Isn't a passport essentially the same as a national ID? It is physical proof of citizenship (and records where you've been, via stamps). Why not just issue everyone passports? What benefit would a new card/system have?
I'm probably missing something important, so I'm not trying to troll here.
The great thing about how the Internet is set up is that you don't have to replace the whole thing in one fell swoop. You can do one section of it, having a layer to talk between the 'old' Internet and the 'new' one. See how it works, tweak as necessary, see what you can learn. Then fix the 'new' section and apply those changes to another section, and another, until you eventually convert the whole thing (or a large majority of it).
hey don't look like people who would inhabit a true fantasy world. They don't have battle-hardened bodies, some even have a chin fat like they've eaten one too many pop tarts.
I agree, network administrators don't belong in a fantasy setting.
Seriously, though. Not everybody, in any setting, should be a bronzed, buff bulldozer. People aren't the same - some are in good shape, but some are fat. Some are thin, too. Some are balding, or are even completely bald. Believe it or not, but not everyone is the same height, either.
Even a fantasy world needs the fat and lazy aristocrat, bureaucrat, or merchant.
I do web development for a living, and I find that having three monitors works the best for me. I have the web browsers on the left, all of my code in the middle, and my documentation on the right. No need to waste time alt+tabbing around, switching desktops, etc., etc. I find it to be very helpful. I think that four would be overkill, though.
I would imagine that for any kind of development, two is better than one. For some, three may or may not be as useful, but as I said above, I like three.
I have had Vista running on a machine for about a month and I haven't run into a single issue yet. I hear horror stories (mostly on Slashdot), and I can't claim that they're false, but it does make me wonder what other people are doing that I am not (or what I am doing that OTHERS are not). Maybe the user is unstable, or perhaps there are driver issues.
Open Office is SLOW. Starting up, opening document, typing, saving, etc., it's all SLOW. Yes, even compared to MS Office, OO is a resource hog. If you don't have more than 512MB of RAM or so, you are asking for trouble.
justify it on economic (not moral or ethical) grounds.
Capitalism is built on economics, not morality. In a capitalistic society, such an argument is more valid than a touchy-feeling 'do the right thing' argument.
In fairness, it is being marketed as an "Urban" car; ie, running around the city where the speed limit rarely exceeds 40-45MPH or so. 68MPH is perfectly acceptable for meandering around the city.
I don't read Dilbert very often, but when I do it reminds me of every place that I have worked. It's very depressing (which is why I don't read it very often).
a warning to potential recruits: you will not like this job.
Isn't that the truth! Had I known that day to day life would be complete drudgery I would have taken a different course in study at college. I'd like to do that now, but having to work 80 hours most weeks leaves me with zero energy, time, or motivation left to go back to school in one form or another.
This particular bit reminded me of a letter I read in the old Nintendo Power magazine where the writer told his story about being legally blind. His grandmother bought him an NES for Christmas one year and he decided to try playing it. At first he saw mostly rough shapes, but as time passed, he was able to see a little more, and a little more. After a year or so of exercising his eyes he had gotten them into good enough shape where he was no longer legally blind while wearing (very strong) glasses.
Since when do blog postings automatically mean they're news?
It seems to me that SlashDot not only includes articles about news, but they try to provide articles/posting that will generate discussion among people in the SlashDot community. Is this a bad thing? I don't think so.
"His views are completely at odds with the mainstream scientific opinion," said Colin Wilson, a planetary physicist at England's Oxford University.
Facts backed up with data is one thing; opinion is a whole other beast. Einstein was at odds with 'mainstream scientific opinion' as well. He turned out to be right more often than not. Opinion is worth squat in the scientific world.
At such a low level I also agree that homework is not really tied to education. After all, there are only so many color-by-numbers that one can do. On the other paw, I think it is useful for teaching two extremely important things: Responsibility and Accountability.
I believe that China takes internet 'addiction', or usage of it at all, very seriously because of the access to information it provides. Information that China would rather censor. This is a perfect excuse to indoctrinate.
I used gTalk where I work to communicate with colleagues; I find it to be invaluable. Not only does it have real-time interaction which email lacks, but it also gives me a record of the conversation that I can refer to later if needed.
