I'd recommend pausing the witchhunt. The dealership is saying it wasn't them. From a google review:
We assume you are leaving a negative review because of the recent news coverage concerning Mr. . It would be important to understand that the CBC has unfortunately mis-identified Kia Sherbrooke as the seller. The car was in fact sold by a third party. If, indeed you are leaving your review because of this subject, we ask you to please remove your review as Kia Sherbrooke is not implicated in the sale. We simply share the same adresse as the third party. We are sorry for the confusion this has caused.
We are currently in contact with CBC to clarify the situation.
My home office is 12' by 12' where I do a mix of programming, devops, and electronics. I sometimes have co-workers come by as well to pair-program or whiteboard.
Wrap around low wall'ed cubicle desk with panels to hide cabling. It is big enough to hold three 27" monitors, two laptops, and three sets of keyboards / mice.
Rectangular desk for holding electrical equiptment and potentially a second laptop if co-worker visits.
Fire safe with letter sized file drawer. 2 cu feet.
Filing cabinet. Half-height letter sized.
Wall length closeted sheving. Also doubles as network cabinet. Lots of room for boxes, supplies, and odds'n'ends
Two whiteboards. Full sized. 6'x4'
Two dressers with drawers.
Tool chest with drawers.
Two good office chairs.
Hue lights (I change the intensity and color depending on mood or time of day).
Nest security cameras.
Bathroom with shower.
Small table vice.
Portable infrared heater or air conditioner depending on season.
Picture of Yoda.
I don't live in an area where security is as big of a concern, but I do keep the window shaded, files backed up in cloud, and drives encrypted. Beyond that, things like cameras, kensington locks, safes, and deadbolts can only slow thiefs down. But they are a good idea just for discouragement. I do love the new digital locks around now. Utilizing one which you can open and close quickly using biometrics or a phone will keep you honest in locking the place up.
On the home front, I do sometimes utilize the office for emergency relative storage (guest room). There is enough room for a queen size bed in the center.
I think you are overblowing Slashdot's biases a bit. I just did a google search and found many articles on Slashdot referencing Gamergate, people invovled, and its issues over the past years. I ended my search after finding 12. I didn't find any editorials which I guess is what you were angling for...
As to your women in STEM complaint... that's a story which does come up often. I've read many articles posted via slashdot listing one potential cause or another. Here's a post which blames ad's in the 80's.
The linked blog specifically mentions patient privacy as an allowable exception. They also have exceptions for private third party data, and endangered species data. I suspect they want to keep the GPS locations for white rhino's hidden.
The previous version of Opera supported the new getUserMedia tag to support cameras and microphones. I had hoped with the move to chromium they'd piggyback off the efforts Google has put in to also add peer connections but instead it appears they've dropped support completely.
Getting the cheap/free cellphone in Canada often involves signing up for long 3 year plan with huge penalties if you quit early.
I'm not sure of all the provinces, but I know that both Quebec and Manitoba have new laws in place requiring better contract disclosure and limiting those penalties.
When I went to the IIPA, Web of Trust went berserk and said the site has a poor reputation for "trustworthiness," "vendor reliability" and "privacy." It also scored a low score on "child safety."
I'm can't say I'm a fan of politics influencing security ratings like this. Not being a user of the tool, I must ask if this a common trait in Web of Trust's database?
I see that the sites for the riaa, and mpaa are also flagged and have piracy related comments on them.
If you want to get back into Microchip PIC programming, the PicKit 3 is USB and supports programming and in-circuit debugging of a large range of their chips. If can be bought for around $50.
Many of their PIC's are low-cost and come in hobbyist friendly DIP packages.
The study had 28 participants... and they were asked to remember species of aliens...
While this may be a sign that it's worth looking into the differences a font makes in learning, I'll wait until a bigger study comes out where participants were asked to read a more likely and involved subject matter like the history of the Ottoman Empire.
I have a feeling many participants will be less likely to read past the first chapter if it was written in Comic Sans.
I'm subscribed to O'Reilly Safari, where I have both Unlocking Android and O'Reilly's Android Application Development in my bookshelf.
The O'Reilly book uses the "build a big application" approach to teaching. So each chapter goes into adding a different feature. There is an expectation that the reader has the examples installed, but unfortunately they don't work with Android v1.5(cupcake). I was lost since I couldn't follow.
