And stop at Hershey park too, but don't bother going out of your way to so there. It's not quite as good as the average 6-flags, but better than Knoebel's Grove.
Actually, I meant that the audio (mentioned above) could include extra words as to avoid voice recognition software, but I guess the text way is much easier:-)
I agree - people are too afraid of a text based program. The install program itself isn't too complicated. I think the whole install process could be best improved with better hardware detection rather than a gui, though I wouldn't complain if they added a good gui.
As my last Mandrake install (8.2?), Quanta appeared in the default K menu with misc www stuff. He probably just figured it was a browser (as other things in that menu are) and never bothered to run the prog.
Tell that to my good friend who got to choose from 100% med school scholarships. He's been on a bigass Ritalin prescription since elementary school - others aren't doing as well.
I have probably known more AD(H)D people in my life than most people knew existed, and they react differently to Ritalin. Some manage without drugs, some should probably be on some/more/different drugs.
Many American drinks don't last more than about 4 or 5 years. (Not many people order Alabama Slammers anymore, but they might order the close relative, Red Death.) People just throw a bunch of shit together when they're drunk and decide to invent a drink. Then there are standard mixed drinks that have stood the test of time, like Long Island Iced Teas. There's also a trend of perverting a perfectly good mixed drink with something new - Chocolate martinis, apple martinis, etc. Dammit, there are two kinds of martinis, gin and vodka - end of story.
Sex on the Beach is relatively new, but I think it will be around longer than most trendy drinks. Kamikazes are pretty standard too, though I'm not sure why given how foul they taste.
The amount of bizarre drinks served in an establishment is proportional to the amount of techno/house music played, and to the number of sorority girls in the place. (College is the breeding ground for bizarre drinks.) But there are certainly plenty of bars where beer is ordered 90% of the time.
Some consolidation could work. Free basic cable wouldn't fly without gov't subsidies because the cable companies would bitch and moan about being forced to provide a service for free. Initial costs are one thing, but the inevitable service calls for a free service are pure bullsh*t.
Yeah that's pretty much what I was asking. For instance, if I'm at work and on the company LAN, maybe I'd want the audio stream meant for "broadband" but only the dialup-quality video stream, or maybe ditch the video altogether - You'd think that the server would be much happier with that.
Having said that, (and if you couldn't tell by now), I know almost nothing about streaming media - just an end user with questions.
I think what you really want is both, scaled for the bandwidth you have availible.
Actually, that's the precise opposite of what I said. And yes, these streams sometimes take more bandwidth than I have.
Let's pretend that I have bandwidth ="y".
Let's also pretend that the stream I want to view/listen to requires audio=(.5)y and video=(.75)y for a total of 1.25y to have a good streaming experience w/o significant degradation.
Now, it's obvious from what I said here that I have enough bandwidth to get one portion clearly but not both. Can't I choose? If I don't give two hoots about the video, can't I get a better audio stream for my available bandwidth?
Shouldn't there be a way to tell the streaming server whether you think the audio vs the video part of the stream is more important?
I hate watching streams of press conferences where I couldn't care less how much GWB or Ari move their hands but I'd like to hear the audio more clearly...
Conversely, there are other... erm... applications where video should trump audio.
As a person with solid conservative credentials, I am against this further deregulation. Some media diversity is very important. I watch my fair share of FNC, but MSNBC reported (I think Joe Scarborough did it) that no Newscorp/Rupert Murdock station would accept a PAID ADVERTISEMENT that was against this deregulation.
That's fine for Fox to refuse certain ads, in the current environment anyway. Now imagine a future where Newscorp or clearchannel or disney owns 98% of a market - they will control all info. You won't even know what the issues are because you will never hear about them.
The internet is inadequate for solving this problem. Start looking for the "friendly cooperation" links - like the WashPost/Newsweek/MSNBC cluster. Nice, eh? The truth is that Big Media controls a lot of the internet too. Popular exceptions are rare - Drudge Report, for instance - but often lack "credibility" in the minds of many.
Internal GOP memo
To: California Republicans
From: Pennsylvania Republicans
Subject: Senators
Feinstein isn't looney enough to be beaten. Boxer is. Find yourselves a "liberal Republican" like Arlen Specter is for Pennsylvania. A more or less rational pro-choice republican will beat Barbara Boxer to a bloody pulp.
It doesn't solve all your problems but it's a good start. The worst thing that can happen in a political system is for one of the two major parties to become largely irrelevant. Just look at New Jersey.
Contamination could eventually be proven by genetic analysis, IF we find them alive (or nearly so). If the Martian microbes we might find are genetically identical to known earthly bacteria, then it is 99% likely to be an instance of contamination.
As for religion, it will adapt. Somehow, Christianity came to terms with the fact that the Earth isn't the center of the universe, or even the solar system. Somehow, it has accepted much of medical science, and we all now accept that diseases are the result of pathogens or genetic disorders and not demonic possession. Adjusting to alien life would be a minor adaptation.
My experience with the Windows builds is that April 1 barfs a lot less than 0.5
It still barfs, and it barfs in a slightly different color, but less often. Experiment with nightlies. When you find one that doesn't barf too often, go with it.
During the US Prez campaign it became very obvious (mid to late 2000) that things were probably on a downturn. If it was obvious by that point, then the real damage happened way before that.
