However, just having the D in your system doesn't get it to work, something in the sunlight "activates" it.
As for the guy who mentioned Orange Juice and Tropicana, most of it is Vitamin C, but there are Vitamin D enriched juices yes. Same rule applies though, it needs sunlight.
I think its more along the lines of what started as a News Site merged into a semi social site. I have a Journal, I have a friends list. Inversely, Youtube existed as a place to show your conventional social skills through videos that you post - and it eventually merged into the All-in-one site that it is today.
Truth of the matter is - Social Media networking sites are just advanced Forums, which are just another form of IRC, so where you draw the line is entirely up to debate.
It confirms that a LOT of people are using facebook. We knew that social media had come of age before, because we knew lots of people were using facebook before.
The fact that Barack Obama has 7 Million fans doesn't change any of the previous facts, it just reinforces that people are using facebook, thus confirming that social media has come of age.
I have been here long enough to know/. is closer to anti-social media.
Badoom psh!
In all seriousness though, its actually not. You just expressed your opinion, did you not? I'd say/. is very much considered social media. You could market some stock tips to me all ya like. I mean we all see the Editors marketting Apple with their Slashvertisements.
No I mean that if -I- was from Japan. I had the option to Learn a second language (french) up here in Canada. Rather I was forced, Grades 4 through 9. I flunked them because I didn't want to learn it. Had no need. If English was good enough for my grandparents, its good enough for me, lulz.
In no way was I making any connection between speaking English and Japan, as I know a bunch of Southeast Asian cultures are starting a push on English, since it means better jobs and career opportunities both at home and overseas.
Well then the arguement of "nothing being intuitive" applies for just about everything in the universe, since instinctive nature can change by your social upbringing.
If you take a newborn and leave it alone, it will not have the ability to feed itself and will die. We don't posess the instinctive nature (or physical abilities) to run and hide or find food at first daylight like many other animals on the planet (first example that comes to mind: turtles).
If you are going to seperate that everything you are taught (or self taught) cannot be used in the intuitive sense, then it has no place in a discussion covering computer technology.
I think that intuitive in the sense of computer UI's means something very different than in the sense of philosophy and linguistics. Just like how the Enter key on your keyboard doesn't necessarily mean you are going inside of something. I'd say if you know the very basics of computer operation (As in, move mouse, click to perform a function), computer intuitive-ness arises around the ability to discern the functions of program without having to perform the functions.
Rumour has it All Canadian governments open TCP/UDP ports 2 through 65535.
The first one is the reserved emergency port for the Prime Minister to escape in the case of a national emergency. We tried to explain to him that's not how it works but... You know politicians...
There's no such thing as "intuitive" computer interfaces.
No there are lots of intuitive interfaces, there just aren't many (if any) "universal" interfaces. You can give me flack for it, but I'm going to go ahead and say that the Slashdot comment interface is very intuitive. I know the reply button starts a reply. The Cancel button cancels it. The option button lets me see various options. Very intuitive, I have not needed to press any of these buttons to know their respective meaning. That by definition makes it intuitive.
However, if I was from Japan, I wouldn't have any clue what any of these buttons mean. I'd probably get so fed up with it I'd request a Japanese version of Slashdot.
So what it comes down to is trying to make something universally understood. Surprisingly enough, any country that has vehicular traffic uses Green for Go and Red for stop. Whether thats based on open standards or some psychological root, I don't know. So if you had an option that you could start or stop, putting the same image in green and the other in red would show which one starts it and which one stops it. Similarily, the symbols on every Media player for Play, Pause, Rewind, Fast Forward, Stop, and Record are also Universal across the planet. So it makes sense to put them on any application that plays media.
There are a handful of things like this out there. It's not impossible to create an intuitive computer interface. The tricky part is to make it universal across all demographics of people who will use it, especially if there is a language barrier. This is where icons with the help of tooltip popups can be great.
Nearly everything you've ever done on the site is recorded into a database
Considering nearly everything you ever do on Facebook is made public to either your friends or everybody - thats not shocking at all. The entire system is basically built around informing everybody of everything you do. You can't even perform an action without some app or another prompting you "Do you want to post this on your profile? YES/NO".
And for those of you wondering, it's obvious what the new password is;
The only man to have ever beaten Chuck Norris? Bruce Lee.