Luckily I found this book which does a much better job of explaining things. The reviewer is absolutely correct on one thing though. It isn't great at explaining the initial install, and doing a hello world example.
If you want to learn Android Development I recommend the following order:
A number of few years back (1993ish) I was walking down the street when I was stopped by a rookie police woman who asked me several questions, then demanded my id saying there had been a theft in the area recently.
Having taken a couple of law classes, and being a cocky kid, I refused. I was then handcuffed and placed under arrest for obstruction. At that point I demanded she call her supervisor which she did.
10 minutes later the supervisor came over to the intersection, got the story. He chastized the rookie and let me go, asking if I would like to file a complaint. I responded that all I'd like is an apology. A week later I was sent an official one signed by the chief and the rookie.
The excuse I got was there was a car theft earlier in the day. It turned out to be by the car owner's boyfriend who was 10 years older and whom I looked nothing like.
I feel good about standing up for my rights. I also feel lucky I was smart enough to call in the supervisor before everything was made official.
Note: Although I'm not a lawyer, I have had quite a bit of experience with copyright laws, including a couple of court cases where it was an issue, seminars, business law courses, and drafting of programming contracts. I wouldn't have tried to correct your assumptions unless I was pretty sure they were incorrect.
In Canada, as I understand it, unless there is a contract saying otherwise the copyright is in the hands of the entity who hired you to write it -- but you still have some very small rights as the author...
Sorry, but you've got things backwords in this case.
In Canada, intellectual property remains in the hands of the person who created it, unless a contract exists which specifically transfers it, or if the creator is an "employee" of the company.
So if I was contracted to develop a site for a client, and the IP issue was not discussed in the contact, then the copyright stays with me. This would restrict the business from changing or altering my code/design or giving it away to someone else.
One interesting copyright law which is in Canada (and most of the rest of the world) but not in the US is the idea of 'Moral Rights'. Unless waived, moral rights prevent a new copyright holder from altering the created work in a method which would distort, mutilate, or otherwise prejudice the honour or reputation of the author. It isn't in the US mainly because the entertainment industry wanted to use copyrighted ideas in hollywoodized movies;-)
Try it yourself some time. Take two identicle speakers and feed them both the same sound (as in one mono sound to both channels, not a single stereo source). Reverse the polairty on one speaker (plug the black plug into the red and vice versa). If you have them setup normally and listen to the sound far away, it'll simply sound defocused, as though it has no apparent centre or source. This is a good way to focus your speakers, the more defocused an out of phase sound is, the more in focus an in phase sound is. However now take them, get them right next to each other, and point them at eachother. You'll hear almost nothing. PRetty much all you hear is the sound that radiates from the cabinets.
This is one reason why I love Slashdot... you pick up all sorts of neat science project ideas for the kids. Thanks!
I have ~ 160,000 files taking up 55 gigs on my NTFS partitioned hard drives. It took over 5 minutes on my 1.6ghz machine to come up with that.
To search for a specific file often takes much longer.
Personally I look forward to a better, faster file system on Windows. Although I'd still hold off judgement of the new system until it becomes available.
- Rod
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> In Canada, it's illegal to pay for any good or service, with more than 25 of any given denomination.
Basically it is a no-nuisance law to stop people from doing things like pay fines using pennies. It doesn't say the money can be confiscated...
Many businesses will still except coins if they have been rolled. I know I have paid for movie tickes and extra value meals with rolls of nickles and dimes.
From the statute:
(2) A payment in coins referred to in subsection (1) is a legal tender for no more than the following amounts for the following denominations of coins:
forty dollars if the denomination is two dollars or greater but does not exceed ten dollars;
twenty-five dollars if the denomination is one dollar;
ten dollars if the denomination is ten cents or greater but less than one dollar;
five dollars if the denomination is five cents; and
twenty-five cents if the denomination is one cent.
Eye Glass Hookup - Display readout, images, movies, to optional ($$) digital eye glasses.
Holographic Display - Flies out from watch when needed. (Why Not?)
Possible Input Methods
Buttons on watch Old fasioned but it works
Voice - Speech recognition
Video camera on board - It can determine light levels, and perhaps even facial recognition
Motion Sensor - Flick of the wrist to change modes.
