I love how little science news articles always relate these pie in the sky research projects to how it will someday be able to help the needy. Every article that mentions brain research mentions how it will be able to help that.00000000001% of the population. And I love how every article that talks about the rediculous new robots that get made in Japan will someday be able to help the elderly get around.
I think it is good to be altruistic, and I'm all for helping them. But we live in a capitalistic world and they should be focusing on what we're willing to pay for. When I hear about brain research, I wanna hear, "someday, this will allow people with enough cash to upgrade to a new super brain that will give them the ability to control small animals and set new records in consecutive Jeopardy wins." Now THATS something I'm willing to pay for. Charge us all a little premium and help out people with disorders for free on the side. Then we can do good at the same time.
Why do we always need altruistic excuses for doing stuff that's interesting?
I've tried lots of different development systems for Python. I'm currently sold on Emacs being the best. For C++/Java/C# the computer has the typing information to help with the development process, so IDE's for those languages/platforms can help quite a bit. But IDE's can't help nearly as much with Python.
I've used Wing IDE quite a bit and it is pretty good. It does help organize projects and can do some code completion (but not nearly as good as IDEs for Java et al). It would be my recommendation for anyone who needs a transition tool.
I've played with Leo a little bit, but not enough to make any serious recommendation. But the philosophy is really sound. It really does the trick for organization. If it had a better text editor, I would give it more serious consideration.
I've always been a Vim fan. Nothing can beat it for editing text, but I think its Python mode is less than stellar. I prefer my tabs converted to spaces, but the python mode doesn't understand it enough to handle backspaces properly.
Emacs with python mode is really doing it for me. The real kicker is having the interpreter and the editing buffer in the same window. Being able to switch back and forth and make changes and test them in a live environment is a whole new world. That instant feedback leads to a more iterative development process that makes coding more fun and, in my experience, just plain better. Not to mention that is available on every platform and very responsive. Highly recommended.
I'm not sure about your priorities, to tell you the truth. It's sort of like me saying, "I am fortunate enough to commute to work in a densely packed metropolis, but occasionally I have to cross the street or ride the subway. Does anyone know of a good camera that can withstand being crushed by a bus or the impact of an out of control speeding train? Ideally I'd like one with 4megapixels and optical zoom. Any ideas?"
Like any good IT worker, I deal with the same issues. And I know a number of very smart software people who often find themselves in the same high pressured situation. Sometimes it is easier to blame someone else, but the reality is, it's just the American way (pardon me if other countries experience the same problem, but I only have work experience here). We believe in fighting our way to the top; if you let up, someone else out there would be happy to take your place. The system is the system, and accepting that to some degree helps.
But what really works for me is Meditation. I've done it on and off for years, and without a doubt in my mind, life just clicks along much more smoothly when I do it regularly. As long as I keep it up 4 or 5 days a week (even 20min at a time is enough), I'm able to approach most situations with a "how can I make this better" attitude as opposed to a "why me?!" attitude. I recommend Autogenic Training as an honest non-religious way to chill out. After following the steps for a few months, I found myself able to plop down and completely relax in less than a minute. I'm sure there is a very good scientific explanation for whats happening, but I'm not going to offer one. If you believe in working your way to the top, and it does take some work, then you should be willing to try it out for awhile to see if it works for you.
This is such wonderful news I can barely stand it. I've spent the whole weekend in a slump because it recently hit me that Microsoft has flat out killed all progress in browser technologies for the mainstream consumer. Their admission to make no more changes to IE until the next revision of the OS is terribly sad. For a brief shining moment one could dream of a world of human beings working together and exchanging ideas. But for the most part, the internet has been reduced to an alternate way to watch CNN.
Individial centric social structures (such as capitalism) work well in many ways, but they are very vulnerable through brainwashing of individuals (advertising) and the abuse of the commons(spam). Governments are the forces of socialism which keep things in check. I'm giddy at seeing this actually happening.(Even though I am deeply sad that my own dear Home of the Brave dropped the ball on this in a fearfully troubling manner.) I pray to any higher power that will answer me that this sort of thing will continue until it is safe and productive to have a good idea again.
That is a really interesting thought. This sort of behavior could reflect real human behavior throughout history. In all cultures, we have repeatedly persecuted those who are too different. If players decide that the rare Jedi is too special, then it is quite possible to imagine that the Jedi players will get abused for being what they are -- kind of like the X-men universe. I for one am very excited to see what happens. While the MMORPGs may not be perfect (or even close) to the real world, they still serve as a reasonable microcosm of human behavior. I think in the years to come sociologists are going to have a field day with this sort of stuff. Ultimately, these worlds could really serve as wonderful testing grounds for new economic/socio/political threories. Who needs a Marxist revolution in the real world when you've got Everquest?
