I am a consultant, so I get to see many different businesses. I have also worked for many prior to consulting.
I can say that those that do not understand business fare poorly. On the flip side, those that understand business, but not the technology that they are supposedly in have problems as well. I have seen both.
Both of those businesses are neither failing not advancing. They are just sort of hanging on. The businesses that understand both do quite well of course.
I have had great dealings with NCIX here in Canada. http://www.ncix.com Good prices, quick delivery via Canada post, and they allow posting on each page about the items, so you can read user reviews before buying.
I only ever had 1 problem with them, the description on some ECC server ram said 2GB ram XYXXYXY speed kit. Note that the way it was worded it did not say 2GB (1X2) kit. Thus, when I thought I was ordering 1 2GB stick of ram, I was ordering 2 1GB sticks of ram. As I ordered a number of these, it was expensive. I ended up returning them and was not charged at all. They even refunded my shipping due to the confusing way in which the item was marked. That was impressive.
Unfortunately, I am using a legitimate copy of XP. I would like so see what would happen when my basic black wallpaper (with no image) got replaced with a basic black wallpaper with no image.
I am literally about to go out and buy my MythBuntu hardware, I plan to start my build this weekend. I won't be using HDTV for some time, but the parent poster is correct.
MythTV is more useful for analogue TV.
However, that does not mean that MythTV is useless. Hauppague has come out with a new device that works with Myth that is nearly impossible to block.
At the "sister" school to my highschool, back in the 1980s when I was taking chemistry, a student stole about 4 kg of sodium from the lab.
Now, this was important because of what he did with it. Afraid of being caught, but also wanting to see the reaction, he dumped it into a toilet at the high school.
Then he flushed it.
Now, I never saw the results, but my highschool chemistry prof went to the other school to see the results.
We got to do an entire class on this reaction.
I remember my chem prof describing how the sodium must have gone through 40-60 feet of pipe while being flushed, and generating hydrogen gas the whole way. The pipe filled up with hydrogen, and the sodium was incredibly hot from the reaction.
At some point it met more air in the pipe system, and reacted. Apparently the blowback blew the toilet up into little bits of ceramic each about the size of the deck of cards. *
I remember it was a great chem lesson.
* Being older now, and remembering how my prof recounted this story, I do have my doubts about the sodium going that far down the pipe and then blowing up only a single toilet. I do remember the story well enough that everyone in the school was talking about it, and people I knew who went to the other school were too of course.
The issue is more general than that. The usability experts who can't code *can* improve usability, by telling the developers what to do.
It's more of an issue of *just* criticising, instead of offering constructive opinions. If all you can do is say "this sucks" but not say why or how it can be improved, then I agree, you have no business in software. If, on the other hand, you can find a way to improve it, I'm sure many people will welcome your advice and implement it.
LED's are commonly dimmed in headlamps. I have right next to me a Petzel Tikka XP Headlamp that has multiple LED light settings. And yes, each of those settings is a different dim setting. The LED can also be "over-driven" for a short period, putting out more light than normal.
So, parent poster is correct, LED's do dim, and they dim quite well.
The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind is very good in my opinion. In each book the theme varies from Critical Thinking (book 1) to objectivism (book 6). Some of the books are extremely preachy (books 5 and 7) and dull IMHO.
However, the first 3 books are easy to read, and carry a message that I think is very pro-science. However, that is hidden from younger readers I would think.
I think that teens interested in Fantasy would devour at least the first 2 books.
Some time ago, I took a "History of Science" course. My memory is fuzzy around the dates, but originally, anything in science was granted the term "law". IIRC, "Caloric Theory" which was superseded by the theory of heat and thermodynamics was originally called a "law".
Around the 1700's, it was decided to call all new science a "Theory". In deference to previous conventions, the things still held over previously known as laws retained the name. Hence the apparent difference between the two terms.
I sent emails as well, however, I sent the snail mail (with a different message) as well to be certain. In fact, I am angry enough about this that I believe that we should force an election on this issue, and I have said the same to my MP.
Done. I just sent a snail mail letter. Remember, if you are sending the letter to parliament, it is *FREE* and does not require a stamp. Every self-respecting Canadian slashdotter who reads this should do the same.
For those interested, his response is at the end of the video, when he responds to the last question. Around 61 min, but the video is worth watching overall.
How about those who are afraid of dogs? Or those who are afraid of flying? That would trigger a great deal of false positives.
Also, I have worked with dogs, and police dogs specifically, and I don't find their purported "detection" ability to be as good as public opinion makes it out to be.
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So wait, Jack Thompson was wrong?
I am shocked, just simply shocked at this news.
I am a consultant, so I get to see many different businesses. I have also worked for many prior to consulting.
I can say that those that do not understand business fare poorly. On the flip side, those that understand business, but not the technology that they are supposedly in have problems as well. I have seen both.
Both of those businesses are neither failing not advancing. They are just sort of hanging on. The businesses that understand both do quite well of course.
I have had great dealings with NCIX here in Canada. http://www.ncix.com Good prices, quick delivery via Canada post, and they allow posting on each page about the items, so you can read user reviews before buying.
