If it wasn't for those of us in the IAP pushing Sec. of State Dean Heller for this paper trail, it wouldn't have existed. Thanks to people like Janine Hansen, we've managed to make that trail to keep the elections more honest. Of course, Dean later came on the record trying to claim credit for it... but what can you expect from a guy who has managed to upset every county clerk in the state with his ineptitude? With all the mess here from ballot questions, we'll be lucky to be able to vote in November.
I've put my name on the ballot three times already. Even just being the 3rd option in the general election without doing anything else is challenging people to stop and consider if they really want another Republican or Democrat in office. So far, I've managed 3.5% each time, though I'm hoping for a better showing this year. (I actually spent some money on signs!)
If we'd simply tweaked the educational system to impart a basic level of scientific literacy in our population, we'd have a better solution than Yucca by now. Yucca Mountain has absorbed 25 years and hundreds of millions of dollars, time and money that could have been spent to find a real solution. I wouldn't have a problem with nuclear power if we'd just find a decent way to break down or re-use the leftovers.
What kind of crazy talk is that? Importing something we've paid for is MUCH different than being forced at Congress-point to accept something we don't want. I think the point you were trying to make is obvious, yet I think it is also obviously flawed.
If those of us in Nevada have our say, you'll never have Yucca Mountain. We don't have a single nuclear reactor in the state and yet, somehow, we're supposed to accept the waste from the entire country? And that's the best idea to deal with it? Stick it in a hole for 10,000 years and hope for the best? I think that's why there are a good number of us not too keen on the idea. You made the waste. YOU figure out how to deal with it in your own state, thank you.
I think the greater point is that, with a flood of manufacturers and developers, the costs would drop enough to allow a lot of small and medium businesses to consider buying them for the flexibility of rapidly growing them in the future.
... would be a list of the most-downloaded songs that weren't paid for. You could compare that to this list and see which songs are actually worth buying.
The issue at hand is the use of tables to organize content as opposed to using DIVs properly. Modern design with proper XHTML 1.0 renders VERY well across all browsers (even NetFront on my Clie and lynx in Linux), though some minor CSS incompatibilities do persist between engines with IE being the most broken IMO.
That said, the tables do have a tendency to render more uniformly on older hand-held and text-based browsers. Newer ones that are standards-compliant, however, do fine with updated code. It's the constant problem of developers dragging the browsers into the modern age kicking and screaming.
The day that I have to stop telling people that ask for help "Google is your friend". You can create the greatest search tool in the world, but if the end-user is too oblivious to use it...
I'm in agreement with you. After all, the 1913 Webster's dictionary defined a dollar thusly (a definition created in 1792 with the creation of the US Coinage Act, I believe): 1. (a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now, the total weight being 416 grains.
Masking tape blocks out the vast majority of the light, but you can still see the indicator underneath. It's worked wonders for blocking out the lights on my keyboard, speakers and case. I seem to recall some tech theatre guys in high school who showed me that trick.
I think what they're trying to say is that with Bluetooth being standardized, they're perfectly happy to depend on 3rd-party manufacturers to make the peripherals. I imagine this is a way for them to focus on their core business and not get too involved in something ancilliary to it.
With that kind of qualifier, you just expect to pay extra for portability. I could have probably spent $1500 on a desktop that dwarfs my current laptop, but I'm sure not lugging that around on my back.;)
I've already heard plenty of complaints about a scratch destroying more info on a DVD than a CD due to density. How much would an errant fingernail wipe out on something this dense? I can appreciate the cool factor of cramming so much data on a single disc, but if I have to handle it like a Fabrege (sp?) egg, what's the point?
I still need to spring for a half-decent UPS at home. Here at the office, however, we have this monster UPS from PowerLine that provides several hours of backup battery for our critical systems. We've also considered augmenting it with a generator. Of course, an Internet connection is a moot point if Cox's equipment isn't also on backup power.
I'm not entirely sure such a thing exists. USB is much more ubiquitous and with the relatively small size of thumbdrives, there would appear not to be much of a speed benefit by using firewire. Maybe it has something to do with the cost of the firewire chips?
You call yourself a Slashdot reader and yet you didn't check out ThinkGeek? For shame! I found this model on there that may fit your needs. I haven't used it before though, as a disclaimer.
I think that I would argue that the best analogy you make is the VCR analogy. Computer graphics cards end up working in all PCs (yes, some incidents aside), automobiles all use the same fuel (yes, diesel aside), and I'm not sure the other ones are appropriate comparisons either.
Anyways, Beta was a superior technology, but it was not a superior format overall due to cost and licensing issues. There's a lot more to consider than just the technology. In the case of single-layer DVD, it is arguable that the superior compatibility and low costs of DVD-R media is what makes it the best. Those two things alone compell me to not care about the technological differences between - and +.
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If it wasn't for those of us in the IAP pushing Sec. of State Dean Heller for this paper trail, it wouldn't have existed. Thanks to people like Janine Hansen, we've managed to make that trail to keep the elections more honest. Of course, Dean later came on the record trying to claim credit for it... but what can you expect from a guy who has managed to upset every county clerk in the state with his ineptitude? With all the mess here from ballot questions, we'll be lucky to be able to vote in November.
