I've seen both of those movies, and I just finished The Human Division just yesterday. The movies are great, and the book is good, but the book itself and TFA aren't related to the movies really at all.
They could be, but Scalzi chooses to treat the CDF warriors as modified humans, rather than a different species entirely.
The desks at my work are on hydraulics, so they can be raised or lowered at will. It's great to be able to raise your desk and stand for a while after sitting for a couple hours, but I wouldn't want to have to be forced to stand all the time.
The desks get high enough that I can push my high-backed office chair underneath it, and low enough to get probably two feet or so off the ground. It's a great compromise between having to sit or stand the entire day.
Oh come on. I can't imagine that this $400 "satellite" has a propulsion system of any kind. It will deorbit in months if not weeks, and burn up on reentry in to the atmosphere.
This satellite isn't going to be space junk.
Here's an easy one for you:
Turdus migratorius, or the American Robin.
I learned that one when I was like 5, and remembered it solely because it had the word "Turd" in it.:-)
No idea why, but the video page linked in the summary totally kills my Kubuntu box. Had to do a hard restart, twice, until I finally just decided to try not watching the videos.:-(
When we kill germs with powerful disinfectants, we eliminate the chances of allowing our immune system to strengthen itself. I see commercials for cleaners that kiil 99.9% of bacteria, commercials for disinfectants aimed at parents using children as an excuse for sanitizing everything they touch so they don't get a cold.
The more we continue to push for stricter standards, and the increased sanitization of our homes, workplaces, and restaurants, the weaker our immune systems will get, and the more deadly previously harmless germs will become.
GERMS ARE GOOD!
All I can say is "I told you so.".
I agree with your premise - people aren't dirty enough these days, and it's bad for them. However, this is a virus, not a "germ". Disinfectants like the ones you describe do not work against viruses, and will neither help nor hinder the spread of the swine flu virus.
I actually cannot believe how inexpensive NASA's missions are. It costs just $485M to go to Mars, and how many billions or trillions of dollars to invade Iraq?
Seriously, NASA's missions recently have been a bargain.
Exactly. I'm writing this on a Core 2 Duo XPS m1330 w/ 4 gigs of RAM running Ubuntu and the newest KDE 3. Sure, I upgraded that a bit from stock (Vista, 2 gigs of RAM), but still, I have absolutely no hardware-related reason to NOT run KDE w/ all the latest Compiz plugins.
Even a stock, cheap-ass laptop these days is way overpowered for the minimal desktop environments. With hardware like I have, and everyone else presumably has, giving up a second of loading time and.2 seconds of window responsiveness is well worth the cool eye candy.
This laptop seems like a real loser. I had a different product with far better features way back this summer, for $600 less: the Dell XPS m1330. Slot-loading DVD burner, discrete graphics card, backlit LCD screen, etc. Dell even sells it w/ Linux. The only "bad" things about it in relation to this laptop is that it has a 13 inch screen instead of a 12", and it weighs about 3.8 pounds. (Still very light.)
Battery life on it is great, too: 4 hours of normal "note-taking" use (I'm in school) with the 6 cell battery, and a full six hours of regular use with the nine cell.
Frankly, I don't see why the slod-loading DVD burner is such a big deal: it's been done better and cheaper before.
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I've seen both of those movies, and I just finished The Human Division just yesterday. The movies are great, and the book is good, but the book itself and TFA aren't related to the movies really at all. They could be, but Scalzi chooses to treat the CDF warriors as modified humans, rather than a different species entirely.
The desks at my work are on hydraulics, so they can be raised or lowered at will. It's great to be able to raise your desk and stand for a while after sitting for a couple hours, but I wouldn't want to have to be forced to stand all the time.
The desks get high enough that I can push my high-backed office chair underneath it, and low enough to get probably two feet or so off the ground. It's a great compromise between having to sit or stand the entire day.
Oh come on. I can't imagine that this $400 "satellite" has a propulsion system of any kind. It will deorbit in months if not weeks, and burn up on reentry in to the atmosphere. This satellite isn't going to be space junk.
The speed limit is 75 most of the way through Nebraska on I-80. :-)
Indeed, here's a photo of someone using their Android phone to watch the keynote.
"Do you have support for smooth, full-screen Flash video yet?"
Frankly, that's Adobe's fault, not ours.
Here's an easy one for you: Turdus migratorius, or the American Robin. I learned that one when I was like 5, and remembered it solely because it had the word "Turd" in it. :-)
There should be a "bad puns" mod option...
Thank you, Xzibit.
This is actually quite similar what happens in the Hyperion books, except with nanotech instead of viruses.
No idea why, but the video page linked in the summary totally kills my Kubuntu box. Had to do a hard restart, twice, until I finally just decided to try not watching the videos. :-(
I thought everyone used the PS3 for this sort of off-the-shelf supercomputer thing.
Sure... but the 1600x1200 of 1999-2000 is 1920x1200 or higher these days.
According to Dell, and TFA, Linux netbooks don't have high returns vs. windows netbooks.
Don't forget that it's your anniversary too. :-)
When we kill germs with powerful disinfectants, we eliminate the chances of allowing our immune system to strengthen itself. I see commercials for cleaners that kiil 99.9% of bacteria, commercials for disinfectants aimed at parents using children as an excuse for sanitizing everything they touch so they don't get a cold.
The more we continue to push for stricter standards, and the increased sanitization of our homes, workplaces, and restaurants, the weaker our immune systems will get, and the more deadly previously harmless germs will become.
GERMS ARE GOOD!
All I can say is "I told you so.".
I agree with your premise - people aren't dirty enough these days, and it's bad for them. However, this is a virus, not a "germ". Disinfectants like the ones you describe do not work against viruses, and will neither help nor hinder the spread of the swine flu virus.
It seems like more and more of Cory Doctorow's book "Little Brother" is coming to life. In relation to this article, see chaff.
Unreal Tournament 2004 is very bright. It has fantastic lighting - eye strain is never an issue.
Sure, it's easy if you work for Google. :-(
Not open, I know, but it is free. It's also Linux-native and a lot of fun, with super-fast, relatively balanced gameplay.
Distrowatch?
I actually cannot believe how inexpensive NASA's missions are. It costs just $485M to go to Mars, and how many billions or trillions of dollars to invade Iraq? Seriously, NASA's missions recently have been a bargain.
Exactly. I'm writing this on a Core 2 Duo XPS m1330 w/ 4 gigs of RAM running Ubuntu and the newest KDE 3. Sure, I upgraded that a bit from stock (Vista, 2 gigs of RAM), but still, I have absolutely no hardware-related reason to NOT run KDE w/ all the latest Compiz plugins.
Even a stock, cheap-ass laptop these days is way overpowered for the minimal desktop environments. With hardware like I have, and everyone else presumably has, giving up a second of loading time and .2 seconds of window responsiveness is well worth the cool eye candy.
This laptop seems like a real loser. I had a different product with far better features way back this summer, for $600 less: the Dell XPS m1330. Slot-loading DVD burner, discrete graphics card, backlit LCD screen, etc. Dell even sells it w/ Linux. The only "bad" things about it in relation to this laptop is that it has a 13 inch screen instead of a 12", and it weighs about 3.8 pounds. (Still very light.)
Battery life on it is great, too: 4 hours of normal "note-taking" use (I'm in school) with the 6 cell battery, and a full six hours of regular use with the nine cell.
Frankly, I don't see why the slod-loading DVD burner is such a big deal: it's been done better and cheaper before.
That's actually a very clear case to read. If only they were all so easy. :-)