If you only buy from people with lots of feedback (e.g. 100+), 99+% feedback, browse their feedback history, and read the item description thoroughly, what's the risk?
Spending $600 every 2 years gets you a lot further than spending $1200 every 4 years.
Or spend $600 every 4-6 years. I guess it is laptops we are talking about here, but for a lot of people, most of what they do can be done well with processors 4 years old or more. And in the Linux world, the rate of bloat increase is slower than that of the Windows world, since features are added because they are cool and not to make your existing machine feel slow so that you want to upgrade.
The vast majority of customers run a computer with a single drive and would gain very little from the overhead imposed by ZFS. Simply put, it is not worth it for most people.
Potentially shortsighted though. Look at how many other server technologies have filtered down to the desktop - multiple CPUs, user accounts, even Network Attached Storage is actually running a server of sorts in your house. With the ever decreasing cost of storage, both spinning disk and SSD, minimizing or eliminating the loss or corruption of files has potential to become a selling point.
Yes. I remember some of the books being really good (as a teen). Bit disappointed to find you are the only other person advocating the same. What sort of nerds prefer the TV over a good book?
There are two kinds of people who post on slashdot. Those who don't get any sex, and those who are married. In practice, the second is just a subset of the first.
I'll add a "me too". FF is now snappy with many tabs open. Before it was decidedly non-snappy. But good enough to not consider anything else because of the plugins. Hopefully there aren't too many bugs. None noted so far.
Judging by the number of slashdot comments compared to the average, the 5.6 rating on imdb at release (I swear most eventual 5.6 movies start out at 7.5), and the fact that it's a sequel, "Nadir" might be more accurate.
When there is enough solar for everyone, why use a non-renewable fuel?
What's the big deal about using non-renewable fuels? Some day we are probably going to need an energy source as dense as nuclear fuel for space colonization. If we set ourselves up to use nuclear on a widespread basis for simple stuff like heating our homes and transport, we'll run out of it. If I've learned anything in life from playing computer games, it's that the surest fire way to have to require a restart from the beginning is to be a resource spendthrift. Being a resource tightwad may result in finishing the game with your backpack crammed with ammo (and ammo in caches if possible), at least you can always finish the map. And with the Earth, there is no way to restore a save game.
I grew up as a technophile, always seeing the good in new technology which could never come fast enough for me. I'd listen to the older generations bemoan how things were changing too fast, and in ways that weren't necessarily benefiting humanity. I would scoff, laugh or argue - most of these people seemed to be either of an age when the mind starts not keeping up with changes, or not technically adept in the first place.
Over the last few years, I started worrying about things changing too fast and in ways not necessarily benefiting humanity. I doubt that even the smartest person can really understand the logical endpoints of the complex interactions of myriad new technologies. What will future wars look like? What would a future war look like if the government turned on its citizens, or if AI turned on humans? And other questions of that nature. The strange and disquieting thing to me is that I am neither technically inept nor remotely near the age when learning new things is difficult. At the same time, we will need new technology to fix a lot of problems we have created, or to make the world a better place for us.
All I can do is hope that this technological tiger we are riding doesn't buck us off and bite us in the ass.
The bottom line is you get married to have (and raise) children. Getting married for any other reason is idiotic. If you aren't going to commit to marriage, don't have children. There are enough children in the world now.
Strange, but encouraging to see this sort of wisdom on slashdot. This is the original reason for marriage, (vastly) predating preferential tax treatment etc. Children are an essential part of every civilization, which is why if there is an exception to every culture having a marriage ceremony, it would be the exception that proves the rule.
And if people are going to bring about the end of a marriage which has borne children, through action or inaction, then let it be said that they are selfish dicks for doing so.
It depends. Murphy's law would suggest that his cat would do the inverse of what he wanted it to do, and if he didn't really care then it would remain in an indeterminate state.
Odds are that you'll never be in a real fight, and if you ever are, those wrestling skills won't in the end help very much because real fighting and practice are quite different.
Most of the well known grappling arts besides Aikido (e.g. wrestling, judo, BJJ) feature non-compliant sparring as a part of regular classes, along with competition. Non-compliant sparring, and especially competitions, are very realistic as far as the "feel of a fight" goes. And unless your opponent knows takedown defense (which pretty much means that he has actually practiced some wrestling himself), odds are good that being familiar with such a sport will put you in good stead to take a fight where you have an advantage - on the ground with you on top. Yes, you may get hit before you get the takedown, but chances are you won't get KO'd.
And when you take some MA you probably won't end up to be a martial arts champion, just like you won't end up a soccer champion. However, have you ever played soccer as a novice against other people who have played it and are familiar with it? Even if you are the better athlete, chances are good that you will be defeated because you lack familiarity. This works similarly with fighting and fighting sports.
