Would like to see something of Alistair Reynolds' made into a movie. With the Avatar success, I think someone could make one of those worlds pretty well...
But, you know, something totally original is good too.
I have a pair of older mechanical typewriters. I don't use them to write (which I do professionally, albeit technically). I could see using them for pre-printed forms not available in PDF, but they're there mostly because I like the idea of having them more than they are useful (free/cheap garage sale fare). I might bring one with when I move; but I haven't ever even changed the ribbon in either of them.
I write mostly on the computer, but have written stories and drafts on paper even recently. Hell, if it's a line or two or an idea, I'll SMS it (with an old crappy cell phone, not iPhone/Blackberry/etc.) to my e-mail address. It's just a matter of what is available at the time. Words are words, regardless of how they are put in the particular order you put them in.
Also, if it's a long doc, I'll print it out and edit it by hand by scribbling on the page, then make the changes in the electronic file.
That being said, I like reading from paper, not an LCD screen, but I have been eyeing an e-book reader for a while now; too bad they all seem to have pesky DRM. It's just a matter of which one is the least evil.
>That said, I'd buy one of Burroughs's typewriters.
I would agree. And his stash of magazines he used for his cut-ups, too.:-)
Hmm, interesting, because I always thought of it as steep==hard. Because it's hard to move up a steep incline. Of course, it's a cliche, which is nothing more than a metaphor which has had all it's meaning ripped from it....
Probably not. Cancer is less common than dia-beet-us, the price will go up a little, but I don't think it'll be that drastic. Especially if there's a generic.
You most certainly would not have a hard time finding a player. Any decent size flea market and/or a Friday morning garage sale round has, almost without exception, old media players that people don't use any more. Most of them actually work. VHS, BETA, Laserdisc, even old records that had video data (seriously), and so on. A motivated person could find anything, even an old cylinder-type phonograph.
Didn't mean any offense, I just wanted to say pretty much what you did...the risks of the side effects vs risks of no (or alternate) treatment need to be determined.
Seriously, though, really if a schizophrenic was having trouble and nicotine helped him and there was a possibility of cancer. It's like arguing against any treatment because it might have a side effect...
Big fucking idiot or no, almost _all_ drugs have side effects; is the possibility that you'll get cancer in 40 years (if you live that long) balanced appropriately with the possibility you'll kill yourself because a voice tells you to? It's about figuring out where that line is, and it's different with everyone.
Glad someone else mentioned lifehacker. There are a bunch of ideas there. The "Featured Workspace" bits are particularly neat. But one I saw that seemed particularly elegant was (seriously) a piece of gutter to hold the cables themselves mounted behind the visible area of the desk. You could also mount, depending on your desk, your power strips, to the desk itself.
A good size safety deposit box at the bank I worked at was like $30 a year. You don't need sticks, bank bags, or anything like that (though they do bang them around a bit, so a bit of padding might be wise).
$30 ($5*12)
You could also, well, store important documents in there.
In Word, if you use styles correctly, then you can format the thing globally. No problem.
Oh, you were just bashing Microsoft. Got it.
Not that styles isn't a little tricky (especially the numbering). Okay, to be honest, some of it is god-awful, but for 90% of things it's OK. If you want typesetting control, though, use LaTeX, which is what it's made for.
The right tool for the job, people, right tool for the job. Let the guys managing the press do LaTeX, because it's awesome at what they're doing.
Your book will NOT be published in the manner you create when you make it. If you make it in Word, it'll (US-centric, sorry) probably be for a 8.5in x 11in piece of paper. When was the last time you saw a real book published looking like it came out of Word? Your ex-girlfriend's self-published rip-off of Twilight you bought off LuLu doesn't really count. Work with the publisher. You went this far, asking them what format to send the stuff in is a simple phone call...
While I don't know what nurses go through, in pharma dispensing and manufacturing the vague regulations and interpretations by Quality Departments (and gov't auditors themselves) of those vague regulations don't help at all.
They just push a little more every day for a little more "comfort" when it's not necessary. And I'm not talking things that would affect patient care (the more time a nurse spends with a inapplicable piece of paper in their hand is less time on the floor with patients), but there seems like a lot of CYA stuff.
