Something like this would be cool in a true hydrogen-powered car. - You could plug in the car at night and generate hydrogen for the next day. If you're on the road and you're running a little low, stop at a hydrogen refueling station.
It would be sort of like an electric car but one that could be instantly refueled as well.
It may be good practice to have anti-virus software installed on any OS, but there's no way I'll be wasting money on Mac AV software. If I was running a Mac based business then yeah, but at home it's just not worth it. On Windows I use free AVG.
I recall seeing something like this on an episode of Scientific American Frontiers a few years ago. Alan Alda was talking to a scientist about his storage pellet which looked something like a hockey puck.
The new site looks nice, but be careful about making it look like the old slashdot, because if you don't do it perfectly, it comes off looking like a cheap imitation. It might be better to change the look just a bit, so it looks like a new improved (but still familiar) site.
1. Resize from any side/corner of a window. You could at least drag by side borders in OS 9 - neither border-drag or side/corner resize is an option ins OS X. You use the bottom right corner or you live with it (this sucks for Photoshop).
It also sucks when the right corner gets trapped behind the dock.
PBS ads are getting worse. It used to be that you'd hear "This show is brought to you by Sears". Now you often see a full commercial in that small space before a show starts. It's still much better than regular TV though.
I bought a Powerbook G4 12" in 2003 after trying OS X out for a few months at work. The OS is what made me a Mac fan. The unique PPCness and the pretty designs were kind of cool but don't really matter much (to me). If Dell, HP, or Packard Bell started shipping PCs with OS X then I'd seriously consider them too. Wait, not Packard Bell.
One thing that's kind of surprised me over the years is that the higher my job pays, the less difficult and stressful the job seems to be.
I started in high school as a store clerk, and slowly moved from there to become a system admin today. There's more skill and responsibility required as you move up, but there's also a lot less stress.
I "own" the job I have now. I make my own rules. I have to be prepared to work long hours or weekends if the need arises, but overall I'm a lot more relaxed and happy today than I was way back when.
They don't tell you this stuff in school.
Better yet, start a project that bulldozes all roads and replaces them with rails. It'll wipe out pollution and traffic 100%, except for the industrial zones and airport. The citizens will love you for it and you'll get rich fast.
At least it worked for me in SimCity.
Patches only work when they're installed. Many people don't install patches until they realize they've been hacked. Even if they are aware of new patches, system admins and users might be hesitant to install a brand new untested patch on an already working system.
Seems to me that a standard unix text console would do the job. Make a braille display that's about 80x25, (or 80x1 and scrollable) and boot to a command prompt. The user can use Lynx to web browse, vim as an editor, etc. Much of the software is there already. Some enhanced task-switcher and screen reading software might be helpful too. It's not perfect but it does the job pretty well. It's just a matter of learning to use it.
I'd prefer a GUI myself but it seems in this case a GUI would be more confusion than it's worth, unless they invent some sort of high resolution braille displays..
--I love the PPC, and I lament its absence.
Why? I'm just curious. Aside from being different
is there any great advantage to PPC over a Pentium 4 or Pentium M?
Couldn't this technology be used to charge a battery inside the mouse? That way you can be charging the mouse while using it at a desk but you can still take it across the room with you.
I wonder what a system like this would do if a piece of litter, bag of trash, etc. blows onto the road or falls off the back of a truck in front of me. Could the car see this as an impending crash and slam on the brakes at 70mph? There may be other illusions too that could fool the system.
I find it hard to believe that many people will switch back to IE from FireFox (or others) after IE7 comes out. It'll probably get picked up by current IE6 users or corporate IT depts. But it would take some pretty spectacular changes to get me to switch.
Leo Laporte was the only good talent on that channel. He was a technology fanatic first and a TV host second. He did a good job of hosting, he seemed like an average guy who knew his stuff, and not a phony TV personality. The others either tried too hard to be cool or were too nerdy. It's a shame he had to leave TechTV but I'd rather see him out there on his own than hosting the suckified version of Screen Savers that exists today.
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Good diet and exercise should counter the effects.
