Yes, but one of the central tenants of concept cars is "push it to the limit; let's see how far we can take idea".
As an example, I saw a story on a full size concept car; if I remember rightly it was by Volkswagen. Anyway, it was fly by wire. As a proof of concept thing, they put in a joystick instead of a steering wheel. But they came right out and said that they didn't intend to make production cars with joysticks, it was just to show what you could do with the technology.
for me the quicktime web installer is enough to make me never want an apple. There sure is a lot of that brushed aluminum texture, but what's it doing? I don't know. There's a status bar. Something's happening. What? Who knows. Just look at that brushed aluminum graphic. Drool...
And then quicktime for windows as an application makes me realize I made the right decision. "Do you want to register?", "hey, hey, I was just wondering if you were ready to register." "Hey, you didn't need those file associations did you? 'cause I took 'em." It's almost as bad as the real one player. Ok, almost half as bad. I hate the real player.
IANAnElectrical Engineer but I think in the context of Reversible computing they are talking about physically, on the lowest hardware level, setting a 1 to a 0. A physical bit that is set to 1 has 5 volts potential across it (or 3 in some cases). To set it to 0, that voltage has to go somewhere. Currently, the circuit gets shorted out and phzzzt, the voltage gets converted to heat and we're back to the 0.
Of course, in other contexts, 'destroying data' can mean other things. Like magnetizing a hard drive, or computer controlled paper shredders. <grin>
The reason I disagree with this you is that any young person who needs to be constantly monitored in this way will just leave the phone on the bus and go get high.
If Joe is doing bad things, you should spend more time with him. A lot more time. Take off work. If you're lucky you can undo the damage you did by not doing these things earlier in Joe's life.
Being a parent: that's where a parent's responsibility truly lies.
Whatever happens, tracking Joe is not going to make him shape up. It's not going to make him respect his parents. It will probably make things worse.
Really, the main reason I don't have a cell phone is that I'm cheap. I can accept some tracking in some instances. 911 calls, and with a court order for criminal investigation purposes. But when they start talking about letting any joe user access the info about other peoples phones (even if it's their own children), that's when I get nervous. It seems like there would too many ways to get into the system and abuse it.
Plus, it pisses me off when parents try to use technology to do their job for them.
hell in europe they're discussing whether parents can use cell phone location technology to track their kids.
See, this is why I don't want a cell phone. Unless I can turn the tracking features off. Of course, when the phone is on and emitting signals it can be tracked whether it has any special tracking functions built in or not.
Well that's not good. And if what I know about lexis-nexis' market share is even half way right, it's waaaayyy more disturbing than time taking down an old (yet pertinent) article.
As reporters and researchers depend more and more heavily on the Internet as a research tool, manipulation of the net becomes a serious problem
I don't think what Time does on their site has any real bearing on what most reporters and researchers will find. This is because most of them use
lexis nexis. It is my understanding that lexis nexis will keep a copy of the article (I'm not sure, it costs money to use). Even if it doesn't, it will keep references to it. It will be shown to exist.
What would cause for concern is lexis nexis removing stuff.
As another "What?" point, where do you think most people *hear* the music they download off of the internet?
MTV2.
And personally, I find out about stuff in print (both ink and electric) then look it up on the information superhighway.
The radio sucks so bad that when I listen to it I want to bash stuff with hammers. The 'stuff' I want to bash is usually radios, and sometimes radio dj's.
The fact is, if someone is really serious about cycle commuting, weather does not need to be a problem. The problem is, most people aren't serious about cycle commuting.:)
True. I'm not completely dedicated to to cycle commuting myself. I do it most days because it seems stupid to fire up the car when work is in easy biking distance. But when the weather's bad I might not bother (and the Memphis summer does count as bad weather sometimes, especially since there is no shower at work).
But back to Zipwow's point. If there was anything approaching adequate public transportation in memphis I could choose that when I didn't feel like peddling. But since I'm lucky to see one bus an hour it's bike, drive or walk (and if I'm not biking I'm sure not walking).
The problem is that city's and to a larger extent suburbs are designed for cars. I ride my bike to work most days, and I have to do it in traffic because there is no place for bikes. So riding a bike to work is more than just riding a bike to work. I put my life at the mercy of half asleep drivers that are paying attention to other cars and not me.
Subjectively I think I am more likely to be involved in a collision with a car when I'm on my bike then when I'm driving. And I'm pretty sure I'm more likely to be seriously damaged when on the bike.
So lack of bike routes, combined with the fact that most people live too far away from their jobs to make biking practicable (again a subjective observation based on experience in DC, Baltimore and Memphis), means that you won't be seeing a massive shift to bikes any time soon. Plus people are lazy.
