But in the UK, if I'm not mistaken, the burden of proof lies on the accusedâ"that is to say, you have to prove that you're not being libelous (search the page for "burden of proof"). Asinine? Absolutely.
So...I don't want my data to somehow magically be restored when I throw an old hard disk into a fire? Where can I read more about this amazing data-recovery technology?
As a comparatively new Hg user, I can't address all of these criticisms, but I can tell you that the Mercurial revision number is not the canonical identifier, in fact it is the SHA hash. The revision number is just a quick shortcut so you can remember revisions easily in the short term, and can be messed up by merges.
The Cablevision and Road Runner services both only hijack DNS no-such-domain errors, not HTTP 404s. Neither is a good thing, but hijacking DNS is much less insidious than the deep-packet inspection or mandatory proxying required to hijack 404 errors.
But you've forgotten the cardinal rule of dialog boxes: If a dialog box comes up, people do not read it, and they automatically try to cancel. I think a better solution would be to, rather than dumping downloads on the Desktop, create a Downloads folder. Then, if some script decides to dump a hundred little files in there, it's OK, or at least better than filling your desktop.
I also just noticed that they appear to be using the exact same service, from Yahoo. (Should'a looked at that part before I posted the above comment...)
Second. And at least Time Warner provides a way to opt out of it...I've been searching, but haven't found any similar option for Cincinnati Bell. (Can anybody help?)
Except it's not a small majority of people. A bit of quick searching reveals a slide presentation about this very subject which references the study and has lots of great links. It looks like a well-documented phenomenon to me.
These devices are also (theoretically) good for power companies too. Most people use much of their electricity for a few hours in the day (right as they wake up, and after they get home from work). They have to be able to supply this amount at that time, and they can't really change that capacity easily. This means that power companies have to have a lot of extra generation capacity that goes unused during the night and (less so) during the day. (This, incidentally, is the reason behind the variable pricing scheme, and why you pay more for electricity at home than you do at work.)
By allowing the user to store up electricity during non-peak hours, this device not only saves the customer money but also relieves the power company of some of that spike when you get up and when you go home, meaning less extra capacity that needs to be kept in place to handle the peaks, and therefore more efficient power generation. It's a win–win situation.
You're just thinking of making the experience harder to avoid. The real solution is forthcoming: an ad agency for the Asian firm Zik-Zak is developing one-second advertisements that embed themselves in your mind. Some argue that there is a slight risk of explosion, but this has been played down.
So, did the Big Ol' Slashdot CSS Reworking make this fabulous change any easier? Because I think this could be the biggest reason for pushing web standards that make changes like this so easy and routine!
Another neat little thing you can do is get some kind of laser (brighter is better) and then affix a mirror to the cone or dustcap of a bass speaker (one that you don't particularly care about) so that it projects onto the ceiling. Get spooky patterns with your spooky music as the vibrating mirror projects moving light onto your ceiling or wall.
(5) Lack of citation. This is very rare, and whilst normal encyclopedias don't normally include citations, Wikipedia's credibility would be much enhanced with more of them.
That's interesting, because the Wikipedia is now encouraging citation of sources. I think that's another important step to greater reliability and accuracy of the reference (after seeing more and more of this, I'm rather reluctant to call it a full-fledged encyclopedia).
If this, and hopefully an increasing appreciation for expert input, were accepted into the encyclopedia more, then quality would rise drastically, I believe.
Well, while that's true, with recent releases, Netscape-type stuffs have grown more and more different from Mozilla, to the point that you can now completely defeat the point of having non-MSIE by selecting MSIE as the rendering engine!
I don't even think the UI is even XUL anymore, and I doubt that Firefox extensions/themes will even work now. (Notice that all the themes in the Theme Park are Netscape-created?)
This might be a step in the right direction, but somehow they managed to take all the disadvantages of IE, all the proprietary crapware they could load, and Firefox without any of the useful features.
Somehow, they managed to get the worst of all possible worlds, and they managed to get HP to buy it.
There are some quality random number generators on the Internet like Random.org, HotBits, and Lavarnd. But to be technical, their numbers come from background radio noise, radioactive decay, and lava lamps (er, "Lava Lite lamps"), meaning they don't truly generate it on the chip.
Slashdot Mirror
But in the UK, if I'm not mistaken, the burden of proof lies on the accusedâ"that is to say, you have to prove that you're not being libelous (search the page for "burden of proof"). Asinine? Absolutely.
So...I don't want my data to somehow magically be restored when I throw an old hard disk into a fire? Where can I read more about this amazing data-recovery technology?
...when even Apple is forced to consider the possibility of losing Jobs.
