The QWERTY layout was created so that striking pins in mechanical typewriters wouldn't collide. This resulted in keys that often follow each other being a bit spread out. All this is of course obsolete by now.
But the main problem with switching to any other layout is that if you use other keyboards than your own (like me, I'm a consultant) very often, you are in trouble. Depends on your type of work, I guess.
I got a new ISP and a new static IP, then noticed that it was listed in SPEWS as a dynamic IP which seemed enough to get my mail blocked. I sendt them an email about this error and after a short while it was removed from their database.
-Filik
Under the terms of the deal, IAC will issue 1.26 shares of its common stock for each share of Ask Jeeves common stock in a tax-free transaction
Thus this doesn't really say anything at all about the real value. Just one bubble merging with another bubble. I would be more impressed if they offered to buy the shares with real money instead of shares in another company.
And even if Linux did violate any patents (extremely hypotethical), these violations would be in US, not in China! US patents aren't even valid in Europe, much less China!
I totally agree. This thread is so filled with "I want" and "I deserve" that it makes me sick.
As for voters in US: It's too late now, you should instead concentrate on getting some better senators. At least there are some very worth candidates there.
Instead there is now http://a9.com/ search on http://imdb.com/... I already hate that little A9 window, even have to turn on javascript for it to work!
Is there any filesystem out there that can perform fsck while mounted and in use? For production environments, it is really bad to have to be down for 6 hours while filechecking, even if it is only done every 6th month. Also, if the host only boots once a year, most linux variants wont ever force a filecheck.
What the hell is this supposed to mean? Who cares about her degree, if she gives good answers to tough questions? Instead of digging up dirt, why not utilize your braincells constructivly making up some really difficult questions? And if she fails to answer those adequatly, I'll hold my tongue.
I came looking at this thread hoping to find some interesting questions, and all I can find is meaningless slander. Modded to 5 no less!
...is to make those parts of the game that you have to solve fairly easy, while still adding lots of extras with varying difficulty (just don't fall into the trap of rewarding the good players with items that makes it even easier for them...instead focus on fun but useless rewards) Personally I think it is bad that the player has the option to solve everything , so a few impossible or near impossible spots should be added as well, just to teach the player that they aren't supposed to go exploring every cranny of the map, but instead focus on their mission. Then again, some hardcore players will never give up until every single resistance is dealt with, however little they have to do with the mission...
Means nothing compared to the immense sense of relief when reaching the elevator and its music in the first System Shock. It was utterly...surreal and relaxing...
-Filik.
Hmm..my boss and a friend has dyslexia, so any such filter wouldn't help me much.
We could alert some dyslexia organizations about this, but nobody would ever know what they answered...
Actually, the mere fact that these people saw the need to insert a new backdoor is a good sign (though not proof) that there aren't any old ones (or that they weren't very talented).
Darn, article got slashdotted before I could read it, so this reply is just general musings.
The spam problem has to do with the whole future of person to person communication, as well as the whole future of adverticement. Whichever way it will be solved, a very likely outcome is that in 10 years it will no longer be possible in any way to get in touch with someone you don't already know from outside the Internet, and the first decade of Internet will be looked back upon with nostalgia as the only decade of totally free communication. This is because the real problem lies in the initial contact.
You might argue that we can still communicate via boards, chat channels and similar things, where you can give out crypt-keys to those you wish to continue communicating with, but remember that these will be the next target for adverticing after open email collapses. I'm sure adverticers will even write AI's to simulate people so that they can lure the crypt-keys from innocents.
Not necessarily! In the future, all non-self-made recording equipment will probably spot the watermark of the sounds coming from your loudspeakers, and refuse to record it.
But just wait for the next version of Windows, and I'm sure they will have (their own) internet-search embedded in their OS. And after some years users won't know any other method of searching. Only unix/mac users would still use Google.
-Filik.
