We won't ever get that data because the drive we want to keep it on will fail after one year!
Seriously, for most people, everything that can fail on a computer (monitor, memory, motherboard, etc.) can be replaced at some cost without a skip in their daily lives. However, few regular users (such as home users) do backups and are totally screwed when their data is gone. Pictures, Quicken data, email - all gone for good.
the idea that the US authorities are going to start flying non-US citizens to Cuba to shoot them...
Actually, with all of the "enemy combatants" running around, I think a bunch of US citizens might be getting carted off to Cuba for the same treatment.
I could be wrong, but nobody can prove it one way or the other because habeas corpus appears to be missing, too.
With few exceptions, I've usually found that accomodations to ADA laws (or just accessibility in general) often benefit everyone, not just those targeted.
Examples: Ramped entrances, curb cuts at intersections for sidewalks, large and clear print, low-sided bathtubs, hand-rails everywhere, wider wheelchair entrances, lower switches and controls on walls...
The list goes on, and of course there are exceptions of accomodations that are either counter to the needs of those not at benefit (or just annoying), but generally I've found that a well-designed web site or doorway helps everyone.
So, do I get to talk to the robot all I want over weekends and evenings? What if the robot isn't in my calling area - do roam charges apply? Can I make the robot part of my "circle of friends" (or whatever they call it now) and talk all I want?
Agreed on the issue of posers. While there are probably quite a few fast, tricked out cars out there, there are many, many more that are "all show and no go." Check out Brian's Rice Boy Page for more (no link, look it up yourself).
Honestly, when I was younger (pre-family) and had the money, I considered souping up something cheap, but two thoughts came to mind: 1) I didn't want to be associated with the posers, 2) I didn't want to be a ticket magnet. Face it: a car that "looks fast" is going to be pulled over more often for just doing 5 over than the stock Chevette (I had three of those). Better to be fast than look it, and the "farting" exhaust does _not_ add 20% more horsepower like it says on the box, unless we're talking about the horsepower that the shop-owner is going to buy with your money. All it does is make the police look twice.
Re: being associated with posers. I went through motorcycle class, practiced, learned, got good, and then realized: all of the motorcycles in my neighborhood are either driven by unlicensed sixteen year-olds who never leave second gear, or "hogs" that have exhaust systems that would be considered illegal (loud) on a car. I realized that I would be lumped in with "them" everywhere I went. Did not continue riding.
Now driving a Honda Insight (CVT). Goals change, and baseball cards in the spokes don't cut it anymore.
I'm sorry; I'm done ranting now and am going to lie down somewhere.
Voluntary, like the use of social security numbers to manage health care in the US, or like the federal income tax?
When a "voluntary" option becomes required for a necessary service or feature, it becomes a de facto "required". We aren't talking voluntary like signing up for frequent flier miles, here, but for getting on a plane (quickly). How long before the tech gets good enough and fast enough that everyone has to do it?
Probs: 1) YOU can then be busted for going vigilante. If I remember, this is kept under a different category than junk faxing, but is a malicious act on your part. The phone company gets in on it, as it falls more under the "threatening phone call", etc. thing. I think they threaten to cut off your phone, too. 2) No guarantee you're faxing the right person. If they aren't requesting a response via fax, then you're really guessing at their fax number. 3) As noted by others, they probably don't have a real fax machine.
Best solution (as noted, also) is to sic the law on them. A few people have actually collected those fines, too!
We used to say "please take me off your list", but the response was almost always the same:
Me: "Please take me off your list" Spammer: "No." -Click
Very useful.
Solution 1: Lead them on with feigned interest for long enough to determine their company and product, then ask to stay off the list. Solution 2: Caller ID. Don't like the number - don't answer. Solution 3: The pause. When you answer with a "hello", there's a longish pause as the computer connects you to the live person. This one-second delay is your chance to hang-up. Solution 4: Some areas offer call blocker service, which takes the "out of area" calls and asks them to release their phone number to your caller ID before your phone ever rings. Very clever commercials behind this.
