Identification papers were very common at least as early as the 1600s. History is full of stories of people having problems moving about because of lost or stolen papers.
As a starting point, I recommend Casanova's 1725-1798) A History of My Life, which includes more than one episode where papers are needed and hilarity ensues.
Buffy was interesting for about 1 series That's good, because it was only one series. Unless you count one spinoff as part of that series, in which case, Buffy was 1.5 series.
I said blogging should be labeled commentary and/or editorializing. It is not the same as reporting the news. The editorial page in a news paper is not reporting. It is commentary. And yet Maureen Dowd, Thomas Friedman, Frank Rich, Bill O'Reilly and Glen Beck all attend various political gatherings, each with a press pass.
Clearly, the government and you disagree on what constitutes 'reporting'.
My department has been migrating TO windows.doc format... Then they'll be very sad when you move to Office 2007, where.doc has been downgraded in favor of.docx. Yes, you'll still be able to open and view.doc files, but trying to get 200 employees to understand why they can't open Word2007 files on their home copy of Word2003 without downloading the patch is a fucking nightmare.
The university I work for offers 2-year no interest computer loans ($2400 max) for purchasing computers from any business that will accept 2-party checks. Best Buy is the only one that does.
I tried to explain to the local manager at Fry's that working with the university would make his store $100,000+ per year, but he didn't want to hear it.
I work in a large-ish academic library. None of our processes use paper, either, but EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN gets printed out multiple times and put into a file somewhere -- maybe this is unique to government work.
When we were taught to type, we had these things called "books,"... Not sure if you were trolling or trying to be funny, but today we have these new things called "computers" that can facilitate the learning process, even when doing learning mechanical things like typing.
I'm fairly certain, for example, that your typing textbook didn't automatically time your quizzes, spot errors, and give you instantaneous feedback on your performance. It probably also didn't include fun typing games for younger children.
In fact, if you're as much of a luddite as your post would imply, you might ask why computers are in the classroom to begin with.
Agreed. Politicians in our current climate are good at one thing: fundraising. Having actual knowledge about ANYTHING is not only not a requirement, but could lead to strong opinions that turn off much of the electorate.
I'd much rather have each candidate compile a list of science (and other) advisors they would hire if elected president. That way we could see whether the president would be getting their advice from actual respected scientists, or from their church leader/college drinking buddy.
If Roomba used a HEPA-compliant filter (like my Bissel vacuum), I'd buy one just to take care of my cat hair/dust problem. As it is, I'm told that it creates more dust than it filters.
Googling HEPA and Roomba, I see I'm not the only one with this suggestion.
Agreed. In 6th grade (1985), my homeroom teacher told us about a really cool TV he had seen on a trip to Japan -- the picture looked like a photograph. They called it "high definition". 15 years later, it became all the rage in the U.S. WTF took so long?
Similarly, the Japanese students I went to college with (early '90s) all had super-small (almost iPod-sized) minidisc players that never even made it to the States. Very cool, esp. compared to the relatively massive Walkmans the Americans all had.
Seriously, what you're saying is that a worn VHS is better than a remastered DVD. I'll disagree, both with the opinion and with the example.
What I find fascinating about old art is that you can see the actual brushstrokes of the master. When a painting is restored, someone else adds paint over the old brushstrokes. No matter how careful they are to replicate the original, the new stroke is still in someone else's hand. Why not just look at a poster/replica of the original?
The DVD example fails because a DVD is a mass-produced product. Improve it all you want -- who cares? A better example would be if someone refilmed the lost scenes from Metropolis based on the story boards and spliced the new scenes into the one remaining print.
That would be as fucked as having a shiny new Sistine ceiling, with paint applied by someone other than Michaelangelo -- which is what we have now.
All the complaining at/. reminds of a funny story:
Last semester there was a debate at my school between a resident climatologist and some national "Global-Warming-doesn't-exist" guy. The climatologist cited lots of numbers; studies; and published, peer-reviewed articles. The anti-climate-change guy just attacked Al Gore over and over again.
Finally, the climatologist said, "Al Gore isn't here, isn't coming, and isn't relevant. Do you have any argument that doesn't include him?" He didn't.
There are legitimate reasons not to support the carbon emission standards and other environmental initiatives. Unfortunately, the best that side can muster is, "Al Gore is a loser!" And that argument's not going to change anyone's mind.
...and still much, much slower than my relatively slow Triumph motorcycle.
I love when dorks like you try to race me at stoplights; I don't even have to try.
Not sure how this post got kudos -- the Iraq war is practically a non-issue for 2008 because all the candidates have precisely the same "plan" for the region. When they all think the same, the issue can hardly be divisive.
4 years ago, your post might have made sense. Then again, 4 years ago the pollsters were all wrong.
