I intended to keep my son away from TVs and PCs, but with a house full of PCs and laptops, it's impossible. At the age of 3 he claimed the ibook as his own. It's probably not too bad; there's some good websites for kids, like pbskids. Plus it's interactive, unlike TV.
What's not so good is the advertising--he's always asking us to buy him the candy & snacks he sees. He might as well be watching TV. That's our current battle.
Lanier was VRs biggest promoter in the late 80's. I remember seeing him give a demo at the time, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. It was a pretty exciting and compelling talk about cool stuff just around the corner. But then, years passed, and nothing happened.... He recently gave a talk about why VR hasn't happened, after all: http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20030909/#1
This excellent round-up of Linux digital audio software (including low-latency kernels) is a one-stop shop for all your recording needs:
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/
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On the contrary: Petroleum use should be limited to producing plastics and other petrochemical products that are harder to replace than gasoline. Alternative energy sources are easier to come by than alternatives to plastics. (Environmental issues aside.)
I recently tried to reconfigure my desktop system, which I intended to use as a digital audio workstation. There are some pretty cool applications available forLinux now--check out the CCRMA site at http://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/ for comprehensive view of of some of the mouth-watering software that's available.
But I couldn't get my soundcard to work with any of it! Despite following instructions step-by-step, re-installing, following instructions step-by-step, rinse, repeat... What a freaking waste of time.
After wasting many hours over the course of a week, begging for help on linux boards, etc., I finally had to give up and go with something that I knew would work.
(I should also say, my soundcard wasn't the only thing that I had problems with. I use a Wacom tablet to write notation, and it was no joy trying to get that work...)
I ended up going back to Window 98SE, primarily because there is a free version of Pro Tools available for this OS, and because all my hardware works with it. (Pro Tools Free doesn't work with anything more recent, 'cause Digidesign, wisely, doesn't want to undercut their professional level products.) I'll probably also install either Win2K or Win XP and get Sonar and upgrade my iBook so I can use Garageband.
One of these days Linux sound will be ready for real, non-geek, users. I'm particularly keeping an eye on the EU funded Agnula project (see http://www.agnula.org/). (That was another thing I wasted quite a few hours trying to install.) But for now, unless you're time is worthless, you're way better off sticking to commercial OSs like MS and Mac OS X.
Last year, when Mars was near, NMSU had an open house and we got to look at Mars through a telescope that Tombaugh made using an missile casing (or something like that). I think it was a 12" or so but the staff there said that because it was so well made, you could see a clearer image than you could through some of their larger, more generic telescopes.
Centrino-based laptops are still selling at a premium, especially considering their relatively slow speeds. There are certainly small, bargain laptops out there, like the ultraportable from Averatec, but they're Athlon XP-M or Pentium M based. They don't get as much battery life, but it's still in the 4 hour range.
When I was looking for a nice, cheap portable, I ended up getting an iBook and I love it, but I can never get it away from my 3 year old, who plays Sesame Street games on it, and my wife, who, in fact, is out in the garden at the moment, using for Java programming. When my ship comes in, I'm getting a 12" powerbook and I'm not sharing. Ha!
If you feel this way, why not then vote for Nader? That way you can protest and help give the election to the Republicans at the same time.
"I think I'll vote republican this time. Our system actually needs to get significantly worse before people will get their lasy butts off the couch and throw a molitov cocktail at the nearest judge/preacher/politician."
Nader said this in effect last time around. Even if he did cause Gore to lose, it would make things better in the long term, since the Democrats and Republicans aren't that far apart from each other from his point of view.
After four years of a nasty, conservative Bush administration, Nader thought people would go running back towards the progressive end of the spectrum. It's sorta like the pendulum is stuck and giving it a hard shove to the right will make it swing back even farther to the left, eventually.
Frankly, I think Bush, Inc. is way worse than Gore or Kerry or any other Democrat would be. Pursuing a personal military agenda against Iraq, rather than (or as a distraction from) truly pursuing terrorists and finishing the job they started in Afghanistan. Destroying the economy. Destroying the environment. Replacing scientists with political hacks in agencies that determine policy. Etc. But that's just my opinion.
