What criteria does Cuba count infant mortality by?
Some countries do not count every life birth against their infant mortality standings. The U.S. does. Because of this the U.S. often appears to have worse infant mortality than other countries when that is not necessarily the case.
Details here:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/sections/commentary/orange_grove/article_443950.php
I recently switched from prosumer digital cameras to a DSLR. For the most part I'm happy with my DSLR and I like that I can purchase a wide range of lenses for different situations. However, there are a few things I wish DSLRs could do that they can't or don't.
I really miss the option of being able to frame the shot through the LCD which I could do on much cheaper consumer/prosumer cameras. I've read some discussions on why it isn't/can't be done on DSLRs but I still would like the option.
I also miss the option to record video and audio clips on my DSLR.
For the most part I like my DSLR but I've considered getting a backup consumer/prosumer model just for convenience.
What about all the horse manure in 2000?
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This question is akin to somebody in 1900 asking what the world would be like in 2000 when the population kept growing and everybody had horses on the street - "think of all that manure accumulation - how will we walk without stepping in crap?"
The point is - the question is irrelevant. In 100 years, assuming the continued growth of storage mediums, the average personal user will have access to terrabytes, if not more, for personal use. I imagine that the most basic of ISPs (if such an entity continues to exist separately from other existing utilities) will provide users with gigabytes of personal space online to keep store/back-up their data. The only reason to put things on physical mediums will be for short-term backups.
I think a more pressing question is "will we be able to find the needle in the haystack?" Sure - Google does a decent job of indexing the internet now but even they are not 100%. Also the fact that while they may not be 'EVIL' today, it only takes 1 CEO change for them to become what most other companies are and then it's up to the next do-gooder to start an index from scratch. Then, assuming you can find stuff, you'll have to break the 200Mb encryption key. Luckily, the local Kinkos will have a quantum computer that you can use for $7.50/hour.
I'm not sure about standards elsewhere in the world, but in America if you ask someone the date they will likely reply with the format of "April 22, 2005" thus in numeric format it is 04/22/2005 (MM/DD/YYYY) - the numeric format corresponds to the spoken format.
I think the competition is coming; just a bit slower than we'd all like. I've been an Earthlink DSL subscriber for about 4 years and had been paying $49.95/month from the start. Last month I happened by their website (I don't get there very often) and noticed they were selling DSL service for $39.95/month. I contacted them and told them that I wanted the lower rate. They did it; I had to enter a new contract agreement (1 year) but I've been happy with their service so that wasn't a big deal for me.
One of Pat's logs mentions that he was diagnosed with and being treated for infective endocarditis. The medical literature I've read informally refers to that disease as IE.
I think we all know what IE can do to your system. I would have thought Pat would have known better than to mess with it. Perhaps he should spend a little more time reading Slashdot? At any rate, the cure is pretty simple.
I'm a little late for this but it's an area I'm familiar with so I thought I'd contribute it.
The U.S. Customs Department is in the process of moving towards what they call "U.N. APIS" (Advanced Passenger Information System). Details can be found at here in the Word document
US Passenger List; UN EDIFACT Message Set.
The U.S. APIS system which has been used for some time does not require destination address information. The U.N. format does. See the linked document pages 60-63 for more details. Eventually this will be required when flying any major airline coming into the U.S., not just American Airlines.
Did you see the recent news how Bush signed into law, the new $800B (billion!) dollar cap on the defecit. This is the third increase in the spending cap Bush has passed in his first term as president.
So? It's not like the Democrats ever saw a spending bill they didn't like. If you're looking for rational budgeting from either of the two major parties you're more optimistic than I.
I thought I had heard about it years ago but I may have misheard or mis-remembered. In any event I can't find anything about it on the net (searching English pages only but I'm sure there'd be some mention of it if it was in fact a common practice). Mea Culpa.
I did bother to research and was aware that Channel 5 is not part of the BBC.
The point of my original post is that while the U.S. may have crappy news coverage on TV, what we have is free (i.e. not taxed). The dig at America for having crappy news was uncalled for when the British have to pay the 'BBC tax' even if they chose not to watch the BBC but wish to watch other TV.
