I'm not seeing the link for "Slashdot Classic" in the footer. I'm in an older browser (not by choice), so I expect some things to be broken, but the "ripcord" to a working version of the site needs to be easily available.
If you know commenting is so broken, why are you forcing people to use the Beta?
For the last 4 days, I've been stuck using the beta when I browse from work (IE8, not my choice) because the page is too broken to give me the option of using 'Classic mode'. I emailed the feedback link (once I found it, another thing I can't see in the beta), and got no response.
The UI and back-end stuff may be beta, but the comment system is alpha, at best, and shouldn't be forced on anybody.
At the facility where I work, you cannot have the camera hardware in the phone; disabling it in software isn't close to sufficient. You have to remove the camera module, fill in the cavity where the module was with JB-weld or other hard epoxy so that the phone can never again have a camera, and then get the phone inspected by security, and get a sticker/card for it. Another nearby facility I occasionally have to visit doesn't even allow that, the phone has to be non-camera from the factory.
The only reason I still have a blackberry is because it is the only thing close to a smartphone I can get without a camera. At least, without voiding the warranty on a new phone I have to pay big bucks for.
I think Seattle is far enough away to just get ash fall. Tacoma, Puyallup, and Sumner on the other hand, are directly downstream and are going to get BURIED by the lahars coming off the mountain. A few small towns and a lot of recreational area are going to get hammered by the pyroclastic flows.
There's a segment of Americans that want to live in a perferctly clean, safe bubble. The lawsuits they file against anybody and everbody when the world doesn't meet their expectations bring about regulations keep the rest of us from having the choice to be dirty and unsafe. The laws have changed significantly even since I was a kid. According to conventional wisdom, I should have never survived childhood.
These annual objectives are based on the goal to have 100 percent of students proficient by 2013-14. All students, as well as 8 identified subgroups, must meet the proficiency target in order for a school to make AYP. ...
The subgroups are: each of the five race/ethnicity groups; economically disadvantaged students (students receiving free or reduced price lunch), students who are limited English proficient (LEP), and students with disabilities.
The result of this is that if even one subgroup doesn't make the score target on the state test, the whole school fails.
You can't just decide that 95% of kids can attain a "basic grasp of science" (as defined by achieving a particular score on a standardized test) and declare utter failure if you don't get there.
Why not? That's exactly what No Child Left Behind does for math and reading. 100% of students are supposed to pass the test by 2014. If not, the school is a failure. No allowances made for handicaps, learning disabilities, ability to speak english, or anything else.
Not saying that NCLB makes sense, either, but precedent has been set for pulling numbers out of thin air.
Depends on the product. If it something new and novel or that uses a technology in a new way, then a science/engineering background could be good. If it's a more common product (like a headset) then a demonstation of its unique features or a novel use of it would be appropriate.
As far as the video goes, I'd rather have text than video in most cases. Or at least a text description of a project with an optional video of the thing in action.
If you didn't get paid for that Plantronics video, you got ripped off. If we're going from a company about their products, we want to hear from techies about the inner workings of the products. Not from a PR/Marketing flack about how their "products make our lives easier". That's pretty much the definition of an ad, not news for nerds.
$100 is only enough for 2, maybe 3, blackberry apps. You won't find many 99-centers in the BB App World, like you will on the Apple app store. The BB is for business customers and the apps are priced accordingly. Most that I've seen start at $3.99. Many themes are $5 and up.
Watch Mediacom block that site for their customers next. As well as any complaint site for the FCC/franchise authority/state attorney general's office/etc.
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I'm not seeing the link for "Slashdot Classic" in the footer. I'm in an older browser (not by choice), so I expect some things to be broken, but the "ripcord" to a working version of the site needs to be easily available.
If you know commenting is so broken, why are you forcing people to use the Beta?
For the last 4 days, I've been stuck using the beta when I browse from work (IE8, not my choice) because the page is too broken to give me the option of using 'Classic mode'. I emailed the feedback link (once I found it, another thing I can't see in the beta), and got no response.
The UI and back-end stuff may be beta, but the comment system is alpha, at best, and shouldn't be forced on anybody.
It won't tell you much about what happens when the fuel all melts and starts pooling at the bottom of the reactor of course
They already did that experiment, but it was poorly instrumented.
It may be the fossilized remains of Ivar's prized proto-clam: http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/Ivars-Mystery-object-in-tunnel-may-be-giant-fossil-clam-236438221.html
How much of my data plan is running this speed test for the FCC going to eat up?
Spoken like a Fire Controlman.
