For one thing, you need rear wheel drive. Four wheel drive and front wheel drive just don't do the same thing. A rear wheel drive car or truck will actually take corners faster on snowy roads than it will on dry pavement... assuming the driver is well versed in the judicious use of the fishtail.
'Nother thing: 4x4 doesn't help you steer or stop. Too many car accidents that I've seen on 401, 417 and Decarie ("of the cavity") expressways have been caused by invulnerable Yentas on cellphones in their Lincoln Navigators. Gimme a break.
I'm not sure if your being silly or not. But anyway.
A 4WD will do a similar thing. But it dose it better. That's why they have taken off in rallying. They can be oversteered going into the corner, like a RWD, but they also have the traction to accalerate/ pull them out of the courners faster.
And yip. and 4WD dosn't do shit to help you steer or stop. But it does help you accelerate. Which of course, in affect, can help you steer.
The thing is of course, you maybe able to travel at the same speed, but you have much less room for error, esspecialy in a FWD, which tend to turn into 1 ton sledges with no steering.
What about Lan parties? You can't get much more socialy intereacted then cheering at someone a few feet away when you blow there head off. And also what happens before, and after the game starts can count as social interaction.
I wasn't taking about Netscape 4.x. Netscape is the exception. In that, it can't do CSS2 for crap. But still tries to.
Programs should either support something, or not support it. Not support it in a poorly done half-way.
Anyway.. I do belive, that if you link to a CSS file, the proper way. Netscape will not recongise it:
And if your talking about tags, they rarely have a use in plain valilla HTML anyway (if the user doesn't want CSS enabled, then they probably don't want you messing with there fonts either. Use , , , and or
Someone on slashdot finnaly gets it!
I can't say how many times I've tried to make this point. But to just be ignored. Maybe I shouldn't tell/. that I'm a web-designer next time.
In a similar story, Netscape creates proprietary.nscp format to replace.html and clinch a come-from-behind-victory in the browser wars.
...Is sounded like a well thought out marketing plan. Until Netscape discoverd that all browsers, including there own Netscape Navigator. Would ignore the.nscp file, or just display the file as text.
"Oh, umm, well... That shouldn't be a problem. We'll just ask everyone to ummm, add support, for the new.nscp. Surely we won't have any problems getting everyone to support.nscp... Our techical department said so. Aye Jim?... Jim? Where did you go?... Huh? Your getting off the boat now before it sinks? What's that supposed to mean?" Annonced Netscape CEO, Bob Blunder today.
In other words. Unless napsters are going to make plug-ins for every software MP3 player, and get companies to make portable NAP players. I can only see this as digging there own hole.
Yes, but flash is expensive and (electrically) fragile. It's also hellishly slow to access, but that's probably not an issue here. It's light and low powered (when reading), but again, that's not an issue in a typical battle bot.
Maybe I'm a luddite, but I'd prefer a cheap, electrically robust hard drive.
Flashcards may be more electricaly fragile. But they are more mechanicly stronger than a HD, since they have no moving parts.
Don't forget these are battle bots. It gets a little more intense than just "opps... I dropped my laptop." (and one could even consider that intense).
Also, if you talking about CF cards (I think they can be used just like an IDE drive, with an adapter). You can get them quite cheaply now, especialy for a 8-16MB card. That's plenty of room. Unless you install win98 on it. But since you can get linux on a iPaq. I shouldn't be too hard to get a striped down version of linux on to a CF card.
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I would have thought that something like a Palm Vx(or any palm really) would have been better. Way smaller, lighter, takes less power, more reliable, and probably easier to progam for.
It may not be as powerfull. But motion control for something like radio gear doesn't even require the power of a 286, let alone a 486 with a 340MB(!) Harddrive.
I can't say how close I was to moderating this as 'redundant' or 'troll'.
Everytime there is a artical about storage. This question always comes up, and the argument ends up taking 50% of the posts (exaguration, but you know what I mean).
This time. Could everyone please rememeber that other technologies will also always advance.
Either, more storage will be possable, and people will find new ways to fill it. Or people will find a new way of doing something, more make something new, that will require more storage.
While that maybe true.
It depends where you live. If you live in New Zealand (and parts of Australia I think). You do get sun-burnt more easly. 'Cause that's where there is a hole.
The same thing was mentioned earlier. The South poll is sitting on land. Not in the water. Get the ice. Melt it in a sperate glass, then poor it into the the other glass. It will rise.
