Despite its adherence to some annoying rules ("open house" hours are particularly frustrating) Calvin is pretty liberal for a Christian college. Compare it to Wheaton, where students are forced to sign a pledge not to drink, smoke, go to movies (are cardplaying and dancing allowed yet?). Or perhaps Cedarville College in Ohio, where you aren't allowed to wear jeans to class and chapel is mandatory. My freshman year roommate actually left Calvin for Cedarville, because he thought Calvin was too liberal! --
Holland, MI is home to one of the big three CRC (Christian Reformed Church) colleges. I went to one of the other big 3--next door in Grand Rapids." I'm assuming you mean Hope College, which is actually run by the RCA (Reformed Church of America). I went to Calvin too, and my perception is that while Grand Rapids may be more liberal than Holland, Hope is way more liberal than Calvin -- I mean, Hope even has fraternities!;) --
I got the RIS for Christmas (just like everybody else, it seems!) and it's great fun and all, but the programming is the least of my troubles. I mostly struggle with the actual construction of robots. Do any of the books out there cover the construction aspects well, or are they all about programming? --
There is an introductory kit called the "Robotic Discovery Kit" that comes with a processor called the Scout. The Scout doesn't require a PC to program -- it comes with a builtin, more simplistic function set, and builtin programs. The Droid kit also uses the Scout. --
" how far back do you want to go?" You could go as far back as the Bible, if you wanted. In the book of Acts, on the Day of Pentecost, St. Peter et al were speaking in their own language and their words were perfectly understandable to "all in their own tongue". But that one's usually chalked up to "Cool Miracle", not "Cool Technology" status.
"I think we ought to keep in mind that things you say here are taken to represent a community of linux users." "Slashdot is more than just Linux users."
Of course/. is, but I think the point of the original point is that the perception (from those outside) is that/. is mainly the voice of Linux, whereas the reality (which you point out) is much more.
While there is certainly no shortage of 14 year-olds inhaling nitrous from balloons at Phish concerts, they do not by any means represent the majority of Phish fans. there are all sorts of people at these concerts: frat boys, deadhead leftovers, and people "living off daddy's gold card" abound, but there are many of us who are there to listen to good, improvisational, avant-garde music. Personally, I think the aforementioned groups miss out on the real event by being caught up in the party scene. I don't know what goes on in their head during the concert (my guess is "not much") but they are certainly not the majority.
Nice to see that I'm not the only one out there who sees parallels between the jam band scene and the open source movement. As far as how the mp3 release and the new box set Hampton Comes Alive CD: The Band's policy is that trading of audience tapes of those shows is still allowed, but trading of tapes of the official releases is illegal. Whether you like their music or not, you've got to hand it to Phish for being one of the most fan-friendly bands out there, and being one of the few jam bands to not sell out, or get their hands tied behind their backs by their record label (like what happened to the Spin Docters earlier this decade).
The problem I see with lowering the drinking age is that people's bodies aren't really developed enough to handle large amounts of alcohol when they're fifteen. In that regard I don't think it's an entirely bad thing for the drinking age to be as high as it is.
I would say "Go With Linux" at first. However, what happens n months down the line when Grandpa gets a bit more comfortable with his computer and wants to download programs from the internet? While there certainly is no shortage of Linux apps out there, is he going to think to look just for them? So he tries to download such-and-such an app, and can't install it. Then will he wish he had Windows? Maybe not.
"In haste, most of us just want to finish the installation and click on the cancel button to explore the Windows NT utopia." Utopia? How many people really would describe using NT as utopia?!?
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Perhaps we need a "Blame Canada" topic... ;^)
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This has already been posted here.
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I've tried it before. It really stinks: slow and unstable.
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Microsoft already has ported IE to Solaris and HP-UX. Don't expect it to happen for Linux.
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The Holland Library (really called the Herrick District Library) is on River Avenue in Holland, Michigan, USA.
