Doesn't matter.....Texas is an "at-will" state. The arrangement can be terminated by either side at any time. If you don't like the way the arrangement is set up, you can always leave.
I prefer the Gassy Gnoll theory, personally. Some guys were playing D&D nearby and "dogboy" had eaten one too many bean burritos.....needless to say, it wasn't a pleasant result.
But why does the binary content have to be OCR'ed? Can't the image be processed completely and THEN OCR'ed? That would eliminate the problems of layering, splitting, etc. And OCR the greyscale version (with maybe a jacked up contrast) to get around color problems. It won't solve all of the problems, but it should reduce the number that you need to address.
Just because the extention isn't GIF, doesn't your mail program still handle the file based on it's binary header? So, I could send a PNG or JPG or BMP or TIFF and, as long as you use the same viewer (in other words, the internal image viewer), it will open the file and use the logic based on the binary input.
Think of the "alter colors" approach as similar to 133T. But the results being "normal human" legible.
Say you were going to display a capital R. But you change the color of the forward leg to be a different color. A program might interpret it as a P with a funny mark (possibly an i?). Now, instead of doing it at a somewhat understandable location, maybe you write a capital W with \/\/ where the colors alternate between pink, magenta, pink, red. A human would see the W, but a computer would interpret it as \/\/ --> llll.....in other words, meaningless.
You could even take it steps further and break the letter into even less regular shapes so that it made no difference.
Of course, one way to combat that is to convert the image to greyscale and alter the contrast. It isn't fool proof, but it should reduce the impact that the color altering has on the OCR.
First, let me say that I like the concept of a single file format that can be read by any computer and displays in a consistent manner. From that aspect, I applaud PDF.
However, the current implementation requires that I have a bloated reader that typically includes Additional Crap (tm) in the installation which installs by default (if even given the option). The reader insists in "improving performance" by running a program in my system tray for which I must remove the configuration myself (no option).
This is also the same reason that I hate Quick Time, so it isn't limited to a single file type.
Also, wouldn't it cause problems related to clotting and what not? Worst case, you get a plastic scab on a wound, but in reality, I would expect it to cause problems where you'd essentially become a hemophiliac because your blood could not coagulate. And doesn't the body already do "house cleaning" to eliminate blood periodically. What happens to all of that plastic that the body can't eliminate?
I was more referring to how we could determine whether a technology or set of technologies would improve the atmosphere. I believe it has been said that Venus shows the possible effects of massive global warming. If we can clean it up, then obviously, we could clean up our situation.
Actually, it took me just a little while to figure it out.....but then it took me only a little while longer to get bored with it. Capturing the ghosts was pretty much patterned. And then you'd get the Stay-Puff guy...and....and....and....
Seeing that it only took 6 weeks to make, I now realize why it was so patterened.....they must have made a mint with it, though. With a dev cycle that short, and "free" marketing just by the name.....at least it was slightly better than most movie tie-ins.
Luckily, I was just playing someones "off site back-up".
At least it will improve traffic in Florida because old people won't need to move as far south.....
But seriously, is it a zero sum game? Will the number of cold deaths be offset by an equal number of heat deaths? Humans are extremely adaptable. Outside of the cockroach, how many other species have been able to thrive in just about any condition? I think this is really just "all part of the cycle". Sure, we are undergoing climate change and sure we are probably the reason that it has accelerated, but, we will survive it....and at some point, it will reverse itself and we will have another Ice Age (anyone else get tired of movie sequels after 2 or 3?). Let spend some effort cleaning up Venus....it's the perfect test bed. That will give us clues as to how to do it for Earth.
I've been reading through straws (tubes?) since the early days of the Internet......I get most of my "news" online now (I use the term loosely because, well, I read/. afterall).
Actually, Lisa has been into Jazz since episode one (and not Star Wars Episode I)....in fact, she was into Jazz when the Simpsons were just short on the Tracy Ullman show.
