You forget that I don't actually give a fuck what the people in this thread have to say. Microsoft can make their OS more competitive in any way they like, I don't care.
Doesn't a demonstration of such kickass tech (especially the Bluetooth stuff) realised today for the consumer show just how many streets ahead Apple are?
This is all stuff that should exist under Windows, but doesn't. Apple has, after so many years, arrived at the point of equality (and now usurption) to everything else in the market - they can only produce better and better products.
Yay.
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I don't understand. What exactly is it that the janitors do all day? Surely one competent person could quite easily maintain the entire site.
How hard is it to read through a submission queue, check links, and post relevant stories?
Err, apart from the fact that with a piano roll the keys are either down, or not down. It's been covered in other posts in detail, but the piano was designed to have an infinite range between loud and soft. Something which a piano roll cannot capture at all. (at least systems like the Disklavier attempt to do this)
Actually, if the data is encrypted then there must be a decryption key held somewhere - right? (otherwise you might as well have deleted the data, if the encryption is strong enough)
Simply use the above brute force tactics to acquire the decryption key, and there's your step 5.
This is obvious gross negligence on behalf of the point-of-sale software/hardware vendor. How could any remotely security-conscious developer send credit card details in plain text, even over a wired network?
Kudos to the author of this article, as it was genuinely interesting and informative.
These machines are obviously an affordable, functional, and useful personal computing package for the 'alternative' (or perhaps just plain thrifty) user. Perhaps Red Hat or another distribution vendor should strike up a deal with Wal-Mart to bundle copies of Linux with the machines? It's been done before with not a huge amount of success, but Wal-Mart is a pretty powerful distribution mechanism, and the product already exists minus one inexpensive and 'easy-to-include' component.
How long do you think it will take for other hardware vendors to follow a similiar path? Is there enough demand for it? Does Microsoft offer too great an incentive (target market, for example) for vendors to switch away from their platform?
The thing about nostalgia is that you can pine for something that is long gone, but as soon as you get it back you suddenly wonder why you wanted it back in the first place.
This applies especially to computing, where I often find myself in an environment from yesteryear only to hear myself say "wow, this really sucked!"
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I don't own a Mac, idiot.
You forget that I don't actually give a fuck what the people in this thread have to say. Microsoft can make their OS more competitive in any way they like, I don't care.
:)
(I'll just pirate the next Windows, anyway
Doesn't a demonstration of such kickass tech (especially the Bluetooth stuff) realised today for the consumer show just how many streets ahead Apple are?
This is all stuff that should exist under Windows, but doesn't. Apple has, after so many years, arrived at the point of equality (and now usurption) to everything else in the market - they can only produce better and better products.
Yay.
I don't understand. What exactly is it that the janitors do all day? Surely one competent person could quite easily maintain the entire site.
How hard is it to read through a submission queue, check links, and post relevant stories?
Linux is the cracker's OS of choice.
CD Burners make exact copies.
Photocopiers produce highly imperfect replicas.
He's a janitor.
Hey retard, I wasn't talking about MIDI. I was talking about real pianos.
Err, apart from the fact that with a piano roll the keys are either down, or not down. It's been covered in other posts in detail, but the piano was designed to have an infinite range between loud and soft. Something which a piano roll cannot capture at all. (at least systems like the Disklavier attempt to do this)
Unoriginal idea. Terrible, ugly, horrible execution. Egotistical project name.
One wonders why this isn't a Linux project?
I think you mean 'trawl', not 'troll'.
Actually, if the data is encrypted then there must be a decryption key held somewhere - right? (otherwise you might as well have deleted the data, if the encryption is strong enough)
Simply use the above brute force tactics to acquire the decryption key, and there's your step 5.
Pity 'lynx' is shit. It can't even draw tables, for fucks sake.
For a REAL textmode web browser, try 'links'.
I think I'd probably lose a lot more self-respect if I shelled out $500 for a fucking cooling device!
This is obvious gross negligence on behalf of the point-of-sale software/hardware vendor. How could any remotely security-conscious developer send credit card details in plain text, even over a wired network?
Absolute insanity. I am in awe.
Kudos to the author of this article, as it was genuinely interesting and informative.
These machines are obviously an affordable, functional, and useful personal computing package for the 'alternative' (or perhaps just plain thrifty) user. Perhaps Red Hat or another distribution vendor should strike up a deal with Wal-Mart to bundle copies of Linux with the machines? It's been done before with not a huge amount of success, but Wal-Mart is a pretty powerful distribution mechanism, and the product already exists minus one inexpensive and 'easy-to-include' component.
How long do you think it will take for other hardware vendors to follow a similiar path? Is there enough demand for it? Does Microsoft offer too great an incentive (target market, for example) for vendors to switch away from their platform?
Heard of SDL? Ridiculously simple. (a fuckload easier than DX, in any case)
This applies especially to computing, where I often find myself in an environment from yesteryear only to hear myself say "wow, this really sucked!"
Meanwhile you're using precoius resources to troll slashdot.
The idiocy of your post is astounding.
You fucking retard. The element is 'aluminium', not 'aluminum'.
Quite frankly I find this worrying.
You really think Neal Stephenson posts to Slashdot? He's a professional author: use your brain, for christs sake.
Or, better yet, have a look at his web site, where he explains why he doesn't answer email:
"All of my time and attention are spoken for--several times over. Please do not ask for them."
And I seriously doubt he means he's too busy posting to slashdot.
"'art' of extreme dubious quality"
Those renderings, from an industrial design perspective, were pretty impressive. Get a load of the metal surface on this. (and how hot is she)
I don't think there'll be people 'battling' for the top position on this ladder. All it proves is who wastes the most time posting to slashdot.
John Romero, the guy selling the car, is the guy who directed Daikatana.