You are confusing fear with respect. Positive respect comes from, um, an idol of some sort. Yelling and paddling students will make them fear, and only possible respect is respect as an enemy.
Sure, many teachers are not worthy of real respect, and some students don't have the motivation required.
"If you do the right thing for the wrong reasons, the work becomes corrupted, impure, and ultimately self-destructive."
You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Also, you missed the point of middle way mentioned earlier. Soviet Russia is an example of an authoritarian socialist regime. Authoritarian doesn't necessarily have anything to do with socialist. Authoritarian is what USA is going towards now, which is very alarming.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need is fundamentally a good idea. Not the whole truth, we do need all kinds of rewards to boost motivation. That's where our beloved middle way steps in. Food, health and lodging to each, taxes (progressively) from each will solve some problems and allow nations to concentrate on other things. Also, current socialism is not about equal outcomes, it's about equal opportunities. If someone is very talented, it makes sense to keep him healthy and educate him well, even when he or his parents couldn't afford it themselves. And if someone is unemployed, it makes sense to keep him in an acceptable condition for future employment.
The ones who are more successful now owe their success to the humanity. None of us, alone in Siberia without tools, would be living in luxury, eating well or staying healthy.
Aye, world ain't fair, but we can make it more fair. I find it essential for world peace. Not the Stalin-like socialism, but the Gandhi-like variation.
Uh, cut out of context, it's difficult to say what he meant. If he used irony, then yes, I would find it much better to filter violence instead of sex. News is probably not as bad as all the movies et cetera.
I guess it's a cultural thing (in USA) that sex is bad but violence is okay. This is upside down. With little education sex is good and safe. Whatever you do, violence is always harmful.
Oh, nevermind those who comment without reading the story (or, understanding it). "computer literate" doesn't imply "literate" here. We do care and are interested - I'll follow this thread for possible future posts.
Thanks for the update. And best wishes for Slack-Pat:).
Oh, puke on! I like to see interesting news on Slashdot. Even when they're somewhere else too, because I've got a job and try to limit my waste of time to Slashdot only;).
Guess what? In clustering environments, the different boxes are usually similiar and run the same software. So adding boxen is very straightforward. He would be totally qualified by testing around a 2-node cluster, because something with more nodes is Very Similiar. That is, if you know how to network 2 computers, adding computers to your switch is not going to be a challenge.
Mr. Jefferson was wrong. Such laws make things better for the assaulted if the assailant doesn't want to kill. Mr. Beccaria might have been right, although I see that as a big threat only in huge countries.
Sadly what really would be good (no guns) wouldn't work in modern-day usa as it works in Europe. It's difficult to see any way to increase safety as usa is so deep into violence. A bit like insurgencies; common western laws just can't work if society is sufficiently fucked up. Laws work when people want to have them; gun control works when citizens are motivated about the subject.
Ultimately the answers lie in the reasons for crime. Crime doesn't really exist "because I can", but for many other reasons.
At least Nokia phones go off before the battery is completely finished, maybe for the presented reasons above. Another reason I've heard is preserving enough battery for an emergency call. If, instead of your PIN number, you enter 112 or 911 or whatever, the phone will use whatever energy it can find.
I think you can't fix politic strife by spending billions. Many other problems here on Earth fall in the same cathegory; money alone can't fix them. However, money will "fix" a colony on Mars.
We have more resources than a simple one called money. Focusing the whole humanity to fix one (set of) problem(s) is also impossible to do. After all, people will do what they want to do. Let's do everything.
..even though it has its flaws. Or, flaw. Which is the game slot thing. Sidetalking isn't, the device comes with a good hands-free set I find myself using all the time.
Yes, NG is worse for gaming than the gaming-only devices. But, it's a good phone, good mp3 player, good radio, wap&www and even an irc platform. My guess is Nokia never tried to beat gameboy, they intended to make a phone that's good for gaming, not the other way round.
Certainly, if your main concern about electronics is that you might look silly using it (for some weird reason without the hands-free), grow up.
1. Apparently the universe is not heat-dead. While it also seems that entropy increases, all that this proves is that the universe's age is finite, if it's area is also finite. If the area is infinite, being not heat-dead and having entropy increase doesn't really prove anything.
As to whether time itself would have started somewhere in space-time; I don't believe it. I feel that time is by nature infinite in both directions. Though, this is only a belief of mine.
