That's not the response to some ACTUALLY ripping the guts out of a dual G5, that's the response to a HOAX in which someone took a G5 case and modded it as an AMD box and then CLAIMED that he had ripped the guts out of a dual G5. And given the price of a G5 versus the price of the parts used in the mod, the response is understandable. It would be rather like taking a brand new Ferrari and replacing the engine with one from a Lincoln.
And it's not like Microsoft has pretty much made it clear that a version of VirtualPC that runs on the G5/PPC 970 is coming out before June 30, 2004 or anything...
Actually, the gains for resolution wouldn't be worth it... but for COVERAGE they would be. Imagine doing a full-sky survey with 8" scopes every few months or even weeks.
Both of the drives you point out are larger than an iPod - enough so to make carrying them in a pocket uncomfortable. The mobile drive (your first link) is 0.59 x 2.99 x 5.35 in. and.396 lbs. The pocket drive is 1 x 3.5 x 5.75 in. and 0.78 lbs. The iPod is 0.73 x 2.4 x 4.1 inches and 0.35 lbs. For size comparison, a "slim" jewel case is 0.13 x 4.86 x 5.63 in. I don't know about you, but I find a jewel case too wide to put in my pocket: but the only drive with both its "height" and "width" smaller than both the "height" and "width" of a jewel case is the iPod. So, no, those two drives from LaCie do not necessarily fit the bill. They're too big for a shirt pocket. The pocket drive is right out, at more than double the weight. So maybe it's not stupid that the producers decided to spend a little extra money on them to make it easier for the couriers to carry them. (Besides, they're recognizably music players, and that might make life easier with airport security.)
You can use what you want, but don't dismiss their choice as "stupid." If the marginal size and weight difference mattered - and I know that for me it would - then it might be worth the extra two eighty compared to the pocket drive (and I notice that the mobile drive doesn't have a price listed for 40 GB; apparently you thought the $139 price was for both the 20 GB and the 40 GB? Or for the FireWire, since they were using Mac desktops that didn't (only the newest Macs do) have USB 2.0? Which makes the Mobile drive pretty hard to use, no? That's ignoring the fact that these two products you're linking to are both described as "new" and the movies were finished some months ago (but then, so do my specs for the 40 GB).
Just in case you didn't know, Uruk was a major city in ancient Mesopotamia - it was continuously inhabited (i.e., at least a small village) from about 4000 BC to AD 500 or so. That might well be where Tolkien got his name for the orcs.
Size. It's a hell of a lot easier to carry an iPod as carryon than a 200 GB harddrive (which will get banged about in the overhead bin), or heaven forbid in checked baggage (where it will be delayed by 2-3 days every 10th flight or so). And if 200 GB is preferable for size to the iPod, how can you logically argue in favor of the DVD-R which is only 4.7 GB? You can't have it both ways.
Fact is, it's a nice formfactor and a good size/capacity compromise.
He's not just a hard-core Reaganite, he's a hardcore NIXONITE. He worked for Nixon as a SPEECHWRITER. The one who resigned two steps ahead of the impeachment vote (and that one wasn't for lying about having sex with an intern, that one was for lying to the American people and the Congress about the criminal activities of his campaign workers - breaking into an opposition campaign office in an attempt to steal documents). You know, the one whose vice-president resigned over corruption allegations. He rewrote Nixon's lies to make them more palatable. And he's working as a "journalist" at the supposedly "liberal" New York Times.
Before joining The Times, Mr. Safire was a senior White House speechwriter for President Nixon. [...] In 1968, he joined the campaign of Richard Nixon.
Yes, being a member of a Richard Nixon presidential campaign and a Nixon speechwriter is an induspitable credential for honesty and credibility. Next I suppose we're going to be told that Monica Lewinsky should be running a new national chastity initiative.
Ok, so you're saying that geeks will camp out on a sidewalk for months to get Star Wars movie tickets, but asking them to switch from Mountain Dew to Pepsi for two months is just GOING TOO GODDAMNED FAR?
Actually, yes, I think that is what he's saying. Scary, eh?
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So explain to me why I've had this conversation several times with my users:
Well, of course I opened it. It says it's a JPG, and you can't get a virus from a JPG.
I don't understand - I thought you couldn't get a virus from a text file?
It's just a web page, it can't possibly be a virus.
Answer: a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Especially if you're dealing with people who have file extensions turned on at work, but off at home, or vice versa.
