Last time I'll respond to you. I asked my wife just now and gave her a good practical example. She who will be obeyed responded by saying - 'It's ok to have ads at the beginning and end of shows, but as a CEO, I would want my products to be exposed as many times as I could for the amount of money I'm spending." Heatedly she added "But there are other ways of exposure like magazines, newspapers, billboards, blimps with flashing ads and even hiring someone to walk up and down the street wearing sandwich boards." So there you have it Noah. She has spoken.
That kind of interstitial ads you speak of actually stuffs up the show you are watching which are now designed with recaps! So now you are reminded of what you were watching before the ads because the ads are way too long. Recently I've seen shows cut at inappropriate moments just for ad placement. Sometimes the show has been cut for length so it can fit into a time slot. I tell you what. You keep watching your ad based content and I for one will shun them. I don't need any of the shit they are trying to sell. There is enough product placement out there that they can avoid infesting series/movies/docos with repetitive, hateful and pointless crap.
Probably would work as you're getting free electrons from photons coming back the other way, thus pushing the craft forward. Much like a fan blowing air on a sail except you are getting forward momentum. You can probably use it to park your spaceship at the DS9/Babylon 5 you are about to approach.
Probably the same as mine. 8086 with green screen and WP program? The only way to determine $value is to auction it with a reserve of what you think its worth.
I got my Windows 10 offer this morning on one of my Win 7 machines. I am a bit reluctant as there is nothing wrong with the current install and it runs a small server as well. I can always reinstall 7 I suppose.
Exactly. If I had $200k to buy one that is. Last time I looked they were going for $10k. OTOH I have my own collection which includes Apple II and//, c, gs, early Macs, Commodore, TRS, Microbee, Amstrad, early Olivetti, IBM PC (one of the first I think). The apparent value is almost zero and a few yeas ago I fought to keep them from being thrown out. I have no idea that there might be something in that pile that may be worth something one day when the perceived value becomes greater than apparent trash. There is some equipment that is very cumbersome, like a daisy wheel and some early dot matrix. There are a few others I'd like to have for example an Apple///, a Lisa, a TI (16 bit), an iconic CP/M machine (Osborne) etc. Pity I don't have a museum for them....
She voluntarily dropped the equipment off at a recycling location
Not sure of the local laws, but in some places the moment you drop off items in a recycle centre or dump, it belongs to the centre as the centre has scavenging rights. They could rightly keep all the money and gain whatever kudos coming to them.
Fine (and good work btw), but the intent you have shown, although admirable on google's behalf it can also be pretty dark side. The fact that copyright is still owned by the uploader may have a significant impact.
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All of the museum pieces have been 2D photographed or drawn. The drawings are not what we would call truly realistic. 2D photo and film does not translate to 3D copy easily, although I feel that with the right technology, some items can be made into a 3D representation. As for drawings, check out the early lithographs/woodcuts and even colour plates (zoological for instance) of a few hundred years ago and compare them to RL. There is a marked difference. 3D scanning is a very new technology and some artefacts can be visualized using this method. That's about it as very few have been recreated. The National Museum of Rome is a good example of what can be done with plaster moulds and sculpture. The museum model makers have filled this place up with copies of everything as much as they are able. Some of it is not to scale however. Elements of ISIS are destroying everything that is not Islam and in the cradle of civilization, this means that some of the heritage of most of us is slowly being destroyed eg artefacts from Mesopotamia, Sumer etc. This is hypocritical as the Kaaba (the place the muslims face for prayer) has origins that are pre-Islamic that was once full of statues of pagan gods. Uncomfortably, we lose artefacts all the time. This is no different and any attempt to preserve and re-create lost ones are worth the effort.
http://www.gimp.org/ explains the situation well enough. As far as SF is concerned, they are just joining the same crowd like CNET etc. Sure it's a downer and maybe we can't do much about it except READ, understand and opt-out of the installer routines. There was one free ogg converter that forced me to download and run an installer, which installed another installer before I could actually download the program. I think I had to opt-out of 6 BHOs and other crapware. Turns out it wasn't worth the effort in the end. Fortunately I found this: http://www.boxoft.com/ogg-to-m... with no adware and an excellent piece of software. I'm happy to recommend it. So with eyes open you can wade through the crap but a lot of the installers attempt different forms of trickery that would fool a lot of people. The fact that SF has gone down that path must hurt though.
Partially DARPA funded according to the FA with no mention of Boston Dynamics. That means the world will have jumping robotic military units in the near future. Looks like a pack animal though, so I envision it to be support or scouting. What it needs is a head and jaws with sharp fangs to be scary.
