For field trips, we used to do inexpensive things, most of them involving walking of some sort...
We walked to the local fire station
We walked to the local frozen yogurt shop for a back-of-house tour
We were driven (by volunteer parents) to a new grocery store that had just opened
and so on. I suppose in the late 80s, field trips didn't have to cost money.
I have my own domain with a catchall address. Surprisingly (or not), the vast majority of my spam is sent to actual addresses that I had posted on the website, signed up for a service with, posted on usenet, etc. at one time or another.
The biggest bonus for me of a catchall is that I now use a different address for each service, usenet posting, etc. I use. For example, if I signed up an account at crazycrap.com, I would use the address Me_CrazyCrap@myhappydomain.com. That way, for the email that IS sent to a legitimate address and not BCC'ed, I know exactly which site has sold out my address (or put it in a searchable place). Also, I can then block that individual address so that even the catchall doesn't receive it.
Unfortunately, I had originally posted on usenet a bit with my "main" address, and it remains riddled with spam until I decide to change it.
It's a matter of familiarity and time commitment. I'm running it just as a home box, no users connected, etc. The one-click updates are about all I care to manage. I suppose that once I got more familiar with the inner workings of Linux, I'd be fine, but that's a significant commitment of time and effort.
If I was 100% computer geek, I'd be fine with such, but I'm only 50% (the other 50% is music geek), and I spend enough time just making sure my software (C++ compiler, Finale, Max/MSP, ProTools, SoundForge, , Office) is of the latest and/or most decently operable version, let alone worrying about if it will run with appropriate performance under lindows, etc (if I couldn't find an acceptable Linux equivalent).
I'm sure there are no problems installing/maintaining/updating as soon as you know what you're doing, but I have a long list of projects, and almost all of them take priority over RTFM. TFM takes a long time to R, and I have a lot of more interesting FMs to R already. If I can get a similar result by hitting "Install" on the Windows disc, I'm more inclined to do that.
To a good portion of the computer-buying public, OS = User Interface. There's often very little, if any, understanding of the inner workings of the computer. What they see is what it is. The only reason Win98 was different from 95 was the Quick Launch bar. XP has gradients, auto-hide icons in the lower right, grouping of taskbar items, and the X in the corner is red. Oh, and things always run faster on the new OS (never mind that it's usually on a faster computer).
Until Linux is clean and pretty, and behaves consistently, it will likely be percieved by the mass public as "oh, there are so many different ones! I'm confused!"
That's all fine and good, until Aunt Susie mis-clicks and BAM! half the screen is filled with taskbar entries that read "Discount X-10 Viagra - Microsoft Internet Explorer" in a dynamically-expanded, 300-pixel-tall mess.
Ah. I'm in the L.A. area... I tend to only run the AC when other people are in the car, or for about 10 minutes after a hot parking lot. I've recently followed some tips I saw online (forget where) and upped my mileage by about 3mpg. It performs the best in moderate highway traffic (405 at 7pm), where I'm stuck driving between 50 and 65. For those stretches, the dashboard meter usually reads in the low to mid 50s. On an open highway, it usually gets around 45, as you say.
My '03 Hybrid Civic had (I think) 48/47 on the sticker. When I drive it, the "MPG" meter in the dashboard ends up around 42-46. At the pump, I actually get 39-44.
A couple years ago there was one in L.A., off the 405, that had an "Out of Virtual Memory" Windows error message on it for a few weeks straight, if not months.
I know a guy who takes notes in class on a TI-92... no external keyboard, just the incredibly tiny keyboard on the unit. All the click-click-click coming from the corner is enough to make you want to strangle someone!
When you play the same show for the x-hundredth time, it probably becomes instinctive. From the upper tier, I've seen gameboys during long passages of rest.
I could see the orchestra just fine when I saw this in London last summer. Quite a good show. The percussionist seemed a bit bored, though he never missed a beat.
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Not to mention inflated prices perpetuated by the textbook cartels. That's a racket if I've ever seen one!
For field trips, we used to do inexpensive things, most of them involving walking of some sort...
We walked to the local fire station
We walked to the local frozen yogurt shop for a back-of-house tour
We were driven (by volunteer parents) to a new grocery store that had just opened
and so on. I suppose in the late 80s, field trips didn't have to cost money.
As a robot, I might like to have my arm cut off and replaced with a newer model. As the rule follows...
I can't tie it into anything better, but thanks for not disappointing!
