According to the information the FL. Bar Ass. has on Mark Edward Felstein, he was only admitted to the bar in 3 yrs. ago. If you are currious, click the Find a Lawyer" and see for yourself.
Too bad he's going down such a low path so soon in his carear.
Hear hear. I can't believe how many people are whining about how changing the file system is some sacrilege. When I open/bin with konqueror, it takes measurable seconds to open up because it has gazillion files (amd 700 duron - but not everyone can have the latest gizmos). And not every program one may wish to run is in the launch menu. And deleting a program you relized you don't want? When I run "find" - I go make coffee and have a snack. God forbid I have to try twice.
And some others have complained that there are more important areas of linux to work on. It seems to me that there are a lot of people who are neither complete lusers, nor exalted gurus, people like me who can get around, use the GUI, make simple CLI scripts, compile from sources (and yet do not understand all the available options). It's people like this that would be helped out a lot. And the just "learn" comment I read somewhere else is so self defeating. Without a user base NOT running Windows, before long there will be nothing but windows - you will have to conform to play along. Doing things to make linux better is good. Making the file system understandable is good.
Anyway, I'm just summing my rant under your comment here. Yours was brilliant.
Looking for info in Linux - look for a "howto".
Looking for info about the game of Go - use the koren term "baduk".
Independant musicians should agree on a unique word to aid searchers in finding their sites - something like "indepmusic". Well, that one kinda sucks, but if there was such a word - searching would be way easier.
Reminds me of the "boss key" some older games had, e.g., you're playing at work, see the boss coming, hit the boss key and something possibly work related fills the screen. This sounds about as effective.
E.g., wife/girlfriend/SO walks in the room, you scramble to hide a "secure" window... "what are you doing?"... "errr, nothing, just reading/."... You won't win, either she sees the porn or she believes your hiding emails from an online romance. No matter what, yer screwed.
I recently opened my own business (IAAL). I use Linux on the Desktop. I figure that in MS-Office alone, I saved somewhere between $1200 and $1600 (4 copies). My business partner has been swapping documents with a different office - all in Word format. OOo is seamless in that respect. OOo speaks to MySQL nicely - select a form letter template, select records, hit print - it's a snap. There are some hard things - I'm frustrated with intermittent success getting a USB Clie to talk to Evolution - but the serial cable costs $20 so I've still saved a huge amount of money if I decide to give up on USB.
Windows isn't great - it's just popular (think Brittany Spears). When you are that popular, you don't have to care. Listen to our friend Bill, after saying that some Office documents might not work with other programs: In the interview, Gates said it's up to other companies to ensure interoperability. So if enough people buy into this crap, and I have to share files with them, I'll have to cave in, buy into MS... might as well get some Boyz to Men as well.
Chill out. Note that I said "old story". I didn't claim it to be true, though if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, their may be some truth in it. True or false who cares - it is funny.
Because as of today, you must use their proprietary DL manager which fails on many Macs and won't even run in Linux (it's supposed to - just doesn't work). They've encrypted their.emp file format to exclude 3d party software. No simple right-click and save a link stuff either. Emusic just went down the crapper. I wish people would stop touting it as some digital music messiah.
11. What are the system requirements?
For the highest quality performance, RHAPSODY requires the following:
* Windows XP, Me, 2000, 98 SE or NT 4.0 Service Pack 6
I didn't look real hard for Linux usage but if they have it, it isn't easy to find.
Neilson makes the point that text ads in search engines are not doomed. He notes:
Text-only ads on search engines have become particularly successful in recent years, and non-search sites are now experimenting with this format in hope of replicating that success. However, it's doubtful that their efforts will work because non-search sites lack the equation's crucial element: users' single-minded goal to leave the site as quickly as possible.
He also points out that the ads resemble content to an extent when they are related to a search. It is text ads on any random homepage that are doomed according to Neilson because those ads are not targeted.
This seems awfully sensible - I'm sure most people have used Google's text ads at one point or another because they offered a solution to a particular search. My guess is that most people make a point of avoiding ads on non-search websites, whether text or flashy. I certainly do.
They were under the impression that the entire world would only needs about 5 or 6 computers, total. That's the difference between revolution and evolution.
