So all the countries that have excess Anime... Makes sense! Smaller file size and faster streaming after compressing the video to use only an 8 bit colour-stream, which hardly ruins the cartoon!
You want to set up a server_backend_of_your_choice? I know the average user doesn't. I do know the average user (at least in my business category) does use PDF forms.
Why not let PDFs only display documents, and rely on web forms for submitting information?
You are faced with the problem of having to host a file which requires a server and an afternoon setting that all up. Then you have to provide a link to someone, which means they have to open it in a web browser. Which means you'll have to let that server through the firewall/dns, since you've got it all blacklisted to keep employees in line.
Instead of being able to open it by whatever email client you want, as an attachment, that works across all platforms.
I don't like them any more than the next guy, but they fill a spot that webforms haven't quite done yet.
This may be harsh, but it needs to be said: by referring to HTML as "web programming", it's pretty clear that you're not really in a position to be explaining the logic of the decision.
No, its not harsh at all. People need to distinguish the difference between "Web Programming" and "Web Design". HTML/CSS is the latter. Javascript is a sort of in the middle - in that anyone with a decent IDE can design a web page to use basic Javascript functions. Web Programmers, the guys who do the nitty gritty stuff, know that you can't fire off an email using Javascript. You either link a Mailto: or you use something else backend, usually something.NET . I say.NET in that its standard across all Windows PC now, or close enough to be negligable.
Thats why PDF Forms have a small Niche - they work on Windows, Mac, anything that can run the latest versions of Adobe.
And for the "WC3 has made HTML and other web programming less accessible" - In what way? You can still do the same HTML Design the old way (minus a few deprecated tags) as much as you want. The only problem is that your web page will look like something from the early 90's. Or you will be spending ALOT of time on a now trivial task, that takes less than a day to learn.
That's the situation I'm in right now. Our bonuses have been cut 3 years consecutively now. We've always paid for our own coffee. As for travel, they understand that if they don't pay the costs, we aren't going. Only because it'd be illegal for them to do so.
Yeah, the biggest part of it is that the company is EXPANDING. We've opened 6 new locations last year. Easy to buy property in these hard times. But they just can't seem to afford bonuses this Christmas.
But they know that if I were to walk out, it'd be tough to find a job.
Yes, except an Embassy is an area of land, and its Ambassadors have very few diplomatic immunities when they leave that area of land. And even SOME restrictions are imposed on that land (meaning I can't set off a Nuke in the Canadian Embassy and think I'll be free of all American Charges in California).
Interpol however, is an Organization of international police officers, and from time to time we've observed that police officers get corrupted. They've essentially granted a Gestapo Force in the States that is not directly controlled by the countries own government.
Now - I have nothing against Interpol, and as far as I know they're a great organization that go after drug busts and murderers. I just don't see why they can't operate under the same rules as the local Police (Essentially the same job) as the country they are working in.
and the hope is that since the genes were not transferred, these things never to have to happen again.
See this is the only thing that really bugs me, it suggests that because of a persons ONE mistake in life they shouldn't have the right to pass on Genes.
Its fine to have "Odd News" and some tiny jabs at ridiculous scenarios. It does exactly as you said - spread information thats beneficial to everyone. Informs people of dangers, good stuff.
It's just the arrogance associated with "It's better off they died" - whether to promote a message or to remove "bad genes" that puts me off.
Some guy could find the cure for cancer, die the next day with a laptop on the bed catching fire.
We'll post them a Darwinism award for dieing in such a ridiculous way, being proud that their bad genes are not passed on while completely ignoring any good genes or positive contributions they could have made.
They are of the opinion that these people deserved to die.
Deserved? Why, do you believe in "fate" and "destiny"?
No. I don't believe in fate or destiny. By deserved, I mean the site is making the claim that "they are so stupid it is beneficial to society for them not to live/reproduce"
Personally, if I got so drunk out of my mind on new years that I died, I wouldn't want the world to think its better off that I died when my contributions to society could have more than outweighed the silly-ness in which I passed away.
