Hell, just have it do our homework, they predicted way back in the 70's that computers would be able to do kids homework by 2000. While we're at it, let's have them work on how we can start engineering cities and vehicles so we can live like the Jetsons.
That seems weird, maybe they ment FC1 or FC2. Either way, that screws slackware users like me over!
At least it's not like HDTV tuners for TV's, so it accepts both digital and analog.
Newsweek
That's right, it's by newsweek. That means it's an article written by an idiot, for idiots. Try to find any citations from the article for any of their facts. In fact, try doing that with any article ever written published by Newsweek. Call me when you find one. Also look how they had to correct the article after the author messed up with SCO's history.
Okay, so "it" is not neuter, and neither is "one"....
I say to hell with the people that can't understand the usage of the word "one." And you wonder why the average Britain's reading level is an educated 6th grader (according to the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3641634.stm ) In all honesty, the only time that I read anything that has a broadend vocabulary is when I read The Scientist ( http://www.the-scientist.com )
Um, I think Windows just made the good things that they have popular, try to find 1 thing that Microsoft actually created and didn't aquire the idea from somewhere else, or lift part of the code from somwhere else?
Make sure that nothing is showing that might tempt a passerby.
Possibly get a dog, if your mom wants a pet, but make sure she can still manage the dog. I suggest not getting a pitbull, as those things can get out of hand pretty easily. Perhaps something like a Schnauzer would be better (not miniature, perhaps even a Giant if you wanted the fear factor to increase)
Have her double-check that everything is locked. You'd be surprised how people can forget to lock a car door, close the garage door when the head off to work, etc.
I'm personally against floodlights. Maybe it's just because where I live, they're an annoyance, but I find them ugly and have more negatives than positives. Once again, double-check doors are locked, garage doors are down, windows closed and locked, and nothing valuable is showing.
http://www.google.com/linux
That should help them out a lot. Also, be sure to teach them the basics of networking and how to set that up. For example, if these are clients on a network, be sure to explain the difference between Static IP and DHCP, as well as how to set each type up.
It reminds me of the video of the 10 minute Super Mario Bro's game. Shouldn't these people find something better to do?
*Looks at self*
Oh, right, right....
Meh, I still like my turntable. I just wish that the records didn't cost an arm and a leg.... That reminds me, I've got to pick up some speakers some time. I'm thinking of a set of Klipsche (around $300 each...), so they're expensive for me (a student,) but not over-the-top-can't-hear-the-difference-between-$10 00-and-$1500-speakers.
Oh, and why would anyone that thinks mp3's and the like think they're an audiophile? Honestly, if you're a true one, you'll stick with vinyl, not with 320kb/s MP3's, or worse yet, saying that 128kb/s MP3's are truely CD-Quality, and thinking that, even though they don't know that first statement is false, that CD's are better than vinyl in good condition....
The hard part isn't installing the packages. I agree that it's tedious because you need to find the correct packages for certain programs, and they don't include them all in one(which I understand why, because not everyone wants to waste space on their machines with things they'll never use), but I havn't figured out how to UNINSTALL with RedHat7.2 or 7.3. Does anybody know?
The problem with BURNING THINGS is that you get ASH. Did anybody read the article in News Week where some Penn. incinerator was ordered to dispose 14 TONS of ash? They dumbed 4 on I think South Africa, telling them it was fertilizer, but by the time the country found out, the ship was gone. It was sailing for some 10-20 odd years, and finally dumped 10 tons in the Indian Ocean. You see, if we burn things, we're increasing the heat on Earth, and we still have the remaining carbon to find a place to use...
Could we absorb as much as we don't need, then dispose it another way? Back in the 80's and 90's, the US and Canada tried to create a gun that would be able to shoot objects into space more efficiently than using space shuttles. They didn't quite get the distance(they welded two battleship cannons together, end-on-end), but they got a 180mile range on the thing. If we could find a way to get a more powerful gun, we could absorb the heat we don't want(which melts the polar ice caps and will eventually re-create Noah's Ark, except this time not by God's work,) and then cool down the Earth.
I know it would take engergy to fire the cannons, but if we could dispose more than we use with those, we'd be off to a better start...
I can see fields of windmills and solar pannels together, but that would have to be in the desert or tundra. Otherwise, we'd better use windpower and try to decrease the friction in all of our motors to make things like cars, refrigerators, and anything else more energy-efficient. The idea of having light-powered things for motors is an excellent idea, but it's only really practical for powerstations and outdoor equipment like tractors(which would require A LOT of light in order for it to perform the way it's ment to.)
It's that Hollywood wants more anti-pirating protection, requiring that every TV has a box on top to filter out pirated media. I don't get it, maybe they just want money because they want to be the ones who make that, but wouldn't that also mean we can't watch home videos?
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Hell, just have it do our homework, they predicted way back in the 70's that computers would be able to do kids homework by 2000. While we're at it, let's have them work on how we can start engineering cities and vehicles so we can live like the Jetsons.
would it be easier or harder to get caught dwi?
