You may well be right, however, your certainty may be misplaced--after all, there are many safeguards in place to prevent 'losing' nukes, yet that's exactly what happened last summer at Minot AF base...
Is it a coincidence that Obama is the only one not accepting Lobbyist $$$$ ? I think not...
This is what is meant by Clinton's 'pragmatism'--she obviously is trying to triangulate her way through this,
giving herself an out, while still keeping her fingers in the telecom honey pot.
I was undecided up to this point, however, today I made my decision, and gave money to Obama. I hope others do the same.
Isn't this their argument for not paying the writers for downloads?
Shakespeare, relevant as evah.
Best of the Rest: Dead Reverend's Rubber Fetish
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While the nominees this year are, as always, quite deserving, I can't believe this guy didn't make the list:
Dead Reverend's Rubber Fetish
Autopsy: Pastor found in wetsuits after autoerotic mishap
OCTOBER 8--An Alabama minister who died in June of "accidental mechanical asphyxia" was found hogtied and wearing two complete wet suits, including a face mask, diving gloves and slippers, rubberized underwear, and a head mask, according to an autopsy report. Investigators determined that Rev. Gary Aldridge's death was not caused by foul play and that the 51-year-old pastor of Montgomery's Thorington Road Baptist Church was alone in his home at the time he died (while apparently in the midst of some autoerotic undertaking). While the Montgomery Advertiser, which first obtained the autopsy records, reported on Aldridge's two wet suits, the family newspaper chose not to mention what police discovered inside the minister's rubber briefs. Aldridge served as the church's pastor for 16 years. Immediately following his death, church officials issued a press release asking community members to "please refrain from speculation" about what led to Aldridge's demise, adding that, "we will begin the healing process under the strong arm of our Savior, Jesus Christ." (5 pages)
I think that the RIAA witchhunt says a lot about the State of the Union; apparently, 'stolen' teenybopper music is worth billions of dollars,
yet, the 'lost' private data of millions of US citizens is worth...nothing.
I have a friend who used to work for a merch company that did KISS stuff, who spilled the unsuprising fact that Gene is the biggest whore in the rock biz (this is all Gene's doing, plus a little from Paul--they cut out all the other members years ago).
There are KISS condoms, a KISS coffeeshop, probably a KISS douchebag, and the piece de resistance, the KISS Kasket
It should come as no suprise that Gene has zero interest in anybody who's not a potential customer, or who's not a chick.
Here is some well-meaning advice from our IT department that gives great insight into this mess:
TIP #5: Good Passwords
Never write down your password! Instead, try to come up with passwords that are hard to guess but easy to remember. For example, you could use the first letters of a favorite rhyme and add some special characters. Such as:
Hickory dickory dock, the mouse went up the clock.
Might become: Hd2,tmwutc.
Do ya *really* think that 'Hd2,tmwutc.' is easy to remember? If so, you must be an IT pro! If not, you are merely human.
I wonder if some Music Biz exec is sensing an opportunity here, in re-remastering classic albums to help restore all this lost tonality. Is this compression present even in the marquee remastered CDs?
Nothing like buying Dark Side of the Moon for the fourth or fifth time!
In tfa, there's a picture of Mr. Peters standing in front of his desk--notice how Mr. Peters' hands are strategically placed to hide his 'obscenity detector,' which somehow brings to mind the old Woody Allen line, 'Sex is dirty only if it's done right.' Seriously, I think there is something miswired in these guys brains, whereby they are attracted to pornography, but cannot cop to it, thus forcing them to mask their desire in a socially acceptable way!
Also, I wonder if this guy is any relation to the nutjob Peters Brothers, whose 30 year campaign against satanism in rock and roll has yielded similar results to 'Morality in Media,' ie. zero.
from the Beeb:
Pop superstar Sir Elton John once spent £30m in just under two years - an average of £1.5m a month, the High Court in London has heard.
The singer's lavish lifestyle saw him spend more than£9.6m on property and £293,000 on flowers between January 1996 and September 1997.
Time's is hard, 'ay Elton? Flowers and knightships don't come for cheap!
However, you are neglecting the other parameter: if the width of the target is infinite, then the distance to its center is also infinite
semantical difference--'infinite' in this context means the far edge of the target, ie. the window/screen, so that when you 'throw' your mouse at it, it can only go so far.
therefore, the idea of the 'distance to center' is a misnomer, imo. perhaps I didn't read closely enough?
