You might be right, but I don't think so. If you look at the screenshot of the analysis tool in the blog post, you can see that even through all of the noise there is a *very* clear curve for Hurricane Sandy. Although, we do know that the data is very noisy and we are working with some professors who are researching this very topic (calibration of phone sensors for weather data collection). I think we will have useful data for short-term prediction.
But if not, that's okay too. Science!
I agree completely! We are adding those as soon as we can. In the early days of the project, there was not enough data to build isobars. But now, we have enough and we are determined to add that feature. The project is built by me and volunteers in our free time, so it'll probably be a couple weeks or months before we get isobars in. Of course, pressureNET is fully open source and so if anyone feels like writing the isobar code and getting that feature done faster, we will welcome that too! Code is on github: https://github.com/JacobSheehy/pressureNET, https://github.com/JacobSheehy/pressureNETServer and https://github.com/JacobSheehy/pressureNETAnalysis.
It's about our desire to not have a president we deem insane. We don't like to think that our president might tell us that he is following a policy that is the bidding of God. "I need to invade a country. God told me to do it." Tell me that doesn't scare the living daylights out of you? Don't think it can't happen. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1586978,00.html
With hard drive sizes so much larger than they used to be, why limit the space to 80GB? I carry around a 250 with my laptop, and if you plan on having so much data, why not make it even larger?
Yeah yeah I did not RTFA, so if this is answered in the article, well...Eh.
Keep in mind that the summar is completely wrong. By a factor of 8. The drive is not half a terabyte, it's half a terabit. There's a difference. Same thing with the transfer speeds. It's no wonder that the general population is confused about storage space when a slashdot article gets it flat out wrong.
Alright, so the way I see it, the news here is that they're building these carriers. Good for them. I don't particularly care, but I understand that others here do. My complaint, rather, comment, is that the focus is on the money. The summary claims that the governments will save $6 billion by building these, but neglect that they could save $8 billion in building costs + billions more in employment costs.
So shouldn't the news be that the carriers are being built, not about how much the UK and French governments are "saving"?
Well, at The Source by Circut City where I work, about ten to fifteen people a day purchase keyboard or mouse extenders, or a PS/2 / USB converter which often ends up extending the cable anyway. They're usually about 2m long.
Slashdot is U.S.-centric. We readily admit this, and really don't see it as a problem. Slashdot is run by Americans, after all, and the vast majority of our readership is in the U.S. We're certainly not opposed to doing more international stories, but we don't have any formal plans for making that happen. All we can really tell you is that if you're outside the U.S. and you have news, submit it, and if it looks interesting, we'll post it.
Okay, so I'm a geek and I can edit CSS. Sure, not a problem. But everyone else out there who *isn't* really able to understand a userChrome.css file? I mean, Opera has a nice interface allowing you to do this. Okay, I understand FF has the functionality built in, but it's by no means easy.
Merely because a product is used for a simple task does not make it any less important than anything else. The reason people care so much about the security features in their cars is, shockingly, because it's important. While moving from one place to another is simple, it's very important. Actually, by the nature of things, the more often a task is performed, the more important it is. Without very advanced browsers, one of the most common tasks of today's world for anyone - using websites - would become dangerous for nearly all computers.
Actually, you can. Look under Tools / Preferences / Advanced.
can't change the layout to be what I like.
Ah, this is interesting. You see, I can't get FF to make it the layout I like (one of my main reasons for using Opera.) I have the address bar and the tab bar at the bottom of the screen, and no File Edit etc menus at the top. Last time I checked, it was either impossible or nearly so to get FF to do this. So, I understand what you mean about interface being a big deal, but it's not Opera's fault that it doesn't work just the way you specifically want it to. I'm not blaming FF for it's configuration problems, even though I believe it has some.
Why did you hate it? I've been an Opera user for coming up on three years now, and I admit I disliked it at first. I'll even go so far as to say that it's one of those applications that just flat out doesn't feel right at first...but seriously, I can't go back to anything else. Not FF, not IE, not Konqueror, nothing, just because Opera is so wonderful. Are you sure that you didn't allow yourself time to get the feel of it? Did you customize it at all? I also admit that by default Opera's interface is awful, but in the end it's all about the customization, isn't it?
I suggest you give Opera another chance, since it sounds like you gave up on it rather quickly.
Slashdot Mirror
You might be right, but I don't think so. If you look at the screenshot of the analysis tool in the blog post, you can see that even through all of the noise there is a *very* clear curve for Hurricane Sandy. Although, we do know that the data is very noisy and we are working with some professors who are researching this very topic (calibration of phone sensors for weather data collection). I think we will have useful data for short-term prediction. But if not, that's okay too. Science!
