I've been a long time fan of Canon photo printers, in fact I just bought a Pixma Pro9000. Their ink tanks are clear so if you doubt what the printer is saying you can eyeball it for yourself. So far it's been very accurate about remaining ink level.
It's hard to say the true accuracy of the Canon tanks, though they do seem to be reasonably accurate. They have a chip based ink couter, but he main meter seems to be the prism, when the reservoir is empty you get a low ink warning. Less experenced people might replace the cartridge, but this indicates there is 20% left in the sponge. From there you can continue printing until the printer says "ink is out", and if you are willing to disable the meter and click the "I accept the risk".
Canons are somewhat wasteful on their cleaning cycles. Users I know tend to say a given cartridge lasts 9 to 12 months before becoming empty. Epson in my experence is worse in terms of raw volume.
As opposed to, say, the belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
At the very least, Jesus was accepted as being a man who lived about 2000 years ago. As a man he was poor, not very educated, but was very intelligent. The dogma is without a doubt on the wacky side of things.
Prince Siddhartha (Buddha) at the very least is accepted as being a man who lived about 2600 years ago or so. As a man, he was born into a very wealthy family. As a man he was very well educated, and one might argue his choice of words have helped to draw connections between many Indo-European languages. The dogma is also wacky, no more or no less so than Christianity.
But dogma aside, if your belief in the wacky helps to promote compassion and wisdom, then that's your business. Religions generally are good things... religious followers are another story.
Now this new technology seems to be targeted at education again, and if you can have each OS copy on a separate monitor (most cards today handle 2 monitors at least by standard), it's a really really good thing to have. What is really more practical. Running two operating systems on the same machine, or having two users use two desktops under the same os?
Since modern plasma and LCD TVs can presently jack into a video card, I see the need to address the possiblity of having two sets of input devices. One for the media center, one for the work PC.
I would not go as far as saying that. DesqView was a cool product for the time period, but it has it's limits... mainly it ran ontop of MSdos. You had to loadup all your TSRs ahead of time, and it was limited to other things which ran under dos. You could in theory run a case of windows in real mode IIRC and perhaps another case of windows or perhaps even os2, but not in a way that was trully useful.
This notional water is for extinguishing butts, so it can be reused. All you'd need is a capped 10ml vial, which would easily fit in a coat pocket. Actually, one of those tiny aluminum keychain pillboxes from REI would probably do just as well; if they can keep water out, they can probably also keep it in.
This is at least a reasonable responce. I can not agree that 10mm of water can easily be re-used. Cigarettes are amazing absorbent, and not only that but wet cigarette water is among one of the highest stench known to man. Even from a smoker's standpoint whose nose is desensitized to much of the stink, this is exactly the sort of stink a smoker would notice, and not to speak of non-smokers who not only have to smell smoke on a person's clothes, but the fact that they carry around an ashtray. What would probally be better would be drops of water to extinguish the tip. This way during hot summer months where burn bans are on, a 10ml supply should cover at least 1/2 a pack of smokes. I would reccomend you talk with smokers about the subject and propose this as a viable solution.
Keep in mind the non-smoker complaint is smell and litter. Even an outside smoker would get an extra heavy dose of stench by keeping their butts and pocketing them. Proper disposal is in the best intrest of both the smoker and non-smoker. Using your foot to mash a cigarette followed by trash disposal isn't a bad solution, but adding water to the mix is even better. Still, the removal of ashtrays, esp the ones that employ sand to smother a flame without risk of fire are most ideal, but were removed thanks in part to non-smokers who found their presence to be offencive.
Fire is a legit conern esp during summer months. Cigarette temperature from what I read is 400 C to 500 C, drawing 750 C or so. Filtered cigarettes based on what I read don't seem to be as big an issue as unfiltered cigarettes with an accelerant to promote burning. Home rolled tightly packed ones seem to be less of an issue with fire, as it seems to be the accelerant used in domestic smokes and the loose tobacco would increase the temprature.
But keep up the good work, i'm all for practical solutions which help people to co-exist happily.
How can you mispell 'energy' three times in one post? 1) I didn't employ preview 2) coffee in my keyboard and fast typing, as well as sweetned green tea 3) The post in queston was bought to you by Vicodin and Valium, thanks to an auto accident I would seem to have compression of the ulnar nerve at some point between shoulder and hand. As the left hand is unaffected, I can not deny my proprioception is affected. 4) I am most excelent at reproducing typos.
