Google isn't perfect by any means, and sure, you could do better, but it's damn good
Could they possibly filter out the sales sites that spam the engine and place those sites under a different tab?
When I'm looking for something I don't have to wade through 3 Google results pages. Maybe something like, "Does page contain credit card input fields"? and assign a weight to it.
"When we finally got home from the monthly Rambling Writers Conference (this time in Djemaa-el-Fna), we found Fractal Manor's main hall shoulder deep in brand-new state-of-the-art totally free computer hardware and software for me to check out. Drat. I'll never get around to most of it, of course, and probably will end up dumpstering 90% or more. What I really need to properly handle all of the wonderful things companies send me absolutely free to review and enjoy with no obligation whatsoever on my part, is a trash compactor.
I thought I'd start by reconfiguring my main computer, the Hyena 986SXDXMCMXCIV. Right now the sectors on the hard disk run clockwise, but I heard a rumor that you can squeeze 0.2% more throughput by running them counterclockwise. It's worth the effort. Recommended.
I slid the shrink-wrap off version 7.126 of DiskMember Gold (I know, you thought I'd never upgrade from version 4.79, especially after all my bad-mouthing of versions 5.33 and 6.02, but what can I say? Only a Corinthian drinks kevis in a Veronese cantola.) and fired it up. No joy. I reread the documentation to no avail, then scanned the whole manual in, OCRed it, spell- checked the file and uploaded it to BIX with a question mark appended."
If I were a betting man, I'd put money on the fact that 90% of idiots will go "Hmm, there's this Eye-Tunes thing in my Pepsi... oh well" and toss it
I like your choice of the term, "idiots". With advertising barrages left, right and centre you decided to insult those who assume that most marketing come-ons are likely scams and not worth detailed examination of the fine print inside a bottlecap.
Too bad more vendors don't equip their consumer-level PCs with those plug-in drive trays - $20 extra? - (of course, that would create a whole other set of problems though) and offer a free, additional limited trial of Linux or another OS simply by plugging-in a different HD-in-a-tray. Don't like it/too complicated? Shut down, put the Windows tray back in, re-boot and return the smaller capacity disk and tray for a refund.
Case manufacturers now offer slide-out motherboard trays and flexible mounting options for other internals. Would a HD tray be a huge additional cost?
Hm, too bad it wasn't particularly reliable. It did take a couple of years for Honda to get the hang of it. I forget what it was about it, though. Wasn't it the first DOHC engine Honda built?
You could be right, mine was a lease and I only had it for 48 months. Never had any problems that I recall. Apparently, the 1986 Legend was dual cam.
It would have to be an expensive hot-pluggable one, coupled with smart software that allowed it to be safely hot plugged, and/or it had an expensive interlocking system preventing it from being unplugged when the system is powered.
No, it would not have to be hot-pluggable. These drives can be locked, preventing unauthorized removal.
Did you read what I wrote or are you just knee-jerking?
If you don't fancy working in India, just pick somewhere else with a lower cost of living than the US, and set up shop there.
Actually, this is a brilliant idea, assuming it is managed well.
Your 401K (or whatever is left of it) will last for decades in India and you will have the advantage as being seen as a willing immigrant. For many non-Americans, typical Americans are perceived as blowhard, self-important morons. This is a popular interpretation and is certainly not true of most USans.
I'm guessing that if you make an attempt to learn a bit of the language and try to fit in a bit, you'll find a great deal of respect.
You would, but in a few years time when this technology has legal precident spending a few grand on modding a 'secure' camera to forge evidence in order to get away with millions sounds like a good investment.
Nevermind that in a jury trial most members presented with DNA evidence have no clue about DNA to start with, except from what they've heard/read about in popular media. They have to be ejumicated by the attorneys and specialists. If it is supposed to be trial by one's peers, there are some definite concerns here regarding technobabble.
By William Illsey Atkinson, as printed in The Globe and Mail, Jan. 5, 2000
Reprinted with special permission, W. Atkinson, Jan. 2000
Burnaby, B.C. -- It has a nice ring: Newfoundland and Laboratory. No, it's not a misprint. The Rest Of Canada -- which in this case includes Quebec -- likes to think of the easternmost province as the have-not of the 10. But multidisciplinary fieldwork based on human genetics may pave the way to a high-tech gold mine in Newfoundland.
