Why do you think DNA samples or fingerprints are more likely to have false positives than (you admitted) very poor human memory?
I'm not claiming the tech is always better, but at least with DNA samples, and I am under the impression with fingerprints (please disprove my belief), they at least have reasonable stats at how likely it is to have false positives... as opposed to "a 6 foot tall guy with blond hair".
Incidentally, ssh does not do the same thing telnet does
I knew I was going to be technically wrong there somehow. All I meant was that I thought I remembered that "telnet wherever.com" and "ssh wherever.com" would end up at a shell you could type back and forth with. (telnet is disabled on OS X by default AFAIK, so I can't try it between my machines as it says connection refused.)
Macs were never 320 * 200 screens. (One of the Apple IIGS resolutions is 320 * 200 though.)
I don't know what you mean by "one pull down menu". If you mean only one menubar, that was changed in Mavericks. Each screen gets a menubar.
If you mean you prefer a menubar in the window (like Windows, and actually, the Apple IIGS can do this too -- but it's not the same menubar as the app's menubar), that breaks usability, because you can't just zoom the cursor up to the top of the screen and it stops.. You have to very carefully position it.
the green button, the only thing on the inmediate apple UI with no predictable behaviour what-so-ever
What the heck are you talking about?
The zoom button has been 'zoom to fit' forever... (and toggle back to the previous size by hitting it again).
I don't use Windows enough to remember for sure what it does, but I think the slightly analogous button always zooms the window to the full size of the screen? Even if I'm wrong about that, it sure does the WRONG thing from many people's opinions.
Will the top corporations of tomorrow be crowdfunded by people commonly wanting a particular good or service?
I hope so, at least optionally.
I know people claim that something just being open source would solve this problem, but there are various features/bug fixes (sometimes there are differing opinions on whether something is one or the other) I'd pay a relatively small one time amount for, e.g. on a Tivo. I already expect the basic guide data and recording functionality to be included in the (lifetime) service I already paid for. But having a crowdfunded way of gauging interest in a new feature. Yes, this adds fragmentation, so possibly popular enough features would then be put into the mainstream version and IMHO the funders' money would mostly be refunded.
BTW, I love open source software, though admittedly for me, it's as much the "free as in beer" part.
I admittedly don't buy many DVDs or BluRays, and currently am not a Netflix subscriber (because most of their DVDs don't have what I explain next).
I'm fine with streaming (though hopefully there would be an optional download-locally-to-deal-with-a-bad-net-connection option) for some things, like catching up on TV shows or even some movies (I do have Amazon Prime, partially for the Prime Video)...
But I don't want it to ENTIRELY replace DVDs/BluRays until/unless: * All of the EXTRA content is available, e.g. commentaries, deleted scenes, etc. Most of the Netflix DVDs became 'rental' DVDs (licensed from the copyright holder at a lower price rather than renting purchased normal DVDs via First Sale Doctrine). * This one probably will never happen, but I listen to the commentaries/documentaries faster than realtime (just like one can do with podcasts). I realize it's probably a very small use case, but I wished the streaming providers would allow this too. Even just a few options, like 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x maybe, and keep CCs/subtitles available in the FF mode. (I also now use VLC on iPad to do the same thing with news/documentary type shows downloaded from my Tivo -- if only the Tivo app had this faster-than-realtime built in, it would be less of a hassle and more reliable).
Don't get me wrong, I think they're a gimmick too...
But why do movie theaters do it then?
Isn't the *near* edge of the screen distorted for off-center viewers, and the far edge of the screen closer to perfect?
Again, I think it's largely a gimmick, and wouldn't use it as a sole or major purchasing decision. For two otherwise equivalent (including price or at least a VERY small discrepancy) TVs, I might choose the curved one. Then again, I would be sitting in the sweet spot.
Sadly, those initial month of sales are the most important. Wait a few months and it's about the same as not even buying it -- Disappears into the statistical background noise of all the other back-catalog titles.
Only for you, and/or only if you need the multiplayer game part probably..
I'd much rather buy my games a year or so later for $20 rather than $60. I haven't finished all of the ones I already have, but still don't mind picking up more I'm interested in when they get below $20 or so.
Umm, the DVDs aren't a fixed number in a month for most subscribers, except the limit of actual mail times. (BTW, I'm NOT one of those who actually watched and returned a DVD in a day..)
(I was a Netflix member in the very very early days, where it WAS 4 DVDs/month.. and it was still cheaper than rental stores.)
If this were some railway based 'single car' type system, maybe..
But for a regular car, for a VERY VERY VERY long time, there will almost certainly be a need/possibility of having to take over manual driving.. Thus one would need to be licensed to do the manual driving.
So I guess it just has essentially a map inside of it and "if the strength is so-and-so, we must be here"? So that data would theoretically have to be kept up to date? (The page above says a flip can take hundreds or thousands of years.. but still, seems like there would be fluctuation to make the reading not accurate.)
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So what about Watson on Jeopardy? It kicked the butt of the two best players.
Why do you think DNA samples or fingerprints are more likely to have false positives than (you admitted) very poor human memory?
I'm not claiming the tech is always better, but at least with DNA samples, and I am under the impression with fingerprints (please disprove my belief), they at least have reasonable stats at how likely it is to have false positives... as opposed to "a 6 foot tall guy with blond hair".
Like I said, there isn't a single menu bar, there's a single menu bar per monitor..
Plus, carefully positioning it AFTER you have 'roughly' gotten there is much easier than having to carefully position it to start with.
