There is what could be described as a hydraulic computer that people use everyday; The automatic transmission. Granted it has a fixed program but the early ones did use nothing but transmission fluid.
...I have a coworker that leaves 3+ minute messages for me...
Yes, I have a client who does that as well. He is usually "thinking out loud" and ends up answering his own question by the end of the message (he dose the same thing in emails!).
A voice message doesn't need to be more than 30-40 seconds. Just enough information so that I know what you want with the possibility that I can give an answer if I get _your_ v-mail.
A message of "Give me a call" is almost as bad as the 3+ minute dissertation.
They'll call you back or text you if their not already dead. That's happened to me like 3 times... I ignore voice mail too.
Wow, 3 people died after leaving you voice messages. Tough neighborhood;-)
Seriously, if I leave someone a voice message and they aren't ready to respond to my questions when they call back I won't be doing business with them for long.
I also expect a message from anyone calling me so I am prepared to answer their questions when I call them back (at my convenience). If they don't leave a message I assume they changed their mind about talking to me or they dialed the wrong number.
While you're testing memory using Memtest, the GPU is not used at all, for example. When playing a game and/or running some heavy compile-jobs, on the other hand, overall power usage will be much higher.
I think memtest is a good first level test - it will pinpoint gross errors in memory. But probably won't detect more subtle problems. For me the best extended test is to enable all the opengl screen savers and let the system run overnight cycling through each of them. If the system doesn't crash with this it will probably be solid under a normal load. For me this has been the best test of overall system stability. Unfortunately if it fails won't know exactly what is wrong.
What he explicitly said is that the kindle creates extra value for the work. In return the people who created the material should share in that extra value.
Why should they share in the extra value? They had nothing to do with adding the value.
The fact that the Kindle has TTS makes it more popular. Isn't it enough that the more popular the Kindle is the more e-books will be sold over all?
The Guild should be doing everything they can to support their future medium.
In school you might be close enough to talk, but talking might not be allowed, or desired. Texting is private and discreet (except many teachers will notice).
The most recent example I was given happened in a restaurant. Maybe it was just force of habit in that case but what does that say about paying attention in school? Kind of like sitting next to someone and constantly whispering back and forth.
If you look round you'll probably see your younger co-workers texting friends.
You are right about that at least those with blackberrys and iphones. Although more often they are on chat talking to the person in the next cubicle;-)
Perhaps I'm showing my age, but I don't understand the appeal of texting. First off, emailing is free so there's no point paying for a text. And second, I'd rather HEAR the person I'm communicating with.
It's my understanding that much of the texting kids do today is to friends that are near enough that just talking without any electronics involved would work. This according to a co-worker who who has 3 girls in HS and 2 in college.
And to think my parents didn't understand why I would use a walkie-talkie to talk to my friend two houses down when I was a kid;-)
Remember, however, that Netflix doesn't show you the rating of a movie; it shows you its best estimate of how well you will like the movie.
No, it gives both the average rating of people who have watched the same movies as you and the total average of all ratings for the movie.
Example: Average of raters like you: 4.5 stars
Average of 254,138 ratings: 4.1 stars
According to Wikipedia (if you are prone to believe such things;-);
Methane in the atmosphere is eventually oxidized, producing carbon dioxide and water. As a result, methane in the atmosphere has a half life of seven years (if no methane were added, then every seven years, the amount of methane would halve).
OTOH, years ago, people working at Nintendo (USA) told me that when they recieved letters, they put them in the trash as soon as it became apparent it was an "idea" letter for a game. They didn't want the liability. How is google going to curb this aspect?
The letters to Nintendo were unsolicited. Google requires you to agree to their TOS before you can post an idea.
The only way to get the machine into a usable state again is to manually edit the virtual machine definition, which is a lot more complex than one would immediately think. Just look at the VirtualBox bug tracker for some horror stories.
This confused the hell out of me the first time it happened on a virtual CD mount. But it only took a few minutes to realize that all that needed to be done was to disable the CD from the GUI. It should be just as easy to disable a hard drive.
While it is bad form to refuse to boot over something so trivial I don't see this as a show stopper.
Disclaimer: I'm not using VirtualBox in a production environment.
...You are full of it... ...but hyperbole isn't going to help that situation any.
No, it _is_ harder to find non-antibacterial soap. Compared to just grabbing whatever is on sale it is more difficult (time consuming) to stand there scanning each label for ingredients.
If I said it was impossible to find non-antibacterial soap that would have been hyperbole.
