While many here would label this as a hypocritical stance, I would have to disagree.
Not all Christians are staunchly anti-[INSERT FORM OF POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT HERE] but there are some extremists that give others the idea that all Christians have such a kooky stance.
I moved a year ago and I don't go to church right now - I've found some that teach things I like, but the people there just turn me off. They pretty much ignore me. But I *do* go hang out with a bunch of guys from a church college group who all play Halo once a week.A bunch of guys come who wouldn't be caught dead in church. Also, I've played with quite a few people who are having serious issues back home (abuse, suicidal thoughts, addictions that they want to toss)
There's no message, no cramming of doctrine down the throat. I get a better feeling of people being like Jesus here than I have at any church in the last year or so. Jesus wasn't an inaccessible person who was too holy for anyone to be with or talk to, and I'm certain that when he dined with prostitutes and tax collectors, the dinner talk wasn't a lecture on how people needed to straighten up.
My only issue with churches using Halo as an outreach is the idea of making M-rated games accessible to teens without any kind of parental permission. Yeah, most teens probably play it anyways, but there's something to be said for respect.
If I had something to hide, and hired an SEO company to bury my dirt, I wouldn't let the Wall Street Journal write an article about it, containing said dirt and my real name.... and I wouldn't let it get Slashdotted! http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=christina+par ascandola&btnG=Google+Search Looks like it sure worked!
Unfortunately Slashdot has turned into flaming-arrow land for Vista.
I'm dual-booting Vista Ultimate and Ubuntu 7.04 on a 9-month-old Dell E1405 with the normal 6-cell battery. The model is known for good battery life, and if anything, Vista makes power management *better*. There are tons of customizations, so I have it set to go all-out performance when I'm plugged in (my laptop is a desktop replacement) and to reasonably dim the monitor and dynamically underclock (with Intel SpeedStep) and such. I regularly get 4-5 hours of battery life in the default "power saver" mode in Vista. (Yes, Aero and all.)
Most Linux distros have a long way to go with power management. I get great life out of Ubuntu with Beryl disabled, but I can't customize almost anything without screwing with configuration files. openSUSE was a bit better with clocking my cores down to 1.0GHz while on battery, but it still has a way to go.
With all of the royalties attached to albums and performances, bands do NOT need another thing sucking away at their money. A lot of the bands that do this are independent, non-RIAA artists that play in non-Clear Channel venues. I've used the service, but prefer online ones like digitalsoundboard.net that sell DRM-free FLACs of the concerts [/plug].
Artists actually MAKE a sizable chunk off of these recordings, unlike their albums or even live show tickets. They don't need one more royalty to pay. This service is one of the few examples of what I think the music industry *should* be about. Supporting (and paying) quality artists for great music, without any strings attached.
I love eMusic as much as the next guy, and yes, they are limited by the lack of major labels, but they are still the *second largest store* with over 2 million tracks. I love the variety. This Canadian store is no different, both tout BNL as their biggest artist.
I've been using Vista RTM and Office 2007 for a while, and at work we've deployed them to 20 or so systems in a computer lab to let the typical end-user (i.e. the people the software *should* work for) try it out.
My (technical) experience:
"Wow, Vista is more secure. And slower."
Office 2007 kicks ass."
(That said, I don't use XP almost at all any more, a couple of the tiny UI changes have won me over)
The general user experience:
"Hmm. Windows looks prettier.
And I don't know where any of the tasks from the file menu went."
The next 6 months are gonna be rough for people who need to relearn the interface to do their jobs. But after that, everything will be a lot better, as Office will be easier to learn this way.
When people ask me about the new software, I tell them that Vista is cool, but not worth paying to upgrade from XP. And I tell them about how cool Office 2007 is.
It may be Texas, but the bill was filed by Rubén Hinojosa, a Democrat representative from the U.S. House.
They'll shoot it down. (unless Cheney misses and hits MS OOXML by accident.)
I regularly hop between Firefox, IE7, and Opera. Call me indecisive.
My university, like many, uses WebCT pretty extensively. Some places deliver quizzes, exams, and assignments solely through WebCT. The program uses this clipboard function somehow- I assume to watch for plagiarism. It's one of the very few ways I wouldn't object to this "feature".
The only browser to ever notify me of WebCT looking at my clipboard was Opera. Probably for this reason, WebCT warns of "incompatibility" with opera, but still allows access. That's alright, since Opera easily masks itself as Firefox.
I don't mind it in WebCT- but I would mind it on almost any other website.
Artists (or, more important to the RIAA, the artists' labels) aren't seeing money from AllofMP3. If they are, they're getting $ through ROMS, and that most definitely isn't a per-copy royalty like iTunes is.
Personally, I don't care if the labels are missing out on their money. They are big profit goons between me and the artists I love and want to support. SO... if they're on a big label, I download from AllofMP3, and the band will get money when I go to their shows. If they're independent, I'll actually buy their album in the US. They get a much larger cut.
I can't wait until the music labels fade and independent artists have more exposure. It's coming, boys, it's coming real soon.
This isn't EchoStar, but could they nab DirecTV, too? It'd be a shame to launch something just to have it shot down.
(that said, the EchoStar case *did* take EONS before a ruling.... and it's already been temporarily suspended...)
Tapeout is basically when the processor design process is completed and the final plans are written down to be sent and manufactured. They call it "taping out" because they used to write the specification data to magnetic tape.
...yep, I'm an idiot.... noon's a word, not a number. I read it, then looked again, and just saw "August 21 EMT."
No interest in being a first poster. I almost never comment. sorry
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While many here would label this as a hypocritical stance, I would have to disagree. Not all Christians are staunchly anti-[INSERT FORM OF POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT HERE] but there are some extremists that give others the idea that all Christians have such a kooky stance.