I find this thing to be fascinating. I've spent some time doing biofeedback and had a really positive experience with it. There was a lot to do with on screen videos and sounds. Unfortunately, I had to pay a professional $120 an hour for the priveledge. If people could pay that once and get the positive experiences of easy to do, self instructing mindfulness meditation the world might be a little bit a better place.
Scientific research has done much to demonstrate the effectiveness of this sort of activity regarding health and emotional well being. Personal experience has also shown this to be true.
I for one am excited and expect to gladly shell out $130.
When they refer to native and managed versions, they are still referring to their.NET build of the project. Although they don't provide any details, these are still both slower than the "original" version. This is from the faq on their page:
How is the performance of the managed version?
Initially, the managed version was faster than the native version when the default processor optimization setting/G5 (Pentium) was used. Changing the optimization setting to/G7 (Pentium 4 and Above) created a native version that runs around 15% faster then the managed version.
Note, the assembly code was disabled for the native and managed versions so both versions are slower than the original Quake version.
So, I think the jury should still be out on.NET performance.
I have been using iTMS and I am quite pleased with it, but there is more that they could do and *should* do. Ultimately, the huge and useful role that labels play is getting the music exposed to people. People don't want to pay the labels any money because they don't think that they are doing anything. This just isn't true. How am I supposed to know to buy a song unless I've heard it a couple of times. A huge amount of work and money goes into putting on concerts and radio play and store placement.
1. When It comes down to it, a 30 second clip just isn't enough to sell me on a song. In the old model, one hit song could be the catalyst for selling a number of other good songs on the album (although it is often the case that one hit song sells a number of crappy ones). If this model becomes more popular, then each song will need to be marketed individually. That requires a lot of effort. Apple could help by providing radio stations based on it's catalog.
2. I think it could really take advantage of other people providing some level of predistribution. I could certainly see myself going through web sites that provided editorial content that reflected my own personal tastes. If people could get a small bit of the cut for pointing me to good music, they would be more inclined to put some effort into it. (This is similar to what amazon does now, but I don't think that books lend themselves as well to this sort of activity).
3. I don't think they should necessarily follow the Amazon system of rating things - which has devolved into pretty much a one or five star rating system that is mostly useless. I do like reading people's comments, though. Still, finding a central source for advice that I trust vs weeding out the person I trust from a list of unknowns is less than effective.
4. It is still unclear to me how I get to keep this music going forward. I don't plan on buying another computer for another year, but what about then? How do I move it? I still use my linux box alot and can imagine there is a point where I will use it exclusively in the future. I still paid for the music, I want to take it with me.
People often ignore one of the valuable skills that often come with age and life experience. I don't care how great a geeky programmer you are, having a so-so programmer who knows how to work with other poeple, manage their own time, take initiative and responsibility, and clean up after themselves is a real advantage. In fact these skills are so valuable that it is often a waste of money having a person with these skills do something so simple as just program.
I've been programming since I was a kid and I used to think I was real hot stuff; however, it is only the past few years that I have learned the discipline to properly test and document. Only recently have I begun to see the real value of working positively with others. Only recently have I been able to let go of my ego enough to say, "I don't know." Only recently have I had been able to choose the more practical solution vs the fun ones.
Anyone can learn to program, but learning to really contribute takes years of experience.
X-Com:UFO Defense - That was a scary as hell game. They did such a good job of making these aliens appear out of nowhere, I would jump every time I saw one. The really small range of sight and the fact that they easily beat your a** made for a classic game.
Star Control 2 - The best story and the most fun 2D space shooter ever. Many sleepless nights stand out in my memory.
Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar - I highly doubt that I am the only person out there who's entire moral base rests on that game. Despite all the fighting and killing, the only way to win the game was to be a really really good person.
Super Mario 64 - I have never played a game with such wonderful worlds. I will always compare every place I go in the real world to those.
Oregon Trail - I learned how to settle the old west, hunt, bargain, shoot indians, fix wagon wheels, and a little geography. If I ever get sucked into a time warp back to the days of the old west, I'm all set!
