Posts by David Hamilton
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Wikipedia seems singularly unsuitable for referencing simply because of its transient nature. You could reference it, and two weeks later the page might not say the same thing. Regardless of the quality of information, the mechanism doesn't lend itself to use in academic papers.
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Bart:
Oh and while I love the spell checker is there a way to make it stop suggesting that colour is spelt incorrectly?
You can set your operating system language to English (New Zealand) to fix this. I believe most word processors allow you to set the dictionary too, so switching it to UK or New Zealand English should help.
That Eggcorn site hurts my brain...though I admit wreckless driving is a good one.
Also, I heart this thread.
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Paid content is to consumer generated media like Pacifier is to Shihad.
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I have a similar approach to junk patents - "would you be proud to explain it to Edison" - sadly only 2 of mine honestly pass that test
Ouch...that's a good test *cough*software patent*cough*.
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Hoodies are like great big hugs that last all day. People who see them as intimidating markers of youth delinquency should be stood out on the beach in a wellington winter for five minutes then given a big thick one. Then they will understand.
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Thanks to my sister who worked there, my Wellington library card had "Captain" as my title, one which I subsequently encouraged people to use, though sadly without much success.
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Definitely valid points, I guess I think there will be a critical mass speed above which point there will be a big leap in the kinds of things you can do. Kind of like how it's not really worth it to use YouTube on dial up but you take it for granted at higher speeds. The difference in service is incremental but the utility is completely different in terms of the application.
Another idea is your entire data hard drive being on the net (secure, encrypted, redundant etc), mountable from anywhere, on any device.
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I have to throw my lot in with the just do it already brigade. Ubiquitous very fast internet is going to give rise to some amazing stuff which will become commonplace, much as the internet is now. Massively distributed computing comes to mind, HD video, incredibly rich, instantly accessible user interfaces. It will change the way we code and think about the web in other, unpredictable ways.
I concede that this seems like a tenuous argument to base billions of dollars of investment on, but I think it's the difference between an old room sized mainframe and the latest Macbook Pro, not an incremental upgrade.
The analogies about highways to everyones doors assume that nothing is going to make intelligent, worthy use of the entire thing, making the whole idea silly. I don't think that will be true for long.
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Will going here and choosing Cancer Ward Appeal under the Apply To bit have the same end result in terms of the $$?
All the best with the exhibition, I hope it goes well.
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Check out this oddly well timed piece from wired: Rage Against The Machines (title clearly plagiarized).