You're better off doing it from the start rather than waiting for it to be a problem. One of the things I remember from college was that if you had a DEC Multia, you had best be standing it up on its side, as they would have some serious problems very quickly if you lay them on their side.
Best thing is to avoid the possibility and the head aches of reorienting however many motherboards after it becomes a problem. Chances are you'll know it's a problem because they're unstable and possibly damaged.
It was a good idea in the past, but at this point they're at least 3 versions of Windows behind all but ensuring that they're not going to catch up any time soon.
Ultimately people that are willing to try it would probably be willing to try Linux + Wine.
Indeed, this sort of crap is precisely why I didn't get an iPhone.
Granted, there are downsides, but all in all I'd rather have to look out for myself than have somebody tell me I can't have an app because it makes them look bad.
Yes, and they can also file defamation of character suits as well.
It's just that most people in that situation don't bother to learn what their rights are.
But, the ultimate solution is regulation. Require creditors to assume that a person's credit is good unless told otherwise and to expend the resources necessary to get the information correct. Also, one free look a year is nowhere near enough, considering that the information belongs to me, not the company that compiled it. As the individual to whom the information refers, I should be the one that has complete say over whom is and is not allowed to view the materials, the same way that I get to decide whom does and doesn't get to view my medical records.
You make different design decisions depending upon the size of the screen. Only a dumb ass thinks that a UI that works well for a netbook is going to work acceptably on a large monitor. It just doesn't work. Yes, a context menu is a good thing, but not if they're going to also ditch the rest of the task bar to save pixels that one might not even need or want saved.
Most of the usability issues I have on my computer are the direct result of somebody designing a UI for a small screen and assuming that it'll scale to large screens. Doesn't work. Having to move the mouse nearly a yard is a hassle, and yes solved by having a context start menu, but that's not a valid reason for getting rid of the entire bar. There's plenty of useful information down there.
More or less. I'm not sure what the Israelis do for training their airport security, but I doubt very much that they're hit rate is as low as 2/3 of people they are really looking at.
Unfortunately, as expensive as this technology is likely to be, it's unlikely to be as expensive as providing proper training to TSA agents and the salaries to retain them.
From the sound of it, this is apparently similar to the equipment used to recycle electronics these days. Those are about the size of a house and grind and separate things in a sealed off environment from which little to no heavy metals escape.
That's assuming that it's done properly rather than by people in a 3rd world nation on the cheap.
Still, this is definitely a worthwhile endeavor, we're not going to give up our refrigerators any time soon, so at least this way they can be more efficiently recycled.
GE is buying the units for use in their recycling business. Apparently, they've been recycling appliances in a few states. That's the limit to their involvement, but they are the ones who announced the unit.
Professionals are the ones that you're looking for, the trained but not professionals are easily handled with traditional interrogation methods. Nobody in their right mind agrees to a polygraph test as they're notoriously inaccurate and ultimately even a clean test doesn't mean you're off the hook.
If you run out of numbers to crunch, wouldn't you then just shut the thing down? All that energy used isn't free. Or is there some way of writing off the cost of donating cycles to whatever charity project one chooses.
All this does is change the rules a bit. All of the things they've listed are things which one could train to do or not do on cue. And even without training if it's only good 2/3 of the time that's not good enough to justify deployment.
They could remedy the situation by providing actual evidence that they own the works. If a bill collector called me up, they'd have to prove that they do indeed own debt that I'm responsible for paying. I'm not sure why that shouldn't apply to copyright notices as well.
lol, how did I know without clicking the link that they had "solved" the problem by changing the color. They really should have chosen a color that didn't start with the letter B though.
Same here, I paid to get a 24" monitor and a 22" monitor, giving me an interface that's not suited to use on one, let alone both of them, is inexcusable. Large monitors are hardly the domain of the rich at this point.
But, then again those dumb asses over at Ubuntu and Firefox seem to be doing it, so it must automatically be a good idea, right?
They don't, MS won't sell them the licenses to do it. Now, if you're referring to more recent versions of Windows, I'm not sure I understand why one would insist upon having Vista installed in preference to 7.
But presumably they'll continue the practice as long as they can obtain the licenses to do it.