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Bruce Tognazzini in this post, the orginal Apple Human Interface guru, and popularizer of Fitts' Law in the UI world: A Quiz Designed to Give You Fitts
Agreed--we've gone through many universal remotes, before finding the Logitech Harmony 890. The best feature of it apropos to your comment is that the screen has a row of 4-5 buttons down either side of it, with the button 'labels' appearing onscreen, so that each time there's a modal change, the display changes to tell you each button's function. It's also scene-capable, and maps the controls to each scene, so that if you're in, say Home Theater mode, the volume controls will adjust your receiver's volume, but when you're in TV mode, it will adjust the TV's volume. It's also programmable via computer/usb cable--some people say programming it is hard, but my wife (who, to be fair, is a geek), has found it to work pretty well.
From the plaintiff's letter to the judge:
While we appreciate Ms. Peterlin's accomplishments, we are
nonetheless surprised that her biography does not include any apparent references to professional activity concerning patents or trademarks, in either a practical, corporate, academic, or publishing capacity. http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2007/06/letter-questions -credentials-of.html
Also, given the Cheney/Bush regime's attempts to politicize all levels of our government, usually at the expense of competency, *every one* of their appointments should be viewed with extreme jaundice. See Gonzalez, Alberto, amongst many others.
Bono voted for a pay raise for members of Congress in 2005. In May 2006, she stated in a subcomittee hearing on the extension of copyright law that her regular $165,200 congressional salary was not enough to pay for her son Chesare's college expenses. She said that were it not for her late husband Sonny's royalties, she "could not afford college for [her] son." Along with college expenses, she had to pay for new cars for both her and Chesare. Chesare, Chez for short, planned to attend USC in the fall of 2006; the school estimates yearly expenses to be $46,966.[6] In 2006, it was reported that she had received $30,000 from the later-indicted Jack Abaramoff.[7][8] In her official 2005 filing, Bono stated that her income from royalties and dividends was between US$402,000 and US$3.3 million. [9]
Bono was a leading proponent of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act or so-called "Mickey Mouse Law", which extended the terms of copyright, a bill which the Church of Scientology supported so that they could keep access to their scriptures and OTIII documents.[10] Giving a speech on the floor of Congress in favor of the bill, Bono said:
Actually, Sonny wanted the term of copyright protection to last forever. I am informed by staff that such a change would violate the Constitution. . . . As you know, there is also [Motion Picture Association of America president] Jack Valenti's proposal for the term to last forever less one day. Perhaps the Committee may look at that next Congress.[11]
That Jack Abramoff, such a smart, friendly, likeable man--I'm sure she really didn't even *want* the 30k, but she felt like she *had* to take it, lest she risk offending him!
imo, it's not a good sign for a tech company when somebody from Advertising takes over--'Innovation' then morphs into something like 'resized layout grid to fit in more ads.'
Obviously, you come from outside the pro graphics world--the GIMP lacks basic functionality (such as CMYK colorspace for one), and is simply not ready for prime-time in this arena.
In other words, if Johnny takes the Gimp route, he's going to find himself dealing with a bunch of issues that may be fun for geeks to overcome, but in this case, would take him away from the real task of image editing, unencumbered by software limitations.
Photoshop is expensive because it's the best of breed by a wide margin, and Adobe knows it.
I agree that Adobe has put a lot into Photoshop over the years, however, from my perspective, they are adding Word-like bloat--while the workflow additions are probably helpful to some, and whizzy filters to others, imo, most Pro users are using the base functionality added from PS2-PS5. (I started with PS2, having used Digital Darkroom prior to that). Most everything I do in Photoshop involves curves, sharpening and some layer effects, all of which can be done with PS5--the rest is just 'gilding the lilly.'
First thought:
M$ must really be grasping at straws to have to stoop to an ethos-based defense...since it's the first time i've ever heard of a Microsoft ethos other than 'Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.'
Second thought:
Wasn't there a recent article on/. wondering where all the MS hobbyists are? Hmmm, makes you really wonder, doesn't it?
Third thought:
GPLv3 = the meteor
Microsoft = the dinosaur
Sorry to inform the computing world about this, but Ellsworth Kelly owns Red, Green and Blue. Please switch all of your monitors to grayscale immediately, or send a check for $10,000 c/o the ARS - Artists Ripoff Society.
Oklahoma is the target of international cyberterrorist efforts--look at the heroic efforts of the brave IT Manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma, after Linux extremists took over his city website!
really? they're going to ship Vista on Macs and Linux boxen then? did M$ sneak a bill through the Congress that requires every new computer anyone buys to include Vista?
I for one will be very happy to never own a copy of Vista--i've already got all the 'righteous eye candy' that I need, and all of the other 'features' that were listed...OS X, the future, today!
the 12/05 issue of The New Yorker has a great profile of Carter, including his process, and developing Verdana. It also talks about the difference between print and screen design--imo, rendering fonts onscreen is like drawing in sand, compared to print. The rules of typography for screen are very different, so it's good to have somebody of Carter's background and expertise to show us the way.
