I love pain, suffering and frustration, so Windows it is!
(Actually, it's because I get paid to write Windows software. At home, I use an ancient Mac, but I don't spend much time on the 'puter at home because I have a life)
> Nubus was the proprietary bus interface used by > Apple in the Mac II series.
Just a quibble. NuBus was not an Apple-proprietary technology. It was designed by MIT and first used by Texas Instruments. Apple licensed it for use in the Mac II and its followons.
Someone on one of the mailing lists I follow did something like this. He succeeded in pissing off and alienating several people who tried to answer questions (off-list) that he had asked. There was a big hoo-ha on the list about it - the guy just couldn't figure out why someone who was trying to help him out should complain about having to spend the time filling out a contact form.
It might be a good solution for some people, but think about how it affects your correspondents before you implement it.
Marvel and DC collaborated on a large-format comic back in the 70's that pitted Superman and Spider-man against each other. Before they realize they are on the same side, they fight to a draw. How is this possible, you ask? FM, of course. Before the battle, Spider-man is exposed to something (don't remember what, maybe red kryptonite?) that makes him as strong and invulnerable as Superman.
During the same time period, DC also published a Superman vs Muhammed Ali comic. Ali won because they were fighting under a red sun (which saps Superman's powers). But of course they team up at the end to fight the bad guys.
In the Dark Knight series by Frank Miller, Batman and Superman do have at it. Unfortunately, as it's been years since I read it, I don't remember details. I think Supes "kills" batty, but it turns out Batman has taken some drug to make him seem dead so he can come back in secret and continue the fight against evil in the background.
This series is well worth reading (the first three volumes, at least - I think there have been further followons). In it, superheros have been outlawed. Batman has retired (but illegally comes out of retirement), and Superman is undercover as a US govt. agent - a complete sellout.
Some of the series is pretty contrived, but the first volume in particular is the finest graphic novel I've seen. Gripping and engaging, it really pulls you into Batman's life and the pain that drives him.
> Don't worry, it will be illegal for a private > (probably terrorist -- why else would they want > to fly a small plane?) citizen to fly an aircraft > within the next decade, so the whole point is > moot.
That's one reason I sold my Cessna three months after 9/11. Besides, with all the restrictions it just isn't much fun any more. As if GA had anything to do with 9/11...
As some other posters have noted, you can obtain a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to burn auto fuel in some GA aircraft. This is no big deal, you send a check to the Experimental Aircraft Association and they send you the paperwork and some stickers. My old Cessna had this STC and it saved me a lot of bucks. However, the STC specifies that you cannot burn auto gas with alcohol in it, and describes a simple test you can use to determine if your gas supply has no more than the allowable (almost trace) amounts of alcohol.
The reason I have heard for this is that the alcohol can damage certain parts of the fuel system, probably various bits of rubber and plastic.
Thus, for GA to switch to alcohol, substantial portions of the engine and fuel storage and delivery systems would have to be replaced on thousands of aircraft, with all the testing and recertification that would be involved.
It would cost billions and it won't happen in my lifetime.
> Above all, skip recumbant bicycles... > Quite frankly, it is better to be thrown over the > hood of the car that cuts you off, than to be > whacked in the chest by the grill because you were > riding a recumbant.
Wrong. Recumbents make great commuting bikes. It's true that the lowest recumbents have more problems being seen in traffic, but plenty of 'bents are tall enough that visibility isn't a problem. A Sun EZ Sport, for example, would make an extremely safe and comfortable commuter.
As for the results of being hit - been there, done that. If I had been on an upright I probably would have gone through the guy's windshield head-first and broken my neck. As it was I was badly injured but I can still walk and I'm back on the bike. My long-wheel-base 'bent absorbed a lot of the force of the impact, tacoing the wheel and bending the fork. The bike protected me in a way an upright would not.
Have you ever actually put some miles on a 'bent or are you talking through your butt? I've taken my recumbent through some pretty torn-up streets and have had no problem. True, you can't hop curbs, but I have never hopped curbs on my upright, either.
As for wedgie comfort, my old ten-speed is set up perfectly, but I can't ride more than 10 miles without pain. The design just sucks for comfort. That's not to say uprights are bad - I still ride mine frequently and enjoy it thoroughly. But if I'm going to ride any distance I take the bent and my body thanks me.
