I'm very happy that he won, but is he still married? From the documentary, it looked like his playing was tough on his family life. I couldn't imagine how much more dedication would be needed to beat Mitchell's top score--probably a lot more than what we saw in the movie.
Picasa would be a wonderful solution for pictures that are stored on only one computer, which is is running either Windows or Mac OS X. I've tried to setup Picasa 3.6, through wine, on Linux. The interface is wonderful, but there are two shortcomings that are dealbreakers, in my mind:
1. Any tagging you've done cannot be synced the to other computers. Picasa doesn't store its tagging info locally in each directory; this information is put in the "Program Files". You can, presumably, backup your collection through Picasa (if this function works in wine, which I believe it does not) and restore on another computer, but this doesn't replace a sync.
2. Videos do not work. You can get the video portion of.mov files to play, through an elaborate procedure (http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1385837.html). But I have yet to get the sound to work on these videos. Audio works otherwise in my wine installation.
I hope these things shortcomings improve in Picasa, which is officially only version 3.0 on Linux. Picasa really is wonderful.
Theistic evolution is a term that Howard Van Till came up with. There are basically three types of "creationists." There are the young-Earth Creationists (YEC), and these believe in the literal intepretation of the book of Genenis. There are the progressive or old-Earth creationists (PEC), and these believe the book of Genesis to be figuratively true, but not literally true--i.e. the 'days' are really astronomical periods of billions of years. The Intelligent Designers fall under this category.
Then there are the Evolutionary Theists (ET), which believe in (1) God, (2) the Big Bang, and (3) all of evolutionary theory--macro and microevolution, as some IDers like to split hairs. Basically, ETs are like Deists (who believe that a God started the universe and took off from it; Paul Davies is a famous example), but they also believe in a personal and providential God that you can pray to.
Van Till's writings are quite interesting. Writings by Dennis Lamoureux * are quite interesting as well. He discusses the different points of view, and decomposes quite rigorously the book of Genesis to show its hermeneutic constructions and context. Lamoureux calls himself an Evolutionary Creationist, but this is basically the same position as ET--not PC.
* Disclaimer : I am a friend of Lamoureux's, and he is an active and prolific player in the Creationism scholarship. I'd recommend reading his textbook title 'Evolutionary Creationism'. His debate with Phil Johnson (head of DI) is quite entertaining too.
At least my boss and one colleague, who are prominent figures in chemical physics, and who are highly competent and rigorous scientists, are on the list.
“You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard–in other words a netbook–will be the mainstream on that,” Gates said. “So, it’s not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with iPhone where I say, ‘Oh my God, Microsoft didn’t aim high enough.’ It’s a nice reader, but there’s nothing on the iPad I look at and say, ‘Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.’”
I run keepassx myself. It generates strong passwords for you, if you'd like, or it stores all of your passwords in an encrypted file. It gives you the option to copy a password to the clipboard for a given amount of time (10 secs) before it is delete--it removes them on close too.I admit that I was uncomfortable with this at first, but this is no different than decrypting the password, and storing it in memory, before it's shown on screen.
Keepassx also works great on Linux, Macs, and Windows, which I have not yet tried.
I upgraded from 9.04, and I have a software RAID10 setup. A bug in dmraid (admittedly, not directly Ubuntu's fault) causes it to recognize mdadm software RAID partitions, and choke when it can't assemble them. The fix for me requires the removal of dmraid, and the manual assembly/mounting of my software raid from the the initial RAM disk (Busybox).
I almost bought a Mac mini last weekend--after 12 years of being 100% linux.
I've had a kindle 2 since it came out, and it's great for any book that is read front to back. A couple of my books are referential -- like a copy of the Bible -- and it's a nightmare to use. The device is too slow to jump between pages, even with TOC links and search functions.
I've also read that the Kindle DX keyboard is next to useless.
A good emotional game should evoke the feelings. The protagonist should be a rotund, past-her-prime female who recounts her tales of being swept off her feet by two English gentlement, one of whom deserves her, and the other being the object of her affections. A side quest to collect the most flowers could only add to such a game.
I've been at the NIH for two years, and they've banned all of these sites ever since I've been here. I was told that it was to prevent the wasting of tax payer money, but security concerns are an equally good justification. This really isn't a big deal. Corporations must do this too. Nothing more.
I know sports games are popular, but MMOs require a lot of time and devotion. If you care enough about a sport to play it with others online and devote months or years of your life playing it, why not pick up a ball a play the real thing outside, with friends?
I listen to ormgas radio and select tracks from ocremix while I work, and I love what they're doing. The music brings back memories. Keep up the great work!
I was quite surprised when an automatic update for a copy of the Stand (Stephen King) was pushed onto me, without my consent and without notification as to what had changed. Backup copies aren't hard to make. But who owns the copy? Does Amazon own my Kindle? Do I not have a right to refuse an update?
Engadget has a nice review. I was considering selling my Kindle 2 to get a DX -- I'm an academic who reads many multi-column PDFs -- but apparently the DX doesn't do this well:
Another puzzling design choice involves PDF support. For the most part it works well with standard size pages, but there's no zoom, so you're stuck with however the DX decides to display your file -- the only way to get things bigger is to switch to landscape. Since not all PDF pages fit on the screen, that means you often end up with a weird jumble of page breaks and cut-off content -- it's easy to totally lose the structure of a document or slide deck after a while.
It sounds like reading multi-columnar PDFs would be aggravating.If your PDF isn't multicolumnar, it's better suited for reformatting using Amazon's free PDF conversion service -- and these work on the Kindle 2.
They also complain about a hyper-sensitive orientation sensor, and an awkward keyboard.
