That reminds me, I got something like this on the ThinkPads that I owned (R50, R51). I got an occasional zap (felt like the usual static zap when you rub shoes along a nylon carpet then touch a door). My way of dealing with this was, before I used the computer),to bunch my hand up into a fist (tightens the muscles, which makes the shock hurt less), then touch the front part of the keyboard with the soft part of my hand.
I've had no static problems with my current laptop (which does actually have a grounded power supply, but is also considerably more plastic).
They're a subsidiary of Telstra, which is the largest provider of both local and long distance telephone services, mobile services, dialup, wireless, DSL and cable internet access in Australia.
My guess is that they would be comparable to AT&T in terms of how they compete with other products/companies.
Then again, I'm from New Zealand, so don't have a great grasp of either AT&T or Telstra — we do have Telstra[Clear] here, but it's somewhat swamped by our Telecom/Xtra.
I thought the whole point of having a music store online was so that they could make a tidy profit with minimal expenditure. Wouldn't that mean they've been lossless already?
I think a hyperlinked proof section is a really good idea, although they should probably replace the "citation needed" tags with "reference needed" tags.
Write out the various axioms on one page -- if there's a group of proofs that requires axioms different to what is already on the axiom page, create a new section (I guess if this gets too large, you'd need to split the axiom page into different pages).
Then, require every proof to reference back to a previous proof or axiom, at least once every line. That way, if someone asks "how do they get from step 5 to step 6?", it's a simple matter of clicking on the reference (and then following the references there as far back to the axioms as is required for them to understand).
There's an old saying in America — I know it's in New Zealand, probably in America — that says, power tends to... absolute power... absolutely. Absolute power — It's quite powerful.
An incident similar to this (resulting in illness, rather than death) happened in New Zealand recently.
I thought something had fallen off a table but there was a foul stink. I woke up and realised the room was very smoky and there was a very strong smell of electrical burning.... It had fallen onto the floor in three pieces. There were burn patches on the carpet so it looked like the phone had jumped from one spot to another. Given comments about cellphones being a bit like grenades, the way he dealt with the situation was entirely reasonable. He threw the (grenade|battery) out the window before it could do more damage.
I'll just repost my comment here, just in case it's not obvious that those posts were done by me:
Right.../me wonders if the St. Charles Journal would have posted that news article if they knew it would take this little time to get the names they were trying to suppress, based on the data given in the article (assuming the timing is correct).
I hope they're using programs that've had a few computer scientists' eyes over them. One of the issues I see with supercomputing is that people tend to see it as a way to get around dumb code(1) — if the computer's fast enough, you can implement *five* infinite loops, have an exponential time algorithm, and still get the calculations done before dinner!
(1) although from their point of view, it's just slow code.
Erm, it's the usual bible notation. I guess I forgot that some people didn't know about it...
Book chapter: verse range
e.g. Gen 11:11-26 -> the book of Gen[esis], chapter 11, verses 11-26
The bible is composed of a series of books [FWIW, split up into two sections, old testament (before Jesus) and new testament (after / during Jesus' life]. Each book has some chapters in it, and many years ago, a bored monk decided that with just books and chapters, it was still hard to find specific phrases in the bible, so he scattered some numbers throughout the chapters (these are the verses).
It seems like most of the dates are not explicitly mentioned, but they can be grafted onto a skeleton of known historical events (such as the fall of Jerusalem)
Last time I checked (about 10 seconds ago, on a Debian unstable box, v2.4.0-rc3), it seemed like GIMP could do a few colour related things, such as:
Assigning a colour profile (*.icc, *.icm)
Converting to a colour profile (with interesting sounding words and phrases like "rendering intent, perceptual, relative colorimetric, black point compensation")
Decomposing an image into separate colourspace components (like RGB, CMY, CMYK, LAB, YCbCr ITU R470)
Recomposing an image that was previously decomposed (using the same channels)
Composing a series of monochrome layers into a colour image
I'm not a graphic designer, so I'm not quite sure what all these phrases mean. Can you provide any more specifics as to what it is missing?
