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The argument was not about whether HCI research is needed, the argument was about whether or not HCI is about preference. The article being about what a UI designer thinks about the Human-Computer Interaction of Mac OS X, it seems completely relevant to point out competing statements from two published HCI authors and UI designers.

Once again someone who says, "I won't waste my time telling you why you're wrong, just that you're wrong."

"I guess some people will not truely understand the different between copyright infringment and piracy until they are killed on the high seas by people with eye patches who go "Arrrrg!""

Huh? The word "piracy" has been synonymous with copyright infringement for quite a while. As far back as the late 70's I remember it being used to describe copyright infringement of software for the Apple ][ (and software pirates happily called themselves just that), and I'm told that its origins are almost a century old.

"Well, obviously copying of any sort is the equivilant of looting and murder on the high seas."

Oh, please -- you already know that nobody is implying this. It is simply a word with multiple meanings (Four, according to one dictionary). There are lots of words in the English language which have multiple meanings. "Polish" is one. "Faggot" is another. Some words have dozens. Come on, folks -- this isn't a concept worth getting upset over. There's just no percentage in trumpeting one's lack of understanding of the English language.

I hope the implication isn't that it's okay to say "software piracy" but somehow "music piracy" isn't a valid term, as if it's possible to pirate one but not the other. This gets dangerously close to putting intrinsic values on different art forms. Creating music can be just as hard -- if not harder -- than writing software, and musicians deserve the same level of respect given to any other type of artist or creator of intellectual property.

"I guess some people will not truely understand the different between copyright infringment and piracy until they are killed on the high seas by people with eye patches who go "Arrrrg!""

Huh? The word "piracy" has been synonymous with copyright infringement for quite a while. As far back as the late 70's I remember it being used to describe copyright infringement of software for the Apple ][ (and software pirates happily called themselves just that), and I'm told that its origins are almost a century old.

"Well, obviously copying of any sort is the equivilant of looting and murder on the high seas."

Oh, please -- you already know that nobody is implying this. It is simply a word with multiple meanings (Four, according to one dictionary). There are lots of words in the English language which have multiple meanings. "Polish" is one. "Faggot" is another. Some words have dozens. Come on, folks -- this isn't a concept worth getting upset over. There's just no percentage in trumpeting one's lack of understanding of the English language.

I hope the implication isn't that it's okay to say "software piracy" but somehow "music piracy" isn't a valid term, as if it's possible to pirate one but not the other. This gets dangerously close to putting intrinsic values on different art forms. Creating music can be just as hard -- if not harder -- than writing software, and musicians deserve the same level of respect given to any other type of artist or creator of intellectual property.

I'm not sure what your definition of "unprecedented" is but....http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=un precedented&r=67

It has nothing to do with whether it was predicted to happen :S

And not only that, but "IBM" was never an acronymn , but an initialism.

And not only that, but "IBM" was never an acronymn , but an initialism.

Here are the definitions of spirit. I've never thought of it as necessarily quasi-religious.

Well, at least your sentence shows the intelligence level you are dealing at. The word TOO means "also", as well as a few other things. None of which, I might add, are apropos in your sentence's context; you probably meant the word "TO", which is a preposition meaning toward (among other things).

For future reference, TO, TWO, and TOO are all different words with different meanings. I know its very confusing, but its true.

Now, brainiac, to address the nonsensical statement which you intended. You really, truly must have your brain baked in the sun if you think that hardware is not working to its 'potential' by working under Windows. How about getting your computer knowledge in the real world rather than on Slashdot? Because quite frankly, most people here really dont know jack shit about computers. I know this place claims to be "news for nerds", but most of you guys are very obviously only at the hobbyist level. Anyone who thinks that Linux holds some kind of fundamental superiority over Windows 2000 or beyond is a zealot, and a quite clueless one at that.

The fact remains (despite your operating system penis envy) that an overwhelming majority of people CHOOSE to use Windows, and the overwhelming majority of companies CHOOSE to write Windows software. There is no compelling reason to use a third-tier OS, other than for special purposes (like servers), or just pure fanaticism.

So stay in school, take a few English classes, and try and learn something about computers. Or better yet, stay away from computers, rational thought doesnt appear your forte'.

Well, at least your sentence shows the intelligence level you are dealing at. The word TOO means "also", as well as a few other things. None of which, I might add, are apropos in your sentence's context; you probably meant the word "TO", which is a preposition meaning toward (among other things).

For future reference, TO, TWO, and TOO are all different words with different meanings. I know its very confusing, but its true.

Now, brainiac, to address the nonsensical statement which you intended. You really, truly must have your brain baked in the sun if you think that hardware is not working to its 'potential' by working under Windows. How about getting your computer knowledge in the real world rather than on Slashdot? Because quite frankly, most people here really dont know jack shit about computers. I know this place claims to be "news for nerds", but most of you guys are very obviously only at the hobbyist level. Anyone who thinks that Linux holds some kind of fundamental superiority over Windows 2000 or beyond is a zealot, and a quite clueless one at that.

