http://www.allofmp3.com/... question about legality when used from the US What about Australia? Anyone? Oh well, I guess I'll download and see if I get arrested...
On topic, I can't believe no-one's mentioned Magnatune yet, a site I found from a mention right here on/. You can download or stream all their artists in low or high quality mp3, then buy the music and download it in a variety of formats. And their motto is "We are not evil". What more do you want?
First, the much maligned UI has undergone some fairly substantial redesign. It's retained most of the elements that freak the uniniated out, but has a bunch of changes that aren't as yet reflected in the online manual - a caveat you should be aware of if you're trying it out for the first time. I understand that the dead tree version this article's about has everything new in it.
Incidentally, the reason the interface is so unique is that Blender was originally an in-house tool, designed by a bunch who all knew how they wanted things to work, without reference to more traditional designs. Really, once you understand this and get used to it, it's as least good as any other graphics app interface out there.
Also, many new features are being introduced at the moment (raytracing, refraction, bevelling...), so the build you download today might do things a bit different to the one you got three weeks ago.
Finally, (a continual gotcha for Blender newbies), http://www.blender.org is the site for blender coding help and discussion. For help etc with the use of the program, go to http://www.elysiun.com and check the forums.
Just as we've committed ourselves inextricably to a high-tech world (and thank God, for no other kind will feed five billion) (emphasis added).
Okay, maybe it's a petty gripe, but in an article about how we're no longer dream about the future, I gotta say: HEY SPIDER! The earth's population crossed the SIX BILLION mark in 1999!
Maybe he means we're only producing enough food for five billion...
What is this Leon, scare tactics? I've lived in South Australia 2^5 years and I've never seen any such things!
Agreed. As an Adelaide driver/cyclist, Let me give a few tips on things for tourists to watch out for.
If you're on a bike, the drivers aren't actually out to kill you. They're just not particularly concerned about your survival unless you look like you'd scratch their paint if they hit you.
If you're in a car, be aware that Adelaide drivers follow one simple rule: "I Own The Road". If you try and change lanes in front of them, it's a challenge. They'll speed up. If you drive next to them, it's a challenge. They'll speed up. If you pull up next to them at the lights, it's a challenge. They'll do their best to leave you in a cloud of smoke.
Also, red lights in Adelaide tend to be viewed as advice rather than a law, and don't count unless they've been red for a few seconds.
My advice? Take the bus....if they're not on strike again.
Purely out of interest, how'd you know that? I wouldn't have guessed it, but looking at the wifibsd kernel's resemblance to the recommended kernel entries for minibsd, it appears you're right. I'm guessing you've either got inside knowledge, or scary familiarity with minibsd. Which is it, or am I completely off track?
...and whilst that was a nice informative article, it was also noticeably linux specific (of course, you couldn't be trolling - not with a closing line like that). This being the BSD area of/., I think a few BSDtargettedarticleson configuringWAPs might be more apt.
That said, this WiFiBSD thing looks like a nice little development. Could well come in handy.
For all those impatient FreeBSD users out there who went to the binaries page and saw "Soon" (it's not yet made it into the ports tree), I suggest doing a CVS checkout and build of the core code tree, bf-blender.
There's a FreeBSD targetted build shellscript in the main directory, and it works beautifully. (Caveat - I had to copy one.h file into a different location - can't remember what it was, but it worked fine after that).
Also, if you're interested in the bleeding edge branch of Blender, Tuhopuu (lit. "evil tree" - those wacky dutch, eh?), I've posted on the Blender forums a very basic guide.
There's a Larry Niven short story called Flatlander which deals with the concept of antimatter stellar objects - only briefly, but it's worth a read. Also, wander up to your nearest university and look up the astro-physics department. Chances are there'll be a couple of knowledgable types in there who could point you in the right direction.
...and, of course, FreeBSD has it in the ports tree. You would be amazed at the number of graphics (and other) ports that pull in the latest version of ImageMagick as a dependancy.
