My father was stationed in Annapolis in the early 1980s. I was a freshman in High School. I remember joining their war gaming club and playing Napoleonics and other miniatures war games. It was a blast, and you learned a LOT about historical warfare.
All the games were played with detailed miniatures, fine gradient rulers for measuring distances and angles, and dice.
See Vuze preferences for where that approach gets you.
And see what Gnome has become for where your approach takes you.
I was never an AmigaDOS programmer, just a user. I only appreciated the details. Not everyone wants just the bare-minimum information, especially if something doesn't go as expected. Whether or not they can do anything, and regardless if they ask anyone for assistance, just seeing a detail of "copying file foo..." can help alleviate their short-term frustration.
No. You're assuming all users are idiots and ALWAYS uninterested. Some want to know what is going on, especially if they have to ask someone for help. Others are just curious.
The simple solution is make the dialog expandable to hide/show the lower bar.
Due to the variable nature of the end-user system components, ETAs will end up with something like this: http://xkcd.com/612/
This is a solved problem that was done, IMHO, good enough back in the mid-1980s on AmigaDOS.
The AmigaDOS progress bar was actually two. The top one was the entire task - like installing the application. The bottom one was the individual action, like copying a file or updating a config.
The were separated and there was a line of text over the lower bar telling you exactly what the current specific task was. Over the top bar was a line of text with a fraction showing you the number of total sub-tasks and the number completed.
When the top bar filled the job was done. None of this start-over crap.
It was informative, it was non-frustrating, it was good.
There is a Naval listening station nearby in Sugar Grove, WV. That location was chosen because of the way radio waves reflected off the moon and a few other things. It is essentially a focal point if you want to listen in to Moscow.
The observatory was a bonus.
And back when the zone was created the operation of radio transmitters by the general public was minimal and restricted to pretty much HAM Radio. And there weren't a lot of those guys in the area to begin with.
In short, it was a good spot and they weren't infringing on anyone at the time.
Not gonna happen until the FOSS driver built from sources like these shows itself to be competitive in performance with nVidia's closed Linux drivers on comparable hardware.
Help me out here. Why don't you just keep the existing system for when you want to play the existing games?
And how often do you really play ALL of those old games? I mean, are there a couple that you like and play frequently or do you really rotate through everything on a regular basis?
OpenELEC has a Raspberry Pi build that gets good reviews. The only drawback seems to be the lack of horsepower to decode AC-3 audio, but that is solved by passing it thru to the TV.
I've just ordered one for myself to test. $35 + $10 for the case. I already have a USB charger, Ethernet and HDMI cables.
That's cheap enough I can detach it from my main system and not care.
The issue that seems to plague fracking in the U.S. is that while the composition of the mud and support chemicals used is known, it frequently isn't shared.
The general public thinks emotionally, not logically. Trying to tell them that things like gas pocket migration, hissing wells and the like occur naturally a certain percentage of the time means nothing to them. They start screaming cover-up, statistical relevance be damned.
The situation is changing here, though. Many States are passing laws requiring disclosure of ingredients so things like that article highlight will eventually be a thing of the past.
Yeah, back to the story. It was about enlarging zones used for hydrothermal power. Since there won't be any hydrocarbons to pump out, there won't be any to leak. Water goes in, steam comes out and turns the turbine.
The first thing I thought of was "yes, this looks expensive".
He is probably referring to Phosgene, not Mustard Gas. And he forgot to include some Comet cleanser in the mix. It adds oxidizers in the form of 1.2% sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione dihydrate (a derivative of cyanuric acid).
No, the point is it does make a difference. Choosing a false dichotomy argument of "all or nothing" is childish.
Wake me when you pass an Amendment repealing the 2nd, or stop living in a fantasy world where guns are going to be taken away from Americans wholesale and come up with a reasonable response.
So you're going for the childish argument of false dichotomy -- all or nothing. The guard made a significant difference in the lives of many of those students.
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My father was stationed in Annapolis in the early 1980s. I was a freshman in High School. I remember joining their war gaming club and playing Napoleonics and other miniatures war games. It was a blast, and you learned a LOT about historical warfare.
All the games were played with detailed miniatures, fine gradient rulers for measuring distances and angles, and dice.
America's Army would be a better comparison than CoD.
Yes. The tablet has no keyboard.
Donkey Kong was by far a better game.
San Francisco is rapidly on the path that only can lead to one conclusion: They're all getting on the "B" Ark.
Yeah, baby!
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20111003
I've got an Epson LQ-2090 and bi-color paper, for when I just want to curl up with some good code to review.
Where'd you rent the crane to install them? My local Lowe's doesn't have anything big enough.
