Guess who invented this technique? Nikola Tesla. These scientists may have built a system to use this, but they aren't the first ones. Read for yourself.
What he's refering to is the layout of the letters and such on a keyboard. Of course we have some new characters that weren't there before, (@, etc.) but the rest pretty much stayed the same. And your ergonomic keyboard is just a keyboard split in two, with a bulge in the middle.
As a sidenote, I think the reason that why we don't change keyboard layouts as often as processors (or at all) is because of the time required to learning to use a new layout, let alone something like the vertical keyboard. And many of the things we do are centered on the way our keyboards are designed. Things like key-combos, controls to certain interfaces, controls to games, and so on.
Mostly what I was suggesting is the archive/database and the tools to organize data inside of it. And how this could be tied into the browser directly, by means of the one-touch button which adds the page to your archive, and maybe even indexes it with information (meta tags and such).
Well, the simplest solution to this is to save all the stories you find important. But that can quickly take up lots of space, unless you save the text only, or the printer-friendly version. (Of course in the future this won't be valid anymore when we have more than enough space for those little text webpages. What would be useful is a feature (or addon for Mozilla or some such) that would let you just click a button, or do a key-combo, and it would archive the webpage you're currently looking at. Going with that archive would of course be search and filter tools to let you find things. Allowing you to organize articles and other material in groups, by date, keyword, etc.
If someone would make a Mozilla addon that even has only the first feature (button which saves the current webpage to an archive) that would be a great step.
Of course another tool you could have is something which would make a hash of all the webpage's content, and tell you if it has changed since the last time you loaded it.
Also good to note is that OGM (Ogg Media) is a container format like AVI, and it's somewhat better, especially if you use vorbis audio. It also allows you to add several different language tracks, different subtitles, and much more. It pretty much lets you put a DVD in a single file.
Interesting fact about TATU: Once the younger one (don't know their names) became 18, they applied to be in an issue of PLAYBOY together. They were told to buzz off.
Have you ever heard of TightVNC? It's using the VNC code base but it'd enhanced in various ways. There is a list of features that differ from VNC here (at the bottom). And when you use the actual client and not the browser version it's extremely smooth. Low bandwidth too.
They claim that WiMax-powered hot spots could cheaply offer wireless broadband access to citywide areas, bringing Wi-Fi closer to cellular network levels of ubiquity.
With Nokia in there, does that mean their phones will somehow be able to use these networks to make calls?
But this is a different cause. They have a chace of the government doing something. It makes much more of a difference if everyone knows about what's happening here because most people are completly unaware of the issue at hand. In the war protests everyone knew about it, and the US government was ignorant about it anyway, they had already decided. In this case there's a chance the german government will listen to them.
At least this way, they got you to notice. Especially for an issue like this that most people wouldn't even notice, it's esential that they do something that gets in people's way. Something that can't easily ignored.
Yea, but we were fine up to now without this. I mean look at how many kids survive without their parents watching them 24/7!;) What I'm trying to say is that the posible positive outweight the negative effects by far. Heck, wouldn't you as parent hate it if you got a message every 10 min because Billy walked off the sidewalk for a while. Also, it would worsen relationships between parents and their children greatly. I would hate to have a parent call me everytime I went to my friends house after school without telling my mom. I mean up to now I'd (maybe) call my mom when I got there, but now I'd have to content with a hysterical mom calling me from her mobile phone because she's already heading my way in her car because I turned left into [insert name of bad neighborhood]. It just creates inconvinience for everyone.
To conclude: If the child comes to the point where you let them go outside on their own, then they should be just that, alone. You, as a parent, should have taught them enough about the outside world so that they can manage any situations they come across on their own. If you don't think they can handle them, then just accompany them.
And the whole system they propose is faulty, unless you implant it into them somewhere, they will get rid of it somehow. This is for 8-12 year olds, old enough to handle themselves "out in the big world."
Why is Ashcroft telling 6 year olds to bend over? I knew it all along...
