I just drove 1000 miles over the past 3 days. Yesterday was 500 miles hauling a 3000 lb. camper. There is currently no electric vehicle available to do that. Plus, I commute 45 miles to and from work each day. What do I do if there's a power outage at my home, but no problems where I work (It's happened before), and my car isn't charged up enough? I can't even telecommute if that's the case, and none of my friends or coworkers live close by so that I could hitch a ride with them. There's too many issues that come up like that which most people haven't even considered. Let them be curiosities for the rich until somebody figures out how to address these problems.
I've been testing out a da Vinci 1.0 AiO. The results haven't been very impressive. Over half the time the PLA filament doesn't stick to the bed, resulting in a blob of plastic just sticking to the extruder. The 3D scanner is just about useless. I haven't had a scan work even close to accurate yet. Anything with black scans as negative space. Pretty much the only things you can scan with any degree of success are small, white geometric objects with a matte finish.
In their opinion on gay marriage, Roberts issues a dissenting opinion with the following quote:
Under the Constitution, judges have power to say what the law is, not what it should be.
The internal inconsistencies of the SCOTUS are appalling.
The only power the SCOTUS should have is to determine if a law violates the Constitution. If it does, it should be struck down, if it doesn't, it should stand.
Use option-tab to switch between windows in an application on OS X.
Strike that. It's Command + `. Was at a Windows 7 computer when I wrote that, got home and switched Safari windows on my computer & realized I accidentally told you the wrong thing.
I've played with OSX-based laptops, I find the GUI clunky when it comes to working with multiple terminal windows, as Apple has taken the approach of using Apple-Tab to switch between applications, rather than switch between windows. It's more awkward than it should be to switch between multiple terminal sessions quickly.
Use option-tab to switch between windows in an application on OS X.
Hate to be technical, but a "balanced" budget be $0. So we've had 4 years out of the past 35 that had a surplus, or put another way, 88% of the years we've run a deficit, with the surpluses coming at the tail-end of Clinton and the start of Bush 2. Big deal.
Thus far, no other candidate has said they're going to make climate change their top priority.
Ever notice how politicians' plans are always far out in the future? Sure, 35 years is within the scope of of most of our lives, but usually they are well past the time that the politicians proposing them will be around to face the consequences. We hear the same thing all the time about balancing the budget and paying down the deficit ever since Reagan, but neither one has happened yet.
The Japanese company does a world-wide release.
The American company does a Japan-first release.
You might be a little confused. Here's some clarification:
announcement comes just weeks after Microsoft announced a 1TB version of its Xbox One. Gamers in Japan will be able to get their hands on the console [The PS4] by the end of June
Sony is releasing the 1TB PS4 in Japan first, the rest of the world July 15. XBone is just mentioned in passing for comparison of announcement dates.
Sony doesn't want you to be able to play the games you already bought.
Making a slight amendment to this: Sony doesn't want you to be able to play the games you already bought without paying for them again. Sony could blow the whole backward compatible thing out of the water though, if they could scan your account for games you already bought (maybe using your trophies list?) and give you free access to those in PS Now.
Probably not going to happen because of this. Sony doesn't want you to be able to play the games you already bought. Then again, Microsoft doesn't really want you to either, but they're behind in the game, so their hand was forced. Also, backward compatibility only supports a handful of games. I typically don't buy a console until 3-4 years after it's out, then I can get GOTY editions of games for $30 instead of new "patched out of the box" games for $60.
The real problem isn't that women are incapable. It's that most women don't have the fortitude to continue in the face of adversity. It's easier to give up, find a man who was raised to do all the heavy lifting and undesirable jobs and move on to having kids. It's not that women are inherently lazy, it's that they perceive certain jobs to be easier than others, and they prefer that which they consider easier.
Not to take away from your point, but being a mother is an extremely important and extremely difficult job, and it's sad that women who desire to be stay-at-home mothers get ostracized by the "feminist" movement so bad.
The good news is that if Allstate patents this "invention", then All State will be the only ones who can do it. I don't nor do I have to do business with Allstate. The other bad news is if they decide to license this...
If you really want to "get money out of politics," you need to (as much as possible) get politics out of the economy. (Ideologues will always lobby, and that's fine, because it's the crony capitalism and pay-to-play aspects that are most objectionable.) Which, of course, is not what many reformers want to do.
That's exactly the problem, and I've said it many times. The only reason lobbyists buy off government officials is because the government has enough power to be worth being bought. Power needs to be decentralized from the feds & given back to the state & local level, where people have much more say in the matter.
"Reformers" want to live in a land of make-believe, thinking if we removed campaign financing, there wouldn't be any corruption, but they don't want to remove the reason for the corruption.
Instead what we have are different kits for each gender, and they all tend to be highly stereotyped. Boys' kits are usually focused on combat and machines, girls' kits are focused on home making and fashion.