Consider the story about the dangers of germ-free environments. Specifically, excessive attempts to elminate germs can, in addition to creating super-bugs, cause our immune system to malfunction. Without the constant exercisng of our immune system by germs, our immune system goes into overdrive by generating an immune response to things (e.g., pollen) that are not germs.
Yeah, it's difficult to find soap that is not "antibacterial" today. Which is odd as just soap and water used properly will do the job.
But let's not forget it was science that taught us about germs in the first place. It's been hammered home since microbes were first discovered that bacteria and virus were to be avoided at all costs. Now the opposite is true?
I can see why most people would rather read about Paris Hilton than try to decide which scientific report to believe.
and if you can't compete go out of business that's how it is supposed to work. Goods should be as cheap as possible that still keep them selling.
No, that may work in some businesses but in others it results in higher prices and worse service.
As the GP points out;
These companys want to keep their local dealers open. They want to have a place for you to take your unit back to for support. if they don't have MAP there is no reason for that local dealer to even been selling the product if they can't even be competitive with the pricing.
Once all the small companies go out of business the big guys can raise their prices above where they were when they had competition.
Yeah, a year or so ago I got tired of seeing 100-2K ssh entries a day in logwatch on my home machine. Denyhosts was fairly easy to setup and works like a charm.
I don't use the sync feature but do take advantage of the user black list. Grep the logs once a month and add the most popular names to the black list. I set it up to block the IP on the first attempt to login using any of the banned users.
Down to about 5-6 attempts a day now. This isn't even a static IP, can't imagine how bad it is for someone with one.
The only statistics I can find suggest that most prisoners are in for violent crimes. And I've never heard of anyone being imprisoned for failure to pay child support.
Yes, as counterintuitive as it may be if you don't pay child support you can be taken away from your source of income and put in jail.
Although this is probably limited to people who are caught after "disappearing" to avoid making the payments.
As far as the GP assertion that not paying child support is "victim less" ask any single parent (male or female) if there are no victims when the money stops coming in.
"Isn't any drug dangerous in doses past the prescribed rate?"
Not necessarily. Drugs might only have been accredited for use at the prescibed rate, and not checked further. The may be efficacious at the prescribed rate and (in the general interests of not taking drugs you don't need), safe well above it but still prescribed at a relatively low but effective does.
I always assumed that part of the FDA approval process included an LD50 estimate. Although that wouldn't look at long term issues at higher than prescribed but less than lethal doses.
'out of print' by definition means they aren't making any more money on this book...
Yes, but it doesn't mean they don't plan to in the future. There are many reasons that a book can be considered out of print.
which means they don't deserve money from a settlement. "We don't find value in printing this book anymore" should mean it defaults to public domain and becomes free access. Anything else sounds like just another abuse of copyright in my opinion.
Just because it's not worth it to publish a print copy doesn't mean that they should consider the work to be worthless. Although I do agree that copyright should be a "use it or lose it" proposition.
I dunno what to think. Radio has gotten bad too. I'm listening to the classic rock station (ok, I'm old, it wasn't 'classic' when I first heard this stuff). I was listening to Pink Floyd playing "Money". They bleeped out "do goody good bullshit". What the hell?
At least broadcast radio has an excuse - FCC.
There are many opinions as to why the FCC is cracking down today. Mostly involving a web site and soccer moms.
Back in the 80's radio could play anything, in the Boston area the UHF TV stations played uncut R rated movies for a while. The college radio stations would even play The Ballad of Jerry Curlan!
Not sure what the problem is with MTV, the FCC doesn't have the same control over cable.
Your engine is connected to the tarns via a fluid coupler (Tourq (sp) converter) You get no more braking by shifting to a lower gear then the guy in the car next to you.
What are you talking about? Down shifting an automatic does give you engine braking. The transmission is prevented from shifting up to the next gear so the wheels are trying to turn the engine at a faster rate.
When running down a long downgrade that would require braking simply select a lower gear (for automatic transmissions this may necessitate a brief application of the throttle after selecting the gear).
They use wikikpedia as a reference so it must be true;-)
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I believe they are referred to as knock-knock jokes;
Person #1 - Knock knock.
Person #2 - Who's there?
Person #1 - Yes, and they just declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting.
...I don't get it.
There is what could be described as a hydraulic computer that people use everyday;
The automatic transmission. Granted it has a fixed program but the early ones did use nothing but transmission fluid.
...I have a coworker that leaves 3+ minute messages for me...
Yes, I have a client who does that as well. He is usually "thinking out loud" and ends up answering his own question by the end of the message (he dose the same thing in emails!).
