"This means that, although it is inconsistent with the SI definitions of the quantifiers, this is a de facto industry standard"
But they use 1M = 1000k and 1G = 1000M as the industry standard. Those that have been out there for the last 10 years know about it. Don't make it right tho.
There was a signiture recogiser thingie they were showing on Tomorrows World. As well as the shape of your signiture, it measured pressure and time taken to do various parts of it.
Besides most of the shops I've been in don't check my signature against the card. Some hand it back before I sign and some hand it back with my copy and don't even look.
Not to mention people like my parents. They are starting out in the world of computing in their 'later years'. Sometimes it dificult enough for them to get the mouse to click on things accuratly. How would they be expected to cope with it.
Oh and how secure is the system? Well I'm right handed, but use the mouse left handed (annoys the hell out of anyone sitting at my desk) so how would I have to sign it. The angle of stroke would vary between real world right hand and virtual world left hand.
I remember reading somewhere that if you installed win95 with only 4MB ram it installed slightly diffrently (dunno what diffrent files were pulled from the disk or bits set up diffrently). When you add more ram the only way to get it back to a normal installation was to wipe and reinstall.
Anyone want to confirm with more details?
If you are going to fill a room with a remote robot of someone giving the talk to remote robots of those attending, why not just do away with all the hardware.
There are some 3D virtual world software thingies out there. Just control a software atavar to do the talking in a virtual room and save on renting a real room. Would also save on the munchies and cups of tea
In certain areas of the UK, the police are not allowed to arrest (or take in for questioning) too many blacks. Areas, like croydon, do have a large percentage (more than 50 percent) so if you pick someone at random, you will get someone black. The black people in question claim that you are being racist for picking on them, so the police chiefs tell the poor men on the beat not to touch them.
BTW (and this is not a peice of flame bate) There are a large number of fake assilum seakers in the area, most of them from ethinc groups with dark skin, who are the ones responsible for mose of the crime in that area. So the statistis there are that the crime is most likely to have been committed by someone black or asian.
The trouble is, where is the violent/acceptable line drawn.
The Huckleberry Finn example from guppy06 is an example where one word can ban a book.
You start banning the really violent stuff, then people will look at the less violent stuff an start bringing the line down further and further until you wont have access to something because a character sneezed to violently.
The idea of clasifications on films etc helps direct people to what would be suitable and what is not.
Perhaps when everyone is given an ID card, it can be encoded on to that whether certain material can be purchaised by the individual (eg no violent films can be rented by a violent offender, sex offenders cant buy pron mags, post office workers cant buy 'Guns and Ammo' magazines)
Usually use the 'rear view mirror' guide, but they still swerve in before I'm clear. If their engine seases when squeezing in, they are spam in a can with extra tomato sauce.
I also check for speeding nutters before overtaking, but when someone is doing 120, they can apear from nowhere when you are still passing the large convoy of trucks. (If only truck drivers would do the same checks when they overtake)
So what excuse to tailgaters have when I'm doing 70mph (road speed limit) and overtaking other cars?
Have I got to wait at the side for the tailgaters to push their way past before I'm allowd to go past a line of trucks doing 40mph?
And when I get past the truck at the front and about to pull safely infront of it (without cutting their nose off) I get the tailgater overtaking me on the inside as I'm indicating and pulling over (nearly causing an accident on its own).
Its happened a few times. Since then, when being tailgated when overtaking a convoy doing 40, I do 41 (rather be hit at 41, than 70. Would rather not be hit at all. You decrease your stopping distance, I have to slow down to increase it). I sometimes use combinations of fog light and window washers (aim them high) to get the hint across. Have gobbed the occasional half chewed cookie out the sunroof for added fun (as a pasenger. Would be dangerous as a driver).
Should be a relativly easy mod to make.
Both keyboards work on the princaple of pressing a button to short out two contacts.
Simply cut the tracks on the Atari keyboard circuit board. Open up a PC keyboard. Pull the chip and mount into a socket (well, mount after soldering).
Trace each key to see what pins it shorts together and wire the appropriate key on the atari back to the new socket.
If you plan it out before wiring, you can cut down on the amount of wire used (and therefore space used)
This press release gets bigger every time I see it.
Some cars do have a general warning light. Its the engine management system and only the engineers can play with it.
Coasters Soap dish (after a bet of melting and remolding) Lamp (in the process of building one. You stick a large stack of them together, ream out the center and stick in a bulb) Any others?
Slashdot Mirror
"This means that, although it is inconsistent with the SI definitions of the quantifiers, this is a de facto industry standard"
But they use 1M = 1000k and 1G = 1000M as the industry standard. Those that have been out there for the last 10 years know about it. Don't make it right tho.
