I have been mulling over the possibilities of adopting tablet devices at work so we can connect to our HP-UX server for access to the POS and inventory stuff. Other than logging in, everything must be entered in caps.
Actually, now that I think about it, maybe this will be the single motivating factor for finally upgrading our 20+ year old software.
This is a sign that a much more genuine form of Democracy is arriving. I don't understand why people are so willing to overlook the many crimes of Saddam.
Having a house with this kind of sensitivity to vibration is asking for someone to drop/knock over a bottle of something sensitive and have it detonate.
Or the remote, but very real possibility, that an earthquake coincidentally strikes and the world is doomed.
It's a strange world we live in. We have people screaming about the invasion of their privacy while at the same time advocating practices that commend the open sharing of information (not saying you are, just saying).
Maybe a new website is in order, WikiShots, where images of everyone who passes through a security imager are posted online and available to the world. Maybe nobody would care about it anymore if we were all equally embarrassed.
Of course, the alternative is to just not give a shit in the first place, as we have already crossed a line that cannot be undone. There is no fixing this, things will get much worse before they get any better.
If you work to produce things, get used to it. Just because you're the one providing a specialized skill set to a project doesn't mean that you are special and deserve extra praise or something.
The ideas ARE what is valuable. Having the vision to come up with something new, and figuring out the ways to aggregate all of its parts into a finished product is what makes things happen. Granted, some person that simply says, "AHA! I have it! Now, all of you, get to work!" isn't going to be as successful as the person who does the same, while also contributing and seeking all the questions and answers each of their workers may have.
The programmer doesn't get special treatment, just as the marketing person, or the graphic artist, or the supply guru doesn't get special treatment. You have chosen a specialized field, deal with it.
Which leads me to think that our natural lives will take on entirely new meanings. The fear is what makes things like kissing your wife precious. I'm not sure so many things would continue to be precious in the absence of fear. How would that affect culture? If there was no clock to race, what then becomes the point in doing, well, anything at all?
I guess the fears of a machine dominated world might not be entirely accurate. It's not that we build machines that become sentient... it's that we become the machines.
37%, 10%, 100%, completely irrelevant if elected officials actually did the things people want them to do. If someone wins with 37%, well that's great and all, but that doesn't mean that the other 63% are going to disagree with everything that person does. There is too much importance placed on the election, and very little importance placed on what the elected subsequently do.
I vote third party precisely because I want to siphon votes away from either a Demican or a Republocrat. There is no "lesser of two evils". They are both equally shitty.
You can go around via Wewatta on one side, or Blake on the other. 22nd splits off from Park depending on your direction, so the officer could have meant 22nd just as well.
Either way, I find it curious that the Police really were scared of this thing seeing as that foot bridge is pretty much only used when the Rockies are playing. Seeing as it's December and there probably weren't that many people there, I don't think it would be a likely target for someone. The 16th street mall would have been much preferred.
The phone isn't the tool, the data connection is. I tether my Evo to my netbook all the time and use it for all sorts of stuff between work and leisure.
If my plan wasn't unlimited, I wouldn't have signed up and I'd still be using a crappy old flip phone.
Would it satisfy you if those of us who don't use AV software on a regular basis install some, do a scan, and show you that we are indeed (speak for myself) not infected with mysterious viruses?
It's kind of like saying that people that have never had sex have the same HIV infection rate as those who have unprotected sex with multiple partners. Personally, I don't have sex with the internet.
Looking at the samples from Speedtree's website, they have done a poor job of recreating those plants. Sure, the trees themselves look fairly realistic, but they are not accurate representations of the real plants.
If you want accurate renditions, look at the work of Robert O'Brien at TreeGuides
With a little more work they could link it to the local climate and when particular species of trees change color when.
Possibly at a very very rudimentary level. The variables are simply too numerous to determine when a tree will flower or turn fall color and where. Depending on whether you go by the USDA climate zones or by something else such as Western Gardens climate zones, there are going to be an immense number of different circumstances that determine how a plant performs. Soil conditions, water amount, water pH, when the first freeze happens, when the last freeze happens, wind, air pollution levels, presence of pollinators, wildlife, etc. etc. etc.
