In many European countries, the rule is you must have rubber soles, in order to create good grip on the pedals. It makes sense really, you don't want your foot sliding off the instant you need to brake hard; same as not keeping loose items on that part of the floor, as they might slide and lodge underneath the pedals.
So yes, that technically rules out driving barefooted, along with the fancy leather-soled Italian shoes. Anyway, most car pedals aren't meant to be used without stiff soles, so they're just too uncomfortable to use any other way.
Sure, with careful driving I can easily use 2/3 the fuel that my wife uses (with a normal never-meant-to-be-special car). And that's without any modifications, just careful driving.
Surprisingly, you want to accelerate as quickly as possible up to your desired speed, then engage the cruise control. I use the cruise control even for city driving, and only use the brakes the last bit to a stop line, otherwise it's just releasing the throttle. And unless I'm in a real hurry, I usually stick a bit below the speed limit on the motorway (it's not a requirement you know) since that last 10 kph is really costing a lot of fuel.
The downside is, my mechanic tells me that I don't do enough braking, so the brakes are getting rusty and will wear down even faster precisely because I *don't* use them. Doh. Oh yeah, and the other downside is that if I wanted a Prius, it would cost three times as much as a normal car (or *six* times the cost of a big-ass 4WD!) due to senseless state regulation.
I'm sure nobody will ever read this post, but anyway... I used to be a HUGE fan of Day of Defeat (ever since b1.1 or so), but do not like Steam (to put it mildly).
These Quake-ish, Counterstrike-ish, and NaturalSelection-ish games are very well made, and the greatest respect and gratitude go out to the creators... but they just don't catch my interest like DoD did.
Does anyone know if there exists a multi-platform (and possibly even free) "team shooter" (for want of proper term), like Day of Defeat? I mean, not necessarily WWII-themed, but as physically realistic, unforgiving and team-dependent as DoD was (and hopefully still is).
DoD captivated me exactly because one could NOT jump around for an hour, one could NOT pack 300kg worth of weapons, one could NOT take 50+ hits and patch it with a band-aid... and one could really not go anywhere alone. One needed to move in teams, giving each other cover, and one could only pick one type of weapon (plus what one came across in the mud).
Also, I'm now using FreeBSD, so that admittedly lessens my options somewhat.:/
No, your problem was not managing your art resources properly. The simplest things could be done to avoid it happening again --- for instance, any photo for which you would eventually need to pay, you can rename it to include some unique tidbit (say ".."), and then all you'd need to do is search your resource folder for that tidbit. Found anything? Then it's not cleared for deployment.
Having near perfect vision, I too would love to have a driverless car. I too would love the independence it would bring.
For years I've been thinking that we should make something like a TCP/IP for traffic (taking into account limited acceleration and taking collision avoidance much more seriously of course). Self-steering and indeed, self-driving, cars should make this a whole lot more plausible.
The difficulty in a change-over will as always lie in dealing with the part of the population who does not want to let go of the wheel (for reasons of trust or sport).
http://rars.sourceforge.net/ Anyone have first-hand experience of how that is coming along? Can you program these with neural nets also, or still "just" hand-coded? (My own experience is nigh on a decade old.)
This is an earnest question, which I hope you will answer:
To me, the prime UI difference is that in dialogs, there is "[OK] [Cancel]" in one, and "[Cancel] [OK]" in the other. That is the #1 thing that keeps me from trying it out, because I instinctively mix those two up. I use mostly the keyboard to answer dialogs, so in Gnome I have a grim tendency to choose the wrong option...
Do you have a way around that? Or do you just not have as much muscle memory (or whatever it is that applies)?
It's hard to say since the article is so light on the details, but DTU --the Danish equivalent of MIT-- demonstrated hydrogen in pellet form something like two years ago.
One would do something I do not recall (perhaps pour water or an electric current over them?) to release the hydrogen, but otherwise they were inert. (I don't know what happened to that technology since, however.)
You're not alone. I have a T3, also because of the nice big screen, but it can be collapsed when you put it in a pocket (dangerous thing to say on/. I know).
But the only reason I have the T3 is because there are no longer any *proper* PDAs on the market, devices such as Psion's Series5 or Revo: good screen, realtime OS, AND a proper keyboard, too.
In 2004, Gavin Barraclough wrote an OS (from scratch) in only 3721 bytes:
"This is a 32-bit multitasking operating system for x86 computers, with GUI and filesystem, support for loading and executing user applications in elf binary format, with ps2 mouse and keyboard drivers, and vesa graphics. And a command shell. And an application - a simple text-file viewer."
