to die at the hands of of their fellow classmates in horrible science experiments gone wrong, or fatal navigation errors while on internships, or in illegal flying stunts, or...
The show's fate was sealed when they start with the Time Travel episodes. Everything since then has been a kicking the dead horse.
Imagine, they had the opportunity to show us what the pre-Federation days were like, the lack of order, social problems brought on by colonization (Mars riots, anyone?), why did relationship with the Klingons went sour (The reason for the Prime Directive if I remember from ST:TNG).
Instead they give us rehashed plots by putting evil aliens in evil Nazi uniforms. Wasn't that done in Voyager??? Cmdr. Riker makes a suprise appearance when he's not even from the same era? Been done a zillion times.
This latest season was pretty good, but it's too little too late.
Enterprise never had a chance with the B&B team that headed the project.
I guess Bittorrent is the obvious exception that I didn't note... it'll max out any connection.
But still, since most internet users don't download large files on a regular basis, and since most ISPs don't really have the ability to serve 10 customers with a 5Mbps connection, how useful is 5Mbps?
Time Warner just switched us over to 5.0Mb/384Kb and I thought that was great.
How often do you actually download something at 5.0Mb/s? There are only a handful of servers in the world that would let a public internet connection download at that speed...
The releases up to Firefox 1.0 were named after beaches.
I believe "The Ocho" and "Deer Park" are rivers, but this is a complete guess. Ocho Rios is a resort town in Jamaca, Deer Park is a Gulfside town in Texas, so maybe the theme is still beaches...
Surely any reasonable reading of the "mingled seed" comment would infer that it says don't plant two seeds in one field at the same time. And bloody obvious advice too - you can hardly argue with it on a "common sense" basis.
It's very arguable.
There are plenty of advantages to planting two different plants in one field at the same time. It's space, soil and water efficient; one crop can benefit from the nitrification or pest-detering ability of another plant, etc.
In fact, comingling of is incredibly common outside N. America and Western europe, and was the dominant agricultural scheme here until quite recently, when the idea of monoculture on a massive scale dominated North America and Western Europe.
Thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed. Neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen com upon thee.
a nation that managed to thrive and grow to eventually produce movements which now dominate most of the world.
I'm really confused by the "mingled seed" comment.
Civilizations which planted multiple crops on one field, used crop rotation and cross-bred plants were very successful in agriculture, and I don't see how that would be unsanitary.
It doesn't belong under "Save as..." because you're not saving the song as external data.
I'm converting one file in one format to another file in another format. I can use the file externally to the application, so the data is as external as any other music file, or text document, etc.
Really I think this is just bad UI. Seems like Apple is trying to hide certain features and be a little too helpful again.
I'm guessing that if you went to trial and need a high priced lawyer, you weren't busted for having a few eights of pot, a couple shrooms or a bottle of Jack Daniels in your closet. You either got busted for something more major, or else you are unluckly to live in one of the super anti-drug states. If it wasn't an addictive drug, you have many sympathy.
I guess It's not your fault you ar prejudiced against drug users
When did I say anything against drug users? I'm in favor of legalizing most drugs to adults. At the very least, non-addictive drugs like Marijuana, Shrooms, Acid and E should be treated like liquor. If coke or heroin remains illegal, the drug addicts should undergo mandatory treatment and therapy, not jailed. Lower the drinking age-- at the very least, kids should be allowed to drink with their parents at home.
Now, if you harm someone while on drugs (DUI or you become violent), I have very little sympathy.
But this virus writer intentionally harmed people... it was mostly a minor offsense, but then multiply that times 40K computers and you've got a bigger problem.
Gosh, that's so obvious. How could I possibly not know that to change "Advanced: Save as AAC" I need to modify an option under "Edit: Preferences: Importing".
Modify the "export" settings by changing the "import" settings. It's so intuitive!!!
How about an "Save as..." submenu, like practically every other application on the planet?
I can't understand squirting out some kids and then letting them run rampant and not having any responsibility for a minor's actions.
First off, he's 17, and is an adult in most ways that count. At 17, he can't really hide behind the shield of your parents. He should be held responsible for most or all of his actions.
Secondly, I doubt his parents would realize he was making a virus even if they were looking. As far as they probably knew, he was programming, learning computers. He didn't get busted for drugs or playing with guns, which means his parents were doing something right.
Obviously they weren't perfect parents, but no parents are perfect.
I believe you can convert regular AAC to MP3 within iTunes,
I'm looking for that now...
There's an option to burn mp3s onto a CD (Edit: Preferences: Burning), and if you import music you can import as an MP3 (But it's twice the size as an AAC).
I don't see any option to convert your AAC's to MP3s on the HD.
Personally, we haven't had any problem with simply copying the AAC to another computer (Copy to portable storage/DVD, bring storage to friends house, copy to their computer).
All I remember about that power glove is that you still had to use it mostly like a regular Nitendo control, but it was built into a glove, so if you were wearing the glove you could barely use the control... lame-o.
Punch-Out lets you hit with two hands. How do you do that with one PowerGlove?
I dont know what's worse, the portrayal of video gamers as ubernerds (complete with glasses, baby teeth and pocket protector) or the horribly done "white guy" rap.
