numbers are important when bringing them down, so although not impossible, it would have been a bitch to do.
re: 2) Let's see, early morning on a weekend. Weekends are known to be busy times for airports and morning is when they tend to fly. When would I recommend? Maybe a Thursday? Middle of the night?
re: 3) Bullshit. The backup system should be IDENTICAL to the production system, otherwise it's a worthless backup. Especially in something as critical as ATC. But I will concede the problems with testing network problems being hard to simulate.
1) How the hell did the flights get DOWN once the radar died? It said they disappeared from radar, and you don't keep radar on the planes that are on the ground, so....?
2) Whose bright idea was it to do a "systems upgrade" while there were large, flying metal objects carrying many people still in the air?!?! Wouldn't you do a test run, install it on a backup system, or one that's not systems-critical?
This just makes no sense....someone explain it to me?
I like to hear that. I'll have my telecommunications degree very soon, with a degree in programming soon after that. Where does one find information on what countries are receptive to this sort of thing? Or what the criteria are for entrance into said country? Like you said, NZ's is said to be *very* nice, and I wouldn't mind living somewhere nice as opposed to Floriduh, where I currently suffer/reside.
I know what he said, and avoided it at the risk of being called a karma whore. That quote seems to be a magnet of karma and criticism.
Anyway, we have looked at leaving the country. And unlike these prissy actors/actresses, we have no problem doing it. There's really not much here that isn't in other places. Hell, Bahamian citizenship is extremely easy to get and land is CHEAP there. Canada? I hear that's not too hard to immigrate to. Other than that, we're still looking. Any suggestions?
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By the time anyone who would care will read these, I can't imagine that I'll lose more than a couple points. And anyone who would mod me down for a couple of offtopic comments has a small penis. So! Mod me down at the risk of your manhood! BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Offtopic question deserves an offtopic reply: yep. You think there's 2 of us floating around with this nick?
I've always found that my stress level is directly proportional to the number of times I've tried to fold a goddam pterodactyl or swan or whatever the hell it's supposed to be. I think this guy has the right idea. =)
I'd actually be interested in this food database you're working on. I can't use a lot of these programs, simply because I'm a type I diabetic, and none of these seem to be geared with that in mind. And why would they, right? =) But if you're creating a food database from scratch, this could be something I could use - if you're in the market to share. Feel free to reply here, or email me (it's in my profile).
Honestly, I'm writing this on a 1.2 Ghz laptop as we speak. And it's not one of those mamby-pamby low heat ones. This bastard burns. But most laptops I've seen nowadays get just as hot. Provided I don't try to rip many CDs at the same time, it stays just below scorching. I don't think the heat problem is limited to Athlons.
The Transmeta chip being approved for use in one device hardly qualifies as edging anyone out of the mobile chip market, much less "further" edging them out. Besides, what do we (read as: geeks) have against AMD? I thought we liked them, no?
Can anyone explain to me why 2.4GHz is so popular? Phones use it, 802.11b uses it, and many devices, such as microwaves interfere with it. Do people not realize that the more devices that use it, the less useful/reliable it will be? Is there something special about it that's attractive to developers? Is it because it's a non-regulated frequency? IS it even a non-regulated frequency?
My dreams of one day owning a real-live (sorta) Dyno-Mutt are closer to fruition!
Oh yeah? How about this? =)
Why? (Score:-1, Insightful)
A monitor is an output device. A scanner (optical reader, whatever) is an input device. Why merge the two when they should be mutually exclusive? This isn't a troll, I'm truly curious as to how this will be better than just a traditional monitor/scanner setup.
Then allow me to sate your curiosity: I happen to like touch screens on areas where there is a need for convergence. On a 19" monitor, one can assume that there is a desktop (a physical one) associated with it. Therefore, there is space to have other peripherals, like keyboards, mice and the like. On a PDA, there is limited room, so convergence becomes a necessity. One needs to be able to write on the same area they read. The only exception to the rule is after market keyboards and the Zaurus, which has one included. As for touch screens - if they're in an office environment, overkill. No need. But in a place like a restaurant, where it's much simpler to not have to use a keyboard and just tap the name of what someone's ordering, it's a great idea.
There is no hard and fast rule that says that there has to be any "hard and fast rules" about this sort of stuff. But coming from a tech support background, whenever there is a device that does the job of 2 (or more), it either doesn't do either as good as the separate devices, or one aspect breaks and makes the whole thing worthless.
I tend to agree with this line of thinking. The printer/copier/scanner thing makes sense: it prints things on paper, it scans things off of paper, it replicates things that are printed on paper. There is a common thread to all those tasks. The monitor/scanner thing doesn't have a common thread. Not that it NEEDS to, it just seems like a proof-of-concept, whiz-bang, "look what I made" kinda thing.