I was inspired to cook some chicken korma recently and spent some time searching the Web for Indian recipes. I got some ideas from these web sites:
http://www.sanjeevkapoor.com/
http://www.tarladalal.com/
http://www.recipesource.com
http://www.1worldrecipes.com/
I think I ended up using one from recipesource, but, as I usually do with recipes I find on the internet, adjusted it a bit, taking some ideas from the other recipes I found.
If it turns out that they lose the suit but get the license fees from everyone anyways, this could open them up to RICO Act suits (triple damages, court costs included).
If they lose the suit, SCO will be flushed down the toilet, and there won't be anything left to sue.
Why did these three companies but a SCO license? One could easily conjecture why Computer Associates would want to support SCO. Questar is a Utah company, so it wouldn't surprise me if there were some incestuous link between them and SCO/Canopy. Reason for Legget & Platt? They're based in Carthage,MO--perhaps there's an LDS link?
In any case, these companies most likely bought licenses to support SCO--not because they felt SCO's claims have any merit. They aren't likely to sell, even if they could.
Apple can't remove DRM because that's part of their deal with the music companies. They had to fight pretty hard to get the the terms they did--which were remarkably liberal (unlimited burning to CD, not expiration, can be used on multiple computers) compared to what was available before.
It's in Apple's interest that DRM be as unrestrictive as possible, since it means more music for people to play on their iPods, which indirectly helps market their iPods. It wouldn't surprise me if they go after people who break their DRM, to maintain good faith with their music industry partners, but not because it's any skin off their nose.
It seems you can read, so your problem must be following an argument. Let me recap: I use a regular backpack. Sometimes I use one to carry my laptop. (As others have pointed out, this reduces the likelihood of theft, particularly on public transit and while travelling abroad.) Some backpacks are sturdier than others. This has assesment is equally true whether they are carrying a laptop or lunch, a waterbottle, a guidebook, a pair of hiking boots, and light jacket.
Yeah, I know it's bad style to respond to your own post. So sue me.
In all fairness, I have to qualify my criticism of Jansport a little bit. Their packs are guaranteed for life. So while it's true that their zippers are prone to breaking, apparently they'll fix them without a hassle. You don't need a receipt or anything. Their website has instructions on how to send in your pack for free repair: http://www.jansport.com/warrantyservice.php.
Frankly, I haven't done this with any of their packs, so I don't know how prompt etc. they are about handling repairs, but it seems legit. I like to get out in the great outdoors and travelling abroad so I just don't like the idea of having an unreliable pack. It's little comfort that I could get it repaired for free when the zipper breaks open, having all my stuff spill onto the rockclimbing partner belaying me below, or having to tape my pack shut while trekking in Nepal, so I haven't bothered.
I've always had trouble with Jansport zippers breaking after a year or two. This has happened with the three Jansport packs of various types I've bought over the years. I like their features (size, organization, colors, etc.), which is why I used to keep buying them.
Now, after three strikes, Jansport's out, and I have a North Face and it's my favorite pack for general use by far. It'll take any abuse I give it and come out smiling.
I also have a briefcase-style pack by Eagle Creek that converts to a backpack or a shoulder bag--this one works well for carrying a laptop. (The North Face one is too big.)
If you go someplace where they have Jansport and other packs, compare the zippers and you'll see there's a big difference. Unless they've improved them lately, the Jansports' are obviously thin and weak-looking.
Right now I just put my laptops unprotected in my pack. This is fine for my iBook, which is sturdily built, and the minor scratches it sometimes gets give a little character. I'll probably eventually make a protective foam sleeve for my Compaq, however, as someone else suggests, (especially next time I need to travel with it), but for now I'm just extra careful.
=P
The problem with that is that when the message they send phones home, they will know who you are & where you are; spammers are already doing this to some extent by including images and unique urls in their messages.
No, there aren't any modern equivalents. Plus few were made to start with. That's why they go for up to $300 on ebay. In comparison, an 11c from the same period goes for $75--200. I kick myself for having bought the 11c instead of the 16c--not that I would sell either, (love my 11c), rather that I really like to have a 16c too.
