I have a leatherman wave that I carry with me daily.
Unforuntely I broke my Gerber multi-tool, snapped the pliers right in half. I also don't like how the Gerber was "loose" with its pliers housing... always shaking when I was trying to do stuff with it.
So far I've had my Leatherman Wave on my belt for the last 3 years at least... no problems so far. I love it!
A good book that tells how technology can cause death, destruction, and mayhem entitled "Set Phasers on Stun". Includes the Therac radiation machine accidents, nuclear accidents, and many other odd stories.
Software may be free some day. But I'm willing to bet that there will still be a critical need for people who know how to use software to get a job done.
Not every problem will be solved by the open source community because most problems that exist in the real world are not solved by basic applications. Basic applications support the solving of big problems. But Complex applications solve specific problems.
I also would be willing to bet that problems will always outnumber solutions.
I got this keyboard about 6 months ago and it does take some adjusting to, but the gestures, the mousing, the relief from constant pain in my hands and arms is amazing!
I would highly recommend it to anyone who types and mouses alternately and frequently (e.g. type, mouse, type mouse, type etc....) but if you are a touch typist expect to lose some typing speed for at least the first 8 weeks. The zero force feedback does take some getting used to.
I still keep a mouse connected (and an old keyed keyboard for visitors) and my mouse of choice is the Logitech Optical mouse.
Everything I see here is about your right to copy currency.
What about the right of the company to protect themselves from Federal Oversight? What about the right that you have to NOT BUY the printer.
If this upsets you, go build your own printer, copier, scanner, write your own drivers and do your thing. That is still legal.
If these companies hadn't build in this protection then you might not have the right to build your own photocopier and we'd see some highschool kid get arrested for building one for a science fair project and that would be here on/.
I watch less than 1 hour of TV per week. Unless I or my wife are not feeling well. Then it goes up to an hour or two per day.
Most of the rest of the time we are working, sleeping, cleaning the house (laundry etc), hanging out with friends, reading books, watching movies, pusuing a hobby or playing games.
The Internet gives us the content we want, when we want it, where we want it. TV just can't do that.
If you can predict earthquakes accurately enough then you can model them. If you can model them then maybe you can find a way to release a few smaller earth quakes rather than wait for the large earthquake.
Earthquakes are after all about relieving pent up pressure between the plates. I don't know how you could do it, but they might find a way to releive that pressure before a big quake is needed to release it. If you have three months warning, that might be enough to plan for and execute a pressure release!
They may not look as professional, but your shoulder and your computer will thank you and you will never go back. Just make sure it is big enough for your computer, your periferals, and some other stuff.
Plus it doesn't look like it contains a computer. Security though obscurity does sometimes work. And while I wouldn't leave my computer lying around, it is also less likely to be stolen by a mugger etc...
Ever look around and notice how many Indian folks there are in the US, working in Tech with access to the Internet?
Ever seen a Bollywood movie in a theater in the US?
Supply meets Demand and there are some people who like these movies here in the US where they can't (easily) see them in theaters.
I'm sure that lots of folks will take advantage if this if for no other reason than to have something from their culture for their children (born here) to watch.
It is scary to me that you feel that your ability to justify your activites with someone makes it OK in your eyes that you _HAD_ to justify them in the first place.
By your logic we should be able to arrest anyone until they prove they are not doing anything illegal.
Don't do business with someone who treats you with such open distrust.
But, I was doing this in 1997 at a small company just as a best practice.
For a larger prior art example, how about all those copiers that you hook up to a phone line that calls someone when something breaks so that the repairman will show up with the right parts? Surely those devices run software.
Not only did it apply to me directly, but to countless thousands of other people as well! Nearly 1/12th of the worlds population could benefit from this advice!
In Johnstown Pennsylvania, a town known for its historic flood, there is a plaque on a building that says "In the year on this spot, nothing happened".... I forget the year, but I thought it was funny none-the-less. (I have a picture of it somewhere).
