From what I remember, and I hadn't bothered with re-reading the books before DH came out, Durmstrang was most likely situated in a Nordic country and not in Germany.
While Hogwarts was essentially and all-England school, it was never explicitly stated that Durmstrang and Beauxbatons were also 'all-Country', meaning that it was likely that they took in students who were geographically close to the school (meaning that Grindelwald could easily have attended Durmstrang, though he was from Germany), but not necessarily from that schools country of origin.
This, like many other things in the HP series was glossed over as it really had little to do with the story that Rowling was trying to tell.
And rightly so! I've got a G5 sitting on my desk at home, and it's running AV whenever it's on - which is only about 4 to 6 hours a day.
In fact, going beyond that, I have a pc-based laptop running Ubuntu that I take with me when I'm out and about, and it's running firewall and AV...all because I'm paranoid like hell about loss of PI/financial data, to say nothing of the fact that if I happen to obtain a file infected with a virus, I'd really not like to be the one my friends come to for an explanation when I've passed that same infected file on to them...
The way I see it, it's pretty unlikely that I'm going to get something, but I have no responsibility at all for what others do on their machines, so I'll do my part to at least partially mitigate their risk.
ps - I didn't read this article, as I found his Ubuntu article laughable.
I use it at home quite a bit (though I'm about to plunk the cash down on CS3), and have tried like hell to get permission to use it at work ($38 being better than $2500, in my mind), but they don't accept purchase orders and I got a thumbs down on that point alone...
So, still wanting to save the company a little scratch and keep my overhead as low as possible, I use a wily combination of Inkscape and Gimp to do the majority of my designs at work, but then go home as use pay-for software to do my own stuff.
How backwards is that?
I digress...Pixel is a neat little piece of software that deserves some time (and money) to really grow its legs and run...getting the word out on it, however, has been a real problem. When you say to your friend they should try out Pixel, they're going to try and hit up something that makes sense, like pixel.com, or pixel.net, etc...well, this program won't be found there. I think a rename is in order, if for no other reason than to get it's own domain name.
Provided that your environment (i.e. weather, location, crime-rate) permits it, you could try walking 30 minutes a day at lunch...just pack a change of clothes and swap them out in the bathroom (bring deodorant and a towel, too). Even low-impact walking can have a positive impact on your overall well-being.
Before I changed positions and moved offices, a friend of mine (also a trainer) had suggested to me that, though it would look funny, getting a large exercise ball to sit on at work in lieu of a chair would help my balance and give my 'core' a decent enough, low-impact work-out. An added bonus would be that at lunch (or on a break), you could do some of the standard exercise ball exercises (leg lifts, crunches, etc), as they don't take up all that much room. The real kicker is whether or not you can deal with getting razzed by co-workers for caring about your body/health.
I lucked out and live down the street from my gym, and am about 3 blocks from another branch at my new office, so even if I find myself working late, I can still at least get something done in the way of exercise.
Hopefully someone else will have some decent suggestions, worse to worse, make friends with a trainer and nick some free advice!;)
Getting exercise will actually increase your virility, boost your pheromone output and make you a little more dynamic in the bedroom, which then becomes a self-sustaining cycle, as love-making is a wonderful form of low-impact (if that's your style, of course) aerobic (and sometimes anaerobic) exercise!
Geeks, nerds and dorks alike, lend me your ears! You too can have a hot, steamy social life for just 30 minutes a day!
And as a free, no-cost-to-you-at-all bonus, if you act within the next few years, you may also greatly improve your chances of living a longer, happier and healthier life!
(seriously, my fiance and I have experienced a significant boost to our 'love life' by going to the gym for a minimum of 30 minutes a day, five days a week...improving your diet doesn't hurt matters, either)
Well, both statements were accurate...he uses his phone to call people, but does not use his phone to wirelessly connect to the internet, he uses an EVDO card (either Express or PCMCIA) to connect to the same wireless network in a manner not unlike how a phone would do it (the cards are treated like phones as far as the network is concerned...at least that's how they do it with VZ, my provider).
But yet, I had to re-read that for before it clicked for me, too.
You can list on the various yellow books web sites for free, but you have to pay to get in the physical book (or get a better than basic listing on the sites)...It's all about ROI, and they know that the customers get them for 'free' (I say 'free' because they pay for them all year long, whether they like it or not).
I'll browse this if I happen across it on my journey to Borders or similar, but I don't see myself buying it. I do this junk for a living, and - owing to my environment - I use graphics less and less and have begun to apply a more austere design sensibility to the sites that I work on. Of course, I'm doing it in corporate environment whose primary concerns are less oriented around 'flashy' than they are around 'substantive, intuitive and compliant'.