Fair enough - I was only going by hearsay. Here, we're taught to use a pressure immobilisation bandage up and down the limb, keep the limb below heart level, and keep the patient still and calm. And get medical help ASAP, of course.
Actually, it's probably Hollywood's fault for the misconception - the amount of bad first aid in movies (and on tv, in any part of the world) is staggering.
This looks like a good educational game, however I'd be interested to know if they're planning any alterations for international versions. My own country, Australia, has quite a few differences (I've been told) to the US in approved First Aid procedures. For instance, we're taught not to use the Heimlich maneuver, as it often causes more problems than it solves. Also, US First Aid courses apparently still use the "crosscut and suck out the venom" method of treating snakebites. If you try that in Australia with the majority of venomous snakes here, You Will Die - most Australian snakes have much nastier venom than their US counterparts, and getting it in your mouth is generally fatal.
A quick flick through the website seems to indicate it's pretty well researched and checked, but I wonder if they'll be contacting medical authorities in other countries before they release there..
A while ago, the ever-popular Penny Arcade had a comment from Tycho about his hopes for the camera system in the lightcycle part of Tron 2.0, and suggested that the developers take a good look at Armagetron and see if they can come up with something that good.
I duly downloaded said game, and have since become quite addicted. Something it has over other Tron type games I've tried (eg GlTron) is that the closter you get to a wall, the faster you go. This makes for some interesting strategy, and unless Tron 2.0 has something similar, it's not going to replace Armagetron for me.
This company's popped up a few times here when discussion turned to keyboards - the general impression I get is that the keyboards are very nice once you get used to them, but they're fairly pricey. Plus, once you get used to them, you have trouble with normal keyboards. My major problem with them is the lack of tactile feedback - I like my clicky keys...
Anyway, older discussions are here, here, here, and here.
Although it's no longer necessarily true (heard rumours that corporate windows users are skewing the figures away), it's still assumed that the average/. user runs some form of linux, or at least is aware of linux. Therefore, linux news generally is Main Page stuff that gets its own sub-category per-story. Free-, Net- and Open-BSD, OTOH, are still used by a minority, and are (very loosely) analogous to three seperate linux distros. There's enough interest in them to warrant a section for those stories that don't make it to the main page, whereas linux (and individual distros) tends to be main page news all the time.
That's a perspective I hadn't considered, and would quite nicely explain the aforementioned anatomical improbabilities. Although I do recall a (probably apocryphal) story that old Leo thought the male body to be much more aesthetically pleasing, but I've no proof to back that up. I think you're on slightly shakier ground with the Freudian analysis of the mother thing, though. (=
It is highly doubtful that he was a homosexual. What is known is that he was anonymously charged with being a homosexual once, and acquitted of the charge.
Homosexual or not, he really seemed to prefer the male body to the female - all his female figures are, to quote an arty friend of mine, "teenage boys with a pair of tits slapped on". No curves at all (except for the aforementioned tits).
Or was that Michelangelo?
Hell, who cares anyway - sexual preference notwithstanding, Da Vinci had enough other eccentricities and cool attributes to make him a Geek archetype...
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What about Australia? Anyone? Oh well, I guess I'll download and see if I get arrested...
On topic, I can't believe no-one's mentioned Magnatune yet, a site I found from a mention right here on
You can download or stream all their artists in low or high quality mp3, then buy the music and download it in a variety of formats. And their motto is "We are not evil". What more do you want?
Meh, fair enough. I've never actually checked their stuff out, being in the wrong country and all, so had no idea.
The strip is still relevant, though... (=
You'll probably end up like this.
Actually, the PA guys have a section called The Hookup, which may be of some help...
First, the much maligned UI has undergone some fairly substantial redesign. It's retained most of the elements that freak the uniniated out, but has a bunch of changes that aren't as yet reflected in the online manual - a caveat you should be aware of if you're trying it out for the first time. I understand that the dead tree version this article's about has everything new in it.
