...especially when the rallying cry becomes "Democracy!" instead of "Freedom!". It is unfortunate that the average American is not reminded on a regular basis that the two concepts are not the same thing.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been saying the same thing for years! I am constantly reminded of that quote about the difference between Democracy and Liberty: Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding on what's for lunch, while Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. If we held more to the principles of Liberty in this country we would be so much better off. As it is, the wolves are smacking their lips and the lambs seem to be too damned afraid (dare I say sheepish?) to do anything about it.
I not only get and read AOPA Pilot, but I also subscribe to their e-mail newsletter (available only to AOPA members). I also get and read the Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine.
I used to read Flying pretty regularly, but a) the same type of articles usually showed up in Pilot (why bother with two mags?), and b) Flying just wasn't the same without Bax. After he quit writing for them, the mag just went totally downhill from there, as far as I'm concerned (OK, maybe it was going downhill before that, but he still made it worth reading).
One can only imagine the other goodies that that thing whips out once the door slams behind Vader
You mean like the forceps used to help deliver babies? My wife and I have watched Star Wars over and over and we swear there's a pair of those attached to the droid -- they're visible when it floats into the cell behind Vader. Anyone else see those (and if they're not forceps know what they are)?
Can this explain why Russia never made it to the Moon?
Naw, the Russians couldn't get to the moon because the booster they were developing kept blowing up on the pad. IIRC, it was called the N-1, but I'm at work and can't confirm that. There's a mention of it in the current Air and Space Smithsonian, in an article about the Lunakhod rovers. Interesting stuff.
Whew! Glad to see I'm not the only one who's turned his daughter into a rabid DM fan. Admittedly, she's only seen some of the clips available on the web, but even those were enough to get her hooked. Now, if only I could find some Region 1 DVDs, we could both get our fixes....
Most kids are too imature to make good choices. They need guidance from an external authority -- at least until they are ready to handle themselves responsibly.
Amen, brother. As the parent of an 8- and a 2-year old, I see that my role is to provide some limits within which my children can make choices and experience the world for themselves. If they try to step out of those limits, my wife and I are there to guide them back inside. As they get older, those boundaries get bigger and bigger (my 8-year-old can get away with a little more that my 2-year-old can), until they disappear when they reach adulthood.
It is possible for a parent to go too far in censoring the things their child is exposed to.
That's why I'm glad that my wife and I see the world from different POV's. What I consider OK for the kids to see may be (and usually is!) different than what she thinks is OK. Works out pretty good in the end, IMHO.
Does anyone own a Zaurus? How useful are they really?
I own a 5500 and I couldn't live without it! As a PDA it's so-so and the battery life is nothing to write home about, but the other features are what make it so great. Being able to ssh into my Linux box at work while in a meeting to do actual work takes the cake. As someone metioned above, the Opera browser is very very nice. The fact that it has both a CF and an SD/MMC slot means no losing my MP3s while on the network; I can put them on the SD and use the CF slot for the network card. Throw in the fact that the ROM is flashable (I'm currently running the ROM from theKompany) and, well, it's just a helluva lot more flexible than any other handheld on the market.
In short, best damn anniversary present my wife ever got me!
My brother, who lives just west of Mercy/Nampa Rec, has had CableOne for just under a year now. I live in NW Meridian and have had cable since it was AT&T.
I'm rather surprised that CableOne seems to have that kind of attitude (Qworst, OTOH, I can see). Have they given you any good reason as to why they won't? I've heard that CO has been madly trying to get the infrastructure upgraded, but there's just so much infrastructure there.
Sounds good to me, but remember, it's the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA is a huge player in the field of aeronautics, touching areas such as aerodynamics and flight safety reporting. Any talk of splitting up NASA has to keep this in mind.
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No doubt. There used to be a place in Vista Village (can't think of the name), but I haven't been there in years so I don't even know if it still exists. They had some decent stuff, though I had to explain to the clerk what an X-terminal was and what it was used for. Basic Computer Center on Orchard is not worth even going into, IMHO. Other than the Computer Renaissance at Fairview and Milwaukee (which runs hot and cold, mostly cold as of late, though), there ain't a whole helluva lot here. *Sigh*.