The fact remains (despite your operating system penis envy) that an overwhelming majority of people CHOOSE to use Windows, and the overwhelming majority of companies CHOOSE to write Windows software. There is no compelling reason to use a third-tier OS, other than for special purposes (like servers), or just pure fanaticism.

So stay in school, take a few English classes, and try and learn something about computers. Or better yet, stay away from computers, rational thought doesnt appear your forte'.

I hate doing this, but it's a "niche" area, pronounced "neesh". Don't feel bad, even Steve Jobs got it wrong. Dictionary Dot Com

vicariously?

It _is_ a real word. Check it out right here.

The Office is pretentious and boring. Is one of those things that only Brits get I guess.

[grammar anarchist] Personally, I agree with you, and that "'s" should ALWAYS signify ownership, but they don't let me make the rules anymore, not after the spaghetti incident. [/grammar anarchist]

Personally, I hate a good Slashdot pedantfest, but I've gotten so many negative marks for this intolerable rule that you shall feel the pain as well. I am, after all, a giving person. But it's an old post, you may never even know.

It would not boil or freeze. The word you are looking for is sublimate.

memory, n.

1. The mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experience.
2. The act or an instance of remembering; recollection: spent the afternoon lost in memory.
3. All that a person can remember: It hasn't happened in my memory.
4. Something remembered: pleasant childhood memories.
5. The fact of being remembered; remembrance: dedicated to their parents' memory.
6. The period of time covered by the remembrance or recollection of a person or group of persons: within the memory of humankind.
7. Biology. Persistent modification of behavior resulting from an animal's experience.

Reading about something cannot give you memory, only an understanding.

Hamster

I like that the last suggestion for "hampster" is "imposter".

hampster versus hamster.

Oh shit, you're dumb!

hampster versus hamster.

Oh shit, you're dumb!

gallows humor: n.

Humorous treatment of a grave or dire situation: "conveying with gallows humor the utter insanity of the nuclear-arms race" (New York).

Or the utter insanity of the Greenhouse effect.

No no no, you guys are taking the word "Superior" out of context. This is understandable, since he has a few typos. He didn't mean "Superior Quality". Far from it.

He clearly meant "Superior" as in:

"Superior Officer", you know... the guy at boot camp who tells you to clean his boots with your tounge or he'll kick your ass.

"Mother Superior", the lady who wacks your knuckles with her yardstick and put's soap in your mouth for speaking out of turn.

"Superior", as in "above being affected or influenced; indifferent or immune" BY THE LAW.

They just think they're SOOOOOO superior...

Actually, an experiment showed that when cutting all but the LSB of a music wave file, the tune remains still recognizable!

Many years ago (10+), just out of interest in crypto, I XOR'ed a raw audio file (my own speech) with pseudo random data (all bits, from LSB to MSB). The result, was one very noisy audio file with the speech still audible! I thought "WTF!?"

I figured that since, on average, 50% of bits would be toggled, some of the audio information would still be present in a form a human could recognise. I have been meaning to do this again and pass it through a low pass filter to see if I could make the audio come more to the foreground.

perfectly (pseudo) random data

This is a contradiction in terms. Pseudo random data cannot be perfect, that is why it is pseudo (fake). Although, based on reading your interesting message, I'm sure you know this.

It has no practical solution.

How about stego software that detects how many LSB's span the noise floor, replace those with real white noise and then replace lower LSB's with the stego? I wonder if one could go about the noise floor LSB replacement so that it was a gradual replacement near the bits which border between noise and information? So as to prevent detection of the sudden (obvious) change which would be a "stego fingerprint" in itself!

i never really understand the insightful mod. what's in the parent post that contains a clear and deep perception? anyway, enough on the /. moderation system. back on topic.

do you have kids with legos? have you been a kid with legos?

the big duplo blocks that are aimed at preschool kids don't really incite much imagination in themselves. but that age group really can exercise their imagination with... well, i'm amazed at what little they can use to exercise their imagination.

now on to the actual legos. these are aimed at kids mainly 5 and over possibly 6. yes, they come with instructions, and somehow the kids can put them together just like the picture on the box in what seems like record time. once. that's the only time that heap of plastic will ever resemble anything that is on the box or any piece of paper within the box. not because they get taken apart and just left alone never to be used again. not because 1/2 the pieces are gone (well, this isn't entirely true, those tiny pieces are hard to keep track of). it's because the pieces take some new shape at least every other day or so to become part of a star fleet, or a battle ship, or a race team, or just kewl peice of art that lasts 20 minutes.

Honestly, is this such a surprise to you?

The title is "Alternative Areology and Archeology"

Areology?

The study of areolae?

