Get rid of the articles from ITWorld / Infoworld / Networkworld. They are weak, watered down, dull, and suitable only to PHB's, not to the techies who made Slashdot what it is (or was). I really don't understand the surge of articles from these sources in recent months. If Slashdot is receiving compensation in return for posting these stories, you really should disclose that fact.
Also, Unicode. Seriously. It's 2012 and Unicode support is long overdue.
Moon vodka would be fun for a while, but the lack of water would make for a nasty hangover. Still, it would deserve investigation (in the name of science of course).
I feel the same way. Given that they will be placed in the produce section, I foresee a dramatic increase in the number of monitor 'accidents' involving squeezed grapefruit juice and tomato guts.
In the FAQ, he says that "It's not possible to use Ctrl-Z/X/C/V shortcuts with the left hand while holding the mouse with the right hand." This is certainly not the case for me; I do this all the time, frequently without looking. With my left hand, I hit Ctrl with my pinky and hold it, while with my index finger I hit X, C, or V as needed. I've been doing this since the Windows 3.1 days.
Be a mobile video camera person for a tv station. You'd have to go out to the story locations and carry the camera during the shoot, as well as configure the camera for different light and sound sources and play with other video recording tech. Don't know how lucrative it is, but it sounds like it would have a lot of variety and would be fun. In fact, you just gave me a great idea for when I retire from programming...
The layout with the "1 2 3" on the bottom row has been the standard layout for 10-key calculators and adding machines for decades. Accountants, bookkeepers, and others know this format by touch and can get quite fast at punching in numbers. I don't know for sure, but I'd wager that the 10-key format predates the telephone format by many years. If you're used to 10-key calculators (as I am), it's the telephones that seem "wrong", not AT keyboards.
A Linux/tech news and discussion site in Spanish built on Slashcode. Like/. but not as active. Has contributors and posters from both Spain and Latin America.
Some time after I started my career working full time at the computer, I also developed pain in my wrist of my mousing hand. For a long time I couldn't figure out why--I suppose I was in denial that something so seemingly innocuous as using a mouse could injure me. Finally, acting on a hunch, I started using a mouse pad that had a gel pad to rest my wrist on, and I immediately felt more comfortable. The pain went away and that wrist has not bothered me ever since.
P.S. I have been using just ordinary Microsoft/Logitech mice.
I am rather nearsighted, but I wear corrective contact lenses all the time, and I used to work at the computer just with those. One day I visited my optometrist and he told me I would feel more comfortable working at the computer wearing reading glasses. I scoffed, I told myself I felt fine, and anyway I was too proud to adopt the trappings of old fogeyhood just yet. Until one day at the drug store I tried on a pair and was amazed at how much more comfortable it made it to see at close distances. Apparently my contact lenses refocus the light so much so I can see far distances, but it creates more strain when looking at near distances. The reading glasses counteract that. So for working at the computer and for reading, I wear my contacts *and* my reading glasses. It makes it so much more comfortable. I just got a cheap +1.25 power pair at Target, and they're not unfashionable, either.
Stacked neatly, the spheroids still take up 74 percent of the space, just like spheres. But in random arrangements, computer simulations and experiments with M&M's showed that spheroids could be packed much more densely, filling up to 71 percent of the space.
Umm, 71 percent is less dense than 74 percent. Yay for innumeracy!
I have a hard time believing this. On December 16 2002 the price of an ounce of gold was US$333, while as of today, December 16 2003, the price is US$408. I can't believe that the cost of labor and other materials went down enough to compensate for this.
I vacationed in Madrid this summer, and one of the metro lines had LCD screens in the metro cars to show news and advertisements. Imagine my amusement when I walked in the car and saw that all the screens had BSODs. Too funny.
Did it ever occur to you that some people might not want to know that the matrix-within-a-matrix theories were unfounded by reading the main page? At least you could have put your comments in the story details and given a spoiler warning. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for for diminishing my Matrix Revolutions experience.
Your time belongs to you, and it is up to you to decide what to do with it. If you don't like working 60 hours a week, then find another job that requires fewer hours, or get a part time job.
I think a lot of people fall into the trap of thinking that they "need" a big house and a big SUV, then end up working like slaves to support their expensive material possessions. In reality, this "need" is self-imposed. No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to work like a dog. Slavery was abolished in the US in the 19th century.
Starring Michael Douglas. A funny and sad story about a laid-off engineer. I think most/.ers could relate to the way Douglas' character thinks. Not many people know about this movie, but it's one of my all-time favorites.
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Do you believe that we have free will? Why or why not?
Get rid of the articles from ITWorld / Infoworld / Networkworld. They are weak, watered down, dull, and suitable only to PHB's, not to the techies who made Slashdot what it is (or was). I really don't understand the surge of articles from these sources in recent months. If Slashdot is receiving compensation in return for posting these stories, you really should disclose that fact.
Also, Unicode. Seriously. It's 2012 and Unicode support is long overdue.
This. Please stop it, it's annoying.
Moon vodka would be fun for a while, but the lack of water would make for a nasty hangover. Still, it would deserve investigation (in the name of science of course).