The other thing taking some wrestling teaches is that weight, strength, size, explosiveness and aggression matters in a fight, especially when punches are thrown. It takes non-compliant sparring to teach this effectively. There are people out there, especially for a 120 pound woman, against whom running, a weapon, or a large friend or two close by are her only reasonable chances of survival. While a woman should be able to leave a party by herself, the smart thing to do is not to take a risk - leave with someone else or at least get an escort to her vehicle.
It's true - we are in the position of the French government trying to legislate language when it's beyond our control at this point. And still, words descended from the original meaning of "hacker" and maintaining that connotation of "tinkering" do not have a corrupted meaning, e.g. "an ugly hack", "hack something together". Though I'll have to train myself not to use the old term lest people think I am breaking into banks or something.
Having a working ICBM would be a great way to prevent your country from being "liberated", or at least your oil from being liberated. Provided the ICBMs don't do a boomerang.
You forgot a few - poor personal hygiene, poor hygiene in general, lack of commitment, lack of understanding of a woman's biological clock.
The fact is, it is easier than probably any time in history for men in Western society to have sex without any commitment. An average woman feels like she has to put out to even get a guy interested these days, because there is very little taboo remaining for premarital sex. For an average looking woman who wants to keep sex for after marriage in today's world, it's like a worker trying to unionize in a world full of scabs.
A woman who wants to have children before the risk of birth defects and difficulty in having them should probably be finished reproducing by age 35 or so. This means that if she wants 2-3 kids, she should get started by age 30 at the latest, because falling pregnant is not a given. Most probably earlier, since it will be easier and chance of birth defects will be less. Also, she will be more vital and able to take care of the kids. If she has her last child at age 35, she might be 55 by the time the last one leaves the nest.
Now, how long does the courting phase last? It might last a few years. So she should really have found a guy who will commit to providing for her and her children and not be a dick to her or their kids by the time she is in her mid to late twenties. To do that she has to weed through a bunch of guys who would happily say the right things to her to get some sex, and then move on to a younger model when she starts pushing for the commitment. To get what she needs, she might have to play a little hardball. I wouldn't be casting the first stone until I have walked a mile in her shoes.
Some asshole wants another human being to spend their working life sitting in a small filthy booth sucking exhaust fumes
I remember reading "toll booth operator" as one of the top 20 worst jobs to work in. Sitting in the middle of fifty idling cars will wreak havoc on your lungs. (Although if the authorities really gave a shit they could pipe in air to each toll booth using air sucked in from a more remote location. Or give them a mask connected to said air line.)
In conditions not suited for it, excess speed carries increased risk of accidents and death in accidents, which is one of the reasons speed limits are imposed and also ostensibly why they are enforced. By contrast, infringements on music and movie copyrights don't generally kill or injure people. (Insert Battlefield Earth joke here.)
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Pretentious? If any director can be forgiven for thinking he's Stanley Kubrick, it's Kubrick himself.
That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with Web 4.0. Then this guy's in trouble, huh?
If you only buy from people with lots of feedback (e.g. 100+), 99+% feedback, browse their feedback history, and read the item description thoroughly, what's the risk?
I'm not sure, but when Slashdot 3.0 adds faeces flinging technlogy to the UI, I'm outtie.
Thanks, this thread needed more levity.
Or spend $600 every 4-6 years. I guess it is laptops we are talking about here, but for a lot of people, most of what they do can be done well with processors 4 years old or more. And in the Linux world, the rate of bloat increase is slower than that of the Windows world, since features are added because they are cool and not to make your existing machine feel slow so that you want to upgrade.
Potentially shortsighted though. Look at how many other server technologies have filtered down to the desktop - multiple CPUs, user accounts, even Network Attached Storage is actually running a server of sorts in your house. With the ever decreasing cost of storage, both spinning disk and SSD, minimizing or eliminating the loss or corruption of files has potential to become a selling point.
Yes. I remember some of the books being really good (as a teen). Bit disappointed to find you are the only other person advocating the same. What sort of nerds prefer the TV over a good book?
There are two kinds of people who post on slashdot. Those who don't get any sex, and those who are married. In practice, the second is just a subset of the first.
I'll add a "me too". FF is now snappy with many tabs open. Before it was decidedly non-snappy. But good enough to not consider anything else because of the plugins. Hopefully there aren't too many bugs. None noted so far.
Judging by the number of slashdot comments compared to the average, the 5.6 rating on imdb at release (I swear most eventual 5.6 movies start out at 7.5), and the fact that it's a sequel, "Nadir" might be more accurate.
What's the big deal about using non-renewable fuels? Some day we are probably going to need an energy source as dense as nuclear fuel for space colonization. If we set ourselves up to use nuclear on a widespread basis for simple stuff like heating our homes and transport, we'll run out of it. If I've learned anything in life from playing computer games, it's that the surest fire way to have to require a restart from the beginning is to be a resource spendthrift. Being a resource tightwad may result in finishing the game with your backpack crammed with ammo (and ammo in caches if possible), at least you can always finish the map. And with the Earth, there is no way to restore a save game.
