Great, you've doubled the strength of a subject human. What about his skeletal system? his spinal column? his ligaments?, non-muscular components of his cardio-vascular system? Are they likewise increased in strength/capacity? . It's not nice to fool with mother nature.... . anyway, my 2 cents.
Say, a retired programmer took a look at the leaked Windows source code then published a "code specification" that another (still employed) programmer could look and and then write a program to meet that specification. Technically, he never saw the source code, in fact, he need never even know that the "code specification" was inspired by the leaked Windows source. . ....just thinking out loud, as it were....
In the course of my life I've participated in various forms of swordplay (sabre, shinai, boken, medieval styles, etc.) and have coached others on the same. In all forms of combat, there is a fundamental truth - the person who controls the space between the combatants wins. This is true for his tennis match, a football game, a chess game, hand-to-hand, swordplay, or total war. . During a typical contest, there will be moments when you have control and moments when you don't. When you do, you strike - immediately. When you don't, you get the hell out of the way and re-engage under more neutral circumstances. The whole trick is to get control of the space between you and your opponent and strike before he can react. . Between novice fighters, combat is like a game of "rock-paper-scissors" as both opponent throw various moves and techniques without much thought as to what the other person is doing, where his center of gravity is, etc. However, between experienced fighters, it's like watching an intricate dance as both opponents try to out position and out think each other....very cool to watch.
That may have been true once upon a time. Nowadays however, things have taken a much darker turn. These people are being sponsored to gather information (passwords, e-mail addresses, whatever). Somewhere along the line, somebody saw a way to make money out of the deal and now we got pro's involved. Just today, my computer was slammed by an obscure port-sniffer virus that shut me down for the day so I could do a forensic analysis of what damage was done. I was running Norton Anti-virus that I had last updated the day before. As a matter of course, I delete all unknown e-mails with attachments, I run spy-blocking software, I have windows set to check for updates, and I scan all downloads regardless of where they come from. Yet, my computer was still hit. The only indication I had was that the hard drive suddenly started swapping away for no apparant reason.
These aren't your garden variety vandals, they are organized and far more sophisticated.
" If all I need is just a PIM (calendaring, contacts, notes, money, short messages),...."
There are a lot of cell phones out there that can do that much for around $100 - $150.
Depends on what you mean by "money". If you mean something like Quicken of GnuCash, then you do need a PDA. OTOH - if you're just talking about keeping track of daily expenses, you might be able to do it on a full featured cell phone these days.
Shortly after this conversation, the Beagle II rover was attacked and destroyed by a small white martian rabbit with "big sharp pointy teeth".
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Yea, tux paint is a good one. I *should* try pingus, my son is big-time into penguins (I think largely from using linux).
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Got a couple of small children and this would be useful. My three year old already uses KDE (that I've set up to limit his access). Kiosk mode would be even better since I can control websites, etc.
BTW - I actually set up a Linux box for him because of gcompris (which is buggy at times, but pretty neat). Although, his favorite games are Frozen Bubble, Tux Kart, and Tux Racer.
I think that, once upon a time, the Qt license was not GPL compatable. I'm assuming that this is what you mean by "less free". Nowadays, the Qt license is GPL compatable and there is a "Qt Consortium" or something along those line to insure it stays that way. More info on the KDE website (www.kde.org). . Gnome's a good desktop and continues to evolve. However, 3 years is a long time and KDE might be worth another look. On the other hand, I understand there is a push to get the two desktops to "work and play well" with each other so it will probably ultimately boil down to personal preferance.
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I finally had the chance to compare Gnome (2.4) and KDE (3.1.4) head-to-head. While there are things I like about Gnome, I came away feeling that KDE was the better desktop overall. Specifically: . While I prefer Mozilla as my browser, Konqueror is a good compliment to it as it will render Microsoft specific pages better than Mozilla. Galeon and Epiphany render the same as Mozilla. . I need to get to my office files via FTP and KDE is not only more intuitive, but I can't even get Nautilus to get to all my files because of the non-standard set up of the server. . . Don't get me wrong, I think Gnome is good and I can even see some people prefering it. In fact, there are some things about Nautilus that I really like. However, KDE better suits my needs right now.
I agree on the phone features but...
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Like you, I'll take a tri-mode phone the folds up so I can stuff it in my underseat bag on my bicycle and not worry about it getting scratched up. No BREW enabled downloadable useless bullcrap or polyphonic MP3 ringtones (unless it was a realistic wet farting sound so people would get away from me when I'm trying to talk on the phone;) ). However, if somebody would attach a webcam, I would be interested in that. I've got gnomeeting at home so I could use that to videocon with the family while I'm stuck in some hotel on the road somewhere. . ......problem is, now I'm communicating by internet instead of wireless network...so I guess I shouldn't hold my breath. .