Finally you could do away with the BBC, the last source of REAL news and get the bullshit that is on American TV every day.
You mean like people masturbating pigs? Seems like Britain already has it's share of "bullshit" and there's no need to drag America through the slop this time.
I'm sure you were just referring to our news programming, right? I can get all the news coverage I want on the internet and I don't have to pay any outrageous taxes for that. So thanks for the jab at America, I know it's hard to resist doing so. It's so cliched for Europeans and others to trashtalk the United States. Too bad they can't see that their own countries have just as many stupid laws and practices; there's are just different but no less idiotic.
As I understand it, doesn't Germany already tax modem usage? Googling around I found that they purposely transmit line noise over the phone lines so you have to buy a filter to be able to use dial-up. I'm not from Germany though; can someone with more knowledge of that country clarify?
I realize this new proposal is a 'broadcast' tax as opposed to an 'internet' tax, but it still seems a bit redundant to me if in fact the German government is already collecting revenue for modem usage.
Are you implying that I want to pirate software using my GMail account?
That's hardly the case. I write software for a living so I have no problem paying for the software I use (unless the authors wish to GPL/Public domain their stuff, then I have no problem using it for free).
The fact is I take a lot of pictures on trips and wish to share them with my family & friends. Over time I run out of web space on my ISP. It's not enough of an issue for me to justify buying more web space, but if I could use the GMail account as web space it would be perfect.
This is pretty cool, but what I really need is the ability to access files stored on my GMail account from a web page.
My ISP only gives me 10MB of web space and I'm constantly having to remove older stuff to put new stuff up. If I could store JPGs and video files on the GMail account and reference them from web pages stored on my ISP account, that would be sweet.
Here's some more extensions I use that I haven't seen mentioned.
Dictionary Search: Lets you set up various online encyclopedias and dictionaries (e.g. Wikipedia, M-W.com) so you can highlight any word in a website, right click and get a definition for it.
Allow Right-Click: Allows you to right click on sites/objects that have that option disabled.
IEView: Adds the option to open the page in IE to the right-click context menu for those few sites who won't come out of the stone ages and believe MS is the end-all, be-all of browsers.
Basics: Adds a button to the tab bar to open new tabs. This was available in Mozilla and I missed it when I first moved to Firefox.
Unclose Tab: Sometimes I'll close the wrong tab by mistake. This extension allows you to right click the tab bar and re-open a tab you just closed.
If folks are truly unhappy with IE they should look for the alternatives or they will suffer the consequences of their inaction and that's the way it should be - not just with IE but with everything.
I've worked in retail (fast food to be more precise) during parts of high school and college and while most customers are congenial and fair, there are some individuals who need to be treated like children since they behave like them.
At the store I worked for, there were a handful of known 'customers' who would repeatedly scam; complaining they got the wrong product or that it took longer than it should have (pizza delivery). Now when the manager has checked the product before it left the store and the time the order was placed is printed on the delivery ticket (by the computer that the order was punched in on) we could tell when we did screw up and when we were being scammed.
After having the same customers pull the same scam 5+ times, I would have loved to have been able to tell them off but the managers would not do so because the scammers would invariably call the corporate office and corporate would not back the store managers up (corporate didn't have to deal with these people on a regular basis so it was easy for them to say "The customer is always right").
Frankly I found it infuriating and insulting that we continually had to prostrate ourselves to these idiots who thought they were clever because they could get away with a free pizza.
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What criteria does Cuba count infant mortality by? Some countries do not count every life birth against their infant mortality standings. The U.S. does. Because of this the U.S. often appears to have worse infant mortality than other countries when that is not necessarily the case. Details here: http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/sections/commentary/orange_grove/article_443950.php
One minute the magic 8 ball is saying 'Outlook Good' and the next minute it's saying 'Outlook Not So Good'.
Is it really that tough to pick an email client?
The list of affected albums is available on the internet.
Instructions for uninstalling the rootkits are also on the internet.