Looks like the Nerd wants to be popular, so he lets the cool kid play on his Nitendo...
Notice how the nerd never actually plays on his own game system...
They describe some of the mechanics in the parent article...
when an insect lands on the leaf and triggers an electrical signal, it takes only a tiny change in pressure to push the leaf over the brink, slamming it shut.
Although it doesn't explain how the electical impulse causes the change in pressure. But plants change the amount of fluid in cells all the time in response to light, and all plants have the ability to transmit electrochemical signals. The flytrap is just way more specialized in dealing with elecrochemical signals.
Does this mean a Venus Fly Trap requires certain minerals in the soil so it can absorb the electrolytes and thus carry the electrical impulse inside the plant?
All plants have the ability to transmit electrochemical signals. The flytrap is just way more specialized. The Flytrap gets most of the minerals from the insects (which are probably high in electrolytes?), not from the soil:)
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The rubber band isn't a good analogy. The rubber half-sphere mentioned by g0dsp33d makes alot more sense to me.
I think the researchers used the rubber band analogy, it's probably because they are thinking about a Catastrophy Machine. I think this experiment might explain it, but it's been too long...
Basically, pressure on the rubberband builds and builds and stops just at the verge of a big event. If something increases the pressure just a little bit, the rubberband snaps, and the circle rotates real quickly.
Pressure builds up in the cells, electrical impulses, etc. old stuff...
I learned this stuff in advanced ecology in college. One of the grad students even showed us the impulses on a computer. A Math grad student used this in a paper about the catastrophy point.
What exactly is new with this experiment? The article doesn't go into details.
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to die at the hands of of their fellow classmates in horrible science experiments gone wrong, or fatal navigation errors while on internships, or in illegal flying stunts, or...
"Welcome Freshmen, to the Red Shirt Academy!!!"
The show's fate was probably sealed
The show's fate was sealed when they start with the Time Travel episodes. Everything since then has been a kicking the dead horse.
Imagine, they had the opportunity to show us what the pre-Federation days were like, the lack of order, social problems brought on by colonization (Mars riots, anyone?), why did relationship with the Klingons went sour (The reason for the Prime Directive if I remember from ST:TNG).
Instead they give us rehashed plots by putting evil aliens in evil Nazi uniforms. Wasn't that done in Voyager??? Cmdr. Riker makes a suprise
appearance when he's not even from the same era?
Been done a zillion times.
This latest season was pretty good, but it's too little too late.
Enterprise never had a chance with the B&B team that headed the project.
Ah, thanks for the clairifation.
Releases 0.1 (Pescadero) to 0.5 (Naples) are all beaches or towns close to the ocean on the California Central coast.
Indio and Glendale are down in the Los Angeles area, pretty far inland...
Maybe I'm wrong about the whole beaches thing...
I guess Bittorrent is the obvious exception that I didn't note... it'll max out any connection.
But still, since most internet users don't download large files on a regular basis, and since most ISPs don't really have the ability to serve 10 customers with a 5Mbps connection, how useful is 5Mbps?
Time Warner just switched us over to 5.0Mb/384Kb and I thought that was great.
How often do you actually download something at 5.0Mb/s? There are only a handful of servers in the world that would let a public internet connection download at that speed...
It's either mistaken or a liar. That or he's in a country that is actively blocked. UK and Australia can access the site just fine.
So that's 3 countries, which means there may be 190 countries and 95% of the world population which is blocked from accessing Darpa.mil.
With those odds, maybe he's telling the truth!?!
The releases up to Firefox 1.0 were named after beaches.
I believe "The Ocho" and "Deer Park" are rivers, but this is a complete guess. Ocho Rios is a resort town in Jamaca, Deer Park is a Gulfside town in Texas, so maybe the theme is still beaches...
or maybe the theme is river deltas.
Surely any reasonable reading of the "mingled seed" comment would infer that it says don't plant two seeds in one field at the same time. And bloody obvious advice too - you can hardly argue with it on a "common sense" basis.
It's very arguable.
There are plenty of advantages to planting two different plants in one field at the same time. It's space, soil and water efficient; one crop can benefit from the nitrification or pest-detering ability of another plant, etc.
In fact, comingling of is incredibly common outside N. America and Western europe, and was the dominant agricultural scheme here until quite recently, when the idea of monoculture on a massive scale dominated North America and Western Europe.
Thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed. Neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen com upon thee.
a nation that managed to thrive and grow to eventually produce movements which now dominate most of the world.
I'm really confused by the "mingled seed" comment.
Civilizations which planted multiple crops on one field, used crop rotation and cross-bred plants were very successful in agriculture, and I don't see how that would be unsanitary.
the concept of exporting or doing a "save as" for another PC is unnecessary.
Perhaps, but the menu option already says "Save as". If it said "reimport as" or "convert as" it would make more sense
It doesn't belong under "Save as..." because you're not saving the song as external data.
I'm converting one file in one format to another file in another format. I can use the file externally to the application, so the data is as external as any other music file, or text document, etc.
Really I think this is just bad UI. Seems like Apple is trying to hide certain features and be a little too helpful again.
