Why don't you change it then? Add the following text to your ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals to change the button order:
[KDE]
ButtonLayout=1
This isn't meant as an anti-Linux/KDE/whatever flame but...
Why can't stuff like this be configured with a radiobutton / dropdown menu so you can see what the options are? Why the magic number "1"? What does that mean? Reverse alphabetical order?
Personally, I would never let my children or grandchildren post at the GameFAQs forums without proper supervision. It's not about protecting them from the content there, but more the presentation of the content. I support creativity, and to be truly expressive requires intelligence and at least the ability to read and write with clarity and correctness.
I abhor bad spelling as much as the next guy, but "parental supervision" to shield your kids from it? That's like protecting them from drowning by never letting them see water!
Teach the kids proper grammar and spelling. Encourage them to use proper grammar and spelling. Correct them when they don't use proper grammar and spelling.
Attempting to make sure they never see bad spelling is insane.
Imagine a world where you could just buy a box of fuel pellets at the grocery store, since it's safe enough to keep in the aisles.
This is what has been holding most alternative fuels back. This stuff needs no new investments for the distributor. Unlike huge gas tanks no one wants to invest in before there are cars that run on gas, while no one buys said cars because there is no way to fill the tank.
So think of a mobile phone sized device that can expand out to screen size of a PSP (or something like that).
And while you're at it, think of Nokia's "Consumers want mobile TV"-study from a few days ago. To be honest, I'll be happy to just get net access with a 10" screen that still fits in the mobile phone I have in my pocket anyway.
Because some of the hurricane victims turn to looting, murder, rape etc, all hurricane victims are bad, including the victims of said looting, murder and rape.
Just as mindless as claiming lawlessness is not the authorities' fault, it's the criminals' fault.
Civilian victims aren't our fault, it's the enemy's fault. The suspects live in normal apartment buildings so it's their fault that innocents die when we bomb those buildings.
Don't know about these, but Sweden is doing research on micro-satellites and those can be deployed within an hour or two using a normal jet-fighter (Viggen/JAS)
This sounds interesting. How are they launched? How light can something that emits a signal strong enough to be practical as a satellite get nowadays? What kind of rocket is the minimum necessary to get that weight into orbit? What's the cost of a launch?
I expect that this EULA is not valid in the EU again.
So, no problem.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but an EULA is usually valid to the extent that it does not violate local laws, i.e. the whole EULA is not invalidated even if part of it is.
Another oddity here is the new term "copyright theft". WTF is that?
Seems like they are just muddying the waters with terms and slogans that are technically false or just meaningless, like the old "copyright violation is theft", "piracy is theft", "downloading is theft" etc.
So, if I have engaged in an act of copyright theft against company A concerning movie B, does this mean they no longer have the copyright for movie B?
That's what I got out of the article. If the difference starts showing at puberty (age 14 according to the study), something happens to the development of the brain there.
I think this is what's interesting in the study. It is well known men are better at spatial and women at verbal tests. How equal the sexes are in a given IQ test is simply a function of how much spatial vs. verbal ability it measures. Every time someone uses a test that is not carefully balanced for the specific purpose of giving men and women equal scores on the average there's a huge amount of whining about how the tests are wrong, biased, the researcher hates the opposite sex etc etc etc.
then I realized that it's probably a federal offense to impersonate a military officer in real life. The question then becomes whether it's illegal to impersonate an officer online.
Think this through for a bit. Do you think the law actually mentions "in real life" as opposed to online? At first, I was annoyed when people assumed no pre-Internet laws apply on the internet. Nowadays I just wonder where this assumption comes from.
Anyway, although you can't assume scammers will avoid doing something because it's illegal it might serve as an additional deterrent. Still, I wonder if it would be illegal for me, a non-US citizen located outside the US, to impersonate a US officer?
There is also loads of bias in the way many aricles refer to events, places, organizations etc. that are American without mentioning this fact. An article on liberal media bias or intelligent design gives the wrong impression if you don't mention that these are mainly US phenomena.
Interestingly, as I browsed for an example, I found the text box "The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please edit the article to improve its geographical balance." in the article on media bias. I haven't seen it before, so I assume someone else has noticed the problem.
This application of the technology seems really silly to me, because the software tries to mimic human interpretation of voice tone patterns; but we as humans can do this much much better.
Some of us are less adept at this than others. Also, although we may be able to interpret tonality very well, we may not be consciously aware of it. A slight feeling of unease is less noticable that a red flashing light.
Am I the only one that thinks this is great stuff?
Such a meter can only monitor the sound of your voice. It would totally fail on me; I use a monotone. It would have widely varying and unhelpful results for a portion of the population.
Possibly. From tfa:
The program, which Madan said is nearing completion, uses mathematical algorithms to measure levels of stress and empathy in a person's voice. It also keeps track of how often someone is speaking.
