seems people can't tell the diffrence between "SciFinder Scholar" and "google Scholar", caus you know SciFinder sounds sooo much like google, they both have a single e in them!!
great, now i find out the stuff in LCDs canbad for you... That that apply to the LCD displays in most calculators to? because as a kid i was always smashing them when the calculator broke lol.
hmm i want to learn 35mm before i start playing with largeformat:P i think i'm to used to dSLRs right now lol ANd a good canon film cam is only couple 100, and my dSLR is canon is ic an use all my lenses with both;)
What do you recomend in terms for a large format camera?
I used linux to compare MS to as thats what everone around here does. And its the next biggest at what 5 % lol
i wasn't saying its MS's fault just saying why poeple complain about MS. and this isn't just about XP SP2 just microsoft and linux in general. there is a reason why linux poeple complain about MS.
here are some major diffs between linux and MS, and why linux poeple are frustrated by windows and bash MS because of it.
linux - you run 1 application to update everything. applications libs drivers ect. So if kernal patch A breaks driver B, driver B will be updated. when the user updates the kernal and patch will be updated and user has no problems.
mac - nothing will break, its a mac:) they only have mac hardward mac drivers and the like.
microsoft - you run 1 application to update the system, kernal and core drivers. it breaks some old application or driver. user updates, driver or application no longer works and user has to find a 3rd party patch and hope one exists. Not MS's fault but its STILL a problem on windows.
linux - all kernal drivers in the kernal tree are open source, so the kernal devs know what is being used and what isn't. If they update something that changes the way drivers interact with the kernal they can go and update all the drivers so no problems for user. Also theyc an delete old code, break and then fix existing code and drivers all without fear of breaking drivers because they can fix them all. there are very few binary only drivers for linux (as far as i know). same goes with applications but not so much.
microsoft - devs want to change how a well established kernal call works. But can't from fear of breaking older drivers. They don't know who is useing it? So they create a new API call or expand the old one increasing code complecity, size and leaveing old possibly dead code. Change breaks an old driver, user can't use the driver anymore. And it does happen.
the win32 API has stuff kicking around from win16 in windows 95 and 3.1 still....
linux - except for kernal updates (RARE!) you never have to reboot afterwards.
windows - after EVERY windows update you have to reboot, multiple times sometimes!
linux - a problem is found, then fixed then update posted. and problems this update causes are found quickly and fixed and then thoese updates go out (if i understand the process correctly) either way updates happen fast. Not only security updates but functionality and features to.
microsoft - security updates posted pretty often then service packs every couple months. vulns stay around for months unfixed, holes aren't published untill after the fix (much later then discovered usualy)
linux - dynamicly linked applications.If there is a problem in a C runtime lib a simple fix will update and fix ALL linux applications on the system without updateing them. unless staicly compilied witch isn't often.
microsoft - staticly linked for many things, DLLs for others, for some you have to recomplie the problem othres you just have to update the DLL depedning on the update (often).
yea its not microsofts fault, its really just their design and the choices they have made over the years have made it easy for 3rd party stuff to break and hard to fix it. that they are slowly fixing. But linux people will complain when they are used to how easily debian and other modren dist handles updates. If you run debian stable for instance. you will NEVER have any updates break anything, It is rock solid and NEVER breaks. Debian stable is just that, stable.
not to say linux isn't perfect. But it does have its strengths and this is one of them. you won't have update problems or version dep problems unless you install something outside of the package manager, and if you do that you probaly know enough to handle it.
By design windows will have more problems with 3rd party drivers and apps then linux. There are reasons why linux does what it dose the way it does. It is all about OS design diffrence.
a firewall breaking an app isn't much of a problem but in past updates there have been major problems and chances are there will also be a few breaks this time around.
1 button mice. I hate 1 button mice. 1 button mice on the mac or evil and useless. I mean what the hell is with 1 button? i like 5 myself but i could settle for 2 and a mouse wheel. Why must apple stick with that dmaned 1 button. i mean get a life err new mouse apple!! Don't just tell me i can buy a new one either, I want an offical 5 button iMouse damnit.
