Precision: Swap two digits and your letter to Grandma ends up Beyond Rangoon.
That's a serious problem, since as the article mentioned, they want to use these codes to replace addresses, instead of adding them on.
Yeah, many times I've picked up the phone and heard a string of Swahili before the other end says "sorry, wrong number" -click-.
Hopefully (I did not read the article) it will have a fixed pattern of letters and numbers (i.e. like Canada's letter-number-letter number-letter-number postal code). That way you don't need to decide whether a character is Q or 0,O or 0, 2 or Z, 1 or I, 5 or S, etc.
So MS is giving away software. I really don't understand how it is wrong or harmful for anyone, monopoly or otherwise, to give away something.
If a drug dealer went around giving away free samples, clearly stating that the drug was addictive and that future doses would not be free, would there be any problem with that? I personally think not - that would be fine with me.
What MS is doing is giving these people a choice - in fact, if they wanted, the charities could throw away the donated software, or stash them in the back room unused. No one is FORCING them to use the donated software, and they know perfectly well the consequences (need for upgrades, bugs, patches) of using it.
Yeah that's weird. And I've just realized how absurd it is for me to staring at an image that was converted from digital to analog by my video card, and from analog to digital by my LCD monitor.
"" No, programmers are not engineers. Software engineers, however, should be and are engineers.""
The question is though, how does one become a software engineer. I have never heard of here being such a degree or feild. Just programmers calling themselves software engineers.
Actually, there are Software Engineering degrees emerging at many universities. For example, the University of Waterloo has a Bachelor of Software Engineering degree, offered jointly by the Department of Mathematics (which Computer Science is part of) and the Faculty of Engineering. The degree is accredited and leads to the Professional Engineer title and license.
There are also many Software Engineering specializations or options that have been developed as part of Computer Science or Computer Engineering degrees, which provide students with a comprehensive understanding of software engineering techniques and practices.
Check out the Bachelor of Software Engineering degree at the University of Waterloo. They also offer a Computer Science degree and a Computer Engineering degree. The page describes the differences between the 3.
The Software Engineering degree is accredited and leads to the Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) designation, and the license to legally practise software engineering in Canada.
I do the same thing, except I have the problem of hitting Ctrl-X-S in MS-Office apps. Fortunately, this usually has the same effect as Ctrl-S (which may be part of the reason its hard to break the habit).
The old look is much cleaner; more "professional" I suppose.
Exactly. The moment I saw the bright blue windows with big red buttons, I switched the silver theme (which, unfortunately, still has big red buttons, but is much more tolerable). I switched to the old look after awhile too, but after using the silver theme, the old look just looked too...outdated.
As for the start menu, I switched off the "recent programs" list, but kept the new style menu, where I have more space to put my favourite (and most often used) programs right on the root start menu (not in a programs subfolder).
If the normal version of windows did all of this, I'd be happier, but it doesn't, and requires a lot of extra (expensive) software do it.
Yeah but if it *did* do all of this, people would complain even more about "bloat" and how Microsoft is "forcing things down their throats". I mean, look how much trouble they got into for making Internet Explorer part of Windows.
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The contrast, brightness, sharpness seems to be better than LCD
Contrast yes, brightness, maybe, but I generally think LCDs are much sharper than CRTs. You can't really get much sharper than having each pixel physically defined on the screen.
I don't think they're trying to stop copying of music and video from analog sources. What they're trying to stop is the creation of *perfectly identical* copies of the original. Now, I still think it's hard to prevent the latter, because people could always try to capture the signal before it is converted to analog (by using a virtual soundcard driver that redirects the output to a file, etc) or some other way.
I don't know why they just don't change the spelling to nukuler or nucular. There's tons of English words that have changed over time. Aluminum, Aluminium. umm. Color, Colour, etc. Everyone pronounces it Nuculer so that's how it should be spell. Nuclear doesn't even make sense. Clear what? Nukes aren't clear, they're very dirty and smoky.
Ummm....first of all, "colour" is still spelled "colour" (at least where I live) and how does Nuculer make anymore sense than Nuclear? When people say nuclear, I think of nucleus. Should we change the spelling of nucleus to nuculus as well?