Admittedly, I do spend a good portion of my free time working on graphics with a variety of programs, and I have a very firm grasp on the concept of an attractive presentation, but to what end? I've seen a number of very pretty, very alluring sites that failed miserably on a variety of compliance checks (that's not even counting something like WAI or sec508), because these artists don't have a full understanding of what it is and what it takes to be a professional web designer (developer, et al).
I'm rambling now, and I can't remember what my original point had been...so I'll just say that you either 'got it' or you don't.
I don't know about that...there are some bands out there that, even to the members themselves, defy classification. Take, for example, The Blood Brothers and also Liars. More often than not, I've seen these two bands simply refered to as 'other' or 'unknown', simply because there is nothing to legitimately compare it to, even after their having been around for a while.
Of course, one could argue (and many do) that both bands are horrible and can only be qualified as 'crap', but still...not *everything* can/will be a subgenre unless there are more bands that get into producing like-minded music.
With regard to the question of Nerdcore, though...I honestly believe that it will transcend its small stature in the coming months/years, not because of an explosion in the amount of people who 'get it', but because of an explosion of kids/hipsters/scenesters who absolutely must like something kitsch.
The same could have once been said about UK Hip-Hop, or rapping Hasidic Jews...and, well...I think the facts speak for themselves, there. They may not be the next in line to inherit (insert popular hip-hop mogul here)'s throne, but they're certainly capable of selling vast amounts of albums and concert tickets.
"So, if I paint a Ferrari lime green and put a hand crank on it, nobody will steal it?"
Absolutely! Why do you think all of those ricer's are painted with the gaudiest schemes possible? Those vinyl graphics aren't just for looks...they're a theft deterrent.
Shiva Tapdancing Vishnu! That is the definition of an informative post. I, and I'm sure others, bow to your greatness and the wealthspring of information you have imparted upon us.
Here's a thought. Maybe go to one of her showings are a gallery (try to go on opening night, that's when the artists are most likely to be in attendance), express interest in her works (some of which are very stunning and provocative), approach the curator regarding the acquisition of a piece and ask for an introduction to the artist. Focus on her creative works, not on her television persona, keep the conversation light and breezy, offer to fetch a drink for her, etc.
It is my suspicion that this would be a far more intimate way to go about gettin' some digits, ya dig? Jive turkey.
Fair points, all of them. Now, where the hell where you before I entered my damn credit card number? Maybe I can still pull the order out before they complete it...
I'm pretty sure that the clones are meant to service the sector of folks who are on a nostalgia trip, but either can't track down a working original or don't want to have to putz around with adapters. Are any of the clones perfect? Not likely. Are they better than nothing? Probably so. It's awesome for you that you've got well-maintained this-that-and-others, but you're an exception, not a rule.
I hope like hell this shuts up my roommate and her incessant whining about not having any games in the current generation line-ups that are fun and easy to play (excepting Katamari and Super Monkey Ball, which she won't put down...).
I think I might have tried reading it when I was much younger, but found it to be disturbingly violent (I think was maybe 11 or 12 at the time). I can't find any decent reference sites off-hand that go over perspective, but I know that it certainly wasn't seen through the eyes of any goddamn crickets. It's too bad Disney mangled that stories legacy in they he did, because now, if anyone tried to make a true adaptation of the work, it wouldn't be well accepted and likely wouldn't come in at anything lower than PG-13.
Do you mean to say that you don't utilize your colon area network with sufficient regularity to necessitate interfacing it with your mega-laptop so that it may analyze your dietary needs? How do you expect to head off those pesky pollyps at the pass (literally and also figuratively)?
I think they call this magical literary device the Third Person Omniscient Perspective. It is a wonderful way for the author to relate information that would otherwise be unavailable if the story were to be told in any other perspective...in other words, rather than being limited to a first person view (single character perspective, can only internalize ones own thoughts and relies on five senses to understand everything else that is going on) or third person objective (unseen/uninvolved narrator, but limited to the five senses), you get to know everything. Though it may be a dated concept (as are the other devices), it is historically a very reliable device for fantasy/sci-fi stories.*
* - trying to be helpful here, not a jerk.
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The Google Home Page is, essentially, an aggregator...it just displays things is a different manner. Notice how you can select 'sections' and add new ones and move them around? Same principle, just made easier for less tech-saavy folk.
Fabulous job, guys. Sony may be more greedy (I refuse to label it as something so intangible as 'evil'), but at least when they say 'backwards compatible', they mean it. I like that I can still play my copies of Final Fantasy Tactics, or Gran Turismo, or Bushido Blade without having to modify anything at all. It is a fairly sweet deal, indeed.
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From what I remember, and I hadn't bothered with re-reading the books before DH came out, Durmstrang was most likely situated in a Nordic country and not in Germany.
