IMHO, sight doesn't happen as much in the eyes as it does in the brain.
Well, that's how the brain does its thing. Your eyes, ears, nose, skin, are instruments that extend from the brain. Data that flows from your senses to your brain lacks meaning until the brain processes it.
Data still flows from the eyes over the optical chiasm to the primary visual cortex (the cortex around the calcarine fissure in the occipital lobe). From there, there are multiple "streams" of visual data. One of those streams is the one that "enters" consciousness.
It is the absolute certainty with which you refute the previous, and the postulation of the following near-superhuman senses that make you appear rather uninformed and quite arrogant.
Most likely, he is using sound or air pressure. Blind people can often maneuver by hearing things like subtle changes in sound of footprints, etc., echoing off of or being aborbed by walls, etc. There are also subtle changes in air pressure as you approach obstacles, and that can often be 'felt' by blind people.
Take a biological psychology course or your own medicine (your signature)
So the entire summary is Thelasko's opinion , with a one sentence description that links to shuttleworth's blog? Perhaps a true summary of proposed changes in Ubuntu desktop notifications would have been more informative.
An atomic bomb detonated over a dense population center: millions die An eWMD shuts down water supply: people have to resort to bottled water and, in a worst case scenario, boil rain water; for a few weeks
Perhaps eWMD is a better name for an EMP because that actually DESTROYS something that can not be brought back from the dead using backups
I'm having a hard time figuring out what the point of your post is (language barrier on my end). Are you implying that I do not know what hardware I use? Because I do. I'm not looking to flame or start an argument, I genuinly do not understand.
In any case, such a restore disc becomes useless when you install a newer version of your operating system (xp -> vista for example, although why would you do that?;)).
I've used XP (feels like I've used it forever), Vista (even longer), and Ubuntu (since 6.04).
In Ubuntu I rarely had any hardware problems. Ubuntu 8.10 recognizes all hardware without ANY problem. In Windows (same hardware!), I have to install at least 5 different hardware drivers. Mind you that this was not on cheap or obscure hardware.
The way I see the hardware issue is: a fresh Windows installation needs half a dozen drivers to be installed manually by the user. Finding drivers is usually pretty easy, especially for newer hardware. In Linux, you have two scenarios: 1. It Just Works (TM). 2. You have driver issues: in this case, you're better of having problems with older hardware that is more likely to be supported by some third party driver. Office software: OpenOffice.org? It fits my needs (but I do not use it in a professional context so YMMV) Games: agreed, this is Windows turf. General acceptance: someday... (one can hope)
I remember when the iPod first came out its competition was (IMO) pretty worthless.
Apple seems to be a good innovator, but they are (again, IMO) not able to compete with the products that imitate them. A lot of Apple's competitors release decent products inspired by Apple's products, but in a (much) lower price range.
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You must have bought a subscription while drunk
I know I was
http://www.amazon.com/Physiology-Behavior-MyPsychKit-Neil-Carlson/dp/0205593895/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230187013&sr=8-1
Chapter 1 has a short item on blindsight and it's relation to consciousness. You should really read chapter 1 of this book.
IMHO, sight doesn't happen as much in the eyes as it does in the brain.
Well, that's how the brain does its thing. Your eyes, ears, nose, skin, are instruments that extend from the brain. Data that flows from your senses to your brain lacks meaning until the brain processes it.
A few posts earlier you say:
( http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1072951&cid=26228425 )
Without a working visual cortex, nothing from the eyes enters the brain. At all.
Blindsight does not imply that the visual cortex does not "work". Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_visual_cortex
Data still flows from the eyes over the optical chiasm to the primary visual cortex (the cortex around the calcarine fissure in the occipital lobe). From there, there are multiple "streams" of visual data. One of those streams is the one that "enters" consciousness.
It is the absolute certainty with which you refute the previous, and the postulation of the following near-superhuman senses that make you appear rather uninformed and quite arrogant.
Most likely, he is using sound or air pressure. Blind people can often maneuver by hearing things like subtle changes in sound of footprints, etc., echoing off of or being aborbed by walls, etc. There are also subtle changes in air pressure as you approach obstacles, and that can often be 'felt' by blind people.
Take a biological psychology course or your own medicine (your signature)
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Blindsight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight
Well then, just don't let it happen again
So the entire summary is Thelasko's opinion , with a one sentence description that links to shuttleworth's blog? Perhaps a true summary of proposed changes in Ubuntu desktop notifications would have been more informative.
Be sure to finish that with the "it's not you, it's me" routine :)
Sorry, running low on caffeine...going back to my cave now.
You mean your lair, right?
But does it simulate linux?
(these posts almost write themselves, so easy!)
Blue Syringe of Death
Perhaps we should compare some WMD's
An atomic bomb detonated over a dense population center: millions die
An eWMD shuts down water supply: people have to resort to bottled water and, in a worst case scenario, boil rain water; for a few weeks
Perhaps eWMD is a better name for an EMP because that actually DESTROYS something that can not be brought back from the dead using backups
That's the worst cockney accent I've ever heard in my life.
human-to-dog sexual encounter [...] Had that happen to me in Canada at a balmy -30 Celsius.
Yikes!
As was I (and still am now) with a political scientist, thank you :)
The European parliament in Strassbourg (France): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Institutions_europeennes_IMG_4292.jpg
I see my country's flag. Yet my voice can not be heard.
A bullet through the head should kill it. I saw it on TV once, I think it was a documentary.
and when was fun ever objective?
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1898 removes experts-exchange.com results from Google searches :)
Microsoft 'have it right' in this instance: make sure the successor is air tight before replacing a solid product.
Internet Explorer 7 is NOT a solid product, and I'm sure Internet Explorer 8 will NOT be "air tight".
Also, Google bundling Chrome is surely different from what Microsoft has done with Windows and Internet Explorer, no?
I'm having a hard time figuring out what the point of your post is (language barrier on my end). Are you implying that I do not know what hardware I use? Because I do. I'm not looking to flame or start an argument, I genuinly do not understand.
In any case, such a restore disc becomes useless when you install a newer version of your operating system (xp -> vista for example, although why would you do that? ;)).
I've used XP (feels like I've used it forever), Vista (even longer), and Ubuntu (since 6.04).
In Ubuntu I rarely had any hardware problems. Ubuntu 8.10 recognizes all hardware without ANY problem. In Windows (same hardware!), I have to install at least 5 different hardware drivers. Mind you that this was not on cheap or obscure hardware.
The way I see the hardware issue is: a fresh Windows installation needs half a dozen drivers to be installed manually by the user. Finding drivers is usually pretty easy, especially for newer hardware. In Linux, you have two scenarios:
1. It Just Works (TM).
2. You have driver issues: in this case, you're better of having problems with older hardware that is more likely to be supported by some third party driver.
Office software: OpenOffice.org? It fits my needs (but I do not use it in a professional context so YMMV)
Games: agreed, this is Windows turf.
General acceptance: someday... (one can hope)
Most likely he's American,
I remember when the iPod first came out its competition was (IMO) pretty worthless.
Apple seems to be a good innovator, but they are (again, IMO) not able to compete with the products that imitate them. A lot of Apple's competitors release decent products inspired by Apple's products, but in a (much) lower price range.
Slashdot editors will have to take a grammar test before being allowed access to the city..
By doing a COUNT() on some database field? :|
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And the ribbon seems the way to go for Windows, google "Windows Scenic"
( http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080917/windows-scenic-new-ribbon-based-ui-platform/ )