Once again, 70% of the people here have not bothered to read the f'n artical
If you had read it. You would know that it isn't a membrane keyboard.
And people here also seem to forget another thing. Not everyone speends their day typing. This keyboard would be great for any program that involves manuvering and keyboard shortcuts, with not much actual typing. E.G. 3D apps, layout/illustation, photoshop, games, you get the idea.
I downloaded it lastnight. The idea is great. Esspecialy since you can login to AIM, MSM, ICQ all thought the one client.
But the client it's self... I just don't like it as much as ICQ. ICQ had alot of handy features (once you turn off most of the clutter). Like the way you can have a user float when online etc...
But then again, Jabber is open source. So hopefuly there will some imporvments soon.
I remember my disapointment with lego was that you could build something, say a crane, it would then creak and bend as soon as you tried to pick something up with it... if I built a similar model with my Meccano it would actually work as I had invisioned.
Lego is poor in that its all to easy to break the peices if they get trodden on accidentally.
That's why I like lego better. If forces you to create a stronger sturcture than just rely on the strength of the material.
Lego also has gears. I had the lego techic truck, which had a crane on the back (a peumatic crane, which required the setup of air hoses and a switch system). It had an engine, that went to all 4 rear wheels, which had gear differentials. That's how I learnt differentials worked. Just becasue it's not made out of metal. Dosn't mean you don't learn as much about enginering from it.
I made all sorts of things with lego that required alot of enginerring. But I also could use my imagination more to.
Almost all the same features
Less memory
Doesn't crash
You're right, Gimp isn't Photoshop . . . its better
I'm sorry. But I've used Photoshop on both MacOS 9, win98, and win2000. And I think it has only ever crashed once, on MacOS.
All most isn't good enough. Please. Get a job as a graphic designer. And tell me how long you last with GIMP. If you last more than a week. I'd consider that an achivment.
As much as I like and support GIMP for what it is (Free/OpenSouce alternative to big, mean, Adobe). In the real world, it just dosn't cut it yet.
Maybe if we pay for Slashdot, Slashdot will be able to pay moderators, and we won't get freaks modding posts like this as flamebait. *sigh*
Anyway. I think the first point is true. Paying for an ISP is easy. There is only on thing to pay. It's easy to keep track of. If you start having to pay for each site. I would find it annoying. Also. Alot of people wouldn;t understand why they should pay for sites, when they pay for internet access, as they see it all as one big service.
And I have to agree about the micropayments to. I havn't acctually used it before. I'm not sure I want to use my credit card for something like that. Call me paranoid, but hey.
What needs to be done, is for banks to make a new system for on-line transactions. Maybe even something like the prepaid phones. You buy a cheap card. And puch in the number. And you get $$ to use. So if someone hacks it.. who cares? It's only $10 gone.
I've found that deleting or not installing Flash helps 100%! I've yet to see a Flash ad since I removed that code from my browser. Why should I use a format that is closed and lacks proper ACLs (like cookies on browsers other than Mozilla/Konq).
That might be great for you. But some people want to use the view sites that use flash for reasons other than adverts.
A better solution is for Macromedia to remove the option for designers to remove the 'stop' and 'mute' options etc.. when one right clicks on a flash object.
You're usually only surfing one web site at a time, right?.
Umm, no. That would be tedious and unproductive. Even with a high-speed connection, I tend to open numerous bookmarks at a time, let them load in the background, wade through them one by one, opening almost all links from those pages in new windows, letting those windows load in the background as well. I'm done browsing when I hit the last open window.
Of course. everything2.com is the ultimate test in multi browsing skills. I seem to open more windows than I close browsing that site.
"I'd submit that Illustrator isn't a "generic" description. Generic description would be "Adobe Vector Drawing Program"--or even "Adobe Draw," which, indeed, has precedents similar to the ones you cite: Mac Draw, Corel Draw, Lisa Draw, Cricket Draw (for those of you with long, long memories). But "Adobe Illustrator" seems to be in the category of names like "Canvas" (Deneba), "Freehand" (Macromedia) and "Expression" (MetaCreations, now reverted back to Creature House)."
Just cause illustrator is used less. It is still a word in the dictonary. So People can still use it. And Adobe Illustrator is very differnt to Killusrtator IMHO.
Also. Are you saying that there is a legal differnce between the words illustrator and draw?