That's a good point (I hate it when I agree with people who disagree with me!;-). I just need a better analogy perhaps, or perhaps I'm just being dogmatic in regards to Asimov's books - I always loved them.
Knowing the equations to the choices you would make, does not make those choices any less an expression of free will. The math doesn't cause your actions, it only describes them. For example, if you know how fast you are driving, you can calculate how far you will go in two hours. However, the ability to calculate your travel in no way causes you to travel - that is still controlled by your free will. Imagine the fuel savings if this was possible though!
It's been a while since I read the series, but it seems to me that at a certain point, Seldon's predictions failed precisely because of the probabilities involved. I never saw the second foundation as a "bodge" however. It seems pretty intuitive to me that when a science is developed, people will continue to work on it - hasn't that been the case with most things? And the idea that the second foundation should be secret is really just a manifestation that knowledge of an observer changes behavior. And last, why couldn't it account for future technological advances? What is Moore's law? Think of psychohistory as much more advanced equation for predicting a wider range of the future.
Absolutely - it could be incredible. On the other hand, the movie version of Nightfall (an Asimov collaboration with Robert Silverberg) was just dreadful. I'd be especially interested in the Mule - that would be a really neat character if done right.
I spent more time waiting in a line for the opening day of the Fellowship, than I have spent in line in the last three elections combined. I'm usually done, line waiting and voting, in 30 minutes. I waited in line for three hours for the Fellowship so I could get a good seat - I'm sure a lot of people here did that.
It really is not that much of a burden to vote but I must say, I'm glad that those who are uniterested in going to the polls don't go - on average, they probably aren't that up on the issues either. Note I said "on average" - certainly there are a few who feel all the candidates suck, but my guess is that the number of those people pales in comparrison to the numbers of people who just can't be bothered at all. No evidence to support this though - just a guess.
And who says Linux isn't for grandpa - AARP gives Bellingham (unofficially known as the city of subdued excitement) 2nd place for best location to "reinvent your life".
And just what unsafe activity are you doing right now because you were intentionally misled to believe it is OK? Don't know? Of course not, if you did know, you wouldn't have to find out the hard way.
From the readme in the linux version - no idea what the other readmes might say. However, it appears that they are sensitve to the fact that bootloader grub pre-existed their program. They are requesting catchy names. Here is an excerpt:
Notice
======
The main executable has been renamed to "grubclient" out of respect for
the GNU Grub bootloader, who's executable is named "grub". They were out
first, so we decided to pick another name. If you have a catchy suggestion
for a new name, please let us know.
"If we don't provide consumers with our product in a timely manner, pirates will," Eisner said.
This after Eisner was quoted as saying Disney will not let "the threat of piracy keep it from aggressively pursuing business strategies based on new digital technologies, even if that meant rethinking its current business models."
Someone should forward this to our friends in the music industry.
In the article, there is reference to that poor soul recently nabbed for selling mod chips. Now his domain name is the property of the US Gov't. Check it out.
The article also lists four other sites (drug paraphenalia sites 1234) which are blocked by the DEA. Interesting part, click them, now the DEA, FBI whoever knows you checked them out. Disturbing.
So, I made sure I connected to all these links. It would be nice if other people did this too because a high volume of random connects, will essentially make data collection worthless. Anyone know more of these?
You are right on point here - no need to change your mind. In fact, it is already happening. I use Linux in my office. Many of my clients have issues with particular WA state gov't agency. This agency has a computer database system and they allow client's attorneys to view information pertaining to the attorney's clients IF you get a key from some place in Utah. For full on access, it has to be a physical key and costs over $100. I called up and asked if it works with Linux. They said they didn't know. I asked if I could get my money back if I bought it and it didn't work. They said I couldn't. I wish I knew more about the law in this area but it is way out of what I normally do. Still, I feel like researching why it is the State of Washington should be allowed to limit access to only those who run a couple flavors of Windows. With "ensuck" or whatever it's renamed, it WILL get worse.
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According to the information the FL. Bar Ass. has on Mark Edward Felstein, he was only admitted to the bar in 3 yrs. ago. If you are currious, click the Find a Lawyer" and see for yourself.
Too bad he's going down such a low path so soon in his carear.
