Access for non-English actually means something entirely different from what you think. Right now DNS names are restricted to ASCII characters. If you live in China, Japan, Russia, or any of a number of other places, you can't use your own alphabet to get to a website. Even if the entire site is in your native language, you still have to use English to get there.
There's something called IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) that is an effort to change that by allowing DNS to use Unicode characters. That way you could have native language DNS names.
How would you like it if you had to type in something in Chinese to get to/.???
Wikipedia does have some features somewhat similiar to meta-moderation, etc. Every article on Wikipedia potentially has a linked discussion page where contributors can discuss what should be in the real article. You can also look at the change history to note where there are points of contention, even on relatively recent and controversial subjects so long as they are fairly regional in scope. If a topic has a lot of updates, then it starts to become impractical to analyze the history, but so long as there's only a few people editting back and forth, it tends to work.
This sounds to me like some two-bit lawyer looked at his Outlook to try to figure out everywhere an email could possibly be. "...sent items and deleted items..." sounds to me like a list of two folders. In a normal email client, something in you "deleted items" isn't really deleted. The difference is that GMails 'delete forever' isn't really like deleting from deleted items, it just hides the message.
This is bad phraseology and bad lawyering. It will create bad law, but its not the end of society as we know it.
As for precedential value, IANAL, but as far as I understand it, a higher court would have to affirm the lower court's decision before it is truly binding on other courts.
Not to product plug, but take a look at Panasonic's hvx-200. Its probably the cheapest HD cam out there right now. Never used it, but I love the dvx100a. Still not cheap, but also still in the prosumer range.
I agree with the parent, you need to use the equipment properly. But, you also need to use the right equipment.
Although consumer grade mini-DV equipment is pretty good, if you're trying to do anything real, you need real equipment. A DVCAM or DVCPRO camaera not only produces a higher quality recording, it also uses better, longer, tapes. If consumer grade equipment doesn't work, it's better to use better equipment than hack the junk to make it work.
It may have came "free" with your laptop, but how much did it cost all together?
You're desktop also isn't optimized for energy efficiency. It's attached to the wall, which is a fairly pletiful supply of power.
I'm drawing 180 Watts from my ups right now, and it will last about 40 minutes at this rate. Thats about 120 kilowatt/hours, and it cost me $100. Your battery is probably rated around 65 watt hours and would cost $80-100 to replace.
Thats going to be difficult. All the energy that goes out needs to go in first. There are 1440 minutes in a day, so if you want the battery to charge in as many minutes as it lasts days, you're going to need to put power in at least 1440 times faster than it comes out. I say at least, because that would assume 100% efficiency, which is impossible.
That being said, I hope someone figures out how to do it.
You do realise that if you put all the parts that heat up (CPU, Vid Card, HDD) on the top part that you'll have to add a weight to the bottom part to keep it on your lap instead of tipping over?
That already exists, its called an UPS. I have a 1000VA UPS, and I survive all but a substaintial power outage. Voltage regulation is cool too.
That might not be possible.
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If you RTFA, you'll see that they are working with non-stardard types of glass in addition to standard glass. I would imagine the metallic glasses wouldn't be quite to susceptible to breakage.
I realize that this is not always the case, but with some file formats if you only get say 1/5 of the file then it is utterly unusable. Are you really infringing if what you upload is unusable?
Its really must simpler. Don't teach students how to use applications at all. Teach them how figure out apps instead. A word processsor is a word processor is a word processor. You shouldn't be teaching MS Office, OpenOffice.Org, Koffice, etc. If students understand what an office suite does, they should be able to sit down with any app and figure it out.
...on your usage pattern. I work in the operations department of a television station, and we regularly (once a month) use a cleaner disk on our DVD burners. But then again, we have dirty dvds going in non stop every day.
Sat-Internet usually uses GEO satellites, so as you say its really not good for latency sensetive applications, ie. VoIP.
But, if you're thinking about pooling resources, what about some type of satellite phone? Most sat-phones use LEO satellites, so latency isn't a problem. Its true, they are expensive, but if you are pooling resources, it might make it affordable and provide a better quality of service.
Of course, I'm not a soldier, nor do I personally know one, so I can't speak to what's really reasonable there. Also, I'd be curious to know what regulations the military has about personal communications equipment.
First off, I don't know what a "cel phone" [sic] is. I do enjoy using my cell phone while driving though.
I read over two of your studies, and they both show that cell phones increase reaction times. I still don't see how this follows to banning cell phone use while driving.
Obviously, slower reaction times could lead to doing "bad" things while driving. You could run a red light, rear end another vehicle, etc. However, all these things are already banned. Prohibiting cell phones because they lead to traffic violations would be redundant.
I would further argue that cell phone use could in fact improve driving. Suppose for a moment that I am driving and know someone who is driving ahead of me. By calling them, I can get information about the road ahead. I could also call home and have someone look up the weather online and alert me to where a storm is so that I can choose an alternate route. Are these activities that should be banned?
As others have said. If you're driving like an idiot, you should be charged for driving like an idiot.
Laws do not exist to control people. They exist to protect people. I can just as easily be protected by laws against stupid driving as laws against cell phones.
Stupid driving is the problem, that's what hurts people. So, we should tailor our laws to prevent that.
I am thrilled to see scientific data regarding this.... The more studies that come out to support the position that cel phone use while driving is dangerous, the better!
You say you are thrilled to see scientific data, but then you say you want more studies that support your point of view. That kinda defeats the point, methinks.
I talk on the cell phone while driving all the time. I take care in my driving, and if something happens that needs my attention, I ignore the person on the other end of the line. It's just like tuning out music when driving needs your attention.
Just because you are incapable of multi-tasking doesn't mean that I am as well. If I have an accident while driving, give me a ticket for that, not for using my phone.
Make analogies to drunk driving all you want. Such arguments are falacies of false analogy. Alcohol physically impairs you. You can't just snap out of it. While talking on my cell, I can easily just drop my phone, and then the "impairment" is gone.
Stop trying to legislate what I do that might lead to something "wrong." Legislate against bad things, not things that could lead to bad things.
Isn't this more of a religious question than a technical one?
What is best for your everything might be best than what is best for my everything.
If I my organization does a, b, and c and requires d, e, and f, then Linux Distro G is best for me. But if you do x, y, and z and need u, v, and w, then Linux Distro T is probably better for you.
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I must admit to be rather ignorant of Firebird, how does it compare to other RDBMSs out there?
Access for non-English actually means something entirely different from what you think. Right now DNS names are restricted to ASCII characters. If you live in China, Japan, Russia, or any of a number of other places, you can't use your own alphabet to get to a website. Even if the entire site is in your native language, you still have to use English to get there.
/.???
There's something called IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) that is an effort to change that by allowing DNS to use Unicode characters. That way you could have native language DNS names.
How would you like it if you had to type in something in Chinese to get to
Wikipedia does have some features somewhat similiar to meta-moderation, etc. Every article on Wikipedia potentially has a linked discussion page where contributors can discuss what should be in the real article. You can also look at the change history to note where there are points of contention, even on relatively recent and controversial subjects so long as they are fairly regional in scope. If a topic has a lot of updates, then it starts to become impractical to analyze the history, but so long as there's only a few people editting back and forth, it tends to work.
A bad extension, maybe?
This sounds to me like some two-bit lawyer looked at his Outlook to try to figure out everywhere an email could possibly be. "...sent items and deleted items..." sounds to me like a list of two folders. In a normal email client, something in you "deleted items" isn't really deleted. The difference is that GMails 'delete forever' isn't really like deleting from deleted items, it just hides the message.
This is bad phraseology and bad lawyering. It will create bad law, but its not the end of society as we know it.
As for precedential value, IANAL, but as far as I understand it, a higher court would have to affirm the lower court's decision before it is truly binding on other courts.
Not to product plug, but take a look at Panasonic's hvx-200. Its probably the cheapest HD cam out there right now. Never used it, but I love the dvx100a. Still not cheap, but also still in the prosumer range.
DV isn't barely compressed, its losslessly compressed.
It really is a crime that they're calling it HDV, because DV isn't just a tape, its a codec too. HDV may use DV tape, but its certainly not DV codec.
Want real HDTV-quality tape? Look into DVCPRO-HD.... Not cheap tho...
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Somehow I doubt the Senator is a
I agree with the parent, you need to use the equipment properly. But, you also need to use the right equipment.
Although consumer grade mini-DV equipment is pretty good, if you're trying to do anything real, you need real equipment. A DVCAM or DVCPRO camaera not only produces a higher quality recording, it also uses better, longer, tapes. If consumer grade equipment doesn't work, it's better to use better equipment than hack the junk to make it work.