Remember how Republicans cheered when it was discovered the Reagans election team had "appropriated" Carter's notes before thier debate? . "History repeats itself, but I guess that's been said before" -- A. Whitney Brown .
Back when the Rubic Cube came out, I had it nearly solved but was stumped as to how to move the bottom corners without disturbing the rest of the cube. On night, as I was going to sleep, I saw the cube floating in front of me. It was making the exact sequence of moves I was looking for. It would then reset and do it again - over and over. When I got up the next morning, I grabbed the cube and completed the solution in a matter of seconds. . . From that point, I knew that sleeping on a problem really worked. .
No thanks, I'm waiting for Redneck Rampage Forever
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...or Redneck Rampage "Over Yonder"...or something like that... . .
OHHH!!! I got the perfect title for that list
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[drumroll.....] . "Little Piggies That Should Never Have Went to Market" . .....catchy huh? .
As far as creating downforce is concerned, you're basically right. I'll even go as far as to say that the vast majority of rear spoilers serve no purpose other than to create drag and locate the third brake light. . However, for certain body styles, you can get what's called a "laminar wake" shed off the back of the car. This thing is more ordered than your run-of-the-mill turbulence and, as such, can generate more drag. A well placed spoiler can prevent this wake from forming and actually reduce drag.
A) It can run hi-power analytical stuff like Nastran, etc. . B) I can hook up my ergo-keyboard and trackball to it. . C) It'll output to virtual image display goggles so I can work while travelling by air without people looking over my shoulder. . .....I'd be really interested
Not long ago, we were having a conversation about this subject and I was saying that Doc Oc needs to be the next Spiderman villian and that it would really be cool if a batman was done that featured Ra's Al Guhl and was a little more gritty and less "Tim Burtonesqe" style fantasy-goth.
Said conversation also included the following:
1) Wonder Woman movie has got to be inevitable
2) From a special-effects standpoint, Green Lantern and Dr. Strange could both be potentially pretty cool projects.
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Great, you've doubled the strength of a subject human. What about his skeletal system? his spinal column? his ligaments?, non-muscular components of his cardio-vascular system? Are they likewise increased in strength/capacity?
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It's not nice to fool with mother nature....
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anyway, my 2 cents.
Say, a retired programmer took a look at the leaked Windows source code then published a "code specification" that another (still employed) programmer could look and and then write a program to meet that specification. Technically, he never saw the source code, in fact, he need never even know that the "code specification" was inspired by the leaked Windows source. ...just thinking out loud, as it were....
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of combative sports.
In the course of my life I've participated in various forms of swordplay (sabre, shinai, boken, medieval styles, etc.) and have coached others on the same. In all forms of combat, there is a fundamental truth - the person who controls the space between the combatants wins. This is true for his tennis match, a football game, a chess game, hand-to-hand, swordplay, or total war.
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During a typical contest, there will be moments when you have control and moments when you don't. When you do, you strike - immediately. When you don't, you get the hell out of the way and re-engage under more neutral circumstances. The whole trick is to get control of the space between you and your opponent and strike before he can react.
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Between novice fighters, combat is like a game of "rock-paper-scissors" as both opponent throw various moves and techniques without much thought as to what the other person is doing, where his center of gravity is, etc. However, between experienced fighters, it's like watching an intricate dance as both opponents try to out position and out think each other....very cool to watch.
Fortunately...I have far too much class to tell it ;)
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as of late, you can imagine how it makes me feel that they and I agree on this one...
That may have been true once upon a time. Nowadays however, things have taken a much darker turn. These people are being sponsored to gather information (passwords, e-mail addresses, whatever). Somewhere along the line, somebody saw a way to make money out of the deal and now we got pro's involved. Just today, my computer was slammed by an obscure port-sniffer virus that shut me down for the day so I could do a forensic analysis of what damage was done. I was running Norton Anti-virus that I had last updated the day before. As a matter of course, I delete all unknown e-mails with attachments, I run spy-blocking software, I have windows set to check for updates, and I scan all downloads regardless of where they come from. Yet, my computer was still hit. The only indication I had was that the hard drive suddenly started swapping away for no apparant reason.
These aren't your garden variety vandals, they are organized and far more sophisticated.
Just kids my a$$
From your post:
" If all I need is just a PIM (calendaring, contacts, notes, money, short messages),...."
There are a lot of cell phones out there that can do that much for around $100 - $150.
Depends on what you mean by "money". If you mean something like Quicken of GnuCash, then you do need a PDA. OTOH - if you're just talking about keeping track of daily expenses, you might be able to do it on a full featured cell phone these days.