I imagine I will be modded down for this offtopic post, but hey, your question is legit enough to justify a responce.
If you believe that Aero and the rest of Vista improve productivity - which is certainly something that MS claims then perhaps the extra energy that they consume is being more effectively used to acheive the end result of getting work done.
If I were an MS apologist I might even make the claim that the reduced battery life is not a problem because all the new improvements in Vista mean you save even more time than the battery life is reduced by. My experience base with vista is limited. I have to agree the search feature in the start menu is nice for keyboard users. That might increase productivity depending on the length you have to type for a given program you have to open. But it seems you have to enable the Aero theme to get there. I can't however see that feature saving me so much time to justify less battery life if this indeed is a result of running Aero. A drawback of vista is I can't paste files into explorer's ftp, I must open up a file explorer. This is likely a good idea but it does mean extra keystrokes, rather than the old "run"-ftp://site.foo.
More energy than what?
Typically driving at more than 40mph with your windows rolled down will consume more energy than driving at the equivalent speed with the windows rolled up and the A/C on.
It is important to understand here that people don't just turn the A/C on to be able to say that the A/C is on, they do it to achieve the result of cooling down the passengers. In the case of driving at least 40mph the A/C will use less energy than the alternatives. Having the AC on, at 40mph, engages the clutch and puts more load on the engine and results in high fuel consumption than not having the AC on. I think you put more credit than people deserve. Thoughtful people roll down the windows, let the car cool, then if too hot hit the AC. Thoughtless people just leave the AC on... many I've observed in winter months the AC switch is sometimes left on. Handy feature if one is trying to defrost the windows and desires to dehumidify the air first, but easy to forget if you have your heater on. I don't have AC so I can't say I forgot about it.
People in general don't understand the very basics as to how technology works.
Why would it be assumed that it's poor execution? Is there some open source guru out there that can do better? if so how? Why is it it's assumed I meant poor program code when I said "execution". Microsoft has good ideas... but what you do with the ideas is what's important. There seems to be a lack of any real system analysis, and little or no coordination between departments. A consistent menu bar is a good sign of this... to alter the program settings does one edit options, or tools options. For a time, there didn't seem to be a standard design template. When asking the developers on the subject they would say "it's a vendor issue" when the 'vendor' was Microsoft. Another issue is works->word compatibility. You would think upgrading to the premium product you could take an old spreadsheet and import it to the superior product.
If you want a real vista complaint... a minor example. I just tried to ftp to my home server and it seems I need to run an instance of file explorer rather than internet explorer. One the one hand, it's good they made these more separate. On the other, it adds keystrokes to an ordinary task.
The problem I have with Microsoft isn't usually the 'code', but rather a lack of any real standards and practices. It's a young field, and even younger company.
A good idea but poor execution is vista. An improved alt-tab / alt-win is one case of a good idea. But using more resources is a side effect which would could affect how many battery hours one can get on a laptop yet not making it clear using them would reduce battery life.
Sorry guys, but this is just another "gee I wish I could find yet one more way to bash MS" story. If there is a legit grievance then hell I'll chip in, but this doesn't exactly get me up in arms hearing that *shocker* more GUI effects = more resource usage. That's common sense. Only IF you understand the basics of how a computer works. Anyhow my "grievance" isn't so much that the fancy new interface sucks, but rather with people who understands the very basics of computers not understanding that average users do not. It's not common at all to know this, it's rather esoteric. In fact, if I were to believe the press statements using more graphics effects but using the GPU results in lower power consumption.
I agree this story is sort of anti-MS, and Slashdot is filled with open source zealots who are the first to chime in and say "ms sucks use the penguin". I do use Linux but I also use Windows. I love Microsoft word, and Excel. I tried Open Office for a good long while but gave up the moment people tossed me password encrypted documents. Frontpage is also a really decent product. I'm not one of those people who would say open source could do it better. I'm one of those people who believes Microsoft would do much better hiring more people who have big business experience, can co-ordinate between department, actually use One-Note at meetings and document the direction they were going, and actually use a white board.
processor intensive process uses more energy. turn it off. duh. When I was a kid, I didn't understand that the air conditioner in a car requires more engery, and operating it requires more fuel. In fact, some adults don't understand this.
