You can disable the security warnings in Windows XP without using TweakUI/PowerToys.
This applies to Service Pack 2, I believe: In Control Panel -> Security Center, in the left-hand panel labeled "Resources", click the option labeled "Change the way Security Center alerts me". In the dialog box that opens, uncheck all the options.
... can it be outfitted with a freakin' laser on its head?
It's not a 'top movies' list
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... it's a list of top DVDs -- a ranking of the DVD software which includes audio/video transfer, special features etc. It's not a ranking of the movies.
Try a nearby university with a chemistry department. When I was an undergrad, the chemistry store on campus had everything you could want. You could browse the shelves and buy stuff cash-and-carry. Access to the store may have been restricted since Sep 11, 2001, though, as it has at my current grad school.
I'm not too sure how popular this would be. It reminds me of the now defunct divx format. When people pay for software, they want the whole thing, not just a part of it. They don't want to pay for it over and over again. Admittedly, there is a slight difference. In the episodic games, you're paying for new content with each installment. In the case of divx, you were paying to view something you already had seen.
Why do English units get such a bad rap? 1 pound mass (lbm) weighs 1 pound force (lbf) on Earth - simple. 1 kg weighs 9.81 Newtons on Earth. Why do people think 9.81 more simple than 1?
This really isn't the problem. The problem with the English system is derived units. For example, energy:
metric: 1 J = 1 N*m
English: 1 Btu = 778.169325 ft*lbf
If English units defined derived units in terms of its basic units, I'd find both systems equally appealing.
Why does the system favor the ignorant and stupid? Then again, perhaps G.B. Shaw had it right:
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
Then again, 'unreasonable' and 'ignorant' aren't quite the same thing. Wait, yes they are. No, you're just ignorant. Well you're being unreasonable...
I think a more interesting tangram/tessellation problem would be the following. How should one divide a square into N pieces to maximize the number of unique solutions in which to arrange the pieces to reform the square? You could restrict the problem in various ways, like prohibiting annulus-like pieces. Anyone know if this has been done?
Secure systems by their nature prevent access to features.
I see. So by making the United States "more secure" with the USA PATRIOT Act, we've been prevented access to such features as civil liberties.
Sorry for the off-topic post, but it's the first thing that came to mind when I read that.
Another rather unique variation on rts is the commandos series. There's no resource management - no resources at all. You control a set number of units per mission - your commandos - each with his own specialty - eg thief, sniper, diver. It's difficult to master, but if you're looking for a drastic change from, say, age of empires, this may be for you.
Is this really what's needed now-a-days: another way to avoid interacting with people and calling it work? The best way to collaborate with others is to sit down with them in person, or at least on the phone or live via tele- or video conference.
When I started working at Boeing in Seattle, the veteran designers told me stories of "back in the day" when you'd toss your part drawings over to the stress engineers and they'd return them marked up. They'd go back and forth like this with very little face-to-face interaction. When I joined, the mentality was very different - you actually talked to engineers whose functions were different from yours - wow! Things got done with far fewer iterations.
This was true in high school too. We had a drop-in writing aide when you needed help with an essay for class, college application, whatever. There was just one "catch": you weren't allowed to drop off a paper and expect to get it back with editor's marks. You were required to sit down with the aide and read it aloud with them, reviewing and improving every line. In class, when we did peer reviews, it was the same thing. The result was better essays and better skills.
If you really want to collaborate with others, then do it - the right way.
'intellectual controls' sounds just as bad. I think many people may interpret that as 'mind controls.'
The term 'intellectual property' is merely that - a term. The term 'white paper' isn't too accurate either - the documents are usually electronic and aren't entirely white. The purpose of language is to communicate - if people know what you mean when you use certain words, then the purpose is fulfilled.
I guess it depends on what you consider failure, but if it really fails then it can only happen once! The next failure is never coming 'cause there's no way it can fail again so MTBF = infinity
My major activities outside nerdom are volleyball, skiing and photography - film photography. I'd love to get a digital camera that can do everying my SLR can do but on a grad student's budget, I can't afford it. In the past, I've photographed mostly landscapes, but more recently I've been trying portraits.
Living in Colorado provides ample skiing and there's plently of volleyball to be found. On the spectating side, I'm into hockey, football and baseball.
A mechanical engineering classmate of my from undergrad made his own wedding bands. Since we had access to a machine shop, he bought some titanium stock and went to work on a lathe. I don't really recommend this unless you have a decent amount of machining experience. Torus-shaped parts are tricky to make.
