So call it "freedom software" - then there's no potential for confusion with "free (as in beer) software". (See also Microsoft's Office "Open" XML "standard".)
Wall warts are probably worse for wasting energy, especially since they stay plugged into the wall even when the gadget is not recharging. That burns energy 24/7.
So unplug it/switch it off when you're not using it. Sheesh.
Only if you assume that "betterment" and "improvement" are synonymous.
For example, Soylent Red and Yellow are an improvement over algae soup (or whatever preceded it); Soylent Green is a "betterment" over the "tasteless, odourless crud" that is Soylent Red.
Perhaps, but there certainly seems to be a strong correlation between discussions on the finer points of statistical analysis and yawning... Perhaps you've discovered the Yawndot effect?
"You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Re:Social hack - use "bullfight" for "speed trap".
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The problem with the speed limit is that it's been fixed since the 70's (55mph in a whole heap of places) while vehicles have continued to improve (safety and handling-wise).
Pity drivers' ability and attention span haven't kept pace...
Having seen umpteen people chatting on their cell phones, travelling well in excess of the speed limit on the Beltway around D.C. and oblivious to their surroundings - and the accidents and near misses that result - 55mph seems a perfectly reasonable limit to protect such drivers from themselves.
This is more a matter of removing the motive for $OTHER_COUNTRY to try to confuse the US's offensive infrastructure by destroying disabling our GPS satellites.
1) Why destroy when jamming is easier and cheaper?
2) How much of this is a genuine survivability requirement than just hubris about using someone else's system (or everybody else's systems together)?
I bought a Canon BJC-7000 way back when, and while it has done a reasonable job over the years it's slow, expensive to run, and getting decrepit. With digital photo processing services so prevalent these days, it's cheaper to print them at the local photo shop than at home - and with better results. The odd colour (non-photo) prints I need to do can be done at a print shop (or work); which leaves regular text prints which as the parent points out are best done on a laser printer.
The snag, of course, is avoiding the Winprinter minefield to find a quality (but affordable) Postscript printer; which would Slashdotters recommend?
Cool, but it's almost certainly an unrelated "sporadic" meteorite. Meteor showers originate from comet debris, which are unlikely to contain chunks iron.
Perhaps like the RIAA, they've forgotten how to make a new product and are therefore desperate to protect their old, toxic product at all costs (as long as it isn't more than $250k.)
For the same reason there is are NO standards for external power bricks for laptops/printers/scanners/hubs etc.
USB power is no guarantee of compatibility, either. My first MP3 could be charged via a powered USB2.0 hub (no computer required); not so my iPod. I bought a USB car adapter that's iPod compatible; it charges the iPod as advertised, but not my mobile phone.
Deliberate crippling of devices is alive and well in USB space...
Evil Genius: When I have the map, I will be free, and the world will be different, because I have understanding.
Robert: Understanding of what, master?
Evil Genius: Digital watches. And soon I will have understanding of videocassette recorders and car telephones. And when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers. And when I have understanding of computers, I shall be the Supreme Being! God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time: forty-three species of parrots! Nipples for men!
Robert: Slugs.
Evil Genius: Slugs! He created slugs! They can't hear, they can't speak, they can't operate machinery. If I were creating the world, I wouldn't mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would've started with lasers, eight o'clock, day one.
Only if your voice is within the expected parameters.
I recently got a Motorola phone, which has a voice control facility (e.g. via the SoundPilot Bluetooth gadget they bundled with it.) It lets you train your voice for numbers, which I did. However, to actually dial using numbers, you need to go into the voice control system and give the command "digit dial". When several attempts and yarmouthing fails, you just press the friggin' buttons like nature intended.
Note to UI devices: Just because you can do something, doesn't mean that you should; K.I.S.S.
<flame>That said the iDrive is probably perfect for BMWs: "Bad Motorist, Wanker". Pissing about for 15 minutes in the carpark playing with their iKnob to select the ride comfort, air freshener scent or whatever to impress the "Blonde, Moronic Woman" in the passenger seat would be right up their alley. (Ob. Top Gear.)
Somehow I doubt there was ever a pirate sitting on the deck of his vessel in the early evening, sipping his tea and perusing The Lay of Leithian in his off-hours from pillaging the nearby towns.
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That anecdote is false.
That "anecdote" was probably a parable until a literalist got hold of it.
Rosegarden does a pretty good job for producing scores and will interface with Lilypond, though I had some version conflicts the last time I tried it.
I'd be surprised if there wasn't a fart gesture.
... you can crack nuts with a sledgehammer. Film at 11!
So call it "freedom software" - then there's no potential for confusion with "free (as in beer) software". (See also Microsoft's Office "Open" XML "standard".)
Wall warts are probably worse for wasting energy, especially since they stay plugged into the wall even when the gadget is not recharging. That burns energy 24/7.