A voice message doesn't need to be more than 30-40 seconds. Just enough information so that I know what you want with the possibility that I can give an answer if I get _your_ v-mail.
A message of "Give me a call" is almost as bad as the 3+ minute dissertation.
They'll call you back or text you if their not already dead. That's happened to me like 3 times... I ignore voice mail too.
Wow, 3 people died after leaving you voice messages. Tough neighborhood;-)
Seriously, if I leave someone a voice message and they aren't ready to respond to my questions when they call back I won't be doing business with them for long.
I also expect a message from anyone calling me so I am prepared to answer their questions when I call them back (at my convenience). If they don't leave a message I assume they changed their mind about talking to me or they dialed the wrong number.
Maybe this is a generational thing?
I somehow feel a train sim posted in an offtopic comment might be immune to the traffic bombardment of slashdotting...
Apparently the server is _that_ bad.
For those curious there is always wiki and youtube
(Much better servers;-)
While you're testing memory using Memtest, the GPU is not used at all, for example. When playing a game and/or running some heavy compile-jobs, on the other hand, overall power usage will be much higher.
I think memtest is a good first level test - it will pinpoint gross errors in memory. But probably won't detect more subtle problems. For me the best extended test is to enable all the opengl screen savers and let the system run overnight cycling through each of them. If the system doesn't crash with this it will probably be solid under a normal load. For me this has been the best test of overall system stability. Unfortunately if it fails won't know exactly what is wrong.
What he explicitly said is that the kindle creates extra value for the work. In return the people who created the material should share in that extra value.
Why should they share in the extra value? They had nothing to do with adding the value.
The fact that the Kindle has TTS makes it more popular. Isn't it enough that the more popular the Kindle is the more e-books will be sold over all?
The Guild should be doing everything they can to support their future medium.
In school you might be close enough to talk, but talking might not be allowed, or desired. Texting is private and discreet (except many teachers will notice).
The most recent example I was given happened in a restaurant. Maybe it was just force of habit in that case but what does that say about paying attention in school? Kind of like sitting next to someone and constantly whispering back and forth.
If you look round you'll probably see your younger co-workers texting friends.
You are right about that at least those with blackberrys and iphones. Although more often they are on chat talking to the person in the next cubicle;-)
Perhaps I'm showing my age, but I don't understand the appeal of texting. First off, emailing is free so there's no point paying for a text. And second, I'd rather HEAR the person I'm communicating with.
It's my understanding that much of the texting kids do today is to friends that are near enough that just talking without any electronics involved would work. This according to a co-worker who who has 3 girls in HS and 2 in college.
And to think my parents didn't understand why I would use a walkie-talkie to talk to my friend two houses down when I was a kid;-)
Remember, however, that Netflix doesn't show you the rating of a movie; it shows you its best estimate of how well you will like the movie.
No, it gives both the average rating of people who have watched the same movies as you and the total average of all ratings for the movie.
Example:
Average of raters like you: 4.5 stars
Average of 254,138 ratings: 4.1 stars
Otherwise you make some very good points.
Garrrrr! Good point;-)
So, what _is_ happening to all the methane?
According to Wikipedia (if you are prone to believe such things;-);
Methane in the atmosphere is eventually oxidized, producing carbon dioxide and water. As a result, methane in the atmosphere has a half life of seven years (if no methane were added, then every seven years, the amount of methane would halve).
OTOH, years ago, people working at Nintendo (USA) told me that when they recieved letters, they put them in the trash as soon as it became apparent it was an "idea" letter for a game. They didn't want the liability. How is google going to curb this aspect?
The letters to Nintendo were unsolicited. Google requires you to agree to their TOS before you can post an idea.
The only way to get the machine into a usable state again is to manually edit the virtual machine definition, which is a lot more complex than one would immediately think. Just look at the VirtualBox bug tracker for some horror stories.
This confused the hell out of me the first time it happened on a virtual CD mount. But it only took a few minutes to realize that all that needed to be done was to disable the CD from the GUI. It should be just as easy to disable a hard drive.
While it is bad form to refuse to boot over something so trivial I don't see this as a show stopper.
Disclaimer: I'm not using VirtualBox in a production environment.
...You are full of it...
...but hyperbole isn't going to help that situation any.
No, it _is_ harder to find non-antibacterial soap. Compared to just grabbing whatever is on sale it is more difficult (time consuming) to stand there scanning each label for ingredients.
If I said it was impossible to find non-antibacterial soap that would have been hyperbole.
