I'm all for talking to my representatives. However, I'm at a loss as to any alternatives. My usual mode of argument is to point out the flaws of ______, and propose a savior system _____ with its own, less dangerous flaws. Any ideas?
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I get a bunch of these too. What's sad about this is that I've figured out the korean characters for "advertisement," by trial and error, and automatically filtered all that junk out of my mail.
Check out IBM's ATOMIK project. The acronym stands for "Alphabetically Tuned and Optimized Mobile Interface Keyboard".
Basic Features: (lifted from the Alphaworks website)
Higher movement efficiency than any other existing touch keyboard.
Alphabetically-tuned layout: Generally, letters from A to Z run from the upper left corner to the lower right corner of the keyboard. This layout helps novice users find letters that are not yet memorized.
Letter connectivity of common words: Many common words or comment fragments of words, such as "the" and "ing" are totally connected.
The problem with corporations is that they are legal entities. For example, if you sue Microsoft, you're suing "Microsoft Corporation" itself, not Bill G. or Steve Ballmer or it's legal department. As such, a corporation can be found guilty of crimes. The question becomes, how do we punish a corporate entity that's already in debt for several billion dollars. Wrap your head around that. What we do now is try to pin it on someone inside the corporation. In our society, you go as far up the corporate ladder as you can, until you reach an unlucky scapegoat.
Well, one little note: last time I checked, Apple has a fairly small market share (single digits, anyone?). So does BMW. And Mercedes. And Bentley. And they're doing fine.
I tried out the beta version with the 5 gig model. It works pretty well. I think they did a good job of extending the iPod's audience.
One thing that the poster failed to note was that it does allow you to seamlessly transport files between the two platforms, and, in some cases, will even aid in file translation, by reading the MacOS file descriptors and translating those into simple extensions (.mpeg,.doc, etc.)
I wonder if Steve's going to patch the iPod to make it incompatible with 3rd party software such as this?
I learned all I ever needed to know about PHP from the PHP Manual. MySQL also includes a somewhat monolithic html file that provides a quick reference, as long as you know SQL.
A useful little tidbit: If you want a quick way to look up information in the PHP Manual, go to http://www.php.net/whatever-you-re-looking-for. For example, http://www.php.net/mysql will take you straight to the reference pages for MySQL.
Part of what makes CG look so, well, CG, is those unrealistic camera angles. There are some things that just don't work when you're point of view isn't governed by the laws of physics.
My Samsung 8500 has a feature that lets you record voice memos. You just flip open the phone and press the memo button on the side while you talk. It automagically puts date / timestamp on it, or, if you have the time, lets you type a quick note (which is fairly easy with the "t9" word prediction software. Sounds like just what you need.
Does this look like a johnny-come-lately AT7 or IT7? While the Abit offering looks like a smash hit (according to some review sites that I refuse to promote), this looks like it's a niche market at best. How many of these do they hope to sell? I understand that there are people who've spent more than the price of a cheap BMW on their stereos, but why, oh why, would they buy this for their computer? Can you get a DAT player for computers these days?
Well, I can finally get rid of that old 5200 I have sitting in my attic. I'm not even sure if it boots, but last I heard, they were going for less than $50US on ebay. If I can get $575US for it, I'd gladly take the plunge on a new system. Steve! Bring this deal across the pond!
There was something from way back when that would effectively "lock" a folder in explorer in Win95 and make it damn hard to open in DOS. I think you had to go to a prompt and tag an +255 or something to the leading or trailing edge of the folder name.
I'm looking at an aluminum case, probably the Lian-Li that everyone is so fond of. Anyway, I read Jerry Pournelle's Chaos Manor Column up at Byte religously, and noted that he had a bad experience with a flimsy motherboard tray at one point (see this article). Anyone have any opinions? Did he just suffer because he bought some "el cheapo" knockoff?
I would have posted earlier, but I didn't feel like/. the creators of my favorite game series. Anyway, check out http://www.drcsite.org/ for information on the new game.
"It's an official site, but it's not marketing-oriented. In fact you'll have a hard time finding the word "Cyan" anywhere unless you look at the copyright in the source code. That's because the site cleverly discusses Mudpie as if it's talking about real events rather than an upcoming online game," according to the Unofficial Riven Homepage.
On the same note, when you decide to go to college, don't forget that you get a three month break every summer. Internships are your best friend for getting a good job.
