I've set up my work computer to use two monitors now. It's pretty cool. If I had a camera, I'd post a photograph of it.
I find that using this dual-monitor configuration makes me more productive. Now, when I'm developing software, I can see my source code on the left monitor, and I can be running my application on the right monitor. It's nice to not have to ALT+TAB all the time.
In order to set up multiple monitors, you will have to either A.) Have two compatable video cards (usually people will do one PCI and one AGP), or B.) Procure a dual head video card. After trying to set it up with two video cards, and failing, I just bought a Matrox G450 video card, which has two outputs on it. So, I set my computer up with Option B.
Monday, June 28, 2004
Posted by Kevin | 6/28/2004
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Thursday, June 24, 2004
Here are some of my thoughts on Gay "Marriage", in response to a post on ldsdemocrats.com:
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However, you will care to note that the government regularly "picks and chooses" who should receive benefits. Convicted felons don't get to vote, for instance. The fact is, it is both necessary and desirable for the government to treat people differently based on their behavior.
Same-sex "marriage" isn't an equal-rights issue, it's a morality issue. So-called homosexuals and lesbians have just as much right to marry members of the opposite sex as everyone else. Likewise, heterosexuals are equally prohibited from "marrying" members of the same sex. You see, we do have equal treatment under the law.
You will also note that marriage is not only prohibited between members of the same sex; but it is also prohibited for one man to marry multiple women, for adults to marry children, for people to marry their houseplants, etc.
We're not discriminating against gay people here; we just want marriage to be marriage.
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"It is unfair, given our constitution and equal rights guaranteed by the constitution, for the government to pick and choose who should receive certain benefits."
However, you will care to note that the government regularly "picks and chooses" who should receive benefits. Convicted felons don't get to vote, for instance. The fact is, it is both necessary and desirable for the government to treat people differently based on their behavior.
Same-sex "marriage" isn't an equal-rights issue, it's a morality issue. So-called homosexuals and lesbians have just as much right to marry members of the opposite sex as everyone else. Likewise, heterosexuals are equally prohibited from "marrying" members of the same sex. You see, we do have equal treatment under the law.
You will also note that marriage is not only prohibited between members of the same sex; but it is also prohibited for one man to marry multiple women, for adults to marry children, for people to marry their houseplants, etc.
We're not discriminating against gay people here; we just want marriage to be marriage.
Posted by Kevin | 6/24/2004
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I've jumped on the bandwagon and got myself a GMail account, thanks to an invitation from Isaac Roach.
Posted by Kevin | 6/24/2004
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Monday, June 07, 2004
Over the weekend, I stumbled across an interesting website, www.johntitor.com. It contains an archive of posts to Internet message boards by one John Titor, a purported time traveller from the year 2036. Whether you believe he is actually from the future or not, it is certainly an interesting read.
Speaking of time travel, I may be writing a short story on the topic within the near future. I'm not certain which time travel "model" I want to use. John Titor answers some common time-travel paradoxes through the multiverse theory, and backs it up with plenty of pseudo-scientific physics.
Other works of fiction, such as the movie "Paycheck," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," Michael Chrichton's "Timeline," or H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" theorize time travel using a single-universe setting, in which changes you make to the past affect our current future. I think that this model is more satisfying for a work of fiction; however, it is more vulnerable to paradoxes.
Speaking of time travel, I may be writing a short story on the topic within the near future. I'm not certain which time travel "model" I want to use. John Titor answers some common time-travel paradoxes through the multiverse theory, and backs it up with plenty of pseudo-scientific physics.
Other works of fiction, such as the movie "Paycheck," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," Michael Chrichton's "Timeline," or H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" theorize time travel using a single-universe setting, in which changes you make to the past affect our current future. I think that this model is more satisfying for a work of fiction; however, it is more vulnerable to paradoxes.
Posted by Kevin | 6/07/2004
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