Middle implies the center of a group of three or more. To me "middle age" is the period around the middle of average lifespan. So I think middle age is probably more accurately ages 30-50.
50-70 ("fifth and sixth decades) are not middle age, unless one thinks the average lifespan is 120...
It also dims FAR MORE than any CFL I have tried. And the light distribution is excellent.
The three things they need to work on are:
Price- I paid way to much for it. More sizes and brightness choices (and reflector choices). Possible cover the yellow filter with a white outer layer.
Let me tell you, I have tested the Philips LED bulb pretty completely and I am *very* impressed with it.
The quality of the light is great. The color is warm and just what I like. Works perfectly with not only dimmers, but also X10. Fits in nearly any fixture. Creates no excess EFI like CFL does. Full brightness in less than 1/2 of a second. Seems like it will last the rated life, unlike most CFL's. Is as bright as claimed, unlike almost any other LED I tried.
It addresses almost everything I hate about CFL *AND* incandescent bulbs.
Well, that article is mostly a "duh". Of course people come in wanting one of two things- #1 Android or #2 iPhone. It is going to take a LOT of work on Microsoft's part to try and get visibility now.
Nokia ditched perfectly good Linux based mobile OS's for their high-end phones and now they will have another uphill battle.
If you have nothing but tons of time and experiment forever, yes.
But for everyone else, noscript is going to simply break all modern websites. We need something far better. Something that gives users easy control over what they see and resources used. And do this with minimal breakage of sites and without the user a being a compsci major.
It is possible. I have even had some ideas- mostly centered around limited tight javascript loops designed to short-circuit animation. But it seems there is just not much interest in the community.... yet. I am hoping that will eventually change.
I am glad your posting is already modded up to the max.
My experience with video or complex javascript and html is that it is even MORE of a CPU hog than Flash, regardless of which browser.
And at least I USED to be able to BLOCK Flash completely, by default, or by object if I so chose. Now with HTML5/Javascript replacing it, there is no reasonable way to control CPU usage of the browser or limit annoying animation or sound.
Noscript is completely useless for "normal" people or "normal" browsing. You can't just turn off Javascript or nothing anywhere works. And trying to "pick" which parts need to be blocked so you can actually read a site without 2/3 of it moving around and sucking your battery dry is nearly impossible.
A new type of Addon is needed, desperately, to give users much more control over browser resources.
Of course, it *is* important that we can *control* our browsers and that is simply not possible with HTML5.
At least with Flash, we could block objects if we wanted, or block all of Flash. With HTML5, extremely annoying animation and video is taking over sites and browsers and we have zero control over it all.
We desperately need some type of Firefox addon that allows the user to control how much, if any, animation and sound is present, easy way to block stuff by default or by choice, and limit CPU and other resources taken by javascript threads.
I can't wait to hear the answer from our British friends. As an American, I have an odd fascination for the British accent (and Australian accent too) and love hearing it. I even set my GPS to speak British English instead of American English. Seems I am certainly not alone in this, either.
How about it? Do the British (and even Australians) have any similar fascination with hearing American accents?
It depends on what one means by "better". I would say there are features in both that are better than the others. The primary advantage of Draw is that it is contained in the same suite as the other OpenOffice apps. So the menus, use, etc are consistent and easier to learn. It is also more tightly integrated with the rest. But IInkscape has certainly progressed beyond the capabilities of Draw.
I drew a scale, many-layer vector diagram of a huge facility in Draw. With connected objects, snap grid, etc. Most people just have no idea how many features are in Draw, since many are hidden in non-visible buttons and menus.
While they are at it, perhaps the tachometer and speedometer should be frozen, since they could be distracting. Make the turn signal indicators solid... that blinking can be distracting. Better make sure there is no sweep/seconds hand on any clock.
And passengers- especially children, those should be frozen too. They are MAJOR moving distractions.
Oh- they should repaint all the lines on the roads to not have dashes, since those appear to be moving. Mirrors....
>"Really, though, I think this is a load of hot air. Physical money might be on the way out, but that doesn't mean the end of anonymous, untraceable cash"
I don't really agree with that statement. Most every form of electronic payment can be traced in a variety of ways. And something as elaborate as what was proposed in the posting can certainly have all kinds of security and privacy implications because it usually has to be funded in some manner and will still leave trails.
I don't want to have to perform a complex or electronic 3rd party transaction to give my neighbor $10 for picking me up something at the store, or $5 for a kid washing my car. That doesn't mean I don't like and use my credit card or pay some bills on-line. I just means I have a variety of methods that give me more flexibility.
The whole motivation of elimination of cash is not because it is good for citizens, it is because it is good for law enforcement or tax collection. Otherwise, there is no good reason to eliminate cash- just keep/add whatever OTHER electronic payment methods people might want. Choice is good.
