I should have been more specific in my complaints. I said "technology" what I should have said computer technology. I never mentioned the word science in my original post. There are plenty of science sources on TV but few if any shows dedicated to computer technology.
"I hate history, the people on the history channel don't talk about anything but history."
What else would you expect the history channel to talk about besides history? What would you expect a channel called G4/TechTV to talk and report about? You would expect gaming and (computer) technology. Well that's not true.
Change the channel, dimwit.
Guess what, I have changed the channel and no longer watch G4/TechTV. If you would have read my original post you would have seen that. You are clearly a troll. Have a great day.
the Screen Savers were the only show on TV that would come close to taking about technology. Where else on TV would you hear Linux mentioned as well as a live install (as Megan did on a show) They would often mention programs that I had never heard of and I would go download them. The first time I heard of Knoppix was on The Screensavers. Hell, they even had Taco in for an interview. (The last good thing they did after the merger)
I once loved watching the show but now I can't. The new hosts are all about gaming, gaming, gaming.
I work for the local school district's IT department and we use Deep Freeze in all of our labs. What can I say, it's great.
We use the Professional version. This allows the computer to maintain itself. The computers are set to shutdown each night at 4:30 except Friday. On Friday at 5:00, Deep Freeze turns itself off and locks the keyboard and mouse. Windows updates are performed, virus defs updated, and hard drive defragmented. Sure since Deep Freeze is installed we don't need to do all of this but we do just to be safe.
Alex Trebek: And finally, Sean Connery's also here let's move on to Double Jeopardy where the categories -
Sean Connery: Not so fast Trebek.
Alex Trebek: I really thought that was going to work.
Sean Connery: Well, you were wrong, you mountebank. I pose a conundrum to ya, I riddle if you will
Alex Trebek: I don't want to hear it.
Sean Connery: What's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? One's a sick duck and I can't remember how it ends, but your mother's a whore.
Generally the unemployment rate of a country is a good indicator of economic stability. The US has a much lower unemployment rate when compared to Western Europe.
Of course one could argue that there is more opportunity in the US to find a job. What causes these job opportunities? Policy.
The tax rate in the US is the lowest of any developed nation. While some coutries have higher taxes and universal healthcare, the US has lower taxes allowing individuals to buy more goods. The consumer buying the goods allows the seller/producer to expand their business and hire employees. This fundamental difference allows unemployment in the US to be lower than Western Europe.
having the passenger compartment on an airplane be a seperate "capsule." In case the plane loses all engines over the Atlantic, wing falls off, no fuel, etc. the passenger section of the plane could be ejected.
As with most safety devices you must take into account the problems such devices could cause and result in a less reliable craft.
This idea probally isn't practical (financial or technological). It's just something I have always had in the back of my mind.
I work at a school district where we have many (hundreds) of beige Apple G3 All-in-one computers. They can run OSX but not very well. Right now we have a lab set up running Yellow Dog 3. Sure, they take a long time to boot but once they are up and running you have a stable platform that is running the latest software.
If he broke into my computer, or some little workstation somewhere, he wouldn't be getting a punishment this stiff.
How can you even make this comparision? This guy broke his way into a government production system. I don't think your workstation or mine has millions of dollars worth of data that took years to obtain. Since this was a government system we all pay for his dumbass actions. He should go to prison for 6 months and pay $200,000 in damages.
I work in a similar situation as a K-12 sys admin. When someone has a problem with spyware, virus, computer not plugged in (I get this call at least once a week) I try to educate the user. I sit down with them for five minutes and offer basic computer usage advice. This usually includes:
When you get an email with an attachment do not open it. First either call the sender or email them back and ask if they sent the attachment.
I try to convert them to Firefox for web browsing but they still must use IE for taking attendance (damn ActiveX apps) Not my decision BTW.
I always tell them that fewer programs on a computer means fewer potential problems. Many of our users insist on having Webshots installed (a wallpaper program that when said aloud makes me flinch) and Weatherbug (because it is too difficult to go to weather.yahoo.com to view the weather.) I show the user how to change their desktop picture and create a shortcut to Yahoo weather on their desktop.