Shortly after this conversation, the Beagle II rover was attacked and destroyed by a small white martian rabbit with "big sharp pointy teeth".
Yea, tux paint is a good one. I *should* try pingus, my son is big-time into penguins (I think largely from using linux).
Got a couple of small children and this would be useful. My three year old already uses KDE (that I've set up to limit his access). Kiosk mode would be even better since I can control websites, etc.
BTW - I actually set up a Linux box for him because of gcompris (which is buggy at times, but pretty neat). Although, his favorite games are Frozen Bubble, Tux Kart, and Tux Racer.
I think that, once upon a time, the Qt license was not GPL compatable. I'm assuming that this is what you mean by "less free". Nowadays, the Qt license is GPL compatable and there is a "Qt Consortium" or something along those line to insure it stays that way. More info on the KDE website (www.kde.org).
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Gnome's a good desktop and continues to evolve. However, 3 years is a long time and KDE might be worth another look. On the other hand, I understand there is a push to get the two desktops to "work and play well" with each other so it will probably ultimately boil down to personal preferance.
I finally had the chance to compare Gnome (2.4) and KDE (3.1.4) head-to-head. While there are things I like about Gnome, I came away feeling that KDE was the better desktop overall. Specifically:
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While I prefer Mozilla as my browser, Konqueror is a good compliment to it as it will render Microsoft specific pages better than Mozilla. Galeon and Epiphany render the same as Mozilla.
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I need to get to my office files via FTP and KDE is not only more intuitive, but I can't even get Nautilus to get to all my files because of the non-standard set up of the server.
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Don't get me wrong, I think Gnome is good and I can even see some people prefering it. In fact, there are some things about Nautilus that I really like. However, KDE better suits my needs right now.
Like you, I'll take a tri-mode phone the folds up so I can stuff it in my underseat bag on my bicycle and not worry about it getting scratched up. No BREW enabled downloadable useless bullcrap or polyphonic MP3 ringtones (unless it was a realistic wet farting sound so people would get away from me when I'm trying to talk on the phone ;) ). However, if somebody would attach a webcam, I would be interested in that. I've got gnomeeting at home so I could use that to videocon with the family while I'm stuck in some hotel on the road somewhere. .....problem is, now I'm communicating by internet instead of wireless network...so I guess I shouldn't hold my breath.
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Remember how Republicans cheered when it was discovered the Reagans election team had "appropriated" Carter's notes before thier debate?
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"History repeats itself, but I guess that's been said before" -- A. Whitney Brown
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Back when the Rubic Cube came out, I had it nearly solved but was stumped as to how to move the bottom corners without disturbing the rest of the cube. On night, as I was going to sleep, I saw the cube floating in front of me. It was making the exact sequence of moves I was looking for. It would then reset and do it again - over and over. When I got up the next morning, I grabbed the cube and completed the solution in a matter of seconds.
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. From that point, I knew that sleeping on a problem really worked.
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...or Redneck Rampage "Over Yonder"...or something like that...
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[drumroll.....] ....catchy huh?
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"Little Piggies That Should Never Have Went to Market"
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As far as creating downforce is concerned, you're basically right. I'll even go as far as to say that the vast majority of rear spoilers serve no purpose other than to create drag and locate the third brake light.
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However, for certain body styles, you can get what's called a "laminar wake" shed off the back of the car. This thing is more ordered than your run-of-the-mill turbulence and, as such, can generate more drag. A well placed spoiler can prevent this wake from forming and actually reduce drag.
The never ending "Police Academy" holocost
recharge by OQO ultra-portable?
A) It can run hi-power analytical stuff like Nastran, etc. ....I'd be really interested
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B) I can hook up my ergo-keyboard and trackball to it.
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C) It'll output to virtual image display goggles so I can work while travelling by air without people looking over my shoulder.
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you got to have Talia, that's an important sub-plot in the whole storyline with Ra's Al Guhl. Oh well, can't have everything I guess.
Based upon the discussions in this thread, I went to the website. And saw that the "Powerpack Edition" has the following:
1) VmWare (workstation edition)
2) VariCAD
3) Win4Lin
The whole thing is $69 USD, seems like a helluva deal.
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Am I missing something? Are these just "evaluation version"?
Not long ago, we were having a conversation about this subject and I was saying that Doc Oc needs to be the next Spiderman villian and that it would really be cool if a batman was done that featured Ra's Al Guhl and was a little more gritty and less "Tim Burtonesqe" style fantasy-goth.
Said conversation also included the following:
1) Wonder Woman movie has got to be inevitable
2) From a special-effects standpoint, Green Lantern and Dr. Strange could both be potentially pretty cool projects.