I coded for over 10 years using amber DEC VT terminals, and my prescription on my glasses only changed marginally. And much of that coding was done in 132-column mode.
The important thing to do is to periodically give your eyes a break. Take the time to stop looking at the screen and focus on something distant across the room, office, or out the window. Staring at anything long enough will give you a headache....
It appears that this is the first recorded record by Guinness Book, so it's kind of arbitrary, however shuttling 62TB of data is pretty impressive. Now that the gauntlet has been thrown down, it'll be interesting to see if other software companies will try to compete. If nothing else, this gave Firefox some much-needed press.
I'm really bummed that there will be no Google Browser Sync, as this REALLY made using FF2 on multiple computers a dream. But at least we have the likes of the Foxmarks add-on.
Check out Wiki2Touch, an offline Wikipedia reader for a Jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch. It too requires a download and some processing of a 3GB+ file, however, the results are simply stunning. It leverages the iPhone's Safari browser, so you can bookmark articles, etc. It's truly amazing to be able to have instant access to encyclopedic articles. You have over 20,000,000 articles at your fingertips.
And to those who complain that it isn't online and up-to-date, really, who cares? Remember what this is: It's an Offline reader. If you need up-to-date info, then get an iPhone or some such and just browse live to Wikipedia. But for those of us who have the likes of the iPod Touch, this is a truly AMAZING application. OK, so it's not 100% up-to-date. But you have over 20,000,000 articles at your fingertips!
My story's a bit different as it wasn't the employees giving notice, it was a downsizing, but back in 2003, the company I worked for cut back 30 IS/IT workers in one day. Each employee was called into a conference room, given a severance package, and promptly escorted out the door by an armed security guard. We had to make arrangements to come back at a later time to pick up personal items.
And a strange note about it was that later that night, I actually called my former manager to let him know that one of the nightly jobs was going to fail--not through sabotage, but because I was in the middle of troubleshooting it when they called me in. I simply couldn't sleep knowing that a job I was responsible for was going to fail despite me no longer being responsible for it. I guess I'm kinda quirky that way...
If you assume most people who pay for DVRs want to skip ads, one would expect DVR buyers to skip ads.
We do skip commercials--quite a few, in fact--and we would probably would watch more if they weren't so lame or insulting.
Interestingly, the down side of skipping commercials is that we miss all of the theater or DVD release trailers. (Of course HDNet has several "trailers" shows, so we can easily "catch up" if we choose.) And the phrase "...if we choose" is really key here. You see, skipping ads really is only one benefit of a DVR.
For us, it's all about being able to watch what we want, when we want. Contrary to what broadcasters have historically wanted and dictated, we now do not plan our schedules around the TV schedule. We've been using DVR's way back since the ReplayTV days (ReplayTV > MOXI > SageTV > Dish Network DVR) and the convenience of "timeshifting" is really the draw for us.
...it's very cool, and a neat experiment, but I think for most folks, it's not very appealing.
Actually, I am looking for a very practical reason to do so: I would like to try my hand at developing an application for the iPhone/iPod Touch using Apple's SDK, however, doing so requires a machine running Leopard. This means that at minimum, I must invest at least $500-$600 for a Mac Mini to do development. The problem is that there is no facility to "evaluate" the development environment without actually installing it on an Apple platform--which I do not have.
OK, I do realize that to make money, you typically must spend money, and a modest investment in a Mac Mini could bring a larger payback if I develop something that is successful. But in this case, being able to "test out" the SDK on a PC would give me that opportunity to evaluate it. And if I decide that it is worth my time and money, then, I'll happily invest in an Apple platform. In fact, I'd actively promote the SDK and the platform. But if it doesn't suit my needs, then I won't wast any more time or money.
Yes, there is a potential legal issue in this, but is this really that different from downloading a cracked version of an application to evaluate it with the full intention of purchasing the application if it proves to be what I'm looking for?
Remember if they weren't intended to be eaten they wouldn't have been made out of meat!
Aren't you made of meat?
Yes, humans are made of meat, and if given the chance, quite a number of creatures (rats, maggots, stray dogs, lions, etc.) would gladly feast on us. But we (typically) don't get eaten by them because we are at the top of the food chain.
Also not all creatures are designed to eat meat.
