My 1986 Golf Diesel gets a reliable 42 MPG, with mostly city driving conditions. It's old but still kicking, and I'm really sad that it's coming time to move on. VW made a good car in the mid-80's.
Not true, as others have pointed out. I rearranged the equipment on my media rack a few months ago, and while the 360 was turned off moved it to a vertical arrangement. Over the next few days, my Civilization Revolution disc started to have read errors; after I pulled it out to clean it off, I noticed a nice, wide ring scratched into the disc from the DVD drive. Moving the console back to horizontal has stopped the scratching, but it won't bring my dead disc back.
I followed the rules and still was awarded with a $60 game that was unplayable.
Of course, it could turn out the other way - if I were looking at your profile, my reaction would be "Ooh, a fellow Dream Theater fan!", which could lead to a job... or at the very least, a bit of closer scrutiny and evaluation.
I've been using GNUCash on Linux for awhile, and have wanted to also use it on Windows, as I've found it to be better than Quicken and the like. I looked for a Windows port, but the only thing I found were some messages saying something to the effect of "Wait until it's on GTK2."
With this news, it looks like a port might finally be reachable. This may be the next great OSS app that I can show off to friends and family, and I'll be able to use it on my Windows laptop. Here's to the GNUCash team for all their hard work!
I'm somewhat frightened by the prospects of this and future launches. I have a friend who works at NASA, and he was telling me the other day about the "mandatory changes" list that NASA had implemented; basically, a list of things that had to be finished before the next launch.
He said that what started as a daunting list started shrinking as items were eliminated or down-played due to budget or time contraints. It started with small things, but as pressure was put on NASA to launch again, bigger and bigger items began taking on secondary or even non-existant importance.
The bottom line: this shuttle is launching with things that should have been fixed not fixed at all. What's scary to me is that this is the same situation that resulted in both previous shuttle explosions: problems that were known about but downplayed as unimportant. As history tells us, this was hardly the case, resulting in the loss of two shuttles.
My friend's analysis of the situation fits with some of the studies done on the NASA disasters; NASA should be allowed to do its job without budget or political pressure, for without this they can assure the safety of the people sent into space on their vehicles.
Unfortunately, this will likely never happen, and even the most brilliant of designs will be rushed out the door or underfunded. Tragic, really.
I've actually set out to do something similar, albeit with somewhat different methods. As a New Year's Resolution, I promised to read a book every month on a subject I knew little about, in addition to the normal sci-fi and computer science related reading I tend towards.
For the month of January, I've nearly finished a commentated version of Sun Tzu's Art of War, and have found that it has helped me gain new insight into a few situations, insight that would never have occured to me prior to starting this project.
Becoming the master of one trade/knowledge area is a great goal, but I've found enjoyment in just the little branching out I've done. Bravo to this guy for daring to reach out and learn new things... it certainly keeps life interesting!
One of the main reasons that some keyboardists prefer this type of keyboard is that it is so versatile that it can replace the several keyboard setup that used to be (and sometimes still is) so prevalent.
Look at some of the keyboard heavy bands from the 1970's, such as Yes, Genesis, or Pink Floyd. The keyboardists always seemed to be surrounded by different keyboards, up to eight in the case of Tony Banks from Genesis. Contrast this with a modern example, say Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater, who uses a fairly new Kurzweil that can emulate all these keyboards in one instrument.
This can seriously cut down on transportation costs and instrument maintenance, although it does increase the amount of effort put into making sure the keyboard is programmed properly. Still, it's quite impressive to see a musician using one instrument in place of several.
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My 1986 Golf Diesel gets a reliable 42 MPG, with mostly city driving conditions. It's old but still kicking, and I'm really sad that it's coming time to move on. VW made a good car in the mid-80's.
Not true, as others have pointed out. I rearranged the equipment on my media rack a few months ago, and while the 360 was turned off moved it to a vertical arrangement. Over the next few days, my Civilization Revolution disc started to have read errors; after I pulled it out to clean it off, I noticed a nice, wide ring scratched into the disc from the DVD drive. Moving the console back to horizontal has stopped the scratching, but it won't bring my dead disc back. I followed the rules and still was awarded with a $60 game that was unplayable.
FYI - The Spanish American War was concluded in 1898.
Of course, it could turn out the other way - if I were looking at your profile, my reaction would be "Ooh, a fellow Dream Theater fan!", which could lead to a job... or at the very least, a bit of closer scrutiny and evaluation.
I've been using GNUCash on Linux for awhile, and have wanted to also use it on Windows, as I've found it to be better than Quicken and the like. I looked for a Windows port, but the only thing I found were some messages saying something to the effect of "Wait until it's on GTK2."
With this news, it looks like a port might finally be reachable. This may be the next great OSS app that I can show off to friends and family, and I'll be able to use it on my Windows laptop. Here's to the GNUCash team for all their hard work!
I'm somewhat frightened by the prospects of this and future launches. I have a friend who works at NASA, and he was telling me the other day about the "mandatory changes" list that NASA had implemented; basically, a list of things that had to be finished before the next launch.
He said that what started as a daunting list started shrinking as items were eliminated or down-played due to budget or time contraints. It started with small things, but as pressure was put on NASA to launch again, bigger and bigger items began taking on secondary or even non-existant importance.
The bottom line: this shuttle is launching with things that should have been fixed not fixed at all. What's scary to me is that this is the same situation that resulted in both previous shuttle explosions: problems that were known about but downplayed as unimportant. As history tells us, this was hardly the case, resulting in the loss of two shuttles.
My friend's analysis of the situation fits with some of the studies done on the NASA disasters; NASA should be allowed to do its job without budget or political pressure, for without this they can assure the safety of the people sent into space on their vehicles.
Unfortunately, this will likely never happen, and even the most brilliant of designs will be rushed out the door or underfunded. Tragic, really.
I've actually set out to do something similar, albeit with somewhat different methods. As a New Year's Resolution, I promised to read a book every month on a subject I knew little about, in addition to the normal sci-fi and computer science related reading I tend towards.
For the month of January, I've nearly finished a commentated version of Sun Tzu's Art of War, and have found that it has helped me gain new insight into a few situations, insight that would never have occured to me prior to starting this project.
Becoming the master of one trade/knowledge area is a great goal, but I've found enjoyment in just the little branching out I've done. Bravo to this guy for daring to reach out and learn new things... it certainly keeps life interesting!
One of the main reasons that some keyboardists prefer this type of keyboard is that it is so versatile that it can replace the several keyboard setup that used to be (and sometimes still is) so prevalent.
Look at some of the keyboard heavy bands from the 1970's, such as Yes, Genesis, or Pink Floyd. The keyboardists always seemed to be surrounded by different keyboards, up to eight in the case of Tony Banks from Genesis. Contrast this with a modern example, say Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater, who uses a fairly new Kurzweil that can emulate all these keyboards in one instrument.
This can seriously cut down on transportation costs and instrument maintenance, although it does increase the amount of effort put into making sure the keyboard is programmed properly. Still, it's quite impressive to see a musician using one instrument in place of several.