What we basically need is an overhaul of the paperwork systems that people see as "required." Then things that will actually improve patient care (and manufacturing, and dispensing) can proceed more easily. There's nothing wrong with structure, but if you spend most of your day filling out forms than doing work...
Bzzt. It's a schedule I non-narcotic controlled substance, which means that, if I remember correctly, it has no 'medical use' and is strictly regulated for experiments and so forth. (Required citation via wikipedia which is backed up by CFRs I'm not going to dig up right now.) The wiki article is pretty good on the details of the regulations.
Yeah, fourthed. Used to buy from them all the time at my last job in Purchasing. They have a huge industrial manufacturing base of customers.
For the most part, their stuff isn't made exceptionally well, and the actual manufacturer tends to change, but the specs stay the same, so for most things you should be fine.
IIRC, generally easy to return stuff, too, so there's that.
If you want something exceptional,or specific, check out some other industrial supply places, Motion Industries, Applied Industrial Technologies, Grainger (if you have to, not a good idea) etc. If you live in a decent sized city, or at least one with a good manufacturing base, there probably is a branch nearby. In Rockford, IL, there are 2 Motion branches.
Of course, when I was buying, it was thousands of dollars worth of stuff very regularly, but the customer service was always exceptional (beyond the call of duty, occasionally). One of the few things I miss about that job is the awesome people I got to deal with.
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Would like to see something of Alistair Reynolds' made into a movie. With the Avatar success, I think someone could make one of those worlds pretty well...
But, you know, something totally original is good too.
I have a pair of older mechanical typewriters. I don't use them to write (which I do professionally, albeit technically). I could see using them for pre-printed forms not available in PDF, but they're there mostly because I like the idea of having them more than they are useful (free/cheap garage sale fare). I might bring one with when I move; but I haven't ever even changed the ribbon in either of them.
I write mostly on the computer, but have written stories and drafts on paper even recently. Hell, if it's a line or two or an idea, I'll SMS it (with an old crappy cell phone, not iPhone/Blackberry/etc.) to my e-mail address. It's just a matter of what is available at the time. Words are words, regardless of how they are put in the particular order you put them in.
Also, if it's a long doc, I'll print it out and edit it by hand by scribbling on the page, then make the changes in the electronic file.
That being said, I like reading from paper, not an LCD screen, but I have been eyeing an e-book reader for a while now; too bad they all seem to have pesky DRM. It's just a matter of which one is the least evil.
>That said, I'd buy one of Burroughs's typewriters.
I would agree. And his stash of magazines he used for his cut-ups, too. :-)
Hmm, interesting, because I always thought of it as steep==hard. Because it's hard to move up a steep incline. Of course, it's a cliche, which is nothing more than a metaphor which has had all it's meaning ripped from it....
"Some stupid need" might be called "growing your damn food."
Just sayin'.
Probably not. Cancer is less common than dia-beet-us, the price will go up a little, but I don't think it'll be that drastic. Especially if there's a generic.
They have to find the tangerine iBook first! Haha!
Now the spool power supplies...those things didn't last.
Geraldo Rivera.
What? The joke is 20 years old? Crap.
Wow, you're an urban native? They must have no cities at all in the midwest.
The hipsters move because they have the resources and desires to. End of story.
At least your quote isn't an over-used one. :-)
Sorry, I should have done the linkage in my original post. The Capacitance Electronic Discs is what I'm talking about there.
Watched Soylent Green on one of these. The classic vinyl "skip" produced some pretty entertaining results.
You most certainly would not have a hard time finding a player. Any decent size flea market and/or a Friday morning garage sale round has, almost without exception, old media players that people don't use any more. Most of them actually work. VHS, BETA, Laserdisc, even old records that had video data (seriously), and so on. A motivated person could find anything, even an old cylinder-type phonograph.
Uhh, really? I mean, I suppose you could use a variant of LILO to boot to different systems, crippled to not read the disk of the other...
I don't know if that's possible, even. But it makes sense to me...
Didn't mean any offense, I just wanted to say pretty much what you did...the risks of the side effects vs risks of no (or alternate) treatment need to be determined.
Free radicals? Ship them off! Glenn Beck says so.
Seriously, though, really if a schizophrenic was having trouble and nicotine helped him and there was a possibility of cancer. It's like arguing against any treatment because it might have a side effect...
