I didn't have color TV until I was 17 or so, and I watched a lot of TV. I don't think I've ever dreamed in black and white unless I was dreaming about Oreo cookies.
The only way I can see B/W tv watching influencing your dreams like that is if you spent most of your waking hours watching. Most of us actually spend most of our time in the full-color real world.
Probably true for some of the lower designs, like a low racer, but absolutely not true for more practical designs. In fact, recumbents have two advantages in traffic:
1. The rider is naturally looking forward, not down at his front wheel, so he can more easily spot the enemy.
2. Recumbents are still odd enough to stand out.
I ride both 'bents and uprights. I put probably 10 times more miles on the 'bents, but I have just as many close calls on the uprights as I do on the 'bents.
"Lipstick on a pig" is a very old expression. I've heard it used for decades. It has no misogynistic implications at all. The uproar is purely manufactured by a Republican party that knows it can only win by demonizing its opponents.
I usually take the train to work, but I often ride my bike.
Train (including getting from home to station): 50-60 minutes (more if the trains break down) Car: 35-45 minutes (more if traffic jams) Bike (using most direct but most scary route): 45 minutes (other routes 60-75 minutes)
So I can get to work on my bike in less time than taking the train, and not much more time than driving my car. And I get a good, healthy workout while doing it. Granted, I have to take a shower when I arrive at the office, but still...
If you had a clue, you would know that the Dems have a razor-thin majority in the Senate and too small a majority in the House to override vetoes. The Repubs have taken full advantage of this fact by using filibusters and other tactics to tie things in knots and shoot down just about any legislation they don't like.
Not that the Dems are angels, but even if they were they couldn't fix this without full Republican cooperation.
a.e.w.d.d.d had lots of imaginative posts on how Wesley should be done in, plus plenty of flame wars when people started conflating Wesley the character (yuck) with Wil the actor (cool frood).
Illegal or not, over the past year I've gotten a huge number of telemarketing calls on my cell. Since putting it on the do-not-call list those calls have stopped.
My wife and I saw a sneak preview of Speed Racer this weekend. We went in with low expectations. We're late middle-aged, and both of us were past the Saturday morning cartoon stage when the original hit TV. And the trailers looked, well, stupid.
We both really enjoyed this movie. We managed to survive the flashing colors and the noise, and I got a kick out of the absolutely amazing CGI. The actors were good (John Goodman and Susan Sarandon both rock), the story was simplistic but kind of uplifting, and we just had a good time watching it.
It's going to kill in the pre-teen market, but I think there's something there for the parents (and grandparents) as well.
I'm an old fart who's been in this industry for a quarter century. About a year ago I started working at a company with a lot of young'uns just a few years out of school. I have never worked with a smarter, more creative group of people in my career. Sure, they don't feel much job loyalty, but who can blame them, given corporate behavior in recent years. These people are hard-working and dedicated, and they give me hope for the future.
My experience in a recent job search is that the demand for Java exceeds that for C#. Unless you're enamored of Microsoft software and operating systems, you might want to learn Java first.
One thing for sure - the demand for C++ programmers has collapsed, at least in the DC area.
I've been looking for a developer job, and EVERY SINGLE COMPANY I've contacted wants my resume in Word format. These are not fly-by-night idiot companies, but some of the best and brightest in the business.
I had to set up an old Windows PC with Office just to be able to edit and print my resume. And yes, I tried OpenOffice and it didn't format the file properly.
It doesn't sound like NSA helped write code - it sounds like their primary contribution was in testing:
"The NSA also declined to be specific but said it used two groups -- a "red team" and a "blue team" -- to test Vista's security. The red team, for instance, posed as "the determined, technically competent adversary" to disrupt, corrupt or steal information. "They pretend to be bad guys," Sager said. The blue team helped Defense Department system administrators with Vista's configuration."
Also, Microsoft isn't the only company that NSA and other govt. agencies have helped with security. Besides SELinux, which others have mentioned, there's Apple:
"Other software makers have turned to government agencies for security advice, including Apple, which makes the Mac OS X operating system. "We work with a number of U.S. government agencies on Mac OS X security and collaborated with the NSA on the Mac OS X security configuration guide," said Apple spokesman Anuj Nayar in an e-mail."
So this isn't that big a deal, it's just that Microsoft is trying to capitalize on the relationship to counter the prevailing belief (or truth?) that Windows is insecure and that Vista is no big improvement.
My funky old phone uses the same icon for voice mail and text messages. I never use text messaging, and was stumped recently when I kept seeing the icon and not having any voice mail. I finally got smart and looked at the text message list and found an IM spam that had been sitting there for a week. Deleted it and no more icon.