Honestly, I look back at my childhood and realize that I never studied all that much, but still did well. I never went to church, but I have a good moral framework. I don't have a violent or angry bone in my body. But I played lots of games. There is no way I can say that they didn't have a major impact on the person I am today. (Take that for what it's worth.)
Does anyone besides Microsoft actually make money strictly selling software? The way I see it, there are only a few ways to make money in the biz:
Be a large company that can affort to market the heck out of your products. (ie the current capitalist method).
Be a niche developer selling a useful product to a small market. This usually works for a solitary developer. The market won't be big enough to support much more than that.
Really target a niche market hard - Mathematica, Matlab. This is almost an extension of the first category, cause its still all about marketing.
Be a small group of friendly talented developers who labor for love. (I'm thinking OmniGroup here)
Do some sort of value added open source thing. The profits are probably directly proportional to the marketing muscle.
No software will be perfect, therefore, no software will sell itself. Unless your university plans on making the financial risk of targeted advertising, the money just won't come. Ask them to generate a plan on how they intend to sell your software. If they won't commit, then give them some examples of the last category (sleepycat, apache, mysql, zope, etc.)
I did a little comparing of all the major brands of laptops recently, and there really is nothing comparable to the Power Book. There are faster laptops, certainly. And there are cheaper laptops. But there is nothing else on the market that offers similar features.
Only the Area51 also offers a high end graphics card. Only one of the sony's offers a large screen while staying reasonably light weight. No PC laptops at 6lbs and under qualify as desktop replacements. I've been carrying around a PowerBook G4 for almost 2 years now, and it is as heavy as a laptop should be - anything more really is too much. I'd love all the power of a top end IBM or Area51, but they are in the same price range (or more for the IBM) and both are in the 8lb range.
If I had one thing to change, it would be the fact that the power book has both a "return" and "enter" key. As a developer, I could really use another control key to make my emacs life easier. Who says, "boy am I glad that there is both and enter and return on this keyboard - I couldn't get by without it."
Speaking of Wizardry, one of the authors (Greenberg, I believe) prefers Smalltalk. You can go to the Squeak mailing lists at Yahoo and read his regular postings. I think he's a lawyer now.
Myself and several other people have had bad CTS that just got better and stayed better after picking up tai chi. It is good for the body, good for the mind, and good for the soul. Mix in the prospects of becomming a kung fu master and you really have a can't lose situation.
I like the original cut as well. Harry does a great voice over that turns it into a funky detective flick. I thought it was a lot of fun. I would like to be able to watch that one again if I could find it.
While I do appreciate the director's cut for a more interesting ending, it is also the equivalent of two valium stamped onto a plastic disc. If I really want to fall asleep, I just have to stick that movie in. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Larger companies have traditionally used Force Management software to help them determine how many people are needed and when. Unfortunately, this type of software can cost 10s of thousands of dollars or more; not to mention that they are a maintanence nightmare.
The internet has come to the rescue in this department. I have some experience with a company, ISC. They have a web based/ASP software solution called Irene that is relatively inexpensive and no maintanence for the user; a browser is the only client needed. You can upload data files which contain data about how many calls you are getting throughout the day. They will in turn forecast future calls, determine the proper number of agents needed to meet your goals, and schedule them accordingly. They provide more power than most small help desks/call centers could ever use for a fraction of the price of similar software. It works on a subscription model, so if it doesn't work out for you, just stop using it.
I have an experience using Yahoo bill pay aka CheckFree. As far as the price goes, I think it is perfectly reasonable. A couple of cents more than the price of a stamp.
I did however, have a more serious issue. When signing up, you type in the account number that appears on your regular checks. They then use this number to print their checks. I assume this works with most accounts; however, it didn't work with mine. For some reason, my regular checks have some extra digits in the account number that don't cause problems except when CheckFree tries.
So I send out payments for all my bills. Within two months, I have my landlord threatening eviction, and AmericanExpress has now turned off my account (Which turned out to be the biggest pain because I use that card to pay many other bills automatically). I believe that my reliability as a debtor has been seriously wounded. I'm quite certain that I won't be able to buy a house for another 5 years now.:-(
In response, I sent some nasty email to CheckFree. They called me up and worked with me to figure out the problem (which took them a few months to figure out in turn). All is well for me now, but I recommend that anyone who wants to use this, try sending a $10 check to a friend first. If it doesn't go through, you might be down one friend, but at least you will still have electricity.
"Do we need another OS?" I say yea. Whatever inspires people to do something is valuable. There are thousands of superbright people out there who couldn't care less about linux, bsd, macos, beos, or any other new system. If the amiga captures their attention then they are bound to come up with some cool ideas that haven't been thought of.
