people do not like to change anything because of good old fear A perfect example of this is the resistance to the metric system in the US. Kinda makes you wish for a good old dictatorship. Or not.
Unfortuantely, you have inadvertantly undermined your argument with that fact. New Orleans is (or was) an impoverished city, and there will not be the political will to rebuild the way there was in the Netherlands after the flooding of 1953. Certainly Holland is an amazing show of what is possible, given the economic impetus. New Orleans does have a rich cultural heritage and a romantic image, but can that be turned into the billions of dollars necessary for such a project? Personally, I think perhaps New Orleans should turn away from the example of the Netherlands, and look to Venice. Instead of fighting back with bigger and bigger walls, New Orleans should embrace the water and let it comingle with the city. Sure, Venice has flooding problems, but everyone just moves upstairs. It is still a romantic, beautiful city. As the Louisiana ports become more and more automated, the jobs have dried up, and there is less and less economic reason for New Orleans to be there. It's saving grace is it's culture. New Orleans should build on that, and rebuild a city of art and beauty.
This is another one of those schemes that only works if it gets instant and universal acceptance.
I don't think that's necessarily true. Imagine that a micro-payment system was already in place, and most people already had accounts in this new system. Then I could bounce all my emails explaining how to send me that tiny 1/10 of a cent. My friends would click on the link and the email would go through. And they would then want to join up, too. There would need to be a big enough education campaign so people understand the global benefits, because there is an irritaion factor the first time you use it. But a tenth of a cent is not much of an irritation.
Another rumor is that Apple will be releasing poison gas into the San Fransisco subway. "The companies have declined to confirm or deny the report, which would fit Apple's past pattern of being secretive to maximise the splash on announcement day." That proves it, it must be true!
from the transmorigying-data-services dept.? dictionary.com says that's not a word, google says, "did you mean 'transmorgifying'?" and returns lots of results with it spelled that way. However if you plug "transmorgifying" back into dictionary.com, it is not a word, either! It in turn sugggests "Did you mean transmogrifying?" which is the correct spelling. To me this implies that Google has found more examples of the incorrect spelling than the correct! (Although not as grotesquely misspelled as Hemos' spelling.)
The only feature that this Microsoftie thing has that beats the Goog is the zoom in and out. It is just a gimmick, of course, but it makes it easier to see keep track of things as you change resolutions. The feature I am looking for is a topo map layer. For awhile there was a greasemonkey script that added USGS topo maps to Google Maps, and I was in map heaven. The topo maps have so much more information on them, including buildings, park boundries, etc, that the Google street map layer doesn't have. But Google changed their interface and it stopped working:( I hope Google officailly supports it someday. The USGS maps are supposed to freely distributable, I believe.
that is what is closest to earth. If you mean "...so that would be the shortest trip", I can't agree, because the lunar landing missions always included a lunar orbiter that they had to meet back up with after they had been on the surface. They always looped around the back on those missions. But perhaps the earth side would be the best for maintaining radio contact?
I thought simplicity was supposed to be the big draw of the one-button-mouse Mac culture.
Yes, it is. Having less choices is simpler. For most people, that is great. When you want to do the most obvious thing; like select something with your mouse, it is intuitive. You don't have to learn anything. Your power user, rapidly pasting their text with their trusty middle button, might feel a bit constrained by the lack of options.
Likewise with the design decisions around the Ipod. Sure, they were working in an arena of draconian regulations, and they didn't want to get their asses sued, but they were able to allow users to do the most obvious thing easily. In this case, moving tunes TO the Ipod.
From article: site rating system called "Trust Ratings" which is driven by lists of sites provided by our trusted security partners. Who are these "trusted security partners" and why should I trust them?
Try this! It adds new options besides the regular "Map" and "Satellite". You can get USGS Topo maps and TerraServer satellite. All with that delicious Google interface!
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I thought we were talking about a game.
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people do not like to change anything because of good old fear
A perfect example of this is the resistance to the metric system in the US. Kinda makes you wish for a good old dictatorship. Or not.
That's no moon...
What, are you trying to imply that vi is not a full featured IDE?
Mmmm, donuts....
I had to unhide the -1s to decipher this thread, too. That's why I always quote the parent in my posts. Except this time.