If you want to know this information, just go ask a local garden professional (and that doesn't include Home Depot).
A major part of my job right now is the identification of trees. I am building a library of images and illustrations of basically every plant we sell. Sure, it can be pretty easy to determine the difference between, say, a linden and an elm, or whatever, but there are simply way too many varieties and cultivars nowadays to accurately determine exactly what a tree is with a high level of accuracy. Even horticulturists have a difficult time (I have seen several misidentified plants at the Denver Botanic Gardens, for example) determining exactly what a tree is.
For Google to develop an algorithm that can identify trees based on species, that seems like it should be doable, though very difficult. After all, a tree is just an algorithm. But for them to think they can develop an algorithm that determines the difference between a Sterling Silver Linden and a Greenspire Linden, that's just not going to be possible without a massive investment that will show very little in return. It would be cheaper to just hire some experts to walk around and snap photos.
If it isn't accurate to within 1/16" or so it's not really good enough for that
Maybe your idea of surveying is different than the rest of the world's. Think with some perspective. Do you think engineers that require that type of precision are going to use Earth for this? There are a million other reasons to use Earth for surveying purposes, and most of them probably have a 1-2' precision requirement, not a fraction of an inch.
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I have been mulling over the possibilities of adopting tablet devices at work so we can connect to our HP-UX server for access to the POS and inventory stuff. Other than logging in, everything must be entered in caps.
Actually, now that I think about it, maybe this will be the single motivating factor for finally upgrading our 20+ year old software.
I'm wondering if you even clicked the link.
This is a sign that a much more genuine form of Democracy is arriving. I don't understand why people are so willing to overlook the many crimes of Saddam.
OMG! Mod this person hysterical. Bananarama? Seriously?
Obligatory cue of Homer and Otto in the Simpon's attic
Cooosmic......
Rigged explosives to the natural gas main?
Having a house with this kind of sensitivity to vibration is asking for someone to drop/knock over a bottle of something sensitive and have it detonate.
Or the remote, but very real possibility, that an earthquake coincidentally strikes and the world is doomed.
I guess we should hope he didn't install some kind of booby trap in the event something like this happened.
It's a strange world we live in. We have people screaming about the invasion of their privacy while at the same time advocating practices that commend the open sharing of information (not saying you are, just saying).
Maybe a new website is in order, WikiShots, where images of everyone who passes through a security imager are posted online and available to the world. Maybe nobody would care about it anymore if we were all equally embarrassed.
Of course, the alternative is to just not give a shit in the first place, as we have already crossed a line that cannot be undone. There is no fixing this, things will get much worse before they get any better.
Actually, gums tend to bleed after brushing and flossing.
Which is a sign of unhealthy gums.
Actually, those Listerine breath strip things can make it more interesting for her. Maybe brushing does the same?
Ideas may be cheap, but they can end up providing the greatest ROI because of it.
Some ideas are quite revolutionary and take very little in terms of time and money to realize (relatively speaking).
If you work to produce things, get used to it. Just because you're the one providing a specialized skill set to a project doesn't mean that you are special and deserve extra praise or something.
The ideas ARE what is valuable. Having the vision to come up with something new, and figuring out the ways to aggregate all of its parts into a finished product is what makes things happen. Granted, some person that simply says, "AHA! I have it! Now, all of you, get to work!" isn't going to be as successful as the person who does the same, while also contributing and seeking all the questions and answers each of their workers may have.
The programmer doesn't get special treatment, just as the marketing person, or the graphic artist, or the supply guru doesn't get special treatment. You have chosen a specialized field, deal with it.
I liked what you did there.
So there would be less fear about things ending.
Which leads me to think that our natural lives will take on entirely new meanings. The fear is what makes things like kissing your wife precious. I'm not sure so many things would continue to be precious in the absence of fear. How would that affect culture? If there was no clock to race, what then becomes the point in doing, well, anything at all?