We should embrace any and every attempt at growth because that is the nature of evolution. It could all be a miserable failure, but even by learning what doesn't work, we still learn.
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I do! That way I can surf the web on my way out. We know that it would have a built in browser.
I started going to Tai Chi class twice a week for an hour at a time. It is good about stretching the back, shoulders, arms, wrists, and fingers in very subtle ways. Within a month, I forgot that I ever had mouse elbow and sore wrists.
It's also low impact. No sweat, no problem.
AND I can now kick some ass. (At least that's what they tell me.)
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I love how little science news articles always relate these pie in the sky research projects to how it will someday be able to help the needy. Every article that mentions brain research mentions how it will be able to help that .00000000001% of the population. And I love how every article that talks about the rediculous new robots that get made in Japan will someday be able to help the elderly get around.
I think it is good to be altruistic, and I'm all for helping them. But we live in a capitalistic world and they should be focusing on what we're willing to pay for. When I hear about brain research, I wanna hear, "someday, this will allow people with enough cash to upgrade to a new super brain that will give them the ability to control small animals and set new records in consecutive Jeopardy wins." Now THATS something I'm willing to pay for. Charge us all a little premium and help out people with disorders for free on the side. Then we can do good at the same time.
Why do we always need altruistic excuses for doing stuff that's interesting?
I've tried lots of different development systems for Python. I'm currently sold on Emacs being the best. For C++/Java/C# the computer has the typing information to help with the development process, so IDE's for those languages/platforms can help quite a bit. But IDE's can't help nearly as much with Python.
I've used Wing IDE quite a bit and it is pretty good. It does help organize projects and can do some code completion (but not nearly as good as IDEs for Java et al). It would be my recommendation for anyone who needs a transition tool.
I've played with Leo a little bit, but not enough to make any serious recommendation. But the philosophy is really sound. It really does the trick for organization. If it had a better text editor, I would give it more serious consideration.
I've always been a Vim fan. Nothing can beat it for editing text, but I think its Python mode is less than stellar. I prefer my tabs converted to spaces, but the python mode doesn't understand it enough to handle backspaces properly.
Emacs with python mode is really doing it for me. The real kicker is having the interpreter and the editing buffer in the same window. Being able to switch back and forth and make changes and test them in a live environment is a whole new world. That instant feedback leads to a more iterative development process that makes coding more fun and, in my experience, just plain better. Not to mention that is available on every platform and very responsive. Highly recommended.
But a cube will fit much better in my eyesocket. No way am I getting a shuffle in there.
I'm not sure about your priorities, to tell you the truth. It's sort of like me saying, "I am fortunate enough to commute to work in a densely packed metropolis, but occasionally I have to cross the street or ride the subway. Does anyone know of a good camera that can withstand being crushed by a bus or the impact of an out of control speeding train? Ideally I'd like one with 4megapixels and optical zoom. Any ideas?"
Like any good IT worker, I deal with the same issues. And I know a number of very smart software people who often find themselves in the same high pressured situation. Sometimes it is easier to blame someone else, but the reality is, it's just the American way (pardon me if other countries experience the same problem, but I only have work experience here). We believe in fighting our way to the top; if you let up, someone else out there would be happy to take your place. The system is the system, and accepting that to some degree helps.
But what really works for me is Meditation. I've done it on and off for years, and without a doubt in my mind, life just clicks along much more smoothly when I do it regularly. As long as I keep it up 4 or 5 days a week (even 20min at a time is enough), I'm able to approach most situations with a "how can I make this better" attitude as opposed to a "why me?!" attitude. I recommend Autogenic Training as an honest non-religious way to chill out. After following the steps for a few months, I found myself able to plop down and completely relax in less than a minute. I'm sure there is a very good scientific explanation for whats happening, but I'm not going to offer one. If you believe in working your way to the top, and it does take some work, then you should be willing to try it out for awhile to see if it works for you.
This is such wonderful news I can barely stand it. I've spent the whole weekend in a slump because it recently hit me that Microsoft has flat out killed all progress in browser technologies for the mainstream consumer. Their admission to make no more changes to IE until the next revision of the OS is terribly sad. For a brief shining moment one could dream of a world of human beings working together and exchanging ideas. But for the most part, the internet has been reduced to an alternate way to watch CNN.
