I'm not sure why others here haven't admitted that they are addicted to/.. I check the site a couple dozen times a day, and my work doesn't even put me in front of a computer.
At home it's even worse.
I know I have a problem, but I opt to believe that it's not serious since I do my job and have a decent relationship with my wife and kids. But I think I would be a better person if I read/. just a half hour a day, instead of the 2-3 hours (aggregate) I put in now.
Because many individuals like to mark up their books.
I generally don't mark mine up. That being said, I do mark up some of my books.
An ebook reader that allows markup with text notes and electronic highlighting and the ability to draw figures on a page will be a killer device.
As for resolution, it is definitely doable. Easiest way is to use the whole screen as an input for a pen, with the ability to shrink it down to post-it size or smaller once you finish.
The added benefit of being able to search not just the text of the book but also your notes and (conceivably) also your drawings is the nail in the coffin of the dead-tree books.
Quick question - How many unique IP addresses from Linux users?
I noticed a significant number of linux users of my web page. Then I noticed that it's really just a couple IP addresses that accessed the site many times. And one of them was me.:-)
At $4K per day, you can likely start with someone screened by a health care professional and then arrange for exclusivity for the term of the contract.
The nice thing about opensource is that you can pay to get support.
Red Hat, Canonical, Novell, IBM. I'm sure there are others.
Since there are multiple companies willing to support essentially the same software, you can choose the support based on your own needs.
The other nice thing is that if you know that the problem is with a particular package, you have the option of contacting the maintainer of the package and throwing some money their way to get things fixed.
The flaw of the article is that the recording industry is not capable of change.
If it turns out that they suddenly only have 95 of the top 100, they will make it their best effort to sign the 5 that they missed and make a new label to court others like them.
Sort of like how Sundance Film Festival used to be all about the indies... until they started getting recognized...
There is an essential worth of having something that just works.
I pay extra for my mac so I don't have to worry about it crashing while waking from sleep before an important presentation.
I pay less of Ubuntu.
I used to pay more for Microsoft, for compatable software. Now that I've weaned myself off PowerPoint (Keynote is awesome!), I've gotten rid of my last WindowsXP partition and only run Win2K in virtualbox for the rare website that uses citrix via an activeX control. (Which is fun, since the websites are not compatible with Windows Vista or the latest IE.:-)
I use Windows 2K as my only Microsoft Windows desktop (Okay, it's always running in a virtual machine...)
Frankly, it's the last version that doesn't require phoning home to install. It's also rock stable and quite fast compared to newer versions of MSWindows on the same hardware. Why upgrade?
These are not FDIC insured bank accounts, where you expect returns of ~1-5 percent per year.
If I suddenly saw 1000x the expected amount in my stock portfolio, my first thought was that something I own is worth a hell of a lot more than I paid for it. Maybe there were rumors that a penny stock was suddenly in a bidding war between mitrosoft and IBM. Whatever. It doesn't matter.
My first reaction would be to sell everything I had and invest the cash in something else (or cash out completely).
I inherited a subspecialty (cardiology) medical practice from an old-timer.
In the first year, I discharged between 50 and 100 patients from the practice (averaging between 1-2 per week), likely more.
A number of these patients refused to be discharged and would continue seeing me, even though I told them that their primary medical doctor could take care of their mild hypertension or "mitral prolapse syndrome" (which was usually just over-called bowing of a mitral valve leaflet).
I still discharge patients to their primaries whenever they are interested, but do put up with patients that want the yearly stress test to make sure that they are okay (even when I tell them that they can have a massive heart attack a week after a normal stress test).
The best ay to meet women is to go up to them and start a conversation.
Don't try to pick them up. In fact, start talking to them as if they were guys. If they start flirting with you, that's a sign that you can flirt with them. Until then, just act as if they are guys.
This also means that if you are particularly introverted, just start up by practicing talking to guys about mundane stuff. (The weather, what *they* do for a living, traffic patterns, etc.)
Don't hide that you are a geek, but don't flaunt it or even bring it up unless relevant. And certainly steer the conversation away from computers, microsoft, digital rights management, politics, etc. When you are good with guys, then start the same process with the girls.
Same here. I had a older ipod whose hard drive died. Took it into Apple. The customer service rep told me how much it would cost to have apple fix it for me. He then promptly named a couple websites that would do it for significantly less.
FYI, give the trackpad on a recent macbook or macbook pro a try.
The entire trackpad is a single button. However, it's multitouch, so if you click with two fingers, it will act as a right click on a two button mouse. It also does gestures, so scrolling up/down/right/left is just moving two fingers around on the trackpad. Three and four fingers do other things, as well.
You can also select certain portions of the trackpad to be hotspots, but I haven't found use for that yet.
Presumably the next version of Mac OSX will give a third mouse button support by clicking with three fingers.
Interestingly enough, we are giving MSFT flack for releasing a.1 release as Windows 7, while Mac OSX Snow Leopard is essentially a.1 release of Leopard.
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I'm not sure why others here haven't admitted that they are addicted to /.. I check the site a couple dozen times a day, and my work doesn't even put me in front of a computer.
At home it's even worse.
I know I have a problem, but I opt to believe that it's not serious since I do my job and have a decent relationship with my wife and kids. But I think I would be a better person if I read /. just a half hour a day, instead of the 2-3 hours (aggregate) I put in now.
Because many individuals like to mark up their books.
I generally don't mark mine up. That being said, I do mark up some of my books.
An ebook reader that allows markup with text notes and electronic highlighting and the ability to draw figures on a page will be a killer device.
