I think it's a bad idea. I took a couple of years off between my bachelors and masters. I had a hard time remembering all the background material I learned in my bachelors, when I started the masters courses. Of course, in your case, it's high school to college/university, but the same idea applies.
Ahhh... Thanks. If I'm not mistaken, this Extrans option is new, as is the current explanation for the Plain Old Text. I'm pretty sure I read the explanations for those modes before, and they weren't defined as they are now.
I've noticed other changes to Slashcode recently, including this 'friend of a friend' and 'foe of a friend' business. Getting even more interesting...
BTW - Regarding the other thing I described with the.Dave and/Dave, Extrans still doesn't solve that issue..Dave
i.e. I put two line breaks before the last.Dave above.
Well, that kinda works. But if you start a new line with a period or a forward slash, like I do in my signature, it removes the line breaks. e.g..Dave or/Dave
I used two line breaks between the e.g. and.Dave above. And another two between the 'or' and/Dave
Also, if you insert some HTML tags like BR, it interprets it as HTML, even if you have the Plain Old Text turned on. e.g. HTML line breaks here.
To me, it seems the "Plain Old Text" setting is actually a HTML/text morphing.
I dunno. I receive maybe one spam every couple of weeks on my email account that I use for Monster.com. Of course, I also use that email account for a lot of other things, so it's hard to tell where the spammers got my address. I'm very selective about whom I give that email address to, though. e.g. Slashdot doesn't have it.;-)
.Dave
BTW - anyone know why I need to use HTML breaks when I'm posting as "Plain Old Text"? If I don't use the HTML break, the paragraphs run together.
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LOL I noticed that too. The first thought that came to me was, "That's why engineers have a reputation for bad spelling and grammer."
Agreed. You need an HP-48. It's the standard calculator for engineering geeks. I've had mine for 12 years, and it still works fine, meets all my needs. You can program it, but in its own language.
For in-depth programming, get Matlab (my favorite), Maple, or Mathematica for a desktop/laptop PC. A PDA wouldn't be able to handle the power/speed requirements of any serious lenghty calculations. I have Matlab simulations constantly running in the background on this PC. (Yes, I'm in grad school too)
I have the m505 - is there any word on whether the color blending applies here too??
Dave
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Of course, false is an equally useful command. From the man page:
false - do nothing, unsuccessfully
I had no idea these commands existed until I read Mike Taylor's excellent book. Now that I've read it cover to cover, my programming skills have increased twofold.
I can't these people playing games. They endure -40 or -60 'C temperatures, are funded for their stay by various governments, and probably pay an arm and a leg to get their equipment (e.g. PCs) shipped to them.
Not to mention the fact that they probably don't want to use up fuel to power their computers while playing games..Dave
I agree with the absurdity of the proposal, and with any current levies. In my opinion, if the government plans on charging us fees on the 'assumption' that we're going to be breaking copyright laws, then in those cases IF and when we do break copyright laws, we should consider our debt as paid in full. Otherwise, if the record industry decides to sue someone on the basis of lost sales, we could easily point out that they received compensation for their music, in the form of a fee from the sale of the blank CDs.
So what if the gaming industry decides later this year that they want to get a piece of the pie, too? They'll be asking for their $1.23, or $2.27 for the lost sales of games, because someone copied a PC or Playstation game onto a CD. Then the literary world will get wind of the idea, and decide they want some $$ for their lost sales of e-texts, pdf documents, etc...
There are far more legitimate uses for CDs than there are illegitimate uses. And my guess is that the majority of CDs sold are for legitimate uses. Looking at my stack of CDs, I see some photo CDs that I made, dozens of backup CDs for my hard drive, a collection of MP3 CDs for music that I already own, software backup CDs, temporary storage CD-RWs, various document CDs, etc...
BTW, I think the record industry should pay the same levy on the blank CDs that they use for distributing their music to consumers. This would, in effect, take money from the smaller record labels, and distribute it to the largest label. They may whine, "But we're using these blank CDs to distribute our music for which we own the copyrights." Tough shit ! I want to buy some blank CDs to distribute to friends a set of photos for which I own the copyright!
And those RIOs.... how about someone just using them for storing music they already own, to listen to while they're out for a jog, or a bike ride, etc...
And don't get me started on the flash memory levies. What the hell !?!? The record industry wants me to pay them because I take use flash memory for my digital camera !?!? I don't own a stinkin' flash-based MP3 player!