I am not sure why your posting was modded so high, I really don't find it all that "interesting", myself.
To answer your question (and it has been answered many times on many forums):
** Compile static **
Then post it up somewhere. It is really that simple. If you want to develop a program that works on just about any Linux machine, then don't use shared libraries. Memory is and has been cheap, and it is better to use a few extra megabytes of RAM for an app than it is to rely on a dozen ever-changing, different, shared, Linux libraries.
The problem is as soon as you (and those remaining) "give up cash altogether" to use your wonderful non-tracking plastic cards, the government WILL just drop cash.
And then how are you supposed to buy or recharge that "anonymous" plastic gift card? A personal check? A real credit card? An ATM transfer.
Make no mistake- time and time again, the governments have and will "change the terms" of things that were supposed to be limited and/or private. Social Security numbers are a perfect example. Red light cameras turning into speeding and other use cameras are another.
It isn't just you. I am more leery of data collection by Google and others than ever... especially since I do have (and enjoy) an Android phone.
But just wait- cash will be destroyed "in the name of safety" or "to stop crime" or whatever save the children excuse is fashionable. Most people won't care about privacy or limiting government (or big business) interference in or spying on personal transactions (or other aspects of their lives).
I expect cash might be outlawed in the USA in my lifetime.
Please note that there is almost NO difference in LO Draw and OO Draw. But your discovery is typical... most people have NO IDEA how powerful Draw is. It is actually quite useful and flexible.
One thing people need to keep in mind is that POORLY FORMATTED documents will usually fall apart when anything is changed. Just because something looks good on the screen at the moment, doesn't mean proper formatted was used.
For example, a document that did not use tab stops, but someone just used a bunch of spaces to position something- if the destination system doesn't have the EXACT SAME FONT, the spacing will change and the wrapping might fall apart. Same thing with lines- it is SO common for people to MANUALLY press hard returns to try and get to a new page, instead of using a hard page. Change the font just slightly... BAM, all the pages look wrong.
Yes, there are some things that OO/LO don't quite get right 100% of the time (bullets seem to be one of those things). But the *majority* of the issues I see when something doesn't look right is because the source document is crap. These are often the same documents that *ALSO* look like crap when opened in a different version of MS-Office or one with different fonts.
It does appear this means the possibility of running of an entire Android "system" and "apps" under a normal Linux desktop/laptop/tablet, but without emulation. Correct? If so, I can see that being a great thing.
I try to tell people stuff like this, but it seems either nobody believes me, or nobody cares. It seems this is the world we live in now regarding privacy issues- ignorance, denial, or apathy.
People who use typically choose Chrome (the Google Browser) don't strike me as people who are all THAT concerned about their privacy. It might be a nice browser, but it is closed-source, and heavy into the "Google way" (which to me means to share all your information with Google).
At least with Chromium, people can see what is going on inside...
>"In my part of the world that's very unlikely to happen. Murder per 100K people per year is just over 1."
Well, that is great for you! But not great for many other people. And there are other serious crimes that are not murder but might still warrant having protection (rape, kidnapping, severe battery, attempted murder, etc). Your original posting essentially said that counties that allow private gun ownership were not "civilized". And that is just plain WRONG.
In almost every place where private gun ownership is banned, all it does is take guns out of the hands of law abiding, decent, tax-paying citizens. The criminals care nothing about a "ban" or it being "illegal" and can, do, and will obtain, carry, and use firearms.
I personally think it is "uncivilized" for the State to tell law abiding, decent, tax-paying citizens they have zero right to defend themselves, their loved ones, or their property. Even in areas where crime might otherwise be low. And heaven forbid "civilization" is disrupted by something that quickly breaks down society and totally overwhelms the police, like severe weather, riot, or natural disaster.
>"The only thing these prove is that he had an iPad. That it has been stolen by a guy living in a certain address is just a claim."
In your original response you were being generic- essentially saying that in all cases, there is no way one can prove that it is your device. I agree that the software app in question can not prove ownership.
However, that is just a tool to LOCATE the device. There are a number of ways one could prove to the police it belongs to the apparent victim, which I illustrated in my response.
>"Having a tracking software on your device is means next to nothing, as there is no way you can prove the police that it really is your device and it really is there. The only thing they have is your word,"
Really? So it is not possible, the victim, to produce a receipt? To quote what the WiFi MAC address is, because one can show a past record of it connected to his/her access point?
How about this- I actually save the boxes to my electronics. And it has the serial number on the box. Other people do that too. Is that not proof??? There are lots of possibilities that you are completely discounting.
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>"dismissing our fifth and sixth decades"
Middle implies the center of a group of three or more. To me "middle age" is the period around the middle of average lifespan. So I think middle age is probably more accurately ages 30-50.
50-70 ("fifth and sixth decades) are not middle age, unless one thinks the average lifespan is 120...
