My _primary_ turnoff from Opera is the built-in ads for the free version. And I'm too lazy (and have no good reason) to download a pirated version.:P
That and my web-developing needs. All too often that I see the dreaded words "this wont feature will not work in Opera," at which point I promptly send a message to my Opera-fan friend with a scoff.
To do a controlled study, you'd, er, have to assign people to the five or six drink a day group. There might be some ethical considerations...
lol, I don't know, I can see many volunteers for such a study. I mean... they conducted a study of fellatio (and sperm) on the effect of speech. There were fliers all over campus looking for vulunteers to get blow jobs. Somehow, giving someone a few drinks, I think, is not any less ethical.:P
"So -- we may have a medicine here that is worse than the disease."
Is there any real evidence that drinking does have "cardiovascular benefits"?
From the sound of it, the only evidence there is in your post is this: "As people drink more, their chance of dying from things like heart disease continue to drop."
But... all that tells us is people who drink more tend to die from other causes before they'd die from (or develop) heart disease. As you stated: "However, above one drink per day deaths from accidents starts to rise extremely rapidly."
Statistics are a dangerous thing. I still don't buy it that alcohol (or even red wine, or what have you) is directly proportional to lower chance of heart disease.
I've been typing away at a keyboard since I was 7 years old and, as I discovered in Highschool, I type extremely fast. In grade 9, we had to take "typing class," and I finished the entire semester's work in two periods. People would literally crowd around me to watch me type.
Thing is, I don't type "correctly" and I'm sure many fast typists would agree that typing correctly isn't necessarily the best way to type.
I don't make many typo's (unless I've spent 12 hours straight coding and start doubting the correct spelling of words) and found that I can out-type any "correct" typist.:D
Here's what I suggest to improve your typing speed and accuracy: Find out what your problem is.
Do your fingers not align properly? That means you have to rework your typing style. "Correct" typing is a good solution for this, as it presents which fingers "should" be hitting which keys. But you should eventually work out your own style to suit the shape of your hands and fingers.
Do you find yourself looking for specific keys? That means you need to get more familiar with the keyboard, which means more practice. My hands are so comfortable with the keyboard, that I can recite the keys with my eyes closed just by imagining where my fingers would go for a particular letter.
Are you just slow? This could mean lack of confidence, which implies practice. Or it could mean that you have poor coordination or reflex. Musical instruments are great for improving your finger coordination and strength (piano did it for me, but most instruments that involve your fingers would be fine).
For one of our second year programming assignments, our lecturer posted a bunch of example code that she used during lecture.
It was sockets in C. The code was very poorly written, it actually contained a couple of GOTO statements. One of the files contained a typo in the commenting, so I figured... Let's google it!
And wouldn't you know it, several hundred results.
I'm not sure what I was angry at: Our lecturer not giving any indication that she didn't write the code, or not citing her sources, or giving us such crappy code to start with...
But needless to say, I was angry.:D Still am! *shakes fist*
So, to tie this to the topic, nothing works better than searching for typos!:D Google does a decent job for those who don't have access to a fancy OSS database.
That's just what they called it, it was really just how different gates work, and assorted breadboard fun. "Make a counter with LED output, yay!"
Wasn't very detailed, basically just allowed us to experiment.
I'm taking a second year computer science university course now and we're basically doing the same thing, but with a bit more theory behind it (just a bit). And more types of circuits.
I went to a public highschool in Ontario, Port Credit.
Preferably, I'm looking for somethnig that can be run on a proprietary webserver. Like using php or something of the sort. (Since this will have to be done dynamically, and loaded into a MySQL database.)
Anyways, what I mean is that not all projects are appropriate for premade content management systems. Especially for sites that provide a backend driven service.
But for me, as a computer science student and hobbyist web developer, I just like making things from scratch, if I know how. Yes, I reinvent the wheel quite often, but I find it rewarding. Like, after finishing a forum-like website, I went and had a look at the source code for phpbb, and found that they used a lot of the same techniques that I did. It's nice to see that my first attempt at the concept is comparable to that of several years of evolution.:-)
But yes, there are many sites that are just better off using a CMS. There's no doubt that they serve a purpose.
