They seem to need that in the corporate world, too. Once upon a time I was talking to a guy who worked for a big IT consulting firm as a C programmer. He was telling me about how he really really wanted to learn Java, but he just couldn't because his boss wouldn't approve it that particular fiscal year. That was several years ago, and I'm still shaking my head.
They are called books and they can be had usually for $50 or less.
Who modded this down? I'm amazed at the number of people who refuse to learn anything unless some authority figure spoon-feeds it to them. People, give yourself a little more credit than that.
If you can't motivate enough for individual study, then select a book or two, form a small group and meet regularly as you work your way through it. Use the internet to find answers to questions that the books don't address. You won't get anything more than that out of an expensive "training" class, except maybe a worthless certificate.
But I won't say that other (pricey) OS's are also up for these custom tasks.
The issue isn't whether proprietary OSs are technically capable of being used in this way; of course they are. The key is that any Linux distribution can be freely modified and redistributed by anybody without stepping on anyone's IP rights. If you want to do this with Windows you're going to have to "negotiate" with Microsoft, and you'll be doing it pretty much on their terms.
There is no easy way to verify where and when someone decided to buy your product.
That's an important point. Web advertising has been evaluated against unrealistically high standards, as compared with print or broadcast advertising. A web ad fails if people don't interrupt whatever else they were doing to buy the product (or at least seek additional info) immediately; i.e., if the click-through rate is low. Rarely, however, does anyone throw down a newspaper and immediately run out to buy something in response to an ad they just saw there...
I use flashblock as well as adblock. I'm not big on having talking flash advertisements sneaking up on me and when I want to view a flash I'll click on the flashplay button.
I've been meaning to try that. Up to now I've been doing it "manually" by linking and unlinking the Flash plugin files from the plugins directory. But since 98% of all Flash stuff is annoying junk (especially ads), I rarely need to do even that.
Another indispensible feature in a browser is the ability to turn off animated GIFs (or limit them to once cycle). Trying to concentrate on something with all kinds of crap blinking on the rest of the page drives me absolutely nuts.
But something that by chance can reproduce in humans unchecked cannot be ruled out with enough certainty to expose us to Mars dust.
Yes, it can. There is simply no possibility that human virulence could have evolved there. Virulence is a complex process, and it's simply not going to happen "by chance" in the absence of a host. I'd worry far more about new bugs from antarctic ice cores (and I'm not worried about those either).
It would be wiser to send automated electron microscopes to Mars if we want to search for life there, not bring Mars stuff to Earth.
Deal: For one-tenth the cost of that, I will personally volunteer to rub Mars dust all over my body and stay in quarantine for a month (or two, if that makes you feel better)...
Another reason not to worry about it is that random microbes aren't infectious to humans "by default"; that ability is an adaptation just like our defenses against it are. With no humans running around on Mars, there has been no opportunity (or possibility) for pathogenic capabilities to evolve.
It seems that camera-lenses reflect that light, and that these reflections can be recorded.
And it helps a lot that any camera lens they're worried about is always going to be pointed directly at the screen. That constrains the geometry and makes it simple to locate the source of the reflection.
I don't believe, not for a moment, that one can detect a pin-hole camera like this.
Ahhh... National City. I have a VISA card through them, and I guess they haven't made enough money off of me (I pay in full every month), so they just sent me a letter announcing that my bill will be due at a different and unpredictable time each month. Any doubt that this is intended to boost their late charge revenue?
You can easily change the look, feel, layout, even functionality of a Widget so that it matches your lifestyle, your desktop, or the pants or skirt you have on that day.
It's hard to fathom how we've managed for so long without it.
Of course not. To attract the resources needed to succeed in politics, you're going to be beholden to your sugardaddies to at least some extent. What I do "wholey" believe is that we have a particularly ruthless herd of elephants in power at this particular time. Eventually, even conservatives will come to appreciate the dangers of the current climate.
why is this the most important election of our lifetime(s)?