2. I also believe that we do not have a free will. "We can be said to be free in so far as an act is the consequence of our willing it rather than of some external cause, we don't have freedom in the sense of being able to will what we will" - George Ross's explanation about Spinoza. Our actions being deterministic does not mean not feeling anything. I think feelings are an important part of the deterministic process.
As it is, I also think we're trying to act somehow optimally in all situations. Optimally might mean only to satisfy our instincts in any way, and often we're completely lost about what would actually be optimal. If I get into the same situation twice, I will act differently each time because second time I'm not the exactly same person.
I might add that I believe our actions are either deterministic or random. Deterministic means meaningful or trying to be meaningful, random means trying to guess a way that might prove meaningful. So actually even randomness is meaningful and deterministic.
Of course, if you insist that you have a free will, fine. You seemingly have a deterministic need to believe so;).
Hum hum. I've had and actively used a cellphone for half a decade now, and it's taken away much stress. Sure, I very seldom have my boss call me, and I try not to mind hearing a tune during a lecture. Sometimes a lecturer makes a joke about "killing the bird", which wakes me up nicely during morning lectures;).
Then again, I've noticed my phone has taken away much stress from meeting people. I never have to be too specific about meeting people anymore ("Lets meet about five o'clock in city centre" - "Where are you?" - "In the library" - "OK I'll be there"). Also telling people that I'll be late (and receiving such info), getting invitations etc through SMS.. I just love the thing. I do what I want more because I don't have to plan it beforehand, or be at home to wait for a call.
And, wherever I go, I can always chat with my girlfriend till the sunrise, not disturbing others because I can go outside/basement/wherever to talk:).
Ah, yes. I also use my cell phone as an alarm clock =), and it has a VERY good interface;)
Frightening other criminals is not going to make them non-criminal as long as they can't survive by other means. It'll just make them carry a shotgun and be really nervous whenever they have to commit crime. Anyone who can't afford food and living will go criminal or die, and even I myself would choose the first option if I only had those two. THAT's the point in welfare.
Also.. Get real. After a shotgun hit, good pistol hit or even a good hit from a baseball bat you're not going to be functional enough to avoid the other hit that's coming right after the first. I'd suggest you try it but I don't. Sometimes people die from a single punch in the face.
In Finland where I live, a criminal who'd rob you on the street will have nothing or a knife. Because he'd be in real trouble for having a gun, and he's fine with a knife. Still, some are killed with a knife every now and then (some ppl are shot also, but that's more often criminals fighting other criminals).
Another point; you seem to suggest that criminals are evil from hell, and they'll do whatever evil they can because they enjoy it. I do not think that's true. A criminal is a human being and has reasons for being criminal. It's those reasons we'd have to change.
Now my ideas are very humane and all, but I must agree that I'm afraid of violent narcomaniacs because they've fucked up their brain so bad. That's a real problem. Still, better to not force them to go criminal.
Well the guns or the lack thereof don't create violence or crime. But guns make it deadlier. You might live in a place where a criminal might want to break into your house and rape your wife, but I just fail to take it seriously where I live. So you americans, do whatever you will. I actually don't know what would work there, because our good solution is probably not good for you (anymore) or would at least take some 100 years of social growth. The sad thing is nobody seems to know what to do about crime.
Does the GPL require that source code of modified versions be posted to the public?
The GPL does not require you to release your modified version. You are free to make modifications and use them privately, without ever releasing them. This applies to organizations (including companies), too; an organization can make a modified version and use it internally without ever releasing it outside the organization.
Can I use GPL-covered editors such as GNU Emacs to develop non-free programs? Can I use GPL-covered tools such as GCC to compile them?
Yes, because the copyright on the editors and tools does not cover the code you write. Using them does not place any restrictions, legally, on the license you use for your code.
Your post's a troll, and I only reply because I fear you might be truely, well, screwed on this. Don't believe FUD, find out yourself. Yeah, and your lawyers suck.
Yeah, second; ext2 doesn't need defrag. It takes care of fragmentation itself. That's why it isn't there. It's a bit awkward to have to run such tools on Windows, isn't it? I'd say you're mistaken with token ring too, but I'm not sure about that;).