On a related topic, at a fireworks event in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago, I noticed a police helicopter overhead at a couple hundred feet, buzzing back and forth around the crowds as everyone was leaving to go home. Despite the obvious police surveillance, there were still some violent attacks in the crowds, as reported by the news the following day.
.Dave
Read the newsgroup: misc.fitness.weights
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A great place to ask questions from people who are serious about staying fit, and getting pretty strong is the newsgroup:
news://misc.fitness.weights
Since you're reading Slashdot, you probably enjoy reading other people's posts, and contributing once in a while... voila... the newsgroup would be great for you.
Of course, you must subscribe to the ficticious idea of spot-reduction of body fat.
Doing endless amounts of ab workouts will help define your abs a little more, true. However, if you're 40 lbs overweight, then all that definition is underneath your bear gut. The ab workouts will NOT remove your beer gut.
Oh yeah, Don't SPAM, and don't support those who do SPAM!
This is a friendly response. Try posting your silly SPAM onto the newsgroup: misc.fitness.weights Then you'll REALLY feel the heat!
I don't know the details of their experiment, but after thinking about it for 60 seconds, here's my idea:
Speed is defined as distance divided by time. Instead of assuming the definitions of distance and time have not changed, let's consider that maybe the dimensions of matter have shrunk, or that the definition of time has increased.
This could be possible if according to the Big Bang Theory the universe is slowing down. According to Einstein, a slowing universe would lead to a increase in time (ie. the relative value of time is increasing). This increase in time would appear as an increase in the speed of light.
Hmmm... then again, didn't Einstein also say that the speed of light is constant, regardless of the speed of the light source. That would mean the increase in time as I explained above would lead to a decrease in the length of our 'ruler'. Therefore, this would result in the same calculation of the speed of light.
Anonymouse Cow: Definition: - A small mammal characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, long hairless tail, a bladder for milking, and a distinctice, yet almost silent, "Moo".
Anyone ever notice that some EULAs are presented in a non-resizable window about 3" wide and 2" high ??
How am I supposed to read the equivalent of two 8.5"x11" sheets of typewritten text in that size of a window?
Madness. I think it's to persuade you into NOT reading the EULA, but agreeing anyways.
Personnally, when I see that kind of EULA window, I click in the text, hit CTRL-A (select all), CTRL-C, and then paste it into a blank Notepad document. Then it's much easier to read and resize.
On a related note, maybe the SlashCode programmers can increase the size of the window I'm typing in now. It's about the same size as the EULA window
And the disk manufacturer would warn us not to do this, because it would mean the 'dust and dirt' on the disk sleeve would go back onto the disk, as the disk spun in the opposite direction.
Of course, the useful life of the technology wasn't long enough to prove this 'dust and dirt' problem./Dave
Ya know, the AIW-128 Pro worked fine in my system for a while. Then for some odd reason, my system started slowing down, and eventually getting to the point of 'locking up'. I'm not sure what caused it, but when I reinstalled my entire system, and decided NOT to install the DVD Player/Multimedia center, the problems went away. Of course, now I can't watch TV on it, 'cuz I didn't install the programs to allow TV watching. Does this sound similar to your problems? Anyone else?
I remember first when WinXP came out, the MicroSoft time server (time.microsoft.com) was off by several hours... e.g. off by 3h17m. It also seemed to be off by different amounts at different days.
That continued for at least three months or so, despite the problem being discussed over and over again on the WinXP newsgroups.
Needless to say, I switched to the NIST server (time.nist.gov), and I don't plan on switching back.
/Dave
In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar -- a practice which is still continued.
-- Helen Rowland
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I think it's a bad idea. I took a couple of years off between my bachelors and masters. I had a hard time remembering all the background material I learned in my bachelors, when I started the masters courses. Of course, in your case, it's high school to college/university, but the same idea applies.
Dave
Thanks.
:-)
/)
Yeah, I might file the Slashcode bug in a couple of weeks, after I get my Masters thesis defense finished.
Dave (without the . or
Ahhh... Thanks. If I'm not mistaken, this Extrans option is new, as is the current explanation for the Plain Old Text. I'm pretty sure I read the explanations for those modes before, and they weren't defined as they are now.
.Dave and /Dave, Extrans still doesn't solve that issue. .Dave
.Dave above.
I've noticed other changes to Slashcode recently, including this 'friend of a friend' and 'foe of a friend' business. Getting even more interesting...
