Last I checked Aus had ~100 million, NZ had ~50 million. Aussies outnumber NZers by about 5 to 1, so I don't think it's likely the Aussies have overtaken us:).
Fresh is a stunning film, evoking a gamut of emotions. If you're going to watch it, write down this question - "Why does the boy cry at the end of the film?" (There's quite a debate about this...).
The Shawshank Redemption - #2 or #1 on IMDB (depending on the direction of the wind that day), this is my favourite film of all time. Even though it is enormously popular, I believe there's too many people that have not seen it!
Shallow Grave has been mentioned by others here, it is quite funny and definitely a thought-provoking film.
Rute is an excellent step by step introduction and it also contains a reasonable level of detail for those of us who care. It is available for download, in a variety of formats, for free, from the link in the parent post. I believe you can also buy the book in dead-tree format.
I also have been reading Running Linux (which others have linked to in earlier comments). This has very in-depth chapters describing things in detail. The detail might scare the average newbie away though:).
Also worth considering, though it's probably not for beginners, is UNIX Power Tools.
The Ultimate Server currently contains Apache 2.0.40,
PHP 4.2.2,
MySQL 3.23.52, and
PERL 5.6.1.633.
All of this for a very small download and an extremely easy install. I recommend you get the latest PHP from php.net as I found the original (PhpUniform) would GPF upon certain API calls.
Upsides:
They get a free web environment that you can add all sorts of things to (e.g. your favourite Content Management System).
They can show off the fact that they run a webserver on their Win95 box;).
Downsides:
Default startup is via a batch file (called from a Pif). The application stays minimized in the taskbar.
Php might freeze/crash the machine sometimes (e.g. I used NukeOwl and attempted to view a zip file without the Winzip command line utility on the machine - WinMe froze, WinNT merely returned a blank result).
The default install requires you to set aside the drive letter W: - this was frustrating to me because I used W: for a CD writer. I haven't hacked it so, but it's probably just a matter of changing the Start/Stop batch and pif files to use another drive letter.
My only word of caution would be that it runs slowly (painfully slow) if you do not have decent graphics hardware and software for it, so it may not be the perfect choice for the Golden disk...
Its interesting that the AU$.2 coin is about the same as the NZ$.2 coin and seem to be interchangable (but I am seeing fewer of them these days)
In one of my few visits to Aus I was given an 1 NZD coin instead of an 2 AUD coin, so I can sympathise... I did have the advantage that I could actually take it to NZ and spend it, but due to the currency differences I lost 1.20 AUD or so in the deal!
I have no idea why the Aussie government decided to A) make the $2 smaller than the $1 and B) make it so bloody similar to the 1 NZD coin, I believe ours was minted first!
Something that was quite funny too is that the NZ 10c piece is almost identical to an US quarter (yet it's worth a fifth of the price!), I think in this case the US quarter came first...
Maybe if they pick the same colors as the Euro$, they will confuse less people.
Hmmm, perhaps picking something similar to the money from the US' most common tourists or work-imports could help? Europe might not fit either of those bills. Perhaps Canadian?:P
I know, I know, it's lame to reply to myself, but I thought I should add more about my "solution"...
I did have a solution to my American-notes problem:
I used different compartments of my wallet to store $1 notes than I did the higher denominations. [correction] Considering the fact that most ATMs in the US give you $20 notes, yet most cafeterias/stores will give you change in $1 notes, sticking to that simple rule made life so much easier.
I also had another "rule" that I tried to stick to when I had the time... I would order the notes; roughly putting the most valuable ones at the back of my wallet. The $1 notes were in the first compartment, if I had any $5 notes they'd be at the front of the second compartment, $10, $20 and higher would be behind there. I could then determine what money I had by a quick browse through the groupings of notes...
Note that my wallet did have more than 2 compartments (4 in fact), but I found that I never had enough $5 or $10 notes to split it up further. Also I liked to use the other compartments for receipts, temporary business-card storage and the like:).
Although I'm English, I've lived in the USA for a few years, on and off, and *still* find the homogeneity of the bank notes to be irritating.
I am a kiwi (New Zealander) that lived in the US for almost three years and I found the notes difficult to deal with at first. The prime example of this was my first day at work, handing over a $5 plus 5x$1 notes instead of $6 for my lunch... I didn't notice the difference between the $5 and the $1 because I was not used to looking at the numbers!
