I've never heard organic chemistry described as a "wry subject" before.
I can't believe that pre-meds are whining about o-chem. Organic was cake compared to p-chem, which was the weeder class for chem majors. The American Chemical Society sells bumper stickers that say "Honk if you passed P-Chem"; my professor handed them out after the final...to most of us.
It's an odd coincidence that Dan Simmons, in his Hyperion Cantos series of books, talks about an event called the "Big Mistake of '08" where humanity creates a tiny black hole during a scientific experiment, eventually leading to the destruction of Earth... Of course he doesn't say which century this was in;-)
Yes, but it clearly wasn't 2008, as when the Big Mistake occurred, there were already thriving human colonies in several nearby star systems. (And powerful, evil AIs, but maybe we already have those...sneaky bastards, they are.)
I'd suggest replicating them in every format and hardware type you can think of (and afford); also include physical prints. Make sure you label each of the digital storage forms very clearly with details of its interface and format. Every variant you include increases the odds that at least one will remain readily readable in the future.
I'm sorry I complained about the white-on-teal scheme originally used for body text in this department. That scheme made it impossible for me to read these reviews.
Please restore that scheme as quickly as possible.
There's a fundamental design error at the heart of SSL, which is that you can't separate the functions of data encryption and host identity. There are perfectly legitimate situations where you care about one or the other, but not both. As a server admin, I should be able to install a self-signed cert to support data encryption, and perhaps mark it as "I'm making no claims at identity"; under those circumstances, the browser should quietly manage https connections and treat them exactly like http connections in every other way.
I'm reading on a 40" high-end LCD display, so I doubt my monitor is the problem.:)
And yes, I could try to do CSS surgery, but it would be a fair amount of work to figure out what to override./. depends on CSS for layout control as well, so I can't just turn it off.
If this information were critical to me, I'd jump through hoops to read it. But it's not, so I won't, and thus the design fails. I don't seem to be the only one who feels that way.
As a mildly visually handicapped person, I can't comfortably read that color scheme at any text size. It's just horrible. Please consider accessability issues in your web design.
I'm still trying to work out why this scheme is better than e.g. licensing it all as mp3 downloads to Rhapsody or the iTunes store (preferably both). Why should the ISP be involved?
What do you mean by "braking"? In space, braking is just accelerating in a different direction; depending on your frame of reference, the same acceleration might be increasing or decreasing the magnitude of your velocity vector.
If you mean that the problem is landing on Mars and later getting back into space, then you're correct. Low-thrust drives are perfect for long trips around the solar system, but useless for getting from orbit to planetary surfaces and back again.
I can easily picture a system that encodes rules about pay grade differences derived from huge piles of laws, union contracts, and so forth. Changing everyone's pay to the same low level would violate all kinds of intertwined constraints and validation checks, and thus be rejected. I imagine the time quoted to make this change is due to the need to work around these cross-checks without eliminating them entirely, as most of the time (i.e., when the governor isn't posturing) they are quite useful to help avoid illegal or improper changes.
The back button works fine, and without data loss potential, if you follow a simple recipe:
* Never return a page from a POST; redirect to a GET instead (after processing the POST). * Never modify business data from a GET. * Never allow pages containing dynamic data to be cached.
Follow those rules, and every page in your app will be safely bookmarkable and play nicely with the back button.
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And what if one or more of the actors gets sick?
Then you sell your video to a different niche market. One that I really, really wish I'd never found out about. Eccch.
Yep, which means Mars supports vodka production, the key element in colonizing a cold, dark, windswept wasteland.
I've never heard organic chemistry described as a "wry subject" before.
I can't believe that pre-meds are whining about o-chem. Organic was cake compared to p-chem, which was the weeder class for chem majors. The American Chemical Society sells bumper stickers that say "Honk if you passed P-Chem"; my professor handed them out after the final...to most of us.
entertainment is a requirement for human livelihood.
So sing, dance, play with your kids, whatever. Entertainment comes in many forms, most of them free.
