I've been saving all of my e-mail, both incoming and outgoing, since 1987 (yup, that's 18 years of e-mail!), and for the same reasons as you. The only things I don't save are spam and large attachements. The grand total uncompressed byte size of my e-mail archive is about 165MB, and of course it compresses very well. Since it takes almost no effort to save and archive e-mail, and since it does provide a semi-useful diary/log of sorts over the years, I figure "why not?". In fact, I'm kinda surprised so few people save their e-mail. I guess it has something to do with the fact that a lot of people use third-party e-mail servers (hotmail, yahoo, gmail, etc.), or use more than one server, etc., making it non-trivial to easily and consistently save the messages.
Discs that do not allow me to fast forward through FBI warnings, commercials, etc
What I find funny is that whenever I've tried to pause to read the FBI warning, the DVD wouldn't let me. I've often wondered if that kind of thing could hold up in court. Can I be held responsible for complying to a warning that I wasn't given fair ability to read fully?
One can also perform thought experiments with perfectly frictionless surfaces or with perpetual motion machines, but that doesn't mean they exist in reality.
So I'm just curious, as a potential buyer of some of these films (I like Princess Bride, who doesn't?), should I buy the Full-screen version rather than the widescreen if I have a 4:3 television?
I think that's what you're implying, is that the full-screen version has more information than the widescreen version, because the films were filmed in 1.33 ratio and the widescreen versions are actually matted.
I'm just confused by all of this: I have a 4:3 television that can display 480P widescreen, so I usually buy the widescreen version, but in this case, it might actually be better to have the full-screen, unless I'm totally misunderstanding you.
The trick here is to realize that "more information" doesn't necessarily mean "better". Movies filmed in open matte were composed with the intention of being matted, so if you watch the matted (widescreen) version then you're watching exactly what the filmmaker intended to be seen. Removing the matte as a simple way of correcting the aspect ratio to fill a standard TV screen will show you more information, yes, but it might detract from the visual effect the filmmaker was trying to achieve.
Your correct, but you have to remember which freedoms the zealots are fighting for. They're fighting for the right to modify, improve and redistribute software.
Unfortunatly, most of the general public has no use for these freedoms, since they're not software developers.
Now what most people (unfortunately) don't realize is that the general public does directly benefit from such an arrangement, because the software developers around the world that can modify, improve and redistribute the software will (over the course of time) do so, improving the quality, security, compatibility and feature set of the software in a way that's more timeless than any commercial venture.
The author comments that tsunami warnings may not help much, as people often flock to the coastline to see the giant waves.
That may have been true in the past, but you can bet that after this event, for years to come every time someone on a tropical beach hears the word tsunami, they're going to b-line their way as far away from the water as they can!
Lights, air conditioning and the revolving of the apartment can be turned on and off with a remote control or an oral command.
I can see it now... We're having sex in the apartment and my girlfriend starts shouting faster! faster! oh yes! faster!!!. The next thing you know our apartment is rotating at a blurry 45 RPM and the neighbors on the street are looking up and thinking "there they go, at it again!".
It also means that one photo was taken every 15 seconds, or 4 photos per minute. Which seems reasonable to me.
Except for the fact that the Canon PowerShot G3 can't be programmed to take a photo every 15 seconds. The G3 has an "intervalometer" feature, but it can only be set between 1 minute and 60 minutes at 1-minute intervals. This raises my suspicion as to how genuine this photo is.
I have an Epson Perfection 2400 as well, and for some reason xsane does a really bad job at scanning slides with it. The slide-scanning software I use under Linux is called "iscan", which is distributed by Epson at the following web site: http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/dl_scan.ht ml. The user interface sucks compared to xsane's, but it does a much better job at scanning negatives and slides. By "much better", I mean "not as sucky".
My usual workflow is similar, but also includes red-eye reduction. I'm getting half decent at doing that in The Gimp, but it's painful multi-step process. I wish oh I wish The Gimp had a red-eye reduction tool!
The scientist's job is to discover truth about the natural world, and the journalist's is to report the world's events accurately. Why are these two professions so often at odds?
I think the discrepency here is that the journalist's job is to report the world's events in whatever way sells the best. The "truth about the natural world" is usually too dry or unsensational to pique the interest of the general public, so journalists revert to focusing on and magnifying one particular aspect of something, which of course results in a lot of bias and half-truths.