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The QWERTY layout was created so that striking pins in mechanical typewriters wouldn't collide. This resulted in keys that often follow each other being a bit spread out. All this is of course obsolete by now.
But the main problem with switching to any other layout is that if you use other keyboards than your own (like me, I'm a consultant) very often, you are in trouble. Depends on your type of work, I guess.
-Filik
I got a new ISP and a new static IP, then noticed that it was listed in SPEWS as a dynamic IP which seemed enough to get my mail blocked. I sendt them an email about this error and after a short while it was removed from their database. -Filik
Under the terms of the deal, IAC will issue 1.26 shares of its common stock for each share of Ask Jeeves common stock in a tax-free transaction
Thus this doesn't really say anything at all about the real value. Just one bubble merging with another bubble. I would be more impressed if they offered to buy the shares with real money instead of shares in another company.
I'm sure there are plenty of vigilantes who would love to do the same _outside_ their networks...
And even if Linux did violate any patents (extremely hypotethical), these violations would be in US, not in China! US patents aren't even valid in Europe, much less China!
As for voters in US: It's too late now, you should instead concentrate on getting some better senators. At least there are some very worth candidates there.
-Filik
Instead there is now http://a9.com/ search on http://imdb.com/... I already hate that little A9 window, even have to turn on javascript for it to work!
-Filik
-Frank.
In addition, I believe the way you sit, and especially the way you rest your elbows/underarms means more than the specific keyboard/mouse solution.
...is to make those parts of the game that you have to solve fairly easy, while still adding lots of extras with varying difficulty (just don't fall into the trap of rewarding the good players with items that makes it even easier for them...instead focus on fun but useless rewards)
Personally I think it is bad that the player has the option to solve everything , so a few impossible or near impossible spots should be added as well, just to teach the player that they aren't supposed to go exploring every cranny of the map, but instead focus on their mission.
Then again, some hardcore players will never give up until every single resistance is dealt with, however little they have to do with the mission...
Means nothing compared to the immense sense of relief when reaching the elevator and its music in the first System Shock. It was utterly...surreal and relaxing... -Filik.
Yeah, Biohazard gave me a warm fuzzy feeling, Nights was pretty teardripping, and Luigi scared the living daylights out of me 8)
Hmm..my boss and a friend has dyslexia, so any such filter wouldn't help me much.
We could alert some dyslexia organizations about this, but nobody would ever know what they answered...
-BIFF
(antilamenessfilter lowercases and some more)
Actually, the mere fact that these people saw the need to insert a new backdoor is a good sign (though not proof) that there aren't any old ones (or that they weren't very talented).
Read the article again, he was asking for FUD's, not rants/trolls.
Hmm, this reminds me that we even have some controversy over the use of "billion" thou... Argh, you can never win.
Yeah, and it has already aquired the targetting mechanism of Half-Life 2... 8)
The spam problem has to do with the whole future of person to person communication, as well as the whole future of adverticement. Whichever way it will be solved, a very likely outcome is that in 10 years it will no longer be possible in any way to get in touch with someone you don't already know from outside the Internet, and the first decade of Internet will be looked back upon with nostalgia as the only decade of totally free communication. This is because the real problem lies in the initial contact.
You might argue that we can still communicate via boards, chat channels and similar things, where you can give out crypt-keys to those you wish to continue communicating with, but remember that these will be the next target for adverticing after open email collapses. I'm sure adverticers will even write AI's to simulate people so that they can lure the crypt-keys from innocents.
Heh, for those people a blackout would be enlightening 8)
The first release was in summer of 1992 (v0.01).
-Frank.
Not necessarily! In the future, all non-self-made recording equipment will probably spot the watermark of the sounds coming from your loudspeakers, and refuse to record it.
Nah, but tech support _will_ need a degree in psychology so they can guess how the user has affected their PC.
But just wait for the next version of Windows, and I'm sure they will have (their own) internet-search embedded in their OS. And after some years users won't know any other method of searching. Only unix/mac users would still use Google. -Filik.