Incredible and yet somewhat sad at the same time.

I generally agree with your comments on this matter. This is not about "elitist attitudes". It's about dilution of meaning in light of responsibilities to society. Others would argue that it is just colloquial or informal language or (computer) industry jargon. Certainly, there are alternative terms that do not diminish the important work of Computer Software and Hardware Designers, Engineers, Scientists, Technicians.

From the Onion: Nelson Mandela Becomes First Politician To Be Missed http://www.theonion.com/articles/nelson-mandela-becomes-first-politician-to-be-miss,34755/ Finally a true story from the Onion.

I use a Jot Pro, but this app can use pressure sensitive styluses too. I may want to get one if I can get anywhere with this. The first difficulties are small screen and glassy surface. Hard to imagine how he does it.

Pilou would love this with all the colours!

Hmmm....I can see why they are free. [image: RZff_huh.jpg]

@mike lucey said: I'd appreciate any further information you may be able to gleen from the Uni site. I've compared the information and it seems that there are more in the English text, sorry, no more details...

@tomot said: The interesting thing about Bitcoin is that it’s made everybody start to talk about what money is, and why money has any value. If you think about it, since 1971, when the US came off the gold standard, the dollar hasn’t been linked to gold, it hasn’t been linked to anything. You have a piece of paper which says ‘In God we trust’, it does not say 'In Government we trust'. That piece of paper is absolutely meaningless. You’re putting your trust into banks and central authorities. The Federal Reserve which prints the dollar has nothing to do with anything Federal. Its simply a private banking corporation, which has the authority to print the dollar for the Federal Government. The Fed is also very busy these days printing more paper. Bitcoin is a whole new idea about what money is, money is basically regulated by network and by the people. Recently Central banks around the world are looking at the development of Bitcoin with a lot of fear, and not just central banks, but the traditional banking system as a whole. Bitcoin has been around since 2008. Regulators didn’t pay any attention to it, they dismissed it as some sort of monopoly money. But things are changing for Bitcoin. Funny thing is, the dollar you use daily, no longer supported by gold, is also monopoly money, ... is it not? Speaking of Gold; Germany recently wanted to repatriate their gold stored in US vaults http://nsnbc.me/2013/04/18/federal-reserve-refuses-to-submit-to-an-audit-of-germanys-gold-held-in-u-s-vaults-2/ Which raises the question where is the Gold? ...is paper backed by nothing, nothing more than the ultimate Ponzi scheme?....do you care?. I would hardly call U.S. money absolutely meaningless. If you truly feel that way, you're more than welcome mail me all your money, and I'll take care of that meaningless paper for you. Contrary to popular belief, the Federal Reserve does not print money. U.S. currency is printed and minted by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) under the Department of the Treasury. "In God We Trust" is just a logo. Paper money also has the words "THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE" and is signed by both the Treasurer of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury. The value of U.S. currency is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Your assertion that the Federal Reserve is a private banking corporation or that it has nothing to do with anything Federal is wrong. The Federal Reserve System (aka the Federal Reserve, the Fed), the central banking system of the U.S., derives it's authority through The Federal Reserve Act of 1923 and subsequent congressional statutes, and is subject to congressional oversight. The U.S. Congress established three key objectives for monetary policy in the Federal Reserve Act: Maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates. Its duties have expanded over the years, and today, according to official Federal Reserve documentation, include conducting the nation's monetary policy, supervising and regulating banking institutions, maintaining the stability of the financial system and providing financial services to depository institutions, the U.S. government, and foreign official institutions.

SVG has been very useful for me sometimes in the past and talking about SVG and inkscape, the fastest way to export a Layout/Sketchup file to inkscape is by exporting to pdf and importing the pdf in inkscape. Inkscape's format is svg but it can save in many svg versions. The best part is that it can mix vector and raster formats, expanding on the presentation possibilities of both sketchup and Layout. This way you can turn any of your presentations in rich 2d content using a lot of features in inkscape and be able to present that content in multiple supports, including rich web content.

One way to solve unemployment problems...

Dynamic!

I am as punctual as Majid....! ....a belated Happy Birthday Rich .....geeeeeeez, it only seems like a year ago when you had your last birthday.....!!

Great community! Got 'er done! Thanks!

U.S. should copy Switzerland and consider a 'maximum wage' ratio, too: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/21/opinion/sutter-swiss-executive-pay/index.html?hpt=us_t2

My favorite comment from when this design went public back in 2011: “If you jump up and down in the eastern corridor does does that advance the playlist, and if you run clockwise, does that turn up the volume?”

Here you can listen to specialists from Geo industry commenting on the Geoverse. You can also see a full scan of Vienna that fits on 3TB external HD. They have the SDK available. Trimble are you interested? Geoverse Interviews 2013 - YouTube [flash=640,360:20poeq20]http://www.youtube.com/v/csvmRgi0gZQ[/flash:20poeq20]

Cool!~

hi**srx**, thanks for answering . I can see your position now in the sense that you consider that it is impossible to get democracy when you run global for the only way to achieve democracy is to keep the track of the events following them inside by being part of them and by acting locally . You put the example of the Green Book from Gaddafi . Certainly I think his book shows the way to achieve the true democracy . I think his words come from wisdom and knowledge . And he not only wrote the book but did put it into practice in his country . Absolutely astonishing . And he was murdered on behalf of democracy ¡¡¡ Yes , you maybe right . This television program could be better named differently . Not as the People´s Voice for not getting confused about its goal . For the real People´s Voice to actively be determinant in a country must be local , as you say . But nevertheless it can give us new approaches to the reality of what it is happening in many different countries. I think it is going to be interesting to watch . Salud ¡.

wow...amazing it looks like the tests carried out in the Pacific were at Muroroa Atol...the French really gave that a hammering....I'm surprised that it doesn't glow in the dark now (maybe the fish do)...!

Very cool find, just beware that getting them into SU is going to take some serious poly crunching. [image: pDu1_mammoth.jpg]