It's very simple, really... These are the people who understand that there's more than one way to skin a cat. It's easy to have an opinion as to the best way, but the world is a complicated place. The truth is none of us really know what's best. Adherance to a singular ideology and blind faith that it is the sole hope for the future of our country seems, for lack of a better word, stupid.
To many, Ron Paul and Barack Obama both seem to offer the greatest hope for a change that could transform the nature of the political dialogue in America. It's all about ideology, really... These 2 candidates are the only 2 viables that show a distinct lack of the type of social ideology most often used to manipulate popular opinion. Whether that's a sign of integrity is open for debate, but the magic 8 ball says "outlook good."
They also sell used and refurbished items as new. I ordered an ipod USB cable from them because the price was much cheaper than the competition. It worked, but it had grime and hair all over it. I emailed them to complain, and they sent me a replacement without hesitation. Practically an admission of guilt...it seemed.
So, it's not true that some types of calories make themselves more readily available for burning in the human body than others? That what you're saying? Seems pretty clear that you're dead wrong on that one.
what does Miro do that my browser with a proper extension set, can't ? Am I missing something here?
No, you're not. It just makes it a lot easier considering it is a single program that requires almost no technical know-how to set up. In a word, it's convenient. For those of us that don't have crashing problems and don't mind the slightly sub-par interface (the seek bar is my only real gripe), it's not half-bad. It wouldn't hurt to be just a bit more configurable, but I find it quite useful.
I have a list of about 10 RSS feeds that download new torrents automatically. In a few months of use, I can count the number of failed downloads that forced me to break out my traditional BT client on one hand. The rest of the time, Miro has had my downloads ready and waiting by the time I get home from work the day after a show airs (autodeleting after a feed-specific timeframe to preserve HD space). The app also provides a half-way decent HTPC-style interface. If the fonts were configurable, it'd be almost perfect for that. There's lot of room for improvement, but I think Miro's off to a great start.
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Bad example. The writers strike has kept The Daily Show off the air recently...
If Microsoft hadn't done it, someone else would have. Not only that, but almost all of the other players who were in a position to 'lay this foundation' probably would have done a better job! I'm really not sure how comparing yourself to a cement contractor is a good thing...particularly when the foundation you've laid is full of cracks.
The unfortunate flaw in your comment is that the source of the big bang is still debated. Was it a single point? Was it the collision of 2 'branes'? Maybe I'm reading into your comment too much, but it seems like you're saying "(like ours)" as though this is some sort of verifiable fact. In actually, it's no longer even the most favored theory among astrophysicists.
Most of the "red state people" hunt, fish and enjoy spending time in the outdoors and don't want to see it sludged and destroyed.
Perhaps true, but unfortunately the politicians these 'red-state people' tend to vote for are the absolute last people that would lift a finger to protect these things.
I sometimes run into great algorithm programmers who were poor at math, but they're rare, and usually can be explained away based on what kind of drugs they did in college.
Hah! Are you promoting the use of tryptamines as a means of improving programming skills? Sounds like a great idea! Unfortunately, the negative cultural stigma puts a bit of a damper on the idea...for various reasons.
Shackling of the free market? Are you crazy? Can you tell me how, exactly, OPEC fits into your concept of a free market? It's a cartel, and in order to save the free market, it needs to be in shackles. Alternatively, we could use government assistance to augment existing free-market industries to compete with it.
Fortunately, it looks like there's a new energy cartel in town. Fight fire with fire, I guess:
In November 8, 2006, Green Star Products has announced that it has signed an agreement with De Beers Fuel Limited of South Africa to build 90 biodiesel reactors with algae as raw material. Each of the biodiesel reactors will be capable of producing 10 million gallons of biodiesel each year for a total production capacity of 900,000,000 gallons per year when operating at full capacity, which is 4 times greater than the entire U.S. output in 2006.
It was a joke. I smiled and almost chuckled. It seems you've invested a bit too much emotion into this issue. Next time the comments without the knee-jerk bitterness, please.
Gotta love point by point replies that split hairs for the sake of arguing instead of arguing for the sake of clarity... Example:
"Features" aren't really the main selling point here. Ease of use and form factor are much more important.
Ease of use and form factor are features. Come on... Oh, you were thinking of specific features? You mean stuff like the ipod scroll wheel and simple interface that promote ease of use and contribute to form factor?
Some people's minds are just more in tune with the damage their bodies are incurring by taking in these substances. It's like caffeine sensitivity. Back when I was a hardcore caffeinaholic, I couldn't even tell the difference when I drank a coke or a cup of coffee. I could kick back a cup of joe and hit the sack with a nice full night's sleep immediately thereafter.
Now, it completely ruins me. One cup of coffee wires me to the point I can't even function. I crash hard, and have serious rebound headaches if I haven't eaten heartily. Does that mean my body wasn't affected by it, before? No.
Stands to reason the same rules would apply for unhealthy food additives. Our science and culture draws a clear line between foods and drugs, but really any substance your body makes use of is a 'drug' with potentially harmful addictive or damaging qualities. It makes perfect sense to cut out crap like high-fructose corn syrup which overloads the body with an unhealthy balance of a type of sugar with limited usefulness that has been demonstrated as dangerous when given to lab rats in an unbalanced manner.