It's an odd coincidence that Dan Simmons, in his Hyperion Cantos series of books, talks about an event called the "Big Mistake of '08" where humanity creates a tiny black hole during a scientific experiment, eventually leading to the destruction of Earth... Of course he doesn't say which century this was in ;-)
Yes, but it clearly wasn't 2008, as when the Big Mistake occurred, there were already thriving human colonies in several nearby star systems. (And powerful, evil AIs, but maybe we already have those...sneaky bastards, they are.)
It would.
I'd suggest replicating them in every format and hardware type you can think of (and afford); also include physical prints. Make sure you label each of the digital storage forms very clearly with details of its interface and format. Every variant you include increases the odds that at least one will remain readily readable in the future.
http://www.phespirit.info/momus/19980102.htm
The thing is with APIs is if you don't get them right the first time you are left with supporting broken code forever OR you break a lot of apps.
My all-time favorite software one liner:
"Software is like sex -- make one mistake, support it for twenty years."
Dear /.,
I'm sorry I complained about the white-on-teal scheme originally used for body text in this department. That scheme made it impossible for me to read these reviews.
Please restore that scheme as quickly as possible.
There's a fundamental design error at the heart of SSL, which is that you can't separate the functions of data encryption and host identity. There are perfectly legitimate situations where you care about one or the other, but not both. As a server admin, I should be able to install a self-signed cert to support data encryption, and perhaps mark it as "I'm making no claims at identity"; under those circumstances, the browser should quietly manage https connections and treat them exactly like http connections in every other way.
I'm reading on a 40" high-end LCD display, so I doubt my monitor is the problem. :)
And yes, I could try to do CSS surgery, but it would be a fair amount of work to figure out what to override. /. depends on CSS for layout control as well, so I can't just turn it off.
If this information were critical to me, I'd jump through hoops to read it. But it's not, so I won't, and thus the design fails. I don't seem to be the only one who feels that way.
+1
As a mildly visually handicapped person, I can't comfortably read that color scheme at any text size. It's just horrible. Please consider accessability issues in your web design.
I'm still trying to work out why this scheme is better than e.g. licensing it all as mp3 downloads to Rhapsody or the iTunes store (preferably both). Why should the ISP be involved?
Most of the radioactivity in stone and ceramic building materials is from potassium 40 decay, not uranium.
In Communist China, the Olympics hacks you!
At last, life-size balloon bacteria!
This will immediately lead to a companion record for the world's quietest popping sound when one of them has a weak point.
Damn, at last Slashdot has incorporated my last non-/. geekery, the study of Mesoamerican languages. I am one with the Borg.
What do you mean by "braking"? In space, braking is just accelerating in a different direction; depending on your frame of reference, the same acceleration might be increasing or decreasing the magnitude of your velocity vector.
If you mean that the problem is landing on Mars and later getting back into space, then you're correct. Low-thrust drives are perfect for long trips around the solar system, but useless for getting from orbit to planetary surfaces and back again.
I can easily picture a system that encodes rules about pay grade differences derived from huge piles of laws, union contracts, and so forth. Changing everyone's pay to the same low level would violate all kinds of intertwined constraints and validation checks, and thus be rejected. I imagine the time quoted to make this change is due to the need to work around these cross-checks without eliminating them entirely, as most of the time (i.e., when the governor isn't posturing) they are quite useful to help avoid illegal or improper changes.
Seriously, for such an advanced species, they make very little sense.
Yep. It's almost like they're, you know, alien or something.
No it wouldn't. And stop calling me Shirley.
The back button works fine, and without data loss potential, if you follow a simple recipe:
* Never return a page from a POST; redirect to a GET instead (after processing the POST).
* Never modify business data from a GET.
* Never allow pages containing dynamic data to be cached.
Follow those rules, and every page in your app will be safely bookmarkable and play nicely with the back button.
Wouldn't it be easier and more efficient to invest in one of the several private space initiatives?