I have found this to be the best way to reduce the number of calls I get. Sure there are a few users who refuse to take my advise and I respect that. All that means is that I take their computer back to the shop and work on it "when I have the time."
Japanese and British people consume about 45% less energy than American people, per capita.
While this may be true there is a huge difference between the US other countries.
#1. Many Americans live in homes not apartments. Because of this the energy needed to heat/cool is more.
#2. Public transportation is not practical for most of the US. It works great in large cities but in small towns public transportaion is not effective. I live in the midwest and must drive 45 miles to work everyday. I could move but do not want to. (I hate large cities.)
#3. The physical size of our country is many times the size of the UK and Japan. Jobs that require travel require more energy for transportaion.
What we (the US) can do:
#1. I drive a hybrid. Many people could also drive hybrids. I understand some people need SUVs for family, camping, towing trailers, etc. More manufactures should offer hybrid cars, trucks, and SUVs.
#2. Save on heating and cooling. I live in a fairly large home and the heating bills this time of the year are bad. I keep my thermostat at 60 and wear a sweatshirt and pants when inside. I have a space heater in my room at night. I just close the door and I stay warm. During the summer I spend most of my time in the basement where it is cooler. At night I use a small window AC unit that uses less power when compared to a central air system.
#3. Harness your own power. I am currently looking into the cost of installing either solar panels or a small wind turbine. I look at this as an investment rather than a cost. I plan on living in my house for many years so hopefully whatever route I choose will pay for itself eventually.
Sure, I am sad to see him go. Now I have nothing to look forward to when coming home from work. *sigh* Our geek friend did a great job. Also, players do not get paid until they lose. You can't blame the guy for not wanting the money.
3. After clicking done, your ballot will be printed out at the machine you are at. This will allow you to look over the completed ballot before having it counted.
I should have been more clear. In the system I described a voter would be required to take the completed ballot to a counting machine/ballot box. The voter would then insert the ballot into the machine/ballot box. If the printed ballot does not represent what the voter thought they voted the ballot could be shredded and the voter could try again.
Electronic voting should be as easy as standard, non-electronic voting. My parents couldn't buy a book of Amazon if their life depended on it. Why are we making this so hard. Electronic voting should work as follows:
1. The voting machine does not keep track of any votes. A voter will walk up to the machine and be presented with a list of candidates. Next to each name there will be a box. The voter makes a mark in the desired box with an electronic stylus. A write in blank will be available if needed.
2. At the bottom of the screen there will be two large boxes. One will be red and says "I wish to make changes on my ballot." The other box will be green and it says "I am satisfied with my ballot." After touching the green box another screen will come up. It will basically say that by touching continue you will be done voting. A go back button will be provided in case someone got to this screen by accident.
3. After clicking done, your ballot will be printed out at the machine you are at. This will allow you to look over the completed ballot before having it counted.
This system is the best of both worlds. The voting machine itself does not count anything. It is just an interface for making the completed ballot. There is a paper trail with this system. This system will also cut down on waste due to extra ballots that were not used. Finally a change the ballot at the last minute will not be a big deal since the interface is electronic. The ballots won't have to be printed weeks in advance.
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Damn, you got there first.
You are a worthy typist.
I should have been more specific in my complaints. I said "technology" what I should have said computer technology. I never mentioned the word science in my original post. There are plenty of science sources on TV but few if any shows dedicated to computer technology. "I hate history, the people on the history channel don't talk about anything but history." What else would you expect the history channel to talk about besides history? What would you expect a channel called G4/TechTV to talk and report about? You would expect gaming and (computer) technology. Well that's not true. Change the channel, dimwit. Guess what, I have changed the channel and no longer watch G4/TechTV. If you would have read my original post you would have seen that. You are clearly a troll. Have a great day.
Warning: it's a 2.5 meg pdf file with lots of pretty pictures."