I was part of a small group of teachers that formed in the 80s. We started putting Apple II computers in the classroom from K-12. We developed our own teaching programs and computer programs. We connected world wide with other groups (snail mail, later with modems). Distinguishing C.A.I. (computer aided instruction) and C.A.L. (computer aided learning) was breakthrough work. This was truly ground floor. Did we program? Hell yes. Did we teach programming? Obviously. Not just the kids but the parents, local business and other teachers as well. By the time I voluntarily retired, Education had gone through Logo (Turtle), Hypercard (Mac) and even BASIC. All of this exposure was for children from K-6 but by the time they got to high school there wasn't much support for them as computers were not networked. Those kids who got the bug eventually bought their own or made HS clubs and the first computer generation was born. That was then but now, I don't know the extent of programming that is done in grade school. Maybe none. I do know that Certificate I and II (Years 11 and 12) does have a programming component but that's not what Abbott's comments refers to. Hats off to Canada and Canadians btw. Personally I don't know how you guys have managed to remain as sovereign and independent as you have been considering the proximity of the USA. As far as Harper is concerned, do the majority of Canadians hold similar views to your own? Or are they too blind to see what is going on?
He is an idiot. Total numbskull. He's a great leader since everything he says can be guaranteed to be stupid. You know where you are with Abbott and so does the rest of the world. No worries Tony. You can be titular head of whatever you want to be, just ignore all the stuff going around you and everything will be ok.
For me, I had to find $350-$400/month for electricity, every month. I was lucky and got $10k inheritance. Various subsidies allowed me to install a $20k 3kw system (practical input about 2.3 kwh about 5 years ago. Legislature subsidy gave me 64c/kwh, dropping to 60c/kwh presently. As soon as my contract expires (any time now), I'll be paid 20c/kwh which is almost retail where I am (Australia). For the first few years it knocked 65% off my usage. Then when I got rid of the kids (sold for scientific experiments), I started to achieve credit in the summer months, almost evening out my winter usage, so I can say that I almost get a net 0 cost/year. It won't last though. When I get forced onto the reduced rate of 20c, my power bills will increase, but nowhere near what it was originally.
Now I didn't care too much *wasting* the $10k on the system because I didn't have to find $400/month, every month. That means that I had money for other things and much reduced stress on the family. After 5 years I worked out that I have almost paid the $10k back (there were 4 failures* in that time). Doesn't matter about the capital expense! The long term savings in money and more importantly stress has paid for the system.
Failures: The street voltage was too high for the inverter, so the inverter couldn't pump the power to the grid (2x). This was fixed by choking the street's line transformer. The Inverter (cheap chinese shit) broke. Birds ripped off the cover of a buss box on the roof and it filled with water. Total cost to repair after insurance was about $500. Loss of income from downtimes: $500 estimated.
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Last time I'll respond to you. I asked my wife just now and gave her a good practical example. She who will be obeyed responded by saying - 'It's ok to have ads at the beginning and end of shows, but as a CEO, I would want my products to be exposed as many times as I could for the amount of money I'm spending." Heatedly she added "But there are other ways of exposure like magazines, newspapers, billboards, blimps with flashing ads and even hiring someone to walk up and down the street wearing sandwich boards."
So there you have it Noah. She has spoken.
That kind of interstitial ads you speak of actually stuffs up the show you are watching which are now designed with recaps! So now you are reminded of what you were watching before the ads because the ads are way too long. Recently I've seen shows cut at inappropriate moments just for ad placement. Sometimes the show has been cut for length so it can fit into a time slot.
I tell you what. You keep watching your ad based content and I for one will shun them. I don't need any of the shit they are trying to sell. There is enough product placement out there that they can avoid infesting series/movies/docos with repetitive, hateful and pointless crap.
Probably would work as you're getting free electrons from photons coming back the other way, thus pushing the craft forward. Much like a fan blowing air on a sail except you are getting forward momentum. You can probably use it to park your spaceship at the DS9/Babylon 5 you are about to approach.
Probably the same as mine. 8086 with green screen and WP program?
The only way to determine $value is to auction it with a reserve of what you think its worth.
I was going to say 'fuck off' but 'Die.' is better.
I got my Windows 10 offer this morning on one of my Win 7 machines. I am a bit reluctant as there is nothing wrong with the current install and it runs a small server as well. I can always reinstall 7 I suppose.
Exactly. If I had $200k to buy one that is. Last time I looked they were going for $10k. //, c, gs, early Macs, Commodore, TRS, Microbee, Amstrad, early Olivetti, IBM PC (one of the first I think). The apparent value is almost zero and a few yeas ago I fought to keep them from being thrown out. I have no idea that there might be something in that pile that may be worth something one day when the perceived value becomes greater than apparent trash. ///, a Lisa, a TI (16 bit), an iconic CP/M machine (Osborne) etc.
OTOH I have my own collection which includes Apple II and
There is some equipment that is very cumbersome, like a daisy wheel and some early dot matrix.
There are a few others I'd like to have for example an Apple
Pity I don't have a museum for them....
She voluntarily dropped the equipment off at a recycling location
Not sure of the local laws, but in some places the moment you drop off items in a recycle centre or dump, it belongs to the centre as the centre has scavenging rights. They could rightly keep all the money and gain whatever kudos coming to them.
Fine (and good work btw), but the intent you have shown, although admirable on google's behalf it can also be pretty dark side. The fact that copyright is still owned by the uploader may have a significant impact.
I kinda miss the systemd guy.... sniff!
I like serif fonts too....
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http://agbeat.com/social-media...