I agree completely! We are adding those as soon as we can. In the early days of the project, there was not enough data to build isobars. But now, we have enough and we are determined to add that feature. The project is built by me and volunteers in our free time, so it'll probably be a couple weeks or months before we get isobars in. Of course, pressureNET is fully open source and so if anyone feels like writing the isobar code and getting that feature done faster, we will welcome that too! Code is on github: https://github.com/JacobSheehy/pressureNET, https://github.com/JacobSheehy/pressureNETServer and https://github.com/JacobSheehy/pressureNETAnalysis.
Welcome to the internet. You can swear here.
It's about our desire to not have a president we deem insane. We don't like to think that our president might tell us that he is following a policy that is the bidding of God. "I need to invade a country. God told me to do it." Tell me that doesn't scare the living daylights out of you? Don't think it can't happen. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1586978,00.html
Mine's higher!
Intellectuals across the nation have asked that all retail stores take America's Army off their shelves and that americasarmy.com be shut down.
Electronic Entertainment Expo Expo?
My chair is so covered in duct/duck tape due to the armrests falling off that nobody but me will sit it in. Get rid of duct/duck tape? I think not!
Build a bed under your desk George Costanza style.
With hard drive sizes so much larger than they used to be, why limit the space to 80GB? I carry around a 250 with my laptop, and if you plan on having so much data, why not make it even larger?
Yeah yeah I did not RTFA, so if this is answered in the article, well...Eh.
Keep in mind that the summar is completely wrong. By a factor of 8. The drive is not half a terabyte, it's half a terabit. There's a difference. Same thing with the transfer speeds. It's no wonder that the general population is confused about storage space when a slashdot article gets it flat out wrong.
Alright, so the way I see it, the news here is that they're building these carriers. Good for them. I don't particularly care, but I understand that others here do. My complaint, rather, comment, is that the focus is on the money. The summary claims that the governments will save $6 billion by building these, but neglect that they could save $8 billion in building costs + billions more in employment costs.
So shouldn't the news be that the carriers are being built, not about how much the UK and French governments are "saving"?
Well, at The Source by Circut City where I work, about ten to fifteen people a day purchase keyboard or mouse extenders, or a PS/2 / USB converter which often ends up extending the cable anyway. They're usually about 2m long.
Did you just say that Google doesn't have brand recognition?
Oh dear.
Slashdot is U.S.-centric. We readily admit this, and really don't see it as a problem. Slashdot is run by Americans, after all, and the vast majority of our readership is in the U.S. We're certainly not opposed to doing more international stories, but we don't have any formal plans for making that happen. All we can really tell you is that if you're outside the U.S. and you have news, submit it, and if it looks interesting, we'll post it.
Taken from http://slashdot.org/faq/editorial.shtml
While I agree with your point, read before you post.
*sigh* You meant to say "it's," right?
I think you mean, "Freaking grammar nazis!"
Why are we so obsessed with predicting that things will die, when most likely, they won't?! *sigh*
Okay, so I'm a geek and I can edit CSS. Sure, not a problem. But everyone else out there who *isn't* really able to understand a userChrome.css file? I mean, Opera has a nice interface allowing you to do this. Okay, I understand FF has the functionality built in, but it's by no means easy.
And what about making the top menu bar disappear?
Merely because a product is used for a simple task does not make it any less important than anything else. The reason people care so much about the security features in their cars is, shockingly, because it's important. While moving from one place to another is simple, it's very important. Actually, by the nature of things, the more often a task is performed, the more important it is. Without very advanced browsers, one of the most common tasks of today's world for anyone - using websites - would become dangerous for nearly all computers.
Oh, so Avant is not even a real browser? What a rip.
I can't configure it to use larger fonts.
Actually, you can. Look under Tools / Preferences / Advanced.
can't change the layout to be what I like.
Ah, this is interesting. You see, I can't get FF to make it the layout I like (one of my main reasons for using Opera.) I have the address bar and the tab bar at the bottom of the screen, and no File Edit etc menus at the top. Last time I checked, it was either impossible or nearly so to get FF to do this. So, I understand what you mean about interface being a big deal, but it's not Opera's fault that it doesn't work just the way you specifically want it to. I'm not blaming FF for it's configuration problems, even though I believe it has some.
The features you mention sound suspiciously like mouse gestures in Opera...are you sure it's not Opera that you're using? ;)
Can't say I've ever used "Avant" before, but...everything you've said is available in most other browsers, AFAIK.
Why did you hate it? I've been an Opera user for coming up on three years now, and I admit I disliked it at first. I'll even go so far as to say that it's one of those applications that just flat out doesn't feel right at first...but seriously, I can't go back to anything else. Not FF, not IE, not Konqueror, nothing, just because Opera is so wonderful. Are you sure that you didn't allow yourself time to get the feel of it? Did you customize it at all? I also admit that by default Opera's interface is awful, but in the end it's all about the customization, isn't it?
I suggest you give Opera another chance, since it sounds like you gave up on it rather quickly.