It was a 2.5 meg pdf file with lots of pretty pictures. (that I will not be able to look at for a few hours. Damn.)
the Screen Savers were the only show on TV that would come close to taking about technology. Where else on TV would you hear Linux mentioned as well as a live install (as Megan did on a show) They would often mention programs that I had never heard of and I would go download them. The first time I heard of Knoppix was on The Screensavers. Hell, they even had Taco in for an interview. (The last good thing they did after the merger)
I once loved watching the show but now I can't. The new hosts are all about gaming, gaming, gaming.
Remember, everytime you buy a DVD, MPAA kills a torrent. Please think of the torrents!
Also, everytime you eat a steak, a hippie loses their hacky sack.
(Not original-Taken from a standup act on Comedy Central.)
I work for the local school district's IT department and we use Deep Freeze in all of our labs. What can I say, it's great.
We use the Professional version. This allows the computer to maintain itself. The computers are set to shutdown each night at 4:30 except Friday. On Friday at 5:00, Deep Freeze turns itself off and locks the keyboard and mouse. Windows updates are performed, virus defs updated, and hard drive defragmented. Sure since Deep Freeze is installed we don't need to do all of this but we do just to be safe.
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And of course:
Alex Trebek: And finally, Sean Connery's also here let's move on to Double Jeopardy where the categories -
Sean Connery: Not so fast Trebek.
Alex Trebek: I really thought that was going to work.
Sean Connery: Well, you were wrong, you mountebank. I pose a conundrum to ya, I riddle if you will
Alex Trebek: I don't want to hear it.
Sean Connery: What's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? One's a sick duck and I can't remember how it ends, but your mother's a whore.
Generally the unemployment rate of a country is a good indicator of economic stability. The US has a much lower unemployment rate when compared to Western Europe.
u rope/unemployment_introduction.htm
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/content/topics/e
Of course one could argue that there is more opportunity in the US to find a job. What causes these job opportunities? Policy.
The tax rate in the US is the lowest of any developed nation. While some coutries have higher taxes and universal healthcare, the US has lower taxes allowing individuals to buy more goods. The consumer buying the goods allows the seller/producer to expand their business and hire employees. This fundamental difference allows unemployment in the US to be lower than Western Europe.
having the passenger compartment on an airplane be a seperate "capsule." In case the plane loses all engines over the Atlantic, wing falls off, no fuel, etc. the passenger section of the plane could be ejected.
As with most safety devices you must take into account the problems such devices could cause and result in a less reliable craft.
This idea probally isn't practical (financial or technological). It's just something I have always had in the back of my mind.
In order to run Linux on "Old World" hardware you need an application called Bootx
http://penguinppc.org/~benh/
In order for it to work you need a Mac OS installed on the computer. On the beige G3's I have installed it on I usually set it up like this:
OS 8.1 installed on a 100 MB partition.
Install Bootx as an extention.
Install YDL using the remaining HD space.
All is good.
I work at a school district where we have many (hundreds) of beige Apple G3 All-in-one computers. They can run OSX but not very well. Right now we have a lab set up running Yellow Dog 3. Sure, they take a long time to boot but once they are up and running you have a stable platform that is running the latest software.
Cocaine's one helluva drug.
I'm Rick James, Bitch.
If he broke into my computer, or some little workstation somewhere, he wouldn't be getting a punishment this stiff.
How can you even make this comparision? This guy broke his way into a government production system. I don't think your workstation or mine has millions of dollars worth of data that took years to obtain. Since this was a government system we all pay for his dumbass actions. He should go to prison for 6 months and pay $200,000 in damages.
(In prison he should be cell mates with Bubba.)
I work in a similar situation as a K-12 sys admin. When someone has a problem with spyware, virus, computer not plugged in (I get this call at least once a week) I try to educate the user. I sit down with them for five minutes and offer basic computer usage advice. This usually includes: When you get an email with an attachment do not open it. First either call the sender or email them back and ask if they sent the attachment. I try to convert them to Firefox for web browsing but they still must use IE for taking attendance (damn ActiveX apps) Not my decision BTW. I always tell them that fewer programs on a computer means fewer potential problems. Many of our users insist on having Webshots installed (a wallpaper program that when said aloud makes me flinch) and Weatherbug (because it is too difficult to go to weather.yahoo.com to view the weather.) I show the user how to change their desktop picture and create a shortcut to Yahoo weather on their desktop. I have found this to be the best way to reduce the number of calls I get. Sure there are a few users who refuse to take my advise and I respect that. All that means is that I take their computer back to the shop and work on it "when I have the time."
