Blogs are the bane of searching. Like I really want to read what some 15 year old wrote about while on vacation. My guess would be that 95-98% of the blogs out there are pure and utter crap. When I do a search I always get pissed off when I click on a link only to find it's the blog of someone who has nothing better to do than post crap on the internet.
I'm all for free speech and think that everyone should be able to post whatever they want on the web. However, I would love it if a search engine would allow me to exclude blogs from my search. Lately I've gotten a little better at choosing my search terms but every once in a while one still gets through.
They lost... I've got both a gmail account and a yahoo account and I must say I like the gmail one better. The interface is just much nicer in my opinion.
Right, transistors themselves are analog but they can be used to make an analog signal digital. (as you have explained in your post)
So I agree with you, lock tumblers do have a lot in common with transistors. Except transistors are analog devices. In this case, the digital result of the tumbler would be locked vs. unlocked. Those are the two states that a lock can be in. However using a key to achieve that state, you engage in an analog act.
The original poster however said that the pins in the tumbler were digital and I argue this fact just like I would argue the fact that a transistor is digital.
If you have an internet connection, you probably also already have access to newsgroups. Buy NewsRover and search 'till your heart's content. (And you don't need to pay $14.95/month to do it)
Since others will probably mention google groups, I'll just mention that google groups doesn't search for binaries whereas this is geared towards a binaries search. If this service was free I would probably use it. But it's not so I'll continue to use my new reader.
If you think about it a tumbler lock is most certainly an analog device. Each pin is not "On or Off," if it was I could see your point. Each pin has a range from the minimum height to the maximum height. Also tolerances in the system allow for a match without an exact match.
How do you figure it's digital?
Now an electronic keypad would be digital but you specifically mentioned a tumbler lock.
Unfortunately, Win2K comes with no tools for creating junctions - you have to purchase the Win2K Resource Kit, which comes the linkd program for creating junctions.
So it comes with a feature that 99% of their users can't use? Wow... that's great.
(NT's been there, & done that, ages ago already for DIRECTORY SYMBOLIC LINKS @ least... + the resource kit tools mentioned above, OR the tools offered by Dr. Russinovich & Bryce Cogswell @ SysInternals do the job in this matter as well as alternate methods of using what's already been in NTFS for ages now)
Once could also argue that symlinks had been around for ages when NTFS was a new filesystem. And I mean real symlinks, not directory-only symlinks.
I started playing with mysql, doing little things here and there but nothing serious. I used that knowledge of SQL to get a job doing development work on a set of programs that use an Oracle DB as it's backend. Right now I am working on my own web-based (and once that's finished I'll write a standalone program) to provide family and friends access to my recipes.
So I use SQL for both work and for personal use. Though I will say, even though I would meet the requirements for the free Oracle DB, I know what an Oracle DB is like and I would much rather stick with mysql or PostgreSQL thank you very much.
Because the second CNN or Fox mention "DNS" or even "Domain Name" the american public with switch to another channel that has some stupid reality TV show.
Let's face it, most people don't have a clue about how the internet really works. In fact, I'm sure most americans don't even know the internet was started as a government project.
The average american knows that they use the internet to get porn and to check their email. Beyond that, most people could care less. That's why I get my news online.
"The problems experienced in part, flow from inaccurate and incomplete information being submitted by some users, which the new system is designed not to accept for security reasons,"
This to me sounds like a design problem. They didn't consult the users and now things aren't working right. If the users say that they always have information X but they don't always have information Y, if the designers make information Y a requirement, then it's a poorly designed system.
GTA:SA was not censored, just given a higher, more "mature" rating which essentially killed it because no one wants to carry it in the stores. However, they are still free to make the game. How is that censorship exactly?
If it's an actual DVD complete with package like you would get in the store (for collectors and such) then I think this would be a great idea as long as you could cancel the order and they take off a certain ammount. (So it would be more like renting) That way, if I watch the movie and don't like it, I'm not stuck with a crappy DVD but it's also better than renting a movie because I know there have been a few times I wished I bought a movie I rented because it was so good but usually I'm not inclined to go out and buy it after I've rented it. Then there are the times where I've bought a movie I wish I had just rented.
I block adds because they take up large ammounts of screen real estate. I also block ads because I hate it when they blink or flash at me. It's distracting and I don't want it. I also usually don't want what they are selling most of the time. Google ads do not usually bother me because they aren't flashy and they are usually in a spot that would normally be dead space. If I had a smaller screen resolutioin it may bother me more but as it stands right now I don't mind them.
and some print directly on photo paper using essentially a projector. In fact I know that a few places will scan your film and then create a print using the digital image onto photo paper.