Granted, it may not be the must useful (or maintainable!) OS...
You can generally refill a cartridge 3 times before the drum wears out. The last laser printer I bought, I selected specifically because (it had a LAN port and) did not need drum replacements -- so paper and the occasional toner is all that I need to feed it.
You have a Slashdot account and don't like 2001? Wow, why I never.;-)
I understand, though, it is a Kubrick movie after all. You should give the books (2001, 2010, 2063, and 3001) a go sometime, much different from the movies. Much of the story isn't exactly easy to carry onto the silver screen, sort of like the Hitchhikers movie: very well done, but still fundamentally lacking.
I once read about an American astronaut going outside his spacecraft to fix an antenna alignment problem, something happened and he didn't come back in again. I seem to recall some other stuff happened, too. I think they even made a movie about it.
You might want to think that over once more -- if you can see UV and especially IR, you definitely *would* need to wear sunglasses more often... or be blinded by remote controls, garage door openers, people beaming Palm data, and what have you.
If all the games you ever play are online flash type games and minesweeper, you don't need a laptop -- you just need a *proper* PDA. I've seen this so many times these last few years, I've come to think I should try and bring Psion back to life.
Take a Psion Series 5, keep its physical layout, but update it with the modern advances in display resolution, battery life, storage, and network connectivity. You'd have an on-the-go workstation (that does not need to be a mere extension of a real computer) capable of weeks of light (or days of heavy) usage, with no moving parts except for a keyboard you can actually touch type on. And it would still be *pocketable*.
"Back to basics" - check "Something to keep lego's and lincoln logs out of the plebians' mouths" - check "runs on cheap equipment" - check Actually learning something useful - check Great big fun! - check
Slashdot Mirror
In many European countries, the rule is you must have rubber soles, in order to create good grip on the pedals. It makes sense really, you don't want your foot sliding off the instant you need to brake hard; same as not keeping loose items on that part of the floor, as they might slide and lodge underneath the pedals.
So yes, that technically rules out driving barefooted, along with the fancy leather-soled Italian shoes. Anyway, most car pedals aren't meant to be used without stiff soles, so they're just too uncomfortable to use any other way.
Sure, with careful driving I can easily use 2/3 the fuel that my wife uses (with a normal never-meant-to-be-special car). And that's without any modifications, just careful driving.
Surprisingly, you want to accelerate as quickly as possible up to your desired speed, then engage the cruise control. I use the cruise control even for city driving, and only use the brakes the last bit to a stop line, otherwise it's just releasing the throttle. And unless I'm in a real hurry, I usually stick a bit below the speed limit on the motorway (it's not a requirement you know) since that last 10 kph is really costing a lot of fuel.
The downside is, my mechanic tells me that I don't do enough braking, so the brakes are getting rusty and will wear down even faster precisely because I *don't* use them. Doh.
Oh yeah, and the other downside is that if I wanted a Prius, it would cost three times as much as a normal car (or *six* times the cost of a big-ass 4WD!) due to senseless state regulation.
Thanks for you suggestions! I had not heard of any of them. Perhaps I'll download and try some of them.
I'm sure nobody will ever read this post, but anyway ... I used to be a HUGE fan of Day of Defeat (ever since b1.1 or so), but do not like Steam (to put it mildly).
... but they just don't catch my interest like DoD did.
... and one could really not go anywhere alone. One needed to move in teams, giving each other cover, and one could only pick one type of weapon (plus what one came across in the mud).
:/
These Quake-ish, Counterstrike-ish, and NaturalSelection-ish games are very well made, and the greatest respect and gratitude go out to the creators
Does anyone know if there exists a multi-platform (and possibly even free) "team shooter" (for want of proper term), like Day of Defeat? I mean, not necessarily WWII-themed, but as physically realistic, unforgiving and team-dependent as DoD was (and hopefully still is).
DoD captivated me exactly because one could NOT jump around for an hour, one could NOT pack 300kg worth of weapons, one could NOT take 50+ hits and patch it with a band-aid
Also, I'm now using FreeBSD, so that admittedly lessens my options somewhat.
No, your problem was not managing your art resources properly. The simplest things could be done to avoid it happening again --- for instance, any photo for which you would eventually need to pay, you can rename it to include some unique tidbit (say ".."), and then all you'd need to do is search your resource folder for that tidbit. Found anything? Then it's not cleared for deployment.
