They're expected to fill out a duty log detailing everything which they did. They're expected to accurately and promptly reply when the dispatcher asks where they are and what they're doing. If their supervisor shows up on site and asks what's happening they are obligated to comply. If an elected official whose duties include supervising those in their chain of command shows up, they are obligated to comply w/ reasonable requests for information.
We should discourage pickups running around w/ constantly empty beds --- I have one, and try to only move it when I'm hauling stuff, or for a bi-weekly constitutional trip to keep the tires round and the batteries charged --- been riding my bike to work since my wife is driving my car since hers was totaled and hasn't yet been replaced.
The only one of those w/ a credible opensource equivalent is Fontlab (FontForge is workable for most projects I've used it on) --- unfortunately, I'm not finding a reasonable replacement for my Stylistic --- I need:
- slate format (mislike hauling a keyboard around)
- Windows compatibility (for the afore-mentioned apps)
- decent battery life (I use extended batteries and carry a spare)
- daylight viewable display
That last is the killer --- I'm not seeing daylight-viewable displays these days outside of the ruggedized models (which are quite pricey).
One can express one's lack of support by showing up to vote and not voting for candidates when one disapproves of the available choices --- I've done this on a number of occasions.
Write-ins are a good choice, so long as they are formally declared and there will be other people writing in said candidate --- the Registrar has to fill out paperwork for each candidate that receives a vote --- just adds to the bureaucratic paperwork to have them do it for a single name/vote pair.
The Surface Pro would be more interesting to me if...
- it had a daylight viewable display (I use my Fujitsu Stylistic as a map reader when travelling)
- one could install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on it (I like AppleScript and haven't found a TeX environment as nice as TeXshop for Windows)
But it's currently the machine most likely to replace my Stylistic if/when it dies.
What do you expect from a guy who lies about which operating system a CEO was using on his laptop?
When Apple bought NeXT, Pogue claimed in one of his editorials on the last page of MacWorld magazine that Steve Jobs was using a ThinkPad running Windows 95, when it actually had OPENSTEP 4.2 on it --- the Mac faithful never could accept that the first couple of MacWorld Expos were just re-cyclings of NeXTworld Expos.
OpenStep has morphed into Mac OS X FutureWave SmartSketch became Flash Altsys Virtuoso became FreeHand and has since been buried by Adobe
I desperately need a replacement for the latter, and it looks like the only way I'll get a decent vector drawing program in the future is to virtualize OpenStep and run Altsys Virtuoso in that.
ToddInSF wrote: > bulk of articles parrot US government propaganda
Not the article on the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima which all-but characterizes it as a war crime (last time I checked anyway), despite Hiroshima being the headquarters for the Japanese Army unit which was defending the next island which was scheduled to be invaded.
If anything, there's a distinct liberal spin to most articles which have political content.
The _local_ phone, gas, electric, company, my landlord, &c. are pretty much guaranteed to have a lawyer who is local and has standing w/ the local Bar, and have to take seriously, legal action at a local level.
National / multi-national companies w/o a physical presence in a community, don't have to care about being sued in some tiny little town they've never heard of and don't care about.
Not only that, but no ID was necessary --- I once flew under an alias 'cause I was curious if it could be done --- even got a military ticket discount even though I never showed my military ID card (which had my proper name).
LaTeX for page formatting / layout / pdf manipulation
LyX for general writing (but export to LaTeX to customize things)
InDesign at work.
I did use Scribus when updating the documentation of the ShapeOko hobby-level CNC milling machine though, and was disappointed that there wasn't an easy / obvious way to get the text from the wiki into Scribus --- couldn't there be a command in Scribus to open a web page as the basis of a document or a page?
I have added some ``engines'' which support pandoc to TeXshop though, but haven't gone beyond that.
AC wrote: > Anyone who relies upon technology, such as a phone, a computer, a car, a flashlight, etc. as a means to live is technically a cyborg
No, they're pathetic. There shouldn't be a single point of failure for anything in one's life and any competent person should be able to:
- write a letter
- calculate or write or prepare documents using paper, pencil, &c.
- ride a bicycle or take a bus or walk
- light a kerosene lamp, or build a fire and improvise a torch
Yes, but it's an experience which should bar Chinese products from being imported under the laws which forbid imports produced by slave or other forced labor.
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while performing their duty.
They're expected to fill out a duty log detailing everything which they did.
They're expected to accurately and promptly reply when the dispatcher asks where they are and what they're doing.
If their supervisor shows up on site and asks what's happening they are obligated to comply.
If an elected official whose duties include supervising those in their chain of command shows up, they are obligated to comply w/ reasonable requests for information.
I use mine to run Grbl in a CNC milling machine --- a ShapeOko:
http://www.shapeoko.com/
(discl. I'm a moderator on the forums and wiki and will be doing the docs for the ShapeOko 2)
That's a brilliant idea, and I'd be very interested in something like that --- hopefully Tesla's concept will be equally ingenious and flexible.
We should discourage pickups running around w/ constantly empty beds --- I have one, and try to only move it when I'm hauling stuff, or for a bi-weekly constitutional trip to keep the tires round and the batteries charged --- been riding my bike to work since my wife is driving my car since hers was totaled and hasn't yet been replaced.
Whether or not you need a gun permit or registration is a matter of local law --- only a few places have such measures in place.
