This site provides information about voting absentee. The summary and title makes it look like they are letting people vote online, and I almost flipped out before I RTFA.
I know others won't RTFA so I wanted to throw that out there. I hope they never allow voting online, as this is the most sacrosanct privilege we have and I don't want anyone to have the ability to intercept my or anyone else's vote.
It's not a big problem to drive to the nearest school to punch a few buttons and hit "cast vote".
I just assumed it was made by Synaptics. All of the cool touchpads that allow scrolling and stuff are made by them. I'm not talking about touchpads that just transfer relative movements, but pads that can actually tell the computer where on the touchpad that it is pressed, like a wacom.
I think that is neat because then you have a grid and it can be used as buttons like it is on the 4g ipods.
Who would realy use an RDBMS that is Java based. Java is slow, and I don't care who says it isn't. Any virtual machine is going to make the product take some kind of hit when it goes from the bytecode to actual instructions.
I'll stick to my compiled code for my architecture. That is the beauty of FOSS.
Sony needs to release a more advanced sdk for game developers. The PS2 isn't even near reaching it's potential and xbox games look SOOO much better simply because the authors can code in c++ and directx, which is what pc programmers have been programming in forever.
People say "graphics don't make the game" and are correct to a certain degree, but when aliased edges suspend your disbelief, it significantly reduces the amount of fun to be had in a sitting.
When you can get into the game and totally forget you're playing a game and just have fun in the "virtual world", that is when you know the developer has made a truly awesome game.
Konqueror is to khtml as mozilla/firefox is to gecko.
Safari is khtml as well. There was a big hubub when they picked khtml instead of gecko. I think they both work a lot better than mshtml.dll, except on slashdot.
Actually yes, I have asked them for the sip username/password and informed them I would be switching as soon as this other provider offers service in my area. They declined, citing it was proprietary information.
I didn't call explicitly for this purpose; it was on the same phone call as a tech support request because there was a problem with the exchange. My parents were unable to call me, and they had that problem fixed in 12 hours.
I don't know about other VoIP providers, but Packet8.net has been great for me. I've had friends use the phone at my house and explain to them that they need to dial 1+area code+number and then when they get off the phone I tell them the call went over the internet.
Usually, they are surprised that it wasn't a "real" phone conversation. I have sold a lot of people on it because it's only 20 bucks a month. I'm switching to BroadVoice when they have area codes in my state, because they give you the SIP username/password so you can use Asterisk Linux PBX.
I fully support Badnarik, and I even placed a banner(even though I hate flash) on my site supporting him. The best thing we can do is promote something other than the 2 party system and Mr. Badnarik is what America needs.
He wants to government out of our lives as much as possible and that is what we need. Our nation was started with a system of checks and balances, and the last 2 administrations(2 different parties) have stripped away many of the liberties we used to enjoy under the ruse of "protecting intellectual property"(dmca) and "terrorism"(patriot et al).
Please vote for him. We need the percentages to go up to convince people to vote outside of the 2 party system. He may not win this time but if he gets more and more and more, it may become a 3 party system.
Don't look at it as throwing away your vote, but rather as placing your vote with the person that you agree with. It's not a horse race; you don't have to bet on the winner, but rather choose who you would like to see in office the most and let the counts fall where they may.
I can't believe how fast the FC1 has gone into legacy. I know this isn't RH supported, but I think I'm going to have to switch to an RHEL rebuild like WhiteBox.
For the interested, we use WhiteBox at work on one of our AMD 64 bit servers and it works like a champ. They added yum, but other than that it's binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Im going to include their footnotes on that pge in parentheses and bold.
Privately funded in 1993, now with customers in 40 countries(Not all currently recognized by UN) and over $67 million(Palmyra Atoll dollars) in cash reserves, the company experienced a phenomenal growth
This is great. I've always said that I would be willing to pay someone to filter my spam for me because that would be a "perfect" solution with human eyes looking at my spam.
I might see if I can sell the enterprise on this, because we have people complaining because we don't use site-wide bayes because some people might want mail that other people don't want.
Analog clocks are the best, because they go "tick tick" to let you know when each second of your life expires.
Analog still rules the cell phone airwaves, because when you're out in the middle of the boonies(not on the interstate), you'll be glad your have a dual or tri band phone(US).
I preferred my "analog" carbuerator to fuel injection as well. It felt better to be able to actually look at what mixed my air and gas and be able to mess with it, even though I am car-ignorant.
I really am sick of sites that require flash to get actual information. It should be part of the usability guidelines of the web that information be required to be in at least format.
Take these two sites for example. I work in the healthcare profession and we don't run our machines as administrators, and flash isn't installed default on Win2k. When you go to Ochsner's Health Plan website, you can't do anything unless we, as administrators, log in and install flash for them from the activex control, just to log in as a provider.
I hate flash, a lot, and It annoys me because you can't manipulate fonts, you can't use scroll wheel most of the time, all the control is taken AWAY from the user. I love flash when used for hilarious web cartoons, but using it for content is ridiculous.
This is another case where NAT should be used to protect our more feeble computer-using companions. Click here for my previous comment on the subject.
