Second, you use this board with letters, numbers and symbols on it to input, "type", information into the computer... we call it a key board.
Third, you move this kinf of round object here to select stuff on the screen, "moniter", which we call a mouse.
Ok, you got all of that. Good. Here's a cd with linux on it. You have to install it to use the computer. I have to go.
All kidding aside, you know that's going to happen, most of my family is that way with the ironic exception of my grandma. I think she has worked on computers since they came out. She has a box with XP on it that she rarely uses and another on that is of the pre-pentium era that she uses frequently. In her case, I think she would do better with linux than windows, but I don't think she is savvy enough to install it herself. If this is going to work, computers are going to have to be shipped with linux pre-installed and be readilly availabe.
So to get this real time information, some idiot is going to put another screen or something in the dash of cars to display it and people will be watching it for traffic problems ahead of them instead of watching the road, causing even more traffic problems.
There really is no good way predict and then relay the information.
I am not sure what it is like up there in Boston, but in Texas the radio announcers give the same BS, but I am familiar enough with traffic flows to know what to expect. For example, parts of 820 are always bad because there aren't enough lanes, I30, especially going west, is really bad from about 4 to 6 mostly due to Lockheed employs getting off, but other places as well. Going into Dallas on 30 is almost suicide no matter what time of day it is because there is construction and they decided to make the road ressemble a slalom course and there are several locations along the way that have wrecks over 60% of the time when I go by.....
Not quite as accurate as this system, but it is effective and it doesn't add any danger other than the fact that I am out on the road with all the other idiots..
This was just posted by some sneaky guy in the automotive IDing business so we will do his work for him... no matter how inefficient and redundant the final product turns out to be....
and a whench (sp?) that is computer controlled or programmable to move it closer to the stake so it mows the whole area of the circle, not just the circumference
I have a similar problem... but it doesn't involve deleting... or linux (*gasp*)....
When I'm on Windows I use Trillian which does this and i have a habit of highlighting as i read... and sense i frequently copy links to send... I am always pasting into Trillian... unfortunately this has caused some problems with my gf when i highlight something that she doesn't need to see....
Bringing humans into space is just PR, humans are fragile, require massive resources (living quarters, food, oxygen, water etc), and are error-prone. Humans in space is just pure national-ego and PR.
I agree completely....
however, is it really going to matter if people go into space or people control machines going into space? Both will have similar control/ego dilemas except instead of haveing the small team of astronauts having to deal with this, you will have a large room filled with the ever so bright people from NASA (or whoever ends up sending them)
With all of the popularity all of you "early adapters" will recieve, you may have to use your new yo-yo for its original purpose... to beat off your attackers.......
[RB] Because hard drives keep getting bigger (a 60GB drive at Fry's Electronics is $60 now -- in three years we predict it'll be $20 and you'll see 500GB drives for less than $100). It's easier to create files now than it is to find them.
It seems to me that Vivisimo gets its search results from various other search engines and then categorizes them based on how many results they get from each site. While I haven't been able to test it to my satisfaction, I believe the results will be very similar to the search engines they use. However they present them in a different manner.
I don't care if they think an astroid is going to hit us I want to know where an astroid that is going to hit us will impact. That way, I can run up my credit cards and travel to that spot, set up a lawn chair and enjoy the show (an laugh at those on the other side of the world who will eventually starve or freeze in the ensueing nuclear winter).
you got Netscape 7.1 installed already?!? The downloader says I still got at least a day before it finishes downloading... maybe I shouldn't have bought that 9k modem for 10 cents at a garage sale
I don't think my grandma could install it, but she would probably do better in linux after she got use to it than XP since she tries to do everything from the dos prompt.
I know its not great, but it is better than dial-up in the booneys, I know. But depending on your dial up provider it can be about the same cost as the phone line bill + the internet service bill.
Microsoft discontinued nearly all of their products... it seems that most of them used some sort of "proprietary device" that regulated the usefulness of the product...
Agreed, tariffs are wrong, but they are necessary to maintain fair trade (ya, I know, it's an oxymoron, but its true), but if you want lower prices, you shouldn't be woriied about tariffs; but rather, our domestic friend, inflation.
but isn't this essentially what caused the Boston Tea Party. I know that the markets have to be regulated to some extent, but the government should not be allowed to grant a monopoly or break up a monopoly (unless it was formed illegally) that was built from the ground. And that is basically what they are doing, even if it doesn't seem like it now but it is a real possibility in the future.
I don't think the book is a foot in the door I learned QBasic when I was 12 and I am now 15. I personally found that using the help/glossary in QBasic (basically the list of commands) to be more usefull, and if it is a child trying to learn it, it is a much better learning experiment if they did what I did, play around with commands and see what happens.
I sorry to say I can no longer play with it, I no longer have DOS
Well, if you stand on your toilet and try to hang a clock while watching the mirror/tv, you might fall off and hit your head and come up with the flux capacitor...
Slashdot Mirror
Actually, MathCounts was broadcasted on ESPN last year (goes to pdf).
Having competed I was planning on watching, but i was in the middle of nowhere at the time.
First, this button turns on the computer.
... we call it a key board.
Second, you use this board with letters, numbers and symbols on it to input, "type", information into the computer
Third, you move this kinf of round object here to select stuff on the screen, "moniter", which we call a mouse.