Unless this is going to be part of a bigger marketing strategy by Netscape or AOL or whoever...?
Mozilla is not part of AOL anymore. They dropped it. The Mozilla Foundation is it's own thing now (though still with some AOL money lying about the place).
When I click on a link in Mozilla it opens in Mozilla but IE is my default browser.
Given that MSN is IE based what did you expect the links to open in?
It might be IE based, but it is a different application. When I open a link in my email program, it opens in my default browser. Thunderbird and Firebird are both Gecko, but if IE is my default browser, a link in thunderbird opens in IE.
So it's a viewmaster without separate eyepieces. Super.
I'm not enthused at all. That style of 3d (two similar images next to each other) never works for me. It looks good at the edges, and it's blurry in the middle. I strain my eyes looking at computers enough, thank you.
And considering that many, many viewers are teens who probably use the product placement as a form of guidance, I think those in the dissent will be in the minority.
I don't think you give young people enough credit. I think that with each passing generation the instinct to recognize advertising grows stronger. I'm sure that a child born today will not only be able to instantly see product placement for what it is, but she'll be able to sense that a product placement is about to happen. Her kids will be able to tell how much product placement there is in a tv show just by the title.
Sure teens will look at product placement to find out what's cool, and if everybody else in their high school has it, then they'll want it too. It's part of being a teenager. You grow out of it.
When I was young I succumbed to product placement; I loved transformers and GI Joe, partly because of the shows. But now, well, I don't have a single Pokemon item.
I think you're making a case to stop all advertising. I would dig that, personally. It would be heaven on earth. But if you think the 'do not call' list is a big deal, try to get a 'do not advertise' bill through the legislature.
Linking to useit.com and saying that it's a usability nightmare doesn't really help anybody. What are your problems with it exactly?
Why would your boss fire you for that? What goals are you trying to achieve? Are they the same as useit.com's?
but remember that he is a national-level politician. He can't stray too far from the middle of the road.
I think one of the bushes might contradict this assumption, although in the other direction.
The over all political climate in the US today is definitely (neo-)conservative these days, but that doesn't mean a national level politician has to be in the middle or right lanes. In fact, some progressives are calling for democratic candidates to be even more liberal.
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As an example, I saw a story on a full size concept car; if I remember rightly it was by Volkswagen. Anyway, it was fly by wire. As a proof of concept thing, they put in a joystick instead of a steering wheel. But they came right out and said that they didn't intend to make production cars with joysticks, it was just to show what you could do with the technology.
And then quicktime for windows as an application makes me realize I made the right decision. "Do you want to register?", "hey, hey, I was just wondering if you were ready to register." "Hey, you didn't need those file associations did you? 'cause I took 'em." It's almost as bad as the real one player. Ok, almost half as bad. I hate the real player.
9.5 million is affordable? For whom?!
I'm just guessing, but probably to people who would otherwise spend >$25 million for a launch.
Of course, in other contexts, 'destroying data' can mean other things. Like magnetizing a hard drive, or computer controlled paper shredders. <grin>
If Joe is doing bad things, you should spend more time with him. A lot more time. Take off work. If you're lucky you can undo the damage you did by not doing these things earlier in Joe's life.
Being a parent: that's where a parent's responsibility truly lies.
Whatever happens, tracking Joe is not going to make him shape up. It's not going to make him respect his parents. It will probably make things worse.
Really, the main reason I don't have a cell phone is that I'm cheap. I can accept some tracking in some instances. 911 calls, and with a court order for criminal investigation purposes. But when they start talking about letting any joe user access the info about other peoples phones (even if it's their own children), that's when I get nervous. It seems like there would too many ways to get into the system and abuse it.
Plus, it pisses me off when parents try to use technology to do their job for them.
hell in europe they're discussing whether parents can use cell phone location technology to track their kids.
See, this is why I don't want a cell phone. Unless I can turn the tracking features off. Of course, when the phone is on and emitting signals it can be tracked whether it has any special tracking functions built in or not.
Well that's not good. And if what I know about lexis-nexis' market share is even half way right, it's waaaayyy more disturbing than time taking down an old (yet pertinent) article.
What would cause for concern is lexis nexis removing stuff.
btw. I is grammar stupid. It caused coffee not having.
As reporters and researchers depend more and more heavily on the Internet as a research tool, manipulation of the net becomes a serious problem
I don't think what Time does on their site has any real bearing on what most reporters and researchers will find. This is because most of them use lexis nexis. It is my understanding that lexis nexis will keep a copy of the article (I'm not sure, it costs money to use). Even if it doesn't, it will keep references to it. It will be shown to exist.