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You can disable the security warnings in Windows XP without using TweakUI/PowerToys.
This applies to Service Pack 2, I believe:
In Control Panel -> Security Center, in the left-hand panel labeled "Resources", click the option labeled "Change the way Security Center alerts me". In the dialog box that opens, uncheck all the options.
... can it be outfitted with a freakin' laser on its head?
... it's a list of top DVDs -- a ranking of the DVD software which includes audio/video transfer, special features etc. It's not a ranking of the movies.
Try a nearby university with a chemistry department. When I was an undergrad, the chemistry store on campus had everything you could want. You could browse the shelves and buy stuff cash-and-carry. Access to the store may have been restricted since Sep 11, 2001, though, as it has at my current grad school.
what - the butterfly doesn't count as a mascot?
I'm not too sure how popular this would be. It reminds me of the now defunct divx format. When people pay for software, they want the whole thing, not just a part of it. They don't want to pay for it over and over again. Admittedly, there is a slight difference. In the episodic games, you're paying for new content with each installment. In the case of divx, you were paying to view something you already had seen.
Bart: I know a web site that shows monkeys doing it.
Lisa: Bart, the internet is more than a global pornography network it's...
Homer: (already in the car, honking the horn) Come on, Lisa - monkeys!
Ren: "Don't touch it! It's the history eraser button, you fool!"
Announcer: "Can [Stimpy] resist the temptation to push the button...? The jolly candy-like button!"
This really isn't the problem. The problem with the English system is derived units. For example, energy:
metric: 1 J = 1 N*m
English: 1 Btu = 778.169325 ft*lbf
If English units defined derived units in terms of its basic units, I'd find both systems equally appealing.
do you think this might convince the not-so informed that linux is just an application that runs on MS Windows?
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
Then again, 'unreasonable' and 'ignorant' aren't quite the same thing. Wait, yes they are. No, you're just ignorant. Well you're being unreasonable...
I think a more interesting tangram/tessellation problem would be the following. How should one divide a square into N pieces to maximize the number of unique solutions in which to arrange the pieces to reform the square? You could restrict the problem in various ways, like prohibiting annulus-like pieces. Anyone know if this has been done?
... by Microsoft?
yes, Fox news embiggens us all.
I see. So by making the United States "more secure" with the USA PATRIOT Act, we've been prevented access to such features as civil liberties. Sorry for the off-topic post, but it's the first thing that came to mind when I read that.
Another rather unique variation on rts is the commandos series. There's no resource management - no resources at all. You control a set number of units per mission - your commandos - each with his own specialty - eg thief, sniper, diver. It's difficult to master, but if you're looking for a drastic change from, say, age of empires, this may be for you.
When I started working at Boeing in Seattle, the veteran designers told me stories of "back in the day" when you'd toss your part drawings over to the stress engineers and they'd return them marked up. They'd go back and forth like this with very little face-to-face interaction. When I joined, the mentality was very different - you actually talked to engineers whose functions were different from yours - wow! Things got done with far fewer iterations.
This was true in high school too. We had a drop-in writing aide when you needed help with an essay for class, college application, whatever. There was just one "catch": you weren't allowed to drop off a paper and expect to get it back with editor's marks. You were required to sit down with the aide and read it aloud with them, reviewing and improving every line. In class, when we did peer reviews, it was the same thing. The result was better essays and better skills.
If you really want to collaborate with others, then do it - the right way.
The term 'intellectual property' is merely that - a term. The term 'white paper' isn't too accurate either - the documents are usually electronic and aren't entirely white. The purpose of language is to communicate - if people know what you mean when you use certain words, then the purpose is fulfilled.
I guess it depends on what you consider failure, but if it really fails then it can only happen once! The next failure is never coming 'cause there's no way it can fail again so MTBF = infinity
My major activities outside nerdom are volleyball, skiing and photography - film photography. I'd love to get a digital camera that can do everying my SLR can do but on a grad student's budget, I can't afford it. In the past, I've photographed mostly landscapes, but more recently I've been trying portraits.
Living in Colorado provides ample skiing and there's plently of volleyball to be found. On the spectating side, I'm into hockey, football and baseball.
stay off the crack, dude.
A mechanical engineering classmate of my from undergrad made his own wedding bands. Since we had access to a machine shop, he bought some titanium stock and went to work on a lathe. I don't really recommend this unless you have a decent amount of machining experience. Torus-shaped parts are tricky to make.
pork is not a verb