Slashdot Mirror
Otherwise known as a botnet
That reminds me, I got something like this on the ThinkPads that I owned (R50, R51). I got an occasional zap (felt like the usual static zap when you rub shoes along a nylon carpet then touch a door). My way of dealing with this was, before I used the computer),to bunch my hand up into a fist (tightens the muscles, which makes the shock hurt less), then touch the front part of the keyboard with the soft part of my hand.
I've had no static problems with my current laptop (which does actually have a grounded power supply, but is also considerably more plastic).
Perhaps they're competing with Boeing....
They're a subsidiary of Telstra, which is the largest provider of both local and long distance telephone services, mobile services, dialup, wireless, DSL and cable internet access in Australia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra
My guess is that they would be comparable to AT&T in terms of how they compete with other products/companies.
Then again, I'm from New Zealand, so don't have a great grasp of either AT&T or Telstra — we do have Telstra[Clear] here, but it's somewhat swamped by our Telecom/Xtra.
I thought the whole point of having a music store online was so that they could make a tidy profit with minimal expenditure. Wouldn't that mean they've been lossless already?
I think a hyperlinked proof section is a really good idea, although they should probably replace the "citation needed" tags with "reference needed" tags.
Write out the various axioms on one page -- if there's a group of proofs that requires axioms different to what is already on the axiom page, create a new section (I guess if this gets too large, you'd need to split the axiom page into different pages).
Then, require every proof to reference back to a previous proof or axiom, at least once every line. That way, if someone asks "how do they get from step 5 to step 6?", it's a simple matter of clicking on the reference (and then following the references there as far back to the axioms as is required for them to understand).
I presume a splash of of highly reflective metal (or metallic heat-resistant plastic) will work wonders for defence against these things.
There's an old saying in America — I know it's in New Zealand, probably in America — that says, power tends to... absolute power... absolutely. Absolute power — It's quite powerful.
Now all we need is the administrator password...
Or a new high...
One might almost say that the summary of the article is more informative than the article itself.
Apply directly to the forehead!
... cue the troll post about the guy eating turds.
Interesting, considering this recent story about a tinyURL outage:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tinyurl_outage_shows_fragility.php
http://digg.com/world_news/Adults_drive_14_year_old_to_suicide_by_harassing_her_on_MySpace?t=10557557#c10557557
I'll just repost my comment here, just in case it's not obvious that those posts were done by me: Right...
Thanks. I've just attempted to fix that, referencing your post...
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E8_(mathematics)&oldid=171798022
Sorry, I was going to do a verbose post about all the reasons why I should stay on the computer, but my timer is about to kick...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_dysfunction#Plot_summary
I hope they're using programs that've had a few computer scientists' eyes over them. One of the issues I see with supercomputing is that people tend to see it as a way to get around dumb code(1) — if the computer's fast enough, you can implement *five* infinite loops, have an exponential time algorithm, and still get the calculations done before dinner!
(1) although from their point of view, it's just slow code.
And that's why it's a good idea to carry a bomb on an airplane -- the chances of two people having a bomb are effectively zero!
Ah, good thing they're only making free games in China. Imagine the uproar if there were free games available elsewhere!
Erm, it's the usual bible notation. I guess I forgot that some people didn't know about it...
Book chapter: verse range
e.g. Gen 11:11-26 -> the book of Gen[esis], chapter 11, verses 11-26
The bible is composed of a series of books [FWIW, split up into two sections, old testament (before Jesus) and new testament (after / during Jesus' life]. Each book has some chapters in it, and many years ago, a bored monk decided that with just books and chapters, it was still hard to find specific phrases in the bible, so he scattered some numbers throughout the chapters (these are the verses).
Here's the top ranked page for me:
http://www.albatrus.org/english/theology/creation/biblical_age_earth.htm
which uses the following passages for reference:
It seems like most of the dates are not explicitly mentioned, but they can be grafted onto a skeleton of known historical events (such as the fall of Jerusalem)
[I haven't actually checked these out myself....]
I'm not a graphic designer, so I'm not quite sure what all these phrases mean. Can you provide any more specifics as to what it is missing?