Is there ever going to be a separate Micro$oft section on/.? It would be nice for the some folks to get their fix in one place, and have highly applicable M$ stuff show up on the "front page".
This constant new old news gets, well, old. But when I have the time, I definitely like the laugh/throbbing veins, depending on the story.
~afniv "Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Check these sites out to investigate variations in COS (Cost of Living). I work in expensive Boulder, CO and I still need to make $4400 more to live in Pasadena, CA. Ouch!
If you look at the above mentioned chart, you will see that these frequencies fall very low (high?) on the radio spectrum. You will also note that at these frequencies, the total energy is also very low. Also, keep this in mind, the natural frequency of water is in the Microwave spectrum, thus this is bad for you. Above the visible spectrum, the energies get pretty high: this is bad for you too.
In order to prove problems with cell phones, you have to convince people that listening to your radio (not even listening but just being in an area with a radio station), TV, cordless phones, and you name it, is not dangerous for you.
If anyone more knowledgable than can expound on this please do.
~afniv "Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Let's all constantly reload/. so the NSA has plenty of slashdot material to read through.
But I guess for an all powerful omnipotent organization as the NSA has been proven to be, billions of copies of slashdot won't make a differenc, will it?:)
But that won't stop/. from constantly being refreshed....
~afniv "Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
I do engineering in 3D using analysis tools based on CAD programs. Whether your WM is 3D or not does not make a difference to me. As someone mentioned before, it's always 3D information on a 2D surface (monitor screen). So a 3D WM or a 3D tool (like I-Deas) are in the same boat as far as I'm concerned.
What I would find revoluntionary is an actual 3D world where you could literally "walk" around a particular part of system to see how it fits. Then I could alert the designer to potential problems before hardware is made. In my business, you don't get to build many (if any) variations of the hardware. This is were 3D pays off.
As someone else put it succinctly: "Use goggles and gloves".
~afniv "Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Is a "System Engineer" referred to here on/. really an engineer? In my world (aerospace industry), a Systems Engineer, combines a variety of engineering dicsiplines (electrical, mechanical, aerospace, software, etc) and oversees these subsystems to put together a product that satisfies the customer's requirements. This is a prestigous and difficult job.
I think administering networks can also be difficult, but wouldn't the job title be Network Administrator? You would never find a "Systems Engineer" administering a network at my company.
Incidentally, computer names I use for my several computers are rocket scientists:
goddard oberth
I'm currently looking for a famous Russian rocket scientist for a third.
~afniv "Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
So where is the best place to get a domain name registered and perhaps have some web pages hosted. I can't get anything better than modem phone line access. DSL has been a long time coming and still no success.
Perhaps someone can share their shopping experience?
~afniv "Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Not true. It is not guess work, rather it is scientific fact. Most women's cycles are not predictable do to health problems. Usually this can be fixed by a more appropriate diet, etc. This is a great example of how NFP can improve health, unlike pills.
As far as taking risks during fertile days, this is the beauty of it. You have control over what risks you want to take. With medicine, you depend on your doctor and other people you pay.
And a clarification, the rhythm method is different and is not reliable, since menstrual cycles vary in length. Thus, with NFP, you base your decisions on the symptoms and not on guess work. Unfortunately, people confuse the rhythm method with NFP.
Granted this method does not work for those that need sexual gratification on demand. But that's a whole other topic....
~afniv "Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
That's because the pharmaceutical companies enjoy their control over "developed countries" where there is money. Don't forget there are natural ways to get 99%, so you don't have to pay money to the pharmaceutical corps and you have 100% over your reproductive choices. All it takes is education and commitment.
What would be more shocking is lobbying being illegal and then some Congressperson putting up a law for a vote that in order to make internet safe for kids, every web site author must have a license and follow strict guidelines for web page content otherwise lose the license.
Without special interest groups, laws like these can sneak through. I don't have the time to review every law and submit my opinions or concerns to my Senators and Representative. And they can't possibly have the background for every law to make an appropriate vote. Thus special interests who know the various issues better than most can take appropriate action.
What concerns me more is the price of special interests. That is moving representation farther away from the common folks.
Think about it, when you hear arguments over some law, who brings it to your attention, your congresspeople, or special interest groups making a big stink out of something?
~afniv "Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
I think it might have been to charge a fee per computer for the privilege to include MS-DOS preinstalled so that users can use the computer after unpacking it and pulling out hairs learning DOS.