Those who aren't, don't. Those who are, should have the opportunity to.
And factory farming is far from natural.
And living in big cities, driving cars, listening to tunes on iPods, and posting thoughts on the Internet is natural, right?
Most humans simply aren't willing to live in a natural world.
Your point is well-founded, but believe it or not, there are some "offline" applications for these types of references.
For example, consider the Wiki2Touch application for the iPhone/iPod Touch. You download a (huge) snapshot of Wikipedia (shich takes hours), index it (which takes more hours), upload it to your Jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch device (taking a couple more hours), install the small Wiki2Touch application on your iPhone/iPod Touch, and you have instant, searchable, anywhere, any-time access to Wikipedia articles! You can install multiple language snapshots if you choose, and are really only limited by your device's available memory.
OK, so you have to chew up over 3GB of data space (and optionally up to 5GB more if you want pictures) but believe me, once you try it, it's simply amazing. Having Wiki2Touch installed on my iPod Touch COMPLETELY justifies (in my mind) the cost of the device. In fact, I'm probably one of the few iPod Touch owners who actually doesn't have any music installed!!
Granted, if you have an iPhone, you can get instant, up-to-date access to Wikipedia, but the iPod Touch isn't always connected, so offline access is simply amazing.
To your point, it will never be 100% up-to-date, there's currently no simple way to update it short of spending the hours to download, re-index, and upload a new snapshot, and it's not (nor ever will be) an "official" Apple application. But it's staggering to realize that you can have literally millions of informative articles at your fingertips, all offline.
There are several iPhone-compatible Chat applications available for Jailbroken iPhones. Does this mean that Apple could file lawsuits against the authors of those apps for patent infringement?
What would prevent Apple from simply adding "...for portable devices" to a bunch of existing patents, effectively locking out "unauthorized" developers?
...because I am allergic to cats, so we can't own one. I'd love to have one, but the resulting swelling of my eyes, sneezing, and congestion simply isn't worth the extra time I may gain....
While I understand that there may be legitimate cases where error reporting is necessary (though none come to mind at the moment) why aren't people held accountable for their actions when voting? If I make a mistake at work, I am held accountable, and must deal with any consequences. If I make a mistake on a test, the answer gets marked as wrong and I am held accountable for the incorrect answer. So why are people not held accountable for their voting?
"The same gear needed to make a good film is today generally available to amateurs -- which was not so even a decade ago." A "good film" does not necessarily require advanced technology. What ever happened to a good story and good acting?
I seriously doubt that "mass abusing the system" would really affect them at all as "pre-registering" the domain costs them virtually nothing--it's really nothing more than a few automated database queries and updates. Bad PR and public outcry could cost them considerably more. Of course, all the attention could also provide them with lots of free and unsolicited advertising offsetting any losses they may incur.
"The main dispute is whether a central optical scan of ballots at the board's headquarters downtown would result in votes not being counted on ballots that are incorrectly filled out. The ACLU believes the intent of election law is to ensure voters can be notified immediately of a voting error and be able to make a second-chance vote."
Why are we pandering to people who can't or won't follow instructions properly? Part of the election process should be a concise, accurate explanation to the voters how to vote. If a voter make a mistake before the vote is cast, then he should have the opportunity to correct it. But once it is cast, he must live with his decision. We all want to ensure accountability in the election process, but why are we so unwilling to hold voters accountable for their actions?
Heck, at 42, time is moving forward faster than it ever has. Days, weeks, and months are going by quicker than I ever remember, and I see NO sign of it slowing.
Seriously, though, I see it as a matter of perspective. When I was younger, "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" seemed to be the mantra because it seemed to take forever for things to happen. Maybe it's because I have adopted more patience over the years, so the waiting isn't as noticeable.
...is the "Yahoo" ad placed at the top Since when does Yahoo get a free presence on Google pages? I wonder if Google will go after Rogers for doing this.
Great examples! I used to live and commute in Chicago, so I do understand the importance for good timing. I guess I'm just saying that when the timing runs our lives, we tend to miss what's really important, and become helpless when the timing gets messed up.
