Very nice, I must say. I often try to set up GUI colour schemes to look like this.
For graphical work, in particular, it helps to have a background colour close to neutral grey. This prevents the eyes from distorting my perception of the colours in images I work with.
Since I have started working like this I find black on white text to be so glaring that I often have to turn down the brightness on my screen.
Not something I would like to elaborate on so publicly. There are a number of ways this can happen. I would just say that traumatic experiences can be a catalyst for change, but if anyone is interested in getting the same results they should look into hypnosis instead.
It's not always so... biological. I have been very introverted most of my life, until recent events caused a dramatic change in my personality. Basically, if I don't have the distraction of other people I start thinking about things I'd rather not be thinking about. It is better to keep myself distracted by external elements or I risk getting depressed.
I find it a little disconcerting that I actually crave social interaction now, but it has nothing to do with my "tiny" mind. I have found new respect for the extroverted half of the population now that I understand what motivates some of them.
You haven't seen the worst of it. Try adjusting your preferences (using Firefox, at least). I actually had to start up IE and revisit my slashdot preferences so I could adjust them properly and reliably.
If I have a peanut in the shell, I refer to it in the singular, even though there are two kernels inside. And yet, when I have those two kernels removed from the shell, I refer to them as two shelled peanuts.
So should a peanut in the shell be called a "double-nut"? Or should peanuts outside the shell be called "half-nuts"?
I am not the least bit surprised. Only a few years I worked on POS systems that ran on Windows 98, and there was no indication that things would ever change. Not that you ever saw Windows as such - these were DOS apps, after all.
So let me get this right. I can't access someone's details if they choose to block me or only show their friends. But if I'm an advertiser I can access whatever personal data I want. So if I (hypothetically) wanted to stalk someone, I should just become an advertiser. And how would I go about doing this? A... friend would like to know.
But seriously, does being open source present privacy issues? For example, my understanding is that it is not possible for Facebook applications to track visitors to a person's profile. This is done deliberately and some would argue that Facebook is all the better for it. Is it possible that this could change?
This article reminds me of my network security lecturer. He never used words like "hacker", it was always "teenagers". The man-in-the-middle was always referred to as "the teenager", for example. I was never really sure if he was trying to be funny or if he had some unresolved personal issues.
Also, I am kinda worried that this web site will atract just geeks, and geeks have very very different values and thoughts about program choice as common users.
My impression from using the ubuntu forums is that there are a lot of common users out there who are willing to express their ideas about what is right or wrong with ubuntu.
At the time of this post the most popular idea/request is for a more attractive bootloader, which hardly strikes me as a geeky request. Personally, I'd be more concerned that they are besieged with "ideas" to "make it more like Vista".
I used to use Photoshop quite a lot, but that was many years ago. In recent times I have found myself in need of similar software, but because I don't run Windows anymore I decided to stick it out with the GIMP and see what happens.
Yes, it was bizarre and unfamiliar at first, but it doesn't actually take that long to get the hang of it. Just don't expect to find things in the old places. Instead, take a few minutes to explore it for what it is and you might just find you appreciate it's differences.
Having done a bit of work with the GIMP last night, I would say I am right now at the tipping point where if I had the choice of either application for a given task, I would go GIMP. I would suggest people who have dismissed it in the past give it another try. Recent versions really feel like the product is coming together - or maybe I just think that because I'm getting comfortable with it.
Admittedly, I am not a professional graphic designer or anything, but I do enjoy my photography and digital art.
I didn't RTFA, but perhaps these ideas are more applicable to UAVs. After all, with improvements to technology they may become much smaller, and therefore subject to design constraints more like those of flying animals than those of contemporary aircraft.
Even if your brain couldn't handle pure blackness, the rods still fire randomly, ensuring that some form if input is always present. You can verify this by closing your eyes in a very dark room - you should see a color that is not black. This color is called eigengrau.
