Mouse to interface with TV? Huh, I guess Starship Troopers was right. Now we just have to watch out for giant asteroid hurling bugs. Would you like to know more? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiU_NmYUy7U
sadly, building one's own embedded router costs at least $150-200, whereas buying a Netger/D-link/Linksys is what $40...besides, who _needs_ wireless at home?
I prefer to have the buttons in the same place all the time, not sorted by frequency (or whatever). I have a 4 year old laptop and sometimes opening a window takes a second, so I can just move the mouse to the next/close button (assuming I know what the window is going to say) and click as soon as it loads. Reading the buttons wastes so much time;)...and yes, I've accidentally clicked the wrong button in Ubuntu.
Popular software seems to be about change, but I prefer "if it ain't broke don't fix it." Or just give me an option to disable sorting.
Hmm. I'm not convinced. What about VoIP? I *like* my low-latency reliable VoIP, and I like the fact that my ISP is able to prioritize it over bulk traffic like BT. Ditto small HTTP traffic bursts, DNS requests, etc.
This is not an issue of prioritization; this is a forced destruction of undesired (by ISP standards) streams.
Besides your ISP more than likely uses hot-potato routing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot-potato_routing which does its best to take the shortest path _out_ of their network regardless of increase in latency caused by taking a longer path once out of their network. Unless you have a SLA, you're getting the worst service available. Oddly, with hot-potato routing, you even have a chance of some streams taking a shorter path when the network gets more congested (depending on topology, of course).
IMHO, if I purchase a "bulk" link, I expect all traffic to be treated equally and the ISP to not cancel streams. I do like you're idea of users flagging traffic as bulk but wonder about the implementation, incentive and enforcement details.
So, what if I have good genes.... and you have bad? because genetics is not a formal logic...because "bad genes" != sick...because "bad genes" only means there is a statistically correlated chance of getting sick. should we ignore science and not surcharge those people who have doomed genetics? Until someone can show an undeniable causal relationship, Yes! (IMHO)
and don't get me started about "doomed genetics":)
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They could make a great B5 game if they got a good writer!
It doesn't show it here http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/2007_almanac/?pg=34 but the instruction manual has the word Simplicity(tm)
Yes, because encryption has never been broken. /sarcasm
congratulations, you've explained why that is a conspiracy theory and not a scientific theory
Sony Ericsson® handheld with Java platform 5 or higher and Bluetooth
So, I assume someone can hack it to run with Linux. :)
Weight 3.96 lbs.
How is a projector better than a laptop?
Anyone know of a USB/SD VGA card that works with the N800? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N800
He even stopped first and made sure it was clear. Funniest thing I heard all week.
sometimes politics prevent building new power plants and the utility companies, due to government control of prices, cannot keep up with demand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis#Supply_and_demand
Thankfully my Netflix subscription will give me that at no extra cost.
How much do you pay for Xbox Live?
I'm still looking for the option to disable hidden file extensions in the Linux command line
Those fans are pretty loud for only a watt...mine has a 12v 1.8A fan.
If power is the issue, just buy a cheap embedded system http://www.industrial-embedded.com/products/search/fm/id/?33411 or http://www.pcengines.ch/alix3c3.htm and put Linux on it.
she prefers the mouse to the TV remote.
Mouse to interface with TV? Huh, I guess Starship Troopers was right. Now we just have to watch out for giant asteroid hurling bugs. Would you like to know more? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiU_NmYUy7U
sadly, building one's own embedded router costs at least $150-200, whereas buying a Netger/D-link/Linksys is what $40...besides, who _needs_ wireless at home?
Popular software seems to be about change, but I prefer "if it ain't broke don't fix it." Or just give me an option to disable sorting.
Hmm. I'm not convinced. What about VoIP? I *like* my low-latency reliable VoIP, and I like the fact that my ISP is able to prioritize it over bulk traffic like BT. Ditto small HTTP traffic bursts, DNS requests, etc.
This is not an issue of prioritization; this is a forced destruction of undesired (by ISP standards) streams.
Besides your ISP more than likely uses hot-potato routing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot-potato_routing which does its best to take the shortest path _out_ of their network regardless of increase in latency caused by taking a longer path once out of their network. Unless you have a SLA, you're getting the worst service available. Oddly, with hot-potato routing, you even have a chance of some streams taking a shorter path when the network gets more congested (depending on topology, of course).
Also, congestion is hardly an issue with modern ISPs (in the US, tax dollars funded development of new optical backbones): http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2004/09/65121
IMHO, if I purchase a "bulk" link, I expect all traffic to be treated equally and the ISP to not cancel streams. I do like you're idea of users flagging traffic as bulk but wonder about the implementation, incentive and enforcement details.
I would think, most software (including APIs) follows the 80/20 rule...20% of the API runs 80% of the code
wine is not an emulator
virtual machines will never be as efficient (at least memory efficient) as native code (like wine)
how fortunate for you ;)
Interestingly the president and vice-president were suppose to be the 0th and 1st most popular presidential candidates (not hand-holding party members): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States#Original_Constitution.2C_and_reform
but that had its own problems.
As I wrote in a friend's LJ entry
Reading that is usually a good time to zone out the rest of the post.I kid, I kid.
And Amazon has it for a cheap $150 (used)! http://www.amazon.com/Meiers-Alpha-Centauri-Planetary-Linux/dp/B00004TBBX/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1214510827&sr=1-14 (Tuxgames is sold out as usual.)
I anticipated logging into Slashdot expecting an educated philosophical discourse and instead just read these rants.
I am going to go read some mature comments on Digg
/sarcasm...especially the last sentence
should we ignore science and not surcharge those people who have doomed genetics? Until someone can show an undeniable causal relationship, Yes! (IMHO)
and don't get me started about "doomed genetics"