If you're honest about the "I can't keep track of all the napkins and coasters and stuff" and are, infact, not a stalker, it sounds like you need to figure out a better way to keep track of the numbers rather than looking for them the morning after. Try a small notebook; something with pages the size of index cards would probably work nicely.
Maybe we need a new section at slashdot. The petition. An electronic petition may not be anywhere as effective as USPS delivered missives, but it's gotta be better than nothing.
What could be done is to set up a system where each registered member can sign each petition once. And send the petition to the proper company/organization/public official/etc. after a certain date/number of signatures is reached.
Of course there are problems with this. With a relatively anonymous registration system, people can sign the petition with multiple accounts. And there's not really any way of auditing who's in what market/district/whatever without tightening the system. But still, it could give whomever the petition is directed to an idea about what people want.
Of course sending thousands of names and email addresses to a company could just be an invitation for spam... all kinds of potential problems.
Too true. Over here as kids we have animation almost exclusively geared towards childern. Because the picture of a "mature" person is painted so that it excludes everything "silly" a child does, watching animation is a taboo item for us older people.
The attitude towards humor is even worse. Far too many of us feel that if something is funny, it can't be important. And vice versa.
Under preferences there is a bunch of check boxes that you can use to exclude certian kinds of stories. One of them happens to be for the Anime stuff. The old "if you don't like it, don't read it" rule applies.
In any case, slashdot isn't just about computers, linux and cyber-issues. It's about everything geeky. Which could be and frequently is anything that anyone can come up with to talk about. Science, music, sex, love, technology, politics, literature, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
And furthermore, if you rely on other people to give you something interesting to talk about, you're probably too boring to talk to.
Given the fast pace of technological change, there's no way we can predict to that kind of detail (specific codec) what we're going to have to work with 25 years from now. Or perhaps even 5 for that matter.
Other than film, your best bet is probably to pick a format that is widely used right now (mpeg or avi for example) and burn those babies onto DVD and toss 'em into a fireproof lock box for safe keeping.
Yeah, really. I'll just walk down to the library and pull out the paper / microfilm copy to read older articles. And print out / photocopy the story for $0.10/page if I need a hard copy.
But, for our $2.50 do we get something more substantial than just the ability to read the article? How 'bout reprint rights?
So they _might_ be adding eight laptops to the equipment. What are they going to be used for? Tracking patient data? Inventory lists? What kind of cart are they going to be on? Of course they need to be 24/7, hospitals are open 24/7, but are these things going to be "mission critical"?
You might want to reconsider the type of hardware you're going to be using if you can fit it in. A few Palm handhelds, bluetooth addons, and creative programming could get you the uptime and functionality you need from these things.
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If you're honest about the "I can't keep track of all the napkins and coasters and stuff" and are, infact, not a stalker, it sounds like you need to figure out a better way to keep track of the numbers rather than looking for them the morning after. Try a small notebook; something with pages the size of index cards would probably work nicely.
Me: here, Billy
Billy: I caught it!
Me: Good, Billy. Now, I'm going to throw another ball over your head. Don't try to catch this one.
So what does billy do?
Being genetically predisposed to something is nothing like not having the ability to understand or control your actions.
I hate PUSH SPs. They make my arms hurt.
On second thought, maybe not. This is AT&T afterall, not Sony-Ericsson.
Or a placard strung between one's nipple rings.
"AT&T Broadband Introduces Tired Piercing"
and wondered what high-speed internet has to do with body modification
Mine is a door stop.
Eeeww. "American cheese." Gross.
Now, two slices of bread and Kraft Cheez-Whiz, that's some good shit.
And you want to distroy that innocent floppy drive because...
That's why they rate older drivers better, because their 25' Buicks spend most of the time parked.
No wonder they don't go anywhere. How would you like to try to find a parking place for a 25 foot Buick?
Maybe we need a new section at slashdot. The petition. An electronic petition may not be anywhere as effective as USPS delivered missives, but it's gotta be better than nothing.
What could be done is to set up a system where each registered member can sign each petition once. And send the petition to the proper company/organization/public official/etc. after a certain date/number of signatures is reached.
Of course there are problems with this. With a relatively anonymous registration system, people can sign the petition with multiple accounts. And there's not really any way of auditing who's in what market/district/whatever without tightening the system. But still, it could give whomever the petition is directed to an idea about what people want.
Of course sending thousands of names and email addresses to a company could just be an invitation for spam... all kinds of potential problems.
Gotta love Casa Video
Porn there is as good as ever. If not better. Well, with porn -- like pizza -- more=better
Too true. Over here as kids we have animation almost exclusively geared towards childern. Because the picture of a "mature" person is painted so that it excludes everything "silly" a child does, watching animation is a taboo item for us older people.
The attitude towards humor is even worse. Far too many of us feel that if something is funny, it can't be important. And vice versa.
Under preferences there is a bunch of check boxes that you can use to exclude certian kinds of stories. One of them happens to be for the Anime stuff. The old "if you don't like it, don't read it" rule applies.
In any case, slashdot isn't just about computers, linux and cyber-issues. It's about everything geeky. Which could be and frequently is anything that anyone can come up with to talk about. Science, music, sex, love, technology, politics, literature, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
And furthermore, if you rely on other people to give you something interesting to talk about, you're probably too boring to talk to.
Film, mostly.
Given the fast pace of technological change, there's no way we can predict to that kind of detail (specific codec) what we're going to have to work with 25 years from now. Or perhaps even 5 for that matter.
Other than film, your best bet is probably to pick a format that is widely used right now (mpeg or avi for example) and burn those babies onto DVD and toss 'em into a fireproof lock box for safe keeping.
Yeah, really. I'll just walk down to the library and pull out the paper / microfilm copy to read older articles. And print out / photocopy the story for $0.10/page if I need a hard copy.
But, for our $2.50 do we get something more substantial than just the ability to read the article? How 'bout reprint rights?
How could you tell the difference?
So they _might_ be adding eight laptops to the equipment. What are they going to be used for? Tracking patient data? Inventory lists? What kind of cart are they going to be on? Of course they need to be 24/7, hospitals are open 24/7, but are these things going to be "mission critical"?
You might want to reconsider the type of hardware you're going to be using if you can fit it in. A few Palm handhelds, bluetooth addons, and creative programming could get you the uptime and functionality you need from these things.
Are the U Waterloo mathies releasing a distro optimized for Maple? Why else would there be a Pink Tie Linux?
Yeah, but if it was only installed in new cars, in 10-20 years it would be ubiquitous.
Crystalized EtOH? Why bother when it's so easily available in liquid form?
Four lines: one to implement each of the four known types of "forces". Electromagnetism, gravity, strong nuclear, and weak nuclear.
they work in reverse to make electricity from heat
So strap one of the little buggers to the chip, convert the heat to electricity and we get a bonus of reduced total power consumption.
meaning we should go SEE the movie, not READ the book.
an open fortress? doesn't that defeat the purpose?