Nearly all new electronic equipment outgasses for awhile, especially while running. I've noticed it with TVs, VCRs, my DVD player, stereos, and computers. I'm sure the fumes are quite toxic, like the fumes that give us new car smell - shown to be carcinogenic.
My wife is very sensitive to chemicals in the environment (yeah, smartass, I know the environment is made of chemicals, you know what I mean). Almost three years ago she bought a new Viewsonic 17" monitor. It smelled so bad when running that it gave her massive migraines. I took it to work and left it running on my development system for 6 months, and it still smelled. Then she loaned it to a friend who used it for a year and a half. We just took it back a few weeks ago and it's just about usable now.
One thing that helps is to place bags of Zeolite on top of the monitor. This is a rare earth substance that absorbs odors and chemicals in the air. We also use these in our new car. Google will find it for you.
Way back in the day, when Apple was selling a 68K-based Unix server running A/UX, Oracle provided a full version of its DBMS that ran on that OS. I think it was Oracle 6, but I don't remember. We had one in our shop for awhile. It's good to see Oracle on Mac again.
And use them. Worked for me. I've lost 15 pounds since I started regular bike riding, putting me at my ideal weight. Biking takes care of your aerobic exercise and lower body strength. Just don't get run over by a car.
For upper body, use the weights. Buy a good book on strength training or spend a little time with a trainer. Do some ab crunches for the beer gut (not situps - they're hard on the back).
Don't spend money on fancy gym equipment and bowflexes and ab rollers - they take up space and are less effective than a cheap set of weights.
I don't have my camera and docs here to verify this so take it with a grain of salt. My understanding is that the software to support certain features (panorama capability, maybe others) is on the card, not on the camera. Thus if you use a third-party card, the software simply isn't present. Whether this is due so some horrible plot or is technically necessary, I leave to the conspiracy theorists.
Absolutely true. I am sore most of the time from the amount of exercise I get every day (exercise soreness is the only soreness that feels good). I am determined to keep old age at bay as long as I can.
There's also evidence that engaging in mentally challenging activities helps stave off dementia. Another reason to remain a programmer rather than going back into management!
...but what is more important is maintaining a decent quality of life as we age. There's a Greek myth about the goddess Eos, who falls in love with a mortal and asks Zeus to make him immortal. Alas, she neglected to ask that he also stay youthful. He continued to age but death could not reach him.
I have several friends who are caring for parents with Alzheimers and other diseases that don't kill right away but that destroy life in the most fundamental way. I know other elderly people who have suffered heart attacks and strokes and are all there mentally, but are in constant pain and have to severely restrict their activities. A few decades ago these diseases would have killed their victims. Now they wound them and often leave them in a state like poor Tithonus, lover of Eos.
I certainly wouldn't wish an earlier death on any of these people, rather I hope that the medical establishment can come up with ways to help people stay active, lucid, and happy as their bodies age beyond the point that most people reached in the past. This is as important as, perhaps more important than, extending life.
The non-MacOS X version is now described as being for MacOS 9.x. I tried to run it on my 8.6 system and it hangs on launch. 0.9.9 was described as being for 8.x and 9.x, and it runs fine on 8.6 (I'm posting from it). I know, maybe I should upgrade my OS, but my company won't spring for any Mac upgrades, and I run a slower PowerMac at home - MacOS 9 is too slow for it. Rats. I've been looking forward to final on Mozilla and now I can't run it.
As soon as I heard that Yahoo had changed all our privacy settings, I changed mine back, turning off the Yahoo Delivers option. Meanwhile, Yahoo announced that POP access would no longer be available after 4/24 unless you sign up for premium services for $30/year. So a few days ago I fired up the old mail client and tried to download the 5 megs of email I have on Yahoo to my local machine. Oops, invalid user name/password. That makes no sense.
I emailed Yahoo, and after a few back and forths, they finally told me that the only way to get POP access (until the 24th when I would have to start paying) is to sign up for Yahoo Delivers! Well, I want my mail, so I paid the blackmail, signed up for Yahoo Delivers Spam, and sure enough, I was then able to log into the POP server.
I don't fault them for wanting to charge for POP access - they've got to make a buck. But to force me to expose myself to spam in order to gain control over my own email is just not right. This was not part of the deal when I signed up, and is a pretty slimy way to do business.
After I finish downloading, I'll be shopping for a new email provider.
You obviously have never hung out with recumbent riders. We're constantly modifying and enhancing our rides. Lots of people build their own from old upright frames.
