I find this interesting because the bubonic plague infects the human body by the same means as HIV (by attaching to a receptor on the cell membrane, which is normally responsible for inflammation around cuts/etc.) Perhaps this discovery will be beneficial to AIDS patients.
On a side note, natural selection has made many people of European descent are resistant to HIV. A small percentage are actually entirely immune.
I would recommend the widely-used Shorten format. There are encoding tools for both Windows and Linux and plugins for both WinAmp and XMMS. Compression is usually around 50%.
If you want more information, a good place to look is etree.org.
You make a good argument, but you fail to consider 2 things:
Macs are more expensive than Intel-based systems. If I were to buy a Mac right now, I would end up spending around $3000. A roughly equivalent Intel system would be no more than half that. Cost is a major issue for people who are not serious computer users, and sometimes even for those who are.
Linux-based systems are difficult to maintain.Using Linux can be easy, as you have demonstrated with the case of your mother. However, there's little doubt that she could not have installed new software--let alone the operating system itself--without your assistance. Unfortunately, not all users have someone to hold their hand and maintain their systems for them.
Dude, a rimshot is when you strike the rim and head of the snare drum at the same time. It's NOT the "ba-doom crash" thing that's played after a punchline.
The notion that infertility is a product of natural selection is completely absurd. "Natural selection" is simply the process by which individuals with favorable combinations of genes have greater chances of reproducing and passing those genes on to their offspring. Thus, nature selects against infertile individuals by definition.
It seems to me that promotion is the only thing that affects a song's popularity. A number of the "underground" bands I listen to (Enchant, Spock's Beard, Vanden Plas, Tiles, and Transatlantic all come to mind)</PLUG> could easily be played on the radio (to the best of my ability to judge, anyway) yet virtually no one has ever heard of them. The music is there, but they're not getting the publicity from their labels.
This reminds me of a post I saw on Perl Monks. The author described how, in one of his English/Literature classes, his teacher defined poetry as being a succint and condensed use of language. Later, while writing perl, he was commenting everything and trying to describe the script completely. When he finished, he realized that the comments were much, much longer than the code they attempted to describe. Therefore, he said, perl (arguably this could be extrapolated to programming in general) is poetry.
You are incorrect in saying that music is NOT math. In fact, music is VERY mathematical, especially more complex kinds of music such as that of Mozart or Bach.
Nearly all music is based around a time signature--the number of beats per measure and the type of note that is given one beat. The time signature determines the feel of the music's "beat" or "rhythm". Most popular music is simple 4/4 time (also called "common time"). Listen to ANY song on a popular radio station and count "one, two, three, four". More advanced kinds of music, such as classical, jazz, or progressive rock/metal, however, use more complex time signatures like 7/8 or 19/16. The most familiar example would be Dave Brubeck's "Take Five", which is in 5/4 time.
Some very skilled drummers, such as Terry Bozzio, take the mathematical aspect of music even further by combining time signatures and playing them simultaneously ("polyrhythms").
Simple math may not be all there is to music, but it plays a significant role.
It's true that it would be a ridiculous analogy, but it isn't--it's a play on words. "The Great Internet Content Restriction of China" wouldn't have the same ring to it, would it?
Keep in mind that a quarter note is exactly the same as a sixteenth note followed by 3 sixteenth rests on many instrument. This doesn't work for brass or wind instruments, but it does for percussion and strings.
It's funny that you should say that, because something similar actually happened in the past.
In 1877, an Italian astronomer named Giovanni Schiaparelli observed channels on the surface of Mars. The Italian word for channels, however, is canali, which was translated to English as "canals." Consequently, many people were under the impression that they were constructed by intelligent beings, rather than that they were just naturally occuring channels. This is probably where the notion of life on Mars came from in the first place.
In the days before Final Fantasy, Square was barely getting by. Eventually, they decided that they would devote all of their resources to their next game in hopes that it would be truly spectacular. If it failed, however, they were through. Hence the name "Final Fantasy".
If you're tired of expensive CDs, check out Amazing Bargains. They have a bunch of coupons in their music section, some of which are $10 off a $10 order. That should get you a CD for about $6 after shipping.
I couldn't help but notice--not only does the GUI look exactly like WinCE, even the hardware looks like a WinCE PDA (judging from what I've seen of my friend's Cassiopeia). Most of the buttons seem to be the same. The select dial and escape but are identical, right down to the labels, to those on the Cassiopeia.
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I find this interesting because the bubonic plague infects the human body by the same means as HIV (by attaching to a receptor on the cell membrane, which is normally responsible for inflammation around cuts/etc.) Perhaps this discovery will be beneficial to AIDS patients.
On a side note, natural selection has made many people of European descent are resistant to HIV. A small percentage are actually entirely immune.
...would this be an example of the "Metaslashdot Effect"?
I would recommend the widely-used Shorten format. There are encoding tools for both Windows and Linux and plugins for both WinAmp and XMMS. Compression is usually around 50%.