Hear hear. I can't believe how many people are whining about how changing the file system is some sacrilege. When I open /bin with konqueror, it takes measurable seconds to open up because it has gazillion files (amd 700 duron - but not everyone can have the latest gizmos). And not every program one may wish to run is in the launch menu. And deleting a program you relized you don't want? When I run "find" - I go make coffee and have a snack. God forbid I have to try twice.
And some others have complained that there are more important areas of linux to work on. It seems to me that there are a lot of people who are neither complete lusers, nor exalted gurus, people like me who can get around, use the GUI, make simple CLI scripts, compile from sources (and yet do not understand all the available options). It's people like this that would be helped out a lot. And the just "learn" comment I read somewhere else is so self defeating. Without a user base NOT running Windows, before long there will be nothing but windows - you will have to conform to play along. Doing things to make linux better is good. Making the file system understandable is good.
Anyway, I'm just summing my rant under your comment here. Yours was brilliant.
In fact, the Bellingham (WA) Police Department sent out letters last year suggesting using cd-rs to reduce car prowling - can't pawn a cd-r
Looking for info in Linux - look for a "howto". Looking for info about the game of Go - use the koren term "baduk".
Independant musicians should agree on a unique word to aid searchers in finding their sites - something like "indepmusic". Well, that one kinda sucks, but if there was such a word - searching would be way easier.
Reminds me of the "boss key" some older games had, e.g., you're playing at work, see the boss coming, hit the boss key and something possibly work related fills the screen. This sounds about as effective.
... "what are you doing?" ... "errr, nothing, just reading /." ... You won't win, either she sees the porn or she believes your hiding emails from an online romance. No matter what, yer screwed.
E.g., wife/girlfriend/SO walks in the room, you scramble to hide a "secure" window
I recently opened my own business (IAAL). I use Linux on the Desktop. I figure that in MS-Office alone, I saved somewhere between $1200 and $1600 (4 copies). My business partner has been swapping documents with a different office - all in Word format. OOo is seamless in that respect. OOo speaks to MySQL nicely - select a form letter template, select records, hit print - it's a snap. There are some hard things - I'm frustrated with intermittent success getting a USB Clie to talk to Evolution - but the serial cable costs $20 so I've still saved a huge amount of money if I decide to give up on USB.
... might as well get some Boyz to Men as well.
Windows isn't great - it's just popular (think Brittany Spears). When you are that popular, you don't have to care. Listen to our friend Bill, after saying that some Office documents might not work with other programs: In the interview, Gates said it's up to other companies to ensure interoperability. So if enough people buy into this crap, and I have to share files with them, I'll have to cave in, buy into MS
Maybe someday there will something as cool as the CUI (commandical user interface) I use for my Nomad II mg.
Chill out. Note that I said "old story". I didn't claim it to be true, though if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, their may be some truth in it. True or false who cares - it is funny.
This reminds me of that old story about a guy attaching a jet to his Chevy and killing himself, thus meriting a Darwin Award.
Except the guy with the water rocket car seems far more clever. I want to make one of these myself!
Because as of today, you must use their proprietary DL manager which fails on many Macs and won't even run in Linux (it's supposed to - just doesn't work). They've encrypted their .emp file format to exclude 3d party software. No simple right-click and save a link stuff either. Emusic just went down the crapper. I wish people would stop touting it as some digital music messiah.
Not for me. From the FAQ - Here's what you need:
11. What are the system requirements?
For the highest quality performance, RHAPSODY requires the following:
* Windows XP, Me, 2000, 98 SE or NT 4.0 Service Pack 6
I didn't look real hard for Linux usage but if they have it, it isn't easy to find.
Neilson makes the point that text ads in search engines are not doomed. He notes:
Text-only ads on search engines have become particularly successful in recent years, and non-search sites are now experimenting with this format in hope of replicating that success. However, it's doubtful that their efforts will work because non-search sites lack the equation's crucial element: users' single-minded goal to leave the site as quickly as possible.
He also points out that the ads resemble content to an extent when they are related to a search. It is text ads on any random homepage that are doomed according to Neilson because those ads are not targeted.
This seems awfully sensible - I'm sure most people have used Google's text ads at one point or another because they offered a solution to a particular search. My guess is that most people make a point of avoiding ads on non-search websites, whether text or flashy. I certainly do.