Processor intensive tasks using more engery is something an average user does not understand.
Though this is the first time I have heard the aero interface uses more engery, it would not shock me if it does. If so it would be yet another case that Microsoft technicaly had a good idea with very poor execution, and ignoring larger existing issues... like for example on a laptop the annoying tendancy of loading unnessicary.dlls cluttering up physical memory making it nessicary to swap to disk, something that should be avoided on a laptop.
It worries me that so many comments on the actual story seem to be by people who are offended/outraged at the idea of a counterfeit Disneyland.
Why is this? Do they feel they are personally under attack? Or perhaps they feel a need to keep their incredible privilege (being Americans mostly, I presume) to themselves... The issue is that of copyrights and trademark infringement. Though technicaly speaking Disneyland it self was built in 1955, which the layout and building designs might be public domain under China law, the name is clearly a trademark of the Disney company. It's a tough call as X-land is generic.
I can't I feel i'm being attacked... far from it... I do feel that aspects of what they are doing should be 100% legal as if it wasn't for the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, much of Disney's early work would be in the public domain. This would include many films and cartoons, as well as the right to use the characters and likenesses in a theme park.
I can't say I agree with the likeness of Shrek or Helly Kitty, both should still be protected under copyright even in China.
But the funny thing is, apart of clear copyright infringement, I have to say this "Disneyland" looks more amusing then the offical one as the themes involved are not limited to those of one corporation.
I dislike people who pollute my local environment. This includes people who thing playing dance music on their phone at full volume is the height of cool and those who otherwise do things which irritate me if I'm not really paying attention. Smoking falls into this category, and I fail to see how things like 'noise pollution' can be covered by laws yet 'smoking pollution' can't. Because smoking is legal, and has been legal for well... i'd say since it was introduced to Europe in the early 1500s. Cigarettes have been around for about 146 years. I'm willing to guess that pollution from cars presents a bigger pollution harm than smoking.
If a cop saw you toss a beer bottle out the window, not only would you be hit with a littering fine, but you'd probably be subjected to all sorts of other unpleasantries to find out if you had just consumed said beer while you were driving. Toss your butt out this window where somebody else has to clean it up (open your door and look at the curb at any intersection) and you should get off scott free?
Sorry, but there should be a $500 fine and 8 hours of community service if you're caught throwing a cigarette butt out the window, even if there is no fire risk. It should be a moving violation if you do it on the highway where your lit butt can hit another vehicle. Either that or we should build some stockades... I'm not saying other roadside litterers shouldn't be treated similarly, but smokers shouldn't get special treatment.
Both lit cigarettes and glass bottles should get simlar treatment. Both present a danger. Glass is heavy and could harm someone on the way out, and presents a hazzard to vehicles. Lit cigarettes could start a fire. I have to say conditions have to be just right to start a fire, but it is "possible".
A happy meal wrapper on the other hand, should be treated like normal littering.
For example, it is reasonably clear that Disney was (and probably still is) a racist organization. I saw a cartoon, now banned, that depicted blacks on a cotton farm as thick brutes. Look also at their cartoons that depict characters intended to represent countries, such as Pepe Le Pew. Their behavior and mannerisms are carefully constructed to impart on a young, pliable mind a set of preconceptions that will guide the way that mind later in life perceives the nature of that culture. I am sure you are talking United Artists. There are a series of Merry Melodies that are rather like you describe, that show those of african decent as being obsessed with craps, unable to pronouce the letter v or th (Coal black & de sebben dwarfs), and generally being shown in a negative light.
What's sad is among the "banned 11" they do a great job of showing the influence jazz had on american culture, and the people who made them were probally not actually racists. Hell depicting farm hand slaves as brutes in it self is not racist, as i'm sure most were not purchaced for beauty. During America's golden age on animation, we were for the most part a very racist segrated society.
Last time I checked, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was in Grimm's Fairy Tales, a compilation of European folk stories that existed long before Walt Disney or copyright/trademark laws. As the dad of three, it bugs me more than a little when Disney Inc attempts to own childhood fantasy and retroactively copyright/trademark/turn-into-disney-IP all kinds of things that were part of the childhood psyche-scape long before Uncle Walt was even born. I think the problem is the fact that they took disneyland/disneyworld's magical kingdom and copied the characters pretty close to verbatim. The story may be public domain, but artistic renderings are different.
