What I don't understand is why someone like Britannica doesn't edit pages in wikipedia and cite their own articles. This would serve two purposes- * Britannica gets relevance * Articles get concrete data that is reliable
* require users to have an account to edit- is that so difficult to do? It adds accountability. At least you've gone through the effort to create a gmail account and a wikipedia account. It won't cure vandalism, but might prevent some of the bot vandalism. * allow users to declare a field of expertise (or multiple fields). As these users make edits, their ranking goes up the longer the edits go without reversion- or some other way for users to say "yes, this guy seems to know about astrophysics". * Perhaps create a non-profit entity to verify backgrounds (confirm Ph.D's, etc) and add a trust metric which is offset by user rankings. * on top of the above, have a mode to view a page color coded by the contributor's expertise. Edits by good editors get a certain color in that particular page view. Allow pages to be restricted to users with a certain level of credibility.
the above ideas (only ideas) might serve to help rank pages reliability. Then inclusionists could have their way and the exclusionists have less reason to exclude.
As gas prices go up and independent truckers go out of business as well as large fleet trucking becoming more expensive due to the gas and insurance, these rail systems may no longer be 3x+ more expensive. We have better technology and computers to diagnose and monitor the system, hopefully lowering the long term overhead after the larger initial outlay.
Sharing a rack at a datacenter is generally a really bad idea if you can avoid it- if anyone malicious (competitor, eco-activist, whatever) finds where you're hosted and rents the space above or below, or the rack is left unlocked by someone sharing your rack, you're vulnerable to cable removals, hooking up a keyboard/screen to get local access, and all sorts of sabotage.
Most server gear doesn't have firewire ports however.
Without disclosing the hows, it would be extortion- otherwise I could sue you for taking my content and say, well my proprietary ways say you did, so pay up!
In the 80's and early 90's, it seemed there were quite a few up-to-date books, on architecture, basica or gwbasic (leading edge at the time), and even some assembly- even a few on programming text games. I checked out oodles of computer books- then it seems they just couldn't keep up anymore, or computers became passé or something.
Our local library is beautiful, but the computer section is pure crap. The problem seems that around the mid to late 90's, there were too many sub-topics and not enough people reading each of them, so most of the books are about windows 95 and html 2.0 with a couple newer ones and then they just gave up. Unless they have the cash like a university library, they just can't keep up with the very expensive tech book collection required to satisfy a diverse range of knowledge.
I was generally under the impression, having dismantled a few laptops, that the bulk of the laptop was in the screen and the necessary supports (as well as most of the cost) and the battery and dvd drive- with the motherboard and memory taking up a pretty tiny percentage of the innards. It seems to me, getting a 12" screen would reduce much of the cost both in terms of necessary supports and cost of the screen itself. Put a smaller keyboard, and voila. The DVD drive you can't shrink much, so the rest relies on battery technology which should be the same as in every other laptop. Somehow $1800 for a laptop, which in a side-by-side comparison with others doesn't seem to me much more (if any) rugged or have any nifty features. Does it really cost an extra $1000 to put it in a smaller form factor? We're not talking teeny- just smaller? I'm truly looking for insight/details here, not asking questions I think I know the answers to. Any enlightenment would be great. Is this ferarri laptop more rugged, or in any way better than its larger brethren, size aside? The second part of the question is, does that size difference equal the price difference, less some leeway for the ferarri brand name/image?
I suppose I should have clarified my point- if you're getting less, why pay more? You did agree it was too much, so you indirectly caught my point anyway:)
Lots of people like to dock at work and only use the (exceptionally small) screen on the road. Unless there's a dedicated all-in-one docking connector, VGA is important.
The last 12" screen I had was my Acer 486 notebook, and it was grayscale. Have they brought those back? And for $1,800+? No way! You can get half decent notebooks with 15.4" WXGA's for $800 these days, dvd burner to boot.
sure they might. They swapped the serial number sticker on my gateway the last time I had it "repaired"- it was loose and put on crooked. It wouldn't surprise me if MS does the same.
Many schools already offer MSDNAA and probably didn't bother to hook in, but either way you can go through a journey ed link to get verified anyway- though journey ed is partially slashdotted.
Money aside, I've had photos stolen before. I took an incredible shot of the ISU riots a few years ago- a flaming dumpster in front of a mayhem collectibles store (sign says Mayhem)- and several people took it and credit. It wasn't a for cash shot, but in principle it bugged me to no end. I'd heavily consider paying for a camera with that watermarking if it was really unremoveable and identifying.
If only the artists would go on strike like the writers. Maybe we could thin out some of the crap on the radio these days. I hate that most new music makes me love the songs my dad sung to in the car (oldies) and that it makes me not even want to look for the few artists who have really great music.
General: Operation complete, we cut the cable. Techie: I'm still showing... what cable did you cut?.. time passes.. General: Second cable has been cut Techie: Let me see here.... no, sir, still online... time passes.. General: Third cable down. Techie: no, sir, you've still got the wrong cable.. time passes.. General: Fourth cable. Techie: You've got to be kidding me!
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What I don't understand is why someone like Britannica doesn't edit pages in wikipedia and cite their own articles. This would serve two purposes-
* Britannica gets relevance
* Articles get concrete data that is reliable
everybody wins?
* require users to have an account to edit- is that so difficult to do? It adds accountability. At least you've gone through the effort to create a gmail account and a wikipedia account. It won't cure vandalism, but might prevent some of the bot vandalism.
