And when the master server that knows where all those little pieces are goes down, you are still without your data.
Thank you! What do we have for our winner?
When I started reading TFS I assumed it was going to be some kind of distributed free storage service, that simply stores a copy of each file on multiple free online storage sites. As far as I'm concerned, this instead rates last after single service with a good backup plan and backing it up yourself./vertisement much?
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Mark my words... come Friday, we'll all be eating black holes for breakfast with lashings of superheated strange milk.
Starbucks espresso? With steamed milk? I think I'm kinda looking forward to Friday.
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Oh I doubt it. I'll wager that you'll be very close by indeed.
A very bad summary indeed, and a quite bad article to start with.
You sir, have summed up Slashdot quite well in one sentence.
And yet here we are.
Just like there were "better" mp3 players, yet here we are in 2008 dominated by iPods. You'll have to pull my iRiver from my cold, dead fingers, but admittedly the other hand will be holding an iPod Touch as well.
This is probably one of the last noticeable sub-atomic discoveries made somewhere else than at CERN since LHC is about to start the hunt for the Higgs particle..."
Oh see I read that as, "Since the universe, or at least our corner of it, will end as soon as they fire up the LHC"
I'm actually attending a "Party at the End of the Universe" to celebrate our last days as a species. A terrestrial version of Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters will be served.
Currently the attitude seems to be "Everything's iullegal, so I'll just do what the hell I like when I think I have a chance not to be caught".
The King's English... I can see where you're coming from with "honour" but leave "illegal" alone.;)
But, uh, to contribute anyway, I think most intelligent people would agree that the law is seen as kind of imaginary. That's the best way I can think to describe the situation - there's a detachment between "Well, that regulation doesn't seem like too bad of an idea" and "Wait, that applies to me too? That's a ridiculous regulation!" There are so many laws, and they were not written with the intent that ubiquitous enforcement would even be possible. Now that we can do such a (horrible) thing, lawmaking needs to be taken more seriously.
"WARNING: Attempting to browse the internet without a PDF viewer of some sort may limit your ability to display some content"
Or this?
"WARNING: PDF format has been known to be a general compromise between the proprietary nature of.DOC and the lackadaisical implementations of HTML specifications."
Just to play devil's advocate, I'd ask what platforms currently don't have not only official PDF readers but alternatives as well?
Although I personally think laws waste a lot of resources (especially in LA where I live).
While I agree that many laws waste resources...
I also agree that lawns waste them as well! I mean it seems to me that we water, fertilize, and care for lawns so that they will grow so much that we need to cut them every week or two, or else they start to die off. Don't we have some short green organism that just sustains a nice carpet-like height, and is equally more efficient?
Some say that he not only runs Linux and has a human girlfriend, but that he managed to install Linux on her. Others say that the outline of his left nipple is exactly the same shape as the Nurburgring.
I've read or heard that the "scorching of the sky" was done with some kind of nanotechnology that disabled electronics and did not allow electromagnetic waves to pass through. Supposedly when the ship pierced the clouds in one of the movies it stalled because of this. I still like this humans as coprocessors idea much better though, because thermodynamically the whole human battery thing never made any sense to me. Sure we produce chemical(/electrical) and thermal energy, but we get that from our food and therefore from the sun. Anyway, you coppertops can believe what you want to believe.
Ah interesting. I was told otherwise, but sure enough, from the FAQ:
This is all very beta. Currently, tagging is open to our users whose accounts are more than about six months old. If your account is more recent, you can still get tag access by becoming a Slashdot subscriber. Trust but verify from now on I guess;^)
After dealing with ATA for so long, I nearly broke down in tears when building my new machine full of cute little SATA data & power cables.
It's also worth noting that this was an audio production pc build. eSATA is a godsend. I have a big ol' hard drive that migrates between this and my mobile rig, and it's comforting to know that I can have an external drive with internal performance for recording multiple high-bitrate tracks at once.
