Crematoria -Chronicles of Riddick http://riddick.wikia.com/wiki/Crematoria
although they say in the cited article that there are some scientific problems with the planet as presented -but I get the feeling that it's more about action/adventure than science....
Amen to Community Colleges -some have really good online programs.
I've taken about 200 units over the past 15 years (and still only an AS degree to show for it) in mostly IT and programming at Deanza and Foothill colleges.
they use a pretty good online system called Etudes: Etudes is a course management system based on the Sakai framework. Sakai is distributed as open source software under the Educational Community License.
I used this book at Foothill college in an intro to data management class and it taught me more than any of the dozen oracle classes I took once I got past the terminology of tuples, etc
this one is also well-recommended: http://www.amazon.com/Database-Systems-Design-Implementation-Management/dp/0760049041
and this one is good for people without dba or architect background: http://www.amazon.com/Database-Design-Mere-Mortals-Hands/dp/0201752840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278629171&sr=1-1
I would stay away from the vendor specific books as good database design s/b dbms agnostic
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1610414,00.html...50 of its staffers may have violated the Presidential Records Act. The staffers, the White House said, were using e-mail accounts, laptops and BlackBerries provided by the Republican National Committee for official executive branch communications rather than the exclusively political work for which they were intended. Because the RNC had a policy until 2004 of erasing all e-mails on its servers after 30 days, including those by White House staffers, and because some of those staffers may have deleted e-mails on their own, the White House said it could not assure Congress that they have not violated the PRA, which requires the retention of official White House documents. The White House officials who may have broken the law include senior adviser Karl Rove, his deputies and much of their staffs.
and AFAIK none of them got into the least bit of trouble for it (although Rove was eventually convicted of doing other bad things)
because the results are the same if you are watching the race online or if you are there in person. If there is a 'fix' on the race it will affect online and live bettors exactly the same.
Also, in satellite wagering as opposed to casino wagering you are actually part of the live track's betting pool so you get the track odds.
Whereas the Nevada casinos (and probably the other ones) actually cap the payouts for longshots because they were burned pretty badly about 25 years ago or so when some folks with 'inside' information put down some huge longshot bets and broke the bank.
This was before they decided to charge $30 or more a month for a 'smartphone' plan which is why I opted for a Blackjack 2 which would work with MediaNet instead of an iPhone or crackberry which would cost me another $180 a year just in the difference between those 2 plans let alone about $2-300 more up front.
it's a little better than that -the backroom (3/4 of a huge warehouse) has dozens of telco racks, lots of old token ring and even stranger networking gear as well as lots of cabling equipment.
In the front area you can buy old sgis and sparcstations for a pittance and they also have a cool looking touchpad linux barebones (no case) for ~$200 iirc
definitely geek heaven for sili valley -others mentioned Halted or Haltec, but that is more of a parts emporium although they do have some weird stuff too.
Although Google, et al can chip away at our privacy this would completely stifle free speech and dissent.
I know that some view ACs and their ilk as idiots clogging up discourse, but for a flip side of the coin how about the efforts to 'Out' Prop 8 contributors in Calif so they can be harrassed by gay activists?
-Not that I supported prop 8, but I do mod ACs up if they have something useful/interesting to say.
On the other hand, I don't disagree that there should perhaps be some required qualifications for hosting/administering websites, dealing with credit card transactions, userdbs, etc, but that is very different than (what I think) is being proposed.
Artists did not always make money through concerts only -as several posters note below most of the great baroque and classical composers had patronage of church or nobility or other wealthy parties.
Beethoven though -he relied on publishing for much of his income as well as a consortium of subscribers.
bands like Marillion have been going the fanclub subsidized route, but they had years with traditional record companies and touring to build up an audience as well.
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Crematoria -Chronicles of Riddick http://riddick.wikia.com/wiki/Crematoria
although they say in the cited article that there are some scientific problems with the planet as presented -but I get the feeling that it's more about action/adventure than science....
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134847/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296572/
-I'm just sayin'
HP introduced this on the Superdome 7-8 years ago: iCOD -instant capacity on demand.
It doesn't get a lot of press compared to virtualization or SSD or some of the other HW innovations.
-I'm just sayin'
www.museemechanique.org/
great place to get the feel of turn of (last) century arcade
right next to the WW2 submarine Snark and Liberty Ship Jeremiah O'brien
I saw it as part of the Mechanicrawl about 2 years ago: http://www.longnow.org/events/02008/jul/12/mechanicrawl-02008/
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or hamsters: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_sKy7UILZw0/0.jpg
thank you invader zim
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Amen to Community Colleges -some have really good online programs.
I've taken about 200 units over the past 15 years (and still only an AS degree to show for it) in mostly IT and programming at Deanza and Foothill colleges.
http://www.foothillglobalaccess.org/cgi/register/register.cgi
they use a pretty good online system called Etudes:
Etudes is a course management system based on the Sakai framework. Sakai is distributed as open source software under the Educational Community License.
http://sakaiproject.org/
I'm just sayin'
apple-haters will be sad, but they can take comfort in the fact that he is probably still a douche
-I'm just sayin'
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Method-Entity-Relationship-Modelling/dp/0201416964
I used this book at Foothill college in an intro to data management class and it taught me more than any of the dozen oracle classes I took once I got past the terminology of tuples, etc
this one is also well-recommended:
http://www.amazon.com/Database-Systems-Design-Implementation-Management/dp/0760049041
and this one is good for people without dba or architect background:
http://www.amazon.com/Database-Design-Mere-Mortals-Hands/dp/0201752840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278629171&sr=1-1
I would stay away from the vendor specific books as good database design s/b dbms agnostic
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yeah -except the trademarked phrase is 'The Other White Meat' and TGs is The 'New White Meat'
can't believe no one has pointed this out yet
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not until 2017:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination#Sealing_of_assassination_records
and certain parts of the autopsy report X-rays and photos are in the National Archives under restricted access.
