When it comes to the earth, it's climate and other unpredictable fluid dynamics-type universal (chaos theory, anyone?) issues, we have no power. Get used to it.
This is the problem: We may not be physically capable of getting used to it. That is why we must attempt to prevent climate change --- not because Gaea will be unhappy, or because the holistic chi imbalance will desync the natural biorhythms of the universe, but because if things get too bad (where "bad" is defined by humans), we may not be able to survive here.
And it's not like we're equipped for finding a new planet any time in the forseeable future...
"Please let us know if you have any problems. We'll go through a couple of release candidates and then, once it's stable enough, we'll release it as a beta and you can all start testing it!"
They reached a strange agreement for an argument about personal privacy: In lieu of showing ID, Gilmore would consent to an extra-close search, putting up with a pat-down in order to keep his personal identity to himself. He was wanded, patted down and sent along.
As Gilmore headed up the boarding ramp a security guard yanked him from line. According to court papers, a security agent named Reggie Wauls informed Gilmore he would not be flying that day.
"He said, 'I didn't let you fly because you said you had an ID and wouldn't show it,' " Gilmore said. "I asked, 'Does that mean if I'd left it at home I'd be on the plane?' He said, 'I didn't say that.' "
This says that he _did_ consent to being searched... and was then later pulled out, after passing through security.
In the ratio of compression:time RAR is pretty much the best. In the Executable test, the "best" compressor took 10 times as long to compress as RAR did (30 seconds vs. 340 seconds or so).
Indeed, and if you looked closer, you would see that RAR won the "best overall" prize in the executable compression test.
If you look at some of the other tests (eg, the Worms 2 test), you would see that something called SBC was often both faster than RAR and able to produce smaller files...
The company said it was "surprised" that Harvey did not contact company officials to allow them to explain the new policy.
The average customer doesn't get any special explaining... If they're judging an ad campaign, how can they judge it, save by looking only at the campaign?
But the greatest Electrical Pioneer of them all was Thomas Edison, who was a
brilliant inventor despite the fact that he had little formal education and
lived in New Jersey. Edison's first major invention in 1877, was the
phonograph, which could soon be found in thousands of American homes, where
it basically sat until 1923, when the record was invented. But Edison's
greatest achievement came in 1879, when he invented the electric company.
Edison's design was a brilliant adaptation of the simple electrical circuit:
the electric company sends electricity through a wire to a customer, then
immediately gets the electricity back through another wire, then (this is
the brilliant part) sends it right back to the customer again.
This means that an electric company can sell a customer the same batch of
electricity thousands of times a day and never get caught, since very few
customers take the time to examine their electricity closely. In fact the
last year any new electricity was generated in the United States was 1937;
the electric companies have been merely re-selling it ever since, which is
why they have so much free time to apply for rate increases.
I find that the best way to beat the blues is to watch the film The Sound of Music. The heady mixture of drama, action, romance and music lifts the spirits no end.
Here in NZ, Telecom had a NZ$10/month unlimited text deal going for a while. I'm fairly sure it included international texts --- there doesn't seem to be any distinction made between national and international text messages in NZ (although I'm not a Telecom customer, so ICBW WRT them).
They ended up pulling it because it was costing them too much --- kids were sending vast quantities of texts all the time.
In the last month of the promotion, one teenager decided to register his annoyance by sending as many texts as he possibly could. I think he got to 20,000-30,000 or so..
(now, you can get "only" 500 texts per month for your NZ$10)
A man rides into a new town, and needs to get his CV proofread. The town has only two CV proofreaders. So he gets copies of their CVs to help him decide whom to go to. One of the CVs is beautifully presented, with impeccable spelling and grammar and a clear, logical layout. The other is messy, confused, and poorly spelt. There are many obvious grammatical mistakes.
I actually like the WinXP hidden menu items. They keep my start menu looking uncluttered.
Of course, a better solution would have been to not clutter the start menu in the first place, by having a bit more of a heirarchy (like in typical linux systems).
I mean, I go and install some app, and then instead of being in the start menu category for such apps, instead of being listed under its name, I have to remember who _wrote_ the app, because it'll be under Start->Programs->FooSoft->App...
Window Maker (my preferred windowmanager) allows a workaround --- you can tie an application to a specific workspace.
So now, when I log in, Thunderbird opens maximised in workspace 2, firefox in workspace 3, and xmms in workspace 9. And if I run emacs, it opens in workspace 1. There is a downside to this --- if, say, I manually drag a firefox window to another workspace, any new firefox windows will still appear on workspace 3. This can make it seem to lock up when a dialog box appears on the wrong workspace. But I don't do that much, so it's not a big problem for me:-)
Well, y'know, twenty, thirty, forty years ago, these elderly people were adults in the prime of their lives. And fraudsters selling snake oil are not exactly a new phenomonon.
How old do you have to be before you stop being an idiot and start being a trusting elderly person who doesn't know any better?
