It would seem that SpuriousLogic didn't actually say that. Not only is there no mention of years in his/her summary, but there are other minor differences.
Slashdot editors: putting those little quotation marks around something and attributing it to someone else is fine, just so long as you don't change it.
When my daughter was one or two, she was more interested in the keyboard than anything else. I solved this by finding an old (indestructible) apple keyboard (with no cable) and letting her have that. She was happy to imagine the rest of the computer.
She still has that keyboard now (at six) and has been known to build her own "PC" out of boxes and other things.
There are many ways to foster interest in what you do, but there's no need to rush it. They'll get there when they're good and ready.
Does anyone else think that Smallville in space might be a bad idea? Especially without any super powers?
No, wait -- perhaps Luke can discover his Force-powers, and then forget them all just before the droids arrive.
Wow, this is going to be so great. Luke with his Force-powers, young Han and Leia hanging out with him in Mos Eisley. C3P0 and R2D2 can serve drinks or something, right before they have their memories erased again.
George Lucas is really onto a winning formula here!
I miss the FireFly universe. It was quite a cool community until Microsoft came in, trashed the joint, and then threw away all the cool stuff -- all so they could play with Passport.
I'll second that. Bytemark have been extremely helpful, reliable and competant. They are a tiny bit more expensive than some of the alternatives, but they offer secondary services such as domain-hosting nameservers and backup-MX hosting for free.
I also really like having my server sitting at GMT. It makes working out time differences really easy:)
Actually, there are three places you can put noise-cancelling systems to get the best cancellation. Most available systems are placed close to the listener, but they can also be placed close to the sound source. As long as the cancelling system is within a fraction of the wavelength of the sound source, it should work reasonably well for all listening positions. Obviously, this isn't always possible, especially if there are multiple or unknown sound sources.
The third place to put a cancelling system is anywhere along the direct line-of-sight between source and listener. This should create a zone of silence along the line-of-sight. This techniques doesn't work very well indoor, because reflected sound can approach the listener from other directions, allowing unfiltered sound through.
In summary, if you have access to the sound source and can place a cancelling system there (such as a fan inside your PC), you can get quite good results for any listening position.
That might work, but the limited size of the serial number means that you'd never be able to give out your contact details more than 100000000 times. That might sound silly, but if you were at a conference and thousands of people were walking past, you might want to beam a unique contact number to each of them individually (so you could selectively block them later on).
A better idea might be to actually use the combination of the two people's IDs together to create a contact identifier that links them together. That way, you won't ever hand out multiple, but different contact details to the same person. You also get reciprocal contact information tied to the details you hand out -- it becomes an enchange of details instead of a one way transfer.
It still has the obvious problem that if your "secret" ID is ever stolen or discovered, you are in serious trouble:)
Okay, I didn't actually see that there were multiple pages. Now I click on a few more links, I see that there are quite a number of pages that describe a lot more interesting things (including the first page).
It's kind of a pity that the story doesn't link directly to these more intereting URLs...
But thanks for pointing that out... I'll go finish my nice, tasty slice of humble pie now:)
I wish it were so, but the keywords in that quote are "on the horizon" and "possibility". Doesn't sound like their quite there yet; however, flexible displays will hopefully not be too far off.
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This article sounded a lot more interesting when I misread the title.
Thanos needs to use a shell company? Oh... er... no need to assemble, everyone. Back to whatever you were doing.
It just knew you were going to post that comment. Skynet can travel through time *and* hand out achievements.
It would seem that SpuriousLogic didn't actually say that. Not only is there no mention of years in his/her summary, but there are other minor differences. Slashdot editors: putting those little quotation marks around something and attributing it to someone else is fine, just so long as you don't change it.
Computers without imagination are a rather boring thing :)
When my daughter was one or two, she was more interested in the keyboard than anything else. I solved this by finding an old (indestructible) apple keyboard (with no cable) and letting her have that. She was happy to imagine the rest of the computer.
She still has that keyboard now (at six) and has been known to build her own "PC" out of boxes and other things.
There are many ways to foster interest in what you do, but there's no need to rush it. They'll get there when they're good and ready.
At long last; now no one's eyeballs will pop out when we visit.
...because we all know that viruses cause obesity.