According to Conspiracy buffs the Bush and the Hunt family had something to do with the assassination:
http://www.tomflocco.com/fs/FbiMemoPhotoLinkBushJfk.htm
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oblig IT Crowd quote: Goddamn these electric sex pants!
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More importantly -if this works with ie6 does that mean that this will extend its life further?
if so, not good, as everyone wishes that IE6 would die.
-I'm just sayin'
and nothing of value was lost...
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Actually, the Bushies DID do something like this:
...50 of its staffers may have violated the Presidential Records Act. The staffers, the White House said, were using e-mail accounts, laptops and BlackBerries provided by the Republican National Committee for official executive branch communications rather than the exclusively political work for which they were intended. Because the RNC had a policy until 2004 of erasing all e-mails on its servers after 30 days, including those by White House staffers, and because some of those staffers may have deleted e-mails on their own, the White House said it could not assure Congress that they have not violated the PRA, which requires the retention of official White House documents. The White House officials who may have broken the law include senior adviser Karl Rove, his deputies and much of their staffs.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1610414,00.html
and AFAIK none of them got into the least bit of trouble for it (although Rove was eventually convicted of doing other bad things)
-I'm just sayin'
actually, there are plans now to roll out solar powered cell stations in India and other places:
http://cleantechnica.com/2010/03/24/solar-powered-cellphone-towers-in-india-to-reduce-5-million-tons-co2-emissions-save-1-4-billion-every-year/
there was another article that pointed out that excess energy could be used to power adjacent clinic/school/etc but I can't find it ATM
-I'm just sayin'
with one major exception -Horse Racing
because the results are the same if you are watching the race online or if you are there in person. If there is a 'fix' on the race it will affect online and live bettors exactly the same.
Also, in satellite wagering as opposed to casino wagering you are actually part of the live track's betting pool so you get the track odds.
Whereas the Nevada casinos (and probably the other ones) actually cap the payouts for longshots because they were burned pretty badly about 25 years ago or so when some folks with 'inside' information put down some huge longshot bets and broke the bank.
I'm just sayin'
I lucked into something like this for my Moto smartphone about 6 years ago.
the plan is Media Net it's $15 a month for unlimited access (but they nail you on international roaming):
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/messaging-internet/media-entertainment/faq.jsp
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/services/serviceDetails.jsp?LOSGId=&skuId=sku1160057&catId=cat1470003
This was before they decided to charge $30 or more a month for a 'smartphone' plan which is why I opted for a Blackjack 2 which would work with MediaNet instead of an iPhone or crackberry which would cost me another $180 a year just in the difference between those 2 plans let alone about $2-300 more up front.
-I'm just sayin'
it's a little better than that -the backroom (3/4 of a huge warehouse) has dozens of telco racks, lots of old token ring and even stranger networking gear as well as lots of cabling equipment.
In the front area you can buy old sgis and sparcstations for a pittance and they also have a cool looking touchpad linux barebones (no case) for ~$200 iirc
definitely geek heaven for sili valley -others mentioned Halted or Haltec, but that is more of a parts emporium although they do have some weird stuff too.
-I'm just sayin'
also recommended
the star hustler -Jack Horkheimer
http://www.jackstargazer.com/
his shows highlight whatever celestial events or objects are upcoming
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only if you want to kill all humans, Sexy Mama!
Although Google, et al can chip away at our privacy this would completely stifle free speech and dissent.
I know that some view ACs and their ilk as idiots clogging up discourse, but for a flip side of the coin how about the efforts to 'Out' Prop 8 contributors in Calif so they can be harrassed by gay activists?
-Not that I supported prop 8, but I do mod ACs up if they have something useful/interesting to say.
On the other hand, I don't disagree that there should perhaps be some required qualifications for hosting/administering websites, dealing with credit card transactions, userdbs, etc, but that is very different than (what I think) is being proposed.
I'm just sayin'
Large institutions hamper creativity, innovation...
-I'm just sayin'
You silly SCA types.
Just because you have a trebuchet that doesn't mean that anything that fits in the bucket is payload. -or maybe it does...
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I hate to be pedantic, well, no, not really, but I think you meant pedantic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedant
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Artists did not always make money through concerts only -as several posters note below most of the great baroque and classical composers had patronage of church or nobility or other wealthy parties.
Beethoven though -he relied on publishing for much of his income as well as a consortium of subscribers.
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ba-Be/Beethoven-Ludwig-van.html
bands like Marillion have been going the fanclub subsidized route, but they had years with traditional record companies and touring to build up an audience as well.
http://www.goldminemag.com/article/Progressive_Ideas_Marillion_breaks_new_ground_in_file_sharing/
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and I speak for the Cs -I mean Seas
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