Read the first three books first, in order (*Hitchiker's Guide*, *Restaurant at the End of the Universe*, and *Life the Universe, and Everything*). Then listen to the radio shows (it is vitally important that you listen to the radio shows and read the books BEFORE you watch the BBC television series). I'd suggest the books first because they are the highest quality, even if the radio series is the fons et origo. Note that there are important differences in the organization of the books and the radio series: but you'll be able to see how DNA reworked the material for the books, and will hear the actors rather than seeing them.
After that, watch the BBC series. The BBC cast used mostly the folks from the radio cast. Thing is, they're radio actors, and they act like radio actors - their movement, blocking, etc. are all a little stiff, even if their voices are superb. Also, the budget was very tight, and the production quality (special effects, sets, wardrobe, and especially the prosthetic head) leaves much to be desired.
Next, read two stories that appear in *The Salmon of Doubt*. The first is "Young Zaphod Plays it Safe* - the version in *Salmon of Doubt* is uncensored in the US, while the on in the *Ultimate Hitchiker's Guide* and the other omnibus editions are censored in the US so that the ending leaves you a little confused (the last line is dropped). The second (though probably the oldest story of all, though I never checked on it) is "The Private Life of Ghenghis Khan".
After you've read those, it's time to read *So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish*. Enjoy. This one is a little more surreal than anything else, but it's still pretty damned funny (the biscuit story, which is absolutely realistic, is funny as hell).
Now, wait until some time when you're in such a good mood that nothing, not enough universal apocalypse, will make you sad. Get your favorite blanky out of the attic, and call up your significant other and ask him/her/shim/sher to remain on standby for a call. You are now prepared to read the last book, *Mostly Harmless*. The whole book is very, very dark, even though it is still quite funny. A lot of people hated it because the ending is rather depressing, and there's some retroactive continuity that's stretched a bit thin, but if you're over 30 you'll get it right away (if not, I've got terrible news for you: this is what life is like).
Then go out and get yourself a nice glass of orange juice and a breakfast sandwich. It will cheer you up.
No, they weren't, not entirely at any rate. Some of the music used in the audio series was copyright and they couldn't get permissions to re-use it, so they had to re-record those bits.
Konqueror 3.1-15 RedHat 9.0 basic install with up2date up to date; it opens a blank webpage. IE6 opens a blank webpage then provides a "do you want to open this" dialog identifying the file as a pdf, but the file then opens as an html/text file. The real test would be to put an install script at the other end of the link and see if it runs.
By that standard, the Ars Amatoria (Ovid's "sex manual," though it's really more about seduction and cheating than technique) and *Works and Days* (Hesiod's poem on farming) are also "technical manuals." But I think the idea here was to limit
"technical manual" to "a manual explaining how to use a specific mechanical device," and none of those (Kama Sutra, Ars Amatoria, Works and Days) counts. If I thought about it, I could probably come up with an older "technical manual" (Frontinus on Aquaducts, maybe?), but one could describe the Chaucer as "The Oldest Technical Manual in English" (yes, that's English - Middle English).
The spammer is probably using them to soften up the bayesian filtering (maybe get you to classify so much as spam that you start getting too many false positives and have to wipe your bayesian db, as I have?) so the real spams get through.
So, create program groups based upon function and drag the existing program graup icons into the funcional ones. Problem solved. You could even probably write a quick VisC++ program that would recognize the names of the 200 or so most common apps and arrange the start menu that way for you.
By the way, "Computer, open Office" probably does work in OS X.
Well, the Roman history thing is a lot more complicated than that. Remember that Julius is coming after a long, long period of Civil War, and the Roman war he fought was a war of conquest, while his main rival was fighting off pirates and the like. SW is also partly modeled after Nazi Germany (the Kanzler becoming a dictator and all).
Any posting that can make allusions to Star Trek, Star Wars, and a major East Semitic language written only in cuneiform has to be rated +5 Funny. Nice job.
Which part of it was not bad? Stealing the Mutara Nebula fight from STII? Stealing the death of the logical character from STII? Transferring the memories of the logical character to another character who ends up surviving, just like... STII?
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That's not the response to some ACTUALLY ripping the guts out of a dual G5, that's the response to a HOAX in which someone took a G5 case and modded it as an AMD box and then CLAIMED that he had ripped the guts out of a dual G5. And given the price of a G5 versus the price of the parts used in the mod, the response is understandable. It would be rather like taking a brand new Ferrari and replacing the engine with one from a Lincoln.