While Hogwarts was essentially and all-England school, it was never explicitly stated that Durmstrang and Beauxbatons were also 'all-Country', meaning that it was likely that they took in students who were geographically close to the school (meaning that Grindelwald could easily have attended Durmstrang, though he was from Germany), but not necessarily from that schools country of origin.
This, like many other things in the HP series was glossed over as it really had little to do with the story that Rowling was trying to tell.
Hmmmm...Joe Sixpack, perhaps?
And rightly so! I've got a G5 sitting on my desk at home, and it's running AV whenever it's on - which is only about 4 to 6 hours a day.
In fact, going beyond that, I have a pc-based laptop running Ubuntu that I take with me when I'm out and about, and it's running firewall and AV...all because I'm paranoid like hell about loss of PI/financial data, to say nothing of the fact that if I happen to obtain a file infected with a virus, I'd really not like to be the one my friends come to for an explanation when I've passed that same infected file on to them...
The way I see it, it's pretty unlikely that I'm going to get something, but I have no responsibility at all for what others do on their machines, so I'll do my part to at least partially mitigate their risk.
ps - I didn't read this article, as I found his Ubuntu article laughable.
I use it at home quite a bit (though I'm about to plunk the cash down on CS3), and have tried like hell to get permission to use it at work ($38 being better than $2500, in my mind), but they don't accept purchase orders and I got a thumbs down on that point alone...
So, still wanting to save the company a little scratch and keep my overhead as low as possible, I use a wily combination of Inkscape and Gimp to do the majority of my designs at work, but then go home as use pay-for software to do my own stuff.
How backwards is that?
I digress...Pixel is a neat little piece of software that deserves some time (and money) to really grow its legs and run...getting the word out on it, however, has been a real problem. When you say to your friend they should try out Pixel, they're going to try and hit up something that makes sense, like pixel.com, or pixel.net, etc...well, this program won't be found there. I think a rename is in order, if for no other reason than to get it's own domain name.
Provided that your environment (i.e. weather, location, crime-rate) permits it, you could try walking 30 minutes a day at lunch...just pack a change of clothes and swap them out in the bathroom (bring deodorant and a towel, too). Even low-impact walking can have a positive impact on your overall well-being.
;)
Before I changed positions and moved offices, a friend of mine (also a trainer) had suggested to me that, though it would look funny, getting a large exercise ball to sit on at work in lieu of a chair would help my balance and give my 'core' a decent enough, low-impact work-out. An added bonus would be that at lunch (or on a break), you could do some of the standard exercise ball exercises (leg lifts, crunches, etc), as they don't take up all that much room. The real kicker is whether or not you can deal with getting razzed by co-workers for caring about your body/health.
I lucked out and live down the street from my gym, and am about 3 blocks from another branch at my new office, so even if I find myself working late, I can still at least get something done in the way of exercise.
Hopefully someone else will have some decent suggestions, worse to worse, make friends with a trainer and nick some free advice!
Getting exercise will actually increase your virility, boost your pheromone output and make you a little more dynamic in the bedroom, which then becomes a self-sustaining cycle, as love-making is a wonderful form of low-impact (if that's your style, of course) aerobic (and sometimes anaerobic) exercise!
Geeks, nerds and dorks alike, lend me your ears! You too can have a hot, steamy social life for just 30 minutes a day!
And as a free, no-cost-to-you-at-all bonus, if you act within the next few years, you may also greatly improve your chances of living a longer, happier and healthier life!
(seriously, my fiance and I have experienced a significant boost to our 'love life' by going to the gym for a minimum of 30 minutes a day, five days a week...improving your diet doesn't hurt matters, either)
Well, both statements were accurate...he uses his phone to call people, but does not use his phone to wirelessly connect to the internet, he uses an EVDO card (either Express or PCMCIA) to connect to the same wireless network in a manner not unlike how a phone would do it (the cards are treated like phones as far as the network is concerned...at least that's how they do it with VZ, my provider). But yet, I had to re-read that for before it clicked for me, too.
You can list on the various yellow books web sites for free, but you have to pay to get in the physical book (or get a better than basic listing on the sites)...It's all about ROI, and they know that the customers get them for 'free' (I say 'free' because they pay for them all year long, whether they like it or not).
I'll browse this if I happen across it on my journey to Borders or similar, but I don't see myself buying it. I do this junk for a living, and - owing to my environment - I use graphics less and less and have begun to apply a more austere design sensibility to the sites that I work on. Of course, I'm doing it in corporate environment whose primary concerns are less oriented around 'flashy' than they are around 'substantive, intuitive and compliant'.
Admittedly, I do spend a good portion of my free time working on graphics with a variety of programs, and I have a very firm grasp on the concept of an attractive presentation, but to what end? I've seen a number of very pretty, very alluring sites that failed miserably on a variety of compliance checks (that's not even counting something like WAI or sec508), because these artists don't have a full understanding of what it is and what it takes to be a professional web designer (developer, et al).