New Zealand has notes similar to those of Australia - colourful, different sizes, plastic. The first two things make it easy for anyone (sighted, blind, short-sighted even) to differentiate the notes. When our notes started switching from paper to plastic they kept a very similar design to the previous notes so you knew they were not counterfeit (numerous other anti-counterfeiting features notwithstanding).
I did have a solution to my American-notes problem: I used different compartments of my wallet to store $1 notes than I did the higher denominations. The fact that most ATMs in the US give you $20 notes, yet most cafeterias/stores will give you change in $1 notes, sticking to that simple rule made life so much easier.
And if I'm rambling incoherently, it's because of staying up all night only to watch England lose. Bah. - Sorry for your loss...
Now that I think about it, I have to disagree with my previous agreement to this post!
Remind me AT (some time phrase) TO (some verbatim speech). Granted, this gives some stilted English, but it makes it more parsable, because the device just has to split() on AT and TO.
Remind me AT (some time phrase) TO (some verbatim speech). Granted, this gives some stilted English, but it makes it more parsable, because the device just has to split() on AT and TO.
I like the content in this post (and it's parent):).
Perhaps it would be simpler to drop the AT from the time-phrase ("Remind me" is good enough for a split if you ask me).
I'm currently reading a Terry Pratchett book which has a Disorganiser - a small demon in a box that "reminds" its owner of appointments that they do not know they have! (I certainly wouldn't want to be told that I'm going to die in 20 seconds...)
It seems to me that people really do watch infomercials.
I agree, here in New Zealand we have a similar proliferation of infomerical programming. It must make someone money because it's only increased in frequency over time! Hell, people have become famous here, just because they had an especially noticeable (read: annoying) set of infomercials.
It's not too hard to envision a future where the primary purpose of all TV is product promotion and the distinction between advertisement and show will have been erased.
I shudder to think, it's possible, probable even...
Pause during ads, rewind over a particularly annoying one and run it through several times.
Record programmes and then do not watch them.
Record programmes and watch them entirely in fast-forward.
Record infomercials and leave them running while you go out.
Generally do anything you can to skew the statistics (people seem to really like infomercials, perhaps we here at OmniCorp should bring out an infomercial-only channel?)
You are talking about rewarding the rats to do something good and punishing them when they do bad. What this article talks about is sending electronic stimulus to certain parts of the brain that controls certain motions.
I think they're referring to three stimuli - one for left, one for right, and then one for a reward.
From the article:
"Chapin's team trained the rats in a maze by signaling the left and right whisker-sensing regions. When a rat turned in the correct direction, its reward-sensing region was stimulated. "
and earlier it had:
"When signaled by a laptop computer, the electrodes stimulated the rodents' brains and cued them to scurry in the desired direction, then rewarded them by stimulating a pleasure center in the brain. "
It sounds like they rewarded the rats every time they turned in the direction they wanted to go - but then again, if it's not stated we can't really speculate:).
After a time, the rats will come to expect rewards for very little
effort (in other words they'll not do what you want!).
This sort of thing was my favourite part of Psych 109,
for those of you unfamiliar with the science here's a quick
description of the different reward/punishment types:
Experiments have shown that a random or variable
schedule of reinforcement have a much stronger effect than a
fixed schedule of reinforcement (i.e. you shouldn't reward good behaviour every time...).
Also worth thinking about is the observation that using a dual schedule of Positive
Reinforcement in conjunction with Positive Punishment tends to work better than a single schedule does.
Don't try this at home, your children may come to hate me!
This FAQ on the segway site states that they recommend using "snow tires" in heavy snow areas. The tires are not in production yet, but they've tested prototypes (the FAQ also links to a video of them testing snow tyres).
Why not make it a discussion of their personal or national heroes? They would learn about each other's cultures and nations and also may inspire them to be like someone they otherwise may have never known about...
For example, here's a hero you probably have not heard of: Sir Peter Blake.
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Um, doesn't LISP achieve the same thing in a far better manner?
David gets extra points in my books for including sugar, Shakespeare, open source, MP3s, and the British Empire in one article.