I'm saying that when someone singles me out and says "You are so dumb you deserve to die" I'd like to be able to ask why they think so and inform them of exactly why I took the course of action I did.
It's not insulting that they report a funny or odd death. It happens, and its worth a chuckle. It's insulting that they tagline Darwinism (The toughest or most adaptive survive) to it.
It puts an air of arrogance that they themselves are obviously smarter than everyone who has died unnaturally simply because they themselves are still alive.
Are you saying that you don't feel closer whenever you waltz with a member of the opposite sex?
They are merely using waltz to describe the effects of said motion, not the actual motion itself, which is confusing since waltzing (the dance) implies motion.
However, if you were expecting some similarity between the black holes and music, I have a My Chemical Romance CD I could send to you.
Because it's not funny when someone dies. And when someone is dead they cannot defend their case to insults.
Hypothetically speaking, The lady who drowned trying to save her moped - it could have been all she had. Maybe she didn't have any other transportation, and thus she wouldn't have been able to get to work on time. Then she'd lose her job, lose her money, and wouldn't be able to feed her children.
The point is - yes, people do stupid things. People Die doing stupid things. Stupid things are funny, but its alot less funny when people die. And when you go around mocking the people who died doing something stupid, often times you are too busy laughing to know the whole story.
Yeah I'm not sure if thats what Grafenberg was talking about, but you can definately feel it.
Psychological or not, the spot is there, and it's not guaranteed to stimulate every single woman.
Just like some girls like a little tug on the hair, others don't. Some people enjoy choking, others don't. Maybe not every girl likes their G Spot being touched. I knew a girl who didn't like me playing with the clit because it was too sensative, it was so good it hurt.
To say "The spot isn't there" is kind of like saying my elbow doesn't exist. It's a ridiculous claim, its merely a physical spot.
Now - whether I get amazingly aroused or not when you rub my elbow is an entirely different study.
What, other than a larger screen, does this bring that isn't already covered by a premium smartphone? Granted, a smartphone without a contract will cost quite a bit more
Those are exactly the reasons this will have a niche market. Larger screen, no contract, same as a smartphone.
I'm not a good representative of the average phone consumer, but I honestly can't find myself playing any games on my phone besides the ultra simple ones, like Bubble Breaker and Solitaire. Even Teeter, (get the ball in the hole by tilting the phone around) seems to demand too much attention and battery to really play it often.
How many other/.ers use their phones for games? What kinds of games, and how often do you play?
To create an Internet without so many security breaches, with better trust and built-in identity management.
We don't want that.
Researchers are trying to build an Internet that's more reliable, higher performing and better able to manage exabytes of content. And they're hoping to build an Internet that extends connectivity to the most remote regions of the world, perhaps to other planets
None of that has anything to with the first part of their statement. Changing protocols and changing packets won't change the fact that you need the physical hardware at the location. The current internet does not have a problem extending connectivity to the remote regions of the world, or even to other planets. The only thing stopping THAT is the physical wires, servers, switches, etc. that have to be set up.
Before you go on about limitted address space, keep in mind that if we pushed those kinds of projects (the second type) the more we'd be pushing towards IPv6 - and even now we have some silly workarounds like NAT. In fact, I think if they redesigned NAT so it wasn't so... annoying to use, we'd get more use out of that than any other internet protocol they are probably working on.
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So all the countries that have excess Anime... Makes sense! Smaller file size and faster streaming after compressing the video to use only an 8 bit colour-stream, which hardly ruins the cartoon!
I'm kidding. Of course. Calm down.
Good for you the Federal Reserve isn't owned by the government. Its a private bank.
You want to set up a server_backend_of_your_choice? I know the average user doesn't. I do know the average user (at least in my business category) does use PDF forms.
Why not let PDFs only display documents, and rely on web forms for submitting information?
You are faced with the problem of having to host a file which requires a server and an afternoon setting that all up. Then you have to provide a link to someone, which means they have to open it in a web browser. Which means you'll have to let that server through the firewall/dns, since you've got it all blacklisted to keep employees in line.
