They must have read my complaints in my away message.
Same here! They shall now also be able to not read my praise of this in my new away message!
Kudos AOL! It's nice and refreshing to see a large company listen to the general (err... Slashdot) public. (Even if it was a misunderstanding to begin with.)
This is old as hell! We've had two of these in our house for 5-10 years now! (I think ours is called a "sun tube") All it is, is a mylar-like tube with a glass ball collector at the top.
Why not Dict.org? I find that they are the best, due to a nice, clean, and easy to use interface. The only problem is the lack of decent spell check, but other than that it's great! (Especially since it has multiple dictionaries)
Lighting designers have been doing this for some time as well. Programs such as Martin's Show Designer let the designer come up with the entire show on his/her home computer, saving enourmous amounts of money. When the show goes live, all the designer has to do is save a file and transfer it to the board and the show will look exactly as advertised! I also believe sound engineers are starting to use this technology as well to determine the acoustic properties of venues.
(I was also turned off when I realized you had to pay for SkypeOut, but that's just because I hate paying money).
You pay money for your landline/cell phone, don't you? Scrap one of those for VoIP instead! In the future, we'll just walk around with our PDA's connected to the intraweb via wireless or GPRS/EDGE and use VoIP to make calls. None of this using a separate device crap.
Hold on here, whats the problem with maximizing all your windows? I love my windows maximized! It gives me more room to work within the application, as well as allowing me to see more at once.
THE KEY DIFFERENCE between Windows users and I, is that I use Linux with multiple desktops. I can have ALL my apps maximized and still switch around quickly and easily. There's no problem with maximizing windows, the problem lies with sorting through a whole bunch of maximized windows.
Good. How can you have an intergallactic war between good and evil and have it rated "G"!? *Hopefully* we'll be getting something like Empire Strikes Back. (What's that I hear? "HAHAHAHA!" Oh damn, that was Lucas laughing his ass off at me!)
The question is, why is it so expensive? We're just monitoring the damn things! Hook up a computer to record all the data, and have a guy come in once a week to clean the place! Once you get a good chunk of data, use distributed computing to analyze it. This really shouldn't be costing us that much.
(I realize radio-telescope upkeep is probably expensive, but it can't be 4.2 million a year...)
...and will make the decision based on what is best for customers.
HAHAHA! If I had just a penny for every time I heard that from any coorperation, I'd be a millionare! OTOH, if I lost a penny for every time it wasn't best for me, I'd be broke!
The problem is that you aren't supposed to test huge chunks of software all at once. This is insanity! You will never be able to write an OS and then test it all after it's done. What you do is write the program piece by piece, then test every individual function independantly of the rest of the program. Give the function hell! Send it bad data, wierd data, data out of it's range, etc. Once it's fireproof, move on to the next function and continue. Sure, this will take a while with a big program, but you will get a really stable program. A company as big as Microsoft surely has the resources to do this.
You've only got 1 life. Live it! Have fun with what you do. Find something you love to do, and do it! Whatever it is you like to do, you can probably get paid to do it. (It just may take a little searching.)
No offesnse to any Costa Ricans, but since when has Costa Rica set a precedent for anything technology-wise? I don't think we have anything to worry about, especially with Bush as president. He will just declare it a "terrorist act by a corrupt government" or something. There is no chance here in the US, where money is to be made off VoIP, that this will become illegal. (As for most other countries as well I presume.)
* Unix is "the world standard" (eh? Windows seems like it would be more of a world standard, even if we don't like it.)/><br/>You must not be over 20.... Yes, it is true that Windows is now pretty much "world standard", however, a time existed BEFORE Microsoft. (*gasp!* Hard to believe, isn't it?) And yes, BEFORE MS, UNIX was pretty standard. (Although others did exist)
"and making them extra buttons do things."/><br/>That's easy! It's just a simple edit of your XF86Config. Seriously, just add 1 line per button and your there. After that you can assign the buttons to do whatever the hell you like via your window manager.
How soon until a store makes it so that if you try and walk out withouth paying, it automatically debits your card? Then, when the dumbass clerk forgets to disable to RFID security tag, and you walk out, you get billed twice for the same item!
Hey, the FCC is an arm of the people you helped to elect. If you have a problem with what they're doing, you can either challenge their decisions in court (assuming that someone isn't already) or get people fired up to fight.
