Oregon is already a Strong Kerry (10% ahead) state, and has 7 electoral votes. Pennsylvania is a Weak Kerry (3% ahead) state, with Bush gaining, and a projected tie on election day, and has 21 electoral votes.
We really need to switch to a runoff (preferably instant runoff) election where you can vote for third parties without it being considered a protest vote.
I used to have back pain at work, and I got sick of fiddling with the settings of poorly made office chairs trying to get them to relieve my back pain. (Also, I asked for the same office chair I bought for myself at home, which was only $100, but my work was too cheap to buy it for me.) I started using what I would call a guest chair. Basically it is a solid chair: no wheels, no adjustments. Just a solid wooden frame with cloth coverings, a wide and deep (front to back) seat and armrests with a low back. I think the key here is solidity. It doesn't give way to weight or creak at all. You know how when you sit in a cheap office chair something gives way, and it creaks when you shift positions? Not in this chair. Since then, no back complaints. I think that in most chairs you tense various muscles to compensate for the lack of support. I suppose it depends on the exact chair, so at least try something beside "computer" chairs.
You call for self discipline but isn't running this self discipline? Second of all, you've never heard of booting into single-user mode to fix your passwd file?
I don't know about anyone else but my family members (I don't do IM anymore) all switched away from ICQ because of the annoying ad banners and porn spam messages.
I wonder if this thing has shifters like a bike. (Based on the photo of the transmission and the single chainring I would say not.) Breaking a chain is a symptom of mashing the pedals too hard instead of gearing down and spinning. (In a recumbent you can really apply a lot of force that way because you can push your back against the seat... very bad for your knees though.) Perhaps they ought to gear down, spin, and keep shifting as the rotor speed increases. That is probably the most efficient way to get power.
Yes. There was a chess computer called Deep Thought and named after the computer in Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was a predecessor / renamed to Deep Blue (built by IBM, hence the Blue). I imagine any "Deep" chess name after that was inspired by Deep Thought / Deep Blue.
I'm curious what the context of that is. I work in an IS department and I've had AIT, DAT, DLT, and Ultrium drives all fail on the servers I administer (about a dozen unix systems) at various times, some more often than others. They are amazingly expensive to begin with, but we have service plans so the vendor comes and replaces them when needed. Even fans, hard drives, and power supplies have been more reliable than tape drives.
I'd link to it, but since it loads 167 pictures (one for each location) it wouldn't be nice to his server. That doesn't count the 21 he lists as not having visited. (Now imagine adding Seattle's Best Coffee and Tully's which are also prevalent around here...) And I'm sure that he doesn't have a complete list because he has 130th & Aurora but there is also one inside the Albertson's across the street, unless that doesn't count for some reason.
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You can actually see my wife and friend's (co-owned) business on that map, which is on Eastlake. At least their access point didn't show up on your map though. Either because they are too far away (most likely) or because you don't show sites that use WEP.
I was just watching the video which includes someone giving a powerpoint-esqe presentation. Right now they are trying to figure out why the remote control doesn't advance the slide. How about some video editing? I don't really need to relive the entire experience.
The precedent was Adventure, developed in the 1960s at Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL). The program was conceived of as an experimental game. A computerised version of role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, Adventure comprises a series of descriptions of fictional locations inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954), and set in the surrounding Californian mountains.
Hold on a second... it was a computerized version of D&D developed in the 60's and D&D was created in the 70's? It has nothing to do with D&D. There were no hit points or real combat for that matter.
I know in Vancover BC for example, they employ the use of a blinking green light. I asked a cop on the subject and he said it was for crosswalks to warn people to look out for pedestrians. It does make sense but only to people who have an idea what it's for.
I noticed that Vancouver, BC has a lot of intersections where one road is controlled by traffic lights, and the cross street by stop signs. I've noticed those are the cases where the light turns to a flashing green. I think it's a warning that the cross traffic might try to cross or turn into the road since they don't have a red light, just a stop sign.
in mozilla you can choose to middle click links to pop them up in tabs, this does not mean you "have a situation where which button to use depends on which app you are using." it means users can choose what behavior they want.
