A few years ago there was a riot (sports related, non political) here in Vancouver, BC, just north of Seattle. Someone was hit in the head with a rubber bullet, and suffered severe brain damage.
They're certianly better than normal bullets, but they're still weapons, and it's not ok to use them on civilians. Cheers,
Well in my area the cable line provider is also the only isp - no competition. There's one adsl line provider but lots of isps. My adsl line is reliable, and faster than cable in the area. My friends cable is always going down, and he averages half my speed. Cable users can't even saturate my *upstream* bandwidth (384 kbits/s). I wouldn't even notice when one is on my ftp if my router lights didn't flash.
I wouldn't get interferance from AM radio transmitters anyway, they're all on top of the mountians.
That's the point, people buy that for the advertising. It's a catalog of smaller resellers. The few non add pages are just filler.
Here in Canada we have a series of newspapers (Computer Paper, Vancouver|Toronto|Whatever Computes, et all) which offer cheap advertising for the little hole in the wall computer shops. The articles are garbage, the writers don't know the meaning of "research", but thier advertisers have the cheapest prices on parts, so I pick them up. Cheers,
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? Hitler was a mass murderer, a wildly fanatic racist, a man comsumed with hate who unleashed war against the entire world. He may be responsible for more suffering and death than anyone who has ever lived. You are loathsome for suggesting any such parallel.
What if Bill G had the same political power? Would he make similar choices? I think, given his ethical record, that he just might. That's my opinion, it hardly makes me "loathsome". They are both Bad Men. One is considered much worse than the other, the same one had much more power than the other. Coincidence? Maybe.
Why? One operated in the political arena, the other the business. They are both meglomaniacs, and I imagine history would unfold the same way if they switched places. Cheers,
Furthermore, as bad as coal may be, I tend to suspect that rocket fuel is worse on an environmental impact per joule basis. Unless you're dealing with reeeeealy high-sulfur coal...
Nope, they use hydrogen and oxygen as fuel, the exhast is steam. Cheers,
Well, increasing the escape velocity wouldn't do much. The event horizon is the point at which the escape velocity equals the speed of light, thus nothing can escape.
There are two theories on how the universe will end, depending on the amount of dark matter out there. If there's too much, what you mentioned will eventually happen. If there's not enough, the universe will just keep expanding until matter and energy are spread to far apart for anything interesting to happen. Cheers,
Would running at higher resolution help combat some of the quality loss?
Nope. Look at your monitor really closely, notice how small the pixels are. Now look at your tv, and notice how much bigger they are, and how much more space between them their is. Dot pitch is the space between pixels, in millimeters. Cheers,
This is exactly how trading cards work, you have a vast amount of "common" cards worth almost nothing. Packs contain mostly common cards, but you might get lucky and get a rair one worth something. If you want a complete collection, you can either buy, or trade your way there. It gives many children their first experience in an economic system, and is a valuable experience. Cheers,
They wouldn't have to transfer funds to hurt the bank, just steal some "private" info. The bank would *not* want the media to know that their system had been cracked, even if it was only minor. Joe Sixpack finds out his banks been cracked, he rushes to withdraw all his cash. If too many people do this, oops the bank has no money because it's out on peoples mortgages, car loans, et cetera. Cheers,
the thousands or perhaps millions of years the travel in space would take would surely kill any earth life form.
Not true, some bacteria can enter a spore state, and remain in suspended animation indefinately. They've found some frozen in polar ice caps for 3 million years, that came back to a normal life cycle when put in liquid water. Cheers,
I guess the only thing keeping many Americans from moving to Canada and tapping this large, relatively undisturbed paradise is their lack of conversational French (and unwillingness to learn other languages, instead insisting that others learn English). I myself think I'll pick up a French course or two next semester.
French is really only used in the eastern provinces. The real reason would be the gov't taking half of your income, and the lack of civil rights. Cheers,
I agree, when I've had moderation points, I rarely push someone above 3, because the points are worth too much for that. I'd only push a non ac post below 0 if it was really bad. Cheers,
Doesn't sound like a very good idea. Most comments out there don't need to be moderated at all, just a small number of good or bad ones. Since the whole point is to bring forward good posts, and hide stupid ones, wouldn't we want this to happen quickly? Limiting the # of comments moderatable will just slow that down.
The other ideas sound great. Thanks for all the work you've been putting in lately, Rob. Cheers,
That would be fine *if* we were guaranteed freedom of speach in Canada. Read section 1 of the charter of rights. I'll paraphrase, this document does not apply to the judiciary, or legislative branches of gov't. Since the judiciary police the executive, no one in the gov't has to follow the charter. Canada is by no strech of the imagination a free country. Cheers,
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A few years ago there was a riot (sports related, non political) here in Vancouver, BC, just north of Seattle. Someone was hit in the head with a rubber bullet, and suffered severe brain damage.
They're certianly better than normal bullets, but they're still weapons, and it's not ok to use them on civilians.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
This is just a bad marketing ploy. If I teach my cat to play Quake, can she be the first feline software executive?
