I don't believe I've ever visited an office that used an inkjet printer. Or at least, more than one that's used infrequently when color jobs are desired and there's no color laser.
It also tends to make the system halt. An emergency uninstall generally occurs if you install too quickly or use an inferior delivery mechanism. In my experience, system instability and eventual halt are more generally associated with quantity than speed.
Isn't that where the case is internally wired to explosives so that all the hardware and data will be incinerated if an unauthorized user tries to crack it open?
Maybe the military has various grades of security. They shouldn't, though -- everything should explode. What good is the military if nothing explodes?!
My mother has way more fun playing Animal Crossing on her recently-purchased GC than my kid sister. Me, I like to settle down with a beer and a pipe with all the lights out while my rooomates are at the bar and creep myself out with Eternal Darkness. The last 2 weeks have been 4-player Super Monkey Ball minigame fests with my friends and roommates (and even a roommate's boss!)
Just because you're too afraid to been seen as playing a 'kid's console' doesn't ruin the fun for us adults.
2) That code may well have been in the public domain anyway.
MAY HAVE BEEN, according to SGI. However they were concerned enough to remove the code.
"The three code fragments had been inadvertently included and in fact were redundant from the start. We found better replacements providing the same functionality already available in the Linux kernel."
I, for one, am glad they were concerned enough to remove redundant code.
so perhaps I'm really not reading this right -- maybe it is simply adding the crime of Terrorism to the already-existing 666 chapter of section 19...
You are indeed not really reading this right, and it is in fact simply adding the crime of Terrorism to the list of crimes in section 19 chapter 666. I read it that way too until I found Terrorism at the bottom of the list and noticed the note that says "items in bold type are new additions."
The really scary part of the bill is the very first part:
(1) A person commits the crime of terrorism if the person knowingly plans, participates in or carries out any act that is intended, by at least one of its participants, to disrupt:
(a) The free and orderly assembly of the inhabitants of the State of Oregon; (b) Commerce or the transportation systems of the State of Oregon; or (c) The educational or governmental institutions of the State of Oregon or its inhabitants.
This is a horrendous amout of activities that could now be considered terrorism. Off the top of my head, this includes teacher's or government employee's strikes and many forms of civil disobedience or non-violent protest. You might be considered a terrorist if someone overheard your group of friends discussing a hypothetical situation where the bus you're riding is hijacked. Opposed groups of protesters might be considered terrorists if they were seen as trying to make each other go home.
I'd like to see some statistics comparing shuttle rides to, say, commutes over 20 minutes in large urban areas.
Well, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics says that there are around 5 million passenger car highway accidents per year. They also say that passenger cars travel about 1.6 trillion miles per year, so that's around one accident every 320,000 vehicle miles.
Since there are around 132 million passenger cars registered, there is a 4% chance that any particular vehicle will be involved in a crash this year.
Failure rate of the space shuttles is something like 1.7% over the lifetime of the program. I don't know enough about statistics to be sure that these figures are comparable. You might also have to factor in the number of trips taken in a year or the average length of a trip in order to have comparable percentages.
Can someone more knowledgable about statistics clarify?
Another interesting statistic is that the average American car travels over 12,000 miles in a year. I'd always heard of 10,000 as the rule of thumb.
Or we can recognize how amazingly foolish it is to fly these contraptions instead of sticking to unmanned ships.
Cause you know how good our robotics technology is -- merely a simple matter of programming a mechanism to recognise, troubleshoot, repair, upgrade, and maintain complex satellites like the Hubble. Not to mention quickly recognise and automatically react to hazards.
Next time you see a robot that can perform the duties of a trained astronaut crew, let us (and NASA) know, will you? Oh, and try to keep the cost something less than an order of magnitude higher than the shuttle program.
Those astronauts and their families knew their jobs were dangerous. They have so much pure merit, they could have any job they wanted. They chose to risk their lives in the name of discovery, like many Great women and men before them. Please don't force your own fear of death on those who are willing and eager to risk their lives for the advancement of science, the betterment of mankind, and the sheer thrill of utilizing and developing their skills to chart the unknown.
When you've led a great life, there's no need to fear death.
In this metaphor: computer=car: basically a one-time expense broadband=gas: what you use to get around, periodic paid content=tolls: paying to travel on a certain path
I hate toll roads. Originally the idea was to remove the tolls once the road was paid for, but now their only function is to provide jobs to toll booth operators. It's more efficient and practical to pay for roads with gas tax and DMV fees, like is done on west coast US. I'd rather go the long way than pay a toll, as long as I know the way.
Same with this: I'd rather go to another review site than pay for Gamespot. I often find myself looking at user reviews on Amazon, if the game has been around long enough.
