I'm guessing you didn't read the article...
"The clock's hands retreated to 11:43 p.m., 17 minutes to midnight, in December 1991, after the world's nuclear superpowers signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty."
I think this is quite common. Recruitment agencies pass CVs on to companies for jobs that don't match their skills, even if they are supposed to be IT recruitment agencies. Agents just don't understand enough about the technologies to correctly match CVs with job adverts.
The BBC article and the original SciVisum article (and of course the slashdot article) are all aimed at Firefox users. However, this survey is just pointing out that these web sites are IE-centric and don't work with most other browsers, not firefox specifically.
I guess the reason they pick on Firefox is because they're starting to become a very popular competitor to Internet Explorer for Linux and Windows users, and of course this means that we've got to make it look bad in comparison.
...don't signal turns, or run red lights, or weave through traffic or ride on the wrong side of the road, or ride on the sidewalk.
I agree, there are a lot of idiot cyclists out there as well as idiot drivers. I see them all the time. For some reason there is a number of cyclists that, for whatever reason, don't think the Highway Code applies to them. Especially at red lights, everyone stops for the red light and then this lone cyclist pedals out across the pedestrian crossing, or into the middle of the junction.
They don't think they have to indicate just before they swerve across the road to ride up the wrong side for a bit.
However, they are just stupid, and are generally only putting their own lives at risk, althought there may be a few drivers that object to the dent that a cyclist would make in their car!
On top of that, I find cycling a lot less stressful than driving, it's relaxing really
Cycling is relaxing, but only if you're doing it where there are no idiot drivers anywhere near you.
I spent a year cycling the 45-minutes to work, unfortunately I don't now as I work much to far away from home to even consider cycling. When I was cycling, and even now when I cycle, not a journey went by without some idiot driving to close, pulling out in front of me or doing something completely idiotic within a few metres of me, putting my life in danger.
The main reason I cycled was because I had no other means of transportation, I mean there was the bus, but it was often full and therefore wouldn't stop for you, the cost adds up paying for it everyday, and the majority of the time it was quicker and easier to cycle, although it was good to know I had the option if I couldn't cycle for whatever reason.
I don't know about any other country, but here in the UK you are required by law to leave at least six foot between your car and any cyclist you're overtaking, that is the approximately the space that a cyclist would need if they fell off their bike into the road. I'm sure that 99% of the drivers are completely unaware of this.
Everyone wonders why more people don't cycle and I think one of the main reasons is that it is outright dangerous. Until there are more cycle routes that don't use roads, or drivers are more considerate towards cyclists, I don't think any more people will cycle to work.
A friend of mine has stereo in his car that you can just insert a CD with a collection of MP3's on it and it will play them just like a normal CD. Of course, it does also play normal CD's and lets you listen to the radio.
In Ireland, Guinness has long thought to be medicinal. In fact, it was suposedly administered to nursing mothers, blood donors, stomach and intestinal post-operative patients and mothers recovering from childbirth because of this.
No wonder Guinness used the slogan "Guinness is good for you" for many years in their advertising.
However, I do think it's a bit cruel that just down wind of St James' Gate (the Guinness Brewery in Dublin) is an old Hospital where they used to treat alcoholics. You would often get a good wiff of Guinness around that area of Dublin, this must have been torture!
Anyway, I will always love a great pint of Guinness, the fact that it's good for me is just a positive side effect.
When I first read the headline I thought it was refering to the original gameboy with the tiny black and white screen and I didn't really see the point of doing it.
Although, even now I know which one it is I'm still not entirely convinced this is all that useful either!
I'm probably just missing the point, which is something like because I can!
For the majority of people floppy disk are something that they think they need, but in this modern world of CD-R's, USB storage devices, etc. they have no use.
I personally wouldn't rely on the a floppy disk any more to backup or transfer information, the number of times I've tried to read a floppy disk and my computer has turned around and said there was something wrong with it. It amazes me that people will keep the only copy of their very important piece of work on a floppy disk! I wouldn't even keep the only copy of an important piece of work on my hard drive!
I can't remember the last time that I used a floppy disk, in fact, I don't even know why I've still got a floppy disk drive (except the fact that I'd have a strange and pointless floppy disk shaped hole in the front of my computer!).
I have to agree with this, I would be the first to admit that I break the speed limits, but there are some limits that I will always stick to and some places where I will even go slower that the limit. It is all to do with going at a suitable speed for the conditions and locations.
There is a road where I live that has three schools on it and it has a speed limit of 40 MPH. Now I consider it dangerous to do that speed at 3:30pm when all the schools have just finished, so I will drive slower at those times. However, at midnight the road is almost completely deserted, it's pretty straight, and therefore I would not consider it dangerous to be travelling at 50 MPH, however, I could get done for speeding.
