That's exactly what we do in Minnesota. All of the ballots are optically scanned. Most folks manually complete their ballot. Those who can't manually complete their ballot insert it into the marking machine and they make their choices from the options offered (via touch screen or audio headset). Their selections are marked on the ballot and the ballot is tallied like any other.
PRK has been used for more than 14 years. Not a lifetime, but a fairly long period of time. During that time, those treated with PRK have typically seen their distance vision stay the same since treatment.
The chemist responded to a help wanted ad on monster.com. He took almost no risk in accepting the commission. The "idea guy" sacrificed his time, money and (sometimes) safety to get his idea far enough that there was enough money to hire the chemist. Without the idea guy's dedication, sacrifice and the investor's willingness to risk $500,000, there would have been no ad on monster.com.
All of the players were essential in the creation of this, but the idea guy is the genesis.
"It falls apart once you have 10-20k images (something a pro can easily shoot within a few days)."
Just to be nitpicky, here. 20,000 day / 72 hours = 278 photos per hour. That assumes you never take a break to eat or sleep during those 3 days.
I know pros can really pile up the pictures, fast. But I think even photo pros need to sleep and eat. Besides, don't photo pros use something like iView MediaPro to store and organize their photos?
Yes, but how can you know what's best for you? What's really needed here is someone who "knows best" to tell you what to do. Then you know what's in your best interest because someone else told you what it is!
If you ask the doctors they'll probably confirm -- people can't be trusted to take care of themselves and doctors are required to tell them what is the right thing.
Please don't use a rechargeable battery in a smoke detector. They can run out of power in an unexpectedly short period of time, possibly so abruptly that you don't get the typical warning beeps. A 5 second Google search will confirm this.
Everytime I choose to send a new message in Outlook, there's that pesky toolbar. Open Word, there's that pesky toolbar. At least in Word, for example, I've been able to move the toolbar so it's not on its own row. I've been able to get rid of it in Excel and PowerPoint, so I think it has something to do with use Word as my email editor. Still annoying that I can't get rid of it, though.
Yes, I'm current on service packs and patches for Windows and Office.
I want to get rid of the toolbar, not PDFMaker. PDFMaker installs a menu, too. I would prefer to use the menu and save my screen space for other things instead of another toolbar.
The default assumption is that your password is safe and you have taken precautions to protect it. An overall admin tells sudo what you can and cannot be allowed to do. Then when you invoke sudo, you are asked to enter your password to authenticate you are the person asking and not someone walking up to your computer. After that, sudo checks to see if you're allowed to perform the requested operation. This model scales well because there could be dozens of people with sudo-like priviledges without the need for the root password. Of course, this is customizable. Try "man sudoers" on your system.
It's not "okay," but it's also inevitable that mistakes will be made. Our society is increasingly headed to the state where everyone is paralyzed and unable to act out of the fear they might make a mistake.
Just give me ONE instance of a person who never makes a mistake. Ever.
We could have teams of doctors review every case before a diagnosis or procedure. That would probably reduce the error rate by 50% or more. Of course, it would double the labor cost for all medical care.
The most important right is choice. Allow the consumer to choose what to buy and where to buy it. Here in the US (I can't speak to Europe), a consumer has a lot of choices. However, in order to use these choices well, a consumer also has to ask questions and understand the terms of the deal. I can shop at a Mom & Pop, CompUSA, Best Buy, online, or eBay -- just to name a few choices. The terms are different in each circumstance.
Maybe I don't value the XX day change-my-mind warranty. In that case, I can shop someplace else that offers me lower prices or other things I value more.
I recently bought a car. There was no "return it for you money back if you don't like it" policy. In fact, the policy is simple: you bought it; you got it.
If I wanted to return it, I would have to sell it as used. Even if all I did was drive it out of the lot, around the block, and back in.
Apple's terms are stated on their website. They explain their return policy in the "returns" section on their website. The same website used to make the purchase. It's not hard; it just takes a minimum of effort to be informed as to the terms of the deal.
The one way mission concept is really that: a one way mission.
As the article outlines, the living conditions are likely to be incredibly demanding. The environment on Mars is so harsh that there will also be a constant risk of death due to equipment failure or mistake. If any sort of medical problem develops (broken bones, organ problems, etc.) there is no large medical infrastructure to use, so odds of recovery are diminished. Additionally, the radiation exposure on Mars is almost certainly going to be higher than on Earth, so the risk of cancer developing is much higher. As for treating the cancer, see my earlier comment about lack of medical support on Mars.
Assuming you live that long, once you spend 10 or 20 years on the much lower gravity of Mars, you'd have an incredibly hard time surviving in the Earth's gravity. Remember -- the gravity on Mars is only 38% of what we have on Earth. You start experiencing bone density loss and other interesting side effects.