BTW - Regarding the other thing I described with the
i.e. I put two line breaks before the last
Well, that kinda works. But if you start a new line with a period or a forward slash, like I do in my signature, it removes the line breaks. e.g. .Dave /Dave
.Dave above. And another two between the 'or' and /Dave
.Dave
or
I used two line breaks between the e.g. and
Also, if you insert some HTML tags like BR, it interprets it as HTML, even if you have the Plain Old Text turned on. e.g.
HTML
line
breaks
here.
To me, it seems the "Plain Old Text" setting is actually a HTML/text morphing.
I dunno. I receive maybe one spam every couple of weeks on my email account that I use for Monster.com. Of course, I also use that email account for a lot of other things, so it's hard to tell where the spammers got my address. I'm very selective about whom I give that email address to, though. e.g. Slashdot doesn't have it. ;-)
.Dave
BTW - anyone know why I need to use HTML breaks when I'm posting as "Plain Old Text"? If I don't use the HTML break, the paragraphs run together.
LOL I noticed that too. The first thought that came to me was, "That's why engineers have a reputation for bad spelling and grammer."
.Dave
a fellow engineer
Agreed. You need an HP-48. It's the standard calculator for engineering geeks. I've had mine for 12 years, and it still works fine, meets all my needs. You can program it, but in its own language.
.Dave
For in-depth programming, get Matlab (my favorite), Maple, or Mathematica for a desktop/laptop PC. A PDA wouldn't be able to handle the power/speed requirements of any serious lenghty calculations. I have Matlab simulations constantly running in the background on this PC. (Yes, I'm in grad school too)
I have the m505 - is there any word on whether the color blending applies here too??
Dave
Of course, false is an equally useful command. From the man page:
/Dave
false - do nothing, unsuccessfully
I had no idea these commands existed until I read Mike Taylor's excellent book. Now that I've read it cover to cover, my programming skills have increased twofold.
I can't these people playing games. They endure -40 or -60 'C temperatures, are funded for their stay by various governments, and probably pay an arm and a leg to get their equipment (e.g. PCs) shipped to them.
.Dave
Not to mention the fact that they probably don't want to use up fuel to power their computers while playing games.
Here's my beef:
I agree with the absurdity of the proposal, and with any current levies. In my opinion, if the government plans on charging us fees on the 'assumption' that we're going to be breaking copyright laws, then in those cases IF and when we do break copyright laws, we should consider our debt as paid in full. Otherwise, if the record industry decides to sue someone on the basis of lost sales, we could easily point out that they received compensation for their music, in the form of a fee from the sale of the blank CDs.
So what if the gaming industry decides later this year that they want to get a piece of the pie, too? They'll be asking for their $1.23, or $2.27 for the lost sales of games, because someone copied a PC or Playstation game onto a CD. Then the literary world will get wind of the idea, and decide they want some $$ for their lost sales of e-texts, pdf documents, etc...
There are far more legitimate uses for CDs than there are illegitimate uses. And my guess is that the majority of CDs sold are for legitimate uses. Looking at my stack of CDs, I see some photo CDs that I made, dozens of backup CDs for my hard drive, a collection of MP3 CDs for music that I already own, software backup CDs, temporary storage CD-RWs, various document CDs, etc...
BTW, I think the record industry should pay the same levy on the blank CDs that they use for distributing their music to consumers. This would, in effect, take money from the smaller record labels, and distribute it to the largest label. They may whine, "But we're using these blank CDs to distribute our music for which we own the copyrights." Tough shit ! I want to buy some blank CDs to distribute to friends a set of photos for which I own the copyright!
And those RIOs.... how about someone just using them for storing music they already own, to listen to while they're out for a jog, or a bike ride, etc...
And don't get me started on the flash memory levies. What the hell !?!? The record industry wants me to pay them because I take use flash memory for my digital camera !?!? I don't own a stinkin' flash-based MP3 player!
Grrrrrr....
This is quite a hot topic in Vancouver, and a smaller city in the BC interior, Kelowna.
.Dave
There's an interesting read on a Canadian Government website (clipped from a local Vancouver newspaper).
On a related topic, at a fireworks event in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago, I noticed a police helicopter overhead at a couple hundred feet, buzzing back and forth around the crowds as everyone was leaving to go home. Despite the obvious police surveillance, there were still some violent attacks in the crowds, as reported by the news the following day.