But are there any universities that teach IT? Many universities seem to think they're above administering systems, etc. The truth is, university isn't the place to learn about the latest cert material. There's just no degree that teaches you those skills and knowledge.
You know what? There's no problem with this. It might be a combination of upbringing, interests, abilities, whatever. There are fewer girls in CS. Big deal. There are fewer guys majoring in English. Is that really a problem?
As for why the number of girls in CS has been dropping, I might hazard to guess that some of them who were in it before were in it just because they thought they would get a good job. Girls (maybe) care more about financial success vs. pursuing true interests more than guys.
I used IE for the longest time, but switched to Mozilla after a while mainly because of the increasing number of annoying popups. The tabbed browsing (and multiple tab bookmarks) got me hooked as well. However, Mozilla is just so slow. I can reduce startup time by keeping it in memory using the quick startup feature, but it is just not as responsive and snappy as IE (The mouse freezes momentarily when switching tabs sometimes, the back button loads pages slower, menus are ever so slightly slower). So, I've tried to go back to IE w/ a 3rd party popup blocker, but guess what? I can't. After using Mozilla for a few months, I just can't go back to IE. I miss the tabs and other features, and I just like the look and feel of Mozilla more. So, now I'm using Phoenix, which solves the startup time problem, but it is still as unsnappy as IE. Plus, now I need to find a good email/news client (any suggestions on that, btw?).
When it is not the equation is E= lambda *mc^2 where lambda is like squroot(1/(1+ (V/c)^2) or something.
Um....what? E=mc^2 is the rest energy. How can the rest energy depend on lambda (or the speed of the object)?? As soon as the object starts moving, E=sqrt((mc^2)^2 + (pc)^2), which does depend on lambda, since p=lambda*mv. By the way, isn't gamma usually used instead of lambda (not that it matters).
But no one ever said E=mc^2 for things with non-zero momentum. I think pretty much everyone in the world's understood E=mc^2 means non-moving objects have energy, which is why that statement is so profound.
If you're getting more eyestrain from LCD's than CRTs because of the refresh rate, then um, I think there's something wrong with you. Have you even used an LCD before? If you did get more eyestrain, it was not from the refresh rate, as I don't think you can get more eyestrain from something that DOES NOT FLICKER. (as opposed to flickering 100 times per second).
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I think it's actually intended to be used as a TV/monitor. A 29" TV with 1024*768 resolution is not bad at all I think.
Yeah, many times I've picked up the phone and heard a string of Swahili before the other end says "sorry, wrong number" -click-.
Hopefully (I did not read the article) it will have a fixed pattern of letters and numbers (i.e. like Canada's letter-number-letter number-letter-number postal code). That way you don't need to decide whether a character is Q or 0,O or 0, 2 or Z, 1 or I, 5 or S, etc.
So MS is giving away software. I really don't understand how it is wrong or harmful for anyone, monopoly or otherwise, to give away something. If a drug dealer went around giving away free samples, clearly stating that the drug was addictive and that future doses would not be free, would there be any problem with that? I personally think not - that would be fine with me. What MS is doing is giving these people a choice - in fact, if they wanted, the charities could throw away the donated software, or stash them in the back room unused. No one is FORCING them to use the donated software, and they know perfectly well the consequences (need for upgrades, bugs, patches) of using it.
Is LucasArts the only one making great adventure games now? I'd sure like to see more Monkey Islands, Sam and Maxes, and Grim Fandangos.
Yeah that's weird. And I've just realized how absurd it is for me to staring at an image that was converted from digital to analog by my video card, and from analog to digital by my LCD monitor.
The question is though, how does one become a software engineer. I have never heard of here being such a degree or feild. Just programmers calling themselves software engineers.
Actually, there are Software Engineering degrees emerging at many universities. For example, the University of Waterloo has a Bachelor of Software Engineering degree, offered jointly by the Department of Mathematics (which Computer Science is part of) and the Faculty of Engineering. The degree is accredited and leads to the Professional Engineer title and license. There are also many Software Engineering specializations or options that have been developed as part of Computer Science or Computer Engineering degrees, which provide students with a comprehensive understanding of software engineering techniques and practices.