At least one geneticist, Dr. William Davidson, thinks so. Last summer, Willie Davidson moved from being a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Memorial University to become Dean of Science at Simon Fraser University. In his cross-Canada relocation, at least one thing remained intact: His passion for the right of Newfoundlanders to control a natural resource of vast potential value -- their own genes. [/QUOTE]
For users, changing operating systems, and even browsers, can be quite painful
Too bad more vendors don't equip their consumer-level PCs with those plug-in drive trays - $20 extra? - (of course, that would create a whole other set of problems though) and offer a free, additional limited trial of Linux or another OS simply by plugging-in a different HD-in-a-tray. Don't like it/too complicated? Shut down, put the Windows tray back in, re-boot and return the smaller capacity disk and tray for a refund.
Case manufacturers now offer slide-out motherboard trays and flexible mounting options for other internals. Would a HD tray be a huge additional cost?
"My topic for today is the prevalence of speculation in media. What does it mean? Why has it become so ubiquitous? Should we do something about it? If so, what? And why? Should we care at all? Isn't speculation valuable? Isn't it natural? And so on."
I seem to recall that you have to blow hot air or oxygen through the melt to burn out excess carbon to convert the pig iron to steel. Maybe he hasn't gotten that far developing the process.
Yeah, that's sort-of right (within my limited understanding of the process). One of the problems with blowing air or O2 through the tuyeres is accretion. Do you know what a pneumatic puncher is and how it works?
Slashdot Mirror
See DQSD. Google (in beta?), Hotbot and others are now offering this feature. It's open source.
Google isn't perfect by any means, and sure, you could do better, but it's damn good
Could they possibly filter out the sales sites that spam the engine and place those sites under a different tab?
When I'm looking for something I don't have to wade through 3 Google results pages. Maybe something like, "Does page contain credit card input fields"? and assign a weight to it.
I like the reference to Pournelle, he's a great guy. Used to buy Byte just for his column but after Byte went paid-only on the web I lost interest.
Have you seen this parody? Excerpt:
"When we finally got home from the monthly Rambling Writers Conference (this time in Djemaa-el-Fna), we found Fractal Manor's main hall shoulder deep in brand-new state-of-the-art totally free computer hardware and software for me to check out. Drat. I'll never get around to most of it, of course, and probably will end up dumpstering 90% or more. What I really need to properly handle all of the wonderful things companies send me absolutely free to review and enjoy with no obligation whatsoever on my part, is a trash compactor.
I thought I'd start by reconfiguring my main computer, the Hyena 986SXDXMCMXCIV. Right now the sectors on the hard disk run clockwise, but I heard a rumor that you can squeeze 0.2% more throughput by running them counterclockwise. It's worth the effort. Recommended.
I slid the shrink-wrap off version 7.126 of DiskMember Gold (I know, you thought I'd never upgrade from version 4.79, especially after all my bad-mouthing of versions 5.33 and 6.02, but what can I say? Only a Corinthian drinks kevis in a Veronese cantola.) and fired it up. No joy. I reread the documentation to no avail, then scanned the whole manual in, OCRed it, spell- checked the file and uploaded it to BIX with a question mark appended."
More at the link above.
It's always pretty amazing how some of us feel qualified to give aerospace engineering advice to Ph.D. aerospace engineers.
Doesn't NASA make a great, light insulation material called Aerogel? Could it be blown-in/extruded into a vacuum space that features a tough exterior?
Oh, boy, sleep! That's where I'm a NASA scientist!
when are we going to have the ununceleron, ununathlon, ununopteron & ununitanium?
I'm waiting for unobtanium, myself. I hear it's quite good stuff, if we could only find/manufacture it.
If I were a betting man, I'd put money on the fact that 90% of idiots will go "Hmm, there's this Eye-Tunes thing in my Pepsi... oh well" and toss it
I like your choice of the term, "idiots". With advertising barrages left, right and centre you decided to insult those who assume that most marketing come-ons are likely scams and not worth detailed examination of the fine print inside a bottlecap.
Reposted from another story:
Too bad more vendors don't equip their consumer-level PCs with those plug-in drive trays - $20 extra? - (of course, that would create a whole other set of problems though) and offer a free, additional limited trial of Linux or another OS simply by plugging-in a different HD-in-a-tray. Don't like it/too complicated? Shut down, put the Windows tray back in, re-boot and return the smaller capacity disk and tray for a refund.
Case manufacturers now offer slide-out motherboard trays and flexible mounting options for other internals. Would a HD tray be a huge additional cost?
AutoCAD on Windows ME? Please tell me you're joking. If not, make sure autosave is set to every 10 seconds.
Hm, too bad it wasn't particularly reliable. It did take a couple of years for Honda to get the hang of it. I forget what it was about it, though. Wasn't it the first DOHC engine Honda built?
