On 2005-11-21, the California Secretary of State will hold a hearing regarding the recertification of several Diebold voting systems. Anyone in the Sacramento area with something to say, please attend.
This new glut of public information gave me an idea. Something similar to Distributed Proofreaders but for scrutinising government documents. Volunteer readers would look at a few scanned pages, marking the ones that would be of broad interest, and then the most interesting get compiled into a list.
I overclocked my TI-86 a few years back. It now graphs at amazing speed, fast enough to graph y2=fnInt(y1,x,0,x) within the limits of my patience.
That speed boost is a bane to those games which rely on looping for timing. Games such as Mario 86 and several Breakout games are now unplayable. It's a small price to pay, though, to be able to rely on brute forcing harder mathematical problems ("How many integers between 1 and 10 000 are multiples of 3 and 4 but not 5.").
I used driving simulators but never with a steering wheel and pedals. Instead I used a joystick, or even the keypad. This dampened my interest, and so I waited until behind-the-wheel training.
No matter how realistic the software, the lack of a realistic input device destroys the idea of practicing.
I learned in part with Sierra Driver's Education '99 software, which is no longer sold. It worked well, and included audio books of tutorials, multiple-choice tests, and a driving simulator of "Virtual City." I quickly lost seriousness and learned the finer points of running red lights and dodging traffic while going the wrong way on the freeway.
Bluff the world... Say you have an invisible navy - no one will be able to disprove it! Everyone will think Sweden is the next superpower...
That's not a good long-term strategy. Saddam tried that with biochemical weapons. It worked for a little less than a decade, but then America's patience wore out.
On the topic of the recording industry, PBS is airing a Frontline episode: "The Way the Music Died," on 2004-05-27, Thursday at 21:00. It may be of interest to some of you.
That's 14:42 on the west coast, not a very good time for broadcasting something other than infomercials, soaps, and Judge Judy. If this is to increase awareness by other than those already interested, schedule a launch for when broadcasters could easily switch over only for the duration of the launch, such as during morning/midday/evening/latenight news broadcasts. Better yet, make a FOX special out of this.
I use a custom home page. It contains forms for searches, web email, and whatever else I feel like putting there. The fact that it is world-accessible means I can use it from any terminal. The only problem is getting around to updating it.
Most login forms are convertible into a single text box for your password. Since I'm the only one who uses it, I can hardcode my username into a "type=hidden" input element. The submit button is also usually extraneous.
My wishlist now includes that Wikipedia random page idea and javascript email address obfuscation for forms where I login using my email address.
I never thought I'd see the day that Slashdot went Politically Correct on us. "Visually handicapped"? Why not just use the existing word for it? These people are deaf.
I feel tempted to expand on Slashdot's "political correctness," but since I'm a nice guy I will politely correct you.
Deaf is the term describing those with hearing loss.
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On 2005-11-21, the California Secretary of State will hold a hearing regarding the recertification of several Diebold voting systems. Anyone in the Sacramento area with something to say, please attend.
The Notice: http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/voting_systems/agen da_112105.pdf
"It stinks!"
This new glut of public information gave me an idea. Something similar to Distributed Proofreaders but for scrutinising government documents. Volunteer readers would look at a few scanned pages, marking the ones that would be of broad interest, and then the most interesting get compiled into a list.
If only there were 25 hours in a day.
I overclocked my TI-86 a few years back. It now graphs at amazing speed, fast enough to graph y2=fnInt(y1,x,0,x) within the limits of my patience.
That speed boost is a bane to those games which rely on looping for timing. Games such as Mario 86 and several Breakout games are now unplayable. It's a small price to pay, though, to be able to rely on brute forcing harder mathematical problems ("How many integers between 1 and 10 000 are multiples of 3 and 4 but not 5.").
I used driving simulators but never with a steering wheel and pedals. Instead I used a joystick, or even the keypad. This dampened my interest, and so I waited until behind-the-wheel training.
No matter how realistic the software, the lack of a realistic input device destroys the idea of practicing.
I learned in part with Sierra Driver's Education '99 software, which is no longer sold. It worked well, and included audio books of tutorials, multiple-choice tests, and a driving simulator of "Virtual City." I quickly lost seriousness and learned the finer points of running red lights and dodging traffic while going the wrong way on the freeway.
Bluff the world... Say you have an invisible navy - no one will be able to disprove it! Everyone will think Sweden is the next superpower...
That's not a good long-term strategy. Saddam tried that with biochemical weapons. It worked for a little less than a decade, but then America's patience wore out.
On the topic of the recording industry, PBS is airing a Frontline episode: "The Way the Music Died," on 2004-05-27, Thursday at 21:00. It may be of interest to some of you.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/musi c/
That's 14:42 on the west coast, not a very good time for broadcasting something other than infomercials, soaps, and Judge Judy. If this is to increase awareness by other than those already interested, schedule a launch for when broadcasters could easily switch over only for the duration of the launch, such as during morning/midday/evening/latenight news broadcasts. Better yet, make a FOX special out of this.
I use a custom home page. It contains forms for searches, web email, and whatever else I feel like putting there. The fact that it is world-accessible means I can use it from any terminal. The only problem is getting around to updating it.
Most login forms are convertible into a single text box for your password. Since I'm the only one who uses it, I can hardcode my username into a "type=hidden" input element. The submit button is also usually extraneous.
My wishlist now includes that Wikipedia random page idea and javascript email address obfuscation for forms where I login using my email address.
Dihydrogen Monoxide: It really is the invisible killer.
Of course, that would take all the fun out of it. Then again, cheating would be fun in itself.
I never thought I'd see the day that Slashdot went Politically Correct on us. "Visually handicapped"? Why not just use the existing word for it? These people are deaf.
I feel tempted to expand on Slashdot's "political correctness," but since I'm a nice guy I will politely correct you.
Deaf is the term describing those with hearing loss.