Should Microsoft lose this round of the browser wars, they can just grab the Firefox code, change the appearance a bit and release it as the next version of IE. That will get it on the OEM boxes for sure. Oh, but of course they'll extend it with a few proprietary features first - DRM stuff, etc...
Oh, I'd love to see that happen! Then the Free Software Foundation could clearly and legitimately sue the asses off Microsoft, which would have the effect of undoubtably, and very quickly, rendering a core element of Microsoft's product line illegal. But that would never happen. Microsoft may be dishonest and devious, but they're not stupid.
The dissapointing thing is how often Fedora major releases come out. Makes the lives of those of us who have to keep up with it quite difficult. We just got used to FC2 and now FC3's out!:-)
Then upgrade every two versions (e.g. RH9 to FC2 to FC4). That's what I do. There's no requirement for you to upgrade with every release that comes out.
Here's a photo I took of the eclipse (coincidently also in Ottawa, and also with a Canon PowerShot G3). It's not a timelapse composite, but I think it's still pretty neat:
So you can download this for free of course, but its a DVD image? meaning those of us without dvd burners (i'm assuming alot of us don't own those) are forced into buying this if we want to try it out?
Since you can buy a DVD burner for less than the cost of the SuSE DVDs ($89.95), this sounds like a great justification for you to buy a DVD burner.
Some acoustic physicist please explain to me: Why wouldn't earphones work better underwater? AFAIK sound is propagated through compression waves, so it should work fine underwater as the density is greater. Am I missing something?
I'm guessing that they would work better underwater if there was an uninturrupted water channel. But I'm guessing the problem is that when you go swimming, especially if you're wearing earphones or earbuds, there's bound to be a lot of trapped air in your ears along with the water that gets in. It's probably that composite environment that causes the problem.
Does anybody know the bugzilla number for this bug so I can vote for it? This problem bugs the hell out of me (pun intended). Of course, I'm operating on the theory that the more votes a bug has on it, the more likely (if only slightly) it is of being given priority to be fixed. Oh, if only I had the time to contribute my own fixes....
IANAMBIHAMOMDSTSC (I Am Not A Mathemetician, But I Have A Master Of Mathematics Degree, So That Sorta Counts).
Doesn't the very fact that using Cir instead of Pi complicates the equation give you a tip-off that Pi is the more fundamental unit?
And yeah, I agree that 2 is a fundamentally important number as well, but it can be derived from the concepts of 1 and addition, buth of which are already represented in Euler's equation.
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pls don't assume that the things you read on./ or in a book have any bearing on how the world actually functions.
So... what you're saying is... we shouldn't believe what you just said?
No, I don't have solid numbers. But it's common sense. If a commodity is easily accessible for free to the majority of potential buyers, then the majority of these potential buyers will opt for getting it for free rather than paying for it. Thus the industry loses a lot of potential sales. Whether or not you agree with the principles of the industry or the stranglehold it has on the actual artists is another question entirely. But the fact of the matter is that commonplace bulk filesharing will hurt sales, and that in turn may stifle the production of music.
I'm not saying that this has happened to this extent yet. I think that the percentage of technically-savvy people who have the ability and know-how to easily obtain songs in this way is low enough that the industry is thus far mostly unphased by the practice. But this percentage is growing larger. Someday, if the practice of bulk filesharing goes unchecked, this will be a problem. It's unreasonable of you to deny this, regardless of whether or not you actually like the industry.
Note that it's not necessarily your habit or mine to completely sidestep the whole buy-it-if-you-like-it thing, but I'm willing to bet that the majority of the people out there will gladly sidestep it if given the easy opportunity.
This is on a different scale than simply sharing a few songs between friends.
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..which the record companies also tried to suppress. ("Home taping is killing music.")
Yes, and I agree with you that that's going too far. But that's not what the article is about. It's about going after "major filesharers", which IMHO is a perfectly reasonable thing for the industry to do.
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What I find funny is that whenever I've tried to pause to read the FBI warning, the DVD wouldn't let me. I've often wondered if that kind of thing could hold up in court. Can I be held responsible for complying to a warning that I wasn't given fair ability to read fully?
There was a big Starbuck masturbation scene in the fourth episode, and there are rumours of an anal sex scene in the sixth.
One can also perform thought experiments with perfectly frictionless surfaces or with perpetual motion machines, but that doesn't mean they exist in reality.
Even a horrendously slow XML parser operates in O(n) time.