The whole time, Jobs has been complaining about DRM No, he hasn't. He jumped on the bandwagon in February of 2007 because there was already a deal in place to release non-DRMed music on iTunes (for a higher fee, of course).
It was a marketing gimmick, and, judging by your post, it worked.
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Like porn on the internet, fucking is the killer app for robots.
Not if we send our greeting in the form of an extermination fleet.
Identification papers were very common at least as early as the 1600s. History is full of stories of people having problems moving about because of lost or stolen papers.
As a starting point, I recommend Casanova's 1725-1798) A History of My Life, which includes more than one episode where papers are needed and hilarity ensues.
Unless you count one spinoff as part of that series, in which case, Buffy was 1.5 series.
Or maybe 1.4, since Angel didn't last as long.
Clearly, the government and you disagree on what constitutes 'reporting'.
He didn't say it was a bad design - he said he didn't like it as much as XP or Linux.
Here's why I shop at Best Buy...
The university I work for offers 2-year no interest computer loans ($2400 max) for purchasing computers from any business that will accept 2-party checks. Best Buy is the only one that does.
I tried to explain to the local manager at Fry's that working with the university would make his store $100,000+ per year, but he didn't want to hear it.
I work in a large-ish academic library. None of our processes use paper, either, but EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN gets printed out multiple times and put into a file somewhere -- maybe this is unique to government work.
I'm fairly certain, for example, that your typing textbook didn't automatically time your quizzes, spot errors, and give you instantaneous feedback on your performance. It probably also didn't include fun typing games for younger children.
In fact, if you're as much of a luddite as your post would imply, you might ask why computers are in the classroom to begin with.
Agreed. Politicians in our current climate are good at one thing: fundraising. Having actual knowledge about ANYTHING is not only not a requirement, but could lead to strong opinions that turn off much of the electorate.
I'd much rather have each candidate compile a list of science (and other) advisors they would hire if elected president. That way we could see whether the president would be getting their advice from actual respected scientists, or from their church leader/college drinking buddy.
...if only they'd let us upload dozens of half-nude pics of ourselves on our profiles page.
All public schools suck.
Public schools in rich areas are (almost) as shitty as those in inner cities -- mainly because rich peoples' kids don't go to public school.
If Roomba used a HEPA-compliant filter (like my Bissel vacuum), I'd buy one just to take care of my cat hair/dust problem. As it is, I'm told that it creates more dust than it filters.
Googling HEPA and Roomba, I see I'm not the only one with this suggestion.
Agreed. In 6th grade (1985), my homeroom teacher told us about a really cool TV he had seen on a trip to Japan -- the picture looked like a photograph. They called it "high definition". 15 years later, it became all the rage in the U.S. WTF took so long?
Similarly, the Japanese students I went to college with (early '90s) all had super-small (almost iPod-sized) minidisc players that never even made it to the States. Very cool, esp. compared to the relatively massive Walkmans the Americans all had.
Sucks.
What I find fascinating about old art is that you can see the actual brushstrokes of the master. When a painting is restored, someone else adds paint over the old brushstrokes. No matter how careful they are to replicate the original, the new stroke is still in someone else's hand. Why not just look at a poster/replica of the original?
The DVD example fails because a DVD is a mass-produced product. Improve it all you want -- who cares? A better example would be if someone refilmed the lost scenes from Metropolis based on the story boards and spliced the new scenes into the one remaining print.
That would be as fucked as having a shiny new Sistine ceiling, with paint applied by someone other than Michaelangelo -- which is what we have now.
Cleaning is fine -- 'restoring' is not.
Jeez, calm down.
All he's suggesting is that one more lie ("I don't remember") will make this all go away, and that'll be the end of it. So no, there's no story here.
All the complaining at /. reminds of a funny story:
Last semester there was a debate at my school between a resident climatologist and some national "Global-Warming-doesn't-exist" guy. The climatologist cited lots of numbers; studies; and published, peer-reviewed articles. The anti-climate-change guy just attacked Al Gore over and over again.
Finally, the climatologist said, "Al Gore isn't here, isn't coming, and isn't relevant. Do you have any argument that doesn't include him?" He didn't.
There are legitimate reasons not to support the carbon emission standards and other environmental initiatives. Unfortunately, the best that side can muster is, "Al Gore is a loser!" And that argument's not going to change anyone's mind.
...and still much, much slower than my relatively slow Triumph motorcycle. I love when dorks like you try to race me at stoplights; I don't even have to try.
Not sure how this post got kudos -- the Iraq war is practically a non-issue for 2008 because all the candidates have precisely the same "plan" for the region. When they all think the same, the issue can hardly be divisive.
4 years ago, your post might have made sense. Then again, 4 years ago the pollsters were all wrong.
It was a marketing gimmick, and, judging by your post, it worked.