So unplug it/switch it off when you're not using it. Sheesh.
How many copies of Vista did Microsoft buy themselves to bump the sales figures up? Just askin'.
Microsoft don't just do what the hell they feel like, they do talk to businesses and gauge what they want.
Okay, 'fess up: which one of you asked for Clippy?
Only if you assume that "betterment" and "improvement" are synonymous.
For example, Soylent Red and Yellow are an improvement over algae soup (or whatever preceded it); Soylent Green is a "betterment" over the "tasteless, odourless crud" that is Soylent Red.
Perhaps, but there certainly seems to be a strong correlation between discussions on the finer points of statistical analysis and yawning... Perhaps you've discovered the Yawndot effect?
... when you have humans to trash the biosphere.
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"You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
The problem with the speed limit is that it's been fixed since the 70's (55mph in a whole heap of places) while vehicles have continued to improve (safety and handling-wise).
Pity drivers' ability and attention span haven't kept pace...
Having seen umpteen people chatting on their cell phones, travelling well in excess of the speed limit on the Beltway around D.C. and oblivious to their surroundings - and the accidents and near misses that result - 55mph seems a perfectly reasonable limit to protect such drivers from themselves.
This is more a matter of removing the motive for $OTHER_COUNTRY to try to confuse the US's offensive infrastructure by destroying disabling our GPS satellites.
1) Why destroy when jamming is easier and cheaper?
2) How much of this is a genuine survivability requirement than just hubris about using someone else's system (or everybody else's systems together)?
I'm considering doing exactly that.
I bought a Canon BJC-7000 way back when, and while it has done a reasonable job over the years it's slow, expensive to run, and getting decrepit. With digital photo processing services so prevalent these days, it's cheaper to print them at the local photo shop than at home - and with better results. The odd colour (non-photo) prints I need to do can be done at a print shop (or work); which leaves regular text prints which as the parent points out are best done on a laser printer.
The snag, of course, is avoiding the Winprinter minefield to find a quality (but affordable) Postscript printer; which would Slashdotters recommend?
How does it know?
Optics (cameras, binoculars, telescopes etc.) - especially new optics - pointed skywards create clouds...
Cool, but it's almost certainly an unrelated "sporadic" meteorite. Meteor showers originate from comet debris, which are unlikely to contain chunks iron.
4. Introduce new, more expensive product
Perhaps like the RIAA, they've forgotten how to make a new product and are therefore desperate to protect their old, toxic product at all costs (as long as it isn't more than $250k.)
record player with USB? doesn't that defeat the purpose of analog sound quality?
Relax - it's using a valve/tube-based ADC.
(Not really - but it's a pretty cool gadget.)
TFA made an interesting point, though...searches are as close to reading our thoughts as is possible.
So mess with their heads. For example, go to MSN's search page and enter: Microsoft Vista class action lawsuit...
For the same reason there is are NO standards for external power bricks for laptops/printers/scanners/hubs etc.
USB power is no guarantee of compatibility, either. My first MP3 could be charged via a powered USB2.0 hub (no computer required); not so my iPod. I bought a USB car adapter that's iPod compatible; it charges the iPod as advertised, but not my mobile phone.
Deliberate crippling of devices is alive and well in USB space...
Ob. Time Bandits quote:
Evil Genius: When I have the map, I will be free, and the world will be different, because I have understanding.
Robert: Understanding of what, master?
Evil Genius: Digital watches. And soon I will have understanding of videocassette recorders and car telephones. And when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers. And when I have understanding of computers, I shall be the Supreme Being! God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time: forty-three species of parrots! Nipples for men!
Robert: Slugs.
Evil Genius: Slugs! He created slugs! They can't hear, they can't speak, they can't operate machinery. If I were creating the world, I wouldn't mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would've started with lasers, eight o'clock, day one.
Only if your voice is within the expected parameters.
I recently got a Motorola phone, which has a voice control facility (e.g. via the SoundPilot Bluetooth gadget they bundled with it.) It lets you train your voice for numbers, which I did. However, to actually dial using numbers, you need to go into the voice control system and give the command "digit dial". When several attempts and yarmouthing fails, you just press the friggin' buttons like nature intended.
Note to UI devices: Just because you can do something, doesn't mean that you should; K.I.S.S.
<flame>That said the iDrive is probably perfect for BMWs: "Bad Motorist, Wanker". Pissing about for 15 minutes in the carpark playing with their iKnob to select the ride comfort, air freshener scent or whatever to impress the "Blonde, Moronic Woman" in the passenger seat would be right up their alley. (Ob. Top Gear.)
Somehow I doubt there was ever a pirate sitting on the deck of his vessel in the early evening, sipping his tea and perusing The Lay of Leithian in his off-hours from pillaging the nearby towns.
They be called "privateers".