So i'm going to assume the first logical step is that the software uninstalls/disables IE?
and then installs Firefox.
For the price of this computer you can get one from Dell with the MS Tax. Really, how usable is FreeDOS to the average user?
Japanese and British people consume about 45% less energy than American people, per capita.
While this may be true there is a huge difference between the US other countries.
#1. Many Americans live in homes not apartments. Because of this the energy needed to heat/cool is more.
#2. Public transportation is not practical for most of the US. It works great in large cities but in small towns public transportaion is not effective. I live in the midwest and must drive 45 miles to work everyday. I could move but do not want to. (I hate large cities.)
#3. The physical size of our country is many times the size of the UK and Japan. Jobs that require travel require more energy for transportaion.
What we (the US) can do:
#1. I drive a hybrid. Many people could also drive hybrids. I understand some people need SUVs for family, camping, towing trailers, etc. More manufactures should offer hybrid cars, trucks, and SUVs.
#2. Save on heating and cooling. I live in a fairly large home and the heating bills this time of the year are bad. I keep my thermostat at 60 and wear a sweatshirt and pants when inside. I have a space heater in my room at night. I just close the door and I stay warm. During the summer I spend most of my time in the basement where it is cooler. At night I use a small window AC unit that uses less power when compared to a central air system.
#3. Harness your own power. I am currently looking into the cost of installing either solar panels or a small wind turbine. I look at this as an investment rather than a cost. I plan on living in my house for many years so hopefully whatever route I choose will pay for itself eventually.
I think I'll stay with my refrigerator box.
Yoda. What more evidence do you need?
I might actually get laid soon, then?
Well, do you want the short answer or the long answer.
No.
I guess that was both.
American TV Anchor: But, Mr. Minister, it isn't like this film is the first troublesome thing to come out of Canada. Let us not forget Bryan Adams.
Canadian Film Minister: Now, now, the Canadian Government has apologized for Bryan Adams on several occasions!
I wonder if any of the target sites are hosted on shared servers?
Sure, I am sad to see him go. Now I have nothing to look forward to when coming home from work. *sigh* Our geek friend did a great job. Also, players do not get paid until they lose. You can't blame the guy for not wanting the money.
3. After clicking done, your ballot will be printed out at the machine you are at. This will allow you to look over the completed ballot before having it counted. I should have been more clear. In the system I described a voter would be required to take the completed ballot to a counting machine/ballot box. The voter would then insert the ballot into the machine/ballot box. If the printed ballot does not represent what the voter thought they voted the ballot could be shredded and the voter could try again.
Electronic voting should be as easy as standard, non-electronic voting. My parents couldn't buy a book of Amazon if their life depended on it. Why are we making this so hard. Electronic voting should work as follows:
1. The voting machine does not keep track of any votes. A voter will walk up to the machine and be presented with a list of candidates. Next to each name there will be a box. The voter makes a mark in the desired box with an electronic stylus. A write in blank will be available if needed.
2. At the bottom of the screen there will be two large boxes. One will be red and says "I wish to make changes on my ballot." The other box will be green and it says "I am satisfied with my ballot." After touching the green box another screen will come up. It will basically say that by touching continue you will be done voting. A go back button will be provided in case someone got to this screen by accident.
3. After clicking done, your ballot will be printed out at the machine you are at. This will allow you to look over the completed ballot before having it counted.
This system is the best of both worlds. The voting machine itself does not count anything. It is just an interface for making the completed ballot. There is a paper trail with this system. This system will also cut down on waste due to extra ballots that were not used. Finally a change the ballot at the last minute will not be a big deal since the interface is electronic. The ballots won't have to be printed weeks in advance.