For those that havn't seen a Sinclair C5
http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/vehicles/c5.htm
Oh and with enough polution, any car can drive across the Thames.
your head?
There was a signiture recogiser thingie they were showing on Tomorrows World. As well as the shape of your signiture, it measured pressure and time taken to do various parts of it.
Besides most of the shops I've been in don't check my signature against the card. Some hand it back before I sign and some hand it back with my copy and don't even look.
Not to mention people like my parents. They are starting out in the world of computing in their 'later years'.
Sometimes it dificult enough for them to get the mouse to click on things accuratly. How would they be expected to cope with it.
Oh and how secure is the system? Well I'm right handed, but use the mouse left handed (annoys the hell out of anyone sitting at my desk) so how would I have to sign it. The angle of stroke would vary between real world right hand and virtual world left hand.
the knoppix.org site is down at the moment due to a protest at software patents.
/.ing
makes a change from being down due to
...and lets not start on 'aluminium'
I remember reading somewhere that if you installed win95 with only 4MB ram it installed slightly diffrently (dunno what diffrent files were pulled from the disk or bits set up diffrently). When you add more ram the only way to get it back to a normal installation was to wipe and reinstall. Anyone want to confirm with more details?
Usually I want to just put my foot through it. This would save on broken monitors.
If you are going to fill a room with a remote robot of someone giving the talk to remote robots of those attending, why not just do away with all the hardware. There are some 3D virtual world software thingies out there. Just control a software atavar to do the talking in a virtual room and save on renting a real room. Would also save on the munchies and cups of tea
Buyer must collect
Here is some racism for you.
In certain areas of the UK, the police are not allowed to arrest (or take in for questioning) too many blacks.
Areas, like croydon, do have a large percentage (more than 50 percent) so if you pick someone at random, you will get someone black.
The black people in question claim that you are being racist for picking on them, so the police chiefs tell the poor men on the beat not to touch them.
BTW (and this is not a peice of flame bate)
There are a large number of fake assilum seakers in the area, most of them from ethinc groups with dark skin, who are the ones responsible for mose of the crime in that area. So the statistis there are that the crime is most likely to have been committed by someone black or asian.
The trouble is, where is the violent/acceptable line drawn. The Huckleberry Finn example from guppy06 is an example where one word can ban a book. You start banning the really violent stuff, then people will look at the less violent stuff an start bringing the line down further and further until you wont have access to something because a character sneezed to violently. The idea of clasifications on films etc helps direct people to what would be suitable and what is not. Perhaps when everyone is given an ID card, it can be encoded on to that whether certain material can be purchaised by the individual (eg no violent films can be rented by a violent offender, sex offenders cant buy pron mags, post office workers cant buy 'Guns and Ammo' magazines)
Usually use the 'rear view mirror' guide, but they still swerve in before I'm clear. If their engine seases when squeezing in, they are spam in a can with extra tomato sauce. I also check for speeding nutters before overtaking, but when someone is doing 120, they can apear from nowhere when you are still passing the large convoy of trucks. (If only truck drivers would do the same checks when they overtake)
So what excuse to tailgaters have when I'm doing 70mph (road speed limit) and overtaking other cars? Have I got to wait at the side for the tailgaters to push their way past before I'm allowd to go past a line of trucks doing 40mph? And when I get past the truck at the front and about to pull safely infront of it (without cutting their nose off) I get the tailgater overtaking me on the inside as I'm indicating and pulling over (nearly causing an accident on its own). Its happened a few times. Since then, when being tailgated when overtaking a convoy doing 40, I do 41 (rather be hit at 41, than 70. Would rather not be hit at all. You decrease your stopping distance, I have to slow down to increase it). I sometimes use combinations of fog light and window washers (aim them high) to get the hint across. Have gobbed the occasional half chewed cookie out the sunroof for added fun (as a pasenger. Would be dangerous as a driver).
Should be a relativly easy mod to make. Both keyboards work on the princaple of pressing a button to short out two contacts. Simply cut the tracks on the Atari keyboard circuit board. Open up a PC keyboard. Pull the chip and mount into a socket (well, mount after soldering). Trace each key to see what pins it shorts together and wire the appropriate key on the atari back to the new socket. If you plan it out before wiring, you can cut down on the amount of wire used (and therefore space used)
This press release gets bigger every time I see it. Some cars do have a general warning light. Its the engine management system and only the engineers can play with it.
If I reemed out the hole that wide, there would be no CD left
There are lots of uses for old CDs:
Coasters
Soap dish (after a bet of melting and remolding)
Lamp (in the process of building one. You stick a large stack of them together, ream out the center and stick in a bulb)
Any others?