I guess i'll have to grudgingly give it to Microsoft for hiring Carter to do Verdana;>
the problem with serifed fonts is that at small sizes (10p), the serifs are too fine to be rendered properly on the monitor, thus giving many serifed fonts a 'crumbled' and illegible look. also, on a font like Bodoni, the bowls, ascenders and descenders are so fine that they tend to disappear.
less text across a column isn't necessarily a 'good thing' either---if there's too little text on a line, the reader is too busy scanning left to right, thus destroying the continuity and actually slowing comprehension.
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You may well be right, however, your certainty may be misplaced--after all, there are many safeguards in place to prevent 'losing' nukes, yet that's exactly what happened last summer at Minot AF base...
RIAA's Rosen 'writing Iraq copyright laws
See Greg Palast's 'Armed Madhouse' for more information--apparently, this is what 'we' are fighting for!
Is it a coincidence that Obama is the only one not accepting Lobbyist $$$$ ? I think not... This is what is meant by Clinton's 'pragmatism'--she obviously is trying to triangulate her way through this, giving herself an out, while still keeping her fingers in the telecom honey pot. I was undecided up to this point, however, today I made my decision, and gave money to Obama. I hope others do the same.
Isn't this their argument for not paying the writers for downloads? Shakespeare, relevant as evah.
Dead Reverend's Rubber Fetish
Autopsy: Pastor found in wetsuits after autoerotic mishap
OCTOBER 8--An Alabama minister who died in June of "accidental mechanical asphyxia" was found hogtied and wearing two complete wet suits, including a face mask, diving gloves and slippers, rubberized underwear, and a head mask, according to an autopsy report. Investigators determined that Rev. Gary Aldridge's death was not caused by foul play and that the 51-year-old pastor of Montgomery's Thorington Road Baptist Church was alone in his home at the time he died (while apparently in the midst of some autoerotic undertaking). While the Montgomery Advertiser, which first obtained the autopsy records, reported on Aldridge's two wet suits, the family newspaper chose not to mention what police discovered inside the minister's rubber briefs. Aldridge served as the church's pastor for 16 years. Immediately following his death, church officials issued a press release asking community members to "please refrain from speculation" about what led to Aldridge's demise, adding that, "we will begin the healing process under the strong arm of our Savior, Jesus Christ." (5 pages)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/1008072scuba1.html
Keep fiddling Nero--Rome is burning!
I have a friend who used to work for a merch company that did KISS stuff, who spilled the unsuprising fact that Gene is the biggest whore in the rock biz (this is all Gene's doing, plus a little from Paul--they cut out all the other members years ago). There are KISS condoms, a KISS coffeeshop, probably a KISS douchebag, and the piece de resistance, the KISS Kasket It should come as no suprise that Gene has zero interest in anybody who's not a potential customer, or who's not a chick.
Here is some well-meaning advice from our IT department that gives great insight into this mess:
TIP #5: Good Passwords
Never write down your password! Instead, try to come up with passwords that are hard to guess but easy to remember. For example, you could use the first letters of a favorite rhyme and add some special characters. Such as:
Hickory dickory dock, the mouse went up the clock.
Might become: Hd2,tmwutc.
Do ya *really* think that 'Hd2,tmwutc.' is easy to remember? If so, you must be an IT pro! If not, you are merely human.
I wonder if some Music Biz exec is sensing an opportunity here, in re-remastering classic albums to help restore all this lost tonality. Is this compression present even in the marquee remastered CDs? Nothing like buying Dark Side of the Moon for the fourth or fifth time!
Also, I wonder if this guy is any relation to the nutjob Peters Brothers, whose 30 year campaign against satanism in rock and roll has yielded similar results to 'Morality in Media,' ie. zero.
from the Beeb: Pop superstar Sir Elton John once spent £30m in just under two years - an average of £1.5m a month, the High Court in London has heard. The singer's lavish lifestyle saw him spend more than£9.6m on property and £293,000 on flowers between January 1996 and September 1997. Time's is hard, 'ay Elton? Flowers and knightships don't come for cheap!
semantical difference--'infinite' in this context means the far edge of the target, ie. the window/screen, so that when you 'throw' your mouse at it, it can only go so far. therefore, the idea of the 'distance to center' is a misnomer, imo. perhaps I didn't read closely enough?