I'm rambling now, and I can't remember what my original point had been...so I'll just say that you either 'got it' or you don't.
I don't know about that...there are some bands out there that, even to the members themselves, defy classification. Take, for example, The Blood Brothers and also Liars. More often than not, I've seen these two bands simply refered to as 'other' or 'unknown', simply because there is nothing to legitimately compare it to, even after their having been around for a while.
Of course, one could argue (and many do) that both bands are horrible and can only be qualified as 'crap', but still...not *everything* can/will be a subgenre unless there are more bands that get into producing like-minded music.
With regard to the question of Nerdcore, though...I honestly believe that it will transcend its small stature in the coming months/years, not because of an explosion in the amount of people who 'get it', but because of an explosion of kids/hipsters/scenesters who absolutely must like something kitsch.
The same could have once been said about UK Hip-Hop, or rapping Hasidic Jews...and, well...I think the facts speak for themselves, there. They may not be the next in line to inherit (insert popular hip-hop mogul here)'s throne, but they're certainly capable of selling vast amounts of albums and concert tickets.
Ooooooooh! I'm gonna tell!
"So, if I paint a Ferrari lime green and put a hand crank on it, nobody will steal it?"
Absolutely! Why do you think all of those ricer's are painted with the gaudiest schemes possible? Those vinyl graphics aren't just for looks...they're a theft deterrent.
Shiva Tapdancing Vishnu! That is the definition of an informative post. I, and I'm sure others, bow to your greatness and the wealthspring of information you have imparted upon us.
Only on Slashdot is tongue-in-cheek 'dating advice' referred to as being informative. Thanks for that, guys. ;)
Here's a thought. Maybe go to one of her showings are a gallery (try to go on opening night, that's when the artists are most likely to be in attendance), express interest in her works (some of which are very stunning and provocative), approach the curator regarding the acquisition of a piece and ask for an introduction to the artist. Focus on her creative works, not on her television persona, keep the conversation light and breezy, offer to fetch a drink for her, etc.
It is my suspicion that this would be a far more intimate way to go about gettin' some digits, ya dig? Jive turkey.
Assssssssss Hoooooooole.
Fair points, all of them. Now, where the hell where you before I entered my damn credit card number? Maybe I can still pull the order out before they complete it...
I'm pretty sure that the clones are meant to service the sector of folks who are on a nostalgia trip, but either can't track down a working original or don't want to have to putz around with adapters. Are any of the clones perfect? Not likely. Are they better than nothing? Probably so. It's awesome for you that you've got well-maintained this-that-and-others, but you're an exception, not a rule.
I hope like hell this shuts up my roommate and her incessant whining about not having any games in the current generation line-ups that are fun and easy to play (excepting Katamari and Super Monkey Ball, which she won't put down...).
I think I might have tried reading it when I was much younger, but found it to be disturbingly violent (I think was maybe 11 or 12 at the time). I can't find any decent reference sites off-hand that go over perspective, but I know that it certainly wasn't seen through the eyes of any goddamn crickets. It's too bad Disney mangled that stories legacy in they he did, because now, if anyone tried to make a true adaptation of the work, it wouldn't be well accepted and likely wouldn't come in at anything lower than PG-13.
Do you mean to say that you don't utilize your colon area network with sufficient regularity to necessitate interfacing it with your mega-laptop so that it may analyze your dietary needs? How do you expect to head off those pesky pollyps at the pass (literally and also figuratively)?
It was a portrait of Guiseppe Verdi. You can see it here.
PS - I'm actually using Opera right now, at work even.
I think they call this magical literary device the Third Person Omniscient Perspective. It is a wonderful way for the author to relate information that would otherwise be unavailable if the story were to be told in any other perspective...in other words, rather than being limited to a first person view (single character perspective, can only internalize ones own thoughts and relies on five senses to understand everything else that is going on) or third person objective (unseen/uninvolved narrator, but limited to the five senses), you get to know everything. Though it may be a dated concept (as are the other devices), it is historically a very reliable device for fantasy/sci-fi stories.*
* - trying to be helpful here, not a jerk.
The Google Home Page is, essentially, an aggregator...it just displays things is a different manner. Notice how you can select 'sections' and add new ones and move them around? Same principle, just made easier for less tech-saavy folk.
One step forward and two steps back.[/sing]
Fabulous job, guys. Sony may be more greedy (I refuse to label it as something so intangible as 'evil'), but at least when they say 'backwards compatible', they mean it. I like that I can still play my copies of Final Fantasy Tactics, or Gran Turismo, or Bushido Blade without having to modify anything at all. It is a fairly sweet deal, indeed.