I only ever had 1 problem with them, the description on some ECC server ram said 2GB ram XYXXYXY speed kit. Note that the way it was worded it did not say 2GB (1X2) kit. Thus, when I thought I was ordering 1 2GB stick of ram, I was ordering 2 1GB sticks of ram. As I ordered a number of these, it was expensive. I ended up returning them and was not charged at all. They even refunded my shipping due to the confusing way in which the item was marked. That was impressive.
Unfortunately, I am using a legitimate copy of XP. I would like so see what would happen when my basic black wallpaper (with no image) got replaced with a basic black wallpaper with no image.
I am literally about to go out and buy my MythBuntu hardware, I plan to start my build this weekend. I won't be using HDTV for some time, but the parent poster is correct.
MythTV is more useful for analogue TV.
However, that does not mean that MythTV is useless. Hauppague has come out with a new device that works with Myth that is nearly impossible to block.
From MythTV wiki:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_HD-PVR
At the "sister" school to my highschool, back in the 1980s when I was taking chemistry, a student stole about 4 kg of sodium from the lab.
Now, this was important because of what he did with it. Afraid of being caught, but also wanting to see the reaction, he dumped it into a toilet at the high school.
Then he flushed it.
Now, I never saw the results, but my highschool chemistry prof went to the other school to see the results.
We got to do an entire class on this reaction.
I remember my chem prof describing how the sodium must have gone through 40-60 feet of pipe while being flushed, and generating hydrogen gas the whole way. The pipe filled up with hydrogen, and the sodium was incredibly hot from the reaction.
At some point it met more air in the pipe system, and reacted. Apparently the blowback blew the toilet up into little bits of ceramic each about the size of the deck of cards. *
I remember it was a great chem lesson.
* Being older now, and remembering how my prof recounted this story, I do have my doubts about the sodium going that far down the pipe and then blowing up only a single toilet. I do remember the story well enough that everyone in the school was talking about it, and people I knew who went to the other school were too of course.
If you think null and void are the same thing, try redirecting some large output to /dev/void and see what happens.
The issue is more general than that. The usability experts who can't code *can* improve usability, by telling the developers what to do.
It's more of an issue of *just* criticising, instead of offering constructive opinions. If all you can do is say "this sucks" but not say why or how it can be improved, then I agree, you have no business in software. If, on the other hand, you can find a way to improve it, I'm sure many people will welcome your advice and implement it.
RE: Bugfix, Usability is a matter of opinion
*WONTFIX*
Usage works for me.
*Ducks and runs*
01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100111 01100101 01100101 01101011
Ur a geek
Oh sure AC, go ahead and post the answer after I figure it out, and after I have figured it out, THEN I notice your post beneath my threshold.
Damn you!
Dimming LED's.
LED's are commonly dimmed in headlamps. I have right next to me a Petzel Tikka XP Headlamp that has multiple LED light settings. And yes, each of those settings is a different dim setting. The LED can also be "over-driven" for a short period, putting out more light than normal.
So, parent poster is correct, LED's do dim, and they dim quite well.
I don't know about the rest of you, but a "pink box" by the side of the road would cause me to not just slow down, but stop and offer it a ride.
Well that ought to take the piss out of the Orion project.
The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind is very good in my opinion. In each book the theme varies from Critical Thinking (book 1) to objectivism (book 6). Some of the books are extremely preachy (books 5 and 7) and dull IMHO.
However, the first 3 books are easy to read, and carry a message that I think is very pro-science. However, that is hidden from younger readers I would think.
I think that teens interested in Fantasy would devour at least the first 2 books.
Some time ago, I took a "History of Science" course. My memory is fuzzy around the dates, but originally, anything in science was granted the term "law". IIRC, "Caloric Theory" which was superseded by the theory of heat and thermodynamics was originally called a "law".
Around the 1700's, it was decided to call all new science a "Theory". In deference to previous conventions, the things still held over previously known as laws retained the name. Hence the apparent difference between the two terms.
Absolutely, it carries much more weight. I am sending them to my MP, Jim Prentice and the Prime Ministers office just for starters.
I sent emails as well, however, I sent the snail mail (with a different message) as well to be certain. In fact, I am angry enough about this that I believe that we should force an election on this issue, and I have said the same to my MP.
Done. I just sent a snail mail letter. Remember, if you are sending the letter to parliament, it is *FREE* and does not require a stamp. Every self-respecting Canadian slashdotter who reads this should do the same.
For those interested, his response is at the end of the video, when he responds to the last question. Around 61 min, but the video is worth watching overall.
Republicans on the commission still fret that with only one such site, the House could be seen as picking winners and losers on the Web.
Every time I see popular political videos on You Tube it looks to me like Republicans are the losers on the web.
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Who are you? I don't know you! I don't think I will listen to your opinion unless I get an email about your opinion first.
How about those who are afraid of dogs? Or those who are afraid of flying? That would trigger a great deal of false positives.
Also, I have worked with dogs, and police dogs specifically, and I don't find their purported "detection" ability to be as good as public opinion makes it out to be.
I hope you don't mind if I use the above as a template and send a similar message to my MP's as well.
Snail mail of course.
And all Canucks out there, if you mail a letter to an MP - it does not require postage. Just drop it in the mail, and it gets delivered.
Where possible, choose snail mail over email, snail mail gets more attention.
Even more dangerous is the fact that it was covered in lead paint.