Eventually, with much nudging along in the territories of high-resolution color and graphics, better input devices (such as the scanner, which can be thought of a fax machine for computers), better output devices such as the inkjet and laser printer, and even bastardized keyboards and software which could generate thousands of characters - if only one can remember each and every one of the input codes. Graphics tablets eased the pain of having to get something into and out of the computer. But none of this is yet fully satisfactory, and perhaps it will remain in this state until the advent of the intelligent, voice-understanding, "computer" finally comes into our daily lives.
I recently saw a story about Japanese reporters who send their stories in via a phone call and dictation on the other end, because it is so much faster that trying to get it into the computer for digital transmission. I don't think the common character representation is the only issue here. As the article states, some languages are just much, much harder to digitize.
A vehicle that ocupies a greater than needed amount of space, while using a greater than needed amount of fuel, to inflate the egos and fit the lifestyle of what we currently think of success. So we add devices that consume a greater than average amount of the drivers attention, being that the SUV is more survivable in crashes it will all even out. Except for those of us actually driving small fuel efficent cars or (gasp!) ride bikes to work, who get run over by drivers while they are checking their e-mail with their blue tooth enabled, satelite link PDA.
Fruit juice is not necessarily any worse than Fruit itself. I wonder if this flake is anti-fruit as well.
Yes, Fruit Juice is VERY different from the actual fruit. Fruit contains ruffage which causes the body to use the sugar in the fruit much slower causing a longer release into the bloodstream. Fruit juice is rapidly sent to the blood stream causing a rapid spike which upsets insulin balance.
Just because something sounds against popular believe does not mean that it is incorrect or that the given of this knowledge is a flake.
I don't know how you define junk food. This kid has now been banned from buying fruit juice!!!! How can you call that junk food?
Lets try: Fruit Juice is just liquid sugar. Like soda with a few extra vitamins and no fizz. The obesity and dibetic problem with America's children has a major cause of all the sugars we feed them (in addition to the sedate lifestyle of TV and video games, instead of exercising). Have a coke. Have a fruit juice. Have some Kool Aid. Ever hear of water? Thirst quencher without sugar?
It is the typical desire for a quick fix for one of lives problems. We all want a quick fix. Eat right? Heck, no. Just give me the blood thinner to keep from having another heart attack.
Spend time raising Johnny? Heck, no. Lets just find out why he is acting crazy and try to treat it after the fact with high-tech devices. "This new technology is great! I can see what John did today without even having to talk to him. Now I can work 14 hour days and not bother with seeing my family."
This reminds me of a story about elephants (I believe) that were moved to a new area to try and rebuild the population. They were running rampant and destroying various structures. That is until some older animals were brought in. The elders let the young bucks have it and suddenly the population was a well behaved group. (Unfortunately this mirrors the lack of parental responsibility taken today far to well.)
Most graphics professionals I know will not go to LCD. I noticed their reason after trying to work with Photoshop and Animation Master on a good LCD. There is no comparisson in the contrast levels of a good CRT. You cannot tell the difference between white and light grey or other simillar colors and shades with an LCD, unless you tilt the screen the right way, throw the salt over your shoulder and knock on wood.
However, I predominantly write code and find 12 hours with an LCD MUCH EASIER on my eyes than even 8 hours with a good CRT. The LCD panel gives a better focus plane for the eyes than a CRT.
Nope, you are correct. The biggest "benefit" of DC would be generating plants in every location, requiring obviously more expense, but providing more cost and jobs, etc. That would have cost more money, but made the developers of the technology more money. Who really wants the best solution, rather than the solution which will make the most money? (More on topic than when I started this post.:)
I'm not an MS hater, but some of this is a crock.
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The issue at hand is choice; companies and individuals should be able to choose either model, and we support this right.
Allowed to choose, as long as they are still forced to use Microsoft's model?
Some of the tension I see between the GPL and strong business models is by design, and some of it is caused simply because there remains a high level of legal uncertainty around the GPL--uncertainty that translates into business risk.
