Okay I'm not giving you any more free Kamma (Please shoot the mods for me).
This is the last time I'm replying to this.
Have you thought that there are other factors besides if something is feasable?
Like say social factors?
I really don't think the deaf will go for this that much and that by itself will doom it (even though it has practicallity problems too).
Note to mods: Get your fscking asses in order (I mean the ignorant posts all get a point and I post info and poeple don't give a darn). Now you will excuse me while I go and find another site instead of Slashdot.
Okay, as I said what you were talking about would be of no practical use for the deaf (as opposed to the deaf-blind) and the deaf-blind use tactile sigh language (far more efficient than using your proposed Braile spectrograph.
Please be aware that this method is simply trying to replace sign language and that isn't going to work.
Okay here is the deal, my vision is 20/200 and 20/300 (different in each eye) and I'm near-sighted. Now I can hear noise but, that is it as the the center in the brain that processes spoken speech is going downhill (and has been for years).
Now, I went to Helen Keller National Center in New York (a center for the deaf-blind) and I can speak with some authority when I say that even if I was completely blind I would be able to use the computer using a Braille display (incidentally I know Braille)
As for communication, many deaf-blind use what is known as touch (tactile) sign language which allows them toi follow sign language by touch.
Further, the deaf-blind are a lot less helpless than people make them out to be.
ASL is mostly (around 75%) based on French Sign Language (can't remember the name of the French sigh language now). It was brought over to the States many, many, years ago.
In any event ASL (or was that another sign language in the US? can't remember) was the primary language on Martha's Vineyard at one time. Now it is a frick'n vacation area for the well-to-do.
Who are you kidding, Linux has fewer games even than the Mac does.
If you mean compared to Windows then yeah, you would be right.
On the other hand, there are Mac only games...
Then again the hard core gamer set seems only interested mostly in blowing stuff up (first person shooters come to mind). Of course there are exceptions.
FWIW, you can play your Linux games on the Mac provided you can compile them:P
What is funny is that AFAIK, the spec for HTML does not say how to handle spacing. It is left up to the browser (which would mean the old way was also valid but, not invalid either).
According to the same document you reference (ironic isn't it?), modern browsers are supposed to use the non-strict rendering mode for Transitional DOCTYPE.
Frankly, the reason I don't use strict on the page and use CSS in place is pretty obvious. You need the page to work with more browsers (how many people have CSS2 compliant browsers?)
So, you can be an elitist but, there is the rest of the world.
For example put a header before all your functions that says what the function returns, its purpose and any arguments.
Don't explain how the code works in a comment but, what it does.
An example of a funtion header:
//inputFile Function //Arguments: // //string aFileName //ifstream iFile // //Returns: bool // //Description: // //The function inputFile takes a string as an //argument and an ifstream. The ifstream is //passed by reference and will contain the file //data once opened. Returns true if the file //was opened.
Note: Use fewer 'junk' characters huh? Stupid submit form (especially with this subject).
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Who said that I expected them to owe me anything?
What I meant was the attitude that the deaf should be just like the hearing. Meaning they should feel all jolly to be just like everyone else.
This attitude is pretty common out there.
As for forcing people to learn sign language, don't put words in my mouth. I never said to force people to learn ASL.
However, if they have a deaf employee it wouldn't be a bad idea although there are other methods that don't require them to learn ASL.
You really think an international sign language would work? Try standardizing on it. Good luck.
Oh?
The deaf use ASL in the uS not signed English. Signed English isn't a language. Ask a lingist if you doubt me.
So, you propose the deaf need to adapt? That is a bad attitude and one that unfortunately a lot of people here have had at some point.
I repeat ASL is not signed English (it has more in common with French Sign Language than English)
Yeah, especially since over the years pretending will take its toll.
I'm TS and I would know as I'm also legally deaf-blind.
A lot of people discount the emotional strain and frankly they shouldn't.
MacOS X has no intergated browser.
You can select a differnt browser from IE (IE is included).
However, if you mean overall OS speed, speed is dpendent on the graphics card installed and the amount of RAM more than anything else.
Although it does run faster on a G4 than a G3.
Yeah, and I said it before in the other story and look what happened to me.
:goes back to anon mode:
Must be your lucky day.
Be very very careful around here.
Note: I thought the exact same thing.
Okay I'm not giving you any more free Kamma (Please shoot the mods for me).
This is the last time I'm replying to this.
Have you thought that there are other factors besides if something is feasable?
Like say social factors?
I really don't think the deaf will go for this that much and that by itself will doom it (even though it has practicallity problems too).
Note to mods: Get your fscking asses in order (I mean the ignorant posts all get a point and I post info and poeple don't give a darn). Now you will excuse me while I go and find another site instead of Slashdot.
Why do moderators mod the ignorant up?
:sigh:
Okay, as I said what you were talking about would be of no practical use for the deaf (as opposed to the deaf-blind) and the deaf-blind use tactile sigh language (far more efficient than using your proposed Braile spectrograph.
