Digital electronic overtook mechanical decades ago--that's why punch cards aren't used any more in the first place. It therefore follows the smartest way to deal with any problem of this sort is to get it converted to electronic ones and zeros as quickly and simply as possible, no matter how dirty, and then process the digital data to get what you need. In this case, that's getting a digital photo of the punchcard, and then doing your work on that.
Anyone can take a photo of a punchcard
Indeed they can (don't forget to use your wooden table!). Then doing OCR on that photo to extract the data the punch card contained is a little more involved, however.
I have long been interested with the early themes of multiple versions of the same text, so that the readers can choose *their own version* of the article. If you want the cheap pop, read the 400 inflammatory words. If you want the details, click "show advanced" etc and read the 4,000 word version.
Already a solved problem, and you don't need hypertext for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid. Not only does it make the story easy to edit for length, it enables the reader to simply stop when he feels he has enough detail.
Yes, that's always been the problem. However, if Gabe is right and Windows 8 will be a disaster for AAA gaming, that might change. Nvidia and AMD are want to sell their GPUs to the people who are doing high-end gaming. Right now, that's on Windows. If it moves, they'll move too.
Linux from the manufacturer has never been about the technical difficulty of shipping a pre-installed Linux box. It's always been about the unwillingness to support two different operating systems and, above all, the reluctance to offend Microsoft for an uncertain and probably small payoff.
Y2K wasn't a disaster because a lot of people put in a lot of effort to prevent from being one. I put in hundreds of hours on it, and I was just one average systems guy in one IT department.
I still remember the first flip phone I got. It had an answer button that was a toggle--if you were being called, it would answer, but if you were already connected, it hung you up. I didn't understand that flipping it open *also* answered a call, and when the phone company tried calling me to finish my activation, they had a bit of trouble. I'd flip open the phone, hit the button, and be disconnected. They'd call again, I'd flip open the phone, hit the button, and be disconnected...
Correct. The original game in India was Chaturanga--"Four Arms"--because it depicted the four elements of an Indian army of the time: foot soldiers (pawns), chariots (rooks), cavalry (knights) and elephants (bishops). The piece that would become the queen was the minister and was much less powerful; it was a relatively unimportant piece.
Meh. It has the complete voice cast except for Walter Koenig (which is why Chekov got replaced by the alien Lieutenant Arex), and some of the original creative staff like D.C. Fontana and David Gerrold. They used the fact that they were animated to do some interesting stuff that would have difficult or impossible in the live action series, particuarly in some alien designs. On the other hand, the animation is extremely cut-rate, to the point where it can almost be regarded as only partially animated. For some reason, they couldn't get rights to the score of the old series and had to use new music that tries to imitate the sound of the old score; it's not all that good. It also suffered from the half-hour format, which was too short. The writing, in my estimation, was uneven. However, some of the episodes, at least, are worth watching (the first one, "Beyond the Farthest Star", was particuarly good. "How Sharper is a Serpent's Tooth" might have been more interesting if it hadn't been essentially a repeat of "Who Mourns for Adonis" with a Mesoamerican god. It actually did the first holodeck (here called the "rec room") episode--"The Practical Joker". I'll let you decide if that means it's worth watching. And "The Slaver Weapon" was a reworking of Larry Niven's "The Soft Weapon" in the Star Trek universe--written by Niven himself--with actual Kzin. If you ever wondered why Star Fleet Battles had Kzinti ships in it until Niven's lawyers forced a name change to the "Mirak", this is where it started). Overall, I think it's worth watching, but don't expect too much from it.
It only lets you set up accounts for Exchange, Hotmail and Gmail right now, but it definitely does support IMAP.
No, it supports Exchange, Hotmail and Gmail. If you tell me "supports IMAP" I'd better be able to point it at my IMAP server and have it work or you're a goddamn liar.
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Really? I've been playing Minecraft for a while now, and I can make dynamite, pickaxes and shovels...but how do I make heavy machinery?
Digital electronic overtook mechanical decades ago--that's why punch cards aren't used any more in the first place. It therefore follows the smartest way to deal with any problem of this sort is to get it converted to electronic ones and zeros as quickly and simply as possible, no matter how dirty, and then process the digital data to get what you need. In this case, that's getting a digital photo of the punchcard, and then doing your work on that.