Epidemiological studies are easier to come by in this day and age. That and the massive changes in culture and environment. Taking those two together I'd say that a lot of it has to do with better understanding of what's going on.
That being said, it doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't real increases in prevalence, but at this stage, I'd probably hold off on saying that until the various diagnostic testing and epidemiological surveying techniques have stabilized a bit. It's really hard when a diagnosis like autism is rapidly increasing to suggest that there was a real change in prevalence, most of the time it's just a change in criteria or increased attention.
I disagree with that. I was always able to tell when poorly made CRTs were on or off by the interference I was getting. The better ones would use better components that would better shield the radiation from being emitted, but I was always able to tell without any other signs.
The problem is that with something like this you're talking about only a very small number of people having problems with it and most people describing it are probably hypochondriacs. In my case it's a fairly well established symptom of tinnitus.
Yes, and if you read the article you'd take note of the fact that they're talking about things which are fairly close to them, not miles out. They're just moving there because it's the only place where there is an enforced ban on such electronic devices.
Whether or not there's any basis for the claims, it's complete bullshit to suggest that the effect wouldn't be strongest when sitting next to a transmitter. There isn't any particular support for the notion at this time, but there isn't any particular evidence that people aren't sensitive.
For years, I couldn't go into the electronics section of retailers because the TVs were screeching so loud that I couldn't think straight. Same goes for some of the devices that stores would use to detect those tags, the amount of power used in those cases is substantially higher, but it's really not productive to suggest that because a claim is strange that it must be false. There's a lot of weird things that ultimately turned out to be true, or at least partially true.
Yes, are you aware that you need 60 votes to get anything to move through the Senate with the GOP filibustering everything that they dislike?
It's ignorant people like you that allow them to get away with it. The Democrats are 9 votes minimum shy of overcoming those objections. Hence why you'd see a bill like this being introduced, it's the only one that's likely to get the cloture vote necessary to move it out of the Senate.
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You're better off doing it from the start rather than waiting for it to be a problem. One of the things I remember from college was that if you had a DEC Multia, you had best be standing it up on its side, as they would have some serious problems very quickly if you lay them on their side.
Best thing is to avoid the possibility and the head aches of reorienting however many motherboards after it becomes a problem. Chances are you'll know it's a problem because they're unstable and possibly damaged.
Uh, think of the children?
They already have that, it's called piracy.
It was a good idea in the past, but at this point they're at least 3 versions of Windows behind all but ensuring that they're not going to catch up any time soon.
Ultimately people that are willing to try it would probably be willing to try Linux + Wine.
Indeed, this sort of crap is precisely why I didn't get an iPhone.
Granted, there are downsides, but all in all I'd rather have to look out for myself than have somebody tell me I can't have an app because it makes them look bad.
Yes, and they can also file defamation of character suits as well.
It's just that most people in that situation don't bother to learn what their rights are.
But, the ultimate solution is regulation. Require creditors to assume that a person's credit is good unless told otherwise and to expend the resources necessary to get the information correct. Also, one free look a year is nowhere near enough, considering that the information belongs to me, not the company that compiled it. As the individual to whom the information refers, I should be the one that has complete say over whom is and is not allowed to view the materials, the same way that I get to decide whom does and doesn't get to view my medical records.
You make different design decisions depending upon the size of the screen. Only a dumb ass thinks that a UI that works well for a netbook is going to work acceptably on a large monitor. It just doesn't work. Yes, a context menu is a good thing, but not if they're going to also ditch the rest of the task bar to save pixels that one might not even need or want saved.
Most of the usability issues I have on my computer are the direct result of somebody designing a UI for a small screen and assuming that it'll scale to large screens. Doesn't work. Having to move the mouse nearly a yard is a hassle, and yes solved by having a context start menu, but that's not a valid reason for getting rid of the entire bar. There's plenty of useful information down there.
More or less. I'm not sure what the Israelis do for training their airport security, but I doubt very much that they're hit rate is as low as 2/3 of people they are really looking at.
Unfortunately, as expensive as this technology is likely to be, it's unlikely to be as expensive as providing proper training to TSA agents and the salaries to retain them.
From the sound of it, this is apparently similar to the equipment used to recycle electronics these days. Those are about the size of a house and grind and separate things in a sealed off environment from which little to no heavy metals escape.
