To me, calling Linux trendy in that context kinda deflated the motives of the DVD hackers. If the author had said the free DVD player was written for "the more powerful Linux operating system, a simpler environment for most advanced users," or used similar terms, the DVD "hackers" seem a bit more noble, like they found a way to build a better mousetrap. The current wording paints them out as bandwagon-jumpers, rather than innovators.
It's funny that the stores who are pushing their online branch most are the mid-range stores found at the Galleria, and not the type of store one finds at Frontenac Plaza (Note to non-St. Louisans: Frontenac Plaza drips with money. Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, designer baby clothes, and the like). I doubt the high-end expense malls are feeling an e-commerce impact in revenue. The GAP and Old Navy are definitely marketing their online presence more than big sister Banana Republic. Does this just have to do with the popularity of lower-grade mall stores?
I spent two years behind the counter at a Mail Boxes, Etc. franchise that follows all the rules. What I learned:
Everything sent UPS is moved by conveyor belt. At several points at each station your package moves through, it will take a two-to-three-foot drop off the end of a conveyor belt.
Peanuts aren't nearly as effective as people think they are. It's all about layers of packaging and double-boxing. UPS guidelines here are very clear.
UPS can claim "insufficient packaging" if someone else packages it.
UPS is very good about paying claims, as long as packaging guidelines were followed. Act early and follow up.
The "sun" in the center has gravity, so you'll be unable to escape it if you've used up all your fuel. And the sides overlap (think globe), so the rocket's only in one place when it reappears. Each corner of the screen is showing one quarter of the needle ship.
..and thus the sum of mankind's artistic efforts to date is reduced to "just messin' around". Ugh.
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The U.S. painting, based on a sampling of 1,001 adults nationwide, shows two deer and a hippopotamus in a mountain lake on a partly cloudy day with people relaxing near the shore. A small image of George Washington in period costume was included because people like pictures of famous people almost as much as those of ordinary people.
I can't figure if the story behind the events depicted in this painting is a Kilgore Trout-esque sci-fi tale, or an intricate alternate history... America's founding fathers struggle in the pristine (but uncharacteristically exotic, I suppose, to get the hippo in there. Genetic mutation, maybe?) wilderness. I see Washington, Jefferson, and, heck, how about Lincoln and DDE, fighting off attack giraffes for God and country, in the style of Clan of the Cave Bear.
But a student's notes are normally just the teacher's words copied onto paper. This takes them out of the realm of public information and makes them intellectual property. Or, at least, I can see it being argued that way.
Am I the only one who, upon hearing the name "Ken Williams" over and over, can't help but think of the mustachioed Roberta-spouse who used to smile out from Sierra magazine?
You're not evil. The exam's not trying to say you are.
Question eleven illustrates that, no matter what fine-tuning is done to the web, it's still useless out in the physical human day-to-dayness of the majority of the world. It's easy to become so involved in net culture and technology (see JonKatz's latest effort) that you forget what actual life is like. And this question is a reminder that computers, the internet, and the hype around them, are just part of the icing, not the whole cake.
I'm going to assume that Jon's definition of technology is narrower than that. He's not referring to "any tool to help in a task" as much as he is referring to the remarkably complex tools that surround us but whose workings may as well be magic.
No, technology is not itself tyrannical and tragic. Technology's power is in the respect and reverence it's often given by those who use it. People pour as much faith and hope into technology as they do into religion. They clutch at technology as their handle on success and happiness. The tragedy is that technology can deliver all it ever promised, it completes the tasks it was designed for, but technology alone still can't bring its followers success. It's the sad end of everyone who believes in a quick fix, in a shortcut to happiness.
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Who ever said they were aiming for Godliness? Nobody. That's your addition. They're just making advancements in biology.
It's not supported by anybody's tax dollars. And, even if it was, I'd sure appreciate that use.
To me, calling Linux trendy in that context kinda deflated the motives of the DVD hackers. If the author had said the free DVD player was written for "the more powerful Linux operating system, a simpler environment for most advanced users," or used similar terms, the DVD "hackers" seem a bit more noble, like they found a way to build a better mousetrap. The current wording paints them out as bandwagon-jumpers, rather than innovators.
It's funny that the stores who are pushing their online branch most are the mid-range stores found at the Galleria, and not the type of store one finds at Frontenac Plaza (Note to non-St. Louisans: Frontenac Plaza drips with money. Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, designer baby clothes, and the like). I doubt the high-end expense malls are feeling an e-commerce impact in revenue. The GAP and Old Navy are definitely marketing their online presence more than big sister Banana Republic. Does this just have to do with the popularity of lower-grade mall stores?
As we stray further from topic...
I spent two years behind the counter at a Mail Boxes, Etc. franchise that follows all the rules. What I learned:
The "sun" in the center has gravity, so you'll be unable to escape it if you've used up all your fuel. And the sides overlap (think globe), so the rocket's only in one place when it reappears. Each corner of the screen is showing one quarter of the needle ship.
..and thus the sum of mankind's artistic efforts to date is reduced to "just messin' around". Ugh.
I can't figure if the story behind the events depicted in this painting is a Kilgore Trout-esque sci-fi tale, or an intricate alternate history... America's founding fathers struggle in the pristine (but uncharacteristically exotic, I suppose, to get the hippo in there. Genetic mutation, maybe?) wilderness. I see Washington, Jefferson, and, heck, how about Lincoln and DDE, fighting off attack giraffes for God and country, in the style of Clan of the Cave Bear.
Think it'll fly?
But a student's notes are normally just the teacher's words copied onto paper. This takes them out of the realm of public information and makes them intellectual property. Or, at least, I can see it being argued that way.
Am I the only one who, upon hearing the name "Ken Williams" over and over, can't help but think of the mustachioed Roberta-spouse who used to smile out from Sierra magazine?
You're not evil. The exam's not trying to say you are.
Question eleven illustrates that, no matter what fine-tuning is done to the web, it's still useless out in the physical human day-to-dayness of the majority of the world. It's easy to become so involved in net culture and technology (see JonKatz's latest effort) that you forget what actual life is like. And this question is a reminder that computers, the internet, and the hype around them, are just part of the icing, not the whole cake.
I'm going to assume that Jon's definition of technology is narrower than that. He's not referring to "any tool to help in a task" as much as he is referring to the remarkably complex tools that surround us but whose workings may as well be magic.
No, technology is not itself tyrannical and tragic. Technology's power is in the respect and reverence it's often given by those who use it. People pour as much faith and hope into technology as they do into religion. They clutch at technology as their handle on success and happiness. The tragedy is that technology can deliver all it ever promised, it completes the tasks it was designed for, but technology alone still can't bring its followers success. It's the sad end of everyone who believes in a quick fix, in a shortcut to happiness.