"The US (not a Kyoto signee) has stricter environmental controls these days than almost all of the Kyoto nations."
Interesting. I wonder, too, how many Kyoto signee country perform annual emissions tests on individual automobiles. The U.S. does in some areas.
I am editor of a regional magazine. Some of the stuff I receive from "professional" writers is almost as bad--in some ways, maybe worse.
Here is an excerpt from a mss sent by a "professional"/published writer:
"Flocks following the longer days and warmer weather as winter slowly give up its grip to spring as most of the migrating flocks pass over the central flyway west of the Mississippi River into the wintering grounds in Texas and Louisiana."
Fortunately, like/. editors, I have "unlimited mod points" for stuff like this, but it still galls me.
"What sets my teeth on edge is lack of basic netiquette skills."
Along these same lines, I loathe communicating with AOL users. The AOL email client--by default, apparently--*omits* the original message when replying. So, send someone a rather long email, especially one with a quetion (or several), and you get back a reply that says "Yes"--and nothing else! You see the problem...you send/receive several dozen emails a day, forget what you wrote to who, and so on.
The other eye-poker is when an AOL user sends a forward of a forward of a forward, yadda-yadda to a non-AOL user. The actual (original) forwarded message is nested n-layers deep in attachments. (Each forward generates another attachment).
How about you learn the significance of placing a word in quotes. The operative word is "monitoring" (usually done automatically/remotely) as opposed to simply taking a sequence of photos (by a human in real time).
There is a difference between "taking a series of time-lapse pictures of the build-up of clouds" by an amature (as proclaimed in the second article) and "images intended to monitor cloud changes." The latter (by use of the word "monitor") suggests some sort of remote camera setup snapping frames at programmed intervals (as opposed to a human photographer), and further suggests some sort of official (weather service, science station, etc.) purpose.
"Just for the record, I don't use adblock because it doesn't really do anything."
You've got to be kidding? Simply configuring AdBlock with wildcard blocks for *advertising.net* and *doubleclick.net* eliminates 90 percent of ads on sites I visit.
I have been a pro wtiter/photog since 1990, and am now managing editor of a high-quality "slick" magazine. I can tell you from experience (past and current) that:
- You will never get satisfactory scans from a flatbed scanner with tranparency adapter. You *must* have a dedicated slide scanner.
- If you are serious about image processing, you need a Mac. We use Macs exclusively for image processing, layout, mock-up, and final production before uploading to the printer. PCs are okay for amateur photo processing, but at the pro level, Mac is the only way to go.
Not necessarily. Many bacteria (e.g. anthrax) can survive almost indefinitely in a cysted state, then revive under the right conditions (moisture, warmth). Likewise, the cysted causative agent for BSE ("mad cow disease") can survive cooking heat, and hence remain viable to infect when ingested.
If anything microbial survives on Mars, it would most likely thrive in out environment.
Manufacturing outsourced, yes, but the finished motherboard/product subject to IBM's QC standards. The standards go away with the sale. Hence, the frugal communist Chinese overlords adopt their own less stringent standards and start producing crap.
"It doesn't take a genius to see that guns are the cause of the vast majority of violence in the US."
It doesn't take a genius to see that penises cause the vast majority of rapes and unwanted teen pregnancies. Going door-to-door to take these tools of violence from the sick perverts would make the U.S. a much safer place.
With modern tchnology, mankind does not need penises for procreation. Penises are a stale carryover from our violent, procreative past. To preserve humanity, we must ban penises.
"The key word in my message is "distributing". I doubt that distributing an album to 300 people through bittorrent falls under non-commercial personal use copies"
"Commercial" derives from "commerce," i.e. "for profit." Unless you charge money, barter, or otherwise profit from what you distrtibute, it is not commercial.
Look at it this way: two people with identical skills perform a given task. One does it as a hobby, the other a a vocation. The one who gets paid id a "professional." The hobbyist is an "amature."
"because we know most guns are used to kill peoples"
In Iraq, Israel's West Bank, Congo, eta la, probably. In the U.S., Canada, and most of the Western World, not even close.
Unless something has changed in the past few months, open-holster carry is legal in several U.S. states (e.g. Arizona), and concealed carry is legal in many others.
If "most guns [were] used to kill peoples" (sic), the U.S. would differ littlke from a Third World country embroiled in civil war.
My wife's Toshiba laptop (no jokes or flames, please) has wake-up issues like you describe--a normal boot/re-boot is okay, but not wake-up. (The laptop is brand new, by the way.)
Curiously, as I posted in a different discussion about a Win XP desktop, the problem seems linked to Firefox. If the browser is left open for an extended period, the system(s) "lock up" and will not recover from sleep. I cannot recall either system exhibiting this problem when the browser was NOT left running.
I hope the Australian Communications Authority is more "game" about hunting down and killing spammers than the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Maybe they'll learn something from the Oz guys.
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"The US (not a Kyoto signee) has stricter environmental controls these days than almost all of the Kyoto nations." Interesting. I wonder, too, how many Kyoto signee country perform annual emissions tests on individual automobiles. The U.S. does in some areas.
I am editor of a regional magazine. Some of the stuff I receive from "professional" writers is almost as bad--in some ways, maybe worse.
/. editors, I have "unlimited mod points" for stuff like this, but it still galls me.
Here is an excerpt from a mss sent by a "professional"/published writer:
"Flocks following the longer days and warmer weather as winter slowly give up its grip to spring as most of the migrating flocks pass over the central flyway west of the Mississippi River into the wintering grounds in Texas and Louisiana."