We had a programmer visiting from out of town late last year. Security took his little toolkit - apparently, the one-inch long screwdriver was seen as a weapon.
"Stand back or the stewardess gets it with this little tool."
Ok, so there's this guy with a gun, and a monkey hanging from the tree... And the professor gets a stuffed monkey and an electromagnet and a magnetically-launched spear...
Oh, wait, you're looking for the most beautiful experiment! Sorry, I was going for the coolest one.
In my class, the monkey got it through the neck once and the crotch on the second shot. Standing ovation on that one, with a quite a few groans.
When you get down to it, most LCD screens (and CRTs, IIRC) really only show three colors RGB. I'm willing to accept that frame-rate-control (that is: flickering) can make the intensity change, but everyone really is using dithering to produce the rest of the colors.
Keep moving closer to the screen as you read this to confirm.
"by effectively removing all barriers of communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."
-Douglas Adams
Some would say that people enter into more conflict than ever when the barriers sep. them are removed (distance, language, etc.) Is a "universal translator" a good thing?
Live simply. You're "wealth" is always in relation to others, so the minute you get off the hamster wheel of "want" that so many people have, you're wealth goes up tremendously.
While I liked the interview I heard, I seriously doubt he has enough authority to say what he really thinks in a public forum. I expect he'd be in a different department real fast if he toed anything other than the party line.
Agreed. I think (this time) Bill Gates has it right about the "digital divide":
If you're hungry and still in a country where many people are dying of dysentary, measles, malaria, etc. (preventable stuff), then 'Net access is a non-issue.
Last I remember from Psych class, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs had "surfing the 'net" nowhere near "food".
The batteries used are really high capacity industrial Panasonic batteries (couldn't find the exact mAh rating) and retail for about $3-4/each.
But, yes, they could also run a flashlight. Actually, the whole pack of them makes 144 volts DC, so if you can cycle it, you could also run som appliances.
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We won't ever get that data because the drive we want to keep it on will fail after one year!
Seriously, for most people, everything that can fail on a computer (monitor, memory, motherboard, etc.) can be replaced at some cost without a skip in their daily lives. However, few regular users (such as home users) do backups and are totally screwed when their data is gone. Pictures, Quicken data, email - all gone for good.
Let's let him teleconference-in using that streaming DVD encoding that was mentioned the other day - let's really tick off the DMCA proponents!
Actually, with all of the "enemy combatants" running around, I think a bunch of US citizens might be getting carted off to Cuba for the same treatment.
I could be wrong, but nobody can prove it one way or the other because habeas corpus appears to be missing, too.
Yeah, I know, off-topic.
With few exceptions, I've usually found that accomodations to ADA laws (or just accessibility in general) often benefit everyone, not just those targeted.
Examples: Ramped entrances, curb cuts at intersections for sidewalks, large and clear print, low-sided bathtubs, hand-rails everywhere, wider wheelchair entrances, lower switches and controls on walls...
The list goes on, and of course there are exceptions of accomodations that are either counter to the needs of those not at benefit (or just annoying), but generally I've found that a well-designed web site or doorway helps everyone.
I've got dark brown hair. My wife has regular brown hair.
Our daughter has red hair.
We each have a grandparent who had red hair. Simple.
New child due in January. 1/4 chance of red hair, since we know now that we each carry the gene.
Oct 11, 2002 at 2:14am ET - The system becomes self-aware.
So, do I get to talk to the robot all I want over weekends and evenings? What if the robot isn't in my calling area - do roam charges apply? Can I make the robot part of my "circle of friends" (or whatever they call it now) and talk all I want?
Honestly, when I was younger (pre-family) and had the money, I considered souping up something cheap, but two thoughts came to mind: 1) I didn't want to be associated with the posers, 2) I didn't want to be a ticket magnet. Face it: a car that "looks fast" is going to be pulled over more often for just doing 5 over than the stock Chevette (I had three of those). Better to be fast than look it, and the "farting" exhaust does _not_ add 20% more horsepower like it says on the box, unless we're talking about the horsepower that the shop-owner is going to buy with your money. All it does is make the police look twice.