Wouldn't a video wall be better served by having several rear projectors that line up perfectly rather than trying to eliminate the frame of a CRT?
It seems to me that with a good jig and a consistent set of projectors, and some good use of mirrors if depth is a problem, that you should be able to get a seemless image with very little work.
Lets require that all corporations pay their robots. The price will be less than what you would have to pay a human, but the money would go to the government (a robot tax) and would then be distributed to the folks that the company is no longer paying... everyone else.
The company still makes more money than before, and can work the robots harder/longer etc... and the economy isn't broken.
You take that photocopy around with you to read leaving the original at home.
Now lets say that someone breaks into your house while you are home and steals your photocopy leaving you your original (it was locked up in a safe for example).
The crime in this instance is two-fold. Breaking and entering, and copyright infringement. Who is responsible for the copyright infringement? You are.
Now lets remove the breaking and entering....
You put a table out in your front yard by the sidewalk with a box of paper that happens to be photocopies of books with a sign that says "Free to a good home".
Now the crime is just copyright infringement.
If the author of the book had given you permission to copy their work, then there is no infringement.
I want this to become standard. Then a week later, once it has been reverse engineered, we can all remove the boxes from our cars. And since there will be such an influx of people who don't have a clue how to do this themselves and get away with it the system will never notice that I'm not ever getting ticketed.
Why? Because I don't ever break the law? No, just because it is never reported.
And since the system will be perfect there will be no oversight and no body will ever report someone breaking the law because of course they will assume that they will automatically be reported.
Not sure if you'll read this reply (or anyone else for that matter) but here is the difference.
Choice.
When you listen to the radio your only choices you have are which station. You can only listen to what they put on the radio. I doubt you would be able to find a full album played on a radio station... except sometimes during special play hours... and even then you don't get to pick the album.
When you own the CD (or copy it from a friend) then you have control over when it gets played. You can pause it. You can skip songs you don't like or play ones you like again.
If you write software for a living (as many slashdotters do), or produce music, or art, or anything... then imagine it this way. Imagine that your software, that you put time and energy into and ask only a modest fee for to help recoup your costs, gets copied, perfectly, and spread around. You see a few sales from people who like you enough to bother to send you money. But otherwise you get nothing.
Of course at the time I made the rules. I started at a small company as their first tech support person. Being a full fledged software engineer dealing with highly technical customers on a cutting edge product was good fun.
It involved problem solving, helping people.
Then the volume increased. We added more hands, volume increased etc...
I was fine as long as I had more time than questions. Once the number of questions coming in surpassed the time to deal with the problems then things start to not be pretty. Stress, long hours, un-fun stuff.
If you need any proof that getting developers to test their software according to real world test situations and actually fix bugs they find, look at your tech support requests. Realize that each bug multiplies into hundreds of problems. Not because the bug itself grows, but the number of people encountering it grows.
As systems become more complex, so do their interactions. What works for a startup (e.g. monthly releases) only works while your software is simple, straightforward. Once it gets more than a basic set of features and starts to interact then everything goes up exponentially in the support department.
I'm very glad that I don't do support anymore. I also think that I design better programs now as a result.
You don't get to listen to music for free on the radio.
Why do I say this? Commercials. Other people have paid for commercials in the hope that you'll hear them on the radio. The draw to get you to listen? Music.
You are paid to listen to commercials and the currency they pay you with is music.
The fact that you can switch stations makes no difference, because most people don't switch stations, they just endure the commercials.
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I have a leatherman wave that I carry with me daily.
... no problems so far. I love it!
Unforuntely I broke my Gerber multi-tool, snapped the pliers right in half. I also don't like how the Gerber was "loose" with its pliers housing... always shaking when I was trying to do stuff with it.
So far I've had my Leatherman Wave on my belt for the last 3 years at least
A good book that tells how technology can cause death, destruction, and mayhem entitled "Set Phasers on Stun". Includes the Therac radiation machine accidents, nuclear accidents, and many other odd stories.