Ok, you got all of that. Good. Here's a cd with linux on it. You have to install it to use the computer. I have to go.
All kidding aside, you know that's going to happen, most of my family is that way with the ironic exception of my grandma. I think she has worked on computers since they came out. She has a box with XP on it that she rarely uses and another on that is of the pre-pentium era that she uses frequently. In her case, I think she would do better with linux than windows, but I don't think she is savvy enough to install it herself. If this is going to work, computers are going to have to be shipped with linux pre-installed and be readilly availabe.
So to get this real time information, some idiot is going to put another screen or something in the dash of cars to display it and people will be watching it for traffic problems ahead of them instead of watching the road, causing even more traffic problems.
.....
..
There really is no good way predict and then relay the information.
I am not sure what it is like up there in Boston, but in Texas the radio announcers give the same BS, but I am familiar enough with traffic flows to know what to expect. For example, parts of 820 are always bad because there aren't enough lanes, I30, especially going west, is really bad from about 4 to 6 mostly due to Lockheed employs getting off, but other places as well. Going into Dallas on 30 is almost suicide no matter what time of day it is because there is construction and they decided to make the road ressemble a slalom course and there are several locations along the way that have wrecks over 60% of the time when I go by
Not quite as accurate as this system, but it is effective and it doesn't add any danger other than the fact that I am out on the road with all the other idiots
That may hinder my desire to recompile my kernel at least once a week .....
it isn't, but how much stuff on here really is?
... no matter how inefficient and redundant the final product turns out to be ....
This was just posted by some sneaky guy in the automotive IDing business so we will do his work for him
and a whench (sp?) that is computer controlled or programmable to move it closer to the stake so it mows the whole area of the circle, not just the circumference
When I'm on Windows I use Trillian which does this and i have a habit of highlighting as i read ... and sense i frequently copy links to send ... I am always pasting into Trillian ... unfortunately this has caused some problems with my gf when i highlight something that she doesn't need to see ....
This story's been on for a while and i see very few posts .... not even the usual fp BS .....
How many people were affected by this?
Bringing humans into space is just PR, humans are fragile, require massive resources (living quarters, food, oxygen, water etc), and are error-prone. Humans in space is just pure national-ego and PR.
....
I agree completely
however, is it really going to matter if people go into space or people control machines going into space? Both will have similar control/ego dilemas except instead of haveing the small team of astronauts having to deal with this, you will have a large room filled with the ever so bright people from NASA (or whoever ends up sending them)
With all of the popularity all of you "early adapters" will recieve, you may have to use your new yo-yo for its original purpose ... to beat off your attackers .......
That we will have to refill whatever liquid they spray on the chip periodically.
......
And you know it will be some over priced propriatary form of water
[RB] Because hard drives keep getting bigger (a 60GB drive at Fry's Electronics is $60 now -- in three years we predict it'll be $20 and you'll see 500GB drives for less than $100). It's easier to create files now than it is to find them.
*NOTE that [RB] should be [RS] for Robert Scoble
It seems to me that Vivisimo gets its search results from various other search engines and then categorizes them based on how many results they get from each site. While I haven't been able to test it to my satisfaction, I believe the results will be very similar to the search engines they use. However they present them in a different manner.
I don't care if they think an astroid is going to hit us I want to know where an astroid that is going to hit us will impact. That way, I can run up my credit cards and travel to that spot, set up a lawn chair and enjoy the show (an laugh at those on the other side of the world who will eventually starve or freeze in the ensueing nuclear winter).
I guess that means if you can count to 3 no more no less, we could destroy it with the holy hand grenade
you got Netscape 7.1 installed already?!? The downloader says I still got at least a day before it finishes downloading ... maybe I shouldn't have bought that 9k modem for 10 cents at a garage sale
I don't think my grandma could install it, but she would probably do better in linux after she got use to it than XP since she tries to do everything from the dos prompt.
An Etch-a-Sketch that doesn't have knobs
Finally, I might actually be able to get the all new , redesign, second generation Etch-a-Sketch
I know its not great, but it is better than dial-up in the booneys, I know. But depending on your dial up provider it can be about the same cost as the phone line bill + the internet service bill.
Just a thought.
in a stunning demonstration of self-proctology ,
... it seems that most of them used some sort of "proprietary device" that regulated the usefulness of the product ...
Microsoft discontinued nearly all of their products
Agreed, tariffs are wrong, but they are necessary to maintain fair trade (ya, I know, it's an oxymoron, but its true), but if you want lower prices, you shouldn't be woriied about tariffs; but rather, our domestic friend, inflation.
but isn't this essentially what caused the Boston Tea Party. I know that the markets have to be regulated to some extent, but the government should not be allowed to grant a monopoly or break up a monopoly (unless it was formed illegally) that was built from the ground. And that is basically what they are doing, even if it doesn't seem like it now but it is a real possibility in the future.
I don't think the book is a foot in the door I learned QBasic when I was 12 and I am now 15. I personally found that using the help/glossary in QBasic (basically the list of commands) to be more usefull, and if it is a child trying to learn it, it is a much better learning experiment if they did what I did, play around with commands and see what happens.
I sorry to say I can no longer play with it, I no longer have DOS
Well, if you stand on your toilet and try to hang a clock while watching the mirror/tv, you might fall off and hit your head and come up with the flux capacitor ...