And it's not like Microsoft has pretty much made it clear that a version of VirtualPC that runs on the G5/PPC 970 is coming out before June 30, 2004 or anything ...
Mod this up big time.
Actually, the gains for resolution wouldn't be worth it ... but for COVERAGE they would be. Imagine doing a full-sky survey with 8" scopes every few months or even weeks.
Except, of course, that the rough English translation of Al Qaida is "the Station" or "the Fortress."
Both of the drives you point out are larger than an iPod - enough so to make carrying them in a pocket uncomfortable. The mobile drive (your first link) is 0.59 x 2.99 x 5.35 in. and .396 lbs. The pocket drive is 1 x 3.5 x 5.75 in. and 0.78 lbs. The iPod is 0.73 x 2.4 x 4.1 inches and 0.35 lbs. For size comparison, a "slim" jewel case is 0.13 x 4.86 x 5.63 in. I don't know about you, but I find a jewel case too wide to put in my pocket: but the only drive with both its "height" and "width" smaller than both the "height" and "width" of a jewel case is the iPod. So, no, those two drives from LaCie do not necessarily fit the bill. They're too big for a shirt pocket. The pocket drive is right out, at more than double the weight. So maybe it's not stupid that the producers decided to spend a little extra money on them to make it easier for the couriers to carry them. (Besides, they're recognizably music players, and that might make life easier with airport security.)
You can use what you want, but don't dismiss their choice as "stupid." If the marginal size and weight difference mattered - and I know that for me it would - then it might be worth the extra two eighty compared to the pocket drive (and I notice that the mobile drive doesn't have a price listed for 40 GB; apparently you thought the $139 price was for both the 20 GB and the 40 GB? Or for the FireWire, since they were using Mac desktops that didn't (only the newest Macs do) have USB 2.0? Which makes the Mobile drive pretty hard to use, no? That's ignoring the fact that these two products you're linking to are both described as "new" and the movies were finished some months ago (but then, so do my specs for the 40 GB).
Just in case you didn't know, Uruk was a major city in ancient Mesopotamia - it was continuously inhabited (i.e., at least a small village) from about 4000 BC to AD 500 or so. That might well be where Tolkien got his name for the orcs.
Size. It's a hell of a lot easier to carry an iPod as carryon than a 200 GB harddrive (which will get banged about in the overhead bin), or heaven forbid in checked baggage (where it will be delayed by 2-3 days every 10th flight or so). And if 200 GB is preferable for size to the iPod, how can you logically argue in favor of the DVD-R which is only 4.7 GB? You can't have it both ways.
Fact is, it's a nice formfactor and a good size/capacity compromise.
He's not just a hard-core Reaganite, he's a hardcore NIXONITE. He worked for Nixon as a SPEECHWRITER. The one who resigned two steps ahead of the impeachment vote (and that one wasn't for lying about having sex with an intern, that one was for lying to the American people and the Congress about the criminal activities of his campaign workers - breaking into an opposition campaign office in an attempt to steal documents). You know, the one whose vice-president resigned over corruption allegations. He rewrote Nixon's lies to make them more palatable. And he's working as a "journalist" at the supposedly "liberal" New York Times.
Before joining The Times, Mr. Safire was a senior White House speechwriter for President Nixon. [...] In 1968, he joined the campaign of Richard Nixon.
Yes, being a member of a Richard Nixon presidential campaign and a Nixon speechwriter is an induspitable credential for honesty and credibility. Next I suppose we're going to be told that Monica Lewinsky should be running a new national chastity initiative.
Actually, it's not "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," it's "the ends justify the means." We have a word for that: Machiavellian.
Ok, so you're saying that geeks will camp out on a sidewalk for months to get Star Wars movie tickets, but asking them to switch from Mountain Dew to Pepsi for two months is just GOING TOO GODDAMNED FAR?
Actually, yes, I think that is what he's saying. Scary, eh?
So explain to me why I've had this conversation several times with my users:
Well, of course I opened it. It says it's a JPG, and you can't get a virus from a JPG.
I don't understand - I thought you couldn't get a virus from a text file?
It's just a web page, it can't possibly be a virus.
Answer: a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Especially if you're dealing with people who have file extensions turned on at work, but off at home, or vice versa.