Software may be free some day. But I'm willing to bet that there will still be a critical need for people who know how to use software to get a job done.
Not every problem will be solved by the open source community because most problems that exist in the real world are not solved by basic applications. Basic applications support the solving of big problems. But Complex applications solve specific problems.
I also would be willing to bet that problems will always outnumber solutions.
That reason is: It is better to lose a finger than a lung.
Don't be stupid... keep your body warm first.
I got this keyboard about 6 months ago and it does take some adjusting to, but the gestures, the mousing, the relief from constant pain in my hands and arms is amazing!
I would highly recommend it to anyone who types and mouses alternately and frequently (e.g. type, mouse, type mouse, type etc....) but if you are a touch typist expect to lose some typing speed for at least the first 8 weeks. The zero force feedback does take some getting used to.
I still keep a mouse connected (and an old keyed keyboard for visitors) and my mouse of choice is the Logitech Optical mouse.
Everything I see here is about your right to copy currency.
/.
What about the right of the company to protect themselves from Federal Oversight? What about the right that you have to NOT BUY the printer.
If this upsets you, go build your own printer, copier, scanner, write your own drivers and do your thing. That is still legal.
If these companies hadn't build in this protection then you might not have the right to build your own photocopier and we'd see some highschool kid get arrested for building one for a science fair project and that would be here on
So lighten up!
Unless you are being social on the internet.
I organize lots of outings with my friends through e-mail. Isn't that being social?
I watch less than 1 hour of TV per week. Unless I or my wife are not feeling well. Then it goes up to an hour or two per day.
Most of the rest of the time we are working, sleeping, cleaning the house (laundry etc), hanging out with friends, reading books, watching movies, pusuing a hobby or playing games.
The Internet gives us the content we want, when we want it, where we want it. TV just can't do that.
If you can predict earthquakes accurately enough then you can model them. If you can model them then maybe you can find a way to release a few smaller earth quakes rather than wait for the large earthquake.
Earthquakes are after all about relieving pent up pressure between the plates. I don't know how you could do it, but they might find a way to releive that pressure before a big quake is needed to release it. If you have three months warning, that might be enough to plan for and execute a pressure release!
But go for a laptop backpack. Seriously.
They may not look as professional, but your shoulder and your computer will thank you and you will never go back. Just make sure it is big enough for your computer, your periferals, and some other stuff.
Plus it doesn't look like it contains a computer. Security though obscurity does sometimes work. And while I wouldn't leave my computer lying around, it is also less likely to be stolen by a mugger etc...
Ever look around and notice how many Indian folks there are in the US, working in Tech with access to the Internet?
Ever seen a Bollywood movie in a theater in the US?
Supply meets Demand and there are some people who like these movies here in the US where they can't (easily) see them in theaters.
I'm sure that lots of folks will take advantage if this if for no other reason than to have something from their culture for their children (born here) to watch.
Good luck to them!
It is scary to me that you feel that your ability to justify your activites with someone makes it OK in your eyes that you _HAD_ to justify them in the first place.
By your logic we should be able to arrest anyone until they prove they are not doing anything illegal.
Don't do business with someone who treats you with such open distrust.
Or just move the darn thing... you're allowed to you know.
I move my command line shortcut out to the main start menu on every computer that I use (with permission of the owner if that isn't me)
It is in Florida at Cape Canaveral. Also sideways, disassembled, restored, but indoors.
Of course, they'd have to take the building apart to get it out.
Question...
can you burn to a virutal CD Rom?
For example, can you burn to an image and the rip from an image so as to avoid the time/cost of a actual physical CD?
Like this software here... it can't be too far away.
IANAPL nor did I read the patent....
But, I was doing this in 1997 at a small company just as a best practice.
For a larger prior art example, how about all those copiers that you hook up to a phone line that calls someone when something breaks so that the repairman will show up with the right parts? Surely those devices run software.
I was amazed when I read my horoscope!