I hope you don't take this as an insult, but if you speak in a monotone regardless of your emotional state you are fairly unusual. The software would help with interpreting the emotions of those who communicate them in the same way, or similarly to, the majority.
I obviously don't know how good the software is, but I know I judge someone's mood based on clues like those described in the article. If you speak in a monotone I'd probably consider you disinterested, as that is what you are communicating.
I would use it. I assume it monitors for signs of rapport (Jerk-o-meter sounds a bit unscientific, but what do I know). It would be great to have instant feedback on how deep rapport i build with the person on the other end, a signal to warn me that I'm distracted, see a graph showing at what point the other person starts to warm up etc.
How often have you kicked yourself after a phone call, realizing you've said something stupid? Now you can check if/how stupid it was. Got into an argument with someone? Check what sentence set it off. Better yet, get a warning two minutes before you start yelling at your mother.
In that case, the game only gets better if the player loses a lot -- and most games try to make sure the player doesn't lose too much, but is instead always on the brink of losing (to keep him hopeful but challenged.)
So, you reward the desired behavior. Why should training an AI be any different from training dogs, kids or girlfriends?
Seriously, you don't want the instakill monsters to be the only ones that survive. The ones that give the player an interesting, suitably long and suitably hard fight are the ones you want.
One of the main reasons for using text messaging is to communicate with someone without putting a phone up to your ear. Are they suggesting that the morse code be printed on the screen of the phone?
Just to clarify; the idea is to use morse code to input text, then send the SMS normally.
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Why don't you change it then? Add the following text to your ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals to change the button order: [KDE] ButtonLayout=1
This isn't meant as an anti-Linux/KDE/whatever flame but...
Why can't stuff like this be configured with a radiobutton / dropdown menu so you can see what the options are? Why the magic number "1"? What does that mean? Reverse alphabetical order?
Personally, I would never let my children or grandchildren post at the GameFAQs forums without proper supervision. It's not about protecting them from the content there, but more the presentation of the content. I support creativity, and to be truly expressive requires intelligence and at least the ability to read and write with clarity and correctness.
I abhor bad spelling as much as the next guy, but "parental supervision" to shield your kids from it? That's like protecting them from drowning by never letting them see water!
Teach the kids proper grammar and spelling. Encourage them to use proper grammar and spelling. Correct them when they don't use proper grammar and spelling.
Attempting to make sure they never see bad spelling is insane.
Imagine a world where you could just buy a box of fuel pellets at the grocery store, since it's safe enough to keep in the aisles.
This is what has been holding most alternative fuels back. This stuff needs no new investments for the distributor. Unlike huge gas tanks no one wants to invest in before there are cars that run on gas, while no one buys said cars because there is no way to fill the tank.
So think of a mobile phone sized device that can expand out to screen size of a PSP (or something like that).
And while you're at it, think of Nokia's "Consumers want mobile TV"-study from a few days ago. To be honest, I'll be happy to just get net access with a 10" screen that still fits in the mobile phone I have in my pocket anyway.
I find this attitude... annoying.
Because some of the hurricane victims turn to looting, murder, rape etc, all hurricane victims are bad, including the victims of said looting, murder and rape.
Just as mindless as claiming lawlessness is not the authorities' fault, it's the criminals' fault.
Civilian victims aren't our fault, it's the enemy's fault. The suspects live in normal apartment buildings so it's their fault that innocents die when we bomb those buildings.
Right. What's wrong with people these days?
Don't know about these, but Sweden is doing research on micro-satellites and those can be deployed within an hour or two using a normal jet-fighter (Viggen/JAS)
This sounds interesting. How are they launched? How light can something that emits a signal strong enough to be practical as a satellite get nowadays? What kind of rocket is the minimum necessary to get that weight into orbit? What's the cost of a launch?
I expect that this EULA is not valid in the EU again. So, no problem.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but an EULA is usually valid to the extent that it does not violate local laws, i.e. the whole EULA is not invalidated even if part of it is.
"I hope SP3 fixes this..." or " I don't know what I'll do if I have to wait for SP3 to fix this." Which is it?
Give the guy a break. He's obviously scared and confused.
Another oddity here is the new term "copyright theft". WTF is that?
Seems like they are just muddying the waters with terms and slogans that are technically false or just meaningless, like the old "copyright violation is theft", "piracy is theft", "downloading is theft" etc.
So, if I have engaged in an act of copyright theft against company A concerning movie B, does this mean they no longer have the copyright for movie B?
That's what I got out of the article. If the difference starts showing at puberty (age 14 according to the study), something happens to the development of the brain there.
I think this is what's interesting in the study. It is well known men are better at spatial and women at verbal tests. How equal the sexes are in a given IQ test is simply a function of how much spatial vs. verbal ability it measures. Every time someone uses a test that is not carefully balanced for the specific purpose of giving men and women equal scores on the average there's a huge amount of whining about how the tests are wrong, biased, the researcher hates the opposite sex etc etc etc.
