When your users equate "no email" with "no startup", what can you do?
Right; I had a similar problem with someone once. They called to tell me their modem wasn't big enough, and they needed a bigger one. I asked if they meant they wanted a "faster" modem, and they said yes.
So I head over there with a top of the line 56k modem only to find out the modem isn't the problem, they were out of space and needed a bigger hard drive. How the hell they crossed "modem" and "hard drive" I have no idea.
It actually makes sense to have a wearable storage facility.
Uhm... Cellular phone... memory card... bluetooth built in. It's all here. All you're missing is the interoperability issue. IE, why can't my MP3 player pull data off my phone's CF card via bluetooth? There's no technical reason it can't. Just some software, and bluetooth in the MP3 player...
In fact, my wife *did* call 911 about the siezure, which handles the emergency care for the phyical need of the one child, but does *nothing* to assist in the emotional care for my wife - who needed my support.
I understand, but that doesn't give the two of you the right to disturb 100 people who paid $12 a pop to see a movie. You may be thinking, "Screw those people. This is an emergency!" The rest of us disagree.
In addition, if we follow the logical outcome of the scenario you present, while she is riding in the ambulance with the EMS personnel, who is caring for the needs of the *rest* of my kids?
Simple: She doesn't ride in the ambulance. She puts the rest of the kids in the car and follows the ambulance to the hospital.
Seriously: Do you never go out of town? What's she supposed to do while you're on business travel? She really can get along without you for brief periods of time. Yes, even in emergencies. And if she can't - if she really, honestly can not cope without you during an emergency - then you should not go to the theater. Simple as that.
Now, all of this being said, you don't strike me as a rude person and I'm willing to bet you are responsible enough to put your phone on vibrate while in the theater. As I said, I carry my phone everywhere as well because I want to keep in touch with my loved ones. I also put it on vibrate in theaters and other quiet/sensitive areas. So I'm not berating you for having the phone on in a manner that doesn't bother others.
However, the point I am trying to get across is this: If a theater blocked your phone, you really would cope just fine. Honestly. Life would go on. The worst case scenario is something happens, your wife deals with it, and you find out 2 hours later. Given the nature of cell phone annoyances in theaters from people who aren't as polite as you and I, I really believe this is an acceptable solution to the problem.
The best solution would be for theater employees to kick out rude people. But we know that's never going to happen (not in most theaters, anyway).
In my case, I have four kids. When I am away from home, I need to be reachable ALL the time i
That's horse shit and you know it. I also have young children.
For example, I can recall being at the office when my wife called distraught that my 9 month old son had just experienced a siezure, and needed urgent medical attention. I also can recall a time when my 2 year old fell off a swing and needed stitches.
Your wife should have dialed 911, or taken the child to the emergency room. Calling you does nothing to help the child.
Now, I understand that you want to be informed. I really do. I carry my cell everywhere in part because I want my wife to be able to call me if something happens to her or the kids. However... I should hope she calls 911 first, because there's nothing I can do for her on the other end of the phone!
If I went to see a movie, and something happened, I'd just have to find out afterwards. It's not like the kid is going to die because my phone was turned off, but I could have saved him. That's what EMS is for. Calling me is merely informative and information, yes even highly important information such as that, really can wait.
If I were rich, I'd love to have the front door be remote-operated like my car doors and possibly open itself (so I could carry things inside without putting them down to open it).
Holy shit man, you don't have to be rich to do this. A small RFID keyfob & receiver, electronic door strike, and a few cheap components/software in between. I could knock this project out for under $150.
Get close to the door, the latch releases and you push it open with your foot without turning the handle. Simple.
Its the guy in the new, expesive sports car who never seems to realize there's a gas pedal in there somewhere that he only has to gaze at to smoke the economy car -but he never does.
That's because every time he exceeds the speed limit by 1mph, or accelerates faster than a Metro, some jackass cop picks him out of the crowd and nails him with hundreds of dollars in fines.
Signed, someone who has driven sports cars his entire life and has been nailed more times than he can count, who is always picked out of the crowd and issued speeding tickets even when others were passing ME.
No, they aren't picking on me specifically. They're picking on my cars. Ask any middle aged man with a new Vette why he drives it like Grandma and he'll tell you the same thing.
No, it's a huge problem in the US. Nobody knows how to drive a stick. The vast stinking majority of cars sold today don't even offer a manual transmission. Most driver education classes haven't taught stick for well over a decade.
