And the harsh reality is that, since we started the "get tough on crime" attitude in the U.S. back in the early 80's, violent crime has seen a steady decline.
You count your postman and butcher and 50 people at work that significantly? If they count against that number, then it seems you're probably investing FAR too much in these people who are essentially on the fringe of your life.
Or, if they count against that number, they aren't on the fringe of his life.
Anyway, please refrain from cutting throats of live beings, wether they're animals or whatnot.
I realize it may sound odd that this is what caught my attention in your post, but what whatnot do you refer to that is a living being -- with a throat -- but not an animal?
All a mechanical keyboard confirms is "yes, you pressed a key, for sure, didn't you hear that loud CLICK?" It offers no features that would allow you to tell if you've hit "the right key," because they all make the same godawful noise when they're pressed, it's not like the keyboard announces, "HEY, you typed an 'A'!!" every time you press the 'A' key.
That would be neat. You could have a special tone for each letter. Then you wouldn't even need the letters printed on the keys, you could just lay them out in a big row, maybe in a sort of pattern to get your bearings when you sit down in front of it and to help your fingers find the right one. You could use your feet for alternate keys, too.
IWhat, do you want an oversized knife switch with electricity arcing all around it so you can shout "IT'S ALIVE! ALIVE!!! AAAAH HA HA HA!" whenever you need to flip it? Because... well, okay, I want that, too, come to think of it...
Turbo Pascal was actually a very good programing system. It had a huge libary of tools and and a big comunity. The early version where also dirt cheap. At a time when a Basic compiler cost $500 you could buy TuboPascal for well under $100.
I liked the fact that most "Turbo" products came with half a bookshelf worth of manuals and reference books. Felt like I got something for my money, at least while carrying it to the car.
Perhaps to satisfy./ pedants, authors of articles and the summaries we read here will, in the future, use only words with one possible definition, and that one and only definition hyperlinked so that there can be no pretense of confusion.
. . . while you can easily establish a software company with no training (in fact training may be going against you), I just don't see how you can do it in the bio- or nano-tech, with completely no exposure to basic concepts or science and technology.
Here's how: You simply define "innovation" as creating the next facebook or twitter or whatever -- stuff that can be easily demoed by a kid using the programming/network stuff he picked up in high school (You hire pros to redo the whole thing on a business scale with the VC money). Cars, vaccines, boring industrial processes, optical and radio modulation schemes -- that's stupid stuff that just "comes into being" by itself, it's not innovative.
This is the sound of an SR-71 flying five hundred feet off the ground overhead at mach 2 after the initial shockwave of truth hits you square in the face...
WWWWHHHHHOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Do you work in admissions? Or for the "College Board?":)
So, are you saying that the SR-71 couldn't have been built without BS, MS and PhD engineers? Or did I miss your point?
I strongly believe that the investment firm running Skype has kept it alive and looking healthy for as long as necessary.
Now the deal with Microsoft is made, there is no reason to keep the extra staff on board to keep it running without issues.
This also explains the sudden pull out from Astrix support.
This is the world we live in when money driven firms keep the windows clean, until it is no longer necessary.
The correct term is window dressing.
Microsoft, good luck with your recent purchase.
I would hope (correctly or incorrectly) that Microsoft would insist, in writing, that the current owners properly maintain the systems throughout the acquisition process. Dammit, Jim, I'm an engineer not an MBA, but that still seems like a reasonable course of action -- you know, like specifying that the current owners don't trash the house you've contracted to buy from them in between inspection and closing.
Step 2: Go to %AppData%\Skype\YourUsername rename config.xml to config.bak
Step 3: Go to %AppData%\Skype rename shared.xml to shared.bak
Step 4: Reinstall Skype
Step 5: Profit!
If I gotta do a complete reinstall* to fix a problem I didn't cause, I think I'd reserve the right to whine while doing it. That's like saying: "Quitjer bitchin' and just re-install windows!"
Because in major cities they still can't implement the technology needed to provide 3G throughout entire cities. I'm sure they do fine in areas where there aren't any hills, or tall buildings or a large population, but around here they suck. Supposedly they're working on their network, but it still sucks as bad as ever and I doubt that they're ever going to change.
I'm in a minor city. Few hills, no tall buildings, not a large population. And still sucky 3G. Had to go with another carrier -- at least I can get 3G reliably on the second floor of my house with them.
So Twitter is supposed to name names of those who named names?
"You know by tattling on your friends, you're really just tattling on yourself. By tattling, you're just telling them that you're a tattletale. Now, is that the tale you want to tell?"
No, it doesn't. Again, a voluntary contract. Your speech is only limited if you sign the contract - just like a Non Disclosure Agreement.
