Comment Re:... produced by automatic translation (Score 1) 203
I'm not sure whether ancient Hebrew had vowels, but I do know that modern Hebrew is written without vowels in just about every place except a dictionary.
I'm not sure whether ancient Hebrew had vowels, but I do know that modern Hebrew is written without vowels in just about every place except a dictionary.
I would add that if your goal is to get a job offer, learning is as important as doing a good job. I interned with a film company, and by all feedback I got, I did great work for them. But by the end of the internship, I hadn't really learned all their products and hadn't gained enough background to be a really attractive hire. They didn't offer me a job--I believe I would have had a better chance if I had asked twice as many questions (about things that weren't related to my current project) and learned a lot more about the domain--for the OP, that may mean learning about how a wireless stack works, even if your job is system administration stuff, for example.
If it's not hot enough to melt the tape entirely, you could probably use JB Weld or a similar epoxy to glue the sensor on. I imagine that would be a lot safer than using duct tape.
The Heinlein story Door into Summer is even more appropriate. The summary was basically the premise of the book.
Linux can have this feature, as well, if use Compiz. It works very very well for seeing small details, but I wouldn't want to actually use the computer for very long in this manner. It's a bitch to not see the entire screen (the taskbar, the system tray, etc.).
Protein bars taste pretty good these days and are quick and convenient to eat. They are not cheap though.
Protein shakes can be awfully cheap, provided you don't buy them at GNC. Bring a ziploc bag with a mix of powdered milk + protein powder + maybe some type of carbohydrate powder, and mix it after your workout. It's not as nutritious as real food (and probably not as nutritious as a protein bar), but it does the job and it's dirt cheap.
Sorry, I mean to say the driver told the OS "not to charge the battery" until its level dropped a little bit.
I may be uninformed, but shouldn't a hard drive with an accelerometer park its head without software notification?
That would be nice--I'm not sure. One possibility is that the decision is too complex for firmware--maybe it needs to be configurable, so it can be turned off while flying or in a car.
Shouldn't a battery tell the OS that it's fully charged without a special driver?
Normally, the OS will keep the battery topped off (and maybe trickle-charge it). This driver told the OS not to use the battery until its level dropped to 96% (or whatever the user configured).
When I bought a Lenovo R-series computer with Vista Professional, I didn't notice a lot of crapware that they'd installed. Was it because it was a "professional" computer?
I installed Linux in a few days, so I might not have noticed everything that was there, but I actually liked some of the stuff they installed--like a driver for my hard drive's accelerometer (that would park the heads if needed) and a driver that let me configure Windows not to overcharge my battery.
I read that Blockbuster pays a tithe to the movie studios, and operates with their blessing. Redbox doesn't, so the studios won't do business directly with Redbox, and (I think) have tried to shut them down.
If Blockbuster participates in this scheme, I imagine it will because the movie studios force them to.
How could they prohibit rental? There's nothing illegal about renting out movies.
Changing your timing belt before it fails?
Still, some new skills stimulate the brain more than others. I was surprised to find that learning a new keymap stimulated my brain the same amount as immersing myself in a foreign language for a few hours. (Both experiences resulted in a sort of mental tiredness and mild difficulty speaking English. It was surreal.)
There's too much conspiracy theory and things that just aren't true in your post. I'm sorry, but I don't think it deserves a rebuttal. It's too "far out". (Yes, I'm a sheeple, I can't see outside the box, et cetera, et cetera.)
In the U.S., books used to be expensive because they were expensive to print, bind, and ship (or so I was told by a published author that I used to know). You would think e-books would be a lot cheaper, but from what I've seen, they aren't.
I'm not sure why, but publishers seem to price e-books at only a few dollars below the same printed book's cost (from the little I've seen). This seems a very careful thing to do--there's no way e-book sales can cause any harm if they don't actually sell.
HOLY MACRO!