As for the cost, I've been saying that for years. The quality is usually worse than what you'll get at a photo lab, it's also usually more expensive, even if you discount the initial cost of the printer.
I've been pretty happy with the online photo places and if I really need something quick, there's a handful of 1 hour photo places close by and I just take my images there.
I would think that this was covered under fair use? I would place money on the fact that if this went to court, the DMCA would be overruled as it violates our fair use policy.
If I own a cd, I should be able to listen to it on my mp3 player.
I think some of the/. editors just wanted a faster download for the torrent so they decided to just post the link to it. I know I'm getting great speeds. (at least compared to what I normally get)
How is eBay banning you from buying "Adults Only" items related in any way to the US hindering your online experience? eBay is not the US government. Complain to eBay, don't whine about the US government not allowing you to buy your porno.
I highly agree, I use OO for text documents but when I need a spreadsheet, I go to excel. I hate to say it but it is the best spreadsheet program out there. I'd probably suffer through it if it weren't for the awful text entry, which is what I spend most of my time doing!
While you can make some nice SQL reports with nice graphs and such, it's sometimes quicker to use excel rather than create a new DB, setup the tables, create the report or do whatever analysis you want to do.
When I need a DB, I use a DB, but when I don't need the overhead or I just want to do something quickly, I use excel.
BS, linux does not require "quality" hardware. I have a laptop that is a dual boot system, Win2k and Linux. Long story short, one of the dimms went bad and windows would start to boot and the splat... at first I thought it was the hard drive so I wanted to try and get what I could off of it. I could boot up in linux and copy files. Granted after a certain period of time linux would crash as well but at least I could boot up and get a few files off... crash... repeat.
For every tale of woe on a linux machine, I'm sure someone has a similar tale for a windows machine. I guess it boils down to troubleshooting and figuring out the problem. My guess is that the guy in the article had some bad hardware somewhere. In that case, if he didn't replaces the boxes themselves, I predict he will have problems with windows as well.
For me, it's been 72 days since my last power outage. (I've gotta get a UPS) cflynn@MythTV:~$ uptime
08:04:08 up 72 days, 13:03, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
It's an advertisement - just use Adblock in Firefox and it won't be there any more.
Damn... I guess I'm gonna haft to put slashdot.org in my adblock filter then.
I think a better system would be that if the defendant wins the case, the prosecutor would have to pay but not vice versa. The idea behind it is that the person doing the suing should feel they have enough evidence to recoup their costs and if they don't, the person they are suing shouldn't have to pay for these stupid lawsuits.
Of course if the defendant looses, then they would be responsible to pay their own fees.
except fink is a bad port of apt-get... I don't know what they did wrong but it seems like every time I try to do something, I have to reinstall fink. (Though they may have fixed it because I haven't used it in a while)
My upgrades never seem to work and there have been times where I've tried to install something and it just fails. I've used Debian's apt-get as well as Ubuntu's implementation of it and they both work flawlessly, I don't know what fink messed up on but it's definately not the same experience for me.
Ummm what do you base the fact that DeWalt tools are just B&D tools with new paint? I've used both and I can assure you, B&D tools are still crap. Just because they are the same company, doesn't mean they are the same tool. The way I look at it, B&D tools are for the home user who doesn't want to spend a lot of money and never really uses the tool. The DeWalt tools are the upgraded, beefier professional tools.
I mean really, have you ever actually seen a B&D tool vs a DeWalt tool?
You are right, and a little competition is a good thing. I think that right now, linux has a better product for the server environment and Apple has a better product for the end user.
Maybe apple will push the linux developers to make a better GUI and maybe linux will help push the Apple devs to make a better server. I personally like them both and at home I am running a mixed environment with a linux file/print/web server and a mythtv PVR and then 2 laptops with OS X and then my lonely work laptop that runs windows.:-( They all actually work pretty well together. (Though windows only plays nicely because I have cygwin and windows Services for UNIX.
While I do think your post is funny, Oracle is doing good things for open source. Not only have they contributed code to the linux kernel, they currently have their unbreakable linux campaign where if you are running a trusted version of linux (basically if you run Enterprise Red Hat, SuSE, and one other version I can't remember right now) and you find a serious bug in the linux kernel (ie. not Oracle's software) they will fix it and submit the patch.
There's a little more to it than that but they are doing a lot for the open source community.
From the screen shots that I've seen, I think windows is taking a step backwards in it's UI design. I mean, I want a toolbar that takes up less space, not more. I really can't see anyone wanting to emulate this on any platform. I know I for one wouldn't "upgrade" my version of windows 2000 to this look and feel.