I moved a year ago and I don't go to church right now - I've found some that teach things I like, but the people there just turn me off. They pretty much ignore me. But I *do* go hang out with a bunch of guys from a church college group who all play Halo once a week.A bunch of guys come who wouldn't be caught dead in church. Also, I've played with quite a few people who are having serious issues back home (abuse, suicidal thoughts, addictions that they want to toss)
There's no message, no cramming of doctrine down the throat. I get a better feeling of people being like Jesus here than I have at any church in the last year or so. Jesus wasn't an inaccessible person who was too holy for anyone to be with or talk to, and I'm certain that when he dined with prostitutes and tax collectors, the dinner talk wasn't a lecture on how people needed to straighten up.
My only issue with churches using Halo as an outreach is the idea of making M-rated games accessible to teens without any kind of parental permission. Yeah, most teens probably play it anyways, but there's something to be said for respect.
We need a new mod down option: -1, Another Animal Name Joke. (on second thought, we probably need Robot Overlords and Soviet Russia options, too)
If I had something to hide, and hired an SEO company to bury my dirt, I wouldn't let the Wall Street Journal write an article about it, containing said dirt and my real name.... and I wouldn't let it get Slashdotted!r ascandola&btnG=Google+Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=christina+pa
Looks like it sure worked!
Unfortunately Slashdot has turned into flaming-arrow land for Vista. I'm dual-booting Vista Ultimate and Ubuntu 7.04 on a 9-month-old Dell E1405 with the normal 6-cell battery. The model is known for good battery life, and if anything, Vista makes power management *better*. There are tons of customizations, so I have it set to go all-out performance when I'm plugged in (my laptop is a desktop replacement) and to reasonably dim the monitor and dynamically underclock (with Intel SpeedStep) and such. I regularly get 4-5 hours of battery life in the default "power saver" mode in Vista. (Yes, Aero and all.) Most Linux distros have a long way to go with power management. I get great life out of Ubuntu with Beryl disabled, but I can't customize almost anything without screwing with configuration files. openSUSE was a bit better with clocking my cores down to 1.0GHz while on battery, but it still has a way to go.
With all of the royalties attached to albums and performances, bands do NOT need another thing sucking away at their money. A lot of the bands that do this are independent, non-RIAA artists that play in non-Clear Channel venues. I've used the service, but prefer online ones like digitalsoundboard.net that sell DRM-free FLACs of the concerts [/plug]. Artists actually MAKE a sizable chunk off of these recordings, unlike their albums or even live show tickets. They don't need one more royalty to pay. This service is one of the few examples of what I think the music industry *should* be about. Supporting (and paying) quality artists for great music, without any strings attached.
I love eMusic as much as the next guy, and yes, they are limited by the lack of major labels, but they are still the *second largest store* with over 2 million tracks. I love the variety. This Canadian store is no different, both tout BNL as their biggest artist.
I've been using Vista RTM and Office 2007 for a while, and at work we've deployed them to 20 or so systems in a computer lab to let the typical end-user (i.e. the people the software *should* work for) try it out. My (technical) experience: "Wow, Vista is more secure. And slower." Office 2007 kicks ass." (That said, I don't use XP almost at all any more, a couple of the tiny UI changes have won me over) The general user experience: "Hmm. Windows looks prettier. And I don't know where any of the tasks from the file menu went." The next 6 months are gonna be rough for people who need to relearn the interface to do their jobs. But after that, everything will be a lot better, as Office will be easier to learn this way. When people ask me about the new software, I tell them that Vista is cool, but not worth paying to upgrade from XP. And I tell them about how cool Office 2007 is.
It may be Texas, but the bill was filed by Rubén Hinojosa, a Democrat representative from the U.S. House. They'll shoot it down. (unless Cheney misses and hits MS OOXML by accident.)
I regularly hop between Firefox, IE7, and Opera. Call me indecisive. My university, like many, uses WebCT pretty extensively. Some places deliver quizzes, exams, and assignments solely through WebCT. The program uses this clipboard function somehow- I assume to watch for plagiarism. It's one of the very few ways I wouldn't object to this "feature". The only browser to ever notify me of WebCT looking at my clipboard was Opera. Probably for this reason, WebCT warns of "incompatibility" with opera, but still allows access. That's alright, since Opera easily masks itself as Firefox. I don't mind it in WebCT- but I would mind it on almost any other website.
No, it IS the Pentagon's system!
Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out!
Artists (or, more important to the RIAA, the artists' labels) aren't seeing money from AllofMP3. If they are, they're getting $ through ROMS, and that most definitely isn't a per-copy royalty like iTunes is.
Personally, I don't care if the labels are missing out on their money. They are big profit goons between me and the artists I love and want to support. SO... if they're on a big label, I download from AllofMP3, and the band will get money when I go to their shows.
If they're independent, I'll actually buy their album in the US. They get a much larger cut.
I can't wait until the music labels fade and independent artists have more exposure. It's coming, boys, it's coming real soon.
That's not due to a software glitch. That's a special feature...
This isn't EchoStar, but could they nab DirecTV, too? It'd be a shame to launch something just to have it shot down. (that said, the EchoStar case *did* take EONS before a ruling.... and it's already been temporarily suspended...)
Tapeout is basically when the processor design process is completed and the final plans are written down to be sent and manufactured. They call it "taping out" because they used to write the specification data to magnetic tape.
...yep, I'm an idiot.... noon's a word, not a number. I read it, then looked again, and just saw "August 21 EMT." No interest in being a first poster. I almost never comment. sorry
August 21 Eastern Time? Wow, great.