Who makes up these strange definitions?
+1, excellent reply
Oh, let me add:
It also dims FAR MORE than any CFL I have tried.
And the light distribution is excellent.
The three things they need to work on are:
Price- I paid way to much for it.
More sizes and brightness choices (and reflector choices).
Possible cover the yellow filter with a white outer layer.
Let me tell you, I have tested the Philips LED bulb pretty completely and I am *very* impressed with it.
The quality of the light is great.
The color is warm and just what I like.
Works perfectly with not only dimmers, but also X10.
Fits in nearly any fixture.
Creates no excess EFI like CFL does.
Full brightness in less than 1/2 of a second.
Seems like it will last the rated life, unlike most CFL's.
Is as bright as claimed, unlike almost any other LED I tried.
It addresses almost everything I hate about CFL *AND* incandescent bulbs.
Well, that article is mostly a "duh". Of course people come in wanting one of two things- #1 Android or #2 iPhone. It is going to take a LOT of work on Microsoft's part to try and get visibility now.
Nokia ditched perfectly good Linux based mobile OS's for their high-end phones and now they will have another uphill battle.
If you have nothing but tons of time and experiment forever, yes.
But for everyone else, noscript is going to simply break all modern websites. We need something far better. Something that gives users easy control over what they see and resources used. And do this with minimal breakage of sites and without the user a being a compsci major.
It is possible. I have even had some ideas- mostly centered around limited tight javascript loops designed to short-circuit animation. But it seems there is just not much interest in the community.... yet. I am hoping that will eventually change.
I am glad your posting is already modded up to the max.
My experience with video or complex javascript and html is that it is even MORE of a CPU hog than Flash, regardless of which browser.
And at least I USED to be able to BLOCK Flash completely, by default, or by object if I so chose. Now with HTML5/Javascript replacing it, there is no reasonable way to control CPU usage of the browser or limit annoying animation or sound.
Noscript is completely useless for "normal" people or "normal" browsing. You can't just turn off Javascript or nothing anywhere works. And trying to "pick" which parts need to be blocked so you can actually read a site without 2/3 of it moving around and sucking your battery dry is nearly impossible.
A new type of Addon is needed, desperately, to give users much more control over browser resources.
Of course, it *is* important that we can *control* our browsers and that is simply not possible with HTML5.
At least with Flash, we could block objects if we wanted, or block all of Flash. With HTML5, extremely annoying animation and video is taking over sites and browsers and we have zero control over it all.
We desperately need some type of Firefox addon that allows the user to control how much, if any, animation and sound is present, easy way to block stuff by default or by choice, and limit CPU and other resources taken by javascript threads.
And no, "noscript" doesn't cut it.
I can't wait to hear the answer from our British friends. As an American, I have an odd fascination for the British accent (and Australian accent too) and love hearing it. I even set my GPS to speak British English instead of American English. Seems I am certainly not alone in this, either.
How about it? Do the British (and even Australians) have any similar fascination with hearing American accents?
So, does that compensation include:
1) Removing his fingerprints from not only Boston police's files, but the FBI and every other system it was instantly and permanently sent to?
2) Removing all records of his improper and illegal arrest from every system?
Somehow I think information, once collected, is forever there. He will now be "searched", like a suspect, every time prints are run.
It depends on what one means by "better". I would say there are features in both that are better than the others. The primary advantage of Draw is that it is contained in the same suite as the other OpenOffice apps. So the menus, use, etc are consistent and easier to learn. It is also more tightly integrated with the rest. But IInkscape has certainly progressed beyond the capabilities of Draw.
I drew a scale, many-layer vector diagram of a huge facility in Draw. With connected objects, snap grid, etc. Most people just have no idea how many features are in Draw, since many are hidden in non-visible buttons and menus.
While they are at it, perhaps the tachometer and speedometer should be frozen, since they could be distracting. Make the turn signal indicators solid... that blinking can be distracting. Better make sure there is no sweep/seconds hand on any clock.
And passengers- especially children, those should be frozen too. They are MAJOR moving distractions.
Oh- they should repaint all the lines on the roads to not have dashes, since those appear to be moving. Mirrors....
>"Really, though, I think this is a load of hot air. Physical money might be on the way out, but that doesn't mean the end of anonymous, untraceable cash"
I don't really agree with that statement. Most every form of electronic payment can be traced in a variety of ways. And something as elaborate as what was proposed in the posting can certainly have all kinds of security and privacy implications because it usually has to be funded in some manner and will still leave trails.
I don't want to have to perform a complex or electronic 3rd party transaction to give my neighbor $10 for picking me up something at the store, or $5 for a kid washing my car. That doesn't mean I don't like and use my credit card or pay some bills on-line. I just means I have a variety of methods that give me more flexibility.
