I quite agree, but it doesn't change the fact that most people in an emergency will go "It's a phone, I can get help by dialling 911" rather than "Oh wait, it's a VoIP service with no 911".
I've worked at dispatch, I know how irritating and downright dangerous people can be when stressed. Still, nothing is worse (are you all listening to this?) than someone prank calling, you disconnect them, and then you take a call from someone who's father has collapsed with a heart attack. The extra 20 seconds makes a lot of difference.
I've seen very few phones with GPS in them, instead they just detail which tower they connect to. In cities this can be used to narrow you down to about 10 metres, in the country anywhere to about 10 miles.
But Apple only have to do it for a much reduced list of hardware. A Mac is a Mac is a Mac. Unlike a PC is a Dell is a HP is a Packard Bell with GodOnlyKnowsWhat 4.3 installed.
Not that I'm saying MS have it hard, personally I think the abstraction layers so many things have make it fairly easy, but the quirks really do piss things off.
Just out of interest, which countries are on the A-List. I went over to the US from the UK recently, and still had to undergo the full swathe of fingerprints, questions, and being watched by 4 armed troopers just because I had long hair.
Yes. Narrowing down the countries which can be used to send spam from means the spam problem becomes greater in those countries and they are under more pressure to introduce anti-spam measures.
If it's one small country which 80% of spam comes from, all it takes is a few big players to blacklist the entire country
I'd question calling Windows a window manager, unlike earlier versions where DOS did the kernelly stuff and Windows made it look good, 2000 and up are really closely intertwined.
Because email is not a persistant communication medium. Unlike IMs, where you maintain contact with the server, you only get emails when you ask for them.
I'm glad I'm not the only person to think that. Makes bugger all difference to my shave though.
In other news: Anybody else being persistantly bugged to moderate or M2? Every single day I come back to find they want me to M2, and almost daily I find another 5 mod points.
By creating 'tool' blocks for these robots, it will eventually be possible for an assembly station to build a robot with tools, which can then go out and fabricate more blocks as necessary.
What's more pressing though, is would you want to do this? If a robot can fabricate its own components, then you lose a big part of the quality control. With this the components all meet standards, how would a robot building its own out of things it finds lying around be able to guarantee this?
Of course, thoe whole thing could assemble readymade components. But then why not just send up extra blocks?
What would be an excellent application of the blocks thing would be planetary exploration. Land several of these blocks (at 10cm by 10cm you can send a few) along with specialised 'tool' blocks, and shove them all on a rover. The rover provides power and traction, but then there's a near limitless configuration of blocks available to move things around. If you landed one rover and several other 'supply' modules with nothing but these blocks on then you could cheaply build a rover capable of dealing with multiple situations.
There's a reason it only works during daytime. The rover can't maintain enough charge in the batteries to perform drive maneuvers and still wake up the next morning. It's difficult enough to shut down to a minimum requirement and keep the systems warm enough to boot in the morning, having to power up the entire rover to perform a complex drive using a hell of a lot of power would just kill it completely.
I acknowledge Firefox has a render bug (though I haven't seen it recently), but I'm pointing out that if Slashdot HTML wasn't invalid and generally piss-poorly organised (Nested tables anybody?) then Firefox would stand a far better chance.
*That* I know is a problem in Firefox due to when page elements get rendered (ie before the whole page is loaded), which is why zoom in zoom out fixes it by forcing a total re-render.
The fact it happens at all is due to godawful HTML.
Slashdot is absolutely nowhere near any known web standard.
Thus, Slashdot's HTML is ballsed up. Firefox may stand a better chance with valid HTML, the other browsers are using 'quirks' mode and rendering what they think the page should say, not what it does.
Windows XP is Windows XP (SP2 issues are caused by using wrong parts of the API).
Windows 95 is Windows 95.
Windows 3.11 is Windows 3.11
Fedora is possibly Fedora, but might be compiled with some new libraries. Or possibly the configuration change means that specific functions won't work exactly the same. Hell, the whole thing could be theoretically rewritten.
'Windows is Windows' is true. 'Linux is Linux' doesn't have to be.
It seems you know little about mentally filling in the blanks and even less about taking things in context.
Because any AV on a Unix platform would have to deal with theoretically limitless combinations and permutations of how the kernel is configured - Windows is Windows. Linux is more of a guideline.
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I quite agree, but it doesn't change the fact that most people in an emergency will go "It's a phone, I can get help by dialling 911" rather than "Oh wait, it's a VoIP service with no 911".
I've worked at dispatch, I know how irritating and downright dangerous people can be when stressed. Still, nothing is worse (are you all listening to this?) than someone prank calling, you disconnect them, and then you take a call from someone who's father has collapsed with a heart attack. The extra 20 seconds makes a lot of difference.
Huh?
I've seen very few phones with GPS in them, instead they just detail which tower they connect to. In cities this can be used to narrow you down to about 10 metres, in the country anywhere to about 10 miles.
Okay, lets put this simply.