Read the first three books first, in order (*Hitchiker's Guide*, *Restaurant at the End of the Universe*, and *Life the Universe, and Everything*). Then listen to the radio shows (it is vitally important that you listen to the radio shows and read the books BEFORE you watch the BBC television series). I'd suggest the books first because they are the highest quality, even if the radio series is the fons et origo. Note that there are important differences in the organization of the books and the radio series: but you'll be able to see how DNA reworked the material for the books, and will hear the actors rather than seeing them.
After that, watch the BBC series. The BBC cast used mostly the folks from the radio cast. Thing is, they're radio actors, and they act like radio actors - their movement, blocking, etc. are all a little stiff, even if their voices are superb. Also, the budget was very tight, and the production quality (special effects, sets, wardrobe, and especially the prosthetic head) leaves much to be desired.
Next, read two stories that appear in *The Salmon of Doubt*. The first is "Young Zaphod Plays it Safe* - the version in *Salmon of Doubt* is uncensored in the US, while the on in the *Ultimate Hitchiker's Guide* and the other omnibus editions are censored in the US so that the ending leaves you a little confused (the last line is dropped). The second (though probably the oldest story of all, though I never checked on it) is "The Private Life of Ghenghis Khan".
After you've read those, it's time to read *So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish*. Enjoy. This one is a little more surreal than anything else, but it's still pretty damned funny (the biscuit story, which is absolutely realistic, is funny as hell).
Now, wait until some time when you're in such a good mood that nothing, not enough universal apocalypse, will make you sad. Get your favorite blanky out of the attic, and call up your significant other and ask him/her/shim/sher to remain on standby for a call. You are now prepared to read the last book, *Mostly Harmless*. The whole book is very, very dark, even though it is still quite funny. A lot of people hated it because the ending is rather depressing, and there's some retroactive continuity that's stretched a bit thin, but if you're over 30 you'll get it right away (if not, I've got terrible news for you: this is what life is like).
Then go out and get yourself a nice glass of orange juice and a breakfast sandwich. It will cheer you up.
No, they weren't, not entirely at any rate. Some of the music used in the audio series was copyright and they couldn't get permissions to re-use it, so they had to re-record those bits.
Konqueror 3.1-15 RedHat 9.0 basic install with up2date up to date; it opens a blank webpage. IE6 opens a blank webpage then provides a "do you want to open this" dialog identifying the file as a pdf, but the file then opens as an html/text file. The real test would be to put an install script at the other end of the link and see if it runs.
By that standard, the Ars Amatoria (Ovid's "sex manual," though it's really more about seduction and cheating than technique) and *Works and Days* (Hesiod's poem on farming) are also "technical manuals." But I think the idea here was to limit "technical manual" to "a manual explaining how to use a specific mechanical device," and none of those (Kama Sutra, Ars Amatoria, Works and Days) counts. If I thought about it, I could probably come up with an older "technical manual" (Frontinus on Aquaducts, maybe?), but one could describe the Chaucer as "The Oldest Technical Manual in English" (yes, that's English - Middle English).
The spammer is probably using them to soften up the bayesian filtering (maybe get you to classify so much as spam that you start getting too many false positives and have to wipe your bayesian db, as I have?) so the real spams get through.
Tell Dick Cheney that. Or have you forgotten about the energy policy meeting he refused to disclose even the guest list for?
Because the users are too bloody stupid to learn. "I know I'm not supposed to click attachments, but this one came from Judy and it said 'Hi!'"
Maybe the fact that it is a Windows virus, and most /.ers would boot into Windows except to play Everquest?
So, create program groups based upon function and drag the existing program graup icons into the funcional ones. Problem solved. You could even probably write a quick VisC++ program that would recognize the names of the 200 or so most common apps and arrange the start menu that way for you.
By the way, "Computer, open Office" probably does work in OS X.
Well, the Roman history thing is a lot more complicated than that. Remember that Julius is coming after a long, long period of Civil War, and the Roman war he fought was a war of conquest, while his main rival was fighting off pirates and the like. SW is also partly modeled after Nazi Germany (the Kanzler becoming a dictator and all).
Any posting that can make allusions to Star Trek, Star Wars, and a major East Semitic language written only in cuneiform has to be rated +5 Funny. Nice job.
Which part of it was not bad? Stealing the Mutara Nebula fight from STII? Stealing the death of the logical character from STII? Transferring the memories of the logical character to another character who ends up surviving, just like ... STII?