I think mountain bikers do a lot of this, too. And then there are the low-riders and bike choppers who build up the most bizarre-looking contraptions imaaginable.
You might not be able to hack INTO a bike, but you sure can hack it.
Can't say why the TiBook didn't go up (probably better margins), but the iBook uses a smaller screen than the iMac. The smaller screens are probably not as affected by shortages and price hikes.
Just picking nits: aeronautical maps (at least in the US) are updated every six months, not every 3-4 years. The pole isn't going to move enough in six months to make much difference, unless you're flitting around in the far frozen north.
Exactly why we're in danger of becoming a fundamentalist-ruled nation. Fanaticism on the part of the fundamentalists, and apathy on the part of too many others. Do you think the people of Iran want to be ruled by the ayatollahs? Did the people of Afghanistan want to be ruled by the Taliban? The people with the strongest commitment to their beliefs were able to gain power over those who were less committed and less rigid.
As for not being a religious country, go do some research and correct your misunderstanding. Church attendance is highest of all the major industrialized countries, and the fundamentalist sects are the ones that are growing. The liberal denominations are, for the most part, losing membership.
We're not controlled completely yet, but they control the Republican Party, which is arguably dominant in both national and state/local governments. They are fighting hard to restrict abortion, same-sex benefits, and stem-cell research, and only the courts have kept religious instruction and the 10 commandments out of some (not all) public schools. Low religious meeting attendance? Surveys have shown that it's higher in the US than in any other industrialized country. This is one of the most religious countries on earth. Why do we still have liberties? Because the religious right does not yet control the courts. But they're working on that. Why do we still have sex and violence in the media? Because money still trumps morals. You are the one who doesn't know what he's talking about.
The USA is becoming more and more a culture governed by religious fundamentalism. We're well on our way to a world in which scientific progress takes place in Europe and Asia, while it is stifled in the US by politicians who are either fundamentalists themselves, in the pay of the fundamentalists, or afraid to buck the fundamentalists. If this trend continues, we will live to see the end of the US as a first-world nation.
If you disagree, say so, don't moderate me as flamebait.
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I love pain, suffering and frustration, so Windows it is!
(Actually, it's because I get paid to write Windows software. At home, I use an ancient Mac, but I don't spend much time on the 'puter at home because I have a life)
Moderators - humor alert.
> Nubus was the proprietary bus interface used by
> Apple in the Mac II series.
Just a quibble. NuBus was not an Apple-proprietary technology. It was designed by MIT and first used by Texas Instruments. Apple licensed it for use in the Mac II and its followons.
Someone on one of the mailing lists I follow did something like this. He succeeded in pissing off and alienating several people who tried to answer questions (off-list) that he had asked. There was a big hoo-ha on the list about it - the guy just couldn't figure out why someone who was trying to help him out should complain about having to spend the time filling out a contact form.
It might be a good solution for some people, but think about how it affects your correspondents before you implement it.
Marvel and DC collaborated on a large-format comic back in the 70's that pitted Superman and Spider-man against each other. Before they realize they are on the same side, they fight to a draw. How is this possible, you ask? FM, of course. Before the battle, Spider-man is exposed to something (don't remember what, maybe red kryptonite?) that makes him as strong and invulnerable as Superman.
During the same time period, DC also published a Superman vs Muhammed Ali comic. Ali won because they were fighting under a red sun (which saps Superman's powers). But of course they team up at the end to fight the bad guys.
In the Dark Knight series by Frank Miller, Batman and Superman do have at it. Unfortunately, as it's been years since I read it, I don't remember details. I think Supes "kills" batty, but it turns out Batman has taken some drug to make him seem dead so he can come back in secret and continue the fight against evil in the background.
This series is well worth reading (the first three volumes, at least - I think there have been further followons). In it, superheros have been outlawed. Batman has retired (but illegally comes out of retirement), and Superman is undercover as a US govt. agent - a complete sellout.
Some of the series is pretty contrived, but the first volume in particular is the finest graphic novel I've seen. Gripping and engaging, it really pulls you into Batman's life and the pain that drives him.
> Don't worry, it will be illegal for a private
> (probably terrorist -- why else would they want
> to fly a small plane?) citizen to fly an aircraft
> within the next decade, so the whole point is
> moot.
That's one reason I sold my Cessna three months after 9/11. Besides, with all the restrictions it just isn't much fun any more. As if GA had anything to do with 9/11...
