You got it all wrong... people buy new hardware after any Windows/Office release to cope with Bloat.
Perhaps a bit tongue in cheek there, but my upgrades have usually been due to the software I already "owned" which would run annoyingly slow (once it was forced due to hardware breakdown). Heck, I got my first CD-ROM because programs stopped coming on floppies. Of course, an anecdote or two from a single person doesn't qualify as a national trend - still, I bet I'm not the only one whose upgrading is forced by software.
I was about to hit google news to doublecheck this one - it seemed a bit out there. Fortunately, the last couple paragraphs brought things into clear focus.
You can make PDFs in 1.0 as well. Select [print]. You get a printing dialoge box. At the top is a dropdown menu to select a printer to use. Choose the option to print to the PDF converter. This is a long standing feature - OOo 1.1 does a good job of making this old feature more obvious.
" But that's not the biggest problem. For while Etrema currently holds a monopoly on the world's smartest metal, its executives predict that within about seven years competitors will have figured out a way to make Terfenol more cheaply--or worse, to manufacture an even smarter metal. (Etrema's scientists are already hard at work developing Terfenol's successor.)"
Without any fear of competitors, the rate of research would slow down. But because there are wolves at the door, the company will be more productive and innovative. And while it might not be this company that ultimately scores the money jackpot, humans in general will likely be better off through the enhanced development speed (speakers aren't the only application - it appears to have important ones as well).
Space travelers would probably be unimpressed by an eclipse. I'll tell you the real draw: supermarkets. Don't believe me? Take a trip to Japan, then wander through a supermarket - you will be amazed at how fascinating it truly is.
Aliens would probably find most things here interesting because it would be so foreign - and that's all it takes to grab a "person's" attention, something he/she/it hasn't seen before.
"... it is hindering them, especially in serving minority communities"
To expand on this a little bit, it is important for the DOJ to have a group of attorneys with a wide range of experiences. Raw scores on the LSAT or Bar exams are important, but many times, it is the non-legal experience a lawyer has that is most useful to understanding the facts of a case - it is unique experiences that often helps the lawyer pick up on subtle hints which can lead to a factual motherlode.
For example if the players in a case were all Cajuns, I'd want a lawyer who understands Cajun culture because that lawyer will understand the facts better even if he/she didn't graduate from Harvard, 3d in the class. This why diversity should be important to the DOJ. Diversity might make no actual difference when we're talking about assembly line workers, but when understanding other people is crucial to success, diversity is the easiest way to generate that success.
Relax, science doesn't always have to have a purpose. That's how discoveries are often made. Not by "That proves my theory." but "Hey, That's funny..."
You make very good points here. There is a lot of randomness in the way things are discovered. A person may set out to learn about X and then stumble on Y. Or fooling around with something leads to Z discovery. I see this as healthy fooling around.
But I'm confused a bit by the universal translator part of your comment. It would seem that these things were implanted (at least later on). Remember the DS9 episode when Quark gets a new ship, but it's defective, they go back in time, and crash land at Area 51? Their translators are knocked out till Quark gets a bobby pin from the human woman and fixes things up. To that point, the humans spoke gibberish when shot from the Ferengi's perspective, and the Ferengis spoke gibberish when shot from the Hu-mon's perspective.
It seemed like a good plot device to make it clear that "people" use implants to understand one another, at least by DS9's time.
For shock value though, the maggot from farscape that John eats for the translater microbes makes a better scene.
Footnote: I know this whole universal translator chip thing still doesn't explain why Darmok used English words - unless they had enough of the base language to convert to English with meaningless syntax.
Right click in the Xine window space for the menu, select [open]. Alternatively, turn on the GUI (again, right click in window space for menu) and press the open button.
My thoughts exactly. There are some things that should not be near each other. For example, lit matches and gasoline should be kept far apart. And the ability to delete files, should be kept far away from the ability to delete programs. Otherwise, things will go *poof*... even for experienced users. Everyone's mouse finger slips sometimes.
My Nehemiah runs RH9 pretty well, audio automatically detected out of the box etc, plays mp3s just perfectly while I do other things. However, I haven't fiddled around with the video stuff because I don't have a DVD drive.
It isn't perfect - definitely not a speed demon - my old AMD duron 700 (which died this week), was about as responsive, but perhaps that was due to the separate video, audio, lan cards it had.