Interactive hologram - coupling a hologram with the motion sensor, the iPhone can allow you to hit buttons out of thin air.
Eye wear - Coupled with the digital display, it can track your eyeballs to determine your wishes. It can also look/record forwards. If you get too close to something (like walking into a tree) it'll turn off.
So in closing... everyone complaining about the size of the iPhone being to small to see anything on, is being short sighted.
Other corporate verbage/nouns which were not included:
Photoshop
ICQ / MSN / Message you...
Slashdoted / Slashdot effect:-)
Personally I think Word Spy should expand on the meaning so it doesn't simply mean to search out personal information. Also specify the use of the google search engine as being the engine.
Slashdot Mirror
I'd recommend pausing the witchhunt. The dealership is saying it wasn't them. From a google review:
We assume you are leaving a negative review because of the recent news coverage concerning Mr. . It would be important to understand that the CBC has unfortunately mis-identified Kia Sherbrooke as the seller. The car was in fact sold by a third party. If, indeed you are leaving your review because of this subject, we ask you to please remove your review as Kia Sherbrooke is not implicated in the sale. We simply share the same adresse as the third party. We are sorry for the confusion this has caused.
We are currently in contact with CBC to clarify the situation.
Microsoft probably has tons of test hardware setup for testing every new update. Supporting new chips on their old OS's would involve a cost to them.
My home office is 12' by 12' where I do a mix of programming, devops, and electronics. I sometimes have co-workers come by as well to pair-program or whiteboard.
I don't live in an area where security is as big of a concern, but I do keep the window shaded, files backed up in cloud, and drives encrypted. Beyond that, things like cameras, kensington locks, safes, and deadbolts can only slow thiefs down. But they are a good idea just for discouragement. I do love the new digital locks around now. Utilizing one which you can open and close quickly using biometrics or a phone will keep you honest in locking the place up.
On the home front, I do sometimes utilize the office for emergency relative storage (guest room). There is enough room for a queen size bed in the center.
I think you are overblowing Slashdot's biases a bit. I just did a google search and found many articles on Slashdot referencing Gamergate, people invovled, and its issues over the past years. I ended my search after finding 12. I didn't find any editorials which I guess is what you were angling for...
Here's a couple quick ones:
As to your women in STEM complaint... that's a story which does come up often. I've read many articles posted via slashdot listing one potential cause or another. Here's a post which blames ad's in the 80's.
PS3 had this support, but it was dropped in PS4. I hope this move will prompt Sony to re-add support.
The linked blog specifically mentions patient privacy as an allowable exception. They also have exceptions for private third party data, and endangered species data. I suspect they want to keep the GPS locations for white rhino's hidden.
The previous version of Opera supported the new getUserMedia tag to support cameras and microphones. I had hoped with the move to chromium they'd piggyback off the efforts Google has put in to also add peer connections but instead it appears they've dropped support completely.
Getting the cheap/free cellphone in Canada often involves signing up for long 3 year plan with huge penalties if you quit early.
I'm not sure of all the provinces, but I know that both Quebec and Manitoba have new laws in place requiring better contract disclosure and limiting those penalties.
I suspect that Rogers and Telus are afraid the other provinces will enact the same or stronger legislation.
When I went to the IIPA, Web of Trust went berserk and said the site has a poor reputation for "trustworthiness," "vendor reliability" and "privacy." It also scored a low score on "child safety."
I'm can't say I'm a fan of politics influencing security ratings like this. Not being a user of the tool, I must ask if this a common trait in Web of Trust's database?
I see that the sites for the riaa, and mpaa are also flagged and have piracy related comments on them.
If you want to get back into Microchip PIC programming, the PicKit 3 is USB and supports programming and in-circuit debugging of a large range of their chips. If can be bought for around $50. Many of their PIC's are low-cost and come in hobbyist friendly DIP packages.
I did a quick Google search and found several game titles with 'Scroll'. Several pre-dating the 1994 release of the first Elder Scrolls.
I suspect Bethesda will have troubles winning this one, but courts can be funny sometimes.
The study had 28 participants... and they were asked to remember species of aliens...
While this may be a sign that it's worth looking into the differences a font makes in learning, I'll wait until a bigger study comes out where participants were asked to read a more likely and involved subject matter like the history of the Ottoman Empire.