"All of those words were, and are, relatively common English words, too--but they don't refer to a class of computer graphics programs. They refer to specific computer graphics programs, all of which have been in production for a decade or longer."
the word draw is no more a class of computer graphic program than illustrator. In fact. I hardly ever "draw" in these programs. I layout illutrations.
"There has not been a single case of genetically modified foods causing illness or death in any creature, except in those designed to perish (crop pests, for example)"
At the moment...
There can still be long term effects
There might be effects that may not be picked up, or though about
Something in the near future may cause a risk (I assure you, GM is only going to get more radical)
As it becomes more common, more and more people will be able to do it. Not everyone has good intentions.
I think those are enough reasons to take some precautions when it comes to genetic engineering.
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Well, if the GM trees where in a controlled, sealed off environment. Then I have to dissagre with what they did. But if those GM trees where out on the open. I'd say it was a good thing to get rid of them.
Replace the words GM tree with GM deadly virus experiment. And I think you'll see what my point is.
GM can be used for good. But this is still new. S precautions must be taken. Using the naked earth as a test tube is a bad idea. Cause if something stuffs up. There's no way to stop it. Even the silliest little thing, that you may think woudn't cause any problems, can have very big consiquenses. It's just not something to be messing around with in our environment at the moment. It needs to stay in the labs a bit longer.
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"So steal their money from them via taxes (and give the money to whom)? Afraid to allow them to be stupid and suffer their own natural consequences?"
Ummm.. gee. That's a tough one. Whom to give the money to. Heath and eduacation? Environment? It's not like there's a lack of good causes that need money or anything.
The consequences here are more likely to affect everyone else who wants to walk out side without special protection or breathing aid in 50 years time. I couldn't give a toss if he's making bad finacial decisions.
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'Nother thing: 4x4 doesn't help you steer or stop. Too many car accidents that I've seen on 401, 417 and Decarie ("of the cavity") expressways have been caused by invulnerable Yentas on cellphones in their Lincoln Navigators. Gimme a break.
I'm not sure if your being silly or not. But anyway.
A 4WD will do a similar thing. But it dose it better. That's why they have taken off in rallying. They can be oversteered going into the corner, like a RWD, but they also have the traction to accalerate/ pull them out of the courners faster.
And yip. and 4WD dosn't do shit to help you steer or stop. But it does help you accelerate. Which of course, in affect, can help you steer.
The thing is of course, you maybe able to travel at the same speed, but you have much less room for error, esspecialy in a FWD, which tend to turn into 1 ton sledges with no steering.
Should read:
<H1>, <I>, <B>, etc, and <SPAN>, or <DIV> tags instead.
I thought 'Plain Old Text' meant plain old text!
Should read:
, , , etc, and , or tags instead.
Programs should either support something, or not support it. Not support it in a poorly done half-way.
Anyway.. I do belive, that if you link to a CSS file, the proper way. Netscape will not recongise it:
And if your talking about tags, they rarely have a use in plain valilla HTML anyway (if the user doesn't want CSS enabled, then they probably don't want you messing with there fonts either. Use , , , and or
tags instead.Someone on slashdot finnaly gets it! /. that I'm a web-designer next time.
I can't say how many times I've tried to make this point. But to just be ignored. Maybe I shouldn't tell
This guy deserves a score:5.
"Oh, umm, well... That shouldn't be a problem. We'll just ask everyone to ummm, add support, for the new
In other words. Unless napsters are going to make plug-ins for every software MP3 player, and get companies to make portable NAP players. I can only see this as digging there own hole.
Maybe I'm a luddite, but I'd prefer a cheap, electrically robust hard drive.
Flashcards may be more electricaly fragile. But they are more mechanicly stronger than a HD, since they have no moving parts.
Don't forget these are battle bots. It gets a little more intense than just "opps... I dropped my laptop." (and one could even consider that intense).
Also, if you talking about CF cards (I think they can be used just like an IDE drive, with an adapter). You can get them quite cheaply now, especialy for a 8-16MB card. That's plenty of room. Unless you install win98 on it. But since you can get linux on a iPaq. I shouldn't be too hard to get a striped down version of linux on to a CF card.
It may not be as powerfull. But motion control for something like radio gear doesn't even require the power of a 286, let alone a 486 with a 340MB(!) Harddrive.
Everytime there is a artical about storage. This question always comes up, and the argument ends up taking 50% of the posts (exaguration, but you know what I mean).