I'm in the same boat. I got my 5500 a week ago for an anniversary present. Something tells me, though, that my wife would not appreciate me trading it in for a 5600.
As a long-time fan of his McAndrew stories (I'm in the middle of "The Compleat McAndrew" right now), this really saddens me. With these stories, Dr. Sheffield showed that he really knew how to take an esoteric scientific subject (like Kerr-Newman black holes) and explain it in layman terms (through McAndrew trying to explain it to Captain Roker). I haven't read any of his other works, but if they're as good as the McAndrew stuff, I'm probably missing out on some good stuff.
128K? *Sigh* My old CoCo 1, even with all the upgrades, could only do 64K. Still, you're right about OS9 being very cool. When I got my Tandy 1200 laptop, the first thing I did with it was hack up a serial connection between it and the CoCo and use the 1200 as a terminal. Two logins, different processes, the whole 9 yards. *That* was cool.
Come to think of it, I've still got the CoCo in my garage...
I know this has been said, oh, about 1200 times before, but many congratulations to you both! A couple of posters have posted the secret to a happy marriage, so I figured I'd give out the one that my wife and I keep in mind. Love, honor and negotiate! Hey, it's worked for 10 years now!
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I mean, when was the last time you've seen an ID with less than 5 digits?
Um, every day?
OK, OK, I promised myself I wouldn't do one of these postings, but ya know sometimes you just gotta say "What the hell."
If you're the lamb, then I think one is definitely more desirable than the other...
...especially when the rallying cry becomes "Democracy!" instead of "Freedom!". It is unfortunate that the average American is not reminded on a regular basis that the two concepts are not the same thing.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been saying the same thing for years! I am constantly reminded of that quote about the difference between Democracy and Liberty: Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding on what's for lunch, while Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. If we held more to the principles of Liberty in this country we would be so much better off. As it is, the wolves are smacking their lips and the lambs seem to be too damned afraid (dare I say sheepish?) to do anything about it.
This from a man who named an operating system after himself.
Um, no (third paragraph).
Only if I try to shut it down....
I not only get and read AOPA Pilot, but I also subscribe to their e-mail newsletter (available only to AOPA members). I also get and read the Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine.
I used to read Flying pretty regularly, but a) the same type of articles usually showed up in Pilot (why bother with two mags?), and b) Flying just wasn't the same without Bax. After he quit writing for them, the mag just went totally downhill from there, as far as I'm concerned (OK, maybe it was going downhill before that, but he still made it worth reading).
One can only imagine the other goodies that that thing whips out once the door slams behind Vader
You mean like the forceps used to help deliver babies? My wife and I have watched Star Wars over and over and we swear there's a pair of those attached to the droid -- they're visible when it floats into the cell behind Vader. Anyone else see those (and if they're not forceps know what they are)?
A-men!
I'm just a little black rain cloud...
Why, yes, I do have children. What makes you think that?
Can this explain why Russia never made it to the Moon?
Naw, the Russians couldn't get to the moon because the booster they were developing kept blowing up on the pad. IIRC, it was called the N-1, but I'm at work and can't confirm that. There's a mention of it in the current Air and Space Smithsonian, in an article about the Lunakhod rovers. Interesting stuff.
Whew! Glad to see I'm not the only one who's turned his daughter into a rabid DM fan. Admittedly, she's only seen some of the clips available on the web, but even those were enough to get her hooked. Now, if only I could find some Region 1 DVDs, we could both get our fixes....
Well, this might be one use of GM where the environmentalists can't complain much with all the children maimed and killed by these things each year...
Hrmph. Don't you believe it. There are people out there who would, in the words of my father, "bitch if you hung 'em with a new rope."
Most kids are too imature to make good choices. They need guidance from an external authority -- at least until they are ready to handle themselves responsibly.