That is something negitive baout apple so there! other then that i love macs:) don't use em for lack of $ but they are still great.
as far as i can tell msot of their ads on TV don't mention appy, just ipod + itunes = whatever ahd stuff. So maybe they are keeping "apple" out of it for the most part?
i dunno, probaly because when linux fixes something nothing much breaks and if it does its fixed fast. But with microsoft they are constanly fixing and breaking things more often (their own bad software with software they can't test agaist?) but no one goes back and fixes all the broken software and thoses that are fixed aren't fixed fast.
also when a fix in linux breaks something you don't have to go find the obsecure patch that fixes it bceause when you updated A that broke B you also get updates for B, so the chance that you update A because B is also updated is pretty small if you are a home user. The unified patching for debian and redhat really makes it easy on the user when you can run a single command to update EVERYTHING in your system.
with windows if SP2 or whatever breaks something, driver or app, your fucked untill you can find a fix if any exists. You need to update everything individualy.
So basicly the windows way is bad and painful to use. and the linux was is nice and easy for once:)
microsoft is fucked if they do and fucked if they don't truely with this. And they will never beable to change bceause their API is so hacked togeather to keep everything working they are always going to be breaking things and because most windows apps are closed source they cant' go and fix thigns they break like linux.
so people bitch at microsoft because they have no one else to bitch at for this? and i guess it IS microsofts fault for chooseing to make everything backwards compatible....
my god your like the grandparent. overly sensitive.
he said men TEND to.. there is a diffrent between TEND and ARE. stop freaking out about non existant "Sexist" comments and get a life. "political correstness" is just a pain in the ass. If i want to say somethign i'm going to say it "PC" or not. Dont' like it don't listen (or read it). i'm sick of poeple getting all up in arms about something someone said or wrote bceause its "Sexist" or "Raceist"
Times have changed... things are not like aaht anymore so ANY example from mroe then 10 years ago is a totaly moot point.
and there plenty of women up at my university. granted in most applied sci classes (ensc cmpt) many more men, but of course in fine arts, history, music, crim, and physc plenty more women then men. in fact there are more women at my univeristy then men! so fuck off about this "women have barries in school" crap.
now a days if a women wants to go into EE comp sci or whatever there is nothing stopping her, in fact there are plenty of people and organizations HELPING her So in fact women have an advantage over men if anything.Its their choices if they don't want to go into ensc or cmpt and instead choose physc or history or something else.
and there are plenty more diffrences then strengh in men and women.... brain chemistry, brain function, attitudes, behaviour, ect. It is very true that on avgerage women think diffrent then men. There are many diffreces between the sexes besides physical strength or ability. wake up. Maybe it is true men are more likely to go into a technical field due to how their brains work. Or maybe women tend to find other fields more enjoyable so they go into those. who knows, who cares.
Yes poeple go to university because they want to be something, or learn something, and for that exact same reason kids would take highschool classes. Because they want ot learn or be something so they would take them to GET into university or have the skills for the job they want to have.
If they dont' want ot have a job, ah well, they are still required to take X courses to graduate.
true, but SUVs should be taxed more to discourge their use because a) they pollute more b) they incure more damages when accidents happen c) i also belive they are usualy exempt from fuel useage standards... but i could be wrong.
Taxing them a bit more and riseing the bar for large truck/SUV ownership would push people to get a smaller car unless they really needed it.
You could even put a provision in the tax that allows those who have good reason to be exempt
eating healty and sleeping well are TOTALY diffrent for haveing useless knowlage in ones head. The first ture are 100% good for you and ther eis NO question taht vegtables and lots of sleep are healthy and good. And well peas are just 1 vegtable that can always be replaced by another vegtable, there is nor eason to force a kid to eat peas when he/she will eat another healty equiv vegtable
Frankly how many people NEED to know plate tectonics? just how usefull is that to a manager, biz man, programmer, clerk, tradesmen, truck driver? not usefull at all. Its something that if you want to know about it you go look it up.
The school system here isn't like that at all, each student is treated the same. period. unless your in the "special class"
>>"but overall they will kknow and keep more knowlage and give them a chance to sample many diffrent type sof clsses if they so want to."
>No, they'll be experts on body shop and PE, and not be able to make a resume, or calculate interest. Allowing students to avoid things they don't like is dumb, as it shows them that hard work and persevering through tough times isn't necessary.
And if that was true why does anyone go to university? collage? Why does any student take IT12? math12? any sci12? its not needed for graduation, ditto to shop eletronics law arts french?
If what you said was ture these classes would be empty. But they arn't. Give kids options and only force (because otherwise yes there are those who wouldn't go at all) them to pick a minimum of classes and they will have to and thus they will learn, an dno they won't all be expects with PE or body shop bceause that won't get them enough "credits" to graduate
Maybe johnny doesn't want to learn plate techtonics? Why should he be forced to learn it?
