These days, your cousin is a relative rarity, at least in the First World. Americans are reproducing slightly below the break-even level (approx. 2.1 kids per woman), while Western Europe and Japan are well below that. Some countries even have programs to encourage people to have kids so the population doesn't drop at too rapid a rate (it would be tough medically to have 90% of the population be 50 or above.)
Now, because of the aging of the population and immigration, this hasn't translated into negative population growth yet.
I use a service provided by trustfax.com. For a pretty reasonable price, they provide an 866 (toll-free) number, and a mailbox of PDFs of the incoming faxes. No paper mess. And I haven't gotten a spam fax yet.
I have no connection with trustfax.com except as a satisfied customer; there are other, similar fax service providers.
One point that no one has made thus far is that the plaque is more likely to be a beaver than a rat, as the mascot for both MIT and Caltech is, in fact, a beaver.
That's because few at slashdot, MIT, or Caltech have much aquaintance with beavers...
Does someone know how much carbon in plants comes from air CO2 versus biomass carbon from the ground ?
About 100%. Plants build themselves almost literally from thin air. They'll take a few nutrients from the ground (dissolved in the water absorbed by the roots), but that's about it.
As opposed to businesses? I know of a case where a CAD program was used to settle a dispute between corporate vice-presidents, where one complained his office was smaller than the other's. Each office was mapped out precisely and the sizes compared.
The RIAA. MPAA. Microsoft. Enron. Adelphia. Larry Ellison. Terminator seeds. Halliburton. Iraq contractors.
Inefficiency, waste, and mismanagement are human problems, not just government's.
I know this is late, but... No, typically you would only need to see one picture per site. We're not tagging individual jpgs, we're tagging domains. And often the domain name is enough of a giveway. If not, keywords typically will be. Heck, you could even set up a special viewer that only shows part of an image, blurred, with controls to allow this person to unblur to the level needed to identify "questionable" materials.
Google safe search seems to work pretty well, and I bet they use a lot of the above techniques.
I have a DVR myself, and use it all the time and love it, but it wasn't cheap. If a server-side "recorder" is a cheaper option, even if it's less flexible, why is that so horrible? Providing this doesn't mean the cable companies are going to come into your house and steal your Myth box, you still have that option.
Ok, kvetch about possible cost -- though it might be cheaper than roll your own -- and limitations, but it's sounding too much like conspiracy theory here. For Joe Average who missed last night's "American Idol", this could be very handy.
Generally the objections to adult materials come from religious groups. So why aren't they funding authoring of good content filters? Tithing adds up to a lot of money. A few million from the Mormons, Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, etc. would be enough to fund a quality programming group, which could then distribute filtering software for free. Add a few folks to monitor domains, and make judgements on the "adultness" of the content (something like an extended version of the TV ratings), and you would have a service lots of parents would love to have, church-going or not.
But perhaps the desire to control others runs too deep.
Just goes to show Microsoft shouldn't copy other people's designs and make their own to prevent this kind of problem.
Tim Berners-Lee wrote the USPTO calling for this patent to be overturned due to prior art. A broad embedded content patent in 1998? Pu-lease. It's as bogus as a $3 bill.
Given that Yellowstone is a potential supervolcano, one wonders if tapping the energy there would reduce or increase the chances of it becoming one. It might work as a safety valve, or might trigger changes that accelerate the process -- or might just be like a match in an already raging forest fire.
1. Archive all DVD's on hard drives in another room.
In my experience, computer DVD playing programs don't support subtitles, etc., even when the folder layout is exactly that of the DVD, and when writing that data to an actual CD will allow the subtitles to work. With a hearing-impaired wife, this is a major issue for me. Is this just a peculiarity of PowerDVD (and possible WinDVD), or some bizarre restriction? Or can any DVD ripper rip the subtitles right onto the recording? I could live with permanent subtitles.
Kit's Agent: This is a great script! Look, it's not Shakespeare, but it... Kit: Hey, what did you just say? Agent: I said, 'it's not Shakespeare'... Kit: 'It's not Shake... ', 'It's not Shake... ' (to Freddy) Do you hear what he's doing? Freddy: I know he's doing something, I just can't put my finger on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah... What's he doing? Kit: Shakespeare, Freddy, Shakespeare! Freddy: Shakespeare? Kit: Shake a spear! Spearchucker! I'm a spearchucker now!
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From http://www.hdmi.org/consumer/faq.asp:
"HDMI has the capacity to support existing high-definition video formats (720p, 1080i, and 1080p/60)."
At the very least, you could say they're trying to improve their market penetration.
These days, your cousin is a relative rarity, at least in the First World. Americans are reproducing slightly below the break-even level (approx. 2.1 kids per woman), while Western Europe and Japan are well below that. Some countries even have programs to encourage people to have kids so the population doesn't drop at too rapid a rate (it would be tough medically to have 90% of the population be 50 or above.)
Now, because of the aging of the population and immigration, this hasn't translated into negative population growth yet.