Re: being associated with posers. I went through motorcycle class, practiced, learned, got good, and then realized: all of the motorcycles in my neighborhood are either driven by unlicensed sixteen year-olds who never leave second gear, or "hogs" that have exhaust systems that would be considered illegal (loud) on a car. I realized that I would be lumped in with "them" everywhere I went. Did not continue riding.
Now driving a Honda Insight (CVT). Goals change, and baseball cards in the spokes don't cut it anymore.
I'm sorry; I'm done ranting now and am going to lie down somewhere.
When a "voluntary" option becomes required for a necessary service or feature, it becomes a de facto "required". We aren't talking voluntary like signing up for frequent flier miles, here, but for getting on a plane (quickly). How long before the tech gets good enough and fast enough that everyone has to do it?
First I thought of "The Incredible Hulk", and experiments involving people strapped in chairs.
But then, I figured they were looking for people to try out new letters that were going to be added to the Greek alphabet.
Sigh. I think I'll go lie down, now.
It was true for Windows (16bit) and Windows (32bit), too.
Probs:
1) YOU can then be busted for going vigilante. If I remember, this is kept under a different category than junk faxing, but is a malicious act on your part. The phone company gets in on it, as it falls more under the "threatening phone call", etc. thing. I think they threaten to cut off your phone, too.
2) No guarantee you're faxing the right person. If they aren't requesting a response via fax, then you're really guessing at their fax number.
3) As noted by others, they probably don't have a real fax machine.
Best solution (as noted, also) is to sic the law on them. A few people have actually collected those fines, too!
We used to say "please take me off your list", but the response was almost always the same:
Me: "Please take me off your list"
Spammer: "No." -Click
Very useful.
Solution 1: Lead them on with feigned interest for long enough to determine their company and product, then ask to stay off the list.
Solution 2: Caller ID. Don't like the number - don't answer.
Solution 3: The pause. When you answer with a "hello", there's a longish pause as the computer connects you to the live person. This one-second delay is your chance to hang-up.
Solution 4: Some areas offer call blocker service, which takes the "out of area" calls and asks them to release their phone number to your caller ID before your phone ever rings. Very clever commercials behind this.
"Stand back or the stewardess gets it with this little tool."
Oh, wait, you're looking for the most beautiful experiment! Sorry, I was going for the coolest one.
In my class, the monkey got it through the neck once and the crotch on the second shot. Standing ovation on that one, with a quite a few groans.
Keep moving closer to the screen as you read this to confirm.
So yes, red is one of those colors.
Finally, we'll start getting more .aq sites out there!!
Seriously, I love(d) the show, but finding and watching it became a game of "Where's Waldo?"
-Douglas Adams
Some would say that people enter into more conflict than ever when the barriers sep. them are removed (distance, language, etc.) Is a "universal translator" a good thing?
Live simply. You're "wealth" is always in relation to others, so the minute you get off the hamster wheel of "want" that so many people have, you're wealth goes up tremendously.
While I liked the interview I heard, I seriously doubt he has enough authority to say what he really thinks in a public forum. I expect he'd be in a different department real fast if he toed anything other than the party line.
(Of course, I'm only joking.)
Scott
If you're hungry and still in a country where many people are dying of dysentary, measles, malaria, etc. (preventable stuff), then 'Net access is a non-issue.
Last I remember from Psych class, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs had "surfing the 'net" nowhere near "food".
http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/battery/oem/ch em/nicmet/index.html look for the ones at the bottom of the first table in the link.
They're closer to $10-$15 each!
The batteries used are really high capacity industrial Panasonic batteries (couldn't find the exact mAh rating) and retail for about $3-4/each.
But, yes, they could also run a flashlight. Actually, the whole pack of them makes 144 volts DC, so if you can cycle it, you could also run som appliances.
But it is something else.
(You should see the hamsters under the hood!)