If I had a few hundred million dollars laying around, I'd slack off, too. What? Make another hit movie? Screw that. I'm going to lounge on my private yacht off the coast of Hawaii. Don't call me, I'll call you.
HOLY SHIT!!!!!! A GIRL!!!!!!! ON SLASHDOT?!?!?!?!!!!!
Hey, baby. How's it going? I'm adding you to my friends list, sugar, so I can keep track of you and hit on you every time you post. Maybe I'll get your cell phone records, too, now that I know how.
[/sarcasm]
No, I'm not really a creepy asshole, merely illustrating for those who don't get it precisely why there appear to be no females in places like this. Think about it, boys.
More than that, last I checked, it was almost impossible to get an HDTV-res projector commercially. Even models as high as $4500 were just a 1024x768 panel with high brightness and a very overpriced scaler.
This is not true. HDTV-res projectors have been around for several years. I bought mine over a year ago for under $5k. They've dropped in price even more since then.
The best use of AJAX, that I see, is with improving user interactivity with a web application. Web applications are becoming more and more of a need, and I think this is where AJAX is gaining the most ground.
Exactly. Who would use Ajax as a primary means of navigation on a static page?
I used it for pulling up data and navigating personal stored info in my bookmarking application, but not for any static content. Who would use Ajax to retrieve static content?!
... in states that *have* annual inspections... For no reason that makes any sense to me, Oklahoma dropped state inspections a couple of years ago. So now any random car on the road could be a rolling deathtrap, with inadequate brakes, or loose steering, or no tire tread, etc... I suppose it made sense to someone, and I hope that whoever it was gets sued into bankruptcy by the families of people killed in/by unsafe vehicles.
Why don't you sue the asshole who chose to operate the unsafe vehicle? You know, there's this thing called "personal accountability." The government doesn't need to hold people accountable, people can hold one another accountable. If you rear-end me because your brakes were bad and you didn't bother to fix them, I can sue your ass.
Anyway, the "unsafe vehicles" line is bullshit. The area I live in has never required vehicle inspections. I've lived here most of my life and can't recall a single reported incident where a poorly maintained or otherwise unsafe vehicle cause an accident. Unsafe drivers, all the time. But vehicles failing and killing somebody? Never.
You have to remember, the people driving the vehicle don't want to die, either. Granted, there are a lot of stupid people in the world, but even they have an incentive to keep their vehicle's systems in some reasonable form of "working", for if they don't, they hurt themselves first. Even a complete idiot knows this.
You started a search engine that indexes things by how many other people link to it?
Actually, I started a global bookmarking system and the search engine side just naturally fell into place.
Google indexes a web site based on how many web sites link to it. In order to be popular on Google, you need to be popular with other web sites.
memFrag indexes based on how many people link to it. Note the difference - personal links vs. web site links. It's a huge difference: There are a lot more people surfing the web and bookmarking sites than there are people creating and maintaining web sites. This provides for a different "view" of your search terms, one organized by the masses. I also believe I can combat "search engine spamming" via this method; unique sites are indexed only once per user, so adding it a thousand times won't help, and algorithms are in place to help me detect any one person creating and using thousands of accounts.
Of course, the site has only been online since mid October, so it's very new and there isn't a lot of data stored yet. However, I feel that if I can attract users based on the idea of globally accessible bookmarks, then I can turn this into a very nice little search engine. I'm not deluded into thinking I can take on Google, but I may be able to carve out a little niche.
Slashdot Mirror
though DNS is more tricky than the others, requiring two static IP addresses
No, it doesn't.
When your users equate "no email" with "no startup", what can you do?
Right; I had a similar problem with someone once. They called to tell me their modem wasn't big enough, and they needed a bigger one. I asked if they meant they wanted a "faster" modem, and they said yes.
So I head over there with a top of the line 56k modem only to find out the modem isn't the problem, they were out of space and needed a bigger hard drive. How the hell they crossed "modem" and "hard drive" I have no idea.
Program Manager
Well, that explains it.
It actually makes sense to have a wearable storage facility.
Uhm... Cellular phone... memory card... bluetooth built in. It's all here. All you're missing is the interoperability issue. IE, why can't my MP3 player pull data off my phone's CF card via bluetooth? There's no technical reason it can't. Just some software, and bluetooth in the MP3 player...
In fact, my wife *did* call 911 about the siezure, which handles the emergency care for the phyical need of the one child, but does *nothing* to assist in the emotional care for my wife - who needed my support.
