So I've owned an iTouch and a Macbook pro for about a year now, and I've gotta say, I'm *very* impressed with the touch capability and quality that these have. The responsiveness of the iTouch is great, which I'm sure everyone knows, but the multi-touchpad on the macbook pro is phenomenal to me. I don't know how I ever lived without that thing. It makes scrolling down pages, 'right clicking', going back or forward between pages, and tabbing to other programs a lot faster and a lot smoother. I never thought the biggest redeeming quality of a macbook would be the touchpad, but I'm just too impressed by that.
... Maybe this multitouch, multimodal crap will make things even simpler, smoother, intuitive and faster than the current UI of a laptop or hand held device. I can do a lot more with one finger than I could before (anyone think of the 'one button' mac thing on reuters?:P ).
Not to mention, I also saw some windows laptops were coming out with multitouch pads... I'm very excited about those.
I think that's the first time I've seen "pedanticism" used. It's one of those words I (don't laugh) found in the dictionary and never actually saw or used (correctly). I dunno, it seemed noteworthy to me...
Did they even read the articles? All of the data there is referencing time spent watching TV, not just 'sitting'. TV watching comes with a different lifestyle than just sitting. The title is misleading.
If they are man boobies, it might even work better as a distraction, but the lawsuit for emotional scarring will probably be more than the cup o coffee.
Don't let coffee shop managers exploit you just like windows is being exploited!
Again, how is it abusive to comply with his wishes? He wants them to stop "stealing" his content. If they comply, they're evil?
By all means, comply with his wishes, but that wasn't what I was responding to. If I recall, someone wants Google to teach mister Rupert a lesson, and "kill all links to his website so we can no longer find any of his companies online." That's a tad more extreme.
all of those people that are just encouraging Google to teach him a lesson, you are also encouraging Google to be Evil.
It's not 'evil' to look after your own otherwise benign business interests
You're absolutely right; however, teaching a lesson to the old bag by killing all the links to his websites seems a bit abusive of the massive power that Google has. That could be the beginning of a new evil company. Don't worry, I have faith that Google will pull through.:)
Please Google, teach this old bag a lesson and kill all links to his website so we can no longer find any of his companies online. Do it!!! It would be a glorious day when we would be allowed to go to other news sources and let Murdoch die a slow death holding on to a fading newspaper.
As much as I hate Murdoch... all of those people that are just encouraging Google to teach him a lesson, you are also encouraging Google to be Evil. I dunno about you guys, but I, for one, don't want Google turning into Apple or Microsoft. We're the good guys, remember?!
A followup study shows that the smarter the male is, the more impaired his brain function becomes when conversing with an attractive woman. The researches recruited 40 slashdotters and 40 normal males; the results indicated that the slashdotter group would more often than not confuse simple words and meanings with organs on the female body. While researches are still speculating, they believe this may be due to the average slashdotter's lack of experience.
That isn't even slightly true. People's ring and their index fingers are generally the same length, and any variation has nothing to do with gender.
Hell, even if it did, it would just be due to hormones, and if you want to know what hormones were flowing around a person's body during their development, an easier method is to pull their pants down.
While it may not be true 100% of the time, this study has shown otherwise. There is a difference, and there are correlations that actually show a difference in gay and lesbian finger sizes.
Now, that's not to say that finger size is the end all way to look at gender... I just said it was an interesting tidbit. I suppose it could even be used as a factor, because it's a tad rare to have a surgery to shorten your fingers.
Male index fingers are shorter than their ring fingers, and females have the opposite. Sometimes they can get close, but that's one way you can distinguish someone's gender.
I think there are a few MMOs taking the right steps, and I suppose EVE has always been a good example. But the MMO that has most recently caught my eye is Star Trek Online (STO). They want to try to make space feel infinite, but with limited development time, that's impossible. They've come up with this 'procedurally' generated content thing that looks like it might do the job. I'm not sure how much you can influence the actual world, but I think the game generates planets and star systems as players 'discover' them. And I'm pretty sure they stay that way for all players. You go down, explore the planet, discover a new race (which gets put into the game's database), and influence them as you please.
The potential STO has is mind blowing; however, the game hasn't been released yet (it will be soon, I think), so I'll wait to drool over it for now.
Wasn't Ford's planet already blown up or something? Now his star system is going down the drain... that guy must have both the worst and best luck in a fictional universe.
Yeah you could probably get a laptop that would run it fine for less than $400... better yet, you could get a desktop that would run it for $300.
Fry's always has good deals if you don't want to build your computer. Or you can just buy one off someone else.
I think either way, it would still be cheaper and easier to just get a new computer.
