I was so happy...and then you reminded me of this. I don't watch Battlestar Galactica, so I haven't had any reason to watch the Sci-Fi channel. Now I do and Comcast has gotten in my way again.
The good news is, if you're in Chicago proper, I believe RCN does have Sci-Fi on basic cable. I may have to switch! Come to think of it, they have a faster internet too. I KNOW I'm going to switch.
I am SO glad to hear this! The Sci-Fi channel is pretty terrible lately, and Doctor Who will surely get a decent audience - at least one better than the Sci-Fi original movies they air! This news has made me absolutely giddy!
One of the coolest things about this site for me is the soundtrack stuff it has. Castlevania has had some awesome music, and even more awesome albums of it. I found this site a couple years ago and would HIGHLY recommend the Dracula New Classic, Dracula Battle Perfect Selection, and Dracula Battle 2 Perfect Selection albums. Some of the best video game music albums ever. Not to mention there's no way in Hell most people will hear Dracula New Classic if they don't get it from this site - last time I looked, it went for around $200 on ebay!
To put the comparison in perspective, I looked up the crime statistics for the 1 mile area around DePaul, UofC, and Loyola for the period from April 21, 2005 to May 4. Here are the results (minus domestic crimes and looking specifically at the most significant types of crime):
DePaul (Lincoln Park): 139 crimes 30 on person, 102 on property Of crimes on person, 15 battery, 5 assault, 2 crim sexual assault, and 6 robbery
Loyola (Roger's Park): 136 crimes 44 on person, 79 on property Of crimes on person, 17 battery, 6 assault, and 6 robbery
University of Chicago (Hyde Park): 163 crimes 49 on person, 91 on property Of crimes on person, 16 battery, 15 assault, 1 sex offense (but not crim sexual assault), 8 robbery, 1 attempted robbery, and 1 kidnapping
I would hardly call these significant differences. Considering the number of people in a 1 mile radius in Chicago, 19 more crimes on person in a 2 week period is a relatively small number. The Lincoln Park area had 2 rapes to Hyde Park's 0 (albeit, it did have a "sex offense") and most other serious crimes on person were within the same general range, with the exception of Hyde Park's higher degree of assault - the lesser of the two charges between assault and battery. The only thing which truly distinguishes Hyde Park in this time period is 1 kidnapping. A serious crime, yes, but I would say it is evened out by Lincoln Park's 2 rapes.
It's terrible that this crime exists, yes. And it is important to stay safe when in the city, of course. But it is not something that is impossible, and being the victim of a crime doesn't even necessarily have to be probable. If the people I know and I, living in all three of these areas, can spend 4+ years here without being the victims of crime, so can others. Again, it is impossible to rule out being the victim of a crime - sometimes, nothing could have been done to foresee it - but the point is that it is entirely possible to act in such a way to greatly minimize the likelihood.
I am a senior actually, and I am well aware of the situation with Cabrini Green. However, it is hardly a "safe" area of Chicago yet. No, it is no longer as dangerous as it used to be, but it is certainly not a nice area at all. Lincoln Park isn't as safe as it used to be either. It's not even close to any of the "safest" police beats.
Anyway, I never said that one should wander around and feel safe. I said if one uses common sense, it is entirely possible to be safe in Chicago. Few students live more than a 1/4 mile from UofC, but that doesn't mean they never go out of that 1/4 mile radius. They just do so in a more safe manner such as using public transportation as opposed to walking around. As someone with a fair amount of friends there, I know for a fact they don't sit around living in fear becase of where they go to school.
As for Roger's Park, I know quite a few people there as well, going to Loyola University. They don't live in fear either. And, no, most of us do not live on campus. Again, it's about using common sense. The naive approach is that of the typical suburbanite, thinking that anyone going into the city is in danger for their life. I know a lot of people who came from the suburbs to go to schools such as UofC, Loyola, or DePaul who were told such things. It simply isn't true. Common sense: that's all it takes. Will it prevent ALL crimes? Of course not. Does it enable most people who have the luxery of living above the poverty line the ability to live in the city without constant fear? Definitely.
