I've been using TB3 since the first alpha, and it's never crashed on me. TB3 seems to be rock solid on OS X. Shame about its non-native looks in parts--it's further behind in that respect than TB2 was when it came out.
More, 7 runs beautifully in a VM, while Vista is something of a dog.
Really? Maybe there's something wrong with my setup, but Windows 7 is bog slow using VMware on my mac (2.8Ghz Core 2 duo, 4GB RAM). 15 minute+ startup times, about as responsive as a lead brick, etc. Runs okay outside the VM. Maybe Vista would be even worse *shudder*.
Actually, since the election, Americans are rather popular. However, if you don't want "isn't it great the nightmare's over and isn't Obama dreamy" conversations with everyone you meet, saying you're Canadian might mitigate this (somewhat).
The gestures are performed while you're holding the mouse, so it doesn't move.Try swiping your fingers around on your current mouse, I bet you can do it without moving the mouse or your grip (I can). For the record, I have tried the Magic Mouse, and it seemed to work okay, but I'm not swapping it for my Revolution MX.
You can't "prove" anything in the natural world. At some point, we should stop beating dead horses and pursue more promising (or pressing) lines of inquiry.
I've seen this a few times before, but unfortunately virtually ALL fiction is "what if...". What if a man's shyness made him look like a bit of a jerk, when really he was okay (Pride and Prejudice), what if two star-crossed lovers yada yada yada. "What if..." is a hopeless definition of science fiction.
For instance, while IANAEB, it is my understanding that evolutionary biologists no longer view evolution as a straight-line sequence from simpler animals to more complex ones, like Darwin did.
Darwin certainly didn't view evolution as a straight line, he viewed it much like modern evolutionary biologists (you only have to look at his diagrams to see that!). The straight line (or ladder) stuff was mostly later (mis)interpretation, mostly by lay-people, but also some scientists.
(Mac fanboy speaking here) What gets me is that Linux has this ease of one-click application installation built in for years (or so I understand). I was very impressed with this aspect of Ubuntu when I tried it. It's a shame this killer feature hasn't been marketed more.
Technical problems are technical problems, but artistic ones are... not so problematic. I've noticed that artists involved in semi-technical fields play up the technical problem solving aspect of their work when talking about it. Really what they're doing is playing about until it looks okay. The truth is that there are myriads of okay artistic effects, and hitting one that is acceptable isn't that hard. Of course, finding the few that are exceptionally good is very hard indeed--but come on, this is television we're talking about here.
Artists are in the business of cultural memes, that's why people rely on then to come up with them--it's their job. Also, it is possible to be a geek and an artist.
I think it has to do with the marketing idea that you concentrate on your primary brand--in this case "Intel". You de-emphasise your sub-brands by giving them dull generic sounding names. I suspect this was the idea behind Apple changing the Powerbook and iBook brands to MacBook Pro and MacBook respectively. Emphasise the "Mac" umbrella brand.
The care system is a disaster, it's true. Major, and possibly very expensive, reforms are badly needed (just about any expense would be justified by the savings to the criminal justice systems later on).
However, you seem to be confused on the point of what the "care system" is. The care system consists of foster carers and children's homes, not the majority of social workers.
Social services face bad outcomes no matter what they choose to do. They can leave a child in the care of parents who are (sometimes horrifically) abusing their children, and try to face the music when something goes terribly wrong. Or they can hand them over to the care system, which has statistically worse outcomes.
I don't think people appreciate how bad things are for abused and neglected kids. They've got next to no chance.
YIP - youth inclusion programme. YIPs operate in local neighbourhoods and are aimed predominantly at young people identified as being at risk of offending, but who have not yet entered the criminal justice system.
LAA - A local area agreement (LAA) is a three year agreement that sets out the priorities for a local area agreed between central government and a local area.
Sure, it might prevent the parents from beating the crap out of their children, but if they do that, taking away the children is a better idea anyways [...]
This is commonly believed (and I can understand why), but taking children into care has some of the worst outcomes of any course of action. The care system is an almost unmitigated disaster. Children are shunted from home to home (over three moves is very, very common), and the system is rife with neglect and abuse. It's almost state-sponsored child torture.
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I've been using TB3 since the first alpha, and it's never crashed on me. TB3 seems to be rock solid on OS X. Shame about its non-native looks in parts--it's further behind in that respect than TB2 was when it came out.
Until we get a slick gui editor for javascript+svg animation, no.
You have remarkable powers of deduction! Thank you Captain Obvious!
Looks like it might be VMware. I might try VirtualBox if I can be bothered tinkering with it again.
More, 7 runs beautifully in a VM, while Vista is something of a dog.