What would cause for concern is lexis nexis removing stuff.
You had what in what?
As another "What?" point, where do you think most people *hear* the music they download off of the internet?
MTV2.
And personally, I find out about stuff in print (both ink and electric) then look it up on the information superhighway.
The radio sucks so bad that when I listen to it I want to bash stuff with hammers. The 'stuff' I want to bash is usually radios, and sometimes radio dj's.
The fact is, if someone is really serious about cycle commuting, weather does not need to be a problem. The problem is, most people aren't serious about cycle commuting. :)
True. I'm not completely dedicated to to cycle commuting myself. I do it most days because it seems stupid to fire up the car when work is in easy biking distance. But when the weather's bad I might not bother (and the Memphis summer does count as bad weather sometimes, especially since there is no shower at work).
But back to Zipwow's point. If there was anything approaching adequate public transportation in memphis I could choose that when I didn't feel like peddling. But since I'm lucky to see one bus an hour it's bike, drive or walk (and if I'm not biking I'm sure not walking).
The problem is that city's and to a larger extent suburbs are designed for cars. I ride my bike to work most days, and I have to do it in traffic because there is no place for bikes. So riding a bike to work is more than just riding a bike to work. I put my life at the mercy of half asleep drivers that are paying attention to other cars and not me.
Subjectively I think I am more likely to be involved in a collision with a car when I'm on my bike then when I'm driving. And I'm pretty sure I'm more likely to be seriously damaged when on the bike.
So lack of bike routes, combined with the fact that most people live too far away from their jobs to make biking practicable (again a subjective observation based on experience in DC, Baltimore and Memphis), means that you won't be seeing a massive shift to bikes any time soon. Plus people are lazy.
I thought you just had to reverse the polarity...
Of the neutron flow, specifically.
Unless this is going to be part of a bigger marketing strategy by Netscape or AOL or whoever...?
Mozilla is not part of AOL anymore. They dropped it. The Mozilla Foundation is it's own thing now (though still with some AOL money lying about the place).
When I click on a link in Mozilla it opens in Mozilla but IE is my default browser. Given that MSN is IE based what did you expect the links to open in?
It might be IE based, but it is a different application. When I open a link in my email program, it opens in my default browser. Thunderbird and Firebird are both Gecko, but if IE is my default browser, a link in thunderbird opens in IE.
So it's a viewmaster without separate eyepieces. Super.
I'm not enthused at all. That style of 3d (two similar images next to each other) never works for me. It looks good at the edges, and it's blurry in the middle. I strain my eyes looking at computers enough, thank you.
Or is this the Internet's way of telling me to stop surfing and start some real work for a change *gulp*?
No, it's time to start playing minesweeper. haha.
Been seeing these same errors since last week. I thought it was my network.....
No. I thought it was my network. <laugh />
But really, I had trouble posting comments last friday. Thought it was just me.
I really expected more sophistication from the studios than big brown dots.
You expected sophistication from Hollywood movie studios? haha. That's funny.
And considering that many, many viewers are teens who probably use the product placement as a form of guidance, I think those in the dissent will be in the minority.
I don't think you give young people enough credit. I think that with each passing generation the instinct to recognize advertising grows stronger. I'm sure that a child born today will not only be able to instantly see product placement for what it is, but she'll be able to sense that a product placement is about to happen. Her kids will be able to tell how much product placement there is in a tv show just by the title.
Sure teens will look at product placement to find out what's cool, and if everybody else in their high school has it, then they'll want it too. It's part of being a teenager. You grow out of it. When I was young I succumbed to product placement; I loved transformers and GI Joe, partly because of the shows. But now, well, I don't have a single Pokemon item.
I think you're making a case to stop all advertising. I would dig that, personally. It would be heaven on earth. But if you think the 'do not call' list is a big deal, try to get a 'do not advertise' bill through the legislature.
So the result ends up being the infamous
salad.Mmmmm. <div> salad. With heaping spoonfuls of one-off classes and a light vinaigrette. Sounds tasty, but be sure to have some Tums handy.
Linking to useit.com and saying that it's a usability nightmare doesn't really help anybody. What are your problems with it exactly? Why would your boss fire you for that? What goals are you trying to achieve? Are they the same as useit.com's?
but remember that he is a national-level politician. He can't stray too far from the middle of the road.
I think one of the bushes might contradict this assumption, although in the other direction. The over all political climate in the US today is definitely (neo-)conservative these days, but that doesn't mean a national level politician has to be in the middle or right lanes. In fact, some progressives are calling for democratic candidates to be even more liberal.