It is hardly a time waster; IM has 'grown up' in a sense that it is no longer used just by the geek fringe and the younger generations. It is a very useful tool.
The local broadcast stations also give you access to local news, weather, and traffic and, contrary to intuition, the local talk show guys can be just as entertaining and informed as the nationally syndicated people. When I lived in Ohio I didn't mind one bit the 50 minute drive home from work - Mike Trivisano was on the radio (WTAM 1100AM) and he was absolutely fantastic; one of those people who can do politics, news, sports, everything, and do it well.
Now I've moved to Buffalo, and the local selections are not quite as appealing. Tom Beurle (yeah, I spelled his name incorrectly, sorry dude) in the morning (WBEN 930AM) is borderline marginal and everyone else is worse. Ever since I've moved here I've thought about getting satellite radio but I can't justify the extra cost. My commute is much shorter now and if I'm near a computer I can just stream the stations directly.
t also argues that NY's business community is more important these days to startups than Silicon Valley's deep pool of talent. Do you buy this thesis?
I get four to six people contacting me every day for work in New York City. Unfortunately, all of the emails are broken English. Not exactly the best way to entice someone to work for your company.
If communication is a problem in most companies, I can only imagine what it would be like when my co-workers don't even speak English. It brings back nightmares of my work on XML integrations with Ameriquest. *shudder*
I work for a major internet company that provides portals and premium services to our customers. Their users are 'average joe' types and with about 200,00 unique users on one domain alone I figure that these stats probably hold true for most 'general use' sites.
The breakdown was about 85% IE, 10% FF, and 5% 'Other', which included Safari, Opera (1%), AOL Browser, even some Web TV clients. Over the last few months, IE6 has been shrinking with IE7 gaining and that continues to be the case. Don't expect IE6 to disappear for quite some time, but IE5.5 seems to be dropping into the negligible category - outstripped by FF on most domains.
I wish I had mod points today. Wish I hadn't spent them all yesterday. Up you would go. You bring up a lot of the ugliness that lurks inside of Wikipedia, all the stuff that people are happy to ignore.
It would also be interesting if the spectators could have some effect on the game as it was in progress as well; Nothing huge, but if you could make it (optionally) interactive then it might have even more appeal. Changes in terrain, game physics, even something simple like choosing what map will be played.
This is one of the reasons that I enjoy HLTV so much; You can record games and watch them at a later date from the perspective of any player in the game. Not only can it be enjoyable and educational, it can also be used to help verify if someone was cheating.
When I was in a TFC clan we would always have recordings of all our matches. A day or two after each match we would get a half dozen or so people together, put the demo up on HLTV, and we'd all watch it and figure out what to do better next time.
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Isn't a passport essentially the same as a national ID? It is physical proof of citizenship (and records where you've been, via stamps). Why not just issue everyone passports? What benefit would a new card/system have?
I'm probably missing something important, so I'm not trying to troll here.
The new Embarq portal uses Zimbra for web mail. Works great - thousands of users chugging away.
The great thing about how the Internet is set up is that you don't have to replace the whole thing in one fell swoop. You can do one section of it, having a layer to talk between the 'old' Internet and the 'new' one. See how it works, tweak as necessary, see what you can learn. Then fix the 'new' section and apply those changes to another section, and another, until you eventually convert the whole thing (or a large majority of it).
Seriously, though. Not everybody, in any setting, should be a bronzed, buff bulldozer. People aren't the same - some are in good shape, but some are fat. Some are thin, too. Some are balding, or are even completely bald. Believe it or not, but not everyone is the same height, either.
Even a fantasy world needs the fat and lazy aristocrat, bureaucrat, or merchant.
I do web development for a living, and I find that having three monitors works the best for me. I have the web browsers on the left, all of my code in the middle, and my documentation on the right. No need to waste time alt+tabbing around, switching desktops, etc., etc. I find it to be very helpful. I think that four would be overkill, though.
I would imagine that for any kind of development, two is better than one. For some, three may or may not be as useful, but as I said above, I like three.
I have had Vista running on a machine for about a month and I haven't run into a single issue yet. I hear horror stories (mostly on Slashdot), and I can't claim that they're false, but it does make me wonder what other people are doing that I am not (or what I am doing that OTHERS are not). Maybe the user is unstable, or perhaps there are driver issues.
