"'podcast' means recorded audio 'podcasting' means streaming audio"
A podcast is recorded audio that is kept up to date with an RSS or similar feed. Streaming audio is called streaming audio. Not using a word "because it's marketing speak" is just being silly. Moreover, Apple didn't invent podcasting nor coin the term, so the word "podcast" is a folk term at most.
"I hope there is an upset in 2006, or it is going to be another 2 years of a radical Whitehouse"
The next presidential election is in 2008 and terms are for four years for a maximum of 2 terms. Given Shrub's approval rating (40%), I think the RNC would shit a brick if there was suddenly an election next year.
I've seen all the problems come from kids, as well as over-21 yabbos that have no business in polite society. By restricting age and keeping the price high, you can kill two birds with one stone.
IIRC in Los Angeles, they have the ArcLight theater, which comes pretty close to what I'm talking about and then some. Someone mentioned it in a/. thread a while ago (cut & paste)
Quite frankly, I am dreaming for the day that movie theaters will become a rarity that will only be enjoyed by true movie fans, instead of a dumping ground for rude children. Charge me $25 per ticket for a nice seat, serve reasonably priced food and absolutely forbid anyone under 21 from entering the building. Sounds elitist? Damn right...but let's face facts, most theaters are crap nowadays because of the annoying kids. I'm not even 30 yet and I'm complaining about it.
It seems to me that by this line they were being arrogant by trying to "literally" be close to God with a high tower. This would imply knowing God, which you can't do since he represents the transcendent. Since God isn't literally "up there," but rather "in here," that is why they were punished. In the end, I think this passage is a reminder that you're not supposed to take these stories literally, but you're supposed to look through the metaphor.
You're either a liar, troll or ignorant, but I'll respond anyway.
"Its highways are confusingly engineered with tolls everywhere."
There are only three toll roads. One goes from southeast to northeast (Turnpike); another from north to south on the eastern half of the state; (Parkway); and another from Philadelphia to Atlantic City (AC Expressway). The toll roads are used largely by people just passing through or driving to New York or Atlantic City.
"The landscape is hideously ugly, flat, and polluted. The so-called "nice parts" are ruined by tacky, cheap pseudo-mansions. Physically beautiful areas (such as the overlook toward Manhattan in Hoboken) are ruined by horrible, putrid homes and thoughtless condo high-rises"
Again, this is the small, northeastern corner of the state only, which everyone concedes is a shithole. The rest of the state has a very diverse terrain.
"And then, there are the people who caused all this...don't even get me started."
Unfortunately, New Yorkers are spilling over into NJ. I would love to give Bergen County to New York as a gift.
All the stereotypical BS you here about New Jersey pertains to the small, northeastern portion where a number of oil refineries, mafia, the airport and Newark are located...basically all the shit that New York City couldn't or wouldn't fit within its own borders.
The rest of the state is mostly forests, farmland, mountains and beaches. Heck, my office is in the middle of a forest!
Can a MythTV box control and record from my Comcast HDTV cable box via its Firewire port? I get HBO and would need to go through my cable box. Actually, for any HD channels, I have to go through my cable box.
The copyright holders own copyright on the content, but that is irrelevant. You might not be allowed to distribute the content, but if it's sitting on your hard drive (ie your property), it's no one's business to vandalize your files. Once you've received the content through legal means, no one can tell you what to do with it (short of re-distribution, which is already illegal).
Tivo is not enforcing any laws; this is an arbitrary and malicious action against their customers. When you record something, you haven't broken the law. Besides, the fact that other programs can be saved to tape or DVD can be construed to state that Tivo is also aiding and abetting copyright violation...you can't have it both ways.
OMG, is that a real product? There's a link to Tecmo, so I guess so. I wonder if that counts as adultery? "No Honey, it's a *niece* simulator, not a girlfriend simulator!"
"When you first start the game, you're presented with a trip to the puppy mill."
Thanks for promoting the unnecessary breeding of dogs in shitty conditions, Nintendo. Does the game let you pick out a lovable (and often healthier) mutt from a rescue group or shelter?
"Their stunts are physically elegant and incredibly difficult, requiring precise balance, coordination, and timing. High level game playing is similar."