Uh huh. And this will never catch on and become standard procedure for all health professionals. Just like one-sided "contracts" haven't become standard in the phone business, the ISP business, the cable TV business . . . and just about every other business. But who really needs health care, anyway? If I don't like it, I can clean my own teeth.
The library of the future is . . . the library of the past. Isn't this just the "closed stacks" system? Except with robots? And no hanky-panky in dimly-lit floor 2.5 East?
The important part is the film handler. Unlike a camera, which can run the film more or less continuously and use a fast shutter speed, a projector has to stop the film for most of the frame's duration, and then quickly accelerate it out of the way while only blocking the light for a very short duration, or else the movie would "smear". Of course it flickers, since this is Lego, but it doesn't smear, and that's quite a feat.
OK, but I still think that if I were to start a project like this and realize that I needed a lens, lamp and reels, the best way to get them would be to cannibalize another projector . . .
hm, while we're waving peckers, I've still got an Apple IIe & IIgs, a C128, a semi functional Imsai 8080
and a Kaypro of some indeterminate type (can't remember which model {huge, heavy blue thing}) (the kaypro is in storage. )
On that note, I use VPC for anything that requires an older version of windows and DOSbox for any other app that requires an older intel based proc.
Our wrinkly peckers, perhaps.
But do you know what's really funny? I found a program in my archives a coupla months back called "386whoa.com". It slowed down a 386 enough that you could play 8088 games that depended on hardware timing. Now that makes me feel old.
Or, to put it in a more sinister way: You get a heavier sentence if you insist on asserting your constitutional rights to a trial, to confront your accusers, to privacy from searches without probable cause, to avoid incriminating yourself, etc.
I think it's even simpler than that. You get a heavier sentence if you say you're not guilty instead of confessing and acting contrite. Everyone loves a contrite sinner more than one who shows no remorse. Even if they aren't actually guilty.
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And the harsh reality is that, since we started the "get tough on crime" attitude in the U.S. back in the early 80's, violent crime has seen a steady decline.
1. Citation needed.
2. (Favorite Slashdot Meme Alert) Correlation != Causation
You count your postman and butcher and 50 people at work that significantly? If they count against that number, then it seems you're probably investing FAR too much in these people who are essentially on the fringe of your life.
Or, if they count against that number, they aren't on the fringe of his life.
Anyway, please refrain from cutting throats of live beings, wether they're animals or whatnot.
I realize it may sound odd that this is what caught my attention in your post, but what whatnot do you refer to that is a living being -- with a throat -- but not an animal?
All a mechanical keyboard confirms is "yes, you pressed a key, for sure, didn't you hear that loud CLICK?" It offers no features that would allow you to tell if you've hit "the right key," because they all make the same godawful noise when they're pressed, it's not like the keyboard announces, "HEY, you typed an 'A'!!" every time you press the 'A' key.
That would be neat. You could have a special tone for each letter. Then you wouldn't even need the letters printed on the keys, you could just lay them out in a big row, maybe in a sort of pattern to get your bearings when you sit down in front of it and to help your fingers find the right one. You could use your feet for alternate keys, too.
IWhat, do you want an oversized knife switch with electricity arcing all around it so you can shout "IT'S ALIVE! ALIVE!!! AAAAH HA HA HA!" whenever you need to flip it? Because... well, okay, I want that, too, come to think of it...
Although that would be cool, I have my heart set on something like this, I think.
Turbo Pascal was actually a very good programing system. It had a huge libary of tools and and a big comunity. The early version where also dirt cheap. At a time when a Basic compiler cost $500 you could buy TuboPascal for well under $100.
I liked the fact that most "Turbo" products came with half a bookshelf worth of manuals and reference books. Felt like I got something for my money, at least while carrying it to the car.
Perhaps to satisfy ./ pedants, authors of articles and the summaries we read here will, in the future, use only words with one possible definition, and that one and only definition hyperlinked so that there can be no pretense of confusion.
We are DEVO!
. . . while you can easily establish a software company with no training (in fact training may be going against you), I just don't see how you can do it in the bio- or nano-tech, with completely no exposure to basic concepts or science and technology.
Here's how: You simply define "innovation" as creating the next facebook or twitter or whatever -- stuff that can be easily demoed by a kid using the programming/network stuff he picked up in high school (You hire pros to redo the whole thing on a business scale with the VC money). Cars, vaccines, boring industrial processes, optical and radio modulation schemes -- that's stupid stuff that just "comes into being" by itself, it's not innovative.
This is the sound of an SR-71 flying five hundred feet off the ground overhead at mach 2 after the initial shockwave of truth hits you square in the face... WWWWHHHHHOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Do you work in admissions? Or for the "College Board?" :)
So, are you saying that the SR-71 couldn't have been built without BS, MS and PhD engineers? Or did I miss your point?
