iPod offers multiple ways to transfer music from your computer. You can set the transfer mode in iTunes 7 or later by selecting the iPod icon in the source pane to reveal the iPod settings. The following modes can be configured on the iPod:
■Automatically update all songs and playlists. This is the default mode, in which your entire music library, including playlists, is automatically synced to your iPod. If the music library on your computer exceeds the iPod storage capacity, iTunes will offer to choose a selection of songs to sync to iPod.
■Automatically update selected playlists. With this option, iTunes automatically copies only the playlists you have selected to iPod when you connect it to the computer. This option can be selected by accessing the Music tab of the iPod settings.
■Manually manage music. You can also choose to transfer music to iPod manually. This allows you to drag and drop individual songs and playlists from iTunes to iPod. You can find this option by accessing the Summmary tab of the iPod settings.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
What if the Sun became a black hole?
Well, first, let me assure you that the Sun has no intention of doing any such thing. Only stars that weigh considerably more than the Sun end their lives as black holes. The Sun is going to stay roughly the way it is for another five billion years or so. Then it will go through a brief phase as a red giant star, during which time it will expand to engulf the planets Mercury and Venus, and make life quite uncomfortable on Earth (oceans boiling, atmosphere escaping, that sort of thing). After that, the Sun will end its life by becoming a boring white dwarf star. If I were you, I'd make plans to move somewhere far away before any of this happens. I also wouldn't buy any of those 8-billion-year government bonds.
But I digress. What if the Sun *did* become a black hole for some reason? The main effect is that it would get very dark and very cold around here. The Earth and the other planets would not get sucked into the black hole; they would keep on orbiting in exactly the same paths they follow right now. Why? Because the horizon of this black hole would be very small -- only about 3 kilometers -- and as we observed above, as long as you stay well outside the horizon, a black hole's gravity is no stronger than that of any other object of the same mass.
But I digress. What if the Sun *did* become a black hole for some reason? The main effect is that it would get very dark and very cold around here. The Earth and the other planets would not get sucked into the black hole; they would keep on orbiting in exactly the same paths they follow right now. Why? Because the horizon of this black hole would be very small -- only about 3 kilometers -- and as we observed above, as long as you stay well outside the horizon, a black hole's gravity is no stronger than that of any other object of the same mass.
What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
One bit. Oh, you weren't talking ASCII? :-) Larry now uses "Perl" to signify the language proper and "perl" the implementation of it, i.e. the current interpreter. Hence Tom's quip that "Nothing but perl can parse Perl."
Before the first edition of Programming perl, people commonly referred to the language as "perl", and its name appeared that way in the title because it referred to the interpreter. In the book, Randal Schwartz capitalised the language's name to make it stand out better when typeset. This convention was adopted by the community, and the second edition became Programming Perl, using the capitalized version of the name to refer to the language.
You may or may not choose to follow this usage. For example, parallelism means "awk and perl" and "Python and Perl" look good, while "awk and Perl" and "Python and perl" do not. But never write "PERL", because perl is not an acronym, apocryphal folklore and post-facto expansions notwithstanding.
Before the first edition of Programming perl, people commonly referred to the language as "perl", and its name appeared that way in the title because it referred to the interpreter. In the book, Randal Schwartz capitalised the language's name to make it stand out better when typeset. This convention was adopted by the community, and the second edition became Programming Perl, using the capitalized version of the name to refer to the language.
You may or may not choose to follow this usage. For example, parallelism means "awk and perl" and "Python and Perl" look good, while "awk and Perl" and "Python and perl" do not. But never write "PERL", because perl is not an acronym, apocryphal folklore and post-facto expansions notwithstanding.
How is a copyright different from a patent or a trademark?
Copyright protects original works of authorship, while a patent protects inventions or discoveries. Ideas and discoveries are not protected by the copyright law, although the way in which they are expressed may be. A trademark protects words, phrases, symbols, or designs identifying the source of the goods or services of one party and distinguishing them from those of others.
Winning isn't everything
Did you know that of the top ten performers having come from American Idol only half of them took first place?
While Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jordan Sparks, David Cook and Kris Allen all won the competition, the other five that round off the top ten are all runners up. Both Clay Aiken and Kimberley Locke lost out to Ruben Studdard (remember him?), Chris Daughtery only made it forth to, what's that? Taylor Hicks? Really? David Archuleta just edged out by Cook in the end, and do you remember when America chose the nice boy over the infamous Adam Lambert.
While Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jordan Sparks, David Cook and Kris Allen all won the competition, the other five that round off the top ten are all runners up. Both Clay Aiken and Kimberley Locke lost out to Ruben Studdard (remember him?), Chris Daughtery only made it forth to, what's that? Taylor Hicks? Really? David Archuleta just edged out by Cook in the end, and do you remember when America chose the nice boy over the infamous Adam Lambert.
More random fax
I wonder just how far this will go? After all, random tidbit of information are only just a few lines in length, but I think that once this gets started it could be the sort of thing that fills up rather quickly...
And certainly submission of random fax is in order because there are tons of different "Frequently Asked Questions" and the response can be quite funny based on whether or not the person who authored the response uses English regularly or not.
So, as a matter of submission, I propose that we solicit random FAQs from our Sanctuary family and see what sort of madness we come up with.
And certainly submission of random fax is in order because there are tons of different "Frequently Asked Questions" and the response can be quite funny based on whether or not the person who authored the response uses English regularly or not.
So, as a matter of submission, I propose that we solicit random FAQs from our Sanctuary family and see what sort of madness we come up with.
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