I think most people who would really care about DRM issues already know about the Sony rootkit incident.
Cool - I'll have to look into that. Of course, now that I'm invested in lenses from one manufacturer it's difficult to change bodies.
I don't mind looking through the eyepiece most of the time but there are definitely times when using the viewfinder can be nice.
I recently switched from prosumer digital cameras to a DSLR. For the most part I'm happy with my DSLR and I like that I can purchase a wide range of lenses for different situations. However, there are a few things I wish DSLRs could do that they can't or don't.
I really miss the option of being able to frame the shot through the LCD which I could do on much cheaper consumer/prosumer cameras. I've read some discussions on why it isn't/can't be done on DSLRs but I still would like the option.
I also miss the option to record video and audio clips on my DSLR.
For the most part I like my DSLR but I've considered getting a backup consumer/prosumer model just for convenience.
This question is akin to somebody in 1900 asking what the world would be like in 2000 when the population kept growing and everybody had horses on the street - "think of all that manure accumulation - how will we walk without stepping in crap?"
The point is - the question is irrelevant. In 100 years, assuming the continued growth of storage mediums, the average personal user will have access to terrabytes, if not more, for personal use. I imagine that the most basic of ISPs (if such an entity continues to exist separately from other existing utilities) will provide users with gigabytes of personal space online to keep store/back-up their data. The only reason to put things on physical mediums will be for short-term backups.
I think a more pressing question is "will we be able to find the needle in the haystack?" Sure - Google does a decent job of indexing the internet now but even they are not 100%. Also the fact that while they may not be 'EVIL' today, it only takes 1 CEO change for them to become what most other companies are and then it's up to the next do-gooder to start an index from scratch. Then, assuming you can find stuff, you'll have to break the 200Mb encryption key. Luckily, the local Kinkos will have a quantum computer that you can use for $7.50/hour.
Shouldn't this release just be called C+=2 ?
I'm not sure about standards elsewhere in the world, but in America if you ask someone the date they will likely reply with the format of "April 22, 2005" thus in numeric format it is 04/22/2005 (MM/DD/YYYY) - the numeric format corresponds to the spoken format.
I think the competition is coming; just a bit slower than we'd all like. I've been an Earthlink DSL subscriber for about 4 years and had been paying $49.95/month from the start. Last month I happened by their website (I don't get there very often) and noticed they were selling DSL service for $39.95/month. I contacted them and told them that I wanted the lower rate. They did it; I had to enter a new contract agreement (1 year) but I've been happy with their service so that wasn't a big deal for me.
The EU has been pressured into granting Paseenger Flight Data be given to the US for flights in EU airspace (that don't even go to the US).
Is this documented somewhere?
One of Pat's logs mentions that he was diagnosed with and being treated for infective endocarditis. The medical literature I've read informally refers to that disease as IE.
I think we all know what IE can do to your system. I would have thought Pat would have known better than to mess with it. Perhaps he should spend a little more time reading Slashdot? At any rate, the cure is pretty simple.
I'm a little late for this but it's an area I'm familiar with so I thought I'd contribute it.
The U.S. Customs Department is in the process of moving towards what they call "U.N. APIS" (Advanced Passenger Information System). Details can be found at here in the Word document US Passenger List; UN EDIFACT Message Set.
The U.S. APIS system which has been used for some time does not require destination address information. The U.N. format does. See the linked document pages 60-63 for more details. Eventually this will be required when flying any major airline coming into the U.S., not just American Airlines.
Chauffeur's are only expensive because we aren't handing out H1Bs to bring foreign help in. :)
Did you see the recent news how Bush signed into law, the new $800B (billion!) dollar cap on the defecit. This is the third increase in the spending cap Bush has passed in his first term as president.
So? It's not like the Democrats ever saw a spending bill they didn't like. If you're looking for rational budgeting from either of the two major parties you're more optimistic than I.
They already have that for existing cars; it's called a chauffeur.
I thought I had heard about it years ago but I may have misheard or mis-remembered. In any event I can't find anything about it on the net (searching English pages only but I'm sure there'd be some mention of it if it was in fact a common practice). Mea Culpa.
