The US makes a living infringing on other's sovereignty. I think it's about time we get a taste of our own medicine (and yes, I am a US citizen.) It's ridiculous that we get to tell everyone else what is best for them, but no one does it to us.
... and I'm not trying to troll or anything, but is there anything humans do that isn't considered some form of pollution?
While that's a true statement, there is no reason to avoid making an attempt to reduce our impact on the planet while we're here.
I believe we're already screwed, as unless at least 75% of us (some would say this should be much higher) just disappear tomorrow we're basically going to burn up all the resources before we figure out how to co-exist with them.
We have a chance, ozone will stop depleting in the next ~20 years and start making a comeback; it all depends on whether or not we've triggered the next ice age by the time it can recover. I think it's a decent shot but will only hold up until the next limitation we run up against.
The fact remains that we are so far beyond the Earth's capacity that without a large catastrophe or huge reversals in birth rates our long-term chances of surviving are nil. Something we'll end up taking from the planet will snowball with an effect that makes it uninhabitable. I see cleaning light pollution as one of the things which can make our time here more enjoyable (you know, like breathing clean air as well.)
While it's all well and good to try and practice conservation, even if all 6 billion of us recycled to our heart's content there wouldn't be a long-term difference seen. To survive this population requires a global paradigm shift which is about as likely as Angelina Jolie showing up at my desk to compliment my creative programming skills.
Can't wait to see the earthquake-harvesting bacteria thriving off the aftershocks ! Well try not to forget Jupiter emits more energy than it receives from the Sun. If there were a place in our solar system to look for life, a moon of Jupiter is an awesome starting-point.
No. Linux is not convincing. He is arrogant and more and more clueless. Unfortunately people seem to be so in awe of him, that allmost nobody is willing to tell him that he has he is "wanking around" about a lot of things he obviously does not really understand. What has been your contribution to the issue?
No thanks, I'll stick to a platform with a more sane balance between platform stability and not breaking things. Because pulling the package manually is really that difficult?
The problem I see with wireless is still the constant interference from nearby wireless networks. No matter which of 3 routers I've used, and whether it is Win XP, Ubuntu, or OSX across 3 different machines...if there are many local wireless networks I will see disconnects around every 20-30 minutes no matter what. This can't happen when using (older) business tools like terminal sessions where a hiccup in handshake causes lost work.
On top of that, I have my doubts that any actual wireless throughput will touch Gigabit. Maybe if all we are comparing is 100MB it could be comparable.
Agreed, while this is clearly better technology it's just easy to wish they would put the effort into SSD. No matter how small and dense it is, it's still mechanical which means the same old durability and power consumption.
Why aren't these looked at on a case by case basis... I guarantee this prosecution will result in Regal Cinemas losing much more than the $2,500 if they win.
Again, just another example where blindless due to greed creates the desire to sue your customers.
How can the young music industry be worse in a day when any average Joe can make their music instantly accessible to millions or potential listeners? Gone are the days of making hundreds of demo tapes and hoping one will end up in the right hands
People who want to create still create. People who just want to listen to music (and have no business playing, like myself) can make their own CD's and playlists/mixes from other's work.
I agree. This story upsets me because game companies get away with so much. How is releasing a hardly-changed version every year and charging $60 *fair*? I know, "don't buy it then", and I don't.
I make backups of the games I buy the second they enter my house. At least if you own a licensed piece of software most companies will let you obtain a replacement disk for free or cheap. Gaming companies? It's another $60. I don't see how owning a mod-chip is illegal, if they can prove you are playing games you don't own I can understand that. What if you came here from Japan and want to play games based on that market?
They are acting no different than the RIAA, just threaten and scare your customers into submission. Good idea.
DRM is just like padlocks, door locks, car locks..
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It only serves to keep out the innocent. If anyone knows the trick to opening a Master lock, it's ridiculously easy...yet those with morals will think twice about cracking it to take something inside.
You must be dealing with a really wacky brand of MICR toner, as this isn't true for the vast majority of applications. I work directly with the engineers that have to certify and chemically test ever piece that goes into our machines, and MICR gets no special exception compared to anything else.
Not that I wouldn't recommend everyone wear masks when dealing with any particulate. Breathing in anything but what the body expects is "bad", period.
