Just to be sure: I am aware that some amount of SUV or off-road drivers have a valid reason; you seem to be one of them.
But around where I am, the picture is dominated by Porsche 'off-roaders' with huge rims and what have you. A Hummer, even a straight-from-the-factory with no modifications, has very little business in a capital cityscape where there are hardly even cobblestoned roads anymore. that was my point.
"You can actually stand on top of this stuff, if you keep moving your feet. Stop and you sink."
As demonstrated so excellenty in Brainiac (Discovery channel) the other day. I was lucky to catch the rerun, so now I have a video clip (not on the pc, or I would have linked it) of a grown man walking around on top of a pool-ful (!) of custard cream.:-D
"Thus, if you don't give a shit about the other guys as long as your kids are safe..."
Is it just my prejudice, or is this the prime reason people drive around in those big honking oversized cars called "sports utility vehicles"? (Another reason being using sheer size to brag and intimidate others with...)
My first thought was "oh my $DEITY, they *ACTUALLY* found it". But thun again, of course I've been reading too much sci-fi. It's just that this one story....... well, here it is:
O man I'm not the only one to have noticed that!:o) \o/ I never got to cruble more than 3 pillars of the knight's throne, though, so I never saw it completed.:(
Of course, where I live x-mas isn't on the 25th, and I never actually played it on that date, but I had this thing for ResEdit back in the day... that's how I found it. (Sidenote: did the same to Transylvania, and ended up with a bunch of answers that I didn't know the questions for;o)...)
The fact that machines are being built to suppress what people can do with them rather than to enhance our abilities to grow and perhaps go beyond their intended purposes makes them defective by design.
Hear, hear! To quote from an earlier article (emphasis mine):
The most dangerous idea is the *only* dangerous idea: The idea that ideas *can* be dangerous.
If we are ever to fulfil our potential as so often portrayed in science fiction, we must strive in all things to leverage Good Things (education, knowledge, science, progress of the common good) and seek to curtail the Bad Things (individual (or corporate) profit over common benefit)....wow, do I ever sound like a commie.;-) That wasn't quite intentional. At least consciously, I'm more a nostalgic radical, or a radical nostalgic, or something, but perhaps there's something to it.
Might be a good idea, as long as you make the Robbers' Guild (wrong name I'm sure?) hand out receipts so nobody gets mugged more than three times a year.:)
Yeah, either Asus, or similar. But the cheapo cases should be avoided... as they say, you'll pay the same, only in band-aids.;)
One of my boxes is an Antec Aria, and while the chosen CPU disappoints the case is an absolute dream to work with (and their P180-line is on my wish list).
The rest of my boxes are originally from Fujitsu-Siemens (and are more or less hacked by YT), and while they are heavy (nothing but steel) and not very stylish, there's not a corner or a screw in them (and they're environmentally friendly, which is also nice, eventually).
Gee thanks! This is just great; your way of using it is exactly identical to what I had in mind. Plug-in, auto-copy, manual check and delete. Incidentally, even your "useable by $wife" criterion is identical to mine.:)
I have very poor bash-fu so I can't say if this will work for me, but thank you ever so much for providing the first "end-to-end" solution I have seen so far. BTW, my camera is a Canon Exilim, and I seem to remember gphoto having 'some form' of error accessing it. Nevertheless, I shall try this soon.
As an aside, I would like to inquire about your honest opinion about the Fossil Abacus. The reason I ask is that I have been looking for an effective replacement for my PDA (first a Palm-III, then a Psion Revo... and finally a tiny paper notebook).
So, are they any good in daily use? Stability? Battery life? Does data die when the battery runs low? What OS/apps do you (can it) connect to?
Hmm, as a starting point I concur that the sender is to be billed -- as for postal mail.
But I shudder at the prospect of a 100.000,- bill when some moron abuses our domain name, I sure do hope the 'sender' can be properly identified (which I doubt). Incidentally, this very thing might be an, um, incentive, for networks to plug their smpt relays.
