You can't look at high school alone to find out why people drop out of high school. You have to look at what's going on in our country, and in our economy. What you would probably find is that a lot of high-schoolers drop out because they need to make a living, or need to supplement their family's income. So it's not just high school that's the problem, it's other factors, factors that mainstream media rarely pick up on.
I tried both and I ended up preferring SideTrack. I wanted a solution that was equivalent to what I'd seen on PC notebooks and this was it. I haven't had stability problems.
I think this is a great feature to have. For those interested in such a feature on an older PowerBook (which I was), check out SideTrack, software that will allow you to set the edge of your trackpad to be a scrolling area.
Good on Apple to include this standard, and the two-finger idea seems neat.
I have two of these keyboards. I've never used them with Windows. Used them with Debian on an old Dell, Gentoo on an iMac and OS X on a Power Mac. They are great keyboards... I guess I'm just supporting what I think Microsoft does right!
Although you are seeing _just_about_ what you're getting on film (or CCD/CMOS sensor, of course), there is one caveat. That is, depth of field. To give you a bright view through the finder to focus and frame your shot, the camera leaves the lens aperture open until it actually takes the shot, even if it is set to shoot with a stopped-down aperture.
This is preferable, of course, but the depth of field you see isn't what you get. You see the scene as if the lens was taken at maximum aperture, which may not be the case. That is why there is a depth of field preview button on just about all SLR cameras. This button temporarily stops down the lens to what it's metered for so you can see the depth of field as it will be when you take the shot. The view is darker if the scene is metered to stop the lens down, but you'll see accurate depth of field.
Apparently you are unaware that Suicide Girls performs live shows at night club venues. Still canned and false (which the site and all the members are), but dynamic and alive.
Remember that SP2 has several new longhorn "features" that were rushed into the service pack in the name of security.
Speaking of rushed security features, I was using a friend's SP2 laptop recently (using SP2 for the first time). It sucked. I figured I'd show her how cool iTunes music sharing is on a campus network. I needed to perform about 5 extra steps! Yes, I really want to download the.zip or whatever from apple. Yes, I really want to open the.zip I just downloaded. Yes, I really want to open the executable installation program that the.zip produced. Yes, I really want to run iTunes now! Christ. I understand that this is to protect idiots (or ignorant users, these two groups are often said to be one group), but this makes everything inconvenient! It's just a sorry state that in order to protect users you must make potentially unsafe operations (that might even be routine) inconvenient as hell.
Yes, I realize I could probably turn off all those precautions, but this was her brand new SP2 machine.
Disagree. Your average Windows 98 user doesn't need to know about or use Linux in order to find BSOD and other crashes aggrivating. People get pissed off about that kind of stuff whether or not they know that there's an alternative where stability problems hardly exist.
So, yes, I think MS having competitors will make them make a better product, but they'd be doing that to some degree on their own. Also, I'm not sure Linspire/Lindows was around or used enough at the time of 2000/XP development for that to have been a direct cause of the improvements in recent Windows releases.
I also think this might be for the best. I've been using Toast since version 4. It's one of the few software utilities that I think are worth my money. Version 5 was worth it, too. Version 6 stinks by comparison. In new hands, I think this product might continue to stink. If Apple took the helm (or anyone else capable of writing good software) they might be able to steer Toast in the right direction.
I've had no such problems connecting to Comcast. I started subscribing about two years ago (before it was Comcast) and this is in the Boston area. When I first got the service, there were no problems. Then I got a router and after telling them the MAC address of the router, that worked fine, too. Do they have different set-up procedures for new customers or in other parts of the country?
In the Windows world, Dell competes against HP who competes against Gateway who competes against Joe Schmoe Computers etc.
Apple may be the only manufacturer of Macintosh computers, but their hardware still competes against the likes of Dell, HP, Gateway, etc. It's not exactly the same competition as Dell vs. HP, but they still compete.
While I share your experience that Virtual PC is slow on Macs, even newer/faster ones, I don't think the performance we've experienced is comparable to PC users using Virtual PC. After all, Macs running Virtual PC are emulating PC hardware, not just creating virtual machines.
Well, even if you're dissatisfied with some new things in The GIMP, is there an alternative you'd prefer? Even if it isn't perfect, it still could be (is) the best option available.
It doesn't matter who made it. It matters that it's in the product that Apple is presenting to the consumer. Just like it doesn't matter than ReiserFS was made outside of the Linux dev community if that's what filesystem I get when I install SuSE Linux.