Please be aware that this method is simply trying to replace sign language and that isn't going to work.
Okay here is the deal, my vision is 20/200 and 20/300 (different in each eye) and I'm near-sighted. Now I can hear noise but, that is it as the the center in the brain that processes spoken speech is going downhill (and has been for years).
Now, I went to Helen Keller National Center in New York (a center for the deaf-blind) and I can speak with some authority when I say that even if I was completely blind I would be able to use the computer using a Braille display (incidentally I know Braille)
As for communication, many deaf-blind use what is known as touch (tactile) sign language which allows them toi follow sign language by touch.
Further, the deaf-blind are a lot less helpless than people make them out to be.
And this is an improvement over sign language and visual cues how?
In both cases the person needs to be able to see in order to use it so these frequency spectrographs isn't too useful.
Well yes and no.
ASL is mostly (around 75%) based on French Sign Language (can't remember the name of the French sigh language now). It was brought over to the States many, many, years ago.
In any event ASL (or was that another sign language in the US? can't remember) was the primary language on Martha's Vineyard at one time. Now it is a frick'n vacation area for the well-to-do.
I have to agree.
I myself am legally deaf-blind.
To ber truthful, in any case these devices are only marginally helpful anyway at this stage.
However, later may be a problem. For example I'm strongly opposed to forcing the deaf to use English for everything instead of sign language.
I really don't think this will be too useful except for the completely blind.
Even then there are other factors, such as learning how to see when you didn't see before.
On a side not, they said the same thing about Coucher implants and those are marginally useful only (they are limited in what they can do).
Inconclusive.
In some areas the latest linux 2.4 kernel is better. In other cases the Darwin kernel is better.
NetBSD is mostly behind though (not always)
I'm not sure why I bother.
The Mac platform dead? You have to be kidding.
There are at least 20 million Mac users out there (probably more)
Linux on the desktop has less than that by a long shot.
Go back to "BSD is Dying" posts or whatever you were doing.
Note: The above is fact. Linux is mostly used in servers.
:sign:
:P
And you guys are Linux types mostly here?
Who are you kidding, Linux has fewer games even than the Mac does.
If you mean compared to Windows then yeah, you would be right.
On the other hand, there are Mac only games...
Then again the hard core gamer set seems only interested mostly in blowing stuff up (first person shooters come to mind). Of course there are exceptions.
FWIW, you can play your Linux games on the Mac provided you can compile them
Oh bloody hell.
What is funny is that AFAIK, the spec for HTML does not say how to handle spacing. It is left up to the browser (which would mean the old way was also valid but, not invalid either).
:sigh:
I am not going to have fun with this.
One other thing.
According to the same document you reference (ironic isn't it?), modern browsers are supposed to use the non-strict rendering mode for Transitional DOCTYPE.
Frankly, the reason I don't use strict on the page and use CSS in place is pretty obvious. You need the page to work with more browsers (how many people have CSS2 compliant browsers?)
So, you can be an elitist but, there is the rest of the world.
:sigh:
w .rit.edu/~wjl3191/about.html
The page in question is HTML 4.01 Transitional compliant and works in:
IE (all versions)
OmniWeb
iCab
Mozilla 0.9.x
Opera
Netscape 6.2.1
Here is two URLs:
http://www.rit.edu/~wjl3191/daemons/
http://ww
Both pages are compliant (iCab is a standards compliant browser), also validated with W3C.
so, this is probably a bug.
I design pages and there is a spacing bug related to images that was introduced sometime after 0.9.9 that I reported.
This affects all platforms. Basically, you will get space around an image that you shouldn't.
Bug is: 22274
:sigh:
Take a Programming class.
I had to reformat due to the idiot filter.
Your wrote:
This wouldn't work (and isn't a comment).
bool openFile(string aFileName, ifstream & iFile)
//Do stuff
{
}
The header itself (not a prototype) is for OTHER PEOPLE so they can understand your code later and should be readable.
The compiler does not care how many lines of white space there are as comments aren't code themselves.
An intern where?
Most places put Macs in TV shows as they had them handy as they do a lot of creative work on Macs.
After all, what platform do you think they use for creative work?
Some advice.
Use meaningful variable names:
like:
string iFileName;
(Short of input file name)
Comment your functions:
For example put a header before all your functions that says what the function returns, its purpose and any arguments.
Don't explain how the code works in a comment but, what it does.
An example of a funtion header:
//inputFile Function
//Arguments:
//
//string aFileName
//ifstream iFile
//
//Returns: bool
//
//Description:
//
//The function inputFile takes a string as an
//argument and an ifstream. The ifstream is
//passed by reference and will contain the file
//data once opened. Returns true if the file
//was opened.
Note: Use fewer 'junk' characters huh? Stupid submit form (especially with this subject).
Mod Parent down.
I use EarthLink and they have good service
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