I guess the fears of a machine dominated world might not be entirely accurate. It's not that we build machines that become sentient... it's that we become the machines.
37%, 10%, 100%, completely irrelevant if elected officials actually did the things people want them to do. If someone wins with 37%, well that's great and all, but that doesn't mean that the other 63% are going to disagree with everything that person does. There is too much importance placed on the election, and very little importance placed on what the elected subsequently do.
I vote third party precisely because I want to siphon votes away from either a Demican or a Republocrat. There is no "lesser of two evils". They are both equally shitty.
This is not, as someone else claimed, an investment in religion. It is an investment in the state's tourism industry.
Yeah, but it's a Creationism theme park in Kentucky. You make valid points, but the fact remains, it's still a Creationism theme park in Kentucky.
Ski trip to Colorado? Golfing in Hawaii? Fishing in Mexico? Nah fuck all THAT noise! Family, we're goin' to Kentucky!!!!
Duuuuuuuuuuuude!!!!!!!!!
You can go around via Wewatta on one side, or Blake on the other. 22nd splits off from Park depending on your direction, so the officer could have meant 22nd just as well.
Either way, I find it curious that the Police really were scared of this thing seeing as that foot bridge is pretty much only used when the Rockies are playing. Seeing as it's December and there probably weren't that many people there, I don't think it would be a likely target for someone. The 16th street mall would have been much preferred.
The phone isn't the tool, the data connection is. I tether my Evo to my netbook all the time and use it for all sorts of stuff between work and leisure.
If my plan wasn't unlimited, I wouldn't have signed up and I'd still be using a crappy old flip phone.
Would it satisfy you if those of us who don't use AV software on a regular basis install some, do a scan, and show you that we are indeed (speak for myself) not infected with mysterious viruses?
It's kind of like saying that people that have never had sex have the same HIV infection rate as those who have unprotected sex with multiple partners. Personally, I don't have sex with the internet.
Ha, that's what I thought. It's an extra two minutes, lazy douche.
Looking at the samples from Speedtree's website, they have done a poor job of recreating those plants. Sure, the trees themselves look fairly realistic, but they are not accurate representations of the real plants.
If you want accurate renditions, look at the work of Robert O'Brien at TreeGuides
With a little more work they could link it to the local climate and when particular species of trees change color when.
Possibly at a very very rudimentary level. The variables are simply too numerous to determine when a tree will flower or turn fall color and where. Depending on whether you go by the USDA climate zones or by something else such as Western Gardens climate zones, there are going to be an immense number of different circumstances that determine how a plant performs. Soil conditions, water amount, water pH, when the first freeze happens, when the last freeze happens, wind, air pollution levels, presence of pollinators, wildlife, etc. etc. etc.
If you want to know this information, just go ask a local garden professional (and that doesn't include Home Depot).
A major part of my job right now is the identification of trees. I am building a library of images and illustrations of basically every plant we sell. Sure, it can be pretty easy to determine the difference between, say, a linden and an elm, or whatever, but there are simply way too many varieties and cultivars nowadays to accurately determine exactly what a tree is with a high level of accuracy. Even horticulturists have a difficult time (I have seen several misidentified plants at the Denver Botanic Gardens, for example) determining exactly what a tree is.
For Google to develop an algorithm that can identify trees based on species, that seems like it should be doable, though very difficult. After all, a tree is just an algorithm. But for them to think they can develop an algorithm that determines the difference between a Sterling Silver Linden and a Greenspire Linden, that's just not going to be possible without a massive investment that will show very little in return. It would be cheaper to just hire some experts to walk around and snap photos.
If it isn't accurate to within 1/16" or so it's not really good enough for that
Maybe your idea of surveying is different than the rest of the world's. Think with some perspective. Do you think engineers that require that type of precision are going to use Earth for this? There are a million other reasons to use Earth for surveying purposes, and most of them probably have a 1-2' precision requirement, not a fraction of an inch.