The creature is driven by rage, and pursued by an investigative reporter. The creature is wanted for a murder he didn't commit. David Banner is believed to be dead, and he must let the world think that he is dead, until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
I happen to have $500 billion sitting in my bank account, and now I have something worthwhile to spend it on! I was going to buy healthcare for everyone in my country, but, um, nah!
you're missing the point. have a look at youtube.
there is a huge mass of content-producers out there that don't know the first thing about video production or even writing. they just turn on their webcam and go. and there is a huge audience for this content. video podcasts are just like youtube channels, but with the ease of use that is pretty much unique to itunes.
Guns bans have never been shown to be causally linked to a decrease in murder or violence. If you have some formal evidence to the contrary, I'd be happy see it. Um, maybe you should check out the WHOLE REST OF THE WORLD.
The problem with electronic voting machines is dwarfed by the problems inherent in the way voting is done in most states. Oregon has been using vote by mail for 10 years and they consistently have higher voter participation than every other state and practically no fraud. What's more, voters are better informed about the candidates and issues they're voting for and have time to research before voting.
To learn more, check out: http://www.votebymailproject.org/whyvotebymail.htm l
Electronic voting is cool, especially for a user interface geek like me, but in this case, simpler is better.
Whatever, dude. This was not some random document that someone dug out of the garbage in order to prove some lefty point. This document was a Presidential Daily Briefing given to Bush a month prior to the attacks. Those briefings are very high profile and (one would hope) well-researched. The implications at best are that the administration committed a major oversight in not looking further into the possibilities of such an attack. At worst, there is an implication of willful ignorance or perhaps even complicity. Even I find this unlikely, but the possibility has yet to be fully investigated, and perhaps it never will.
Regarding TFA, the design of the document is almost certainly a minor factor among the possible reasons it was ignored. (And yes, I've read my share of Tufte.) However, knowing this president, it might have held his attention longer if it had pretty illustrations of planes flying into buildings on the cover. And perhaps it should have been titled "My Pet Terrorist."
I'm sure someone out there can do a better job of explaining this, but I'll take a shot:
Metadata is data about data. File metadata is information describing a file or its contents.
On many operating systems, file metadata comes primarily in the form of filename extensions. A file with the name "house.jpg" can reasonably be assumed to be a JPEG image file.
Unfortunately, filename extensions are pretty limited as a means of storing file metadata. There's a lot of other metadata one might want to store and retrieve for a give file.
Classic Mac OS went a small step further, storing 2 pieces of file metadata: file type and file creator. This information was stored separately from the filename, allowing Mac users to name there files whatever they wanted, without having to include a filename extension. It also allowed them to have some JPEGs open in Photoshop when double-clicked, and others to open in a web browser, by means of the files' creator metadata.
Not too much later, the World Wide Web appeared, and with it the use of filename extensions as required metadata for any files to be transferred via the Internet. So Mac users learned to live with filename extensions. Most of them were already doing so.
One development that accompanied the rise of the Internet was the development of mime types, another means of storing file metadata. BeOS used mime types extensively for storing file metadata, in conjunction with a database-driven filesystem. From what I saw, the combination was pretty effective and powerful.
File metadata on Mac OS X is a mess because Apple has officially abandoned the traditional Mac type/creator metadata system. This is one area where Apple could have taken a leadership position as they transitioned their core userbase and developers to their new OS, as they did in other areas like Core Audio, but instead of replacing the type/creator paradigm with some newer, better metadata system along the lines of that which already existed in BeOS, they simply chose to fall back to the less powerful but more internet-compatible filename extension paradigm. Yet they did not completely abandon the traditional system, as it would have made porting classic Mac apps to O S X more difficult. So some Mac OS X apps use type/creator metadata, some only use filename extensions, and some use both. Without a clear leadership direction from Apple, things are kind of a mess. Not that most users would notice.
There is some hope. Last I checked, Dominic Giampaolo was still working at Apple. He was the main brain behind the BeOS filesystem and went to work for Apple a few years back. He's responsible for the journaling support that was recently added to Mac OS X. Many folks (myself among them) are hoping that Dominic will bring the BeOS metadata system (or something like it) to Mac OS X. I believe Tiger and Spotlight will bring some improvements in this area.
This video is not the 1984 commercial. It's Steve Jobs introducing the Mac onstage at an Apple-hosted event. (Actually i think it was held on the campus of a nearby community college in Cupertino.)
my mom can barely manage 2 apps on windows or on a mac. apple's main focus is on simplifying the computing experience 'for the rest us'. which is why they'll never ship a machine that runs more than one operating system.
Does anyone else find it impossible to navigate this blog in sequential order from the beginning? Where the hell are the next/previous entry links? Am I missing something?
i used to live in birmingham and frequently made the drive through huntsville to nashville. there is a rocket (or replica of a rocket) that stands along I-65 just south of the tennessee border, about a half hour or so north of hunstville. do you know what that rocket is?
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yeah, regular people LOVE scanning barcodes. so fun!