I've put my name on the ballot three times already. Even just being the 3rd option in the general election without doing anything else is challenging people to stop and consider if they really want another Republican or Democrat in office. So far, I've managed 3.5% each time, though I'm hoping for a better showing this year. (I actually spent some money on signs!)
If we'd simply tweaked the educational system to impart a basic level of scientific literacy in our population, we'd have a better solution than Yucca by now. Yucca Mountain has absorbed 25 years and hundreds of millions of dollars, time and money that could have been spent to find a real solution. I wouldn't have a problem with nuclear power if we'd just find a decent way to break down or re-use the leftovers.
I concur.
What kind of crazy talk is that? Importing something we've paid for is MUCH different than being forced at Congress-point to accept something we don't want. I think the point you were trying to make is obvious, yet I think it is also obviously flawed.
Damn you. You know our weakness! :D
If those of us in Nevada have our say, you'll never have Yucca Mountain. We don't have a single nuclear reactor in the state and yet, somehow, we're supposed to accept the waste from the entire country? And that's the best idea to deal with it? Stick it in a hole for 10,000 years and hope for the best? I think that's why there are a good number of us not too keen on the idea. You made the waste. YOU figure out how to deal with it in your own state, thank you.
I think the greater point is that, with a flood of manufacturers and developers, the costs would drop enough to allow a lot of small and medium businesses to consider buying them for the flexibility of rapidly growing them in the future.
... would be a list of the most-downloaded songs that weren't paid for. You could compare that to this list and see which songs are actually worth buying.
The issue at hand is the use of tables to organize content as opposed to using DIVs properly. Modern design with proper XHTML 1.0 renders VERY well across all browsers (even NetFront on my Clie and lynx in Linux), though some minor CSS incompatibilities do persist between engines with IE being the most broken IMO.
That said, the tables do have a tendency to render more uniformly on older hand-held and text-based browsers. Newer ones that are standards-compliant, however, do fine with updated code. It's the constant problem of developers dragging the browsers into the modern age kicking and screaming.
The day that I have to stop telling people that ask for help "Google is your friend". You can create the greatest search tool in the world, but if the end-user is too oblivious to use it...
I'm in agreement with you. After all, the 1913 Webster's dictionary defined a dollar thusly (a definition created in 1792 with the creation of the US Coinage Act, I believe): 1. (a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now, the total weight being 416 grains.
Masking tape blocks out the vast majority of the light, but you can still see the indicator underneath. It's worked wonders for blocking out the lights on my keyboard, speakers and case. I seem to recall some tech theatre guys in high school who showed me that trick.
I've had the opposite reaction. They used to annoy me, now they amuse me. Normally you have to PAY for this kind of entertainment.
I think what they're trying to say is that with Bluetooth being standardized, they're perfectly happy to depend on 3rd-party manufacturers to make the peripherals. I imagine this is a way for them to focus on their core business and not get too involved in something ancilliary to it.
Say it ain't so.
Also, if anyone hasn't heard of a decent NC-17 movie since Showgirls
You mean the movie that is sold in a package making fun of itself? Right.
With that kind of qualifier, you just expect to pay extra for portability. I could have probably spent $1500 on a desktop that dwarfs my current laptop, but I'm sure not lugging that around on my back. ;)
They could sue the people that made up the DVD video standard for allowing movies to compress and be transmitted easily. Oh wait...
I've already heard plenty of complaints about a scratch destroying more info on a DVD than a CD due to density. How much would an errant fingernail wipe out on something this dense? I can appreciate the cool factor of cramming so much data on a single disc, but if I have to handle it like a Fabrege (sp?) egg, what's the point?
I still need to spring for a half-decent UPS at home. Here at the office, however, we have this monster UPS from PowerLine that provides several hours of backup battery for our critical systems. We've also considered augmenting it with a generator. Of course, an Internet connection is a moot point if Cox's equipment isn't also on backup power.
Sorry about that! Yes, I should have qualified that by saying that I have not used the service. *gives himself a "Think before posting" sticker*
I'm not entirely sure such a thing exists. USB is much more ubiquitous and with the relatively small size of thumbdrives, there would appear not to be much of a speed benefit by using firewire. Maybe it has something to do with the cost of the firewire chips?
You call yourself a Slashdot reader and yet you didn't check out ThinkGeek? For shame! I found this model on there that may fit your needs. I haven't used it before though, as a disclaimer.
I think that I would argue that the best analogy you make is the VCR analogy. Computer graphics cards end up working in all PCs (yes, some incidents aside), automobiles all use the same fuel (yes, diesel aside), and I'm not sure the other ones are appropriate comparisons either.
Anyways, Beta was a superior technology, but it was not a superior format overall due to cost and licensing issues. There's a lot more to consider than just the technology. In the case of single-layer DVD, it is arguable that the superior compatibility and low costs of DVD-R media is what makes it the best. Those two things alone compell me to not care about the technological differences between - and +.