NAT really would stop all these type of things from happening by just purchasing a $50 dollar router for our friends and family. We're never going to be able to teach them, so just give in and recommend a hardware based solution they don't have to manage.
This game is the best game ever!!! I haven't been able to stop playing it all weekend. I recently tried the Live! multiplayer mode and it does suck. I play xbox live a lot on Midtown Madness 3, but wow, EA screwed up the great integration common in all non-EA Live! enabled games.
But, don't let this stop you from buying this game!!! The single player mode is enough to capture the attention of my ADD self for HOURS AND HOURS. This game is so fast paced that if you blink, you'll probably crash. I find myself leaning and stuff when drifting around corners. This is by FAR the best game I've ever played on the xbox.
I don't vote for one of the 2 "major" candidates. I vote for who I agree with.
People say "Why do you vote Libertarian when you know they aren't going to win?". My response is: "If everyone continues to think that, then of course they will never win. The two party system is a result of the fact that most people won't vote for anything outside of it because they "won't win" or they'll "waste their vote". It's a catch 22 that I don't subscribe to.
Closed source does stifle innovation, but would you want to live in a nation where a company's lobbies were not allowed to speak because a vocal minority opposed them.
Ultimately, it is our responsibility to vote into office representatives that respond to our wishes rather than lobbies. If you aren't registered to vote and you are over 18 years old in the US, PLEASE register to vote before the November election. I don't care who you vote for; just VOTE!!!
If you are registered to vote and you don't, you suck.
If you are registered and know people who either aren't registered or don't vote, get them to. A democracy only works when people exercise their ability to effect a change.
Qrio could totally that things windows-running ass.
It looks like Johnny 5, but a cool project none the less. Perhaps they could install Pocket Skype on the PPC and have the robot follow you around as a mobile speakerphone.
Please PLEASE if you have friends, family, or loved ones that are not behind a NAT router/box, please install one for them.
Not just for flaws like this, but for windows problems in general and basically so you don't have to worry about the win32 machines BEHIND the nat before you worry about the nat box itself.
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This site provides information about voting absentee. The summary and title makes it look like they are letting people vote online, and I almost flipped out before I RTFA.
I know others won't RTFA so I wanted to throw that out there. I hope they never allow voting online, as this is the most sacrosanct privilege we have and I don't want anyone to have the ability to intercept my or anyone else's vote.
It's not a big problem to drive to the nearest school to punch a few buttons and hit "cast vote".
Chris
I just assumed it was made by Synaptics. All of the cool touchpads that allow scrolling and stuff are made by them. I'm not talking about touchpads that just transfer relative movements, but pads that can actually tell the computer where on the touchpad that it is pressed, like a wacom.
I think that is neat because then you have a grid and it can be used as buttons like it is on the 4g ipods.
Chris
AOHell Commercial
Chris
Who would realy use an RDBMS that is Java based. Java is slow, and I don't care who says it isn't. Any virtual machine is going to make the product take some kind of hit when it goes from the bytecode to actual instructions.
I'll stick to my compiled code for my architecture. That is the beauty of FOSS.
Chris
Sony needs to release a more advanced sdk for game developers. The PS2 isn't even near reaching it's potential and xbox games look SOOO much better simply because the authors can code in c++ and directx, which is what pc programmers have been programming in forever.
People say "graphics don't make the game" and are correct to a certain degree, but when aliased edges suspend your disbelief, it significantly reduces the amount of fun to be had in a sitting.
When you can get into the game and totally forget you're playing a game and just have fun in the "virtual world", that is when you know the developer has made a truly awesome game.
Chris
Konqueror is to khtml as mozilla/firefox is to gecko.
Safari is khtml as well. There was a big hubub when they picked khtml instead of gecko. I think they both work a lot better than mshtml.dll, except on slashdot.
Chris
For what it's worth, my calls to South Korea were amazingly great. They only cost me $0.03 a minute too.
Chris
Actually yes, I have asked them for the sip username/password and informed them I would be switching as soon as this other provider offers service in my area. They declined, citing it was proprietary information.
I didn't call explicitly for this purpose; it was on the same phone call as a tech support request because there was a problem with the exchange. My parents were unable to call me, and they had that problem fixed in 12 hours.
Chris
I don't know about other VoIP providers, but Packet8.net has been great for me. I've had friends use the phone at my house and explain to them that they need to dial 1+area code+number and then when they get off the phone I tell them the call went over the internet.
Usually, they are surprised that it wasn't a "real" phone conversation. I have sold a lot of people on it because it's only 20 bucks a month. I'm switching to BroadVoice when they have area codes in my state, because they give you the SIP username/password so you can use Asterisk Linux PBX.
Chris
I fully support Badnarik, and I even placed a banner(even though I hate flash) on my site supporting him. The best thing we can do is promote something other than the 2 party system and Mr. Badnarik is what America needs.
He wants to government out of our lives as much as possible and that is what we need. Our nation was started with a system of checks and balances, and the last 2 administrations(2 different parties) have stripped away many of the liberties we used to enjoy under the ruse of "protecting intellectual property"(dmca) and "terrorism"(patriot et al).
