While CFLs do contain trace amounts of mercury, the amount of mercury released into the atmosphere by power plants as a result of the greater power required to illuminate multiple incandescent bulbs at a significantly higher wattage over the life of a CFL is much higher than the mercury contained by the CFL AND the mercury released into the atmosphere during its operational life. Regardless of how you cut it, incandescents release more mercury into the environment than CFLs, even when incorrectly disposed.
In my experience, AIM tends to be very popular among the college-age crowd in the Midwest and East Coast, while MSN has the majority of the market in Canada and on the West Coast. Seeing new students come to school from various areas of the country seems to confirm this, although almost everyone gets an AIM address to use while they are here, even those on MSN back home.
One thing to keep in mind in the planet/not a planet debate is the fact that the first eight planets have relatively circular orbits, while Pluto and Sedna have highly, highly elliptical orbits, more similar to comets than the other planets. Also, the first eight planets all orbit fairly close to the same plane (think "plate like"), while Pluto is inclined around 30 degrees, if my memory serves me correctly. This obviously won't end the argument, but it is something to think about.
That's a bad comparison. You're comparing a $9.27 camera to a digital that costs probably 50 times as much, and the difference in quality and consistancy is to be expected. A fairer comparison would be to buy a $200 digital and a $100 Olympus Stylus Epic fixed lens point and shoot. I assure you, the quality of the Epic will be at least as high as the digital, and when your electronic wonder is thrown away in three years (now really, how long do you keep a computer these days as your primary machine?), your 35mm will keep chugging along for ten years or more, with no degredation in quality. And when comparing the costs of use, keep in mind that an 8x10 sheet of photo paper runs over a dollar a sheet, much more than silver based paper (my archival double weight fiber based black and white paper is around $0.50 a sheet), and people somehow forget the high cost of all those ink cartridges. I'm not saying that digital is worse than film (indeed, for extremely high volume work with relatively low printing resolution such as photojournalism digital is ideal), just that most people don't fully realize the hidden costs of "forced" upgrades and consumables when switching to digital. As a final note, film negatives (well, glass plates) from 150 years ago are still printable. How easy is it to print from 5 1/4 inch floppys? Those old magnetic tapes? Punch card machines? Preserving your pictures for future generations will become exponentially more difficult if digital ever completely replaces film.
Most commercials come in 30 second slots. Hence, it's common to see both 30 second and one minute spots on prime time television. Once in a while (the Superbowl comes to mind) you may see a 15 second spot.
There's one problem with this model. Currently, the record labels "sponsor" artists because of the financial rewards should they become successful. With free music, this incentive is gone, so an artist will arguably need to publicize himself or hire a publicist.
An SLR camera is only as good as its lens. You can take the cheapest entry level Canon or Nikon body and the pictures it takes will be identical to those from the $2000+ professional cameras from the same company. Likewise, the $2000 camera with a "kit" zoom lens will produce pictures that will do anything but inspire you. That said, the 50mm f1.8 lenses from both Canon and Nikon are very inexpensive (around $80 new, much less on ebay) and optically among the best available. Paired with any entry level body (which you can upgrade later if the need arises, say for fast action shots), you'd be hard pressed to find a better system to learn photography.
These registries have the potential to ruin people who should never have been marked to begin with. While many sexual predators probably deserve such a punishment, what about the teens who are convicted "sex offenders" simply because their (consenting) girlfriend's parents found out about the level of intimacy in the relationship, and pressed charges (against the wishes of the girl)? I know it sounds farfetched, but every so often you hear of these cases which, on an ethical and moral basis should never go to trial, but because of the wishes of the parents, results in a permanent black mark on the young man's record.
Gun manufacturers are farily well shielded against lawsuits brought by gun crime victims, so I can see ISPs slipping in similar protectionary legislation in some random Congress spending bill (hey, why don't they just attach it to the energy bill?), since that seems to be the most effective way to help your business in this country (ala oil companies and fuel additive lawsuit shields...all over the news the last few days).
then they'd just move the software to the underground (opps, it's already underground?), or maybe open-source it within the spamming community. If the MPAA can't stamp out DECSS, do you really think the government or ATT could eliminate every instance of spam software source code on the Internet?