As some other posters have noted, you can obtain a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to burn auto fuel in some GA aircraft. This is no big deal, you send a check to the Experimental Aircraft Association and they send you the paperwork and some stickers. My old Cessna had this STC and it saved me a lot of bucks. However, the STC specifies that you cannot burn auto gas with alcohol in it, and describes a simple test you can use to determine if your gas supply has no more than the allowable (almost trace) amounts of alcohol.
The reason I have heard for this is that the alcohol can damage certain parts of the fuel system, probably various bits of rubber and plastic.
Thus, for GA to switch to alcohol, substantial portions of the engine and fuel storage and delivery systems would have to be replaced on thousands of aircraft, with all the testing and recertification that would be involved.
It would cost billions and it won't happen in my lifetime.
> Above all, skip recumbant bicycles...
> Quite frankly, it is better to be thrown over the
> hood of the car that cuts you off, than to be
> whacked in the chest by the grill because you were
> riding a recumbant.
Wrong. Recumbents make great commuting bikes. It's true that the lowest recumbents have more problems being seen in traffic, but plenty of 'bents are tall enough that visibility isn't a problem. A Sun EZ Sport, for example, would make an extremely safe and comfortable commuter.
As for the results of being hit - been there, done that. If I had been on an upright I probably would have gone through the guy's windshield head-first and broken my neck. As it was I was badly injured but I can still walk and I'm back on the bike. My long-wheel-base 'bent absorbed a lot of the force of the impact, tacoing the wheel and bending the fork. The bike protected me in a way an upright would not.
Have you ever actually put some miles on a 'bent or are you talking through your butt? I've taken my recumbent through some pretty torn-up streets and have had no problem. True, you can't hop curbs, but I have never hopped curbs on my upright, either.
As for wedgie comfort, my old ten-speed is set up perfectly, but I can't ride more than 10 miles without pain. The design just sucks for comfort. That's not to say uprights are bad - I still ride mine frequently and enjoy it thoroughly. But if I'm going to ride any distance I take the bent and my body thanks me.
Nearly all new electronic equipment outgasses for awhile, especially while running. I've noticed it with TVs, VCRs, my DVD player, stereos, and computers. I'm sure the fumes are quite toxic, like the fumes that give us new car smell - shown to be carcinogenic.
My wife is very sensitive to chemicals in the environment (yeah, smartass, I know the environment is made of chemicals, you know what I mean). Almost three years ago she bought a new Viewsonic 17" monitor. It smelled so bad when running that it gave her massive migraines. I took it to work and left it running on my development system for 6 months, and it still smelled. Then she loaned it to a friend who used it for a year and a half. We just took it back a few weeks ago and it's just about usable now.
One thing that helps is to place bags of Zeolite on top of the monitor. This is a rare earth substance that absorbs odors and chemicals in the air. We also use these in our new car. Google will find it for you.
Way back in the day, when Apple was selling a 68K-based Unix server running A/UX, Oracle provided a full version of its DBMS that ran on that OS. I think it was Oracle 6, but I don't remember. We had one in our shop for awhile. It's good to see Oracle on Mac again.
And use them. Worked for me. I've lost 15 pounds since I started regular bike riding, putting me at my ideal weight. Biking takes care of your aerobic exercise and lower body strength. Just don't get run over by a car.
For upper body, use the weights. Buy a good book on strength training or spend a little time with a trainer. Do some ab crunches for the beer gut (not situps - they're hard on the back).
Don't spend money on fancy gym equipment and bowflexes and ab rollers - they take up space and are less effective than a cheap set of weights.
Centerville - a great place for your kids to grow up in.
Moderators - if you don't get it you don't get it.
I don't have my camera and docs here to verify this so take it with a grain of salt. My understanding is that the software to support certain features (panorama capability, maybe others) is on the card, not on the camera. Thus if you use a third-party card, the software simply isn't present. Whether this is due so some horrible plot or is technically necessary, I leave to the conspiracy theorists.
...and I'd just as soon keep it that way.
Absolutely true. I am sore most of the time from the amount of exercise I get every day (exercise soreness is the only soreness that feels good). I am determined to keep old age at bay as long as I can.
There's also evidence that engaging in mentally challenging activities helps stave off dementia. Another reason to remain a programmer rather than going back into management!