As for resolution, it is definitely doable. Easiest way is to use the whole screen as an input for a pen, with the ability to shrink it down to post-it size or smaller once you finish.
The added benefit of being able to search not just the text of the book but also your notes and (conceivably) also your drawings is the nail in the coffin of the dead-tree books.
MIME?
Quick question - How many unique IP addresses from Linux users?
I noticed a significant number of linux users of my web page. Then I noticed that it's really just a couple IP addresses that accessed the site many times. And one of them was me. :-)
Android Data is a maker of cell phone operating systems?
Presumably the test should take about the same time to run each time, right?
Also, how can Safari's score change from 99 to 100 without any changes in the code? Is this a bug in Safari?
At $4K per day, you can likely start with someone screened by a health care professional and then arrange for exclusivity for the term of the contract.
Maybe they'll call it the iPod Touch?
The nice thing about opensource is that you can pay to get support.
Red Hat, Canonical, Novell, IBM. I'm sure there are others.
Since there are multiple companies willing to support essentially the same software, you can choose the support based on your own needs.
The other nice thing is that if you know that the problem is with a particular package, you have the option of contacting the maintainer of the package and throwing some money their way to get things fixed.
The flaw of the article is that the recording industry is not capable of change.
If it turns out that they suddenly only have 95 of the top 100, they will make it their best effort to sign the 5 that they missed and make a new label to court others like them.
Sort of like how Sundance Film Festival used to be all about the indies... until they started getting recognized...
There is an essential worth of having something that just works.
I pay extra for my mac so I don't have to worry about it crashing while waking from sleep before an important presentation.
I pay less of Ubuntu.
I used to pay more for Microsoft, for compatable software. Now that I've weaned myself off PowerPoint (Keynote is awesome!), I've gotten rid of my last WindowsXP partition and only run Win2K in virtualbox for the rare website that uses citrix via an activeX control. (Which is fun, since the websites are not compatible with Windows Vista or the latest IE. :-)
I use Windows 2K as my only Microsoft Windows desktop (Okay, it's always running in a virtual machine...)
Frankly, it's the last version that doesn't require phoning home to install. It's also rock stable and quite fast compared to newer versions of MSWindows on the same hardware. Why upgrade?
The net is a lot more entrenched now in the "normal" world. You can do a hell of a lot more with web apps now, as well.
Get one of these things with autoupdating firefox+java+flash+xpi extensions, and that will be enough for many normal users.
It won't be the only computer for most people, but it may be a nice secondary computer to keep in the livingroom or kitchen for casual browsing.
Someone can create an extension to pipe video to it via a browser extension, probably.
These are not FDIC insured bank accounts, where you expect returns of ~1-5 percent per year.
If I suddenly saw 1000x the expected amount in my stock portfolio, my first thought was that something I own is worth a hell of a lot more than I paid for it. Maybe there were rumors that a penny stock was suddenly in a bidding war between mitrosoft and IBM. Whatever. It doesn't matter.
My first reaction would be to sell everything I had and invest the cash in something else (or cash out completely).
Had to read the last line of the article to get that tidbit. :-)
So if IE is such a small fraction, why not post browser statistics?
Just wondering what exactly they payload was.
I inherited a subspecialty (cardiology) medical practice from an old-timer.
In the first year, I discharged between 50 and 100 patients from the practice (averaging between 1-2 per week), likely more.
A number of these patients refused to be discharged and would continue seeing me, even though I told them that their primary medical doctor could take care of their mild hypertension or "mitral prolapse syndrome" (which was usually just over-called bowing of a mitral valve leaflet).
I still discharge patients to their primaries whenever they are interested, but do put up with patients that want the yearly stress test to make sure that they are okay (even when I tell them that they can have a massive heart attack a week after a normal stress test).
*shrug*
In the credit card industry, if you don't agree to the change of service, the credit card company simply doesn't renew your contract when it expires.
People who grew up with the Star Trek TV show are in their 40s now. They are no longer the target demographic for action movies.
It's surprising that they're making another movie at all.
The best ay to meet women is to go up to them and start a conversation.
Don't try to pick them up. In fact, start talking to them as if they were guys. If they start flirting with you, that's a sign that you can flirt with them. Until then, just act as if they are guys.
This also means that if you are particularly introverted, just start up by practicing talking to guys about mundane stuff. (The weather, what *they* do for a living, traffic patterns, etc.)
Don't hide that you are a geek, but don't flaunt it or even bring it up unless relevant. And certainly steer the conversation away from computers, microsoft, digital rights management, politics, etc. When you are good with guys, then start the same process with the girls.
P.S. You're welcome. :-)
You may be interested in Handbrake. It transcodes DVDs for various formats.
Can target various mobile formats. Now available on Ubuntu (now with a GUI), Windows, and OS X.
Same here. I had a older ipod whose hard drive died. Took it into Apple. The customer service rep told me how much it would cost to have apple fix it for me. He then promptly named a couple websites that would do it for significantly less.
FYI, give the trackpad on a recent macbook or macbook pro a try.
The entire trackpad is a single button. However, it's multitouch, so if you click with two fingers, it will act as a right click on a two button mouse. It also does gestures, so scrolling up/down/right/left is just moving two fingers around on the trackpad. Three and four fingers do other things, as well.
You can also select certain portions of the trackpad to be hotspots, but I haven't found use for that yet.
Presumably the next version of Mac OSX will give a third mouse button support by clicking with three fingers.
Interestingly enough, we are giving MSFT flack for releasing a .1 release as Windows 7, while Mac OSX Snow Leopard is essentially a .1 release of Leopard.
One would wonder if the promise is transferable to the new owners if Red Hat were to be bought up in the far future.