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So I've owned an iTouch and a Macbook pro for about a year now, and I've gotta say, I'm *very* impressed with the touch capability and quality that these have. The responsiveness of the iTouch is great, which I'm sure everyone knows, but the multi-touchpad on the macbook pro is phenomenal to me. I don't know how I ever lived without that thing. It makes scrolling down pages, 'right clicking', going back or forward between pages, and tabbing to other programs a lot faster and a lot smoother. I never thought the biggest redeeming quality of a macbook would be the touchpad, but I'm just too impressed by that.
Not to mention, I also saw some windows laptops were coming out with multitouch pads... I'm very excited about those.
I think that's the first time I've seen "pedanticism" used. It's one of those words I (don't laugh) found in the dictionary and never actually saw or used (correctly). I dunno, it seemed noteworthy to me...
Did they even read the articles? All of the data there is referencing time spent watching TV, not just 'sitting'. TV watching comes with a different lifestyle than just sitting. The title is misleading.
Low tech solution. Show em yer boobies.
If they are man boobies, it might even work better as a distraction, but the lawsuit for emotional scarring will probably be more than the cup o coffee.
Don't let coffee shop managers exploit you just like windows is being exploited!
... in case my dull joke was over a few of you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
Again, how is it abusive to comply with his wishes? He wants them to stop "stealing" his content. If they comply, they're evil?
By all means, comply with his wishes, but that wasn't what I was responding to. If I recall, someone wants Google to teach mister Rupert a lesson, and "kill all links to his website so we can no longer find any of his companies online." That's a tad more extreme.
all of those people that are just encouraging Google to teach him a lesson, you are also encouraging Google to be Evil.
It's not 'evil' to look after your own otherwise benign business interests
You're absolutely right; however, teaching a lesson to the old bag by killing all the links to his websites seems a bit abusive of the massive power that Google has. That could be the beginning of a new evil company. Don't worry, I have faith that Google will pull through. :)
Please Google, teach this old bag a lesson and kill all links to his website so we can no longer find any of his companies online. Do it!!! It would be a glorious day when we would be allowed to go to other news sources and let Murdoch die a slow death holding on to a fading newspaper.
As much as I hate Murdoch... all of those people that are just encouraging Google to teach him a lesson, you are also encouraging Google to be Evil. I dunno about you guys, but I, for one, don't want Google turning into Apple or Microsoft. We're the good guys, remember?!
What the hell do you think kept me playing WoW for all those years? Finding Old Blanchey's blanket?
A followup study shows that the smarter the male is, the more impaired his brain function becomes when conversing with an attractive woman. The researches recruited 40 slashdotters and 40 normal males; the results indicated that the slashdotter group would more often than not confuse simple words and meanings with organs on the female body. While researches are still speculating, they believe this may be due to the average slashdotter's lack of experience.
That isn't even slightly true. People's ring and their index fingers are generally the same length, and any variation has nothing to do with gender.
Hell, even if it did, it would just be due to hormones, and if you want to know what hormones were flowing around a person's body during their development, an easier method is to pull their pants down.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/695142.stm
While it may not be true 100% of the time, this study has shown otherwise. There is a difference, and there are correlations that actually show a difference in gay and lesbian finger sizes.
Now, that's not to say that finger size is the end all way to look at gender... I just said it was an interesting tidbit. I suppose it could even be used as a factor, because it's a tad rare to have a surgery to shorten your fingers.
Male index fingers are shorter than their ring fingers, and females have the opposite. Sometimes they can get close, but that's one way you can distinguish someone's gender.
Google has been the best mechanic I've ever had. :)
The most common element in the universe is hydrogen. It will pay off in the long run to master using it for energy.
The sun will explode before we get to most of that hydrogen. So it may pay off in the really long run.
I think there are a few MMOs taking the right steps, and I suppose EVE has always been a good example. But the MMO that has most recently caught my eye is Star Trek Online (STO). They want to try to make space feel infinite, but with limited development time, that's impossible. They've come up with this 'procedurally' generated content thing that looks like it might do the job. I'm not sure how much you can influence the actual world, but I think the game generates planets and star systems as players 'discover' them. And I'm pretty sure they stay that way for all players. You go down, explore the planet, discover a new race (which gets put into the game's database), and influence them as you please.
The potential STO has is mind blowing; however, the game hasn't been released yet (it will be soon, I think), so I'll wait to drool over it for now.
Wasn't Ford's planet already blown up or something? Now his star system is going down the drain... that guy must have both the worst and best luck in a fictional universe.
You know, I'd rather Slashdot run our government.
...in New Zealand. May I ask why they aren't firing up the machine right now?
*covers self with an S.E.P. Field*
A very relevant day to post this. Don't forget your towel. :D
+ bonus points to whoever gets my account name (WSOGMM).
Yeah you could probably get a laptop that would run it fine for less than $400... better yet, you could get a desktop that would run it for $300. Fry's always has good deals if you don't want to build your computer. Or you can just buy one off someone else. I think either way, it would still be cheaper and easier to just get a new computer.
After some complex math in our local bistro.
But people will still use firefox for porn.
I ran out of hot pockets once.