I am hoping to take my part-time counseling practice full-time within the next year and I cannot afford all of the licenses/app software from the Windows world so I am planning on having an all-Linux office. It will only be a few computers to begin with but, hopefully, I can handle it. There are good local resources for support and I don't mind paying someone now and then to help out with that which is just too far over my head.
The book sounds like a good resource, I'll take a look at it at Borders this week. I just did my first Linux install, ever, last night on a spare computer I had here at home. I ended up using Ubuntu, which is a Debian flavor distro. It works really, really well. I was surprised that it found the shared resources on the MS workgroup on the wired/wireless LAN here at home. I would like to find a good book to help me understand Linux, from a decidedly beginner starting point. So, when I look at this one I'll flip through some others. Suggestions are welcomed.
Well crafted answers by the three candidates. I doubt that they sat down and wrote out the answers by themselves, you can see the speech writers hands in this as well as the "handlers." Well, Nader might have written his responses, he gets quite weird in places. Anyway, I was hoping for responses that would be a bit more informal in tone, especially since the audience is suppose to be youth. But, none of the candidates can afford to make even the tiniest slip, or even to be human. I am a republican but even I will admit that Bush does not talk the way these responses are written. And, Kerry, rather than saying "Theresa and I" or "my wife and I," gets quite formal with "Teresa Heinz Kerry and I are practicing and believing Catholics." Why so formal? There are better and warmer ways to honor your wife and show respect for her independence. These responses, from the three candidates, are disappointing.
Here is an interesting market share tidbit from an article OSViews.com:
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said today that based on a survey of 600 teenagers, Apple's iPod is dominating "mindshare and market share." Munster said in a research note that of all the high school students surveyed, 16 percent currently own an iPod and 24 percent plan to buy an iPod within the next year. Munster also noted that the iPod ranked fourth on the teens' holiday wish list--behind clothes, money, and a car--even though the iPod was not an answer option and had to be written in as a response.
If the car crashes and won't start up, try slamming the car down firmly onto a flat surface and the car should start up. Each time that the car crashes and won't start up and you slam it down on a flat surface it will go longer before crashing again.
US patents apply to any product sold in the US regardless of origin. This was covered in-depth in a recent topic regarding patents. If you do a search it should come up and you can find the relevant law/code.
The contest is here, if you happen to visit please be patient as Mozilla/Firefox takes a second or two to render correctly. I don't know if my hosting service, Godaddy.com, can handle a slashdotting but it's late at night so maybe it will be okay.
They do keep an archive though I am not sure that you can access it directly. If you send an email to them you might be able to get want you need. They are pretty responsive. The webmaster mentioned making some of the more interesting images available on the website soon.
The USDA Forest Service has a live VolcanoCam that refreshes every five minutes. It has produced some pretty neat images over the last couple of weeks. The USDA page goes down fairly often but the image itself is still available so check out this page for image links (including my own) if you ever can't get to the Forest Service page.
He got free tickets to the movie, he wrote the review of his own volition so far as his diary goes. Even they did give him free tickets and asked him to write a review, so what?
Couldn't the author or editor fix the grammatical errors in so short a paragraph? I've never actually posted such a request before but this has so many errors in so short a space.
I understand, of course, that I will be modded down as well as flamed. But, in this case, it is worth it.
Golygydd Max writesmissing full colon "Dave Voorhis from the University of Derbyshire has developed a program incorporating Tutorial D, a language designed to overcome ofthe shortcomings of SQL, and developed some years ago by Hugh Darwen and Chris Date. Until now,no-one had done anything with it but Voorhis is hoping for wider adoption; although we think it would be like pushing water uphill though."
I'll vouch for that. My nephews have an ATV and my recent ride on it was my first experience with an ATV. I got addicted faster than a D.C. whore takes to crack. What a blast!!
I've wondered about that as well. And I am pro-GM so I am not knocking it. Anyway, I was thinking about a scenario where a crop is responsible, some how, for managing the population of an insect. The GM version of the crop no longer does that and we find ourselves ass deep in this insect. I wonder if the folks who do GM research are reasonable sure that they have the ecosystem for the GM crop nailed down pretty well. Or, maybe it doesn't matter when the crops are growing on a farm where other things are artificial as well, it's not like it's a delicately balanced rainforest, or is it? Well, I don't know but I would be interesting in hearing from someone who does.
The MacWorld article is very, very short and does not explain why someone would want to emulate the Mac OS on an x86 machine. If it runs at 80% of it's speed on a Mac and it sits on top of an existing operating system, it sounds very kludgey. Is there Mac-only software that people would want to run on their x86 machine? Or, are their folks that really want the Mac OS features on their x86 this badly? It sounds interesting in theory but in practice . . .