When the number of carpal tunnel syndrome sufferers reaches a critical point, voice input/control will explode.
They were under the impression that the entire world would only needs about 5 or 6 computers, total. That's the difference between revolution and evolution.
;-). I just need a better analogy perhaps, or perhaps I'm just being dogmatic in regards to Asimov's books - I always loved them.
That's a good point (I hate it when I agree with people who disagree with me!
Knowing the equations to the choices you would make, does not make those choices any less an expression of free will. The math doesn't cause your actions, it only describes them. For example, if you know how fast you are driving, you can calculate how far you will go in two hours. However, the ability to calculate your travel in no way causes you to travel - that is still controlled by your free will. Imagine the fuel savings if this was possible though!
It's been a while since I read the series, but it seems to me that at a certain point, Seldon's predictions failed precisely because of the probabilities involved. I never saw the second foundation as a "bodge" however. It seems pretty intuitive to me that when a science is developed, people will continue to work on it - hasn't that been the case with most things? And the idea that the second foundation should be secret is really just a manifestation that knowledge of an observer changes behavior. And last, why couldn't it account for future technological advances? What is Moore's law? Think of psychohistory as much more advanced equation for predicting a wider range of the future.
Absolutely - it could be incredible. On the other hand, the movie version of Nightfall (an Asimov collaboration with Robert Silverberg) was just dreadful. I'd be especially interested in the Mule - that would be a really neat character if done right.
I spent more time waiting in a line for the opening day of the Fellowship, than I have spent in line in the last three elections combined. I'm usually done, line waiting and voting, in 30 minutes. I waited in line for three hours for the Fellowship so I could get a good seat - I'm sure a lot of people here did that.
It really is not that much of a burden to vote but I must say, I'm glad that those who are uniterested in going to the polls don't go - on average, they probably aren't that up on the issues either. Note I said "on average" - certainly there are a few who feel all the candidates suck, but my guess is that the number of those people pales in comparrison to the numbers of people who just can't be bothered at all. No evidence to support this though - just a guess.
And who says Linux isn't for grandpa - AARP gives Bellingham (unofficially known as the city of subdued excitement) 2nd place for best location to "reinvent your life".
And just what unsafe activity are you doing right now because you were intentionally misled to believe it is OK? Don't know? Of course not, if you did know, you wouldn't have to find out the hard way.
From the readme in the linux version - no idea what the other readmes might say. However, it appears that they are sensitve to the fact that bootloader grub pre-existed their program. They are requesting catchy names. Here is an excerpt:
Notice
======
The main executable has been renamed to "grubclient" out of respect for the GNU Grub bootloader, who's executable is named "grub". They were out first, so we decided to pick another name. If you have a catchy suggestion for a new name, please let us know.
hehe - that's great. Thanks!
From the article:
"If we don't provide consumers with our product in a timely manner, pirates will," Eisner said.
This after Eisner was quoted as saying Disney will not let "the threat of piracy keep it from aggressively pursuing business strategies based on new digital technologies, even if that meant rethinking its current business models."
Someone should forward this to our friends in the music industry.
In the article, there is reference to that poor soul recently nabbed for selling mod chips. Now his domain name is the property of the US Gov't. Check it out.
The article also lists four other sites (drug paraphenalia sites 1 2 3 4) which are blocked by the DEA. Interesting part, click them, now the DEA, FBI whoever knows you checked them out. Disturbing.
So, I made sure I connected to all these links. It would be nice if other people did this too because a high volume of random connects, will essentially make data collection worthless. Anyone know more of these?
You are right on point here - no need to change your mind. In fact, it is already happening. I use Linux in my office. Many of my clients have issues with particular WA state gov't agency. This agency has a computer database system and they allow client's attorneys to view information pertaining to the attorney's clients IF you get a key from some place in Utah. For full on access, it has to be a physical key and costs over $100. I called up and asked if it works with Linux. They said they didn't know. I asked if I could get my money back if I bought it and it didn't work. They said I couldn't. I wish I knew more about the law in this area but it is way out of what I normally do. Still, I feel like researching why it is the State of Washington should be allowed to limit access to only those who run a couple flavors of Windows. With "ensuck" or whatever it's renamed, it WILL get worse.