Check out the Bachelor of Software Engineering degree at the University of Waterloo. They also offer a Computer Science degree and a Computer Engineering degree. The page describes the differences between the 3. The Software Engineering degree is accredited and leads to the Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) designation, and the license to legally practise software engineering in Canada.
No, programmers are not engineers. Software engineers, however, should be and are engineers.
I do the same thing, except I have the problem of hitting Ctrl-X-S in MS-Office apps. Fortunately, this usually has the same effect as Ctrl-S (which may be part of the reason its hard to break the habit).
Uhh yes, and all we'll have to do is complete all 4 steps in 20-30 min.
The old look is much cleaner; more "professional" I suppose. Exactly. The moment I saw the bright blue windows with big red buttons, I switched the silver theme (which, unfortunately, still has big red buttons, but is much more tolerable). I switched to the old look after awhile too, but after using the silver theme, the old look just looked too...outdated. As for the start menu, I switched off the "recent programs" list, but kept the new style menu, where I have more space to put my favourite (and most often used) programs right on the root start menu (not in a programs subfolder).
Yeah but if it *did* do all of this, people would complain even more about "bloat" and how Microsoft is "forcing things down their throats". I mean, look how much trouble they got into for making Internet Explorer part of Windows.
um.....did he say he expected a medal?
Contrast yes, brightness, maybe, but I generally think LCDs are much sharper than CRTs. You can't really get much sharper than having each pixel physically defined on the screen.
I don't think they're trying to stop copying of music and video from analog sources. What they're trying to stop is the creation of *perfectly identical* copies of the original. Now, I still think it's hard to prevent the latter, because people could always try to capture the signal before it is converted to analog (by using a virtual soundcard driver that redirects the output to a file, etc) or some other way.
Ummm....first of all, "colour" is still spelled "colour" (at least where I live) and how does Nuculer make anymore sense than Nuclear? When people say nuclear, I think of nucleus. Should we change the spelling of nucleus to nuculus as well?
But are there any universities that teach IT? Many universities seem to think they're above administering systems, etc. The truth is, university isn't the place to learn about the latest cert material. There's just no degree that teaches you those skills and knowledge.
You know what? There's no problem with this. It might be a combination of upbringing, interests, abilities, whatever. There are fewer girls in CS. Big deal. There are fewer guys majoring in English. Is that really a problem? As for why the number of girls in CS has been dropping, I might hazard to guess that some of them who were in it before were in it just because they thought they would get a good job. Girls (maybe) care more about financial success vs. pursuing true interests more than guys.
I used IE for the longest time, but switched to Mozilla after a while mainly because of the increasing number of annoying popups. The tabbed browsing (and multiple tab bookmarks) got me hooked as well. However, Mozilla is just so slow. I can reduce startup time by keeping it in memory using the quick startup feature, but it is just not as responsive and snappy as IE (The mouse freezes momentarily when switching tabs sometimes, the back button loads pages slower, menus are ever so slightly slower). So, I've tried to go back to IE w/ a 3rd party popup blocker, but guess what? I can't. After using Mozilla for a few months, I just can't go back to IE. I miss the tabs and other features, and I just like the look and feel of Mozilla more. So, now I'm using Phoenix, which solves the startup time problem, but it is still as unsnappy as IE. Plus, now I need to find a good email/news client (any suggestions on that, btw?).
Um....what? E=mc^2 is the rest energy. How can the rest energy depend on lambda (or the speed of the object)?? As soon as the object starts moving, E=sqrt((mc^2)^2 + (pc)^2), which does depend on lambda, since p=lambda*mv. By the way, isn't gamma usually used instead of lambda (not that it matters).
But no one ever said E=mc^2 for things with non-zero momentum. I think pretty much everyone in the world's understood E=mc^2 means non-moving objects have energy, which is why that statement is so profound.
True, but I haven't yet heard of slow redraw rates causing eyestrain
If you're getting more eyestrain from LCD's than CRTs because of the refresh rate, then um, I think there's something wrong with you. Have you even used an LCD before? If you did get more eyestrain, it was not from the refresh rate, as I don't think you can get more eyestrain from something that DOES NOT FLICKER. (as opposed to flickering 100 times per second).
On a related topic, wouldn't an EA theme park be cool?