I own a gyroscopic mouse that I bought about 4 years ago. It's not cordless, but it works just like the one described in the article. I eventually put it into storage because I preferred my Logitech ergonomic mouse. The mouse in the article looks like it would be pretty comfortable to work with.
A lot of the newer houses I have seen have the phone lines arranged in a star configuration. You could run 10Mb ethernet over the phone lines to a central hub. (Assuming that the phone lines are Cat 3 quality.) This would prevent you from plugging phones into those jacks, but you wouldn't have to rewire the house. If you want phones near your computers, use a wireless phone line extender.
Are you saying that a single opt-in mailing is spam? That doesn't even come close to matching any definition of spam that I've ever heard. How exactly do you define spam?
Now, I can't help but ask this. Where do you get a shovel that survives 2000 degree lava? What's it made of? Steel should melt almost immediately in lava.
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You could rig a rear facing parascope. (No, not the kind you see in submarine movies with lenses so that you have to press your face against it. Just use simple mirrors and tubes.) You won't have to worry so much about malfunctions. It also costs less. Plus the image will be usable even on a bright sunny day.
I think it would be interesting to run a program on this database that identifies common phrases. Then you could create a map showing the relationships between the different EULAs. You could easily identify which companies are borrowing language from other companies. You could also show where certain concepts originated.
I use type and copy con for editing binary files, too! Anybody who thinks these tools are just for text files is a wimp! Why would you even have alt key on your keyboard, if not to enter ASCII codes?!
You kids these days and your newfangled development tools! Bah! Compilers are rubbish. Just type in the machine code directly, for crying out loud!
IANAL, but I know that case law has established that public performance of a copyrighted work is generally not a problem as long as you are not charging admission. So, if you are playing your portable stereo in a park and someone overhears it, you are not in trouble for copyright violation. However, it might be better to play it safe (no pun intended), and avoid public performance altogether in a setting like Starbucks.
Good point. So, unless you're in California during the summer of 2001, don't plan on saving money by using your car to power your house.
Because I don't anticipate that anyone will ever be in California during the summer of 2001 again, I would guess that nobody will ever save money in this fashion.
If only it were that easy. Depending on the fuel cell type, you might fill it up with hydrogen, ethanol, gasoline, soap, etc. Nothing so cheap as plain water.
The fuel cells in cars can put out a lot of current. Easily enough to run the average house. Of course, you gotta pay at the pump, so it's still not free energy. It might even cost more than the electricity you get from the power company.
This reminds me of another problem with Windows 9x. There is a limit to the number of TCP/IP bindings you can add before TCP/IP quits working. (I think the limit is aroud four.)
Anyway, sometimes I've seen computers that already had a NIC, a dial-up adapter, a VPN client, and a DSL modem. Then the owner installs AOL. The extra virtual device breaks one or more of his other bindings. The worst part is that Windows claims that everything is working great, but things aren't working!
That reminds me of the times when I spent hours tearing my hair out trying to figure out why the compiler was complaining. There were a couple of times when I left a semicolon out of one file and the compiler kept returning errors that referred to a completely different file! The other file didn't even mention the problem file anywhere. Or vice versa.
That's not entirely accurate. The US Copyright Office's web site states, "No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright."
I hadn't heard of that program before. Based on what I read on their web page, it looks like it focuses on email attachments. It also looks like it handles the attachments very well and is able to discriminate in some cases between legitmate attachments and messy ones.
The Spam Tamer Proxy renames attachments based only on their file extensions. (It uses a user-configurable list.) It also can clean up HTML in email to block other potential problems. It is much easier to configure, but it still does require a little bit of basic computer skills.
Anyone who is interested should try both of them and see which one they like more.
A very realistic option is the use of a server-side script to redirect all traffic to the main page unless the browser is following a link from another one of their own pages. The necessary infrastructure is already there. They just need to write a couple lines of code.
There is another option. If you get your email from a POP3 mail server (chances are that you do, unless you use web-based email), try the Spam Tamer Proxy.
1. It will let all the spam through, but it will eliminate pictures, pop-up windows, web bugs, and other garbage. That makes the spam easier on you and your bandwidth. 2. It will never block legitimate mail. Pictures sent as attachments make it through. (Friends and family send pictures as attachments, but spammers never do.) 3. It doesn't confuse people who send you legitmate email.
So, it's not the same as a spam blocker, but if conventional filtering isn't the right choice for you, I suggest you give it a try.
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I own a gyroscopic mouse that I bought about 4 years ago. It's not cordless, but it works just like the one described in the article. I eventually put it into storage because I preferred my Logitech ergonomic mouse. The mouse in the article looks like it would be pretty comfortable to work with.
A lot of the newer houses I have seen have the phone lines arranged in a star configuration. You could run 10Mb ethernet over the phone lines to a central hub. (Assuming that the phone lines are Cat 3 quality.) This would prevent you from plugging phones into those jacks, but you wouldn't have to rewire the house. If you want phones near your computers, use a wireless phone line extender.
