Why would you want to make the cable wet? That's what dampen means. I believe the word you're looking for is "damp".
Certainly it could be damped, but not by traditional means, as there's nothing to push against for damping at the free end, and no effective bracing near the middle to attach damping equipment.
Are these the jerks that call me twice a week with my "final notice" to be able to lower my mortgage and credit card rates? And won't identify what company they are? I'm on the Do Not Call list. I've ignored them for weeks, just deleting their message. I've tried telling them I don't have a mortgage and don't use credit cards. (It's true.) I've asked them nicely not to call me anymore. I've offered to buy them a dictionary so they'd know what "final" means and wouldn't look like idiots. I've told them no way would I do business with a company with ethics like theirs. The last time I talked to someone, she said hurriedly, "You're going to keep getting called.", and hung up. I hope it's them, and they got nailed for every time they called me. Twice. At least. And that this is their "final" penalty, using their definition.
*I* happen to like beige CRTs without speakers. I also happen to like beige, boxy cases *without* doors on the front. Call me a square. (or maybe an old fart)
"Keith Curtis writes "I recently discovered that Dr. Bradley C. Edwards, noted expert on the Space Elevator...""
How can you be a "noted expert" on something that doesn't exist, nobody knows if or when it could exist, and is so full of potential problems that the "noted expert" can't even speculate on what those problems might be? Does "noted expert" mean guy with the gift of gab?
Some might call Dr. Edwards a "visionary", but another word for that might be "dreamer". Forty people a trip, three trips a day at $20,000 a pop? To do what? Gimme a break...
Enjoy his attitude while he's got it, it won't last that long. What your 2 year old wants is not an idiot box, it's you! Perhaps his lack of interest in his laptop is because he sees it as something that keeps you apart. He'd rather sit on your lap at your computer, because he's sitting on *your* lap, and because it's *your* computer. Cherish these times. Both my sons are out of the house now (the youngest just finished his freshman year at CalTech and decided to stay there for the summer) and I miss them a lot. Thank God I have those memories.
Before we get too upset, let's look at the potential here for curing societies ills if we run with this concept (charging for wrong doing before it's done and compensating the "victims").
Look at the studies of lost work due to solitare. Just form an association of business owners (of course, the business would have to be of a certain "bigness" to qualify for membership), charge a, say , 200% tax on any games (or maybe operating systems that supply those games) that could be played at work, to be used to compensate those business owners for their lost productivity. Lost profits are a thing of the past!
Or maybe when a politician is elected, he could be taxed using a formula to predict how much he might make from shady campaign contributions or outright graft and use the funds for a tax rebate to his constituancy. The check might be enough to pay the tax on those games!
I am NOT a web designer, so my comments are from a users point of view.
Learn some art design skills; too many web pages look grotesque or just unattractive.
Learn good form design; forms should flow logically and be easy to use.
Remember not everyone uses IE; test your work in multiple browsers, of different ages, including a text only browser.
Remember not everyone has broadband; keep it as small as will meet your objective.
Remember the technical things are tools to achieve your end; design and appearance come first, THEN choose the tools to make the design work. This is where you need to be able to use a wide variety of tools well, so you are able to pick the appropriate one. Don't use Flash because YOU like it and feel comfortable with it; use it because it's the BEST tool for accomplishing your design goal.
Don't force your viewers to use JS, cookies, plugins, etc, unless it's absolutely necessary.It's THEIR computer your forcing to become vulnerable. (Actually, in my case at least, it's me your pushing to a competitor's page!)
Something I don't understand is why non-hoarders (both digital and physical) seem to regard us hoarders as "idiots" and "morons", or as having some kind of character or moral defect, rather than just someone with a different view of the world. Pick up any book or article on "Getting Organized" or such and there is this value judgement that hoarding is "bad"; who decided this? Even the word "hoarding" is full of negative connotations. I can understand this in the context of hoarding in a shortage situation, such as famine (I've got food and you don't, and you're not getting any of mine!), but merely saving instead of throwing out everything not of immediate use doesn't deserve any kind of moral or intellectual judgement. Maybe the "neatniks" have the problem...
I'm one of those hoaders. I do it because I can and because I know if I get rid of whatever it is I'll want it the next day. I know if I delete Jimi Hendrix's rendition of "Blue Suede Shoes" (which I KNOW I will never listen to again; once is enough!), a long lost friend/relative who is both a Hendrix and Carl Perkins fan will show up and would of loved to have had a copy...er, to have heard it.
I believe this may stem from my early days as a Navy brat who was forced every couple of years to tearfully reduce my hoard to a volume capable of being put into a single moving van and ALWAYS upon arriving at our destination being asked for something I had been forced to throw out (of course they asked me for it, I always had at least one of everything!)
