I simply prefer a balanced diet instead of endulging in only the things in which I already know or am already interested. I should only hope the planet is full of people that wish to be more informed on a vast array of subjects, familiar or new.
Good job missing the point and spinning the meaning for karma, though.
For all y'all that are saying, "I get my news from the Internet, thank you..."
Personally, I would rather someone *else* give me the news, rather than looking for it myself. In this way, I'm assured a more diverse range of subjects, rather than whatever fits my fancy du jour (Slashdot, science & architecture, usually). No, I'm not worried that I'm going to turn into a mindless minion of NBC's political agenda. Call me naive, but I don't think it's any more/less/better/worse than any other "reputable" source out there.
I guess it's kinda like eating your vegetables... Sure, I may not be immediately interested in the lastest who-killed-whom story in the Middle East, but I'm a better person for knowing what's going on in my world.
(Incidentally, this is also why I think commercials are good and extremely personalized & targeted ads are bad. How else would I find something I didn't know I'd be interested in?)
BAH! They can keep the stupid Push to Talk. The only thing worse than someone yelling on their cellphone in the supermarket (sidetone, anyone?) is someone yelling while using PTT in the supermarket. I really *don't* want to hear you on the phone and I certainly don't need to hear the person on the other end of the line.
I think PTT has its places, though. I think it could be very valuable in the construction business where you could put all kinds of contractors and consultants in the same list. I'm sure there are other applications similar to this, but for noraml use? No, thank you.
Now that I think of it, this is more of a social problem than a tech problem.
Another poster pointed out the convenience of a "buddy list" showing the availability of a PTT friend. That would be pretty cool. I'd like to know if someone is available before I call them, but what if we were to use that to *instantly* connect a call (forget dialing) to them privately, skipping the PTT part?
I worked in a few offices before venturing out with my own architectural desgn company. While working in those offices, I used Lightscape to create renderings that were (what I believe) ahead of their time. Autodesk bought Lightscape and then what? Nuttin'. End of the line.
Same goes for Revit. We experimented with Revit at another office. (Coincidentally, they forced me to use Autodesk's crappy Accurender for renderings.) Revit wasn't quite ready for primetime then but they had a good development plan, a good community of helpful users, and I was very encouraged--until Autodesk bought them. Now where are they? Can you even find a version number on the website?
Now that I have my own company and can choose the tools I want, I've been searching for good replacements for these parametric modeling and drafting tools, but I have yet to find any suitable replacements. Either the available software is stuck in the yearly Autodesk there-hasn't-been-any-significant-development-but- we'll-charge-you-through-the-nose-anyway cycle or it's not quite ready for the bigtime.
I hear good things about Archicad, so maybe I'll start looking there...
I just returned from a vacation to Europe and was shocked and amazed that the cabin had no cameras of any sort. I mean, cameras are so good and so small these days that there really is no reason not to. We each had interactive screens in the backs of our seats, but they can't put in a couple cheapo webcams?
I know cameras only show you the bad stuff happening and don't do anything to prevent it, but tipping the pilots off sooner than later can only be better than what we have now.
The other thing I wondered is... couldn't the pilots suddenly go into a dive, rendering the hijackers walking around helpless? Sure you'd surprise that guy in the bathroom and a couple others (including stewards/stewardesses), but it'd be a small price to pay, I'd think.
I'm interested in the same thing and was shocked to see how expensive the archive/backup services can be. Then it occurred to me...
I can get more storage for less money with a cheap web hosting plan. Then, all I'd have to do is upload my backups and they'll take care of backing up my backups and giving me guaranteed uptime and redundant connections to my data.
Those bastards in Windsor, Ontario, Canada are hoarding all our pizza.
With Little Ceasar's, Domino's and Hungry Howies all based out of Detroit, you'd think we'd have some of our own.
Re:Why people talk so loudly on cell phones...
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Sidetone! Thanks!
So, the next question is, why don't they do this in cell phones?
Why people talk so loudly on cell phones...
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I think I people seem to talk louder on cell phones than "normal" phones is because they can't hear themselves talk. I noticed this when I first made the jump to my cell phone a few years ago. I tended to talk louder and it takes a GREAT conscious effort to talk softer. What tipped me off is that it wasn't like the person couldn't hear me when I talked softer, so I figured that it couldn't be the difference in the cell phone's microphone.