RTFM n00bs
then I realized that it's probably a federal offense to impersonate a military officer in real life. The question then becomes whether it's illegal to impersonate an officer online.
Think this through for a bit. Do you think the law actually mentions "in real life" as opposed to online? At first, I was annoyed when people assumed no pre-Internet laws apply on the internet. Nowadays I just wonder where this assumption comes from.
Anyway, although you can't assume scammers will avoid doing something because it's illegal it might serve as an additional deterrent. Still, I wonder if it would be illegal for me, a non-US citizen located outside the US, to impersonate a US officer?
Or how about a dildo with built in sensors for teaching women how to give a decent blowjob?
Yes. Here on Slashdot we always complain about how we go through tons of one night stands to find that one girl who gives a decent blowjob.
This way, Slashdotters visiting the site need not be subjected to pages full of pictures of penises.
To be honest, I think I speak for most of us when I say the ensuing Slashdot discussion would be more entertaining that way.
Respectfully,
Robert "Bob" Goatse, PhD
There is also loads of bias in the way many aricles refer to events, places, organizations etc. that are American without mentioning this fact. An article on liberal media bias or intelligent design gives the wrong impression if you don't mention that these are mainly US phenomena.
Interestingly, as I browsed for an example, I found the text box "The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please edit the article to improve its geographical balance." in the article on media bias. I haven't seen it before, so I assume someone else has noticed the problem.
This application of the technology seems really silly to me, because the software tries to mimic human interpretation of voice tone patterns; but we as humans can do this much much better.
Some of us are less adept at this than others. Also, although we may be able to interpret tonality very well, we may not be consciously aware of it. A slight feeling of unease is less noticable that a red flashing light.
Am I the only one that thinks this is great stuff?
Such a meter can only monitor the sound of your voice. It would totally fail on me; I use a monotone. It would have widely varying and unhelpful results for a portion of the population.
Possibly. From tfa:
The program, which Madan said is nearing completion, uses mathematical algorithms to measure levels of stress and empathy in a person's voice. It also keeps track of how often someone is speaking.
I hope you don't take this as an insult, but if you speak in a monotone regardless of your emotional state you are fairly unusual. The software would help with interpreting the emotions of those who communicate them in the same way, or similarly to, the majority.
I obviously don't know how good the software is, but I know I judge someone's mood based on clues like those described in the article. If you speak in a monotone I'd probably consider you disinterested, as that is what you are communicating.
I would use it. I assume it monitors for signs of rapport (Jerk-o-meter sounds a bit unscientific, but what do I know). It would be great to have instant feedback on how deep rapport i build with the person on the other end, a signal to warn me that I'm distracted, see a graph showing at what point the other person starts to warm up etc.
How often have you kicked yourself after a phone call, realizing you've said something stupid? Now you can check if/how stupid it was. Got into an argument with someone? Check what sentence set it off. Better yet, get a warning two minutes before you start yelling at your mother.
The silly grin he always seems to have glued on (Gates, not Batman) would be more suitable for the Penguin.
That's disturbing in so many ways...
In that case, the game only gets better if the player loses a lot -- and most games try to make sure the player doesn't lose too much, but is instead always on the brink of losing (to keep him hopeful but challenged.)
So, you reward the desired behavior. Why should training an AI be any different from training dogs, kids or girlfriends?
Seriously, you don't want the instakill monsters to be the only ones that survive. The ones that give the player an interesting, suitably long and suitably hard fight are the ones you want.
I'd like to be the first to welcome our new nano-wired bacteria friends to Slashdot. Enjoy your stay!
Its a British thing. If someone is talking to you we can't walk away. We just smile politely
A bit offtopic, but does this apply to British women? Just.. um.. a purely theoretical interest in psychology.
"Whoa, this chick is so cool! I've been talking about Linux distros for an hour now and she's still smiling!"
smile politely whilst plotting to kill (or hoping a that someone/thing will do it for us) them in our heads.
Oh. Nevermind.
Maybe they could start by hiring back the many competent translators they used to have but dumped because they were gay or lesbian?
It shouldn't surprise anyone that many lesbians are cunning linguists.
I love my (x^.5, x=(-|x|-1)) friend.
AAAGH! neither "one" nor "imaginary" works! x=1 gives 1 = -2, x=-1 gives -1 = -2!
In fact, since
x=(-|x|-1) gives x + |x| = -1, 2x = -1 for x >= 0 and 0 = -1 for x less than 0, there is NO SOLUTION for your equation!
Now, x = -2|x| + 1 would work JUST FINE!
I hate you.
One of the main reasons for using text messaging is to communicate with someone without putting a phone up to your ear. Are they suggesting that the morse code be printed on the screen of the phone?
Just to clarify; the idea is to use morse code to input text, then send the SMS normally.
end up working in low grade indian miget porno to get enough money to buy a can of coke
I'm not a midget, you insensitive clod!