Does anyone else think that Smallville in space might be a bad idea? Especially without any super powers?
No, wait -- perhaps Luke can discover his Force-powers, and then forget them all just before the droids arrive.
Wow, this is going to be so great. Luke with his Force-powers, young Han and Leia hanging out with him in Mos Eisley. C3P0 and R2D2 can serve drinks or something, right before they have their memories erased again.
George Lucas is really onto a winning formula here!
Not as smart as spam-proofing your email address in the article, and then letting the slashdot editors start off with an un-spam-proofed version :)
And FireFly had to die for this...
I miss the FireFly universe. It was quite a cool community until Microsoft came in, trashed the joint, and then threw away all the cool stuff -- all so they could play with Passport.
I'll second that. Bytemark have been extremely helpful, reliable and competant. They are a tiny bit more expensive than some of the alternatives, but they offer secondary services such as domain-hosting nameservers and backup-MX hosting for free.
I also really like having my server sitting at GMT. It makes working out time differences really easy :)
Actually, there are three places you can put noise-cancelling systems to get the best cancellation. Most available systems are placed close to the listener, but they can also be placed close to the sound source. As long as the cancelling system is within a fraction of the wavelength of the sound source, it should work reasonably well for all listening positions. Obviously, this isn't always possible, especially if there are multiple or unknown sound sources.
The third place to put a cancelling system is anywhere along the direct line-of-sight between source and listener. This should create a zone of silence along the line-of-sight. This techniques doesn't work very well indoor, because reflected sound can approach the listener from other directions, allowing unfiltered sound through.
In summary, if you have access to the sound source and can place a cancelling system there (such as a fan inside your PC), you can get quite good results for any listening position.
Some of the open DNS groups are playing nicely with each other, particularly OpenNIC. I'd say that's probably better than one big Evil Empire (TM).
There are plenty of alternatives, but that's half the problem. Without a single, focussed effort, we'll never make a dent in the established system.
If you're still interested, try:
http://www.opennic.unrated.net/
http://www.open-rsc.org/
http://www.alternic.org/
http://www.tinc-org.com/
http://www.name-space.com/
Ahh... I hadn't thought of it that way. That does make a bit more sense :)
I still don't like the idea of relying on external distributers, though... but then I haven't thought of anything better, so I'll keep quiet :)
That might work, but the limited size of the serial number means that you'd never be able to give out your contact details more than 100000000 times. That might sound silly, but if you were at a conference and thousands of people were walking past, you might want to beam a unique contact number to each of them individually (so you could selectively block them later on).
A better idea might be to actually use the combination of the two people's IDs together to create a contact identifier that links them together. That way, you won't ever hand out multiple, but different contact details to the same person. You also get reciprocal contact information tied to the details you hand out -- it becomes an enchange of details instead of a one way transfer.
It still has the obvious problem that if your "secret" ID is ever stolen or discovered, you are in serious trouble :)
There have actually been a number of revisions since then. The most recent (official) version was 3.12.
I guess no one wants to be a geek anymore :(
This sounds just a little bit like the geekcode, although more buzzword compliant.
And yes, I really wanted to post a link, but it seems that the geekcode site is missing.
Erm...
...please?
Please tell me that you're kidding...
FireGLs barely work with the official drivers under windoze, let alone under Linux.
Probably from Multi-Head Gaming, as seen previously on ./
Oh... oops :)
:)
Okay, I didn't actually see that there were multiple pages. Now I click on a few more links, I see that there are quite a number of pages that describe a lot more interesting things (including the first page).
It's kind of a pity that the story doesn't link directly to these more intereting URLs...
But thanks for pointing that out... I'll go finish my nice, tasty slice of humble pie now
Erm... maybe it's just me, but how are you (or they :) supposed to know that the weird, second-last glyph is a minus sign, and what it's for?
Maybe I missed it, but I don't see it described anywhere.
Also, what is the glyph in the middle at the top for?
I'm going to have to disagree -- GTK support under Windoze is definitely quite good.
Check out GIMP under Win95/NT/etc/blah/blah. I'll admit it used to be a little flaky, but now it works very well.
I wish it were so, but the keywords in that quote are "on the horizon" and "possibility". Doesn't sound like their quite there yet; however, flexible displays will hopefully not be too far off.