The Nehemiah isn't as quiet as I had hoped, but it isn't very loud either. In fact, the old hard drive I pulled out of the Duron computer to get at the data is noiser than the Nehemiah. Still, what I really want, is a PC I can't hear at all and runs at Athlon speed. If wishes were horses...
And for those inside the US... these pay systems just localize music.
I used Napster to listen to things we don't get here. It was fun trying to search out music from the rest of the world. Sometimes I found really interesting music I would NEVER have heard on the radio, or found in even the most ecclectic music stores here.
The problem with the current music downloading incarnations, is that they take the ability to share ideas and place control right back into the hands of the people that are producing the current load of pap called pop music. Now, if all a person is interested in is the Beatles or Brittany, the pay sites are going to be cool. But since the RIAA rampage, I feel a certain level of trepidation even using gnutella to search out the international bits that can be so interesting.
Everytime patents come up here, I wonder why the EFF or similar doesn't start patenting things. It would be nice if a public service organization could patent something like "selling stuff" and then license the technology to anyone who agrees to let others use derivative works stemming from that tech. You know, like GPL but for patent licenses.
And none of this excuse-making and selective interpretation could ever remotely be described as "weasely"?
No. Because it isn't excuse making. America was not designed as a Theocracy for a good reason - they are dangerous (look at the middle east ferchrissake). It is hardly "weasely" for the ACLU to avoid taking actions that would encourage theocracy. Rather, it demonstrates a firm adherence to American principles and ideals.
As if religions need legal help in their drive to enslave minds and propogate violence.
Besides, I think if the gov't started mandating any type of religious practice, the ACLU would be there to get in its way. You should be happy for that - the gov't might not advocate your religion.
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You got it all wrong
Perhaps a bit tongue in cheek there, but my upgrades have usually been due to the software I already "owned" which would run annoyingly slow (once it was forced due to hardware breakdown). Heck, I got my first CD-ROM because programs stopped coming on floppies. Of course, an anecdote or two from a single person doesn't qualify as a national trend - still, I bet I'm not the only one whose upgrading is forced by software.
Damn! That was good!
I was about to hit google news to doublecheck this one - it seemed a bit out there. Fortunately, the last couple paragraphs brought things into clear focus.
- since now you can make PDF files
You can make PDFs in 1.0 as well. Select [print]. You get a printing dialoge box. At the top is a dropdown menu to select a printer to use. Choose the option to print to the PDF converter. This is a long standing feature - OOo 1.1 does a good job of making this old feature more obvious.I don't know if it is true or not, but I heard once that the fatal dose of tylenol was around 15 capsules.
- " But that's not the biggest problem. For while Etrema currently holds a monopoly on the world's smartest metal, its executives predict that within about seven years competitors will have figured out a way to make Terfenol more cheaply--or worse, to manufacture an even smarter metal. (Etrema's scientists are already hard at work developing Terfenol's successor.)"
Without any fear of competitors, the rate of research would slow down. But because there are wolves at the door, the company will be more productive and innovative. And while it might not be this company that ultimately scores the money jackpot, humans in general will likely be better off through the enhanced development speed (speakers aren't the only application - it appears to have important ones as well).Space travelers would probably be unimpressed by an eclipse. I'll tell you the real draw: supermarkets. Don't believe me? Take a trip to Japan, then wander through a supermarket - you will be amazed at how fascinating it truly is.
Aliens would probably find most things here interesting because it would be so foreign - and that's all it takes to grab a "person's" attention, something he/she/it hasn't seen before.
- "... it is hindering them, especially in serving minority communities"
To expand on this a little bit, it is important for the DOJ to have a group of attorneys with a wide range of experiences. Raw scores on the LSAT or Bar exams are important, but many times, it is the non-legal experience a lawyer has that is most useful to understanding the facts of a case - it is unique experiences that often helps the lawyer pick up on subtle hints which can lead to a factual motherlode.For example if the players in a case were all Cajuns, I'd want a lawyer who understands Cajun culture because that lawyer will understand the facts better even if he/she didn't graduate from Harvard, 3d in the class. This why diversity should be important to the DOJ. Diversity might make no actual difference when we're talking about assembly line workers, but when understanding other people is crucial to success, diversity is the easiest way to generate that success.