Instead of being able to open it by whatever email client you want, as an attachment, that works across all platforms.
I don't like them any more than the next guy, but they fill a spot that webforms haven't quite done yet.
This may be harsh, but it needs to be said: by referring to HTML as "web programming", it's pretty clear that you're not really in a position to be explaining the logic of the decision.
No, its not harsh at all. People need to distinguish the difference between "Web Programming" and "Web Design". HTML/CSS is the latter. Javascript is a sort of in the middle - in that anyone with a decent IDE can design a web page to use basic Javascript functions. Web Programmers, the guys who do the nitty gritty stuff, know that you can't fire off an email using Javascript. You either link a Mailto: or you use something else backend, usually something .NET . I say .NET in that its standard across all Windows PC now, or close enough to be negligable.
Thats why PDF Forms have a small Niche - they work on Windows, Mac, anything that can run the latest versions of Adobe.
And for the "WC3 has made HTML and other web programming less accessible" - In what way? You can still do the same HTML Design the old way (minus a few deprecated tags) as much as you want. The only problem is that your web page will look like something from the early 90's. Or you will be spending ALOT of time on a now trivial task, that takes less than a day to learn.
That's the situation I'm in right now. Our bonuses have been cut 3 years consecutively now. We've always paid for our own coffee. As for travel, they understand that if they don't pay the costs, we aren't going. Only because it'd be illegal for them to do so.
Yeah, the biggest part of it is that the company is EXPANDING. We've opened 6 new locations last year. Easy to buy property in these hard times. But they just can't seem to afford bonuses this Christmas.
But they know that if I were to walk out, it'd be tough to find a job.
Yes, except an Embassy is an area of land, and its Ambassadors have very few diplomatic immunities when they leave that area of land. And even SOME restrictions are imposed on that land (meaning I can't set off a Nuke in the Canadian Embassy and think I'll be free of all American Charges in California).
Interpol however, is an Organization of international police officers, and from time to time we've observed that police officers get corrupted. They've essentially granted a Gestapo Force in the States that is not directly controlled by the countries own government.
Now - I have nothing against Interpol, and as far as I know they're a great organization that go after drug busts and murderers. I just don't see why they can't operate under the same rules as the local Police (Essentially the same job) as the country they are working in.
He offered $500 to Sony, to my knowledge, and they turned him down and have now succeeded in the big bucks.
and the hope is that since the genes were not transferred, these things never to have to happen again.
See this is the only thing that really bugs me, it suggests that because of a persons ONE mistake in life they shouldn't have the right to pass on Genes.
Its fine to have "Odd News" and some tiny jabs at ridiculous scenarios. It does exactly as you said - spread information thats beneficial to everyone. Informs people of dangers, good stuff.
It's just the arrogance associated with "It's better off they died" - whether to promote a message or to remove "bad genes" that puts me off.
No but it doesn't mean they were bad either.
Some guy could find the cure for cancer, die the next day with a laptop on the bed catching fire.
We'll post them a Darwinism award for dieing in such a ridiculous way, being proud that their bad genes are not passed on while completely ignoring any good genes or positive contributions they could have made.
They are of the opinion that these people deserved to die.
Deserved? Why, do you believe in "fate" and "destiny"?
No. I don't believe in fate or destiny. By deserved, I mean the site is making the claim that "they are so stupid it is beneficial to society for them not to live/reproduce"
Personally, if I got so drunk out of my mind on new years that I died, I wouldn't want the world to think its better off that I died when my contributions to society could have more than outweighed the silly-ness in which I passed away.
Best Buy a waste of money!
G-Spot hard to find!
Something else you already knew!
I'm saying that when someone singles me out and says "You are so dumb you deserve to die" I'd like to be able to ask why they think so and inform them of exactly why I took the course of action I did.
It's not insulting that they report a funny or odd death. It happens, and its worth a chuckle. It's insulting that they tagline Darwinism (The toughest or most adaptive survive) to it.
