"We made the Internet and it seems to me that we ought to be the first folks to get out there and protect it,"
Protect it from who, what and why?
And if you are serious, start by getting rid of spam. And if you should somehow manage that, you have most likely also killed the (free) internet as we know it.
What even bugles my mind is the fact that Apple as a company is [still] a darling in many people's hearts. No bad publicity sticks.
This is due to the built-in smugness generator that all Apple products (and even some employees) have, one of its effect is that it reduces negative perceptions of itself and Apple within its working radius. The effect is easy to prove, simply lick the Apple logo on a device while in a public place, if people around you start to find the device creepy you have managed to find a device with a non working generator (caution: this will alert the fashion police and you might have to flee to another country just to be safe).
Rumours will have it that Jobs is currently using a beta of the smugness 2 generator which is capable of repelling gravity, and hence offer the user the ability to levitate and even fly*!
*Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes fame) was onto this development early on when he wanted a propeller hat.
And that's not to say the plot of Avatar was good, just that they at least seemed to resist their urges to add pointless gotchas and plot twists.
And why should they? They managed to resist the urges of telling a good story or develop any characters beyond the pointless plot and one dimensional characters needed to glue all the computer graphics into a cinema product.
If you have ever played with a cat or dog and having it chasing after the dot from a laser pen, you would see that Avatar was much the same. It was simply something shiny that distracted you for a few hours, nothing more.
Avatar is a great example of how lacking Hollywood and other medias is of any kind of substance, their drive is to find the lowest possible amount that will still get the masses to buy their drivel.
If all you care about is resolution (in a SLR camera) this is great. But if you also care about stuff like low noise, dynamic range or a diffraction that isn't limited to f/4, you are much better off with at least a medium format camera.
Why don't they use transmission arrays (TA)? It seems obvious to me that SAN plus TA would have a massive packet delivery boost. Of course the downside is when something bad happens, you tend to end up with a lump of coal.;P
This is a good data point for the research, assuming they are interested in results other than performance, as it will show that a dependency on non replaceable hardware or hardware beyond their control isn't that great in the long run.
Wait a minute, Apple is making a new product called iPad? Why isn't Slashdot covering that at all?
On a serious note, forecasts for 2011 and 2013 neither proves or disproves anything. Summary would have better of quoting some of the numbers from 2009, but I guess that would dampen the trolling/flaming that would ensue.
It was meant as a joke, as in a reaction to the use of nuclear instead of green power. In no way was it meant to criticize you or your post. Guess I have to use smilies and signal flags so every cretin can see that it was an attempt at a joke.
Slashdot Mirror
..., including increasingly faster browsers
Soon they will be so fast that the default theme is plaid. ;p
Please stay away from Hello Kitty online, pleeeease.
( I actually miss Tabula Rasa. :( )
For an encore the robot snake grabbed an apple and headed for a tree next to a robot female.
"We made the Internet and it seems to me that we ought to be the first folks to get out there and protect it,"
Protect it from who, what and why?
And if you are serious, start by getting rid of spam. And if you should somehow manage that, you have most likely also killed the (free) internet as we know it.
*drops monocle into the tea* Good Lord! Get a hold of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar quickly, he will fight for all that is good and pure.
Opera have had this feature for years, I assumed every other browser out there would as well by now.
What even bugles my mind is the fact that Apple as a company is [still] a darling in many people's hearts. No bad publicity sticks.
This is due to the built-in smugness generator that all Apple products (and even some employees) have, one of its effect is that it reduces negative perceptions of itself and Apple within its working radius. The effect is easy to prove, simply lick the Apple logo on a device while in a public place, if people around you start to find the device creepy you have managed to find a device with a non working generator (caution: this will alert the fashion police and you might have to flee to another country just to be safe).
Rumours will have it that Jobs is currently using a beta of the smugness 2 generator which is capable of repelling gravity, and hence offer the user the ability to levitate and even fly*!
*Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes fame) was onto this development early on when he wanted a propeller hat.
And that's not to say the plot of Avatar was good, just that they at least seemed to resist their urges to add pointless gotchas and plot twists.
And why should they? They managed to resist the urges of telling a good story or develop any characters beyond the pointless plot and one dimensional characters needed to glue all the computer graphics into a cinema product.
If you have ever played with a cat or dog and having it chasing after the dot from a laser pen, you would see that Avatar was much the same. It was simply something shiny that distracted you for a few hours, nothing more.
Avatar is a great example of how lacking Hollywood and other medias is of any kind of substance, their drive is to find the lowest possible amount that will still get the masses to buy their drivel.
I bet the lawyers at Disney went into full battle mode when they heard the news of a bright white celestial object orbited by seven smaller ones.
If all you care about is resolution (in a SLR camera) this is great. But if you also care about stuff like low noise, dynamic range or a diffraction that isn't limited to f/4, you are much better off with at least a medium format camera.
Looking on the bright side, you don't have to worry about acne or shaving anymore.
If you want to watch a serious Lucas film, watch THX-1138.
Great film, just don't grab the DVD release which (as usual) got raped by Lucas and his CG pals. :(
We should also have a stiff word or two with Oracle, they didn't see this coming and they bought Sun recently (possible cover up!).
Why don't they use transmission arrays (TA)? It seems obvious to me that SAN plus TA would have a massive packet delivery boost. Of course the downside is when something bad happens, you tend to end up with a lump of coal. ;P
.torrent or it didn't happen. ;P
supposed to start to day
I wonder when Slashdot will be burned down to the ground by English teachers.
Cray-1 wins again, mobile phones are well known to be extremely poor space heaters. ,P
Wasn't it a Danish newspaper?
And speaking of danish and breakfast, some like Musli. All ah can say is that I enjoy My ham and cheese sandwiches immensely.
First of, BP isn't the only ones doing so.
Secondly, when lobbyism is allowed to influence politicians (and law) big cooperations will get away will as much as they can.
One can only hope that with the recent bank and oil brouhaha that some restrictions will be put in place.
Will top kill work? I don't have the knowledge to know the answer, but http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/5/21/868490/-Fishgrease:-Booming-the-Top-Kill put an interesting perspective on it.
This is a good data point for the research, assuming they are interested in results other than performance, as it will show that a dependency on non replaceable hardware or hardware beyond their control isn't that great in the long run.
Wait a minute, Apple is making a new product called iPad? Why isn't Slashdot covering that at all?
On a serious note, forecasts for 2011 and 2013 neither proves or disproves anything. Summary would have better of quoting some of the numbers from 2009, but I guess that would dampen the trolling/flaming that would ensue.
Like Klingon opera, the Braille version is funnier. :P
Ceiling cat and Santa Claus will always know. You don't want cat poop and coal in your socks, right? :P
It was meant as a joke, as in a reaction to the use of nuclear instead of green power. In no way was it meant to criticize you or your post. Guess I have to use smilies and signal flags so every cretin can see that it was an attempt at a joke.