Lotus Notes is NOT an email app that can do databases -- it is a database app (basically a glitzy Access, except Access is relational;) ) that they managed to bend into a mail system. And as such, it's actually pretty good. I mean, YOU try to top that with Access!;)
Granted though, this doesn't help it drag itself out of the worst-email-client-in-history trench...
Otherwise, I'm happy that OOo gets this boost. Hopefully, this will void the need to use OLE to create reports (eyecandy for management from data that is already in the database).
Not to sound ancient, but Radius did that a long time ago (b/w for dtp, on the Mac of course). But it's nice to see it reinvented, or at least remarketed.
Funny thing is, I have an IBM laptop and an IBM rotating display, but they don't play together so it's rather useless.
It was a very nice evocation of the drives and thinking patterns of the curious scientist at work - poking around in the data personally, kicking it from every angle.
You are so right.
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." (Edison, of course)
Too bad most of us spend most of our time working on given assignments, really. I certainly can see the fun in it, even when taking into consideration doing it the scientific way (being not just curious, but also thorough ("...it is dressed in overalls and looks like work")).
Tripmaster, I often agree with you, but not this time. I would, but for this one thing:
Creating a 'red light district' would be a fine idea IF that could limit the 'red light' business to that district. But of course it doesn't -- Joe Boobmaster will have one more domain to register, but will keep right on doing business in the existing TLDs -- so this can't be used to protect minors from exposure (one might even argue an extra (obvious) domain would INCREASE exposure).
If you can come up with a way to effectively force 'red light business' to stay within their designated TLD, I'd be all for it. Really.
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Just to be sure: I am aware that some amount of SUV or off-road drivers have a valid reason; you seem to be one of them.
But around where I am, the picture is dominated by Porsche 'off-roaders' with huge rims and what have you. A Hummer, even a straight-from-the-factory with no modifications, has very little business in a capital cityscape where there are hardly even cobblestoned roads anymore. that was my point.
"You can actually stand on top of this stuff, if you keep moving your feet. Stop and you sink."
:-D
As demonstrated so excellenty in Brainiac (Discovery channel) the other day. I was lucky to catch the rerun, so now I have a video clip (not on the pc, or I would have linked it) of a grown man walking around on top of a pool-ful (!) of custard cream.
"Thus, if you don't give a shit about the other guys as long as your kids are safe..."
;-)
Is it just my prejudice, or is this the prime reason people drive around in those big honking oversized cars called "sports utility vehicles"? (Another reason being using sheer size to brag and intimidate others with...)
(Grudgy, me? Why, never!
Try this:
Said: "How to recognize speech"
Understood: "How to wreck a nice beach"
No, it's not always easy to tell the difference...
Wait a sec ..... I think [MS] marketing folks can't use noise-cancelling mics. Nothing would be recorded!
Badabing! Thanks folks, I'll be here all week.
Oh no, you didn't. I bet you had images on screen or in mind, and something else entirely in hand....!
My first thought was "oh my $DEITY, they *ACTUALLY* found it". But thun again, of course I've been reading too much sci-fi. It's just that this one story ....... well, here it is:
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"We'll Return, After This Message" by John Walker, December 1st, 1989
http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/sftriple/gpic.h
O man I'm not the only one to have noticed that! :o) \o/ I never got to cruble more than 3 pillars of the knight's throne, though, so I never saw it completed. :(
... that's how I found it. (Sidenote: did the same to Transylvania, and ended up with a bunch of answers that I didn't know the questions for ;o)...)
Of course, where I live x-mas isn't on the 25th, and I never actually played it on that date, but I had this thing for ResEdit back in the day
Everything from ergonomic keyboards and mice to foot pedals and eye-control: ...
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Hear, hear! To quote from an earlier article (emphasis mine):
If we are ever to fulfil our potential as so often portrayed in science fiction, we must strive in all things to leverage Good Things (education, knowledge, science, progress of the common good) and seek to curtail the Bad Things (individual (or corporate) profit over common benefit).