Please vote for him. We need the percentages to go up to convince people to vote outside of the 2 party system. He may not win this time but if he gets more and more and more, it may become a 3 party system.
Don't look at it as throwing away your vote, but rather as placing your vote with the person that you agree with. It's not a horse race; you don't have to bet on the winner, but rather choose who you would like to see in office the most and let the counts fall where they may.
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Chris
I can't believe how fast the FC1 has gone into legacy. I know this isn't RH supported, but I think I'm going to have to switch to an RHEL rebuild like WhiteBox.
For the interested, we use WhiteBox at work on one of our AMD 64 bit servers and it works like a champ. They added yum, but other than that it's binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Chris
Look at this about page.
Im going to include their footnotes on that pge in parentheses and bold.
Privately funded in 1993, now with customers in 40 countries(Not all currently recognized by UN) and over $67 million(Palmyra Atoll dollars) in cash reserves, the company experienced a phenomenal growth
This is great. I've always said that I would be willing to pay someone to filter my spam for me because that would be a "perfect" solution with human eyes looking at my spam.
I might see if I can sell the enterprise on this, because we have people complaining because we don't use site-wide bayes because some people might want mail that other people don't want.
Chris
Analog clocks are the best, because they go "tick tick" to let you know when each second of your life expires.
Analog still rules the cell phone airwaves, because when you're out in the middle of the boonies(not on the interstate), you'll be glad your have a dual or tri band phone(US).
I preferred my "analog" carbuerator to fuel injection as well. It felt better to be able to actually look at what mixed my air and gas and be able to mess with it, even though I am car-ignorant.
Chris
I really am sick of sites that require flash to get actual information. It should be part of the usability guidelines of the web that information be required to be in at least format.
Take these two sites for example. I work in the healthcare profession and we don't run our machines as administrators, and flash isn't installed default on Win2k. When you go to Ochsner's Health Plan website, you can't do anything unless we, as administrators, log in and install flash for them from the activex control, just to log in as a provider.
Also, Houston RoadRunner is the exact same.
I hate flash, a lot, and It annoys me because you can't manipulate fonts, you can't use scroll wheel most of the time, all the control is taken AWAY from the user. I love flash when used for hilarious web cartoons, but using it for content is ridiculous.
Chris
This is another case where NAT should be used to protect our more feeble computer-using companions. Click here for my previous comment on the subject.
NAT really would stop all these type of things from happening by just purchasing a $50 dollar router for our friends and family. We're never going to be able to teach them, so just give in and recommend a hardware based solution they don't have to manage.
Chris
A lot of the fun of being a geek is nostalgia. Remembering past technology and talking about how great it was at the time is awesome.
Chris
I think we should deny we have it, and then detonate something like it near south america. We should then have an impromptu parade in our honor.
Then after we make everyone think we blew it up, we claim that it is a smear campaign by south america.
(In case you missed it mods, that was making fun of North Korea)
Chris
This game is the best game ever!!! I haven't been able to stop playing it all weekend. I recently tried the Live! multiplayer mode and it does suck. I play xbox live a lot on Midtown Madness 3, but wow, EA screwed up the great integration common in all non-EA Live! enabled games.
But, don't let this stop you from buying this game!!! The single player mode is enough to capture the attention of my ADD self for HOURS AND HOURS. This game is so fast paced that if you blink, you'll probably crash. I find myself leaning and stuff when drifting around corners. This is by FAR the best game I've ever played on the xbox.
Chris
I don't vote for one of the 2 "major" candidates. I vote for who I agree with.
People say "Why do you vote Libertarian when you know they aren't going to win?". My response is: "If everyone continues to think that, then of course they will never win. The two party system is a result of the fact that most people won't vote for anything outside of it because they "won't win" or they'll "waste their vote". It's a catch 22 that I don't subscribe to.
Chris
Last Night. Louisiana Constitutional Ammenedment.
Louisiana banned gay marriage last night. I submitted a story on it, but it was rejected. But yes, it is a democracy.
Chris
Closed source does stifle innovation, but would you want to live in a nation where a company's lobbies were not allowed to speak because a vocal minority opposed them.
Ultimately, it is our responsibility to vote into office representatives that respond to our wishes rather than lobbies. If you aren't registered to vote and you are over 18 years old in the US, PLEASE register to vote before the November election. I don't care who you vote for; just VOTE!!!
If you are registered to vote and you don't, you suck.
If you are registered and know people who either aren't registered or don't vote, get them to. A democracy only works when people exercise their ability to effect a change.
Chris
Qrio could totally that things windows-running ass.
It looks like Johnny 5, but a cool project none the less. Perhaps they could install Pocket Skype on the PPC and have the robot follow you around as a mobile speakerphone.
Chris
Please PLEASE if you have friends, family, or loved ones that are not behind a NAT router/box, please install one for them.
Not just for flaws like this, but for windows problems in general and basically so you don't have to worry about the win32 machines BEHIND the nat before you worry about the nat box itself.
Hint: ICS doesn't count as NAT IMHO.
Chris