Isn't it really due to movie & game tie-ins? Lego, like most businesses, exists to make money. One way to make more money is to sell things that are linked to other things people like. Star Wars & Batman/Superman have a large appeal, so Lego makes toys that have those tie-ins, but those mostly appeal to boys. It's not some sort of evil plot to exclude girls.
I don't read comments -- or post -- as much as I used to, but/. used to have a significant population of conservative-libertarian readers.
Perhaps it's a matter of perspective. I'm more of a conservative leaning libertarian, so Slashdot seems more left-leaning with some libertarian sympathies. So when I post in favor of civil liberties/privacy there is a lot of agreement. But there's a pretty strong leftist/authoritarian strain when it comes to economics, coupled with a fairly strong anti-gun sentiment. After all, if you're going to redistribute wealth and tell people how to live their lives, you can't have the unwashed masses be armed.
How in the hell is this voted Offtopic when I'm commenting directly on the story summary?
Don't complain about mods, take the good with the bad. I get modded down all the time. It happens, particularly if you make a politically incorrect statements on a left-leaning site like Slashdot.
The right thing to do would be to make engineering toys that aren't "for" anyone.
That was the first option I mentioned. Just making engineering toys. When I was a kid, I had some female cousins around my age and we'd play with Lincoln Logs and Lego blocks all the time. They were just toys. Then they had their dolls and I had my Star Wars action figures. There were some things we both liked, and other things we didn't. But that's not good enough. There's an insistence that we need more women in STEM because patriarchy, or whatever, and that these toys need to be designed to interest them. Then when somebody comes out and designs toys to interest girls in STEM, the complaint is that they're too girly. That was the entire point of my previous post.
So why bother trying? You don't make engineering toys for girls, they complain about them not existing; you make them for girls, they complain about them being stereotypical.
I remember the first time I saw an Aibo, and remembered being pretty impressed by its mannerisms. It did stuff like the stretches my dogs do, and would even cock its head off to one side the way a dog does when it's puzzled by something.
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I just drove 1000 miles over the past 3 days. Yesterday was 500 miles hauling a 3000 lb. camper. There is currently no electric vehicle available to do that. Plus, I commute 45 miles to and from work each day. What do I do if there's a power outage at my home, but no problems where I work (It's happened before), and my car isn't charged up enough? I can't even telecommute if that's the case, and none of my friends or coworkers live close by so that I could hitch a ride with them. There's too many issues that come up like that which most people haven't even considered. Let them be curiosities for the rich until somebody figures out how to address these problems.
I've been testing out a da Vinci 1.0 AiO. The results haven't been very impressive. Over half the time the PLA filament doesn't stick to the bed, resulting in a blob of plastic just sticking to the extruder. The 3D scanner is just about useless. I haven't had a scan work even close to accurate yet. Anything with black scans as negative space. Pretty much the only things you can scan with any degree of success are small, white geometric objects with a matte finish.
Today I'm testing out a Cube Pro 3D printer, and expecting much better results. We'll be using our printers for student projects in arts & sciences.
so today the supreme court ruled that the 14th amendment is actually correct. what is your problem?
My problem was with Roberts's quote and what he thinks the role of the Supreme Court is supposed to be.
The Second Decree: No more pollution. No more car exhaust or ocean dumpage! From now on, we'll travel in TUBES! Get the scientists working on the Tube Technology immediately!
In their opinion on gay marriage, Roberts issues a dissenting opinion with the following quote:
Under the Constitution, judges have power to say what the law is, not what it should be.
The internal inconsistencies of the SCOTUS are appalling.
The only power the SCOTUS should have is to determine if a law violates the Constitution. If it does, it should be struck down, if it doesn't, it should stand.
Use option-tab to switch between windows in an application on OS X.
Strike that. It's Command + `. Was at a Windows 7 computer when I wrote that, got home and switched Safari windows on my computer & realized I accidentally told you the wrong thing.
so if you aren't looking out for it, you might unwittingly find yourself a Yahoo user.
Isn't that how all Yahoo users become Yahoo users?
I've played with OSX-based laptops, I find the GUI clunky when it comes to working with multiple terminal windows, as Apple has taken the approach of using Apple-Tab to switch between applications, rather than switch between windows. It's more awkward than it should be to switch between multiple terminal sessions quickly.
Use option-tab to switch between windows in an application on OS X.
I think you were being pedantic when you decided that because there was a minor exception, it derailed the bulk of the argument. It doesn't.
At least 50% false
Hate to be technical, but a "balanced" budget be $0. So we've had 4 years out of the past 35 that had a surplus, or put another way, 88% of the years we've run a deficit, with the surpluses coming at the tail-end of Clinton and the start of Bush 2. Big deal.
Thus far, no other candidate has said they're going to make climate change their top priority.