The only required subjects should be math and english. And even then not to the degree math is no and not english lit, grammer and spelling.
The problem with the current school system is that it assumes everyon learns the same way and forces them to learn a large range of things that they will simpley forget once then ware out of highschool.
And for a student who is not going to collage or university they should be learning a trade, or other skills that could help them. But they key thing is they should pick it. Not be forced to learn it. if you force somsone to learn somethging they won't learn it, they will remeber it for the test and then forget it.
Just say you need X credits to pass highschool and let the students pick enough courses to get that number. Just doing that i think would allow for a much happier student body and allow for more educated students, true not all going to know the same things but overall they will kknow and keep more knowlage and give them a chance to sample many diffrent type sof clsses if they so want to.
And i hate that if theres a fast student and a slow student the fast student is held back. Give the fast stuend all the amterial and let then go on ahead on their own if they want.
umm well see if VU was looking out for themsleves they would demand that it be "activated" so poeple WOULD go out and buy a copy.
I think most who are going to use steam already have but right now theres plenty of poeple who are going to buy the box and then once they get home and can't play it return it, ie VU loseing money.
This is a bad thing for both VU and valve and the customers. And its not makeing a good impression with copy protection like this. I know i will not be buying HL2 at all now.
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but sience when have the courts been won over by commen sense? Or large corperations? Or laws make sense?
just what is the plannet, errr.. states becmming?
Thats about it...
seems people can't tell the diffrence between "SciFinder Scholar" and "google Scholar", caus you know SciFinder sounds sooo much like google, they both have a single e in them!!
great, now i find out the stuff in LCDs canbad for you... That that apply to the LCD displays in most calculators to? because as a kid i was always smashing them when the calculator broke lol.
Or just color LCDs?
problem is with trackers outside of the USA...
hmm i want to learn 35mm before i start playing with largeformat:P i think i'm to used to dSLRs right now lol ANd a good canon film cam is only couple 100, and my dSLR is canon is ic an use all my lenses with both;)
What do you recomend in terms for a large format camera?
Thats exactly why i got a dSLR. i dont' have to worry about cost of film or wasting a shot. Allows for much more experimentation
But i do plan on getting a 35m, and a large format camera once i get better at photography.
ok well fine, 95% of all updates... And ANY security or system update. (of course isntalling the journal viewer update doesn't require a reboot
Sure its not their responsiblity. But thats a problem you have on windows MS's fault or not.
I used linux to compare MS to as thats what everone around here does. And its the next biggest at what 5 % lol
i wasn't saying its MS's fault just saying why poeple complain about MS. and this isn't just about XP SP2 just microsoft and linux in general. there is a reason why linux poeple complain about MS.
here are some major diffs between linux and MS, and why linux poeple are frustrated by windows and bash MS because of it.
linux - you run 1 application to update everything. applications libs drivers ect. So if kernal patch A breaks driver B, driver B will be updated. when the user updates the kernal and patch will be updated and user has no problems.
mac - nothing will break, its a mac:) they only have mac hardward mac drivers and the like.
microsoft - you run 1 application to update the system, kernal and core drivers. it breaks some old application or driver. user updates, driver or application no longer works and user has to find a 3rd party patch and hope one exists. Not MS's fault but its STILL a problem on windows.
linux - all kernal drivers in the kernal tree are open source, so the kernal devs know what is being used and what isn't. If they update something that changes the way drivers interact with the kernal they can go and update all the drivers so no problems for user. Also theyc an delete old code, break and then fix existing code and drivers all without fear of breaking drivers because they can fix them all. there are very few binary only drivers for linux (as far as i know). same goes with applications but not so much.
microsoft - devs want to change how a well established kernal call works. But can't from fear of breaking older drivers. They don't know who is useing it? So they create a new API call or expand the old one increasing code complecity, size and leaveing old possibly dead code. Change breaks an old driver, user can't use the driver anymore. And it does happen.
the win32 API has stuff kicking around from win16 in windows 95 and 3.1 still....
linux - except for kernal updates (RARE!) you never have to reboot afterwards.
windows - after EVERY windows update you have to reboot, multiple times sometimes!
linux - a problem is found, then fixed then update posted. and problems this update causes are found quickly and fixed and then thoese updates go out (if i understand the process correctly) either way updates happen fast. Not only security updates but functionality and features to.
