I know you're being facetious, but it doesn't quite work that way. Not all 4-manifolds can be embedded in Euclidean 4-space. In fact, the best we can say is they can be embedded in 8-dimensional Euclidean space.
I was working with a teacher on Sunday night trying to prepare a presentation in OpenOffice (it was running incredibly slowly) and she said "I hate OpenOffice". She isn't a geek, she doesn't particularly like computers, but to her it was a huge disappointment to have to use OpenOffice instead of being able to use PowerPoint.
Really? My non-geek fiancee has used Open Office on my laptop to do presentations for school and hasn't had any complaints, other than the default save format is not ppt (which I think I could change if the hard drive on that laptop didn't die).
Math should never be patentable. English prose should pretty much always be copyrightable. And so on.
You state this as obvious, but the dichotomy is not apparent. So, (oversimplifying) "2+2=4" should not be copyrightable but "Two plus two is equal to four" should be? I don't understand how you arrive at this.
Correct me if I'm wrong since I'm in the US... but where in the UK law does it say "Right to bear cell phone"... it doesn't you twits.
It doesn't matter if it did, the same way places in the U.S. are well within their rights to post "No weapons allowed" signs. If you don't like the contract, don't "sign" it (i.e. take your business elsewhere).
Why on Earth should we expect the bodies to be uniformly distributed? Further, why should they all still be intact, much less within a short depth of the surface?
Do you buy your specialty grains in bulk too? I don't brew near enough volume (I think I'm on 20 gallons so far this year) to go through 50 pounds of anything other than a base malt, and then I like to use different base malts for different styles, so it's hard for me to see how I could use 50 lbs of any one grain in a reasonable amount of time.
At a local homebrew store (here, if you're curious: http://www.wineandbeermaking.com/). A 3 lb bag of DME will run $13-14. So 7 lbs of DME ($33), a bit of hops ($5-10), yeast ($8 or so), maybe a few speacialty grains ($2-5) and I'm up to $50 easy. That doesn't factor in the things I don't buy every batch either (e.g. PBW, starsan, corn sugar, bottle caps).
Slightly off topic, but close enough. Two microbreweries, Avery and Russian River were both producing beers called "Salvation". So instead of suing each other, they got together and blended the two beers and started marketing it as "Collaboration not Litigation". Great beer, great story, and the proceeds are going towards an educational trip to Belgium for the brewers.
Where can you get grain for $1 a pound? I can't get it anywhere near that cheap--do you buy in bulk or something? Also, throw on top of that a $10 package of yeast, not to mention cleaning/sanitizing supplies. I tend to spend $50-$60 on a batch, though I could probably get that down some if I ever made a beer with an OG of under 1.050.
I have an Eee PC for work. It has GCC, Python, Emacs, and the PostgreSQL client programs installed. You say "notepad with spellcheck". I say "tiny development system that lets me telecommute from my backyard on sunny days".
Your wife wants to switch to linux because she will get free support from you? Did you charge her when she was using windows?:-)
I don't know about parent, but I haven't used a Windows computer in 2 years now, so I'm a bit hesitant to offer support on it. I'll gladly help any Ubuntu or Gentoo user though:)
And how well do you think your girlfriend would go on a vanilla windows install with no flash installed, MSN account not setup, etc?
If the article's author had setup flash / pidgin / explained the difference between GIMP & Open Office draw, his girlfriend would have had few problems.
I'd suggest to you (honestly) - that if all your gf really does is youtube, mail & chat, then she'd be much better off on Ubuntu than windows.
Exactly. My fiancee has a windows lappy that's really been slowing down and driving her crazy. I have an old laptop with Ubuntu (maybe Gutsy, haven't upgraded yet) that she asked to borrow since it runs faster. The only problem she's had with using it was forgetting to save her Open Office document as a.doc instead of the open format. I wouldn't expect her to be able to figure out a brand new installation on her own, but since I'd already set this up she had no problems.
And to the poster below who thinks anyone should be able to figure out Windows installation, I beg to differ. My fiancee called me a couple weeks ago saying she couldn't open PDFs. Since I knew she had an ancient version of Adobe Reader installed, I told her to upgrade and try again. She was able to find and download the new version, but she never ran the installer--she thought she had downloaded the new version so it would work. So Windows isn't any better for the naive user, it's just people are familiar now with how it works. I'm convinced Ubuntu is just fine for any naive user, as long as their "computer guy" (the family member/friend who answers all their computer questions) is familiar with Ubuntu.
I think you misunderstood parent. Having the laptop phone home upon boot in the presence of an internet connection is relatively easy. But as others have mentioned, this does nothing about the thief wiping the drive and using it.
Damn, now I have to change my web-comic fetching script (it emails me when a new comic is uploaded) again. I already had to handle Dilbert as a special case since they would insert a seemingly random string of numbers in a seemingly random place in the image file name (e.g. instead of 20080419.gif 20081740960419.gif).