And lots of people go to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.....especially working class people. http://www.nojazzfest.com/
Currently open on my desktop: Harvest (source control) - opened for two weeks now Eclipse (Java) - opened for 4 days PL/SQL Developer (Oracle database) - three copies (each to a different database) 2 to 9 days WebLogic (hosts the Java) - restarted yesterday because I changed the JDBC pool
There's a required patch that I have to install today, so obviously those numbers will reset.....but I get more work done not waiting for things to start.
While I agree with everything you said about teaching better habits and all, you forget that the laws of "Humans are Stupid" dictates that the more efficient you make technology, the more lax those lazy humans become about conservation. This law is very akin to the "Nature abhors a vaccuum" and "Downloaded content will expand to consume all available space" and other related laws of Entropy.
What I like about virtualization is that you can add a layer of security with it. Virus? Trojan? Spyware? No problem. Just don't save settings or blow away the infected virtual image. More people should surf the web from a virtual machine.....it isn't like you need the full blown performance of the host O/S to surf the web.
You can mount directories from the host O/S to save certain pieces of information (bookmarks for example) so that they persist across VMs. Everything else, you aren't really worried about.
Actually, you are forgetting the fuel to run that plant. If there is higher need, you have higher fuel costs. Also, the amount of staff you need to run 3 of 5 boilers is different from having to run 5 of 5 boilers or 1 of 5 boilers. Demand shapes the cost.
A lot of power companies still have some sort of regulated component to their profit. If it was solely supply and demand, you would find that it wouldn't make much sense to do it because their profit would be capped anyway.....no matter when you used the power.
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They've already visited. And they are more clever than we are. They don't try to post witty comments on /.
Layne
Conway did it first!
Layne
Reminds me of Fat-Free vs Reduced Fat vs No Trans Fat, etc.
To misquote Shakespear:
DSL Internet by any other name is still too slow to stream HD video.
Layne
Doesn't matter.....Texas is an "at-will" state. The arrangement can be terminated by either side at any time. If you don't like the way the arrangement is set up, you can always leave.
Layne
I prefer the Gassy Gnoll theory, personally. Some guys were playing D&D nearby and "dogboy" had eaten one too many bean burritos.....needless to say, it wasn't a pleasant result.
Layne
But why does the binary content have to be OCR'ed? Can't the image be processed completely and THEN OCR'ed? That would eliminate the problems of layering, splitting, etc. And OCR the greyscale version (with maybe a jacked up contrast) to get around color problems. It won't solve all of the problems, but it should reduce the number that you need to address.
Layne
Just because the extention isn't GIF, doesn't your mail program still handle the file based on it's binary header? So, I could send a PNG or JPG or BMP or TIFF and, as long as you use the same viewer (in other words, the internal image viewer), it will open the file and use the logic based on the binary input.
Layne
Think of the "alter colors" approach as similar to 133T. But the results being "normal human" legible.
Say you were going to display a capital R. But you change the color of the forward leg to be a different color. A program might interpret it as a P with a funny mark (possibly an i?). Now, instead of doing it at a somewhat understandable location, maybe you write a capital W with \/\/ where the colors alternate between pink, magenta, pink, red. A human would see the W, but a computer would interpret it as \/\/ --> llll.....in other words, meaningless.
You could even take it steps further and break the letter into even less regular shapes so that it made no difference.
Of course, one way to combat that is to convert the image to greyscale and alter the contrast. It isn't fool proof, but it should reduce the impact that the color altering has on the OCR.
Layne
Do like everyone else does.....click the "Print Mode".... http://www.associatedcontent.com/pop_print.shtml?c ontent_type=article&content_type_id=233123
One page, all of the content, no advertisements.
Done.
Layne
Wouldn't this be a similar way to teach them the same ideas: http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topi c=44978
Layne
Sorry, wrong link....I meant this Alice language: http://alice.org/
Layne
And don't forget Alice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_(programming_la nguage). Since the MIT site has been swamped, I can't see what Scratch looks like, but conceptually (from reading TFA), they seem similar.
Layne
First, let me say that I like the concept of a single file format that can be read by any computer and displays in a consistent manner. From that aspect, I applaud PDF.