Ever notice how politicians' plans are always far out in the future? Sure, 35 years is within the scope of of most of our lives, but usually they are well past the time that the politicians proposing them will be around to face the consequences. We hear the same thing all the time about balancing the budget and paying down the deficit ever since Reagan, but neither one has happened yet.
The Japanese company does a world-wide release.
The American company does a Japan-first release.
You might be a little confused. Here's some clarification:
announcement comes just weeks after Microsoft announced a 1TB version of its Xbox One. Gamers in Japan will be able to get their hands on the console [The PS4] by the end of June
Sony is releasing the 1TB PS4 in Japan first, the rest of the world July 15. XBone is just mentioned in passing for comparison of announcement dates.
Sony doesn't want you to be able to play the games you already bought.
Making a slight amendment to this: Sony doesn't want you to be able to play the games you already bought without paying for them again. Sony could blow the whole backward compatible thing out of the water though, if they could scan your account for games you already bought (maybe using your trophies list?) and give you free access to those in PS Now.
Probably not going to happen because of this. Sony doesn't want you to be able to play the games you already bought. Then again, Microsoft doesn't really want you to either, but they're behind in the game, so their hand was forced. Also, backward compatibility only supports a handful of games. I typically don't buy a console until 3-4 years after it's out, then I can get GOTY editions of games for $30 instead of new "patched out of the box" games for $60.
The real problem isn't that women are incapable. It's that most women don't have the fortitude to continue in the face of adversity. It's easier to give up, find a man who was raised to do all the heavy lifting and undesirable jobs and move on to having kids. It's not that women are inherently lazy, it's that they perceive certain jobs to be easier than others, and they prefer that which they consider easier.
Not to take away from your point, but being a mother is an extremely important and extremely difficult job, and it's sad that women who desire to be stay-at-home mothers get ostracized by the "feminist" movement so bad.
The good news is that if Allstate patents this "invention", then All State will be the only ones who can do it. I don't nor do I have to do business with Allstate. The other bad news is if they decide to license this...
If you really want to "get money out of politics," you need to (as much as possible) get politics out of the economy. (Ideologues will always lobby, and that's fine, because it's the crony capitalism and pay-to-play aspects that are most objectionable.) Which, of course, is not what many reformers want to do.
That's exactly the problem, and I've said it many times. The only reason lobbyists buy off government officials is because the government has enough power to be worth being bought. Power needs to be decentralized from the feds & given back to the state & local level, where people have much more say in the matter.
"Reformers" want to live in a land of make-believe, thinking if we removed campaign financing, there wouldn't be any corruption, but they don't want to remove the reason for the corruption.
But then the "news" companies won't be able to predict the polls properly!!!
Good, maybe then they won't suppress the vote either.
Instead what we have are different kits for each gender, and they all tend to be highly stereotyped. Boys' kits are usually focused on combat and machines, girls' kits are focused on home making and fashion.
Isn't it really due to movie & game tie-ins? Lego, like most businesses, exists to make money. One way to make more money is to sell things that are linked to other things people like. Star Wars & Batman/Superman have a large appeal, so Lego makes toys that have those tie-ins, but those mostly appeal to boys. It's not some sort of evil plot to exclude girls.
I don't read comments -- or post -- as much as I used to, but /. used to have a significant population of conservative-libertarian readers.
Perhaps it's a matter of perspective. I'm more of a conservative leaning libertarian, so Slashdot seems more left-leaning with some libertarian sympathies. So when I post in favor of civil liberties/privacy there is a lot of agreement. But there's a pretty strong leftist/authoritarian strain when it comes to economics, coupled with a fairly strong anti-gun sentiment. After all, if you're going to redistribute wealth and tell people how to live their lives, you can't have the unwashed masses be armed.
How in the hell is this voted Offtopic when I'm commenting directly on the story summary?
Don't complain about mods, take the good with the bad. I get modded down all the time. It happens, particularly if you make a politically incorrect statements on a left-leaning site like Slashdot.
The right thing to do would be to make engineering toys that aren't "for" anyone.
That was the first option I mentioned. Just making engineering toys. When I was a kid, I had some female cousins around my age and we'd play with Lincoln Logs and Lego blocks all the time. They were just toys. Then they had their dolls and I had my Star Wars action figures. There were some things we both liked, and other things we didn't. But that's not good enough. There's an insistence that we need more women in STEM because patriarchy, or whatever, and that these toys need to be designed to interest them. Then when somebody comes out and designs toys to interest girls in STEM, the complaint is that they're too girly. That was the entire point of my previous post.
So why bother trying? You don't make engineering toys for girls, they complain about them not existing; you make them for girls, they complain about them being stereotypical.
Somebody should try this on Melody Hensley.
I remember the first time I saw an Aibo, and remembered being pretty impressed by its mannerisms. It did stuff like the stretches my dogs do, and would even cock its head off to one side the way a dog does when it's puzzled by something.