I honestly don't know where you young whippersnappers are getting the idea that people over 50 are computer-illiterate. I'm in my late 50s and have been a software engineer for decades. Most of my friends are 50-65 years old, and not one is computer-illiterate. A number of them are computer professionals, the others use them at home or in their work and are quite adept at it. I don't see any correlation AT ALL between age and computer literacy until I start looking at people 75 or older, and even there, many are very comfortable with computers, and most of the others pick it up pretty quickly. Sure there are a few who have trouble picking it up, but in my experience the proportion of people like that in the codger crowd is no higher than it is in the general population.
I think what I'm seeing here is a lot of generalization based on ignorance. Get a clue.
"Have you ever actually met an old person? They're not like us. They're slow. They're senile. They're virtually dead. It's a miracle they can remember how to turn the machine on in the first place...most people I meet over 50 seem to have that same problem"
You, sir, are an idiot.
Most of the people who created the computer industry are well past 50 today. I think they know how to turn on a computer.
I know lots of old fogeys who recently took up computers and are doing just fine.
Looks to me like Apple is going after companies trying to profit from their trademark. They're not going after the term Podcasting in general use, they're simply trying to stop companies from using the term in for-profit activities. The term obviously refers to iPods, so it makes sense to me that Apple would defend their trademark in this way.
I live in Merlin. As I understand it, the following issues are affecting this decision:
1. The election officials don't believe that they can re-gear the process in time for the general election, which is only 6 weeks away. I certainly don't think they can pull it off, given their record so far.
2. The Democratic leadership is convinced that Republican Gov. Erlich is trying to suppress the vote in this majority Democratic state by raising fears about the process. They have good reason to believe this, as he has consistently fought efforts to make it easier for people to vote. Yesterday he urged everyone to use absentee ballots, yet last year he fought efforts to make it easier for people to use those ballots. He also vetoed a bill to allow early voting, which is popular in working districts (mostly Democratic) because some people have trouble getting to the polls on Election Day. When the legislature overrode his veto, he fought the law in court and won.
So as much as I hate and distrust the machines (I'm applying for an absentee ballot myself), I'm on the side of the Dem leadership and the election people (a bipartisan group).
I found his responses refreshing. No BS, no handwaving, just the facts (or lack thereof). It's a gray area, and his responses accurately reflect that. I'd hire him in a minute.
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In 1968 the photog told me to "Say Shit". I looked like a grinning idiot in my ID photo.
I didn't have color TV until I was 17 or so, and I watched a lot of TV. I don't think I've ever dreamed in black and white unless I was dreaming about Oreo cookies.
The only way I can see B/W tv watching influencing your dreams like that is if you spent most of your waking hours watching. Most of us actually spend most of our time in the full-color real world.
Nice typo in the title - very appropriate slip.
Probably true for some of the lower designs, like a low racer, but absolutely not true for more practical designs. In fact, recumbents have two advantages in traffic:
1. The rider is naturally looking forward, not down at his front wheel, so he can more easily spot the enemy.
2. Recumbents are still odd enough to stand out.
I ride both 'bents and uprights. I put probably 10 times more miles on the 'bents, but I have just as many close calls on the uprights as I do on the 'bents.
"Lipstick on a pig" is a very old expression. I've heard it used for decades. It has no misogynistic implications at all. The uproar is purely manufactured by a Republican party that knows it can only win by demonizing its opponents.
I grew up in the South. "Uppity" has always had a racial connotation there. I've never heard it applied to anyone who wasn't black.
This is why hate mail makes so much more sense. People like reading their hate mail.
Well, Slashdot does, anyway (see idle).
I usually take the train to work, but I often ride my bike.
Train (including getting from home to station): 50-60 minutes (more if the trains break down)
Car: 35-45 minutes (more if traffic jams)
Bike (using most direct but most scary route): 45 minutes (other routes 60-75 minutes)
So I can get to work on my bike in less time than taking the train, and not much more time than driving my car. And I get a good, healthy workout while doing it. Granted, I have to take a shower when I arrive at the office, but still...
If you had a clue, you would know that the Dems have a razor-thin majority in the Senate and too small a majority in the House to override vetoes. The Repubs have taken full advantage of this fact by using filibusters and other tactics to tie things in knots and shoot down just about any legislation they don't like.
Not that the Dems are angels, but even if they were they couldn't fix this without full Republican cooperation.
a.e.w.d.d.d had lots of imaginative posts on how Wesley should be done in, plus plenty of flame wars when people started conflating Wesley the character (yuck) with Wil the actor (cool frood).
Illegal or not, over the past year I've gotten a huge number of telemarketing calls on my cell. Since putting it on the do-not-call list those calls have stopped.
My wife and I saw a sneak preview of Speed Racer this weekend. We went in with low expectations. We're late middle-aged, and both of us were past the Saturday morning cartoon stage when the original hit TV. And the trailers looked, well, stupid.
We both really enjoyed this movie. We managed to survive the flashing colors and the noise, and I got a kick out of the absolutely amazing CGI. The actors were good (John Goodman and Susan Sarandon both rock), the story was simplistic but kind of uplifting, and we just had a good time watching it.