What is disturbing is the fact that that Disney released this film in 1937, and good old walt died in December 1966. Some of their earlier would should be in the public domain by now if the copyright law wasn't extended.
Broken beer bottles don't start fires, like the big forest fires we've had out west for the last few years and some in Australia as well.
It's stupid of fsckwits to litter, but beer bottles will at most burst some tires. They generally don't have capability to kill people. If cigarette gets disposed of improperly, fire can result. This would include thoughtless smoker who tosses his butt in dry brush, trashcan, a mattress of a homeless man stored outside, or accidently gets blown into said areas. This can result in death. Conditions have to be right for this to be an issue. But that's no excuse not to be safe about the subject. While not a leading cause for house fires, it is a leading cause for household fires which result in death, probally because for it to start a fire, someone had to have been in the house smoking for it to be an issue.
Broken beer botts can destroy a set of tires. For this to happen, the vehicel has to be moving over the said bottles. This can result in a loss of control, which also has the capability to kill people. Broken beer bottles are a hazzard for a longer period of time.
As an aside, I don't dislike smokers, I just dislike discourteous smokers. And yes, I consider anyone who smokes inside a public place discourteous. I enjoy going to places like the bar, bowling alleys, and small diners. However, I am always subjected to breathing in the filth that comes our of cigarette smoke. Now, I have extra medical expenses because of a severe allergic reaction to cigarette smoke due to my constant exposure to it (I live in MI, one of the heavier smoking states). I think I have a right to be an "anti-smoker whiner" and will continue to be one until laws are passed that ban smoking in public places.
The problem is discourteous non-smokers didn't think about the logistics when they complained about the smokers congragating next to the provided ashtrays and asked for said ashtrays to be removed. This created a problem of disposal where blindly tossing them in the trash, where trash may contain newspaper, fast food wrappings, stryofoam, and thin plastic.
If you trully care about your health, you should contact your city and propose a viable solution. A ban of smoking in resturants, but permiting it in outdoor gazebos. Propose removal of ashtrays from entrances to buildings, but propose an alternative location such as 25feet from the entrance, or one designated exit. Permit indoor negative pressure rooms designated for smokers. Ignore bars when trying to propose any anti-smoking legislation at first as this is the most tough sell for smokers.
If you provide a place for smokers to congregate, it would be ever so much easier for you to avoid them. Think about co-existing rather than trying to mold the world to your needs.
If your health is still an issue, there is always california. The last time I checked resturants and bars were non-smoking.
Obviously if the law was just passed I wouldn't expect a mattress on the street to meet the safety standards. It is nice to see an example of how a new safer mattress *could* have actually saved a lot of people a lot of time and money. Firefighters, internets, and buildings aren't exactly cheap. See the below paragraph from the grandparent's link.
Cigarette ignition is covered by a separate mandatory standard. That standard has been in place for more than 30 years during which deaths and injuries from mattress fires caused by smoking materials have fallen dramatically.
I'm sure more fire retardents "might" have made an impact in this case, though it's clear that there have been measures in place for at least 30 years. What I suspect is the issue are not the mandatory fire retardants but rather having a mattress outside in the elements, and I could be wrong about this, having the rain wash them away. I don't know if the typical fire retardants used are water soluble or not.
Either way, a mattress is one of those items which is ridiculously hard to dispose of.
So grind the butt out on the ground so it's not smoldering, then put it in the trash or carry it with you until you find a trashcan. Hey... don't get me wrong, i'm all for what you are saying. The outer cellophane of a ciggerette pack can serve as a temp storage container until such time as proper disposal can be found.
However, the drawback is... you end up smelling like an ashtray, and non-smokers complain, and when over used it can result in a fire.
Don't be some asshole who litters. And you shouldn't be an asshole who starts fires either. Proper disposal, not blind disposal is indicated.
So the "better" solution is to throw it on the ground where a wind can take it into dry grass? I'll take a trashcan fire any day. Throwing it on the ground and stomping it with your foot a pretty reliable technique to crush those burning embers. Then a trashcan becomes a legit option after an approperate cool down period.
You may take a trashcan fire, but this can be considered a form of arsen.
P.S. - I also just love when people throw glowing embers at my car on the highway, that is also an awesome solution. I agree... it's one of the best fireworks displays you can see when it's not the 4th of july. But it's not really a safe method of disposal.