I strongly believe that the investment firm running Skype has kept it alive and looking healthy for as long as necessary. Now the deal with Microsoft is made, there is no reason to keep the extra staff on board to keep it running without issues. This also explains the sudden pull out from Astrix support.
This is the world we live in when money driven firms keep the windows clean, until it is no longer necessary. The correct term is window dressing.
Microsoft, good luck with your recent purchase.
I would hope (correctly or incorrectly) that Microsoft would insist, in writing, that the current owners properly maintain the systems throughout the acquisition process. Dammit, Jim, I'm an engineer not an MBA, but that still seems like a reasonable course of action -- you know, like specifying that the current owners don't trash the house you've contracted to buy from them in between inspection and closing.
Step 1: Uninstall Skype
Step 2: Go to %AppData%\Skype\YourUsername rename config.xml to config.bak
Step 3: Go to %AppData%\Skype rename shared.xml to shared.bak
Step 4: Reinstall Skype
Step 5: Profit!
If I gotta do a complete reinstall* to fix a problem I didn't cause, I think I'd reserve the right to whine while doing it. That's like saying: "Quitjer bitchin' and just re-install windows!"
*And now it looks like maybe I don't need to.
Because in major cities they still can't implement the technology needed to provide 3G throughout entire cities. I'm sure they do fine in areas where there aren't any hills, or tall buildings or a large population, but around here they suck. Supposedly they're working on their network, but it still sucks as bad as ever and I doubt that they're ever going to change.
I'm in a minor city. Few hills, no tall buildings, not a large population. And still sucky 3G. Had to go with another carrier -- at least I can get 3G reliably on the second floor of my house with them.
So Twitter is supposed to name names of those who named names?
"You know by tattling on your friends, you're really just tattling on yourself. By tattling, you're just telling them that you're a tattletale. Now, is that the tale you want to tell?"
No, it doesn't. Again, a voluntary contract. Your speech is only limited if you sign the contract - just like a Non Disclosure Agreement.
Uh huh. And this will never catch on and become standard procedure for all health professionals. Just like one-sided "contracts" haven't become standard in the phone business, the ISP business, the cable TV business . . . and just about every other business. But who really needs health care, anyway? If I don't like it, I can clean my own teeth.
The library of the future is . . . the library of the past. Isn't this just the "closed stacks" system? Except with robots? And no hanky-panky in dimly-lit floor 2.5 East?
Noone has ever heard of him.
I don't know who Noone is, but even my father-in-law's heard of him, man. You've probably been down in the basement with the shop vac and didn't hear.
Duh, he's that jazz saxophonist who used to work with Miles Davis.
I think you mean . . . oh, now I get it. Funny. Ha ha.
The important part is the film handler. Unlike a camera, which can run the film more or less continuously and use a fast shutter speed, a projector has to stop the film for most of the frame's duration, and then quickly accelerate it out of the way while only blocking the light for a very short duration, or else the movie would "smear". Of course it flickers, since this is Lego, but it doesn't smear, and that's quite a feat.
OK, but I still think that if I were to start a project like this and realize that I needed a lens, lamp and reels, the best way to get them would be to cannibalize another projector . . .
Before commenting, please read "Design of Everyday Things" by Norman.
Please.
A person trying to kill you is infinitely more dangerous than a virus.
Really? Cause I'd wager you'd be a lot more freaked out by Ebola than a Slashdotter with a hammer.
hm, while we're waving peckers, I've still got an Apple IIe & IIgs, a C128, a semi functional Imsai 8080 and a Kaypro of some indeterminate type (can't remember which model {huge, heavy blue thing}) (the kaypro is in storage. )
On that note, I use VPC for anything that requires an older version of windows and DOSbox for any other app that requires an older intel based proc.
Our wrinkly peckers, perhaps.
But do you know what's really funny? I found a program in my archives a coupla months back called "386whoa.com". It slowed down a 386 enough that you could play 8088 games that depended on hardware timing. Now that makes me feel old.
Get off my lawn - I still have my Commodore VIC-20 ;)
If it works, you win!
I played Wolfenstein 3d at 320x200 -- on a good day!
Actually, I played Wolfenstein (2d) on a "flippy" disk in my day.
Get off my lawn . . . I've still got my C=64!
Or, to put it in a more sinister way: You get a heavier sentence if you insist on asserting your constitutional rights to a trial, to confront your accusers, to privacy from searches without probable cause, to avoid incriminating yourself, etc.
I think it's even simpler than that. You get a heavier sentence if you say you're not guilty instead of confessing and acting contrite. Everyone loves a contrite sinner more than one who shows no remorse. Even if they aren't actually guilty.