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Well in my area the cable line provider is also the only isp - no competition. There's one adsl line provider but lots of isps. My adsl line is reliable, and faster than cable in the area. My friends cable is always going down, and he averages half my speed. Cable users can't even saturate my *upstream* bandwidth (384 kbits/s). I wouldn't even notice when one is on my ftp if my router lights didn't flash.
I wouldn't get interferance from AM radio transmitters anyway, they're all on top of the mountians.
(adsl user, Vancouver, BC)
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
That's the point, people buy that for the advertising. It's a catalog of smaller resellers. The few non add pages are just filler.
Here in Canada we have a series of newspapers (Computer Paper, Vancouver|Toronto|Whatever Computes, et all) which offer cheap advertising for the little hole in the wall computer shops. The articles are garbage, the writers don't know the meaning of "research", but thier advertisers have the cheapest prices on parts, so I pick them up.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? Hitler was a mass murderer, a wildly fanatic racist, a man comsumed with hate who unleashed war against the entire world. He may be responsible for more suffering and death than anyone who has ever lived. You are loathsome for suggesting any such parallel.
What if Bill G had the same political power? Would he make similar choices? I think, given his ethical record, that he just might. That's my opinion, it hardly makes me "loathsome". They are both Bad Men. One is considered much worse than the other, the same one had much more power than the other. Coincidence? Maybe.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Why? One operated in the political arena, the other the business. They are both meglomaniacs, and I imagine history would unfold the same way if they switched places.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Sorry, I had to. I miss B5.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Furthermore, as bad as coal may be, I tend to suspect that rocket fuel is worse on an environmental impact per joule basis. Unless you're dealing with reeeeealy high-sulfur coal...
Nope, they use hydrogen and oxygen as fuel, the exhast is steam.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Well, increasing the escape velocity wouldn't do much. The event horizon is the point at which the escape velocity equals the speed of light, thus nothing can escape.
There are two theories on how the universe will end, depending on the amount of dark matter out there. If there's too much, what you mentioned will eventually happen. If there's not enough, the universe will just keep expanding until matter and energy are spread to far apart for anything interesting to happen.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
You can't moderate in a discusion you've posted on, or post in a discusion you've moderated in.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
And I bet most ppl can't hear it, right? I hear the same thing from some crts.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
I just looked, he did.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Would running at higher resolution help combat some of the quality loss?
Nope. Look at your monitor really closely, notice how small the pixels are. Now look at your tv, and notice how much bigger they are, and how much more space between them their is. Dot pitch is the space between pixels, in millimeters.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
This is exactly how trading cards work, you have a vast amount of "common" cards worth almost nothing. Packs contain mostly common cards, but you might get lucky and get a rair one worth something. If you want a complete collection, you can either buy, or trade your way there. It gives many children their first experience in an economic system, and is a valuable experience.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
If I had a gun, I would love one that could only be fired by me. Think about it, no more kids blowing their brains out by accident.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
I believe that was register.com
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
They wouldn't have to transfer funds to hurt the bank, just steal some "private" info. The bank would *not* want the media to know that their system had been cracked, even if it was only minor. Joe Sixpack finds out his banks been cracked, he rushes to withdraw all his cash. If too many people do this, oops the bank has no money because it's out on peoples mortgages, car loans, et cetera.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
the thousands or perhaps millions of years the travel in space would take would surely kill any earth life form.
Not true, some bacteria can enter a spore state, and remain in suspended animation indefinately. They've found some frozen in polar ice caps for 3 million years, that came back to a normal life cycle when put in liquid water.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
I guess the only thing keeping many Americans from moving to Canada and tapping this large, relatively undisturbed paradise is their lack of conversational French (and unwillingness to learn other languages, instead insisting that others learn English). I myself think I'll pick up a French course or two next semester.
French is really only used in the eastern provinces. The real reason would be the gov't taking half of your income, and the lack of civil rights.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
I hope Rob doesn't read this, you'll make him cry.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
I agree, when I've had moderation points, I rarely push someone above 3, because the points are worth too much for that. I'd only push a non ac post below 0 if it was really bad.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Doesn't sound like a very good idea. Most comments out there don't need to be moderated at all, just a small number of good or bad ones. Since the whole point is to bring forward good posts, and hide stupid ones, wouldn't we want this to happen quickly? Limiting the # of comments moderatable will just slow that down.
The other ideas sound great. Thanks for all the work you've been putting in lately, Rob.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
We should have reasonable punative damages. To pay for the time spent getting the shirt cleaned, taking you to court, et cetera.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
That would be fine *if* we were guaranteed freedom of speach in Canada. Read section 1 of the charter of rights. I'll paraphrase, this document does not apply to the judiciary, or legislative branches of gov't. Since the judiciary police the executive, no one in the gov't has to follow the charter. Canada is by no strech of the imagination a free country.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
That is if you don't mind the gov't taking half, no civil rights, a crappy economy...
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland