This can be used to increase storage space too. I found that the simplest way to enable the OS to do this is to clear the allocation bitmap. This allows it to use the imaginary space on the disk. It's worked so far, and I've stored about 50% more on my disk. It's been holding up pretty well and I haven't seen any cross-link *&()N#%()K&K_*)%_*()hj JFIF PNG TXT
Fluoride, for one. Apparently we're too stupid to brush our teeth, so they have to force us to ingest it every time we drink water, or buy our water bottled.
Haha. I learned of these when I once idiotically got them to power a keychain laser pointer, thinking I had snagged a 12-pack for only a few dollars. It would start out bright, but fade quickly after a few seconds. Leave it off for several seconds, then it would power up bright again. I'm asssuming the laser pointer drew excessive current, and thus used up all the air in the batteries. Then when off for a few seconds, more air was able to diffuse in through holes, "recharging" them. I also imagine that once their seals were broken, they would degrade the electrodes after a week or so, even if not used. Bleah.
Wow, talk about a nationwide cash-for-clunkers-style program, only this time, they don't put the sodium silicate in cars you trade in, they put it into the fuel.
I get annoyed at any summary when it spins the topic. "News for nerds. Stuff that matters." to me means summaries of tech-related news items, so that we can discuss them. Putting spin on it just tilts the entire discussion to the submitter's whims. But maybe you're right, and this is just shared blog.
Agreed. Summaries should summarize the story, and leave pontification, speculation, spin, and opinions for the comments. Putting these into the summary turns it into essentially a blog posting, where a single person shares their opinion on a topic and sets the tone for the discussion. Nothing wrong with blog postings, as long as they're made to a blog.
If having to accept that meant none of these bullshit imaginary property rights, I'd gladly accept it. Even if I objected, that's not sufficient reason to make it illegal. For example, I object to the way my city is run, but that's not sufficient cause to force them to run it differently.
Touch typists generally use more verbose variable names and more comments, because it's much more natural for them to type a lot of words. This makes their code a lot more readable
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for ( int digit_index = 0; digit_index < 10; digit_index++ )
for ( int i = 0; i < 10; i++ )
I'll take the second version. A touch-typist may be able to type the first nearly as quickly, but my eyes will still take more time parsing the verbosity. Verbosity is good where a variable's scope is large or it's obscure and not used many times.
A pianist is the equivalent of a data entry clerk.
Nice. So in the piano player analogy, the computer is the piano player. I guess Mr. Atwood has one of those computers lacking a memory, so that he has to code in each instruction as it's executed. My advice to him: upgrade your hardware, man!
This a good thing. Personality rights like this evolve from the protection of privacy, and imply each individual's right to control their usage by the media.
Not more imaginary property. What is a person's usage, can it be owned, and what are the costs of simulating ownership of this conceptual thing? Every form of imaginary property infringes on physical property rights.
[...] featuring an oversized head, Steve's trademark black shirt/blue jeans outfit, and a new iPhone 4 like a magical world-saving talisman in Jobs' left hand. The action figure, selling for $79.90, came with an Apple logo stand [...]
I'd have thought that it was the stand that was violating trademark law, not the outfit.
I also buy used cd's so that no money goes back to the media companies.
Consider the person who will buy the used CD version if he can find it, otherwise he'll buy it new. When you buy the used CD version, you make this person more likely to be unable to find it used, and thus buy it new.
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So you're saying that the sound chip in the original ZX Spectrum is a latch (that retains what is last written to the sound port).
Maybe you don't.
This can be used to increase storage space too. I found that the simplest way to enable the OS to do this is to clear the allocation bitmap. This allows it to use the imaginary space on the disk. It's worked so far, and I've stored about 50% more on my disk. It's been holding up pretty well and I haven't seen any cross-link *&()N#%()K&K_*)%_*()hj JFIF PNG TXT
Or just burn a book to light the room. Oh, wait...
Fluoride, for one. Apparently we're too stupid to brush our teeth, so they have to force us to ingest it every time we drink water, or buy our water bottled.
Haha. I learned of these when I once idiotically got them to power a keychain laser pointer, thinking I had snagged a 12-pack for only a few dollars. It would start out bright, but fade quickly after a few seconds. Leave it off for several seconds, then it would power up bright again. I'm asssuming the laser pointer drew excessive current, and thus used up all the air in the batteries. Then when off for a few seconds, more air was able to diffuse in through holes, "recharging" them. I also imagine that once their seals were broken, they would degrade the electrodes after a week or so, even if not used. Bleah.
Wow, talk about a nationwide cash-for-clunkers-style program, only this time, they don't put the sodium silicate in cars you trade in, they put it into the fuel.
Thanks for the post. I read it carefully, and am saving it away for future reference.
I get annoyed at any summary when it spins the topic. "News for nerds. Stuff that matters." to me means summaries of tech-related news items, so that we can discuss them. Putting spin on it just tilts the entire discussion to the submitter's whims. But maybe you're right, and this is just shared blog.
In a way, the dismissal of it as a non-event is an unintentional tribute to how well it was handled by those like yourself.
Zinc-air battery
Great story, and well-told. Thanks.
Agreed. Summaries should summarize the story, and leave pontification, speculation, spin, and opinions for the comments. Putting these into the summary turns it into essentially a blog posting, where a single person shares their opinion on a topic and sets the tone for the discussion. Nothing wrong with blog postings, as long as they're made to a blog.
If having to accept that meant none of these bullshit imaginary property rights, I'd gladly accept it. Even if I objected, that's not sufficient reason to make it illegal. For example, I object to the way my city is run, but that's not sufficient cause to force them to run it differently.
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I'll take the second version. A touch-typist may be able to type the first nearly as quickly, but my eyes will still take more time parsing the verbosity. Verbosity is good where a variable's scope is large or it's obscure and not used many times.
Nice. So in the piano player analogy, the computer is the piano player. I guess Mr. Atwood has one of those computers lacking a memory, so that he has to code in each instruction as it's executed. My advice to him: upgrade your hardware, man!
Not more imaginary property. What is a person's usage, can it be owned, and what are the costs of simulating ownership of this conceptual thing? Every form of imaginary property infringes on physical property rights.
I'd have thought that it was the stand that was violating trademark law, not the outfit.
Tower of Babel indeed :(
Reworded: Tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is your old phone if you... can't... speak?
Answer to question asked in summary: maybe
Consider the person who will buy the used CD version if he can find it, otherwise he'll buy it new. When you buy the used CD version, you make this person more likely to be unable to find it used, and thus buy it new.
He's in trouble for not following proper security procedure of reporting all problems to the appropriate place, /dev/null.
An African or European swallow? Wait, what were we talking about?
This would have been the first post, but I was on the slowest connection.