I spoke too soon on the Bluetooth.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/327284
As I said, I love Ubuntu and part of that love stems from the great community of users/developers. I fully expect the other issues to be resolved at some not-too-distant point in the future. Even if it's 9.10, it's worth sticking with it until then. At least it's only 6 months, right?
HW: Dell D430 Latitude (not the best test case, but a common business machine)
I've been running Intrepid for a while now without too many issues. Sure, there's your usual "gotta find the latest drivers after install" for some things such as the wireless. However, "upgrading" to Jaunty has caused MANY regressions for this hardware.
I had to downgrade the video card driver thanks to this bug:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReinhardTartler/X/RevertingIntelDriverTo2.4
I have yet to get bluetooth audio working through Pulse even though, while a bit sketchy, I could actually use my BT headphones on Intrepid.
Docking with multiple monitors always required disabling and then re-enabling one of them to get it to show and that hasn't changed.
All in all, while I like the improvements, I am debating reverting to Intrepid. I'm not terribly keen on the format/reinstall option, but it may end up being my only option if I want these features back.
I love Ubuntu. I really like Intrepid and Jaunty was interesting enough to make me want to upgrade right away. I was led to believe the HW support would be better in it. It's definitely a regression for my system...
Parent is 100% correct (or, I should say, his friend is). Film is STILL and will be the choice of many photographers for years to come.
From what I've read, though it's not an exact science, the effective resolution of Fuji Velvia ISO 50 slide film is around 34 megapixels (Please correct me if I'm wrong or if you have more information regarding this).
As a somewhat experienced nature photographer, I can assure you that getting poster sized, Ilfochrome quality prints out of 35mm digital cameras is still impossible. I fully expect to switch to digital 10 to 20 years down the road when it finally catches up to film, but until then, give me my Velvia 50 any day. Notice I didn't even mention the difference in cost between the two... Here's to hoping the price becomes comparable as well!
/. really isn't the best place to go to find answers about this question. You may want to try the following websites:
Photo.net THE professional photographer's website with TONS of information about different cameras, tips, whole articles on how to get that perfect picture, and learning how to get the most out of whatever camera you have. I've found it to be the diffinitive starting point for any information about photography.
Digital Photography Review If you plan on getting a digital camera, this site is considered the digital camera authority.
Hope these help you and any other would-be amateur photographers out there.
Oh, funny. Just a bit of info: Provo, Utah started a similar system a while ago. Right now I'm on a FTTH (Fiber to the Home) connection here at my apartment. $15 per month for my 3MBs connection and no filtering. You can read more at pafiber.net with a letter explaining how things have come along from the city's Telecommunications Manager. In actuallity, Utah may very well be ahead of the curve when it comes to technology in many ways. Think Utah and things like this, this and this should come to mind.
Finally, someone who understands the economics of Japan! Bravo!
You can't survive very long in Japan without adapting your meals to center around rice. Poultry and seafood are the primary sources of protien, not to mention the large quanities of tofu that are consumed by most of the population. If you ever take a trip out into the farmlands of Honshu, you're bound to see rice paddies forever with the occasional chicken farm. Don't worry, just follow your nose if you want to find one.
Wheat is grown quite substantially in Hokkaido though nothing comparable to what we see in the States. Also, cattle ranching is fairly common up there also due to its more temperate climate and open spaces. But again, they won't be exporting any surpluses any time soon.
Agricultural science is considered one of the more respected fields in colleges in Japan, and who can blame them. Whoever figures out how to provide enough rice for the whole country while keeping prices competitive with America deserves some respect!
"Since about midnight EST almost every host on the internet has been receiving a 376 byte UDP payload on port ms-sql-m (1434) from a random infected server."
Is anyone else offended that this user thinks that EVERY server runs MS SQL or even Microsoft Anything? Our servers haven't been affected at all by this, FYI.
Actually, they did have the 5:7:5 phonetic syllable-per-line structure originally. At least, Haiku's did. I believe you may be referring to "Renga" or perhaps "Tanka" which came before the Haiku and which didn't have the 5:7:5 structure that came to be known as "Haiku".
There are also several instances of Haiku which don't have the 5:7:5 structure in Japanese. Many people believe this is simply an over-sight or mistake, while in reality the language allows for such cases through the use of contractions/extensions of syllables using phonetic vowel sounds (Basho himself used this on occasion). i.e. to+u = t+long-O sound. However, when possible, the rule is to stick to the 5:7:5 pattern, especially when doing them in English since it is easy enough to come up with contractions for words (eg. 'night for tonight and "gonna" for "going to").
If anyone has any additional input, please feel free.
