I was an openly-agnostic Boy Scout with openly-agnostic parents. My own experience was mixed.
Things inside the troop were great. We camped, hiked, built bridges with only rope and wood poles (3 wrappings, 4 frappings), hiked through deserts with nothing but a compass, map & the pack on our back. In short, my Boy Scout life focused on all those adventures that Boy Scouts should have. I'm thrilled that I had the opportunity for that week-long canoe camping trip, snorkeling in the Pacific and all those opportunities to stare at the crystal-clear stars in the sky.
I was in the same troop from ages 13-18, a leader in the troop, Senior patrol leader for 3 years, etc. This troop had a proud tradition going back to 1946. Just about everyone in the troop was Christian, including our Scoutmaster. I always felt included, and I can't remember any conflicts with my Troop Leadership about religion.
This was just in my Boy Scout Troop. When I went outside my Troop and interacted with the Boy Scout Council leadership, the leadership was definitely focused on their own interpretations of what "Morally Straight" or what "duty to God". This was in the late 1980's, and I think the BSA introduced the "Declaration of Religious Principle" after my time.
This would be a killer feature as even GMail seems to do it wrong (threading by subject text instead of message Id)
Gmail is not alone--- From what I've seen, many email clients ignore Message-ID and instead group by the Subject. The "Message-ID", "References", "In-Reply-To:", etc. fields are usually not implemented in the UI.
Heaven forbid that someone change the subject of an email!
Export restrictions started during the cold war, and lasted through multiple American administrations, with State Department as the point man. Before the early 90s, all encryption standards were either weak, or contained a backdoor.
This was brought to a head during the early 90s, when Phil Zimmerman and others released PGP to the world.
There's also Microsoft's Unix subsystem, but it's not widely used, so not widely supported.
And honestly, when was the last time Microsoft released an update for this software? It was released in early 2004 and never seemed to get another update from what I could tell.
I need to use Windows for various reasons. However, I also want a powerful commandline, and I'm used to many of the GNU and Linux tools. It's hard to beat any of these:
rsync -avz ~/src/application app1.example.com: ls --color wget --spider www.example.com vi foo for host in HOST1 HOST2 HOST3 DB1 DB5; do ssh $HOST 'cat/etc/issue'; done ssh -X host.corp.example.com/usr/bin/some-Xwindow-application
Sure, some applications already exist on Windows, but many of these do not.
Since I'm running all these commands, why not take it a step further and organize my workspace with a bunch of terminal windows using term or rxvt (Much better then the default Cygwin window).
I've been using Cygwin for these tasks for years, but Cygwin is buggy and not always up to date. I'd love a little more competition in this area.
> I think that in order for linux to be really ready, someone has to suck it up, and include mp3 and dvd playing out of the box.
I tried to play MP3s & a few DIVX videos 2+ months ago.
My memory is fuzzy, but the experience went something like this: I double clicked on the icon, the media player application started and said "You don't have the right software to play this file. Do you want to download it?", I clicked yes, I might have clicked on legal readme, and in 30 seconds Ubuntu had installed the codec and I was playing MP3s.
It was painless. Windows isn't that easy, and instead gives some obscure error because it can't play a video codec. Good luck figuring out which codec you need.
With terms like ATSC, NTSC, DTV, HDTV, SDTV, EDTV, HDTV-Ready, DVI, HDMI, VHF, UHF; companies, salespeople and government workers using confusing terms like "HDTV Antennas", television multicasting (Which is really 'multiplexing'), "Yes, all you need is a converter box! You don't need a new antenna!", "All you need is a UHF antenna", etc. who wouldn't be confused?
Nobody ever claimed the switch is to strictly HD tv.
Go to any store and ask for DTV that isn't HDTV. You probably won't find anything except blank stares. They are pretty uncommon.
The antenna will receive the Over-the-Air television broadcast, but will not convert the DTV signal for your analog TV. You need a Converter Box to convert the DTV broadcast and output the signal your analog TV.
Also, you need a good VHF/UHF antenna for DTV signals. With Analog TV, a poor signal meant that the picture was snowy, contained echos, or is poor quality but still watchable. With DTV, a poor signal *may* make the broadcast unwatchable (the digital TV will blink in and out). See http://dtvfacts.com/102/do-i-need-a-new-antenna-to-get-digital-tv/ for a good summary.