The problem's about distinguishing between the types. What do you call a moon orbiting a moon? Monet? A "thing" that goes around the sun (and earth) in a horse shoe orbit? Monetoid? Moon-sized KBO's.. Farmoons? Pseudoplanets?
And, what separates planets from asteroids? I suppose planets are round. But asteroids might also, or then not, or, I don't know. Suddenly "Oddball" seems a very descriptive name.
Constellations with stars named with greek letters alpha, beta etc, and their planets with a single numeral. "Alpha Carinae 3". Moons similiarly, "Alpha Carinae 3 b" or something. Forget about the comets and asteroids, they are random generated and you can bump into them anywhere. As long as things go into a nice tree format it'll be simple.
A complex heap of space rocks is entirely another matter. Imagine naming computers connected to Internet in a way that would tell their physical location, operating system and connection speeds. Yeah, you could say those change, but so do the space rocks, colliding into each other or dancing around in gravity wells.
Reminds me of the good chaps in Lapland, where they have place names like "vittumaisenoja", "fucking goddamn river"..
This might be a difference in topography. Afganistan is hugely mountainous, so it's very non-practical to use cable. There's no cable there. Wireless / satellite is the way to go.
On the other hand, Iraq is flat. Also, Iraq's population might be living in cities while afgans are all around. This is a guess, but I'd suppose Iraq has cable links already. No need for satellite.
It seems the sense of freedom is important for all animals alike. Humans and mice. I'd react quite strongly to being locked into a room for a long time. Sure I'd try to escape. Sure It'd turn into an "escape ritual" if it'd be hopeless. Sure I'd be digging the tunnel, even though I "knew" It'd never work.
Prison is far better. People can have hobbies and visitors etc etc.
Sure the mice are acting crazy. But does that mean they'd have a permanent mental flaw? I don't think so. I believe the craziness arises from the situation, and will go away if these mice would be let free, roaming in the forests.
I once had three gerbils. Sure they'd be trying to escape whenever they had the chance, but that seemed as a sport. I always kept some cardboard tube, boxes, carrots, branches and whatever there to keep them busy. Changed the "furnishings" every now and then. And let the gerbils run free in one room quite often. Actually even built mazes for them from LEGOs =).
They seemed healthy and sound. I miss them.
Animals should be treated properly to get any sane information about their behavior. And, they should be living in their natural environment (which, when different from that of humans, will make the info less useful). I think lab mice or lab-anything is not the way psychology will get good results. It's simply cruel.
Why would you expect the same to happen in the UK or elsewhere? I consider it fair to pay for what I use. Use more -> pay more. Actually I think at least wireless (as in mobile phones) is going to cost per bit instead of the older per minute cost. This is in Finland, where I live. And yes, we had "free" phone calls outside office hours before the internet. Well, 10 cents per call, time not limited. Guess what happened?
People would call their ISPs every friday at 17:00, and then keep the connection open until monday morning 8:00 just in case they'd need it. This was hell for small ISPs (which were the cheaper ones). Sometimes it would take hours of trying and listening to a modem before getting a connection. Sure, this was back in '95-'97.
Now, I'm a happy ADSL user, but I can always go back to using the connection provided by a computer magazine I'm subscribed to. Yay, costs nothing extra (anymore). They even gad a super-cool BBS before the Internet Age.
Point anyway; it's sensible to pay per use, if the use is significant. Back in the old days the ISPs had far less lines than customers. I suppose this might still be the case.. Although digital data changes the picture; it will simply get slower for everyone. But, I'd like to pay per tv-program, because I don't watch TV much and I feel paying 50 cents a day (165$ a year) is too much as I watch tv at home maybe once a month. Gah, I'd even pay for music per-song, or per minute of listening rather than pay $20 for a copy-protected disk that I don't know beforehand and will probably forget about quite soon.
And yeah, I don't think it'd be a technical problem, even in USA, for the ISP to charge per-minute via the telco.
I recall Linux distros running on macs were a new thing quite recently. For my experience too, especially file system access is a bit sluggish on macs with linux.
The worst thing is, there's nobody to blame. Linux is open-source and free (if you didn't know), and this means the software and drivers are written by enthusiasts. Today, some hardware vendors actually supply linux drivers, but some 5 years ago I'd choose my hardware carefully if I wanted to use linux. Heck, it's still wise to check linux compatibility before buying new HW. Sure, Linux will run on almost any PC, and recognize _almost_ all peripherals today, but mac drivers lag behind. Also, I don't think that Apple writes HW drivers for linux.. Then again, buy a IBM server computer, and you'll have no problems whatsoever running Linux to the max.