Better ones:
Forget the blockquote thing, on important matters you are completely correct. I remember it now as you mentioned - faulty memory on my part.
- would certianaly destroy the entirety of what we now know as the Internet.
Exactly. Don't you think the AAs would be happy to see the internet dissapear?- Relax, science doesn't always have to have a purpose. That's how discoveries are often made. Not by "That proves my theory." but "Hey, That's funny..."
You make very good points here. There is a lot of randomness in the way things are discovered. A person may set out to learn about X and then stumble on Y. Or fooling around with something leads to Z discovery. I see this as healthy fooling around.Perhaps all the naysayers should pick up this kid's book: Lucky Science: Accidental Discoveries From Gravity to Velcro, with Experiments.
For all those who need an example of "running the gauntlet", may I suggest The Icarus Factor.
I like your sig. Don't let 'em get you down.
Darmok - that episode choked me up ... honest.
But I'm confused a bit by the universal translator part of your comment. It would seem that these things were implanted (at least later on). Remember the DS9 episode when Quark gets a new ship, but it's defective, they go back in time, and crash land at Area 51? Their translators are knocked out till Quark gets a bobby pin from the human woman and fixes things up. To that point, the humans spoke gibberish when shot from the Ferengi's perspective, and the Ferengis spoke gibberish when shot from the Hu-mon's perspective.
It seemed like a good plot device to make it clear that "people" use implants to understand one another, at least by DS9's time.
For shock value though, the maggot from farscape that John eats for the translater microbes makes a better scene.
Footnote: I know this whole universal translator chip thing still doesn't explain why Darmok used English words - unless they had enough of the base language to convert to English with meaningless syntax.
...GUI (again, right click in window space for menu) and press the GUI visibility button.
Teach me to preview!
Right click in the Xine window space for the menu, select [open]. Alternatively, turn on the GUI (again, right click in window space for menu) and press the open button.
Don't forget Xine. It plays most of real media stuff (FAQ).
My thoughts exactly. There are some things that should not be near each other. For example, lit matches and gasoline should be kept far apart. And the ability to delete files, should be kept far away from the ability to delete programs. Otherwise, things will go *poof*
My Nehemiah runs RH9 pretty well, audio automatically detected out of the box etc, plays mp3s just perfectly while I do other things. However, I haven't fiddled around with the video stuff because I don't have a DVD drive.
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It isn't perfect - definitely not a speed demon - my old AMD duron 700 (which died this week), was about as responsive, but perhaps that was due to the separate video, audio, lan cards it had.
The Nehemiah isn't as quiet as I had hoped, but it isn't very loud either. In fact, the old hard drive I pulled out of the Duron computer to get at the data is noiser than the Nehemiah. Still, what I really want, is a PC I can't hear at all and runs at Athlon speed. If wishes were horses
Even so, it will be a long time before you can sample music from Kahzakstan on itunes.
And for those inside the US
I used Napster to listen to things we don't get here. It was fun trying to search out music from the rest of the world. Sometimes I found really interesting music I would NEVER have heard on the radio, or found in even the most ecclectic music stores here.
The problem with the current music downloading incarnations, is that they take the ability to share ideas and place control right back into the hands of the people that are producing the current load of pap called pop music. Now, if all a person is interested in is the Beatles or Brittany, the pay sites are going to be cool. But since the RIAA rampage, I feel a certain level of trepidation even using gnutella to search out the international bits that can be so interesting.
War is Peace
Freedom Is Slavery
Ignorance Is Strength
Windows Is Good
Everytime patents come up here, I wonder why the EFF or similar doesn't start patenting things. It would be nice if a public service organization could patent something like "selling stuff" and then license the technology to anyone who agrees to let others use derivative works stemming from that tech. You know, like GPL but for patent licenses.
And none of this excuse-making and selective interpretation could ever remotely be described as "weasely"?
No. Because it isn't excuse making. America was not designed as a Theocracy for a good reason - they are dangerous (look at the middle east ferchrissake). It is hardly "weasely" for the ACLU to avoid taking actions that would encourage theocracy. Rather, it demonstrates a firm adherence to American principles and ideals.
As if religions need legal help in their drive to enslave minds and propogate violence.
Besides, I think if the gov't started mandating any type of religious practice, the ACLU would be there to get in its way. You should be happy for that - the gov't might not advocate your religion.