Fortunately, like
"What sets my teeth on edge is lack of basic netiquette skills."
Along these same lines, I loathe communicating with AOL users. The AOL email client--by default, apparently--*omits* the original message when replying. So, send someone a rather long email, especially one with a quetion (or several), and you get back a reply that says "Yes"--and nothing else! You see the problem...you send/receive several dozen emails a day, forget what you wrote to who, and so on.
The other eye-poker is when an AOL user sends a forward of a forward of a forward, yadda-yadda to a non-AOL user. The actual (original) forwarded message is nested n-layers deep in attachments. (Each forward generates another attachment).
"A better Internet," indeed!
I wonder if the Kyoto Accord takes into account things like this.
How about you learn the significance of placing a word in quotes. The operative word is "monitoring" (usually done automatically/remotely) as opposed to simply taking a sequence of photos (by a human in real time).
There is a difference between "taking a series of time-lapse pictures of the build-up of clouds" by an amature (as proclaimed in the second article) and "images intended to monitor cloud changes." The latter (by use of the word "monitor") suggests some sort of remote camera setup snapping frames at programmed intervals (as opposed to a human photographer), and further suggests some sort of official (weather service, science station, etc.) purpose.
One of the original stories on this http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11 483286%255E13762,00.html credited the photo to amateur photographer Wayne Pryde.
The bit about cloud "monitoring" appears only in the APOD story.
WTF?
"Maybe if the advertisers actually offered something I wanted, they would see more success."
While I think most would agree, the only models I know of that do this are "context sensitive" ads and those based on user habits--hello, spy/adware.
"Just for the record, I don't use adblock because it doesn't really do anything."
You've got to be kidding? Simply configuring AdBlock with wildcard blocks for *advertising.net* and *doubleclick.net* eliminates 90 percent of ads on sites I visit.
There was a /. story on this recently http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/03/145 0243&tid=217&tid=98&tid=218
I have been a pro wtiter/photog since 1990, and am now managing editor of a high-quality "slick" magazine. I can tell you from experience (past and current) that:
- You will never get satisfactory scans from a flatbed scanner with tranparency adapter. You *must* have a dedicated slide scanner.
- If you are serious about image processing, you need a Mac. We use Macs exclusively for image processing, layout, mock-up, and final production before uploading to the printer. PCs are okay for amateur photo processing, but at the pro level, Mac is the only way to go.
IBM: traditional Intel house
Apple: traditional Motorola house
Can this mixed marriage work?
" WAR!!"...hugh! Good gawd ya'll!
Not necessarily. Many bacteria (e.g. anthrax) can survive almost indefinitely in a cysted state, then revive under the right conditions (moisture, warmth). Likewise, the cysted causative agent for BSE ("mad cow disease") can survive cooking heat, and hence remain viable to infect when ingested.
If anything microbial survives on Mars, it would most likely thrive in out environment.
Manufacturing outsourced, yes, but the finished motherboard/product subject to IBM's QC standards. The standards go away with the sale. Hence, the frugal communist Chinese overlords adopt their own less stringent standards and start producing crap.
I can't imagine IBM allowing a foreign manufacturer to sell products with IBM's name/logo on it. Seems awfully risky to their rep.
Seems odd. Is anyone aware of any malware that takes advantage of the exploits?
"It doesn't take a genius to see that guns are the cause of the vast majority of violence in the US."
It doesn't take a genius to see that penises cause the vast majority of rapes and unwanted teen pregnancies. Going door-to-door to take these tools of violence from the sick perverts would make the U.S. a much safer place.
With modern tchnology, mankind does not need penises for procreation. Penises are a stale carryover from our violent, procreative past. To preserve humanity, we must ban penises.
"The key word in my message is "distributing". I doubt that distributing an album to 300 people through bittorrent falls under non-commercial personal use copies"
"Commercial" derives from "commerce," i.e. "for profit." Unless you charge money, barter, or otherwise profit from what you distrtibute, it is not commercial.
Look at it this way: two people with identical skills perform a given task. One does it as a hobby, the other a a vocation. The one who gets paid id a "professional." The hobbyist is an "amature."
Curious, no?
"because we know most guns are used to kill peoples"
In Iraq, Israel's West Bank, Congo, eta la, probably. In the U.S., Canada, and most of the Western World, not even close.
Unless something has changed in the past few months, open-holster carry is legal in several U.S. states (e.g. Arizona), and concealed carry is legal in many others.
If "most guns [were] used to kill peoples" (sic), the U.S. would differ littlke from a Third World country embroiled in civil war.
Guns are not evil, period.
My wife's Toshiba laptop (no jokes or flames, please) has wake-up issues like you describe--a normal boot/re-boot is okay, but not wake-up. (The laptop is brand new, by the way.)
Curiously, as I posted in a different discussion about a Win XP desktop, the problem seems linked to Firefox. If the browser is left open for an extended period, the system(s) "lock up" and will not recover from sleep. I cannot recall either system exhibiting this problem when the browser was NOT left running.
I hope the Australian Communications Authority is more "game" about hunting down and killing spammers than the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Maybe they'll learn something from the Oz guys.
"its makers plan to program the robot in English -- not for export, but to teach the language to Japanese children."
Child: Teach me English.
Robot: All your base are belong to us.
Agreed.
Or... ...who am I? Why do I have no mod points?