It's going to kill in the pre-teen market, but I think there's something there for the parents (and grandparents) as well.
I'm an old fart who's been in this industry for a quarter century. About a year ago I started working at a company with a lot of young'uns just a few years out of school. I have never worked with a smarter, more creative group of people in my career. Sure, they don't feel much job loyalty, but who can blame them, given corporate behavior in recent years. These people are hard-working and dedicated, and they give me hope for the future.
What humorless noob moderated this as troll? I thought it was funny and appropriate. Go Ogg! Break some moderator heads with open source CD!
My experience in a recent job search is that the demand for Java exceeds that for C#. Unless you're enamored of Microsoft software and operating systems, you might want to learn Java first.
One thing for sure - the demand for C++ programmers has collapsed, at least in the DC area.
I've been looking for a developer job, and EVERY SINGLE COMPANY I've contacted wants my resume in Word format. These are not fly-by-night idiot companies, but some of the best and brightest in the business.
I had to set up an old Windows PC with Office just to be able to edit and print my resume. And yes, I tried OpenOffice and it didn't format the file properly.
It doesn't sound like NSA helped write code - it sounds like their primary contribution was in testing:
."
"The NSA also declined to be specific but said it used two groups -- a "red team" and a "blue team" -- to test Vista's security. The red team, for instance, posed as "the determined, technically competent adversary" to disrupt, corrupt or steal information. "They pretend to be bad guys," Sager said. The blue team helped Defense Department system administrators with Vista's configuration
Also, Microsoft isn't the only company that NSA and other govt. agencies have helped with security. Besides SELinux, which others have mentioned, there's Apple:
"Other software makers have turned to government agencies for security advice, including Apple, which makes the Mac OS X operating system. "We work with a number of U.S. government agencies on Mac OS X security and collaborated with the NSA on the Mac OS X security configuration guide," said Apple spokesman Anuj Nayar in an e-mail."
So this isn't that big a deal, it's just that Microsoft is trying to capitalize on the relationship to counter the prevailing belief (or truth?) that Windows is insecure and that Vista is no big improvement.
My funky old phone uses the same icon for voice mail and text messages. I never use text messaging, and was stumped recently when I kept seeing the icon and not having any voice mail. I finally got smart and looked at the text message list and found an IM spam that had been sitting there for a week. Deleted it and no more icon.
I honestly don't know where you young whippersnappers are getting the idea that people over 50 are computer-illiterate. I'm in my late 50s and have been a software engineer for decades. Most of my friends are 50-65 years old, and not one is computer-illiterate. A number of them are computer professionals, the others use them at home or in their work and are quite adept at it. I don't see any correlation AT ALL between age and computer literacy until I start looking at people 75 or older, and even there, many are very comfortable with computers, and most of the others pick it up pretty quickly. Sure there are a few who have trouble picking it up, but in my experience the proportion of people like that in the codger crowd is no higher than it is in the general population.
I think what I'm seeing here is a lot of generalization based on ignorance. Get a clue.
"Have you ever actually met an old person? They're not like us. They're slow. They're senile. They're virtually dead. It's a miracle they can remember how to turn the machine on in the first place...most people I meet over 50 seem to have that same problem"
You, sir, are an idiot.
Most of the people who created the computer industry are well past 50 today. I think they know how to turn on a computer.
I know lots of old fogeys who recently took up computers and are doing just fine.
Ageist claptrap like yours pisses me off.
Boy gets girl, boy loses girl.
Looks to me like Apple is going after companies trying to profit from their trademark. They're not going after the term Podcasting in general use, they're simply trying to stop companies from using the term in for-profit activities. The term obviously refers to iPods, so it makes sense to me that Apple would defend their trademark in this way.
Moderation: -1, Apple Fan-Boi
I live in Merlin. As I understand it, the following issues are affecting this decision:
1. The election officials don't believe that they can re-gear the process in time for the general election, which is only 6 weeks away. I certainly don't think they can pull it off, given their record so far.
2. The Democratic leadership is convinced that Republican Gov. Erlich is trying to suppress the vote in this majority Democratic state by raising fears about the process. They have good reason to believe this, as he has consistently fought efforts to make it easier for people to vote. Yesterday he urged everyone to use absentee ballots, yet last year he fought efforts to make it easier for people to use those ballots. He also vetoed a bill to allow early voting, which is popular in working districts (mostly Democratic) because some people have trouble getting to the polls on Election Day. When the legislature overrode his veto, he fought the law in court and won.
So as much as I hate and distrust the machines (I'm applying for an absentee ballot myself), I'm on the side of the Dem leadership and the election people (a bipartisan group).
It's called Extreme because they take some basically good ideas and push them to such extremes as to be completely useless in the real world.
I found his responses refreshing. No BS, no handwaving, just the facts (or lack thereof). It's a gray area, and his responses accurately reflect that. I'd hire him in a minute.