Actually it looks like something worthwhile, if still a bit pricey (about the same price as a netbook). Still, it comes with an impressive set of features, and the capability to manage a library in your hand ( Read more... )

Despite the best efforts of a concerted group of academics over the years, most people type, and want to continue typing, on a keyboard laid out in the classic QWERTY style. "Sure" was the response, "Once the market makes the mistake of selecting an inferior standard, no one wants to escape." "It's just like betamax, and Windows ( Read more... )

It's been a long time coming. An adult operating system has a built in scripting language, and can handle administrative tasks with simple text files. Check out UNIX and its clones ( Read more... )

It sounds prudent, right? Get insurance for the little phone that you depend on so much, it's $4/month. Doesn't sound like much to protect a phone you paid over $100 for. But here's the thing: it means that you have to wait for the insurance company to send you a new phone, probably similar to the one you totaled, and that wait can be longer ( Read more... )

OK, I use Google a lot. It's a shortcut that enables me to do stuff without having to remember everything about where I found things before.

And now, someone has come up with a shortcut to the shortcut: the Goosh (GOOgleSHell). Hit "h" for a list of google related shell commands, and feel free to set up shell scripts to handle them.

Quite a

Sequoia Systems, a maker of voting machines, is thrashing around wildly in an effort to prevent criticism. The latest? a letter threatening a lawsuit if their system is evaluated. Evidently, they want it evaluated only under their control. They were spanked by the feds for this sort of thing before, but managed to calm down and cooperate ( Read more... )

A Headache?

That's my usual reaction. I've got a drawerful of the worthless things, and probably a little booklet of the newest ones. Years ago, I found out that the post office is not interested in my buying stamps with stamps so I can get the latest: no, they want to stick you with them. Helps them keep the money. And they wonder why people ( Read more... )

There have been posts I would have expected a response to.

This one, though, isn't in that category: and a little perusal leads me to the source. Evidently, this is one way you can make an editorial comment about the links that you encode. Care to try it out?

17 hours or so to take advantage of it, but here it is, a magnifying glass for Windows (sorry, Macs- can't find the equivalent utility. Perhaps one of my faithful commenters?

What is the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers?

Mechanical engineers are frequently called upon to refine, or invent, new technology for weaponry.

Civil engineers are frequently called upon to reinforce, or make, new targets.