"Maybe they should burn the Declaration of Independence while they're at it..."
For nostalgic purposes.:D
I still have the five dollar bill I won from my grade 11 Electrical Engineering teacher because I managed to finish his midterm test in under 10 minutes and he didn't believe that I was going to get perfect on it.
"I'm done"
"No you're not" "Nono, I am" "You're not going to get perfect on it" "I am" "No you're not" "Wanna bet?" "Sure"
Oh, good times. Although, to be fair, I did get 21/20 on it. Poor guy had to get 3 different teachers to remark it, incase I made a mistake somewhere.
But yes, the five dollar bill sits comfortably between my cable modem and router, under a lot of dust.
If they don't want the Declaration of Independence, I'll put it there too. I mean, it hasn't been obeyed for some time now, after all.:-)
- shazow
P.S. Can anyone tell I'm procrastinating from something School-related? >.>
My friend claims that "books are the weakest form of storytelling" (in primary comparison to film). I want to kill my friend, but I haven't been able to get him over international waters just yet.
Different colours appear differently when a photo is monochromed. By comparing the overall contrast and brightness of the photo, they may be able to extrapolate relative colours.
Don't know how reasonable my explination is, but doesn't really seem impossible?
Slashdot Mirror
And by "this wont feature will not work..." I mean "this feature will not work..."
That's the last time I post without previewing, promise.
- shazow
I ditto that.
:P
My _primary_ turnoff from Opera is the built-in ads for the free version. And I'm too lazy (and have no good reason) to download a pirated version.
That and my web-developing needs. All too often that I see the dreaded words "this wont feature will not work in Opera," at which point I promptly send a message to my Opera-fan friend with a scoff.
- shazow
To do a controlled study, you'd, er, have to assign people to the five or six drink a day group. There might be some ethical considerations...
:P
lol, I don't know, I can see many volunteers for such a study. I mean... they conducted a study of fellatio (and sperm) on the effect of speech. There were fliers all over campus looking for vulunteers to get blow jobs. Somehow, giving someone a few drinks, I think, is not any less ethical.
- shazow
Is there any real evidence that drinking does have "cardiovascular benefits"?
From the sound of it, the only evidence there is in your post is this: "As people drink more, their chance of dying from things like heart disease continue to drop."
But... all that tells us is people who drink more tend to die from other causes before they'd die from (or develop) heart disease. As you stated: "However, above one drink per day deaths from accidents starts to rise extremely rapidly."
Statistics are a dangerous thing. I still don't buy it that alcohol (or even red wine, or what have you) is directly proportional to lower chance of heart disease.
Have there been any controlled studies?
- shazow
I think I'm among the only people that actually like the stealthy laptop-type keyboards.
:-)
Tactcile feedback annoys me. Requires too much effort, and gives out too much noise.
I can type much faster with quieter, softer keyboards.
- shazow
I've been typing away at a keyboard since I was 7 years old and, as I discovered in Highschool, I type extremely fast. In grade 9, we had to take "typing class," and I finished the entire semester's work in two periods. People would literally crowd around me to watch me type.
:D
Thing is, I don't type "correctly" and I'm sure many fast typists would agree that typing correctly isn't necessarily the best way to type.
I don't make many typo's (unless I've spent 12 hours straight coding and start doubting the correct spelling of words) and found that I can out-type any "correct" typist.
Here's what I suggest to improve your typing speed and accuracy: Find out what your problem is.
Do your fingers not align properly?
That means you have to rework your typing style. "Correct" typing is a good solution for this, as it presents which fingers "should" be hitting which keys. But you should eventually work out your own style to suit the shape of your hands and fingers.
Do you find yourself looking for specific keys?
That means you need to get more familiar with the keyboard, which means more practice. My hands are so comfortable with the keyboard, that I can recite the keys with my eyes closed just by imagining where my fingers would go for a particular letter.