I know for a fact that in Arizona selling an M rated game to a minor is illegal and actually punishable by some law, I had to show my driver's license to buy Counter Strike.
So, you don't think it could just be a store policy that prompted them to ask for your driver's license? Not all store policies are based on laws, you know. You really should be a bit more sure before you use a phrase like, "I know for a fact..."
Charity does not necessarily make you a worthwhile asset to world culture. The things you create are much more important than the material assets you are able to give. His seeming obsession with hocking himself as the most charitable man on the planet is likely the crux of his greed.
Exactly... I arrived at the same size preference by a different road. The old war-torn CD case that I used to carry around in my car had a rotating repertoire of music that fe.l within the 4-6gb range. When I thought about the possibility of carrying more music than that around, I didn't like the idea...
With a lower capacity player, I get to force myself to listen to parts of my vast music collection that don't get very much attention while I'm at home. It's easy to ignore the daimond-in-the-rough artists when my favorite artists are always within reach. This way I get to listen to new stuff more often...and old favorites when I normally wouldn't feel like I was 'in the mood.'
...not to mention it's tough to pick something to listen to out of an 80gb pool while you're driving. Smart playlists are pretty much the only way to utilize a collection like that...and that's too much work until someone makes a simple UI to generate them (though I have seen some pretty slick stuff).
Based purely on the NIN/Lou Bega combo, you should check out Jamie Lidell. He's a bit like the artist formerly and now again known as Prince...but white...and British...and best of all nerdy.
I think you're confusing indie-as-a-genre with what I meant by 'indie'... You know, self-produced/small-label music made by real-life starving artists. Indie isn't a style. It's a method. True indie music spans across all genres, and these days, it really is where the good stuff is at. Maybe I misspoke when I threw in the word 'hipster'...sorry.
Also, there's plenty of GREAT electronic music out there being created by absolutely brilliant musicians. You just have to know where to look.
Oh, and there is an authoritative source for good music. It's called your own taste. Check out Last.fm of foosic.org. Start feeding your listening habits in and be amazed.
Contrary to popular belief, nerds like to smoke pot, also. Particularly musical nerds that spend most of their quality nerd-time with their heads buried in sequencers and software synths composing glitchy beats and practicing for the upcoming laptop deathmatch.
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It's very simple, really... These are the people who understand that there's more than one way to skin a cat. It's easy to have an opinion as to the best way, but the world is a complicated place. The truth is none of us really know what's best. Adherance to a singular ideology and blind faith that it is the sole hope for the future of our country seems, for lack of a better word, stupid.
To many, Ron Paul and Barack Obama both seem to offer the greatest hope for a change that could transform the nature of the political dialogue in America. It's all about ideology, really... These 2 candidates are the only 2 viables that show a distinct lack of the type of social ideology most often used to manipulate popular opinion. Whether that's a sign of integrity is open for debate, but the magic 8 ball says "outlook good."
They also sell used and refurbished items as new. I ordered an ipod USB cable from them because the price was much cheaper than the competition. It worked, but it had grime and hair all over it. I emailed them to complain, and they sent me a replacement without hesitation. Practically an admission of guilt...it seemed.
So, it's not true that some types of calories make themselves more readily available for burning in the human body than others? That what you're saying? Seems pretty clear that you're dead wrong on that one.
what does Miro do that my browser with a proper extension set, can't ? Am I missing something here?
No, you're not. It just makes it a lot easier considering it is a single program that requires almost no technical know-how to set up. In a word, it's convenient. For those of us that don't have crashing problems and don't mind the slightly sub-par interface (the seek bar is my only real gripe), it's not half-bad. It wouldn't hurt to be just a bit more configurable, but I find it quite useful.
I have a list of about 10 RSS feeds that download new torrents automatically. In a few months of use, I can count the number of failed downloads that forced me to break out my traditional BT client on one hand. The rest of the time, Miro has had my downloads ready and waiting by the time I get home from work the day after a show airs (autodeleting after a feed-specific timeframe to preserve HD space). The app also provides a half-way decent HTPC-style interface. If the fonts were configurable, it'd be almost perfect for that. There's lot of room for improvement, but I think Miro's off to a great start.
Bad example. The writers strike has kept The Daily Show off the air recently...
If you're using debian, then you better be able to figure this out on your own.
If Microsoft hadn't done it, someone else would have. Not only that, but almost all of the other players who were in a position to 'lay this foundation' probably would have done a better job! I'm really not sure how comparing yourself to a cement contractor is a good thing...particularly when the foundation you've laid is full of cracks.
The unfortunate flaw in your comment is that the source of the big bang is still debated. Was it a single point? Was it the collision of 2 'branes'? Maybe I'm reading into your comment too much, but it seems like you're saying "(like ours)" as though this is some sort of verifiable fact. In actually, it's no longer even the most favored theory among astrophysicists.
It began in Africa-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-ca.. .
Most of the "red state people" hunt, fish and enjoy spending time in the outdoors and don't want to see it sludged and destroyed.
