True. True. True. But as someone who vaguely remembers the concern over Sputnik, I can't stop thinking that this is the first time America can't put a person into space since I was barely 10 and John F. Kennedy was starting his fourth full month in office. I too hope private industry doesn't kill off too many astronauts coming in under a profitable budget but I also wonder whether it's just another symptom of the advancing neo-Dark Ages where some guy in the 25th century will write poetry about the "giants" who jumped to the moon.
in some mag about 25 years ago. "Hit this key or that key." Algorithm just will have significant predictive success because people just don't do random.
Worse ratio than I have but I'd take it. QWest currently only runs 1.5 mbs to my place. Today it's 600k for the FOURTH time in the two years we've lived here. Last time the tech worked on their box he tacked on an "indoor" charge that I had to have removed -- presumably because he was justifying the over an hour he spent figuring it out.
Or does it people itself with a culture that wallows in it?
People talk about books vs. movies. I thought some of the AvP books were great action adventure and I had several minutes of a script in my mind that would have been kick-ass. I had such high hopes, and we received such a total piece of crap. Really? Couldn't they have slipped the book publisher and author a few bucks to use that universe? Apparently not, and apparently they had their own vision, and that was probably the problem. Less competent people follow the leader.
this is why victims are _not_ the best experts on how to deal with a social problem. I believe I've heard spokespersons for MADD say that _anything_ should be done that would reduce drunk driving. Really? _Anything_?
It's much like media discussion of capital punishment. They put the parents of the person murdered in front of a camera to say, "Sure, fry the bastard." Well, duh. But there are _other_ reasons why capital punishment is a bad idea for a society.
Somebody on Thom Hartmann's show said this was basically a tax increase, was written like the mortgage credit that you would get back if you purchased health insurance, and, as such, would be constitutional. Guess not.
On the other hand, Hartmann did a video for RT saying it's basically Richard Nixon's plan from 40 years ago. And, yes, it sucks...so whatever.
Yes. Of course, there is the annoying element of Iraq being an unprovoked war of aggression, and, hence, a war crime. Not to mention Afghanistan just being moronic: $30 billion/year for a CIA estimated 100 al-qaeda in a country a little smaller than Texas. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/06/cia-chief-maybe-50-to-100-al-q.html So which is the treason? Hosting the wars, or demonstrating that the emperor has no clothes? It could very well be that the greatest fear the U.S. has about Wikileaks is that it will expose government as a racket.
Similar. I'd run Debian testing for years as the "best compromise" but the latest testing has given me so many problems it's more like an old unstable. Moved to 10.04. Finally, an Ubuntu where everything just worked. You can imagine that I don't welcome this news.
Ding! Ding! You said the magic word. Like I said on this thread (last week?), most of us who _weren't_ sys admins, or whatever, who were droning away using the programs of the time on typical hardware didn't have ram to spare to play with stuff. Sure, I "evaluated" a copy of DESQview. Conclusion? I couldn't do my work with it installed.
Yeah, yeah. I can still remember how excited a guy in my high school class was about them appearing on Ed Sullivan. But geez. When I was a teen, I don't remember having the music of that exciting Roaring Twenties pushed onto me. I feel sorry for kids today. Me, I listen to di.fm trance stream most of the time.
Our office manager/tech manager got a copy of 1.0 but those of us who were using WordPerfect and dBASE III to the max didn't have a lot of slack in 640K to play with multitasking.
It seems like one researcher or another has been twiddling with technologies like this now and then as one-off's for literally DECADES now. Will it ever make it into an on-going clinic?
I got an "insightful" for my jaded disillusionment the last time/. reported on one of these experiments, what, maybe five years ago. Can I get another "insightful" for still being disillusioned that these "cool hacks" will ever see production?
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True. True. True. But as someone who vaguely remembers the concern over Sputnik, I can't stop thinking that this is the first time America can't put a person into space since I was barely 10 and John F. Kennedy was starting his fourth full month in office. I too hope private industry doesn't kill off too many astronauts coming in under a profitable budget but I also wonder whether it's just another symptom of the advancing neo-Dark Ages where some guy in the 25th century will write poetry about the "giants" who jumped to the moon.
But I miss Lingua Franca magazine. It served the purpose of cross-discipline communication informally.
in some mag about 25 years ago. "Hit this key or that key." Algorithm just will have significant predictive success because people just don't do random.
