Are you off your rocker? People have been living in equatorial countries for millennia, but you believe there will be "non-survivabe areas"? Based on WHAT science? Methinks you are not an engineer or you're a very poor one, easily duped by political fearmongering.
The more I read about this completely preventable engineering cluster-fùk, the more I lose confidence in Boeing management as an aircraft company.
When two airplanes crash within 6 months the CEO should be fired for cause. Boeing should do a thorough audit questioning the engineers and managers who signed off critical design decision failures, publicly publish the results of the audit and fire the individuals responsible for the failures in this program. Both the 787 and 737 airplanes were grounded demonstrates there are serious engineering process deficiencies within Boeing. Boeing should require ALL management have engineering degrees if they are even tangentially involved in aircraft design. Even HR should be investigated and held accountable for the inadequate personnel they brought into the company.
OP is correct! I edited the article with a citation and within 9 minutes it was rejected by a journalism student named Alex McCann from Ohio University. I wonder if his professors know he is engaging in censorship on Wikipedia. See:
Absolute nonsense. I used to sell bundled software to hardware manufacturers. Software companies don't pay such high dollars to hardware manufacturers to get software bundled on hardware. Software income is 'extra' and doesn't factor into the final price of a computer. Actually often times it is the sales guy's relationship with the manufacturer that gets the software onto the hard disk. I am sure that is what happened in this case. Lenovo is just finally saying we don't need the hassle. They lost more money and marketing prestige in this one bundling fiasco than they've made from software bundling in the past few years.
The hilarious thing is they are offering 6 months of a McAfee subscription for free to Superfish victims. McAfee is one of the worse anti-virus software out there. Very difficult to remove your system. Constant SPAM reminders to renew - even years later. They are trading adware for nagware. Will they ever learn?
Not going to debate IT wages in China / Chinese airplane ticket prices / advanced purchase plane ticket discounts or walking across the Shenzhen border on Slashdot. Maybe I exaggerated a little. My point is plenty people will refrain from attending because of the cost of the airplane ticket alone.
If "More people visit the OpenStack Web site from Beijing than any other city in the world and developers in China account for the second largest number of code commits." then hold the conference in Beijing!
Of course that will not work. Very few people who live and work in Beijing are going to fly down to Hong Kong to attend some stupid Summit. Hold the Summit in Beijing and you might have some impact and get some participation. Hold the summit in Hong Kong and you cut that to 1/10.
It's a 3 hour flight down and a 3 hour flight back, air tickets cost about 2 weeks worth of wages for the average IT guy. And you need a special travel document which most people in China don't have, so they'll have to apply for it. And if you don't have a Beijing ID then Chinese people need a visa to travel to Hong Kong. And the hotels in Hong Kong are $100 minimum per night. Hotels in Beijing are as cheap as $25 per night.
Why does it matter what the public thinks? I mean seriously, is this a decision you want to leave to some welfare queen, union boss or monster truck driver? Or to a medical doctor, college English professor or stay at home mom with a PhD in psychology? Do they have the knowledge or training to make an informed decision? Do they even have access to secret data regarding the proliferation of nuclear weapons worldwide? Do they have the engineering background to understand nuclear weapon reliability? Have they studied military strategy or international diplomatic relations?
I will not argue the case one way or another because I don't know all the facts (and I have better things to do). But I believe decisions like this would be better off made by a politically neutral entity, through a series of debates using an objective scoring algorithm or even by computer, if an objective algorithm could ever be developed. The problem is in our world everybody brings along their political opinions and we are unable to choose the best course of action. This is especially the case with the present administration.
Online education offers an incredibly equalizing opportunity for people all over the world. At the same time it destroys the notion that everybody is equal and everybody should be given the opportunity to succeed. The reality is if you cannot hack it then you should not be wasting a university's resources.
"Struggling students who make up a significant portion of college enrollment" should not be wasting seats which could be offered to students who are more motivated and better prepared to learn. Harvard, Yale and Columbia should eliminate the admissions process all together and allow anybody who thinks they can make it at one of these leading schools to enroll. Fill classroom seats according to SAT scores. Allow online students and classroom students to compete for seats during the four year process. If you are an online student and you get an 'A' then you will have a seat. If you have a seat and you get a 'C' or lower then you become an online student until you become a top performer.
Students who "show up at college (or junior college) unprepared to learn, unable to manage time and having failed to master basics like math and English" should not be in university. If they were too lazy to learn English they probably lack the financial wherewithal to stay in school - lack of money is the real reason most online students don't get degrees. The problem is not the online school, the problem is the student. Students "lacking confidence as well as competence" need to spend more time reading and less time doing bong hits.