I Dial 311. I know all my local services. Don't know who started that but its a great service. If I'm lucky, I'll even get a live operator to talk to about it.
In another camp, there are the ones who are dreaming about magic 3D interfaces and other experimental stuff, thinking that Apple would come up with a wondrous new interface that nobody can imagine now, one that will bring universal love, world peace and pancakes for everyone
We HAVE 3D interfaces projected onto the 2D space of a multi-touch screen, which makes for some pretty awesome experimental stuff. And who knows, maybe Apple will be the one to do it, maybe it'll be the Open Source Community.
Just because it seems unfathomable to you doesn't mean it isn't possible. I mean the whole love, peace, and pancakes is probably impossible, but not the interface part.
Our Governing system is such a joke, we can afford to have Joke parties Just read some of those campaign promises.
In all seriousness though, they've done a decent job so far. It's never gotten so bad that we demand more information out of them, and as far as I recall any information I wanted to find out was easily searchable.
What, you've never heard of CSIS? Does that make it better or worse at its job than the CIA?
I grew up with Television, Flatscreens were around by the time I was 10, there has been a Microwave around since as long as I can remember.
The future for me is voice interacting Smart AI computers built into my car or home, a handheld device that -actually- does everything, and transparent/holographic heads up displays in the consumer market.
I know we aren't quite there yet, but we're close.
Not to mention you'll only have one hand to use it with. Have you ever tried typing/texting with a single hand? Its not as intuitive as two thumbs or a full fledged keyboard with 10 fingers.
Slashdot Mirror
I just did a bit of research, it would take 10 taaaallll Glasses of Vitamin D enriched Milk to barely get the amount required.
However, less than 30 minutes of sunlight (varying on your size, your skin pigmentation and where you live) will deliver this amount.
Woops I posted this to the one above.
However, just having the D in your system doesn't get it to work, something in the sunlight "activates" it.
As for the guy who mentioned Orange Juice and Tropicana, most of it is Vitamin C, but there are Vitamin D enriched juices yes. Same rule applies though, it needs sunlight.
Thats the thing though, Milk is great for Vitamin D - and Chocolate Milk is a favourite amongst gamers.
However, just having the D in your system doesn't get it to work, something in the sunlight "activates" it. I heard it from a girl one time.
If you spend so much time inside playing video games that you get a case of the rickets, you've got way more problems than just vitamin deficiency.
Casette Tapes are coming back!
If Only I still had a Deck!
I think its more along the lines of what started as a News Site merged into a semi social site. I have a Journal, I have a friends list. Inversely, Youtube existed as a place to show your conventional social skills through videos that you post - and it eventually merged into the All-in-one site that it is today.
Truth of the matter is - Social Media networking sites are just advanced Forums, which are just another form of IRC, so where you draw the line is entirely up to debate.
It confirms that a LOT of people are using facebook. We knew that social media had come of age before, because we knew lots of people were using facebook before.
The fact that Barack Obama has 7 Million fans doesn't change any of the previous facts, it just reinforces that people are using facebook, thus confirming that social media has come of age.
I have been here long enough to know /. is closer to anti-social media.
Badoom psh!
In all seriousness though, its actually not. You just expressed your opinion, did you not? I'd say /. is very much considered social media. You could market some stock tips to me all ya like. I mean we all see the Editors marketting Apple with their Slashvertisements.
No I mean that if -I- was from Japan. I had the option to Learn a second language (french) up here in Canada. Rather I was forced, Grades 4 through 9. I flunked them because I didn't want to learn it. Had no need. If English was good enough for my grandparents, its good enough for me, lulz.
In no way was I making any connection between speaking English and Japan, as I know a bunch of Southeast Asian cultures are starting a push on English, since it means better jobs and career opportunities both at home and overseas.
Well then the arguement of "nothing being intuitive" applies for just about everything in the universe, since instinctive nature can change by your social upbringing.
If you take a newborn and leave it alone, it will not have the ability to feed itself and will die. We don't posess the instinctive nature (or physical abilities) to run and hide or find food at first daylight like many other animals on the planet (first example that comes to mind: turtles).
If you are going to seperate that everything you are taught (or self taught) cannot be used in the intuitive sense, then it has no place in a discussion covering computer technology.
