"Every citizen of Annexia was required to apply for and carry on his person at all times a whole portfolio of documents. Citizens were subject to be stopped in the street at any time; and the Examiner, who might be in plain clothes, in various uniforms, often in bathing suit or pyjamas, sometimes stark naked except for a badge pinned to his left nipple, after checking each paper, would stamp it. On subsequent inspection the citizen was required to show the properly entered stamps of the last inspection. The Examiner, when he stopped a large group, would only examine and stamp the cards of a few. The others were then subject to arrest because their cards were not properly stamped. Arrest meant "provisional detention"; that is, the prisoner would be released if and when his Affidavit of Explanation, properly signed and stamped, was approved by the Assistant Arbiter of Explanations. Since this official hardly ever came to his office, and the Affidavit of Explanation had to be presented in person, the explainers spent weeks and months waiting around in unheated offices with no chairs and no toiled facilities.
Documents issued in vanishing ink faded into old pawn tickets. New documents were constantly required. The citizens rushed from one bureau to another in a frenzied attempted to meet impossible deadlines."
William S. Burroughs, the routine Benway from "Naked Lunch" Copyright 1959.
Remember, folks, we have to stop those illegal immigrants.
Between digital images, audio recording, and occasional video editing (yes all legit), I managed to rack up about 4 gigs per week of new data, and my parents about 2 gigs/week.
What I really don't understand is this: between 2 backups I did 3 hours apart, I somehow amassed 160 megs of new data - without using the computer. All I can think of is that something somewhere is downloading updates or logging or SOMETHING. Sheesh.
Anyway, at 4 gigs/week, my 400gig drive will fill up in about 100 weeks or 2 years. This is pretty much on par with past drive usage - filling up the largest available drive in 2 years.
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I honestly thought this article would be about how you need a computer and internet connection to make tee times.
It used to be done over the phone, but now my godparents had to buy a computer and internet access exclusively to reserve tee times at their local course.
It can be pretty rough if you have never used a computer before...
I have worked as a professional educator and "eduspeak" is exactly like "corporate speak."
"Risk averse" seems to explain it quite well - it's basically a way of being really, really nice when speaking about students who may occassionally encounter cognitive challenges when attempting to complete their coursework.
I don't think eduspeak is *all* bad; it's basically an expression of the belief that all students are worthwhile human beings, and that all people need each other.
The problem comes when you build up a child's self esteem too much. I worked in a school where 100 was good, 99 was ok, and 98 was perceived as "failure" to many students. My fear is that when they finally do ever encounter a genuine difficulty in life, they are going to fall apart.:-\
Are you aware of all the laws that apply to your daily life?
I believe simplicity in general, and especially simple laws and simple codes are important - otherwise you get to the point where not even one specialized person can understand a single entity.
I heartily applaud Gnome, Gaim, Firefox, and other open source projects who are making the effort to *simplify* their programs.
How many parents are going to step out onto a noisy street to set the max volume on the iPod?
You know they're going to set it in their quiet house. Then, when the child goes for a walk down the street, the music will be inaudible.
While I try to keep my iPod playing as soft as I can stand, I'm not going to turn it up every time a car goes by and then turn it down. I also refuse to simply miss content while loud noises are happening. So, I just tend to listen at a moderately loud level.
I am still amazed every time though, how the iPod can sound pretty loud - until a car goes by and you can't hear a damn thing.
I like to reserve standing ovations for truely exceptional performances (how conservative, I know).
So I kinda feel like a jerk sitting down while everyone around me is wildy applauding. I might even sit and clap quite vigorously, and that doesn't mean the performance was at all bad. I just want to preserve the "sanctity" of the standing ovation.
My message: stay seated unless it was exceptionally excellent.
I hate small, uncomfortable seats. I suppose no theater can afford to make them big and comfortable (like a living room chair), but if I ever build a theater (or a jazz club), I know what my priorities are!
I notice the same thing - runners listening to the ipod or radio. They are so busy listening that they don't even realize what a lousy workout they're getting.
They should learn to sit on the couch and listen to that stuff, and then leave the running for itself./not
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Working markets require an educated public.
I bet most people have no idea how their health is effected by industrialized runoff created by the products they use every day. The 3M plant here is one of the worst environmental offenders - and yet I bet asthma suffers don't think twice about buying that roll of tape...
I don't like noise so I undercooled my athlon. It averaged 85 degrees C (idle) and went up from there. Above 92 degrees C or so the asus alarm would kick in, but it usually still worked. It definitely never "fried" in spite of constant use at these temps.
Basically, I valued quiet more than cpu lifetime. It was the cheapest solution for me. The machine is still running as the asterisk server for the house.
Slashdot Mirror
You just explained why everything google does is perpetually "beta."
"Every citizen of Annexia was required to apply for and carry on his person at all times a whole portfolio of documents. Citizens were subject to be stopped in the street at any time; and the Examiner, who might be in plain clothes, in various uniforms, often in bathing suit or pyjamas, sometimes stark naked except for a badge pinned to his left nipple, after checking each paper, would stamp it. On subsequent inspection the citizen was required to show the properly entered stamps of the last inspection. The Examiner, when he stopped a large group, would only examine and stamp the cards of a few. The others were then subject to arrest because their cards were not properly stamped. Arrest meant "provisional detention"; that is, the prisoner would be released if and when his Affidavit of Explanation, properly signed and stamped, was approved by the Assistant Arbiter of Explanations. Since this official hardly ever came to his office, and the Affidavit of Explanation had to be presented in person, the explainers spent weeks and months waiting around in unheated offices with no chairs and no toiled facilities.