Thanks.Wisconsin. Do your Governor stop to think that a fraction of travelers might actually stop off in Wisconsin on the way to Chicago?
Used it to amuse myself on a weekend evening each of the last two summers when storms blew out the electricity.
The problem would be finding a BBS.
Worse ratio than I have but I'd take it. QWest currently only runs 1.5 mbs to my place. Today it's 600k for the FOURTH time in the two years we've lived here. Last time the tech worked on their box he tacked on an "indoor" charge that I had to have removed -- presumably because he was justifying the over an hour he spent figuring it out.
So we can continue to pollution the atmosphere for more decades like business-as-usual is sustainable?
Or does it people itself with a culture that wallows in it?
People talk about books vs. movies. I thought some of the AvP books were great action adventure and I had several minutes of a script in my mind that would have been kick-ass. I had such high hopes, and we received such a total piece of crap. Really? Couldn't they have slipped the book publisher and author a few bucks to use that universe? Apparently not, and apparently they had their own vision, and that was probably the problem. Less competent people follow the leader.
But there is potential.
"[O]xygen drops when bacteria respire methane"
What could go wrong?
I don't see Clippy. GnuGo is way more than adequate as a backend for my abilities.
this is why victims are _not_ the best experts on how to deal with a social problem. I believe I've heard spokespersons for MADD say that _anything_ should be done that would reduce drunk driving. Really? _Anything_?
It's much like media discussion of capital punishment. They put the parents of the person murdered in front of a camera to say, "Sure, fry the bastard." Well, duh. But there are _other_ reasons why capital punishment is a bad idea for a society.
Same old story. You don't expose the idiocies of power and expect a jolly response for your helpfulness.
Somebody on Thom Hartmann's show said this was basically a tax increase, was written like the mortgage credit that you would get back if you purchased health insurance, and, as such, would be constitutional. Guess not.
On the other hand, Hartmann did a video for RT saying it's basically Richard Nixon's plan from 40 years ago. And, yes, it sucks...so whatever.
Well, you have to bet on Microsoft. Come on -- it's our Supreme Court and the biggest corporation has the most rights.
Dude, There aren't any jobs here either. Most of us will have to live in the nest our rich shit into.
Yes. Of course, there is the annoying element of Iraq being an unprovoked war of aggression, and, hence, a war crime. Not to mention Afghanistan just being moronic: $30 billion/year for a CIA estimated 100 al-qaeda in a country a little smaller than Texas. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/06/cia-chief-maybe-50-to-100-al-q.html So which is the treason? Hosting the wars, or demonstrating that the emperor has no clothes? It could very well be that the greatest fear the U.S. has about Wikileaks is that it will expose government as a racket.
But we'll see what this next batch unveils...
Except that cats also eat mice -- and won't carry off your toddler.
Similar. I'd run Debian testing for years as the "best compromise" but the latest testing has given me so many problems it's more like an old unstable. Moved to 10.04. Finally, an Ubuntu where everything just worked. You can imagine that I don't welcome this news.
"and lots of available memory"
Ding! Ding! You said the magic word. Like I said on this thread (last week?), most of us who _weren't_ sys admins, or whatever, who were droning away using the programs of the time on typical hardware didn't have ram to spare to play with stuff. Sure, I "evaluated" a copy of DESQview. Conclusion? I couldn't do my work with it installed.
Yeah, yeah. I can still remember how excited a guy in my high school class was about them appearing on Ed Sullivan. But geez. When I was a teen, I don't remember having the music of that exciting Roaring Twenties pushed onto me. I feel sorry for kids today. Me, I listen to di.fm trance stream most of the time.
And I was on dual floppy drives until 1988.
Our office manager/tech manager got a copy of 1.0 but those of us who were using WordPerfect and dBASE III to the max didn't have a lot of slack in 640K to play with multitasking.
Can I have a piece of the cake obama is eating?
It seems like one researcher or another has been twiddling with technologies like this now and then as one-off's for literally DECADES now. Will it ever make it into an on-going clinic?
I got an "insightful" for my jaded disillusionment the last time /. reported on one of these experiments, what, maybe five years ago. Can I get another "insightful" for still being disillusioned that these "cool hacks" will ever see production?
Baby steps -- a sandboxed "Aspire One" in tablet format with a touch screen (and a less glaring screen?) OK. Whatever.
Is this an admission that e-ink isn't cutting it and responsive, color e-ink isn't happening any time soon?