Remember--- HDTV and DTV are different things. DTV is "Digital Television". "HDTV" is "High-Definition Television". Not all DTV signals are HDTV.
I'm in a similar situation. We watch broadcast TV and DVDs. We don't have cable or satellite. I just picked up a nice 37-inch analog TV (manufactured in 2005) for $100, and now I'm looking into DTV converter boxes.
Rule Number 0 of geek humor. Be funny! Rule Number 0.1 of geek humor. Be ironic! Rule Number 0.2 of geek humor. Be dry!..... Rule Number 0.9999999... of geek humor. Be real!
Ever our governor once said "Oregon: a nice place to visit, but please don't stay."
And on the other hand, the Oregonian government encourages some people to stay.
For a while, the Oregon state government and the Oregon chamber of commerce advertised in California. I remember seeing billboards and signs in San Francisco BART stations which say things like:
"Come move to Oregon, we're cheaper then California!" "Bring your business to Oregon, we'll give you a tax break."
Just last week I saw an ad encouraging California businesses to establish an office in Oregon.
Google + Yahoo! wouldn't fly with the antitrust regulators.
Yahoo is looking at an alliance with Google, not a merger. Antitrust regulators don't have much power over two companies entering a business agreement.
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I was uh, merely quoting what I read on the Wikipedia page.
But I got a sash for it, so I got that going for me.
What about the cold oatmeal for breakfast? Camping in the cow field, narrowly missing the cow stampede? Bad inductee, no Brotherhood for you!
I was an openly-agnostic Boy Scout with openly-agnostic parents. My own experience was mixed.
Things inside the troop were great. We camped, hiked, built bridges with only rope and wood poles (3 wrappings, 4 frappings), hiked through deserts with nothing but a compass, map & the pack on our back. In short, my Boy Scout life focused on all those adventures that Boy Scouts should have. I'm thrilled that I had the opportunity for that week-long canoe camping trip, snorkeling in the Pacific and all those opportunities to stare at the crystal-clear stars in the sky.
I was in the same troop from ages 13-18, a leader in the troop, Senior patrol leader for 3 years, etc. This troop had a proud tradition going back to 1946. Just about everyone in the troop was Christian, including our Scoutmaster. I always felt included, and I can't remember any conflicts with my Troop Leadership about religion.
This was just in my Boy Scout Troop. When I went outside my Troop and interacted with the Boy Scout Council leadership, the leadership was definitely focused on their own interpretations of what "Morally Straight" or what "duty to God". This was in the late 1980's, and I think the BSA introduced the "Declaration of Religious Principle" after my time.
Does the Sun think it's a Star or something?
This would be a killer feature as even GMail seems to do it wrong (threading by subject text instead of message Id)
Gmail is not alone--- From what I've seen, many email clients ignore Message-ID and instead group by the Subject. The "Message-ID", "References", "In-Reply-To:", etc. fields are usually not implemented in the UI.
Heaven forbid that someone change the subject of an email!
Export restrictions started during the cold war, and lasted through multiple American administrations, with State Department as the point man. Before the early 90s, all encryption standards were either weak, or contained a backdoor.
This was brought to a head during the early 90s, when Phil Zimmerman and others released PGP to the world.
There's also Microsoft's Unix subsystem, but it's not widely used, so not widely supported.
And honestly, when was the last time Microsoft released an update for this software? It was released in early 2004 and never seemed to get another update from what I could tell.
phatlinux isn't the same thing at all. Ulteo and andLinux let me run Windows and Linux at the same time.
phatlinux is just an installer. If you want to use Linux, you still need to reboot.
I think the fancy word you may be looking for is sand. NASA uses all sorts of fancy words, such as dirt & soil.
Go ahead and call it dirt.
On Earth, dirt is part of the Regolith. I'm not sure if dirt, sand, etc. are always regolith.
I need to use Windows for various reasons. However, I also want a powerful commandline, and I'm used to many of the GNU and Linux tools. It's hard to beat any of these:
/etc/issue'; done /usr/bin/some-Xwindow-application
rsync -avz ~/src/application app1.example.com:
ls --color
wget --spider www.example.com
vi foo
for host in HOST1 HOST2 HOST3 DB1 DB5; do ssh $HOST 'cat
ssh -X host.corp.example.com
Sure, some applications already exist on Windows, but many of these do not.
Since I'm running all these commands, why not take it a step further and organize my workspace with a bunch of terminal windows using term or rxvt (Much better then the default Cygwin window).
