Does setting this header with a browser plugin no longer work to access these sites?
It never did.
Theoretical standards-compliant programmers might be imagined to implement such a thing, but real-world programmers rely on the server environment's report of the client's IP address. (In PHP that's $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])
From recent events, it is painfully clear that you do not understand that one of the most fundamental aspects of security is not revealing your methods to the public.
Apparently Linus Torvalds does not understand that either.
if the concept of particle traveling through matter is too difficult for her to grasp, she should step down and leave to the job to people maybe less attractive (the main reason she's there) but more competent.
You got me to click through to TFA, but where's the pic?
I am much more likely to use other people's phone (or ATM, or security keypad) than someone else's calculator. I would prefer a uniform interface, that's all.
The number in question could be any number. For instance, I decided to memorize the ID numbers of my daughters and wife after a recent incident. To do that, I simply punch the number into my phone a few times and now my hands remember it. But then when I need to enter the number on a computer (if I ever do) the muscle memory is wrong, so I need to "dial" the number on the desk surface then translate that to the keypad.
That is of course just an example. I also have customers and other contacts, many of which as ephemeral but need to be entered into my phone and my computer.
My sympathy dotancohen - ask a simple question, get a dozen trolls in response.
In an effort to try and be helpful, are there any calculators that support bluetooth? At least then you may only have to get the soldering iron out once... Best of luck on your quest!
Hehe, thanks. I'm not sensitive to ridicule!
A single poster below mentioned an Android app calculator that lets one choose the numpad configuration. I don't have an Android phone, but that is one possibility. I don't want to use a bluetooth keyboard with a scientific calculator, that is going a bit far (said the guy who already soldered his calculator!)
If it really bothers you, pop off the numeric keypad keys on a PC keyboard, and remap the scan codes. With MS Windows (from XP onwards, IIRC), it's pretty easy to remap scancodes deep down in the keyboard driver, using the registry. I do this to swap the caps and ctrl keys.
For me it is a big deal as I deal with customers and ephemeral contacts, not just a set of constant contacts. I need to dial them on the phone, and use their phone numbers on the computer. It is also nice if I can remember their numbers.
I don't use windows, but I did do the key-swap in Linux. It was no big deal. In this AskSlashdot I ask about calculators that may or may not exist.
Spatial memory, maybe; but this has nothing to do with muscle memory. The way you hold a cell phone is very different from the way you "hold" a PC keyboard. I for one have never wanted to type on my PC's numpad using my two thumbs...
You might have a point, but my right thumb is inoperable. Thus, I often use the phone keypad with the same fingers as I type with. (I'm the OP).
Since the whole thread has gone into ridicule, let me defend myself (OP): I use Anki to learn and memorize facts. When memorizing phone numbers and the like, I type them in so that Anki can check my answer. Then when I get to the phone I find that my muscle-memory is not only useless, it is actually a hindrance.
I have no problem operating either type of device, but the dichotomy puts up barriers where there could be bridges. When you need to remember a phone number, do you not mentally punch it into an imaginary phone? That spatial-memory device won't work if you sometimes type the number on a 1-2-3 keypad and other times on a 7-8-9 keypad.
I know that there are those of us who like to learn, and therefore use efficient memory techniques, and that there are those who ridicule those of us who learn. On a website for geeks, I had expected to find the former, not the latter.
Their financial interest is arguably in making sure that the certificates they expect you to need are included and that you have no way to modify this as that costs them money for what they will perceive as a market that isn't worth catering to.
I'm a Linux user, don't get me wrong. But have you ever stopped to think why we are a market that is not worth catering to? The issue is more than just a race to the bottom.
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The adjective for Saturn is Cronian [1], so you should have googled "croniaphobia".
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
Does setting this header with a browser plugin no longer work to access these sites?
It never did.
Theoretical standards-compliant programmers might be imagined to implement such a thing, but real-world programmers rely on the server environment's report of the client's IP address. (In PHP that's $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])
2. Because when they make mistakes, people die. That makes medicine a legal minefield, and drives very high standards.
No, when a doctor makes a mistake a _person_ dies. When an engineer makes a mistake hundreds of people die.
Who is more stressed?
From recent events, it is painfully clear that you do not understand that one of the most fundamental aspects of security is not revealing your methods to the public.
Apparently Linus Torvalds does not understand that either.
Bad form, replying to self, but I found a pic!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OjHZJ0p3NPI/SwNY8JRh5XI/AAAAAAAAAIw/pMNkZxVeDlI/s1600/gelmini.jpg
She can stay!
if the concept of particle traveling through matter is too difficult for her to grasp, she should step down and leave to the job to people maybe less attractive (the main reason she's there) but more competent.
