recommending old/used PDAs is battery life - after 3-4 years, the battery craps out and won't hold a charge (this is not an issue, obviously, with the ones that take AAAs). I'd also recommend the AAA ones because you don't have to find a way to charge it every week, so you can go on a really long road trip or whatever. Just take a few packs of batteries.
OTOH: as long as you're bringing a cell phone, you can use it as a dictaphone (voice recorder) or buy a relatively cheap voice recorder. Then spend $100 on ViaVoice, Dragon Naturally Speaking or whatever (for Windows; I'm not familiar with Mac and Unix voice recog software). You'll still have to fix the voice recog's mistakes, but there shouldn't be so many that it'll be a pain - especially since you'd have/want to edit anyway.
Or what about the advertising potential? If someone looks at a particular type of ad repeatedly, that builds a profile of the person's interests.
<tin-foil-hat> I don't want people knowing what I'm looking at. Especially bikini ads, for which my multiple impressions never end in a sale for them... </tin-foil-hat>
She's not a grokParaLegal either ...
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She's a GNU/grokParaLegal
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We can all take a number, and agree to sign the shares over to/. When the shares inevitable rollercoaster up and down, sell 'em at their peak, and distribute the profits in the form of free subscriber accounts for everyone!
if you have linux, or Mac OSX, type "su if you have a pre-OSX Mac, get someone to translate the above commands for you
That'll take care of the folks who don't patch or use a firewall or AV. I figure anyone smart enough to do that won't run the commands... and anyone running a different OS won't have virus issues anyway (and will probably be smart enough to firewall, too!).
Seriously, is there an actual advantage to RPN? I would assume the extra time spent converting from RPN to infix would outweigh the time saved by not having parens.
Then one day I was fixing my PHB's computer. One of his hard drive screws came out. Now said screwdriver is... well, let's just say he put it where the sun don't shine, and it hurt a lot.
doesn't mean it ain't true. The only question in my mind is: are humans actually getting dumber, or is technology increasing the consequences of our inanity?
It's a heck of a lot worse to, say, invade a country on another continent than to attack a neighboring village.
Or support the wheel - have the "axle" go through support struts (rods with cradles or rings at the top that the axle rests in/on top of) before going into into the controller. You could even add gears to scale things up/down if you decided you wanted that. Or maybe have the axle supported by struts, and a belt mechanism to turn the controller. Like most autopilots have, but in reverse. I think this is what the guy meant when he said the binnacle would be the hardest part to build.
Auditing is a precise science, there is no 'belief' - there is only 'practice this, see that it works, use it so that it works to get the results you are supposed to get'.
True scientists admit that they may be wrong. "Practice this, see that it works, use it so that... [you] get the results you are supposed to get" is exactly contrary to the scientific method.
Given the present interpretation, a friend and I prefer to think of ourselves as "little L libertarians" - i.e., not Lib-party Libertarians, but more moderate/independent libertarians.
Ah, semantics.
And I would like to thank you, as well, for this discussion.
I will look at those. And it's not just the RKBA movement with knee-jerks. As a liberal, I shudder sometimes at the brush that knee-jerks are causing us to be painted with.
I did not know that that assertation (about the dangers of carrying/not carrying firearms) had been proven false... I'll have to look at what the sources are. Google, here I come.
Thanks for not jumping on me for daring to disagree. In my experience, the RBKA movement is rather agressive in that respect. No pun intended.
I've been under the influence of narcotics in the hospital (morphine, codeine, various anaesthetics etc), and while I have no experience with PCP or similar, I find it surprising that one could be out of it enough to shrug off a strong mace and yet lucid enough to walk in a straight line and attack someone. Even in a "loaded" state (your words), mace still blinds and causes an involuntary closing of the eyes, and I believe an involuntary eye-rubbing reaction - even if it doesn't feel too painful at the moment. As I said before, pain and punishment are secondary to my safety.
I have seen what happens when people spray "bear spray" (extremely strong mace) on their hands accidentally, then touch their eyes - it's not fun. I would expect it to be similar even when under the influence of drugs.
Could you provide me with a source to back up that assertion of yours?
I hate to reply to myself, but I just had an example that made sense:
the Arab world is not the only group pissed that Bush said Rumsfeld was doing "a superb job".
And even if I thought Rumsfeld was doing a superb job, how the hell is he "courageous"? Even if he's a good leader, he's not risking his life or health in any significant way (terrorist attack, perhaps. But what are the odds?).