Not only did it apply to me directly, but to countless thousands of other people as well! Nearly 1/12th of the worlds population could benefit from this advice!
How they get this accurate I don't know.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania, a town known for its historic flood, there is a plaque on a building that says "In the year on this spot, nothing happened".... I forget the year, but I thought it was funny none-the-less. (I have a picture of it somewhere).
Wouldn't a video wall be better served by having several rear projectors that line up perfectly rather than trying to eliminate the frame of a CRT?
It seems to me that with a good jig and a consistent set of projectors, and some good use of mirrors if depth is a problem, that you should be able to get a seemless image with very little work.
I have an idea...
Lets require that all corporations pay their robots. The price will be less than what you would have to pay a human, but the money would go to the government (a robot tax) and would then be distributed to the folks that the company is no longer paying... everyone else.
The company still makes more money than before, and can work the robots harder/longer etc... and the economy isn't broken.
Lets say that you buy a book.
You then make a photocopy of the entire book.
You take that photocopy around with you to read leaving the original at home.
Now lets say that someone breaks into your house while you are home and steals your photocopy leaving you your original (it was locked up in a safe for example).
The crime in this instance is two-fold. Breaking and entering, and copyright infringement. Who is responsible for the copyright infringement? You are.
Now lets remove the breaking and entering....
You put a table out in your front yard by the sidewalk with a box of paper that happens to be photocopies of books with a sign that says "Free to a good home".
Now the crime is just copyright infringement.
If the author of the book had given you permission to copy their work, then there is no infringement.
Joe H.
I want this to become standard. Then a week later, once it has been reverse engineered, we can all remove the boxes from our cars. And since there will be such an influx of people who don't have a clue how to do this themselves and get away with it the system will never notice that I'm not ever getting ticketed.
Why? Because I don't ever break the law? No, just because it is never reported.
And since the system will be perfect there will be no oversight and no body will ever report someone breaking the law because of course they will assume that they will automatically be reported.
Yes... bring this on!
Not sure if you'll read this reply (or anyone else for that matter) but here is the difference.
... except sometimes during special play hours ... and even then you don't get to pick the album.
Choice.
When you listen to the radio your only choices you have are which station. You can only listen to what they put on the radio. I doubt you would be able to find a full album played on a radio station
When you own the CD (or copy it from a friend) then you have control over when it gets played. You can pause it. You can skip songs you don't like or play ones you like again.
If you write software for a living (as many slashdotters do), or produce music, or art, or anything... then imagine it this way. Imagine that your software, that you put time and energy into and ask only a modest fee for to help recoup your costs, gets copied, perfectly, and spread around. You see a few sales from people who like you enough to bother to send you money. But otherwise you get nothing.
How would that make you feel?
I worked in Tech Support for a while.
I liked it... for a while.
Of course at the time I made the rules. I started at a small company as their first tech support person. Being a full fledged software engineer dealing with highly technical customers on a cutting edge product was good fun.
It involved problem solving, helping people.
Then the volume increased. We added more hands, volume increased etc...
I was fine as long as I had more time than questions. Once the number of questions coming in surpassed the time to deal with the problems then things start to not be pretty. Stress, long hours, un-fun stuff.
If you need any proof that getting developers to test their software according to real world test situations and actually fix bugs they find, look at your tech support requests. Realize that each bug multiplies into hundreds of problems. Not because the bug itself grows, but the number of people encountering it grows.
As systems become more complex, so do their interactions. What works for a startup (e.g. monthly releases) only works while your software is simple, straightforward. Once it gets more than a basic set of features and starts to interact then everything goes up exponentially in the support department.
I'm very glad that I don't do support anymore. I also think that I design better programs now as a result.
You don't get to listen to music for free on the radio.
Why do I say this? Commercials. Other people have paid for commercials in the hope that you'll hear them on the radio. The draw to get you to listen? Music.
You are paid to listen to commercials and the currency they pay you with is music.
The fact that you can switch stations makes no difference, because most people don't switch stations, they just endure the commercials.