The technique referred here is islamic lusterware and involves the firing of metallic salts on the glazed surface. It was not developed by the romans, as this poster suggests, nor was it "renaissance" era technology. The application of lusters to functional ceramcis can be traced to the persians around 900 a.d.
Actually, last year here in the Salt Lake City area, the use of model planes was restricted during the Olympic games as a security measure -- and there were no cameras involved.
Fair use is neither piracy nor theft. Fair use does not infringe the compensation of copyright owners. Perhaps, one could keep the issues of fair use and piracy/theft seperate rather than simply regurgitating industry FUD designed to co-mingle the two.
I would highly discourage the use of the "service" Covad provides. My experiences are similar to those that have already been posted. I was promised a 608/128 aDSL connection through Covad with their Speedstream external modem. I live about 10,000 feet away from the main switches so they told me that I'd probably get T1 speeds. I get about 7.3 KBps or about 60 Kbp/s. Two modems shotgunned together could beat this. I later found out that where the contract says, "Dedicated 608/128 kbp/s line" actually means, "Up to 608/128 through best effort". I created a huge stink, and after threating a lawsuit, I found out the connections are shared and have been oversold. It took about 3 months of calling their office everyday, and they have finally agreed to give me a PARTIAL refund. Stay away from Covad!
A few months ago I did some research into the subject of laptop backpacks. The research involved online reviews as well as purchasing any locally available samples. I finally settled on a backpack manufactured by Spire USA. It has been a marvelous solution.
If I suddenly had the need, I would not hesitate to buy another backpack from Spire.
Douglas Adams was a keynote speaker during the JavaOne conference last June. He addressed the web site version of the Guide during the course of his speach. It was interesting to find that he was spearheading this collaborative effort to gather information, and it is very exciting to learn that we are likely only a couple of years away from a usable Guide. Very cool.
Anyone may register and submit information for the database. The information is screened by a panel of editors before it is added to the Earth Edition of the Guide. The details regarding what qualifies as a "good" submission can be found at http://www.h2g2.com/A53209. cheers.
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The technique referred here is islamic lusterware and involves the firing of metallic salts on the glazed surface. It was not developed by the romans, as this poster suggests, nor was it "renaissance" era technology. The application of lusters to functional ceramcis can be traced to the persians around 900 a.d.
Actually, last year here in the Salt Lake City area, the use of model planes was restricted during the Olympic games as a security measure -- and there were no cameras involved.
Fair use is neither piracy nor theft. Fair use does not infringe the compensation of copyright owners. Perhaps, one could keep the issues of fair use and piracy/theft seperate rather than simply regurgitating industry FUD designed to co-mingle the two.
ahhh, _bored of the rings_
The issue with the LSB and Debian is that in order to curry co-operation from the Hat, RPM was spec'ed as the package manager.
I would highly discourage the use of the "service" Covad provides. My experiences are similar to those that have already been posted. I was promised a 608/128 aDSL connection through Covad with their Speedstream external modem. I live about 10,000 feet away from the main switches so they told me that I'd probably get T1 speeds. I get about 7.3 KBps or about 60 Kbp/s. Two modems shotgunned together could beat this. I later found out that where the contract says, "Dedicated 608/128 kbp/s line" actually means, "Up to 608/128 through best effort". I created a huge stink, and after threating a lawsuit, I found out the connections are shared and have been oversold. It took about 3 months of calling their office everyday, and they have finally agreed to give me a PARTIAL refund. Stay away from Covad!
If I suddenly had the need, I would not hesitate to buy another backpack from Spire.
Douglas Adams was a keynote speaker during the JavaOne conference last June. He addressed the web site version of the Guide during the course of his speach. It was interesting to find that he was spearheading this collaborative effort to gather information, and it is very exciting to learn that we are likely only a couple of years away from a usable Guide. Very cool.
Anyone may register and submit information for the database. The information is screened by a panel of editors before it is added to the Earth Edition of the Guide. The details regarding what qualifies as a "good" submission can be found at http://www.h2g2.com/A53209. cheers.