Card also brought up communication difficulties in Children of the Mind. How do you talk to a race that communicates via DNA or scent? As a sound-based lifeform, we still can't even communicate with other sound-based lifeforms very well.
I don't know about you, but I sure love saving those extra few cents! I'll drive 20 miles out of my way and waste hours to save $0.03 on a pair of socks!
When will companies learn that most people don't give a rats ass whether something costs $29.97 or $29.99?
But then again, sell a million and that's an extra $20,000 for the corp...
"Beginners" guide should really be these three lines:
To select something select columnname1, columnname2 from tablename where columnname1 = 'thevaluetogetby';
To add a line to the DB insert into tablename (columnname1, columnname2) values('value1', 'value2');
To update a line update tablename set columnname1 = 'value1', columname2 = 'value2' where columnname1 = 'thelinetoupdate'
THAT is a beginners guide. I don't know what the other 833 1/2 pages have... Sure some people consider all the different joins to be "beginner" but I'd call that stuff intermediate.
Actually, most people buy and use what TV tells them to. Unfortunately, that leaks into corporate practice too. Every AMD I've used has been rock solid, but management won't let us use them anywhere because they have that concept that they Must Use Intel.
Plus they've got 3-4 rescue divers, plus a few dozen people watching through the glass and from the surface. I agree that even though it looked dangerous, and could have gotten exciting if something bad happened, the actual danger was rather low.
That's one of the problems. Many of the XM stations DO have ads. It's one thing to deal with ads interrupting something free, but another thing to have ads interrupt something you're paying for.
I always thought cathy was one of the bright parts of junkyard wars. When they brought on that dolt american guy I started to lose interest. Why is it that everyone thinks that you must appeal to the lowest form of american?
slashdot has slashdot.com, slashdot.org, and slashdot.de, and slashdot.jp (in japanese!)
slashdot.net is being squatted by the norwegians slashdot.info is owned by ZDNet which is offering tech news, arguably profiting off of slashdot's good name.
1) they're illegal (for the products that say they do that) in the US (I think in every state)
2) so far, anything that blocks infrared light also blocks visible light, which means the cops can tell.
What the current products do is put a polarizer over the plate, so that in can only be "read" (or reflected) from straight behind the car. So cops on the side of the road won't (theoretically) get a good reading. Unfortunately, this also distorts normal light so during the day a cop might notice and ticket you for altering your license plate.
On Sept 11 I woke up to NPR's description of what happened. (8:00 PST, so after everything was over) Then, I turned on the TV to CNN. Soon, I had to go to work. I quickly found out that ALL the news sites had crumbled under the load (except slashdot). So, I had to turn to an alternative source. I turned to ShoutCast. There were dozens of broadcasts that had switched from music to a feed from CNN, I was really impressed.
I heard a stat that the internet traffic had quadrupled that day, but that hits had stayed the same. Many people complained that the internet had "failed", but we all know that only a few sites had failed, the internet as a whole behaved beautifully.
Travis
P.S. MSNBC also has automatic triggers that remove the graphics from the site when the load gets high.
Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace (god, I'd love to go work for them:) tried to launch in Texas but couldn't get approval. They had to drive 6 hours to Oklahoma which is launch-friendly (if you give manufacturing preference to OK companies). There are many places that are offering alternative launch locations to NASA, but it's still tough to get approval.
Exactly, I have no use for gestures because I have a wheel, a forward mouse button, and a back mouse button. Mouse3 and Mouse4 also work in explorer for going forward and back. Maybe these are a good idea for people button-impaired, but it's sure easier to just click a button then to have to remember a gesture to go forward or back.
Actually he meant that a difference of one degree either way would mean the difference between something freezing and melting. For example if it's 32.5F vs 31.5F, that "it's only one degree" matters. Too many people think that a change in average temperatures of only a few degrees wouldn't be worse than a hot or cold summer.
Geos was as much of an OS as Win3.x was, being that it just sat on top of DOS. Perhaps a moot distinction, but I only ran geos (or windows) when I needed to use a particular program that ran under that GUI.
For example, Geos had the best tetris game I've ever played on the PC:)
SimpleFiles is my project. What I do is charge a small amount ($0.02 usually) per file to cover my costs, the rest of the price is set by the seller. There is no subscription to pay, and you can choose which individual files you want to sell. An aspiring artist could put their mp3's (or any DRM format if they want to) up on the site and charge what THEY think is right.
The biggest problem with hardware is that in order to produce it you need expensive equipment. For example, most circuit boards for computer equipment have multi-layer PCB's (wires sandwiched between insulators) which are impossible to build without a PCB fab. Sure, you can get them made, but it gets expensive for low-volume runs. No, what we need is to support companies that fight DRM and boycott the companies that support it. Vote with your dollars.
How to steal one of these self-encrypting laptops:
1) steal it (many means available) 2) as soon as possible, remove the battery. 3) profit
Encryption takes a whole lot of time to do, especially on the monster hard drives available today. What might be a better way would be to have the system already encrypted, and just delete any cached keys, etc. when the laptop goes out of range. This will really only stop clueless people who wouldn't have profited off any data on the computer anyway.
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Card also brought up communication difficulties in Children of the Mind. How do you talk to a race that communicates via DNA or scent? As a sound-based lifeform, we still can't even communicate with other sound-based lifeforms very well.
Travis
Tradewars is still alive and well, I still play a lot by telnetting to twgs.at3000.com
Travis
I don't know about you, but I sure love saving those extra few cents! I'll drive 20 miles out of my way and waste hours to save $0.03 on a pair of socks!
When will companies learn that most people don't give a rats ass whether something costs $29.97 or $29.99?