Panic
Phone
911
In an emergency, you grab any phone, and dial the emergency number. It works for POTS, it works for mobile, why not VoIP?
But Apple only have to do it for a much reduced list of hardware. A Mac is a Mac is a Mac. Unlike a PC is a Dell is a HP is a Packard Bell with GodOnlyKnowsWhat 4.3 installed.
Not that I'm saying MS have it hard, personally I think the abstraction layers so many things have make it fairly easy, but the quirks really do piss things off.
Just out of interest, which countries are on the A-List. I went over to the US from the UK recently, and still had to undergo the full swathe of fingerprints, questions, and being watched by 4 armed troopers just because I had long hair.
Yes. Narrowing down the countries which can be used to send spam from means the spam problem becomes greater in those countries and they are under more pressure to introduce anti-spam measures.
If it's one small country which 80% of spam comes from, all it takes is a few big players to blacklist the entire country
I'd question calling Windows a window manager, unlike earlier versions where DOS did the kernelly stuff and Windows made it look good, 2000 and up are really closely intertwined.
I've used both Palm and PocketPC (WinCE) devices for a while now, and I have to say that PocketPC wins hands down.
Because email is not a persistant communication medium. Unlike IMs, where you maintain contact with the server, you only get emails when you ask for them.
My PC is whisper quiet right now
When I go play games and the fans start to turn on, it sounds like a jet engine.
Power-up is even better, because *everything* kicks in at once along with the hard disks so it's just plain loud.
Want some of mine? I've just got another 5...
I'm glad I'm not the only person to think that. Makes bugger all difference to my shave though.
In other news: Anybody else being persistantly bugged to moderate or M2? Every single day I come back to find they want me to M2, and almost daily I find another 5 mod points.
By creating 'tool' blocks for these robots, it will eventually be possible for an assembly station to build a robot with tools, which can then go out and fabricate more blocks as necessary.
What's more pressing though, is would you want to do this? If a robot can fabricate its own components, then you lose a big part of the quality control. With this the components all meet standards, how would a robot building its own out of things it finds lying around be able to guarantee this?
Of course, thoe whole thing could assemble readymade components. But then why not just send up extra blocks?
What would be an excellent application of the blocks thing would be planetary exploration. Land several of these blocks (at 10cm by 10cm you can send a few) along with specialised 'tool' blocks, and shove them all on a rover. The rover provides power and traction, but then there's a near limitless configuration of blocks available to move things around. If you landed one rover and several other 'supply' modules with nothing but these blocks on then you could cheaply build a rover capable of dealing with multiple situations.
Gets stuck? Move some blocks around to lift out.
Along with the batteries being colder...
There's a reason it only works during daytime. The rover can't maintain enough charge in the batteries to perform drive maneuvers and still wake up the next morning. It's difficult enough to shut down to a minimum requirement and keep the systems warm enough to boot in the morning, having to power up the entire rover to perform a complex drive using a hell of a lot of power would just kill it completely.
Then again, I could be wrong.
Not a chance in hell. Star-Trek technical writers have a very tightly controlled set of technology.
That summary... well. Trekkies eat your heart out.
Oh for a +1 "Finally Got The Point"
Makes you wonder where rapists 0 to 17 are, and if it's really wise to put them on a network with OMGZLOLLER teenage girls.
Is that a -1 "Piss-Poor Attempt" moderation I see on the horizon?
Because the HTML is godawful, valid or not.
I acknowledge Firefox has a render bug (though I haven't seen it recently), but I'm pointing out that if Slashdot HTML wasn't invalid and generally piss-poorly organised (Nested tables anybody?) then Firefox would stand a far better chance.
*That* I know is a problem in Firefox due to when page elements get rendered (ie before the whole page is loaded), which is why zoom in zoom out fixes it by forcing a total re-render.
The fact it happens at all is due to godawful HTML.
What you're suggesting is effectively M2ing the film. You'd be moderating someone's opinion.
All correct, except for the "fixed number of reproducable states". Digital is, dy definition, only allowed two possible states.
Bzzt, wrong!
Firefox renders to something called a standard.
Slashdot is absolutely nowhere near any known web standard.
Thus, Slashdot's HTML is ballsed up. Firefox may stand a better chance with valid HTML, the other browsers are using 'quirks' mode and rendering what they think the page should say, not what it does.
*sigh*
Windows XP is Windows XP (SP2 issues are caused by using wrong parts of the API).
Windows 95 is Windows 95.
Windows 3.11 is Windows 3.11
Fedora is possibly Fedora, but might be compiled with some new libraries. Or possibly the configuration change means that specific functions won't work exactly the same. Hell, the whole thing could be theoretically rewritten.
'Windows is Windows' is true. 'Linux is Linux' doesn't have to be.
It seems you know little about mentally filling in the blanks and even less about taking things in context.
Because any AV on a Unix platform would have to deal with theoretically limitless combinations and permutations of how the kernel is configured - Windows is Windows. Linux is more of a guideline.