It's stable. It doesn't "hold your hand" with graphical configs and setups (ie you edit config files by hand). It's stable and easy to secure. Very little of the included software is non-standard, and you don't run into dependency hell as with.rpms. I run it on my server for the stability, security and flexibility it offers. This isn't to say that other distros don't offer similar features (after all, Linux is Linux right?), but for me, Slack "just works." As you mentioned, an added benefit of working with Slack is that you get to know the inner workings of the OS better (as opposed to distribution specific configurations) so it's easier to port that knowledge to other distros, should you be called upon to help out a friend. Oh yeah, I've recompiled my kernel a few times, and I have never run into problems that were Slackware's fault.
You forgot to mention the obligatory circuit to be implanted in your brain to monitor for unclean thoughts towards the **AA and the implanted electrode to shock you into submission should you start thinking about sharing movies again.
There is no such thing as the Detroit Times. The two major newspapers are the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News; the story you referenced is from the Detroit News.
just use a Large Format Camera (largeformatphotography.info). you know, the kind you see in old movies with the photographer under a big cloth. the film typically is 4x5 or 8x10 INCHES, easily trumping anything you can get from a digital slr.
Too bad that widespread knowledge of how doctored up even "live" pop concerts are won't add appreciation for live classical music, where the artists work for several hours a day (at least) from early childhood to sufficiently master their art. It doesn't help that fewer and fewer school music programs are still around. Typically, when schools get money, they buy technology, yet when the account goes dry, the arts are the first to go.
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While CFLs do contain trace amounts of mercury, the amount of mercury released into the atmosphere by power plants as a result of the greater power required to illuminate multiple incandescent bulbs at a significantly higher wattage over the life of a CFL is much higher than the mercury contained by the CFL AND the mercury released into the atmosphere during its operational life. Regardless of how you cut it, incandescents release more mercury into the environment than CFLs, even when incorrectly disposed.
Did you RTFA? Neither Yahoo nor the complete list include Revenge of the Sith, although Star Wars (1977) did make the list.
In my experience, AIM tends to be very popular among the college-age crowd in the Midwest and East Coast, while MSN has the majority of the market in Canada and on the West Coast. Seeing new students come to school from various areas of the country seems to confirm this, although almost everyone gets an AIM address to use while they are here, even those on MSN back home.
Who needs broadband when you have AOL with TOPSPEED technology?
oh wait...
One thing to keep in mind in the planet/not a planet debate is the fact that the first eight planets have relatively circular orbits, while Pluto and Sedna have highly, highly elliptical orbits, more similar to comets than the other planets. Also, the first eight planets all orbit fairly close to the same plane (think "plate like"), while Pluto is inclined around 30 degrees, if my memory serves me correctly. This obviously won't end the argument, but it is something to think about.
And I at 16, with IQ test results from age eight.
That's a bad comparison. You're comparing a $9.27 camera to a digital that costs probably 50 times as much, and the difference in quality and consistancy is to be expected. A fairer comparison would be to buy a $200 digital and a $100 Olympus Stylus Epic fixed lens point and shoot. I assure you, the quality of the Epic will be at least as high as the digital, and when your electronic wonder is thrown away in three years (now really, how long do you keep a computer these days as your primary machine?), your 35mm will keep chugging along for ten years or more, with no degredation in quality. And when comparing the costs of use, keep in mind that an 8x10 sheet of photo paper runs over a dollar a sheet, much more than silver based paper (my archival double weight fiber based black and white paper is around $0.50 a sheet), and people somehow forget the high cost of all those ink cartridges. I'm not saying that digital is worse than film (indeed, for extremely high volume work with relatively low printing resolution such as photojournalism digital is ideal), just that most people don't fully realize the hidden costs of "forced" upgrades and consumables when switching to digital. As a final note, film negatives (well, glass plates) from 150 years ago are still printable. How easy is it to print from 5 1/4 inch floppys? Those old magnetic tapes? Punch card machines? Preserving your pictures for future generations will become exponentially more difficult if digital ever completely replaces film.