A monitor is an output device. A scanner (optical reader, whatever) is an input device. Why merge the two when they should be mutually exclusive? This isn't a troll, I'm truly curious as to how this will be better than just a traditional monitor/scanner setup.
According to the blurb, the mission of this is:
to ensure ready access to the essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of Federal officials, and the national experience. (bold mine)
Last I checked, the archive is run by the government (www.archives.gov), so how upfront are they going to be about the "actions of the Federal officials"? This seems like a good idea, but it could easily become little more than a "rah-rah-look-at-how-great-we-are" propaganda machine. I truly hope not, because it seems like a great idea.
No, you need a DVD reader to make the DivX, not a DVD burner. DivX files don't have to be on a DVD, they can be on a CDR(W).
You're a disgruntled significant other, aren't you? =)
That's peculiar because his kid says he found notes that would extend the story further (what becomes of the sandworms, Duncan, what the hell was chasing the Honored Matres, etc.) and that he's planning on pursuing that. For what it's worth, I think his kid's a much better storyteller than his father. His father painted a grand world, with great depth and well-developed characters with intricate plots, but I felt it got ruined whenever he tried to potificate (ie: Zensunni Wanderers and all their damned sayings). When he just got down to the story itself, with just a little backstory, it read much better. His kid seems to have the knack for just sticking to the story, and since his father already laid the groundwork, he really doesn't have much to do to keep the story going...
If I remember correctly, that old couple at the end of CH:D were "perfect" Face Dancers. That's why they wanted Duncan Idaho - with his repeated lives, reawakenings, and skills of the Honored Matres, he had eventually become the true Kwisatz Haderach
I'm sorry, but who the hell modded this "insightful"? Are you implying that all businesses should employ GPL or BSD style licenses? That's just stupidity piled on top of ignorance. Yes, I think Microsoft engages in shady business practices, and YES, I think they have a monopoly. I even think that they shouldn't bundle IE in with their OS. But to think that they should have to move to GPL instead of proprietary code is ludicrous.
They should release SOME source code, so that improvements can be made, but come on, they ARE a business. It doesn't matter if they have a thousand or a billion dollars, they're in it for the money. I'm defending Microsoft's right to make money, NOT the manner in which they do it. There's a difference and it's important. Your analogy is flawed: telling a thief to "steal less"? This is more like telling the thief to "stop stealing".
While you may think that if every business utilized some utopian GPL license, we'd all be happy, software would be perfect because it would be open source, and the code would be free, and wouldn't that be just peachy, those of us in a little-known called reality know better. What you're advocating is a pipe dream. Great on paper, but utterly useless in the real world.
Congratulations, BTW. Your mindless, drone-like, Microsoft-bashing has caused me to defend them in some small way, something I never thought I'd do. Way to go.
re: 1) Ok, the airline names and tag numbers are important when bringing them down, so although not impossible, it would have been a bitch to do.
re: 2) Let's see, early morning on a weekend. Weekends are known to be busy times for airports and morning is when they tend to fly. When would I recommend? Maybe a Thursday? Middle of the night?
re: 3) Bullshit. The backup system should be IDENTICAL to the production system, otherwise it's a worthless backup. Especially in something as critical as ATC. But I will concede the problems with testing network problems being hard to simulate.
His name is Linus, not Linux. Linux is the operating system, Linus is the person.
1) How the hell did the flights get DOWN once the radar died? It said they disappeared from radar, and you don't keep radar on the planes that are on the ground, so....?
2) Whose bright idea was it to do a "systems upgrade" while there were large, flying metal objects carrying many people still in the air?!?! Wouldn't you do a test run, install it on a backup system, or one that's not systems-critical?
This just makes no sense....someone explain it to me?
"Don't be ridiculous. There's no WAY we're getting hit by 20,000 machines simultaneou..."
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I like to hear that. I'll have my telecommunications degree very soon, with a degree in programming soon after that. Where does one find information on what countries are receptive to this sort of thing? Or what the criteria are for entrance into said country? Like you said, NZ's is said to be *very* nice, and I wouldn't mind living somewhere nice as opposed to Floriduh, where I currently suffer/reside.
Ironically enough, I already live in Florida, so THAT commute should be short enough...
I know what he said, and avoided it at the risk of being called a karma whore. That quote seems to be a magnet of karma and criticism.
Anyway, we have looked at leaving the country. And unlike these prissy actors/actresses, we have no problem doing it. There's really not much here that isn't in other places. Hell, Bahamian citizenship is extremely easy to get and land is CHEAP there. Canada? I hear that's not too hard to immigrate to. Other than that, we're still looking. Any suggestions?