I was wondering how this "new black" could be applied to current display technology to achieve higher contrast ratios. Now I wonder if there is any point when we can't really see total blackness anyway.
Funny that this should come up now. I was just last night reading H.P. Lovecraft's "Shadow Out of Time", in which an expedition uncovers evidence of an ancient city in remote Western Australia. It gives the coordinates as 22 3' 14" South and 125 0' 39" East.
I dismissed the idea of checking the area out in Google Earth as being silly - but now I am strangely compelled.
I can't use Google Earth at work, so could someone satisfy my curiousity and tell me what they see there?
Back when I used to work in fuel stations I had to get an odometer reading whenever people paid using certain fleet and company cards. Nobody ever referred to it as an odometer reading. It was always the "speedo".
I like where you're going with this. A dual A3/A4 device would be incredibly useful in workplace, where most stuff is printed in A4 but you often need to go to A3 for diagrams (especially Gantt charts).
The beauty of ISO standard paper sizes is that each in the series is exactly half the size of the next largest - i.e. the long edge of A4 is the same length as the short edge of A3. Therefore, if you want an A4 display you unroll your scroll half way. If you want an A3 display then you unroll it all the way.
I've just discovered nethack as a great game on mobile platforms. This kind of "several plays a day" approach makes it ideal as a game you can pick up and play for the duration of a bus trip.
I would also make the comparison to a good beat-em-up. I know most people dismiss them as mindless button-mashers, but if you take the time to learn the game at increasingly advanced levels of strategy it can be a rewarding experience.
I love a good RPG, but I personally find beat-em-ups and driving games to be among the most replayable genres out there, and both would be spoiled if it was possible to save and reload at any point mid-game.
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You fools! If the dolphins develop time travel there will be no stopping them!
Very nice, I must say. I often try to set up GUI colour schemes to look like this.
For graphical work, in particular, it helps to have a background colour close to neutral grey. This prevents the eyes from distorting my perception of the colours in images I work with.
Since I have started working like this I find black on white text to be so glaring that I often have to turn down the brightness on my screen.
Not something I would like to elaborate on so publicly. There are a number of ways this can happen. I would just say that traumatic experiences can be a catalyst for change, but if anyone is interested in getting the same results they should look into hypnosis instead.
It's not always so... biological. I have been very introverted most of my life, until recent events caused a dramatic change in my personality. Basically, if I don't have the distraction of other people I start thinking about things I'd rather not be thinking about. It is better to keep myself distracted by external elements or I risk getting depressed.
I find it a little disconcerting that I actually crave social interaction now, but it has nothing to do with my "tiny" mind. I have found new respect for the extroverted half of the population now that I understand what motivates some of them.
You haven't seen the worst of it. Try adjusting your preferences (using Firefox, at least). I actually had to start up IE and revisit my slashdot preferences so I could adjust them properly and reliably.
This is nothing. Wait until the sun's ice caps melt, then we'll be in trouble.
Wait, there's more. Why do we say that a peanut has been shelled when the shell has been removed? Is it not now unshelled?
Oops, Let me try that again.
Why do we say that a pair of half-nuts have been shelled when the shell has been removed? Is the double-half-nut not now unshelled?
Damnit, now you got me thinking.
If I have a peanut in the shell, I refer to it in the singular, even though there are two kernels inside. And yet, when I have those two kernels removed from the shell, I refer to them as two shelled peanuts.
So should a peanut in the shell be called a "double-nut"? Or should peanuts outside the shell be called "half-nuts"?
I'm going to stop now before my brain implodes.
You win.
I am not the least bit surprised. Only a few years I worked on POS systems that ran on Windows 98, and there was no indication that things would ever change. Not that you ever saw Windows as such - these were DOS apps, after all.
So let me get this right. I can't access someone's details if they choose to block me or only show their friends. But if I'm an advertiser I can access whatever personal data I want. So if I (hypothetically) wanted to stalk someone, I should just become an advertiser. And how would I go about doing this? A... friend would like to know.
