Well, it's a well documented phenomenon in birds and aquatic mammals. They're actually able to let half their brain sleep at a time, while the other half remains alert to look for predators and handle other important functions.
So far, photo sharing doesn't work right for me (I think it's an issue with window sizing interactions with the HTML5/CSS), but otherwise the interface is pretty slick. The GUI for adding contacts to "Circles" is very slick and intuitive. If this makes it as easy to do on-the-fly easy content sharing permission groups as it seems, I think this could really take off...but I'll reserve judgement until there are more people using it.
Seen on materials for a Pentium processing chip: "If this product exhibits errors, the manufacturer will replace it for a $2-shipping and a $3-handling charge, for a total of $4.97."
There is exactly zero chance of that being an actual warning label.
In addition to the points of the commenters before me, I'll point out that communication between CDF soldiers while in combat armor is specifically described as being performed via tight-beam laser links so as not to give away their position with BrainPal EM chatter.
Really, Scalzi thought about this kind of thing. He's pretty thorough.
"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations, the new needs friends."
I was actually considering one of these until I took a close look at the keyboard.
They moved the quote key.
Look at it! The '/" key has been relocated from right next to your pinky to somewhere weird! How the fuck am I supposed to touch type with that monstrosity? WTF!
Ha! I was reading throught this whole thread thinking "Where is NYCL? This is totally his bag...oh, wait, maybe this actually is his bag, and it would be unprofessional to talk about certain aspects of it?"
This is how I find out about 90% of the stuff that I've read in the past several years, and the results have been excellent, IMO. You can start with mine (link above) and the sites it links to, and the sites they link to, etc. Googling for booklogs is a pretty good tactic, as well. The key is to find out what the blogger likes, and look for congruence (or useful contrast) with your own tastes.
I also highly recommend searching through the Open Threads of Making Light, as book recommendations are a frequent topic. The blog itself is hosted by Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden, senior editors at Tor, and SF luminaries are frequent commenters. The community at Scalzi's Whatever is another good place for hunting down SF recommendations, and he frequently has stuff from or about interesting new authors on their works.
If this was anything like their usual coverage, Fox News probably didn't actually make any definitive statements, only asked leading questions. If you state a question in such a way that it implies certain assumptions to be true, it's the same as if you'd asserted that assumption, but it's handwaved away as just a question. "Push Polling" is essentially the same practice, and they're both fundamentally dishonest practices, but that is the mechanism they typically use to "get away" with what you're correctly asserting they should not be able to do.
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According to a recent comment by Google execs, Apps support should be coming "in days."
Well, it's a well documented phenomenon in birds and aquatic mammals. They're actually able to let half their brain sleep at a time, while the other half remains alert to look for predators and handle other important functions.
If anyone's curious I've got screenshots of the iOS Safari WebApp up.
Yeah, that would make sense of some of what I'm seeing. I bet it looks nicer in Chrome than in Firefox, too.
Oooo...I need to try it in Safari on my iPhone...
OK, that is pretty slick. I'm gonna go home and post some screenshots...
Not yet, sorry.
So far, photo sharing doesn't work right for me (I think it's an issue with window sizing interactions with the HTML5/CSS), but otherwise the interface is pretty slick. The GUI for adding contacts to "Circles" is very slick and intuitive. If this makes it as easy to do on-the-fly easy content sharing permission groups as it seems, I think this could really take off...but I'll reserve judgement until there are more people using it.
There is exactly zero chance of that being an actual warning label.
OK, maybe .00003 chance.
I mean, what could one really expect from Opera if not Drama?
Ah, yes, I always go around using words that mean whatever I want them to mean. Excellent point, my fine Brumak.
Some day, people will learn what "First World Country" actually means.
Oh, wait, no, that's also asking too much, isn't it?
If there is life swimming in a big ocean under the ice of Europa, the question becomes: how does it taste?
Like Tasty Wheat, of course. You remember Tasty Wheat?
In addition to the points of the commenters before me, I'll point out that communication between CDF soldiers while in combat armor is specifically described as being performed via tight-beam laser links so as not to give away their position with BrainPal EM chatter.
Really, Scalzi thought about this kind of thing. He's pretty thorough.
"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations, the new needs friends."
That's "apostrophe or quotation-mark", not quotes around the slash.
I was actually considering one of these until I took a close look at the keyboard.
They moved the quote key.
Look at it! The '/" key has been relocated from right next to your pinky to somewhere weird! How the fuck am I supposed to touch type with that monstrosity? WTF!
Anyway, buyer beware.
Napoleon, is that you?
That's the worst haiku I've ever seen.
They're Yugoslavian, dude. They think Ukrainians are assholes.
I expect Commander Taco to register http://slashdot.dot/ immediately upon its availability.
Just Skwid is fine, thanks, Ray.
Great Gray's so formal, you know.
Ha! I was reading throught this whole thread thinking "Where is NYCL? This is totally his bag...oh, wait, maybe this actually is his bag, and it would be unprofessional to talk about certain aspects of it?"
Thanks for what you do, man.
This is how I find out about 90% of the stuff that I've read in the past several years, and the results have been excellent, IMO. You can start with mine (link above) and the sites it links to, and the sites they link to, etc. Googling for booklogs is a pretty good tactic, as well. The key is to find out what the blogger likes, and look for congruence (or useful contrast) with your own tastes.
I also highly recommend searching through the Open Threads of Making Light, as book recommendations are a frequent topic. The blog itself is hosted by Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden, senior editors at Tor, and SF luminaries are frequent commenters. The community at Scalzi's Whatever is another good place for hunting down SF recommendations, and he frequently has stuff from or about interesting new authors on their works.
Everyone in Texas who'd been paying attention? Boy's got Bubba writ large all over him.
The linked article is pretty lame. Anybody got a link to better coverage of Phoenix?
There's an LJ Account from a participant in London that's a great read; sounds like something I would have been proud to participate in!
If this was anything like their usual coverage, Fox News probably didn't actually make any definitive statements, only asked leading questions. If you state a question in such a way that it implies certain assumptions to be true, it's the same as if you'd asserted that assumption, but it's handwaved away as just a question. "Push Polling" is essentially the same practice, and they're both fundamentally dishonest practices, but that is the mechanism they typically use to "get away" with what you're correctly asserting they should not be able to do.