This study only discovers what liberal brains look like, not whether they are liberal because of their brain, or their brain developed in that fashion because they are liberal.
Worthless Science. Who paid for this worthless study?
Making a parody site may be 'fair use', but actually copying CSS and HTML is infringement. If CIAPC wants to create a parody site they can write their own HTML and CSS to mimic TPB look and feel. Actually copying CSS and HTML is a violation of copyright which 'fair use' will technically not protect.
That is so ridiculous. I live in China and am sitting in Beijing as I write this post. In the last 25 years I have passed through Chinese customs literally 100s of times. I have been asked to turn on my laptop exactly ZERO times. Mod the parent down (to zero)!
Corporate espionage happens in China, but largely it is a result of stupidity. Executives with experience in China will give the victim advice (don't put blind faith in your Chinese partner) and they immediately ignore it. This is just one of the challenges of doing business in China (or anywhere else).
Oh please! Dell includes the MS crap on the computer to add value to the hardware. Dell makes a profit from MS. They are not including Windows 7 for free.
If they had the same attitude about Linux then they would realize that by including Linux they add value to the machine.
I guess their net analysis is that Linux adds more value than Windows.
Notwithstanding this Slashdot is TERRIBLE PR for Dell, and stupid really. Imagine how many MORE machines Dell could have sold if they were $50 cheaper rather than $50 more expensive. Shortsighted management.
Children were not originally designed to play with electronic devices. Children prefer objects which they can hold, throw, eat and break. This type of behavior can prove very expensive with an iPad. Better suggestion:
2. Buy a sheet of thin 1/8 inch tempered hardboard (aka high-density fiberboard) or 1/8 inch plywood: www.homedepot.com/buy/1-8-in-4-ft-x-8-ft-tempered-hardboard-832777.html www.lowes.com/pd_95321-99899-95321_0__?productId=3605348
3. Buy some spray adhesive: www.drillspot.com/products/1348820/3m_45_1025oz_spray_adhesive
5. Find some nice colorful pictures or posters to make into puzzles. Car dealerships often have great car posters for little boys. Highway rest stops or AAA have maps which make great puzzles. Hair salons have plenty of posters of women's hair styles. Doll shops have promotional posters of dolls. Travel agencies have promotional posters of exotic destinations. You get the idea.
6. Spray adhesive to the back of the poster and glue it on to the 1/8 inch board. Let sit for a while to cure.
7. Spray adhesive to the back of the puzzle design and glue to the other side of the board
9. Start cutting according to the puzzle pattern and make toys which your children can pass on to their children and which have been proven for thousands of years not to cause attention deficit disorder.
10. Store the puzzles in empty boxes you get from a shoe store or cigar shop
Google's predicament in China is entirely self created. Google elected to leave China in response to a hack attack perpetrated / tolerated by the Chinese government. Mr. Brin played a large part in the decision largely based on his experience growing up in Russia. China != Russia. Google made a huge mistake leaving China. Google used to own half of the market, now they own a fraction. Eventually Google will make a good business decision and return to China, but until then those of us living in China will just have to deal with Google's infantile hubris.
The way to affect change is to be active in the community. With Google out of China the Chinese government has no use for them. For the most part Chinese people do not care one iota about Google. As a businessman doing business in China I can tell you emphatically I do not care about Google or their market share in China. Google is a Harvard Business School textbook case of what NOT to do in China. And David Wolf's statement that if work on the Great Firewall continues China "will be an increasingly untenable place to do business" is a joke. Google's failure in China does not affect those doing business in China.
The speech (tweets, postings, etc.) in question is not related to a Miranda warning in any way because it was not made by the person charged with a crime. The speech is not being used against the defendant but is being used by the defendant to support his case. How on earth did this question ever make it on Slashdot? Commander Taco where are you?
Change the wireless channel on the WiFi router. Try channels one by one until you find one with good signal coverage. Use a less popular channel where you won't run into interference from neighbors and your signal strength problems will be solved. As easy as 1, 2, 3,... 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,... you get the idea.
Inaccurate unscientific ramblings, sound bites and clichés do not support your argument. That not only goes for hkmwbz but also Soulskill (the author of this topic who so brazenly declares the science is all but settled), JD, Shavano and Blueg3 below. Global Warming / Climate Change is NOT scientific fact, it is THEORY presently being developed and there is still much to learn. Blind supporters of global warming make outrageous claims and forget that all of this is THEORY which must be backed up with evidence. There are no 'denialists' - that is not even a word! You offer NO LINKS to scientific studies to back up your outrageous claims, so I will.
