I predict this will not be the monumental change in technology they think it will be. It will probably be on the range of FireWire... When was the last time you heard a windows box with a firewire port or card? Although I did use firewire before upgrading to eSATA, I just can't see this as becoming mainstream much outside of the mac community.
I mean SATA is already at 6Mbps, I'm sure 12Mbps is just around the corner. I've already got fast enough ports for the things I need. Another issue - whenever you try to mix multiple things into one plug, there is the issue of redundancy - or lack thereof. Also it concerns me - as the more you put into one port, the more there is to go wrong. I've got one of these mac 19" flat screen Apple Studio Displays from years ago - with built in usb, power button (that turns on the whole computer including the monitor) , and a button that brings up the brightness control panel. The power for the monitor comes in through the same cable too - directly from the mac. Guess what - the usb shorted out, and the buttons don't work any more... In addition the brightness can't be adjusted - even directly in the control panel (I think the monitor electronics have malfunctioned, preventing any changes). Thank god I upgraded to a pci usb2 card - and that my mac has a power button on the board itself - otherwise it'd be useless.
I guess this means I'll need yet another adapter for my adb keyboard... adb to usb; usb to thunderbolt.
I don't know what it is with that my name, but my electronics feel fried already!
"Google is funding an AI project that will introduce the technical concept of regret"
Um... yes... and I'm sure the AI regrets Google teaching it such. Now if we could only affix a robotic arm with a shotgun attached to it's "hand"... and see what happens...
I'd be interested to know if the AI shoots itself, shoots the Google programmers teaching it regret, or both. What a conundrum.
>>The device uses a thin sheet of light like that used to scan supermarket bar codes
Dr. Evil: Okay no problem. Here's my second plan. Back in the 60's, I had a weather changing machine that was, in essence, a sophisticated heat beam which we called a "laser."
I thought this was supposed to be an open debate - you are more than welcome to your point of view - but please don't knock me.
I never said you could see the flicker. I did say however that the flicker over time can damage your eyes.
The legislation effectively bans the incandescent in most used ranges. You might not call it a ban. But I do. But let's not get into a word game. Either way I am sure we can agree that unless the law changes, incandescent bulbs in their most used forms won't be around for much longer after 2014.
Another thing - you mention low efficiency. In regard to electrical use you are right. But most people skip the part that is most important: What is better for our eyes. Our eyes are designed for the constant non-flickering light of the sun - light that is similarly mimicked by halogen and standard incandescent bulbs. So it is electrically inefficient. But more importantly, it is vision / eye efficient.
The one above - the philips you mentioned is a halogen bulb if I recall right - which as I mentioned is the best compromise between the two technologies.
If you like the CLF's - then I say use them. I'm not going to try to stop those that want to change to CFL's or other technologies. The change though shouldn't be forced upon us. If they are a better technology, people will naturally transition without the need for legislation to force it along.
First let me say that the legislation to ban the bulbs is stupid in the first place.
Secondly, I do like the *intent* - to save electricity. But the quality of light from CFL's is bad, and LED's are worse. They flicker, produce less spectrum than cfl's or led's.
Thirdly, when did the term activist envelop the definition of doing what is logically right, what makes sense, and not forcing legislation that doesn't make sense down people's throats?
These new bulbs are bad for people - harmful on a health level. Imagine in 20 years how much more health issues people will have because their babies were exposed to a broken cfl bulb. And the water contamination...
I think a good compromise in all of this would be to switch to halogen bulbs. They won't kill anyone, catch fire, poison water, make us go blind, cause seizures and headaches, look awful like CFL's do, but they would save some electricity and give us the same quality of light. I don't know about you, but I am not going to buy a more expensive, inferior product.
I like the mandate to research and develop new lighting technologies - bu I don't like them throwing this down our throats, making us switch involuntarily. That's not what the United States of America is about. Politicians need to wake up to this fact - no matter what "side" they are on.
"although there is great pressure to be on Facebook"
Um... since when? I still don't use it and probably never will. Who has the time for it?
Slashdot on the other hand... oh crap!
Ever heard of Beakman's world? It's a science kid's show and I used to love it's humor. If you've got netflix, you can stream an ep and check it out. The star isn't young, though. But it is hilarious.
Think Bill Nye on steroids.
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The feeling is mutual.
Keep in mind though I had the restraint not to say it. You didn't.
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Not really... Everything man-made degrades over time. All media degrades over time - digital or not. We can make archives and backups - but most people on their own won't do that. Or if they do they will to so in a non exact 1:1 way which will result in a less than perfect copy. In time without the riaa/mpaa, permanent movie and music loss (over time) is inevitable.
In addition, I'd like to point out that it's not a string of numbers alone. Most music and movie masters are still on analog tape. As for consumer copies, which are mainly digital today, it's not numbers alone. It's hexadecimal code which are 0-9 and A-F. Also it's not always recorded in this hex code - I know cd's are recorded in eight to fourteen modulation instead of hexadecimal.