Except opening a new window in Mozilla is a middle click, staying in the same window is left click. In Nautilus, it is the opposite. How stupid is that?
Users don't *have* to use that button. It's not a mandatory feature so you can't end up making mistakes.
Yes but the article and the previous post indicated that the left button behavior was annoying and so most people would want to use the middle button instead... so now you have a situation where which button to use depends on which app you are using.
Double-middle-click (or double-right-click, I'm not sure) on a directory closes the current window and pops the new one. This de-annoyifies Nautilus quite a bit.:)
I was disgusted when I read that in the article. That is rediculous. Expecting users to get used to using an alternate button just for their app... and if you happen to be thinking about the task at hand instead of the UI you'll end up making mode mistakes. Who let this through? Aren't there UI standards in projects like these?
This reminds me of Ulexite ("TV Rock"). It's a mineral made of fibrous crystals that work similar to fibre optics. In this case, the guy made a rock full fibre optics.
The book "The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Betty Edwards has a chapter on handwriting, even though it is a book about drawing. BTW, I recommend the rest of the book to anyone as well. (especially if you think you "can't draw.")
In the book there was a story about ents' wives, which was sad and moving and give a lot of relief to those tree characters.
Should be "entwives." The discussion is included in The Two Towers Extended Edition. The E.E. actually fixed most of my complaints about the theatrical version. (Presumably ROTK EE will fix more omissions from The Two Towers book, since ROTK included a lot of material originally from the second volume.)
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Oregon is already a Strong Kerry (10% ahead) state, and has 7 electoral votes. Pennsylvania is a Weak Kerry (3% ahead) state, with Bush gaining, and a projected tie on election day, and has 21 electoral votes.
We really need to switch to a runoff (preferably instant runoff) election where you can vote for third parties without it being considered a protest vote.
I used to have back pain at work, and I got sick of fiddling with the settings of poorly made office chairs trying to get them to relieve my back pain. (Also, I asked for the same office chair I bought for myself at home, which was only $100, but my work was too cheap to buy it for me.) I started using what I would call a guest chair. Basically it is a solid chair: no wheels, no adjustments. Just a solid wooden frame with cloth coverings, a wide and deep (front to back) seat and armrests with a low back. I think the key here is solidity. It doesn't give way to weight or creak at all. You know how when you sit in a cheap office chair something gives way, and it creaks when you shift positions? Not in this chair. Since then, no back complaints. I think that in most chairs you tense various muscles to compensate for the lack of support. I suppose it depends on the exact chair, so at least try something beside "computer" chairs.
You call for self discipline but isn't running this self discipline? Second of all, you've never heard of booting into single-user mode to fix your passwd file?
I don't know about anyone else but my family members (I don't do IM anymore) all switched away from ICQ because of the annoying ad banners and porn spam messages.
I wonder if this thing has shifters like a bike. (Based on the photo of the transmission and the single chainring I would say not.) Breaking a chain is a symptom of mashing the pedals too hard instead of gearing down and spinning. (In a recumbent you can really apply a lot of force that way because you can push your back against the seat... very bad for your knees though.) Perhaps they ought to gear down, spin, and keep shifting as the rotor speed increases. That is probably the most efficient way to get power.
That wasn't one.
Dude, check the department field of the article.
Yes. There was a chess computer called Deep Thought and named after the computer in Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was a predecessor / renamed to Deep Blue (built by IBM, hence the Blue). I imagine any "Deep" chess name after that was inspired by Deep Thought / Deep Blue.
In 10 years, I've had no tape drives bust on me.
I'm curious what the context of that is. I work in an IS department and I've had AIT, DAT, DLT, and Ultrium drives all fail on the servers I administer (about a dozen unix systems) at various times, some more often than others. They are amazingly expensive to begin with, but we have service plans so the vendor comes and replaces them when needed. Even fans, hard drives, and power supplies have been more reliable than tape drives.