Urban Heat Islands are definitely real, especially in rapidly growing countries like China. See this paper published by the Journal of Geophysical Research:
Then we have JD (below) making ridiculous statements like:
The current imbalanced rise in CO2 is much more troubling because studies show that plants do NOT like massive levels of CO2 unless they come combined with massive levels of O2.
JD what makes you think CO2 is presently imbalanced? Where is the evidence for your statement? Do you actually know what the present percentage of CO2 in our atmosphere is??? It presently is around 0.039445%. Do you have any idea how the increase in CO2 has increased during the last 50 years? It has increased from 0.032 to 0.0395, or by approximately 25%. Here is the data:
CO2 rises alone, without any other alteration to the environment, will cause plant growth to decline and is eventually toxic.
Really? Where is your scientific evidence? The reality is CO2 is a fertilizer to plants. Plants LOVE CO2, even without a corresponding rise in O2 (wrong again). Even in high concentrations CO2 continues to act as a fertilizer. Here are some links from climate change advocates which you seem to blindly trust:
Some other computer junk that you should bring which you will find invaluable if you are ever going to try and get on the Internet.
1. High Gain Wifi Antenna. Hawking is a good brand. Great for borrowing Wifi access. 2. 15' USB Extender Cable. This will let you locate the Hign Gain Wifi Antenna outside while you remain inside. Also work well as rope in some situations. Goto Pricewatch.com to find them. 3. USB to Ethernet adapter. These things are tiny, light and incredibly convenient for those few times when wired Ethernet is available. 4. The best camera: Fujifilm FinePix F50 FD. Just over $200. Takes great pictures, even in the dark. 5. Lots of 2GB SD Cards. They cost $11 each at pricewatch.com to find them. Carrying many avoids pain if you lose a single card. Also about the same price as 4GB or 8GB. 6. SD to USB adapter. Very cheap on pricewatch. Worth its weight in gold when you are in an Internet cafe and want to mail some pictures back home. 7. Laptop cable lock. And then get in the habit of locking your laptop everywhere you go, even in hotels where you think you will be safe. 8. PacSafe wire mesh backpack mesh or wire mesh knapsack.
I would also probably go with the eepc just because it is cheap. If you are worried about not having an English version of the OS with you burn it on an SD card and carry it with you.
Jealous. Have Fun. Smile a lot - its the one language everybody understands.
U2 jets don't fly anymore and the band is now a shadow of its former self.
When Metallica filed the lawsuit against Napster a coworker of mine in San Jose actually organized a boycott of Metallica at the office. He offered put his entire collection of Metallica CD's on loan in the company kitchen 'for listening' and after a few months put them up for sale on Ebay.
I would change the radio station every time one of their songs came on. I figured there was no way I was going to give the radio station my ad dollars for playing the enemy. I haven't listened to a single song since 2000.
I don't know if I'll be changing radio stations because U2's music is much better, but I definitely won't be buying any more of their albums until Paul is gone.
Seems like this would be a great program except... you have to be a Linux guru to figure out how to get things running. How about some installation directions for the rest of the world, like how to install KDE and Konqueror or Koffice together in one set of directions?????
Any help from/. would be most appreciated.
Correction: Electric Cars will make up a significant percentage of passenger cars on the roads in the years to come.
Actually, I believe other gasoline alternatives like cellulose ethanol will also become significant market players, but electricity is just cheaper and more efficient. Even today an electric vehicle is much cheaper to operate even if running on good old lead acid batteries. The problem today is that purchasing an electric car is rather expensive, but this will change when an electric vehicle finally enters mass production, competition begins and prices come down.
You have a nasty tendency to be rude to others. Would you use such language in person? And who do you know that would upgrade your Scores?
To answer your issues, RTFA:
(a) I think the link I included should answer your question as to Why: The batteries that tend to super-heat / ignite / explode are the older Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO2).
(b) Are you a lawyer? I AM. Liability laws differ by state. There were definitely legal alternatives that GM could have used to completely insulate themselves from ANY liability. GM chose not to because they lacked the vision to see that eventually all cars will be electric.
Before you go all balistic again, perhaps it would be better if you did a little research about the electric vehicle industry. Go look at projectbetterplace.com. I have owned / built three electric cars and I can honestly say that the FUD you are spreading is completely unwarranted.
I think your real fear should be that you are perceived as both a Troll and a Twit! I believe Trolls are the !@#$% idiots who comment on things about which they know nothing.