How about you work for free? If it turns out ok for you then maybe the musicians can learn from you how to make a living without getting paid.
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I am surprised that he did not return it after having all of those problems and try something else. I can't imagine keeping something that locks up and continues to eat the batteries until you either jam a paper clip into it or slam it on a desk. I am amazed that someone would go through all of that and still want it!
After reading the review I don't know that I want one of these. The reviewer discusses the negatives: size, lockups, ect. but does not really go into the upside of owning one of these.
... and I recall pretty much automatically disliking anything and anybody in authority and I would have done what these students are doing in a heartbeat. It's part of growing up and learning. Now that I am an old fart of 46 I can also see the University's side of this as well. But, that whole process of growing up and learning helped me to see opposing points of view and to even come to respect them. This is an age old battle that will be enacted over and over again so long as we have young people and old institutions (and a few old farts like myself.) Hopefully the end results is that people learn and become increasingly more respectful of, and tolerant of, opposing points of view.
Here are some of the more relevant paragraphs from the NYT (relevant to the argument that Media Center PC is not as good as Tivo) story for those who don't want to have to register at their site:
So far, the record of Media Center PC's is mixed. Since they were introduced in 2002, computers using the first two versions of this software have been slow sellers. IDC, which had forecast sales of 1.5 million of them this year, now sees sales at 550,000 units for all of 2004.
Roger Kay, a vice president of IDC, says sales of Media Center PC's have lagged because they are buggy, too hard to use, and often too noisy to put in a living room. And even among the small group of users, they haven't developed the fanatical following of TiVo, the stand-alone video recorder.
"I haven't been in some placid home where the people who use Media Center PC's think it is great and a part of their life," Mr. Kay said.
Stephen Baker, the director of industry analysis at the NPD Group, a research firm, is skeptical even of the existing sales of Media Center PC's. "A lot of their sales have been accidental," he said. "Someone wants to buy the best PC out there, and this is the one with all the bells and whistles"
The media extender device may give Microsoft its desired beachhead in the living room. But those devices are emerging technology and have an initial price tag of about $250. A recorder from TiVo, by contrast, can be bought for less than $100 after rebates, although it has a fee of $12.95 a month, which the Windows system does not.
Science fiction writers are my favorite sources of predictions for the futre of technology. So, if you had to make one predicition related to technology - something we don't entirely have now but will be ubiquitous ten years from now, what would that be?
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I am hoping to take my part-time counseling practice full-time within the next year and I cannot afford all of the licenses/app software from the Windows world so I am planning on having an all-Linux office. It will only be a few computers to begin with but, hopefully, I can handle it. There are good local resources for support and I don't mind paying someone now and then to help out with that which is just too far over my head.
The book sounds like a good resource, I'll take a look at it at Borders this week. I just did my first Linux install, ever, last night on a spare computer I had here at home. I ended up using Ubuntu, which is a Debian flavor distro. It works really, really well. I was surprised that it found the shared resources on the MS workgroup on the wired/wireless LAN here at home. I would like to find a good book to help me understand Linux, from a decidedly beginner starting point. So, when I look at this one I'll flip through some others. Suggestions are welcomed.
Catholics aren't Christians? I'm Catholic and consider myself a Christian.
Well crafted answers by the three candidates. I doubt that they sat down and wrote out the answers by themselves, you can see the speech writers hands in this as well as the "handlers." Well, Nader might have written his responses, he gets quite weird in places. Anyway, I was hoping for responses that would be a bit more informal in tone, especially since the audience is suppose to be youth. But, none of the candidates can afford to make even the tiniest slip, or even to be human. I am a republican but even I will admit that Bush does not talk the way these responses are written. And, Kerry, rather than saying "Theresa and I" or "my wife and I," gets quite formal with "Teresa Heinz Kerry and I are practicing and believing Catholics." Why so formal? There are better and warmer ways to honor your wife and show respect for her independence. These responses, from the three candidates, are disappointing.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said today that based on a survey of 600 teenagers, Apple's iPod is dominating "mindshare and market share." Munster said in a research note that of all the high school students surveyed, 16 percent currently own an iPod and 24 percent plan to buy an iPod within the next year. Munster also noted that the iPod ranked fourth on the teens' holiday wish list--behind clothes, money, and a car--even though the iPod was not an answer option and had to be written in as a response.
If the car crashes and won't start up, try slamming the car down firmly onto a flat surface and the car should start up. Each time that the car crashes and won't start up and you slam it down on a flat surface it will go longer before crashing again.
US patents apply to any product sold in the US regardless of origin. This was covered in-depth in a recent topic regarding patents. If you do a search it should come up and you can find the relevant law/code.