To answer my own question, he doesn't count licensed stores and that is a licensed store.
I'd link to it, but since it loads 167 pictures (one for each location) it wouldn't be nice to his server. That doesn't count the 21 he lists as not having visited. (Now imagine adding Seattle's Best Coffee and Tully's which are also prevalent around here...) And I'm sure that he doesn't have a complete list because he has 130th & Aurora but there is also one inside the Albertson's across the street, unless that doesn't count for some reason.
You can actually see my wife and friend's (co-owned) business on that map, which is on Eastlake. At least their access point didn't show up on your map though. Either because they are too far away (most likely) or because you don't show sites that use WEP.
I was just watching the video which includes someone giving a powerpoint-esqe presentation. Right now they are trying to figure out why the remote control doesn't advance the slide. How about some video editing? I don't really need to relive the entire experience.
Damn I hated numbering each line of code!
And when you had to add something and have uneven spacing of line numbers... Oh it just drives the type A personality in me nuts!
Ah, but AUTO numbers the lines for you. You get a new number each time you hit enter. AUTO [n] starts at line [n].
RENUM renumbers all the lines with a consistent spacing, including the GOTOs, GOSUBs, etc.
I can't believe I still remember that PC-DOS BASICA stuff.
The precedent was Adventure, developed in the 1960s at Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL). The program was conceived of as an experimental game. A computerised version of role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, Adventure comprises a series of descriptions of fictional locations inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954), and set in the surrounding Californian mountains.
Hold on a second... it was a computerized version of D&D developed in the 60's and D&D was created in the 70's? It has nothing to do with D&D. There were no hit points or real combat for that matter.
I know in Vancover BC for example, they employ the use of a blinking green light. I asked a cop on the subject and he said it was for crosswalks to warn people to look out for pedestrians. It does make sense but only to people who have an idea what it's for.
I noticed that Vancouver, BC has a lot of intersections where one road is controlled by traffic lights, and the cross street by stop signs. I've noticed those are the cases where the light turns to a flashing green. I think it's a warning that the cross traffic might try to cross or turn into the road since they don't have a red light, just a stop sign.
"It's not a sailboat, it's a schooner."
in mozilla you can choose to middle click links to pop them up in tabs, this does not mean you "have a situation where which button to use depends on which app you are using." it means users can choose what behavior they want.
Except opening a new window in Mozilla is a middle click, staying in the same window is left click. In Nautilus, it is the opposite. How stupid is that?
Users don't *have* to use that button. It's not a mandatory feature so you can't end up making mistakes.
Yes but the article and the previous post indicated that the left button behavior was annoying and so most people would want to use the middle button instead... so now you have a situation where which button to use depends on which app you are using.
Double-middle-click (or double-right-click, I'm not sure) on a directory closes the current window and pops the new one. This de-annoyifies Nautilus quite a bit. :)
I was disgusted when I read that in the article. That is rediculous. Expecting users to get used to using an alternate button just for their app... and if you happen to be thinking about the task at hand instead of the UI you'll end up making mode mistakes. Who let this through? Aren't there UI standards in projects like these?
Coincidentally, The Dept of the Interior actually does decorate the White House.
This reminds me of Ulexite ("TV Rock"). It's a mineral made of fibrous crystals that work similar to fibre optics. In this case, the guy made a rock full fibre optics.
The book "The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Betty Edwards has a chapter on handwriting, even though it is a book about drawing. BTW, I recommend the rest of the book to anyone as well. (especially if you think you "can't draw.")
In the book there was a story about ents' wives, which was sad and moving and give a lot of relief to those tree characters.
Should be "entwives." The discussion is included in The Two Towers Extended Edition. The E.E. actually fixed most of my complaints about the theatrical version. (Presumably ROTK EE will fix more omissions from The Two Towers book, since ROTK included a lot of material originally from the second volume.)
Good thing I always post as Anonymous Coward. .... oops.