Even with Weed, the record industry still stands a very good chance of taking half the profits, unless the song was never released on a major label.
Most commercials come in 30 second slots. Hence, it's common to see both 30 second and one minute spots on prime time television. Once in a while (the Superbowl comes to mind) you may see a 15 second spot.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Hobbits could not grow beards.
There's one problem with this model. Currently, the record labels "sponsor" artists because of the financial rewards should they become successful. With free music, this incentive is gone, so an artist will arguably need to publicize himself or hire a publicist.
An SLR camera is only as good as its lens. You can take the cheapest entry level Canon or Nikon body and the pictures it takes will be identical to those from the $2000+ professional cameras from the same company. Likewise, the $2000 camera with a "kit" zoom lens will produce pictures that will do anything but inspire you. That said, the 50mm f1.8 lenses from both Canon and Nikon are very inexpensive (around $80 new, much less on ebay) and optically among the best available. Paired with any entry level body (which you can upgrade later if the need arises, say for fast action shots), you'd be hard pressed to find a better system to learn photography.
I still have a 10mb from my old 286 (now defunct). The thing is physically massive, too: It takes up TWO 5 1/4" drive bays on top of each other.
These registries have the potential to ruin people who should never have been marked to begin with. While many sexual predators probably deserve such a punishment, what about the teens who are convicted "sex offenders" simply because their (consenting) girlfriend's parents found out about the level of intimacy in the relationship, and pressed charges (against the wishes of the girl)? I know it sounds farfetched, but every so often you hear of these cases which, on an ethical and moral basis should never go to trial, but because of the wishes of the parents, results in a permanent black mark on the young man's record.
Gun manufacturers are farily well shielded against lawsuits brought by gun crime victims, so I can see ISPs slipping in similar protectionary legislation in some random Congress spending bill (hey, why don't they just attach it to the energy bill?), since that seems to be the most effective way to help your business in this country (ala oil companies and fuel additive lawsuit shields...all over the news the last few days).
The author of the post spelled government.nl as goverment.nl. Opps. Here's a link to the correct URL.
then they'd just move the software to the underground (opps, it's already underground?), or maybe open-source it within the spamming community. If the MPAA can't stamp out DECSS, do you really think the government or ATT could eliminate every instance of spam software source code on the Internet?
It's stable. It doesn't "hold your hand" with graphical configs and setups (ie you edit config files by hand). It's stable and easy to secure. Very little of the included software is non-standard, and you don't run into dependency hell as with .rpms. I run it on my server for the stability, security and flexibility it offers. This isn't to say that other distros don't offer similar features (after all, Linux is Linux right?), but for me, Slack "just works." As you mentioned, an added benefit of working with Slack is that you get to know the inner workings of the OS better (as opposed to distribution specific configurations) so it's easier to port that knowledge to other distros, should you be called upon to help out a friend. Oh yeah, I've recompiled my kernel a few times, and I have never run into problems that were Slackware's fault.
You forgot to mention the obligatory circuit to be implanted in your brain to monitor for unclean thoughts towards the **AA and the implanted electrode to shock you into submission should you start thinking about sharing movies again.
If it's a box running OSS couldn't someone edit the source to simply ignore the flag and record anyway?
Interesting point. I wonder if any research has been done on this topic.
There is no such thing as the Detroit Times. The two major newspapers are the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News; the story you referenced is from the Detroit News.
just use a Large Format Camera (largeformatphotography.info). you know, the kind you see in old movies with the photographer under a big cloth. the film typically is 4x5 or 8x10 INCHES, easily trumping anything you can get from a digital slr.
Even if you only get a recorded message, they pay toll fees for every incoming call. Once you start hearing a busy signal, their cost is zero.
Too bad that widespread knowledge of how doctored up even "live" pop concerts are won't add appreciation for live classical music, where the artists work for several hours a day (at least) from early childhood to sufficiently master their art. It doesn't help that fewer and fewer school music programs are still around. Typically, when schools get money, they buy technology, yet when the account goes dry, the arts are the first to go.