Incidentally, the reason the interface is so unique is that Blender was originally an in-house tool, designed by a bunch who all knew how they wanted things to work, without reference to more traditional designs. Really, once you understand this and get used to it, it's as least good as any other graphics app interface out there.
Also, many new features are being introduced at the moment (raytracing, refraction, bevelling...), so the build you download today might do things a bit different to the one you got three weeks ago.
Finally, (a continual gotcha for Blender newbies), http://www.blender.org is the site for blender coding help and discussion. For help etc with the use of the program, go to http://www.elysiun.com and check the forums.
Just as we've committed ourselves inextricably to a high-tech world (and thank God, for no other kind will feed five billion) (emphasis added).
Okay, maybe it's a petty gripe, but in an article about how we're no longer dream about the future, I gotta say: HEY SPIDER! The earth's population crossed the SIX BILLION mark in 1999!
Maybe he means we're only producing enough food for five billion...
(Tongue planted in apologist cheek).
What is this Leon, scare tactics? I've lived in South Australia 2^5 years and I've never seen any such things!
...if they're not on strike again.
Agreed.
As an Adelaide driver/cyclist, Let me give a few tips on things for tourists to watch out for.
If you're on a bike, the drivers aren't actually out to kill you. They're just not particularly concerned about your survival unless you look like you'd scratch their paint if they hit you.
If you're in a car, be aware that Adelaide drivers follow one simple rule: "I Own The Road". If you try and change lanes in front of them, it's a challenge. They'll speed up. If you drive next to them, it's a challenge. They'll speed up. If you pull up next to them at the lights, it's a challenge. They'll do their best to leave you in a cloud of smoke.
Also, red lights in Adelaide tend to be viewed as advice rather than a law, and don't count unless they've been red for a few seconds.
My advice? Take the bus.
One of my most common uses for this is to look for ports that do certain things not included in their one line description, eg:Just a quick FYI, in case you were unaware of this handy thing.
"...he responds to inputs by choosing the most appropriate epigram in his database, making him a sort of walking repository of clever one-liners."
So, a fairly accurate historical representation, then.
I'm waiting for the Algonquin Round Table bot, where a selection of literary notables will make caustic, cutting remarks when spoken to.
Scotty's formal uniform didn't do any better.
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Neither did a whole bunch of other cool
stuff
What, doesn't anyone want to pay $8000 to dress up as Imperious Leader?
The reserve price of US$40K on a complete TOS uniform for Scotty wasn't met.
Anyone got any obvious jokes about the fact that it's a RED uniform?
Purely out of interest, how'd you know that?
I wouldn't have guessed it, but looking at the wifibsd kernel's resemblance to the recommended kernel entries for minibsd, it appears you're right. I'm guessing you've either got inside knowledge, or scary familiarity with minibsd. Which is it, or am I completely off track?
...and whilst that was a nice informative article, it was also noticeably linux specific (of course, you couldn't be trolling - not with a closing line like that). /., I think a few BSD targetted articles on configuring WAPs
This being the BSD area of
might be more apt.
That said, this WiFiBSD thing looks like a nice little development. Could well come in handy.
For all those impatient FreeBSD users out there who went to the binaries page and saw "Soon" (it's not yet made it into the ports tree), I suggest doing a CVS checkout and build of the core code tree, bf-blender. .h file into a different location - can't remember what it was, but it worked fine after that).
There's a FreeBSD targetted build shellscript in the main directory, and it works beautifully. (Caveat - I had to copy one
Also, if you're interested in the bleeding edge branch of Blender, Tuhopuu (lit. "evil tree" - those wacky dutch, eh?), I've posted on the Blender forums a very basic guide.
There's a Larry Niven short story called Flatlander which deals with the concept of antimatter stellar objects - only briefly, but it's worth a read.
Also, wander up to your nearest university and look up the astro-physics department. Chances are there'll be a couple of knowledgable types in there who could point you in the right direction.