For the record, that "fresh printer smell" is Ozone generated by the high-voltage corona wires charging the drum (and the air). Toner is just a really dry feeling in your nose.
You'd be amazed how much crap is kicked up from a carpet with just a few people walking on it. For those of us with wood floors, how long after you mop or clean the floor until you see dust starting to collect? For me, it's a week or so. Imagine all that being churned by people walking on it all day.
I couldn't agree with this more. My offices are vacuumed about once a month, it's so disgusting.
What's even funnier is watching the cleaning crew come in and "dust off" the tall cabinets. This involves taking a feather duster and knocking it all off the tall cabinet onto my desk (and usually my coffee mug)
Further to this, I find these findings quite strange. Most manufacturers go to insane lengths to avoid toner emission into the air so that they do not get an asbestos style class action suit.
Eh, maybe for smaller office printers they do but not in the commercial "toner" printing industry (like phone bills and the like). My company's printers (and our competitors) dust the entire room at an alarming rate. After working on a more dirty problem it's very likely to come out looking like a coal miner, black snot and all.
The problem is these get installed in your typical raised-floor computer rooms in the same area as storage and CPU's, sometimes not more than 10-20 feet away.
Toner isn't asbestos. Sure it's particulate and it may even be harmful (as an obstruction, like anything else) but there are way too many lifelong printer repairman in my company and lung/breathing issues are no more common here than anywhere else. I know a large number of them personally and the health problems just don't exist in any substantial amount. The division that deals with HDD and tape manufacturer has had a lot more public health issues with their materials.
Sure our company has funded studies which say Carbon Black is not harmful, but of course we all take this with a large grain of salt. I rely much more highly on the people I have personally known over the years.
I agree with the "no downloading" portion of it the most. The fact I can just drop to console and type one command, have (usually) all dependencies immediately resolved and the download AND installation started for me is just amazing.
I do like the uninstall process too, mostly because I can chose whether or not I want to keep the config files in case I'm reinstalling for a reason.
There was certainly a learning curve but now that I've completely migrated over I'm so happy to never have to see another "Installshield" ever again!
I have used Yahoo Mail Beta for a long time, and I do like the interface however there is alot of "lag" associated with it. Moving from folder to folder takes a good amount of time, and if you are accessing it from a slower PC this is very noticable.
I have not compared to Gmail however, but the lag gets to me.
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The US makes a living infringing on other's sovereignty. I think it's about time we get a taste of our own medicine (and yes, I am a US citizen.) It's ridiculous that we get to tell everyone else what is best for them, but no one does it to us.
... and I'm not trying to troll or anything, but is there anything humans do that isn't considered some form of pollution?While that's a true statement, there is no reason to avoid making an attempt to reduce our impact on the planet while we're here.
I believe we're already screwed, as unless at least 75% of us (some would say this should be much higher) just disappear tomorrow we're basically going to burn up all the resources before we figure out how to co-exist with them. We have a chance, ozone will stop depleting in the next ~20 years and start making a comeback; it all depends on whether or not we've triggered the next ice age by the time it can recover. I think it's a decent shot but will only hold up until the next limitation we run up against.
The fact remains that we are so far beyond the Earth's capacity that without a large catastrophe or huge reversals in birth rates our long-term chances of surviving are nil. Something we'll end up taking from the planet will snowball with an effect that makes it uninhabitable. I see cleaning light pollution as one of the things which can make our time here more enjoyable (you know, like breathing clean air as well.)
While it's all well and good to try and practice conservation, even if all 6 billion of us recycled to our heart's content there wouldn't be a long-term difference seen. To survive this population requires a global paradigm shift which is about as likely as Angelina Jolie showing up at my desk to compliment my creative programming skills.
Can't wait to see the earthquake-harvesting bacteria thriving off the aftershocks ! Well try not to forget Jupiter emits more energy than it receives from the Sun. If there were a place in our solar system to look for life, a moon of Jupiter is an awesome starting-point.
The problem I see with wireless is still the constant interference from nearby wireless networks. No matter which of 3 routers I've used, and whether it is Win XP, Ubuntu, or OSX across 3 different machines...if there are many local wireless networks I will see disconnects around every 20-30 minutes no matter what. This can't happen when using (older) business tools like terminal sessions where a hiccup in handshake causes lost work.