microsoft - security updates posted pretty often then service packs every couple months. vulns stay around for months unfixed, holes aren't published untill after the fix (much later then discovered usualy)
linux - dynamicly linked applications.If there is a problem in a C runtime lib a simple fix will update and fix ALL linux applications on the system without updateing them. unless staicly compilied witch isn't often.
microsoft - staticly linked for many things, DLLs for others, for some you have to recomplie the problem othres you just have to update the DLL depedning on the update (often).
yea its not microsofts fault, its really just their design and the choices they have made over the years have made it easy for 3rd party stuff to break and hard to fix it. that they are slowly fixing. But linux people will complain when they are used to how easily debian and other modren dist handles updates. If you run debian stable for instance. you will NEVER have any updates break anything, It is rock solid and NEVER breaks. Debian stable is just that, stable.
not to say linux isn't perfect. But it does have its strengths and this is one of them. you won't have update problems or version dep problems unless you install something outside of the package manager, and if you do that you probaly know enough to handle it.
By design windows will have more problems with 3rd party drivers and apps then linux. There are reasons why linux does what it dose the way it does. It is all about OS design diffrence.
a firewall breaking an app isn't much of a problem but in past updates there have been major problems and chances are there will also be a few breaks this time around.
1 button mice. I hate 1 button mice. 1 button mice on the mac or evil and useless. I mean what the hell is with 1 button? i like 5 myself but i could settle for 2 and a mouse wheel. Why must apple stick with that dmaned 1 button. i mean get a life err new mouse apple!! Don't just tell me i can buy a new one either, I want an offical 5 button iMouse damnit.
That is something negitive baout apple so there! other then that i love macs:) don't use em for lack of $ but they are still great.
i really think apple records has no case bceause ask anyone who apple is they will point at apple computer.
You lose your trademark if you don't defend it right? or it becomes common knowlage.
thou frankly "apple" is a commom word so neither should beable to clain ownershio of "apple"
"itunes" isn't "apple" eh:P?
as far as i can tell msot of their ads on TV don't mention appy, just ipod + itunes = whatever ahd stuff. So maybe they are keeping "apple" out of it for the most part?
activation *cough* activation
legal copy or not i don't use anything with activation. Or buy for that matter. windows 2000 activationless forever.
i dunno, probaly because when linux fixes something nothing much breaks and if it does its fixed fast. But with microsoft they are constanly fixing and breaking things more often (their own bad software with software they can't test agaist?) but no one goes back and fixes all the broken software and thoses that are fixed aren't fixed fast.
also when a fix in linux breaks something you don't have to go find the obsecure patch that fixes it bceause when you updated A that broke B you also get updates for B, so the chance that you update A because B is also updated is pretty small if you are a home user. The unified patching for debian and redhat really makes it easy on the user when you can run a single command to update EVERYTHING in your system.
with windows if SP2 or whatever breaks something, driver or app, your fucked untill you can find a fix if any exists. You need to update everything individualy.
So basicly the windows way is bad and painful to use. and the linux was is nice and easy for once:)
microsoft is fucked if they do and fucked if they don't truely with this. And they will never beable to change bceause their API is so hacked togeather to keep everything working they are always going to be breaking things and because most windows apps are closed source they cant' go and fix thigns they break like linux.
so people bitch at microsoft because they have no one else to bitch at for this? and i guess it IS microsofts fault for chooseing to make everything backwards compatible....
my god your like the grandparent. overly sensitive.
he said men TEND to.. there is a diffrent between TEND and ARE. stop freaking out about non existant "Sexist" comments and get a life. "political correstness" is just a pain in the ass. If i want to say somethign i'm going to say it "PC" or not. Dont' like it don't listen (or read it). i'm sick of poeple getting all up in arms about something someone said or wrote bceause its "Sexist" or "Raceist"
Times have changed... things are not like aaht anymore so ANY example from mroe then 10 years ago is a totaly moot point.
and there plenty of women up at my university. granted in most applied sci classes (ensc cmpt) many more men, but of course in fine arts, history, music, crim, and physc plenty more women then men. in fact there are more women at my univeristy then men! so fuck off about this "women have barries in school" crap.
now a days if a women wants to go into EE comp sci or whatever there is nothing stopping her, in fact there are plenty of people and organizations HELPING her So in fact women have an advantage over men if anything.Its their choices if they don't want to go into ensc or cmpt and instead choose physc or history or something else.
and there are plenty more diffrences then strengh in men and women.... brain chemistry, brain function, attitudes, behaviour, ect. It is very true that on avgerage women think diffrent then men. There are many diffreces between the sexes besides physical strength or ability. wake up. Maybe it is true men are more likely to go into a technical field due to how their brains work. Or maybe women tend to find other fields more enjoyable so they go into those. who knows, who cares.
peaking at the dealers cards IS cheating. this isn't and neither is card counting.