Go back to the first time Greenspan said "irrational exuberance" and start looking there for when the "real" economy started to tank. The stock market dive (again, mid Y2k-ish) was an aftershock of the real problems in the economy. Looking up stock market info would probably be trivial, yet I'm too lazy to do it. Some super-anal Alex P. Keaton could probably quote you all the relevant info, but I'm not that person.
Music has two different layers of copyright protection. There's the right to perform or record a song, and then there's the right to a particular recording.
(IIRC, Prince re-recorded 1999 because he didn't have the rights to his WB(?) recording, but he did own the right to record the song elsewhere.)
Wierd Al obviously uses melody from songs, but I don't think he ever "samples" a song.
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And stop at Hershey park too, but don't bother going out of your way to so there. It's not quite as good as the average 6-flags, but better than Knoebel's Grove.
Either way, that guy is a dumbass.
The extra words ("The secret pass-phrase") would be very hard for a computer to deal with, and they would vary slightly from site to site.
I agree - people are too afraid of a text based program. The install program itself isn't too complicated. I think the whole install process could be best improved with better hardware detection rather than a gui, though I wouldn't complain if they added a good gui.
As my last Mandrake install (8.2?), Quanta appeared in the default K menu with misc www stuff. He probably just figured it was a browser (as other things in that menu are) and never bothered to run the prog.
Likewise with the Guess Who's "American Woman", though I forget what they were selling.
Brilliant? No. Hot as hell? Yes.
I have probably known more AD(H)D people in my life than most people knew existed, and they react differently to Ritalin. Some manage without drugs, some should probably be on some/more/different drugs.
Sex on the Beach is relatively new, but I think it will be around longer than most trendy drinks. Kamikazes are pretty standard too, though I'm not sure why given how foul they taste.
The amount of bizarre drinks served in an establishment is proportional to the amount of techno/house music played, and to the number of sorority girls in the place. (College is the breeding ground for bizarre drinks.) But there are certainly plenty of bars where beer is ordered 90% of the time.
Some consolidation could work. Free basic cable wouldn't fly without gov't subsidies because the cable companies would bitch and moan about being forced to provide a service for free. Initial costs are one thing, but the inevitable service calls for a free service are pure bullsh*t.
Having said that, (and if you couldn't tell by now), I know almost nothing about streaming media - just an end user with questions.
Actually, that's the precise opposite of what I said. And yes, these streams sometimes take more bandwidth than I have.
Let's pretend that I have bandwidth ="y".
Let's also pretend that the stream I want to view/listen to requires audio=(.5)y and video=(.75)y for a total of 1.25y to have a good streaming experience w/o significant degradation.
Now, it's obvious from what I said here that I have enough bandwidth to get one portion clearly but not both. Can't I choose? If I don't give two hoots about the video, can't I get a better audio stream for my available bandwidth?
Shouldn't there be a way to tell the streaming server whether you think the audio vs the video part of the stream is more important?
I hate watching streams of press conferences where I couldn't care less how much GWB or Ari move their hands but I'd like to hear the audio more clearly...
Conversely, there are other... erm... applications where video should trump audio.
That's fine for Fox to refuse certain ads, in the current environment anyway. Now imagine a future where Newscorp or clearchannel or disney owns 98% of a market - they will control all info. You won't even know what the issues are because you will never hear about them.
The internet is inadequate for solving this problem. Start looking for the "friendly cooperation" links - like the WashPost/Newsweek/MSNBC cluster. Nice, eh? The truth is that Big Media controls a lot of the internet too. Popular exceptions are rare - Drudge Report, for instance - but often lack "credibility" in the minds of many.
To: California Republicans
From: Pennsylvania Republicans
Subject: Senators
Feinstein isn't looney enough to be beaten. Boxer is. Find yourselves a "liberal Republican" like Arlen Specter is for Pennsylvania. A more or less rational pro-choice republican will beat Barbara Boxer to a bloody pulp.
It doesn't solve all your problems but it's a good start. The worst thing that can happen in a political system is for one of the two major parties to become largely irrelevant. Just look at New Jersey.
It's funny 'cuz it's true :-(
Sure, this is great - they're saving cash and maintaining productivity, but they're far from the "dream" of a totally MS-free environment.
(Thus sayeth the UR grad, 2001)
As for religion, it will adapt. Somehow, Christianity came to terms with the fact that the Earth isn't the center of the universe, or even the solar system. Somehow, it has accepted much of medical science, and we all now accept that diseases are the result of pathogens or genetic disorders and not demonic possession. Adjusting to alien life would be a minor adaptation.
There was a control panel option on the IIgs to run the system at //e speed for programs that got screwed up with timing.
He wasn't really trying to sell it for $80. He wanted to have $80 more in inventory ("assets").
It still barfs, and it barfs in a slightly different color, but less often. Experiment with nightlies. When you find one that doesn't barf too often, go with it.
No, some of Popeil's products are actually useful.
Go back to the first time Greenspan said "irrational exuberance" and start looking there for when the "real" economy started to tank. The stock market dive (again, mid Y2k-ish) was an aftershock of the real problems in the economy. Looking up stock market info would probably be trivial, yet I'm too lazy to do it. Some super-anal Alex P. Keaton could probably quote you all the relevant info, but I'm not that person.
(IIRC, Prince re-recorded 1999 because he didn't have the rights to his WB(?) recording, but he did own the right to record the song elsewhere.)
Wierd Al obviously uses melody from songs, but I don't think he ever "samples" a song.