I think that intuitive in the sense of computer UI's means something very different than in the sense of philosophy and linguistics. Just like how the Enter key on your keyboard doesn't necessarily mean you are going inside of something. I'd say if you know the very basics of computer operation (As in, move mouse, click to perform a function), computer intuitive-ness arises around the ability to discern the functions of program without having to perform the functions.
Not really. Some Viagra ads are legit, though the fact that I recieved it through solicitation of my email makes it spam.
Rumour has it All Canadian governments open TCP/UDP ports 2 through 65535.
The first one is the reserved emergency port for the Prime Minister to escape in the case of a national emergency. We tried to explain to him that's not how it works but... You know politicians...
There's no such thing as "intuitive" computer interfaces.
No there are lots of intuitive interfaces, there just aren't many (if any) "universal" interfaces. You can give me flack for it, but I'm going to go ahead and say that the Slashdot comment interface is very intuitive. I know the reply button starts a reply. The Cancel button cancels it. The option button lets me see various options. Very intuitive, I have not needed to press any of these buttons to know their respective meaning. That by definition makes it intuitive.
However, if I was from Japan, I wouldn't have any clue what any of these buttons mean. I'd probably get so fed up with it I'd request a Japanese version of Slashdot.
So what it comes down to is trying to make something universally understood. Surprisingly enough, any country that has vehicular traffic uses Green for Go and Red for stop. Whether thats based on open standards or some psychological root, I don't know. So if you had an option that you could start or stop, putting the same image in green and the other in red would show which one starts it and which one stops it. Similarily, the symbols on every Media player for Play, Pause, Rewind, Fast Forward, Stop, and Record are also Universal across the planet. So it makes sense to put them on any application that plays media.
There are a handful of things like this out there. It's not impossible to create an intuitive computer interface. The tricky part is to make it universal across all demographics of people who will use it, especially if there is a language barrier. This is where icons with the help of tooltip popups can be great.
Haha, now THAT one is actually clever.
Nearly everything you've ever done on the site is recorded into a database
Considering nearly everything you ever do on Facebook is made public to either your friends or everybody - thats not shocking at all. The entire system is basically built around informing everybody of everything you do. You can't even perform an action without some app or another prompting you "Do you want to post this on your profile? YES/NO".
And for those of you wondering, it's obvious what the new password is;
The only man to have ever beaten Chuck Norris? Bruce Lee.
Kinda hard to have a relationship with a Roomba....
I take it you've tried?
Check out the Rack on that Android. Is it a drop in?
Not if that heat is being turned into energy. Depends on how much waste heat is produced by this, but since we haven't tried it, we don't know.
I Dial 311. I know all my local services. Don't know who started that but its a great service. If I'm lucky, I'll even get a live operator to talk to about it.
In another camp, there are the ones who are dreaming about magic 3D interfaces and other experimental stuff, thinking that Apple would come up with a wondrous new interface that nobody can imagine now, one that will bring universal love, world peace and pancakes for everyone
We HAVE 3D interfaces projected onto the 2D space of a multi-touch screen, which makes for some pretty awesome experimental stuff. And who knows, maybe Apple will be the one to do it, maybe it'll be the Open Source Community.
Just because it seems unfathomable to you doesn't mean it isn't possible. I mean the whole love, peace, and pancakes is probably impossible, but not the interface part.
Our Governing system is such a joke, we can afford to have Joke parties
Just read some of those campaign promises.
In all seriousness though, they've done a decent job so far. It's never gotten so bad that we demand more information out of them, and as far as I recall any information I wanted to find out was easily searchable.
What, you've never heard of CSIS? Does that make it better or worse at its job than the CIA?
I grew up with Television, Flatscreens were around by the time I was 10, there has been a Microwave around since as long as I can remember.
The future for me is voice interacting Smart AI computers built into my car or home, a handheld device that -actually- does everything, and transparent/holographic heads up displays in the consumer market.
I know we aren't quite there yet, but we're close.
Not to mention you'll only have one hand to use it with. Have you ever tried typing/texting with a single hand? Its not as intuitive as two thumbs or a full fledged keyboard with 10 fingers.
Is it the future already?
How soon till I can flip open my wrist panel and call Star Command?
And I - being no one of significance, am going to call Microsoft a small, fluffy, harmless kitten that needs to be petted.
Take THAT.