The thing is, smokers are asking for more rights than non-smokers. Non-smokers only need to breathe the air directly around them, and as long as it is clean (enough) it should be ok. Smokers on the other hand require, whether they like it or not, a much larger volume of air for their smoking habit, since the smoke spreads around. Thus if we want, say, a 50/50 split of airspace in a room, the smokers have to squeeze into the corners in order to avoid invading the airspace beyond their limits. Or someone has to pay for hefty airconditioning. And as far as I know, there are more non-smokers than there are smokers.
Let me provide all you people with a real-world legislation example:
In Finland, a law was passed a number of years ago that prohibits smoking in public places, and limits smoking in bars. Bars must have a non-smoking area, and no smoking is allowed by the counter whatsoever. This naturally caused an outrage when it was proposed. These days, it's just natural. The air in (most) drinking establishments is cleaner and nicer, and I haven't heard anyone complain. So there.
Well, here's the second subject of this Highly Scientific Study (tm). I smoke rarely, and only when drunk. If I am unable to stop smoking when drunk (which is a possibility) then I can simply stop drinking, which is no problem for me. As it is, I smoke about once every 3 months or so. When not smoking, I dislike being in second-hand smoke. It chokes me up sometimes (not seriously though), since my senses are not dulled by alcohol. Thus I don't think I belong to the group that are labeled "addicts". If I ever try something stronger, I'll let you know whether I get hooked or not.
Actually, I'd like to point out the contrary. He clearly states that when he follows someone in the park, he can "still get it". Also note that the "thing can linger for aaages". Now what on earth is he referring to exactly??
As for the supposedly bad story though, I have mostly round cables right now, but I'm starting to get really suspicious about their reliability these days. Can someone tell me, or point me somewhere where it says, exactly how much more unreliable they are? I understand that at least some of the benefit of those extra wires is lost, but how much?
I seriously cringe whenever I hear an American speak in an Asian language with an accent that makes the windows clatter. Sometimes it's just too horrible.. not sure if that counts as a joke or not.
Then again, it's usually the same with many French people too, not to mention the amazing English pronunciation abilities of my fellow finns.
Logically it would be better for communication if everybody learned the same lingo. But unfortunately it might be hard to keep everybody on course, there's enough variation within just one language already. Also unfortunately, you would have to learn about all other cultures, and the words and expressions they need, or all cultures have to be the same. Moreover, unfortunately, there's just too many frickin' people these days, so that I don't think you can find some nice middle ground anywhere.
- "Can I have a Justice please. Gently stirred, not shaken."
- "Sorry, we don't serve 'em to private individuals. Say, you look like one o'them freedom fightars, anyway!"
Looks like you don't know what 'kidults' are. What's wrong with childish?
Please note that childish != low quality/simple/inadequate-for-older-than-10yo. Childish also does not necessarily mean 'targeted specifically at small kids'. The reason people get riled up when someone calls Nintendo childish is that that person always seem to want to imply that it's a bad thing, and that being "mature" and "ass-kicking" is a preferable state of personality.
And btw, I like strategy and simulations too, but they are a completely different beast, completely unable to satisfy my wide-ranging interests.
I started many years ago with Slackware and a 1.3 kernel. The machine was a dual-booting 486, and when it got upgraded, the Slackware part kinda fell off. Sometime later, I try RedHat, version 5.0.. 5.2.. 7.x... Now I've used Fedora too, and read about the compilings of Gentoooooo and the Insert-CDs of Knoppix x x x x (that's the sound of a cd-rom drive seeking:). And after all these years, I'm still a humble windows user, not using linux in any full-time way (except on my zaurus, but that doesn't count). All of those seem confusing, contrived, well-meaning but somehow lacking in sensible clarity. Slackware was fun to start with back in the days, these new things just look huge. So what should I do, should I return to my mother's womb? (by which I mean slackware, of corse) Or will I just be fooling myself?
Opera 7.60 on Win2k is completely unaffected. The link say where it will go just as normal, except for the 1-pixel border around it, which also says where it will go just as normal.
Except, the (full) burka is a slightly heavier piece of garment than a miniskirt, you know. OTOH I think I've seen Bin Laden traipsing around with a miniskirt...