Shakespeare did not write in Old English. Old English would sound like gibberish to you and me; even Middle English would remind you more of Gaelic or Welsh than of English. Old and Middle English are completely different languages than Modern English. Completely different -- I'm not talking about the kind of difference we have between English in the Deep South and Cockney slang -- I'm talking completely different.
Shakespeare wrote in Moderen English, the same language you and I write and speak. If he did not, you would need a translator to read it. You may need a dictionary to look up words that have fallen out of common usage, but you still find "the" and "mine" and "several" et cetera.
People think Shakespeare is sophisticated not because he wrote in Old English, but because he wrote in flowery English. For the same reason, people think Keats is sophisticated. I'm inclined to agree. You don't need obscure high-brow ideas to be sophisticated, you need the appearance of sophistication. Sophistication has been overrated due to the overabundance of sophists. Look up sophistry to find the hidden meaning of sophistication.
It always cracks me up when they talk about Pentiums and related PC hardware when the Apple product placement is so obvious and ubiquitous.
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Netscape needs to collect information about the frequency of searches in order to bill the search engines correctly.
What I don't understand is why Netscape needs to bill the search engines at all. It is stated in the article that this data is not collected if you navigate to the search site, but only if you use Netscape's search bar. Why is the search bar a paid feature? Under default settings, Netscape uses AOL's own search engine, which surely doesn't need to be billed. Other search engines apparently have to pay AOL if a user changes his preferences?
I don't see why search engines should have to pay for the privelege of being a user's favorite. Does anyone have any information when and why this practice started?
thinking that the crash reports might be sending spyware-like data
Did you read the article? Did you even read the/. summary? Crash reports are not the issue. The issue is that when you use Netscape's built-in search box, your search terms and identifying information are sent to AOL.
Where in the world did you the idea that this was referring to crash reports.
There used to be a place near me that rented out computer games and applications. They had one wall full of DOS programs and another full of Amiga programs. There were actually a number of these stores in various locations around town. Eventually they went out of business because of the legal ramifications. Software companies didn't want people trying before they bought.
I would say that accessibility for the disabled is definitely an issue, but an even bigger issue is accessibility for everyone. More and more people are browsing using their Palm or related device. Flash often doesn't scale well to a 640x480 display; how in the world will it scale to 200x200?
The biggest problem is that it's so much easier to work with raster graphics for static images. Most people only use vector graphics for things that have to change shape, but even that isn't universal. Raster graphics don't scale down well. For example, I was working with a.ICO file the other day. I started with a 32x32 8-bit color bitmap, and for compatibility I also included a 4-bit color images and 16x16 and 48x48 resolutions. 16x16 16 color barely looks like the original from 10 feet away. It's worse the closer you get.
But even vector graphics aren't going to display correctly. You're going to need those scrollbars to make sure your text doesn't scale down to the point of non-readability. You're going to need exception cases to determine when to scale down and when to scroll. You don't want your text to be point size 2, but you also don't want 2 characters to fill the PDA screen.
I think it's again a case where developers need to create alternate versions for low-bandwidth connections or alternate displays. They need to be educated and considerate, which right now is usually not the case.
The difference between these special CD-Rs and regular computer CD-Rs? Besides about a buck a disc, not much.... The special audio discs have a digital marker that tells the recorder that the royalties have been paid. Otherwise, the media itself is just about the same as the CD-R discs that you buy for data storage...
So, yes, there is a difference, and despite its insignificant means, it causes a very significant end to those who unwisely bought an audio burner.
I agree. In my school, the entire student body started learning how to type in 7th or 8th grade. I don't think it would be a good thing to introduce computers to students at large until that point.
However, advanced students should have the option of using computers. In fourth grade, my teacher had some system of stickers on a sheet. I don't remember exactly how you got stickers; it was probably something like one for completing your assignment, one for doing a satisfactory job volunteering for some duty like blackboard cleanup or cleaning trays in the cafeteria, etc. When you filled the sheet to various stages, you had reward options like candy and crap. The ultimate was a half-day break from assignments to use the computer. The school library had a collection of a software magazine for the Apple II, I can't recall the name. It had educational games, solving mysteries and puzzles, etc. This was a fantastic way to introduce the computer, plus it provided motivation to take responsibility in order to receive priveleges.
In 3rd grade, the Talented and Gifted students at large were introduced to a computer lab. For me, at least, it didn't take. Some of the 4th graders were into BASIC, and grooved on learning to type, but the kids my age just wanted to play Oregon Trail the whole time. It is an educational game, but we learned only very little about geography and survival.
So there's a point about learning abstract concepts -- for the majority of kids it happens around 12-14, but the option of learning the computer should be available for students as young as 8 or 9. This is soft data - you need to examine each student's learning capacity to see if they will truly benefit and at what age.