Indeed they can (don't forget to use your wooden table!). Then doing OCR on that photo to extract the data the punch card contained is a little more involved, however.
But by no means impossible, particularly if you don't care about quality. See "zip gun."
Already a solved problem, and you don't need hypertext for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid. Not only does it make the story easy to edit for length, it enables the reader to simply stop when he feels he has enough detail.
"I'm well aware of Microsoft. Who's this Bill Gates guy?"
Yes, that's always been the problem. However, if Gabe is right and Windows 8 will be a disaster for AAA gaming, that might change. Nvidia and AMD are want to sell their GPUs to the people who are doing high-end gaming. Right now, that's on Windows. If it moves, they'll move too.
Linux from the manufacturer has never been about the technical difficulty of shipping a pre-installed Linux box. It's always been about the unwillingness to support two different operating systems and, above all, the reluctance to offend Microsoft for an uncertain and probably small payoff.
You know kids 9 months to 2 years old who go to the toy store and buy stuff without a parent present? You know some unusual children...
...of your medical emergency?
Well, of course the screens weren't defective. They couldn't raise them because the Enterprise hacked their systems, remember?
Y2K wasn't a disaster because a lot of people put in a lot of effort to prevent from being one. I put in hundreds of hours on it, and I was just one average systems guy in one IT department.
I still remember the first flip phone I got. It had an answer button that was a toggle--if you were being called, it would answer, but if you were already connected, it hung you up. I didn't understand that flipping it open *also* answered a call, and when the phone company tried calling me to finish my activation, they had a bit of trouble. I'd flip open the phone, hit the button, and be disconnected. They'd call again, I'd flip open the phone, hit the button, and be disconnected...
And in the two years following that quote, GM blew him out of the water, precisely because of that attitude. See? The free market at work.
Absolutely nothing. Every smartphone I've bought has one; I won't get one without this feature. Virtual keyboards on the touchscreen can't compare.
Why would you have a pair of junior non-commissioned officers in your closet?
They will rule the galaxy as father and son!
Correct. The original game in India was Chaturanga--"Four Arms"--because it depicted the four elements of an Indian army of the time: foot soldiers (pawns), chariots (rooks), cavalry (knights) and elephants (bishops). The piece that would become the queen was the minister and was much less powerful; it was a relatively unimportant piece.
The alternative is so well known he probably thought you already knew it. LaTeX, of course.
Meh. It has the complete voice cast except for Walter Koenig (which is why Chekov got replaced by the alien Lieutenant Arex), and some of the original creative staff like D.C. Fontana and David Gerrold. They used the fact that they were animated to do some interesting stuff that would have difficult or impossible in the live action series, particuarly in some alien designs. On the other hand, the animation is extremely cut-rate, to the point where it can almost be regarded as only partially animated. For some reason, they couldn't get rights to the score of the old series and had to use new music that tries to imitate the sound of the old score; it's not all that good. It also suffered from the half-hour format, which was too short. The writing, in my estimation, was uneven. However, some of the episodes, at least, are worth watching (the first one, "Beyond the Farthest Star", was particuarly good. "How Sharper is a Serpent's Tooth" might have been more interesting if it hadn't been essentially a repeat of "Who Mourns for Adonis" with a Mesoamerican god. It actually did the first holodeck (here called the "rec room") episode--"The Practical Joker". I'll let you decide if that means it's worth watching. And "The Slaver Weapon" was a reworking of Larry Niven's "The Soft Weapon" in the Star Trek universe--written by Niven himself--with actual Kzin. If you ever wondered why Star Fleet Battles had Kzinti ships in it until Niven's lawyers forced a name change to the "Mirak", this is where it started). Overall, I think it's worth watching, but don't expect too much from it.
Even the animated series, which really surprised me.
Try Netflix.
That is factually right. It doesn't support IMAP. It uses certain aspects of IMAP, but it doesn't support it.
No, it supports Exchange, Hotmail and Gmail. If you tell me "supports IMAP" I'd better be able to point it at my IMAP server and have it work or you're a goddamn liar.
Which is a *good* thing. Fire and live electrical systems don't mix well.
Of course, Eisenhower got to sleep with his, so there's that.