Companies that hang on to valuable IP just to make money off of infringing companies don't just exist in the software world. They exist in all industries and what they do is completely legal. I once had it explained to me in a way that made it seem ethically sound!
Now, I don't see the distinction. Why is this practice abhorrent in software but fine elsewhere?
Fear of Fraud, by Paul Krugman
Discusses what has happened in the past with electronic voting and what problems we will face in the next presidential election.
Maybe if I had mommy and daddy paying for school, I'd be singing a different tune.
You hit the nail on the head. I'm not sure what the statistics are for who pays for kids to go to college, but certainly not everyone had as hard a life as you did during college. A lot of kids are just sitting pretty, not even a work-study job, and don't even have a very heavy school load. Plenty of time for video games there.
Interestingly, the rich kids who don't have to pay for college often end up at schools like Harvard, which aren't even especially difficult.
Another thing is that the kids who don't have much to do in college might continue to live off their parents for several years after college. No hard work in college and no hard work in the "real world" afterwards. That's what I suspect my brother will be doing soon, him and I are both closer to the "mommy and daddy paying" scenario.
I would argue that games like this actually aren't good for casual gaming. Although you can set yourself up to play short games, if you only play for half an hour at a time, a couple times per week, you aren't "good enough" to play against most people playing online. Often, the opponents are are so far out of the casual player's league, that it's not fun at all. At least, it would take several months to get to a competitive skill level.
It's actually kind of like the issue with MMORPG: there are so many people who play for hours a day that the casual people are out of luck.
Last I checked, this ruling has nothing to do with "draconian legislation like the DMCA." This was one specific ruling regarding one product. Not something nearly as broad as the DMCA.
Here in Massachusetts, and I imagine in most states, your car's windows are required to transmit a certain percentage of light. You can't tint them more than the government says. This is one way in which the government limits car modification. Obviously, though, that's for safety, not for protection of intellectual property.
"Would Ford sue you for removing the rev limiter from your Focus?"
No, Ford wouldn't, but this comparison doesn't work. We all know that one of the main uses (I couldn't say the main for sure) for mod chipping is piracy. Theft of intellectual property is rarely, if ever, part of modifying one's car, clothing or house.
I have an old TV in my basement. I estimate it's from the 50s, but I don't know when for sure. I'd estimate that the screen itself isn't larger than the 20", but the whole box is probably three feet wide by two feet tall by two feet deep. I'm bad at estimating weight, but it's probably weighs more than our semi-modern 27" CRT Sony.
Will Office Depot take this? It's only 20", after all.;)
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You can't look at high school alone to find out why people drop out of high school. You have to look at what's going on in our country, and in our economy. What you would probably find is that a lot of high-schoolers drop out because they need to make a living, or need to supplement their family's income. So it's not just high school that's the problem, it's other factors, factors that mainstream media rarely pick up on.
I tried both and I ended up preferring SideTrack. I wanted a solution that was equivalent to what I'd seen on PC notebooks and this was it. I haven't had stability problems.
I think this is a great feature to have. For those interested in such a feature on an older PowerBook (which I was), check out SideTrack, software that will allow you to set the edge of your trackpad to be a scrolling area. Good on Apple to include this standard, and the two-finger idea seems neat.
I have two of these keyboards. I've never used them with Windows. Used them with Debian on an old Dell, Gentoo on an iMac and OS X on a Power Mac. They are great keyboards... I guess I'm just supporting what I think Microsoft does right!
Although you are seeing _just_about_ what you're getting on film (or CCD/CMOS sensor, of course), there is one caveat. That is, depth of field. To give you a bright view through the finder to focus and frame your shot, the camera leaves the lens aperture open until it actually takes the shot, even if it is set to shoot with a stopped-down aperture. This is preferable, of course, but the depth of field you see isn't what you get. You see the scene as if the lens was taken at maximum aperture, which may not be the case. That is why there is a depth of field preview button on just about all SLR cameras. This button temporarily stops down the lens to what it's metered for so you can see the depth of field as it will be when you take the shot. The view is darker if the scene is metered to stop the lens down, but you'll see accurate depth of field.
Is it just the built-in microphone or does this happen with a headset too?
Apparently you are unaware that Suicide Girls performs live shows at night club venues. Still canned and false (which the site and all the members are), but dynamic and alive.
Remember that SP2 has several new longhorn "features" that were rushed into the service pack in the name of security.