If you want more information, a good place to look is etree.org.
You make a good argument, but you fail to consider 2 things:
Macs are more expensive than Intel-based systems. If I were to buy a Mac right now, I would end up spending around $3000. A roughly equivalent Intel system would be no more than half that. Cost is a major issue for people who are not serious computer users, and sometimes even for those who are.
Linux-based systems are difficult to maintain. Using Linux can be easy, as you have demonstrated with the case of your mother. However, there's little doubt that she could not have installed new software--let alone the operating system itself--without your assistance. Unfortunately, not all users have someone to hold their hand and maintain their systems for them.
Dude, a rimshot is when you strike the rim and head of the snare drum at the same time. It's NOT the "ba-doom crash" thing that's played after a punchline.
</pedanticdrummer>
The notion that infertility is a product of natural selection is completely absurd. "Natural selection" is simply the process by which individuals with favorable combinations of genes have greater chances of reproducing and passing those genes on to their offspring. Thus, nature selects against infertile individuals by definition.
It seems to me that promotion is the only thing that affects a song's popularity. A number of the "underground" bands I listen to (Enchant, Spock's Beard, Vanden Plas, Tiles, and Transatlantic all come to mind)</PLUG> could easily be played on the radio (to the best of my ability to judge, anyway) yet virtually no one has ever heard of them. The music is there, but they're not getting the publicity from their labels.
Ever looked at sheet music before? Accented notes (notes played louder than others) are marked with a ">" above them.
As far as I know, yes. The only carbon-containing molecule that is not considered organic is carbon dioxide.
BZZT!
White wine is served cold. Red wine is served at room temperature.
Damn right CRTs are a safety issue. Being 6'5", those things can be deadly.
This reminds me of a post I saw on Perl Monks. The author described how, in one of his English/Literature classes, his teacher defined poetry as being a succint and condensed use of language. Later, while writing perl, he was commenting everything and trying to describe the script completely. When he finished, he realized that the comments were much, much longer than the code they attempted to describe. Therefore, he said, perl (arguably this could be extrapolated to programming in general) is poetry.
You are incorrect in saying that music is NOT math. In fact, music is VERY mathematical, especially more complex kinds of music such as that of Mozart or Bach.
Nearly all music is based around a time signature--the number of beats per measure and the type of note that is given one beat. The time signature determines the feel of the music's "beat" or "rhythm". Most popular music is simple 4/4 time (also called "common time"). Listen to ANY song on a popular radio station and count "one, two, three, four". More advanced kinds of music, such as classical, jazz, or progressive rock/metal, however, use more complex time signatures like 7/8 or 19/16. The most familiar example would be Dave Brubeck's "Take Five", which is in 5/4 time.
Some very skilled drummers, such as Terry Bozzio, take the mathematical aspect of music even further by combining time signatures and playing them simultaneously ("polyrhythms").
Simple math may not be all there is to music, but it plays a significant role.
I wonder what exactly they're taking out. Probably that "3D modeling" feature or whatever they call it...
They must be referring to the fact that Jupiter (Zeus to the Greeks) is the king of the gods in Roman mythology.
It's true that it would be a ridiculous analogy, but it isn't--it's a play on words. "The Great Internet Content Restriction of China" wouldn't have the same ring to it, would it?
Keep in mind that a quarter note is exactly the same as a sixteenth note followed by 3 sixteenth rests on many instrument. This doesn't work for brass or wind instruments, but it does for percussion and strings.
It's funny that you should say that, because something similar actually happened in the past.
In 1877, an Italian astronomer named Giovanni Schiaparelli observed channels on the surface of Mars. The Italian word for channels, however, is canali, which was translated to English as "canals." Consequently, many people were under the impression that they were constructed by intelligent beings, rather than that they were just naturally occuring channels. This is probably where the notion of life on Mars came from in the first place.
plex86.com would be a blatant misuse of the .com suffix. That indicates a commerical site. plex86, however, is free software.
In the days before Final Fantasy, Square was barely getting by. Eventually, they decided that they would devote all of their resources to their next game in hopes that it would be truly spectacular. If it failed, however, they were through. Hence the name "Final Fantasy".
The movie is all CG rendered. No live-action here.
If you're tired of expensive CDs, check out Amazing Bargains. They have a bunch of coupons in their music section, some of which are $10 off a $10 order. That should get you a CD for about $6 after shipping.
The proper spelling is "disc," not "disk." Disk is a shortened form of diskette, whereas disc is a round, flat object.
I couldn't help but notice--not only does the GUI look exactly like WinCE, even the hardware looks like a WinCE PDA (judging from what I've seen of my friend's Cassiopeia). Most of the buttons seem to be the same. The select dial and escape but are identical, right down to the labels, to those on the Cassiopeia.
Keep in mind you don't have a hard disk. Without a large CF card, you may end up using a portion of RAM as storage.