So how many fellow slashdotters tap their fingers on their mouse or table without clicking while using their computers? I'm not sure I can see this being viable for a desktop pc. Maybe for netbooks though.
The best professor I had made a set of powerpoint charts that included blank space where some problems or diagrams would be. He projected the charts onto the whiteboard and would write on the whiteboard over the chart for problems and examples. This cut down on the setup time to pose the problem and still got to the handwork that really drilled the info in. Powerpoint is a tool... if you always use the hammer where a screwdriver is necessary you are doomed to f&#* something up...
My brother is an engineer at Boeing... he claims that this is the most screwed up engineering project in terms of cost in human history. I think he has a point.
I'm an engineer at Pratt & Whitney. I'll have to say that may be close, but Star Wars takes the cake.
I've done it myself, I have a Blackberry pearl 8150 (I think). It's not hard to do, if I press a button while the phone is locked it pops up a menu to either unlock, dial emergency, or cancel. So in order to make an emergency call, I have to hit a button on the phone (any button) twice, once to de-idle it and once to bring up the menu, then the little ball chunk needs to be scrolled down to highlight the second choice, then either the ball or call button gets pressed. I got a phone call from a number that had about 16 digits that came from the local P.D. asking if there was an emergency and telling me to reset my phone.
I don't know how the iPhone works, but you don't have to unlock my phone to make an emergency call, that's the one thing it will do if the phone is locked.
Basically same story from me, however I figured out (the hard way) that on many phones dialing 08 is an emergency call to 911. Why... beats me. Its very easy to accidently hit 2 adjacent numbers at the bottom of my phone in sequence and then hit the largest button on the phone (the dial button) afterwards and not notice until you get an irate call from a dispatcher...
While in my case I'd agree with you, as I'm running SP2 with no firewall/AV and no issues, I see more to the contrary in most computers. I used to work at a computer repair shop, and I'd have to say that most people aren't as smart as the average slashdot user when it comes to knowing what to download and use and what not to. I'd contend that the average XP user runs IE, executes scripts, and installs spyware ridden programs on occasion. Now I'm not saying the average user goes and downloads freeporn.exe or opens every attachment sent to them, but I'd suggest that most users don't have quite as nice of an experience as we do. Of course its possible that with the uptake of linux we could start seeing some Ubuntu specific malware appear, but I doubt that'll be for quite some time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_colony
in fact, North America was a dumping ground for scum for 150 years, versus only 75 for Australia. Explains a lot really. Actually the article states for a FURTHER 75 years, so 150 years for America, 225 for Australia (approximately). Now the quantity of dumped off vagrants isn't stated but judging by our political system and current military endevours I'd say... oh never mind, I'll try to save what karma I still have.
Generally I feel more comfortable with gnome, but I find that alot of new converts prefer KDE because it seems to them to be closer to the windows GUI. I personally have been using xfce on Ubuntu 7.10 because I'm not a huge fan of the flashy extras, and I may even just see about going to fluxbox.
With the crystal sapphire LCD that ASUS has put out, i think a combination of that and solid state drives could make for some extremely durable computers.
Let the punishment fit the crime. Spammers will be sentenced to a prison sentence with cellmates that have taken every pen1s enlargement pill offered, is looking for a hot relationship, and is chalk full of v1agra. 1 cell mate per $100,000 made, minimum 1....and you are very bad person.
Last I checked the official unit of storage was 1 Library of Congress (LoC). Likewise the official unit of data transfer is 1 LoC/s. Most likely, the size of the actual Library of Congress would be considered the original storage size for the purpose of calculating the percent decrease of storage media size over time.
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So how many fellow slashdotters tap their fingers on their mouse or table without clicking while using their computers? I'm not sure I can see this being viable for a desktop pc. Maybe for netbooks though.
The best professor I had made a set of powerpoint charts that included blank space where some problems or diagrams would be. He projected the charts onto the whiteboard and would write on the whiteboard over the chart for problems and examples. This cut down on the setup time to pose the problem and still got to the handwork that really drilled the info in. Powerpoint is a tool... if you always use the hammer where a screwdriver is necessary you are doomed to f&#* something up...
My brother is an engineer at Boeing... he claims that this is the most screwed up engineering project in terms of cost in human history. I think he has a point.
I'm an engineer at Pratt & Whitney. I'll have to say that may be close, but Star Wars takes the cake.
I've done it myself, I have a Blackberry pearl 8150 (I think). It's not hard to do, if I press a button while the phone is locked it pops up a menu to either unlock, dial emergency, or cancel. So in order to make an emergency call, I have to hit a button on the phone (any button) twice, once to de-idle it and once to bring up the menu, then the little ball chunk needs to be scrolled down to highlight the second choice, then either the ball or call button gets pressed. I got a phone call from a number that had about 16 digits that came from the local P.D. asking if there was an emergency and telling me to reset my phone.
I don't know how the iPhone works, but you don't have to unlock my phone to make an emergency call, that's the one thing it will do if the phone is locked.
Basically same story from me, however I figured out (the hard way) that on many phones dialing 08 is an emergency call to 911. Why... beats me. Its very easy to accidently hit 2 adjacent numbers at the bottom of my phone in sequence and then hit the largest button on the phone (the dial button) afterwards and not notice until you get an irate call from a dispatcher...
That implies you have the money to even make it through the duration of the suit. If you settle out of court all bets are off.
Because clearly I like spaghetti because my house is made of bricks.
Can I be bailed out from using Windows? President Ubama?
Might want to CLS first and maybe check that you are in the right screen mode.
Nope, I sure did too. Come to think of it I could probably use a pocket protector...
While in my case I'd agree with you, as I'm running SP2 with no firewall/AV and no issues, I see more to the contrary in most computers. I used to work at a computer repair shop, and I'd have to say that most people aren't as smart as the average slashdot user when it comes to knowing what to download and use and what not to. I'd contend that the average XP user runs IE, executes scripts, and installs spyware ridden programs on occasion. Now I'm not saying the average user goes and downloads freeporn.exe or opens every attachment sent to them, but I'd suggest that most users don't have quite as nice of an experience as we do. Of course its possible that with the uptake of linux we could start seeing some Ubuntu specific malware appear, but I doubt that'll be for quite some time.
Now you're thinking with portals!
Godwin's Law. Game over.
As thinkgeek puts it.. SELECT * FROM USERS WHERE CLUE > 0 No rows returned.
9 out of 10 doctors agree... the 10th doctor is a jerk.
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Generally I feel more comfortable with gnome, but I find that alot of new converts prefer KDE because it seems to them to be closer to the windows GUI. I personally have been using xfce on Ubuntu 7.10 because I'm not a huge fan of the flashy extras, and I may even just see about going to fluxbox.
IT'S A TRAP!
With the crystal sapphire LCD that ASUS has put out, i think a combination of that and solid state drives could make for some extremely durable computers.
Or just disallow links to tinyurl or dwarfurl entirely. I think the detriment would be far outweighed by the benefit.
Let the punishment fit the crime. Spammers will be sentenced to a prison sentence with cellmates that have taken every pen1s enlargement pill offered, is looking for a hot relationship, and is chalk full of v1agra. 1 cell mate per $100,000 made, minimum 1. ...and you are very bad person.
SHITCOCK!
Sir, do you realize you were traveling at over 300 bpm? I'm going to have to ticket you for driving at prestissimo speeds.
Last I checked the official unit of storage was 1 Library of Congress (LoC). Likewise the official unit of data transfer is 1 LoC/s. Most likely, the size of the actual Library of Congress would be considered the original storage size for the purpose of calculating the percent decrease of storage media size over time.