After fully digesting the movie of Webber's Phantom, I got inspired to read the Gaston Leroux (SP?) novel. Grabbed a copy from the Gutenberg project. loaded up in Word, and surprisingly, read it cover to er, well, EOF
I'd attempted that before, and found myself bored reading onscreen, but this time I actually finished it.
One difference I've identified is presbyopia. The day I turned 41, my eyes went to hell, and started holding books at arms length. Book-readin now requires store-bought glasses.
I've actually begun to find it much more comfortable to read onscreen. Word, Acrobat Reader, Firefox, all have easily controlled text size, so I just blow it up 'til I can see it!
Disclaimer: I have not tried Spotlight, other than a quick glimpse in the store. I have always found Mac's searching capabilities a little weak. I'm very sloppy about tracking my time to bill appropriately as a graphic artist. So when monthly report time rolls around, I simply do a time-based search for every Visible Document Not in System Folder or Library, Whose filename Includes neither Cache nor Prefs, which was Modified this(or last) Month.
An earlier version of Sherlock worked for me for that for awhile, but in an upgrade I lost the capability to drag&drop the found file list into Excel.
I now use File Buddy to do my monthly search, and export the found list as tab-delimited txt to import into Excel, where I can leisurely review how long I spent on each file. Not perfect, but I can generate a reasonably accurate report, after the fact, with documentation to back it up.
What the dormouse said was a bunch of nonsense about a treacle well.
"What the dormouse said" was something the Mad Hatter failed to remember in court, and was therefore threatened with execution.
`You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, `that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!'
'It IS the same thing with you,' said the Hatter, and here the conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks, which wasn't much.
The Hatter was the first to break the silence. `What day of the month is it?' he said, turning to Alice: he had taken his watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shaking it every now and then, and holding it to his ear.
Alice considered a little, and then said `The fourth.'
`Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter. `I told you butter wouldn't suit the works!' he added looking angrily at the March Hare.
`It was the BEST butter,' the March Hare meekly replied.
`Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well,' the Hatter grumbled: `you shouldn't have put it in with the bread-knife.'
The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily: then he dipped it into his cup of tea, and looked at it again: but he could think of nothing better to say than his first remark, `It was the BEST butter, you know.'
Alice had been looking over his shoulder with some curiosity. `What a funny watch!' she remarked. `It tells the day of the month, and doesn't tell what o'clock it is!'
`Why should it?' muttered the Hatter. `Does YOUR watch tell you what year it is?'
`Of course not,' Alice replied very readily: `but that's because it stays the same year for such a long time together.'
`Which is just the case with MINE,' said the Hatter.
Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. `I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she could.
`The Dormouse is asleep again,' said the Hatter, and he poured a little hot tea upon its nose.
The Dormouse shook its head impatiently, and said, without opening its eyes, `Of course, of course; just what I was going to remark myself.'
`Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.
`No, I give it up,' Alice replied: `what's the answer?'
`I haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hatter.
`Nor I,' said the March Hare.
Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'
`If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, `you wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM.'
`I don't know what you mean,' said Alice.
`Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. `I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'
`Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.'
`Ah! that accounts for it,' said the Hatter. `He won't stand beating. Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he'd do almost anything you liked with the clock. For instance, suppose it were nine o'clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you'd only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling! Half-past one, time for dinner!'
(`I only wish it was,' the March Hare said to itself in a whisper.)
`That would be grand, certainly,' said Alice thoughtfully: `but then--I shouldn't be hungry for it, you know.'
`Not at first, perhaps,' said the Hatter: `but you could keep it to half-past one as long as
In 1939, Colonel Harland Sanders first gave the world a taste of his most famous creation,
Original Recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken, featuring that secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.
Numerous other references to Kentucky, Corbin KY and Kentucky Colonel Harland Sanders (who served only as a private in the U.S. army, but was named a colonel by Kentucky governor Ruby Lafoon) are in the website.
A friend of mine who has family in KY was concerned about this issue when they began aggressively marketing under the acronym KFC. My anecdotal understanding at the time was that this had less to do with hiding the Kentucky reference (the K-word) than to try to disguise the word Fried (the F-word).
Further digging on the linked website, and the parents similar nomenclature, suggest that the parent has a (sorry, I have to say it) *beef* with KFC and/or its parent org, Yum Brands. A front for PETA perhaps? To quote the Uncoverer: "Unless somebody can prove otherwise, this is pretty interesting."
bullcrap. All you end up doing is getting your employer to get used to you working 80 hour weeks, then they ultimately expect it all the time
Perhaps you're speaking from experience.
My own experience has been always to do a little more than asked, stay a little longer than needed, and go that extra mile. I've worked with too many people who said "I'll do more if they'll pay me more."
I did more, and now they pay me more. Those who chose to wait for the raise before taking on more responsibility are still waiting -- and still choosing to.
Network Boy, I tried to register on your Farmers Sucks website (they do, they truly do), but the link to register takes me to the same page as trying to login without registration.
How many fingers can be put on the panel simultanously ?
In theory, there isn't such a limitation. However, we suggest you not to use more than ten fingers at once, since our sensor hasn't been experimented yet by 11 fingers beta testers.