I have a feeling many participants will be less likely to read past the first chapter if it was written in Comic Sans.
-Rod
Hockey is our national sport.
Actually, it's Lacrosse.
It's both. Hockey is the official winter sport, Lacrosse is the official summer sport. Check out the National Sports of Canada Act:
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowFullDoc/cs/N-16.7///en
You have to wonder how much time the politicians used up drafting this. The curling lobby must be pissed.
Wired is so kind not to identify the juvenile...
Thanks to this reporting, anyone who knows him now knows what he did. This will follow him around forever.
Wired could have at least left the first name out and kept the story intact.
A number of few years back (1993ish) I was walking down the street when I was stopped by a rookie police woman who asked me several questions, then demanded my id saying there had been a theft in the area recently.
Having taken a couple of law classes, and being a cocky kid, I refused. I was then handcuffed and placed under arrest for obstruction. At that point I demanded she call her supervisor which she did.
10 minutes later the supervisor came over to the intersection, got the story. He chastized the rookie and let me go, asking if I would like to file a complaint. I responded that all I'd like is an apology. A week later I was sent an official one signed by the chief and the rookie.
The excuse I got was there was a car theft earlier in the day. It turned out to be by the car owner's boyfriend who was 10 years older and whom I looked nothing like.
I feel good about standing up for my rights. I also feel lucky I was smart enough to call in the supervisor before everything was made official.
-
A Canadian
Here's a couple of links I found defining the difference between "Contract of service" and "Contract for service".
Note: Although I'm not a lawyer, I have had quite a bit of experience with copyright laws, including a couple of court cases where it was an issue, seminars, business law courses, and drafting of programming contracts. I wouldn't have tried to correct your assumptions unless I was pretty sure they were incorrect.
-
Rod Apeldoorn
Sorry, but you've got things backwords in this case.
In Canada, intellectual property remains in the hands of the person who created it, unless a contract exists which specifically transfers it, or if the creator is an "employee" of the company.
So if I was contracted to develop a site for a client, and the IP issue was not discussed in the contact, then the copyright stays with me. This would restrict the business from changing or altering my code/design or giving it away to someone else.
One interesting copyright law which is in Canada (and most of the rest of the world) but not in the US is the idea of 'Moral Rights'. Unless waived, moral rights prevent a new copyright holder from altering the created work in a method which would distort, mutilate, or otherwise prejudice the honour or reputation of the author. It isn't in the US mainly because the entertainment industry wanted to use copyrighted ideas in hollywoodized movies ;-)
Links to back me up!
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Rod Apeldoorn
This is one reason why I love Slashdot... you pick up all sorts of neat science project ideas for the kids. Thanks!
Rod!
The Policy Analysis Market...
The only market where insider trading could get you hanged for treason.
I have ~ 160,000 files taking up 55 gigs on my NTFS partitioned hard drives. It took over 5 minutes on my 1.6ghz machine to come up with that.
To search for a specific file often takes much longer.
Personally I look forward to a better, faster file system on Windows. Although I'd still hold off judgement of the new system until it becomes available.
-
Rod
> In Canada, it's illegal to pay for any good or service, with more than 25 of any given denomination.
What he's talking about can be found in Section 8 of the Currency Act.
Basically it is a no-nuisance law to stop people from doing things like pay fines using pennies. It doesn't say the money can be confiscated...
Many businesses will still except coins if they have been rolled. I know I have paid for movie tickes and extra value meals with rolls of nickles and dimes.
From the statute:
(2) A payment in coins referred to in subsection (1) is a legal tender for no more than the following amounts for the following denominations of coins:
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Rod (Canadian)
Clicky!
This is the link I ment to post in my previous comment
Rod!
In 10 years Apple (or someone else) might be ready to pioneer the holographic interface to work with this iPhone.
Possible Output Methods
Possible Input Methods
So in closing... everyone complaining about the size of the iPhone being to small to see anything on, is being short sighted.
Rod!
I did a 'wordspy' for xerox and it didn't come up.
What was in there:
Other corporate verbage /nouns which were not included:
Personally I think Word Spy should expand on the meaning so it doesn't simply mean to search out personal information. Also specify the use of the google search engine as being the engine.
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Rod