I'm about as atheistic as you can get, btw. The point is to help people find a "center" and to describe the experience of living. Unfortunately, what passes for most relgions nowadays are corrupt political systems. That, or some people focus on the metaphors and never look through them.
Exact same file. Different printers. It happens with Word and Excel. I once had a very large model in Excel containing hundreds of financial statements that required very precise and consistent formatting. On my default printer (Canon Imagerunner 8500), it looked fine. When a support staffer went to print (HP 4000TN?) and saved the file, what would normally have been 4 pages turned into 4 pages, plus 4 extra pages of blank print area.
Now I mandate that all my spreadsheets go from Excel into PDF prepress only. Otherwise, it's a big waste of time resetting the formatting.
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Don't be a fool. I'm talking about printing pages geared towards 8.5x11. The types of printers I'm working with are usually an HP 4000TN, a Laserjet 5 and a Canon Imagerunner 8500.
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"We hit true WYSIWYG and haven't seen a real change since,"
Not with Word we haven't. I still can't print the exact same Word file on two different printers and get the same pagination. Thank God we're switching to PDF-based prepress systems to sort of eliminate this problem. If I'm in a rush and this problem occurs, I tell the support staff to just fudge the layout (insert carriage returns, screw with margins, whatever) to make it work so I can get something out the door.
USB was designed by the *marketing department* Intel to be dependent upon your main CPU. That way, you have an incentive to buy a faster Intel CPU. Apple, on the other hand, designed Firewire to work intelligently between devices.
Puh-lease...I can buy all the MP3's I want from eMusic (and I believe Magatunes, also) and use them on my iPod. I've got a ton of MP3 files on my iPod from eMusic before they changed their pricing plan. Otherwise, out of the few thousand songs I have in my library, only about 60 are from the iTunes Music store, while the vast majority is from the CD collection I've built up over the years.
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"'podcast' means recorded audio
'podcasting' means streaming audio"
A podcast is recorded audio that is kept up to date with an RSS or similar feed. Streaming audio is called streaming audio. Not using a word "because it's marketing speak" is just being silly. Moreover, Apple didn't invent podcasting nor coin the term, so the word "podcast" is a folk term at most.
"I hope there is an upset in 2006, or it is going to be another 2 years of a radical Whitehouse"
The next presidential election is in 2008 and terms are for four years for a maximum of 2 terms. Given Shrub's approval rating (40%), I think the RNC would shit a brick if there was suddenly an election next year.
I've seen all the problems come from kids, as well as over-21 yabbos that have no business in polite society. By restricting age and keeping the price high, you can kill two birds with one stone.
IIRC in Los Angeles, they have the ArcLight theater, which comes pretty close to what I'm talking about and then some. Someone mentioned it in a /. thread a while ago (cut & paste)
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"This change may kill off most theaters."
Quite frankly, I am dreaming for the day that movie theaters will become a rarity that will only be enjoyed by true movie fans, instead of a dumping ground for rude children. Charge me $25 per ticket for a nice seat, serve reasonably priced food and absolutely forbid anyone under 21 from entering the building. Sounds elitist? Damn right...but let's face facts, most theaters are crap nowadays because of the annoying kids. I'm not even 30 yet and I'm complaining about it.
"and let us make ourselves a name"
It seems to me that by this line they were being arrogant by trying to "literally" be close to God with a high tower. This would imply knowing God, which you can't do since he represents the transcendent. Since God isn't literally "up there," but rather "in here," that is why they were punished. In the end, I think this passage is a reminder that you're not supposed to take these stories literally, but you're supposed to look through the metaphor.
"Could one conceivably replace the dashboard (for lack of a better term)"
I can't be the only one wondering, "WTF is a dashboard" in the context of a game console?
You're either a liar, troll or ignorant, but I'll respond anyway.
"Its highways are confusingly engineered with tolls everywhere."
There are only three toll roads. One goes from southeast to northeast (Turnpike); another from north to south on the eastern half of the state; (Parkway); and another from Philadelphia to Atlantic City (AC Expressway). The toll roads are used largely by people just passing through or driving to New York or Atlantic City.