Your missing my point.
Yes poeple go to university because they want to be something, or learn something, and for that exact same reason kids would take highschool classes. Because they want ot learn or be something so they would take them to GET into university or have the skills for the job they want to have.
If they dont' want ot have a job, ah well, they are still required to take X courses to graduate.
steam is fine, i don't have any problem with steam,
But i do have a problem when you buy the retail version and THEN have to "activate it" to play single player.
www.suprnova.org -> games -> half-life 2
bittorrent download, fast, and works.
That is how hard it is to pirate a game nowadays.
umm stupid copyprotection is the reason why prices have gone up as more and more of the price goes towards paying for the copy protection.
No copyprotection means games can be cheaper.
and pirates can never be stopped, its like the war on drugs, theres no hope for a win.
true, but SUVs should be taxed more to discourge their use because
a) they pollute more
b) they incure more damages when accidents happen
c) i also belive they are usualy exempt from fuel useage standards... but i could be wrong.
Taxing them a bit more and riseing the bar for large truck/SUV ownership would push people to get a smaller car unless they really needed it.
You could even put a provision in the tax that allows those who have good reason to be exempt
that is why i said english grammer and math should be required:)
eating healty and sleeping well are TOTALY diffrent for haveing useless knowlage in ones head. The first ture are 100% good for you and ther eis NO question taht vegtables and lots of sleep are healthy and good. And well peas are just 1 vegtable that can always be replaced by another vegtable, there is nor eason to force a kid to eat peas when he/she will eat another healty equiv vegtable
Frankly how many people NEED to know plate tectonics? just how usefull is that to a manager, biz man, programmer, clerk, tradesmen, truck driver? not usefull at all. Its something that if you want to know about it you go look it up.
The school system here isn't like that at all, each student is treated the same. period. unless your in the "special class"
>>"but overall they will kknow and keep more knowlage and give them a chance to sample many diffrent type sof clsses if they so want to."
>No, they'll be experts on body shop and PE, and not be able to make a resume, or calculate interest. Allowing students to avoid things they don't like is dumb, as it shows them that hard work and persevering through tough times isn't necessary.
And if that was true why does anyone go to university? collage? Why does any student take IT12? math12? any sci12? its not needed for graduation, ditto to shop eletronics law arts french?
If what you said was ture these classes would be empty. But they arn't. Give kids options and only force (because otherwise yes there are those who wouldn't go at all) them to pick a minimum of classes and they will have to and thus they will learn, an dno they won't all be expects with PE or body shop bceause that won't get them enough "credits" to graduate
Maybe johnny doesn't want to learn plate techtonics? Why should he be forced to learn it?
The only required subjects should be math and english. And even then not to the degree math is no and not english lit, grammer and spelling.
The problem with the current school system is that it assumes everyon learns the same way and forces them to learn a large range of things that they will simpley forget once then ware out of highschool.
And for a student who is not going to collage or university they should be learning a trade, or other skills that could help them. But they key thing is they should pick it. Not be forced to learn it. if you force somsone to learn somethging they won't learn it, they will remeber it for the test and then forget it.
Just say you need X credits to pass highschool and let the students pick enough courses to get that number. Just doing that i think would allow for a much happier student body and allow for more educated students, true not all going to know the same things but overall they will kknow and keep more knowlage and give them a chance to sample many diffrent type sof clsses if they so want to.
And i hate that if theres a fast student and a slow student the fast student is held back. Give the fast stuend all the amterial and let then go on ahead on their own if they want.
or you could go find the torrent and download it and play it before tuesday with out haveing to bother with the stupid steam activation....
umm well see if VU was looking out for themsleves they would demand that it be "activated" so poeple WOULD go out and buy a copy.
I think most who are going to use steam already have but right now theres plenty of poeple who are going to buy the box and then once they get home and can't play it return it, ie VU loseing money.
This is a bad thing for both VU and valve and the customers. And its not makeing a good impression with copy protection like this. I know i will not be buying HL2 at all now.