As long as you don't majorly screw up, you'll end up getting a pay bump over Joe Blow who just came in off the street w/o a degree, and you'll get extra benefits beyond what some companies offer to plain college graduates.
I, for example, start my internship with Big Blue on Monday. Pay's great, they cover moving, and the time I spend during my summers accelerates my access to stock options.
Well, it looks like Matrox may be back into the mainstream. To most consumers, they're an unknown. To techies, they're the little company that refused to die, and to businesses, they're the best supplier. We'll see which of those three items changes.
I've bought a couple of laptops in my time, and trust me, you want to consider these things in addition to the standards such as weight, battery life, and graphic capabilities. Most sites I've seen don't bother giving you such items:
Battery Weight (number of spares you can usually carry)
Number of Spindles (number of drives you can have running independently)
Speed of the Hard Drive
That last one's very important; I find myself more and more waiting on that damn hard drive, while my P3-mobile is just barely ticking over.
For what it's worth, I recommend a Titanium Powerbook or an iBook, if you don't need the G4 in the TiBook.
So, when's cringley going to get his own section of/.?
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If you have cable, take a moment to flip to MTV (aka the Flashy, Shiny Thing Network). Anyway, look at what's actually on the screen. There's always something moving / flashing / pulsing or whatever. They never keep a camera angle for more than, say, 15 seconds. The talking heads keep yapping about nothing.
If people watch and grow accustomed to that kind of thing, then their attention span probably will drop to something just short of a goldfish. Now, try looking at the layout of any of the more popular sites. You've got different departments competing with each other for your clicks, so they do what they must. If it has to flash / fly / cry out "click me!" so be it. They're drowning. At any rate, take a look at the serene simplicity that is google. It's dead by comparison. Where are all the flashy, attention-keeping buttons / banners / ads? They don't need them. They're focused on one thing: providing a service to the world, and turning a nice profit while they're at it.
I'm looking at buying a Clie T415. How bad's the display, really? Most monochrome displays are horrible by anyone's standards, so, relative to my Palm III, how is it? I've heard lots of bad reviews, and a couple of good ones, but I really don't trust hardware review sites that can spend 10+ pages "reviewing" the life, the universe, and lo! the actual hardware around half-way through the article.
So are these going to work like salon.com's system, using a click-through advertising page every now and again? I kind of like that system; at least it's intelligent; I only see the ad once for each story, and, iirc, I see a different ad each time. I could deal with that, as long as I got all the same content I get now. If you add pay-only features, that's fine, but if I have to pay to view discussion posts or some such, I'm out.
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I'm all for talking to my representatives. However, I'm at a loss as to any alternatives. My usual mode of argument is to point out the flaws of ______, and propose a savior system _____ with its own, less dangerous flaws. Any ideas?
I get a bunch of these too.
What's sad about this is that I've figured out the korean characters for "advertisement," by trial and error, and automatically filtered all that junk out of my mail.
Basic Features: (lifted from the Alphaworks website)
The problem with corporations is that they are legal entities. For example, if you sue Microsoft, you're suing "Microsoft Corporation" itself, not Bill G. or Steve Ballmer or it's legal department. As such, a corporation can be found guilty of crimes. The question becomes, how do we punish a corporate entity that's already in debt for several billion dollars. Wrap your head around that. What we do now is try to pin it on someone inside the corporation. In our society, you go as far up the corporate ladder as you can, until you reach an unlucky scapegoat.
Well, that was a nice little rant.
Well, one little note: last time I checked, Apple has a fairly small market share (single digits, anyone?). So does BMW. And Mercedes. And Bentley. And they're doing fine.
I tried out the beta version with the 5 gig model. It works pretty well. I think they did a good job of extending the iPod's audience.
.doc, etc.)
One thing that the poster failed to note was that it does allow you to seamlessly transport files between the two platforms, and, in some cases, will even aid in file translation, by reading the MacOS file descriptors and translating those into simple extensions (.mpeg,
I wonder if Steve's going to patch the iPod to make it incompatible with 3rd party software such as this?
That's where MacOS X comes in. You know you want it.
I learned all I ever needed to know about PHP from the PHP Manual. MySQL also includes a somewhat monolithic html file that provides a quick reference, as long as you know SQL.
A useful little tidbit: If you want a quick way to look up information in the PHP Manual, go to http://www.php.net/whatever-you-re-looking-for. For example, http://www.php.net/mysql will take you straight to the reference pages for MySQL.
Part of what makes CG look so, well, CG, is those unrealistic camera angles. There are some things that just don't work when you're point of view isn't governed by the laws of physics.