There's nothing as fast, cheap or stable as linux. BUT, there are EASIER things. I'd compare running Linux on a mac with running Windows or OS/2 on a mac.. There are some enthusiastic mac users who use Linux, but if you simply want Linux, go for a PC. And, don't put in the very latest HW, or prepare to search and compile drivers (or, well, live with the fact that your soundcard doesn't work at all and display drivers are slow).
Adobe reader has to be able to show the data in some way. Take a screenshot and feed to a character recognition program. Should be a
two-click algorithm soon. And, the scanner programs can also get the pics, place them correctly and save the whole thing as RTF or something else.
Get the best protection ever - AdobeOS. You boot the CD, and then and only then will you see the content! No screenshots, memory hacks or anything! Secure! Fetch your digital camera and skip to paragraph 1.
(As a curiosity; If you want to edit the stuff around and save as PDF, get a postscript version (print to file, with postscript printer-drivers) and fetch a free program called ps2pdf.
Basically, this is the same problem that the recording industry is facing. Copy protection isn't possible. Not the way they try to do it anyway. They might be trying to simply make copying difficult (the same way that locks don't protect anything, they just slow the thief down), but, this can't be done without making almost everything else difficult also.
This is a good example of people (corporations)focusing on wrong things. You know, why to actually do anything productive when you don't have to? You can get something from nothing in this world.
Should be like a computer game. I spend credits, then I get a new spaceship. No resources wasted. In the Civilization games corruption causes waste =(. Humm.. World would be a better place if everyone simply were intelligent.
Maybe this is too much to ask for. Then I'd simply opt for people not using resources to do things that are generally harmful.
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You are confusing fear with respect. Positive respect comes from, um, an idol of some sort. Yelling and paddling students will make them fear, and only possible respect is respect as an enemy. Sure, many teachers are not worthy of real respect, and some students don't have the motivation required.
"If you do the right thing for the wrong reasons, the work becomes corrupted, impure, and ultimately self-destructive."
You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Also, you missed the point of middle way mentioned earlier. Soviet Russia is an example of an authoritarian socialist regime. Authoritarian doesn't necessarily have anything to do with socialist. Authoritarian is what USA is going towards now, which is very alarming.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need is fundamentally a good idea. Not the whole truth, we do need all kinds of rewards to boost motivation. That's where our beloved middle way steps in. Food, health and lodging to each, taxes (progressively) from each will solve some problems and allow nations to concentrate on other things. Also, current socialism is not about equal outcomes, it's about equal opportunities. If someone is very talented, it makes sense to keep him healthy and educate him well, even when he or his parents couldn't afford it themselves. And if someone is unemployed, it makes sense to keep him in an acceptable condition for future employment.
The ones who are more successful now owe their success to the humanity. None of us, alone in Siberia without tools, would be living in luxury, eating well or staying healthy.
Aye, world ain't fair, but we can make it more fair. I find it essential for world peace. Not the Stalin-like socialism, but the Gandhi-like variation.
Uh, cut out of context, it's difficult to say what he meant. If he used irony, then yes, I would find it much better to filter violence instead of sex. News is probably not as bad as all the movies et cetera.
I guess it's a cultural thing (in USA) that sex is bad but violence is okay. This is upside down. With little education sex is good and safe. Whatever you do, violence is always harmful.
Oh, nevermind those who comment without reading the story (or, understanding it). "computer literate" doesn't imply "literate" here. We do care and are interested - I'll follow this thread for possible future posts.
Thanks for the update. And best wishes for Slack-Pat :).
Oh, puke on! I like to see interesting news on Slashdot. Even when they're somewhere else too, because I've got a job and try to limit my waste of time to Slashdot only ;).
Guess what? In clustering environments, the different boxes are usually similiar and run the same software. So adding boxen is very straightforward. He would be totally qualified by testing around a 2-node cluster, because something with more nodes is Very Similiar. That is, if you know how to network 2 computers, adding computers to your switch is not going to be a challenge.
Mr. Jefferson was wrong. Such laws make things better for the assaulted if the assailant doesn't want to kill. Mr. Beccaria might have been right, although I see that as a big threat only in huge countries.