I understand, but that doesn't give the two of you the right to disturb 100 people who paid $12 a pop to see a movie. You may be thinking, "Screw those people. This is an emergency!" The rest of us disagree.
In addition, if we follow the logical outcome of the scenario you present, while she is riding in the ambulance with the EMS personnel, who is caring for the needs of the *rest* of my kids?
Simple: She doesn't ride in the ambulance. She puts the rest of the kids in the car and follows the ambulance to the hospital.
Seriously: Do you never go out of town? What's she supposed to do while you're on business travel? She really can get along without you for brief periods of time. Yes, even in emergencies. And if she can't - if she really, honestly can not cope without you during an emergency - then you should not go to the theater. Simple as that.
Now, all of this being said, you don't strike me as a rude person and I'm willing to bet you are responsible enough to put your phone on vibrate while in the theater. As I said, I carry my phone everywhere as well because I want to keep in touch with my loved ones. I also put it on vibrate in theaters and other quiet/sensitive areas. So I'm not berating you for having the phone on in a manner that doesn't bother others.
However, the point I am trying to get across is this: If a theater blocked your phone, you really would cope just fine. Honestly. Life would go on. The worst case scenario is something happens, your wife deals with it, and you find out 2 hours later. Given the nature of cell phone annoyances in theaters from people who aren't as polite as you and I, I really believe this is an acceptable solution to the problem.
The best solution would be for theater employees to kick out rude people. But we know that's never going to happen (not in most theaters, anyway).
I suspect her opinion will differ from yours./i.
Tough shit. Her choice of profession does not trump my rights as a theater owner to prevent her mobile device from disturbing other customers.
If she doesn't like that, then I guess she doesn't come to my theater.
I think imparing a person's ability to contact emergency services is illeagle.
What does a sick bird of prey have to do with this discussion?
In my case, I have four kids. When I am away from home, I need to be reachable ALL the time i
That's horse shit and you know it. I also have young children.
For example, I can recall being at the office when my wife called distraught that my 9 month old son had just experienced a siezure, and needed urgent medical attention. I also can recall a time when my 2 year old fell off a swing and needed stitches.
Your wife should have dialed 911, or taken the child to the emergency room. Calling you does nothing to help the child.
Now, I understand that you want to be informed. I really do. I carry my cell everywhere in part because I want my wife to be able to call me if something happens to her or the kids. However... I should hope she calls 911 first, because there's nothing I can do for her on the other end of the phone!
If I went to see a movie, and something happened, I'd just have to find out afterwards. It's not like the kid is going to die because my phone was turned off, but I could have saved him. That's what EMS is for. Calling me is merely informative and information, yes even highly important information such as that, really can wait.
If I were rich, I'd love to have the front door be remote-operated like my car doors and possibly open itself (so I could carry things inside without putting them down to open it).
Holy shit man, you don't have to be rich to do this. A small RFID keyfob & receiver, electronic door strike, and a few cheap components/software in between. I could knock this project out for under $150.
Get close to the door, the latch releases and you push it open with your foot without turning the handle. Simple.
Oh, let it go. Both parties suck ass. They'll both fuck us up one way and down the other at every opportunity and we all know it.
The problem is not "liberal/conservative", it's "politician". They're all filthy, stinking politicians.
Its the guy in the new, expesive sports car who never seems to realize there's a gas pedal in there somewhere that he only has to gaze at to smoke the economy car -but he never does.
That's because every time he exceeds the speed limit by 1mph, or accelerates faster than a Metro, some jackass cop picks him out of the crowd and nails him with hundreds of dollars in fines.
Signed, someone who has driven sports cars his entire life and has been nailed more times than he can count, who is always picked out of the crowd and issued speeding tickets even when others were passing ME.
No, they aren't picking on me specifically. They're picking on my cars. Ask any middle aged man with a new Vette why he drives it like Grandma and he'll tell you the same thing.
Maybe this is less of a problem in the US
No, it's a huge problem in the US. Nobody knows how to drive a stick. The vast stinking majority of cars sold today don't even offer a manual transmission. Most driver education classes haven't taught stick for well over a decade.
Not me. I just stuck my big foot out the door and stopped right then. Tore up a lot of shoes back then.
You had shoes?
Lucky bastard.
Right, I was thinking this myself. Anyone think it's possible?