Actually, Twitter's support tools got hacked. That was in addition to the ongoing phishing scam.
As a comparatively new Hg user, I can't address all of these criticisms, but I can tell you that the Mercurial revision number is not the canonical identifier, in fact it is the SHA hash. The revision number is just a quick shortcut so you can remember revisions easily in the short term, and can be messed up by merges.
There's also an episode of NPR's RadioLab on memory, with a segment on Clive. (Audio file.)
I highly recommend listening to it (and other episodes of RadioLab), it's a great show.
The Cablevision and Road Runner services both only hijack DNS no-such-domain errors, not HTTP 404s. Neither is a good thing, but hijacking DNS is much less insidious than the deep-packet inspection or mandatory proxying required to hijack 404 errors.
Well, that's Life.
"Renowned Researchers Rebuke Recent Riemann Resolution's Reasoning". Even better!
It also bears strange resemblance to a certain Daily WTF, though this instance cites Googlebot as the super hacker and gives more specific details.
But you've forgotten the cardinal rule of dialog boxes: If a dialog box comes up, people do not read it, and they automatically try to cancel. I think a better solution would be to, rather than dumping downloads on the Desktop, create a Downloads folder. Then, if some script decides to dump a hundred little files in there, it's OK, or at least better than filling your desktop.
Actually, I think I'll wait until tomorrow...when I have work to do.
I also just noticed that they appear to be using the exact same service, from Yahoo. (Should'a looked at that part before I posted the above comment...)
Second. And at least Time Warner provides a way to opt out of it...I've been searching, but haven't found any similar option for Cincinnati Bell. (Can anybody help?)
Surely you mean "OpenOffice Writer", my home-dawg?
Except it's not a small majority of people. A bit of quick searching reveals a slide presentation about this very subject which references the study and has lots of great links. It looks like a well-documented phenomenon to me.
Wouldn't that be an interesting slider in the control panel to find?
Better Media Playback -----|--------- Better network performance
I think they should put it in the "Random, seemingly unrelated crap" tab.
These devices are also (theoretically) good for power companies too. Most people use much of their electricity for a few hours in the day (right as they wake up, and after they get home from work). They have to be able to supply this amount at that time, and they can't really change that capacity easily. This means that power companies have to have a lot of extra generation capacity that goes unused during the night and (less so) during the day. (This, incidentally, is the reason behind the variable pricing scheme, and why you pay more for electricity at home than you do at work.)
By allowing the user to store up electricity during non-peak hours, this device not only saves the customer money but also relieves the power company of some of that spike when you get up and when you go home, meaning less extra capacity that needs to be kept in place to handle the peaks, and therefore more efficient power generation. It's a win–win situation.
You're just thinking of making the experience harder to avoid. The real solution is forthcoming: an ad agency for the Asian firm Zik-Zak is developing one-second advertisements that embed themselves in your mind. Some argue that there is a slight risk of explosion, but this has been played down.
So, did the Big Ol' Slashdot CSS Reworking make this fabulous change any easier? Because I think this could be the biggest reason for pushing web standards that make changes like this so easy and routine!
Another neat little thing you can do is get some kind of laser (brighter is better) and then affix a mirror to the cone or dustcap of a bass speaker (one that you don't particularly care about) so that it projects onto the ceiling. Get spooky patterns with your spooky music as the vibrating mirror projects moving light onto your ceiling or wall.
That's interesting, because the Wikipedia is now encouraging citation of sources. I think that's another important step to greater reliability and accuracy of the reference (after seeing more and more of this, I'm rather reluctant to call it a full-fledged encyclopedia).
If this, and hopefully an increasing appreciation for expert input, were accepted into the encyclopedia more, then quality would rise drastically, I believe.
Well, while that's true, with recent releases, Netscape-type stuffs have grown more and more different from Mozilla, to the point that you can now completely defeat the point of having non-MSIE by selecting MSIE as the rendering engine!
I don't even think the UI is even XUL anymore, and I doubt that Firefox extensions/themes will even work now. (Notice that all the themes in the Theme Park are Netscape-created?)
This might be a step in the right direction, but somehow they managed to take all the disadvantages of IE, all the proprietary crapware they could load, and Firefox without any of the useful features.
Somehow, they managed to get the worst of all possible worlds, and they managed to get HP to buy it.
There are some quality random number generators on the Internet like Random.org, HotBits, and Lavarnd. But to be technical, their numbers come from background radio noise, radioactive decay, and lava lamps (er, "Lava Lite lamps"), meaning they don't truly generate it on the chip.
Take TWO:
And there's been SO much development since then. *lol*