You got me to click through to TFA, but where's the pic?
The post is not an advertisement. It is a DDoS attack on vigneshwaran.net!
Right, that wasn't you. Thanks.
I see. I don't use the /. relationship system, though I am aware of the terms Friend and Foe in it.
So I'm your Foe for wanting a uniform interface on like devices? Fine by me!
If they really are ephemeral, why are you taking the time to memorize them?
Because I will use them many times in a short time period. Also, that is one example of many.
The real issue here is having a uniform interface for the same functions.
Have you considered installing a keyboard layout which reverses the number pad that you can type with the "correct" layout?
I did that! Now I'm looking for the scientific calculator to match.
So just pry the keycaps off your keyboard and remap the keys to have 1-2-3 at the top, problem solved.
I did that, I even mentioned it in the OP. Now I'm looking for a calculator to match.
You must be new here ... or you never read slashdot on Troll Tuesday [tt]
It's Saturday evening on my point on the sphere!
I am much more likely to use other people's phone (or ATM, or security keypad) than someone else's calculator. I would prefer a uniform interface, that's all.
Hey, don't blow my cover!
Thanks, I know that you are right. I'm used to the trolls!
The number in question could be any number. For instance, I decided to memorize the ID numbers of my daughters and wife after a recent incident. To do that, I simply punch the number into my phone a few times and now my hands remember it. But then when I need to enter the number on a computer (if I ever do) the muscle memory is wrong, so I need to "dial" the number on the desk surface then translate that to the keypad.
That is of course just an example. I also have customers and other contacts, many of which as ephemeral but need to be entered into my phone and my computer.
Yes, but the calculator I use with my left hand with the pen in my right hand.
I probably wasn't clear. The muscle-memory that I referred to was for any specific phone number, not the keypad.
I've been called worse that a freak! Nice palindrome for a username!
I probably wasn't clear: the muscle-memory that I mentioned was for specific phone numbers, not the keypad in general.
My sympathy dotancohen - ask a simple question, get a dozen trolls in response.
In an effort to try and be helpful, are there any calculators that support bluetooth? At least then you may only have to get the soldering iron out once... Best of luck on your quest!
Hehe, thanks. I'm not sensitive to ridicule!
A single poster below mentioned an Android app calculator that lets one choose the numpad configuration. I don't have an Android phone, but that is one possibility. I don't want to use a bluetooth keyboard with a scientific calculator, that is going a bit far (said the guy who already soldered his calculator!)
Thanks.
If it really bothers you, pop off the numeric keypad keys on a PC keyboard, and remap the scan codes. With MS Windows (from XP onwards, IIRC), it's pretty easy to remap scancodes deep down in the keyboard driver, using the registry. I do this to swap the caps and ctrl keys.
For me it is a big deal as I deal with customers and ephemeral contacts, not just a set of constant contacts. I need to dial them on the phone, and use their phone numbers on the computer. It is also nice if I can remember their numbers.
I don't use windows, but I did do the key-swap in Linux. It was no big deal. In this AskSlashdot I ask about calculators that may or may not exist.
Spatial memory, maybe; but this has nothing to do with muscle memory. The way you hold a cell phone is very different from the way you "hold" a PC keyboard. I for one have never wanted to type on my PC's numpad using my two thumbs...
You might have a point, but my right thumb is inoperable. Thus, I often use the phone keypad with the same fingers as I type with. (I'm the OP).
Anyway, is there a calculator on the market that has a phone-style rotary dial? Now that's something I might buy.
http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/curta_i.html
Since the whole thread has gone into ridicule, let me defend myself (OP):
I use Anki to learn and memorize facts. When memorizing phone numbers and the like, I type them in so that Anki can check my answer. Then when I get to the phone I find that my muscle-memory is not only useless, it is actually a hindrance.
I have no problem operating either type of device, but the dichotomy puts up barriers where there could be bridges. When you need to remember a phone number, do you not mentally punch it into an imaginary phone? That spatial-memory device won't work if you sometimes type the number on a 1-2-3 keypad and other times on a 7-8-9 keypad.
I know that there are those of us who like to learn, and therefore use efficient memory techniques, and that there are those who ridicule those of us who learn. On a website for geeks, I had expected to find the former, not the latter.
Their financial interest is arguably in making sure that the certificates they expect you to need are included and that you have no way to modify this as that costs them money for what they will perceive as a market that isn't worth catering to.
I'm a Linux user, don't get me wrong. But have you ever stopped to think why we are a market that is not worth catering to? The issue is more than just a race to the bottom.