It puts an air of arrogance that they themselves are obviously smarter than everyone who has died unnaturally simply because they themselves are still alive.
Publicizing a stupid death is not what upsets me, but rather the concept behind "Darwin Awards".
Basically what they are saying is that the person was so stupid that they did not deserve to survive or reproduce.
They are of the opinion that these people deserved to die.
Are you saying that you don't feel closer whenever you waltz with a member of the opposite sex?
They are merely using waltz to describe the effects of said motion, not the actual motion itself, which is confusing since waltzing (the dance) implies motion.
However, if you were expecting some similarity between the black holes and music, I have a My Chemical Romance CD I could send to you.
They don't have the chance to defend their logic and reasoning for doing so.
Are you going to say that you have never in your life done something that is stupid, but seemed like a good idea at the time?
Because it's not funny when someone dies. And when someone is dead they cannot defend their case to insults.
Hypothetically speaking, The lady who drowned trying to save her moped - it could have been all she had. Maybe she didn't have any other transportation, and thus she wouldn't have been able to get to work on time. Then she'd lose her job, lose her money, and wouldn't be able to feed her children.
The point is - yes, people do stupid things. People Die doing stupid things. Stupid things are funny, but its alot less funny when people die. And when you go around mocking the people who died doing something stupid, often times you are too busy laughing to know the whole story.
It's a little distasteful to insult the dead. I may get -1 flamed for this, but am I the only one who feels this way?
Yeah I'm not sure if thats what Grafenberg was talking about, but you can definately feel it.
Psychological or not, the spot is there, and it's not guaranteed to stimulate every single woman.
Just like some girls like a little tug on the hair, others don't. Some people enjoy choking, others don't. Maybe not every girl likes their G Spot being touched. I knew a girl who didn't like me playing with the clit because it was too sensative, it was so good it hurt.
To say "The spot isn't there" is kind of like saying my elbow doesn't exist. It's a ridiculous claim, its merely a physical spot.
Now - whether I get amazingly aroused or not when you rub my elbow is an entirely different study.
What, other than a larger screen, does this bring that isn't already covered by a premium smartphone? Granted, a smartphone without a contract will cost quite a bit more
Those are exactly the reasons this will have a niche market. Larger screen, no contract, same as a smartphone.
I'm not a good representative of the average phone consumer, but I honestly can't find myself playing any games on my phone besides the ultra simple ones, like Bubble Breaker and Solitaire. Even Teeter, (get the ball in the hole by tilting the phone around) seems to demand too much attention and battery to really play it often.
How many other /.ers use their phones for games? What kinds of games, and how often do you play?
Just curious of the demographics for this crowd.
They have a dockable Keyboard to turn it into a netbook, practically.
As for touch screen, all you need is a spot to mount it on your dashboard to use it like a GPS.
It's not the worlds most amazing product, especially since its a mere $200, but the applications are there, you just aren't looking hard enough.
To create an Internet without so many security breaches, with better trust and built-in identity management.
We don't want that.
Researchers are trying to build an Internet that's more reliable, higher performing and better able to manage exabytes of content. And they're hoping to build an Internet that extends connectivity to the most remote regions of the world, perhaps to other planets
None of that has anything to with the first part of their statement. Changing protocols and changing packets won't change the fact that you need the physical hardware at the location. The current internet does not have a problem extending connectivity to the remote regions of the world, or even to other planets. The only thing stopping THAT is the physical wires, servers, switches, etc. that have to be set up.
Before you go on about limitted address space, keep in mind that if we pushed those kinds of projects (the second type) the more we'd be pushing towards IPv6 - and even now we have some silly workarounds like NAT. In fact, I think if they redesigned NAT so it wasn't so... annoying to use, we'd get more use out of that than any other internet protocol they are probably working on.
LoL. I can't be expected to read every comment that gets posted on Slashdot now, can I? Especially those that are likely to get modded into oblivion.
Everything you mentioned before "I am offended" is completely irrelevant to both the article and any point you are trying to make.