Sadly what really would be good (no guns) wouldn't work in modern-day usa as it works in Europe. It's difficult to see any way to increase safety as usa is so deep into violence. A bit like insurgencies; common western laws just can't work if society is sufficiently fucked up. Laws work when people want to have them; gun control works when citizens are motivated about the subject.
Ultimately the answers lie in the reasons for crime. Crime doesn't really exist "because I can", but for many other reasons.
At least Nokia phones go off before the battery is completely finished, maybe for the presented reasons above. Another reason I've heard is preserving enough battery for an emergency call. If, instead of your PIN number, you enter 112 or 911 or whatever, the phone will use whatever energy it can find.
I think you can't fix politic strife by spending billions. Many other problems here on Earth fall in the same cathegory; money alone can't fix them. However, money will "fix" a colony on Mars.
We have more resources than a simple one called money. Focusing the whole humanity to fix one (set of) problem(s) is also impossible to do. After all, people will do what they want to do. Let's do everything.
..even though it has its flaws. Or, flaw. Which is the game slot thing. Sidetalking isn't, the device comes with a good hands-free set I find myself using all the time.
Yes, NG is worse for gaming than the gaming-only devices. But, it's a good phone, good mp3 player, good radio, wap&www and even an irc platform. My guess is Nokia never tried to beat gameboy, they intended to make a phone that's good for gaming, not the other way round.
Certainly, if your main concern about electronics is that you might look silly using it (for some weird reason without the hands-free), grow up.
My two cents.
1. Apparently the universe is not heat-dead. While it also seems that entropy increases, all that this proves is that the universe's age is finite, if it's area is also finite. If the area is infinite, being not heat-dead and having entropy increase doesn't really prove anything.
As to whether time itself would have started somewhere in space-time; I don't believe it. I feel that time is by nature infinite in both directions. Though, this is only a belief of mine.
2. I also believe that we do not have a free will. "We can be said to be free in so far as an act is the consequence of our willing it rather than of some external cause, we don't have freedom in the sense of being able to will what we will" - George Ross's explanation about Spinoza. Our actions being deterministic does not mean not feeling anything. I think feelings are an important part of the deterministic process.
As it is, I also think we're trying to act somehow optimally in all situations. Optimally might mean only to satisfy our instincts in any way, and often we're completely lost about what would actually be optimal. If I get into the same situation twice, I will act differently each time because second time I'm not the exactly same person.
I might add that I believe our actions are either deterministic or random. Deterministic means meaningful or trying to be meaningful, random means trying to guess a way that might prove meaningful. So actually even randomness is meaningful and deterministic.
Of course, if you insist that you have a free will, fine. You seemingly have a deterministic need to believe so ;).
Hum hum. I've had and actively used a cellphone for half a decade now, and it's taken away much stress. Sure, I very seldom have my boss call me, and I try not to mind hearing a tune during a lecture. Sometimes a lecturer makes a joke about "killing the bird", which wakes me up nicely during morning lectures ;).
Then again, I've noticed my phone has taken away much stress from meeting people. I never have to be too specific about meeting people anymore ("Lets meet about five o'clock in city centre" - "Where are you?" - "In the library" - "OK I'll be there"). Also telling people that I'll be late (and receiving such info), getting invitations etc through SMS.. I just love the thing. I do what I want more because I don't have to plan it beforehand, or be at home to wait for a call.
And, wherever I go, I can always chat with my girlfriend till the sunrise, not disturbing others because I can go outside/basement/wherever to talk :).
Ah, yes. I also use my cell phone as an alarm clock =), and it has a VERY good interface ;)
Yeah, better raped than dead still..
Frightening other criminals is not going to make them non-criminal as long as they can't survive by other means. It'll just make them carry a shotgun and be really nervous whenever they have to commit crime. Anyone who can't afford food and living will go criminal or die, and even I myself would choose the first option if I only had those two. THAT's the point in welfare.
Also.. Get real. After a shotgun hit, good pistol hit or even a good hit from a baseball bat you're not going to be functional enough to avoid the other hit that's coming right after the first. I'd suggest you try it but I don't. Sometimes people die from a single punch in the face.