I stand by my statement. Yours is flawed. Your statement requires people to care enough to make backups and most don't.
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You are ignorant of the fact that they are the ones who store the master copies, and maintain / restore them. I don't like the Riaa/Mpaa much like most anyone else here. But we need them if nothing more than to keep the media in a few centralized locations where they can be maintained properly. Without this system, our master media will eventually disappear. With time, distributed media - cd's, dvd's, etc will become rare - to the point some titles no longer exist. Our mp3 copies or avi files will eventually become corrupt or become really bad quality (copies of copies, etc). The original master media will degrade to a point it's no longer watchable. And there won't be a central pool anymore to inject new copies of the media into the system.
They are overpricing things and should be ashamed for suing everyone. But at the same time, should this file sharing continue, we will be shooting ourselves in the foot when the riaa/mpaa go out of business.
It's sad - but we need them.
Once a time warner ad stated "8 megabyte connection".
It was pulled quickly - but still. Apparently the reader was arrogant of internet terminology and incorrectly substituted mbps with megabytes instead of megabits. Technically speaking they were advertising a 1,024 megabit connection.
Have you ever noticed that ISP's always state that your game will lag or whatever without a 15mbps connection? Makes me wonder why they don't ever mention the effects of ping speed between two computers.
What a wonderful idea - especially the way California drivers drive... All they need to do is add a keyboard for the driver. You can text the person in front of you or behind you... imagine the possibilities...
"Hey, you, assh*** where the f**k did you learn to drive?!!!"
Dr. Evil: Shit. Oh hell, let's just do what we always do. Hijack some nuclear weapons and hold the world hostage. Yeah? Good! Gentlemen, it has come to my attention that a breakaway Russian Republic called Kreplachistan will be transferring a nuclear warhead to the United Nations in a few days. Here's the plan. We get the warhead and we hold the world ransom for... ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
Number Two: Don't you think we should ask for *more* than a million dollars? A million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days. Virtucon alone makes over 9 billion dollars a year!
Dr. Evil: Really? That's a lot of money.
[pause]
Dr. Evil: Okay then, we hold the world ransom for...
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I predict this will not be the monumental change in technology they think it will be. It will probably be on the range of FireWire... When was the last time you heard a windows box with a firewire port or card? Although I did use firewire before upgrading to eSATA, I just can't see this as becoming mainstream much outside of the mac community.
I mean SATA is already at 6Mbps, I'm sure 12Mbps is just around the corner. I've already got fast enough ports for the things I need. Another issue - whenever you try to mix multiple things into one plug, there is the issue of redundancy - or lack thereof. Also it concerns me - as the more you put into one port, the more there is to go wrong. I've got one of these mac 19" flat screen Apple Studio Displays from years ago - with built in usb, power button (that turns on the whole computer including the monitor) , and a button that brings up the brightness control panel. The power for the monitor comes in through the same cable too - directly from the mac. Guess what - the usb shorted out, and the buttons don't work any more... In addition the brightness can't be adjusted - even directly in the control panel (I think the monitor electronics have malfunctioned, preventing any changes). Thank god I upgraded to a pci usb2 card - and that my mac has a power button on the board itself - otherwise it'd be useless.
I guess this means I'll need yet another adapter for my adb keyboard... adb to usb; usb to thunderbolt.
I don't know what it is with that my name, but my electronics feel fried already!
"Google is funding an AI project that will introduce the technical concept of regret"
Um... yes... and I'm sure the AI regrets Google teaching it such. Now if we could only affix a robotic arm with a shotgun attached to it's "hand"... and see what happens...
I'd be interested to know if the AI shoots itself, shoots the Google programmers teaching it regret, or both. What a conundrum.
Hi, $random_name_here has left you a private message on facebook * A HREF="$hacker_url"* Click here * /A* to log in.
The funny thing - I don't even use Facebook. Shows you what those stupid hackers know!
>>The device uses a thin sheet of light like that used to scan supermarket bar codes
Dr. Evil: Okay no problem. Here's my second plan. Back in the 60's, I had a weather changing machine that was, in essence, a sophisticated heat beam which we called a "laser."
I never said you could see the flicker. I did say however that the flicker over time can damage your eyes.
The legislation effectively bans the incandescent in most used ranges. You might not call it a ban. But I do. But let's not get into a word game. Either way I am sure we can agree that unless the law changes, incandescent bulbs in their most used forms won't be around for much longer after 2014.
Another thing - you mention low efficiency. In regard to electrical use you are right. But most people skip the part that is most important: What is better for our eyes. Our eyes are designed for the constant non-flickering light of the sun - light that is similarly mimicked by halogen and standard incandescent bulbs. So it is electrically inefficient. But more importantly, it is vision / eye efficient.