Firewire is about as alive in this context as it could be, as it offers the best performance for audio interfaces short of PCI cards. And - once again - I can use the firewire gear through a laptop or on the main rig. Firewire serves a specific purpose in providing low-latency and fast sustained transfers. As I understand it, the firewire spec is more complicated to implement on computers and other devices. Let the apple fans tell you it's "better" than USB, and let sony put that godforsaken i.Link (their implementation of 1394a/firewire) port on the first PS2 models, but really fw/USB just serve different purposes.
USB 3.0, to my knowledge, doesn't fix the issues with USB that prevent it from making firewire obsolete. TFA's justification for firewire's place on the list is that eventually it will be eclipsed by USB or wireless. These A/V people are insane when it comes to latency and such. Firewire or a similar dedicated spec will have to be pulled from their cold, dead fingers. Also on that note I would like to declare HDMI obsolete because it will eventually be wireless.
Could this explain why we haven't found the universe teeming with extra terrestrial life? Every civilization becomes more and more advanced, then starts doing more and more powerful experiments, and thinks, "the chance of destroying our planet is really slight... we're perfectly safe going ahead with this." Then, poof! I've seen it proposed in the past.
But seriously, it sounds pretty... cool... and the article suggests that it uses plasma on extremely small scale, which is also pretty nifty. My concern would be dust. Every laptop I've had turns into a dustbuster that continuously cleans my desk. Unfortunately the collection cup (the fan and ducting) isn't easily removable. Maybe just use two of them in series but configure the first as an Ionic Breeze? Isn't that essentially what this thing is anyway? If it is, I don't know how the Ionic Breeze descriptions managed to omit the word PLASMA in their Sharper Image ads.
Slashdot Mirror
And when the master server that knows where all those little pieces are goes down, you are still without your data.
Thank you! What do we have for our winner?
When I started reading TFS I assumed it was going to be some kind of distributed free storage service, that simply stores a copy of each file on multiple free online storage sites. As far as I'm concerned, this instead rates last after single service with a good backup plan and backing it up yourself. /vertisement much?
Mark my words... come Friday, we'll all be eating black holes for breakfast with lashings of superheated strange milk.
Starbucks espresso? With steamed milk? I think I'm kinda looking forward to Friday.
Oh I doubt it. I'll wager that you'll be very close by indeed.
A very bad summary indeed, and a quite bad article to start with.
You sir, have summed up Slashdot quite well in one sentence.
And yet here we are.
Just like there were "better" mp3 players, yet here we are in 2008 dominated by iPods. You'll have to pull my iRiver from my cold, dead fingers, but admittedly the other hand will be holding an iPod Touch as well.
Inside Joan Rivers.
When 900 years old you reach, look that good you will not.
This is probably one of the last noticeable sub-atomic discoveries made somewhere else than at CERN since LHC is about to start the hunt for the Higgs particle..."
Oh see I read that as, "Since the universe, or at least our corner of it, will end as soon as they fire up the LHC"
I'm actually attending a "Party at the End of the Universe" to celebrate our last days as a species. A terrestrial version of Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters will be served.
Beware of he who denies you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.
Currently the attitude seems to be "Everything's iullegal, so I'll just do what the hell I like when I think I have a chance not to be caught".
The King's English... I can see where you're coming from with "honour" but leave "illegal" alone. ;)
But, uh, to contribute anyway, I think most intelligent people would agree that the law is seen as kind of imaginary. That's the best way I can think to describe the situation - there's a detachment between "Well, that regulation doesn't seem like too bad of an idea" and "Wait, that applies to me too? That's a ridiculous regulation!" There are so many laws, and they were not written with the intent that ubiquitous enforcement would even be possible. Now that we can do such a (horrible) thing, lawmaking needs to be taken more seriously.
How about a PDF warning on that link, editors?
Such as this?
.DOC and the lackadaisical implementations of HTML specifications."