<flamebait>I don't remember electing Bush the first time, but he went ahead and invaded Iraq anyways despite me protesting.</flamebait>
Government isn't as peachy as you would make it out to be.
...I tolerate text ads because something has to pay for the web...
I not only tolerate text ads, I have even used them on occasion. Google's text ads for example can turn up great results when I am looking to buy things. I think the problem is that I tend to reject things when they are forced upon me. A huge popup in my screen is unwelcome, and will be immediatly closed and bitched at. On the other hand, most of the time I don't even notice a small text ad in the corner of my screen, however, when I do need something, I am able to quickly glance over there and find what I was looking for.
The problem isn't generating the hydrogen. That's easy and it's *relatively* stable in it's default gasseous state. The problem is compressing it so that you can get enough of it in your fuel tank. The hydrogen cars I've heard about have tanks which store hydrogen in liquid state. (MUCH more volitile than gasseous state) This is what posses the major problem to consumers producing the hydrogen at their homes. First they have to produce it, then they have to get it to liquid form, then they have to store it. This is where the danger lies - in all these steps.
If you're really big on the idea of upgrading in the future, you seriously need conduit. It will save hours of your time in the future, as well as encourage you to do more upgrades! (Upgrade all my CAT-5 to CAT-5E, SURE! No prob!) Well, ok, so maybe it isn't quite that simple, but still, conduit will save you the hassle of drilling through walls, climbimg around in the attic and crawlspace.
Also, make a central patch panel somewhere in your house. If it's already built, put it in the garage where your cable and phone come in, if the house is still in the planning stages, create an MDF room! (Where you house all your patching, as well as your file server and MP3 server than can play any song to any room in the house.)
I'm not that surprised at this. Animals definatly have a "sixth sense". I live in California, and before a big earthquake happens, animals start getting really jittery and wierd. Humans probably have the same thing, but simply try to shrug it off as feeling sick or bad or something.
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They must have read my complaints in my away message.
Same here! They shall now also be able to not read my praise of this in my new away message!
Kudos AOL! It's nice and refreshing to see a large company listen to the general (err... Slashdot) public. (Even if it was a misunderstanding to begin with.)
This is old as hell! We've had two of these in our house for 5-10 years now! (I think ours is called a "sun tube") All it is, is a mylar-like tube with a glass ball collector at the top.
Seems to be holding up, but I'd still suggest putting it on ice...
Why not Dict.org? I find that they are the best, due to a nice, clean, and easy to use interface. The only problem is the lack of decent spell check, but other than that it's great! (Especially since it has multiple dictionaries)
Lighting designers have been doing this for some time as well. Programs such as Martin's Show Designer let the designer come up with the entire show on his/her home computer, saving enourmous amounts of money. When the show goes live, all the designer has to do is save a file and transfer it to the board and the show will look exactly as advertised! I also believe sound engineers are starting to use this technology as well to determine the acoustic properties of venues.
(I was also turned off when I realized you had to pay for SkypeOut, but that's just because I hate paying money).
You pay money for your landline/cell phone, don't you? Scrap one of those for VoIP instead! In the future, we'll just walk around with our PDA's connected to the intraweb via wireless or GPRS/EDGE and use VoIP to make calls. None of this using a separate device crap.
Hold on here, whats the problem with maximizing all your windows? I love my windows maximized! It gives me more room to work within the application, as well as allowing me to see more at once.
THE KEY DIFFERENCE between Windows users and I, is that I use Linux with multiple desktops. I can have ALL my apps maximized and still switch around quickly and easily. There's no problem with maximizing windows, the problem lies with sorting through a whole bunch of maximized windows.
Good. How can you have an intergallactic war between good and evil and have it rated "G"!? *Hopefully* we'll be getting something like Empire Strikes Back. (What's that I hear? "HAHAHAHA!" Oh damn, that was Lucas laughing his ass off at me!)
The question is, why is it so expensive? We're just monitoring the damn things! Hook up a computer to record all the data, and have a guy come in once a week to clean the place! Once you get a good chunk of data, use distributed computing to analyze it. This really shouldn't be costing us that much.
(I realize radio-telescope upkeep is probably expensive, but it can't be 4.2 million a year...)
...and will make the decision based on what is best for customers.
HAHAHA! If I had just a penny for every time I heard that from any coorperation, I'd be a millionare! OTOH, if I lost a penny for every time it wasn't best for me, I'd be broke!