Ok, I'll grant you the hobby aspect of it--that certainly cannot be denied. Were it not for dedicated hobbyists, many innovations and inventions would never have seen the light of day. It just seems to me that so many things are becoming so tuned to such fine-grained timings, and people are becoming more and more dependent upon these things that they miss the larger picture, and become helpless when something in such a fine-tuned system goes awry.
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...nothing more than a huge ad for selling fonts?
I coded for over 10 years using amber DEC VT terminals, and my prescription on my glasses only changed marginally. And much of that coding was done in 132-column mode.
The important thing to do is to periodically give your eyes a break. Take the time to stop looking at the screen and focus on something distant across the room, office, or out the window. Staring at anything long enough will give you a headache....
It appears that this is the first recorded record by Guinness Book, so it's kind of arbitrary, however shuttling 62TB of data is pretty impressive. Now that the gauntlet has been thrown down, it'll be interesting to see if other software companies will try to compete. If nothing else, this gave Firefox some much-needed press.
I'm really bummed that there will be no Google Browser Sync, as this REALLY made using FF2 on multiple computers a dream. But at least we have the likes of the Foxmarks add-on.
Check out Wiki2Touch, an offline Wikipedia reader for a Jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch. It too requires a download and some processing of a 3GB+ file, however, the results are simply stunning. It leverages the iPhone's Safari browser, so you can bookmark articles, etc. It's truly amazing to be able to have instant access to encyclopedic articles. You have over 20,000,000 articles at your fingertips.
And to those who complain that it isn't online and up-to-date, really, who cares? Remember what this is: It's an Offline reader. If you need up-to-date info, then get an iPhone or some such and just browse live to Wikipedia. But for those of us who have the likes of the iPod Touch, this is a truly AMAZING application. OK, so it's not 100% up-to-date. But you have over 20,000,000 articles at your fingertips!
My story's a bit different as it wasn't the employees giving notice, it was a downsizing, but back in 2003, the company I worked for cut back 30 IS/IT workers in one day. Each employee was called into a conference room, given a severance package, and promptly escorted out the door by an armed security guard. We had to make arrangements to come back at a later time to pick up personal items.
And a strange note about it was that later that night, I actually called my former manager to let him know that one of the nightly jobs was going to fail--not through sabotage, but because I was in the middle of troubleshooting it when they called me in. I simply couldn't sleep knowing that a job I was responsible for was going to fail despite me no longer being responsible for it. I guess I'm kinda quirky that way...
We do skip commercials--quite a few, in fact--and we would probably would watch more if they weren't so lame or insulting.
Interestingly, the down side of skipping commercials is that we miss all of the theater or DVD release trailers. (Of course HDNet has several "trailers" shows, so we can easily "catch up" if we choose.) And the phrase "...if we choose" is really key here. You see, skipping ads really is only one benefit of a DVR.
For us, it's all about being able to watch what we want, when we want. Contrary to what broadcasters have historically wanted and dictated, we now do not plan our schedules around the TV schedule. We've been using DVR's way back since the ReplayTV days (ReplayTV > MOXI > SageTV > Dish Network DVR) and the convenience of "timeshifting" is really the draw for us.
Actually, I am looking for a very practical reason to do so: I would like to try my hand at developing an application for the iPhone/iPod Touch using Apple's SDK, however, doing so requires a machine running Leopard. This means that at minimum, I must invest at least $500-$600 for a Mac Mini to do development. The problem is that there is no facility to "evaluate" the development environment without actually installing it on an Apple platform--which I do not have.
OK, I do realize that to make money, you typically must spend money, and a modest investment in a Mac Mini could bring a larger payback if I develop something that is successful. But in this case, being able to "test out" the SDK on a PC would give me that opportunity to evaluate it. And if I decide that it is worth my time and money, then, I'll happily invest in an Apple platform. In fact, I'd actively promote the SDK and the platform. But if it doesn't suit my needs, then I won't wast any more time or money.
Yes, there is a potential legal issue in this, but is this really that different from downloading a cracked version of an application to evaluate it with the full intention of purchasing the application if it proves to be what I'm looking for?
Most humans simply aren't willing to live in a natural world.
Your point is well-founded, but believe it or not, there are some "offline" applications for these types of references.