On top of that, I have my doubts that any actual wireless throughput will touch Gigabit. Maybe if all we are comparing is 100MB it could be comparable.
Agreed, while this is clearly better technology it's just easy to wish they would put the effort into SSD. No matter how small and dense it is, it's still mechanical which means the same old durability and power consumption.
I too low Foxit but yes it has some troubles. Author a PDF under Acrobat with file links and suddenly those links are broken under Foxit.
Why aren't these looked at on a case by case basis... I guarantee this prosecution will result in Regal Cinemas losing much more than the $2,500 if they win. Again, just another example where blindless due to greed creates the desire to sue your customers.
How can the young music industry be worse in a day when any average Joe can make their music instantly accessible to millions or potential listeners? Gone are the days of making hundreds of demo tapes and hoping one will end up in the right hands
People who want to create still create. People who just want to listen to music (and have no business playing, like myself) can make their own CD's and playlists/mixes from other's work.
You're the one with no clue.
Let me know how you can play your backup copies without a mod-chip or "magic disk".
I agree. This story upsets me because game companies get away with so much. How is releasing a hardly-changed version every year and charging $60 *fair*? I know, "don't buy it then", and I don't.
I make backups of the games I buy the second they enter my house. At least if you own a licensed piece of software most companies will let you obtain a replacement disk for free or cheap. Gaming companies? It's another $60. I don't see how owning a mod-chip is illegal, if they can prove you are playing games you don't own I can understand that. What if you came here from Japan and want to play games based on that market?
They are acting no different than the RIAA, just threaten and scare your customers into submission. Good idea.
It only serves to keep out the innocent. If anyone knows the trick to opening a Master lock, it's ridiculously easy...yet those with morals will think twice about cracking it to take something inside.
You must be dealing with a really wacky brand of MICR toner, as this isn't true for the vast majority of applications. I work directly with the engineers that have to certify and chemically test ever piece that goes into our machines, and MICR gets no special exception compared to anything else.
Not that I wouldn't recommend everyone wear masks when dealing with any particulate. Breathing in anything but what the body expects is "bad", period.
For the record, that "fresh printer smell" is Ozone generated by the high-voltage corona wires charging the drum (and the air). Toner is just a really dry feeling in your nose.
I agree with the moderation, though...funny :)
I couldn't agree with this more. My offices are vacuumed about once a month, it's so disgusting.
What's even funnier is watching the cleaning crew come in and "dust off" the tall cabinets. This involves taking a feather duster and knocking it all off the tall cabinet onto my desk (and usually my coffee mug)
Eh, maybe for smaller office printers they do but not in the commercial "toner" printing industry (like phone bills and the like). My company's printers (and our competitors) dust the entire room at an alarming rate. After working on a more dirty problem it's very likely to come out looking like a coal miner, black snot and all.
The problem is these get installed in your typical raised-floor computer rooms in the same area as storage and CPU's, sometimes not more than 10-20 feet away.
Toner isn't asbestos. Sure it's particulate and it may even be harmful (as an obstruction, like anything else) but there are way too many lifelong printer repairman in my company and lung/breathing issues are no more common here than anywhere else. I know a large number of them personally and the health problems just don't exist in any substantial amount. The division that deals with HDD and tape manufacturer has had a lot more public health issues with their materials.
Sure our company has funded studies which say Carbon Black is not harmful, but of course we all take this with a large grain of salt. I rely much more highly on the people I have personally known over the years.
I agree with the "no downloading" portion of it the most. The fact I can just drop to console and type one command, have (usually) all dependencies immediately resolved and the download AND installation started for me is just amazing. I do like the uninstall process too, mostly because I can chose whether or not I want to keep the config files in case I'm reinstalling for a reason. There was certainly a learning curve but now that I've completely migrated over I'm so happy to never have to see another "Installshield" ever again!
I have used Yahoo Mail Beta for a long time, and I do like the interface however there is alot of "lag" associated with it. Moving from folder to folder takes a good amount of time, and if you are accessing it from a slower PC this is very noticable.
I have not compared to Gmail however, but the lag gets to me.