I would hope that these black boxes would take this into account when decided on whether someone is a bad driver, and not penalise a safe driver because they happened to be going a bit faster than the speed limit.
The drivers that really annoy me are those that seem to stick to the same speed, irrelevant of where they are, they'll do 40 MPH on a 60 road, but then continue to do 40 when the road goes through a town and is reduced to a 30 limit.
I'm not saying I'm the safest driver, and I know it's easy to critise other peoples driving. I just think that there are a lot of drivers in the UK who would fail their driving test if they had to take it again.
I often wonder whether it would be a good idea to force drivers to retake their test every 5 or 10 years, I'm sure it would improve safety on the roads. It seems rediculous to expect someone who passed their test when they were 17 to know all the current driving laws and be considered a safe when they're 70. I'm sure that the majority of drivers have not even looked at the highway code since they passed their test.
I'd just like say Thank You. It's about time that someone posted a decent question to askSlashdot. I don't just mean that it's a good technical question, but the fact that the author actually bothered to spend the time explain the question and to give the detail and background to the problem.
Most of the recent askSlashdots have just asked one line question that are left so open to interpretation that the answers people provide couldn't be any more unrelated! Many of the replies end up just asking for more detail about the question because the best solution to a problem relies on knowing some of the background information.
The "switch user" feature is available in Windows XP, but not with all configurations. There are at least two instances when you cannot use this feature; when the computer is a member of a domain, or if you have "Offline Files" enabled.
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I'm guessing you didn't read the article... "The clock's hands retreated to 11:43 p.m., 17 minutes to midnight, in December 1991, after the world's nuclear superpowers signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty."
Maybe they came from clueless recruiters
I think this is quite common. Recruitment agencies pass CVs on to companies for jobs that don't match their skills, even if they are supposed to be IT recruitment agencies. Agents just don't understand enough about the technologies to correctly match CVs with job adverts.
The BBC article and the original SciVisum article (and of course the slashdot article) are all aimed at Firefox users. However, this survey is just pointing out that these web sites are IE-centric and don't work with most other browsers, not firefox specifically.
I guess the reason they pick on Firefox is because they're starting to become a very popular competitor to Internet Explorer for Linux and Windows users, and of course this means that we've got to make it look bad in comparison.
Unfortunately, Google's image search is incredibly out of date. Many of the results links to pictures that are no longer there.
Yeah, I keep getting error 503 as well. Maybe slashdot has been slashdotted, I mean it was linked to from slashdot in this post!
Imagine a beowolf cluster...
Here is a mirror of the authors slashdotted web page:
My humble analysis appears here
The rest appear to be fine since they are not easily slashdotable personal sites.
Since scientists have defined Murphy's Law, no-one should have any excuses for letting anything that can, go wrong!
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http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/fa7781f4bd317269
Opera:
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/478397b5abb68bb9
Mozilla:
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/1a15584c6fa168ae
Safari:
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/e1d558dc1a54e2fc
Netscape:
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/8b61eaead060ec5e
Konqueror:
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/8b881e18e8d466f2
Avant Browser:
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/66e5caeed91c4506
Maxthon:
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/e605ef483225f401
Demo link 1:
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/06f4efd98001b965
Demo Link 2:
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/d2436904419abff2
If you sent me an email and I have yet to respond, bear with me. [snip] I'm kinda busy
/., I'm glad you've got your priorities right!
But not to busy to read/post on
...don't signal turns, or run red lights, or weave through traffic or ride on the wrong side of the road, or ride on the sidewalk.
I agree, there are a lot of idiot cyclists out there as well as idiot drivers. I see them all the time. For some reason there is a number of cyclists that, for whatever reason, don't think the Highway Code applies to them. Especially at red lights, everyone stops for the red light and then this lone cyclist pedals out across the pedestrian crossing, or into the middle of the junction.
They don't think they have to indicate just before they swerve across the road to ride up the wrong side for a bit.
However, they are just stupid, and are generally only putting their own lives at risk, althought there may be a few drivers that object to the dent that a cyclist would make in their car!
On top of that, I find cycling a lot less stressful than driving, it's relaxing really
Cycling is relaxing, but only if you're doing it where there are no idiot drivers anywhere near you.
I spent a year cycling the 45-minutes to work, unfortunately I don't now as I work much to far away from home to even consider cycling. When I was cycling, and even now when I cycle, not a journey went by without some idiot driving to close, pulling out in front of me or doing something completely idiotic within a few metres of me, putting my life in danger.
The main reason I cycled was because I had no other means of transportation, I mean there was the bus, but it was often full and therefore wouldn't stop for you, the cost adds up paying for it everyday, and the majority of the time it was quicker and easier to cycle, although it was good to know I had the option if I couldn't cycle for whatever reason.