"WARNING: Attempting to browse the internet without a PDF viewer of some sort may limit your ability to display some content"
Or this?
"WARNING: PDF format has been known to be a general compromise between the proprietary nature of
Just to play devil's advocate, I'd ask what platforms currently don't have not only official PDF readers but alternatives as well?
Although I personally think laws waste a lot of resources (especially in LA where I live).
While I agree that many laws waste resources...
I also agree that lawns waste them as well! I mean it seems to me that we water, fertilize, and care for lawns so that they will grow so much that we need to cut them every week or two, or else they start to die off. Don't we have some short green organism that just sustains a nice carpet-like height, and is equally more efficient?
Automation is a sensible too
As long as it's a Limited Too.
At least let him have this one during Shark Week.
I thought that was caused by the bouncy-ball "gift" from the Great Collector. (He thought it was funny as hell....)
He apparently thought we WERE hosting an intergalactic kegger down here.
Some say that he not only runs Linux and has a human girlfriend, but that he managed to install Linux on her. Others say that the outline of his left nipple is exactly the same shape as the Nurburgring.
All we know is, he's called The Stig.
I've read or heard that the "scorching of the sky" was done with some kind of nanotechnology that disabled electronics and did not allow electromagnetic waves to pass through. Supposedly when the ship pierced the clouds in one of the movies it stalled because of this. I still like this humans as coprocessors idea much better though, because thermodynamically the whole human battery thing never made any sense to me. Sure we produce chemical(/electrical) and thermal energy, but we get that from our food and therefore from the sun. Anyway, you coppertops can believe what you want to believe.
You need to be a (paid) subscriber in order to tag articles. That's the price of admission, so to speak.
I think you're right. Remember how every article with a question in the title or summary used to get ">yes, no, maybe (tagging beta)"?
It looks like you're trying to share some PDF documents. Wouldn't you rather:
* Keep them to yourself
* Present them in OOXML
* Blow them out your ass
(Sometimes I miss Clippy. Then again, I don't really at all.)
After dealing with ATA for so long, I nearly broke down in tears when building my new machine full of cute little SATA data & power cables.
It's also worth noting that this was an audio production pc build. eSATA is a godsend. I have a big ol' hard drive that migrates between this and my mobile rig, and it's comforting to know that I can have an external drive with internal performance for recording multiple high-bitrate tracks at once.
Firewire is about as alive in this context as it could be, as it offers the best performance for audio interfaces short of PCI cards. And - once again - I can use the firewire gear through a laptop or on the main rig. Firewire serves a specific purpose in providing low-latency and fast sustained transfers. As I understand it, the firewire spec is more complicated to implement on computers and other devices. Let the apple fans tell you it's "better" than USB, and let sony put that godforsaken i.Link (their implementation of 1394a/firewire) port on the first PS2 models, but really fw/USB just serve different purposes.
Wikipedia puts it nicely: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#USB_compared_with_FireWire
USB 3.0, to my knowledge, doesn't fix the issues with USB that prevent it from making firewire obsolete. TFA's justification for firewire's place on the list is that eventually it will be eclipsed by USB or wireless. These A/V people are insane when it comes to latency and such. Firewire or a similar dedicated spec will have to be pulled from their cold, dead fingers. Also on that note I would like to declare HDMI obsolete because it will eventually be wireless.
Just in time for Room-Temperature Superconductors! Oh monkeytrumpets.
But seriously, it sounds pretty... cool... and the article suggests that it uses plasma on extremely small scale, which is also pretty nifty. My concern would be dust. Every laptop I've had turns into a dustbuster that continuously cleans my desk. Unfortunately the collection cup (the fan and ducting) isn't easily removable. Maybe just use two of them in series but configure the first as an Ionic Breeze? Isn't that essentially what this thing is anyway? If it is, I don't know how the Ionic Breeze descriptions managed to omit the word PLASMA in their Sharper Image ads.
You mean like Scott Weiland?