True, Opera didn't Invent tabs. But who has heard of InternetWorks, NetCaptor, or IBrowse {{Flamebait}}? The innovation was taking a tabbed interface and adding it to a good browser.
I watched one episode where the meteorite hunter guys were using a home-made metal-detector that was made from PVC pipe and hitched onto a vehicle. They were having problems because the thing kept breaking. Using PVC pipe is a fine way to fabricate stuff quick and dirty, but there was just so much room for improvement in their design. Even just wrapping a couple of the heavier load bearing pipes with a bit of fiberglass+resin would've gone a long way to save them headaches in the field. I don't know if they've already improved it by now. I watched the preview episodes and it rather bored me, so I haven't seen it since.
I was successfully blinded by the promise of Maemo. I owned a Nokia in the late 90s and hated it to the point that I said "never again" to Nokia. But then the N900 buzz started and I was first in line to get one. It's a great phone, and the platform does have potential. But man, it has been a really depressing ride so far.
The negative issues with the characters are greatly amplified in the English dub; I was sad to see such a poor dub for such a good show. The main character is intentionally preachy, since she is idealistic and lacks real-world (space?) experience; she develops through the series. Otherwise, your perceptions are pretty accurate. I love the show largely because, in terms of physics and engineering, it is the best depiction of space in fiction I've seen since 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Am I the only one who see's this summary as picking the most incendiary portion of this article, and elevating it by taking out of context? The latter part of the article discusses choosing carefully, and promoting open standards to allow for more compatibility in open source software. Plus, this is a partial book review...what's up with that?
Is there some corollary to Moore's law regarding the frequency at which articles will be written commemorating the age of Moore's law and asking if it is relevant?
According to the catalog for the November 25th auction, Slashdotters may be interested to know they will also be auctioning a HAL-9000 faceplate, believed to have been used in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
This is correct. When Sprint started boasting "The first 4g network" or whatever, I looked into it, and was surprised to see no evidence that ITU had ever bothered to trademark "4G". The ITU has _implicitly_ always maintained that WiMax isn't 4G, and that LTE has not yet been standardized, and merely a candidate for 4G. This announcement just makes it explicit. But still, it's just like, their opinion, man.
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Thank you. First thought when viewing the article: "Uhh, thanks, I already know what a cracker looks like."
True, Opera didn't Invent tabs. But who has heard of InternetWorks, NetCaptor, or IBrowse {{Flamebait}}? The innovation was taking a tabbed interface and adding it to a good browser.
Opera has this feature too...or at least it used to. Back in Opera 3 days, when websites had never heard of Opera, I found it hugely useful.
This is indeed a WTF story. If it's a joke story, the sarcasm should've been made more obvious in the summary. Far too lazy to RTFA for this idleness.
I love you, Internet.
Because you don't get millions of dollars when you go with Android!!
Cygwin aside, Windows users don't have wget!
I watched one episode where the meteorite hunter guys were using a home-made metal-detector that was made from PVC pipe and hitched onto a vehicle. They were having problems because the thing kept breaking. Using PVC pipe is a fine way to fabricate stuff quick and dirty, but there was just so much room for improvement in their design. Even just wrapping a couple of the heavier load bearing pipes with a bit of fiberglass+resin would've gone a long way to save them headaches in the field. I don't know if they've already improved it by now. I watched the preview episodes and it rather bored me, so I haven't seen it since.
I knew this comment would be here somewhere, and you did not disappoint. Thank you, Slashdot!
I wish all the people arguing about whether or not this constitutes a "poison pill" would just take the "red pill" and get out of my Matrix!
Hey, but if it's tl;dr, then how did you...oh, I see what you did there!
I was successfully blinded by the promise of Maemo. I owned a Nokia in the late 90s and hated it to the point that I said "never again" to Nokia. But then the N900 buzz started and I was first in line to get one. It's a great phone, and the platform does have potential. But man, it has been a really depressing ride so far.
The negative issues with the characters are greatly amplified in the English dub; I was sad to see such a poor dub for such a good show. The main character is intentionally preachy, since she is idealistic and lacks real-world (space?) experience; she develops through the series. Otherwise, your perceptions are pretty accurate. I love the show largely because, in terms of physics and engineering, it is the best depiction of space in fiction I've seen since 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Of course Japan would be the ones to bother with this. Thank you, Planetes
I'd suggest Clippy; regardless of who gets it.
You sir, make an excellent point. I feel better now, thank you.
Am I the only one who see's this summary as picking the most incendiary portion of this article, and elevating it by taking out of context? The latter part of the article discusses choosing carefully, and promoting open standards to allow for more compatibility in open source software. Plus, this is a partial book review...what's up with that?
Is there some corollary to Moore's law regarding the frequency at which articles will be written commemorating the age of Moore's law and asking if it is relevant?
4th flavor of neutrino; "I hope it's grape", that's just good comedy right there.
The above poster went on to prove that black is white, and was subsequently killed in the next zebra crossing.
Obligatory old quote: Ford Model T "Any color you like, as long as it's black."
According to the catalog for the November 25th auction, Slashdotters may be interested to know they will also be auctioning a HAL-9000 faceplate, believed to have been used in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Umm yeah...the 40s just called. They want their source back.
This is correct. When Sprint started boasting "The first 4g network" or whatever, I looked into it, and was surprised to see no evidence that ITU had ever bothered to trademark "4G". The ITU has _implicitly_ always maintained that WiMax isn't 4G, and that LTE has not yet been standardized, and merely a candidate for 4G. This announcement just makes it explicit. But still, it's just like, their opinion, man.
Having been a software engineer in telecom for 4 years, I can say this post is not a troll.