This time. Could everyone please rememeber that other technologies will also always advance.
Either, more storage will be possable, and people will find new ways to fill it. Or people will find a new way of doing something, more make something new, that will require more storage.
If you had read it. You would know that it isn't a membrane keyboard.
And people here also seem to forget another thing. Not everyone speends their day typing. This keyboard would be great for any program that involves manuvering and keyboard shortcuts, with not much actual typing. E.G. 3D apps, layout/illustation, photoshop, games, you get the idea.
But the client it's self... I just don't like it as much as ICQ. ICQ had alot of handy features (once you turn off most of the clutter). Like the way you can have a user float when online etc...
But then again, Jabber is open source. So hopefuly there will some imporvments soon.
Lego is poor in that its all to easy to break the peices if they get trodden on accidentally.
That's why I like lego better. If forces you to create a stronger sturcture than just rely on the strength of the material.
Lego also has gears. I had the lego techic truck, which had a crane on the back (a peumatic crane, which required the setup of air hoses and a switch system). It had an engine, that went to all 4 rear wheels, which had gear differentials. That's how I learnt differentials worked. Just becasue it's not made out of metal. Dosn't mean you don't learn as much about enginering from it.
I made all sorts of things with lego that required alot of enginerring. But I also could use my imagination more to.
Less memory
Doesn't crash
You're right, Gimp isn't Photoshop . . . its better
I'm sorry. But I've used Photoshop on both MacOS 9, win98, and win2000. And I think it has only ever crashed once, on MacOS.
All most isn't good enough. Please. Get a job as a graphic designer. And tell me how long you last with GIMP. If you last more than a week. I'd consider that an achivment.
As much as I like and support GIMP for what it is (Free/OpenSouce alternative to big, mean, Adobe). In the real world, it just dosn't cut it yet.
Anyway. I think the first point is true. Paying for an ISP is easy. There is only on thing to pay. It's easy to keep track of. If you start having to pay for each site. I would find it annoying. Also. Alot of people wouldn;t understand why they should pay for sites, when they pay for internet access, as they see it all as one big service.
And I have to agree about the micropayments to. I havn't acctually used it before. I'm not sure I want to use my credit card for something like that. Call me paranoid, but hey.
What needs to be done, is for banks to make a new system for on-line transactions. Maybe even something like the prepaid phones. You buy a cheap card. And puch in the number. And you get $$ to use. So if someone hacks it.. who cares? It's only $10 gone.
That might be great for you. But some people want to use the view sites that use flash for reasons other than adverts.
A better solution is for Macromedia to remove the option for designers to remove the 'stop' and 'mute' options etc.. when one right clicks on a flash object.
Of course. everything2.com is the ultimate test in multi browsing skills. I seem to open more windows than I close browsing that site.
Is you handheld GPS unit 1.5 metres high?
Just cause illustrator is used less. It is still a word in the dictonary. So People can still use it. And Adobe Illustrator is very differnt to Killusrtator IMHO.
Also. Are you saying that there is a legal differnce between the words illustrator and draw?
"All of those words were, and are, relatively common English words, too--but they don't refer to a class of computer graphics programs. They refer to specific computer graphics programs, all of which have been in production for a decade or longer."
the word draw is no more a class of computer graphic program than illustrator. In fact. I hardly ever "draw" in these programs. I layout illutrations.
At the moment...
There can still be long term effects
There might be effects that may not be picked up, or though about
Something in the near future may cause a risk (I assure you, GM is only going to get more radical)
As it becomes more common, more and more people will be able to do it. Not everyone has good intentions.
I think those are enough reasons to take some precautions when it comes to genetic engineering.
Replace the words GM tree with GM deadly virus experiment. And I think you'll see what my point is.
GM can be used for good. But this is still new. S precautions must be taken. Using the naked earth as a test tube is a bad idea. Cause if something stuffs up. There's no way to stop it. Even the silliest little thing, that you may think woudn't cause any problems, can have very big consiquenses. It's just not something to be messing around with in our environment at the moment. It needs to stay in the labs a bit longer.
Ummm.. gee. That's a tough one. Whom to give the money to.
Heath and eduacation? Environment? It's not like there's a lack of good causes that need money or anything.
The consequences here are more likely to affect everyone else who wants to walk out side without special protection or breathing aid in 50 years time. I couldn't give a toss if he's making bad finacial decisions.