As an AC pointed out, I was being insensitive. I apologize sincerely.
Having near perfect vision, I too would love to have a driverless car. I too would love the independence it would bring.
For years I've been thinking that we should make something like a TCP/IP for traffic (taking into account limited acceleration and taking collision avoidance much more seriously of course). Self-steering and indeed, self-driving, cars should make this a whole lot more plausible.
The difficulty in a change-over will as always lie in dealing with the part of the population who does not want to let go of the wheel (for reasons of trust or sport).
http://rars.sourceforge.net/
Anyone have first-hand experience of how that is coming along? Can you program these with neural nets also, or still "just" hand-coded? (My own experience is nigh on a decade old.)
This is an earnest question, which I hope you will answer:
To me, the prime UI difference is that in dialogs, there is "[OK] [Cancel]" in one, and "[Cancel] [OK]" in the other. That is the #1 thing that keeps me from trying it out, because I instinctively mix those two up. I use mostly the keyboard to answer dialogs, so in Gnome I have a grim tendency to choose the wrong option...
Do you have a way around that? Or do you just not have as much muscle memory (or whatever it is that applies)?
It's hard to say since the article is so light on the details, but DTU --the Danish equivalent of MIT-- demonstrated hydrogen in pellet form something like two years ago.
One would do something I do not recall (perhaps pour water or an electric current over them?) to release the hydrogen, but otherwise they were inert. (I don't know what happened to that technology since, however.)
Err, typo.
;-)
Aye due no haugh two right, I am shore your pleased two no.
Once again, I am reminded of Asimov's novel "Profession".
http://www.abelard.org/asimov.htm
That site is as visually noisy as I have ever seen. Apart from that, it's a very good story.
You're not alone. I have a T3, also because of the nice big screen, but it can be collapsed when you put it in a pocket (dangerous thing to say on /. I know).
But the only reason I have the T3 is because there are no longer any *proper* PDAs on the market, devices such as Psion's Series5 or Revo: good screen, realtime OS, AND a proper keyboard, too.
In 2004, Gavin Barraclough wrote an OS (from scratch) in only 3721 bytes:
...
"This is a 32-bit multitasking operating system for x86 computers, with GUI and filesystem, support for loading and executing user applications in elf binary format, with ps2 mouse and keyboard drivers, and vesa graphics. And a command shell. And an application - a simple text-file viewer."
Granted, it may not be the must useful (or maintainable!) OS
http://www.de.ioccc.org/years.html#2004_gavin
You have a Slashdot account and don't like 2001? Wow, why I never. ;-)
I understand, though, it is a Kubrick movie after all. You should give the books (2001, 2010, 2063, and 3001) a go sometime, much different from the movies. Much of the story isn't exactly easy to carry onto the silver screen, sort of like the Hitchhikers movie: very well done, but still fundamentally lacking.
Gemini? Oh come on! :-P I'm referring to Clarke's Odyssey .........
(Note to self: Must hone Slashdot joking skills.)
Whoa there, Dave, hold on a minute!
I once read about an American astronaut going outside his spacecraft to fix an antenna alignment problem, something happened and he didn't come back in again. I seem to recall some other stuff happened, too. I think they even made a movie about it.
When was that, anyway? About six years ago?
Perhaps the sharks, then, are the ones with the lasers? :-p
I know that 'blinded' is an overstatement. Just wanted to note that one would need to wear shades more rather than less.
:)
Fun trick though, seeing through (oh, I don't know) clothing for example.
You might want to think that over once more -- if you can see UV and especially IR, you definitely *would* need to wear sunglasses more often ... or be blinded by remote controls, garage door openers, people beaming Palm data, and what have you.
If all the games you ever play are online flash type games and minesweeper, you don't need a laptop -- you just need a *proper* PDA. I've seen this so many times these last few years, I've come to think I should try and bring Psion back to life.
Take a Psion Series 5, keep its physical layout, but update it with the modern advances in display resolution, battery life, storage, and network connectivity. You'd have an on-the-go workstation (that does not need to be a mere extension of a real computer) capable of weeks of light (or days of heavy) usage, with no moving parts except for a keyboard you can actually touch type on. And it would still be *pocketable*.
The Incredible Machinen e
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machi
"Back to basics" - check
"Something to keep lego's and lincoln logs out of the plebians' mouths" - check
"runs on cheap equipment" - check
Actually learning something useful - check
Great big fun! - check