A great place to ask questions from people who are serious about staying fit, and getting pretty strong is the newsgroup:
.Dave
news://misc.fitness.weights
Since you're reading Slashdot, you probably enjoy reading other people's posts, and contributing once in a while... voila... the newsgroup would be great for you.
You can start off here: http://www.trygve.com/mfw.html , with their webpage, and don't forget to read the FAQ.
Creatine !?!? In the second month of a geek ever working out!?!?
.Dave
N!O!
Do some weight-training, sports, etc... for at least a few months or a year before you start taking those sorts of supplements.
Protein and multivitamins are ok before then, but creatine really should be left on the shelf for a while.
Of course, you must subscribe to the ficticious idea of spot-reduction of body fat.
.Dave
Doing endless amounts of ab workouts will help define your abs a little more, true. However, if you're 40 lbs overweight, then all that definition is underneath your bear gut. The ab workouts will NOT remove your beer gut.
Oh yeah, Don't SPAM, and don't support those who do SPAM!
This is a friendly response. Try posting your silly SPAM onto the newsgroup: misc.fitness.weights Then you'll REALLY feel the heat!
It took me maybe a minute to figure out what was wrong with the picture in your sig link... I was just about to give up, then it hit me !!
Wow !!!
Brilliant !
I don't know the details of their experiment, but after thinking about it for 60 seconds, here's my idea:
.Dave
Speed is defined as distance divided by time. Instead of assuming the definitions of distance and time have not changed, let's consider that maybe the dimensions of matter have shrunk, or that the definition of time has increased.
This could be possible if according to the Big Bang Theory the universe is slowing down. According to Einstein, a slowing universe would lead to a increase in time (ie. the relative value of time is increasing). This increase in time would appear as an increase in the speed of light.
Hmmm... then again, didn't Einstein also say that the speed of light is constant, regardless of the speed of the light source. That would mean the increase in time as I explained above would lead to a decrease in the length of our 'ruler'. Therefore, this would result in the same calculation of the speed of light.
Thoughts of relatively always hurt my head...
Why would someone moderate this to "5: Informative" ??
SpatchMonkey's comments are:
1. In the article
2. Obvious
It's Anonymouse Cow, with an E.
Anonymouse Cow:
Definition:
- A small mammal characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, long hairless tail, a bladder for milking, and a distinctice, yet almost silent, "Moo".
Dave
Anyone ever notice that some EULAs are presented in a non-resizable window about 3" wide and 2" high ??
/Dave
How am I supposed to read the equivalent of two 8.5"x11" sheets of typewritten text in that size of a window?
Madness. I think it's to persuade you into NOT reading the EULA, but agreeing anyways.
Personnally, when I see that kind of EULA window, I click in the text, hit CTRL-A (select all), CTRL-C, and then paste it into a blank Notepad document. Then it's much easier to read and resize.
On a related note, maybe the SlashCode programmers can increase the size of the window I'm typing in now. It's about the same size as the EULA window
And the disk manufacturer would warn us not to do this, because it would mean the 'dust and dirt' on the disk sleeve would go back onto the disk, as the disk spun in the opposite direction. Of course, the useful life of the technology wasn't long enough to prove this 'dust and dirt' problem. /Dave
Ya know, the AIW-128 Pro worked fine in my system for a while. Then for some odd reason, my system started slowing down, and eventually getting to the point of 'locking up'. I'm not sure what caused it, but when I reinstalled my entire system, and decided NOT to install the DVD Player/Multimedia center, the problems went away. Of course, now I can't watch TV on it, 'cuz I didn't install the programs to allow TV watching. Does this sound similar to your problems? Anyone else?
How long would it take a woodchuck to chuck wood, if a woodchuck could chuck wood ?
I remember first when WinXP came out, the MicroSoft time server (time.microsoft.com) was off by several hours... e.g. off by 3h17m. It also seemed to be off by different amounts at different days.
/Dave
That continued for at least three months or so, despite the problem being discussed over and over again on the WinXP newsgroups.
Needless to say, I switched to the NIST server (time.nist.gov), and I don't plan on switching back.
In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar -- a practice which is
still continued.
-- Helen Rowland
A very well-designed web site. Goes along well with my main reply, down below. However, they break one of my 'rules' for a good price website:
Don't use "$CALL" when giving your prices.
As a consumer, when I see $CALL , I don't call. I just go elsewhere.
What this amounts to is that you're too lazy to update your website when the prices change, so you want the customer to call you to find out.