I use a service provided by trustfax.com. For a pretty reasonable price, they provide an 866 (toll-free) number, and a mailbox of PDFs of the incoming faxes. No paper mess. And I haven't gotten a spam fax yet.
I have no connection with trustfax.com except as a satisfied customer; there are other, similar fax service providers.
One point that no one has made thus far is that the plaque is more likely to be a beaver than a rat, as the mascot for both MIT and Caltech is, in fact, a beaver.
That's because few at slashdot, MIT, or Caltech have much aquaintance with beavers...
Now I'm going to go and patent using your wallet to hold air. Its a win/win baby!
I don't think so. I have waaaay too much prior art.
I'm in the process of patenting my invention, I call it "money".
*Looks in wallet*
Well, I'm not infringing...
Does someone know how much carbon in plants comes from air CO2 versus biomass carbon from the ground ?
About 100%. Plants build themselves almost literally from thin air. They'll take a few nutrients from the ground (dissolved in the water absorbed by the roots), but that's about it.
As opposed to businesses? I know of a case where a CAD program was used to settle a dispute between corporate vice-presidents, where one complained his office was smaller than the other's. Each office was mapped out precisely and the sizes compared.
The RIAA. MPAA. Microsoft. Enron. Adelphia. Larry Ellison. Terminator seeds. Halliburton. Iraq contractors.
Inefficiency, waste, and mismanagement are human problems, not just government's.
Aren't English gallons five quarts? If so, you're getting 24 MPG, and your father 32 by American measures.
I know this is late, but... No, typically you would only need to see one picture per site. We're not tagging individual jpgs, we're tagging domains. And often the domain name is enough of a giveway. If not, keywords typically will be. Heck, you could even set up a special viewer that only shows part of an image, blurred, with controls to allow this person to unblur to the level needed to identify "questionable" materials.
Google safe search seems to work pretty well, and I bet they use a lot of the above techniques.
I want to fix the spelling error "comparasion".
Gates has proved to be very good at monopoly.
I think that's because he got the little car. Fittingly, I got the boot.
Women have porn; they're called romance novels.
I have a DVR myself, and use it all the time and love it, but it wasn't cheap. If a server-side "recorder" is a cheaper option, even if it's less flexible, why is that so horrible? Providing this doesn't mean the cable companies are going to come into your house and steal your Myth box, you still have that option.
Ok, kvetch about possible cost -- though it might be cheaper than roll your own -- and limitations, but it's sounding too much like conspiracy theory here. For Joe Average who missed last night's "American Idol", this could be very handy.
Generally the objections to adult materials come from religious groups. So why aren't they funding authoring of good content filters? Tithing adds up to a lot of money. A few million from the Mormons, Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, etc. would be enough to fund a quality programming group, which could then distribute filtering software for free. Add a few folks to monitor domains, and make judgements on the "adultness" of the content (something like an extended version of the TV ratings), and you would have a service lots of parents would love to have, church-going or not.
But perhaps the desire to control others runs too deep.
Actually, it translates to "All your babes are belong to us."
Do Japanese women divorce their lazy husbands at "Jerk Off"?
Au contraire, the government certainly can manipulate the market -- but not for the better.
Not exactly. He's the friendly sort of chap who only sues companies who have a lot of money.
Just goes to show Microsoft shouldn't copy other people's designs and make their own to prevent this kind of problem.
Tim Berners-Lee wrote the USPTO calling for this patent to be overturned due to prior art. A broad embedded content patent in 1998? Pu-lease. It's as bogus as a $3 bill.
Given that Yellowstone is a potential supervolcano, one wonders if tapping the energy there would reduce or increase the chances of it becoming one. It might work as a safety valve, or might trigger changes that accelerate the process -- or might just be like a match in an already raging forest fire.
Japan also has 810P as well. There are other "weird" HD formats circling around that would also need to be taken care of.
Is that why 1365x768 for plasmas and LCDs seems to be more common than 1280x720, the 720p spec?
1. Archive all DVD's on hard drives in another room.
In my experience, computer DVD playing programs don't support subtitles, etc., even when the folder layout is exactly that of the DVD, and when writing that data to an actual CD will allow the subtitles to work. With a hearing-impaired wife, this is a major issue for me. Is this just a peculiarity of PowerDVD (and possible WinDVD), or some bizarre restriction? Or can any DVD ripper rip the subtitles right onto the recording? I could live with permanent subtitles.
Thaose damned ancient Greek racists!
Kit's Agent: This is a great script! Look, it's not Shakespeare, but it...
Kit: Hey, what did you just say?
Agent: I said, 'it's not Shakespeare'...
Kit: 'It's not Shake... ', 'It's not Shake... ' (to Freddy) Do you hear what he's doing?
Freddy: I know he's doing something, I just can't put my finger on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah... What's he doing?
Kit: Shakespeare, Freddy, Shakespeare!
Freddy: Shakespeare?
Kit: Shake a spear! Spearchucker! I'm a spearchucker now!