Are you just slow?
This could mean lack of confidence, which implies practice. Or it could mean that you have poor coordination or reflex. Musical instruments are great for improving your finger coordination and strength (piano did it for me, but most instruments that involve your fingers would be fine).
Good luck!
- shazow
For one of our second year programming assignments, our lecturer posted a bunch of example code that she used during lecture.
:D Still am! *shakes fist*
:D Google does a decent job for those who don't have access to a fancy OSS database.
It was sockets in C. The code was very poorly written, it actually contained a couple of GOTO statements. One of the files contained a typo in the commenting, so I figured... Let's google it!
And wouldn't you know it, several hundred results.
I'm not sure what I was angry at: Our lecturer not giving any indication that she didn't write the code, or not citing her sources, or giving us such crappy code to start with...
But needless to say, I was angry.
So, to tie this to the topic, nothing works better than searching for typos!
- shazow
If anything, this will influence people to buy more of them expensive proprietary memory sticks...
:P
If there was only some sort of UMD burner that one could buy...
- shazow
I dropped my CS Major and switched to CS Specialist
:-(
I'm sorry.
- shazow
Shit! They included the USB Dildo? Finally!
*Runs to the nearest ftp mirror*
Touché. :-)
CTRL+W, you mean? CTRL+F4 closes the entire window.
- shazow
That's just asking to get annihilated by a fleet of Vogon ships.
They wont like seeing their poetry outdone.
That's just what they called it, it was really just how different gates work, and assorted breadboard fun. "Make a counter with LED output, yay!"
Wasn't very detailed, basically just allowed us to experiment.
I'm taking a second year computer science university course now and we're basically doing the same thing, but with a bit more theory behind it (just a bit). And more types of circuits.
I went to a public highschool in Ontario, Port Credit.
- shazow
From TFA:
If they devise a decent way to search and categorize content, they could dynamically block/remove content using their new-found knowledge.
- shazow
Thank you, much appreciated.
Preferably, I'm looking for somethnig that can be run on a proprietary webserver. Like using php or something of the sort. (Since this will have to be done dynamically, and loaded into a MySQL database.)
- shazow
Right you are, my bad.
What I mean is it serves no real purpose, except for historical reference.
Really? That might come in handy. Thank you for pointing that out to me. I have a client that wants me to build a database of a bunch of
Anyways, what I mean is that not all projects are appropriate for premade content management systems. Especially for sites that provide a backend driven service.
But for me, as a computer science student and hobbyist web developer, I just like making things from scratch, if I know how. Yes, I reinvent the wheel quite often, but I find it rewarding. Like, after finishing a forum-like website, I went and had a look at the source code for phpbb, and found that they used a lot of the same techniques that I did. It's nice to see that my first attempt at the concept is comparable to that of several years of evolution.
But yes, there are many sites that are just better off using a CMS. There's no doubt that they serve a purpose.
- shazow
I still have the five dollar bill I won from my grade 11 Electrical Engineering teacher because I managed to finish his midterm test in under 10 minutes and he didn't believe that I was going to get perfect on it.
Oh, good times. Although, to be fair, I did get 21/20 on it. Poor guy had to get 3 different teachers to remark it, incase I made a mistake somewhere.
But yes, the five dollar bill sits comfortably between my cable modem and router, under a lot of dust.
If they don't want the Declaration of Independence, I'll put it there too. I mean, it hasn't been obeyed for some time now, after all.
- shazow
P.S.
Can anyone tell I'm procrastinating from something School-related? >.>
If you ever want to create something "new" (whether it's the entire concept or just the approach), you more or less have to write it from scratch.
I had a look at Plone, it looks like a nice CMS, very standard. The problem is, often what I want to create isn't standard.
My friend claims that "books are the weakest form of storytelling" (in primary comparison to film). I want to kill my friend, but I haven't been able to get him over international waters just yet.
... Obligatory kliches. :D
- shazow
Read my post here
Quote (Regarding "The CSI Phenomenon"):
- shazow