The truth is that Lithium Ion technology in its current form is very safe. Modern Lithium Ion battery technology based on Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) is not nearly as susceptible to explosions or fires as older Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO2). Further, Iron Phosphate is substantially cheaper than Cobolt. So the batteries used in modern electric vehicles are not vulnerable to explosions that were common with older Li-Ion technology. For more information read:
And with respect to GM's actions, again, you appear to be a moronic twit who doesn't know what he is talking about. GM had a long list of people who were willing to sign liability waivers to completely absolve GM of any liability with respect to the EV1. GM refused to even consider the possibility. For more information read:
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I definitely agree with the parent comments. The flaws I pointed out are not 'fatal'. The iPhone changes the paradigm of cell phones so dramatically and the hype is so huge that it is all but guaranteed to be a success. I am a huge fan of Apple and if it were not for reason 2 below I would be in line right now. I should have used the title: Top iPhone Customer Complaints Apple Will Receive. And I should probably have only listed 8:
1. I really HATE AT&T! (Contract with AT&T.) (Personally, I have no problem with AT&T. But this WILL be a HUGE customer complaint, and it will reflect very negatively on Apple. Customers that had great coverage with Verizon, T-Mobile or Sprint will take their iPhone home and not have any signal inside their house. They will be furious with Apple that they were forced to switch.)
2. I really want to use my iPhone overseas! (Inability to swap the GSM card.)
3. I really want to carry a backup battery! (Inability to change the battery.)
4. I really wish I could purchase iTunes through my iPhone! (Lack of iTunes on the iPhone.)
5. iPhone is so SLOW! (Lack of 3G.)
6. My iPhone doesn't ring when it is plugged into its base!
7. My phone keeps on crashing! (Because of an External Application that a customer loaded using a hack. This could have been avoided if Apple had offered an API instead of forcing coders to hack the iPhone.) #OR# I really wish the iPhone had XYZ application! (Which could have been solved by allowing External Applications.)
8. I really wish the iPhone had a better camera! (Mediocre 2.0 Megapixel Camera).
From an Apple enthusiast point of view, the problems noted above will cause a lot of people to be dissatisfied with their iPhone, in kind of a love / hate relationship. There is no alternative today that even comes close to the iPhone, so repeating theme will be 'I love my iPhone, but I really wish...' And these problems could have been avoided but for the nature of Apple's development process.
There had to be a discussion some time during the development of the iPhone: "Maybe we should let the customer swap batteries?" where they came to the wrong conclusion that customers would be happy with long battery life. Many women keep a spare battery in their purse, and people by their very nature are resistant to change (I wonder how many females there are on the iPhone design team?). 100% of the companies who have tried the 'built-in battery' strategy have eventually changed course and allowed users to change batteries because it is critical for a significant portion of the market.
Apple's entire strategy of exclusive partnership with cellular providers in different markets is a colossal mistake. Apple is NOT doing this because the service provider has to customize their service to support Visual Voicemail. Apple is doing this because they are taking a portion of the monthly revenue from AT&T. This is why Verizon took a pass when Apple approached them first about the iPhone. This strategy is a mistake not because I have anything against Cingular or Vodaphone. But who in the USA can honestly say "I love my cell phone provider"? When people switch to AT&T and are dissatisfied with the service (whether it is coverage or customer service) they will blame APPLE. Apple's positive brand image is worth more than any revenue kicker they will ever receive from AT&T. A huge portion of the market will just refuse to switch, regardless of how great the iPhone is. A significant portion of the market will return their iPhone and switch BACK to their original provider because AT&T just won't work for them.
Part of the problem will be the sales people at AT&T stores. Sales people at AT&T stores are compensated by the number of customers they are able to sign up and retain as customers. They will make up almost any excuse to keep their customers. And when a customer comes back to the store to complain "My iPhone doesn't have a signal at my home" they will respond with "Yea, that is a p
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Are you off your rocker? People have been living in equatorial countries for millennia, but you believe there will be "non-survivabe areas"? Based on WHAT science? Methinks you are not an engineer or you're a very poor one, easily duped by political fearmongering.
The more I read about this completely preventable engineering cluster-fùk, the more I lose confidence in Boeing management as an aircraft company.
When two airplanes crash within 6 months the CEO should be fired for cause. Boeing should do a thorough audit questioning the engineers and managers who signed off critical design decision failures, publicly publish the results of the audit and fire the individuals responsible for the failures in this program. Both the 787 and 737 airplanes were grounded demonstrates there are serious engineering process deficiencies within Boeing. Boeing should require ALL management have engineering degrees if they are even tangentially involved in aircraft design. Even HR should be investigated and held accountable for the inadequate personnel they brought into the company.