This does raise the issue, couldn't the "snatchers" just hack the recievers and use it to track all 6 year olds walking home alone in the next couple square miles? Wonder what the parents will say about this system once their child got snatched by someone who just reverse engineered the system...
...your opinion matters about as much as a... kid talking about parental issues.
But it is he who will be affected by this, not you. It will be him who will have restrictions placed on him uneccesarily, not you. And in general I think someone who is a lot closer to the age (or at least remembers how it was at that age) will be able to decide if something is unwanted and undisirable, a lot better than a parent who has the 'parental instinct' to deal with.
This is like a harness in a stroller. It's a good idea to keep the child from falling out, but there are certain parents who strap them in so tightly that they can't move at all, and sometimes it even gives them trouble breathing. I've seen it, and the parents wonder why the child is crying...
So just like in my example, you need to give children some movement space, and breathing room.
Is it really worth the money and the effort to send up an entire system so that coverage can be ensured during the say 2% of time when the GPS signals are distorted for military reasons?
Yes, what happens when the US, for some reason denies Europe access to GPS (maybe to threaten them in one way or another, or when there is a conflict between European contries and the USA). So when you're being attacked, do you want to rely on your enemy to supply you with mission critical tactical data? I think not...
Please just fill out this form, it shouldn't take you long.
Why do I need to put my name and adress? You said this was an anonymous survey?
Oh, that's just for ehh... our computer, eh... so he can list you in alphabetical order, and ehh geographical area... yes, that's it! *Scratches back of head nervously, looks away*
You can have applications run with keyboard commands by creating a shortcut to them (you usually already have one in your start menu) and then right clicking it, going to properties, and then in the 'Shortcut' tab, where it says "Shortcut key:" type in a letter of you choice. Default is Ctrl + Alt + [your letter] but you can change that to Ctrl + Shift + [your letter] or to Alt + Shift + [your letter].
You know there's a reason things don't start when you only click them once in Windows. It's made so if you accidentally click it, it won't start itself (sometimes this takes a while, making you wait 30sec or however long till you can close the programm and start using your computer again). Also, you have to click and drag to select a single item, which takes longer than simply clicking on something and having it selected. Also it's always a hasle if you click and drag and select something you don't want to, then you need to deselect them, and then start over. (Note: sometimes programs start even when you right-click them).
One last thing, you can have multiple destops on Windows with NVidia's nView display dirvers. Which you can switch with a keyboard combo of your choice.
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Guess who invented this technique? Nikola Tesla. These scientists may have built a system to use this, but they aren't the first ones. Read for yourself.
As a sidenote, I think the reason that why we don't change keyboard layouts as often as processors (or at all) is because of the time required to learning to use a new layout, let alone something like the vertical keyboard. And many of the things we do are centered on the way our keyboards are designed. Things like key-combos, controls to certain interfaces, controls to games, and so on.
Mostly what I was suggesting is the archive/database and the tools to organize data inside of it. And how this could be tied into the browser directly, by means of the one-touch button which adds the page to your archive, and maybe even indexes it with information (meta tags and such).
Guess this comes from reading Jon Udell.If someone would make a Mozilla addon that even has only the first feature (button which saves the current webpage to an archive) that would be a great step.
Of course another tool you could have is something which would make a hash of all the webpage's content, and tell you if it has changed since the last time you loaded it.
Also good to note is that OGM (Ogg Media) is a container format like AVI, and it's somewhat better, especially if you use vorbis audio. It also allows you to add several different language tracks, different subtitles, and much more.
It pretty much lets you put a DVD in a single file.
Interesting fact about TATU: Once the younger one (don't know their names) became 18, they applied to be in an issue of PLAYBOY together. They were told to buzz off.
Have you ever heard of TightVNC? It's using the VNC code base but it'd enhanced in various ways. There is a list of features that differ from VNC here (at the bottom). And when you use the actual client and not the browser version it's extremely smooth. Low bandwidth too.