No, burglary includes breaking and entering. I believe larceny is the word youre looking for. You are correct, however, that robbery is stealing by threatening. All are theft, but the distinctions practically and legaly are quite clear.

No, burglary includes breaking and entering. I believe larceny is the word youre looking for. You are correct, however, that robbery is stealing by threatening. All are theft, but the distinctions practically and legaly are quite clear.

No, burglary includes breaking and entering. I believe larceny is the word youre looking for. You are correct, however, that robbery is stealing by threatening. All are theft, but the distinctions practically and legaly are quite clear.

A) Doing something dangerous to your life does not count, as you are fully aware of the risks you are taking.

Read it again: "acts dangerous to human life". Even if only dangerous to yourself, it's dangerous to your human life. There's no exception there for willingly putting yourself and only yourself in danger.

And coercion does not need to be physical; it can be coercion by moral force (recognized legally).

Unfortunately the only difference I can see between moral coercion and convincing based on a sound moral argument is whether the "convinced" party truly acceded voluntarily or seeks to prosecute. IANAL.

Actually, it is, dick.

You seem to have confused new age with postmodernism. Then again this whole discussion sounds like my mom talking about computers. It was hard to get her to stop refering to CDs as tapes.

You seem to have confused new age with postmodernism. Then again this whole discussion sounds like my mom talking about computers. It was hard to get her to stop refering to CDs as tapes.

Linus is not only a great project manager, system architect and coder, he's funny as hell too

Bleh! Are you a Soko-phant?

gigaton A unit of explosive force equal to that of one billion tons of TNT.

I think they mean the size of the GTA world and the open-ended gameplay.

You're right about savvy, though savey seems to kinda work too.

Oh, and while Eric the Red's name is spelt without the "k," my name, Erick, is spelt with it.

Actually it is you who doesn't know what a neoconservative is (why do I get the feeling you are one?). It is not just the left that uses that. The right uses it too. Consider the example of and Pat Buchanan (paleoconservative). Also, left-wing anti-war activists are REACTIONARY? lol Whatever! The bogus invasion of Iraq is more reactionary than any anti-war position.

Bush, Cheney, Powell, Wolfowitz, Rice, Rumsfeld... all life-long conservative Republicans.

Bush, Powell, and Rice are not neoconservatives. Bush is pretty much belongs to the Christian Right. However, Wolfowitz, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Douglas Feith, et al are neoconservatives (along with a whole hoard of people at National Review and The Weekly Standard).

Oh, one more thing... Neoconservatives are a branch of the Republicans. So it doesn't matter what they were doing before. Most of them are ex-Trotskyites. If anything, most of the neoconservatives in power now are recycled Reganites.

Read this article for some information about the neoconservative family. Sivaram Velauthapillai

I don't think you know what droll means. Nice post, otherwise.

At least you can still say one milliard.

He's making fun of the fact that the original poster misspelled Cretaceous like crustaceous...

He's making fun of the fact that the original poster misspelled Cretaceous like crustaceous...

umm... duh. let me help you out...

much near than this 1984 parody, USA is becaming just what it turned you americans against in the last decades.

Soon you all will be safe of terrorist and having free bread (as in free beer) and free kentucky whiskey without having to worry about anything, not even what will be in the press, since FOX news, as the only official source of news (or the only that wasn't closed down due to being compacted to terrorist) will aways praise the government.

But besides all that crap... what really amazes me is that half of you always knew that bush's a real dumb (while the other half hates he now because they were sent to iraq) but you americans don't act! ever!

...all you do is to complain about some patriotic act, then forget it in the next months. Then complain about some DMCA, just to forget about it later. Now, you just realize that you forgot to complain about some patriotic act II that you didn't even heard about when it was released, but guess what will happen in the next months, until some other act will came out. Right! you will forget and wait, as always.

I'm glad i live in brazil. Here, at least, the bad politicians lies to get to power, not steal votes in the election day. And if we realize he was lying (what makes him a real bad politician) we act. I'm also glad we just have to do it once.

No, it isn't.

If his reviews were continuously discredited, that would mean there was always someone posting discrediting posts. Which of course there isn't.

Read the usage note at "continual."

No, it isn't.

If his reviews were continuously discredited, that would mean there was always someone posting discrediting posts. Which of course there isn't.

Read the usage note at "continual."

I literally had to tackle my mother to prevent her from investing.

Here's a clue: literally.

American Heritage Dictionary (a dictionary I feel strangely loyal feelings towards) begs to differ, although they also consider "anyways" to be a "non-standard" phrase, so it's probably best avoided, especially because "anyway" works just as well.

i was wondering the same thing. according to dictionary.com, a lakh is 100,000. that makes 150,000 engineers in bangalore.

i was wondering the same thing. according to dictionary.com, a lakh is 100,000. that makes 150,000 engineers in bangalore.