The author suggests a one-stop registration for all news sites. Yes, that should work perfectly. Then I can be Dr. Terwilliger on 5000 sites at once.
I have my own domain with a catchall address. Surprisingly (or not), the vast majority of my spam is sent to actual addresses that I had posted on the website, signed up for a service with, posted on usenet, etc. at one time or another.
The biggest bonus for me of a catchall is that I now use a different address for each service, usenet posting, etc. I use. For example, if I signed up an account at crazycrap.com, I would use the address Me_CrazyCrap@myhappydomain.com. That way, for the email that IS sent to a legitimate address and not BCC'ed, I know exactly which site has sold out my address (or put it in a searchable place). Also, I can then block that individual address so that even the catchall doesn't receive it.
Unfortunately, I had originally posted on usenet a bit with my "main" address, and it remains riddled with spam until I decide to change it.
I'm inclined to think more along the lines of "Bonzi Buddy"
It's a matter of familiarity and time commitment. I'm running it just as a home box, no users connected, etc. The one-click updates are about all I care to manage. I suppose that once I got more familiar with the inner workings of Linux, I'd be fine, but that's a significant commitment of time and effort.
If I was 100% computer geek, I'd be fine with such, but I'm only 50% (the other 50% is music geek), and I spend enough time just making sure my software (C++ compiler, Finale, Max/MSP, ProTools, SoundForge, , Office) is of the latest and/or most decently operable version, let alone worrying about if it will run with appropriate performance under lindows, etc (if I couldn't find an acceptable Linux equivalent).
I'm sure there are no problems installing/maintaining/updating as soon as you know what you're doing, but I have a long list of projects, and almost all of them take priority over RTFM. TFM takes a long time to R, and I have a lot of more interesting FMs to R already. If I can get a similar result by hitting "Install" on the Windows disc, I'm more inclined to do that.
Installing, sure... but maintaining? That's where it always got me, and that's why I don't have it running now.
Mom used to equate "Netscape" with the internet. I'd say "check this out online" and get the reply, "OK, so I dial up my Netscape?"
To a good portion of the computer-buying public, OS = User Interface. There's often very little, if any, understanding of the inner workings of the computer. What they see is what it is. The only reason Win98 was different from 95 was the Quick Launch bar. XP has gradients, auto-hide icons in the lower right, grouping of taskbar items, and the X in the corner is red. Oh, and things always run faster on the new OS (never mind that it's usually on a faster computer). Until Linux is clean and pretty, and behaves consistently, it will likely be percieved by the mass public as "oh, there are so many different ones! I'm confused!"
For the time being, sure... until lobbyists get the U.S. patent policies expanded worldwide. It's all about who has the money.
is GOING TO?
Alternatively, recall the following: Patent for swinging sideways... registered by a father to teach his kid how patents work.
That's all fine and good, until Aunt Susie mis-clicks and BAM! half the screen is filled with taskbar entries that read "Discount X-10 Viagra - Microsoft Internet Explorer" in a dynamically-expanded, 300-pixel-tall mess.
Knowing Microsoft's record with patents, they may well say they invented Al Gore, and, by proxy, the internet.
The beetle and golf seat MORE than the civic? Last I checked they were a bit cramped.
Ah. I'm in the L.A. area... I tend to only run the AC when other people are in the car, or for about 10 minutes after a hot parking lot. I've recently followed some tips I saw online (forget where) and upped my mileage by about 3mpg. It performs the best in moderate highway traffic (405 at 7pm), where I'm stuck driving between 50 and 65. For those stretches, the dashboard meter usually reads in the low to mid 50s. On an open highway, it usually gets around 45, as you say.
My '03 Hybrid Civic had (I think) 48/47 on the sticker. When I drive it, the "MPG" meter in the dashboard ends up around 42-46. At the pump, I actually get 39-44.
Recommend him something running Windows ME on 64MB RAM?
A couple years ago there was one in L.A., off the 405, that had an "Out of Virtual Memory" Windows error message on it for a few weeks straight, if not months.
I think it was called "The Star Wars Holiday Special"
Though you're not too far off with that song.
I know a guy who takes notes in class on a TI-92... no external keyboard, just the incredibly tiny keyboard on the unit. All the click-click-click coming from the corner is enough to make you want to strangle someone!
When you play the same show for the x-hundredth time, it probably becomes instinctive. From the upper tier, I've seen gameboys during long passages of rest.
I could see the orchestra just fine when I saw this in London last summer. Quite a good show. The percussionist seemed a bit bored, though he never missed a beat.