OP is correct! I edited the article with a citation and within 9 minutes it was rejected by a journalism student named Alex McCann from Ohio University. I wonder if his professors know he is engaging in censorship on Wikipedia. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/ind...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Absolute nonsense. I used to sell bundled software to hardware manufacturers. Software companies don't pay such high dollars to hardware manufacturers to get software bundled on hardware. Software income is 'extra' and doesn't factor into the final price of a computer. Actually often times it is the sales guy's relationship with the manufacturer that gets the software onto the hard disk. I am sure that is what happened in this case. Lenovo is just finally saying we don't need the hassle. They lost more money and marketing prestige in this one bundling fiasco than they've made from software bundling in the past few years.
The hilarious thing is they are offering 6 months of a McAfee subscription for free to Superfish victims. McAfee is one of the worse anti-virus software out there. Very difficult to remove your system. Constant SPAM reminders to renew - even years later. They are trading adware for nagware. Will they ever learn?
Not going to debate IT wages in China / Chinese airplane ticket prices / advanced purchase plane ticket discounts or walking across the Shenzhen border on Slashdot. Maybe I exaggerated a little. My point is plenty people will refrain from attending because of the cost of the airplane ticket alone.
If "More people visit the OpenStack Web site from Beijing than any other city in the world and developers in China account for the second largest number of code commits." then hold the conference in Beijing!
Of course that will not work. Very few people who live and work in Beijing are going to fly down to Hong Kong to attend some stupid Summit. Hold the Summit in Beijing and you might have some impact and get some participation. Hold the summit in Hong Kong and you cut that to 1/10.
It's a 3 hour flight down and a 3 hour flight back, air tickets cost about 2 weeks worth of wages for the average IT guy. And you need a special travel document which most people in China don't have, so they'll have to apply for it. And if you don't have a Beijing ID then Chinese people need a visa to travel to Hong Kong. And the hotels in Hong Kong are $100 minimum per night. Hotels in Beijing are as cheap as $25 per night.
Who planned this?
Why does it matter what the public thinks? I mean seriously, is this a decision you want to leave to some welfare queen, union boss or monster truck driver? Or to a medical doctor, college English professor or stay at home mom with a PhD in psychology? Do they have the knowledge or training to make an informed decision? Do they even have access to secret data regarding the proliferation of nuclear weapons worldwide? Do they have the engineering background to understand nuclear weapon reliability? Have they studied military strategy or international diplomatic relations?
I will not argue the case one way or another because I don't know all the facts (and I have better things to do). But I believe decisions like this would be better off made by a politically neutral entity, through a series of debates using an objective scoring algorithm or even by computer, if an objective algorithm could ever be developed. The problem is in our world everybody brings along their political opinions and we are unable to choose the best course of action. This is especially the case with the present administration.
Online education offers an incredibly equalizing opportunity for people all over the world. At the same time it destroys the notion that everybody is equal and everybody should be given the opportunity to succeed. The reality is if you cannot hack it then you should not be wasting a university's resources.
"Struggling students who make up a significant portion of college enrollment" should not be wasting seats which could be offered to students who are more motivated and better prepared to learn. Harvard, Yale and Columbia should eliminate the admissions process all together and allow anybody who thinks they can make it at one of these leading schools to enroll. Fill classroom seats according to SAT scores. Allow online students and classroom students to compete for seats during the four year process. If you are an online student and you get an 'A' then you will have a seat. If you have a seat and you get a 'C' or lower then you become an online student until you become a top performer.
Students who "show up at college (or junior college) unprepared to learn, unable to manage time and having failed to master basics like math and English" should not be in university. If they were too lazy to learn English they probably lack the financial wherewithal to stay in school - lack of money is the real reason most online students don't get degrees. The problem is not the online school, the problem is the student. Students "lacking confidence as well as competence" need to spend more time reading and less time doing bong hits.
This study only discovers what liberal brains look like, not whether they are liberal because of their brain, or their brain developed in that fashion because they are liberal.
Worthless Science. Who paid for this worthless study?
Making a parody site may be 'fair use', but actually copying CSS and HTML is infringement. If CIAPC wants to create a parody site they can write their own HTML and CSS to mimic TPB look and feel. Actually copying CSS and HTML is a violation of copyright which 'fair use' will technically not protect.
Probably why Pincus was voted the 4th worst CEO in the USA in 2012 http://www.valuewalk.com/2012/12/the-worst-ceos-of-2012/
That is so ridiculous. I live in China and am sitting in Beijing as I write this post. In the last 25 years I have passed through Chinese customs literally 100s of times. I have been asked to turn on my laptop exactly ZERO times. Mod the parent down (to zero)!
Corporate espionage happens in China, but largely it is a result of stupidity. Executives with experience in China will give the victim advice (don't put blind faith in your Chinese partner) and they immediately ignore it. This is just one of the challenges of doing business in China (or anywhere else).
