Photoshop -> Gimp
Illustrator -> Inkscape
InDesign -> Scribus
Web Design -> Kompozer, which is a bugfix release of Nvu (there's actually a lot of these, I've also heard Microsoft Visual Web Dev Express, which has a lot of praise from various people)
Not sure of a good PDF editor, but it looks like this claims to do the trick (though i'm sure is nowhere near the level of Acrobat Pro): PDFEdit. Be warned it looks like it's a cygwin port to windows...
I can't guarantee that those will all live up to your expectations, but I am fairly familiar with most of that software, and it certainly gets the job done.
This still happens on Dell computers, sometimes if you've been messing around with plugging/unplugging stuff, it will say "Keyboard Failure - Press F1 to continue". Gives me a laugh every time.
Well, a given number of customers in a given area. A denser population simply means that the nodes that are placed can be expected to be used closer to capacity, which is a good thing. They may need more nodes per area as another big city, but per customer they would need less, because they are guaranteed a thick cluster around every node, and don't need a bunch of nodes all over the place serving relatively few customers so as to provide complete coverage.
But, not everyone is going to use the network, there will always be people who prefer to use their own faster connections. As more people start to tap into each node, and the bandwidth need increases, they will have to upgrade, of course, but this need will drive innovation as they need higher bandwidth nodes. The government would have more drive to improve the network, so engineers could be guaranteed a large market in cities for even higher capactity nodes.
Regardless, it is something that must be done eventually, and it is naive of Verizon to criticize those who wish to do it now rather than wait and let Verizon get around to it in 10 years.
Actually, San Francisco is a perfect place for city-wide WiFi. SF is a rather small (physically) city compared to the population. Such a dense city is a perfect spot to give full-coverage cheap WiFi internet access, because you get so many people covered per square mile.
Plus, him saying that it's a bad idea, simply because it takes work to make it happen is kind of ridiculous. "Slashdot is a bad idea, because someone has to design it, someone has to upgrade it, someone has to maintain, and someone has to run it." "A city-wide fire department coverage is a bad idea, because someone has to design it, someone has to upgrade it, someone has to maintain it, and someone has to run it." We're moving into an age where the internet is increasingly important, and access to it for everyone is going to end up needing to be present.
One more thing. If he says that companies like Verizon are better suited to it, then why don't they start doing it? That's the whole problem is that they haven't. "Don't bother offering low-income children free public education, private companies like ours would be better at it."
The preinstall on a new laptop will have all of the latest updates already installed, because it was made that way. A clean install is off a cd, which, unless you're going to spend 150 bucks every month for a new copy, will not have the latest updates already integrated, and you would need to install them afterwards.
well, as i understand it, bluejacking is sending a random and anonymous message (as an address book entry) via bluetooth to someone else's phone in a public place, which can startle and confuse just about anyone. The message can really be anything, when the link starts working check it out.
Would it be possible for websites to declare a "theme" on their city? For example, could a site like eBaums be creating something more like RollerCoaster Tycoon, and a site like slashdot could be creating a geeky paradise of open wifi and hi-tech gadgets? It might be an interesting twist to this idea which already seems like a very cool thing.
actually, windows' formatting does NOT delete the data, it just checks the disk and makes the disk nice and clean, but most of the space is not altered, so your old "hobbies" might still be evident, even after formatting.
I had been looking forward to last years race for a while, but then i blanked on it on the day of the race, so when i remembered and checked the website it was already over!
maybe this time someone will actually make it more than a few miles. Actually i expect someone will finish the whole race, but i do not know if they will finish it within the time requirements.
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well, actually, i relabeled that whole row of keys, to help my memory. Ive got "Help Monkey", and "New Shizzle", and "Frank" and "Fred", and "Mary" and "Satan" and "The Hizzouse" and "Your Fate" and "Fine Women" and "Love Hotel" and "Cambodia" and finally "CowboyNeal"...
Now when friends are playing on my computer they ask, how do I quick save? and I say, just push Satan...
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but if you SHOUT WITH CAPSLOCK ON11 you still have to hit shift for "!" to come out, so you might as well not use caps...
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3Com is failing because they renamed candlestick park!
The current 3rd result showcases the "Nigritude Ultramarine Fighting Force" who are "doing our part for the department of homeland security." Actually, I suspect they might be even more capable than said department...
I am still in highschool, so i can say that my ti-89 is fully allowed on every test ive taken, including all AP tests and SAT. The only exceptions are sections such as the one on the AP Calc BC that is a "no-calculator" section. But you arent allowed to use anything else there anyways. The 92+ however is banned on all tests i can think of due to the qwerty keyboard, even though the 89 is basically a hand-held 92+. Furthermore, the 84+ has some big advantages over the 89:
a) It is cheaper
b) it is simpler
So that casual high-school students who dont care too much about advanced math dont have to fork over a ton of dough for a calculator, when a simple graphing calculator is fine. Saying its unneccesary when there are better calculators is like saying we dont need any regular cars because we could all drive sports cars.
i know! Whats up with that, i cant even see it. Thats all i want! I guess i have to learn to be a little faster with the mouse. Or maybe its that i dont have that mousepad and my mousing hand is too tired. Oh well...
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Photoshop -> Gimp
Illustrator -> Inkscape
InDesign -> Scribus
Web Design -> Kompozer, which is a bugfix release of Nvu (there's actually a lot of these, I've also heard Microsoft Visual Web Dev Express, which has a lot of praise from various people)
Not sure of a good PDF editor, but it looks like this claims to do the trick (though i'm sure is nowhere near the level of Acrobat Pro): PDFEdit. Be warned it looks like it's a cygwin port to windows...
