I have one of these for my boat. Made by Raymarine, has a 13" screen, displays GPS position on charts with various overlays (radar, weather, aerial photos, etc.) displays engine diagnostics, interfaces with video, and ethernet, etc. If I had a car, I'd want one in my car too.
From the on-this-day-in-history dept., a friend e-mailed me this today:
On December 30, 1936, workers at the Collier Body Plant in Flint, Mi., went on strike, demanding decent hours and wages and that GM recognize their union, the United Auto Workers.
This revolutionary strike lasted 44 days, and included over 100,000 GM workers around the country. GM and Mr. Collier, Flint's mayor, tried to deny the strikers food and heat, the police used tear gas on them, and the national guard was called in.
But finally, on this day in 1937, GM caved and recognized the UAW. It was the first strike to result in a contract for the workers, and it is the origin of the American middle class.
Being able to moderate articles (+1 Interesting) and (+1 Informative) would also be useful. That way we can read at a certain level depending on how busy we are. (Slashdot readers? Busy? Wha?)
And let's not forget (-1 Full of spelling errors)...
What about taping a cool photo to the bottom of the table, under where you use the mouse?
Re:A better way - have computers do more work.
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In order to make the proofing faster, maybe you could OCR a document 2 or 3 times, and then have only the disagreements proofread.
This may eliminate some of the OCR errors, but it won't speed up the process because a good editor reads every word. You are asking for more errors when you ask your editors to become lazy and skip words.
Most OCR will probably misread the same character incorrectly every time (read 'B' as '13', for example). That kind of error will not be flagged, and will be overlooked by editors who are used to only looking for flagged errors.
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I have one of these for my boat. Made by Raymarine, has a 13" screen, displays GPS position on charts with various overlays (radar, weather, aerial photos, etc.) displays engine diagnostics, interfaces with video, and ethernet, etc. If I had a car, I'd want one in my car too.
From the on-this-day-in-history dept., a friend e-mailed me this today:
Being able to moderate articles (+1 Interesting) and (+1 Informative) would also be useful. That way we can read at a certain level depending on how busy we are. (Slashdot readers? Busy? Wha?)
And let's not forget (-1 Full of spelling errors)...
Everybody call or e-mail the president and tell him what you think:
Software & Information Industry Association
1090 Vermont Ave., NW
Sixth Floor
Washington, DC 20005
telephone: +1 (202) 289-SIIA (or 7442)
fax: +1 (202) 289-7097
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Ken Wasch, President, ext. 1310, kwasch@siia.net
from http://www.siia.net/glance/contacts.asp
What about taping a cool photo to the bottom of the table, under where you use the mouse?
This may eliminate some of the OCR errors, but it won't speed up the process because a good editor reads every word. You are asking for more errors when you ask your editors to become lazy and skip words.
Most OCR will probably misread the same character incorrectly every time (read 'B' as '13', for example). That kind of error will not be flagged, and will be overlooked by editors who are used to only looking for flagged errors.
awesome! what next, spam via nettime?
fist prost!
screen is the ORIGINAL window manaager.
you want minimalist? use screen!
man screen