I'd run MacOS if I could do it on my current hardware.
He hasn't done anything else!
He doesn't have to. Why should he? Would you?
If I had a few hundred million dollars laying around, I'd slack off, too. What? Make another hit movie? Screw that. I'm going to lounge on my private yacht off the coast of Hawaii. Don't call me, I'll call you.
Incidentally, show me *anywhere* in my original post where I said that cities were a good thing?
Allright, you hippy. Go live in the mountains without electricity or other modern conveniences, then. Just leave the rest of us alone.
Dealing with the byproducts is one of the reasons seawater desalination plants are major engineering projects.
;)
Eh, just dump it back into the ocean. That's where it came from, so it's OK, right?
We're here, we're just not blatant about it.
HOLY SHIT!!!!!! A GIRL!!!!!!! ON SLASHDOT?!?!?!?!!!!!
Hey, baby. How's it going? I'm adding you to my friends list, sugar, so I can keep track of you and hit on you every time you post. Maybe I'll get your cell phone records, too, now that I know how.
[/sarcasm]
No, I'm not really a creepy asshole, merely illustrating for those who don't get it precisely why there appear to be no females in places like this. Think about it, boys.
If people I trust liked a site, I'd like to know about it, basically.
This is a planned feature @ http://www.memfrag.com.
just like millions of cases of aids are because the vatican still disapproves of condom use
Heh, you anti-religious people will say anything.
You're full of shit, by the way. Most AIDS cases happen in areas of the world where the Vatican has no control whatsoever.
More than that, last I checked, it was almost impossible to get an HDTV-res projector commercially. Even models as high as $4500 were just a 1024x768 panel with high brightness and a very overpriced scaler.
This is not true. HDTV-res projectors have been around for several years. I bought mine over a year ago for under $5k. They've dropped in price even more since then.
The best use of AJAX, that I see, is with improving user interactivity with a web application. Web applications are becoming more and more of a need, and I think this is where AJAX is gaining the most ground.
Exactly. Who would use Ajax as a primary means of navigation on a static page?
I used it for pulling up data and navigating personal stored info in my bookmarking application, but not for any static content. Who would use Ajax to retrieve static content?!
... in states that *have* annual inspections... For no reason that makes any sense to me, Oklahoma dropped state inspections a couple of years ago. So now any random car on the road could be a rolling deathtrap, with inadequate brakes, or loose steering, or no tire tread, etc... I suppose it made sense to someone, and I hope that whoever it was gets sued into bankruptcy by the families of people killed in/by unsafe vehicles.
Why don't you sue the asshole who chose to operate the unsafe vehicle? You know, there's this thing called "personal accountability." The government doesn't need to hold people accountable, people can hold one another accountable. If you rear-end me because your brakes were bad and you didn't bother to fix them, I can sue your ass.
Anyway, the "unsafe vehicles" line is bullshit. The area I live in has never required vehicle inspections. I've lived here most of my life and can't recall a single reported incident where a poorly maintained or otherwise unsafe vehicle cause an accident. Unsafe drivers, all the time. But vehicles failing and killing somebody? Never.
You have to remember, the people driving the vehicle don't want to die, either. Granted, there are a lot of stupid people in the world, but even they have an incentive to keep their vehicle's systems in some reasonable form of "working", for if they don't, they hurt themselves first. Even a complete idiot knows this.
OK, you have my attention. Who are you? :)
Email me, & I'll tell you where I got the Tux.
I'm sure you'll have no problem finding my email address.
You started a search engine that indexes things by how many other people link to it?
Actually, I started a global bookmarking system and the search engine side just naturally fell into place.
Google indexes a web site based on how many web sites link to it. In order to be popular on Google, you need to be popular with other web sites.
memFrag indexes based on how many people link to it. Note the difference - personal links vs. web site links. It's a huge difference: There are a lot more people surfing the web and bookmarking sites than there are people creating and maintaining web sites. This provides for a different "view" of your search terms, one organized by the masses. I also believe I can combat "search engine spamming" via this method; unique sites are indexed only once per user, so adding it a thousand times won't help, and algorithms are in place to help me detect any one person creating and using thousands of accounts.
Of course, the site has only been online since mid October, so it's very new and there isn't a lot of data stored yet. However, I feel that if I can attract users based on the idea of globally accessible bookmarks, then I can turn this into a very nice little search engine. I'm not deluded into thinking I can take on Google, but I may be able to carve out a little niche.