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If the goal is elegance over readability, I certainly did.
Wasn't my goal, though. My real goal was along the lines of 'F1R5T P05T!'.
Lies, all horrible horrible lies.
Missing comma. Read as: "Final Fantasy $Version, XIII,..."
I don't believe I've ever visited an office that used an inkjet printer. Or at least, more than one that's used infrequently when color jobs are desired and there's no color laser.
It also tends to make the system halt. An emergency uninstall generally occurs if you install too quickly or use an inferior delivery mechanism. In my experience, system instability and eventual halt are more generally associated with quantity than speed.
Isn't that where the case is internally wired to explosives so that all the hardware and data will be incinerated if an unauthorized user tries to crack it open?
Maybe the military has various grades of security. They shouldn't, though -- everything should explode. What good is the military if nothing explodes?!
Can it close doors, too? It's starting to get cold outside; bad enough when people leave the doors open.
Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime, Viewtiful Joe, Hitman 2... definitely kid's games.
My mother has way more fun playing Animal Crossing on her recently-purchased GC than my kid sister. Me, I like to settle down with a beer and a pipe with all the lights out while my rooomates are at the bar and creep myself out with Eternal Darkness. The last 2 weeks have been 4-player Super Monkey Ball minigame fests with my friends and roommates (and even a roommate's boss!)
Just because you're too afraid to been seen as playing a 'kid's console' doesn't ruin the fun for us adults.
Yeah, get those dark-skinned men before they get us! ::quaking in boots::
I just couldn't comprehend any more words on the page after that zinger ricocheted around my brain cavity.
2) That code may well have been in the public domain anyway.
MAY HAVE BEEN, according to SGI. However they were concerned enough to remove the code.
"The three code fragments had been inadvertently included and in fact were redundant from the start. We found better replacements providing the
same functionality already available in the Linux kernel."
I, for one, am glad they were concerned enough to remove redundant code.
You are indeed not really reading this right, and it is in fact simply adding the crime of Terrorism to the list of crimes in section 19 chapter 666. I read it that way too until I found Terrorism at the bottom of the list and noticed the note that says "items in bold type are new additions."
The really scary part of the bill is the very first part:
This is a horrendous amout of activities that could now be considered terrorism. Off the top of my head, this includes teacher's or government employee's strikes and many forms of civil disobedience or non-violent protest. You might be considered a terrorist if someone overheard your group of friends discussing a hypothetical situation where the bus you're riding is hijacked. Opposed groups of protesters might be considered terrorists if they were seen as trying to make each other go home.
Well, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics says that there are around 5 million passenger car highway accidents per year. They also say that passenger cars travel about 1.6 trillion miles per year, so that's around one accident every 320,000 vehicle miles.
Since there are around 132 million passenger cars registered, there is a 4% chance that any particular vehicle will be involved in a crash this year.
Failure rate of the space shuttles is something like 1.7% over the lifetime of the program. I don't know enough about statistics to be sure that these figures are comparable. You might also have to factor in the number of trips taken in a year or the average length of a trip in order to have comparable percentages.
Can someone more knowledgable about statistics clarify?
Another interesting statistic is that the average American car travels over 12,000 miles in a year. I'd always heard of 10,000 as the rule of thumb.
Cause you know how good our robotics technology is -- merely a simple matter of programming a mechanism to recognise, troubleshoot, repair, upgrade, and maintain complex satellites like the Hubble. Not to mention quickly recognise and automatically react to hazards.
Next time you see a robot that can perform the duties of a trained astronaut crew, let us (and NASA) know, will you? Oh, and try to keep the cost something less than an order of magnitude higher than the shuttle program.
Those astronauts and their families knew their jobs were dangerous. They have so much pure merit, they could have any job they wanted. They chose to risk their lives in the name of discovery, like many Great women and men before them. Please don't force your own fear of death on those who are willing and eager to risk their lives for the advancement of science, the betterment of mankind, and the sheer thrill of utilizing and developing their skills to chart the unknown.
When you've led a great life, there's no need to fear death.
In this metaphor:
computer=car: basically a one-time expense
broadband=gas: what you use to get around, periodic
paid content=tolls: paying to travel on a certain path
I hate toll roads. Originally the idea was to remove the tolls once the road was paid for, but now their only function is to provide jobs to toll booth operators. It's more efficient and practical to pay for roads with gas tax and DMV fees, like is done on west coast US. I'd rather go the long way than pay a toll, as long as I know the way.
Same with this: I'd rather go to another review site than pay for Gamespot. I often find myself looking at user reviews on Amazon, if the game has been around long enough.
