There are an estimated 6 to 8 million cats and dogs killed every year because they are not adopted. That's right, every year, millions of cats are purposely killed because no one will adopt them. So if your cat dies, the right thing to do would be to adopt another cat. Save the life of another animal, please!
People who would clone their cat rather than adopt another one disgust me. According the article, the new cat probably won't look the same anyway! And whether it will behave the same is also questionable. So in other words, it is both unethical and pointless to clone your cat.
The problem with Soft Money is that it is a diret contributor to corruption. There are plenty of cases of it - the article mentions one in South Carolina.
The money that is contributed doesn't necessarily go to "free speech" activities. In fact, typically it goes to buy legislation. If Microsoft wanted to make a commercial that promoted Bush, they would have to justify that to their shareholders and employees. Soft Money allows companies to pretend to give money to political parties in support of the democractic process, but we all know that isn't why they do it. By banning Soft Money, a company that wants to support a candidate would have to do it more openly, under more scrutiny. Their free speech rights are still protected.
Has anyone been able to get their Cue:Cat to scan something they've printed with a bar code font? My cat will scan every UPC bar code I've found, but if I try to make my own, it almost never works.
(FYI - This is a the "replicator" from Stargate: SG-1)
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You'd be surprised how much costs can be reduced when something becomes mass-produced. Most of the construction cost comes from having to build different objects and then assembling them.
I pay $40/month for RR in Austin, TX. That includes a $5 discount because I have the payment taken directly from my checking account. I think I get another discount because I have Time Warner cable, but I'm not sure.
As many of you know, a TiVo is always recording when plugged in. I turned on my TV at one point, and saw that it was playing the Superbowl. Apparently, the last thing it recorded was on Fox, and so it stayed on that channel. After a few seconds, I turned the TV off. As far as the TiVo is concerned, I watched the Superbowl from beginning to end, non-stop. Yeah, right.
If the page changes content when you go back, then your bookmark is invalid. Typically, when a webpage is marked as "no-cache", that means that the content changes whenever you load it. Of course, using no-cache just for ad impressions is evil.
Am I the only person who looks at ads after clicking a link to another page?
No, you're not.:-) I'm usually so trigger-happy, that my brain doesn't register the ad until after it's gone. I'm glad Mozilla once again ignores no-cache.
Just pipe the text to ispell (or any similar already existing program) in the background and all you have to write is a simple parser to handle the results.
That technique doesn't work on all platforms which run Mozilla. Also, ispell isn't available on all platforms, and it would seriously slow Mozilla down, since spawning a process is usually pretty slow.
The cross-platform nature of Mozilla is very, very important, and very critical to its development. All features must be incorporated into the codebase and written in such a manner that the platform doesn't matter.
Probably cause does not extend to a group of people, all of whom are acting innocently, and one of whom is the criminal. In order to ask a single person to be searched, that person must be showing a specific sign of suspicion. The law is quite clear on this already. Otherwise, the 4th Amendment would be completely useless. Just because you happen to be in the vicinity of a crime doesn't mean that you're a criminal. There has to be something more going on.
Please mod the parent up. I completely agree with nusuth - "software is free, pay for support" means that the developer can only get paid if his product needs support. There will be no incentive for him to make the software easy-to-use, let alone VERY easy-to-use. If a piece of software is so well written and designed that anyone can figure it out, then they won't need support. The irony is that the more money/time the developer spends on ease-of-use, the less money he will make!
I have a TiVo, and watching TV for me is a very lazy act. When I want to watch TV, I turn it on and see what my TiVo has recorded. Then I watch one of those shows, skipping all the commercials (I'm too lazy to get up). Then, when the show is over, I decide whether I want to do something else, or watch another show.
My TiVo makes watching TV easier, since I can always watch something I like whenever I want.
TiVo is much better for time-shifting than for archiving. Again, I'll echo what others are saying: you would definitely benefit from a TiVo. If you ever get one, you'd soon be saying, "I can't believe I didn't think I'd want one of these."
Look, there are some people who are just plain technologically inept. They will never figure out anything as complex as a TiVo. Anyone who is so stupid that he can't remember which way a CD goes is beyond hope. There is absolutely nothing you can do to make him understand anything like a TiVo. No one should even bother trying to market to people like that. Even if they did buy it, the tech support cost would erase any possible profit.