The one above - the philips you mentioned is a halogen bulb if I recall right - which as I mentioned is the best compromise between the two technologies.
If you like the CLF's - then I say use them. I'm not going to try to stop those that want to change to CFL's or other technologies. The change though shouldn't be forced upon us. If they are a better technology, people will naturally transition without the need for legislation to force it along.
Secondly, I do like the *intent* - to save electricity. But the quality of light from CFL's is bad, and LED's are worse. They flicker, produce less spectrum than cfl's or led's.
Thirdly, when did the term activist envelop the definition of doing what is logically right, what makes sense, and not forcing legislation that doesn't make sense down people's throats?
These new bulbs are bad for people - harmful on a health level. Imagine in 20 years how much more health issues people will have because their babies were exposed to a broken cfl bulb. And the water contamination...
I think a good compromise in all of this would be to switch to halogen bulbs. They won't kill anyone, catch fire, poison water, make us go blind, cause seizures and headaches, look awful like CFL's do, but they would save some electricity and give us the same quality of light. I don't know about you, but I am not going to buy a more expensive, inferior product.
I like the mandate to research and develop new lighting technologies - bu I don't like them throwing this down our throats, making us switch involuntarily. That's not what the United States of America is about. Politicians need to wake up to this fact - no matter what "side" they are on.
If this really bothers you, go to http://freeourlight.org/ and sign the petition.
"although there is great pressure to be on Facebook" Um... since when? I still don't use it and probably never will. Who has the time for it? Slashdot on the other hand... oh crap!
Ever heard of Beakman's world? It's a science kid's show and I used to love it's humor. If you've got netflix, you can stream an ep and check it out. The star isn't young, though. But it is hilarious. Think Bill Nye on steroids.
The feeling is mutual. Keep in mind though I had the restraint not to say it. You didn't.
Not really... Everything man-made degrades over time. All media degrades over time - digital or not. We can make archives and backups - but most people on their own won't do that. Or if they do they will to so in a non exact 1:1 way which will result in a less than perfect copy. In time without the riaa/mpaa, permanent movie and music loss (over time) is inevitable. In addition, I'd like to point out that it's not a string of numbers alone. Most music and movie masters are still on analog tape. As for consumer copies, which are mainly digital today, it's not numbers alone. It's hexadecimal code which are 0-9 and A-F. Also it's not always recorded in this hex code - I know cd's are recorded in eight to fourteen modulation instead of hexadecimal. I stand by my statement. Yours is flawed. Your statement requires people to care enough to make backups and most don't.
You are ignorant of the fact that they are the ones who store the master copies, and maintain / restore them. I don't like the Riaa/Mpaa much like most anyone else here. But we need them if nothing more than to keep the media in a few centralized locations where they can be maintained properly. Without this system, our master media will eventually disappear. With time, distributed media - cd's, dvd's, etc will become rare - to the point some titles no longer exist. Our mp3 copies or avi files will eventually become corrupt or become really bad quality (copies of copies, etc). The original master media will degrade to a point it's no longer watchable. And there won't be a central pool anymore to inject new copies of the media into the system. They are overpricing things and should be ashamed for suing everyone. But at the same time, should this file sharing continue, we will be shooting ourselves in the foot when the riaa/mpaa go out of business. It's sad - but we need them.
from the liberals... where else? didn't you know they could make money out of thin air?!!
Once a time warner ad stated "8 megabyte connection". It was pulled quickly - but still. Apparently the reader was arrogant of internet terminology and incorrectly substituted mbps with megabytes instead of megabits. Technically speaking they were advertising a 1,024 megabit connection. Have you ever noticed that ISP's always state that your game will lag or whatever without a 15mbps connection? Makes me wonder why they don't ever mention the effects of ping speed between two computers.
"Hey, you, assh*** where the f**k did you learn to drive?!!!"
No more need to use the horn.
Dr. Evil: Shit. Oh hell, let's just do what we always do. Hijack some nuclear weapons and hold the world hostage. Yeah? Good! Gentlemen, it has come to my attention that a breakaway Russian Republic called Kreplachistan will be transferring a nuclear warhead to the United Nations in a few days. Here's the plan. We get the warhead and we hold the world ransom for... ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
Number Two: Don't you think we should ask for *more* than a million dollars? A million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days. Virtucon alone makes over 9 billion dollars a year!
Dr. Evil: Really? That's a lot of money.
[pause]
Dr. Evil: Okay then, we hold the world ransom for...
Dr. Evil: One... Hundred... BILLION DOLLARS!
I can see it now... A team of assembly women who all look exactly like 7 of 9. Maybe Honda isn't such a bad place to work after all!
Really? The combination to my luggage is 1 2 3 4 5. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=49180515