So a trip to Mars under in a one way program is highly likely to be just that. Don't delude yourself by thinking otherwise.
The article (I know, crazy talk here) states, "inside the watchband is a miniature Speedpass radio frequency transponder."
This means the watch band could possibly be attached to different watches. It also means you better be careful with that old, broken watch band!
Think this could be a good deal for the people at Target who get stuck replacing watch bands for people?
(Imaginary conversation) Clerk: Here you go. I just put the new band on your watch to replace your broken one. Do you want me to throw away the old one?
Customer: Sure. What am I going to do with an old, broken watch band?
Clerk: OK. That'll be $7.04 with tax. Have a nice day -- I have to go to my lunch break now.
And what are the boundries here? Should the local government be required to hire local workers to write all software locally?
What about the OS? Should the local government be required to use local folks to develop a custom operating system instead of using Linux or Windows?
This can go on and on without end because there is no logical end to it.
I propose a different standard: the purpose of government should be to provide as much service for as little money as possible. Sometimes that means not doing it all locally.
I loved Robosport. A group of us used to build a localtalk LAN, before LAN parties were well known, and play Robosport until all hours. Maxis decided not to update it and stopped selling the game. I loved the death screams of the robots.
This move by Microsoft could be the beginning of standards acceptance by web developers. Too many sites require Internet Explorer to work. Maybe web developers will wake up and start supporting standards, instead.
Alternately, this could spell big trouble for Apple. How will my Mom feel when she can't check her mutual funds using her Macintosh because the browser isn't compatible?
Is this an example of a development community unwittingly aiding and abetting Microsoft's abuse of monopoly power?
I'm willing to pay more for some features *not* available.
The biggest thing I'd like to add is the ability to use a different domain name. I've been using a personal domain for a long time now, and don't want to train my visitors to go to a different address.
They found that women were just as good as men at virtual navigation when they had a large computer display. "The gender difference simply disappeared," says Czerwinski.
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That's exactly what we do in Minnesota. All of the ballots are optically scanned. Most folks manually complete their ballot. Those who can't manually complete their ballot insert it into the marking machine and they make their choices from the options offered (via touch screen or audio headset). Their selections are marked on the ballot and the ballot is tallied like any other.
PRK has been used for more than 14 years. Not a lifetime, but a fairly long period of time. During that time, those treated with PRK have typically seen their distance vision stay the same since treatment.
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Here is an abstract of a 2-5 year follow up study on this stuff. It was published in 1998. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd
The chemist responded to a help wanted ad on monster.com. He took almost no risk in accepting the commission. The "idea guy" sacrificed his time, money and (sometimes) safety to get his idea far enough that there was enough money to hire the chemist. Without the idea guy's dedication, sacrifice and the investor's willingness to risk $500,000, there would have been no ad on monster.com.
All of the players were essential in the creation of this, but the idea guy is the genesis.
"It falls apart once you have 10-20k images (something a pro can easily shoot within a few days)."
Just to be nitpicky, here. 20,000 day / 72 hours = 278 photos per hour. That assumes you never take a break to eat or sleep during those 3 days.
I know pros can really pile up the pictures, fast. But I think even photo pros need to sleep and eat. Besides, don't photo pros use something like iView MediaPro to store and organize their photos?
Yes, but how can you know what's best for you? What's really needed here is someone who "knows best" to tell you what to do. Then you know what's in your best interest because someone else told you what it is!
If you ask the doctors they'll probably confirm -- people can't be trusted to take care of themselves and doctors are required to tell them what is the right thing.
Please don't use a rechargeable battery in a smoke detector. They can run out of power in an unexpectedly short period of time, possibly so abruptly that you don't get the typical warning beeps. A 5 second Google search will confirm this.
Here's a link to one fire department that confirms this.
Thanks. I've tried that to no avail.
Everytime I choose to send a new message in Outlook, there's that pesky toolbar. Open Word, there's that pesky toolbar. At least in Word, for example, I've been able to move the toolbar so it's not on its own row. I've been able to get rid of it in Excel and PowerPoint, so I think it has something to do with use Word as my email editor. Still annoying that I can't get rid of it, though.
Yes, I'm current on service packs and patches for Windows and Office.
This is just another reason the current practice of criminalizing the possession of knowledge is crazy.
I want to get rid of the toolbar, not PDFMaker. PDFMaker installs a menu, too. I would prefer to use the menu and save my screen space for other things instead of another toolbar.