Explain to me why you goddamn smokers can't just put your butts in your car's ashtray[1] You presume smoking is permited in the car, or smoking is done near the car. Not always the case. For example, taking a flight with lay-overs... you are not near your car.
or carry around a little cup of water or *something* that shows you're capable of not being utterly selfish about your butts. How practical is that? Where does this water come from, or this cup?
Then we'll get on the subject of why smokers congregate around doors that non-smokers need to use. Because the smoker is being thoughtful and smoking OUTSIDE the building, likely being social with the other thoughtful smoker smoking outside the building. In the past, that's where the ashtray was. But non-smokers complained about congregation around ashtrays, so they were removed.
[1] If you're worried about burning paper, you can get little trash bags for paper & such that hang from your control stalks -- the ones for windshield wipers and so on. You can spend a little more to get a permanent vinyl one. Well, the point about burning embers was using a traditional waste can, which could result in a fire.
You know cigarette smokers somehow think that flicking their butts isn't littering. It pisses me off to no end. HEY SMOKERS, YEH YOU! Put them out and then throw those butts in the trash, pathetic litterbugs. It's bad enough we have to smell your stink, we shouldn't have to look at your trash strewn all over the place.
Well, the problem is in daylight it's hard to actually tell if all the ambers are 100% out, and just throwing them in the trash can result in a fire. Hell, not being careful with an ashtray can lead to a fire.
But you forget about the infamous Catch-22... if you can prove that you are insane, you must be sane, and therefore not eligible for a section-8
Well, firstly, I don't think section-8 exists anymore... acording to wiki, it's not grouped under "medically diagnosed with a personality disorder". I was not aware if this until recently, but it's rather why I said "pull a Klinger".
But that was not the point, the point was expressing the desire to play with feces might be considered a form of sexual peversion in print when mail is censored might lead to a discharge.
I would have fun with it. Write some fake letters to your wife, but make them about your sex life, but write it so gross that the unit commander will not want to read them anymore. Talk about spitting feces into each others mouth and then smearing it on a banana that you shove into your wife and she returns the favor and how the smell of feces turns you on.
I think this would likely lead a undesirable discharge (no pun intended). The military has never been kind to those who have what they feel are sexual perversions or "Lewd and lascivious acts". If you wanted to risk pulling a Klinger, this might be a good way to do it. It's not the best kind of discharge, but at least you don't lose your voting rights.
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I've been a long time fan of Canon photo printers, in fact I just bought a Pixma Pro9000. Their ink tanks are clear so if you doubt what the printer is saying you can eyeball it for yourself. So far it's been very accurate about remaining ink level.
It's hard to say the true accuracy of the Canon tanks, though they do seem to be reasonably accurate. They have a chip based ink couter, but he main meter seems to be the prism, when the reservoir is empty you get a low ink warning. Less experenced people might replace the cartridge, but this indicates there is 20% left in the sponge. From there you can continue printing until the printer says "ink is out", and if you are willing to disable the meter and click the "I accept the risk".
Canons are somewhat wasteful on their cleaning cycles. Users I know tend to say a given cartridge lasts 9 to 12 months before becoming empty. Epson in my experence is worse in terms of raw volume.
At the very least, Jesus was accepted as being a man who lived about 2000 years ago. As a man he was poor, not very educated, but was very intelligent. The dogma is without a doubt on the wacky side of things.
Prince Siddhartha (Buddha) at the very least is accepted as being a man who lived about 2600 years ago or so. As a man, he was born into a very wealthy family. As a man he was very well educated, and one might argue his choice of words have helped to draw connections between many Indo-European languages. The dogma is also wacky, no more or no less so than Christianity.
But dogma aside, if your belief in the wacky helps to promote compassion and wisdom, then that's your business. Religions generally are good things... religious followers are another story.
Since modern plasma and LCD TVs can presently jack into a video card, I see the need to address the possiblity of having two sets of input devices. One for the media center, one for the work PC.
Good idea, but hardly innovative.
I would not go as far as saying that. DesqView was a cool product for the time period, but it has it's limits... mainly it ran ontop of MSdos. You had to loadup all your TSRs ahead of time, and it was limited to other things which ran under dos. You could in theory run a case of windows in real mode IIRC and perhaps another case of windows or perhaps even os2, but not in a way that was trully useful.