That's assuming that it's done properly rather than by people in a 3rd world nation on the cheap.
Still, this is definitely a worthwhile endeavor, we're not going to give up our refrigerators any time soon, so at least this way they can be more efficiently recycled.
GE is buying the units for use in their recycling business. Apparently, they've been recycling appliances in a few states. That's the limit to their involvement, but they are the ones who announced the unit.
Professionals are the ones that you're looking for, the trained but not professionals are easily handled with traditional interrogation methods. Nobody in their right mind agrees to a polygraph test as they're notoriously inaccurate and ultimately even a clean test doesn't mean you're off the hook.
OS? I'm guessing he's planning to run Emacs on it. It should be just enough to get it working and a web browser at the same time.
If you run out of numbers to crunch, wouldn't you then just shut the thing down? All that energy used isn't free. Or is there some way of writing off the cost of donating cycles to whatever charity project one chooses.
All this does is change the rules a bit. All of the things they've listed are things which one could train to do or not do on cue. And even without training if it's only good 2/3 of the time that's not good enough to justify deployment.
Because MS is insisting that the same interface is suitable for any screen. Which is precisely what I'm bitching about.
Perhaps, you ought to read the article and the comment before spewing your ignorant nonsense.
Altair? Wasn't he a character in Assassin's Creed?
Well, most of them are so short that they don't even bother to send them out.
They could remedy the situation by providing actual evidence that they own the works. If a bill collector called me up, they'd have to prove that they do indeed own debt that I'm responsible for paying. I'm not sure why that shouldn't apply to copyright notices as well.
lol, how did I know without clicking the link that they had "solved" the problem by changing the color. They really should have chosen a color that didn't start with the letter B though.
Same here, I paid to get a 24" monitor and a 22" monitor, giving me an interface that's not suited to use on one, let alone both of them, is inexcusable. Large monitors are hardly the domain of the rich at this point.
But, then again those dumb asses over at Ubuntu and Firefox seem to be doing it, so it must automatically be a good idea, right?
They don't, MS won't sell them the licenses to do it. Now, if you're referring to more recent versions of Windows, I'm not sure I understand why one would insist upon having Vista installed in preference to 7.
But presumably they'll continue the practice as long as they can obtain the licenses to do it.
Epidemiological studies are easier to come by in this day and age. That and the massive changes in culture and environment. Taking those two together I'd say that a lot of it has to do with better understanding of what's going on.
That being said, it doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't real increases in prevalence, but at this stage, I'd probably hold off on saying that until the various diagnostic testing and epidemiological surveying techniques have stabilized a bit. It's really hard when a diagnosis like autism is rapidly increasing to suggest that there was a real change in prevalence, most of the time it's just a change in criteria or increased attention.
I disagree with that. I was always able to tell when poorly made CRTs were on or off by the interference I was getting. The better ones would use better components that would better shield the radiation from being emitted, but I was always able to tell without any other signs.
The problem is that with something like this you're talking about only a very small number of people having problems with it and most people describing it are probably hypochondriacs. In my case it's a fairly well established symptom of tinnitus.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657824/
Yes, and if you read the article you'd take note of the fact that they're talking about things which are fairly close to them, not miles out. They're just moving there because it's the only place where there is an enforced ban on such electronic devices.
Whether or not there's any basis for the claims, it's complete bullshit to suggest that the effect wouldn't be strongest when sitting next to a transmitter. There isn't any particular support for the notion at this time, but there isn't any particular evidence that people aren't sensitive.
For years, I couldn't go into the electronics section of retailers because the TVs were screeching so loud that I couldn't think straight. Same goes for some of the devices that stores would use to detect those tags, the amount of power used in those cases is substantially higher, but it's really not productive to suggest that because a claim is strange that it must be false. There's a lot of weird things that ultimately turned out to be true, or at least partially true.
Yes, are you aware that you need 60 votes to get anything to move through the Senate with the GOP filibustering everything that they dislike?
It's ignorant people like you that allow them to get away with it. The Democrats are 9 votes minimum shy of overcoming those objections. Hence why you'd see a bill like this being introduced, it's the only one that's likely to get the cloture vote necessary to move it out of the Senate.