Have to agree. Check here to see why the industry considers it the best. Period. Why go with sub-standard? No other program comes even close in the wide world of Holywood digital effects creation. Ever been wowed by some scene in Spiderman, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or Final Fantasy? All of these movies used Maya as the basic rendering engine. That's quite the portfolio, if you ask me.
Let's just say it's the first thing on the list and the subject is "Abusive Activities". There is no font change for any section on the AUP (except to bold section titles) and people who sign up to spam have generally been burned enough to know what they are getting into. As for the common ignorant user - we give them a second chance if we are convinced that they won't do it again (you can usually tell if they are experienced at it or just tried it because some friend of theirs told them they could or something like that. Their e-mail messages usually reveal a lot about the person sending the message). The fact of the matter though is that it comes down to a balancing act between being just strict enough to discourage people from doing it and helping those who are truly trying to find their way into the tough world of internet commerce (we usually recommend several alternative methods of advertising as part of the reprimand process). Those that we are convinced are out to do nothing but make sure that our servers make every black-list on the internet are not allowed to be hosted with us either before or after they sign up (all accounts are processed manually and suspicious ones are questioned).
I totally agree with what you said about the ISP/Hosting thing. The commpany I work for does hosting and we dummp about 5-6 spammers a day and although most have paid for a year or so in advance, none recieve a refund and are charged $500 for the headache. I can't believe people would risk that after reading the AUP posted on our sign up page... Oh well, it must be worth the risk to somebody cuz it still happens on a daily basis.
Oh GOOD! Finnaly, a machine that can cut down 1 tree per hour! Just what we need! And to think, it only cost millions of dollars in researching and developing. Ah, the marvels of modern technology. We've got a speed demon on our hands here - fire the cutting crews and buy a dozen of those babies. What? We don't have enough money and our revenues would go down the drain?! WHO CARES! It's new and "improved"! We've GOT TO BUY IT!!! (sheesh)
Where the hell do you get your ideas, Ralph Nader? As weird as it may seem to you, you need help and I mean now, before anyone gets hurt. Hey, I hear they have openings for your kind in Afganistan - yeah, seems they have a shortage of your type right now.
People like you make me sick. Tell me, is your toaster out to get you too? Oh, and what about all those black helicopters you see flying around? Guess what, I fly one of them! Die commie bastard!
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I spoke too soon on the Bluetooth. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/327284 As I said, I love Ubuntu and part of that love stems from the great community of users/developers. I fully expect the other issues to be resolved at some not-too-distant point in the future. Even if it's 9.10, it's worth sticking with it until then. At least it's only 6 months, right?
HW: Dell D430 Latitude (not the best test case, but a common business machine) I've been running Intrepid for a while now without too many issues. Sure, there's your usual "gotta find the latest drivers after install" for some things such as the wireless. However, "upgrading" to Jaunty has caused MANY regressions for this hardware. I had to downgrade the video card driver thanks to this bug: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReinhardTartler/X/RevertingIntelDriverTo2.4 I have yet to get bluetooth audio working through Pulse even though, while a bit sketchy, I could actually use my BT headphones on Intrepid. Docking with multiple monitors always required disabling and then re-enabling one of them to get it to show and that hasn't changed. All in all, while I like the improvements, I am debating reverting to Intrepid. I'm not terribly keen on the format/reinstall option, but it may end up being my only option if I want these features back. I love Ubuntu. I really like Intrepid and Jaunty was interesting enough to make me want to upgrade right away. I was led to believe the HW support would be better in it. It's definitely a regression for my system...
Parent is 100% correct (or, I should say, his friend is). Film is STILL and will be the choice of many photographers for years to come.
From what I've read, though it's not an exact science, the effective resolution of Fuji Velvia ISO 50 slide film is around 34 megapixels (Please correct me if I'm wrong or if you have more information regarding this).
As a somewhat experienced nature photographer, I can assure you that getting poster sized, Ilfochrome quality prints out of 35mm digital cameras is still impossible. I fully expect to switch to digital 10 to 20 years down the road when it finally catches up to film, but until then, give me my Velvia 50 any day. Notice I didn't even mention the difference in cost between the two... Here's to hoping the price becomes comparable as well!
/. really isn't the best place to go to find answers about this question. You may want to try the following websites:
Photo.net
THE professional photographer's website with TONS of information about different cameras, tips, whole articles on how to get that perfect picture, and learning how to get the most out of whatever camera you have. I've found it to be the diffinitive starting point for any information about photography.
Digital Photography Review
If you plan on getting a digital camera, this site is considered the digital camera authority.
Hope these help you and any other would-be amateur photographers out there.