This notional water is for extinguishing butts, so it can be reused. All you'd need is a capped 10ml vial, which would easily fit in a coat pocket. Actually, one of those tiny aluminum keychain pillboxes from REI would probably do just as well; if they can keep water out, they can probably also keep it in.
This is at least a reasonable responce. I can not agree that 10mm of water can easily be re-used. Cigarettes are amazing absorbent, and not only that but wet cigarette water is among one of the highest stench known to man. Even from a smoker's standpoint whose nose is desensitized to much of the stink, this is exactly the sort of stink a smoker would notice, and not to speak of non-smokers who not only have to smell smoke on a person's clothes, but the fact that they carry around an ashtray. What would probally be better would be drops of water to extinguish the tip. This way during hot summer months where burn bans are on, a 10ml supply should cover at least 1/2 a pack of smokes. I would reccomend you talk with smokers about the subject and propose this as a viable solution.
Keep in mind the non-smoker complaint is smell and litter. Even an outside smoker would get an extra heavy dose of stench by keeping their butts and pocketing them. Proper disposal is in the best intrest of both the smoker and non-smoker. Using your foot to mash a cigarette followed by trash disposal isn't a bad solution, but adding water to the mix is even better. Still, the removal of ashtrays, esp the ones that employ sand to smother a flame without risk of fire are most ideal, but were removed thanks in part to non-smokers who found their presence to be offencive.
Fire is a legit conern esp during summer months. Cigarette temperature from what I read is 400 C to 500 C, drawing 750 C or so. Filtered cigarettes based on what I read don't seem to be as big an issue as unfiltered cigarettes with an accelerant to promote burning. Home rolled tightly packed ones seem to be less of an issue with fire, as it seems to be the accelerant used in domestic smokes and the loose tobacco would increase the temprature.
But keep up the good work, i'm all for practical solutions which help people to co-exist happily.
2) coffee in my keyboard and fast typing, as well as sweetned green tea
3) The post in queston was bought to you by Vicodin and Valium, thanks to an auto accident I would seem to have compression of the ulnar nerve at some point between shoulder and hand. As the left hand is unaffected, I can not deny my proprioception is affected.
4) I am most excelent at reproducing typos.
I imagine I will be modded down for this offtopic post, but hey, your question is legit enough to justify a responce.
If I were an MS apologist I might even make the claim that the reduced battery life is not a problem because all the new improvements in Vista mean you save even more time than the battery life is reduced by. My experience base with vista is limited. I have to agree the search feature in the start menu is nice for keyboard users. That might increase productivity depending on the length you have to type for a given program you have to open. But it seems you have to enable the Aero theme to get there. I can't however see that feature saving me so much time to justify less battery life if this indeed is a result of running Aero. A drawback of vista is I can't paste files into explorer's ftp, I must open up a file explorer. This is likely a good idea but it does mean extra keystrokes, rather than the old "run"-ftp://site.foo. More energy than what?
Typically driving at more than 40mph with your windows rolled down will consume more energy than driving at the equivalent speed with the windows rolled up and the A/C on.
It is important to understand here that people don't just turn the A/C on to be able to say that the A/C is on, they do it to achieve the result of cooling down the passengers. In the case of driving at least 40mph the A/C will use less energy than the alternatives. Having the AC on, at 40mph, engages the clutch and puts more load on the engine and results in high fuel consumption than not having the AC on. I think you put more credit than people deserve. Thoughtful people roll down the windows, let the car cool, then if too hot hit the AC. Thoughtless people just leave the AC on... many I've observed in winter months the AC switch is sometimes left on. Handy feature if one is trying to defrost the windows and desires to dehumidify the air first, but easy to forget if you have your heater on. I don't have AC so I can't say I forgot about it.
People in general don't understand the very basics as to how technology works.
If you want a real vista complaint... a minor example. I just tried to ftp to my home server and it seems I need to run an instance of file explorer rather than internet explorer. One the one hand, it's good they made these more separate. On the other, it adds keystrokes to an ordinary task.
The problem I have with Microsoft isn't usually the 'code', but rather a lack of any real standards and practices. It's a young field, and even younger company.