I have lived in Chicago for four years now, going to school at DePaul University. Yes, the University of Chicago isn't in the best section of Chicago, but I think you exaggerate the danger. In the four years I have lived here (admittedly, in a nicer section since that is where my university is located) I have not been the victim of a crime nor have I personally known anyone to be the victim of a crime. I have visited the University of Chicago on occassion with no problems and I frequently take trips to the store late at night.
Am I careful? Sure. I avoid poorly lit streets that have little traffic when it's dark, and I typically stick to areas that I know. That doesn't mean that I'm constantly looking over my shoulder though. I have walked through the neighborhood of Cabrini Green (an infamous area of public housing in Chicago) multiple times during the day and, at most, received strange looks.
The point is, yes, Chicago can be dangerous. But it is by no means some place teeming with violence where a resident is certain to be the victim of a crime. A little common sense and most people are fine.
I would love to see a source for that. Not thatI don't believe that's how they probably feel, but have tey actually stated something to that effect? If so, I would love to have the source to show to people.
I know there are those who would say I'm wrong, but I do think that it is easier for someone to migrate to Linux after they have gotten into the habit of using Firefox, OpenOffice, Thunderbird, and whatever else. It's all about the "baby steps."
As for QT running in Windows, I think this would be great. I'd love to use Amarok and k3b when I'm in Windows.
In approximately 32 states, voting for a third party does not favor any one major party candidate over the other, because the winner of those 32 states is, for all intents and purposes, known in advance. I live in one of those states: Illinois. And I will be voting Badnarik without a single worry that it will change the outcome of the election.
And that happens to be who I already planned on voting for. Sure, it's simplistic, but I don't think it was so simple to greatly affect accuracy for most people. It's definitely a nice tool to get an idea where to start looking.
Actually there have pretty much always been 2 major parties and other minor parties. Whenever a minor party has gained strength it didn't create a multiple party system in America but simply replaced one of the two major parties at the time.
If Firefox wants to be a popular browser, it needs to fix this bug for that very reason. Porn drives the internet, and if a person's browser crashes or crawls to a halt when they're looking at porn, they're not going to stick with said browser. They'll go back to IE, where they can look at porn (and also get viruses) more easily.
This bug is probably one of the most important bugs in Firefox that needs to be fixed, and it's been there for a LONG time now.
I used to like this tactic but the more I think about it the less I do. Fact is, doing this only HELPS Microsoft maintain a monopoly even with bad software. It is far better to go through the effort of EDUCATING someone about alternatives and why they are better. Not only is tricking them dishonest, but it also leads them to believe "wow, Microsoft has really fixed Internet Explorer. They're such a good company that does so much for everyone."
Yes, it's sad that people don't realize that Internet Explorer is not "the internet" and that there are alternatives, but tricking them is not the answer.
Except for those of us that were screwed over by the online ticket ordering site for the local Trilogy Tuesday theatre crashing while the tickets sold out for people getting them through non-online means which were not available to everyone.:(
As another person pointed out, that is incorrect. I speak from experience. I had a 120GB FAT32 drive at one point (it is now partitioned). If all you're going off of is what the Windows installer will let you do, then you'll get incorrect information. Partition Magic, or even fdisk can make a partition of FAT32 over 32GB.
It's not "Why should I pay for it when I can just get it for free?" but rather "Why should I be forced to pay TWICE to watch the DVD I legally bought?"
It's like if Pepsi were to somehow push through a law that said Pepsi must be drank out of a certain cup, then everyone who wants to (legally) drink Pepsi has to go out and buy a special cup to drink it out of when they ALREADY legally bought the Pepsi in the first place.
I own the DVD legally, I ought to have the right to watch it however I see fit - and if that means using a GPL DVD player, so be it.
Excuse my language, but I'm not running some damn DVD copying scheme, I just want to watch the movies I like that I buy or rent from the store. There's no reason I should be treated like a criminal because someone ELSE has the capacity to commit a crime. That's about as stupid as "pre-emptive war."
