Richard Silver, who filed the copyright for the Electric Slide in 2004 [...] "I realize that this incorrect version of my choreography has been around for some 27 years," Silver wrote
Is there not some redress to the public in the case of an author asserting (C) so long after creating (and obviously publishing) a work? -nB
"If Samy really needs something on the internet, he can write it on paper and have a friend or relative post it for him." Heck, he can make websites on his computer, then burn a CD and mail it to his friend to post. no rule against that, either.
And how, pray tell, would you machine it? Anything cast at high temperature will need to be machined to have a precision fit (cylinder sleeves, piston heads, valves, etc.). If nitride or diamond tools are softer then they won't, well, cut it. -nB
Well, I've fairly settled on ubuntu (as opposed to other distros), so now it's a KDE Vs. Gnome thing. I could care less if it was me using it, but this is for a "never used linux & I hate OOo" person.
So I've settled on ubuntu, with WINE, and M$ Office (I'll concede that much to M$, as my UserComesFirst(tm)). Pitty though, as that pretty much means I'll be violating some license somewhere... I can't afford what microsoft wants for office at $300*. I'll lump a copy of office 2K I have floating around somewhere. -nB
* now if they made a clause that for home use that price was per household that would be OK, I'd figure out a way to afford it.
Funny, I've got a touch of a follow-up question Kubuntu or Ubuntu? I'm giving the U a try on a notebook for a non-techie, along with WINE and a couple windows apps (Office, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) At least I have them fully converted to thunderbird over outlook! Suggestions & reasonings(please?)
I concur. I'm a reasonable coder (enough to support the horrible abomination of a legacy app we use*). The UI is a CLI, no GUI at all. All in all there are about 100 commands with a half dozen permutations for most of them. When it came time for "improvements" I sat down with my primary users (all of 5 people locally, about 7 more spread around the world) and asked them what they most wanted. The answer? stability and repeatability. No feature enhancements, no GUI. It boils down to: We know the app the way it is like the back of our hand. DON'T FSCK WITH IT.
That said, I hate to say how dense my users can be about the stability issues. Every product family that comes out requires finessing of the code, sometimes to the point of re-writes of the low level bit routines. Each derivative within a product family usually requires at least a half dozen tweaks to deal with timing issues or errata that have crept into the design. All this hacking is transparent to my userbase, much to my frustration at times. "what do you mean I can use X tape on Y product? They're the same size arrays!" Then when reversed: me: try using tape Y on product X, it's a superset of X functions. You will get array A,B,C OK but D will be gibberish. them: X doesn't have register D it won't work! me (mumble): what part of superset... comprehension... monkey... absolutely simian...
Alright, maybe not that bad, but still. Back to the point of the UI. Make it what your _user_ wants, not what the developer thinks is cool. That is the key to getting people to use your product.
-nB
* initially written and compiled in win95 under borland C 3.0. Transitioned to C++ under M$ VS6. Hardware only works on Win98SE or lower (maybe on winME but that's worse than ADA calling COBOL on CP/M), on equipment EOL'd over 5 years ago!
I used pagesgarden.com (hosting and registration). They are awesome. After receiving complaints from the corporate hoards about my gripe site (sig) they politely informed the lawyers that they are a "common carrier" and would be happy to shut down my domain, after they are properly served with court orders, in person, by a law enforcement or court official. They also provided my contact e-mail to the lawyers and slapped my hand about the bogus whois and suggested a privacy service if I was concerned. At no time was my domain suspended or locked, and at no time did I lose connectivity to the internet.
Add to that the one time I had issues with e-mail account setups in C-panel and the tech team had it resolved in under 30 minutes. I'm a loyal customer;-) -nB
I was thinking "hey, I could do that" (the swim), that's what, a hundred laps of the pool? Googled it. 2.4 miles == 4 224 yards == 169 laps of the pool. Yup I *could* do it, though I'm not sure I could follow that with said bike ride and marathon... I can do 100 yards butterfly no problem. so 4K yards of crawl would be fairly manageable.
true, that. Especially with what they charge for decent brightness LED lamps. That alone has been keeping me away from them (though I've thought about getting/building a tracklight for low level lighting and running it on DC). -nB
Yeah, I'll bite. There is no issue with burning SVO in a diesel so long as it's clean. Dirty, used oil (what most people use) will provide problems unless it is first well filtered, then washed (or at least buffered), then dried. Problem is doing all that uses enough energy and resources that you might as well bought new oil.
Or the alternative (where I'm at): You have a diesel engine with enough wear in at least one cylinder that you know an engine rebuild is needed, but by switching to veggie oil you increase the lubricity and viscosity of your fuel to a point that you no longer need to worry about the leakdown of that bad cylinder (thicker fuel effectively seals the gap on the rings) and you've stalled the need for a rebuild by about 100K miles or more. Just keep up with regular filter and oil changes and pre-heat the oil to give your IP a break.