If you really need the software engineering functionality in a a calculator, you can find a 16c emulator. This isn't so bad since one usually needs to do base conversions the like while programming, so opening another window the pc's easy enough. (Which is not the case when you're in a physics lab & an emulated 11c won't do. A big cool lab notebook & programmable scientific calculator is the only way to go.)
After much research I found that most pen fanatics consider Montblancs over-rated, over-priced and worst of all, unreliable. There are many other fine pens out there, appealing to different tastes and budgets. The best value for my money, which is what I ended up buying, is the Waterman Expert II. Classic design, beautiful finish and craftsmanship, nice weight and balance, and it writes beatifully, too.
Unfortunately, because of Kazaa's distributed nature, one is less likely to find old and rare material than was possible on Napster. Kazaa only has what's popular. Try doing a search for Lefty Frizzel or Bob Mould for example.
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And Ruby (and Ruby on Rails) is replacing Python.
I intended to keep my son away from TVs and PCs, but with a house full of PCs and laptops, it's impossible. At the age of 3 he claimed the ibook as his own. It's probably not too bad; there's some good websites for kids, like pbskids. Plus it's interactive, unlike TV. What's not so good is the advertising--he's always asking us to buy him the candy & snacks he sees. He might as well be watching TV. That's our current battle.
Lanier was VRs biggest promoter in the late 80's. I remember seeing him give a demo at the time, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. It was a pretty exciting and compelling talk about cool stuff just around the corner. But then, years passed, and nothing happened.... He recently gave a talk about why VR hasn't happened, after all: http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20030909/#1
This excellent round-up of Linux digital audio software (including low-latency kernels) is a one-stop shop for all your recording needs: http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/
He's just playing good cop...
On the contrary: Petroleum use should be limited to producing plastics and other petrochemical products that are harder to replace than gasoline. Alternative energy sources are easier to come by than alternatives to plastics. (Environmental issues aside.)
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But I couldn't get my soundcard to work with any of it! Despite following instructions step-by-step, re-installing, following instructions step-by-step, rinse, repeat... What a freaking waste of time. After wasting many hours over the course of a week, begging for help on linux boards, etc., I finally had to give up and go with something that I knew would work.
(I should also say, my soundcard wasn't the only thing that I had problems with. I use a Wacom tablet to write notation, and it was no joy trying to get that work...)
I ended up going back to Window 98SE, primarily because there is a free version of Pro Tools available for this OS, and because all my hardware works with it. (Pro Tools Free doesn't work with anything more recent, 'cause Digidesign, wisely, doesn't want to undercut their professional level products.) I'll probably also install either Win2K or Win XP and get Sonar and upgrade my iBook so I can use Garageband.
One of these days Linux sound will be ready for real, non-geek, users. I'm particularly keeping an eye on the EU funded Agnula project (see http://www.agnula.org/). (That was another thing I wasted quite a few hours trying to install.) But for now, unless you're time is worthless, you're way better off sticking to commercial OSs like MS and Mac OS X.
I agree with what you say about 100Mb/s being sufficient, but 802.11b is not good enough. I need 802.11g to stream video.
Last year, when Mars was near, NMSU had an open house and we got to look at Mars through a telescope that Tombaugh made using an missile casing (or something like that). I think it was a 12" or so but the staff there said that because it was so well made, you could see a clearer image than you could through some of their larger, more generic telescopes.
When I was looking for a nice, cheap portable, I ended up getting an iBook and I love it, but I can never get it away from my 3 year old, who plays Sesame Street games on it, and my wife, who, in fact, is out in the garden at the moment, using for Java programming. When my ship comes in, I'm getting a 12" powerbook and I'm not sharing. Ha!
After four years of a nasty, conservative Bush administration, Nader thought people would go running back towards the progressive end of the spectrum. It's sorta like the pendulum is stuck and giving it a hard shove to the right will make it swing back even farther to the left, eventually.
Frankly, I think Bush, Inc. is way worse than Gore or Kerry or any other Democrat would be. Pursuing a personal military agenda against Iraq, rather than (or as a distraction from) truly pursuing terrorists and finishing the job they started in Afghanistan. Destroying the economy. Destroying the environment. Replacing scientists with political hacks in agencies that determine policy. Etc. But that's just my opinion.
http://www.sanjeevkapoor.com/
http://www.tarladalal.com/
http://www.recipesource.com
http://www.1worldrecipes.com/
I think I ended up using one from recipesource, but, as I usually do with recipes I find on the internet, adjusted it a bit, taking some ideas from the other recipes I found.