The default assumption is that your password is safe and you have taken precautions to protect it. An overall admin tells sudo what you can and cannot be allowed to do. Then when you invoke sudo, you are asked to enter your password to authenticate you are the person asking and not someone walking up to your computer. After that, sudo checks to see if you're allowed to perform the requested operation. This model scales well because there could be dozens of people with sudo-like priviledges without the need for the root password. Of course, this is customizable. Try "man sudoers" on your system.
It's not "okay," but it's also inevitable that mistakes will be made. Our society is increasingly headed to the state where everyone is paralyzed and unable to act out of the fear they might make a mistake.
Just give me ONE instance of a person who never makes a mistake. Ever.
We could have teams of doctors review every case before a diagnosis or procedure. That would probably reduce the error rate by 50% or more. Of course, it would double the labor cost for all medical care.
The most important right is choice. Allow the consumer to choose what to buy and where to buy it. Here in the US (I can't speak to Europe), a consumer has a lot of choices. However, in order to use these choices well, a consumer also has to ask questions and understand the terms of the deal. I can shop at a Mom & Pop, CompUSA, Best Buy, online, or eBay -- just to name a few choices. The terms are different in each circumstance.
Maybe I don't value the XX day change-my-mind warranty. In that case, I can shop someplace else that offers me lower prices or other things I value more.
Caveat emptor
I recently bought a car. There was no "return it for you money back if you don't like it" policy. In fact, the policy is simple: you bought it; you got it.
If I wanted to return it, I would have to sell it as used. Even if all I did was drive it out of the lot, around the block, and back in.
Apple's terms are stated on their website. They explain their return policy in the "returns" section on their website. The same website used to make the purchase. It's not hard; it just takes a minimum of effort to be informed as to the terms of the deal.
Interesting. I found a 1991 study in Nature that discusses this, but nothing since then to support or undermine it.
Have you seen anything about this subject since then?
The one way mission concept is really that: a one way mission.
As the article outlines, the living conditions are likely to be incredibly demanding. The environment on Mars is so harsh that there will also be a constant risk of death due to equipment failure or mistake. If any sort of medical problem develops (broken bones, organ problems, etc.) there is no large medical infrastructure to use, so odds of recovery are diminished. Additionally, the radiation exposure on Mars is almost certainly going to be higher than on Earth, so the risk of cancer developing is much higher. As for treating the cancer, see my earlier comment about lack of medical support on Mars.
Assuming you live that long, once you spend 10 or 20 years on the much lower gravity of Mars, you'd have an incredibly hard time surviving in the Earth's gravity. Remember -- the gravity on Mars is only 38% of what we have on Earth. You start experiencing bone density loss and other interesting side effects.
So a trip to Mars under in a one way program is highly likely to be just that. Don't delude yourself by thinking otherwise.
The article (I know, crazy talk here) states, "inside the watchband is a miniature Speedpass radio frequency transponder."
This means the watch band could possibly be attached to different watches. It also means you better be careful with that old, broken watch band!
Think this could be a good deal for the people at Target who get stuck replacing watch bands for people?
(Imaginary conversation)
Clerk: Here you go. I just put the new band on your watch to replace your broken one. Do you want me to throw away the old one?
Customer: Sure. What am I going to do with an old, broken watch band?
Clerk: OK. That'll be $7.04 with tax. Have a nice day -- I have to go to my lunch break now.
The CIA Fact Book also includes this wonderful and, now topical, nugget about Niue.
Natural hazards: typhoons
And what are the boundries here? Should the local government be required to hire local workers to write all software locally?
What about the OS? Should the local government be required to use local folks to develop a custom operating system instead of using Linux or Windows?
This can go on and on without end because there is no logical end to it.
I propose a different standard: the purpose of government should be to provide as much service for as little money as possible. Sometimes that means not doing it all locally.
I have a Canon i950s and have no problem printing borderless prints from my iMac running OS 10.2.
I loved Robosport. A group of us used to build a localtalk LAN, before LAN parties were well known, and play Robosport until all hours. Maxis decided not to update it and stopped selling the game. I loved the death screams of the robots.
This move by Microsoft could be the beginning of standards acceptance by web developers. Too many sites require Internet Explorer to work. Maybe web developers will wake up and start supporting standards, instead.
Alternately, this could spell big trouble for Apple. How will my Mom feel when she can't check her mutual funds using her Macintosh because the browser isn't compatible?
Is this an example of a development community unwittingly aiding and abetting Microsoft's abuse of monopoly power?
I'm willing to pay more for some features *not* available.
The biggest thing I'd like to add is the ability to use a different domain name. I've been using a personal domain for a long time now, and don't want to train my visitors to go to a different address.
Go read the article. It will be a novel experience for you, it seems.