All of the museum pieces have been 2D photographed or drawn. The drawings are not what we would call truly realistic. 2D photo and film does not translate to 3D copy easily, although I feel that with the right technology, some items can be made into a 3D representation. As for drawings, check out the early lithographs/woodcuts and even colour plates (zoological for instance) of a few hundred years ago and compare them to RL. There is a marked difference.
3D scanning is a very new technology and some artefacts can be visualized using this method. That's about it as very few have been recreated. The National Museum of Rome is a good example of what can be done with plaster moulds and sculpture. The museum model makers have filled this place up with copies of everything as much as they are able. Some of it is not to scale however.
Elements of ISIS are destroying everything that is not Islam and in the cradle of civilization, this means that some of the heritage of most of us is slowly being destroyed eg artefacts from Mesopotamia, Sumer etc. This is hypocritical as the Kaaba (the place the muslims face for prayer) has origins that are pre-Islamic that was once full of statues of pagan gods.
Uncomfortably, we lose artefacts all the time. This is no different and any attempt to preserve and re-create lost ones are worth the effort.
Ok. I'm interested. Which article was it?
Read the fine print. They can use the pics anyhow they want.
http://www.gimp.org/ explains the situation well enough. As far as SF is concerned, they are just joining the same crowd like CNET etc. Sure it's a downer and maybe we can't do much about it except READ, understand and opt-out of the installer routines. There was one free ogg converter that forced me to download and run an installer, which installed another installer before I could actually download the program. I think I had to opt-out of 6 BHOs and other crapware. Turns out it wasn't worth the effort in the end. Fortunately I found this: http://www.boxoft.com/ogg-to-m... with no adware and an excellent piece of software. I'm happy to recommend it. So with eyes open you can wade through the crap but a lot of the installers attempt different forms of trickery that would fool a lot of people. The fact that SF has gone down that path must hurt though.
Partially DARPA funded according to the FA with no mention of Boston Dynamics. That means the world will have jumping robotic military units in the near future. Looks like a pack animal though, so I envision it to be support or scouting. What it needs is a head and jaws with sharp fangs to be scary.
Naah... he was expecting a comment like "Wow! Wouldn't it be wonderful to have robot hurdle games" etc but I'm not going to do it.
Ummm... maybe posting special characters in Slashdot is disabled?
I was part of a small group of teachers that formed in the 80s. We started putting Apple II computers in the classroom from K-12. We developed our own teaching programs and computer programs. We connected world wide with other groups (snail mail, later with modems). Distinguishing C.A.I. (computer aided instruction) and C.A.L. (computer aided learning) was breakthrough work. This was truly ground floor. Did we program? Hell yes. Did we teach programming? Obviously. Not just the kids but the parents, local business and other teachers as well. By the time I voluntarily retired, Education had gone through Logo (Turtle), Hypercard (Mac) and even BASIC. All of this exposure was for children from K-6 but by the time they got to high school there wasn't much support for them as computers were not networked. Those kids who got the bug eventually bought their own or made HS clubs and the first computer generation was born.
That was then but now, I don't know the extent of programming that is done in grade school. Maybe none. I do know that Certificate I and II (Years 11 and 12) does have a programming component but that's not what Abbott's comments refers to.
Hats off to Canada and Canadians btw. Personally I don't know how you guys have managed to remain as sovereign and independent as you have been considering the proximity of the USA. As far as Harper is concerned, do the majority of Canadians hold similar views to your own? Or are they too blind to see what is going on?
He is an idiot. Total numbskull. He's a great leader since everything he says can be guaranteed to be stupid. You know where you are with Abbott and so does the rest of the world. No worries Tony. You can be titular head of whatever you want to be, just ignore all the stuff going around you and everything will be ok.
So much for the inheritance eh?
But yes. It would be awesome.
Soylent green is the answer
That's not hard to do. FTL is not only possible but exists as anyone who discounts Einstein's theory would attest.
For me, I had to find $350-$400/month for electricity, every month. I was lucky and got $10k inheritance. Various subsidies allowed me to install a $20k 3kw system (practical input about 2.3 kwh about 5 years ago. Legislature subsidy gave me 64c/kwh, dropping to 60c/kwh presently. As soon as my contract expires (any time now), I'll be paid 20c/kwh which is almost retail where I am (Australia). For the first few years it knocked 65% off my usage. Then when I got rid of the kids (sold for scientific experiments), I started to achieve credit in the summer months, almost evening out my winter usage, so I can say that I almost get a net 0 cost/year. It won't last though. When I get forced onto the reduced rate of 20c, my power bills will increase, but nowhere near what it was originally.
Now I didn't care too much *wasting* the $10k on the system because I didn't have to find $400/month, every month. That means that I had money for other things and much reduced stress on the family. After 5 years I worked out that I have almost paid the $10k back (there were 4 failures* in that time).
Doesn't matter about the capital expense! The long term savings in money and more importantly stress has paid for the system.
Failures:
The street voltage was too high for the inverter, so the inverter couldn't pump the power to the grid (2x). This was fixed by choking the street's line transformer.
The Inverter (cheap chinese shit) broke.
Birds ripped off the cover of a buss box on the roof and it filled with water.
Total cost to repair after insurance was about $500.
Loss of income from downtimes: $500 estimated.