You should all at least have a basic understanding of what to do to protect yourself during a quake, and this little shake-up should serve as a reminder.
I'll be sure and remember to sleep through the next one too:)
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I know you're being facetious, but it doesn't quite work that way. Not all 4-manifolds can be embedded in Euclidean 4-space. In fact, the best we can say is they can be embedded in 8-dimensional Euclidean space.
When have you seen a 24 year old female gymnast, much less a 40 year old one?
Point, but it's worth mentioning that there's a 33 year old lady competing for Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oksana_Chusovitina)
No, here we have "editors" who make sure the submissions do not accurately represent the content of the actual link.
No, the NFL is more popular than the NBA because people have time to get another beer between every play.
Really? My non-geek fiancee has used Open Office on my laptop to do presentations for school and hasn't had any complaints, other than the default save format is not ppt (which I think I could change if the hard drive on that laptop didn't die).
"The Congress shall have power [...] To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water"
Hacksaw and duct tape.
You state this as obvious, but the dichotomy is not apparent. So, (oversimplifying) "2+2=4" should not be copyrightable but "Two plus two is equal to four" should be? I don't understand how you arrive at this.
It doesn't matter if it did, the same way places in the U.S. are well within their rights to post "No weapons allowed" signs. If you don't like the contract, don't "sign" it (i.e. take your business elsewhere).
Why on Earth should we expect the bodies to be uniformly distributed? Further, why should they all still be intact, much less within a short depth of the surface?
I don't brew the same style every time. What fun is that? With over 80 styles to choose from, that would really limit my brewing.
Do you buy your specialty grains in bulk too? I don't brew near enough volume (I think I'm on 20 gallons so far this year) to go through 50 pounds of anything other than a base malt, and then I like to use different base malts for different styles, so it's hard for me to see how I could use 50 lbs of any one grain in a reasonable amount of time.
At a local homebrew store (here, if you're curious: http://www.wineandbeermaking.com/). A 3 lb bag of DME will run $13-14. So 7 lbs of DME ($33), a bit of hops ($5-10), yeast ($8 or so), maybe a few speacialty grains ($2-5) and I'm up to $50 easy. That doesn't factor in the things I don't buy every batch either (e.g. PBW, starsan, corn sugar, bottle caps).
Slightly off topic, but close enough. Two microbreweries, Avery and Russian River were both producing beers called "Salvation". So instead of suing each other, they got together and blended the two beers and started marketing it as "Collaboration not Litigation". Great beer, great story, and the proceeds are going towards an educational trip to Belgium for the brewers.
Where can you get grain for $1 a pound? I can't get it anywhere near that cheap--do you buy in bulk or something? Also, throw on top of that a $10 package of yeast, not to mention cleaning/sanitizing supplies. I tend to spend $50-$60 on a batch, though I could probably get that down some if I ever made a beer with an OG of under 1.050.
But is there room for a text editor on there? ;)
Then go for a better approximation, rather than just a truncation: (314)159-2654.
I don't know about parent, but I haven't used a Windows computer in 2 years now, so I'm a bit hesitant to offer support on it. I'll gladly help any Ubuntu or Gentoo user though :)
Exactly. My fiancee has a windows lappy that's really been slowing down and driving her crazy. I have an old laptop with Ubuntu (maybe Gutsy, haven't upgraded yet) that she asked to borrow since it runs faster. The only problem she's had with using it was forgetting to save her Open Office document as a .doc instead of the open format. I wouldn't expect her to be able to figure out a brand new installation on her own, but since I'd already set this up she had no problems.
And to the poster below who thinks anyone should be able to figure out Windows installation, I beg to differ. My fiancee called me a couple weeks ago saying she couldn't open PDFs. Since I knew she had an ancient version of Adobe Reader installed, I told her to upgrade and try again. She was able to find and download the new version, but she never ran the installer--she thought she had downloaded the new version so it would work. So Windows isn't any better for the naive user, it's just people are familiar now with how it works. I'm convinced Ubuntu is just fine for any naive user, as long as their "computer guy" (the family member/friend who answers all their computer questions) is familiar with Ubuntu.
I think you misunderstood parent. Having the laptop phone home upon boot in the presence of an internet connection is relatively easy. But as others have mentioned, this does nothing about the thief wiping the drive and using it.
Nope, crond and sshd run just fine with noone logged in. It wouldn't be too hard to set it up so that on every boot you get an email, even.
Cool, thanks, I didn't realize United Media hosted the strips as well.
Damn, now I have to change my web-comic fetching script (it emails me when a new comic is uploaded) again. I already had to handle Dilbert as a special case since they would insert a seemingly random string of numbers in a seemingly random place in the image file name (e.g. instead of 20080419.gif 20081740960419.gif).
I'll be sure and remember to sleep through the next one too :)