Same here. It occurs only when I'm falling asleep, I can see sudden noises. It's always blue, but it goes from light to dark blue: acute sounds are light blue, bass sounds are dark blue. The image always shows at the same place (pointing towards my noise) and has a form that reminds me of a lava lamp.
I completely understand the irony, but it works best if you want, like most American/.ers, to adopt the metric system. Let me try to explain my point of view.
In my very case, I learned that a kilo means 1000 at the age of six and that in it means 1024 in all things computer-related at the age of seven or eight (and it made perfect sense to me at the time, I guess the geeks around me at the time were good at pedagogy). As someone said it in this thread, it's a matter of context: when talking about computers, base 2 makes more sense to me. When talking about weight or distances, it is base 10.
The irony lies in the fact that we never had to struggle to use the metric system. It was there from the beginning. Because we aren't in a (perfectly justified) crusade for the adoption of the metric system, we aren't shocked by the fact that in another context, kilo can have another meaning. Were we struggling for the adoption of the metric system, I'm sure I'd be in the camp of "one kilo = 1000".
One more thing, I don't want to change not because I'm afraid of change (I began using computers years before Internet access was available for the layman where I live, so I still have the ability to adapt), but because _in this context_, base 2 looks like the way to go when talking about machines who only understand, well... binary. Using base 10 is adding a layer of abstraction that I find useless: distracting for the power user and useless for the casual user.
I googled it numerous times, but not recently. Glad that someone made a fix for that.
Now if 10.6.3 would let users chose what they actually want, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? Not that I dare to hope that Apple will ever give me a choice about anything.
I work mostly on OS X and this so-called feature annoys me to no end. I do not know the size of my files anymore, I have to go to the terminal just to know the size of a file (bash hasn't been polluted by this feature).
I've been using computers for 20+ years and I do _not_ want to change how I think file sizes, especially since I feel that base 10 is the wrong way to count. What's next? Imperial units for us Europeans?
The most annoying? That nobody has hacked Snow Leopard to restore real units.
When will MS let users reveal code in Word? I know they tell us it is not possible due to their oh-so-amazing engine, but know what? I don't believe that. I've lost HOURS reformating documents by trial and error, because invisible bolds, italics, fonts change or other absurdities got in the way.
When I was 14, when such a problem occured, "reveal codes" would always help me clean documents in a matter of seconds. Is there a sensible Word Processing application, today, that has this feature?
If their top priority, as it seems to be the consensus here, is to beat IE, the sooner, the better: IE 8 is out and is less terrible than its predecessors.
Microsoft is in the race for browsers again, so if Google wants to compete, attacking before IE 8 gets mindshare makes sense.
Mozilla does it in a stupid way (IMHO) by using a non-native widget set and all this XUL nonsense. Google tries to do it the right way, by developing a specific version for each platform. It takes a bit of time.
Now, I agree that they should have began the development of the three branches in parallel from day one, but they are a for-profit company, so it makes business sense to give priority to Windows.
Really, why do you say baldness a disease? It's just a change in the body's self regulation over time.
Because it is an unwanted change in the body's self regulation over time. Moreover it affects people 'arbitrarily' (even if more than 1 person on 7 IMO) and this change is rarely welcomed. Qualifies for being called a disease to me, but I'm not a doctor (in fact I'm a social scientist, which is sometimes seen as a disease on./ too).
It's a matter of semantics anyway - depression would not have been called a disease not so long ago. It is now the disease of the century.
I'm too tired right now to search the name of the obvious logical fallacy you are using here, but trying to ridicule my point by making me look like a racist or an an homophobic (where I'm talking about something completely unrelated) sure has a name. Ending your comment by "You idiot.", though, is a classical ad hominem attack.
It is amazing what Slashdot has become. Flame wars for the pleasure of flame wars. Call me what you want, but I remember a time when giving arguments to a discussion, whether others agreed or not, was feeding the discussion, not the flames.
One is a minor inconvenience, the other is a debilitating condition which can bring peoples' lives to a grinding halt in the same way full body burn injuries or systemic cancer can.
Exactly like self-esteem problems. My point.
It has _nothing_ to do with 'being bummed when you're occasionally reminded you have no hair'.
I didn't take such a shortcut. Depression can be caused by lack of self-esteem. Of course some people with baldness can even take advantage of it, but as far as I know, a lot of bald people would rather have hair on their head (ask dermatologists who implant hair â" a very lucrative business â" or the low-cost alternative, wig makers).
AFAIK and IANAP (I Am Not A Psychologist), self-esteem problems are not related to objective standard AND are a source of depression.
Sorry if my original post took too many shortcuts.
Of course baldness is a disease. A minor one at first sight, but it can lower people's self-esteem and cause severe psychological diseases, such as depression.
Four toed statue. And the 'ruins' (the place featuring the statue) has been confirmed to be the set of season 4. I'd say LOST is not for the impatient:)
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Same here. It occurs only when I'm falling asleep, I can see sudden noises. It's always blue, but it goes from light to dark blue: acute sounds are light blue, bass sounds are dark blue. The image always shows at the same place (pointing towards my noise) and has a form that reminds me of a lava lamp.
Don't call me Shirley!
Sorry, in the metric system, being 33 years old doesn't qualify as "old people".
Anyway, get off of my lawn, kiddo.
Mod this guy up. He brilliantly (and I mean it) summarized the whole discussion and its solution in three lines.
I completely understand the irony, but it works best if you want, like most American /.ers, to adopt the metric system. Let me try to explain my point of view.