My Samsung 8500 has a feature that lets you record voice memos. You just flip open the phone and press the memo button on the side while you talk. It automagically puts date / timestamp on it, or, if you have the time, lets you type a quick note (which is fairly easy with the "t9" word prediction software. Sounds like just what you need.
Does this look like a johnny-come-lately AT7 or IT7? While the Abit offering looks like a smash hit (according to some review sites that I refuse to promote), this looks like it's a niche market at best. How many of these do they hope to sell? I understand that there are people who've spent more than the price of a cheap BMW on their stereos, but why, oh why, would they buy this for their computer? Can you get a DAT player for computers these days?
Well, I can finally get rid of that old 5200 I have sitting in my attic. I'm not even sure if it boots, but last I heard, they were going for less than $50US on ebay. If I can get $575US for it, I'd gladly take the plunge on a new system. Steve! Bring this deal across the pond!
There was something from way back when that would effectively "lock" a folder in explorer in Win95 and make it damn hard to open in DOS. I think you had to go to a prompt and tag an +255 or something to the leading or trailing edge of the folder name.
I'm looking at an aluminum case, probably the Lian-Li that everyone is so fond of. Anyway, I read Jerry Pournelle's Chaos Manor Column up at Byte religously, and noted that he had a bad experience with a flimsy motherboard tray at one point (see this article). Anyone have any opinions? Did he just suffer because he bought some "el cheapo" knockoff?
Try this link. It looks like the low end was around 40-50 MHz.
Subject says it all.
I would have posted earlier, but I didn't feel like /. the creators of my favorite game series. Anyway, check out http://www.drcsite.org/ for information on the new game.
"It's an official site, but it's not marketing-oriented. In fact you'll have a hard time finding the word "Cyan" anywhere unless you look at the copyright in the source code. That's because the site cleverly discusses Mudpie as if it's talking about real events rather than an upcoming online game," according to the Unofficial Riven Homepage.
On the same note, when you decide to go to college, don't forget that you get a three month break every summer. Internships are your best friend for getting a good job.
As long as you don't majorly screw up, you'll end up getting a pay bump over Joe Blow who just came in off the street w/o a degree, and you'll get extra benefits beyond what some companies offer to plain college graduates.
I, for example, start my internship with Big Blue on Monday. Pay's great, they cover moving, and the time I spend during my summers accelerates my access to stock options.
Well, it looks like Matrox may be back into the mainstream. To most consumers, they're an unknown. To techies, they're the little company that refused to die, and to businesses, they're the best supplier. We'll see which of those three items changes.
That last one's very important; I find myself more and more waiting on that damn hard drive, while my P3-mobile is just barely ticking over.
For what it's worth, I recommend a Titanium Powerbook or an iBook, if you don't need the G4 in the TiBook.
Didn't Sun hardware run at least one of the .root servers at one point, leading to their "We're the dot in .com" ads?
So, when's cringley going to get his own section of /.?
If you have cable, take a moment to flip to MTV (aka the Flashy, Shiny Thing Network). Anyway, look at what's actually on the screen. There's always something moving / flashing / pulsing or whatever. They never keep a camera angle for more than, say, 15 seconds. The talking heads keep yapping about nothing.
If people watch and grow accustomed to that kind of thing, then their attention span probably will drop to something just short of a goldfish. Now, try looking at the layout of any of the more popular sites. You've got different departments competing with each other for your clicks, so they do what they must. If it has to flash / fly / cry out "click me!" so be it. They're drowning. At any rate, take a look at the serene simplicity that is google. It's dead by comparison. Where are all the flashy, attention-keeping buttons / banners / ads? They don't need them. They're focused on one thing: providing a service to the world, and turning a nice profit while they're at it.
Well, that was a nice incoherent rant.
I'm looking at buying a Clie T415. How bad's the display, really? Most monochrome displays are horrible by anyone's standards, so, relative to my Palm III, how is it? I've heard lots of bad reviews, and a couple of good ones, but I really don't trust hardware review sites that can spend 10+ pages "reviewing" the life, the universe, and lo! the actual hardware around half-way through the article.
So are these going to work like salon.com's system, using a click-through advertising page every now and again? I kind of like that system; at least it's intelligent; I only see the ad once for each story, and, iirc, I see a different ad each time. I could deal with that, as long as I got all the same content I get now. If you add pay-only features, that's fine, but if I have to pay to view discussion posts or some such, I'm out.