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Despite its adherence to some annoying rules ("open house" hours are particularly frustrating) Calvin is pretty liberal for a Christian college. Compare it to Wheaton, where students are forced to sign a pledge not to drink, smoke, go to movies (are cardplaying and dancing allowed yet?). Or perhaps Cedarville College in Ohio, where you aren't allowed to wear jeans to class and chapel is mandatory. My freshman year roommate actually left Calvin for Cedarville, because he thought Calvin was too liberal!
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"Calvin College in GR is so uptight y'all don't evne have a football team" :)
We do too! But in America, we call football "soccer".
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Holland, MI is home to one of the big three CRC (Christian Reformed Church) colleges. I went to one of the other big 3--next door in Grand Rapids." ;)
I'm assuming you mean Hope College, which is actually run by the RCA (Reformed Church of America). I went to Calvin too, and my perception is that while Grand Rapids may be more liberal than Holland, Hope is way more liberal than Calvin -- I mean, Hope even has fraternities!
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It sounded more like an acquistion of Andover, to me.
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Thanks for all the info. I am now ready to leave Windows completely!
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Any version of Civ would be great, actually. I, II, whatever. If I had that, I wouldn't "need" MS-Windows for anything.
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Would somebody who isn't plagued by firewall limitations mind giving periodic updates while the announcement is being made?
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The guy who made LEGO Mindstorms a reality.
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xeyes. Good clean fun.
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I got the RIS for Christmas (just like everybody else, it seems!) and it's great fun and all, but the programming is the least of my troubles. I mostly struggle with the actual construction of robots. Do any of the books out there cover the construction aspects well, or are they all about programming?
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There is an introductory kit called the "Robotic Discovery Kit" that comes with a processor called the Scout. The Scout doesn't require a PC to program -- it comes with a builtin, more simplistic function set, and builtin programs. The Droid kit also uses the Scout.
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" how far back do you want to go?"
You could go as far back as the Bible, if you wanted. In the book of Acts, on the Day of Pentecost, St. Peter et al were speaking in their own language and their words were perfectly understandable to "all in their own tongue". But that one's usually chalked up to "Cool Miracle", not "Cool Technology" status.
"I think we ought to keep in mind that things you say here are taken to represent a community of linux users."
/. is, but I think the point of the original point is that the perception (from those outside) is that /. is mainly the voice of Linux, whereas the reality (which you point out) is much more.
"Slashdot is more than just Linux users."
Of course
While there is certainly no shortage of 14 year-olds inhaling nitrous from balloons at Phish concerts, they do not by any means represent the majority of Phish fans. there are all sorts of people at these concerts: frat boys, deadhead leftovers, and people "living off daddy's gold card" abound, but there are many of us who are there to listen to good, improvisational, avant-garde music. Personally, I think the aforementioned groups miss out on the real event by being caught up in the party scene. I don't know what goes on in their head during the concert (my guess is "not much") but they are certainly not the majority.
"I only wonder how this (and the upcoming boxed set) will affect the rules of trading these shows as bootlegs."
Here is their official policy on audience taping of officially released material.
Nice to see that I'm not the only one out there who sees parallels between the jam band scene and the open source movement. As far as how the mp3 release and the new box set Hampton Comes Alive CD: The Band's policy is that trading of audience tapes of those shows is still allowed, but trading of tapes of the official releases is illegal.
Whether you like their music or not, you've got to hand it to Phish for being one of the most fan-friendly bands out there, and being one of the few jam bands to not sell out, or get their hands tied behind their backs by their record label (like what happened to the Spin Docters earlier this decade).
The problem I see with lowering the drinking age is that people's bodies aren't really developed enough to handle large amounts of alcohol when they're fifteen. In that regard I don't think it's an entirely bad thing for the drinking age to be as high as it is.
I would say "Go With Linux" at first. However, what happens n months down the line when Grandpa gets a bit more comfortable with his computer and wants to download programs from the internet? While there certainly is no shortage of Linux apps out there, is he going to think to look just for them? So he tries to download such-and-such an app, and can't install it. Then will he wish he had Windows? Maybe not.
"In haste, most of us just want to finish the installation and click on the cancel button to explore the Windows NT utopia."
Utopia? How many people really would describe using NT as utopia?!?
So which is it? Boxers or briefs?