I knew I was going to be technically wrong there somehow. All I meant was that I thought I remembered that "telnet wherever.com" and "ssh wherever.com" would end up at a shell you could type back and forth with. (telnet is disabled on OS X by default AFAIK, so I can't try it between my machines as it says connection refused.)
What has, telnet? or the same as my question -- why telnet vs ssh?
Macs were never 320 * 200 screens. (One of the Apple IIGS resolutions is 320 * 200 though.)
I don't know what you mean by "one pull down menu". If you mean only one menubar, that was changed in Mavericks. Each screen gets a menubar.
If you mean you prefer a menubar in the window (like Windows, and actually, the Apple IIGS can do this too -- but it's not the same menubar as the app's menubar), that breaks usability, because you can't just zoom the cursor up to the top of the screen and it stops.. You have to very carefully position it.
What the heck are you talking about?
The zoom button has been 'zoom to fit' forever... (and toggle back to the previous size by hitting it again).
I don't use Windows enough to remember for sure what it does, but I think the slightly analogous button always zooms the window to the full size of the screen? Even if I'm wrong about that, it sure does the WRONG thing from many people's opinions.
Why do you use telnet and not ssh?
Serious question, as *from the user perspective*, they seem to accomplish basically the same thing, with ssh being more secure.
Installing an iOS upgrade is optional for the user. It is not updated without the user's consent.
Covered in a 2005 episode of Nova. See it here
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/p...
Well, I surely can detect that you posted the same response both in this thread and the "Scientists Find Method To Reliably Teleport Data" one.
Bobby Knight beat him to it, long ago.
(Wow.. I couldn't remember his name, and googling "chair throwing coach" found it immediately. We live in a wonderful time.)
I hope so, at least optionally.
I know people claim that something just being open source would solve this problem, but there are various features/bug fixes (sometimes there are differing opinions on whether something is one or the other) I'd pay a relatively small one time amount for, e.g. on a Tivo. I already expect the basic guide data and recording functionality to be included in the (lifetime) service I already paid for. But having a crowdfunded way of gauging interest in a new feature. Yes, this adds fragmentation, so possibly popular enough features would then be put into the mainstream version and IMHO the funders' money would mostly be refunded.
BTW, I love open source software, though admittedly for me, it's as much the "free as in beer" part.
I admittedly don't buy many DVDs or BluRays, and currently am not a Netflix subscriber (because most of their DVDs don't have what I explain next).
I'm fine with streaming (though hopefully there would be an optional download-locally-to-deal-with-a-bad-net-connection option) for some things, like catching up on TV shows or even some movies (I do have Amazon Prime, partially for the Prime Video)...
But I don't want it to ENTIRELY replace DVDs/BluRays until/unless:
* All of the EXTRA content is available, e.g. commentaries, deleted scenes, etc. Most of the Netflix DVDs became 'rental' DVDs (licensed from the copyright holder at a lower price rather than renting purchased normal DVDs via First Sale Doctrine).
* This one probably will never happen, but I listen to the commentaries/documentaries faster than realtime (just like one can do with podcasts). I realize it's probably a very small use case, but I wished the streaming providers would allow this too. Even just a few options, like 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x maybe, and keep CCs/subtitles available in the FF mode. (I also now use VLC on iPad to do the same thing with news/documentary type shows downloaded from my Tivo -- if only the Tivo app had this faster-than-realtime built in, it would be less of a hassle and more reliable).
That's funny, I haven't seen any in person, but I thought they aren't curved *enough* from the pictures/reviews I've seen.
I mean, in theory, don't you essentially want a spherical screen completely surrounding you in the center?
Don't get me wrong, I think they're a gimmick too...
But why do movie theaters do it then?
Isn't the *near* edge of the screen distorted for off-center viewers, and the far edge of the screen closer to perfect?
Again, I think it's largely a gimmick, and wouldn't use it as a sole or major purchasing decision. For two otherwise equivalent (including price or at least a VERY small discrepancy) TVs, I might choose the curved one. Then again, I would be sitting in the sweet spot.
Umm, sell it on ebay and get some money to pay for part of the graphics card you wanted anyway?
Only for you, and/or only if you need the multiplayer game part probably..
I'd much rather buy my games a year or so later for $20 rather than $60. I haven't finished all of the ones I already have, but still don't mind picking up more I'm interested in when they get below $20 or so.
Gee, I bet your other two kids are overjoyed.
The Wonder Years wasn't a sitcom? What would you call it? I guess it's somewhat closer to a dramedy, but it was funny as hell.
Wow. Did you get some other enjoyment out of it?
That seems like a lot of effort in watching something that you didn't find funny..
(I watch a lot of good, and "bad" but still entertaining, TV.. But I don't watch several seasons of a show I don't enjoy!)
Umm, the DVDs aren't a fixed number in a month for most subscribers, except the limit of actual mail times. (BTW, I'm NOT one of those who actually watched and returned a DVD in a day..)
(I was a Netflix member in the very very early days, where it WAS 4 DVDs/month.. and it was still cheaper than rental stores.)
If this were some railway based 'single car' type system, maybe..
But for a regular car, for a VERY VERY VERY long time, there will almost certainly be a need/possibility of having to take over manual driving.. Thus one would need to be licensed to do the manual driving.
Bing wasn't their default search engine already?
(I guess even they like google better!!)
The earth's magnetic field changes, and can flip..
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/e...
So I guess it just has essentially a map inside of it and "if the strength is so-and-so, we must be here"? So that data would theoretically have to be kept up to date? (The page above says a flip can take hundreds or thousands of years.. but still, seems like there would be fluctuation to make the reading not accurate.)