Actually it isn't. JetA is Kero, yes. Diesel #1 is Kero + lubricants for the injection pump, that's why I specified the "fuel component is the same". Diesel2 is a superior fuel except in cold weather, and diesel #4 is awesome if you can run your car on it (most can't) as it's energy density is greater than #2. -nB
Nevermind that Hydrogen is currently produced by steam cracking natural gas, as that is the only cost-effective method available. Why do you think the oil companies quash biodiesel, straight veggie oil burners, resist ethanol, kill the electric car, but embrace hydrogen?
Also, slightly pedantic, but the fuel component of diesel #1 and JetA are the same damn thing, so the article (summary) is kinda mis-leading. -nB
While the response from Linden Labs was permissive, in another editorial (the one why Arent Fox sucks) I pick apart the inherent error in judgment sending a stern C&D letter up-front. You can always send a nice letter and follow up with threats if necessary. In the meantime, anyone who would shut down their site upon utterance of lawyers will still do so, and you'll get a feel for those of us who know our rights before you stick you foot in it, like Farmers lawyers did. -nB
sure it is. But as it sits now I have no need to upgrade to vista, and based on some of the DRM stuff I would not be surprised to find something along those lines happening. -nB
Yeah, that's where I'm OK. I'm one of those casual only gamers. If it won't run on my console or on my pc then I don't much care. Besides I *still* have my 2600 and *still* play river-raid on it. (and my Odyssey2 and I love KC Munchkin and Ringmaster:) -nB
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
I've done a lot of reading of the constitution and the US code (mostly as a result of the link in my sig:-) -nB
And going legit on XP was expensive enough (of course now I'm legit on all six machines on my lan) 1x2K, 2xXP 3xLinux. I ain't buying Vista 'till I have no choice. -nB
Slashdot Mirror
-nB
"If Samy really needs something on the internet, he can write it on paper and have a friend or relative post it for him."
Heck, he can make websites on his computer, then burn a CD and mail it to his friend to post.
no rule against that, either.
And how, pray tell, would you machine it?
Anything cast at high temperature will need to be machined to have a precision fit (cylinder sleeves, piston heads, valves, etc.). If nitride or diamond tools are softer then they won't, well, cut it.
-nB
Thanks for the feedback. My issue with microsoft is money so M$ seems apt. not trying to be trendy...
Well, I've fairly settled on ubuntu (as opposed to other distros), so now it's a KDE Vs. Gnome thing. I could care less if it was me using it, but this is for a "never used linux & I hate OOo" person.
So I've settled on ubuntu, with WINE, and M$ Office (I'll concede that much to M$, as my UserComesFirst(tm)).
Pitty though, as that pretty much means I'll be violating some license somewhere... I can't afford what microsoft wants for office at $300*. I'll lump a copy of office 2K I have floating around somewhere.
-nB
* now if they made a clause that for home use that price was per household that would be OK, I'd figure out a way to afford it.
Funny, I've got a touch of a follow-up question
Kubuntu or Ubuntu? I'm giving the U a try on a notebook for a non-techie, along with WINE and a couple windows apps (Office, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) At least I have them fully converted to thunderbird over outlook!
Suggestions & reasonings(please?)
Cheers,
-nB
I concur.
I'm a reasonable coder (enough to support the horrible abomination of a legacy app we use*). The UI is a CLI, no GUI at all. All in all there are about 100 commands with a half dozen permutations for most of them. When it came time for "improvements" I sat down with my primary users (all of 5 people locally, about 7 more spread around the world) and asked them what they most wanted. The answer? stability and repeatability. No feature enhancements, no GUI. It boils down to: We know the app the way it is like the back of our hand. DON'T FSCK WITH IT.
That said, I hate to say how dense my users can be about the stability issues. Every product family that comes out requires finessing of the code, sometimes to the point of re-writes of the low level bit routines. Each derivative within a product family usually requires at least a half dozen tweaks to deal with timing issues or errata that have crept into the design. All this hacking is transparent to my userbase, much to my frustration at times. "what do you mean I can use X tape on Y product? They're the same size arrays!" Then when reversed:
me: try using tape Y on product X, it's a superset of X functions. You will get array A,B,C OK but D will be gibberish.
them: X doesn't have register D it won't work!
me (mumble): what part of superset... comprehension... monkey... absolutely simian...
Alright, maybe not that bad, but still. Back to the point of the UI. Make it what your _user_ wants, not what the developer thinks is cool. That is the key to getting people to use your product.
