Except that there are some neat graphs out there showing a marked decrease in the number of people killed per year because of war. I know the DoD has stats on American soldiers lost that you can find somewhere on its website. It's really interesting, actually. The graph was growing VERY quickly up until 1945, at which point "The Bomb," one of the most expensive projects ever undertaken by the US and purely military, was deployed. Afterwards, fatalities absolutely plumetted as wars were constrained for fear of escalation to nuclear weaponry. The military factor is not necessarily a bad thing. The Spartans knew that if you had a strong enough military no one would want to pick a fight with you (of course, they had their problems, such as oppressing the Helots).
Well, you just described a jog-shuttle that has been used in video editing since video has been around. So if that's really what Apple has a patent on, then it is rediculous. However, others here have been saying that you don't move the wheel, you simply touch it, so it's a touch pad designed to work like a jog-shuttle, which might not be a totally idiotic patent, just a mostly idiotic one.
The US Air Force also uses a modified version of Starcraft for simulation. Each side has three "players"; one defense, one offense, and another who coordinates them. An AF budy of mine tried to get a copy for a LAN party, but unfortunately the AF didn't like the possibility that their "game" would find its way into public distribution.
Yes, our fly boys know how to handle a Zerg rush.
It's not denial of climate change, but complete uncertainty of whether A) we're causing it and B) it's a bad thing. Look at it this way; youth are more open to change.
Except it wouldn't put much a dent in the situation as the overwhelming bulk of the polution is in third world countries (the major flaw of Kyoto was it did NOTHING to curtail that). Plus you have to ask what would replace it. Name an alternative and there are plenty of protesters who will gladly try to prevent the switch.
The dinosaurs didn't evelove to reach equilibrium with their surroundings? Strange, I coulda sworn I heard a few of them chirping outside my window this morning.
I had a CASIO graphing calculator that was in color. The thing ran through batteries like you wouldn't believe, however, so I ditched it and went with an HP 48G. Color just wasn't worth having my calculator crap out on me in the middle of a test.
Apparently, if you were to try and scan the new $20 in Photoshop, then it would refuse to open, while the older versions are safe, which explains why some say "no problems here" when they try it. However, from the google forum post, this is wierd as the poster says "When I tried to cut about half the image Photoshop informed me that it was illegal and referred me to the web page below" which indicates the Photoshop CS allowed him to copy currency that it knew was currency. It doesn't matter which version of the twenty he copied, as this behavior is just screwy. If it's a new $20, then Photoshop's blocking mechanism (not its detection) is hit-or-miss. If it's an old $20 it doesn't seem to make much sense that the software would identify both kinds of $20 bills but reject them differently.
No, I read the part that didn't require registration:
As an experiment I tried to copy an print one of the new $20 bills.
Before you say I am breaking the law by doing so read the
web site referenced at the end of note. I fully intend to obey the rules.
I was able to do a full scan at 1600 DPI using Photoshop CS (ver 8.0)
and save the resulting image to the hard drive.
As an experiment I tried to copy an print one of the new $20 bills.
Before you say I am breaking the law by doing so read the
web site referenced at the end of note. I fully intend to obey the rules.
I was able to do a full scan at 1600 DPI using Photoshop CS (ver 8.0)
and save the resulting image to the hard drive.
The "feature" only shows its head when you try and print the image. Scanning and altering the image is no problem. Of course, if you'd RTFA you'd know that...
Well, if you'd check the links in the news item you'd notice this is an enforcement of the law.
Plus the problem seems to only crop up when you go to print, so Photoshop isn't imposing any restrictions greater than the law does. You can still view and edit to your hearts content on the computer.
Actually, Quicktime is great because of its file associations. I installed it and it, by default, associated all MIDI files to itself even though it lacked the required plug-in to actually play MIDI files. No more annoying music coming from any of my browsers besides what's in my playlist!
Hey, there are plenty of Americans here who wish the Beagle 2 was happily yipping at the Mars Express about all the cool red stuff it found (I'm one of them). The problem, as you'll notice, is that whenever there can be considered any rivalry between the US and Europe, both sides go at it and will completely derail the topic. It gets very, very tiering and is easy to fall into.
Except that the US Consitution only applies to those who have entered the country and US citizens under US jurisdiction, plus it only forbids unreasonable searches/seizures. Unreasonable is determined by the courts. Now, I'm not certain, but it wouldn't surprise me if the area up to Customs is not considered US soil, thus Consitutional protections would not apply to non-citizens in that area.
Well, there's a HUGE difference between knowing everything you can about who you are letting into the country versus knowing everything you can about the citizens about your country. Complete control of who you allow into your country is good.
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Except that there are some neat graphs out there showing a marked decrease in the number of people killed per year because of war. I know the DoD has stats on American soldiers lost that you can find somewhere on its website. It's really interesting, actually. The graph was growing VERY quickly up until 1945, at which point "The Bomb," one of the most expensive projects ever undertaken by the US and purely military, was deployed. Afterwards, fatalities absolutely plumetted as wars were constrained for fear of escalation to nuclear weaponry. The military factor is not necessarily a bad thing. The Spartans knew that if you had a strong enough military no one would want to pick a fight with you (of course, they had their problems, such as oppressing the Helots).