Oh, funny. Just a bit of info: Provo, Utah started a similar system a while ago. Right now I'm on a FTTH (Fiber to the Home) connection here at my apartment. $15 per month for my 3MBs connection and no filtering. You can read more at pafiber.net with a letter explaining how things have come along from the city's Telecommunications Manager. In actuallity, Utah may very well be ahead of the curve when it comes to technology in many ways. Think Utah and things like this, this and this should come to mind.
I also love this program. You'd be surprised with the difference it makes in reading through a text file.
I second your nomination
Probably to change the aim code and other things that would allow people to build bots/hacks for the game.
I was speaking theoretically...
Finally, someone who understands the economics of Japan! Bravo!
You can't survive very long in Japan without adapting your meals to center around rice. Poultry and seafood are the primary sources of protien, not to mention the large quanities of tofu that are consumed by most of the population. If you ever take a trip out into the farmlands of Honshu, you're bound to see rice paddies forever with the occasional chicken farm. Don't worry, just follow your nose if you want to find one.
Wheat is grown quite substantially in Hokkaido though nothing comparable to what we see in the States. Also, cattle ranching is fairly common up there also due to its more temperate climate and open spaces. But again, they won't be exporting any surpluses any time soon.
Agricultural science is considered one of the more respected fields in colleges in Japan, and who can blame them. Whoever figures out how to provide enough rice for the whole country while keeping prices competitive with America deserves some respect!
Is anyone else offended that this user thinks that EVERY server runs MS SQL or even Microsoft Anything? Our servers haven't been affected at all by this, FYI.
Use Slashdot - talk about a great way to get a bunch of geeks testing your software real quick. :)
There are also several instances of Haiku which don't have the 5:7:5 structure in Japanese. Many people believe this is simply an over-sight or mistake, while in reality the language allows for such cases through the use of contractions/extensions of syllables using phonetic vowel sounds (Basho himself used this on occasion). i.e. to+u = t+long-O sound. However, when possible, the rule is to stick to the 5:7:5 pattern, especially when doing them in English since it is easy enough to come up with contractions for words (eg. 'night for tonight and "gonna" for "going to").
If anyone has any additional input, please feel free.
Have to agree. Check here to see why the industry considers it the best. Period. Why go with sub-standard? No other program comes even close in the wide world of Holywood digital effects creation. Ever been wowed by some scene in Spiderman, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or Final Fantasy? All of these movies used Maya as the basic rendering engine. That's quite the portfolio, if you ask me.
Kudos to the best browser development team out there. Way to do it again guys and make sure to keep up the good work!
Let's just say it's the first thing on the list and the subject is "Abusive Activities". There is no font change for any section on the AUP (except to bold section titles) and people who sign up to spam have generally been burned enough to know what they are getting into. As for the common ignorant user - we give them a second chance if we are convinced that they won't do it again (you can usually tell if they are experienced at it or just tried it because some friend of theirs told them they could or something like that. Their e-mail messages usually reveal a lot about the person sending the message). The fact of the matter though is that it comes down to a balancing act between being just strict enough to discourage people from doing it and helping those who are truly trying to find their way into the tough world of internet commerce (we usually recommend several alternative methods of advertising as part of the reprimand process). Those that we are convinced are out to do nothing but make sure that our servers make every black-list on the internet are not allowed to be hosted with us either before or after they sign up (all accounts are processed manually and suspicious ones are questioned).
I totally agree with what you said about the ISP/Hosting thing. The commpany I work for does hosting and we dummp about 5-6 spammers a day and although most have paid for a year or so in advance, none recieve a refund and are charged $500 for the headache. I can't believe people would risk that after reading the AUP posted on our sign up page... Oh well, it must be worth the risk to somebody cuz it still happens on a daily basis.
Oh GOOD! Finnaly, a machine that can cut down 1 tree per hour! Just what we need! And to think, it only cost millions of dollars in researching and developing. Ah, the marvels of modern technology. We've got a speed demon on our hands here - fire the cutting crews and buy a dozen of those babies. What? We don't have enough money and our revenues would go down the drain?! WHO CARES! It's new and "improved"! We've GOT TO BUY IT!!! (sheesh)
Your little idea that you've posted here just plain sucks - no on on SlashDot cares for this kind of crap.
Doesn't the article refer to "Video CDs", not VideoDisks? There is actually a difference... Please think before you post.
Where the hell do you get your ideas, Ralph Nader? As weird as it may seem to you, you need help and I mean now, before anyone gets hurt. Hey, I hear they have openings for your kind in Afganistan - yeah, seems they have a shortage of your type right now.
People like you make me sick. Tell me, is your toaster out to get you too? Oh, and what about all those black helicopters you see flying around? Guess what, I fly one of them! Die commie bastard!
I couldn't agree with you more. Thank you for putting the article into perspective.
What's your IP again? :)