Might be a good idea, as long as you make the Robbers' Guild (wrong name I'm sure?) hand out receipts so nobody gets mugged more than three times a year. :)
Yeah, either Asus, or similar. But the cheapo cases should be avoided ... as they say, you'll pay the same, only in band-aids. ;)
One of my boxes is an Antec Aria, and while the chosen CPU disappoints the case is an absolute dream to work with (and their P180-line is on my wish list).
The rest of my boxes are originally from Fujitsu-Siemens (and are more or less hacked by YT), and while they are heavy (nothing but steel) and not very stylish, there's not a corner or a screw in them (and they're environmentally friendly, which is also nice, eventually).
Interesting, indeed. Which makes me wonder: can anyone get their hands on a microscope, and provide a surface picture?
Gee thanks! This is just great; your way of using it is exactly identical to what I had in mind. Plug-in, auto-copy, manual check and delete. Incidentally, even your "useable by $wife" criterion is identical to mine. :)
I have very poor bash-fu so I can't say if this will work for me, but thank you ever so much for providing the first "end-to-end" solution I have seen so far. BTW, my camera is a Canon Exilim, and I seem to remember gphoto having 'some form' of error accessing it. Nevertheless, I shall try this soon.
Thanks!
This exact functionality is very high up on my wants list -- how did you accomplish it? Was it pre-built-in to the sw, or is it a separate package?
This exact functionality is very high up on my wants list -- how did you accomplish it? Was it pre-built-in to the sw, or is it a separate package?
As an aside, I would like to inquire about your honest opinion about the Fossil Abacus. The reason I ask is that I have been looking for an effective replacement for my PDA (first a Palm-III, then a Psion Revo ... and finally a tiny paper notebook).
So, are they any good in daily use? Stability? Battery life? Does data die when the battery runs low? What OS/apps do you (can it) connect to?
Hmm, as a starting point I concur that the sender is to be billed -- as for postal mail.
But I shudder at the prospect of a 100.000,- bill when some moron abuses our domain name, I sure do hope the 'sender' can be properly identified (which I doubt). Incidentally, this very thing might be an, um, incentive, for networks to plug their smpt relays.
...they ease the installation of BSD-based operating systems! ;-)
it is simply the worst application ever conceived
;) ) that they managed to bend into a mail system. And as such, it's actually pretty good. I mean, YOU try to top that with Access! ;)
Well, yes it is, but you're looking at it wrong.
Lotus Notes is NOT an email app that can do databases -- it is a database app (basically a glitzy Access, except Access is relational
Granted though, this doesn't help it drag itself out of the worst-email-client-in-history trench...
Otherwise, I'm happy that OOo gets this boost. Hopefully, this will void the need to use OLE to create reports (eyecandy for management from data that is already in the database).
...have you seen the "Optimus keyboard"? (http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/)
Not really generally available just yet, but it's a solid concept I look forward to becoming more mainstream.
Not to sound ancient, but Radius did that a long time ago (b/w for dtp, on the Mac of course). But it's nice to see it reinvented, or at least remarketed.
Funny thing is, I have an IBM laptop and an IBM rotating display, but they don't play together so it's rather useless.
"Remember Jaws?"
I certainly do; he delivers one of those rare quotes that are so wonderfully understated (and it's ad-lib, even).
It was a very nice evocation of the drives and thinking patterns of the curious scientist at work - poking around in the data personally, kicking it from every angle.
You are so right.
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." (Edison, of course)
Too bad most of us spend most of our time working on given assignments, really. I certainly can see the fun in it, even when taking into consideration doing it the scientific way (being not just curious, but also thorough ("...it is dressed in overalls and looks like work")).
Tripmaster, I often agree with you, but not this time. I would, but for this one thing:
Creating a 'red light district' would be a fine idea IF that could limit the 'red light' business to that district. But of course it doesn't -- Joe Boobmaster will have one more domain to register, but will keep right on doing business in the existing TLDs -- so this can't be used to protect minors from exposure (one might even argue an extra (obvious) domain would INCREASE exposure).
If you can come up with a way to effectively force 'red light business' to stay within their designated TLD, I'd be all for it. Really.