It may have came "free" with your laptop, but how much did it cost all together?
You're desktop also isn't optimized for energy efficiency. It's attached to the wall, which is a fairly pletiful supply of power.
I'm drawing 180 Watts from my ups right now, and it will last about 40 minutes at this rate. Thats about 120 kilowatt/hours, and it cost me $100. Your battery is probably rated around 65 watt hours and would cost $80-100 to replace.
Which is a better deal?
Thats going to be difficult. All the energy that goes out needs to go in first. There are 1440 minutes in a day, so if you want the battery to charge in as many minutes as it lasts days, you're going to need to put power in at least 1440 times faster than it comes out. I say at least, because that would assume 100% efficiency, which is impossible.
That being said, I hope someone figures out how to do it.
You do realise that if you put all the parts that heat up (CPU, Vid Card, HDD) on the top part that you'll have to add a weight to the bottom part to keep it on your lap instead of tipping over?
That already exists, its called an UPS. I have a 1000VA UPS, and I survive all but a substaintial power outage. Voltage regulation is cool too.
If you RTFA, you'll see that they are working with non-stardard types of glass in addition to standard glass. I would imagine the metallic glasses wouldn't be quite to susceptible to breakage.
Straight from Ars....
I realize that this is not always the case, but with some file formats if you only get say 1/5 of the file then it is utterly unusable. Are you really infringing if what you upload is unusable?
He's actually trying to be constructive.
Its really must simpler. Don't teach students how to use applications at all. Teach them how figure out apps instead. A word processsor is a word processor is a word processor. You shouldn't be teaching MS Office, OpenOffice.Org, Koffice, etc. If students understand what an office suite does, they should be able to sit down with any app and figure it out.
...on your usage pattern. I work in the operations department of a television station, and we regularly (once a month) use a cleaner disk on our DVD burners. But then again, we have dirty dvds going in non stop every day.
Sat-Internet usually uses GEO satellites, so as you say its really not good for latency sensetive applications, ie. VoIP.
But, if you're thinking about pooling resources, what about some type of satellite phone? Most sat-phones use LEO satellites, so latency isn't a problem. Its true, they are expensive, but if you are pooling resources, it might make it affordable and provide a better quality of service.
Of course, I'm not a soldier, nor do I personally know one, so I can't speak to what's really reasonable there. Also, I'd be curious to know what regulations the military has about personal communications equipment.
...I think curing disease would be pretty good.
First off, I don't know what a "cel phone" [sic] is. I do enjoy using my cell phone while driving though.
I read over two of your studies, and they both show that cell phones increase reaction times. I still don't see how this follows to banning cell phone use while driving.
Obviously, slower reaction times could lead to doing "bad" things while driving. You could run a red light, rear end another vehicle, etc. However, all these things are already banned. Prohibiting cell phones because they lead to traffic violations would be redundant.
I would further argue that cell phone use could in fact improve driving. Suppose for a moment that I am driving and know someone who is driving ahead of me. By calling them, I can get information about the road ahead. I could also call home and have someone look up the weather online and alert me to where a storm is so that I can choose an alternate route. Are these activities that should be banned?
As others have said. If you're driving like an idiot, you should be charged for driving like an idiot.
Laws do not exist to control people. They exist to protect people. I can just as easily be protected by laws against stupid driving as laws against cell phones.
Stupid driving is the problem, that's what hurts people. So, we should tailor our laws to prevent that.
I talk on the cell phone while driving all the time. I take care in my driving, and if something happens that needs my attention, I ignore the person on the other end of the line. It's just like tuning out music when driving needs your attention.
Just because you are incapable of multi-tasking doesn't mean that I am as well. If I have an accident while driving, give me a ticket for that, not for using my phone.
Make analogies to drunk driving all you want. Such arguments are falacies of false analogy. Alcohol physically impairs you. You can't just snap out of it. While talking on my cell, I can easily just drop my phone, and then the "impairment" is gone.
Stop trying to legislate what I do that might lead to something "wrong." Legislate against bad things, not things that could lead to bad things.
Isn't this more of a religious question than a technical one?
What is best for your everything might be best than what is best for my everything.
If I my organization does a, b, and c and requires d, e, and f, then Linux Distro G is best for me. But if you do x, y, and z and need u, v, and w, then Linux Distro T is probably better for you.
There is no _one_ answer.