I've been using Cygwin for these tasks for years, but Cygwin is buggy and not always up to date. I'd love a little more competition in this area.
Do Russians use matches of unusal size or something?
The third terror of the Fire Swamp.
"Matches Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist."
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/
Most young kids will love it. You can argue if it's educational or not, but that debate itself may be educational.
"Why is it not art Daddy? It looks like my dwawings."
Other fun possibilities:
> Go north
This is space you idiot. There is no 'north'. What, next you want to go 'up'?
> Go east
This is space you idiot. There is no 'north'. What, next you want to go 'up'?
> Go up
Ok, fine. You go up. And up. And up. And up... forever. This is space, remember? No gravity, no friction, floating forever. Next time, bring a rope.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
You are in a maze of twisty little nothing, all alike.
I thought the SBC browser was IE, with some branding. That's what they gave me when I signed up for SBC/Yahoo DSL years ago. Gee, Thanks.
> I think that in order for linux to be really ready, someone has to suck it up, and include mp3 and dvd playing out of the box.
I tried to play MP3s & a few DIVX videos 2+ months ago.
My memory is fuzzy, but the experience went something like this: I double clicked on the icon, the media player application started and said "You don't have the right software to play this file. Do you want to download it?", I clicked yes, I might have clicked on legal readme, and in 30 seconds Ubuntu had installed the codec and I was playing MP3s.
It was painless. Windows isn't that easy, and instead gives some obscure error because it can't play a video codec. Good luck figuring out which codec you need.
Back in my day, monitors only displayed one color: black!
You need new glasses. The power button is right *there* (points).
With terms like ATSC, NTSC, DTV, HDTV, SDTV, EDTV, HDTV-Ready, DVI, HDMI, VHF, UHF; companies, salespeople and government workers using confusing terms like "HDTV Antennas", television multicasting (Which is really 'multiplexing'), "Yes, all you need is a converter box! You don't need a new antenna!", "All you need is a UHF antenna", etc. who wouldn't be confused?
Nobody ever claimed the switch is to strictly HD tv.
Go to any store and ask for DTV that isn't HDTV. You probably won't find anything except blank stares. They are pretty uncommon.
You should get an antenna and a converter box.
The antenna will receive the Over-the-Air television broadcast, but will not convert the DTV signal for your analog TV. You need a Converter Box to convert the DTV broadcast and output the signal your analog TV.
Also, you need a good VHF/UHF antenna for DTV signals. With Analog TV, a poor signal meant that the picture was snowy, contained echos, or is poor quality but still watchable. With DTV, a poor signal *may* make the broadcast unwatchable (the digital TV will blink in and out). See http://dtvfacts.com/102/do-i-need-a-new-antenna-to-get-digital-tv/ for a good summary.
Remember--- HDTV and DTV are different things. DTV is "Digital Television". "HDTV" is "High-Definition Television". Not all DTV signals are HDTV.
I'm in a similar situation. We watch broadcast TV and DVDs. We don't have cable or satellite. I just picked up a nice 37-inch analog TV (manufactured in 2005) for $100, and now I'm looking into DTV converter boxes.
Rule Number 1 of geek humor: Be accurate.
... ..
Rule Number 0 of geek humor. Be funny!
Rule Number 0.1 of geek humor. Be ironic!
Rule Number 0.2 of geek humor. Be dry!
Rule Number 0.9999999... of geek humor. Be real!
How about the "Tubes to Nowhere"?
Oooo, and now I have the webpage !
Slashdot ate my HTML... that should read:
Oooo, and now I have the webpage <title>
A cookie! I got a cookie everyone! ...
Oooo, and now I have the webpage !
Ever our governor once said "Oregon: a nice place to visit, but please don't stay."
And on the other hand, the Oregonian government encourages some people to stay.
For a while, the Oregon state government and the Oregon chamber of commerce advertised in California. I remember seeing billboards and signs in San Francisco BART stations which say things like:
"Come move to Oregon, we're cheaper then California!"
"Bring your business to Oregon, we'll give you a tax break."
Just last week I saw an ad encouraging California businesses to establish an office in Oregon.
Google + Yahoo! wouldn't fly with the antitrust regulators.
Yahoo is looking at an alliance with Google, not a merger. Antitrust regulators don't have much power over two companies entering a business agreement.