Shakespeare did not write in Old English. Old English would sound like gibberish to you and me; even Middle English would remind you more of Gaelic or Welsh than of English. Old and Middle English are completely different languages than Modern English. Completely different -- I'm not talking about the kind of difference we have between English in the Deep South and Cockney slang -- I'm talking completely different.
Shakespeare wrote in Moderen English, the same language you and I write and speak. If he did not, you would need a translator to read it. You may need a dictionary to look up words that have fallen out of common usage, but you still find "the" and "mine" and "several" et cetera.
People think Shakespeare is sophisticated not because he wrote in Old English, but because he wrote in flowery English. For the same reason, people think Keats is sophisticated. I'm inclined to agree. You don't need obscure high-brow ideas to be sophisticated, you need the appearance of sophistication. Sophistication has been overrated due to the overabundance of sophists. Look up sophistry to find the hidden meaning of sophistication.
It's not true enough for me.
It always cracks me up when they talk about Pentiums and related PC hardware when the Apple product placement is so obvious and ubiquitous.
Netscape needs to collect information about the frequency of searches in order to bill the search engines correctly.
What I don't understand is why Netscape needs to bill the search engines at all. It is stated in the article that this data is not collected if you navigate to the search site, but only if you use Netscape's search bar. Why is the search bar a paid feature? Under default settings, Netscape uses AOL's own search engine, which surely doesn't need to be billed. Other search engines apparently have to pay AOL if a user changes his preferences?
I don't see why search engines should have to pay for the privelege of being a user's favorite. Does anyone have any information when and why this practice started?
thinking that the crash reports might be sending spyware-like data
/. summary? Crash reports are not the issue. The issue is that when you use Netscape's built-in search box, your search terms and identifying information are sent to AOL.
Did you read the article? Did you even read the
Where in the world did you the idea that this was referring to crash reports.
There used to be a place near me that rented out computer games and applications. They had one wall full of DOS programs and another full of Amiga programs. There were actually a number of these stores in various locations around town. Eventually they went out of business because of the legal ramifications. Software companies didn't want people trying before they bought.
I would say that accessibility for the disabled is definitely an issue, but an even bigger issue is accessibility for everyone. More and more people are browsing using their Palm or related device. Flash often doesn't scale well to a 640x480 display; how in the world will it scale to 200x200?
.ICO file the other day. I started with a 32x32 8-bit color bitmap, and for compatibility I also included a 4-bit color images and 16x16 and 48x48 resolutions. 16x16 16 color barely looks like the original from 10 feet away. It's worse the closer you get.
The biggest problem is that it's so much easier to work with raster graphics for static images. Most people only use vector graphics for things that have to change shape, but even that isn't universal. Raster graphics don't scale down well. For example, I was working with a
But even vector graphics aren't going to display correctly. You're going to need those scrollbars to make sure your text doesn't scale down to the point of non-readability. You're going to need exception cases to determine when to scale down and when to scroll. You don't want your text to be point size 2, but you also don't want 2 characters to fill the PDA screen.
I think it's again a case where developers need to create alternate versions for low-bandwidth connections or alternate displays. They need to be educated and considerate, which right now is usually not the case.
Beliefs require no logic. That is their very nature. If they did, they would be knowledge.
From Technocopia:
So, yes, there is a difference, and despite its insignificant means, it causes a very significant end to those who unwisely bought an audio burner.
Helpful directional hint: look at the TI-92 [Plus], and the TI-89.
I agree. In my school, the entire student body started learning how to type in 7th or 8th grade. I don't think it would be a good thing to introduce computers to students at large until that point.
However, advanced students should have the option of using computers. In fourth grade, my teacher had some system of stickers on a sheet. I don't remember exactly how you got stickers; it was probably something like one for completing your assignment, one for doing a satisfactory job volunteering for some duty like blackboard cleanup or cleaning trays in the cafeteria, etc. When you filled the sheet to various stages, you had reward options like candy and crap. The ultimate was a half-day break from assignments to use the computer. The school library had a collection of a software magazine for the Apple II, I can't recall the name. It had educational games, solving mysteries and puzzles, etc. This was a fantastic way to introduce the computer, plus it provided motivation to take responsibility in order to receive priveleges.
In 3rd grade, the Talented and Gifted students at large were introduced to a computer lab. For me, at least, it didn't take. Some of the 4th graders were into BASIC, and grooved on learning to type, but the kids my age just wanted to play Oregon Trail the whole time. It is an educational game, but we learned only very little about geography and survival.
So there's a point about learning abstract concepts -- for the majority of kids it happens around 12-14, but the option of learning the computer should be available for students as young as 8 or 9. This is soft data - you need to examine each student's learning capacity to see if they will truly benefit and at what age.