Try this...
Pick up your desk/home phone. Dial a couple numbers to get some dead air and blow into the receiver (no jokes, please) or scratch it with your fingernail. You'll find that you can hear the noise pretty well in the listening end of the phone.
Now do the same with your cell. Nothing, right?
I think this is the same effect of singers using an audio monitor in their ear for pitch control or plugging your ears when you hum. I think if we were able to hear ourselves speak, we'd all chill a little instead of making up for our perceived lack of volume.
Amen, brother. Is it really so much to ask that my laptop and smartphone have the same address book, calendar, and task information?
I use Outlook on my PC only because it came "free" (yes, I know the cost was rolled in) with my phone and all the info syncronizes perfectly. Outlook 2000 sucks (yes, that's what came with my new phone) and I'd much rather switch to something that is standards compliant and is updated with new features regularly.
Switching to Firefox was a no brainer, but I'll make the switch to Thunderbird and Sunbird when these couple issues have been resolved. Roll it in or make 'em extensions, whatever. Surely, I can't be the only geek that needs these features to make the jump. Unfortunately, IANAprogrammer.
What's stopping the open source community from creating a desktop widget that does exactly this? It could use the freely available DNS blacklist info to avoid intentional attacks. It could be created and distributed in an entirely decentralized and blameless manner. While it would create more net traffic in the short run, it would be balanced in time by the drop in spam traffic which makes up [insert percentage here] current traffic.
I typed in "pizza 48201" to find the Domino's around the corner here in Detroit. It gave me three results in WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA.
I wonder if they deliver...
Super Delux Do-It-Yourself 3-D Office Designer...
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Quite simply, hire a design professional or architect. They're the ones trained in progression of space, ergonomics, lighting, accoustics, color, materials, and environmental psychology. A good work environment is much more than Aeron Chairs and free sodas.
Not anyone can design good websites (*cough*) or write good software (*cough*), so please don't think that anyone can design 3-dimensional space.
I'm sure all you web developers cringe when you see all those "home website designer" packages at Best Buy just as we do at the design-your-own-dream-home ones. We're barraged by bad design just because someone thinks they can save a dollar or two by doing it themselves...
Architects and doctors are government-licensed professionals (that is, licensure implies liability). Should software writes be licensed by the State in order to practice software development?
Incidentally... Buildings fail for many reasons. As an architectural designer, I can tell you that buildings are designed to be structurally sound when COMPLETE and it is the contractor's responsibility to do whatever they need to do to get it to that point. If the building fell before it was completed, what did the architect have to do with it?
That said, our society sues everyone in sight when something goes wrong, no matter who was actually at fault or legally responsible.
Let's see... $399 for MS Office or $398 for EIOffice. That means I could save a whole dollar by switching to a system no one's ever hear of. For my dollar, though, I get to install it (legally) on THREE computers. (You know, instead of passing the CD around the office anyway.)
Quite frankly, for my small business, the answer is still perfectly clear. It does everything I need it to do and more and the price is right, too.
NASA last heard from Spirit early Wednesday. Since then, it has returned just random, meaningless radio noise - and only then sporadically, scientists said. Initially, the scientists said they believed weather problems on Earth caused the glitch. They now said they believe the rover was experiencing hardware or software problems.
``This is a serious problem. This is an extremely serious anomaly,'' project manager Pete Theisinger said.
NASA last heard from Spirit as it prepared to continue its work examining its first rock, just a few yards from its lander.
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Since then, Spirit has transmitted just a few beeps to Earth in response to attempts to communicate with it. It has also skipped several scheduled communications opportunities, either directly with Earth or by way of two NASA satellites in orbit around Mars.
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory worked to pinpoint the yet-unknown problem.
``It's not clear there is one cause... that would explain the observables we're seeing,'' deputy project manager Richard Cook said.
Here's hoping for good luck on Saturday as Opportunity takes its turn...
Slashdot Mirror
I read the article blurb to my wife and the first question she asked was, "So, do the dye molecules bond with the carpet molecules?"