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Bruce Tognazzini in this post, the orginal Apple Human Interface guru, and popularizer of Fitts' Law in the UI world: A Quiz Designed to Give You Fitts
Agreed--we've gone through many universal remotes, before finding the Logitech Harmony 890. The best feature of it apropos to your comment is that the screen has a row of 4-5 buttons down either side of it, with the button 'labels' appearing onscreen, so that each time there's a modal change, the display changes to tell you each button's function. It's also scene-capable, and maps the controls to each scene, so that if you're in, say Home Theater mode, the volume controls will adjust your receiver's volume, but when you're in TV mode, it will adjust the TV's volume. It's also programmable via computer/usb cable--some people say programming it is hard, but my wife (who, to be fair, is a geek), has found it to work pretty well.
From the plaintiff's letter to the judge: While we appreciate Ms. Peterlin's accomplishments, we are nonetheless surprised that her biography does not include any apparent references to professional activity concerning patents or trademarks, in either a practical, corporate, academic, or publishing capacity. http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2007/06/letter-questions -credentials-of.html
Also, given the Cheney/Bush regime's attempts to politicize all levels of our government, usually at the expense of competency, *every one* of their appointments should be viewed with extreme jaundice. See Gonzalez, Alberto, amongst many others.
Bono was a leading proponent of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act or so-called "Mickey Mouse Law", which extended the terms of copyright, a bill which the Church of Scientology supported so that they could keep access to their scriptures and OTIII documents.[10] Giving a speech on the floor of Congress in favor of the bill, Bono said: Actually, Sonny wanted the term of copyright protection to last forever. I am informed by staff that such a change would violate the Constitution. . . . As you know, there is also [Motion Picture Association of America president] Jack Valenti's proposal for the term to last forever less one day. Perhaps the Committee may look at that next Congress.[11]
source: Wikipedia: Mary Bono
That Jack Abramoff, such a smart, friendly, likeable man--I'm sure she really didn't even *want* the 30k, but she felt like she *had* to take it, lest she risk offending him!
imo, it's not a good sign for a tech company when somebody from Advertising takes over--'Innovation' then morphs into something like 'resized layout grid to fit in more ads.'
Obviously, you come from outside the pro graphics world--the GIMP lacks basic functionality (such as CMYK colorspace for one), and is simply not ready for prime-time in this arena. In other words, if Johnny takes the Gimp route, he's going to find himself dealing with a bunch of issues that may be fun for geeks to overcome, but in this case, would take him away from the real task of image editing, unencumbered by software limitations. Photoshop is expensive because it's the best of breed by a wide margin, and Adobe knows it.
I agree that Adobe has put a lot into Photoshop over the years, however, from my perspective, they are adding Word-like bloat--while the workflow additions are probably helpful to some, and whizzy filters to others, imo, most Pro users are using the base functionality added from PS2-PS5. (I started with PS2, having used Digital Darkroom prior to that). Most everything I do in Photoshop involves curves, sharpening and some layer effects, all of which can be done with PS5--the rest is just 'gilding the lilly.'
First thought: M$ must really be grasping at straws to have to stoop to an ethos-based defense...since it's the first time i've ever heard of a Microsoft ethos other than 'Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.' Second thought: Wasn't there a recent article on /. wondering where all the MS hobbyists are? Hmmm, makes you really wonder, doesn't it?
Third thought:
GPLv3 = the meteor
Microsoft = the dinosaur
Sorry to inform the computing world about this, but Ellsworth Kelly owns Red, Green and Blue. Please switch all of your monitors to grayscale immediately, or send a check for $10,000 c/o the ARS - Artists Ripoff Society.
http://www.tuttletimes.com/siteSearch/apstorysecti on/local_story_088201244.html
Clearly, no measures are too extreme to protect the vulnerable citizens of Oklahoma from what evils lie within.
really? they're going to ship Vista on Macs and Linux boxen then? did M$ sneak a bill through the Congress that requires every new computer anyone buys to include Vista? I for one will be very happy to never own a copy of Vista--i've already got all the 'righteous eye candy' that I need, and all of the other 'features' that were listed...OS X, the future, today!
the 12/05 issue of The New Yorker has a great profile of Carter, including his process, and developing Verdana. It also talks about the difference between print and screen design--imo, rendering fonts onscreen is like drawing in sand, compared to print. The rules of typography for screen are very different, so it's good to have somebody of Carter's background and expertise to show us the way.
I guess i'll have to grudgingly give it to Microsoft for hiring Carter to do Verdana;>
the problem with serifed fonts is that at small sizes (10p), the serifs are too fine to be rendered properly on the monitor, thus giving many serifed fonts a 'crumbled' and illegible look. also, on a font like Bodoni, the bowls, ascenders and descenders are so fine that they tend to disappear.
less text across a column isn't necessarily a 'good thing' either---if there's too little text on a line, the reader is too busy scanning left to right, thus destroying the continuity and actually slowing comprehension.
Use Windows and find your own tech support!