However, the current implementation requires that I have a bloated reader that typically includes Additional Crap (tm) in the installation which installs by default (if even given the option). The reader insists in "improving performance" by running a program in my system tray for which I must remove the configuration myself (no option).
This is also the same reason that I hate Quick Time, so it isn't limited to a single file type.
Layne
Also, wouldn't it cause problems related to clotting and what not? Worst case, you get a plastic scab on a wound, but in reality, I would expect it to cause problems where you'd essentially become a hemophiliac because your blood could not coagulate. And doesn't the body already do "house cleaning" to eliminate blood periodically. What happens to all of that plastic that the body can't eliminate?
Layne
I was more referring to how we could determine whether a technology or set of technologies would improve the atmosphere. I believe it has been said that Venus shows the possible effects of massive global warming. If we can clean it up, then obviously, we could clean up our situation.
Layne
It's......not.....dead.......yet.....!!!!
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http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C64_Direct-to-TV
Layne
Actually, it took me just a little while to figure it out.....but then it took me only a little while longer to get bored with it. Capturing the ghosts was pretty much patterned. And then you'd get the Stay-Puff guy...and....and....and....
Seeing that it only took 6 weeks to make, I now realize why it was so patterened.....they must have made a mint with it, though. With a dev cycle that short, and "free" marketing just by the name.....at least it was slightly better than most movie tie-ins.
Luckily, I was just playing someones "off site back-up".
Layne
At least it will improve traffic in Florida because old people won't need to move as far south.....
But seriously, is it a zero sum game? Will the number of cold deaths be offset by an equal number of heat deaths? Humans are extremely adaptable. Outside of the cockroach, how many other species have been able to thrive in just about any condition? I think this is really just "all part of the cycle". Sure, we are undergoing climate change and sure we are probably the reason that it has accelerated, but, we will survive it....and at some point, it will reverse itself and we will have another Ice Age (anyone else get tired of movie sequels after 2 or 3?). Let spend some effort cleaning up Venus....it's the perfect test bed. That will give us clues as to how to do it for Earth.
Layne
I've been reading through straws (tubes?) since the early days of the Internet......I get most of my "news" online now (I use the term loosely because, well, I read /. afterall).
Layne
Actually, Lisa has been into Jazz since episode one (and not Star Wars Episode I)....in fact, she was into Jazz when the Simpsons were just short on the Tracy Ullman show.
And lots of people go to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.....especially working class people. http://www.nojazzfest.com/
Layne
How appropriate, you fight like a cow!
Layne
http://www.milegend.com/insults/
I agree.
Currently open on my desktop:
Harvest (source control) - opened for two weeks now
Eclipse (Java) - opened for 4 days
PL/SQL Developer (Oracle database) - three copies (each to a different database) 2 to 9 days
WebLogic (hosts the Java) - restarted yesterday because I changed the JDBC pool
There's a required patch that I have to install today, so obviously those numbers will reset.....but I get more work done not waiting for things to start.
Layne
While I agree with everything you said about teaching better habits and all, you forget that the laws of "Humans are Stupid" dictates that the more efficient you make technology, the more lax those lazy humans become about conservation. This law is very akin to the "Nature abhors a vaccuum" and "Downloaded content will expand to consume all available space" and other related laws of Entropy.
Layne
What I like about virtualization is that you can add a layer of security with it. Virus? Trojan? Spyware? No problem. Just don't save settings or blow away the infected virtual image. More people should surf the web from a virtual machine.....it isn't like you need the full blown performance of the host O/S to surf the web.
You can mount directories from the host O/S to save certain pieces of information (bookmarks for example) so that they persist across VMs. Everything else, you aren't really worried about.
Layne
Actually, you are forgetting the fuel to run that plant. If there is higher need, you have higher fuel costs. Also, the amount of staff you need to run 3 of 5 boilers is different from having to run 5 of 5 boilers or 1 of 5 boilers. Demand shapes the cost.
A lot of power companies still have some sort of regulated component to their profit. If it was solely supply and demand, you would find that it wouldn't make much sense to do it because their profit would be capped anyway.....no matter when you used the power.
Layne