I can't guarantee that those will all live up to your expectations, but I am fairly familiar with most of that software, and it certainly gets the job done.
This still happens on Dell computers, sometimes if you've been messing around with plugging/unplugging stuff, it will say "Keyboard Failure - Press F1 to continue". Gives me a laugh every time.
Well, a given number of customers in a given area. A denser population simply means that the nodes that are placed can be expected to be used closer to capacity, which is a good thing. They may need more nodes per area as another big city, but per customer they would need less, because they are guaranteed a thick cluster around every node, and don't need a bunch of nodes all over the place serving relatively few customers so as to provide complete coverage.
But, not everyone is going to use the network, there will always be people who prefer to use their own faster connections. As more people start to tap into each node, and the bandwidth need increases, they will have to upgrade, of course, but this need will drive innovation as they need higher bandwidth nodes. The government would have more drive to improve the network, so engineers could be guaranteed a large market in cities for even higher capactity nodes. Regardless, it is something that must be done eventually, and it is naive of Verizon to criticize those who wish to do it now rather than wait and let Verizon get around to it in 10 years.
Actually, San Francisco is a perfect place for city-wide WiFi. SF is a rather small (physically) city compared to the population. Such a dense city is a perfect spot to give full-coverage cheap WiFi internet access, because you get so many people covered per square mile. Plus, him saying that it's a bad idea, simply because it takes work to make it happen is kind of ridiculous. "Slashdot is a bad idea, because someone has to design it, someone has to upgrade it, someone has to maintain, and someone has to run it." "A city-wide fire department coverage is a bad idea, because someone has to design it, someone has to upgrade it, someone has to maintain it, and someone has to run it." We're moving into an age where the internet is increasingly important, and access to it for everyone is going to end up needing to be present. One more thing. If he says that companies like Verizon are better suited to it, then why don't they start doing it? That's the whole problem is that they haven't. "Don't bother offering low-income children free public education, private companies like ours would be better at it."
The preinstall on a new laptop will have all of the latest updates already installed, because it was made that way. A clean install is off a cd, which, unless you're going to spend 150 bucks every month for a new copy, will not have the latest updates already integrated, and you would need to install them afterwards.
I wasnt aware you could do wireless power...
"obstacles in linux may be closer than they appear, obstacles in windows may be even closer"
well, as i understand it, bluejacking is sending a random and anonymous message (as an address book entry) via bluetooth to someone else's phone in a public place, which can startle and confuse just about anyone. The message can really be anything, when the link starts working check it out.
Would it be possible for websites to declare a "theme" on their city? For example, could a site like eBaums be creating something more like RollerCoaster Tycoon, and a site like slashdot could be creating a geeky paradise of open wifi and hi-tech gadgets? It might be an interesting twist to this idea which already seems like a very cool thing.
actually, windows' formatting does NOT delete the data, it just checks the disk and makes the disk nice and clean, but most of the space is not altered, so your old "hobbies" might still be evident, even after formatting.
I guess i am going to keep my hard drives when i get a new computer, I dont want anyone to find out about all of that stuff that i "didn't" do...
I had been looking forward to last years race for a while, but then i blanked on it on the day of the race, so when i remembered and checked the website it was already over!
maybe this time someone will actually make it more than a few miles. Actually i expect someone will finish the whole race, but i do not know if they will finish it within the time requirements.
Now we just need to get linux to run on it...
well, actually, i relabeled that whole row of keys, to help my memory. Ive got "Help Monkey", and "New Shizzle", and "Frank" and "Fred", and "Mary" and "Satan" and "The Hizzouse" and "Your Fate" and "Fine Women" and "Love Hotel" and "Cambodia" and finally "CowboyNeal"... Now when friends are playing on my computer they ask, how do I quick save? and I say, just push Satan...
but if you SHOUT WITH CAPSLOCK ON11 you still have to hit shift for "!" to come out, so you might as well not use caps...
3Com is failing because they renamed candlestick park!
wow thats a big number!
luckily now if anyone were to try to invade nepal, they could quickly mobilize their army...
It's too bad im an uncoordinated computer geek...
The current 3rd result showcases the "Nigritude Ultramarine Fighting Force" who are "doing our part for the department of homeland security." Actually, I suspect they might be even more capable than said department...
Yeah, Knizia all the way!!! w00t!!! Seriously, it could create a ps2 brettspielwelt universe, and that would be awesome.
I am still in highschool, so i can say that my ti-89 is fully allowed on every test ive taken, including all AP tests and SAT. The only exceptions are sections such as the one on the AP Calc BC that is a "no-calculator" section. But you arent allowed to use anything else there anyways. The 92+ however is banned on all tests i can think of due to the qwerty keyboard, even though the 89 is basically a hand-held 92+. Furthermore, the 84+ has some big advantages over the 89: a) It is cheaper b) it is simpler So that casual high-school students who dont care too much about advanced math dont have to fork over a ton of dough for a calculator, when a simple graphing calculator is fine. Saying its unneccesary when there are better calculators is like saying we dont need any regular cars because we could all drive sports cars.
i know! Whats up with that, i cant even see it. Thats all i want! I guess i have to learn to be a little faster with the mouse. Or maybe its that i dont have that mousepad and my mousing hand is too tired. Oh well...