Not only may it be illegal in some states, people will not use the service.
Exactly... If it is substantially annoying, people won't use it. If people don't use it, it will lose money. Ergo, google won't make it substantially annoying.
(unless they are idiots, but history suggests they are not).
Slashdot Mirror
This is the problem: We may not be physically capable of getting used to it. That is why we must attempt to prevent climate change --- not because Gaea will be unhappy, or because the holistic chi imbalance will desync the natural biorhythms of the universe, but because if things get too bad (where "bad" is defined by humans), we may not be able to survive here.
And it's not like we're equipped for finding a new planet any time in the forseeable future...
What does that mean?
"Please let us know if you have any problems. We'll go through a couple of release candidates and then, once it's stable enough, we'll release it as a beta and you can all start testing it!"
This says that he _did_ consent to being searched ... and was then later pulled out, after passing through security.
The Longest Journey?
In the ratio of compression:time RAR is pretty much the best. In the Executable test, the "best" compressor took 10 times as long to compress as RAR did (30 seconds vs. 340 seconds or so).
Indeed, and if you looked closer, you would see that RAR won the "best overall" prize in the executable compression test.
If you look at some of the other tests (eg, the Worms 2 test), you would see that something called SBC was often both faster than RAR and able to produce smaller files...
Of course, RAR is not the best either...
It's probably tabbrowser extensions, although that is deprecated these days. But I imagine the replacements for it will do the same thing.
Other extensions I use are EasyGestures (Pie menu power!) and SmoothWheel.
If I view that code in my Firefox, it just opens five background tabs. Go firefox extensions :-)
Quote from TFA:
The company said it was "surprised" that Harvey did not contact company officials to allow them to explain the new policy.
The average customer doesn't get any special explaining... If they're judging an ad campaign, how can they judge it, save by looking only at the campaign?
Hmm, I missed the "to" on first parse of that...
But we all know that adding a computer to any old idea automatically makes it novel and patentable.
So you just need a method for exercising a cat using a computer-controlled laser...
-- Ketan B Shah, Harrow, England
And the alternative with the same capabilities is...? sms. txting s clrly bttr & ds wndrs fr ur splng 2.
Are you aware that you have just admitted on Slashdot to being a manager?
Here in NZ, Telecom had a NZ$10/month unlimited text deal going for a while. I'm fairly sure it included international texts --- there doesn't seem to be any distinction made between national and international text messages in NZ (although I'm not a Telecom customer, so ICBW WRT them).
They ended up pulling it because it was costing them too much --- kids were sending vast quantities of texts all the time.
In the last month of the promotion, one teenager decided to register his annoyance by sending as many texts as he possibly could. I think he got to 20,000-30,000 or so..
(now, you can get "only" 500 texts per month for your NZ$10)
I've got a Nokia 5140. The design goal here is basically a phone that can take the knocks.
I haven't "road tested" mine, but a friend who works for Vodafone (a mobile phone company) here has tales of what this model of phone has survived.
<shrug> I like it, anyway.
s/clock/camera/
I hope the AC means that the NPR reporter trawled the board for interviews.
I mean, I'm sure trolling it would work, but it doesn't quite seem to fit as responsible journalism...
A man rides into a new town, and needs to get his CV proofread. The town has only two CV proofreaders. So he gets copies of their CVs to help him decide whom to go to. One of the CVs is beautifully presented, with impeccable spelling and grammar and a clear, logical layout. The other is messy, confused, and poorly spelt. There are many obvious grammatical mistakes.
Which proofreader does the man go to, and why?
I actually like the WinXP hidden menu items. They keep my start menu looking uncluttered.
Of course, a better solution would have been to not clutter the start menu in the first place, by having a bit more of a heirarchy (like in typical linux systems).
I mean, I go and install some app, and then instead of being in the start menu category for such apps, instead of being listed under its name, I have to remember who _wrote_ the app, because it'll be under Start->Programs->FooSoft->App ...
I know what you mean ...
Window Maker (my preferred windowmanager) allows a workaround --- you can tie an application to a specific workspace.
So now, when I log in, Thunderbird opens maximised in workspace 2, firefox in workspace 3, and xmms in workspace 9. And if I run emacs, it opens in workspace 1. There is a downside to this --- if, say, I manually drag a firefox window to another workspace, any new firefox windows will still appear on workspace 3. This can make it seem to lock up when a dialog box appears on the wrong workspace. But I don't do that much, so it's not a big problem for me :-)
Well, y'know, twenty, thirty, forty years ago, these elderly people were adults in the prime of their lives. And fraudsters selling snake oil are not exactly a new phenomonon.
How old do you have to be before you stop being an idiot and start being a trusting elderly person who doesn't know any better?
Exactly ... If it is substantially annoying, people won't use it. If people don't use it, it will lose money. Ergo, google won't make it substantially annoying.
(unless they are idiots, but history suggests they are not).