Oh please! Dell includes the MS crap on the computer to add value to the hardware. Dell makes a profit from MS. They are not including Windows 7 for free.
If they had the same attitude about Linux then they would realize that by including Linux they add value to the machine.
I guess their net analysis is that Linux adds more value than Windows.
Notwithstanding this Slashdot is TERRIBLE PR for Dell, and stupid really. Imagine how many MORE machines Dell could have sold if they were $50 cheaper rather than $50 more expensive. Shortsighted management.
Children were not originally designed to play with electronic devices. Children prefer objects which they can hold, throw, eat and break. This type of behavior can prove very expensive with an iPad. Better suggestion:
1. Borrow or buy a jigsaw with a thin blade. A hand jigsaw with a thin blade is okay but try to find a jigsaw with a table:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/tls/3430299340.html
2. Buy a sheet of thin 1/8 inch tempered hardboard (aka high-density fiberboard) or 1/8 inch plywood:
www.homedepot.com/buy/1-8-in-4-ft-x-8-ft-tempered-hardboard-832777.html
www.lowes.com/pd_95321-99899-95321_0__?productId=3605348
3. Buy some spray adhesive:
www.drillspot.com/products/1348820/3m_45_1025oz_spray_adhesive
4. Download puzzle templates suitable for your child's age
https://www.google.com/search?q=puzzle+templates
5. Find some nice colorful pictures or posters to make into puzzles. Car dealerships often have great car posters for little boys. Highway rest stops or AAA have maps which make great puzzles. Hair salons have plenty of posters of women's hair styles. Doll shops have promotional posters of dolls. Travel agencies have promotional posters of exotic destinations. You get the idea.
6. Spray adhesive to the back of the poster and glue it on to the 1/8 inch board. Let sit for a while to cure.
7. Spray adhesive to the back of the puzzle design and glue to the other side of the board
8. For younger children cut a rectangular border to surround the puzzle and another rectangle to go under the puzzle
http://www.dinosaurjunction.com/130-46-thickbox/t-rex-wooden-puzzle.jpg
9. Start cutting according to the puzzle pattern and make toys which your children can pass on to their children and which have been proven for thousands of years not to cause attention deficit disorder.
10. Store the puzzles in empty boxes you get from a shoe store or cigar shop
Or you could just spend $7 and order one online:
http://www.dinosaurjunction.com/400-Shop-for-dinosaur-puzzles
https://www.google.com/search?q=wooden+jigsaw+puzzles&tbs=p_ord:p&tbm=shop
Your kids will have plenty of time to play with computers when they grow up. No need to start when they are three.
Google's predicament in China is entirely self created. Google elected to leave China in response to a hack attack perpetrated / tolerated by the Chinese government. Mr. Brin played a large part in the decision largely based on his experience growing up in Russia. China != Russia. Google made a huge mistake leaving China. Google used to own half of the market, now they own a fraction. Eventually Google will make a good business decision and return to China, but until then those of us living in China will just have to deal with Google's infantile hubris.
The way to affect change is to be active in the community. With Google out of China the Chinese government has no use for them. For the most part Chinese people do not care one iota about Google. As a businessman doing business in China I can tell you emphatically I do not care about Google or their market share in China. Google is a Harvard Business School textbook case of what NOT to do in China. And David Wolf's statement that if work on the Great Firewall continues China "will be an increasingly untenable place to do business" is a joke. Google's failure in China does not affect those doing business in China.
The speech (tweets, postings, etc.) in question is not related to a Miranda warning in any way because it was not made by the person charged with a crime. The speech is not being used against the defendant but is being used by the defendant to support his case. How on earth did this question ever make it on Slashdot? Commander Taco where are you?
Change the wireless channel on the WiFi router. Try channels one by one until you find one with good signal coverage. Use a less popular channel where you won't run into interference from neighbors and your signal strength problems will be solved. As easy as 1, 2, 3, ... 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ... you get the idea.
Inaccurate unscientific ramblings, sound bites and clichés do not support your argument. That not only goes for hkmwbz but also Soulskill (the author of this topic who so brazenly declares the science is all but settled), JD, Shavano and Blueg3 below. Global Warming / Climate Change is NOT scientific fact, it is THEORY presently being developed and there is still much to learn. Blind supporters of global warming make outrageous claims and forget that all of this is THEORY which must be backed up with evidence. There are no 'denialists' - that is not even a word! You offer NO LINKS to scientific studies to back up your outrageous claims, so I will.