The trick here is to realize that "more information" doesn't necessarily mean "better". Movies filmed in open matte were composed with the intention of being matted, so if you watch the matted (widescreen) version then you're watching exactly what the filmmaker intended to be seen. Removing the matte as a simple way of correcting the aspect ratio to fill a standard TV screen will show you more information, yes, but it might detract from the visual effect the filmmaker was trying to achieve.
Now what most people (unfortunately) don't realize is that the general public does directly benefit from such an arrangement, because the software developers around the world that can modify, improve and redistribute the software will (over the course of time) do so, improving the quality, security, compatibility and feature set of the software in a way that's more timeless than any commercial venture.
That may have been true in the past, but you can bet that after this event, for years to come every time someone on a tropical beach hears the word tsunami, they're going to b-line their way as far away from the water as they can!
I can see it now... We're having sex in the apartment and my girlfriend starts shouting faster! faster! oh yes! faster!!!. The next thing you know our apartment is rotating at a blurry 45 RPM and the neighbors on the street are looking up and thinking "there they go, at it again!".
Except for the fact that the Canon PowerShot G3 can't be programmed to take a photo every 15 seconds. The G3 has an "intervalometer" feature, but it can only be set between 1 minute and 60 minutes at 1-minute intervals. This raises my suspicion as to how genuine this photo is.
I have an Epson Perfection 2400 as well, and for some reason xsane does a really bad job at scanning slides with it. The slide-scanning software I use under Linux is called "iscan", which is distributed by Epson at the following web site: http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/dl_scan.ht ml. The user interface sucks compared to xsane's, but it does a much better job at scanning negatives and slides. By "much better", I mean "not as sucky".
minor correction... make that EST!
It's now 09:52 EDT, and it's been replaced by the (presumably original) "SCO Partner Webinars" image. It was fun while it lasted!
I think the discrepency here is that the journalist's job is to report the world's events in whatever way sells the best. The "truth about the natural world" is usually too dry or unsensational to pique the interest of the general public, so journalists revert to focusing on and magnifying one particular aspect of something, which of course results in a lot of bias and half-truths.
Oh, I'd love to see that happen! Then the Free Software Foundation could clearly and legitimately sue the asses off Microsoft, which would have the effect of undoubtably, and very quickly, rendering a core element of Microsoft's product line illegal. But that would never happen. Microsoft may be dishonest and devious, but they're not stupid.
Then upgrade every two versions (e.g. RH9 to FC2 to FC4). That's what I do. There's no requirement for you to upgrade with every release that comes out.
Here's a photo I took of the eclipse (coincidently also in Ottawa, and also with a Canon PowerShot G3). It's not a timelapse composite, but I think it's still pretty neat:
http://www.pomakis.com/tmpPhotos/img2004102700.jpg
Since you can buy a DVD burner for less than the cost of the SuSE DVDs ($89.95), this sounds like a great justification for you to buy a DVD burner.
I'm guessing that they would work better underwater if there was an uninturrupted water channel. But I'm guessing the problem is that when you go swimming, especially if you're wearing earphones or earbuds, there's bound to be a lot of trapped air in your ears along with the water that gets in. It's probably that composite environment that causes the problem.
Does anybody know the bugzilla number for this bug so I can vote for it? This problem bugs the hell out of me (pun intended). Of course, I'm operating on the theory that the more votes a bug has on it, the more likely (if only slightly) it is of being given priority to be fixed. Oh, if only I had the time to contribute my own fixes....
Doesn't the very fact that using Cir instead of Pi complicates the equation give you a tip-off that Pi is the more fundamental unit?
And yeah, I agree that 2 is a fundamentally important number as well, but it can be derived from the concepts of 1 and addition, buth of which are already represented in Euler's equation.
So... what you're saying is... we shouldn't believe what you just said?
I'm not saying that this has happened to this extent yet. I think that the percentage of technically-savvy people who have the ability and know-how to easily obtain songs in this way is low enough that the industry is thus far mostly unphased by the practice. But this percentage is growing larger. Someday, if the practice of bulk filesharing goes unchecked, this will be a problem. It's unreasonable of you to deny this, regardless of whether or not you actually like the industry.
Note that it's not necessarily your habit or mine to completely sidestep the whole buy-it-if-you-like-it thing, but I'm willing to bet that the majority of the people out there will gladly sidestep it if given the easy opportunity.
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Yes, and I agree with you that that's going too far. But that's not what the article is about. It's about going after "major filesharers", which IMHO is a perfectly reasonable thing for the industry to do.