The creature is driven by rage, and pursued by an investigative reporter. The creature is wanted for a murder he didn't commit. David Banner is believed to be dead, and he must let the world think that he is dead, until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
I happen to have $500 billion sitting in my bank account, and now I have something worthwhile to spend it on! I was going to buy healthcare for everyone in my country, but, um, nah!
you're missing the point. have a look at youtube. there is a huge mass of content-producers out there that don't know the first thing about video production or even writing. they just turn on their webcam and go. and there is a huge audience for this content. video podcasts are just like youtube channels, but with the ease of use that is pretty much unique to itunes.
Hottest geekiest girl ever.
The problem with electronic voting machines is dwarfed by the problems inherent in the way voting is done in most states. Oregon has been using vote by mail for 10 years and they consistently have higher voter participation than every other state and practically no fraud. What's more, voters are better informed about the candidates and issues they're voting for and have time to research before voting. To learn more, check out: http://www.votebymailproject.org/whyvotebymail.htm l
Electronic voting is cool, especially for a user interface geek like me, but in this case, simpler is better.
Dude, that was my skull!
I think you were actually alluding to the word 'elude'.
/Macintosh HD/Program Files/ ?
*shudder*
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Whatever, dude. This was not some random document that someone dug out of the garbage in order to prove some lefty point. This document was a Presidential Daily Briefing given to Bush a month prior to the attacks. Those briefings are very high profile and (one would hope) well-researched. The implications at best are that the administration committed a major oversight in not looking further into the possibilities of such an attack. At worst, there is an implication of willful ignorance or perhaps even complicity. Even I find this unlikely, but the possibility has yet to be fully investigated, and perhaps it never will.
Regarding TFA, the design of the document is almost certainly a minor factor among the possible reasons it was ignored. (And yes, I've read my share of Tufte.) However, knowing this president, it might have held his attention longer if it had pretty illustrations of planes flying into buildings on the cover. And perhaps it should have been titled "My Pet Terrorist."
I'm sure someone out there can do a better job of explaining this, but I'll take a shot:
Metadata is data about data. File metadata is information describing a file or its contents.
On many operating systems, file metadata comes primarily in the form of filename extensions. A file with the name "house.jpg" can reasonably be assumed to be a JPEG image file.
Unfortunately, filename extensions are pretty limited as a means of storing file metadata. There's a lot of other metadata one might want to store and retrieve for a give file.
Classic Mac OS went a small step further, storing 2 pieces of file metadata: file type and file creator. This information was stored separately from the filename, allowing Mac users to name there files whatever they wanted, without having to include a filename extension. It also allowed them to have some JPEGs open in Photoshop when double-clicked, and others to open in a web browser, by means of the files' creator metadata.
Not too much later, the World Wide Web appeared, and with it the use of filename extensions as required metadata for any files to be transferred via the Internet. So Mac users learned to live with filename extensions. Most of them were already doing so.
One development that accompanied the rise of the Internet was the development of mime types, another means of storing file metadata. BeOS used mime types extensively for storing file metadata, in conjunction with a database-driven filesystem. From what I saw, the combination was pretty effective and powerful.
File metadata on Mac OS X is a mess because Apple has officially abandoned the traditional Mac type/creator metadata system. This is one area where Apple could have taken a leadership position as they transitioned their core userbase and developers to their new OS, as they did in other areas like Core Audio, but instead of replacing the type/creator paradigm with some newer, better metadata system along the lines of that which already existed in BeOS, they simply chose to fall back to the less powerful but more internet-compatible filename extension paradigm. Yet they did not completely abandon the traditional system, as it would have made porting classic Mac apps to O S X more difficult. So some Mac OS X apps use type/creator metadata, some only use filename extensions, and some use both. Without a clear leadership direction from Apple, things are kind of a mess. Not that most users would notice.
There is some hope. Last I checked, Dominic Giampaolo was still working at Apple. He was the main brain behind the BeOS filesystem and went to work for Apple a few years back. He's responsible for the journaling support that was recently added to Mac OS X. Many folks (myself among them) are hoping that Dominic will bring the BeOS metadata system (or something like it) to Mac OS X. I believe Tiger and Spotlight will bring some improvements in this area.
yeah, who SHUTS DOWN their computer these days?
Who does this guy think he is, Mr. Smart, or something?!
This video is not the 1984 commercial. It's Steve Jobs introducing the Mac onstage at an Apple-hosted event. (Actually i think it was held on the campus of a nearby community college in Cupertino.)
my mom can barely manage 2 apps on windows or on a mac. apple's main focus is on simplifying the computing experience 'for the rest us'. which is why they'll never ship a machine that runs more than one operating system.
There are other players; that is all that is required for competition. It's just that all the other players suck. Too bad.
Does anyone else find it impossible to navigate this blog in sequential order from the beginning? Where the hell are the next/previous entry links? Am I missing something?
1. Blow up nuclear reactor
2. Evacuate surrounding area
3. Wait 18 years
4. Re-package devastated area as tourist hot-spot
5. PROFIT!!!
It's all coming down anyway.
the funny thing is he could just turn the XP box upside down and it would boot linux. neato.
That doesn't necessarily mean that Eminem himself called off the talks. Major label artists almost never act on their own behalf in matters like this.
i used to live in birmingham and frequently made the drive through huntsville to nashville. there is a rocket (or replica of a rocket) that stands along I-65 just south of the tennessee border, about a half hour or so north of hunstville. do you know what that rocket is?
Dude, this is Slashdot. "Geek" is a badge of honor, reserved for the few and the proud.