-nB
* initially written and compiled in win95 under borland C 3.0. Transitioned to C++ under M$ VS6. Hardware only works on Win98SE or lower (maybe on winME but that's worse than ADA calling COBOL on CP/M), on equipment EOL'd over 5 years ago!
I used pagesgarden.com (hosting and registration). They are awesome. After receiving complaints from the corporate hoards about my gripe site (sig) they politely informed the lawyers that they are a "common carrier" and would be happy to shut down my domain, after they are properly served with court orders, in person, by a law enforcement or court official. They also provided my contact e-mail to the lawyers and slapped my hand about the bogus whois and suggested a privacy service if I was concerned. At no time was my domain suspended or locked, and at no time did I lose connectivity to the internet.
;-)
Add to that the one time I had issues with e-mail account setups in C-panel and the tech team had it resolved in under 30 minutes. I'm a loyal customer
-nB
so 3.2Km verses ~100 for a water planet...
yup, they're puddles. you don't grasp the enormity do you?
-nB
I was thinking "hey, I could do that" (the swim), that's what, a hundred laps of the pool?
Googled it.
2.4 miles == 4 224 yards == 169 laps of the pool. Yup I *could* do it, though I'm not sure I could follow that with said bike ride and marathon...
I can do 100 yards butterfly no problem. so 4K yards of crawl would be fairly manageable.
What's the time limit?
-nB
111-1111111 works ;)
-nB
true, that. Especially with what they charge for decent brightness LED lamps. That alone has been keeping me away from them (though I've thought about getting/building a tracklight for low level lighting and running it on DC).
-nB
Yeah, I'll bite.
There is no issue with burning SVO in a diesel so long as it's clean.
Dirty, used oil (what most people use) will provide problems unless it is first well filtered, then washed (or at least buffered), then dried. Problem is doing all that uses enough energy and resources that you might as well bought new oil.
Or the alternative (where I'm at):
You have a diesel engine with enough wear in at least one cylinder that you know an engine rebuild is needed, but by switching to veggie oil you increase the lubricity and viscosity of your fuel to a point that you no longer need to worry about the leakdown of that bad cylinder (thicker fuel effectively seals the gap on the rings) and you've stalled the need for a rebuild by about 100K miles or more. Just keep up with regular filter and oil changes and pre-heat the oil to give your IP a break.
Actually it isn't.
JetA is Kero, yes. Diesel #1 is Kero + lubricants for the injection pump, that's why I specified the "fuel component is the same".
Diesel2 is a superior fuel except in cold weather, and diesel #4 is awesome if you can run your car on it (most can't) as it's energy density is greater than #2.
-nB
Nevermind that Hydrogen is currently produced by steam cracking natural gas, as that is the only cost-effective method available. Why do you think the oil companies quash biodiesel, straight veggie oil burners, resist ethanol, kill the electric car, but embrace hydrogen?
Also, slightly pedantic, but the fuel component of diesel #1 and JetA are the same damn thing, so the article (summary) is kinda mis-leading.
-nB
Of course a cap in series and reverse LEDs also with a cap in series should address this nicely.
-nB
Chipset
video (possibly, even if "off")
audio
processor
hdd controller
network
I pick C, but as I read the authors blog I kinda understand why he only made one page.
As to the license (GP post) that was just a touch of the real lawyers CYA coming through.
-nB
In fact you are very correct. (I was honestly blown away).r stlife.shtml
I've written about this on my site below in my sig, or specifically in the editorial section: http://www.farmersreallysucks.com/editorialgetafi
While the response from Linden Labs was permissive, in another editorial (the one why Arent Fox sucks) I pick apart the inherent error in judgment sending a stern C&D letter up-front. You can always send a nice letter and follow up with threats if necessary. In the meantime, anyone who would shut down their site upon utterance of lawyers will still do so, and you'll get a feel for those of us who know our rights before you stick you foot in it, like Farmers lawyers did.
-nB
sure it is. But as it sits now I have no need to upgrade to vista, and based on some of the DRM stuff I would not be surprised to find something along those lines happening.
-nB
"That's a nice music library you've got there, be a shame if anything happened to it..."
So long as my existing music works then no problem. The moment I'm locked out of my own files to force an upgrade we're talking RICO suit.
-nB
Yeah, that's where I'm OK. I'm one of those casual only gamers. If it won't run on my console or on my pc then I don't much care. Besides I *still* have my 2600 and *still* play river-raid on it. (and my Odyssey2 and I love KC Munchkin and Ringmaster :)
-nB
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitut
Amendment in question: I've done a lot of reading of the constitution and the US code (mostly as a result of the link in my sig
-nB
And going legit on XP was expensive enough (of course now I'm legit on all six machines on my lan) 1x2K, 2xXP 3xLinux.
I ain't buying Vista 'till I have no choice.
-nB