What is uncertain about GPL'ed software? Use it, it works. Fine. How is a well documented legal license creating uncertainty in business any more than the uncertainty of being able to purchase MS products or being forced to lease them?
However, one of the decided advantages for a small shop to use CD-R for backup is the compatibility of other machines. If you backup to CD-Rs and move the media off-site to a storage location (a good practice) and the site burns to the ground. It is very easy to get the data back using almost any computer in the world today.
If you have the data in a format that is not quite as accessible as CD-R, then there is a possibility for atleast a longer delay getting access to the data. Do you have to wait 1-2 days to get a new drive shipped and installed, because the local shops do not carry this strange drive? (Of course this also applies to the various tape systems out there also.)
I designed touch screen based system used to control industrial gauges. The single biggest annoyance with touch screens are the distance between the display LCD and the touch sensor. This creates an offset that is different for each height of person.
For example:
A 6'5" person (myself) configures the screen and intializes the touch screen. Now a 5'1" user walks up to that same screen and must tap over top of my locations to hit the same spot. This requires the buttons (or atleast the hot spot detection) to be very tall.
All of the gauges would be much faster and easier to use (let alone programming and setup) with a keyboard only solution. But the industrial PC touch screen was "the in thing". What are you going to do when they want a 1/2 million dollar gauge. Yep, you give the customer what the customer wants.
Anyone know of a good rugged sub-notebook? I like all of the long runtime features, but taking the current sub-notebooks backpacking or bicycle touring an easy way to kill them. Vibration in a bicycle pannier (saddle bag) has killed quite a few laptops, even with decent padding.
I will be riding from Virginia to Oregon in about a year. I'm living "off the grid" mostly (camping, cooking, etc.), so I would have a solar charging setup which charges a 13.2 V (10 or so Ah to charge the sub notebook from), but I don't have any rugged sub-notebook. I would spend $2500 if I knew that it would be a hard kill. But I don't want it to die when I get halfway through my Trans-Am ride.
Anyone know of any good rugged sub-notebooks, or are the newer ones better than previous models?
That is a major reason to go unmanned. A very good pilot can reach 10 G. An unmanned vehicle should be able to turn at the maximum design strength of the airframe, without liquifying the pilot.:)
I use Naptster or IRC or whatever to look at songs hosted by those people who like music that I do. Then I download MP3s of people I have never heard of. 9 times out of 10 (or more) I strike out. But those few times that I get a winner, I have just found another artist to support. I usually can get their MP3s for all songs that are interesting to me, so I don't really need their CD. However, with the current model, purchasing the CD is the only method of supporting this artist. I also now will go to live shows for this artist (another revenue stream for them). Many are small enough that I would never have found them without this free distribution method.
I would be happy to give the artist the same amount without purchasing
the CD, because it would save me money without shorting the artist.
However, there will have to be a paradigm shift in distribution before this can happen.
Courtney Love also spoke out against the RIAA attack on Napster.
"Piracy is the act of stealing an artist's work without any intention of paying for it.
I'm not talking about Napster-type software.
I'm talking about major label recording contracts. "
I remember watching Robot Wars on Comedy Central and one of the Robot builders had a pair of roller blades with DeWalt drills on each foot. It looked like they were attached to the rear wheel with a ratchet mechanism (so you could still roll without power). He zipped around pretty well on those. Needed both hands to control though.
that we didn't have cell phones back then. The crash technology has finally evolved to the point that we now no longer need to worry about hitting each other while talking on cell phones and driving. Think of how bad it would have been in the '60s without airbags!
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It won't work if you try to write your Java in Mandarin... :p
Eventually, with much nudging along in the territories of high-resolution color and graphics, better input devices (such as the scanner, which can be thought of a fax machine for computers), better output devices such as the inkjet and laser printer, and even bastardized keyboards and software which could generate thousands of characters - if only one can remember each and every one of the input codes. Graphics tablets eased the pain of having to get something into and out of the computer. But none of this is yet fully satisfactory, and perhaps it will remain in this state until the advent of the intelligent, voice-understanding, "computer" finally comes into our daily lives.