Doesn't that mean that the original poster gives themself extra points for doing the same? (Oh, and me too, if a comment counts as an article!)
Sorry! Those of us in the LUG know you're not a fool ;).
It wasn't on April the 1st, was it? ;)
NZ had less than 45 million sheep last year - according to this link, Aus had 111 million in 2001 according to this link.
Cheers,
Shuane
I don't think so?
:).
Last I checked Aus had ~100 million, NZ had ~50 million. Aussies outnumber NZers by about 5 to 1, so I don't think it's likely the Aussies have overtaken us
Cheers,
Fellow kiwi
Fresh is a stunning film, evoking a gamut of emotions. If you're going to watch it, write down this question - "Why does the boy cry at the end of the film?" (There's quite a debate about this...).
The Shawshank Redemption - #2 or #1 on IMDB (depending on the direction of the wind that day), this is my favourite film of all time. Even though it is enormously popular, I believe there's too many people that have not seen it!
Shallow Grave has been mentioned by others here, it is quite funny and definitely a thought-provoking film.
Mute Witness is an involving thriller.
Dancer in the Dark is a touching musical - see why Bjork earned the Palm D'or for her performance in this.
I've seen other people mention some others I love, such as:
- Empire Records
- Office Space
- Buckeroo Banzai
- Being John Malkovich
If you see nothing else on my list, see Shawshank.Rute is an excellent step by step introduction and it also contains a reasonable level of detail for those of us who care. It is available for download, in a variety of formats, for free, from the link in the parent post. I believe you can also buy the book in dead-tree format.
I also have been reading Running Linux (which others have linked to in earlier comments). This has very in-depth chapters describing things in detail. The detail might scare the average newbie away though :).
Also worth considering, though it's probably not for beginners, is UNIX Power Tools .
I'd say there'd be hundreds:
Mmmmm, organized crime - Homer J
if (freq >= 825e6 && freq throw "Forbidden Frequency";
#endif
According to the GNU coding standards - this is not good code!
Please pardon the troll, it just struck me as a little odd...
The Ultimate Server currently contains Apache 2.0.40, PHP 4.2.2, MySQL 3.23.52, and PERL 5.6.1.633.
All of this for a very small download and an extremely easy install. I recommend you get the latest PHP from php.net as I found the original (PhpUniform) would GPF upon certain API calls.
Upsides:
- They get a free web environment that you can add all sorts of things to (e.g. your favourite Content Management System).
- They can show off the fact that they run a webserver on their Win95 box
;).
Downsides:My only word of caution would be that it runs slowly (painfully slow) if you do not have decent graphics hardware and software for it, so it may not be the perfect choice for the Golden disk...
Look at the sizes of the things: how would a 250kg squid handle a 60 ton whale?
It could get stuck in the whale's blowhole (or throat)!
"Lunchlady Doris, have you got any grease?"
"Yes, yes we do..."
"Well then grease me up woman!"
"Okie dokie."
Favourite Simpsons quote, ever.
In one of my few visits to Aus I was given an 1 NZD coin instead of an 2 AUD coin, so I can sympathise... I did have the advantage that I could actually take it to NZ and spend it, but due to the currency differences I lost 1.20 AUD or so in the deal!
I have no idea why the Aussie government decided to A) make the $2 smaller than the $1 and B) make it so bloody similar to the 1 NZD coin, I believe ours was minted first!
Something that was quite funny too is that the NZ 10c piece is almost identical to an US quarter (yet it's worth a fifth of the price!), I think in this case the US quarter came first...
Maybe if they pick the same colors as the Euro$, they will confuse less people.
Hmmm, perhaps picking something similar to the money from the US' most common tourists or work-imports could help? Europe might not fit either of those bills. Perhaps Canadian? :P
Cheers, Shuane
I did have a solution to my American-notes problem:
I used different compartments of my wallet to store $1 notes than I did the higher denominations. [correction] Considering the fact that most ATMs in the US give you $20 notes, yet most cafeterias/stores will give you change in $1 notes, sticking to that simple rule made life so much easier.
I also had another "rule" that I tried to stick to when I had the time... I would order the notes; roughly putting the most valuable ones at the back of my wallet. The $1 notes were in the first compartment, if I had any $5 notes they'd be at the front of the second compartment, $10, $20 and higher would be behind there. I could then determine what money I had by a quick browse through the groupings of notes...