...and, of course, FreeBSD has it in the ports tree. You would be amazed at the number of graphics (and other) ports that pull in the latest version of ImageMagick as a dependancy.
Mind you, NetPBM isn't under-represented, either.
I'm pretty sure they don't teach that in the US
Fair enough - I was only going by hearsay. Here, we're taught to use a pressure immobilisation bandage up and down the limb, keep the limb below heart level, and keep the patient still and calm. And get medical help ASAP, of course.
Actually, it's probably Hollywood's fault for the misconception - the amount of bad first aid in movies (and on tv, in any part of the world) is staggering.
This looks like a good educational game, however I'd be interested to know if they're planning any alterations for international versions.
My own country, Australia, has quite a few differences (I've been told) to the US in approved First Aid procedures. For instance, we're taught not to use the Heimlich maneuver, as it often causes more problems than it solves.
Also, US First Aid courses apparently still use the "crosscut and suck out the venom" method of treating snakebites. If you try that in Australia with the majority of venomous snakes here, You Will Die - most Australian snakes have much nastier venom than their US counterparts, and getting it in your mouth is generally fatal.
A quick flick through the website seems to indicate it's pretty well researched and checked, but I wonder if they'll be contacting medical authorities in other countries before they release there..
A while ago, the ever-popular Penny Arcade had a comment from Tycho about his hopes for the camera system in the lightcycle part of Tron 2.0, and suggested that the developers take a good look at Armagetron and see if they can come up with something that good.
I duly downloaded said game, and have since become quite addicted. Something it has over other Tron type games I've tried (eg GlTron) is that the closter you get to a wall, the faster you go. This makes for some interesting strategy, and unless Tron 2.0 has something similar, it's not going to replace Armagetron for me.
This company's popped up a few times here when discussion turned to keyboards - the general impression I get is that the keyboards are very nice once you get used to them, but they're fairly pricey. Plus, once you get used to them, you have trouble with normal keyboards. My major problem with them is the lack of tactile feedback - I like my clicky keys...
Anyway, older discussions are here, here, here, and here.
Although it's no longer necessarily true (heard rumours that corporate windows users are skewing the figures away), it's still assumed that the average /. user runs some form of linux, or at least is aware of linux. Therefore, linux news generally is Main Page stuff that gets its own sub-category per-story.
Free-, Net- and Open-BSD, OTOH, are still used by a minority, and are (very loosely) analogous to three seperate linux distros. There's enough interest in them to warrant a section for those stories that don't make it to the main page, whereas linux (and individual distros) tends to be main page news all the time.
HTH.
No, look carefully - the spoon in question has obviously been beaten into that shape from something else - it is a unique creation.
(..removing tongue from cheek now..)
Okay. Check out the linked articles, yes, but also search SourceForge, Freshmeat and Google Advanced Search for what you're after.
Between these three, with a bit of intelligent searching, you should be able to find something related.
If you can't, your project is esoteric enough that you'll need to be looking thru' Google Groups and other such weird equivalents.
Enjoy,
That's a perspective I hadn't considered, and would quite nicely explain the aforementioned anatomical improbabilities. Although I do recall a (probably apocryphal) story that old Leo thought the male body to be much more aesthetically pleasing, but I've no proof to back that up.
I think you're on slightly shakier ground with the Freudian analysis of the mother thing, though. (=
It is highly doubtful that he was a homosexual. What is known is that he was anonymously charged with being a homosexual once, and acquitted of the charge.
Homosexual or not, he really seemed to prefer the male body to the female - all his female figures are, to quote an arty friend of mine, "teenage boys with a pair of tits slapped on". No curves at all (except for the aforementioned tits).
Or was that Michelangelo?
Hell, who cares anyway - sexual preference notwithstanding, Da Vinci had enough other eccentricities and cool attributes to make him a Geek archetype...
Me too. Yup, current quote at the end of page is He's dead, Jim.
That's gotta be rigged. I'm willing to believe in coincidence, but no way that could've been pure chance.