Urban Heat Islands are definitely real, especially in rapidly growing countries like China. See this paper published by the Journal of Geophysical Research:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/07/28/new-paper-uhi-alive-and-well-in-china/
So hkmwbz you are certifiably wrong there. Then you persist with your clichés
there's a huge amount of evidence that the warming is caused by humans.
Really? Show us your evidence. Where are your links? What is definitely an undisputed scientific fact is how little scientists know and how much they are still learning today.
Then we have JD (below) making ridiculous statements like:
The current imbalanced rise in CO2 is much more troubling because studies show that plants do NOT like massive levels of CO2 unless they come combined with massive levels of O2.
JD what makes you think CO2 is presently imbalanced? Where is the evidence for your statement? Do you actually know what the present percentage of CO2 in our atmosphere is??? It presently is around 0.039445%. Do you have any idea how the increase in CO2 has increased during the last 50 years? It has increased from 0.032 to 0.0395, or by approximately 25%. Here is the data:
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/
Look at that graph. Its a fairly straight line over a period of 50 years. Fairly straight line despite the dramatic jump in CO2 emissions since the mid-1800's (PDF). Even though human population has more than doubled during the last 50 years! Even though the number of cars has increased 800% from 122 Million in 1960 to over 1 Billion today. And yet somehow our planet's climate just keeps on balancing things out and the rate of increase of CO2 is fairly constant. But wait, JD definitely said "imbalanced rise".
JD continues:
CO2 rises alone, without any other alteration to the environment, will cause plant growth to decline and is eventually toxic.
Really? Where is your scientific evidence? The reality is CO2 is a fertilizer to plants. Plants LOVE CO2, even without a corresponding rise in O2 (wrong again). Even in high concentrations CO2 continues to act as a fertilizer. Here are some links from climate change advocates which you seem to blindly trust:
http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/fertilizationeffect
http://www.good.is/post/rick-santorum-thinks-carbon-dioxide-isn-t-harmful-to-plants-tell-that-to-a-plant/
Some other computer junk that you should bring which you will find invaluable if you are ever going to try and get on the Internet.
1. High Gain Wifi Antenna. Hawking is a good brand. Great for borrowing Wifi access.
2. 15' USB Extender Cable. This will let you locate the Hign Gain Wifi Antenna outside while you remain inside. Also work well as rope in some situations. Goto Pricewatch.com to find them.
3. USB to Ethernet adapter. These things are tiny, light and incredibly convenient for those few times when wired Ethernet is available.
4. The best camera: Fujifilm FinePix F50 FD. Just over $200. Takes great pictures, even in the dark.
5. Lots of 2GB SD Cards. They cost $11 each at pricewatch.com to find them. Carrying many avoids pain if you lose a single card. Also about the same price as 4GB or 8GB.
6. SD to USB adapter. Very cheap on pricewatch. Worth its weight in gold when you are in an Internet cafe and want to mail some pictures back home.
7. Laptop cable lock. And then get in the habit of locking your laptop everywhere you go, even in hotels where you think you will be safe.
8. PacSafe wire mesh backpack mesh or wire mesh knapsack.
I would also probably go with the eepc just because it is cheap. If you are worried about not having an English version of the OS with you burn it on an SD card and carry it with you.
Jealous. Have Fun. Smile a lot - its the one language everybody understands.
U2 jets don't fly anymore and the band is now a shadow of its former self.
When Metallica filed the lawsuit against Napster a coworker of mine in San Jose actually organized a boycott of Metallica at the office. He offered put his entire collection of Metallica CD's on loan in the company kitchen 'for listening' and after a few months put them up for sale on Ebay.
I would change the radio station every time one of their songs came on. I figured there was no way I was going to give the radio station my ad dollars for playing the enemy. I haven't listened to a single song since 2000.
I don't know if I'll be changing radio stations because U2's music is much better, but I definitely won't be buying any more of their albums until Paul is gone.
Seems like this would be a great program except ... you have to be a Linux guru to figure out how to get things running. How about some installation directions for the rest of the world, like how to install KDE and Konqueror or Koffice together in one set of directions?????
Any help from /. would be most appreciated.
Correction: Electric Cars will make up a significant percentage of passenger cars on the roads in the years to come.
Actually, I believe other gasoline alternatives like cellulose ethanol will also become significant market players, but electricity is just cheaper and more efficient. Even today an electric vehicle is much cheaper to operate even if running on good old lead acid batteries. The problem today is that purchasing an electric car is rather expensive, but this will change when an electric vehicle finally enters mass production, competition begins and prices come down.
PortHaven:
You have a nasty tendency to be rude to others. Would you use such language in person? And who do you know that would upgrade your Scores?
To answer your issues, RTFA:
(a) I think the link I included should answer your question as to Why: The batteries that tend to super-heat / ignite / explode are the older Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO2).