* allow users to declare a field of expertise (or multiple fields). As these users make edits, their ranking goes up the longer the edits go without reversion- or some other way for users to say "yes, this guy seems to know about astrophysics".
* Perhaps create a non-profit entity to verify backgrounds (confirm Ph.D's, etc) and add a trust metric which is offset by user rankings.
* on top of the above, have a mode to view a page color coded by the contributor's expertise. Edits by good editors get a certain color in that particular page view. Allow pages to be restricted to users with a certain level of credibility.
the above ideas (only ideas) might serve to help rank pages reliability. Then inclusionists could have their way and the exclusionists have less reason to exclude.
As gas prices go up and independent truckers go out of business as well as large fleet trucking becoming more expensive due to the gas and insurance, these rail systems may no longer be 3x+ more expensive. We have better technology and computers to diagnose and monitor the system, hopefully lowering the long term overhead after the larger initial outlay.
Sharing a rack at a datacenter is generally a really bad idea if you can avoid it- if anyone malicious (competitor, eco-activist, whatever) finds where you're hosted and rents the space above or below, or the rack is left unlocked by someone sharing your rack, you're vulnerable to cable removals, hooking up a keyboard/screen to get local access, and all sorts of sabotage.
Most server gear doesn't have firewire ports however.
Without disclosing the hows, it would be extortion- otherwise I could sue you for taking my content and say, well my proprietary ways say you did, so pay up!
Good point- the types of people who would install/use another browser, probably already do check.
In the 80's and early 90's, it seemed there were quite a few up-to-date books, on architecture, basica or gwbasic (leading edge at the time), and even some assembly- even a few on programming text games. I checked out oodles of computer books- then it seems they just couldn't keep up anymore, or computers became passé or something.
Our local library is beautiful, but the computer section is pure crap. The problem seems that around the mid to late 90's, there were too many sub-topics and not enough people reading each of them, so most of the books are about windows 95 and html 2.0 with a couple newer ones and then they just gave up. Unless they have the cash like a university library, they just can't keep up with the very expensive tech book collection required to satisfy a diverse range of knowledge.
It seems you're correct correct- do you suppose they've gotten around this?
but, will they get whatever money they're after?
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I was generally under the impression, having dismantled a few laptops, that the bulk of the laptop was in the screen and the necessary supports (as well as most of the cost) and the battery and dvd drive- with the motherboard and memory taking up a pretty tiny percentage of the innards. It seems to me, getting a 12" screen would reduce much of the cost both in terms of necessary supports and cost of the screen itself. Put a smaller keyboard, and voila. The DVD drive you can't shrink much, so the rest relies on battery technology which should be the same as in every other laptop. Somehow $1800 for a laptop, which in a side-by-side comparison with others doesn't seem to me much more (if any) rugged or have any nifty features. Does it really cost an extra $1000 to put it in a smaller form factor? We're not talking teeny- just smaller? I'm truly looking for insight/details here, not asking questions I think I know the answers to. Any enlightenment would be great. Is this ferarri laptop more rugged, or in any way better than its larger brethren, size aside? The second part of the question is, does that size difference equal the price difference, less some leeway for the ferarri brand name/image?
I suppose I should have clarified my point- if you're getting less, why pay more? You did agree it was too much, so you indirectly caught my point anyway :)
Lots of people like to dock at work and only use the (exceptionally small) screen on the road. Unless there's a dedicated all-in-one docking connector, VGA is important.
The last 12" screen I had was my Acer 486 notebook, and it was grayscale. Have they brought those back? And for $1,800+? No way! You can get half decent notebooks with 15.4" WXGA's for $800 these days, dvd burner to boot.
sure they might. They swapped the serial number sticker on my gateway the last time I had it "repaired"- it was loose and put on crooked. It wouldn't surprise me if MS does the same.
did anyone else read it as Blackbeard?
Blackboard the Pirate
yeah, if you only want one or two LED displays. If you want the whole 9 yards, its still the $1500 figure.
I always know its time for my car's checkup when the brakes squeal when depressed.
Many schools already offer MSDNAA and probably didn't bother to hook in, but either way you can go through a journey ed link to get verified anyway- though journey ed is partially slashdotted.
OpenOffice saves and loads DOC files just fine.
Money aside, I've had photos stolen before. I took an incredible shot of the ISU riots a few years ago- a flaming dumpster in front of a mayhem collectibles store (sign says Mayhem)- and several people took it and credit. It wasn't a for cash shot, but in principle it bugged me to no end. I'd heavily consider paying for a camera with that watermarking if it was really unremoveable and identifying.
That's a problem? I always keep my desktop black- who needs Ascent.jpg anyway?
But your last vote and your taxes count as a pre-existing relationship, so they can call you..... /kidding
If only the artists would go on strike like the writers. Maybe we could thin out some of the crap on the radio these days. I hate that most new music makes me love the songs my dad sung to in the car (oldies) and that it makes me not even want to look for the few artists who have really great music.
General: Operation complete, we cut the cable. .. time passes .. .. time passes .. .. time passes ..
Techie: I'm still showing... what cable did you cut?
General: Second cable has been cut
Techie: Let me see here.... no, sir, still online.
General: Third cable down.
Techie: no, sir, you've still got the wrong cable
General: Fourth cable.
Techie: You've got to be kidding me!