You could be right, mine was a lease and I only had it for 48 months. Never had any problems that I recall. Apparently, the 1986 Legend was dual cam.
30% tax on $20/hr? even here in "socialist" canada it's more like 16%. i think you have a "fact problem"
You are paying only 16% in total income taxes on $20/hour and you live in Canada?
I think you have a "reality problem".
Troll.
I want to see Swiffer vs. Competition.
Swiffer will kick ass!
Seriously though, has there ever been a greater waste of TV advertising money?
Didn't Cameron do deep sea exploration, himself?
I usually don't side with the Hollywood types, but he seems to be a real risk-taker, and you've got to admire that.
More stuff, less fluff.
It would have to be an expensive hot-pluggable one, coupled with smart software that allowed it to be safely hot plugged, and/or it had an expensive interlocking system preventing it from being unplugged when the system is powered.
No, it would not have to be hot-pluggable. These drives can be locked, preventing unauthorized removal.
Did you read what I wrote or are you just knee-jerking?
Are these the same "Car Talk" guys that demonstrated knowledge of English bows and the fingers used?
Nice hand-waving.
What was that diatribe all about, anyway?
If you don't fancy working in India, just pick somewhere else with a lower cost of living than the US, and set up shop there.
Actually, this is a brilliant idea, assuming it is managed well.
Your 401K (or whatever is left of it) will last for decades in India and you will have the advantage as being seen as a willing immigrant. For many non-Americans, typical Americans are perceived as blowhard, self-important morons. This is a popular interpretation and is certainly not true of most USans.
I'm guessing that if you make an attempt to learn a bit of the language and try to fit in a bit, you'll find a great deal of respect.
What he should have said was, "Is the magnetic field what keeps the atmosphere in place, or could it be gravity?"
I suppose he had an "out" though, since he was just speculating?
You would, but in a few years time when this technology has legal precident spending a few grand on modding a 'secure' camera to forge evidence in order to get away with millions sounds like a good investment.
Nevermind that in a jury trial most members presented with DNA evidence have no clue about DNA to start with, except from what they've heard/read about in popular media. They have to be ejumicated by the attorneys and specialists. If it is supposed to be trial by one's peers, there are some definite concerns here regarding technobabble.
No wonder, they have a rather large population with a very coherent DNA to study there
[QUOTE] Like Iceland, Newfoundland's unique gene pool is a priceless commodity that could change the fortunes of the island
THE RUSH FOR THE ROCK
By William Illsey Atkinson, as printed in The Globe and Mail, Jan. 5, 2000
Reprinted with special permission, W. Atkinson, Jan. 2000
Burnaby, B.C. -- It has a nice ring: Newfoundland and Laboratory. No, it's not a misprint. The Rest Of Canada -- which in this case includes Quebec -- likes to think of the easternmost province as the have-not of the 10. But multidisciplinary fieldwork based on human genetics may pave the way to a high-tech gold mine in Newfoundland.
At least one geneticist, Dr. William Davidson, thinks so. Last summer, Willie Davidson moved from being a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Memorial University to become Dean of Science at Simon Fraser University. In his cross-Canada relocation, at least one thing remained intact: His passion for the right of Newfoundlanders to control a natural resource of vast potential value -- their own genes. [/QUOTE]
[More at the link above]
For users, changing operating systems, and even browsers, can be quite painful
Too bad more vendors don't equip their consumer-level PCs with those plug-in drive trays - $20 extra? - (of course, that would create a whole other set of problems though) and offer a free, additional limited trial of Linux or another OS simply by plugging-in a different HD-in-a-tray. Don't like it/too complicated? Shut down, put the Windows tray back in, re-boot and return the smaller capacity disk and tray for a refund.
Case manufacturers now offer slide-out motherboard trays and flexible mounting options for other internals. Would a HD tray be a huge additional cost?
Beep baseball
Will this do anything about the zombie problem?
Is collar-top computing the Next Big Thing?
Why not? For many, it'd be the only processing power above the neck.
Haven't you read Why Speculate yet?
"My topic for today is the prevalence of speculation in media. What does it mean? Why has it become so ubiquitous? Should we do something about it? If so, what? And why? Should we care at all? Isn't speculation valuable? Isn't it natural? And so on."
I seem to recall that you have to blow hot air or oxygen through the melt to burn out excess carbon to convert the pig iron to steel. Maybe he hasn't gotten that far developing the process.
Yeah, that's sort-of right (within my limited understanding of the process). One of the problems with blowing air or O2 through the tuyeres is accretion. Do you know what a pneumatic puncher is and how it works?