I was busted for drugs you insensitive clod.
I'm guessing that if you went to trial and need a high priced lawyer, you weren't busted for having a few eights of pot, a couple shrooms or a bottle of Jack Daniels in your closet. You either got busted for something more major, or else you are unluckly to live in one of the super anti-drug states. If it wasn't an addictive drug, you have many sympathy.
I guess It's not your fault you ar prejudiced against drug users
When did I say anything against drug users? I'm in favor of legalizing most drugs to adults. At the very least, non-addictive drugs like Marijuana, Shrooms, Acid and E should be treated like liquor. If coke or heroin remains illegal, the drug addicts should undergo mandatory treatment and therapy, not jailed. Lower the drinking age-- at the very least, kids should be allowed to drink with their parents at home.
Now, if you harm someone while on drugs (DUI or you become violent), I have very little sympathy.
But this virus writer intentionally harmed people... it was mostly a minor offsense, but then multiply that times 40K computers and you've got a bigger problem.
Gosh, that's so obvious. How could I possibly not know that to change "Advanced: Save as AAC" I need to modify an option under "Edit: Preferences: Importing".
..." submenu, like practically every other application on the planet?
Modify the "export" settings by changing the "import" settings. It's so intuitive!!!
How about an "Save as
But then he released the varient and 40000 computers were infected by his varient, right?
18 months does seem extreme for his actions, but from what I read it seems it was the miniumum term allowed.
"Convert Selection to XXX"
... the files are .m4a. Is that what you meant by .m4p?
Hrm, all I have is "Convert Selection to AAC"
I can't understand squirting out some kids and then letting them run rampant and not having any responsibility for a minor's actions.
First off, he's 17, and is an adult in most ways that count. At 17, he can't really hide behind the shield of your parents. He should be held responsible for most or all of his actions.
Secondly, I doubt his parents would realize he was making a virus even if they were looking. As far as they probably knew, he was programming, learning computers. He didn't get busted for drugs or playing with guns, which means his parents were doing something right.
Obviously they weren't perfect parents, but no parents are perfect.
I believe you can convert regular AAC to MP3 within iTunes,
I'm looking for that now...
There's an option to burn mp3s onto a CD (Edit: Preferences: Burning), and if you import music you can import as an MP3 (But it's twice the size as an AAC).
I don't see any option to convert your AAC's to MP3s on the HD.
Personally, we haven't had any problem with simply copying the AAC to another computer (Copy to portable storage/DVD, bring storage to friends house, copy to their computer).
And if you want to have a good laugh, here's the video with Insult and The Sock Puppet:
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Could you really use it in Punch-Out like that?
All I remember about that power glove is that you still had to use it mostly like a regular Nitendo control, but it was built into a glove, so if you were wearing the glove you could barely use the control... lame-o.
Punch-Out lets you hit with two hands. How do you do that with one PowerGlove?
"Left, left, Mighty Blow, Mighty Blow, left, left"
I dont know what's worse, the portrayal of video gamers as ubernerds (complete with glasses, baby teeth and pocket protector) or the horribly done "white guy" rap.
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Looks like the Nerd wants to be popular, so he lets the cool kid play on his Nitendo
Notice how the nerd never actually plays on his own game system...
Oh the psychology in that one...
But he was using Solaris. For some reason, 'lynx' is commonly installed on Solaris 8 & 9 systems, but not 'links'.
Am I asking too many questions or thinking too deeply in this?
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No! It's impossible to think too deeply
I haven't studied this stuff in 10 years, but now I'm looking all over for information on this again.
I found that this article had a good summary which explains Electrochemistry in plants.
Is it some funky electromechanical system?
They describe some of the mechanics in the parent article...
when an insect lands on the leaf and triggers an electrical signal, it takes only a tiny change in pressure to push the leaf over the brink, slamming it shut.
Although it doesn't explain how the electical impulse causes the change in pressure. But plants change the amount of fluid in cells all the time in response to light, and all plants have the ability to transmit electrochemical signals. The flytrap is just way more specialized in dealing with elecrochemical signals.
Does this mean a Venus Fly Trap requires certain minerals in the soil so it can absorb the electrolytes and thus carry the electrical impulse inside the plant?
All plants have the ability to transmit electrochemical signals. The flytrap is just way more specialized. The Flytrap gets most of the minerals from the insects (which are probably high in electrolytes?), not from the soil
The rubber band isn't a good analogy. The rubber half-sphere mentioned by g0dsp33d makes alot more sense to me.
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I think the researchers used the rubber band analogy, it's probably because they are thinking about a Catastrophy Machine. I think this experiment might explain it, but it's been too long
Basically, pressure on the rubberband builds and builds and stops just at the verge of a big event. If something increases the pressure just a little bit, the rubberband snaps, and the circle rotates real quickly.
Pressure builds up in the cells, electrical impulses, etc. old stuff...
I learned this stuff in advanced ecology in college. One of the grad students even showed us the impulses on a computer. A Math grad student used this in a paper about the catastrophy point.
What exactly is new with this experiment? The article doesn't go into details.
It's perfectly cromulent idea...