In Finland where I live, a criminal who'd rob you on the street will have nothing or a knife. Because he'd be in real trouble for having a gun, and he's fine with a knife. Still, some are killed with a knife every now and then (some ppl are shot also, but that's more often criminals fighting other criminals).
Another point; you seem to suggest that criminals are evil from hell, and they'll do whatever evil they can because they enjoy it. I do not think that's true. A criminal is a human being and has reasons for being criminal. It's those reasons we'd have to change.
Now my ideas are very humane and all, but I must agree that I'm afraid of violent narcomaniacs because they've fucked up their brain so bad. That's a real problem. Still, better to not force them to go criminal.
Well the guns or the lack thereof don't create violence or crime. But guns make it deadlier. You might live in a place where a criminal might want to break into your house and rape your wife, but I just fail to take it seriously where I live. So you americans, do whatever you will. I actually don't know what would work there, because our good solution is probably not good for you (anymore) or would at least take some 100 years of social growth. The sad thing is nobody seems to know what to do about crime.
Indeed. The fighters will never know peace, but I sure am grateful that USA is making itself THE target for all those nutty terrorists.
Then again, Hussein's not my girlfriend..
Seriously; it's only a matter of time that everybody gets nuclear weapons, so quarreling with half the world seems a bit.. Overconfident?
Go check the GPL FAQ at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html.
Some highlights:Does the GPL require that source code of modified versions be posted to the public?
The GPL does not require you to release your modified version. You are free to make modifications and use them privately, without ever releasing them. This applies to organizations (including companies), too; an organization can make a modified version and use it internally without ever releasing it outside the organization.
Can I use GPL-covered editors such as GNU Emacs to develop non-free programs? Can I use GPL-covered tools such as GCC to compile them?
Yes, because the copyright on the editors and tools does not cover the code you write. Using them does not place any restrictions, legally, on the license you use for your code.
Your post's a troll, and I only reply because I fear you might be truely, well, screwed on this. Don't believe FUD, find out yourself. Yeah, and your lawyers suck.
Yeah, second; ext2 doesn't need defrag. It takes care of fragmentation itself. That's why it isn't there. It's a bit awkward to have to run such tools on Windows, isn't it? I'd say you're mistaken with token ring too, but I'm not sure about that ;).
The problem's about distinguishing between the types. What do you call a moon orbiting a moon? Monet? A "thing" that goes around the sun (and earth) in a horse shoe orbit? Monetoid? Moon-sized KBO's.. Farmoons? Pseudoplanets?
And, what separates planets from asteroids? I suppose planets are round. But asteroids might also, or then not, or, I don't know. Suddenly "Oddball" seems a very descriptive name.
Constellations with stars named with greek letters alpha, beta etc, and their planets with a single numeral. "Alpha Carinae 3". Moons similiarly, "Alpha Carinae 3 b" or something. Forget about the comets and asteroids, they are random generated and you can bump into them anywhere. As long as things go into a nice tree format it'll be simple.
A complex heap of space rocks is entirely another matter. Imagine naming computers connected to Internet in a way that would tell their physical location, operating system and connection speeds. Yeah, you could say those change, but so do the space rocks, colliding into each other or dancing around in gravity wells.
Reminds me of the good chaps in Lapland, where they have place names like "vittumaisenoja", "fucking goddamn river"..
This might be a difference in topography. Afganistan is hugely mountainous, so it's very non-practical to use cable. There's no cable there. Wireless / satellite is the way to go.
On the other hand, Iraq is flat. Also, Iraq's population might be living in cities while afgans are all around. This is a guess, but I'd suppose Iraq has cable links already. No need for satellite.
It seems the sense of freedom is important for all animals alike. Humans and mice. I'd react quite strongly to being locked into a room for a long time. Sure I'd try to escape. Sure It'd turn into an "escape ritual" if it'd be hopeless. Sure I'd be digging the tunnel, even though I "knew" It'd never work.
Prison is far better. People can have hobbies and visitors etc etc.
Sure the mice are acting crazy. But does that mean they'd have a permanent mental flaw? I don't think so. I believe the craziness arises from the situation, and will go away if these mice would be let free, roaming in the forests.
I once had three gerbils. Sure they'd be trying to escape whenever they had the chance, but that seemed as a sport. I always kept some cardboard tube, boxes, carrots, branches and whatever there to keep them busy. Changed the "furnishings" every now and then. And let the gerbils run free in one room quite often. Actually even built mazes for them from LEGOs =). They seemed healthy and sound. I miss them.
