Comment Re:Parallax. (Score 2) 425
It can't be at right angles to both the front and the back of the phone -- they are parallel, non-coincident planes.
It can't be at right angles to both the front and the back of the phone -- they are parallel, non-coincident planes.
Every discussion I've read on this issue ignores the fact that there could be passengers in the car, and there's no reason to disable their phones. Very much the opposite, in fact, because they can be looking up addresses, getting directions, etc.
if the trip starts at Junior's high school, and mom and dad's phones are at work, the driver has been identified — Junior is driving.
What if all three phones are in the car? Which one does it disable then?
The Canadian government began searching for Franklin’s ships in 2008 as part of a strategy to assert Canada’s sovereignty over the Northwest Passage, which has recently become accessible to shipping because of melting Arctic ice. Expedition sonar images from the waters of Victoria Strait, just off King William Island, clearly show the wreckage of a ship on the ocean floor.
Actually IIRC '+' was used for string concatenation in the version of PC-BASIC included in the firmware of all the original (1980) IBM PCs. But apparently it wasn't in the original (1973) Wang 2200 BASIC that at least some of us first learned BASIC on.
See the third example here: http://www.wang2200.org/basic_...
I was trying to look up some of my earlier languages (WATFIV and IITRAN in my case), but I can't find any detailed documentation on the web.
According to TFA, there are several different sections. The statement about depending on science was from a portion designed to clarify prevailing attitudes towards science in general. It was separate from the part evaluating scientific literacy.
[The report] contains the results of a new public survey that assesses Canadians’ science attitudes, engagement, and knowledge. The report reviews data on Canadians’ science skills and the current peer-reviewed literature on science culture. It also features an inventory and analysis of the organizations and programs that support and promote science culture in Canada, particularly among youth.
However, it turns out the survey was commissioned by a number of Canadian agencies. It was performed internationally, but a Canadian report saying Canada is number one in science is at best somewhat suspect.
Also the only Vost, as far as I can see...
As Slashdot caters to an international audience, could someone please explain what AP means?
U.S. drivers are much more likely than Europeans to drive while distracted, federal health officials report Thursday
Nearly 69 percent of Americans who drive say that they talked on their cell phones while driving at least once in the previous month, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
That's a lot higher than what was reported by Europeans in another survey. Only 21 percent of British drivers reported chatting on their cell phones while behind the wheel, for example. In Germany and France it was about 40 percent
The same goes for reading or sending texts or emails. About a third of U.S. drivers said they did that. And that's about double what it was in Spain and Great Britain
Health officials say that's a big problem because driving while distracted causes fatal car accidents. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 3,331 Americans were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2011, compared to 3,267 in 2010
"The cell phone can be a fatal distraction for those who use it while they drive," CDC Director Thomas Frieden said in a statement. "Driving and dialing or texting don't mix. If you are driving, pull over to safe place and stop before you use your phone"
You want someone two days into a simple desktop linux system to get a consumer appliance?
Surely there should be some simple point-and-click app he can install from the desktop that will prevent basic misbehaviours. The very act of asking here shows that he does indeed have pride enough to want not to be a menace.
Totally concur. Best product I've used in decades.
That being said, it runs on a separate box and supports things like balancing multiple uplinks and fail-over, so it's a wee bit beyond the stated requirements.
Totally concur. Best product I've used in decades.
None of the things will protect against theft.
No. The only way I know to do that is what I do: forget it at home every day.
On the eighth day, God created FORTRAN.
