When you apply for a driving licence you should be given the opportunity to be added as an organ donar. That way, if you're carrying your driving licence on you at the time of death (something I keep in my wallet all the time) then your organs will be donated.
You see, I can't be bothered carrying around loads of cards with me. However the driving licence is usefull because it acts as ID so I carry it on me.
Well, this system already exists and is what happens here in the UK, and probably right across the EU.
I try to break a task down into smaller chunks. And try to set deadlines for the chunks.
I know where you're coming from, I'm also a university student and am about to enter my final year. So far I leave it till the night before and pull an all-nighter. I'm averaging a 2:2, just by doing this method. I'm sure I can graduate with at least a 2:1 if only I'd get my head down.
Something I've recently discovered is that I don't get work done due to distractions, like you say the web. What I now do, if I need to read a book is go to the library. Its full of ppl doing work, so you're in an environment of work without the distraction of computers (if you go to a floor without them). The only distraction I've found in my university are the views, some lovely views over Hull, UK. ahh, well I have gotten work/revision done before the deadline by making use of the library.
Well, I'm waiting for more ppl to sign up for 3G. So far I know of one person, of course, they can't actually make use of the video call feature cos they've got no one to call. I'm gonna wait until it gets to a point where ppl want to video chat with me and then I'll go and get one.
Alternativelly I'll buy one if my network (Orange) shuts down its 2G service or if a killer app is produced for the phones. I can't think what though.
The first phones are always going to be poor, in three years they'll be far superior and probably worth purchasing.
You will loose body heat through radiation. Conduction cannot occur because of the vacuum, radiation does occor. How do you think we receive heat energy from the sun?
Not many people say VHS anymore, they tend to say 'video'. However people do say DVD.
Here in the UK people say 'text' or 'texting' instead of SMS. Infact hardly anyone has heard of the name SMS, it now gets marketed as 'texting' because thats become part of the language.
CD-Rs degrade over time just like any other media. If you "compress" the data on it (i.e., use less of the media surface for each individual bit), it's more likely that a bit will become unreadable over time.
I didn't know that was how compression worked.
A lot of stuff is compressed in some way these days. For example OpenOffice files are just compressed xml and image[if these are used] files. DivX is compressed video, JPG could be described as a compressed [lossy] bitmap, OGG Vorbis is effectivelly a compressed[again, lossy] WAV file. If you compress something and burn it onto a CD, it doesn't make it any more or less vunurable to damage. It just removes bits that needn't be there to describe the data.
CD-Rs degrade over time just like any other media. If you "compress" the data on it (i.e., use less of the media surface for each individual bit), it's more likely that a bit will become unreadable over time.
I didn't know that was how compression worked.
A lot of stuff is compressed in some way these days. For example OpenOffice files are just compressed xml and image[if these are used] files. DivX is compressed video, JPG could be described as a compressed [lossy] bitmap, OGG Vorbis is effectivelly a compressed[again, lossy] WAV file. If you compress something and burn it onto a CD, it doesn't make it any more or less vunurable to damage. It just removes bits that needn't be there to describe the data.
Google Search for linux: Results 1 - 10 of about 57,500,000.
MSN Search for linux: Results 1-15 of about 53
With that little content I don't think MSN is gonna atract the geek population for a while. When I set computers up for people or "fix the internet" I set their homepage to Google. They all apreciate it and are usually very impressed that I can change the internet like that!
I writing this from a Windows XP machine and the whole file system is in FAT32. This is so I can access it from Linux and if anything goes wrong its easier to fix through a DOS disk.
I formated the partitions by using the format command in DOS, before installing Windows XP.
When I was in sixth form we had to go to these lectures from people like animal rights, pro-life, politicians. Those sort of people.
When we got to the end of the year one of our Chemistry teachers' husband made Ice cream for all 150 of us, right in front of us! He's a proffesor at some university. I think it Oxford or Cambridge. He explained the chemical reactions behind it all and everything, thus justifying taking up lesson time.
It does taste better than the crap you get in the supermarket.