"The landscape is hideously ugly, flat, and polluted. The so-called "nice parts" are ruined by tacky, cheap pseudo-mansions. Physically beautiful areas (such as the overlook toward Manhattan in Hoboken) are ruined by horrible, putrid homes and thoughtless condo high-rises"
Again, this is the small, northeastern corner of the state only, which everyone concedes is a shithole. The rest of the state has a very diverse terrain.
"And then, there are the people who caused all this...don't even get me started."
Unfortunately, New Yorkers are spilling over into NJ. I would love to give Bergen County to New York as a gift.
All the stereotypical BS you here about New Jersey pertains to the small, northeastern portion where a number of oil refineries, mafia, the airport and Newark are located...basically all the shit that New York City couldn't or wouldn't fit within its own borders.
The rest of the state is mostly forests, farmland, mountains and beaches. Heck, my office is in the middle of a forest!
You did say German:
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"Why should I have to wait for them after I already made an appointment?"
Because they have other patients to see that day, too. I don't know, just a guess.
Can a MythTV box control and record from my Comcast HDTV cable box via its Firewire port? I get HBO and would need to go through my cable box. Actually, for any HD channels, I have to go through my cable box.
The copyright holders own copyright on the content, but that is irrelevant. You might not be allowed to distribute the content, but if it's sitting on your hard drive (ie your property), it's no one's business to vandalize your files. Once you've received the content through legal means, no one can tell you what to do with it (short of re-distribution, which is already illegal).
Tivo is not enforcing any laws; this is an arbitrary and malicious action against their customers. When you record something, you haven't broken the law. Besides, the fact that other programs can be saved to tape or DVD can be construed to state that Tivo is also aiding and abetting copyright violation...you can't have it both ways.
OMG, is that a real product? There's a link to Tecmo, so I guess so. I wonder if that counts as adultery? "No Honey, it's a *niece* simulator, not a girlfriend simulator!"
"When you first start the game, you're presented with a trip to the puppy mill."
Thanks for promoting the unnecessary breeding of dogs in shitty conditions, Nintendo. Does the game let you pick out a lovable (and often healthier) mutt from a rescue group or shelter?
"Their stunts are physically elegant and incredibly difficult, requiring precise balance, coordination, and timing. High level game playing is similar."
OK, somebody owes me a new LCD now!
I do not think it means what you think it means.
I'm about as atheistic as you can get, btw. The point is to help people find a "center" and to describe the experience of living. Unfortunately, what passes for most relgions nowadays are corrupt political systems. That, or some people focus on the metaphors and never look through them.
Shaman/monk = life revolves around studying religious experiences and sharing them.
Priest = Religious beaurocrat = makes up stupid rules that miss the point about religion.
A slight difference, but one I felt like pointing out.
Exact same file. Different printers. It happens with Word and Excel. I once had a very large model in Excel containing hundreds of financial statements that required very precise and consistent formatting. On my default printer (Canon Imagerunner 8500), it looked fine. When a support staffer went to print (HP 4000TN?) and saved the file, what would normally have been 4 pages turned into 4 pages, plus 4 extra pages of blank print area.
Now I mandate that all my spreadsheets go from Excel into PDF prepress only. Otherwise, it's a big waste of time resetting the formatting.
Don't be a fool. I'm talking about printing pages geared towards 8.5x11. The types of printers I'm working with are usually an HP 4000TN, a Laserjet 5 and a Canon Imagerunner 8500.
"We hit true WYSIWYG and haven't seen a real change since,"
Not with Word we haven't. I still can't print the exact same Word file on two different printers and get the same pagination. Thank God we're switching to PDF-based prepress systems to sort of eliminate this problem. If I'm in a rush and this problem occurs, I tell the support staff to just fudge the layout (insert carriage returns, screw with margins, whatever) to make it work so I can get something out the door.
"Buy'em out, boys!!!"
USB was designed by the *marketing department* Intel to be dependent upon your main CPU. That way, you have an incentive to buy a faster Intel CPU. Apple, on the other hand, designed Firewire to work intelligently between devices.
Puh-lease...I can buy all the MP3's I want from eMusic (and I believe Magatunes, also) and use them on my iPod. I've got a ton of MP3 files on my iPod from eMusic before they changed their pricing plan. Otherwise, out of the few thousand songs I have in my library, only about 60 are from the iTunes Music store, while the vast majority is from the CD collection I've built up over the years.