I've voted in every presidential election since 1976, and yes, I absolutely feel that this is the most important election of my lifetime (so far). At stake this time is not only the usual array of issues and policy matters, but the very survival of our civil liberties and democratic (with a small 'd') traditions. The merger of corporate and government power - or more properly the appropriation of the latter by the former - has led to corruption on a scale that I didn't think I'd ever see in this country, until now. Add to that the cynical attempt to co-opt organized religion with billions of dollars in "faith-based initiatives", and we create a stew in which no democracy could likely survive.
There have been other elections in the US that have brought on major ideological shifts (e.g., Reagan/Carter in 1980), but never one that strikes at the core of our civic life in quite the way that this one does.
The vast majority of new drugs come from US companies, and even the ones that don't make sense economically only because of the payoff in the American market.
That's why I can't get vaccinated for flu this year, but I'm pretty much covered for that pesky erectile dysfunction. Seriously, though... Other research-intensive industries - e.g., semiconductors - accept returns on capital that are much lower than Big Pharma, and it hasn't seemed to affect innovation.
Your problem clearly isn't simple ignorance; it's a complete lack of ethical sensibility. Because we may have the military power to avoid any immediate consequences of irresponsible behavior, we are relieved of having to behave responsibly. History is filled with megalomaniacal dictators who felt the same way.
I haven't met a Bushie who isn't either abjectly ignorant or stuck in some pre-adolescent fantasy of world conquest, and I see nothing here to change that estimation.
As for Bush's popularity with the rest of the world, I dont' really care.
Of course you don't. We don't need anybody; we can just blow them up. Oh - as long as our kids are paying for it all, that is...
Good point. I've heard of scams using real-looking dummy ATM machines; by the time they tell you they're out of cash, you've already given up your card number and access code. If I'm walking down an unfamiliar street and need some cash, I'm not sure how I'd know the difference. I do know that some slashdotter will call me an idiot for falling for it, though...
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It doesn't even have to be a '0' and '1'. Could be '+' and '-', or 'x' and 'y', or even "green eggs" and "ham"...
They seem to need that in the corporate world, too. Once upon a time I was talking to a guy who worked for a big IT consulting firm as a C programmer. He was telling me about how he really really wanted to learn Java, but he just couldn't because his boss wouldn't approve it that particular fiscal year. That was several years ago, and I'm still shaking my head.
Who modded this down? I'm amazed at the number of people who refuse to learn anything unless some authority figure spoon-feeds it to them. People, give yourself a little more credit than that.
If you can't motivate enough for individual study, then select a book or two, form a small group and meet regularly as you work your way through it. Use the internet to find answers to questions that the books don't address. You won't get anything more than that out of an expensive "training" class, except maybe a worthless certificate.
The issue isn't whether proprietary OSs are technically capable of being used in this way; of course they are. The key is that any Linux distribution can be freely modified and redistributed by anybody without stepping on anyone's IP rights. If you want to do this with Windows you're going to have to "negotiate" with Microsoft, and you'll be doing it pretty much on their terms.
One easy solution, short of blocking all ads, is to block pop-ups, Flash, and animations. What remains after that is pretty easy to live with.
That's an important point. Web advertising has been evaluated against unrealistically high standards, as compared with print or broadcast advertising. A web ad fails if people don't interrupt whatever else they were doing to buy the product (or at least seek additional info) immediately; i.e., if the click-through rate is low. Rarely, however, does anyone throw down a newspaper and immediately run out to buy something in response to an ad they just saw there...
I've been meaning to try that. Up to now I've been doing it "manually" by linking and unlinking the Flash plugin files from the plugins directory. But since 98% of all Flash stuff is annoying junk (especially ads), I rarely need to do even that.
Another indispensible feature in a browser is the ability to turn off animated GIFs (or limit them to once cycle). Trying to concentrate on something with all kinds of crap blinking on the rest of the page drives me absolutely nuts.