Documents issued in vanishing ink faded into old pawn tickets. New documents were constantly required. The citizens rushed from one bureau to another in a frenzied attempted to meet impossible deadlines."
William S. Burroughs, the routine Benway from "Naked Lunch" Copyright 1959.
Remember, folks, we have to stop those illegal immigrants.
Second... rpm is a deal breaker.
It's dpkg or nothing.
There's a little hole or spot just to the left of the latch to open the display - anyone know what it is?
Links in summaries should include their [domain], just like any slashdot post.
:P
As long as we're going that far, perhaps the summaries should also be moderated...
Wait... Star Trek's not real?
Between digital images, audio recording, and occasional video editing (yes all legit), I managed to rack up about 4 gigs per week of new data, and my parents about 2 gigs/week.
What I really don't understand is this: between 2 backups I did 3 hours apart, I somehow amassed 160 megs of new data - without using the computer. All I can think of is that something somewhere is downloading updates or logging or SOMETHING. Sheesh.
Anyway, at 4 gigs/week, my 400gig drive will fill up in about 100 weeks or 2 years. This is pretty much on par with past drive usage - filling up the largest available drive in 2 years.
I honestly thought this article would be about how you need a computer and internet connection to make tee times.
It used to be done over the phone, but now my godparents had to buy a computer and internet access exclusively to reserve tee times at their local course.
It can be pretty rough if you have never used a computer before...
How about we develop an optional certification that ISPs can conform to?
It would basically confirm that they spell out their traffic shaping/throttling policies.
Who's in?
Looks pretty bad. A different kind of bad than myspace, but still bad.
Last I checked, XP Home was $90. Not exactly "painless."
Then again - you do actually buy software licenses...right?
I have worked as a professional educator and "eduspeak" is exactly like "corporate speak."
:-\
"Risk averse" seems to explain it quite well - it's basically a way of being really, really nice when speaking about students who may occassionally encounter cognitive challenges when attempting to complete their coursework.
I don't think eduspeak is *all* bad; it's basically an expression of the belief that all students are worthwhile human beings, and that all people need each other.
The problem comes when you build up a child's self esteem too much. I worked in a school where 100 was good, 99 was ok, and 98 was perceived as "failure" to many students. My fear is that when they finally do ever encounter a genuine difficulty in life, they are going to fall apart.
Between the VCR, Microwave, etc. I changed 16 clocks since we went over to DST.
I will be happy to have CPU without one.
We need IM, email, etc. to include PGP by default. Otherwise there is no chance of anyone using it, because no one else is using it.
Simplicity has great value.
Have you read all 54,000 pages of tax code?
Are you aware of all the laws that apply to your daily life?
I believe simplicity in general, and especially simple laws and simple codes are important - otherwise you get to the point where not even one specialized person can understand a single entity.
I heartily applaud Gnome, Gaim, Firefox, and other open source projects who are making the effort to *simplify* their programs.
Simple is far from stupid; simple is smart!
How many parents are going to step out onto a noisy street to set the max volume on the iPod?
You know they're going to set it in their quiet house. Then, when the child goes for a walk down the street, the music will be inaudible.
While I try to keep my iPod playing as soft as I can stand, I'm not going to turn it up every time a car goes by and then turn it down. I also refuse to simply miss content while loud noises are happening. So, I just tend to listen at a moderately loud level.
I am still amazed every time though, how the iPod can sound pretty loud - until a car goes by and you can't hear a damn thing.
Remember that Ubuntu is pronounced "oo-boon-too" (all the u's rhyme with "too").
Now, say Ubuntu using the lowest range of your voice.
That was fun, wasn't it?
I like to reserve standing ovations for truely exceptional performances (how conservative, I know).
So I kinda feel like a jerk sitting down while everyone around me is wildy applauding. I might even sit and clap quite vigorously, and that doesn't mean the performance was at all bad. I just want to preserve the "sanctity" of the standing ovation.
My message: stay seated unless it was exceptionally excellent.
I hate small, uncomfortable seats. I suppose no theater can afford to make them big and comfortable (like a living room chair), but if I ever build a theater (or a jazz club), I know what my priorities are!
People like you are part of the problem, just maybe?
I notice the same thing - runners listening to the ipod or radio. They are so busy listening that they don't even realize what a lousy workout they're getting.
/not
They should learn to sit on the couch and listen to that stuff, and then leave the running for itself.
Try fluxbox for a light-weight window manager.
Working markets require an educated public.
I bet most people have no idea how their health is effected by industrialized runoff created by the products they use every day. The 3M plant here is one of the worst environmental offenders - and yet I bet asthma suffers don't think twice about buying that roll of tape...
I don't like noise so I undercooled my athlon. It averaged 85 degrees C (idle) and went up from there. Above 92 degrees C or so the asus alarm would kick in, but it usually still worked. It definitely never "fried" in spite of constant use at these temps.
Basically, I valued quiet more than cpu lifetime. It was the cheapest solution for me. The machine is still running as the asterisk server for the house.
Humans need to concentrate on fixing our problems down here on planet earth before more money is spent on space.
Some people say that the space program has helped every day life on earth - but all I see are a bunch of non-bio degradable, non-renewable materials.