I did bother to research and was aware that Channel 5 is not part of the BBC.
The point of my original post is that while the U.S. may have crappy news coverage on TV, what we have is free (i.e. not taxed). The dig at America for having crappy news was uncalled for when the British have to pay the 'BBC tax' even if they chose not to watch the BBC but wish to watch other TV.
Finally you could do away with the BBC, the last source of REAL news and get the bullshit that is on American TV every day.
You mean like people masturbating pigs? Seems like Britain already has it's share of "bullshit" and there's no need to drag America through the slop this time.
I'm sure you were just referring to our news programming, right? I can get all the news coverage I want on the internet and I don't have to pay any outrageous taxes for that. So thanks for the jab at America, I know it's hard to resist doing so. It's so cliched for Europeans and others to trashtalk the United States. Too bad they can't see that their own countries have just as many stupid laws and practices; there's are just different but no less idiotic.
As I understand it, doesn't Germany already tax modem usage? Googling around I found that they purposely transmit line noise over the phone lines so you have to buy a filter to be able to use dial-up. I'm not from Germany though; can someone with more knowledge of that country clarify?
I realize this new proposal is a 'broadcast' tax as opposed to an 'internet' tax, but it still seems a bit redundant to me if in fact the German government is already collecting revenue for modem usage.
Are you implying that I want to pirate software using my GMail account?
That's hardly the case. I write software for a living so I have no problem paying for the software I use (unless the authors wish to GPL/Public domain their stuff, then I have no problem using it for free).
The fact is I take a lot of pictures on trips and wish to share them with my family & friends. Over time I run out of web space on my ISP. It's not enough of an issue for me to justify buying more web space, but if I could use the GMail account as web space it would be perfect.
This is pretty cool, but what I really need is the ability to access files stored on my GMail account from a web page.
My ISP only gives me 10MB of web space and I'm constantly having to remove older stuff to put new stuff up. If I could store JPGs and video files on the GMail account and reference them from web pages stored on my ISP account, that would be sweet.
The team that wins the Super Bowl are the "World Champions." I've always hated that.
:)
Move to the U.S. or get U.S. citizenship. If it still bothers you after that you're just being pedantic.
Here's some more extensions I use that I haven't seen mentioned.
Dictionary Search: Lets you set up various online encyclopedias and dictionaries (e.g. Wikipedia, M-W.com) so you can highlight any word in a website, right click and get a definition for it.
Allow Right-Click: Allows you to right click on sites/objects that have that option disabled.
IEView: Adds the option to open the page in IE to the right-click context menu for those few sites who won't come out of the stone ages and believe MS is the end-all, be-all of browsers.
Basics: Adds a button to the tab bar to open new tabs. This was available in Mozilla and I missed it when I first moved to Firefox.
Unclose Tab: Sometimes I'll close the wrong tab by mistake. This extension allows you to right click the tab bar and re-open a tab you just closed.
The price of freedom is vigilance.
If folks are truly unhappy with IE they should look for the alternatives or they will suffer the consequences of their inaction and that's the way it should be - not just with IE but with everything.
I've worked in retail (fast food to be more precise) during parts of high school and college and while most customers are congenial and fair, there are some individuals who need to be treated like children since they behave like them.
At the store I worked for, there were a handful of known 'customers' who would repeatedly scam; complaining they got the wrong product or that it took longer than it should have (pizza delivery). Now when the manager has checked the product before it left the store and the time the order was placed is printed on the delivery ticket (by the computer that the order was punched in on) we could tell when we did screw up and when we were being scammed.
After having the same customers pull the same scam 5+ times, I would have loved to have been able to tell them off but the managers would not do so because the scammers would invariably call the corporate office and corporate would not back the store managers up (corporate didn't have to deal with these people on a regular basis so it was easy for them to say "The customer is always right").
Frankly I found it infuriating and insulting that we continually had to prostrate ourselves to these idiots who thought they were clever because they could get away with a free pizza.