I'm friends with one of the gaim developers, so I'll save him the time and mention (they have to correct this for legal reasons) that it's gaim or Gaim. Part of the agreement with AOL.
Reading the responses to this has been really interesting.
I actually study opera voice at university so singing is what I do most in my free time. I also act a bit and I used to play bassoon and saxophone.
Making this mandatory, in my opinion, goes against everything that open source stands for - choice.
To not keep choices as free as possible to choose whatever is the best solution - be it proprietary or open - defeats the entire purpose of the choice open source provides.
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The good news is, if you're in Chicago proper, I believe RCN does have Sci-Fi on basic cable. I may have to switch! Come to think of it, they have a faster internet too. I KNOW I'm going to switch.
Fantastic! ;)
One of the coolest things about this site for me is the soundtrack stuff it has. Castlevania has had some awesome music, and even more awesome albums of it. I found this site a couple years ago and would HIGHLY recommend the Dracula New Classic, Dracula Battle Perfect Selection, and Dracula Battle 2 Perfect Selection albums. Some of the best video game music albums ever. Not to mention there's no way in Hell most people will hear Dracula New Classic if they don't get it from this site - last time I looked, it went for around $200 on ebay!
DePaul (Lincoln Park):
139 crimes
30 on person, 102 on property
Of crimes on person, 15 battery, 5 assault, 2 crim sexual assault, and 6 robbery
Loyola (Roger's Park):
136 crimes
44 on person, 79 on property
Of crimes on person, 17 battery, 6 assault, and 6 robbery
University of Chicago (Hyde Park):
163 crimes
49 on person, 91 on property
Of crimes on person, 16 battery, 15 assault, 1 sex offense (but not crim sexual assault), 8 robbery, 1 attempted robbery, and 1 kidnapping
I would hardly call these significant differences. Considering the number of people in a 1 mile radius in Chicago, 19 more crimes on person in a 2 week period is a relatively small number. The Lincoln Park area had 2 rapes to Hyde Park's 0 (albeit, it did have a "sex offense") and most other serious crimes on person were within the same general range, with the exception of Hyde Park's higher degree of assault - the lesser of the two charges between assault and battery. The only thing which truly distinguishes Hyde Park in this time period is 1 kidnapping. A serious crime, yes, but I would say it is evened out by Lincoln Park's 2 rapes.
It's terrible that this crime exists, yes. And it is important to stay safe when in the city, of course. But it is not something that is impossible, and being the victim of a crime doesn't even necessarily have to be probable. If the people I know and I, living in all three of these areas, can spend 4+ years here without being the victims of crime, so can others. Again, it is impossible to rule out being the victim of a crime - sometimes, nothing could have been done to foresee it - but the point is that it is entirely possible to act in such a way to greatly minimize the likelihood.
Anyway, I never said that one should wander around and feel safe. I said if one uses common sense, it is entirely possible to be safe in Chicago. Few students live more than a 1/4 mile from UofC, but that doesn't mean they never go out of that 1/4 mile radius. They just do so in a more safe manner such as using public transportation as opposed to walking around. As someone with a fair amount of friends there, I know for a fact they don't sit around living in fear becase of where they go to school.
As for Roger's Park, I know quite a few people there as well, going to Loyola University. They don't live in fear either. And, no, most of us do not live on campus. Again, it's about using common sense. The naive approach is that of the typical suburbanite, thinking that anyone going into the city is in danger for their life. I know a lot of people who came from the suburbs to go to schools such as UofC, Loyola, or DePaul who were told such things. It simply isn't true. Common sense: that's all it takes. Will it prevent ALL crimes? Of course not. Does it enable most people who have the luxery of living above the poverty line the ability to live in the city without constant fear? Definitely.
Am I careful? Sure. I avoid poorly lit streets that have little traffic when it's dark, and I typically stick to areas that I know. That doesn't mean that I'm constantly looking over my shoulder though. I have walked through the neighborhood of Cabrini Green (an infamous area of public housing in Chicago) multiple times during the day and, at most, received strange looks.