That seems weird, maybe they ment FC1 or FC2. Either way, that screws slackware users like me over! At least it's not like HDTV tuners for TV's, so it accepts both digital and analog.
Looks like SOMEbody taped a condensed copy of Star Wars when it was on USA or TBS or something....
Yeah, imagine what we could do with two telescopes! We could have better 3d images!
Newsweek That's right, it's by newsweek. That means it's an article written by an idiot, for idiots. Try to find any citations from the article for any of their facts. In fact, try doing that with any article ever written published by Newsweek. Call me when you find one. Also look how they had to correct the article after the author messed up with SCO's history.
Okay, so "it" is not neuter, and neither is "one".... I say to hell with the people that can't understand the usage of the word "one." And you wonder why the average Britain's reading level is an educated 6th grader (according to the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3641634.stm ) In all honesty, the only time that I read anything that has a broadend vocabulary is when I read The Scientist ( http://www.the-scientist.com )
Um, I think Windows just made the good things that they have popular, try to find 1 thing that Microsoft actually created and didn't aquire the idea from somewhere else, or lift part of the code from somwhere else?
Make sure that nothing is showing that might tempt a passerby. Possibly get a dog, if your mom wants a pet, but make sure she can still manage the dog. I suggest not getting a pitbull, as those things can get out of hand pretty easily. Perhaps something like a Schnauzer would be better (not miniature, perhaps even a Giant if you wanted the fear factor to increase) Have her double-check that everything is locked. You'd be surprised how people can forget to lock a car door, close the garage door when the head off to work, etc. I'm personally against floodlights. Maybe it's just because where I live, they're an annoyance, but I find them ugly and have more negatives than positives. Once again, double-check doors are locked, garage doors are down, windows closed and locked, and nothing valuable is showing.
http://www.google.com/linux That should help them out a lot. Also, be sure to teach them the basics of networking and how to set that up. For example, if these are clients on a network, be sure to explain the difference between Static IP and DHCP, as well as how to set each type up.
But when the multiple choice tests start to deduct points for wrong answers, I'd rather take the essay test....
It reminds me of the video of the 10 minute Super Mario Bro's game. Shouldn't these people find something better to do? *Looks at self* Oh, right, right....
Meh, I still like my turntable. I just wish that the records didn't cost an arm and a leg.... That reminds me, I've got to pick up some speakers some time. I'm thinking of a set of Klipsche (around $300 each...), so they're expensive for me (a student,) but not over-the-top-can't-hear-the-difference-between-$10 00-and-$1500-speakers.
Oh, and why would anyone that thinks mp3's and the like think they're an audiophile? Honestly, if you're a true one, you'll stick with vinyl, not with 320kb/s MP3's, or worse yet, saying that 128kb/s MP3's are truely CD-Quality, and thinking that, even though they don't know that first statement is false, that CD's are better than vinyl in good condition....
The hard part isn't installing the packages. I agree that it's tedious because you need to find the correct packages for certain programs, and they don't include them all in one(which I understand why, because not everyone wants to waste space on their machines with things they'll never use), but I havn't figured out how to UNINSTALL with RedHat7.2 or 7.3. Does anybody know?
The problem with BURNING THINGS is that you get ASH. Did anybody read the article in News Week where some Penn. incinerator was ordered to dispose 14 TONS of ash? They dumbed 4 on I think South Africa, telling them it was fertilizer, but by the time the country found out, the ship was gone. It was sailing for some 10-20 odd years, and finally dumped 10 tons in the Indian Ocean. You see, if we burn things, we're increasing the heat on Earth, and we still have the remaining carbon to find a place to use...
Could we absorb as much as we don't need, then dispose it another way? Back in the 80's and 90's, the US and Canada tried to create a gun that would be able to shoot objects into space more efficiently than using space shuttles. They didn't quite get the distance(they welded two battleship cannons together, end-on-end), but they got a 180mile range on the thing. If we could find a way to get a more powerful gun, we could absorb the heat we don't want(which melts the polar ice caps and will eventually re-create Noah's Ark, except this time not by God's work,) and then cool down the Earth. I know it would take engergy to fire the cannons, but if we could dispose more than we use with those, we'd be off to a better start...
I can see fields of windmills and solar pannels together, but that would have to be in the desert or tundra. Otherwise, we'd better use windpower and try to decrease the friction in all of our motors to make things like cars, refrigerators, and anything else more energy-efficient. The idea of having light-powered things for motors is an excellent idea, but it's only really practical for powerstations and outdoor equipment like tractors(which would require A LOT of light in order for it to perform the way it's ment to.)
It's that Hollywood wants more anti-pirating protection, requiring that every TV has a box on top to filter out pirated media. I don't get it, maybe they just want money because they want to be the ones who make that, but wouldn't that also mean we can't watch home videos?