Fortunatley, their numbers are dwindling. In time, only a rare few will not know how to use these devices. In the meantime, I suggest you get caller ID so that you don't have to answer the phone when they call.
Wouldn't fv just be a factor of L? But that just goes to my other post, where I say that more work needs to be done on determining other equations for the factors of the Drake equation.
BTW, my biggest complaint about the Drake equation is that it's too simple. We need similar equations for the unknowns "fl" and "fi" before we can even begin to use it.
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People who would clone their cat rather than adopt another one disgust me. According the article, the new cat probably won't look the same anyway! And whether it will behave the same is also questionable. So in other words, it is both unethical and pointless to clone your cat.
The money that is contributed doesn't necessarily go to "free speech" activities. In fact, typically it goes to buy legislation. If Microsoft wanted to make a commercial that promoted Bush, they would have to justify that to their shareholders and employees. Soft Money allows companies to pretend to give money to political parties in support of the democractic process, but we all know that isn't why they do it. By banning Soft Money, a company that wants to support a candidate would have to do it more openly, under more scrutiny. Their free speech rights are still protected.
Thanks for the tip. It seems my inkjet printer was the problem. Bar codes printed on my laserjet work great.
Not if you learn how to program. Any experience/knowledge/skills/wisdom you gain, no matter how long ago it was, is still applicable.
I guess it's time you bought a TiVo.
Has anyone been able to get their Cue:Cat to scan something they've printed with a bar code font? My cat will scan every UPC bar code I've found, but if I try to make my own, it almost never works.
There's even a web site dedicated to it! Hint: click on the link labelled "cunnilingus". And whatever you do, don't complain that it smells!
That works as long as the Peter Principle doesn't apply.
(FYI - This is a the "replicator" from Stargate: SG-1)
You'd be surprised how much costs can be reduced when something becomes mass-produced. Most of the construction cost comes from having to build different objects and then assembling them.
I pay $40/month for RR in Austin, TX. That includes a $5 discount because I have the payment taken directly from my checking account. I think I get another discount because I have Time Warner cable, but I'm not sure.
Just in case you don't know who he is.
(FYI - I love OS/2 and use it at home, but I just couldn't resist).
And if you're running OS/2, you can use Cumulus with their WMR 968 Weather Station.
I think I'll be opting out.
If the page changes content when you go back, then your bookmark is invalid. Typically, when a webpage is marked as "no-cache", that means that the content changes whenever you load it. Of course, using no-cache just for ad impressions is evil.
No, you're not. :-) I'm usually so trigger-happy, that my brain doesn't register the ad until after it's gone. I'm glad Mozilla once again ignores no-cache.
That technique doesn't work on all platforms which run Mozilla. Also, ispell isn't available on all platforms, and it would seriously slow Mozilla down, since spawning a process is usually pretty slow.
The cross-platform nature of Mozilla is very, very important, and very critical to its development. All features must be incorporated into the codebase and written in such a manner that the platform doesn't matter.
Probably cause does not extend to a group of people, all of whom are acting innocently, and one of whom is the criminal. In order to ask a single person to be searched, that person must be showing a specific sign of suspicion. The law is quite clear on this already. Otherwise, the 4th Amendment would be completely useless. Just because you happen to be in the vicinity of a crime doesn't mean that you're a criminal. There has to be something more going on.
Please mod the parent up. I completely agree with nusuth - "software is free, pay for support" means that the developer can only get paid if his product needs support. There will be no incentive for him to make the software easy-to-use, let alone VERY easy-to-use. If a piece of software is so well written and designed that anyone can figure it out, then they won't need support. The irony is that the more money/time the developer spends on ease-of-use, the less money he will make!
My TiVo makes watching TV easier, since I can always watch something I like whenever I want.
TiVo is much better for time-shifting than for archiving. Again, I'll echo what others are saying: you would definitely benefit from a TiVo. If you ever get one, you'd soon be saying, "I can't believe I didn't think I'd want one of these."
Fortunatley, their numbers are dwindling. In time, only a rare few will not know how to use these devices. In the meantime, I suggest you get caller ID so that you don't have to answer the phone when they call.
Wouldn't fv just be a factor of L? But that just goes to my other post, where I say that more work needs to be done on determining other equations for the factors of the Drake equation.
BTW, my biggest complaint about the Drake equation is that it's too simple. We need similar equations for the unknowns "fl" and "fi" before we can even begin to use it.