Unfortuantely, you have inadvertantly undermined your argument with that fact. New Orleans is (or was) an impoverished city, and there will not be the political will to rebuild the way there was in the Netherlands after the flooding of 1953.
Certainly Holland is an amazing show of what is possible, given the economic impetus.
New Orleans does have a rich cultural heritage and a romantic image, but can that be turned into the billions of dollars necessary for such a project? Personally, I think perhaps New Orleans should turn away from the example of the Netherlands, and look to Venice. Instead of fighting back with bigger and bigger walls, New Orleans should embrace the water and let it comingle with the city. Sure, Venice has flooding problems, but everyone just moves upstairs. It is still a romantic, beautiful city. As the Louisiana ports become more and more automated, the jobs have dried up, and there is less and less economic reason for New Orleans to be there. It's saving grace is it's culture. New Orleans should build on that, and rebuild a city of art and beauty.
Are those African or European swallows?
I don't think that's necessarily true. Imagine that a micro-payment system was already in place, and most people already had accounts in this new system. Then I could bounce all my emails explaining how to send me that tiny 1/10 of a cent. My friends would click on the link and the email would go through. And they would then want to join up, too.
There would need to be a big enough education campaign so people understand the global benefits, because there is an irritaion factor the first time you use it. But a tenth of a cent is not much of an irritation.
Another rumor is that Apple will be releasing poison gas into the San Fransisco subway.
"The companies have declined to confirm or deny the report, which would fit Apple's past pattern of being secretive to maximise the splash on announcement day."
That proves it, it must be true!
from the transmorigying-data-services dept.?
dictionary.com says that's not a word, google says, "did you mean 'transmorgifying'?" and returns lots of results with it spelled that way.
However if you plug "transmorgifying" back into dictionary.com, it is not a word, either! It in turn sugggests "Did you mean transmogrifying?" which is the correct spelling. To me this implies that Google has found more examples of the incorrect spelling than the correct! (Although not as grotesquely misspelled as Hemos' spelling.)
Is this what you are looking for?
The only feature that this Microsoftie thing has that beats the Goog is the zoom in and out. It is just a gimmick, of course, but it makes it easier to see keep track of things as you change resolutions. The feature I am looking for is a topo map layer. For awhile there was a greasemonkey script that added USGS topo maps to Google Maps, and I was in map heaven. The topo maps have so much more information on them, including buildings, park boundries, etc, that the Google street map layer doesn't have. But Google changed their interface and it stopped working :(
I hope Google officailly supports it someday. The USGS maps are supposed to freely distributable, I believe.
that is what is closest to earth.
If you mean "...so that would be the shortest trip", I can't agree, because the lunar landing missions always included a lunar orbiter that they had to meet back up with after they had been on the surface. They always looped around the back on those missions. But perhaps the earth side would be the best for maintaining radio contact?
And that cool remote control... sweet.
Oh sure, it's easy to laugh. But one day, people will not laugh. Weavers unite!
I did something like that once... it was called getting a job.
I respectfully reject any partial credit.
Never mind.
48 seconds? Maybe you should show your work for partial credit.
I figure it as:
40 hours = 2400 minutes = 144000 seconds
1% of that is 1440 seconds per week, or 24 minutes.
Still doesn't sound very realistic. That might be one support call per week. A fairly easy one.
Now what was Internet Explorer again?
Yes, it is. Having less choices is simpler. For most people, that is great. When you want to do the most obvious thing; like select something with your mouse, it is intuitive. You don't have to learn anything. Your power user, rapidly pasting their text with their trusty middle button, might feel a bit constrained by the lack of options. Likewise with the design decisions around the Ipod. Sure, they were working in an arena of draconian regulations, and they didn't want to get their asses sued, but they were able to allow users to do the most obvious thing easily. In this case, moving tunes TO the Ipod.
From article: site rating system called "Trust Ratings" which is driven by lists of sites provided by our trusted security partners.
Who are these "trusted security partners" and why should I trust them?
Try this! It adds new options besides the regular "Map" and "Satellite". You can get USGS Topo maps and TerraServer satellite. All with that delicious Google interface!
I'm afraid that to fix my typing, I need some aversion therapy. *looks down at keyboard* ZZZZZT!! Augh!