The contest is here, if you happen to visit please be patient as Mozilla/Firefox takes a second or two to render correctly. I don't know if my hosting service, Godaddy.com, can handle a slashdotting but it's late at night so maybe it will be okay.
I didn't but I do have a contest running on Brainglass.com for date & time of an eruption (a lava eruption) along with the volcanocam image.
They do keep an archive though I am not sure that you can access it directly. If you send an email to them you might be able to get want you need. They are pretty responsive. The webmaster mentioned making some of the more interesting images available on the website soon.
The USDA Forest Service has a live VolcanoCam that refreshes every five minutes. It has produced some pretty neat images over the last couple of weeks. The USDA page goes down fairly often but the image itself is still available so check out this page for image links (including my own) if you ever can't get to the Forest Service page.
He got free tickets to the movie, he wrote the review of his own volition so far as his diary goes. Even they did give him free tickets and asked him to write a review, so what?
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I understand, of course, that I will be modded down as well as flamed. But, in this case, it is worth it.
Golygydd Max writes missing full colon "Dave Voorhis from the University of Derbyshire has developed a program incorporating Tutorial D, a language designed to overcome of the shortcomings of SQL, and developed some years ago by Hugh Darwen and Chris Date. Until now, no-one had done anything with it but Voorhis is hoping for wider adoption; although we think it would be like pushing water uphill though. "
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I'll vouch for that. My nephews have an ATV and my recent ride on it was my first experience with an ATV. I got addicted faster than a D.C. whore takes to crack. What a blast!!
I've wondered about that as well. And I am pro-GM so I am not knocking it. Anyway, I was thinking about a scenario where a crop is responsible, some how, for managing the population of an insect. The GM version of the crop no longer does that and we find ourselves ass deep in this insect. I wonder if the folks who do GM research are reasonable sure that they have the ecosystem for the GM crop nailed down pretty well. Or, maybe it doesn't matter when the crops are growing on a farm where other things are artificial as well, it's not like it's a delicately balanced rainforest, or is it? Well, I don't know but I would be interesting in hearing from someone who does.
The MacWorld article is very, very short and does not explain why someone would want to emulate the Mac OS on an x86 machine. If it runs at 80% of it's speed on a Mac and it sits on top of an existing operating system, it sounds very kludgey. Is there Mac-only software that people would want to run on their x86 machine? Or, are their folks that really want the Mac OS features on their x86 this badly? It sounds interesting in theory but in practice . . .
How about you work for free? If it turns out ok for you then maybe the musicians can learn from you how to make a living without getting paid.
I am surprised that he did not return it after having all of those problems and try something else. I can't imagine keeping something that locks up and continues to eat the batteries until you either jam a paper clip into it or slam it on a desk. I am amazed that someone would go through all of that and still want it!
After reading the review I don't know that I want one of these. The reviewer discusses the negatives: size, lockups, ect. but does not really go into the upside of owning one of these.
Now that is a good idea that deserves some discussion.
... and I recall pretty much automatically disliking anything and anybody in authority and I would have done what these students are doing in a heartbeat. It's part of growing up and learning. Now that I am an old fart of 46 I can also see the University's side of this as well. But, that whole process of growing up and learning helped me to see opposing points of view and to even come to respect them. This is an age old battle that will be enacted over and over again so long as we have young people and old institutions (and a few old farts like myself.) Hopefully the end results is that people learn and become increasingly more respectful of, and tolerant of, opposing points of view.
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So far, the record of Media Center PC's is mixed. Since they were introduced in 2002, computers using the first two versions of this software have been slow sellers. IDC, which had forecast sales of 1.5 million of them this year, now sees sales at 550,000 units for all of 2004.
Roger Kay, a vice president of IDC, says sales of Media Center PC's have lagged because they are buggy, too hard to use, and often too noisy to put in a living room. And even among the small group of users, they haven't developed the fanatical following of TiVo, the stand-alone video recorder.
"I haven't been in some placid home where the people who use Media Center PC's think it is great and a part of their life," Mr. Kay said.
Stephen Baker, the director of industry analysis at the NPD Group, a research firm, is skeptical even of the existing sales of Media Center PC's. "A lot of their sales have been accidental," he said. "Someone wants to buy the best PC out there, and this is the one with all the bells and whistles"
The media extender device may give Microsoft its desired beachhead in the living room. But those devices are emerging technology and have an initial price tag of about $250. A recorder from TiVo, by contrast, can be bought for less than $100 after rebates, although it has a fee of $12.95 a month, which the Windows system does not.
Science fiction writers are my favorite sources of predictions for the futre of technology. So, if you had to make one predicition related to technology - something we don't entirely have now but will be ubiquitous ten years from now, what would that be?