Starbucks Corp. incurred his wrath because the coffee shop chain required him to specify a search radius when he was trying to use its site find the nearest store.
"The Starbucks programmers probably think that having more control over the search is powerful and cool," he wrote. "But in reality it's a useless and annoying distraction. Nobody goes around asking, 'Is there a Starbucks within five miles? How about 10? 15?"'
As a programmer who has worked in GIS systems quite a bit, I can definitely say that restricting a search radius has nothing to do with being "cool." every 5 miles of search radius means about 80 mi^2 more area to search. that adds up pretty quickly... though i would contend that a better way to approach it is to automatically start with something small and allow the user to expand the radius if necessary.
In 1997, my YMCA switched their system over to require you to submit a 3D hand scan for entry. You would place your right hand on this little device and punch in a number, then this other thing would go around your hand.
yes. i am just a spelling pedant. i don't much care about capitalization. but anyway, last i checked, "act" and "process" were both nouns too, as is "respiration"... and if you check that exact same definition the only part of speech mentioned is noun.
It still wouldn't indicate the differences in population density. If you look at a flat map, even with the color shading, you really can't see how the people are spread out.
Who came to any conclusions? The poster merely points out that Kerry provided specific, detailed answers while PC Mag was left scrounging for answers on Bush's website. Nowhere does anybody tell me which answers are better. That's entirely left up to me.
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Before I have to read another Idle story.
have to?
"a special juvenile court of endangering public safety"
sounds about right...
check the nifty interactive graphic!
looks like they already did.
Should read: FEMA Demands Use of IE Or Telephone To File Katrina Claims
if you don't mind it being pink, blue, or yellow, you can get something at greenKarat
In 1997, my YMCA switched their system over to require you to submit a 3D hand scan for entry. You would place your right hand on this little device and punch in a number, then this other thing would go around your hand.
Is lust considered an emotion in this context?
Seriously, though, really good music often moves me emotionally, and the Zelda series and Final Fantasy have some damn good music.
yes. i am just a spelling pedant. i don't much care about capitalization. but anyway, last i checked, "act" and "process" were both nouns too, as is "respiration"... and if you check that exact same definition the only part of speech mentioned is noun.
hate to be a pedant, but you can't "breath" air at all, as breath is a noun, not a verb.
because the problem has been fixed since sept 2003. rtfa.
There is. FreePOPs supports tons of different webmail providers (hotmail, yahoo, gmail, etc...)
Lemme guess. "I'm not an English major."
I believe you mean, "I IsNot an English major."
It still wouldn't indicate the differences in population density. If you look at a flat map, even with the color shading, you really can't see how the people are spread out.
as in, millibits?
Slashdot posts articles submitted by readers. If you want to submit an article to "balance" things, go ahead.
Who came to any conclusions? The poster merely points out that Kerry provided specific, detailed answers while PC Mag was left scrounging for answers on Bush's website. Nowhere does anybody tell me which answers are better. That's entirely left up to me.
They just aren't going to start using those preferences until next year.
So... "No" actually doesn't mean "No" until next year. And Yahoo! reminded its users of that.
don't you mean mp3.com.com?
This spoof is funny - though I don't think it is supposed to be...
sure it is... on the site, they call it a "hilarious progressive action movie."
johnny five is alive!!!
yeah, i know... and i didn't even think to mention that it was a FP. oh well, my karma shouldn't suffer terribly.
A simple Google search brings up plenty of info on how to do this in Linux as well...