~afniv "Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
What I meant about "sucks to be him" was the attention to the "six female" students. There's this one fella that doesn't get any attention/credit to the project, just the rest of his team.
There are many (that is, isn't not uncommon) student run projects developing, designing, building, and even managing small scale spacecraft/space instrument projects. Check out the Space Grant College and specifically, the Colorado Space Grant Consortium. There have been an increasing number of females involved here, I might add.
And I do not get too upset with general accomplishments of an all male team, but rather get upset at what are specifically advertised as an all particular-gender team. That is, I expect women to be able to do as much as any man would do. Making a big deal out a women doing something tells me that you didn't think they could accomplish the task. It's this mentality I dislike. Apologies, I realize my comment was a little vague.
Again, I'm glad to see this work. I can't wait until this level of work occurs in high schools. There are some high schools that are beginning to be involved in these projects, so there's encouragement.
~afniv "Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
how can I get to work? In order to move from one location to another, I need to have time:
distance = rate x time
If I can't get to work, I can't earn money. If I can't earn money, I can't own a computer. If I can't own a computer, how the hell am I going to read Slashdot?
Try to answer that universal question!
~afniv "Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Slashdot Mirror
Is there ever going to be a separate Micro$oft section on /.? It would be nice for the some folks to get their fix in one place, and have highly applicable M$ stuff show up on the "front page".
This constant new old news gets, well, old. But when I have the time, I definitely like the laugh/throbbing veins, depending on the story.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Check these sites out to investigate variations in COS (Cost of Living). I work in expensive Boulder, CO and I still need to make $4400 more to live in Pasadena, CA. Ouch!
Salary Calculator (includes foreign countries)
Versus Year
Various Sources
Compare cities side-by-side
A short article with a cost of living index list
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
If I-DEAS were available, I would most likely purchase a personal edition. The problem is, I might convince myself to do work at home....
There's a personal edition I believe for NT. I feel left out.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Well, actually IDG.
The article just mentions that a hacker group released software that would decrypt almost any DVD disk. At least it also mentioned Linux.
Of course, there is a strong quote from Sony that they support "content protection". Like they would ever want to allow copies of there movie/music.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Well, actually IDG.
The article just mentions that a hacker group released software that would decrypt almost and DVD disk. At least it also mentioned Linux.
Of course, there is a strong quote from Sony that they support "content protection". Like they would ever want to allow copies of there movie/music.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Not just Doonesbury, but also Sherman's Lagoon. It all starts with a statue curse on the Internet and the founder of Yahoo!.
Check it out: Archive of Sherman's Lagoon
It continues through at least today.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
I forgot where I put my cell phone last week!
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
So I screwed up.
Before someone else corrects me: 1.8x10^3MHz = 1.8x10^9Hz.
Thus you are on the ragged edge of radio/microwave spectrum. Thus this whole issue does make sense.
Apologies.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Look at http://csep10.phys.utk. edu/astr162/lect/light/spectrum.html There is a chart showing the divisions of types of radiation (can anyone suggest a better one?). If you examine the user's manual for the Nokia 6000 series phones (big PDF file), you see that this cell phone uses 1.8x10^3-2.0x10^3MHz.
If you look at the above mentioned chart, you will see that these frequencies fall very low (high?) on the radio spectrum. You will also note that at these frequencies, the total energy is also very low. Also, keep this in mind, the natural frequency of water is in the Microwave spectrum, thus this is bad for you. Above the visible spectrum, the energies get pretty high: this is bad for you too.
In order to prove problems with cell phones, you have to convince people that listening to your radio (not even listening but just being in an area with a radio station), TV, cordless phones, and you name it, is not dangerous for you.
If anyone more knowledgable than can expound on this please do.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Let's all constantly reload /. so the NSA has plenty of slashdot material to read through.
:)
/. from constantly being refreshed....
But I guess for an all powerful omnipotent organization as the NSA has been proven to be, billions of copies of slashdot won't make a differenc, will it?
But that won't stop
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
vi in 3D. How would 3D improve my life?
So I'm being facetious.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
I do engineering in 3D using analysis tools based on CAD programs. Whether your WM is 3D or not does not make a difference to me. As someone mentioned before, it's always 3D information on a 2D surface (monitor screen). So a 3D WM or a 3D tool (like I-Deas) are in the same boat as far as I'm concerned.