The whole motivation of elimination of cash is not because it is good for citizens, it is because it is good for law enforcement or tax collection. Otherwise, there is no good reason to eliminate cash- just keep/add whatever OTHER electronic payment methods people might want. Choice is good.
I am not sure why your posting was modded so high, I really don't find it all that "interesting", myself.
To answer your question (and it has been answered many times on many forums):
** Compile static **
Then post it up somewhere. It is really that simple. If you want to develop a program that works on just about any Linux machine, then don't use shared libraries. Memory is and has been cheap, and it is better to use a few extra megabytes of RAM for an app than it is to rely on a dozen ever-changing, different, shared, Linux libraries.
The problem is as soon as you (and those remaining) "give up cash altogether" to use your wonderful non-tracking plastic cards, the government WILL just drop cash.
And then how are you supposed to buy or recharge that "anonymous" plastic gift card? A personal check? A real credit card? An ATM transfer.
Make no mistake- time and time again, the governments have and will "change the terms" of things that were supposed to be limited and/or private. Social Security numbers are a perfect example. Red light cameras turning into speeding and other use cameras are another.
It isn't just you. I am more leery of data collection by Google and others than ever... especially since I do have (and enjoy) an Android phone.
But just wait- cash will be destroyed "in the name of safety" or "to stop crime" or whatever save the children excuse is fashionable. Most people won't care about privacy or limiting government (or big business) interference in or spying on personal transactions (or other aspects of their lives).
I expect cash might be outlawed in the USA in my lifetime.
Please note that there is almost NO difference in LO Draw and OO Draw. But your discovery is typical... most people have NO IDEA how powerful Draw is. It is actually quite useful and flexible.
One thing people need to keep in mind is that POORLY FORMATTED documents will usually fall apart when anything is changed. Just because something looks good on the screen at the moment, doesn't mean proper formatted was used.
For example, a document that did not use tab stops, but someone just used a bunch of spaces to position something- if the destination system doesn't have the EXACT SAME FONT, the spacing will change and the wrapping might fall apart. Same thing with lines- it is SO common for people to MANUALLY press hard returns to try and get to a new page, instead of using a hard page. Change the font just slightly... BAM, all the pages look wrong.
Yes, there are some things that OO/LO don't quite get right 100% of the time (bullets seem to be one of those things). But the *majority* of the issues I see when something doesn't look right is because the source document is crap. These are often the same documents that *ALSO* look like crap when opened in a different version of MS-Office or one with different fonts.
It does appear this means the possibility of running of an entire Android "system" and "apps" under a normal Linux desktop/laptop/tablet, but without emulation. Correct? If so, I can see that being a great thing.
You are an ass. -1 Troll
Somebody should mod your posting +1 Informative.
I try to tell people stuff like this, but it seems either nobody believes me, or nobody cares. It seems this is the world we live in now regarding privacy issues- ignorance, denial, or apathy.
People who use typically choose Chrome (the Google Browser) don't strike me as people who are all THAT concerned about their privacy. It might be a nice browser, but it is closed-source, and heavy into the "Google way" (which to me means to share all your information with Google).
At least with Chromium, people can see what is going on inside...
>"In my part of the world that's very unlikely to happen. Murder per 100K people per year is just over 1."
Well, that is great for you! But not great for many other people. And there are other serious crimes that are not murder but might still warrant having protection (rape, kidnapping, severe battery, attempted murder, etc). Your original posting essentially said that counties that allow private gun ownership were not "civilized". And that is just plain WRONG.
In almost every place where private gun ownership is banned, all it does is take guns out of the hands of law abiding, decent, tax-paying citizens. The criminals care nothing about a "ban" or it being "illegal" and can, do, and will obtain, carry, and use firearms.
I personally think it is "uncivilized" for the State to tell law abiding, decent, tax-paying citizens they have zero right to defend themselves, their loved ones, or their property. Even in areas where crime might otherwise be low. And heaven forbid "civilization" is disrupted by something that quickly breaks down society and totally overwhelms the police, like severe weather, riot, or natural disaster.
>"The only thing these prove is that he had an iPad. That it has been stolen by a guy living in a certain address is just a claim."
In your original response you were being generic- essentially saying that in all cases, there is no way one can prove that it is your device. I agree that the software app in question can not prove ownership.
However, that is just a tool to LOCATE the device. There are a number of ways one could prove to the police it belongs to the apparent victim, which I illustrated in my response.
>"Having a tracking software on your device is means next to nothing, as there is no way you can prove the police that it really is your device and it really is there. The only thing they have is your word,"
Really? So it is not possible, the victim, to produce a receipt? To quote what the WiFi MAC address is, because one can show a past record of it connected to his/her access point?
How about this- I actually save the boxes to my electronics. And it has the serial number on the box. Other people do that too. Is that not proof??? There are lots of possibilities that you are completely discounting.