With Nokia in there, does that mean their phones will somehow be able to use these networks to make calls?
But this is a different cause. They have a chace of the government doing something. It makes much more of a difference if everyone knows about what's happening here because most people are completly unaware of the issue at hand. In the war protests everyone knew about it, and the US government was ignorant about it anyway, they had already decided. In this case there's a chance the german government will listen to them.
At least this way, they got you to notice. Especially for an issue like this that most people wouldn't even notice, it's esential that they do something that gets in people's way. Something that can't easily ignored.
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"Jabber is *not* an instant messaging protocol. It just happens to be useful for instant messaging ;-)
Jabber is a protocol for streaming XML."
Yea, but we were fine up to now without this. I mean look at how many kids survive without their parents watching them 24/7! ;) What I'm trying to say is that the posible positive outweight the negative effects by far. Heck, wouldn't you as parent hate it if you got a message every 10 min because Billy walked off the sidewalk for a while.
Also, it would worsen relationships between parents and their children greatly. I would hate to have a parent call me everytime I went to my friends house after school without telling my mom. I mean up to now I'd (maybe) call my mom when I got there, but now I'd have to content with a hysterical mom calling me from her mobile phone because she's already heading my way in her car because I turned left into [insert name of bad neighborhood]. It just creates inconvinience for everyone.
To conclude: If the child comes to the point where you let them go outside on their own, then they should be just that, alone. You, as a parent, should have taught them enough about the outside world so that they can manage any situations they come across on their own. If you don't think they can handle them, then just accompany them.
And the whole system they propose is faulty, unless you implant it into them somewhere, they will get rid of it somehow. This is for 8-12 year olds, old enough to handle themselves "out in the big world."
This does raise the issue, couldn't the "snatchers" just hack the recievers and use it to track all 6 year olds walking home alone in the next couple square miles? Wonder what the parents will say about this system once their child got snatched by someone who just reverse engineered the system...
Big Mama is watching you..
But it is he who will be affected by this, not you. It will be him who will have restrictions placed on him uneccesarily, not you. And in general I think someone who is a lot closer to the age (or at least remembers how it was at that age) will be able to decide if something is unwanted and undisirable, a lot better than a parent who has the 'parental instinct' to deal with.
This is like a harness in a stroller. It's a good idea to keep the child from falling out, but there are certain parents who strap them in so tightly that they can't move at all, and sometimes it even gives them trouble breathing. I've seen it, and the parents wonder why the child is crying...
So just like in my example, you need to give children some movement space, and breathing room.
Yes, what happens when the US, for some reason denies Europe access to GPS (maybe to threaten them in one way or another, or when there is a conflict between European contries and the USA). So when you're being attacked, do you want to rely on your enemy to supply you with mission critical tactical data? I think not...
The question is would the razor blades be on the inside or the outside?
Why do I need to put my name and adress? You said this was an anonymous survey?
Oh, that's just for ehh ... our computer, eh... so he can list you in alphabetical order, and ehh geographical area... yes, that's it! *Scratches back of head nervously, looks away*
You know there's a reason things don't start when you only click them once in Windows. It's made so if you accidentally click it, it won't start itself (sometimes this takes a while, making you wait 30sec or however long till you can close the programm and start using your computer again). Also, you have to click and drag to select a single item, which takes longer than simply clicking on something and having it selected. Also it's always a hasle if you click and drag and select something you don't want to, then you need to deselect them, and then start over. (Note: sometimes programs start even when you right-click them).
One last thing, you can have multiple destops on Windows with NVidia's nView display dirvers. Which you can switch with a keyboard combo of your choice.
http://www.activesurplus.com/
Think more like UT2006/3D will be damn cool
Baseballbat, meet Hello Kitty. Hello Kitty, meet baseballbat.
Hello Kitty: Hi!
Baseballbat: *thwack*
Well, $350/month is a really greatprice , but you to pay for *air*? You know, someone's ripping you off, everyone else doesn't have to pay for air...
They flew down to hell to go ice-skating...