There's a difference between being pro-evolution and being pro-science. This announcement definitely falls in the latter category. Although IANAS, I know that there are more scientific views to how we got to where we are than evolution, but evolution happens to be the most widely accepted science-based explanation.
Does this branch of the USAF exist to be a force of retaliation against those that attack us, or would the purpose be to develop better standards and practices to prevent these attacks from ever happening?
If you're not opposed to reading a bit, check out The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman. It's not specifically a guide to writing better user interfaces, but it definitely helps with making user interfaces more practical.
Wouldn't atmospheric drag slow the objects down? The article states that there is a "surplus [of] velocity," so atmospheric drag would pretty much be eliminated as the culpret.
Some of us went to public school. My school (small town in the Midwest) had 3 Apple IIe computers and electronic typewriters in our computer lab until the mid 90s when we got a grant to switch over to PCs. I went back to visit, and although the computer lab has newer PCs, each classroom still has one of the PCs they purchased in the mid 90s.
Don't feel too bad. I met my wife the old fashioned way, and she'd be ready to sue someone too. The only difference is that she can only blame herself.:)
Way to go. You can post something that someone else wrote. "Guts" was still more disturbing the first time I read it, though. Something about Chuck Palahniuk writing on/. doesn't really make sense. Ever.
That's because he was still living of LOTR catering that he smuggled out in ziplock bags. I guess King Kong either didn't have catering that was up to par or they had better buffet security.
You could also be concerned that someone will hack your ISP and start logging everything that every user does, but I doubt that passes through your mind very often. If you think about it, the security that would be suggested or even required by some of the endorsing companies would make the OpenID system pretty secure. I would trust Google, IBM, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and especially VeriSign to protect my information. After all, I trust Google and VeriSign with my credit card information every time I buy something with Google Checkout or from Newegg.
If the RIAA were really clever, they'd copyright their name and acronym and sue every user of/. for posting about them without paying their $1 usage fee.
But they'd sue you for $100,000 for each infringement.
Knowing the "typical" computer user, I can't help but wonder if either/both of the incidents mentioned are RTFM errors. Maybe the autoshop guy thought his monitor ran on gasoline and the other guy thought he could turn his computer from air-cooled to water-cooled by submerging it in an icy bathtub...
It's possible.
I don't know where you live, but where I'm from, the purpose of the self checkout is to avoid the (often homely, unkempt, and cranky) people checking. The only reason I don't use the self checkout is if I know the person checking and don't despise them (as I worked at the local Wal-Mart for a few years).
I can see it now: Microsoft ShoppingTrip 2009. You create your list and you get a detailed diagram of the store with product indicators where your items are located. The only problem would be that the maps would be so lazily geocoded that your food items are shown in the clothing, the socks you want are in the gardening department, and oil for your car is somewhere across the street.
There was a girl that I went to high school with that only had one hand. She had some kind of one-handed keyboard that had a thumb-operated toggle to switch between the keyboard's right side, left side, and numberpad. The funny thing about this: she was one of the fastest typists in our school at the time (around 70 WPM).
I think it's time we create a new "career path" for the men and women that can't quite make it through the astronaut training program: space garbage collector.
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Sounds suspiciously like "Vista Capable" to me.
Does this branch of the USAF exist to be a force of retaliation against those that attack us, or would the purpose be to develop better standards and practices to prevent these attacks from ever happening?
If you're not opposed to reading a bit, check out The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman. It's not specifically a guide to writing better user interfaces, but it definitely helps with making user interfaces more practical.
Wouldn't atmospheric drag slow the objects down? The article states that there is a "surplus [of] velocity," so atmospheric drag would pretty much be eliminated as the culpret.
I'm already preparing a product line of beach towels covered with this material in this hope!
Some of us went to public school. My school (small town in the Midwest) had 3 Apple IIe computers and electronic typewriters in our computer lab until the mid 90s when we got a grant to switch over to PCs. I went back to visit, and although the computer lab has newer PCs, each classroom still has one of the PCs they purchased in the mid 90s.
I can't believe that someone actually wrote a story that claims that dinosaurs floated around like Vincent Price! Oh wait...
Don't feel too bad. I met my wife the old fashioned way, and she'd be ready to sue someone too. The only difference is that she can only blame herself. :)
Sounds like something from a Dilbert strip.
Way to go. You can post something that someone else wrote. "Guts" was still more disturbing the first time I read it, though. Something about Chuck Palahniuk writing on /. doesn't really make sense. Ever.
But the studios can't be making money. That's why the MPAA is suing people, right?
That's because he was still living of LOTR catering that he smuggled out in ziplock bags. I guess King Kong either didn't have catering that was up to par or they had better buffet security.
Why don't they just say what they really want: have everyone pay for music and never get to listen to it.
You could also be concerned that someone will hack your ISP and start logging everything that every user does, but I doubt that passes through your mind very often. If you think about it, the security that would be suggested or even required by some of the endorsing companies would make the OpenID system pretty secure. I would trust Google, IBM, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and especially VeriSign to protect my information. After all, I trust Google and VeriSign with my credit card information every time I buy something with Google Checkout or from Newegg.
If the RIAA were really clever, they'd copyright their name and acronym and sue every user of /. for posting about them without paying their $1 usage fee.
But they'd sue you for $100,000 for each infringement.
Maybe you should try reading a little bit about how to suck less as a coworker.
Knowing the "typical" computer user, I can't help but wonder if either/both of the incidents mentioned are RTFM errors. Maybe the autoshop guy thought his monitor ran on gasoline and the other guy thought he could turn his computer from air-cooled to water-cooled by submerging it in an icy bathtub... It's possible.
I don't know where you live, but where I'm from, the purpose of the self checkout is to avoid the (often homely, unkempt, and cranky) people checking. The only reason I don't use the self checkout is if I know the person checking and don't despise them (as I worked at the local Wal-Mart for a few years).
I can see it now: Microsoft ShoppingTrip 2009. You create your list and you get a detailed diagram of the store with product indicators where your items are located. The only problem would be that the maps would be so lazily geocoded that your food items are shown in the clothing, the socks you want are in the gardening department, and oil for your car is somewhere across the street.
There was a girl that I went to high school with that only had one hand. She had some kind of one-handed keyboard that had a thumb-operated toggle to switch between the keyboard's right side, left side, and numberpad. The funny thing about this: she was one of the fastest typists in our school at the time (around 70 WPM).
I think it's time we create a new "career path" for the men and women that can't quite make it through the astronaut training program: space garbage collector.