Individial centric social structures (such as capitalism) work well in many ways, but they are very vulnerable through brainwashing of individuals (advertising) and the abuse of the commons(spam). Governments are the forces of socialism which keep things in check. I'm giddy at seeing this actually happening.(Even though I am deeply sad that my own dear Home of the Brave dropped the ball on this in a fearfully troubling manner.) I pray to any higher power that will answer me that this sort of thing will continue until it is safe and productive to have a good idea again.
That is a really interesting thought. This sort of behavior could reflect real human behavior throughout history. In all cultures, we have repeatedly persecuted those who are too different. If players decide that the rare Jedi is too special, then it is quite possible to imagine that the Jedi players will get abused for being what they are -- kind of like the X-men universe. I for one am very excited to see what happens. While the MMORPGs may not be perfect (or even close) to the real world, they still serve as a reasonable microcosm of human behavior. I think in the years to come sociologists are going to have a field day with this sort of stuff. Ultimately, these worlds could really serve as wonderful testing grounds for new economic/socio/political threories. Who needs a Marxist revolution in the real world when you've got Everquest?
I find this thing to be fascinating. I've spent some time doing biofeedback and had a really positive experience with it. There was a lot to do with on screen videos and sounds. Unfortunately, I had to pay a professional $120 an hour for the priveledge. If people could pay that once and get the positive experiences of easy to do, self instructing mindfulness meditation the world might be a little bit a better place.
Scientific research has done much to demonstrate the effectiveness of this sort of activity regarding health and emotional well being. Personal experience has also shown this to be true.
I for one am excited and expect to gladly shell out $130.
sean
I have been using iTMS and I am quite pleased with it, but there is more that they could do and *should* do. Ultimately, the huge and useful role that labels play is getting the music exposed to people. People don't want to pay the labels any money because they don't think that they are doing anything. This just isn't true. How am I supposed to know to buy a song unless I've heard it a couple of times. A huge amount of work and money goes into putting on concerts and radio play and store placement.
1. When It comes down to it, a 30 second clip just isn't enough to sell me on a song. In the old model, one hit song could be the catalyst for selling a number of other good songs on the album (although it is often the case that one hit song sells a number of crappy ones). If this model becomes more popular, then each song will need to be marketed individually. That requires a lot of effort. Apple could help by providing radio stations based on it's catalog.
2. I think it could really take advantage of other people providing some level of predistribution. I could certainly see myself going through web sites that provided editorial content that reflected my own personal tastes. If people could get a small bit of the cut for pointing me to good music, they would be more inclined to put some effort into it. (This is similar to what amazon does now, but I don't think that books lend themselves as well to this sort of activity).
3. I don't think they should necessarily follow the Amazon system of rating things - which has devolved into pretty much a one or five star rating system that is mostly useless. I do like reading people's comments, though. Still, finding a central source for advice that I trust vs weeding out the person I trust from a list of unknowns is less than effective.
4. It is still unclear to me how I get to keep this music going forward. I don't plan on buying another computer for another year, but what about then? How do I move it? I still use my linux box alot and can imagine there is a point where I will use it exclusively in the future. I still paid for the music, I want to take it with me.
sean
People often ignore one of the valuable skills that often come with age and life experience. I don't care how great a geeky programmer you are, having a so-so programmer who knows how to work with other poeple, manage their own time, take initiative and responsibility, and clean up after themselves is a real advantage. In fact these skills are so valuable that it is often a waste of money having a person with these skills do something so simple as just program.
I've been programming since I was a kid and I used to think I was real hot stuff; however, it is only the past few years that I have learned the discipline to properly test and document. Only recently have I begun to see the real value of working positively with others. Only recently have I been able to let go of my ego enough to say, "I don't know." Only recently have I had been able to choose the more practical solution vs the fun ones.
Anyone can learn to program, but learning to really contribute takes years of experience.
sean
Honestly, I look back at my childhood and realize that I never studied all that much, but still did well. I never went to church, but I have a good moral framework. I don't have a violent or angry bone in my body. But I played lots of games. There is no way I can say that they didn't have a major impact on the person I am today. (Take that for what it's worth.)
- Be a large company that can affort to market the heck out of your products. (ie the current capitalist method).
- Be a niche developer selling a useful product to a small market. This usually works for a solitary developer. The market won't be big enough to support much more than that.
- Really target a niche market hard - Mathematica, Matlab. This is almost an extension of the first category, cause its still all about marketing.
- Be a small group of friendly talented developers who labor for love. (I'm thinking OmniGroup here)
- Do some sort of value added open source thing. The profits are probably directly proportional to the marketing muscle.