Consider the story about the dangers of germ-free environments. Specifically, excessive attempts to elminate germs can, in addition to creating super-bugs, cause our immune system to malfunction. Without the constant exercisng of our immune system by germs, our immune system goes into overdrive by generating an immune response to things (e.g., pollen) that are not germs.
Yeah, it's difficult to find soap that is not "antibacterial" today. Which is odd as just soap and water used properly will do the job.
But let's not forget it was science that taught us about germs in the first place. It's been hammered home since microbes were first discovered that bacteria and virus were to be avoided at all costs. Now the opposite is true?
I can see why most people would rather read about Paris Hilton than try to decide which scientific report to believe.
Then there's X-Ray Spex's take on the subject;-)
and if you can't compete go out of business that's how it is supposed to work. Goods should be as cheap as possible that still keep them selling.
No, that may work in some businesses but in others it results in higher prices and worse service.
As the GP points out;
These companys want to keep their local dealers open. They want to have a place for you to take your unit back to for support. if they don't have MAP there is no reason for that local dealer to even been selling the product if they can't even be competitive with the pricing.
Once all the small companies go out of business the big guys can raise their prices above where they were when they had competition.
Yeah, a year or so ago I got tired of seeing 100-2K ssh entries a day in logwatch on my home machine. Denyhosts was fairly easy to setup and works like a charm.
I don't use the sync feature but do take advantage of the user black list. Grep the logs once a month and add the most popular names to the black list. I set it up to block the IP on the first attempt to login using any of the banned users.
Down to about 5-6 attempts a day now. This isn't even a static IP, can't imagine how bad it is for someone with one.
The only statistics I can find suggest that most prisoners are in for violent crimes. And I've never heard of anyone being imprisoned for failure to pay child support.
Yes, as counterintuitive as it may be if you don't pay child support you can be taken away from your source of income and put in jail.
Although this is probably limited to people who are caught after "disappearing" to avoid making the payments.
As far as the GP assertion that not paying child support is "victim less" ask any single parent (male or female) if there are no victims when the money stops coming in.
"Isn't any drug dangerous in doses past the prescribed rate?"
Not necessarily. Drugs might only have been accredited for use at the prescibed rate, and not checked further. The may be efficacious at the prescribed rate and (in the general interests of not taking drugs you don't need), safe well above it but still prescribed at a relatively low but effective does.
I always assumed that part of the FDA approval process included an LD50 estimate. Although that wouldn't look at long term issues at higher than prescribed but less than lethal doses.
'out of print' by definition means they aren't making any more money on this book...
Yes, but it doesn't mean they don't plan to in the future. There are many reasons that a book can be considered out of print.
which means they don't deserve money from a settlement. "We don't find value in printing this book anymore" should mean it defaults to public domain and becomes free access. Anything else sounds like just another abuse of copyright in my opinion.
Just because it's not worth it to publish a print copy doesn't mean that they should consider the work to be worthless.
Although I do agree that copyright should be a "use it or lose it" proposition.
Or, y'know, if you... check out a copy of the book. 'cause that's what libraries are for.
I think the point is that the books are out of print so probably the library doesn't have a hard copy.
Huh? Wasn't it the FCC who fined the network (I forget which it was) that aired the Janet Jackson nipple slip?
Yes, one in the same. Even wardrobe malfunctions(TM) aren't forgiven any more.
I miss the good old days, if I had a lawn I'd tell all of you to get off it;-)
I dunno what to think. Radio has gotten bad too. I'm listening to the classic rock station (ok, I'm old, it wasn't 'classic' when I first heard this stuff). I was listening to Pink Floyd playing "Money". They bleeped out "do goody good bullshit". What the hell?
At least broadcast radio has an excuse - FCC.
There are many opinions as to why the FCC is cracking down today. Mostly involving a web site and soccer moms.
Back in the 80's radio could play anything, in the Boston area the UHF TV stations played uncut R rated movies for a while. The college radio stations would even play The Ballad of Jerry Curlan!
Not sure what the problem is with MTV, the FCC doesn't have the same control over cable.
Your engine is connected to the tarns via a fluid coupler (Tourq (sp) converter) You get no more braking by shifting to a lower gear then the guy in the car next to you.
What are you talking about? Down shifting an automatic does give you engine braking. The transmission is prevented from shifting up to the next gear so the wheels are trying to turn the engine at a faster rate.
From wika:
When running down a long downgrade that would require braking simply select a lower gear (for automatic transmissions this may necessitate a brief application of the throttle after selecting the gear).
They use wikikpedia as a reference so it must be true;-)