Perhaps true, but unfortunately the politicians these 'red-state people' tend to vote for are the absolute last people that would lift a finger to protect these things.
I sometimes run into great algorithm programmers who were poor at math, but they're rare, and usually can be explained away based on what kind of drugs they did in college.
Hah! Are you promoting the use of tryptamines as a means of improving programming skills? Sounds like a great idea! Unfortunately, the negative cultural stigma puts a bit of a damper on the idea...for various reasons.
This is the year I install Linux on my mother's home desktop.
Shackling of the free market? Are you crazy? Can you tell me how, exactly, OPEC fits into your concept of a free market? It's a cartel, and in order to save the free market, it needs to be in shackles. Alternatively, we could use government assistance to augment existing free-market industries to compete with it.
Fortunately, it looks like there's a new energy cartel in town. Fight fire with fire, I guess:
In November 8, 2006, Green Star Products has announced that it has signed an agreement with De Beers Fuel Limited of South Africa to build 90 biodiesel reactors with algae as raw material. Each of the biodiesel reactors will be capable of producing 10 million gallons of biodiesel each year for a total production capacity of 900,000,000 gallons per year when operating at full capacity, which is 4 times greater than the entire U.S. output in 2006.
So, not only was it a harmless joke, but it's actually poignant commentary based on how this story is being treated elsewhere on the internet.
It was a joke. I smiled and almost chuckled. It seems you've invested a bit too much emotion into this issue. Next time the comments without the knee-jerk bitterness, please.
Gotta love point by point replies that split hairs for the sake of arguing instead of arguing for the sake of clarity... Example:
"Features" aren't really the main selling point here. Ease of use and form factor are much more important.
Ease of use and form factor are features. Come on... Oh, you were thinking of specific features? You mean stuff like the ipod scroll wheel and simple interface that promote ease of use and contribute to form factor?
Some people's minds are just more in tune with the damage their bodies are incurring by taking in these substances. It's like caffeine sensitivity. Back when I was a hardcore caffeinaholic, I couldn't even tell the difference when I drank a coke or a cup of coffee. I could kick back a cup of joe and hit the sack with a nice full night's sleep immediately thereafter. Now, it completely ruins me. One cup of coffee wires me to the point I can't even function. I crash hard, and have serious rebound headaches if I haven't eaten heartily. Does that mean my body wasn't affected by it, before? No. Stands to reason the same rules would apply for unhealthy food additives. Our science and culture draws a clear line between foods and drugs, but really any substance your body makes use of is a 'drug' with potentially harmful addictive or damaging qualities. It makes perfect sense to cut out crap like high-fructose corn syrup which overloads the body with an unhealthy balance of a type of sugar with limited usefulness that has been demonstrated as dangerous when given to lab rats in an unbalanced manner.
reverse osmosis is your friend...
I know for a fact that in Arizona selling an M rated game to a minor is illegal and actually punishable by some law, I had to show my driver's license to buy Counter Strike.
So, you don't think it could just be a store policy that prompted them to ask for your driver's license? Not all store policies are based on laws, you know. You really should be a bit more sure before you use a phrase like, "I know for a fact..."
Charity does not necessarily make you a worthwhile asset to world culture. The things you create are much more important than the material assets you are able to give. His seeming obsession with hocking himself as the most charitable man on the planet is likely the crux of his greed.
I tried that, and it works OK. My collection is a bit too diverse for that to work well for my tastes...
Exactly... I arrived at the same size preference by a different road. The old war-torn CD case that I used to carry around in my car had a rotating repertoire of music that fe.l within the 4-6gb range. When I thought about the possibility of carrying more music than that around, I didn't like the idea...
...not to mention it's tough to pick something to listen to out of an 80gb pool while you're driving. Smart playlists are pretty much the only way to utilize a collection like that...and that's too much work until someone makes a simple UI to generate them (though I have seen some pretty slick stuff).
With a lower capacity player, I get to force myself to listen to parts of my vast music collection that don't get very much attention while I'm at home. It's easy to ignore the daimond-in-the-rough artists when my favorite artists are always within reach. This way I get to listen to new stuff more often...and old favorites when I normally wouldn't feel like I was 'in the mood.'
Based purely on the NIN/Lou Bega combo, you should check out Jamie Lidell. He's a bit like the artist formerly and now again known as Prince...but white...and British...and best of all nerdy.
I think you're confusing indie-as-a-genre with what I meant by 'indie'... You know, self-produced/small-label music made by real-life starving artists. Indie isn't a style. It's a method. True indie music spans across all genres, and these days, it really is where the good stuff is at. Maybe I misspoke when I threw in the word 'hipster'...sorry. Also, there's plenty of GREAT electronic music out there being created by absolutely brilliant musicians. You just have to know where to look. Oh, and there is an authoritative source for good music. It's called your own taste. Check out Last.fm of foosic.org. Start feeding your listening habits in and be amazed.
Contrary to popular belief, nerds like to smoke pot, also. Particularly musical nerds that spend most of their quality nerd-time with their heads buried in sequencers and software synths composing glitchy beats and practicing for the upcoming laptop deathmatch.