What I would find revoluntionary is an actual 3D world where you could literally "walk" around a particular part of system to see how it fits. Then I could alert the designer to potential problems before hardware is made. In my business, you don't get to build many (if any) variations of the hardware. This is were 3D pays off.
As someone else put it succinctly: "Use goggles and gloves".
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
I never really heard of Korolev. Thanks for the suggestion. I heard of Tsiolkovsky and am considering him. Maybe I'll just have to get two computers.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Is a "System Engineer" referred to here on /. really an engineer? In my world (aerospace industry), a Systems Engineer, combines a variety of engineering dicsiplines (electrical, mechanical, aerospace, software, etc) and oversees these subsystems to put together a product that satisfies the customer's requirements. This is a prestigous and difficult job.
I think administering networks can also be difficult, but wouldn't the job title be Network Administrator? You would never find a "Systems Engineer" administering a network at my company.
Incidentally, computer names I use for my several computers are rocket scientists:
goddard
oberth
I'm currently looking for a famous Russian rocket scientist for a third.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
So where is the best place to get a domain name registered and perhaps have some web pages hosted. I can't get anything better than modem phone line access. DSL has been a long time coming and still no success.
Perhaps someone can share their shopping experience?
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Not true. It is not guess work, rather it is scientific fact. Most women's cycles are not predictable do to health problems. Usually this can be fixed by a more appropriate diet, etc. This is a great example of how NFP can improve health, unlike pills.
As far as taking risks during fertile days, this is the beauty of it. You have control over what risks you want to take. With medicine, you depend on your doctor and other people you pay.
And a clarification, the rhythm method is different and is not reliable, since menstrual cycles vary in length. Thus, with NFP, you base your decisions on the symptoms and not on guess work. Unfortunately, people confuse the rhythm method with NFP.
Granted this method does not work for those that need sexual gratification on demand. But that's a whole other topic....
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Sources:
I guess you could consider this the "open source" of the pharmaceutical world.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Those sub $300 PCs with Linux and Apache are looking more attractive, at least to not be labeled your own political action committee.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
What would be more shocking is lobbying being illegal and then some Congressperson putting up a law for a vote that in order to make internet safe for kids, every web site author must have a license and follow strict guidelines for web page content otherwise lose the license.
Without special interest groups, laws like these can sneak through. I don't have the time to review every law and submit my opinions or concerns to my Senators and Representative. And they can't possibly have the background for every law to make an appropriate vote. Thus special interests who know the various issues better than most can take appropriate action.
What concerns me more is the price of special interests. That is moving representation farther away from the common folks.
Think about it, when you hear arguments over some law, who brings it to your attention, your congresspeople, or special interest groups making a big stink out of something?
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
I think it might have been to charge a fee per computer for the privilege to include MS-DOS preinstalled so that users can use the computer after unpacking it and pulling out hairs learning DOS.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Bill Gates is often described as being in his own world. Finally we have proof:
...outlines his vision of the technological future and claims never to have heard a Bill Gates joke.
Now, really. You don't have to go far to hear a Bill Gates joke. He must REALLY be isolated on his little perch with his VPs around him.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Vielen dank, alle.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
What's a Querstrich? Doesn't it also mean slash, or does this mean something else?
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
What I meant about "sucks to be him" was the attention to the "six female" students. There's this one fella that doesn't get any attention/credit to the project, just the rest of his team.
There are many (that is, isn't not uncommon) student run projects developing, designing, building, and even managing small scale spacecraft/space instrument projects. Check out the Space Grant College and specifically, the Colorado Space Grant Consortium. There have been an increasing number of females involved here, I might add.
And I do not get too upset with general accomplishments of an all male team, but rather get upset at what are specifically advertised as an all particular-gender team. That is, I expect women to be able to do as much as any man would do. Making a big deal out a women doing something tells me that you didn't think they could accomplish the task. It's this mentality I dislike. Apologies, I realize my comment was a little vague.
Again, I'm glad to see this work. I can't wait until this level of work occurs in high schools. There are some high schools that are beginning to be involved in these projects, so there's encouragement.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
how can I get to work? In order to move from one location to another, I need to have time:
distance = rate x time
If I can't get to work, I can't earn money. If I can't earn money, I can't own a computer. If I can't own a computer, how the hell am I going to read Slashdot?
Try to answer that universal question!
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"