I think it's OK to buy wierd collectable things as well, or at least I've had good luck. It's just the currently popular things that are dangerous, well those and the broklyn bridge.
"The forces of DaimlerChrysler's colonialism began to drop containers that produce a sound explosion, a very huge sound. I remind you that they said that their strategy is based on shock and awe. Those failed ones manufactured a type of container that has an explosive substance, which they drop. They cause a very huge explosion in terms of sound, as if the universe was shaken. After a while, you go out and you don't find anything. You find some nails, screws, pieces of metal, but the important thing here is the sound. Those failed ones think that through the huge sound explosion, people would be shocked and consequently would collapse and be defeated. What happened? The contrary. The fighters..., the masses..., and the heroic sons of the SCO's tribes discovered this game. They will turn it against the DaimlerChrysler's louts so as to shock them. Wait for surprises, God willing, to see how the DaimlerChrysler's game will fail."
"They have not in Source Code. They are not in control of any airport^H^H^H^H^HSource Code. I tell you this. It is all a lie. They lie. It is a hollywood movie. You do not believe them."
"That bastard the Chrysler Minister of Defense Mr. Rosenbaum, and I won't say shamelessly, because they don't know what shame means. These are criminals. The whole word can hear the warning sirens. This criminal sitting in the Chrysler House is a pathetic criminal and his Defense Minister deserves to be beaten. These criminals lie to the world because they are criminals by nature and conditioning. They consider this a military site! Shame on you! You will forever be shamed! You have ruined the reputation of the American people in the most terrible way! Shame on you! And we will destroy you!"
chrysler's failure in this regard is abysmal. They want to tell the world changes thought - as a matter of fact, they do not respect the world, they want to tell taxpayers and the domestic public to keep them deceived. We will embroil them, confuse them and keep them in the quagmire. They have begun to tell more lies so that they might continue with the perpetration of their crimes. May they be accursed."
This article is prime example of why I read Slashdot: I read the article, I knew about the bet and found it interesting. Within *minutes* of this article being posted all of the ideas I had when reading it have been posted:
Steve Hawkins is an interesting and cool guy (Actually so is Kip Thorne)
I wish I could tell my grandkids I won a bet against Steven Hawkins (or for that matter lost it)
I wonder if the encyclopedias will be on CD?
I like the sense of humor of these guys.
What a reputation! To be granted time to speak, without prior notice as to topic and specific content.
Wasn't he on Conan?
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It's scary so many people think like me!
No I will not comment on donkeys or toner cartridges!
What's really strange is that the market for cubes is still very strong. Big enough to support 3 1/2 companies making processor upgrades and new cases &tc (a say 3 ½ because one got caught nicking another firmware recently so there's a big scandal and they are shipping anything). The community, in my opinion, is a little more rabid the typical Slashdot Linux community but amusingly misinformed in technical matters. I suppose that is traditional with Apple loyalists.
So I guess apple would sell a new G5 cube to 80% of current cube owners and then not many more.
I can not resist, as I must use Windows & MS Office at work.
the current edition of office is perhaps the slowest word processor I have ever used, except for maybe "PFS Write" for the Apple ii e. The only thing more evil is MS project!
ohh... and it's "impossible" for future reference.
I was under the impression that the more you cooled a CCD, the less noise it produced. This isn't as much of a problem with digital photography in the rest of the world but with the long exposure times of astrophotography it did become a problem. Also there are software packages that help remove the noise from digital images; so I guess these could be adapted for use as well. All in all an interesting time to be into (astro)photography.
I have not looked into this for a long time. Other than the obvious advantage of learning something new, can I expect better results than stick my DSLR on my telescope? Or have digital cameras generally surpassed any gain you are going to get with the cooling (if they even still do that)?
You should try SuSE 9.1 personal. Typically I use SuSE pro, but the personal has been in the news lately, so I figured I have a look at it.
It's pretty, It's good and it's a lot different the SuSE I'm used to.
Advantages: The install was flawless and idiot proof (not being newbie I can't really comment to much on this). The start menu & taskbar have been pared down to stuff regular people use and is no longer this massive and confusing list of various programs. There are provisions to connect to existing ISP's (they had the major ISP here in Austria, but not mine).