A good idea but poor execution is vista. An improved alt-tab / alt-win is one case of a good idea. But using more resources is a side effect which would could affect how many battery hours one can get on a laptop yet not making it clear using them would reduce battery life. Sorry guys, but this is just another "gee I wish I could find yet one more way to bash MS" story. If there is a legit grievance then hell I'll chip in, but this doesn't exactly get me up in arms hearing that *shocker* more GUI effects = more resource usage. That's common sense. Only IF you understand the basics of how a computer works. Anyhow my "grievance" isn't so much that the fancy new interface sucks, but rather with people who understands the very basics of computers not understanding that average users do not. It's not common at all to know this, it's rather esoteric. In fact, if I were to believe the press statements using more graphics effects but using the GPU results in lower power consumption.
I agree this story is sort of anti-MS, and Slashdot is filled with open source zealots who are the first to chime in and say "ms sucks use the penguin". I do use Linux but I also use Windows. I love Microsoft word, and Excel. I tried Open Office for a good long while but gave up the moment people tossed me password encrypted documents. Frontpage is also a really decent product. I'm not one of those people who would say open source could do it better. I'm one of those people who believes Microsoft would do much better hiring more people who have big business experience, can co-ordinate between department, actually use One-Note at meetings and document the direction they were going, and actually use a white board.
Processor intensive tasks using more engery is something an average user does not understand.
Though this is the first time I have heard the aero interface uses more engery, it would not shock me if it does. If so it would be yet another case that Microsoft technicaly had a good idea with very poor execution, and ignoring larger existing issues... like for example on a laptop the annoying tendancy of loading unnessicary
Why is this? Do they feel they are personally under attack? Or perhaps they feel a need to keep their incredible privilege (being Americans mostly, I presume) to themselves... The issue is that of copyrights and trademark infringement. Though technicaly speaking Disneyland it self was built in 1955, which the layout and building designs might be public domain under China law, the name is clearly a trademark of the Disney company. It's a tough call as X-land is generic.
I can't I feel i'm being attacked... far from it... I do feel that aspects of what they are doing should be 100% legal as if it wasn't for the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, much of Disney's early work would be in the public domain. This would include many films and cartoons, as well as the right to use the characters and likenesses in a theme park.
I can't say I agree with the likeness of Shrek or Helly Kitty, both should still be protected under copyright even in China.
But the funny thing is, apart of clear copyright infringement, I have to say this "Disneyland" looks more amusing then the offical one as the themes involved are not limited to those of one corporation.
In other news, two wrongs now make a right?
If a cop saw you toss a beer bottle out the window, not only would you be hit with a littering fine, but you'd probably be subjected to all sorts of other unpleasantries to find out if you had just consumed said beer while you were driving. Toss your butt out this window where somebody else has to clean it up (open your door and look at the curb at any intersection) and you should get off scott free?
Sorry, but there should be a $500 fine and 8 hours of community service if you're caught throwing a cigarette butt out the window, even if there is no fire risk. It should be a moving violation if you do it on the highway where your lit butt can hit another vehicle. Either that or we should build some stockades... I'm not saying other roadside litterers shouldn't be treated similarly, but smokers shouldn't get special treatment.
Both lit cigarettes and glass bottles should get simlar treatment. Both present a danger. Glass is heavy and could harm someone on the way out, and presents a hazzard to vehicles. Lit cigarettes could start a fire. I have to say conditions have to be just right to start a fire, but it is "possible".
A happy meal wrapper on the other hand, should be treated like normal littering.
What's sad is among the "banned 11" they do a great job of showing the influence jazz had on american culture, and the people who made them were probally not actually racists. Hell depicting farm hand slaves as brutes in it self is not racist, as i'm sure most were not purchaced for beauty. During America's golden age on animation, we were for the most part a very racist segrated society.
What is disturbing is the fact that that Disney released this film in 1937, and good old walt died in December 1966. Some of their earlier would should be in the public domain by now if the copyright law wasn't extended.
It's stupid of fsckwits to litter, but beer bottles will at most burst some tires. They generally don't have capability to kill people. If cigarette gets disposed of improperly, fire can result. This would include thoughtless smoker who tosses his butt in dry brush, trashcan, a mattress of a homeless man stored outside, or accidently gets blown into said areas. This can result in death. Conditions have to be right for this to be an issue. But that's no excuse not to be safe about the subject. While not a leading cause for house fires, it is a leading cause for household fires which result in death, probally because for it to start a fire, someone had to have been in the house smoking for it to be an issue.