I think that's a great idea, if it would work. It could even power the elevator itself. Then we could get rides into space really cheap.
What if lightning strikes? Carbon nanotubes conduct electricity very well, but they don't last long when they overheat.
Are you saying that a single opt-in mailing is spam? That doesn't even come close to matching any definition of spam that I've ever heard. How exactly do you define spam?
I've found that Rain-X works best in a heavy rain. It also makes it easier to scrape off frost.
Nevermind. I was thinking in terms of Celsius degrees. Steel melts at close to 2800 degrees Fahrenheit. I will hang my head in shame now.
Now, I can't help but ask this. Where do you get a shovel that survives 2000 degree lava? What's it made of? Steel should melt almost immediately in lava.
You could rig a rear facing parascope. (No, not the kind you see in submarine movies with lenses so that you have to press your face against it. Just use simple mirrors and tubes.) You won't have to worry so much about malfunctions. It also costs less. Plus the image will be usable even on a bright sunny day.
I think it would be interesting to run a program on this database that identifies common phrases. Then you could create a map showing the relationships between the different EULAs. You could easily identify which companies are borrowing language from other companies. You could also show where certain concepts originated.
I use type and copy con for editing binary files, too! Anybody who thinks these tools are just for text files is a wimp! Why would you even have alt key on your keyboard, if not to enter ASCII codes?!
You kids these days and your newfangled development tools! Bah! Compilers are rubbish. Just type in the machine code directly, for crying out loud!
I hope that this isn't too off topic, but how exactly do you make a smoker out of a cardboard box?
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IANAL, but I know that case law has established that public performance of a copyrighted work is generally not a problem as long as you are not charging admission. So, if you are playing your portable stereo in a park and someone overhears it, you are not in trouble for copyright violation. However, it might be better to play it safe (no pun intended), and avoid public performance altogether in a setting like Starbucks.
I played that on an Atari computer. It had great music and graphics for its time. Ah, the memories.
Good point. So, unless you're in California during the summer of 2001, don't plan on saving money by using your car to power your house.
Because I don't anticipate that anyone will ever be in California during the summer of 2001 again, I would guess that nobody will ever save money in this fashion.
If only it were that easy. Depending on the fuel cell type, you might fill it up with hydrogen, ethanol, gasoline, soap, etc. Nothing so cheap as plain water.
The fuel cells in cars can put out a lot of current. Easily enough to run the average house. Of course, you gotta pay at the pump, so it's still not free energy. It might even cost more than the electricity you get from the power company.
You don't need syrup of epicac in the first aid cabinet. Just keep a bottle of lukewarm Lemon Diet Coke in there. Works every time!
This reminds me of another problem with Windows 9x. There is a limit to the number of TCP/IP bindings you can add before TCP/IP quits working. (I think the limit is aroud four.)
Anyway, sometimes I've seen computers that already had a NIC, a dial-up adapter, a VPN client, and a DSL modem. Then the owner installs AOL. The extra virtual device breaks one or more of his other bindings. The worst part is that Windows claims that everything is working great, but things aren't working!
That reminds me of the times when I spent hours tearing my hair out trying to figure out why the compiler was complaining. There were a couple of times when I left a semicolon out of one file and the compiler kept returning errors that referred to a completely different file! The other file didn't even mention the problem file anywhere. Or vice versa.
That's not entirely accurate. The US Copyright Office's web site states, "No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright."
. . . and we'll post his answers shortly after he gets them back to us.
I want to see the answers shortly before he gets them back to you!
I hadn't heard of that program before. Based on what I read on their web page, it looks like it focuses on email attachments. It also looks like it handles the attachments very well and is able to discriminate in some cases between legitmate attachments and messy ones.
The Spam Tamer Proxy renames attachments based only on their file extensions. (It uses a user-configurable list.) It also can clean up HTML in email to block other potential problems. It is much easier to configure, but it still does require a little bit of basic computer skills.
Anyone who is interested should try both of them and see which one they like more.
A very realistic option is the use of a server-side script to redirect all traffic to the main page unless the browser is following a link from another one of their own pages. The necessary infrastructure is already there. They just need to write a couple lines of code.
There is another option. If you get your email from a POP3 mail server (chances are that you do, unless you use web-based email), try the Spam Tamer Proxy.
1. It will let all the spam through, but it will eliminate pictures, pop-up windows, web bugs, and other garbage. That makes the spam easier on you and your bandwidth.
2. It will never block legitimate mail. Pictures sent as attachments make it through. (Friends and family send pictures as attachments, but spammers never do.)
3. It doesn't confuse people who send you legitmate email.
So, it's not the same as a spam blocker, but if conventional filtering isn't the right choice for you, I suggest you give it a try.