The point is, yes, Chicago can be dangerous. But it is by no means some place teeming with violence where a resident is certain to be the victim of a crime. A little common sense and most people are fine.
I would love to see a source for that. Not thatI don't believe that's how they probably feel, but have tey actually stated something to that effect? If so, I would love to have the source to show to people.
I have a similar case here. I've been watching a certain awesome BBC show thanks to one of those sites because we don't get the BBC here at all.
As for QT running in Windows, I think this would be great. I'd love to use Amarok and k3b when I'm in Windows.
In approximately 32 states, voting for a third party does not favor any one major party candidate over the other, because the winner of those 32 states is, for all intents and purposes, known in advance. I live in one of those states: Illinois. And I will be voting Badnarik without a single worry that it will change the outcome of the election.
It's a step in the right direction, but it has real and significant problems.
What about the libertarians? They're not claiming to be akin to a swing state, they're basically trying to CREATE a swing state!
Too bad CNN isn't broadcast on open airwaves ;) It's cable television
And that happens to be who I already planned on voting for. Sure, it's simplistic, but I don't think it was so simple to greatly affect accuracy for most people. It's definitely a nice tool to get an idea where to start looking.
2) The lawsuit in Arizona is based on the fact these private debates are using PUBLIC funding.
Please don't mod me down redundant, I'm just responding to his post - not my fault he didn't read :(
Image a system with a bunch of these little parties. Sort of like, say, many democracies in Europe? ;)
Actually there have pretty much always been 2 major parties and other minor parties. Whenever a minor party has gained strength it didn't create a multiple party system in America but simply replaced one of the two major parties at the time.
If Firefox wants to be a popular browser, it needs to fix this bug for that very reason. Porn drives the internet, and if a person's browser crashes or crawls to a halt when they're looking at porn, they're not going to stick with said browser. They'll go back to IE, where they can look at porn (and also get viruses) more easily. This bug is probably one of the most important bugs in Firefox that needs to be fixed, and it's been there for a LONG time now.
Yes, it's sad that people don't realize that Internet Explorer is not "the internet" and that there are alternatives, but tricking them is not the answer.
Except for those of us that were screwed over by the online ticket ordering site for the local Trilogy Tuesday theatre crashing while the tickets sold out for people getting them through non-online means which were not available to everyone. :(
As another person pointed out, that is incorrect. I speak from experience. I had a 120GB FAT32 drive at one point (it is now partitioned). If all you're going off of is what the Windows installer will let you do, then you'll get incorrect information. Partition Magic, or even fdisk can make a partition of FAT32 over 32GB.
It's not "Why should I pay for it when I can just get it for free?" but rather "Why should I be forced to pay TWICE to watch the DVD I legally bought?" It's like if Pepsi were to somehow push through a law that said Pepsi must be drank out of a certain cup, then everyone who wants to (legally) drink Pepsi has to go out and buy a special cup to drink it out of when they ALREADY legally bought the Pepsi in the first place. I own the DVD legally, I ought to have the right to watch it however I see fit - and if that means using a GPL DVD player, so be it. Excuse my language, but I'm not running some damn DVD copying scheme, I just want to watch the movies I like that I buy or rent from the store. There's no reason I should be treated like a criminal because someone ELSE has the capacity to commit a crime. That's about as stupid as "pre-emptive war."
I'm friends with one of the gaim developers, so I'll save him the time and mention (they have to correct this for legal reasons) that it's gaim or Gaim. Part of the agreement with AOL.
Reading the responses to this has been really interesting. I actually study opera voice at university so singing is what I do most in my free time. I also act a bit and I used to play bassoon and saxophone.
Making this mandatory, in my opinion, goes against everything that open source stands for - choice. To not keep choices as free as possible to choose whatever is the best solution - be it proprietary or open - defeats the entire purpose of the choice open source provides.