The new SketchUp Make license is quite restrictive though --- no for-profit use, and any such usage requires payment of an annual license fee.
Thanks! I wasn't aware that the ThinkPads had that feature --- haven't had one since my 755c....
I've got a bunch of machines at home, including a Fujitsu Stylistics ST-4121 which I'd install this on if it were workable for just a few apps:
- FontLab
- Creaturehouse Expression
- FutureWave SmartSketch
- Autodesk Sketchbook
- Macromedia FreeHand/MX
The only one of those w/ a credible opensource equivalent is Fontlab (FontForge is workable for most projects I've used it on) --- unfortunately, I'm not finding a reasonable replacement for my Stylistic --- I need:
- slate format (mislike hauling a keyboard around)
- Windows compatibility (for the afore-mentioned apps)
- decent battery life (I use extended batteries and carry a spare)
- daylight viewable display
That last is the killer --- I'm not seeing daylight-viewable displays these days outside of the ruggedized models (which are quite pricey).
William
There was however at least one no bid contract awarded --- it went to a local company: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/avoid-severe-consequences-delays-hhs-awards-no-bid-contracts-marketplaces_754032.html
It's being contested though: http://www.gao.gov/products/D04539
One can express one's lack of support by showing up to vote and not voting for candidates when one disapproves of the available choices --- I've done this on a number of occasions.
Write-ins are a good choice, so long as they are formally declared and there will be other people writing in said candidate --- the Registrar has to fill out paperwork for each candidate that receives a vote --- just adds to the bureaucratic paperwork to have them do it for a single name/vote pair.
The Surface Pro would be more interesting to me if...
- it had a daylight viewable display (I use my Fujitsu Stylistic as a map reader when travelling)
- one could install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on it (I like AppleScript and haven't found a TeX environment as nice as TeXshop for Windows)
But it's currently the machine most likely to replace my Stylistic if/when it dies.
What do you expect from a guy who lies about which operating system a CEO was using on his laptop?
When Apple bought NeXT, Pogue claimed in one of his editorials on the last page of MacWorld magazine that Steve Jobs was using a ThinkPad running Windows 95, when it actually had OPENSTEP 4.2 on it --- the Mac faithful never could accept that the first couple of MacWorld Expos were just re-cyclings of NeXTworld Expos.
OpenStep has morphed into Mac OS X
FutureWave SmartSketch became Flash
Altsys Virtuoso became FreeHand and has since been buried by Adobe
I desperately need a replacement for the latter, and it looks like the only way I'll get a decent vector drawing program in the future is to virtualize OpenStep and run Altsys Virtuoso in that.
ToddInSF wrote:
> bulk of articles parrot US government propaganda
Not the article on the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima which all-but characterizes it as a war crime (last time I checked anyway), despite Hiroshima being the headquarters for the Japanese Army unit which was defending the next island which was scheduled to be invaded.
If anything, there's a distinct liberal spin to most articles which have political content.
The _local_ phone, gas, electric, company, my landlord, &c. are pretty much guaranteed to have a lawyer who is local and has standing w/ the local Bar, and have to take seriously, legal action at a local level.
National / multi-national companies w/o a physical presence in a community, don't have to care about being sued in some tiny little town they've never heard of and don't care about.
Why not just use the values from that?
Vehicles go in once a year, tack it onto the registration afterwards.
Not only that, but no ID was necessary --- I once flew under an alias 'cause I was curious if it could be done --- even got a military ticket discount even though I never showed my military ID card (which had my proper name).
Mediawiki to update the ShapeOko wiki
LaTeX for page formatting / layout / pdf manipulation
LyX for general writing (but export to LaTeX to customize things)
InDesign at work.
I did use Scribus when updating the documentation of the ShapeOko hobby-level CNC milling machine though, and was disappointed that there wasn't an easy / obvious way to get the text from the wiki into Scribus --- couldn't there be a command in Scribus to open a web page as the basis of a document or a page?
I have added some ``engines'' which support pandoc to TeXshop though, but haven't gone beyond that.
AC wrote:
> Anyone who relies upon technology, such as a phone, a computer, a car, a flashlight, etc. as a means to live is technically a cyborg
No, they're pathetic. There shouldn't be a single point of failure for anything in one's life and any competent person should be able to:
- write a letter
- calculate or write or prepare documents using paper, pencil, &c.
- ride a bicycle or take a bus or walk
- light a kerosene lamp, or build a fire and improvise a torch
&c.
Author Nicholas Monsarrat kept a split-sleeping schedule he became accustomed to in the Navy when possible:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Monsarrat
I want legislation limiting their healthcare and other benefits to those which are available to the general public.
The same point of allowing Goldman Sachs to ``invest'' in wheat futures:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/node/775651
It's obscene that the laws limiting participation in futures commodities were lifted --- that status quo needs to be restored ASAP.
In particular, the pen-centric interface which Go Corporation was an early pioneer.
Everyone should read:
- ThinkPad: A Different Shade of Blue
- Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure
So as to provide some sort of background into the original hopes and dreams for ubiquitous computing.
Yes, but it's an experience which should bar Chinese products from being imported under the laws which forbid imports produced by slave or other forced labor.
My apologies, that should have read, ``increase the minimum wage which they pay to $12.00/hr. from the various minimum wages which they pay.''