Over the last few years, I started worrying about things changing too fast and in ways not necessarily benefiting humanity. I doubt that even the smartest person can really understand the logical endpoints of the complex interactions of myriad new technologies. What will future wars look like? What would a future war look like if the government turned on its citizens, or if AI turned on humans? And other questions of that nature. The strange and disquieting thing to me is that I am neither technically inept nor remotely near the age when learning new things is difficult. At the same time, we will need new technology to fix a lot of problems we have created, or to make the world a better place for us.
All I can do is hope that this technological tiger we are riding doesn't buck us off and bite us in the ass.
Strange, but encouraging to see this sort of wisdom on slashdot. This is the original reason for marriage, (vastly) predating preferential tax treatment etc. Children are an essential part of every civilization, which is why if there is an exception to every culture having a marriage ceremony, it would be the exception that proves the rule.
And if people are going to bring about the end of a marriage which has borne children, through action or inaction, then let it be said that they are selfish dicks for doing so.
Who polices the adequacy police, if not for the adequacy police police?
It depends. Murphy's law would suggest that his cat would do the inverse of what he wanted it to do, and if he didn't really care then it would remain in an indeterminate state.
Most of the well known grappling arts besides Aikido (e.g. wrestling, judo, BJJ) feature non-compliant sparring as a part of regular classes, along with competition. Non-compliant sparring, and especially competitions, are very realistic as far as the "feel of a fight" goes. And unless your opponent knows takedown defense (which pretty much means that he has actually practiced some wrestling himself), odds are good that being familiar with such a sport will put you in good stead to take a fight where you have an advantage - on the ground with you on top. Yes, you may get hit before you get the takedown, but chances are you won't get KO'd.
And when you take some MA you probably won't end up to be a martial arts champion, just like you won't end up a soccer champion. However, have you ever played soccer as a novice against other people who have played it and are familiar with it? Even if you are the better athlete, chances are good that you will be defeated because you lack familiarity. This works similarly with fighting and fighting sports.
The other thing taking some wrestling teaches is that weight, strength, size, explosiveness and aggression matters in a fight, especially when punches are thrown. It takes non-compliant sparring to teach this effectively. There are people out there, especially for a 120 pound woman, against whom running, a weapon, or a large friend or two close by are her only reasonable chances of survival. While a woman should be able to leave a party by herself, the smart thing to do is not to take a risk - leave with someone else or at least get an escort to her vehicle.
It's true - we are in the position of the French government trying to legislate language when it's beyond our control at this point. And still, words descended from the original meaning of "hacker" and maintaining that connotation of "tinkering" do not have a corrupted meaning, e.g. "an ugly hack", "hack something together". Though I'll have to train myself not to use the old term lest people think I am breaking into banks or something.
I think that's actually the fourth law, or rather, the fourth directive.
Having a working ICBM would be a great way to prevent your country from being "liberated", or at least your oil from being liberated. Provided the ICBMs don't do a boomerang.
... is that 85% of the allegedly female 13% are also male too.
Classic. Still chortling.
The fact is, it is easier than probably any time in history for men in Western society to have sex without any commitment. An average woman feels like she has to put out to even get a guy interested these days, because there is very little taboo remaining for premarital sex. For an average looking woman who wants to keep sex for after marriage in today's world, it's like a worker trying to unionize in a world full of scabs.
A woman who wants to have children before the risk of birth defects and difficulty in having them should probably be finished reproducing by age 35 or so. This means that if she wants 2-3 kids, she should get started by age 30 at the latest, because falling pregnant is not a given. Most probably earlier, since it will be easier and chance of birth defects will be less. Also, she will be more vital and able to take care of the kids. If she has her last child at age 35, she might be 55 by the time the last one leaves the nest. Now, how long does the courting phase last? It might last a few years. So she should really have found a guy who will commit to providing for her and her children and not be a dick to her or their kids by the time she is in her mid to late twenties. To do that she has to weed through a bunch of guys who would happily say the right things to her to get some sex, and then move on to a younger model when she starts pushing for the commitment. To get what she needs, she might have to play a little hardball. I wouldn't be casting the first stone until I have walked a mile in her shoes.
I remember reading "toll booth operator" as one of the top 20 worst jobs to work in. Sitting in the middle of fifty idling cars will wreak havoc on your lungs. (Although if the authorities really gave a shit they could pipe in air to each toll booth using air sucked in from a more remote location. Or give them a mask connected to said air line.)
In conditions not suited for it, excess speed carries increased risk of accidents and death in accidents, which is one of the reasons speed limits are imposed and also ostensibly why they are enforced. By contrast, infringements on music and movie copyrights don't generally kill or injure people. (Insert Battlefield Earth joke here.)