What's wrong with non-lethals? I.e., tasers (which, granted, are still dangerous if you have a low body mass, like myself) or mace? Frankly, I don't care if an attacker is killed or wounded - I want to survive. If I can mace an attacker, and get away long enough to call the police, get to a car, get somewhere safe, etc., that's good enough. If the guy gets caught, so much the better - but that's just a bonus.
Just FYI, I am not a woman - but I am, for other reasons, very vulnerable to muggers. Yet I do not wish to risk carrying a lethal weapon that could kill someone, or be wrestled out of my hands by an attacker. Besides which, I do not have the manual dexterity to fire a gun, or even hold it steady.
In 12 (including Illinois), you have to have both or all (not sure of the exact requirements) parties to the conversation know/consent. Telling someone is considered consent; if they don't like it, they can leave or (on the phone) hang up.
IANAL, but this was mentioned a while back in a/. article. OTOH, even if it's not admissible as evidence, showing it to the prosecution might get them to withdraw charges; even if they go after you for illegal recording, that's better than the alternatives.
How often are page numbers actually needed such that you only need pages 1-n numbered as 1-(n-1)? Given that I do that infrequently, I'd forget, and have to look it up often.
So it's more convenient to take 15 seconds to do it my way, than to waste a minute opening Help, searching, browsing through the results, reading each one, finding the relevant menu, etc.
"Surely you're joking professor feynman". One short story is called, "Would you solve the Dirac equation". It talks about his time in Japan, including trying to grok the formal/informal cases that are so common in most languages. One example: "would you like to glance at my lousy garden", vs. "may I see your beautiful garden", vs. "may I hang my eyeballs on your garden" (the example his teacher gave).
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recommending old/used PDAs is battery life - after 3-4 years, the battery craps out and won't hold a charge (this is not an issue, obviously, with the ones that take AAAs). I'd also recommend the AAA ones because you don't have to find a way to charge it every week, so you can go on a really long road trip or whatever. Just take a few packs of batteries.
OTOH: as long as you're bringing a cell phone, you can use it as a dictaphone (voice recorder) or buy a relatively cheap voice recorder. Then spend $100 on ViaVoice, Dragon Naturally Speaking or whatever (for Windows; I'm not familiar with Mac and Unix voice recog software). You'll still have to fix the voice recog's mistakes, but there shouldn't be so many that it'll be a pain - especially since you'd have/want to edit anyway.
Maybe GNU/grokParaLegal was off ... she's really a java.lang.grokParaLegal.
... [down to public static void main] ...
; s erver.surviveSlashdotEffect();s hdot");n TheNews("slashdot");f ect();
import java.lang.grokParaLegal;
grokParaLegal pj = new grokParaLegal();
pj.writeNews();
pj.writeNews()
pj.writeNews();
pj.inTheNews("slashdot");
pj.
pj.inTheNews("sla
pj.server.surviveSlashdotEffect();
pj.i
pj.server.surviveSlashdotEf
when(grokLaw.age() == 1)
{
slashdot.congratsTo(pj);
}
Or what about the advertising potential? If someone looks at a particular type of ad repeatedly, that builds a profile of the person's interests.
... </tin-foil-hat>
<tin-foil-hat> I don't want people knowing what I'm looking at. Especially bikini ads, for which my multiple impressions never end in a sale for them
She's a GNU/grokParaLegal
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We can all take a number, and agree to sign the shares over to /. When the shares inevitable rollercoaster up and down, sell 'em at their peak, and distribute the profits in the form of free subscriber accounts for everyone!
- if you have windows, type, "format C:"
- if you have linux, or Mac OSX, type "su if you have a pre-OSX Mac, get someone to translate the above commands for you
That'll take care of the folks who don't patch or use a firewall or AV. I figure anyone smart enough to do that won't run the commandsSeriously, is there an actual advantage to RPN? I would assume the extra time spent converting from RPN to infix would outweigh the time saved by not having parens.
Then one day I was fixing my PHB's computer. One of his hard drive screws came out. Now said screwdriver is ... well, let's just say he put it where the sun don't shine, and it hurt a lot.
doesn't mean it ain't true. The only question in my mind is: are humans actually getting dumber, or is technology increasing the consequences of our inanity?
It's a heck of a lot worse to, say, invade a country on another continent than to attack a neighboring village.
He said torpedo tubes.
Or support the wheel - have the "axle" go through support struts (rods with cradles or rings at the top that the axle rests in/on top of) before going into into the controller. You could even add gears to scale things up/down if you decided you wanted that. Or maybe have the axle supported by struts, and a belt mechanism to turn the controller. Like most autopilots have, but in reverse. I think this is what the guy meant when he said the binnacle would be the hardest part to build.