Broken beer botts can destroy a set of tires. For this to happen, the vehicel has to be moving over the said bottles. This can result in a loss of control, which also has the capability to kill people. Broken beer bottles are a hazzard for a longer period of time.
As an aside, I don't dislike smokers, I just dislike discourteous smokers. And yes, I consider anyone who smokes inside a public place discourteous. I enjoy going to places like the bar, bowling alleys, and small diners. However, I am always subjected to breathing in the filth that comes our of cigarette smoke. Now, I have extra medical expenses because of a severe allergic reaction to cigarette smoke due to my constant exposure to it (I live in MI, one of the heavier smoking states). I think I have a right to be an "anti-smoker whiner" and will continue to be one until laws are passed that ban smoking in public places.
The problem is discourteous non-smokers didn't think about the logistics when they complained about the smokers congragating next to the provided ashtrays and asked for said ashtrays to be removed. This created a problem of disposal where blindly tossing them in the trash, where trash may contain newspaper, fast food wrappings, stryofoam, and thin plastic.
If you trully care about your health, you should contact your city and propose a viable solution. A ban of smoking in resturants, but permiting it in outdoor gazebos. Propose removal of ashtrays from entrances to buildings, but propose an alternative location such as 25feet from the entrance, or one designated exit. Permit indoor negative pressure rooms designated for smokers. Ignore bars when trying to propose any anti-smoking legislation at first as this is the most tough sell for smokers.
If you provide a place for smokers to congregate, it would be ever so much easier for you to avoid them. Think about co-existing rather than trying to mold the world to your needs.
If your health is still an issue, there is always california. The last time I checked resturants and bars were non-smoking.
Dude? You smell like an ashtray anyway from smoking. Your sense of smell may be dead from your habit, but you do.
There is a difference between smelling like you had a smoke, and smelling like you carry around cigarette butts.
I'm sure more fire retardents "might" have made an impact in this case, though it's clear that there have been measures in place for at least 30 years. What I suspect is the issue are not the mandatory fire retardants but rather having a mattress outside in the elements, and I could be wrong about this, having the rain wash them away. I don't know if the typical fire retardants used are water soluble or not.
Either way, a mattress is one of those items which is ridiculously hard to dispose of.
However, the drawback is... you end up smelling like an ashtray, and non-smokers complain, and when over used it can result in a fire. Don't be some asshole who litters. And you shouldn't be an asshole who starts fires either. Proper disposal, not blind disposal is indicated.
I'll take a trashcan fire any day. Throwing it on the ground and stomping it with your foot a pretty reliable technique to crush those burning embers. Then a trashcan becomes a legit option after an approperate cool down period.
You may take a trashcan fire, but this can be considered a form of arsen. P.S. - I also just love when people throw glowing embers at my car on the highway, that is also an awesome solution. I agree... it's one of the best fireworks displays you can see when it's not the 4th of july. But it's not really a safe method of disposal.
You know cigarette smokers somehow think that flicking their butts isn't littering. It pisses me off to no end. HEY SMOKERS, YEH YOU! Put them out and then throw those butts in the trash, pathetic litterbugs. It's bad enough we have to smell your stink, we shouldn't have to look at your trash strewn all over the place.
Well, the problem is in daylight it's hard to actually tell if all the ambers are 100% out, and just throwing them in the trash can result in a fire. Hell, not being careful with an ashtray can lead to a fire.
But you forget about the infamous Catch-22... if you can prove that you are insane, you must be sane, and therefore not eligible for a section-8
Well, firstly, I don't think section-8 exists anymore... acording to wiki, it's not grouped under "medically diagnosed with a personality disorder". I was not aware if this until recently, but it's rather why I said "pull a Klinger".
But that was not the point, the point was expressing the desire to play with feces might be considered a form of sexual peversion in print when mail is censored might lead to a discharge.
I would have fun with it. Write some fake letters to your wife, but make them about your sex life, but write it so gross that the unit commander will not want to read them anymore. Talk about spitting feces into each others mouth and then smearing it on a banana that you shove into your wife and she returns the favor and how the smell of feces turns you on.
I think this would likely lead a undesirable discharge (no pun intended). The military has never been kind to those who have what they feel are sexual perversions or "Lewd and lascivious acts". If you wanted to risk pulling a Klinger, this might be a good way to do it. It's not the best kind of discharge, but at least you don't lose your voting rights.