...but what is more important is maintaining a decent quality of life as we age. There's a Greek myth about the goddess Eos, who falls in love with a mortal and asks Zeus to make him immortal. Alas, she neglected to ask that he also stay youthful. He continued to age but death could not reach him.
I have several friends who are caring for parents with Alzheimers and other diseases that don't kill right away but that destroy life in the most fundamental way. I know other elderly people who have suffered heart attacks and strokes and are all there mentally, but are in constant pain and have to severely restrict their activities. A few decades ago these diseases would have killed their victims. Now they wound them and often leave them in a state like poor Tithonus, lover of Eos.
I certainly wouldn't wish an earlier death on any of these people, rather I hope that the medical establishment can come up with ways to help people stay active, lucid, and happy as their bodies age beyond the point that most people reached in the past. This is as important as, perhaps more important than, extending life.
The non-MacOS X version is now described as being for MacOS 9.x. I tried to run it on my 8.6 system and it hangs on launch. 0.9.9 was described as being for 8.x and 9.x, and it runs fine on 8.6 (I'm posting from it). I know, maybe I should upgrade my OS, but my company won't spring for any Mac upgrades, and I run a slower PowerMac at home - MacOS 9 is too slow for it. Rats. I've been looking forward to final on Mozilla and now I can't run it.
As soon as I heard that Yahoo had changed all our privacy settings, I changed mine back, turning off the Yahoo Delivers option. Meanwhile, Yahoo announced that POP access would no longer be available after 4/24 unless you sign up for premium services for $30/year. So a few days ago I fired up the old mail client and tried to download the 5 megs of email I have on Yahoo to my local machine. Oops, invalid user name/password. That makes no sense.
I emailed Yahoo, and after a few back and forths, they finally told me that the only way to get POP access (until the 24th when I would have to start paying) is to sign up for Yahoo Delivers! Well, I want my mail, so I paid the blackmail, signed up for Yahoo Delivers Spam, and sure enough, I was then able to log into the POP server.
I don't fault them for wanting to charge for POP access - they've got to make a buck. But to force me to expose myself to spam in order to gain control over my own email is just not right. This was not part of the deal when I signed up, and is a pretty slimy way to do business.
After I finish downloading, I'll be shopping for a new email provider.
You obviously have never hung out with recumbent riders. We're constantly modifying and enhancing our rides. Lots of people build their own from old upright frames.
I think mountain bikers do a lot of this, too. And then there are the low-riders and bike choppers who build up the most bizarre-looking contraptions imaaginable.
You might not be able to hack INTO a bike, but you sure can hack it.
Can't say why the TiBook didn't go up (probably better margins), but the iBook uses a smaller screen than the iMac. The smaller screens are probably not as affected by shortages and price hikes.
Just picking nits: aeronautical maps (at least in the US) are updated every six months, not every 3-4 years. The pole isn't going to move enough in six months to make much difference, unless you're flitting around in the far frozen north.
Exactly why we're in danger of becoming a fundamentalist-ruled nation. Fanaticism on the part of the fundamentalists, and apathy on the part of too many others. Do you think the people of Iran want to be ruled by the ayatollahs? Did the people of Afghanistan want to be ruled by the Taliban? The people with the strongest commitment to their beliefs were able to gain power over those who were less committed and less rigid.
As for not being a religious country, go do some research and correct your misunderstanding. Church attendance is highest of all the major industrialized countries, and the fundamentalist sects are the ones that are growing. The liberal denominations are, for the most part, losing membership.
We're not controlled completely yet, but they control the Republican Party, which is arguably dominant in both national and state/local governments. They are fighting hard to restrict abortion, same-sex benefits, and stem-cell research, and only the courts have kept religious instruction and the 10 commandments out of some (not all) public schools. Low religious meeting attendance? Surveys have shown that it's higher in the US than in any other industrialized country. This is one of the most religious countries on earth. Why do we still have liberties? Because the religious right does not yet control the courts. But they're working on that. Why do we still have sex and violence in the media? Because money still trumps morals. You are the one who doesn't know what he's talking about.
The USA is becoming more and more a culture governed by religious fundamentalism. We're well on our way to a world in which scientific progress takes place in Europe and Asia, while it is stifled in the US by politicians who are either fundamentalists themselves, in the pay of the fundamentalists, or afraid to buck the fundamentalists. If this trend continues, we will live to see the end of the US as a first-world nation.
If you disagree, say so, don't moderate me as flamebait.