But then again, sell a million and that's an extra $20,000 for the corp...
Travis
"Beginners" guide should really be these three lines:
To select something
select columnname1, columnname2 from tablename where columnname1 = 'thevaluetogetby';
To add a line to the DB
insert into tablename (columnname1, columnname2) values('value1', 'value2');
To update a line
update tablename set columnname1 = 'value1', columname2 = 'value2' where columnname1 = 'thelinetoupdate'
THAT is a beginners guide. I don't know what the other 833 1/2 pages have... Sure some people consider all the different joins to be "beginner" but I'd call that stuff intermediate.
Travis
Actually, most people buy and use what TV tells them to. Unfortunately, that leaks into corporate practice too. Every AMD I've used has been rock solid, but management won't let us use them anywhere because they have that concept that they Must Use Intel.
Travis
Plus they've got 3-4 rescue divers, plus a few dozen people watching through the glass and from the surface. I agree that even though it looked dangerous, and could have gotten exciting if something bad happened, the actual danger was rather low.
Travis
That's one of the problems. Many of the XM stations DO have ads. It's one thing to deal with ads interrupting something free, but another thing to have ads interrupt something you're paying for.
Travis
I always thought cathy was one of the bright parts of junkyard wars. When they brought on that dolt american guy I started to lose interest. Why is it that everyone thinks that you must appeal to the lowest form of american?
Travis
When installing linux you can get this error:
***Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream
if you don't tell the kernel where to find it's root filesystem.
Travis
or, slashdot itself could run on a shoebox full of them :)
Travis
lol,
Q: Is home-taping killing the music industry?
A: Yes Yes Yes. Instead of making billions and billions of dollars, the music industry is only making billions of dollars.
whoa, now slashdot is pointing to register.co.uk. Now eonline.com!
:)
Cool idea, someone set up slashdot.info as a rotating DNS page
Travis
point of information:
slashdot has slashdot.com, slashdot.org, and slashdot.de, and slashdot.jp (in japanese!)
slashdot.net is being squatted by the norwegians
slashdot.info is owned by ZDNet which is offering tech news, arguably profiting off of slashdot's good name.
Travis
1) they're illegal (for the products that say they do that) in the US (I think in every state)
2) so far, anything that blocks infrared light also blocks visible light, which means the cops can tell.
What the current products do is put a polarizer over the plate, so that in can only be "read" (or reflected) from straight behind the car. So cops on the side of the road won't (theoretically) get a good reading. Unfortunately, this also distorts normal light so during the day a cop might notice and ticket you for altering your license plate.
Travis
On Sept 11 I woke up to NPR's description of what happened. (8:00 PST, so after everything was over) Then, I turned on the TV to CNN. Soon, I had to go to work. I quickly found out that ALL the news sites had crumbled under the load (except slashdot). So, I had to turn to an alternative source. I turned to ShoutCast. There were dozens of broadcasts that had switched from music to a feed from CNN, I was really impressed.
I heard a stat that the internet traffic had quadrupled that day, but that hits had stayed the same. Many people complained that the internet had "failed", but we all know that only a few sites had failed, the internet as a whole behaved beautifully.
Travis
P.S. MSNBC also has automatic triggers that remove the graphics from the site when the load gets high.
Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace (god, I'd love to go work for them :) tried to launch in Texas but couldn't get approval. They had to drive 6 hours to Oklahoma which is launch-friendly (if you give manufacturing preference to OK companies). There are many places that are offering alternative launch locations to NASA, but it's still tough to get approval.
Links: Armadillo Aerospace Log Entry and The Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority
Exactly, I have no use for gestures because I have a wheel, a forward mouse button, and a back mouse button. Mouse3 and Mouse4 also work in explorer for going forward and back. Maybe these are a good idea for people button-impaired, but it's sure easier to just click a button then to have to remember a gesture to go forward or back.
Travis
To avoid legal/SS hassles, I suggest using gwbush@whitehouse.com instead of .gov. I'm sure this guy won't have a clue :)
Travis
Actually he meant that a difference of one degree either way would mean the difference between something freezing and melting. For example if it's 32.5F vs 31.5F, that "it's only one degree" matters. Too many people think that a change in average temperatures of only a few degrees wouldn't be worse than a hot or cold summer.
Travis
Geos was as much of an OS as Win3.x was, being that it just sat on top of DOS. Perhaps a moot distinction, but I only ran geos (or windows) when I needed to use a particular program that ran under that GUI.
:)
For example, Geos had the best tetris game I've ever played on the PC
Travis
Do you have ANY idea how viruses actually spread? the medium is irrelevant.
Travis
SimpleFiles is my project. What I do is charge a small amount ($0.02 usually) per file to cover my costs, the rest of the price is set by the seller. There is no subscription to pay, and you can choose which individual files you want to sell. An aspiring artist could put their mp3's (or any DRM format if they want to) up on the site and charge what THEY think is right.
Travis
The biggest problem with hardware is that in order to produce it you need expensive equipment. For example, most circuit boards for computer equipment have multi-layer PCB's (wires sandwiched between insulators) which are impossible to build without a PCB fab. Sure, you can get them made, but it gets expensive for low-volume runs. No, what we need is to support companies that fight DRM and boycott the companies that support it. Vote with your dollars.
Travis
How to steal one of these self-encrypting laptops:
1) steal it (many means available)
2) as soon as possible, remove the battery.
3) profit
Encryption takes a whole lot of time to do, especially on the monster hard drives available today. What might be a better way would be to have the system already encrypted, and just delete any cached keys, etc. when the laptop goes out of range. This will really only stop clueless people who wouldn't have profited off any data on the computer anyway.
Travis
Excellently put.
Travis