Big fucking idiot or no, almost _all_ drugs have side effects; is the possibility that you'll get cancer in 40 years (if you live that long) balanced appropriately with the possibility you'll kill yourself because a voice tells you to? It's about figuring out where that line is, and it's different with everyone.
Glad someone else mentioned lifehacker. There are a bunch of ideas there. The "Featured Workspace" bits are particularly neat. But one I saw that seemed particularly elegant was (seriously) a piece of gutter to hold the cables themselves mounted behind the visible area of the desk. You could also mount, depending on your desk, your power strips, to the desk itself.
Why am I the sucker? You replied to the article.
Wait...crap.
A good size safety deposit box at the bank I worked at was like $30 a year. You don't need sticks, bank bags, or anything like that (though they do bang them around a bit, so a bit of padding might be wise).
$30 ($5*12)
You could also, well, store important documents in there.
Of course, if you need in on the weekend...
I suppose the worst part would be if you didn't make sure that it goes off with some kind of killswitch. "Hold down the z button to engage blades."
I always hated it when the batteries died and I couldn't even pause the game...it's annoying when Leon dies in RE4, but this would be a little worse.
At 200 light years from a supernova, we would be fine. It'd need to be about 30 or so to be a pain.
Source? I got your source right here: http://www.tass-survey.org/richmond/answers/snrisks.txt
I think the parent you're referring to is 4.4 light years for the people on the ship. Time dilation and all that rot.
You can find a 5 dollar wrench...at Harbor Freight. You'd just have to be a little more mean about it.
In Word, if you use styles correctly, then you can format the thing globally. No problem.
Oh, you were just bashing Microsoft. Got it.
Not that styles isn't a little tricky (especially the numbering). Okay, to be honest, some of it is god-awful, but for 90% of things it's OK. If you want typesetting control, though, use LaTeX, which is what it's made for.
The right tool for the job, people, right tool for the job. Let the guys managing the press do LaTeX, because it's awesome at what they're doing.
Your book will NOT be published in the manner you create when you make it. If you make it in Word, it'll (US-centric, sorry) probably be for a 8.5in x 11in piece of paper. When was the last time you saw a real book published looking like it came out of Word? Your ex-girlfriend's self-published rip-off of Twilight you bought off LuLu doesn't really count. Work with the publisher. You went this far, asking them what format to send the stuff in is a simple phone call...
re: checklists
While I don't know what nurses go through, in pharma dispensing and manufacturing the vague regulations and interpretations by Quality Departments (and gov't auditors themselves) of those vague regulations don't help at all.
They just push a little more every day for a little more "comfort" when it's not necessary. And I'm not talking things that would affect patient care (the more time a nurse spends with a inapplicable piece of paper in their hand is less time on the floor with patients), but there seems like a lot of CYA stuff.
What we basically need is an overhaul of the paperwork systems that people see as "required." Then things that will actually improve patient care (and manufacturing, and dispensing) can proceed more easily. There's nothing wrong with structure, but if you spend most of your day filling out forms than doing work...
Bzzt. It's a schedule I non-narcotic controlled substance, which means that, if I remember correctly, it has no 'medical use' and is strictly regulated for experiments and so forth. (Required citation via wikipedia which is backed up by CFRs I'm not going to dig up right now.) The wiki article is pretty good on the details of the regulations.
Here is the short list, and here is the comprehensive list of controlled substances.
Yeah, fourthed. Used to buy from them all the time at my last job in Purchasing. They have a huge industrial manufacturing base of customers.
For the most part, their stuff isn't made exceptionally well, and the actual manufacturer tends to change, but the specs stay the same, so for most things you should be fine.
IIRC, generally easy to return stuff, too, so there's that.
If you want something exceptional,or specific, check out some other industrial supply places, Motion Industries, Applied Industrial Technologies, Grainger (if you have to, not a good idea) etc. If you live in a decent sized city, or at least one with a good manufacturing base, there probably is a branch nearby. In Rockford, IL, there are 2 Motion branches.
Of course, when I was buying, it was thousands of dollars worth of stuff very regularly, but the customer service was always exceptional (beyond the call of duty, occasionally). One of the few things I miss about that job is the awesome people I got to deal with.
Some jerks, too, but those were mostly OEMs.