But seriously, does being open source present privacy issues? For example, my understanding is that it is not possible for Facebook applications to track visitors to a person's profile. This is done deliberately and some would argue that Facebook is all the better for it. Is it possible that this could change?
You don't live in Australia, do you?
Even we don't talk up our mental capabilities.
This article reminds me of my network security lecturer. He never used words like "hacker", it was always "teenagers". The man-in-the-middle was always referred to as "the teenager", for example. I was never really sure if he was trying to be funny or if he had some unresolved personal issues.
Nevermind. My faith in the ubuntu community has been restored.
My impression from using the ubuntu forums is that there are a lot of common users out there who are willing to express their ideas about what is right or wrong with ubuntu.
At the time of this post the most popular idea/request is for a more attractive bootloader, which hardly strikes me as a geeky request. Personally, I'd be more concerned that they are besieged with "ideas" to "make it more like Vista".
I used to use Photoshop quite a lot, but that was many years ago. In recent times I have found myself in need of similar software, but because I don't run Windows anymore I decided to stick it out with the GIMP and see what happens.
Yes, it was bizarre and unfamiliar at first, but it doesn't actually take that long to get the hang of it. Just don't expect to find things in the old places. Instead, take a few minutes to explore it for what it is and you might just find you appreciate it's differences.
Having done a bit of work with the GIMP last night, I would say I am right now at the tipping point where if I had the choice of either application for a given task, I would go GIMP. I would suggest people who have dismissed it in the past give it another try. Recent versions really feel like the product is coming together - or maybe I just think that because I'm getting comfortable with it.
Admittedly, I am not a professional graphic designer or anything, but I do enjoy my photography and digital art.
I didn't RTFA, but perhaps these ideas are more applicable to UAVs. After all, with improvements to technology they may become much smaller, and therefore subject to design constraints more like those of flying animals than those of contemporary aircraft.
Did the article mention UAVs?
(Yes, I am that lazy.)
I was wondering how this "new black" could be applied to current display technology to achieve higher contrast ratios. Now I wonder if there is any point when we can't really see total blackness anyway.
Funny that this should come up now. I was just last night reading H.P. Lovecraft's "Shadow Out of Time", in which an expedition uncovers evidence of an ancient city in remote Western Australia. It gives the coordinates as 22 3' 14" South and 125 0' 39" East.
I dismissed the idea of checking the area out in Google Earth as being silly - but now I am strangely compelled.
I can't use Google Earth at work, so could someone satisfy my curiousity and tell me what they see there?
Much appreciated.
Wait... did I miss the solar system's birthday? It is going to be so pissed...
A lot of people don't differentiate.
Back when I used to work in fuel stations I had to get an odometer reading whenever people paid using certain fleet and company cards. Nobody ever referred to it as an odometer reading. It was always the "speedo".
I like where you're going with this. A dual A3/A4 device would be incredibly useful in workplace, where most stuff is printed in A4 but you often need to go to A3 for diagrams (especially Gantt charts).
The beauty of ISO standard paper sizes is that each in the series is exactly half the size of the next largest - i.e. the long edge of A4 is the same length as the short edge of A3. Therefore, if you want an A4 display you unroll your scroll half way. If you want an A3 display then you unroll it all the way.
Maybe it's an HP thing. That would be consistent with my experience, anyway.
I've just discovered nethack as a great game on mobile platforms. This kind of "several plays a day" approach makes it ideal as a game you can pick up and play for the duration of a bus trip.
I would also make the comparison to a good beat-em-up. I know most people dismiss them as mindless button-mashers, but if you take the time to learn the game at increasingly advanced levels of strategy it can be a rewarding experience.
I love a good RPG, but I personally find beat-em-ups and driving games to be among the most replayable genres out there, and both would be spoiled if it was possible to save and reload at any point mid-game.