The problem is that you aren't supposed to test huge chunks of software all at once. This is insanity! You will never be able to write an OS and then test it all after it's done. What you do is write the program piece by piece, then test every individual function independantly of the rest of the program. Give the function hell! Send it bad data, wierd data, data out of it's range, etc. Once it's fireproof, move on to the next function and continue. Sure, this will take a while with a big program, but you will get a really stable program. A company as big as Microsoft surely has the resources to do this.
You've only got 1 life. Live it! Have fun with what you do. Find something you love to do, and do it! Whatever it is you like to do, you can probably get paid to do it. (It just may take a little searching.)
Linux. All I do is play games when I'm booted into Windows.
...On the other hand, I could always argue that games are productive, as they increase my hand-eye coordination...
It would be a shame if this sets a precedent...
No offesnse to any Costa Ricans, but since when has Costa Rica set a precedent for anything technology-wise? I don't think we have anything to worry about, especially with Bush as president. He will just declare it a "terrorist act by a corrupt government" or something. There is no chance here in the US, where money is to be made off VoIP, that this will become illegal. (As for most other countries as well I presume.)
* Unix is "the world standard" (eh? Windows seems like it would be more of a world standard, even if we don't like it.)/><br />You must not be over 20.... Yes, it is true that Windows is now pretty much "world standard", however, a time existed BEFORE Microsoft. (*gasp!* Hard to believe, isn't it?) And yes, BEFORE MS, UNIX was pretty standard. (Although others did exist)
/.'ed. Dear God, we're to the point where even a comment can innitiate a Slashdotting!
"and making them extra buttons do things."/><br />That's easy! It's just a simple edit of your XF86Config. Seriously, just add 1 line per button and your there. After that you can assign the buttons to do whatever the hell you like via your window manager.
Ya, and for that matter, every second it remains on the front page is another second we are giving MS an idea!
"My car gets fourty rods to the hogs head and that's the way I likes it!"
How soon until a store makes it so that if you try and walk out withouth paying, it automatically debits your card? Then, when the dumbass clerk forgets to disable to RFID security tag, and you walk out, you get billed twice for the same item!
Hey, the FCC is an arm of the people you helped to elect. If you have a problem with what they're doing, you can either challenge their decisions in court (assuming that someone isn't already) or get people fired up to fight.
<flamebait>I don't remember electing Bush the first time, but he went ahead and invaded Iraq anyways despite me protesting.</flamebait>
Government isn't as peachy as you would make it out to be.
...I tolerate text ads because something has to pay for the web...
I not only tolerate text ads, I have even used them on occasion. Google's text ads for example can turn up great results when I am looking to buy things. I think the problem is that I tend to reject things when they are forced upon me. A huge popup in my screen is unwelcome, and will be immediatly closed and bitched at. On the other hand, most of the time I don't even notice a small text ad in the corner of my screen, however, when I do need something, I am able to quickly glance over there and find what I was looking for.
The problem isn't generating the hydrogen. That's easy and it's *relatively* stable in it's default gasseous state. The problem is compressing it so that you can get enough of it in your fuel tank. The hydrogen cars I've heard about have tanks which store hydrogen in liquid state. (MUCH more volitile than gasseous state) This is what posses the major problem to consumers producing the hydrogen at their homes. First they have to produce it, then they have to get it to liquid form, then they have to store it. This is where the danger lies - in all these steps.
CONDUIT! For the love of God, CONDUIT!
If you're really big on the idea of upgrading in the future, you seriously need conduit. It will save hours of your time in the future, as well as encourage you to do more upgrades! (Upgrade all my CAT-5 to CAT-5E, SURE! No prob!) Well, ok, so maybe it isn't quite that simple, but still, conduit will save you the hassle of drilling through walls, climbimg around in the attic and crawlspace.
Also, make a central patch panel somewhere in your house. If it's already built, put it in the garage where your cable and phone come in, if the house is still in the planning stages, create an MDF room! (Where you house all your patching, as well as your file server and MP3 server than can play any song to any room in the house.)
I'm not that surprised at this. Animals definatly have a "sixth sense". I live in California, and before a big earthquake happens, animals start getting really jittery and wierd. Humans probably have the same thing, but simply try to shrug it off as feeling sick or bad or something.