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Blogs are the bane of searching. Like I really want to read what some 15 year old wrote about while on vacation. My guess would be that 95-98% of the blogs out there are pure and utter crap. When I do a search I always get pissed off when I click on a link only to find it's the blog of someone who has nothing better to do than post crap on the internet.
I'm all for free speech and think that everyone should be able to post whatever they want on the web. However, I would love it if a search engine would allow me to exclude blogs from my search. Lately I've gotten a little better at choosing my search terms but every once in a while one still gets through.
They lost... I've got both a gmail account and a yahoo account and I must say I like the gmail one better. The interface is just much nicer in my opinion.
Right, transistors themselves are analog but they can be used to make an analog signal digital. (as you have explained in your post)
So I agree with you, lock tumblers do have a lot in common with transistors. Except transistors are analog devices. In this case, the digital result of the tumbler would be locked vs. unlocked. Those are the two states that a lock can be in. However using a key to achieve that state, you engage in an analog act.
The original poster however said that the pins in the tumbler were digital and I argue this fact just like I would argue the fact that a transistor is digital.
If you have an internet connection, you probably also already have access to newsgroups. Buy NewsRover and search 'till your heart's content. (And you don't need to pay $14.95/month to do it)
Since others will probably mention google groups, I'll just mention that google groups doesn't search for binaries whereas this is geared towards a binaries search. If this service was free I would probably use it. But it's not so I'll continue to use my new reader.
If you think about it a tumbler lock is most certainly an analog device. Each pin is not "On or Off," if it was I could see your point. Each pin has a range from the minimum height to the maximum height. Also tolerances in the system allow for a match without an exact match.
How do you figure it's digital?
Now an electronic keypad would be digital but you specifically mentioned a tumbler lock.
Unfortunately, Win2K comes with no tools for creating junctions - you have to purchase the Win2K Resource Kit, which comes the linkd program for creating junctions.
So it comes with a feature that 99% of their users can't use? Wow... that's great.
(NT's been there, & done that, ages ago already for DIRECTORY SYMBOLIC LINKS @ least... + the resource kit tools mentioned above, OR the tools offered by Dr. Russinovich & Bryce Cogswell @ SysInternals do the job in this matter as well as alternate methods of using what's already been in NTFS for ages now)
Once could also argue that symlinks had been around for ages when NTFS was a new filesystem. And I mean real symlinks, not directory-only symlinks.
I started playing with mysql, doing little things here and there but nothing serious. I used that knowledge of SQL to get a job doing development work on a set of programs that use an Oracle DB as it's backend. Right now I am working on my own web-based (and once that's finished I'll write a standalone program) to provide family and friends access to my recipes.
So I use SQL for both work and for personal use. Though I will say, even though I would meet the requirements for the free Oracle DB, I know what an Oracle DB is like and I would much rather stick with mysql or PostgreSQL thank you very much.
Because the second CNN or Fox mention "DNS" or even "Domain Name" the american public with switch to another channel that has some stupid reality TV show.
Let's face it, most people don't have a clue about how the internet really works. In fact, I'm sure most americans don't even know the internet was started as a government project.
The average american knows that they use the internet to get porn and to check their email. Beyond that, most people could care less. That's why I get my news online.
"The problems experienced in part, flow from inaccurate and incomplete information being submitted by some users, which the new system is designed not to accept for security reasons,"
This to me sounds like a design problem. They didn't consult the users and now things aren't working right. If the users say that they always have information X but they don't always have information Y, if the designers make information Y a requirement, then it's a poorly designed system.
GTA:SA was not censored, just given a higher, more "mature" rating which essentially killed it because no one wants to carry it in the stores. However, they are still free to make the game. How is that censorship exactly?
If it's an actual DVD complete with package like you would get in the store (for collectors and such) then I think this would be a great idea as long as you could cancel the order and they take off a certain ammount. (So it would be more like renting) That way, if I watch the movie and don't like it, I'm not stuck with a crappy DVD but it's also better than renting a movie because I know there have been a few times I wished I bought a movie I rented because it was so good but usually I'm not inclined to go out and buy it after I've rented it. Then there are the times where I've bought a movie I wish I had just rented.
We'll just have to wait and see all the details.
I block adds because they take up large ammounts of screen real estate. I also block ads because I hate it when they blink or flash at me. It's distracting and I don't want it. I also usually don't want what they are selling most of the time. Google ads do not usually bother me because they aren't flashy and they are usually in a spot that would normally be dead space. If I had a smaller screen resolutioin it may bother me more but as it stands right now I don't mind them.
and some print directly on photo paper using essentially a projector. In fact I know that a few places will scan your film and then create a print using the digital image onto photo paper.