We didn't have a TV in our house until I was eight. Acording to my Dad, when I went to playgroup I picked up a toy gun and used it like a drill. Every other kid was using it like a gun, but I had never seen a gun in action before. I used it like an electric drill because I saw my Dad use a similar looking object as a drill.
I was aware of TV and had watched it at friends' houses and really wanted TV, my parents gave in to me. I don't think I acted differently, but I knew that what was on TV wasn't neccessarily real. I didn't see that many ads as in the UK all the best kids programs are shown on the BBC. I only had access to four heavily regulated channels with watersheds. Two of which didn't have ads.
If I didn't know about TV, and then was thrust into a world of 40-something channels with ads every 5 minutes then I'm sure it would have a detrimental affect on me. I'd believe the TV, and obey it.
Not having a TV whilst I was growing up is actually having its biggest effect on me now, at the age of 20. I'm at university and everyone around me reminisces about old cartoons that they used to watch. I can't join in and it really bugs me!
SMS ads could be made localised so that they only affect your cell. For example there might be an offer on at your local Tesco so all those who are near the store at the time could be sent a text.
Also 30c/SMS???? I pay 5p (AU 12.5c) per message, and I get five free a day and I only had to pay £15 two years ago for that.
Text messaging can be sent in bulk from providers for companies for something like 2p a message.
I live in the UK and I've had a mobile since 1998, so thats 5 years now and I haven't received a single spam.
Its a good idea to clamp down on it though. I think there's a similar thing in the UK. People I know who have received spam all have Nokia phones. Their numbers have probably been sold by companies they've bought new ringtones and logos from. These are themselves sent to the phone via SMS.
I use a Panasonic phone, and before that an Erricson. Both phones can't change logos or ringtones via SMS, so I don't have a spam problem.
Why should it be mandatory though? I don't mind encouragement through support but making people use it shouldn't be done.
This should be upto the individuals in-charge of the different department's IT expenditure. Mind-you they might have got together to agree this so that there is more of a standard across the board.
This could be risky, launching a nuclear powered vehicle into space considering how much trouble there is during the lift off stage. I know its been done before but the more its done the more likely something will happen. There will be a lot of protests from environmentlists and it could be hard to get permision to actually launch the vehicle.
Couldn't they look more into the use of solar sails rather than possibly polluting space?
My biggest concern with Hydrogen is where it comes from. If we have a Hydrogen-Fueled economy it'll only help the environment if more of our electricity comes from renewable sources.
Hydrogen in such things as cars is really only a store of energy similar to a battery. You can use electricity to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen and when the Hydrogen is burnt in the atmosphere it reacts with oxygen to give off heat. Esentially that heat energy has come from the electricity used in the creation of the Hydrogen minus any in-efficiencies.
It'd probably serve us well to concentrate efforts on moving away from fossil fuels to offshore wind farms, more efficient vehicles, less wastage through re-use of energy and of course look into Hydrogen fuel.
I like the sound of this. Defining Spam would be a problem.
If you could prove that there is either no way of requesting an end to the spam or that it didn't work when you clicked on the link then that might stand up in court.
If you still get spam then you should be able to forward it onto some Government organisation who would deal with the company with an army of beurachrats.
Here in the UK, we have a good system for stopping unsolicited phone calls and text (SMS) messages. It is called TPS (Telephone Preference Service). You basically register your number(s) with this organisation and marketeers aren't allowed to use that number. If they do you can report it, they can check phone records or something and fine them something like £5,000. This system does work.
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On Newsnight, last night there was an interview with an electrical engineer in America who has suggested doing this.
He suggested that the grid should be split up and then there should be DC inter-connections. Apparantly this would help to reduce surges.
When you apply for a driving licence you should be given the opportunity to be added as an organ donar. That way, if you're carrying your driving licence on you at the time of death (something I keep in my wallet all the time) then your organs will be donated.
You see, I can't be bothered carrying around loads of cards with me. However the driving licence is usefull because it acts as ID so I carry it on me.
Well, this system already exists and is what happens here in the UK, and probably right across the EU.