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I'm very happy that he won, but is he still married? From the documentary, it looked like his playing was tough on his family life. I couldn't imagine how much more dedication would be needed to beat Mitchell's top score--probably a lot more than what we saw in the movie.
Picasa would be a wonderful solution for pictures that are stored on only one computer, which is is running either Windows or Mac OS X. I've tried to setup Picasa 3.6, through wine, on Linux. The interface is wonderful, but there are two shortcomings that are dealbreakers, in my mind :
.mov files to play, through an elaborate procedure (http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1385837.html). But I have yet to get the sound to work on these videos. Audio works otherwise in my wine installation.
1. Any tagging you've done cannot be synced the to other computers. Picasa doesn't store its tagging info locally in each directory; this information is put in the "Program Files". You can, presumably, backup your collection through Picasa (if this function works in wine, which I believe it does not) and restore on another computer, but this doesn't replace a sync.
2. Videos do not work. You can get the video portion of
I hope these things shortcomings improve in Picasa, which is officially only version 3.0 on Linux. Picasa really is wonderful.
I got a Dell :(
Both--J and E.
Theistic evolution is a term that Howard Van Till came up with. There are basically three types of "creationists." There are the young-Earth Creationists (YEC), and these believe in the literal intepretation of the book of Genenis. There are the progressive or old-Earth creationists (PEC), and these believe the book of Genesis to be figuratively true, but not literally true--i.e. the 'days' are really astronomical periods of billions of years. The Intelligent Designers fall under this category.
Then there are the Evolutionary Theists (ET), which believe in (1) God, (2) the Big Bang, and (3) all of evolutionary theory--macro and microevolution, as some IDers like to split hairs. Basically, ETs are like Deists (who believe that a God started the universe and took off from it; Paul Davies is a famous example), but they also believe in a personal and providential God that you can pray to.
Van Till's writings are quite interesting. Writings by Dennis Lamoureux * are quite interesting as well. He discusses the different points of view, and decomposes quite rigorously the book of Genesis to show its hermeneutic constructions and context. Lamoureux calls himself an Evolutionary Creationist, but this is basically the same position as ET--not PC.
* Disclaimer : I am a friend of Lamoureux's, and he is an active and prolific player in the Creationism scholarship. I'd recommend reading his textbook title 'Evolutionary Creationism'. His debate with Phil Johnson (head of DI) is quite entertaining too.
I got into programming and computers through video games.
At least my boss and one colleague, who are prominent figures in chemical physics, and who are highly competent and rigorous scientists, are on the list.
“You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard–in other words a netbook–will be the mainstream on that,” Gates said. “So, it’s not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with iPhone where I say, ‘Oh my God, Microsoft didn’t aim high enough.’ It’s a nice reader, but there’s nothing on the iPad I look at and say, ‘Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.’”
source.
I run keepassx myself. It generates strong passwords for you, if you'd like, or it stores all of your passwords in an encrypted file. It gives you the option to copy a password to the clipboard for a given amount of time (10 secs) before it is delete--it removes them on close too.I admit that I was uncomfortable with this at first, but this is no different than decrypting the password, and storing it in memory, before it's shown on screen.
Keepassx also works great on Linux, Macs, and Windows, which I have not yet tried.
I upgraded from 9.04, and I have a software RAID10 setup. A bug in dmraid (admittedly, not directly Ubuntu's fault) causes it to recognize mdadm software RAID partitions, and choke when it can't assemble them. The fix for me requires the removal of dmraid, and the manual assembly/mounting of my software raid from the the initial RAM disk (Busybox).
I almost bought a Mac mini last weekend--after 12 years of being 100% linux.
...you should be able to get a virus from wine is at church.
I've had a kindle 2 since it came out, and it's great for any book that is read front to back. A couple of my books are referential -- like a copy of the Bible -- and it's a nightmare to use. The device is too slow to jump between pages, even with TOC links and search functions.
I've also read that the Kindle DX keyboard is next to useless.
probably because his neck is on the line, and he's trying to save face with management. Oops.
...an insect repellent.
And my sister! And our daughter!
I have two flights with the same travel time and cost to pick from, and I'll pick the one least likely to be delayed.
A good emotional game should evoke the feelings. The protagonist should be a rotund, past-her-prime female who recounts her tales of being swept off her feet by two English gentlement, one of whom deserves her, and the other being the object of her affections. A side quest to collect the most flowers could only add to such a game.
I've been at the NIH for two years, and they've banned all of these sites ever since I've been here. I was told that it was to prevent the wasting of tax payer money, but security concerns are an equally good justification. This really isn't a big deal. Corporations must do this too. Nothing more.
I know sports games are popular, but MMOs require a lot of time and devotion. If you care enough about a sport to play it with others online and devote months or years of your life playing it, why not pick up a ball a play the real thing outside, with friends?
Splunk! It would be a swoosh, but the original joke wasn't that great to begin with.
I listen to ormgas radio and select tracks from ocremix while I work, and I love what they're doing. The music brings back memories. Keep up the great work!
But local people, fearing a rave was going to take place after previous events with loud music at the same premises, alerted the police.
that part.
let me know when you figure out how to do this on a Kindle without remaining offline indefinitely. That's the point.
I was quite surprised when an automatic update for a copy of the Stand (Stephen King) was pushed onto me, without my consent and without notification as to what had changed. Backup copies aren't hard to make. But who owns the copy? Does Amazon own my Kindle? Do I not have a right to refuse an update?
It sounds like reading multi-columnar PDFs would be aggravating.If your PDF isn't multicolumnar, it's better suited for reformatting using Amazon's free PDF conversion service -- and these work on the Kindle 2.
They also complain about a hyper-sensitive orientation sensor, and an awkward keyboard.