If you would be interested in a linux solution, check out K-12 Linux. It's designed for elementary/high schools, but it could easily be adapted to fit your situation. I've done some messing around with linux thin clients, and it's not too difficult to get a pretty good setup going.
Neat, but not really a gauss gun
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This is a neat little physics project, but it isn't a guass gun. A real gauss gun uses Lenz's law to propel the projectile. (It's can be a very powerful law, hehe...). The problem is that a real gauss gun of quake-like power would be much to large to carry. But they certainly are very cool.
Switching to bigger ads is not a good idea at all. I definately will not pay to get rid of them. Currently, I sometimes click on the ads just because they are sometimes actually good ads for things I am interested in. If they change to huge jumbo popup ads, there is no way I'm putting up with it. If they do that, I'm blocking the ads and I won't ever click on them. It's really a shame, slashdot is one of the few places where I would ever click on an ad.
The problem with school and computers is that people don't realize what the purpose of a computer is anymore. It has become a kind of "magical box". It would be similar to teaching a kid to use a calculator when he doesn't know what adding and subtracting is.
I agree that killing a human embryo is disgusting and wrong. However, if by saying you are "all for a woman's freedom of choice" you mean that you think abortion is acceptable, you are conflicting yourself. It does not matter whether an embryo is in a test tube or a womans body, it is still a human being and it is still being killed.
Just out of curiosity, what makes you think most slashdotters are believers in Darwinism? Sure most people accept it as fact without questioning or examining it much, but is the slashdot crowd so easily convinced?
I was listening and it just started doing weird electronic beep beats and a guy starting talking in the background?! I think they are trying for the alien mysterious tranmission thing.
I'm afraid you have the an incorrect concept of centripital acceleration. What you are thinking of is centrIFUGAL acceleration, which is a ficticious force. It doesn't exist. Centripital acceleration is the force that holds a mass in a circular motion. It is always towards the center of the circle.
latency is not a problem for the WWW, it's a problem for other things (ie, online gaming, telnet sessions...). people confuse WWW with internet way too much nowadays.
I recall seeing a software project on freshmeat for detecting motion from video sources, but I can't remember the name of it. If you want to use a seperate motion sensor, it's quite simple to wire one up to the parallel port (there's a phrack article on parallel port interfacing that has all the info you need).
Darn right AC! When using windows you don't have to put up with the hassel of continual improvements and updates that add funcionality and make the system run faster and more stable.
Personally, I don't care one bit if this happens or not. As long as I am not forced to use it, it doesn't matter. It isn't my responsibility to decide how other people should use their computers. Although my suspicion is that this will suck supremely. But whatever, give the newbs the device to shoot themselves in the foot with.
so it's secure enough to protect all your personal information, but not your buisiness information? i don't know about you, but i don't like getting cracked anywhere, business or home.
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If you would be interested in a linux solution, check out K-12 Linux. It's designed for elementary/high schools, but it could easily be adapted to fit your situation. I've done some messing around with linux thin clients, and it's not too difficult to get a pretty good setup going.
This is a neat little physics project, but it isn't a guass gun. A real gauss gun uses Lenz's law to propel the projectile. (It's can be a very powerful law, hehe...). The problem is that a real gauss gun of quake-like power would be much to large to carry. But they certainly are very cool.
No, it's physics is fun. Refering to physics as a whole singular entity. Like the human race is... etc.
Switching to bigger ads is not a good idea at all. I definately will not pay to get rid of them. Currently, I sometimes click on the ads just because they are sometimes actually good ads for things I am interested in. If they change to huge jumbo popup ads, there is no way I'm putting up with it. If they do that, I'm blocking the ads and I won't ever click on them. It's really a shame, slashdot is one of the few places where I would ever click on an ad.
I'm curious as to how MS's authentication system works. Does anybody have a packet sniff of it? I don't have any windows XP boxes to try sniffing.
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The 1984 law does allow cable operators to collect private information if it can show it needs the information to operate its service.
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1984, need we say more?
On the contrary, i think that it is very good that old projects are not thrown out. They are always there for people to pick up where others left off.
The problem with school and computers is that people don't realize what the purpose of a computer is anymore. It has become a kind of "magical box". It would be similar to teaching a kid to use a calculator when he doesn't know what adding and subtracting is.
I agree that killing a human embryo is disgusting and wrong. However, if by saying you are "all for a woman's freedom of choice" you mean that you think abortion is acceptable, you are conflicting yourself. It does not matter whether an embryo is in a test tube or a womans body, it is still a human being and it is still being killed.
Very well said. Simply sweeping it under that carpet is not a viable choice when you are talking about human beings.
Just out of curiosity, what makes you think most slashdotters are believers in Darwinism? Sure most people accept it as fact without questioning or examining it much, but is the slashdot crowd so easily convinced?
Just a thought.
Testing on animals is cruel and inhumane. Testing on humans is much more politically correct.
I was listening and it just started doing weird electronic beep beats and a guy starting talking in the background?! I think they are trying for the alien mysterious tranmission thing.
Oh it gets much worse.....
The best part is that we do it just to make other people think we're insane.
I dunno, but it's really annoying. Almost sounds like they have a speaker playing it and put a mic beside it, and the computer has a noisy fan.
People have made songs with DeCSS for lyrics
There is no such thing as a streamed format that cannot be saved to disk, only clients that don't have a save option.
until you lift something big, throw of the balance, and the whole thing comes down.
I'm afraid you have the an incorrect concept of centripital acceleration. What you are thinking of is centrIFUGAL acceleration, which is a ficticious force. It doesn't exist. Centripital acceleration is the force that holds a mass in a circular motion. It is always towards the center of the circle.
latency is not a problem for the WWW, it's a problem for other things (ie, online gaming, telnet sessions...). people confuse WWW with internet way too much nowadays.
I recall seeing a software project on freshmeat for detecting motion from video sources, but I can't remember the name of it. If you want to use a seperate motion sensor, it's quite simple to wire one up to the parallel port (there's a phrack article on parallel port interfacing that has all the info you need).
Darn right AC! When using windows you don't have to put up with the hassel of continual improvements and updates that add funcionality and make the system run faster and more stable.
Personally, I don't care one bit if this happens or not. As long as I am not forced to use it, it doesn't matter. It isn't my responsibility to decide how other people should use their computers. Although my suspicion is that this will suck supremely. But whatever, give the newbs the device to shoot themselves in the foot with.
The problem with windmills is they need wind. Fine for windy places, but not so good if you never get enough breeze to move the stupid thing.
so it's secure enough to protect all your personal information, but not your buisiness information? i don't know about you, but i don't like getting cracked anywhere, business or home.