I've never actually broken the hinge in a flip phone, although I know people that have and the flex circuit in the hinge is probably the cause of the audio problems I'm having with my current Motorola flip phone. I have broken LCDs just by sitting down with a phone in my pocket. But by and large, most of the phones we've had get broken by dropping them, in which case it doesn't really matter what design they used. Yes, all non-opening phones have button locks, but that is only good if you remember to lock them every time. And yes, a good case is always a good investment.
this one isn't a flip phone Which means 1) Accidentally dialing people when buttons get pushed in your pocket (don't laugh, my wife has done this), 2) unless the phone is 6 inches tall or you're using a headset, the speaker, microphone or both are going to always be in the wrong place, 3) there is absolutely nothing to prevent cracking or scratching of the LCD screen when you stuff the phone in your pocket or purse.
I don't know about you, but I think I can put up with a few millimeters more in thickness in return for a flip phone! And then there is the dirty little secret that all the thin phones share: when you've got a battery the size of a stick of gum, your battery life is really going to suck!
Yes and no. "Court costs" can include lawyer fees, but only if they are "statuatory fee", i.e. the law spells out a specific amount of compensation for a specific action. This statuatory amount is usually much less than the lawyer's time is actually worth. I.e. in my case, it was $350.
Isn't SCO using the OpenSSH code? Maybe they could kick in a few dollars to help maintain it... after all, won't they be getting several billion from IBM any day real soon now?
A government that has the power to raise or reduce taxes to benefit open source ALSO has the power to raise or reduce taxes to benefit huge corporations with a heck of a lot more money to give for campaign contributions... who do you think this type of economic intervention will wind up benefitting more? Sorry, but I'm a flat tax advocate -- the government shouldn't be mucking with the economic system at all through preferential taxation. If open source is to succeed or fail, it must do so on it's own merit. (P.S. Yes, I'm also against the mortgage interest tax credit, even though it benefits me to the tune of thousands of dollars per year.)
I've developed networking code on both Linux and Windows, and by my estimates I can get stuff up and running in half the time under Linux with it's standard socket interface. Basically, the Windows tools are designed to be good at cranking out MDI applications; once you attempt to move outside Microsoft's standard application model, getting anything to work properly becomes like pulling teeth. Now, if you wanted to compare writing straight GUI code in Xlib versus Windows, I don't know; Microsoft may have an advantage there.
I'm sure all the complaints said essentially the same thing: "It was so horrifying and shocking that I just couldn't turn it off!" Yes, shame on the networks for using depictions of extremism and fringe elements in our society to sell advertising, but also shame on the viewing public for not having the common sense to simply not watch such crap (or monitor their childrens watching of it).
...once it decides to shoot something, it start shooting (at 4,500 rounds per minute (or 75/sec)) and the radar tracks each bullet's trajectory and corrects the aim based on that.
"And that, gentlemen, is one hell of a shit-storm in anybody's language!" -- Blue Thunder
There is really only 1 law: "Do no harm." All other laws are merely codification of what constitues "harm" and what the consequences for doing harm are. Even a robot following Asimov's 3 laws is presented with a dilemma: what if by doing harm to a human I can prevent a much greater harm from occuring to far more humans? (This dilemma probably formed the basis for some of Asimov's stories; I haven't read them all.) But the solution is clear: sometimes you've got to harm humans in order to result in the least net harm to humans.
Exactly. An unbiased, rational analysis would show that according to traditional Republican principles, Bill Clinton was a much better Republican than George W. Bush. But just try getting the Republicans to admit that!
shame they can't do a little in the name of safety. What exactly is this executive overreaching of the law making us safe from? If you want to protect your children from objectionable material on the internet, the only truly effective way is to set up a firewall that only allows white-listed URLs to be viewed. Stopping curious adolescents from googling for porn isn't going to accomplish a thing. Personally, I can't imagine why this data would be even remotely useful to the government -- the only reason they are demanding appears to be in order to send a clear "Big Brother is watching You!" message to the unwashed masses.
If what you're saying is true, I say we all get busy emailing our government representatives some choice kitty porn, then immediately reporting them to the FBI as being "in possesion" of unlawful pictures... would that help to get the laws changed?
It is only obstruction of justice if you do it AFTER being notified that the emails may potentially be supoened in a court case. Prior to any such notification, it is merely in accordance or not in accordance with the organization's document retention policy.
Same thing applies to the laptop; it is only obstruction if the ex-employee had reason to beleive the company needed what was on the laptop for a court case.
Moral of the story: buy a replacement drive for any computer your company gives you. Use your drive for the length of employment, then reinstall the original drive (in pristine condition) before you turn the machine back in. In which case, you haven't "destoyed" anything belonging to the company; you've merely erased files on your own personal hard drive...
I want CD quality audio in every room, all served off a central Terabyte server (no individual CDs). RF remote should work from anywhere in house and control audio, video, lighting, and climate control. I also want the system to keep track of where everybody is in the house, and have their audio preferences follow them from room to room. Extra credit for turning on/off the lights and adjusting the zonal climate control as I enter/leave a room. Ideally, household automation should pay for itself in a few years through energy savings.
Oh, and one more thing -- the audio should automatically mute itself when the phone goes off hook, and unmute when the phone is hung up.
Yes, but closing all the redneck bars wouldn't help... those people would still be picking each other up and family reunions, which would be even WORSE for the gene pool!
Foreman: It gets even worse -- now they're complaining that their jobs are being threatened by cheap farm robots smuggled across the border from Mexixo!