Exhibit C refers to the second sentence by the GRANDparent, counting from my original post. It says "Harder then you may think...", since my post was meant as a continuation from the parent poster.
Your second point is valid though. I was talking about my cat, but it should be "figure eight" or "figure of eight" in English. I think my native language is showing through... Consider me arrested, supreme officer!:)
Exhibit C: Incorrect use of the word "then" in the second sentence.
Exhibit D: All Small Furry Creatures encountered thus far have been linguistically challenged. Including the one strolling around my legs right now in an 8-form.
Japanese phones use prediction at the grammar level (at least). You begin typing a word and it then suggests a likely candidate. After this, you have a small menu of likely "next words" or grammar particles, depending on phrases, what you have written in mails/messages before and what kind of word you just wrote. I've written entire mails just by typing one character, and selecting the rest from menu after menu. Of course, that's still not a very long mail, but I don't see why it should be difficult to expand it. A general solution might be difficult, but why does it have to be so broad? Prediction for a specific language is what is desired anyway.
Btw, has anyone tried coupling text prediction with speech recognition?
Yes, and Nullsoft apparently realized it themselves. The new version 5 is back to normal, installing it over a version 2 WinAmp is seamless, you won't notice any difference (at first). And it does have some very very clever things built in now. And it is a very small download, with plugins to play everything under the sun, including video, since it supports skins and plugins from any version now. (and the streaming video rocks).
If WinAmp was open source,/.ers would be preaching its source as their Koran.
North Korea's TLD is.kp , but I can't find any sites there. Is there any way to find if there's a domain name registered ending with.kp? I kind of doubt there's any.
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The thing is, smokers are asking for more rights than non-smokers. Non-smokers only need to breathe the air directly around them, and as long as it is clean (enough) it should be ok. Smokers on the other hand require, whether they like it or not, a much larger volume of air for their smoking habit, since the smoke spreads around. Thus if we want, say, a 50/50 split of airspace in a room, the smokers have to squeeze into the corners in order to avoid invading the airspace beyond their limits. Or someone has to pay for hefty airconditioning. And as far as I know, there are more non-smokers than there are smokers.
Let me provide all you people with a real-world legislation example:
In Finland, a law was passed a number of years ago that prohibits smoking in public places, and limits smoking in bars. Bars must have a non-smoking area, and no smoking is allowed by the counter whatsoever. This naturally caused an outrage when it was proposed. These days, it's just natural. The air in (most) drinking establishments is cleaner and nicer, and I haven't heard anyone complain. So there.
Well, here's the second subject of this Highly Scientific Study (tm). I smoke rarely, and only when drunk. If I am unable to stop smoking when drunk (which is a possibility) then I can simply stop drinking, which is no problem for me. As it is, I smoke about once every 3 months or so. When not smoking, I dislike being in second-hand smoke. It chokes me up sometimes (not seriously though), since my senses are not dulled by alcohol. Thus I don't think I belong to the group that are labeled "addicts". If I ever try something stronger, I'll let you know whether I get hooked or not.
Actually, I'd like to point out the contrary. He clearly states that when he follows someone in the park, he can "still get it". Also note that the "thing can linger for aaages". Now what on earth is he referring to exactly??
This reminds me..
You know how people say: "smoking is a bad habit"?
I mean, it's totally nonsensical!
</joke>
Your ISO Standard made my day ^_^
As for the supposedly bad story though, I have mostly round cables right now, but I'm starting to get really suspicious about their reliability these days. Can someone tell me, or point me somewhere where it says, exactly how much more unreliable they are? I understand that at least some of the benefit of those extra wires is lost, but how much?
So how many possible first values are there?
My God, you are suffering from complete and irreversible braindot-damage.
I bow before you, Oh Lord!
I seriously cringe whenever I hear an American speak in an Asian language with an accent that makes the windows clatter. Sometimes it's just too horrible.. not sure if that counts as a joke or not.
Then again, it's usually the same with many French people too, not to mention the amazing English pronunciation abilities of my fellow finns.
**shudderclatter!*
Logically it would be better for communication if everybody learned the same lingo. But unfortunately it might be hard to keep everybody on course, there's enough variation within just one language already. Also unfortunately, you would have to learn about all other cultures, and the words and expressions they need, or all cultures have to be the same. Moreover, unfortunately, there's just too many frickin' people these days, so that I don't think you can find some nice middle ground anywhere.