Open Office is in the default install and I have come to the conclusion that people that send you excel spreadsheets that don't work in open office are self important pompous asses (I am speaking specifically about PricewaterhouseCoopers, God I wish they read Slashdot because they suck and need to find this out) and the spreadsheet does not likely have any real or useful functionality.
Disadvantages: Setting up my ISP was painful but I think this is more iNode's fault than SuSE's fault; there are plenty of things helping you in YAST. Your point on messenger service is valid, I don't use so I didn't think of that. I always plug my camera into my Mac, so again I haven't tried it, but you comment about gimp I don't think is valid because Photoshop has one hell of a learning curve, I took a course from a photographer friend and still it is somewhat of a mystery to me
Bottom line: In my opinion people who can not learn enough to self administer SuSE personal (or other similar Linux distros) can not learn enough to self administer Windows [whatever] and would be much better off with an Apple product. I am not trying to be mean, I am not trying to degrade Linux or say it's not ready for the desktop. What I am saying is that some people will NEVER learn ANYTHING about their computers and cannot cope with the flood of various forms of malware targeted at windows machines, Apple is robust to this and has more Automagic setup features than SuSE Linux. So if it is a real issue about supporting an important person in you life who is not living with you (In my case my Mum) go with OS X if they can't / won't learn how to use a computer and SuSE personal if they can / will.
Although, I must admit I have been looking at QNX for a project at work, and it really seams perfect for the person who doesn't use a computer much to check mail and do light surfing...
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but valve amps have other advantages to solid state amps. They look really cool and they are surprisingly easy to build. With a little help from the machine shop guy at work and a few evenings of wiring I have a tube amp that sounds great and I am sure could get me thrown out of my flat.
There is a vibrant community of hobbyists and it's turned out to be a lot of fun!
Wow! I go to dinner and an interesting article awaits my return! Thanks!
It will be interesting to how things evolve...
I must admit SMP on OS X works OK fine for me and most of my coding experience is for smaller members of the ppc family (4XX) so I have no basis for informed opinion but Dragonfly "feels" like a good idea.
Best part there is not much keeping off my Power Mac if it really does work!
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Actually rain prediction doesn't work like it sounds at all. 70% chance of rain really means that it will rain on 70% of the described area.
I think it's OK to buy wierd collectable things as well, or at least I've had good luck. It's just the currently popular things that are dangerous, well those and the broklyn bridge.
Yeah, but you can make great mud in a lab!
"The forces of DaimlerChrysler's colonialism began to drop containers that produce a sound explosion, a very huge sound. I remind you that they said that their strategy is based on shock and awe. Those failed ones manufactured a type of container that has an explosive substance, which they drop. They cause a very huge explosion in terms of sound, as if the universe was shaken. After a while, you go out and you don't find anything. You find some nails, screws, pieces of metal, but the important thing here is the sound. Those failed ones think that through the huge sound explosion, people would be shocked and consequently would collapse and be defeated. What happened? The contrary. The fighters..., the masses..., and the heroic sons of the SCO's tribes discovered this game. They will turn it against the DaimlerChrysler's louts so as to shock them. Wait for surprises, God willing, to see how the DaimlerChrysler's game will fail."
"They have not in Source Code. They are not in control of any airport^H^H^H^H^HSource Code. I tell you this. It is all a lie. They lie. It is a hollywood movie. You do not believe them."
"That bastard the Chrysler Minister of Defense Mr. Rosenbaum, and I won't say shamelessly, because they don't know what shame means. These are criminals. The whole word can hear the warning sirens. This criminal sitting in the Chrysler House is a pathetic criminal and his Defense Minister deserves to be beaten. These criminals lie to the world because they are criminals by nature and conditioning. They consider this a military site! Shame on you! You will forever be shamed! You have ruined the reputation of the American people in the most terrible way! Shame on you! And we will destroy you!"
chrysler's failure in this regard is abysmal. They want to tell the world changes thought - as a matter of fact, they do not respect the world, they want to tell taxpayers and the domestic public to keep them deceived. We will embroil them, confuse them and keep them in the quagmire. They have begun to tell more lies so that they might continue with the perpetration of their crimes. May they be accursed."