Who says women aren't good at science?
(FYI: According to the Zubbles.com website, the bubbles are non-staining, non-toxic, and use disappearing dye.)
I simply prefer a balanced diet instead of endulging in only the things in which I already know or am already interested. I should only hope the planet is full of people that wish to be more informed on a vast array of subjects, familiar or new.
Good job missing the point and spinning the meaning for karma, though.
For all y'all that are saying, "I get my news from the Internet, thank you..."
Personally, I would rather someone *else* give me the news, rather than looking for it myself. In this way, I'm assured a more diverse range of subjects, rather than whatever fits my fancy du jour (Slashdot, science & architecture, usually). No, I'm not worried that I'm going to turn into a mindless minion of NBC's political agenda. Call me naive, but I don't think it's any more/less/better/worse than any other "reputable" source out there.
I guess it's kinda like eating your vegetables... Sure, I may not be immediately interested in the lastest who-killed-whom story in the Middle East, but I'm a better person for knowing what's going on in my world.
(Incidentally, this is also why I think commercials are good and extremely personalized & targeted ads are bad. How else would I find something I didn't know I'd be interested in?)
...and you a'int got nuttin'.
;-)
BAH! They can keep the stupid Push to Talk. The only thing worse than someone yelling on their cellphone in the supermarket (sidetone, anyone?) is someone yelling while using PTT in the supermarket. I really *don't* want to hear you on the phone and I certainly don't need to hear the person on the other end of the line.
I think PTT has its places, though. I think it could be very valuable in the construction business where you could put all kinds of contractors and consultants in the same list. I'm sure there are other applications similar to this, but for noraml use? No, thank you.
Now that I think of it, this is more of a social problem than a tech problem.
Another poster pointed out the convenience of a "buddy list" showing the availability of a PTT friend. That would be pretty cool. I'd like to know if someone is available before I call them, but what if we were to use that to *instantly* connect a call (forget dialing) to them privately, skipping the PTT part?
;-)
Amen, brother.
I worked in a few offices before venturing out with my own architectural desgn company. While working in those offices, I used Lightscape to create renderings that were (what I believe) ahead of their time. Autodesk bought Lightscape and then what? Nuttin'. End of the line.
Same goes for Revit. We experimented with Revit at another office. (Coincidentally, they forced me to use Autodesk's crappy Accurender for renderings.) Revit wasn't quite ready for primetime then but they had a good development plan, a good community of helpful users, and I was very encouraged--until Autodesk bought them. Now where are they? Can you even find a version number on the website?
Now that I have my own company and can choose the tools I want, I've been searching for good replacements for these parametric modeling and drafting tools, but I have yet to find any suitable replacements. Either the available software is stuck in the yearly Autodesk there-hasn't-been-any-significant-development-but- we'll-charge-you-through-the-nose-anyway cycle or it's not quite ready for the bigtime.
I hear good things about Archicad, so maybe I'll start looking there...
I just returned from a vacation to Europe and was shocked and amazed that the cabin had no cameras of any sort. I mean, cameras are so good and so small these days that there really is no reason not to. We each had interactive screens in the backs of our seats, but they can't put in a couple cheapo webcams?
I know cameras only show you the bad stuff happening and don't do anything to prevent it, but tipping the pilots off sooner than later can only be better than what we have now.
The other thing I wondered is... couldn't the pilots suddenly go into a dive, rendering the hijackers walking around helpless? Sure you'd surprise that guy in the bathroom and a couple others (including stewards/stewardesses), but it'd be a small price to pay, I'd think.
Here's your weather report for Hell. ;-)
I'm interested in the same thing and was shocked to see how expensive the archive/backup services can be. Then it occurred to me...
I can get more storage for less money with a cheap web hosting plan. Then, all I'd have to do is upload my backups and they'll take care of backing up my backups and giving me guaranteed uptime and redundant connections to my data.
Why the discrepancy?
Well then! I thank my lucky stars I'm not superstitious.
Looking at the headline, I was really hoping it was going to be Scotland Yard.
Now *that* is one of my all-time favorite games growing up and through college. In fact, it's sitting right here in the basement... somewhere...