(b) Are you a lawyer? I AM. Liability laws differ by state. There were definitely legal alternatives that GM could have used to completely insulate themselves from ANY liability. GM chose not to because they lacked the vision to see that eventually all cars will be electric.
Before you go all balistic again, perhaps it would be better if you did a little research about the electric vehicle industry. Go look at projectbetterplace.com. I have owned / built three electric cars and I can honestly say that the FUD you are spreading is completely unwarranted.
I think your real fear should be that you are perceived as both a Troll and a Twit! I believe Trolls are the !@#$% idiots who comment on things about which they know nothing.
The truth is that Lithium Ion technology in its current form is very safe. Modern Lithium Ion battery technology based on Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) is not nearly as susceptible to explosions or fires as older Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO2). Further, Iron Phosphate is substantially cheaper than Cobolt. So the batteries used in modern electric vehicles are not vulnerable to explosions that were common with older Li-Ion technology. For more information read:
http://myelectricbike.org/adaptron//batteries/Lithium/Iron/Phosphate/index.htm
And with respect to GM's actions, again, you appear to be a moronic twit who doesn't know what he is talking about. GM had a long list of people who were willing to sign liability waivers to completely absolve GM of any liability with respect to the EV1. GM refused to even consider the possibility. For more information read:
http://www.ev1.org/ceo.htm
I definitely agree with the parent comments. The flaws I pointed out are not 'fatal'. The iPhone changes the paradigm of cell phones so dramatically and the hype is so huge that it is all but guaranteed to be a success. I am a huge fan of Apple and if it were not for reason 2 below I would be in line right now. I should have used the title: Top iPhone Customer Complaints Apple Will Receive. And I should probably have only listed 8:
1. I really HATE AT&T! (Contract with AT&T.) (Personally, I have no problem with AT&T. But this WILL be a HUGE customer complaint, and it will reflect very negatively on Apple. Customers that had great coverage with Verizon, T-Mobile or Sprint will take their iPhone home and not have any signal inside their house. They will be furious with Apple that they were forced to switch.)
2. I really want to use my iPhone overseas! (Inability to swap the GSM card.)
3. I really want to carry a backup battery! (Inability to change the battery.)
4. I really wish I could purchase iTunes through my iPhone! (Lack of iTunes on the iPhone.)
5. iPhone is so SLOW! (Lack of 3G.)
6. My iPhone doesn't ring when it is plugged into its base!
7. My phone keeps on crashing! (Because of an External Application that a customer loaded using a hack. This could have been avoided if Apple had offered an API instead of forcing coders to hack the iPhone.) #OR# I really wish the iPhone had XYZ application! (Which could have been solved by allowing External Applications.)
8. I really wish the iPhone had a better camera! (Mediocre 2.0 Megapixel Camera).
From an Apple enthusiast point of view, the problems noted above will cause a lot of people to be dissatisfied with their iPhone, in kind of a love / hate relationship. There is no alternative today that even comes close to the iPhone, so repeating theme will be 'I love my iPhone, but I really wish...' And these problems could have been avoided but for the nature of Apple's development process.
There had to be a discussion some time during the development of the iPhone: "Maybe we should let the customer swap batteries?" where they came to the wrong conclusion that customers would be happy with long battery life. Many women keep a spare battery in their purse, and people by their very nature are resistant to change (I wonder how many females there are on the iPhone design team?). 100% of the companies who have tried the 'built-in battery' strategy have eventually changed course and allowed users to change batteries because it is critical for a significant portion of the market.
Apple's entire strategy of exclusive partnership with cellular providers in different markets is a colossal mistake. Apple is NOT doing this because the service provider has to customize their service to support Visual Voicemail. Apple is doing this because they are taking a portion of the monthly revenue from AT&T. This is why Verizon took a pass when Apple approached them first about the iPhone. This strategy is a mistake not because I have anything against Cingular or Vodaphone. But who in the USA can honestly say "I love my cell phone provider"? When people switch to AT&T and are dissatisfied with the service (whether it is coverage or customer service) they will blame APPLE. Apple's positive brand image is worth more than any revenue kicker they will ever receive from AT&T. A huge portion of the market will just refuse to switch, regardless of how great the iPhone is. A significant portion of the market will return their iPhone and switch BACK to their original provider because AT&T just won't work for them.
Part of the problem will be the sales people at AT&T stores. Sales people at AT&T stores are compensated by the number of customers they are able to sign up and retain as customers. They will make up almost any excuse to keep their customers. And when a customer comes back to the store to complain "My iPhone doesn't have a signal at my home" they will respond with "Yea, that is a p