I try to break a task down into smaller chunks. And try to set deadlines for the chunks.
I know where you're coming from, I'm also a university student and am about to enter my final year. So far I leave it till the night before and pull an all-nighter. I'm averaging a 2:2, just by doing this method. I'm sure I can graduate with at least a 2:1 if only I'd get my head down.
Something I've recently discovered is that I don't get work done due to distractions, like you say the web. What I now do, if I need to read a book is go to the library. Its full of ppl doing work, so you're in an environment of work without the distraction of computers (if you go to a floor without them). The only distraction I've found in my university are the views, some lovely views over Hull, UK. ahh, well I have gotten work/revision done before the deadline by making use of the library.
Good luck with your studies.
I don't believe it. No validation check was carried out on ' or '' = '
You would have thought it would have realised no @ was used for an email address!!
Well thank-you, it somehow accepted it.
Well, I'm waiting for more ppl to sign up for 3G. So far I know of one person, of course, they can't actually make use of the video call feature cos they've got no one to call. I'm gonna wait until it gets to a point where ppl want to video chat with me and then I'll go and get one.
Alternativelly I'll buy one if my network (Orange) shuts down its 2G service or if a killer app is produced for the phones. I can't think what though.
The first phones are always going to be poor, in three years they'll be far superior and probably worth purchasing.
You will loose body heat through radiation. Conduction cannot occur because of the vacuum, radiation does occor. How do you think we receive heat energy from the sun?
Not many people say VHS anymore, they tend to say 'video'. However people do say DVD.
Here in the UK people say 'text' or 'texting' instead of SMS. Infact hardly anyone has heard of the name SMS, it now gets marketed as 'texting' because thats become part of the language.
I didn't know that was how compression worked.
A lot of stuff is compressed in some way these days. For example OpenOffice files are just compressed xml and image[if these are used] files. DivX is compressed video, JPG could be described as a compressed [lossy] bitmap, OGG Vorbis is effectivelly a compressed[again, lossy] WAV file. If you compress something and burn it onto a CD, it doesn't make it any more or less vunurable to damage. It just removes bits that needn't be there to describe the data.
I didn't know that was how compression worked.
A lot of stuff is compressed in some way these days. For example OpenOffice files are just compressed xml and image[if these are used] files. DivX is compressed video, JPG could be described as a compressed [lossy] bitmap, OGG Vorbis is effectivelly a compressed[again, lossy] WAV file. If you compress something and burn it onto a CD, it doesn't make it any more or less vunurable to damage. It just removes bits that needn't be there to describe the data.
woot! exactly the same for me.
I have an optical out from my Abit board running to my Sherwood surround sound amp. It sounds beutifull, and was a bargain to boot.
Only problem I found was I couldn't get the optical out to work under linux, so I've had to revert back to Windows.
BTW I conducted that test using http://www.google.co.uk/ and http://www.msn.co.uk/Default.asp?Ath=f
It appears that the american version of MSN (msn.com) gives out more results but they are far more biased.
Google Search for linux:
Results 1 - 10 of about 57,500,000.
MSN Search for linux:
Results 1-15 of about 53
With that little content I don't think MSN is gonna atract the geek population for a while. When I set computers up for people or "fix the internet" I set their homepage to Google. They all apreciate it and are usually very impressed that I can change the internet like that!
It takes about 20 times as long to actually get the results too.
You can only test it this way if you have a USB 2.0 device.
ie. one that can do high speed.
Well you can try changing the SIM card.
You might have to unlock the phone. Just search google for info. You have to search for the specific model, but it can usually be done.
Here in the UK, a lot of mobile phone shops (not ones that also own networks) will unlock your phone for a small charge.
I writing this from a Windows XP machine and the whole file system is in FAT32. This is so I can access it from Linux and if anything goes wrong its easier to fix through a DOS disk.
I formated the partitions by using the format command in DOS, before installing Windows XP.
I've had no problems with it.
When I was in sixth form we had to go to these lectures from people like animal rights, pro-life, politicians. Those sort of people.