No Wonder!
Which is why I am surprised they have not quietly bought back most of their stock during downturns and bad press events
Where the hell has VeriSign been? Arrogance to the point of ignorance!
Can it it be configured to block port 1984?
And it's highly groovy!
This is Slasdot, what is the voice of reason doing here?
Steve Hawkins is an interesting and cool guy (Actually so is Kip Thorne)
I wish I could tell my grandkids I won a bet against Steven Hawkins (or for that matter lost it)
I wonder if the encyclopedias will be on CD?
I like the sense of humor of these guys.
What a reputation! To be granted time to speak, without prior notice as to topic and specific content.
Wasn't he on Conan?
42
It's scary so many people think like me!
No I will not comment on donkeys or toner cartridges!
So I guess apple would sell a new G5 cube to 80% of current cube owners and then not many more.
at least that's what we always do....
the current edition of office is perhaps the slowest word processor I have ever used, except for maybe "PFS Write" for the Apple ii e. The only thing more evil is MS project!
ohh... and it's "impossible" for future reference.
I was under the impression that the more you cooled a CCD, the less noise it produced. This isn't as much of a problem with digital photography in the rest of the world but with the long exposure times of astrophotography it did become a problem. Also there are software packages that help remove the noise from digital images; so I guess these could be adapted for use as well. All in all an interesting time to be into (astro)photography.
I was thinking this is because OS X is increasing it's 64 'bitness' or are you using it on a g4?
I have not looked into this for a long time. Other than the obvious advantage of learning something new, can I expect better results than stick my DSLR on my telescope? Or have digital cameras generally surpassed any gain you are going to get with the cooling (if they even still do that)?
Oh and they really do work!
It's pretty, It's good and it's a lot different the SuSE I'm used to.
Advantages: The install was flawless and idiot proof (not being newbie I can't really comment to much on this). The start menu & taskbar have been pared down to stuff regular people use and is no longer this massive and confusing list of various programs. There are provisions to connect to existing ISP's (they had the major ISP here in Austria, but not mine).
Open Office is in the default install and I have come to the conclusion that people that send you excel spreadsheets that don't work in open office are self important pompous asses (I am speaking specifically about PricewaterhouseCoopers, God I wish they read Slashdot because they suck and need to find this out) and the spreadsheet does not likely have any real or useful functionality.
Disadvantages: Setting up my ISP was painful but I think this is more iNode's fault than SuSE's fault; there are plenty of things helping you in YAST. Your point on messenger service is valid, I don't use so I didn't think of that. I always plug my camera into my Mac, so again I haven't tried it, but you comment about gimp I don't think is valid because Photoshop has one hell of a learning curve, I took a course from a photographer friend and still it is somewhat of a mystery to me
Bottom line: In my opinion people who can not learn enough to self administer SuSE personal (or other similar Linux distros) can not learn enough to self administer Windows [whatever] and would be much better off with an Apple product. I am not trying to be mean, I am not trying to degrade Linux or say it's not ready for the desktop. What I am saying is that some people will NEVER learn ANYTHING about their computers and cannot cope with the flood of various forms of malware targeted at windows machines, Apple is robust to this and has more Automagic setup features than SuSE Linux. So if it is a real issue about supporting an important person in you life who is not living with you (In my case my Mum) go with OS X if they can't / won't learn how to use a computer and SuSE personal if they can / will.
Although, I must admit I have been looking at QNX for a project at work, and it really seams perfect for the person who doesn't use a computer much to check mail and do light surfing...
There is a vibrant community of hobbyists and it's turned out to be a lot of fun!
ABIT made it, and no they don't any more. It did work well though, and mine is still going strong!
It will be interesting to how things evolve...
I must admit SMP on OS X works OK fine for me and most of my coding experience is for smaller members of the ppc family (4XX) so I have no basis for informed opinion but Dragonfly "feels" like a good idea.
Best part there is not much keeping off my Power Mac if it really does work!