Really? Maybe there's something wrong with my setup, but Windows 7 is bog slow using VMware on my mac (2.8Ghz Core 2 duo, 4GB RAM). 15 minute+ startup times, about as responsive as a lead brick, etc. Runs okay outside the VM. Maybe Vista would be even worse *shudder*.
Actually, since the election, Americans are rather popular. However, if you don't want "isn't it great the nightmare's over and isn't Obama dreamy" conversations with everyone you meet, saying you're Canadian might mitigate this (somewhat).
The gestures are performed while you're holding the mouse, so it doesn't move.Try swiping your fingers around on your current mouse, I bet you can do it without moving the mouse or your grip (I can). For the record, I have tried the Magic Mouse, and it seemed to work okay, but I'm not swapping it for my Revolution MX.
You can't "prove" anything in the natural world. At some point, we should stop beating dead horses and pursue more promising (or pressing) lines of inquiry.
Sheldrake reported something like a 40% success rate on a test of esp using phone calls, which is higher than the expected 33% chance value [...].
And also almost certainly bullshit. This stuff isn't real. We've been testing it for decades, and it's come to nothing, because there's nothing there.
I've seen this a few times before, but unfortunately virtually ALL fiction is "what if...". What if a man's shyness made him look like a bit of a jerk, when really he was okay (Pride and Prejudice), what if two star-crossed lovers yada yada yada. "What if ..." is a hopeless definition of science fiction.
The word "software" isn't in the title...
You know, there's not a lot of rationale for saying someone's wrong on matters of preference, but man, you are just totally and completely wrong.
For instance, while IANAEB, it is my understanding that evolutionary biologists no longer view evolution as a straight-line sequence from simpler animals to more complex ones, like Darwin did.
Darwin certainly didn't view evolution as a straight line, he viewed it much like modern evolutionary biologists (you only have to look at his diagrams to see that!). The straight line (or ladder) stuff was mostly later (mis)interpretation, mostly by lay-people, but also some scientists.
(Mac fanboy speaking here) What gets me is that Linux has this ease of one-click application installation built in for years (or so I understand). I was very impressed with this aspect of Ubuntu when I tried it. It's a shame this killer feature hasn't been marketed more.
Windows: easy to play, difficult to master.
Sounds like a selling point to me!
Gosh, Ayn Rand was awful!
Great! Now all three people on usenet can still hear from you even though you're in hiding! I hope you don't know anyone else...
Technical problems are technical problems, but artistic ones are... not so problematic. I've noticed that artists involved in semi-technical fields play up the technical problem solving aspect of their work when talking about it. Really what they're doing is playing about until it looks okay. The truth is that there are myriads of okay artistic effects, and hitting one that is acceptable isn't that hard. Of course, finding the few that are exceptionally good is very hard indeed--but come on, this is television we're talking about here.
Artists are in the business of cultural memes, that's why people rely on then to come up with them--it's their job. Also, it is possible to be a geek and an artist.
I think it has to do with the marketing idea that you concentrate on your primary brand--in this case "Intel". You de-emphasise your sub-brands by giving them dull generic sounding names. I suspect this was the idea behind Apple changing the Powerbook and iBook brands to MacBook Pro and MacBook respectively. Emphasise the "Mac" umbrella brand.
I think it's dumb, but there you go.
"The lesson is... never try." - Homer Simpson
Yes I do know, and there is a very strong correlation. Your examples above don't seem to refute my point anyway.
The care system is a disaster, it's true. Major, and possibly very expensive, reforms are badly needed (just about any expense would be justified by the savings to the criminal justice systems later on).
However, you seem to be confused on the point of what the "care system" is. The care system consists of foster carers and children's homes, not the majority of social workers.
Social services face bad outcomes no matter what they choose to do. They can leave a child in the care of parents who are (sometimes horrifically) abusing their children, and try to face the music when something goes terribly wrong. Or they can hand them over to the care system, which has statistically worse outcomes.
I don't think people appreciate how bad things are for abused and neglected kids. They've got next to no chance.
YIP - youth inclusion programme. YIPs operate in local neighbourhoods and are aimed predominantly at young people identified as being at risk of offending, but who have not yet entered the criminal justice system.
LAA - A local area agreement (LAA) is a three year agreement that sets out the priorities for a local area agreed between central government and a local area.
Oh the horror!!! (???)
Sure, it might prevent the parents from beating the crap out of their children, but if they do that, taking away the children is a better idea anyways [...]
This is commonly believed (and I can understand why), but taking children into care has some of the worst outcomes of any course of action. The care system is an almost unmitigated disaster. Children are shunted from home to home (over three moves is very, very common), and the system is rife with neglect and abuse. It's almost state-sponsored child torture.