Amen, brother. As the parent of an 8- and a 2-year old, I see that my role is to provide some limits within which my children can make choices and experience the world for themselves. If they try to step out of those limits, my wife and I are there to guide them back inside. As they get older, those boundaries get bigger and bigger (my 8-year-old can get away with a little more that my 2-year-old can), until they disappear when they reach adulthood.
It is possible for a parent to go too far in censoring the things their child is exposed to.
That's why I'm glad that my wife and I see the world from different POV's. What I consider OK for the kids to see may be (and usually is!) different than what she thinks is OK. Works out pretty good in the end, IMHO.
Meow.
Does anyone own a Zaurus? How useful are they really?
I own a 5500 and I couldn't live without it! As a PDA it's so-so and the battery life is nothing to write home about, but the other features are what make it so great. Being able to ssh into my Linux box at work while in a meeting to do actual work takes the cake. As someone metioned above, the Opera browser is very very nice. The fact that it has both a CF and an SD/MMC slot means no losing my MP3s while on the network; I can put them on the SD and use the CF slot for the network card. Throw in the fact that the ROM is flashable (I'm currently running the ROM from theKompany) and, well, it's just a helluva lot more flexible than any other handheld on the market.
In short, best damn anniversary present my wife ever got me!
Purrrrr.
My brother, who lives just west of Mercy/Nampa Rec, has had CableOne for just under a year now. I live in NW Meridian and have had cable since it was AT&T.
I'm rather surprised that CableOne seems to have that kind of attitude (Qworst, OTOH, I can see). Have they given you any good reason as to why they won't? I've heard that CO has been madly trying to get the infrastructure upgraded, but there's just so much infrastructure there.
Sounds good to me, but remember, it's the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA is a huge player in the field of aeronautics, touching areas such as aerodynamics and flight safety reporting. Any talk of splitting up NASA has to keep this in mind.
No doubt. There used to be a place in Vista Village (can't think of the name), but I haven't been there in years so I don't even know if it still exists. They had some decent stuff, though I had to explain to the clerk what an X-terminal was and what it was used for. Basic Computer Center on Orchard is not worth even going into, IMHO. Other than the Computer Renaissance at Fairview and Milwaukee (which runs hot and cold, mostly cold as of late, though), there ain't a whole helluva lot here. *Sigh*.
Meow.
Not to mention that the Shuttle is used to loft the parts needed to assemble the Station.
I'm in the same boat. I got my 5500 a week ago for an anniversary present. Something tells me, though, that my wife would not appreciate me trading it in for a 5600.
Meow
As a long-time fan of his McAndrew stories (I'm in the middle of "The Compleat McAndrew" right now), this really saddens me. With these stories, Dr. Sheffield showed that he really knew how to take an esoteric scientific subject (like Kerr-Newman black holes) and explain it in layman terms (through McAndrew trying to explain it to Captain Roker). I haven't read any of his other works, but if they're as good as the McAndrew stuff, I'm probably missing out on some good stuff.
So write a shell script around it with a friendly name, like "find_ximian_packages" or something.
Meowp.
Beat me to it. Damn, damn, damn, damn....
Or at least resigns herself to the fact.
:-)
That being said, I too got my Mindstorms kit for one anniversary, and the Ultimate Builder's Set pack for the next. My wife loves me.
Puuurr.
128K? *Sigh* My old CoCo 1, even with all the upgrades, could only do 64K. Still, you're right about OS9 being very cool. When I got my Tandy 1200 laptop, the first thing I did with it was hack up a serial connection between it and the CoCo and use the 1200 as a terminal. Two logins, different processes, the whole 9 yards. *That* was cool.
Come to think of it, I've still got the CoCo in my garage...
Meow
I know this has been said, oh, about 1200 times before, but many congratulations to you both! A couple of posters have posted the secret to a happy marriage, so I figured I'd give out the one that my wife and I keep in mind. Love, honor and negotiate! Hey, it's worked for 10 years now!
Congratulations again!
Purrr!