Anyone need a CP/M boot disk for a Morrow? I think I still have one, if I can find it; I know I still have the Morrow! (Actually 3 of them!):)
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FTFY
Are these the jerks that call me twice a week with my "final notice" to be able to lower my mortgage and credit card rates? And won't identify what company they are? I'm on the Do Not Call list. I've ignored them for weeks, just deleting their message. I've tried telling them I don't have a mortgage and don't use credit cards. (It's true.) I've asked them nicely not to call me anymore. I've offered to buy them a dictionary so they'd know what "final" means and wouldn't look like idiots. I've told them no way would I do business with a company with ethics like theirs. The last time I talked to someone, she said hurriedly, "You're going to keep getting called.", and hung up. I hope it's them, and they got nailed for every time they called me. Twice. At least. And that this is their "final" penalty, using their definition.
Especially if you spell it backwards!
I suspect they're planning for new buildings. Every project around here has a sign that says "FILL DIRT WANTED"!
*I* happen to like beige CRTs without speakers. I also happen to like beige, boxy cases *without* doors on the front. Call me a square. (or maybe an old fart)
"...Or perhaps someone runs by the room yelling "There's a maniac with an axe in the server room!"?"
.380 from it's ankle holster and ask "which way is the server room?".
And I'd like to see how they score me when I pull my
"Keith Curtis writes "I recently discovered that Dr. Bradley C. Edwards, noted expert on the Space Elevator...""
How can you be a "noted expert" on something that doesn't exist, nobody knows if or when it could exist, and is so full of potential problems that the "noted expert" can't even speculate on what those problems might be? Does "noted expert" mean guy with the gift of gab?
Some might call Dr. Edwards a "visionary", but another word for that might be "dreamer". Forty people a trip, three trips a day at $20,000 a pop? To do what? Gimme a break...
Enjoy his attitude while he's got it, it won't last that long. What your 2 year old wants is not an idiot box, it's you! Perhaps his lack of interest in his laptop is because he sees it as something that keeps you apart. He'd rather sit on your lap at your computer, because he's sitting on *your* lap, and because it's *your* computer. Cherish these times. Both my sons are out of the house now (the youngest just finished his freshman year at CalTech and decided to stay there for the summer) and I miss them a lot. Thank God I have those memories.
Before we get too upset, let's look at the potential here for curing societies ills if we run with this concept (charging for wrong doing before it's done and compensating the "victims").
Look at the studies of lost work due to solitare. Just form an association of business owners (of course, the business would have to be of a certain "bigness" to qualify for membership), charge a, say , 200% tax on any games (or maybe operating systems that supply those games) that could be played at work, to be used to compensate those business owners for their lost productivity. Lost profits are a thing of the past!
Or maybe when a politician is elected, he could be taxed using a formula to predict how much he might make from shady campaign contributions or outright graft and use the funds for a tax rebate to his constituancy. The check might be enough to pay the tax on those games!
I am NOT a web designer, so my comments are from a users point of view.
Learn some art design skills; too many web pages look grotesque or just unattractive.
Learn good form design; forms should flow logically and be easy to use.
Remember not everyone uses IE; test your work in multiple browsers, of different ages, including a text only browser.
Remember not everyone has broadband; keep it as small as will meet your objective.
Remember the technical things are tools to achieve your end; design and appearance come first, THEN choose the tools to make the design work. This is where you need to be able to use a wide variety of tools well, so you are able to pick the appropriate one. Don't use Flash because YOU like it and feel comfortable with it; use it because it's the BEST tool for accomplishing your design goal.
Don't force your viewers to use JS, cookies, plugins, etc, unless it's absolutely necessary.It's THEIR computer your forcing to become vulnerable. (Actually, in my case at least, it's me your pushing to a competitor's page!)
Something I don't understand is why non-hoarders (both digital and physical) seem to regard us hoarders as "idiots" and "morons", or as having some kind of character or moral defect, rather than just someone with a different view of the world. Pick up any book or article on "Getting Organized" or such and there is this value judgement that hoarding is "bad"; who decided this? Even the word "hoarding" is full of negative connotations. I can understand this in the context of hoarding in a shortage situation, such as famine (I've got food and you don't, and you're not getting any of mine!), but merely saving instead of throwing out everything not of immediate use doesn't deserve any kind of moral or intellectual judgement. Maybe the "neatniks" have the problem...
I'm one of those hoaders. I do it because I can and because I know if I get rid of whatever it is I'll want it the next day. I know if I delete Jimi Hendrix's rendition of "Blue Suede Shoes" (which I KNOW I will never listen to again; once is enough!), a long lost friend/relative who is both a Hendrix and Carl Perkins fan will show up and would of loved to have had a copy...er, to have heard it.
:)
I believe this may stem from my early days as a Navy brat who was forced every couple of years to tearfully reduce my hoard to a volume capable of being put into a single moving van and ALWAYS upon arriving at our destination being asked for something I had been forced to throw out (of course they asked me for it, I always had at least one of everything!)
Anyone need a CP/M boot disk for a Morrow? I think I still have one, if I can find it; I know I still have the Morrow! (Actually 3 of them!)