See Vuze preferences for where that approach gets you.
And see what Gnome has become for where your approach takes you.
I was never an AmigaDOS programmer, just a user. I only appreciated the details. Not everyone wants just the bare-minimum information, especially if something doesn't go as expected. Whether or not they can do anything, and regardless if they ask anyone for assistance, just seeing a detail of "copying file foo..." can help alleviate their short-term frustration.
No. You're assuming all users are idiots and ALWAYS uninterested. Some want to know what is going on, especially if they have to ask someone for help. Others are just curious.
The simple solution is make the dialog expandable to hide/show the lower bar.
Due to the variable nature of the end-user system components, ETAs will end up with something like this: http://xkcd.com/612/
No. You're wrong.
This is a solved problem that was done, IMHO, good enough back in the mid-1980s on AmigaDOS.
The AmigaDOS progress bar was actually two. The top one was the entire task - like installing the application. The bottom one was the individual action, like copying a file or updating a config.
The were separated and there was a line of text over the lower bar telling you exactly what the current specific task was. Over the top bar was a line of text with a fraction showing you the number of total sub-tasks and the number completed.
When the top bar filled the job was done. None of this start-over crap.
It was informative, it was non-frustrating, it was good.
Chrome works on Windows XP, which was initially released in 2001. I suspect it requires SP3, but even that was released in 2008.
Crusade against normality? I suggest you familiarize yourself with the standard distribution bell curve.
At this point, they may give Minix 3 a run for their money. Yee haw!
There is a Naval listening station nearby in Sugar Grove, WV. That location was chosen because of the way radio waves reflected off the moon and a few other things. It is essentially a focal point if you want to listen in to Moscow.
The observatory was a bonus.
And back when the zone was created the operation of radio transmitters by the general public was minimal and restricted to pretty much HAM Radio. And there weren't a lot of those guys in the area to begin with.
In short, it was a good spot and they weren't infringing on anyone at the time.
Not gonna happen until the FOSS driver built from sources like these shows itself to be competitive in performance with nVidia's closed Linux drivers on comparable hardware.
Help me out here. Why don't you just keep the existing system for when you want to play the existing games?
And how often do you really play ALL of those old games? I mean, are there a couple that you like and play frequently or do you really rotate through everything on a regular basis?
OpenELEC has a Raspberry Pi build that gets good reviews. The only drawback seems to be the lack of horsepower to decode AC-3 audio, but that is solved by passing it thru to the TV.
I've just ordered one for myself to test. $35 + $10 for the case. I already have a USB charger, Ethernet and HDMI cables.
That's cheap enough I can detach it from my main system and not care.
You forgot the plague of stink bugs.
Greetings, Rockdoc. Yeah, it has been a while.
I was using "chemicals" in the vernacular. :-)
The issue that seems to plague fracking in the U.S. is that while the composition of the mud and support chemicals used is known, it frequently isn't shared.
It leads to issues like this: http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/08/27/gvl10827.htm
The general public thinks emotionally, not logically. Trying to tell them that things like gas pocket migration, hissing wells and the like occur naturally a certain percentage of the time means nothing to them. They start screaming cover-up, statistical relevance be damned.
The situation is changing here, though. Many States are passing laws requiring disclosure of ingredients so things like that article highlight will eventually be a thing of the past.
Yeah, back to the story. It was about enlarging zones used for hydrothermal power. Since there won't be any hydrocarbons to pump out, there won't be any to leak. Water goes in, steam comes out and turns the turbine.
The first thing I thought of was "yes, this looks expensive".
And it took a Constitutional Amendment to do away with slavery. It will take another if you want to do away with privately owned guns.
Good luck with that.
He is probably referring to Phosgene, not Mustard Gas. And he forgot to include some Comet cleanser in the mix. It adds oxidizers in the form of 1.2% sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione dihydrate (a derivative of cyanuric acid).
Nasty stuff.
http://xdspistol.com/
Springfield XD-S .45 ACP comes stock 5+1 and there are 7-round magazines available. A wonderful C&C weapon. Small, light but pure .45,
I expect the Springfield XD-S to become even more popular.
5+1 and 7+1, single-stack .45 ACP. A fantastic C&C weapon if you're looking for one. Conceals like a .380, goes boom like only a .45 can.
No, the point is it does make a difference. Choosing a false dichotomy argument of "all or nothing" is childish.
Wake me when you pass an Amendment repealing the 2nd, or stop living in a fantasy world where guns are going to be taken away from Americans wholesale and come up with a reasonable response.
So you're going for the childish argument of false dichotomy -- all or nothing. The guard made a significant difference in the lives of many of those students.