I recently saw a story about Japanese reporters who send their stories in via a phone call and dictation on the other end, because it is so much faster that trying to get it into the computer for digital transmission. I don't think the common character representation is the only issue here. As the article states, some languages are just much, much harder to digitize.
Yep, that is all we need.
A vehicle that ocupies a greater than needed amount of space, while using a greater than needed amount of fuel, to inflate the egos and fit the lifestyle of what we currently think of success. So we add devices that consume a greater than average amount of the drivers attention, being that the SUV is more survivable in crashes it will all even out. Except for those of us actually driving small fuel efficent cars or (gasp!) ride bikes to work, who get run over by drivers while they are checking their e-mail with their blue tooth enabled, satelite link PDA.
Progress, I guess.
Fruit juice is not necessarily any worse than Fruit itself. I wonder if this flake is anti-fruit as well.
Yes, Fruit Juice is VERY different from the actual fruit. Fruit contains ruffage which causes the body to use the sugar in the fruit much slower causing a longer release into the bloodstream. Fruit juice is rapidly sent to the blood stream causing a rapid spike which upsets insulin balance.
Just because something sounds against popular believe does not mean that it is incorrect or that the given of this knowledge is a flake.
I don't know how you define junk food. This kid has now been banned from buying fruit juice!!!! How can you call that junk food?
Lets try: Fruit Juice is just liquid sugar. Like soda with a few extra vitamins and no fizz. The obesity and dibetic problem with America's children has a major cause of all the sugars we feed them (in addition to the sedate lifestyle of TV and video games, instead of exercising). Have a coke. Have a fruit juice. Have some Kool Aid. Ever hear of water? Thirst quencher without sugar?
"Nothing here is going to be news to slashdotters"
:)
When has that stopped you before.
It is the typical desire for a quick fix for one of lives problems. We all want a quick fix. Eat right? Heck, no. Just give me the blood thinner to keep from having another heart attack.
Spend time raising Johnny? Heck, no. Lets just find out why he is acting crazy and try to treat it after the fact with high-tech devices. "This new technology is great! I can see what John did today without even having to talk to him. Now I can work 14 hour days and not bother with seeing my family."
This reminds me of a story about elephants (I believe) that were moved to a new area to try and rebuild the population. They were running rampant and destroying various structures. That is until some older animals were brought in. The elders let the young bucks have it and suddenly the population was a well behaved group. (Unfortunately this mirrors the lack of parental responsibility taken today far to well.)
Most graphics professionals I know will not go to LCD. I noticed their reason after trying to work with Photoshop and Animation Master on a good LCD. There is no comparisson in the contrast levels of a good CRT. You cannot tell the difference between white and light grey or other simillar colors and shades with an LCD, unless you tilt the screen the right way, throw the salt over your shoulder and knock on wood.
However, I predominantly write code and find 12 hours with an LCD MUCH EASIER on my eyes than even 8 hours with a good CRT. The LCD panel gives a better focus plane for the eyes than a CRT.
Nope, you are correct. The biggest "benefit" of DC would be generating plants in every location, requiring obviously more expense, but providing more cost and jobs, etc. That would have cost more money, but made the developers of the technology more money. Who really wants the best solution, rather than the solution which will make the most money? (More on topic than when I started this post. :)
The issue at hand is choice; companies and individuals should be able to choose either model, and we support this right.
Allowed to choose, as long as they are still forced to use Microsoft's model?
Some of the tension I see between the GPL and strong business models is by design, and some of it is caused simply because there remains a high level of legal uncertainty around the GPL--uncertainty that translates into business risk.
What is uncertain about GPL'ed software? Use it, it works. Fine. How is a well documented legal license creating uncertainty in business any more than the uncertainty of being able to purchase MS products or being forced to lease them?