.zip or whatever from apple. Yes, I really want to open the .zip I just downloaded. Yes, I really want to open the executable installation program that the .zip produced. Yes, I really want to run iTunes now! Christ. I understand that this is to protect idiots (or ignorant users, these two groups are often said to be one group), but this makes everything inconvenient! It's just a sorry state that in order to protect users you must make potentially unsafe operations (that might even be routine) inconvenient as hell.
Speaking of rushed security features, I was using a friend's SP2 laptop recently (using SP2 for the first time). It sucked. I figured I'd show her how cool iTunes music sharing is on a campus network. I needed to perform about 5 extra steps! Yes, I really want to download the
Yes, I realize I could probably turn off all those precautions, but this was her brand new SP2 machine.
I remember playing Nibbles that a friend had modified so that your snake never stops growing. That was tricky!
Disagree. Your average Windows 98 user doesn't need to know about or use Linux in order to find BSOD and other crashes aggrivating. People get pissed off about that kind of stuff whether or not they know that there's an alternative where stability problems hardly exist. So, yes, I think MS having competitors will make them make a better product, but they'd be doing that to some degree on their own. Also, I'm not sure Linspire/Lindows was around or used enough at the time of 2000/XP development for that to have been a direct cause of the improvements in recent Windows releases.
Why would the RIAA care about MP3s of a radio talk show?
I also think this might be for the best. I've been using Toast since version 4. It's one of the few software utilities that I think are worth my money. Version 5 was worth it, too. Version 6 stinks by comparison. In new hands, I think this product might continue to stink. If Apple took the helm (or anyone else capable of writing good software) they might be able to steer Toast in the right direction.
I've had no such problems connecting to Comcast. I started subscribing about two years ago (before it was Comcast) and this is in the Boston area. When I first got the service, there were no problems. Then I got a router and after telling them the MAC address of the router, that worked fine, too. Do they have different set-up procedures for new customers or in other parts of the country?
In the Windows world, Dell competes against HP who competes against Gateway who competes against Joe Schmoe Computers etc.
Apple may be the only manufacturer of Macintosh computers, but their hardware still competes against the likes of Dell, HP, Gateway, etc. It's not exactly the same competition as Dell vs. HP, but they still compete.
While I share your experience that Virtual PC is slow on Macs, even newer/faster ones, I don't think the performance we've experienced is comparable to PC users using Virtual PC. After all, Macs running Virtual PC are emulating PC hardware, not just creating virtual machines.
Well, even if you're dissatisfied with some new things in The GIMP, is there an alternative you'd prefer? Even if it isn't perfect, it still could be (is) the best option available.
It doesn't matter who made it. It matters that it's in the product that Apple is presenting to the consumer. Just like it doesn't matter than ReiserFS was made outside of the Linux dev community if that's what filesystem I get when I install SuSE Linux.
Companies that hang on to valuable IP just to make money off of infringing companies don't just exist in the software world. They exist in all industries and what they do is completely legal. I once had it explained to me in a way that made it seem ethically sound! Now, I don't see the distinction. Why is this practice abhorrent in software but fine elsewhere?
Fear of Fraud, by Paul Krugman Discusses what has happened in the past with electronic voting and what problems we will face in the next presidential election.
I would argue that games like this actually aren't good for casual gaming. Although you can set yourself up to play short games, if you only play for half an hour at a time, a couple times per week, you aren't "good enough" to play against most people playing online. Often, the opponents are are so far out of the casual player's league, that it's not fun at all. At least, it would take several months to get to a competitive skill level. It's actually kind of like the issue with MMORPG: there are so many people who play for hours a day that the casual people are out of luck.
Last I checked, this ruling has nothing to do with "draconian legislation like the DMCA." This was one specific ruling regarding one product. Not something nearly as broad as the DMCA.
Here in Massachusetts, and I imagine in most states, your car's windows are required to transmit a certain percentage of light. You can't tint them more than the government says. This is one way in which the government limits car modification. Obviously, though, that's for safety, not for protection of intellectual property.
"Would Ford sue you for removing the rev limiter from your Focus?"
No, Ford wouldn't, but this comparison doesn't work. We all know that one of the main uses (I couldn't say the main for sure) for mod chipping is piracy. Theft of intellectual property is rarely, if ever, part of modifying one's car, clothing or house.
I have an old TV in my basement. I estimate it's from the 50s, but I don't know when for sure. I'd estimate that the screen itself isn't larger than the 20", but the whole box is probably three feet wide by two feet tall by two feet deep. I'm bad at estimating weight, but it's probably weighs more than our semi-modern 27" CRT Sony.
Will Office Depot take this? It's only 20", after all. ;)