Something like this would be cool in a true hydrogen-powered car. - You could plug in the car at night and generate hydrogen for the next day. If you're on the road and you're running a little low, stop at a hydrogen refueling station.
It would be sort of like an electric car but one that could be instantly refueled as well.
High CD prices do also...
Either that or make a really bad mess. :)
It may be good practice to have anti-virus software installed on any OS, but there's no way I'll be wasting money on Mac AV software. If I was running a Mac based business then yeah, but at home it's just not worth it. On Windows I use free AVG.
I recall seeing something like this on an episode of Scientific American Frontiers a few years ago. Alan Alda was talking to a scientist about his storage pellet which looked something like a hockey puck.
The new site looks nice, but be careful about making it look like the old slashdot, because if you don't do it perfectly, it comes off looking like a cheap imitation. It might be better to change the look just a bit, so it looks like a new improved (but still familiar) site.
Actually, if you RTFA it's a pretty dim idea. :)
PBS ads are getting worse. It used to be that you'd hear "This show is brought to you by Sears". Now you often see a full commercial in that small space before a show starts. It's still much better than regular TV though.
But gamers have known about 3d chips for years..
I bought a Powerbook G4 12" in 2003 after trying OS X out for a few months at work. The OS is what made me a Mac fan. The unique PPCness and the pretty designs were kind of cool but don't really matter much (to me). If Dell, HP, or Packard Bell started shipping PCs with OS X then I'd seriously consider them too. Wait, not Packard Bell.
One thing that's kind of surprised me over the years is that the higher my job pays, the less difficult and stressful the job seems to be. I started in high school as a store clerk, and slowly moved from there to become a system admin today. There's more skill and responsibility required as you move up, but there's also a lot less stress. I "own" the job I have now. I make my own rules. I have to be prepared to work long hours or weekends if the need arises, but overall I'm a lot more relaxed and happy today than I was way back when. They don't tell you this stuff in school.
..and one third of the replies to this article will be lame jokes about this study being nonsense.
Better yet, start a project that bulldozes all roads and replaces them with rails. It'll wipe out pollution and traffic 100%, except for the industrial zones and airport. The citizens will love you for it and you'll get rich fast. At least it worked for me in SimCity.
Ok, i should have said "mostly working system" :)
Patches only work when they're installed. Many people don't install patches until they realize they've been hacked. Even if they are aware of new patches, system admins and users might be hesitant to install a brand new untested patch on an already working system.
Seems to me that a standard unix text console would do the job. Make a braille display that's about 80x25, (or 80x1 and scrollable) and boot to a command prompt. The user can use Lynx to web browse, vim as an editor, etc. Much of the software is there already. Some enhanced task-switcher and screen reading software might be helpful too. It's not perfect but it does the job pretty well. It's just a matter of learning to use it. I'd prefer a GUI myself but it seems in this case a GUI would be more confusion than it's worth, unless they invent some sort of high resolution braille displays..
Can I have the other Two?
--I love the PPC, and I lament its absence. Why? I'm just curious. Aside from being different is there any great advantage to PPC over a Pentium 4 or Pentium M?
84213475436342364273642 There's your random number. Use that.
Couldn't this technology be used to charge a battery inside the mouse? That way you can be charging the mouse while using it at a desk but you can still take it across the room with you.
I wonder what a system like this would do if a piece of litter, bag of trash, etc. blows onto the road or falls off the back of a truck in front of me. Could the car see this as an impending crash and slam on the brakes at 70mph? There may be other illusions too that could fool the system.
I find it hard to believe that many people will switch back to IE from FireFox (or others) after IE7 comes out. It'll probably get picked up by current IE6 users or corporate IT depts. But it would take some pretty spectacular changes to get me to switch.
Leo Laporte was the only good talent on that channel. He was a technology fanatic first and a TV host second. He did a good job of hosting, he seemed like an average guy who knew his stuff, and not a phony TV personality. The others either tried too hard to be cool or were too nerdy. It's a shame he had to leave TechTV but I'd rather see him out there on his own than hosting the suckified version of Screen Savers that exists today.