I don't know about any other country, but here in the UK you are required by law to leave at least six foot between your car and any cyclist you're overtaking, that is the approximately the space that a cyclist would need if they fell off their bike into the road. I'm sure that 99% of the drivers are completely unaware of this.
Everyone wonders why more people don't cycle and I think one of the main reasons is that it is outright dangerous. Until there are more cycle routes that don't use roads, or drivers are more considerate towards cyclists, I don't think any more people will cycle to work.
A friend of mine has stereo in his car that you can just insert a CD with a collection of MP3's on it and it will play them just like a normal CD. Of course, it does also play normal CD's and lets you listen to the radio.
Yep, I'm coming up to about 18 months and it's definately time to dig out my Windows CD!
Oh yeah, I just love it when Windows says that I need to reboot my computer after doing something and it doesn't give me the option to say no.
You know it's not always convienient to just reboot right there and then!
In Ireland, Guinness has long thought to be medicinal. In fact, it was suposedly administered to nursing mothers, blood donors, stomach and intestinal post-operative patients and mothers recovering from childbirth because of this.
No wonder Guinness used the slogan "Guinness is good for you" for many years in their advertising.
However, I do think it's a bit cruel that just down wind of St James' Gate (the Guinness Brewery in Dublin) is an old Hospital where they used to treat alcoholics. You would often get a good wiff of Guinness around that area of Dublin, this must have been torture!
Anyway, I will always love a great pint of Guinness, the fact that it's good for me is just a positive side effect.
... those really annoying plants that dance with the music!
... while you're driving, and let you dictate your comments to the car for posting here?
When I first read the headline I thought it was refering to the original gameboy with the tiny black and white screen and I didn't really see the point of doing it.
Although, even now I know which one it is I'm still not entirely convinced this is all that useful either!
I'm probably just missing the point, which is something like because I can!
I'd hope so, how else are you going talk to the person you're phoning? Or did they neglect to include that feature?
For the majority of people floppy disk are something that they think they need, but in this modern world of CD-R's, USB storage devices, etc. they have no use.
I personally wouldn't rely on the a floppy disk any more to backup or transfer information, the number of times I've tried to read a floppy disk and my computer has turned around and said there was something wrong with it. It amazes me that people will keep the only copy of their very important piece of work on a floppy disk! I wouldn't even keep the only copy of an important piece of work on my hard drive!
I can't remember the last time that I used a floppy disk, in fact, I don't even know why I've still got a floppy disk drive (except the fact that I'd have a strange and pointless floppy disk shaped hole in the front of my computer!).
I have to agree with this, I would be the first to admit that I break the speed limits, but there are some limits that I will always stick to and some places where I will even go slower that the limit. It is all to do with going at a suitable speed for the conditions and locations.
There is a road where I live that has three schools on it and it has a speed limit of 40 MPH. Now I consider it dangerous to do that speed at 3:30pm when all the schools have just finished, so I will drive slower at those times. However, at midnight the road is almost completely deserted, it's pretty straight, and therefore I would not consider it dangerous to be travelling at 50 MPH, however, I could get done for speeding.
I would hope that these black boxes would take this into account when decided on whether someone is a bad driver, and not penalise a safe driver because they happened to be going a bit faster than the speed limit.
The drivers that really annoy me are those that seem to stick to the same speed, irrelevant of where they are, they'll do 40 MPH on a 60 road, but then continue to do 40 when the road goes through a town and is reduced to a 30 limit.
I'm not saying I'm the safest driver, and I know it's easy to critise other peoples driving. I just think that there are a lot of drivers in the UK who would fail their driving test if they had to take it again.
I often wonder whether it would be a good idea to force drivers to retake their test every 5 or 10 years, I'm sure it would improve safety on the roads. It seems rediculous to expect someone who passed their test when they were 17 to know all the current driving laws and be considered a safe when they're 70. I'm sure that the majority of drivers have not even looked at the highway code since they passed their test.
I'd just like say Thank You. It's about time that someone posted a decent question to askSlashdot. I don't just mean that it's a good technical question, but the fact that the author actually bothered to spend the time explain the question and to give the detail and background to the problem.
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Most of the recent askSlashdots have just asked one line question that are left so open to interpretation that the answers people provide couldn't be any more unrelated! Many of the replies end up just asking for more detail about the question because the best solution to a problem relies on knowing some of the background information.
The other types of questions are either too specific, like the What is this Strange Gadget in My Car? article, that I really don't think this is the place for
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/25/0
or the answer seems so obvious that it's a waste of time, like How Do I Disable My Gadgets' LEDs?!
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/30/2
I hope to see more postings like this one in the future.
it can be used for absolutely everything!
The "switch user" feature is available in Windows XP, but not with all configurations. There are at least two instances when you cannot use this feature; when the computer is a member of a domain, or if you have "Offline Files" enabled.