Be that as it may, I think the original poster answered his own question with this:
Sorry, I can't dump thousands into a piece of hardware---I'm looking for a way to make the most of my Epson Perfection 2400 with transparency adapter
So why is this discussion about operating systems?
Well, yes, but that doesn't mean that someone can't still patent the idea and sue everyone who's already doing it...
Yes, it can. There is simply no possibility that human virulence could have evolved there. Virulence is a complex process, and it's simply not going to happen "by chance" in the absence of a host. I'd worry far more about new bugs from antarctic ice cores (and I'm not worried about those either).
It would be wiser to send automated electron microscopes to Mars if we want to search for life there, not bring Mars stuff to Earth.
Deal: For one-tenth the cost of that, I will personally volunteer to rub Mars dust all over my body and stay in quarantine for a month (or two, if that makes you feel better)...
Another reason not to worry about it is that random microbes aren't infectious to humans "by default"; that ability is an adaptation just like our defenses against it are. With no humans running around on Mars, there has been no opportunity (or possibility) for pathogenic capabilities to evolve.
But seriously... Whatever else Taiwan may be, it's certainly no longer "third world".
Well, that does make just a little bit of difference, doesn't it?
And it helps a lot that any camera lens they're worried about is always going to be pointed directly at the screen. That constrains the geometry and makes it simple to locate the source of the reflection.
I don't believe, not for a moment, that one can detect a pin-hole camera like this.
Agreed... But who has a pinhole video camera?
Ahhh... National City. I have a VISA card through them, and I guess they haven't made enough money off of me (I pay in full every month), so they just sent me a letter announcing that my bill will be due at a different and unpredictable time each month. Any doubt that this is intended to boost their late charge revenue?
Ummm... The Swiftboat Veterans?
Huh?
It's hard to fathom how we've managed for so long without it.
Of course not. To attract the resources needed to succeed in politics, you're going to be beholden to your sugardaddies to at least some extent. What I do "wholey" believe is that we have a particularly ruthless herd of elephants in power at this particular time. Eventually, even conservatives will come to appreciate the dangers of the current climate.
I've voted in every presidential election since 1976, and yes, I absolutely feel that this is the most important election of my lifetime (so far). At stake this time is not only the usual array of issues and policy matters, but the very survival of our civil liberties and democratic (with a small 'd') traditions. The merger of corporate and government power - or more properly the appropriation of the latter by the former - has led to corruption on a scale that I didn't think I'd ever see in this country, until now. Add to that the cynical attempt to co-opt organized religion with billions of dollars in "faith-based initiatives", and we create a stew in which no democracy could likely survive.
There have been other elections in the US that have brought on major ideological shifts (e.g., Reagan/Carter in 1980), but never one that strikes at the core of our civic life in quite the way that this one does.
That's why I can't get vaccinated for flu this year, but I'm pretty much covered for that pesky erectile dysfunction. Seriously, though... Other research-intensive industries - e.g., semiconductors - accept returns on capital that are much lower than Big Pharma, and it hasn't seemed to affect innovation.
Your problem clearly isn't simple ignorance; it's a complete lack of ethical sensibility. Because we may have the military power to avoid any immediate consequences of irresponsible behavior, we are relieved of having to behave responsibly. History is filled with megalomaniacal dictators who felt the same way.
I haven't met a Bushie who isn't either abjectly ignorant or stuck in some pre-adolescent fantasy of world conquest, and I see nothing here to change that estimation.
As for Bush's popularity with the rest of the world, I dont' really care.
Of course you don't. We don't need anybody; we can just blow them up. Oh - as long as our kids are paying for it all, that is...
I believe the correct form would be "them people" or "them there people...
Good point. I've heard of scams using real-looking dummy ATM machines; by the time they tell you they're out of cash, you've already given up your card number and access code. If I'm walking down an unfamiliar street and need some cash, I'm not sure how I'd know the difference. I do know that some slashdotter will call me an idiot for falling for it, though...
In fact, what it will really do is make the shopping "experience" even more manipulative, invasive, and annoying than it already is.