Sure a build your own drum playing robot, sounds great... Slave over it, loose sleep programming it, pour your hard earned money into it...
Alan White of Yes, and his tech Reek Havok did precisely that. Alan used 8 MIDI-triggered robodrums on their summer tour.
Read Reeks account of the project here: http://www.yesworld.com/yw_tourlog_2004.html
Since TFA is/.ed, enjoy the story of someone else who did it.
Roger Dean had provided conceptual drawings of the stage he was to design. This design included 8-10 "Auxiliary" bass drums with beaters on them. Roger had left the activation of these bass drums up to Alan and the Band.
Alan contacted me to work with him on this design. I had previously designed a robotic drum kit for Experience Music Project's "Sound Lab"gallery and am well versed in this concept.
IBM Mouse Balls... "Memo of the Month," From The Washington Monthly, January/February 1991, page 24:
This is an actual alert to IBM Field Engineers that went out to all IBM Branch Offices. The person who wrote it was very serious. The rest of us find it rather funny.
Abstract: Mouse Balls Available as FRU (Field Replacement Unit)
Mouse balls are now available as FRU. Therefore, if a mouse fails to operate or should it perform erratically, it may need a ball replacement. Because of the delicate nature of this procedure, replacement of mouse balls should only be attempted by properly trained personnel.
Before proceeding, determine the type of mouse balls by examining the underside of the mouse. Domestic balls will be larger and harder than foreign balls. Ball removal procedures differ depending upon manufacturer of the mouse. Foreign balls can be replaced using the pop-off method. Domestic balls are replaced using the twist-off method.
Mouse balls are not usually static sensitive. However, excessive handling can result in sudden discharge. Upon completion of ball replacement, the mouse may be used immediately.
It is recommended that each replacer have a pair of spare balls for maintaining optimum customer satisfaction, and that any customer missing his balls should suspect local personnel of removing these necessary items.
The fact is that MS brings products TO MARKET, and packages them so that they are useful.
Sometimes that's the fact. Sometimes the fact is that MS buys up companies for no other reason than to squelch a competing product, or weaken another platform.
Blue Ribbon Software's brilliant MIDI/Multimedia Bars & Pipes sequencer package (Amiga) is but one personally mourned example.
"It reminds me of the old story about the baker who is angry that his neighbors get to smell the bread baking without paying for it. He went to the judge and demanded that his neighbors pay for the bread they smelled. - It's just damn silly."
And the Judge instructed the defendant to take all of his money out of his pockets.
"But your honor..." the defendant protested, but complied.
"Now," the judge continued, "pour the coins form one hand into the other and back again."
The defendant did as he was instructed. The baker looked greedily at the tenant's meager coins.
The judge then spoke to the baker "This is my just ruling: As your neighbor has enjoyed the smell of your bread, so have you now enjoyed the sound of his money. You have been paid in full."
Retold to the best of my recollection from a children's book "Ookah the Wise," which may or may not have been old Japanese folk tales.
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After fully digesting the movie of Webber's Phantom, I got inspired to read the Gaston Leroux (SP?) novel. Grabbed a copy from the Gutenberg project. loaded up in Word, and surprisingly, read it cover to er, well, EOF
I'd attempted that before, and found myself bored reading onscreen, but this time I actually finished it.
One difference I've identified is presbyopia. The day I turned 41, my eyes went to hell, and started holding books at arms length. Book-readin now requires store-bought glasses.
I've actually begun to find it much more comfortable to read onscreen. Word, Acrobat Reader, Firefox, all have easily controlled text size, so I just blow it up 'til I can see it!
I have always found Mac's searching capabilities a little weak. I'm very sloppy about tracking my time to bill appropriately as a graphic artist. So when monthly report time rolls around, I simply do a time-based search for every Visible Document Not in System Folder or Library, Whose filename Includes neither Cache nor Prefs, which was Modified this(or last) Month.
An earlier version of Sherlock worked for me for that for awhile, but in an upgrade I lost the capability to drag&drop the found file list into Excel.
I now use File Buddy to do my monthly search, and export the found list as tab-delimited txt to import into Excel, where I can leisurely review how long I spent on each file. Not perfect, but I can generate a reasonably accurate report, after the fact, with documentation to back it up.
"What the dormouse said" was something the Mad Hatter failed to remember in court, and was therefore threatened with execution.
If I was that ignorant, I'd post anonymously too.
Ian Hunter is the weird guy from Jethro Tull right?
That would be Ian Anderson, who is quite alive and still cranking out rock and roll (and sadly, trolling the liberals).
Ian Hunter is the even wierder guy from Mott the Hoople, last seen touring with Ringo's All-Stars
From the opening page at the KFC website:
Numerous other references to Kentucky, Corbin KY and Kentucky Colonel Harland Sanders (who served only as a private in the U.S. army, but was named a colonel by Kentucky governor Ruby Lafoon) are in the website.
A friend of mine who has family in KY was concerned about this issue when they began aggressively marketing under the acronym KFC. My anecdotal understanding at the time was that this had less to do with hiding the Kentucky reference (the K-word) than to try to disguise the word Fried (the F-word).
