First, a dark background when most websites and images are very light is jarring.
I have yet to find a website on which the black background for standalone images opened in a new tab/window has jarred me.
Second, centering the image makes it harder to click on for actions like saving or copying.
That's like saying they should put an archery bulls-eye on the edge of the target because it will be easier to hit there. I hate repeating myself, but, what?
And third, it destroys the usability of a very common entire class of images.
If an image is supposed to have a white background, it needs to define a white background. Many image editors show a checkerboard background for transparency. If the usability of these images is destroyed, that's the image's fault and not the image viewer.
Apparently there is some evidence that the next generation iPhones will have NFC chips in them.
Re:wtf is "internet threat information"?
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If you mean "cyber threat information", the definition is part of the bill:
(6) CYBER THREAT INFORMATION. - The term cyber threat information means information directly pertaining to a vulnerability of, or threat to a system or network of a government or private entity, including information pertaining to the protection of a system or network from - (A) efforts to degrade, disrupt, or destroy such system or network; or (B) theft or misappropriation of private or government information, intellectual property, or personally identifiable information.
If you have an awesome interview with a person the Slashdot crowd cares about on a topic that is relevant, then video quality doesn't matter. Worry about the content first.
If you had five parties running, the winner might win with 22% of the voting population's support, and then the 22% would be able to impose their political views on the remaining 78%
That is indeed what happens with "winner takes all". If instead the winner wins a 22% stake (say, 22 seats in a 100-seat house) then the result is representative of the electorate.
So a multi-partisan system for Congress and the Senate would not have to be undemocratic at all. The Presidential election would, by your definition, but if the President is able to "impose their political views on the remaining 78%" then that's a flaw with the Presidential powers, not with the election process.
If you enjoyed reading that, you might also enjoy reading this and the follow-up about efficiently storing a dictionary of words and dealing with memory v.s processing trade-offs.
ReactOS is a free, modern operating system based on the design of Windows XP/2003. Written completely from scratch, it aims to follow the Windows-NT architecture designed by Microsoft from the hardware level right through to the application level.
How do I know if it's safe to connect to a wi-fi hotspot when I'm traveling?
It's always safe to connect. It's what you do once connected that matters.
Unfortunately devices now do so many things automatically that you can easily get in trouble without knowing it. Auto-poll for new Email/Twitter/Facebook/AppStore content? You'd better hope that polling uses a complete and robust SSL implementation.
Depending on your definition of "safe", even just looking at cat pictures can be unsafe if the hotspot decides to replace all images with goatse.
People see it as a personal attack against their actions and beliefs (i.e. file sharing is okay) and so are even less inclined to give the bastards doing it money.
Much like how people in Iraq see U.S. soldiers in their country as a personal attack against their actions and beliefs and are more inclined to take actions that the U.S. doesn't agree with.
Slashdot Mirror
For me the story of Slashdot utterly inseparable from my own life.
You can take the editor out of Slashdot, but you can't take the Slashdot-quality editing out of... him. The guy that. Whatever.
Thank you. I had it (an older version) but wasn't using it for some reason.
Tried it. Hated it. Back to Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 10pt in Zenburn.
The solution is having three cameras in-line with the speed camera in the middle and the other two watching.
Why did that get dirty all of a sudden?
getting your wrists beneath your backside and forcefully squatting down to snap them
No, thank you.
I'm sorry but, what?
First, a dark background when most websites and images are very light is jarring.
I have yet to find a website on which the black background for standalone images opened in a new tab/window has jarred me.
Second, centering the image makes it harder to click on for actions like saving or copying.
That's like saying they should put an archery bulls-eye on the edge of the target because it will be easier to hit there. I hate repeating myself, but, what?
And third, it destroys the usability of a very common entire class of images.
If an image is supposed to have a white background, it needs to define a white background. Many image editors show a checkerboard background for transparency. If the usability of these images is destroyed, that's the image's fault and not the image viewer.
Looks like you're right. The bill was reintroduced as S.3414 which was voted on and rejected a few hours ago.
nanfibres
Electronic sensor is PEOPLE!
Give us $1 million or WE WILL USE BLOCK CAPS EVERYWHERE.
You think you're just kidding.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/06/05/a-design-with-all-caps.aspx
How much do you hate people who say "disc" instead of "discovery" and lead halfwits everywhere to believe the Higgs particle is disc-shaped somehow?
Apple phones don't have NFC chips in them
Apparently there is some evidence that the next generation iPhones will have NFC chips in them.
If you mean "cyber threat information", the definition is part of the bill:
(6) CYBER THREAT INFORMATION. - The term cyber threat information means information directly pertaining to a vulnerability of, or threat to a system or network of a government or private entity, including information pertaining to the protection of a system or network from -
(A) efforts to degrade, disrupt, or destroy such system or network; or
(B) theft or misappropriation of private or government information, intellectual property, or personally identifiable information.
Reducing calorie consumption is after all the point of effective language use.
I had to read that twice to understand what you're talking about. Now I have to eat an extra twinkie to make up for that. THANKS A LOT!
If you have an awesome interview with a person the Slashdot crowd cares about on a topic that is relevant, then video quality doesn't matter. Worry about the content first.
If you had five parties running, the winner might win with 22% of the voting population's support, and then the 22% would be able to impose their political views on the remaining 78%
That is indeed what happens with "winner takes all". If instead the winner wins a 22% stake (say, 22 seats in a 100-seat house) then the result is representative of the electorate.
So a multi-partisan system for Congress and the Senate would not have to be undemocratic at all. The Presidential election would, by your definition, but if the President is able to "impose their political views on the remaining 78%" then that's a flaw with the Presidential powers, not with the election process.
If you enjoyed reading that, you might also enjoy reading this and the follow-up about efficiently storing a dictionary of words and dealing with memory v.s processing trade-offs.
Visio has long been one of the programs for which there is no satisfying substitute.
I don't know if it handles all of Visio's use-cases, but I've been using yEd Graph Editor with great success for all my diagramming needs.
Everything I know about testing, I learned from The Trenches.
Oh, and doing it myself, of course. Of course I test my code. Why? Who's asking?
Anybody who's anybody knows that the ultimate lol is the ROFLCOPTER.
From reactos.org:
ReactOS is a free, modern operating system based on the design of Windows XP/2003. Written completely from scratch, it aims to follow the Windows-NT architecture designed by Microsoft from the hardware level right through to the application level.
Seriously?
How do I know if it's safe to connect to a wi-fi hotspot when I'm traveling?
It's always safe to connect. It's what you do once connected that matters.
Unfortunately devices now do so many things automatically that you can easily get in trouble without knowing it. Auto-poll for new Email/Twitter/Facebook/AppStore content? You'd better hope that polling uses a complete and robust SSL implementation.
Depending on your definition of "safe", even just looking at cat pictures can be unsafe if the hotspot decides to replace all images with goatse.
People see it as a personal attack against their actions and beliefs (i.e. file sharing is okay) and so are even less inclined to give the bastards doing it money.
Much like how people in Iraq see U.S. soldiers in their country as a personal attack against their actions and beliefs and are more inclined to take actions that the U.S. doesn't agree with.
Newton was right. It's all just about reactions.
Well, for one, NTP doesn't have a high enough resolution.
"[NTP] can achieve 1 millisecond accuracy in local area networks under ideal conditions". (Wikipedia)
"The SCN is a moving line that cannot be crossed. The line moves up by 16,384 every second" (TFA)
Who's la Nina? Do you mean La Niña? Oh, right...