Why did these three companies but a SCO license? One could easily conjecture why Computer Associates would want to support SCO. Questar is a Utah company, so it wouldn't surprise me if there were some incestuous link between them and SCO/Canopy. Reason for Legget & Platt? They're based in Carthage,MO--perhaps there's an LDS link? In any case, these companies most likely bought licenses to support SCO--not because they felt SCO's claims have any merit. They aren't likely to sell, even if they could.
No surprise actually. They're asTUTE guys--they went to MIT.
No, you hate Mac users 'cause they can afford the cool stuff you can't!
It's in Apple's interest that DRM be as unrestrictive as possible, since it means more music for people to play on their iPods, which indirectly helps market their iPods. It wouldn't surprise me if they go after people who break their DRM, to maintain good faith with their music industry partners, but not because it's any skin off their nose.
It seems you can read, so your problem must be following an argument. Let me recap: I use a regular backpack. Sometimes I use one to carry my laptop. (As others have pointed out, this reduces the likelihood of theft, particularly on public transit and while travelling abroad.) Some backpacks are sturdier than others. This has assesment is equally true whether they are carrying a laptop or lunch, a waterbottle, a guidebook, a pair of hiking boots, and light jacket.
In all fairness, I have to qualify my criticism of Jansport a little bit. Their packs are guaranteed for life. So while it's true that their zippers are prone to breaking, apparently they'll fix them without a hassle. You don't need a receipt or anything. Their website has instructions on how to send in your pack for free repair: http://www.jansport.com/warrantyservice.php.
Frankly, I haven't done this with any of their packs, so I don't know how prompt etc. they are about handling repairs, but it seems legit. I like to get out in the great outdoors and travelling abroad so I just don't like the idea of having an unreliable pack. It's little comfort that I could get it repaired for free when the zipper breaks open, having all my stuff spill onto the rockclimbing partner belaying me below, or having to tape my pack shut while trekking in Nepal, so I haven't bothered.
=P
Now, after three strikes, Jansport's out, and I have a North Face and it's my favorite pack for general use by far. It'll take any abuse I give it and come out smiling. I also have a briefcase-style pack by Eagle Creek that converts to a backpack or a shoulder bag--this one works well for carrying a laptop. (The North Face one is too big.)
If you go someplace where they have Jansport and other packs, compare the zippers and you'll see there's a big difference. Unless they've improved them lately, the Jansports' are obviously thin and weak-looking.
Right now I just put my laptops unprotected in my pack. This is fine for my iBook, which is sturdily built, and the minor scratches it sometimes gets give a little character. I'll probably eventually make a protective foam sleeve for my Compaq, however, as someone else suggests, (especially next time I need to travel with it), but for now I'm just extra careful. =P
The problem with that is that when the message they send phones home, they will know who you are & where you are; spammers are already doing this to some extent by including images and unique urls in their messages.
No, there aren't any modern equivalents. Plus few were made to start with. That's why they go for up to $300 on ebay. In comparison, an 11c from the same period goes for $75--200. I kick myself for having bought the 11c instead of the 16c--not that I would sell either, (love my 11c), rather that I really like to have a 16c too. If you really need the software engineering functionality in a a calculator, you can find a 16c emulator. This isn't so bad since one usually needs to do base conversions the like while programming, so opening another window the pc's easy enough. (Which is not the case when you're in a physics lab & an emulated 11c won't do. A big cool lab notebook & programmable scientific calculator is the only way to go.)
After much research I found that most pen fanatics consider Montblancs over-rated, over-priced and worst of all, unreliable. There are many other fine pens out there, appealing to different tastes and budgets. The best value for my money, which is what I ended up buying, is the Waterman Expert II. Classic design, beautiful finish and craftsmanship, nice weight and balance, and it writes beatifully, too.
Unfortunately, because of Kazaa's distributed nature, one is less likely to find old and rare material than was possible on Napster. Kazaa only has what's popular. Try doing a search for Lefty Frizzel or Bob Mould for example.