Further digging on the linked website, and the parents similar nomenclature, suggest that the parent has a (sorry, I have to say it) *beef* with KFC and/or its parent org, Yum Brands. A front for PETA perhaps? To quote the Uncoverer: "Unless somebody can prove otherwise, this is pretty interesting."
Back to you, Unc!
Perhaps you're speaking from experience.
My own experience has been always to do a little more than asked, stay a little longer than needed, and go that extra mile. I've worked with too many people who said "I'll do more if they'll pay me more."
I did more, and now they pay me more. Those who chose to wait for the raise before taking on more responsibility are still waiting -- and still choosing to.
Wow, a double negative that doesn't negate itself. Woot!
Offtopic, but...
Network Boy, I tried to register on your Farmers Sucks website (they do, they truly do), but the link to register takes me to the same page as trying to login without registration.
Looks like somebody needs to enroll in a language course -- Beginning Finnish.
Thank you, I'll be here all weak!
It's official. The "Ayes" are above the "Nos."
Apple seems to go out of there way to imply that the user is getting CD quality music, which you are not.
Link please? I have seen no Apple promo material with such an implication.
With the logical exception of the Internet preferences pane in System Preferences.
(Or has that been blown away in 10.3? -- I'm still a couple of decimal points behind.)
is unusual to have a president knocked out of office.
With any luck, it runs int the family.
In theory, there isn't such a limitation. However, we suggest you not to use more than ten fingers at once, since our sensor hasn't been experimented yet by 11 fingers beta testers.
http://www.yesworld.com/yw_tourlog_2004.html
Slave over it, loose sleep programming it, pour your hard earned money into it...
Alan White of Yes, and his tech Reek Havok did precisely that. Alan used 8 MIDI-triggered robodrums on their summer tour.
Read Reeks account of the project here: http://www.yesworld.com/yw_tourlog_2004.html
Since TFA is
Really? Did they get the memo frrom IBM?
IBM Mouse Balls...
"Memo of the Month," From The Washington Monthly, January/February 1991, page 24:
This is an actual alert to IBM Field Engineers that went out to all IBM Branch Offices. The person who wrote it was very serious. The rest of us find it rather funny.
Abstract: Mouse Balls Available as FRU (Field Replacement Unit)
Mouse balls are now available as FRU. Therefore, if a mouse fails to operate or should it perform erratically, it may need a ball replacement. Because of the delicate nature of this procedure, replacement of mouse balls should only be attempted by properly trained personnel.
Before proceeding, determine the type of mouse balls by examining the underside of the mouse. Domestic balls will be larger and harder than foreign balls. Ball removal procedures differ depending upon manufacturer of the mouse. Foreign balls can be replaced using the pop-off method. Domestic balls are replaced using the twist-off method.
Mouse balls are not usually static sensitive. However, excessive handling can result in sudden discharge. Upon completion of ball replacement, the mouse may be used immediately.
It is recommended that each replacer have a pair of spare balls for maintaining optimum customer satisfaction, and that any customer missing his balls should suspect local personnel of removing these necessary items.
To re-order, specify one of the following:
P/N 33F8462 - Domestic Mouse Balls
P/N 33F8461 - Foreign Mouse Balls
The fact is that MS brings products TO MARKET, and packages them so that they are useful.
Sometimes that's the fact. Sometimes the fact is that MS buys up companies for no other reason than to squelch a competing product, or weaken another platform.
Blue Ribbon Software's brilliant MIDI/Multimedia Bars & Pipes sequencer package (Amiga) is but one personally mourned example.
Assimilated, then buried.
OK, I'm down with the comparison to the GOP as a fascist party. No argument whatsoever!
Will you please expand on how you find them to be "Compassionate" fascists?
--
Father of two school children left behind by "No Child Left Behind."
"If the Dems had nominated a stuffed poodle to run for president, you'd vote for it. Right?"
What, me vote for a stuffed poodle, against the ignorant, lying, nation-building, tree-crucifying GWB?
You damn right!
Hell, I'd even vote for YOU if it'd get that petro-crook out of there!
And the Judge instructed the defendant to take all of his money out of his pockets.
"But your honor..." the defendant protested, but complied.
"Now," the judge continued, "pour the coins form one hand into the other and back again."
The defendant did as he was instructed. The baker looked greedily at the tenant's meager coins.
The judge then spoke to the baker "This is my just ruling: As your neighbor has enjoyed the smell of your bread, so have you now enjoyed the sound of his money. You have been paid in full."
Retold to the best of my recollection from a children's book "Ookah the Wise," which may or may not have been old Japanese folk tales.
It's like, "How much more likely could it be?" and the answer is "None. None more likely."
Welcome to Oklahoma, where beer over 3.2% alcohol is only sold warm, and only in liquor stores.
3.2 or less beer is sold everywhere, and cold. Interestingly, it's legally classified as a non-intoxicating beverage.
Sure, it takes at least 4 to get started, but it'll drunk you up eventually. Y'just get worn out with all those trips to the pisser.
'Swhy I brew my own.
Why do the British drink warm beer?
Because they have Lucas refrigerators.