Alcohols have a hydroxyl group, so it could also be ethyl alcohol (C3C2OH).
You mean the signal to noise ratio will be tiny (little signal, lots of noise). The noise to signal ratio will be huge.
I feel the same way. Given that they will be placed in the produce section, I foresee a dramatic increase in the number of monitor 'accidents' involving squeezed grapefruit juice and tomato guts.
In the FAQ, he says that "It's not possible to use Ctrl-Z/X/C/V shortcuts with the left hand while holding the mouse with the right hand." This is certainly not the case for me; I do this all the time, frequently without looking. With my left hand, I hit Ctrl with my pinky and hold it, while with my index finger I hit X, C, or V as needed. I've been doing this since the Windows 3.1 days.
Be a mobile video camera person for a tv station. You'd have to go out to the story locations and carry the camera during the shoot, as well as configure the camera for different light and sound sources and play with other video recording tech. Don't know how lucrative it is, but it sounds like it would have a lot of variety and would be fun. In fact, you just gave me a great idea for when I retire from programming...
The layout with the "1 2 3" on the bottom row has been the standard layout for 10-key calculators and adding machines for decades. Accountants, bookkeepers, and others know this format by touch and can get quite fast at punching in numbers. I don't know for sure, but I'd wager that the 10-key format predates the telephone format by many years. If you're used to 10-key calculators (as I am), it's the telephones that seem "wrong", not AT keyboards.
http://barrapunto.com/
/. but not as active. Has contributors and posters from both Spain and Latin America.
A Linux/tech news and discussion site in Spanish built on Slashcode. Like
Some time after I started my career working full time at the computer, I also developed pain in my wrist of my mousing hand. For a long time I couldn't figure out why--I suppose I was in denial that something so seemingly innocuous as using a mouse could injure me. Finally, acting on a hunch, I started using a mouse pad that had a gel pad to rest my wrist on, and I immediately felt more comfortable. The pain went away and that wrist has not bothered me ever since.
P.S. I have been using just ordinary Microsoft/Logitech mice.
I am rather nearsighted, but I wear corrective contact lenses all the time, and I used to work at the computer just with those. One day I visited my optometrist and he told me I would feel more comfortable working at the computer wearing reading glasses. I scoffed, I told myself I felt fine, and anyway I was too proud to adopt the trappings of old fogeyhood just yet. Until one day at the drug store I tried on a pair and was amazed at how much more comfortable it made it to see at close distances. Apparently my contact lenses refocus the light so much so I can see far distances, but it creates more strain when looking at near distances. The reading glasses counteract that. So for working at the computer and for reading, I wear my contacts *and* my reading glasses. It makes it so much more comfortable. I just got a cheap +1.25 power pair at Target, and they're not unfashionable, either.
Stacked neatly, the spheroids still take up 74 percent of the space, just like spheres. But in random arrangements, computer simulations and experiments with M&M's showed that spheroids could be packed much more densely, filling up to 71 percent of the space.
Umm, 71 percent is less dense than 74 percent. Yay for innumeracy!
I have a hard time believing this. On December 16 2002 the price of an ounce of gold was US$333, while as of today, December 16 2003, the price is US$408. I can't believe that the cost of labor and other materials went down enough to compensate for this.
I'm all for information being free, and the web remaining a pace for a free flow of information to the whole world
As long as the language is US English, eh?
The world is a big place. You ought to get out and see more of it.
I vacationed in Madrid this summer, and one of the metro lines had LCD screens in the metro cars to show news and advertisements. Imagine my amusement when I walked in the car and saw that all the screens had BSODs. Too funny.
Did it ever occur to you that some people might not want to know that the matrix-within-a-matrix theories were unfounded by reading the main page? At least you could have put your comments in the story details and given a spoiler warning. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for for diminishing my Matrix Revolutions experience.
Your time belongs to you, and it is up to you to decide what to do with it. If you don't like working 60 hours a week, then find another job that requires fewer hours, or get a part time job.
I think a lot of people fall into the trap of thinking that they "need" a big house and a big SUV, then end up working like slaves to support their expensive material possessions. In reality, this "need" is self-imposed. No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to work like a dog. Slavery was abolished in the US in the 19th century.
I was going to post something along those lines, but MoggyMania expressed it more eloquently than I could.
She is precisely right--it's not the marriage, it's the kids that drain the energy and vitality out of one's relationship and out of one's life.
Many people automatically assume that marriage implies kids, when in fact this is not the case. There are lots of happy childfree couples out there.
You should have mentioned there was a "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" plot spoiler in that article. (sigh)
Can you/do you leave it on all the time? Does it help with dust accumulating on furniture?
Hardcore Waste Recycling
Can't wait to see the sheep story.
True, salaries are less compared to the US, but then the costs of living are less, so wouldn't your overall standard of living be similar?
/.ers care to comment about their situation?
I would be interested to hear what your Indian contact has to say about living and working in India.
Actually, I am more interested in Latin America. Any Latin American
Starring Michael Douglas. A funny and sad story about a laid-off engineer. I think most /.ers could relate to the way Douglas' character thinks. Not many people know about this movie, but it's one of my all-time favorites.