Open Office is SLOW. Starting up, opening document, typing, saving, etc., it's all SLOW. Yes, even compared to MS Office, OO is a resource hog. If you don't have more than 512MB of RAM or so, you are asking for trouble.
In fairness, it is being marketed as an "Urban" car; ie, running around the city where the speed limit rarely exceeds 40-45MPH or so. 68MPH is perfectly acceptable for meandering around the city.
Smug Alert!
Help - I'm trapped.
This particular bit reminded me of a letter I read in the old Nintendo Power magazine where the writer told his story about being legally blind. His grandmother bought him an NES for Christmas one year and he decided to try playing it. At first he saw mostly rough shapes, but as time passed, he was able to see a little more, and a little more. After a year or so of exercising his eyes he had gotten them into good enough shape where he was no longer legally blind while wearing (very strong) glasses.
At such a low level I also agree that homework is not really tied to education. After all, there are only so many color-by-numbers that one can do. On the other paw, I think it is useful for teaching two extremely important things: Responsibility and Accountability.
I believe that China takes internet 'addiction', or usage of it at all, very seriously because of the access to information it provides. Information that China would rather censor. This is a perfect excuse to indoctrinate.
I used gTalk where I work to communicate with colleagues; I find it to be invaluable. Not only does it have real-time interaction which email lacks, but it also gives me a record of the conversation that I can refer to later if needed.
It is hardly a time waster; IM has 'grown up' in a sense that it is no longer used just by the geek fringe and the younger generations. It is a very useful tool.
I followed the link in your sig and I was very impressed with the Dancheong photos. Thanks for sharing. (o:
(Yes, I'm one of those people who follow links in sigs on occasion, hoping that it won't be a goatse mirror.)
The local broadcast stations also give you access to local news, weather, and traffic and, contrary to intuition, the local talk show guys can be just as entertaining and informed as the nationally syndicated people. When I lived in Ohio I didn't mind one bit the 50 minute drive home from work - Mike Trivisano was on the radio (WTAM 1100AM) and he was absolutely fantastic; one of those people who can do politics, news, sports, everything, and do it well.
Now I've moved to Buffalo, and the local selections are not quite as appealing. Tom Beurle (yeah, I spelled his name incorrectly, sorry dude) in the morning (WBEN 930AM) is borderline marginal and everyone else is worse. Ever since I've moved here I've thought about getting satellite radio but I can't justify the extra cost. My commute is much shorter now and if I'm near a computer I can just stream the stations directly.
If communication is a problem in most companies, I can only imagine what it would be like when my co-workers don't even speak English. It brings back nightmares of my work on XML integrations with Ameriquest. *shudder*
I work for a major internet company that provides portals and premium services to our customers. Their users are 'average joe' types and with about 200,00 unique users on one domain alone I figure that these stats probably hold true for most 'general use' sites.
The breakdown was about 85% IE, 10% FF, and 5% 'Other', which included Safari, Opera (1%), AOL Browser, even some Web TV clients. Over the last few months, IE6 has been shrinking with IE7 gaining and that continues to be the case. Don't expect IE6 to disappear for quite some time, but IE5.5 seems to be dropping into the negligible category - outstripped by FF on most domains.
I wish I had mod points today. Wish I hadn't spent them all yesterday. Up you would go. You bring up a lot of the ugliness that lurks inside of Wikipedia, all the stuff that people are happy to ignore.
After all, I'm sure that a human can take care of the earth better than Mother Nature can.
It would also be interesting if the spectators could have some effect on the game as it was in progress as well; Nothing huge, but if you could make it (optionally) interactive then it might have even more appeal. Changes in terrain, game physics, even something simple like choosing what map will be played.
This is one of the reasons that I enjoy HLTV so much; You can record games and watch them at a later date from the perspective of any player in the game. Not only can it be enjoyable and educational, it can also be used to help verify if someone was cheating.
When I was in a TFC clan we would always have recordings of all our matches. A day or two after each match we would get a half dozen or so people together, put the demo up on HLTV, and we'd all watch it and figure out what to do better next time.