When we got to the end of the year one of our Chemistry teachers' husband made Ice cream for all 150 of us, right in front of us! He's a proffesor at some university. I think it Oxford or Cambridge. He explained the chemical reactions behind it all and everything, thus justifying taking up lesson time.
It does taste better than the crap you get in the supermarket.
We didn't have a TV in our house until I was eight. Acording to my Dad, when I went to playgroup I picked up a toy gun and used it like a drill. Every other kid was using it like a gun, but I had never seen a gun in action before. I used it like an electric drill because I saw my Dad use a similar looking object as a drill.
I was aware of TV and had watched it at friends' houses and really wanted TV, my parents gave in to me. I don't think I acted differently, but I knew that what was on TV wasn't neccessarily real. I didn't see that many ads as in the UK all the best kids programs are shown on the BBC. I only had access to four heavily regulated channels with watersheds. Two of which didn't have ads.
If I didn't know about TV, and then was thrust into a world of 40-something channels with ads every 5 minutes then I'm sure it would have a detrimental affect on me. I'd believe the TV, and obey it.
Not having a TV whilst I was growing up is actually having its biggest effect on me now, at the age of 20. I'm at university and everyone around me reminisces about old cartoons that they used to watch. I can't join in and it really bugs me!
SMS ads could be made localised so that they only affect your cell. For example there might be an offer on at your local Tesco so all those who are near the store at the time could be sent a text.
Also 30c/SMS???? I pay 5p (AU 12.5c) per message, and I get five free a day and I only had to pay £15 two years ago for that.
Text messaging can be sent in bulk from providers for companies for something like 2p a message.
FYI: Text messaging = SMS;
I live in the UK and I've had a mobile since 1998, so thats 5 years now and I haven't received a single spam.
Its a good idea to clamp down on it though. I think there's a similar thing in the UK. People I know who have received spam all have Nokia phones. Their numbers have probably been sold by companies they've bought new ringtones and logos from. These are themselves sent to the phone via SMS.
I use a Panasonic phone, and before that an Erricson. Both phones can't change logos or ringtones via SMS, so I don't have a spam problem.
Why should it be mandatory though? I don't mind encouragement through support but making people use it shouldn't be done.
This should be upto the individuals in-charge of the different department's IT expenditure. Mind-you they might have got together to agree this so that there is more of a standard across the board.
who knows.
Obviously I'm wrong but I bet you, the environmentalists will be protesting about this.
I am not one of them, but I feel NASA may have some problems explaining it to them.
This could be risky, launching a nuclear powered vehicle into space considering how much trouble there is during the lift off stage. I know its been done before but the more its done the more likely something will happen. There will be a lot of protests from environmentlists and it could be hard to get permision to actually launch the vehicle.
Couldn't they look more into the use of solar sails rather than possibly polluting space?
My biggest concern with Hydrogen is where it comes from. If we have a Hydrogen-Fueled economy it'll only help the environment if more of our electricity comes from renewable sources.
Hydrogen in such things as cars is really only a store of energy similar to a battery. You can use electricity to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen and when the Hydrogen is burnt in the atmosphere it reacts with oxygen to give off heat. Esentially that heat energy has come from the electricity used in the creation of the Hydrogen minus any in-efficiencies.
It'd probably serve us well to concentrate efforts on moving away from fossil fuels to offshore wind farms, more efficient vehicles, less wastage through re-use of energy and of course look into Hydrogen fuel.
I like the sound of this. Defining Spam would be a problem.
If you could prove that there is either no way of requesting an end to the spam or that it didn't work when you clicked on the link then that might stand up in court.
If you still get spam then you should be able to forward it onto some Government organisation who would deal with the company with an army of beurachrats.
Here in the UK, we have a good system for stopping unsolicited phone calls and text (SMS) messages. It is called TPS (Telephone Preference Service). You basically register your number(s) with this organisation and marketeers aren't allowed to use that number. If they do you can report it, they can check phone records or something and fine them something like £5,000. This system does work.