Well, you just described a jog-shuttle that has been used in video editing since video has been around. So if that's really what Apple has a patent on, then it is rediculous. However, others here have been saying that you don't move the wheel, you simply touch it, so it's a touch pad designed to work like a jog-shuttle, which might not be a totally idiotic patent, just a mostly idiotic one.
The US Air Force also uses a modified version of Starcraft for simulation. Each side has three "players"; one defense, one offense, and another who coordinates them. An AF budy of mine tried to get a copy for a LAN party, but unfortunately the AF didn't like the possibility that their "game" would find its way into public distribution. Yes, our fly boys know how to handle a Zerg rush.
It's not denial of climate change, but complete uncertainty of whether A) we're causing it and B) it's a bad thing. Look at it this way; youth are more open to change.
Except it wouldn't put much a dent in the situation as the overwhelming bulk of the polution is in third world countries (the major flaw of Kyoto was it did NOTHING to curtail that). Plus you have to ask what would replace it. Name an alternative and there are plenty of protesters who will gladly try to prevent the switch.
Ew... that's a horrible typo of the word "evolve."
The dinosaurs didn't evelove to reach equilibrium with their surroundings? Strange, I coulda sworn I heard a few of them chirping outside my window this morning.
I had a CASIO graphing calculator that was in color. The thing ran through batteries like you wouldn't believe, however, so I ditched it and went with an HP 48G. Color just wasn't worth having my calculator crap out on me in the middle of a test.
Yup, after its "final use" within an undesignated period of time.
Believe it or not I don't have a MIDI volume control.
What denomination, issue, and currency did you use? A new $20 US?
Now that I've read more;
Apparently, if you were to try and scan the new $20 in Photoshop, then it would refuse to open, while the older versions are safe, which explains why some say "no problems here" when they try it. However, from the google forum post, this is wierd as the poster says "When I tried to cut about half the image Photoshop informed me that it was illegal and referred me to the web page below" which indicates the Photoshop CS allowed him to copy currency that it knew was currency. It doesn't matter which version of the twenty he copied, as this behavior is just screwy. If it's a new $20, then Photoshop's blocking mechanism (not its detection) is hit-or-miss. If it's an old $20 it doesn't seem to make much sense that the software would identify both kinds of $20 bills but reject them differently.
No, I read the part that didn't require registration:
As an experiment I tried to copy an print one of the new $20 bills. Before you say I am breaking the law by doing so read the web site referenced at the end of note. I fully intend to obey the rules. I was able to do a full scan at 1600 DPI using Photoshop CS (ver 8.0) and save the resulting image to the hard drive.
From the article:
As an experiment I tried to copy an print one of the new $20 bills. Before you say I am breaking the law by doing so read the web site referenced at the end of note. I fully intend to obey the rules. I was able to do a full scan at 1600 DPI using Photoshop CS (ver 8.0) and save the resulting image to the hard drive.
The "feature" only shows its head when you try and print the image. Scanning and altering the image is no problem. Of course, if you'd RTFA you'd know that...
Well, if you'd check the links in the news item you'd notice this is an enforcement of the law.
Plus the problem seems to only crop up when you go to print, so Photoshop isn't imposing any restrictions greater than the law does. You can still view and edit to your hearts content on the computer.
Actually, Quicktime is great because of its file associations. I installed it and it, by default, associated all MIDI files to itself even though it lacked the required plug-in to actually play MIDI files. No more annoying music coming from any of my browsers besides what's in my playlist!
Uh, where in my post did I participate in the American-European rivalry?
Hey, there are plenty of Americans here who wish the Beagle 2 was happily yipping at the Mars Express about all the cool red stuff it found (I'm one of them). The problem, as you'll notice, is that whenever there can be considered any rivalry between the US and Europe, both sides go at it and will completely derail the topic. It gets very, very tiering and is easy to fall into.
Mod parent and everyone who participates in "Yeah!/Boo! America" in this thread down please.
Except I'm refering to who it is talking about when it refers to "the people." Maybe I had a poor word choice, but this is slashdot, not Civics 101.
Except it's under US jurisdicition. A necessary distinction in the era of air travel.
Now that you mention it, I can't find any mention of teflon in the various documents for NASA spinoff tech. My mistake.
Except that the US Consitution only applies to those who have entered the country and US citizens under US jurisdiction, plus it only forbids unreasonable searches/seizures. Unreasonable is determined by the courts. Now, I'm not certain, but it wouldn't surprise me if the area up to Customs is not considered US soil, thus Consitutional protections would not apply to non-citizens in that area.
Well, there's a HUGE difference between knowing everything you can about who you are letting into the country versus knowing everything you can about the citizens about your country. Complete control of who you allow into your country is good.