I had a t-shirt with that slogan on it back in FC A-school.
Snorky.... speaks... man!
The mobile site doesn't crash my blackberry, but it sure is slow, and I wasn't able to click on any stories.
At the facility where I work, you cannot have the camera hardware in the phone; disabling it in software isn't close to sufficient. You have to remove the camera module, fill in the cavity where the module was with JB-weld or other hard epoxy so that the phone can never again have a camera, and then get the phone inspected by security, and get a sticker/card for it. Another nearby facility I occasionally have to visit doesn't even allow that, the phone has to be non-camera from the factory.
The only reason I still have a blackberry is because it is the only thing close to a smartphone I can get without a camera. At least, without voiding the warranty on a new phone I have to pay big bucks for.
All this computer power is going to climate study/prediction, while weather prediction is limping along with .07 petaflops. See much more discussion on the topic here: http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2012/05/us-climate-versus-weather-computers.html
I think Seattle is far enough away to just get ash fall. Tacoma, Puyallup, and Sumner on the other hand, are directly downstream and are going to get BURIED by the lahars coming off the mountain. A few small towns and a lot of recreational area are going to get hammered by the pyroclastic flows.
That was in '98. OP is talking about in the 70's when all states were required by the feds to have a 55 MPH speed limit or lose highway funding.
In '97-'98 there were way too many idiots on the roads thinking 120 mph was reasonable and prudent. Even on the twisty 2 lane roads.
Sample question from the TSA survey:
Do you think the TSA is:
a) Doing an excellent job
b) Doing a great job
c) The best thing EVAR!
d) The reason I hate America, children, and puppies.
In other places, they have forest kindergartens, in the US, the lawsuit-driven regulations prevent trees, streams and cats at schools. http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/school-inspectors-say-trees-too-dangerous/
There's a segment of Americans that want to live in a perferctly clean, safe bubble. The lawsuits they file against anybody and everbody when the world doesn't meet their expectations bring about regulations keep the rest of us from having the choice to be dirty and unsafe. The laws have changed significantly even since I was a kid. According to conventional wisdom, I should have never survived childhood.
I know this because my wife is a teacher, but a quick googling reveals:
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/nclb/htmls/highlights.htm
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hrd/Articles/FactSheet-AYP&NCLB.pdf
From the second article:
These annual objectives are based on the goal to have 100 percent of students proficient by 2013-14. All students, as well as 8 identified subgroups, must meet the proficiency target in order for a school to make AYP.
...
The subgroups are: each of the five race/ethnicity groups; economically disadvantaged students (students receiving free or reduced price lunch), students who are limited English proficient (LEP), and students with disabilities.
The result of this is that if even one subgroup doesn't make the score target on the state test, the whole school fails.
You can't just decide that 95% of kids can attain a "basic grasp of science" (as defined by achieving a particular score on a standardized test) and declare utter failure if you don't get there.
Why not? That's exactly what No Child Left Behind does for math and reading. 100% of students are supposed to pass the test by 2014. If not, the school is a failure. No allowances made for handicaps, learning disabilities, ability to speak english, or anything else.
Not saying that NCLB makes sense, either, but precedent has been set for pulling numbers out of thin air.
At a given school, which team (hockey or robotics) gets more money from the school, and which has to raise funds for its activities?
Depends on the product. If it something new and novel or that uses a technology in a new way, then a science/engineering background could be good. If it's a more common product (like a headset) then a demonstation of its unique features or a novel use of it would be appropriate.
As far as the video goes, I'd rather have text than video in most cases. Or at least a text description of a project with an optional video of the thing in action.
If you didn't get paid for that Plantronics video, you got ripped off. If we're going from a company about their products, we want to hear from techies about the inner workings of the products. Not from a PR/Marketing flack about how their "products make our lives easier". That's pretty much the definition of an ad, not news for nerds.
The western what-nows? You mean there's life outside the eastern time zone? When did that happen?
And since when has the gubermit or media cared about life west to the rockies?
$100 is only enough for 2, maybe 3, blackberry apps. You won't find many 99-centers in the BB App World, like you will on the Apple app store. The BB is for business customers and the apps are priced accordingly. Most that I've seen start at $3.99. Many themes are $5 and up.
You want rationality from a theater professor? But where's the drama in that?
Spell check makes sure you spell the word correctly. It does not make sure you spell the correct word.
You're obviously not in Washington state. The WEA owns the legislature here.
Watch Mediacom block that site for their customers next. As well as any complaint site for the FCC/franchise authority/state attorney general's office/etc.