No software will be perfect, therefore, no software will sell itself. Unless your university plans on making the financial risk of targeted advertising, the money just won't come. Ask them to generate a plan on how they intend to sell your software. If they won't commit, then give them some examples of the last category (sleepycat, apache, mysql, zope, etc.)sean
I did a little comparing of all the major brands of laptops recently, and there really is nothing comparable to the Power Book. There are faster laptops, certainly. And there are cheaper laptops. But there is nothing else on the market that offers similar features.
Only the Area51 also offers a high end graphics card. Only one of the sony's offers a large screen while staying reasonably light weight. No PC laptops at 6lbs and under qualify as desktop replacements. I've been carrying around a PowerBook G4 for almost 2 years now, and it is as heavy as a laptop should be - anything more really is too much. I'd love all the power of a top end IBM or Area51, but they are in the same price range (or more for the IBM) and both are in the 8lb range.
If I had one thing to change, it would be the fact that the power book has both a "return" and "enter" key. As a developer, I could really use another control key to make my emacs life easier. Who says, "boy am I glad that there is both and enter and return on this keyboard - I couldn't get by without it."
Speaking of Wizardry, one of the authors (Greenberg, I believe) prefers Smalltalk. You can go to the Squeak mailing lists at Yahoo and read his regular postings. I think he's a lawyer now.
sean
Myself and several other people have had bad CTS that just got better and stayed better after picking up tai chi. It is good for the body, good for the mind, and good for the soul. Mix in the prospects of becomming a kung fu master and you really have a can't lose situation.
I like the original cut as well. Harry does a great voice over that turns it into a funky detective flick. I thought it was a lot of fun. I would like to be able to watch that one again if I could find it.
While I do appreciate the director's cut for a more interesting ending, it is also the equivalent of two valium stamped onto a plastic disc. If I really want to fall asleep, I just have to stick that movie in. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Larger companies have traditionally used Force Management software to help them determine how many people are needed and when. Unfortunately, this type of software can cost 10s of thousands of dollars or more; not to mention that they are a maintanence nightmare.
The internet has come to the rescue in this department. I have some experience with a company, ISC. They have a web based/ASP software solution called Irene that is relatively inexpensive and no maintanence for the user; a browser is the only client needed. You can upload data files which contain data about how many calls you are getting throughout the day. They will in turn forecast future calls, determine the proper number of agents needed to meet your goals, and schedule them accordingly. They provide more power than most small help desks/call centers could ever use for a fraction of the price of similar software. It works on a subscription model, so if it doesn't work out for you, just stop using it.
I have an experience using Yahoo bill pay aka CheckFree. As far as the price goes, I think it is perfectly reasonable. A couple of cents more than the price of a stamp.
:-(
I did however, have a more serious issue. When signing up, you type in the account number that appears on your regular checks. They then use this number to print their checks. I assume this works with most accounts; however, it didn't work with mine. For some reason, my regular checks have some extra digits in the account number that don't cause problems except when CheckFree tries.
So I send out payments for all my bills. Within two months, I have my landlord threatening eviction, and AmericanExpress has now turned off my account (Which turned out to be the biggest pain because I use that card to pay many other bills automatically). I believe that my reliability as a debtor has been seriously wounded. I'm quite certain that I won't be able to buy a house for another 5 years now.
In response, I sent some nasty email to CheckFree. They called me up and worked with me to figure out the problem (which took them a few months to figure out in turn). All is well for me now, but I recommend that anyone who wants to use this, try sending a $10 check to a friend first. If it doesn't go through, you might be down one friend, but at least you will still have electricity.
s
"Do we need another OS?" I say yea.
Whatever inspires people to do something is valuable. There are thousands of superbright people out there who couldn't care less about linux, bsd, macos, beos, or any other new system. If the amiga captures their attention then they are bound to come up with some cool ideas that haven't been thought of.
We should embrace any and every attempt at growth because that is the nature of evolution. It could all be a miserable failure, but even by learning what doesn't work, we still learn.
s
I do! That way I can surf the web on my way out. We know that it would have a built in browser.
I started going to Tai Chi class twice a week for an hour at a time. It is good about stretching the back, shoulders, arms, wrists, and fingers in very subtle ways. Within a month, I forgot that I ever had mouse elbow and sore wrists.
It's also low impact. No sweat, no problem.
AND I can now kick some ass. (At least that's what they tell me.)