First it was Google SMS... http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=124818&cid=104 66707/
Then it was Google Maps... http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=13869 9&cid=11626545/
And now this! I just want some friggin' pizza!
Apparently there's still no pizza in Detroit.
Those bastards in Windsor, Ontario, Canada are hoarding all our pizza.
With Little Ceasar's, Domino's and Hungry Howies all based out of Detroit, you'd think we'd have some of our own.
;-)
Apparently there's still no pizza in Detroit.
Those bastards in Windsor, Ontario, Canada are hoarding all our pizza.
With Little Ceasar's, Domino's and Hungry Howies all based out of Detroit, you'd think we'd have some of our own.
Sidetone! Thanks!
So, the next question is, why don't they do this in cell phones?
I think I people seem to talk louder on cell phones than "normal" phones is because they can't hear themselves talk. I noticed this when I first made the jump to my cell phone a few years ago. I tended to talk louder and it takes a GREAT conscious effort to talk softer. What tipped me off is that it wasn't like the person couldn't hear me when I talked softer, so I figured that it couldn't be the difference in the cell phone's microphone.
Try this...
Pick up your desk/home phone. Dial a couple numbers to get some dead air and blow into the receiver (no jokes, please) or scratch it with your fingernail. You'll find that you can hear the noise pretty well in the listening end of the phone.
Now do the same with your cell. Nothing, right?
I think this is the same effect of singers using an audio monitor in their ear for pitch control or plugging your ears when you hum. I think if we were able to hear ourselves speak, we'd all chill a little instead of making up for our perceived lack of volume.
Whattaya think?
Amen, brother. Is it really so much to ask that my laptop and smartphone have the same address book, calendar, and task information?
I use Outlook on my PC only because it came "free" (yes, I know the cost was rolled in) with my phone and all the info syncronizes perfectly. Outlook 2000 sucks (yes, that's what came with my new phone) and I'd much rather switch to something that is standards compliant and is updated with new features regularly.
Switching to Firefox was a no brainer, but I'll make the switch to Thunderbird and Sunbird when these couple issues have been resolved. Roll it in or make 'em extensions, whatever. Surely, I can't be the only geek that needs these features to make the jump. Unfortunately, IANAprogrammer.
What's stopping the open source community from creating a desktop widget that does exactly this? It could use the freely available DNS blacklist info to avoid intentional attacks. It could be created and distributed in an entirely decentralized and blameless manner. While it would create more net traffic in the short run, it would be balanced in time by the drop in spam traffic which makes up [insert percentage here] current traffic.
...and the geeks shall inherit the Earth.
I typed in "pizza 48201" to find the Domino's around the corner here in Detroit. It gave me three results in WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA.
I wonder if they deliver...
Quite simply, hire a design professional or architect. They're the ones trained in progression of space, ergonomics, lighting, accoustics, color, materials, and environmental psychology. A good work environment is much more than Aeron Chairs and free sodas.
Not anyone can design good websites (*cough*) or write good software (*cough*), so please don't think that anyone can design 3-dimensional space.
I'm sure all you web developers cringe when you see all those "home website designer" packages at Best Buy just as we do at the design-your-own-dream-home ones. We're barraged by bad design just because someone thinks they can save a dollar or two by doing it themselves...
After all, how hard could it be?
;-)
Architects and doctors are government-licensed professionals (that is, licensure implies liability). Should software writes be licensed by the State in order to practice software development?
Incidentally... Buildings fail for many reasons. As an architectural designer, I can tell you that buildings are designed to be structurally sound when COMPLETE and it is the contractor's responsibility to do whatever they need to do to get it to that point. If the building fell before it was completed, what did the architect have to do with it?
That said, our society sues everyone in sight when something goes wrong, no matter who was actually at fault or legally responsible.
*sigh*
Let's see... $399 for MS Office or $398 for EIOffice. That means I could save a whole dollar by switching to a system no one's ever hear of. For my dollar, though, I get to install it (legally) on THREE computers. (You know, instead of passing the CD around the office anyway.)
Quite frankly, for my small business, the answer is still perfectly clear. It does everything I need it to do and more and the price is right, too.
Why wait for Babelfish when you can just Ask Snoop?
No more one-hand typing!