However, one of the decided advantages for a small shop to use CD-R for backup is the compatibility of other machines. If you backup to CD-Rs and move the media off-site to a storage location (a good practice) and the site burns to the ground. It is very easy to get the data back using almost any computer in the world today.
If you have the data in a format that is not quite as accessible as CD-R, then there is a possibility for atleast a longer delay getting access to the data. Do you have to wait 1-2 days to get a new drive shipped and installed, because the local shops do not carry this strange drive? (Of course this also applies to the various tape systems out there also.)
I remember both hacks. The Apple ][ hack was actually fairly reliable. The DD -> HD hack never stored data worth anything.
:)
Not bad getting two jokes for one, though.
It just seems like a funny tech song that has the same phrase at the bottom of every Chorus:
...they'll appeal."
"and RamBus says...
I designed touch screen based system used to control industrial gauges. The single biggest annoyance with touch screens are the distance between the display LCD and the touch sensor. This creates an offset that is different for each height of person.
For example: A 6'5" person (myself) configures the screen and intializes the touch screen. Now a 5'1" user walks up to that same screen and must tap over top of my locations to hit the same spot. This requires the buttons (or atleast the hot spot detection) to be very tall.
All of the gauges would be much faster and easier to use (let alone programming and setup) with a keyboard only solution. But the industrial PC touch screen was "the in thing". What are you going to do when they want a 1/2 million dollar gauge. Yep, you give the customer what the customer wants.
This seems to go seriously against the Engineer's main goal:
To retire without having a major catastrophy associated with you.
Anyone with a user ID over 10,000 is new... :)
Anyone know of a good rugged sub-notebook? I like all of the long runtime features, but taking the current sub-notebooks backpacking or bicycle touring an easy way to kill them. Vibration in a bicycle pannier (saddle bag) has killed quite a few laptops, even with decent padding.
I will be riding from Virginia to Oregon in about a year. I'm living "off the grid" mostly (camping, cooking, etc.), so I would have a solar charging setup which charges a 13.2 V (10 or so Ah to charge the sub notebook from), but I don't have any rugged sub-notebook. I would spend $2500 if I knew that it would be a hard kill. But I don't want it to die when I get halfway through my Trans-Am ride.
Anyone know of any good rugged sub-notebooks, or are the newer ones better than previous models?
That is a major reason to go unmanned. A very good pilot can reach 10 G. An unmanned vehicle should be able to turn at the maximum design strength of the airframe, without liquifying the pilot. :)
I love the Headline:
:)
"RAMBUS Loses; Voes to Appeal"
Umm. Duh.
How often do you hear:
"RAMBUS Loses; Its cool with them."
I use Naptster or IRC or whatever to look at songs hosted by those people who like music that I do. Then I download MP3s of people I have never heard of. 9 times out of 10 (or more) I strike out. But those few times that I get a winner, I have just found another artist to support. I usually can get their MP3s for all songs that are interesting to me, so I don't really need their CD. However, with the current model, purchasing the CD is the only method of supporting this artist. I also now will go to live shows for this artist (another revenue stream for them). Many are small enough that I would never have found them without this free distribution method.
I would be happy to give the artist the same amount without purchasing the CD, because it would save me money without shorting the artist. However, there will have to be a paradigm shift in distribution before this can happen.
Courtney Love also spoke out against the RIAA attack on Napster.
"Piracy is the act of stealing an artist's work without any intention of paying for it.
I'm not talking about Napster-type software.
I'm talking about major label recording contracts. "
I also recieved moderation points twice within a one week period.
I think this is the "home" site.
:)
Looks like fun, but I don't think big 6'5" guys can flip flip too well.
I remember watching Robot Wars on Comedy Central and one of the Robot builders had a pair of roller blades with DeWalt drills on each foot. It looked like they were attached to the rear wheel with a ratchet mechanism (so you could still roll without power). He zipped around pretty well on those. Needed both hands to control though.
that we didn't have cell phones back then. The crash technology has finally evolved to the point that we now no longer need to worry about hitting each other while talking on cell phones and driving. Think of how bad it would have been in the '60s without airbags!