I've always thought the perfect application for robots was in pest control. Let loose thosands of small robots into the fields programmed to search out and destroy mice, harmful insects, crows, etc., and you eliminate the need for insecticides. Sort of the high-tech way to do organic farming. You could also train them to spot plant diseases, and quarantine any plants that show symptoms before they spread to other plants. Yes, this requires several magnitudes of cost reduction before it becomes feasible, but it is going to happen eventually.
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Perhaps they could team up with some Earth Sciences researchers doing work on crater formation...
Because photoshop is one of the few applications out there that is actually designed to take advantage of multiple CPUs by splitting up the work.
I've never actually broken the hinge in a flip phone, although I know people that have and the flex circuit in the hinge is probably the cause of the audio problems I'm having with my current Motorola flip phone. I have broken LCDs just by sitting down with a phone in my pocket. But by and large, most of the phones we've had get broken by dropping them, in which case it doesn't really matter what design they used. Yes, all non-opening phones have button locks, but that is only good if you remember to lock them every time. And yes, a good case is always a good investment.
I don't know about you, but I think I can put up with a few millimeters more in thickness in return for a flip phone! And then there is the dirty little secret that all the thin phones share: when you've got a battery the size of a stick of gum, your battery life is really going to suck!
The long, slow, painful death of Jar-Jar should make for a great first season... but what are they going to do for the second season?
Yes and no. "Court costs" can include lawyer fees, but only if they are "statuatory fee", i.e. the law spells out a specific amount of compensation for a specific action. This statuatory amount is usually much less than the lawyer's time is actually worth. I.e. in my case, it was $350.
Isn't SCO using the OpenSSH code? Maybe they could kick in a few dollars to help maintain it... after all, won't they be getting several billion from IBM any day real soon now?
Wouldn't it be easier to just ship negatives of all the images and invert them in the receiving browser to get around the flesh-tone filters?
A government that has the power to raise or reduce taxes to benefit open source ALSO has the power to raise or reduce taxes to benefit huge corporations with a heck of a lot more money to give for campaign contributions... who do you think this type of economic intervention will wind up benefitting more? Sorry, but I'm a flat tax advocate -- the government shouldn't be mucking with the economic system at all through preferential taxation. If open source is to succeed or fail, it must do so on it's own merit. (P.S. Yes, I'm also against the mortgage interest tax credit, even though it benefits me to the tune of thousands of dollars per year.)
I've developed networking code on both Linux and Windows, and by my estimates I can get stuff up and running in half the time under Linux with it's standard socket interface. Basically, the Windows tools are designed to be good at cranking out MDI applications; once you attempt to move outside Microsoft's standard application model, getting anything to work properly becomes like pulling teeth. Now, if you wanted to compare writing straight GUI code in Xlib versus Windows, I don't know; Microsoft may have an advantage there.
Wouldn't that require an operating system that didn't suck?
I'm sure all the complaints said essentially the same thing: "It was so horrifying and shocking that I just couldn't turn it off!" Yes, shame on the networks for using depictions of extremism and fringe elements in our society to sell advertising, but also shame on the viewing public for not having the common sense to simply not watch such crap (or monitor their childrens watching of it).
"And that, gentlemen, is one hell of a shit-storm in anybody's language!" -- Blue Thunder
There is really only 1 law: "Do no harm." All other laws are merely codification of what constitues "harm" and what the consequences for doing harm are. Even a robot following Asimov's 3 laws is presented with a dilemma: what if by doing harm to a human I can prevent a much greater harm from occuring to far more humans? (This dilemma probably formed the basis for some of Asimov's stories; I haven't read them all.) But the solution is clear: sometimes you've got to harm humans in order to result in the least net harm to humans.
Exactly. An unbiased, rational analysis would show that according to traditional Republican principles, Bill Clinton was a much better Republican than George W. Bush. But just try getting the Republicans to admit that!
shame they can't do a little in the name of safety. What exactly is this executive overreaching of the law making us safe from? If you want to protect your children from objectionable material on the internet, the only truly effective way is to set up a firewall that only allows white-listed URLs to be viewed. Stopping curious adolescents from googling for porn isn't going to accomplish a thing. Personally, I can't imagine why this data would be even remotely useful to the government -- the only reason they are demanding appears to be in order to send a clear "Big Brother is watching You!" message to the unwashed masses.
If what you're saying is true, I say we all get busy emailing our government representatives some choice kitty porn, then immediately reporting them to the FBI as being "in possesion" of unlawful pictures... would that help to get the laws changed?
Same thing applies to the laptop; it is only obstruction if the ex-employee had reason to beleive the company needed what was on the laptop for a court case.
Moral of the story: buy a replacement drive for any computer your company gives you. Use your drive for the length of employment, then reinstall the original drive (in pristine condition) before you turn the machine back in. In which case, you haven't "destoyed" anything belonging to the company; you've merely erased files on your own personal hard drive...
Microsoft only has $40 billion cash in the bank... that means if this keeps up, then in a mere 47 years, Microsoft will be out of cash!
emacs guilds doing constant battle with vi guilds!
Oh, and one more thing -- the audio should automatically mute itself when the phone goes off hook, and unmute when the phone is hung up.
On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog Unless, of course, you join a dog-friendly guild.
Yes, but closing all the redneck bars wouldn't help... those people would still be picking each other up and family reunions, which would be even WORSE for the gene pool!
Foreman: It gets even worse -- now they're complaining that their jobs are being threatened by cheap farm robots smuggled across the border from Mexixo!
I've always thought the perfect application for robots was in pest control. Let loose thosands of small robots into the fields programmed to search out and destroy mice, harmful insects, crows, etc., and you eliminate the need for insecticides. Sort of the high-tech way to do organic farming. You could also train them to spot plant diseases, and quarantine any plants that show symptoms before they spread to other plants. Yes, this requires several magnitudes of cost reduction before it becomes feasible, but it is going to happen eventually.