Definitions for "better solution"
a redefinition of thebibliography
a mix of distilled water, household non-sudsy ammonia, and cheap vodka
a non-medical, home health agency that provides homemakers, companions and sitters for clients of all ages
a communitywide electronic infrastructure --such as those being piloted by the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative that I posted on yesterday -- which would allow the ER to quickly retrieve all the information mentioned above and more
Keywords:  slinger, tod, shop, methodology, cart
a job shop specific theory and methodology I call the Theory of Delays (TOD)
a new product called the Slinger Shop Cart
a pad with a soft plastic top
a set of Ritchie Wetnotes - the pages are plastic, and will not deteriorate regardless of exposure to water or repeated erasing and re-use
a porcelain repair kit made for bathtubs, available at your local hardware store
a single application that serves multiple masters
a single isolated Cuk Converter, which does not suffer from problems of extreme complexity and high parts count
an all-optical device that can affordably switch gigabytes of data without skipping a beat
a remote-controlled switch (known as a DISEqC switch) which can be mounted near the LNB's, needing only one long cable run
Keywords:  flw, fld, daylight, warm, filter
an FLD (daylight tube) or FLW (warm tube) filter
Keywords:  coffeepot, percolater, old, style
an old, percolater -style coffeepot
Keywords:  winword, autocad, lisp, basic, language
a LISP-like language like in Autocad or BASIC, like in WinWord
a double dispatch but I don't want to spread the code over the class hierarchy
a SCID that lets you hop to the next whatever you want to see, and visually highlight important features of the language without using a lot of precious screen real estate
a tri-stimulus device linked to a lap-top that will let you calibrate the colour temperature
Keywords:  harley, fluff, rake, rotary, layers
a rotary rake (harley rake) which does not fluff up the lower layers as much
Keywords:  tracker, rally, car, police, gps
a Car-Tracker with GPS that allows you to track your car in real-time and call the police to go get it fast
a multi track sound card
a proper brake pressure limiting valve as used on race and rally cars
a ground fault and interrupter
an adjustable linkage often made with heavy chain which allows the mower to lift freely, but limits how low to the ground it will go
a package of more modest reforms
a suitcase sized package that stays charged and self-inflates and takes off automatically
Keywords:  ductless, slash, mini, inside, font
a ductless mini split system, which can be installed on either an inside or an outside wall
a font that use a slash or dot across or inside the circle that makes up the zero character
a Firewire control panel- to grab, release and ignore firewire devices, and other computers, as we start plugging everything into each other for the sake of IP over Firewire
a durable power of attorney
a power conditioner that holistically improves the quality of the power running from the wall into expensive electronic equipment
a UPS or uninterruptible power source
a combination of industrial logging where the ecosystem can bear it, conservation easements for critical habitat, and a waiting time for long rotation logging in other areas
a keyboard that allows the hands to be separated at a comfortable width and with the hands at a more natural angle with the thumbs elevated
Keywords:  faq, flash, follow, image
an image / flash with FAQ to follow up
Keywords:  span, relay, ten, fold, solid
a solid-state relay which can have a life span of ten-fold or more over a mechanical relay
a constant-running variable speed unit, which can keep the pressure within closer limits
a computer reconstruction, which will give a more complete sense of how the whole might once have looked
Keywords:  stabilizer, seal, soil
a soil stabilizer like Soil Seal
a software solutions corporation that delivers the highest level of software consultation
a virtual memory implementation
a variation of the answer to the first question in this month's column
Keywords:  cache, central, database, store, place
a central cache, again the most useful place to store this would be in the database
a better system, one in which access control is possible and access to previous versions (history) is there
an international tax on currency transactions
Keywords:  matter, office, small, real
a real office, no matter how small
Keywords:  treatment, off, one
a one off treatment