In my very case, I learned that a kilo means 1000 at the age of six and that in it means 1024 in all things computer-related at the age of seven or eight (and it made perfect sense to me at the time, I guess the geeks around me at the time were good at pedagogy). As someone said it in this thread, it's a matter of context: when talking about computers, base 2 makes more sense to me. When talking about weight or distances, it is base 10.
The irony lies in the fact that we never had to struggle to use the metric system. It was there from the beginning. Because we aren't in a (perfectly justified) crusade for the adoption of the metric system, we aren't shocked by the fact that in another context, kilo can have another meaning. Were we struggling for the adoption of the metric system, I'm sure I'd be in the camp of "one kilo = 1000".
One more thing, I don't want to change not because I'm afraid of change (I began using computers years before Internet access was available for the layman where I live, so I still have the ability to adapt), but because _in this context_, base 2 looks like the way to go when talking about machines who only understand, well... binary. Using base 10 is adding a layer of abstraction that I find useless: distracting for the power user and useless for the casual user.
I googled it numerous times, but not recently. Glad that someone made a fix for that.
Now if 10.6.3 would let users chose what they actually want, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? Not that I dare to hope that Apple will ever give me a choice about anything.
Thank you!
I work mostly on OS X and this so-called feature annoys me to no end. I do not know the size of my files anymore, I have to go to the terminal just to know the size of a file (bash hasn't been polluted by this feature).
I've been using computers for 20+ years and I do _not_ want to change how I think file sizes, especially since I feel that base 10 is the wrong way to count. What's next? Imperial units for us Europeans?
The most annoying? That nobody has hacked Snow Leopard to restore real units.
"Reveal codes"... Blast from a better past!
When will MS let users reveal code in Word? I know they tell us it is not possible due to their oh-so-amazing engine, but know what? I don't believe that. I've lost HOURS reformating documents by trial and error, because invisible bolds, italics, fonts change or other absurdities got in the way.
When I was 14, when such a problem occured, "reveal codes" would always help me clean documents in a matter of seconds. Is there a sensible Word Processing application, today, that has this feature?
A group of fanatical arsonists.
Easier method:
Convert your FLAC, Apple Lossless etc. to RAW PCM (given the same bitrate/sample rate).
md5 the resulting .pcm files. If the md5 is the same, the waves are the same.
If their top priority, as it seems to be the consensus here, is to beat IE, the sooner, the better: IE 8 is out and is less terrible than its predecessors.
Microsoft is in the race for browsers again, so if Google wants to compete, attacking before IE 8 gets mindshare makes sense.
Mozilla does it in a stupid way (IMHO) by using a non-native widget set and all this XUL nonsense. Google tries to do it the right way, by developing a specific version for each platform. It takes a bit of time.
Now, I agree that they should have began the development of the three branches in parallel from day one, but they are a for-profit company, so it makes business sense to give priority to Windows.
GNU/Hurd launched long before Linux.
What's your point?
Really, why do you say baldness a disease? It's just a change in the body's self regulation over time.
Because it is an unwanted change in the body's self regulation over time. Moreover it affects people 'arbitrarily' (even if more than 1 person on 7 IMO) and this change is rarely welcomed. Qualifies for being called a disease to me, but I'm not a doctor (in fact I'm a social scientist, which is sometimes seen as a disease on ./ too).
It's a matter of semantics anyway - depression would not have been called a disease not so long ago. It is now the disease of the century.
I'm too tired right now to search the name of the obvious logical fallacy you are using here, but trying to ridicule my point by making me look like a racist or an an homophobic (where I'm talking about something completely unrelated) sure has a name. Ending your comment by "You idiot.", though, is a classical ad hominem attack.
It is amazing what Slashdot has become. Flame wars for the pleasure of flame wars. Call me what you want, but I remember a time when giving arguments to a discussion, whether others agreed or not, was feeding the discussion, not the flames.
One is a minor inconvenience, the other is a debilitating condition which can bring peoples' lives to a grinding halt in the same way full body burn injuries or systemic cancer can.
Exactly like self-esteem problems. My point.
It has _nothing_ to do with 'being bummed when you're occasionally reminded you have no hair'.
I didn't take such a shortcut. Depression can be caused by lack of self-esteem. Of course some people with baldness can even take advantage of it, but as far as I know, a lot of bald people would rather have hair on their head (ask dermatologists who implant hair â" a very lucrative business â" or the low-cost alternative, wig makers).
AFAIK and IANAP (I Am Not A Psychologist), self-esteem problems are not related to objective standard AND are a source of depression.
Sorry if my original post took too many shortcuts.
You are probably trolling, but I'll bite.
Of course baldness is a disease. A minor one at first sight, but it can lower people's self-esteem and cause severe psychological diseases, such as depression.
*** Whoooosh! ***
Now I'm dreaming of OpenSolaris under the GPLv3. Goodbye Linux, Redhat, Novell and their err... strange deals.
And Linus' wisdom has been weak those last years (lots of strange, 'politic' choices). We need another benevolent dictator. This one is used up.
Gentoo GNU/OpenSolaris will make my day.
Four toed statue. And the 'ruins' (the place featuring the statue) has been confirmed to be the set of season 4. I'd say LOST is not for the impatient :)
Does being myself a Belgian citizen allow me to ask anyway?
:-D</joke>
<joke>Except if you meant bloody dutch-speaking Belgians, which is pretty self-explanatory
Where I live, we'd actually write it 1 048 576, you insensitive clod!
My T1000 can't even melt, by design. In fact when it melts, it rebuilds automagically.