As for the cost, I've been saying that for years. The quality is usually worse than what you'll get at a photo lab, it's also usually more expensive, even if you discount the initial cost of the printer.
I've been pretty happy with the online photo places and if I really need something quick, there's a handful of 1 hour photo places close by and I just take my images there.
I would think that this was covered under fair use? I would place money on the fact that if this went to court, the DMCA would be overruled as it violates our fair use policy.
If I own a cd, I should be able to listen to it on my mp3 player.
I think some of the /. editors just wanted a faster download for the torrent so they decided to just post the link to it. I know I'm getting great speeds. (at least compared to what I normally get)
How is eBay banning you from buying "Adults Only" items related in any way to the US hindering your online experience? eBay is not the US government. Complain to eBay, don't whine about the US government not allowing you to buy your porno.
I highly agree, I use OO for text documents but when I need a spreadsheet, I go to excel. I hate to say it but it is the best spreadsheet program out there. I'd probably suffer through it if it weren't for the awful text entry, which is what I spend most of my time doing!
While you can make some nice SQL reports with nice graphs and such, it's sometimes quicker to use excel rather than create a new DB, setup the tables, create the report or do whatever analysis you want to do.
When I need a DB, I use a DB, but when I don't need the overhead or I just want to do something quickly, I use excel.
BS, linux does not require "quality" hardware. I have a laptop that is a dual boot system, Win2k and Linux. Long story short, one of the dimms went bad and windows would start to boot and the splat... at first I thought it was the hard drive so I wanted to try and get what I could off of it. I could boot up in linux and copy files. Granted after a certain period of time linux would crash as well but at least I could boot up and get a few files off... crash... repeat.
For every tale of woe on a linux machine, I'm sure someone has a similar tale for a windows machine. I guess it boils down to troubleshooting and figuring out the problem. My guess is that the guy in the article had some bad hardware somewhere. In that case, if he didn't replaces the boxes themselves, I predict he will have problems with windows as well.
For me, it's been 72 days since my last power outage. (I've gotta get a UPS)
cflynn@MythTV:~$ uptime
08:04:08 up 72 days, 13:03, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
It's an advertisement - just use Adblock in Firefox and it won't be there any more.
Damn... I guess I'm gonna haft to put slashdot.org in my adblock filter then.
I think a better system would be that if the defendant wins the case, the prosecutor would have to pay but not vice versa. The idea behind it is that the person doing the suing should feel they have enough evidence to recoup their costs and if they don't, the person they are suing shouldn't have to pay for these stupid lawsuits.
Of course if the defendant looses, then they would be responsible to pay their own fees.
except fink is a bad port of apt-get... I don't know what they did wrong but it seems like every time I try to do something, I have to reinstall fink. (Though they may have fixed it because I haven't used it in a while)
My upgrades never seem to work and there have been times where I've tried to install something and it just fails. I've used Debian's apt-get as well as Ubuntu's implementation of it and they both work flawlessly, I don't know what fink messed up on but it's definately not the same experience for me.
Ummm what do you base the fact that DeWalt tools are just B&D tools with new paint? I've used both and I can assure you, B&D tools are still crap. Just because they are the same company, doesn't mean they are the same tool. The way I look at it, B&D tools are for the home user who doesn't want to spend a lot of money and never really uses the tool. The DeWalt tools are the upgraded, beefier professional tools.
I mean really, have you ever actually seen a B&D tool vs a DeWalt tool?
You are right, and a little competition is a good thing. I think that right now, linux has a better product for the server environment and Apple has a better product for the end user.
:-( They all actually work pretty well together. (Though windows only plays nicely because I have cygwin and windows Services for UNIX.
Maybe apple will push the linux developers to make a better GUI and maybe linux will help push the Apple devs to make a better server. I personally like them both and at home I am running a mixed environment with a linux file/print/web server and a mythtv PVR and then 2 laptops with OS X and then my lonely work laptop that runs windows.
While I do think your post is funny, Oracle is doing good things for open source. Not only have they contributed code to the linux kernel, they currently have their unbreakable linux campaign where if you are running a trusted version of linux (basically if you run Enterprise Red Hat, SuSE, and one other version I can't remember right now) and you find a serious bug in the linux kernel (ie. not Oracle's software) they will fix it and submit the patch.
There's a little more to it than that but they are doing a lot for the open source community.
From the screen shots that I've seen, I think windows is taking a step backwards in it's UI design. I mean, I want a toolbar that takes up less space, not more. I really can't see anyone wanting to emulate this on any platform. I know I for one wouldn't "upgrade" my version of windows 2000 to this look and feel.