Note that my wallet did have more than 2 compartments (4 in fact), but I found that I never had enough $5 or $10 notes to split it up further. Also I liked to use the other compartments for receipts, temporary business-card storage and the like :).
I am a kiwi (New Zealander) that lived in the US for almost three years and I found the notes difficult to deal with at first. The prime example of this was my first day at work, handing over a $5 plus 5x$1 notes instead of $6 for my lunch... I didn't notice the difference between the $5 and the $1 because I was not used to looking at the numbers!
New Zealand has notes similar to those of Australia - colourful, different sizes, plastic. The first two things make it easy for anyone (sighted, blind, short-sighted even) to differentiate the notes. When our notes started switching from paper to plastic they kept a very similar design to the previous notes so you knew they were not counterfeit (numerous other anti-counterfeiting features notwithstanding).
I did have a solution to my American-notes problem:
I used different compartments of my wallet to store $1 notes than I did the higher denominations. The fact that most ATMs in the US give you $20 notes, yet most cafeterias/stores will give you change in $1 notes, sticking to that simple rule made life so much easier.
And if I'm rambling incoherently, it's because of staying up all night only to watch England lose. Bah. - Sorry for your loss...
Remind me AT (some time phrase) TO (some verbatim speech). Granted, this gives some stilted English, but it makes it more parsable, because the device just has to split() on AT and TO.
We can't use TO because that's a number too (2)!
I like the content in this post (and it's parent) :).
Perhaps it would be simpler to drop the AT from the time-phrase ("Remind me" is good enough for a split if you ask me).
I'm currently reading a Terry Pratchett book which has a Disorganiser - a small demon in a box that "reminds" its owner of appointments that they do not know they have! (I certainly wouldn't want to be told that I'm going to die in 20 seconds...)
Well, if you don't add the numbers it's pretty easy.
The sum of 1..N = N(N+1)/2
So Sum(1..100) = (100*101)/2 = 5050.
It seems to me that people really do watch infomercials.
..
I agree, here in New Zealand we have a similar proliferation of infomerical programming. It must make someone money because it's only increased in frequency over time! Hell, people have become famous here, just because they had an especially noticeable (read: annoying) set of infomercials.
It's not too hard to envision a future where the primary purpose of all TV is product promotion and the distinction between advertisement and show will have been erased.
I shudder to think, it's possible, probable even.
You are talking about rewarding the rats to do something good and punishing them when they do bad. What this article talks about is sending electronic stimulus to certain parts of the brain that controls certain motions. I think they're referring to three stimuli - one for left, one for right, and then one for a reward. From the article: "Chapin's team trained the rats in a maze by signaling the left and right whisker-sensing regions. When a rat turned in the correct direction, its reward-sensing region was stimulated. " and earlier it had: "When signaled by a laptop computer, the electrodes stimulated the rodents' brains and cued them to scurry in the desired direction, then rewarded them by stimulating a pleasure center in the brain. " It sounds like they rewarded the rats every time they turned in the direction they wanted to go - but then again, if it's not stated we can't really speculate :).
This sort of thing was my favourite part of Psych 109, for those of you unfamiliar with the science here's a quick description of the different reward/punishment types:
- Positive Reinforcement - Pleasant stimulus.
- Negative Reinforcement - Remove unpleasant stimulus.
- Positive Punishment - Unpleasant stimulus.
- Negative Punishment - Remove pleasant stimulus.
Experiments have shown that a random or variable schedule of reinforcement have a much stronger effect than a fixed schedule of reinforcement (i.e. you shouldn't reward good behaviour every time...).Also worth thinking about is the observation that using a dual schedule of Positive Reinforcement in conjunction with Positive Punishment tends to work better than a single schedule does.
Don't try this at home, your children may come to hate me!
This FAQ on the segway site states that they recommend using "snow tires" in heavy snow areas. The tires are not in production yet, but they've tested prototypes (the FAQ also links to a video of them testing snow tyres).
Why not make it a discussion of their personal or national heroes? They would learn about each other's cultures and nations and also may inspire them to be like someone they otherwise may have never known about...
For example, here's a hero you probably have not heard of: Sir Peter Blake.