- "Can I have a Justice please. Gently stirred, not shaken."
- "Sorry, we don't serve 'em to private individuals. Say, you look like one o'them freedom fightars, anyway!"
It shows that there are applications of this which we might not fully understand after reading an article on the Internet.
Hey, we don't even have to read the article in order to not fully understand it!
Looks like you don't know what 'kidults' are. What's wrong with childish?
Please note that childish != low quality/simple/inadequate-for-older-than-10yo. Childish also does not necessarily mean 'targeted specifically at small kids'. The reason people get riled up when someone calls Nintendo childish is that that person always seem to want to imply that it's a bad thing, and that being "mature" and "ass-kicking" is a preferable state of personality.
And btw, I like strategy and simulations too, but they are a completely different beast, completely unable to satisfy my wide-ranging interests.
Sounds intriguing to me..
.. 7.x ... Now I've used Fedora too, and read about the compilings of Gentoooooo and the Insert-CDs of Knoppix x x x x (that's the sound of a cd-rom drive seeking :). And after all these years, I'm still a humble windows user, not using linux in any full-time way (except on my zaurus, but that doesn't count). All of those seem confusing, contrived, well-meaning but somehow lacking in sensible clarity. Slackware was fun to start with back in the days, these new things just look huge. So what should I do, should I return to my mother's womb? (by which I mean slackware, of corse) Or will I just be fooling myself?
I started many years ago with Slackware and a 1.3 kernel. The machine was a dual-booting 486, and when it got upgraded, the Slackware part kinda fell off. Sometime later, I try RedHat, version 5.0.. 5.2
Opera 7.60 on Win2k is completely unaffected. The link say where it will go just as normal, except for the 1-pixel border around it, which also says where it will go just as normal.
Except, the (full) burka is a slightly heavier piece of garment than a miniskirt, you know. OTOH I think I've seen Bin Laden traipsing around with a miniskirt...
..in a Flash movie somewhere.
"...accurate as polling drunk expats in Paris."
Paris (France), please note. You forgot Pol.. I mean, France.
I followed the link to your father's blog, and found something about a certain "Colon Powell"... is that a typo or a common nickname?
Speaking of word puns, is Bush man enough to even have a bush?
Exhibit C refers to the second sentence by the GRANDparent, counting from my original post. It says "Harder then you may think...", since my post was meant as a continuation from the parent poster.
:)
Your second point is valid though. I was talking about my cat, but it should be "figure eight" or "figure of eight" in English. I think my native language is showing through... Consider me arrested, supreme officer!
Exhibit C: Incorrect use of the word "then" in the second sentence.
Exhibit D: All Small Furry Creatures encountered thus far have been linguistically challenged. Including the one strolling around my legs right now in an 8-form.
You can't live without a Genuine Leather case with inset diamonds for the Office CD. Just in case.
Japanese phones use prediction at the grammar level (at least). You begin typing a word and it then suggests a likely candidate. After this, you have a small menu of likely "next words" or grammar particles, depending on phrases, what you have written in mails/messages before and what kind of word you just wrote. I've written entire mails just by typing one character, and selecting the rest from menu after menu.
Of course, that's still not a very long mail, but I don't see why it should be difficult to expand it. A general solution might be difficult, but why does it have to be so broad? Prediction for a specific language is what is desired anyway.
Btw, has anyone tried coupling text prediction with speech recognition?
v3 was so awful, no one remembers it.
/.ers would be preaching its source as their Koran.
Yes, and Nullsoft apparently realized it themselves. The new version 5 is back to normal, installing it over a version 2 WinAmp is seamless, you won't notice any difference (at first). And it does have some very very clever things built in now. And it is a very small download, with plugins to play everything under the sun, including video, since it supports skins and plugins from any version now. (and the streaming video rocks).
If WinAmp was open source,
Really?
So there is some connection.. do you know where I can get info on that link?
Have to reply to my own post here...
.kp , but I can't find any sites there. Is there any way to find if there's a domain name registered ending with .kp? I kind of doubt there's any.
North Korea's TLD is