Animals should be treated properly to get any sane information about their behavior. And, they should be living in their natural environment (which, when different from that of humans, will make the info less useful). I think lab mice or lab-anything is not the way psychology will get good results. It's simply cruel.
Dual -> triple? Doesn't work.
Should be trial boot.
What, you have ads coming to you from your ISP there? SUCKS TO BE YOU! This to everybody this applies to =).
Why would you expect the same to happen in the UK or elsewhere? I consider it fair to pay for what I use. Use more -> pay more. Actually I think at least wireless (as in mobile phones) is going to cost per bit instead of the older per minute cost. This is in Finland, where I live. And yes, we had "free" phone calls outside office hours before the internet. Well, 10 cents per call, time not limited. Guess what happened?
People would call their ISPs every friday at 17:00, and then keep the connection open until monday morning 8:00 just in case they'd need it. This was hell for small ISPs (which were the cheaper ones). Sometimes it would take hours of trying and listening to a modem before getting a connection. Sure, this was back in '95-'97.
Now, I'm a happy ADSL user, but I can always go back to using the connection provided by a computer magazine I'm subscribed to. Yay, costs nothing extra (anymore). They even gad a super-cool BBS before the Internet Age.
Point anyway; it's sensible to pay per use, if the use is significant. Back in the old days the ISPs had far less lines than customers. I suppose this might still be the case.. Although digital data changes the picture; it will simply get slower for everyone. But, I'd like to pay per tv-program, because I don't watch TV much and I feel paying 50 cents a day (165$ a year) is too much as I watch tv at home maybe once a month. Gah, I'd even pay for music per-song, or per minute of listening rather than pay $20 for a copy-protected disk that I don't know beforehand and will probably forget about quite soon.
And yeah, I don't think it'd be a technical problem, even in USA, for the ISP to charge per-minute via the telco.
Offtopic, but here goes. You asked for it.
I recall Linux distros running on macs were a new thing quite recently. For my experience too, especially file system access is a bit sluggish on macs with linux.
The worst thing is, there's nobody to blame. Linux is open-source and free (if you didn't know), and this means the software and drivers are written by enthusiasts. Today, some hardware vendors actually supply linux drivers, but some 5 years ago I'd choose my hardware carefully if I wanted to use linux. Heck, it's still wise to check linux compatibility before buying new HW. Sure, Linux will run on almost any PC, and recognize _almost_ all peripherals today, but mac drivers lag behind. Also, I don't think that Apple writes HW drivers for linux.. Then again, buy a IBM server computer, and you'll have no problems whatsoever running Linux to the max.
There's nothing as fast, cheap or stable as linux. BUT, there are EASIER things. I'd compare running Linux on a mac with running Windows or OS/2 on a mac.. There are some enthusiastic mac users who use Linux, but if you simply want Linux, go for a PC. And, don't put in the very latest HW, or prepare to search and compile drivers (or, well, live with the fact that your soundcard doesn't work at all and display drivers are slow).
Adobe reader has to be able to show the data in some way. Take a screenshot and feed to a character recognition program. Should be a two-click algorithm soon. And, the scanner programs can also get the pics, place them correctly and save the whole thing as RTF or something else.
Get the best protection ever - AdobeOS. You boot the CD, and then and only then will you see the content! No screenshots, memory hacks or anything! Secure! Fetch your digital camera and skip to paragraph 1.
(As a curiosity; If you want to edit the stuff around and save as PDF, get a postscript version (print to file, with postscript printer-drivers) and fetch a free program called ps2pdf.
Basically, this is the same problem that the recording industry is facing. Copy protection isn't possible. Not the way they try to do it anyway. They might be trying to simply make copying difficult (the same way that locks don't protect anything, they just slow the thief down), but, this can't be done without making almost everything else difficult also.
This is a good example of people (corporations)focusing on wrong things. You know, why to actually do anything productive when you don't have to? You can get something from nothing in this world.
Should be like a computer game. I spend credits, then I get a new spaceship. No resources wasted. In the Civilization games corruption causes waste =(. Humm.. World would be a better place if everyone simply were intelligent.
Maybe this is too much to ask for. Then I'd simply opt for people not using resources to do things that are generally harmful.