Yeah I know ... I should fight the good fight, but sorry, I just can't be arsed.
America in a nutshell, ladies and gentlemen...
What American would ever use the word "arsed"? Oh, right, Bush sucking up to Blair. "And British culture is so bloody wonderful!"
"in [sic] first glance"
How long has 802.11 been around?
Auditing is a precise science, there is no 'belief' - there is only 'practice this, see that it works, use it so that it works to get the results you are supposed to get'.
... [you] get the results you are supposed to get" is exactly contrary to the scientific method.
True scientists admit that they may be wrong. "Practice this, see that it works, use it so that
I don't follow any of the Abrahamic faiths. How about the Hindu-Muslim conflicts in India and Pakistan? That's going both ways.
Given the present interpretation, a friend and I prefer to think of ourselves as "little L libertarians" - i.e., not Lib-party Libertarians, but more moderate/independent libertarians.
Ah, semantics.
And I would like to thank you, as well, for this discussion.
I will look at those. And it's not just the RKBA movement with knee-jerks. As a liberal, I shudder sometimes at the brush that knee-jerks are causing us to be painted with.
I did not know that that assertation (about the dangers of carrying/not carrying firearms) had been proven false ... I'll have to look at what the sources are. Google, here I come.
Thanks for not jumping on me for daring to disagree. In my experience, the RBKA movement is rather agressive in that respect. No pun intended.
I've been under the influence of narcotics in the hospital (morphine, codeine, various anaesthetics etc), and while I have no experience with PCP or similar, I find it surprising that one could be out of it enough to shrug off a strong mace and yet lucid enough to walk in a straight line and attack someone. Even in a "loaded" state (your words), mace still blinds and causes an involuntary closing of the eyes, and I believe an involuntary eye-rubbing reaction - even if it doesn't feel too painful at the moment. As I said before, pain and punishment are secondary to my safety.
I have seen what happens when people spray "bear spray" (extremely strong mace) on their hands accidentally, then touch their eyes - it's not fun. I would expect it to be similar even when under the influence of drugs.
Could you provide me with a source to back up that assertion of yours?
I hate to reply to myself, but I just had an example that made sense:
the Arab world is not the only group pissed that Bush said Rumsfeld was doing "a superb job".
And even if I thought Rumsfeld was doing a superb job, how the hell is he "courageous"? Even if he's a good leader, he's not risking his life or health in any significant way (terrorist attack, perhaps. But what are the odds?).
has had some relatively balanced articles by Al-Jazeera on it.
What's wrong with non-lethals? I.e., tasers (which, granted, are still dangerous if you have a low body mass, like myself) or mace? Frankly, I don't care if an attacker is killed or wounded - I want to survive. If I can mace an attacker, and get away long enough to call the police, get to a car, get somewhere safe, etc., that's good enough. If the guy gets caught, so much the better - but that's just a bonus.
Just FYI, I am not a woman - but I am, for other reasons, very vulnerable to muggers. Yet I do not wish to risk carrying a lethal weapon that could kill someone, or be wrestled out of my hands by an attacker. Besides which, I do not have the manual dexterity to fire a gun, or even hold it steady.
Dude, just because it's pre-installed on other OSs doesn't mean they're not using plugins for Java.
In 12 (including Illinois), you have to have both or all (not sure of the exact requirements) parties to the conversation know/consent. Telling someone is considered consent; if they don't like it, they can leave or (on the phone) hang up.
/. article. OTOH, even if it's not admissible as evidence, showing it to the prosecution might get them to withdraw charges; even if they go after you for illegal recording, that's better than the alternatives.
IANAL, but this was mentioned a while back in a
How often are page numbers actually needed such that you only need pages 1-n numbered as 1-(n-1)? Given that I do that infrequently, I'd forget, and have to look it up often.
So it's more convenient to take 15 seconds to do it my way, than to waste a minute opening Help, searching, browsing through the results, reading each one, finding the relevant menu, etc.
And Clippy has been permanently turned off. Duh!
"Surely you're joking professor feynman". One short story is called, "Would you solve the Dirac equation". It talks about his time in Japan, including trying to grok the formal/informal cases that are so common in most languages. One example: "would you like to glance at my lousy garden", vs. "may I see your beautiful garden", vs. "may I hang my eyeballs on your garden" (the example his teacher gave).