For example, consider the Wiki2Touch application for the iPhone/iPod Touch. You download a (huge) snapshot of Wikipedia (shich takes hours), index it (which takes more hours), upload it to your Jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch device (taking a couple more hours), install the small Wiki2Touch application on your iPhone/iPod Touch, and you have instant, searchable, anywhere, any-time access to Wikipedia articles! You can install multiple language snapshots if you choose, and are really only limited by your device's available memory.
OK, so you have to chew up over 3GB of data space (and optionally up to 5GB more if you want pictures) but believe me, once you try it, it's simply amazing. Having Wiki2Touch installed on my iPod Touch COMPLETELY justifies (in my mind) the cost of the device. In fact, I'm probably one of the few iPod Touch owners who actually doesn't have any music installed!!
Granted, if you have an iPhone, you can get instant, up-to-date access to Wikipedia, but the iPod Touch isn't always connected, so offline access is simply amazing.
To your point, it will never be 100% up-to-date, there's currently no simple way to update it short of spending the hours to download, re-index, and upload a new snapshot, and it's not (nor ever will be) an "official" Apple application. But it's staggering to realize that you can have literally millions of informative articles at your fingertips, all offline.
There are several iPhone-compatible Chat applications available for Jailbroken iPhones. Does this mean that Apple could file lawsuits against the authors of those apps for patent infringement?
What would prevent Apple from simply adding "...for portable devices" to a bunch of existing patents, effectively locking out "unauthorized" developers?
Large Hardon Collider...
...because I am allergic to cats, so we can't own one. I'd love to have one, but the resulting swelling of my eyes, sneezing, and congestion simply isn't worth the extra time I may gain....
...for all of that quality programming to return!
Um, then doesn't that completely negate the entire premise of the article?
While I understand that there may be legitimate cases where error reporting is necessary (though none come to mind at the moment) why aren't people held accountable for their actions when voting? If I make a mistake at work, I am held accountable, and must deal with any consequences. If I make a mistake on a test, the answer gets marked as wrong and I am held accountable for the incorrect answer. So why are people not held accountable for their voting?
True. And good equipment alone does not guarantee a good film. Good equipment just makes a crappy film, easy to look at and listen to.
"The same gear needed to make a good film is today generally available to amateurs -- which was not so even a decade ago."
A "good film" does not necessarily require advanced technology. What ever happened to a good story and good acting?
I seriously doubt that "mass abusing the system" would really affect them at all as "pre-registering" the domain costs them virtually nothing--it's really nothing more than a few automated database queries and updates. Bad PR and public outcry could cost them considerably more. Of course, all the attention could also provide them with lots of free and unsolicited advertising offsetting any losses they may incur.
"The main dispute is whether a central optical scan of ballots at the board's headquarters downtown would result in votes not being counted on ballots that are incorrectly filled out. The ACLU believes the intent of election law is to ensure voters can be notified immediately of a voting error and be able to make a second-chance vote."
Why are we pandering to people who can't or won't follow instructions properly? Part of the election process should be a concise, accurate explanation to the voters how to vote. If a voter make a mistake before the vote is cast, then he should have the opportunity to correct it. But once it is cast, he must live with his decision. We all want to ensure accountability in the election process, but why are we so unwilling to hold voters accountable for their actions?
Heck, at 42, time is moving forward faster than it ever has. Days, weeks, and months are going by quicker than I ever remember, and I see NO sign of it slowing.
Seriously, though, I see it as a matter of perspective. When I was younger, "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" seemed to be the mantra because it seemed to take forever for things to happen. Maybe it's because I have adopted more patience over the years, so the waiting isn't as noticeable.
...is the "Yahoo" ad placed at the top Since when does Yahoo get a free presence on Google pages? I wonder if Google will go after Rogers for doing this.
Great examples! I used to live and commute in Chicago, so I do understand the importance for good timing. I guess I'm just saying that when the timing runs our lives, we tend to miss what's really important, and become helpless when the timing gets messed up.
Ok, I'll grant you the hobby aspect of it--that certainly cannot be denied. Were it not for dedicated hobbyists, many innovations and inventions would never have seen the light of day. It just seems to me that so many things are becoming so tuned to such fine-grained timings, and people are becoming more and more dependent upon these things that they miss the larger picture, and become helpless when something in such a fine-tuned system goes awry.
Oops, that should have been "66", not "46".