Yeah, but a larger screen will always consume more power than a smaller one of the same age. And that still doesn't address the portability issues. Seeing a future of "larger" netbooks just strikes me as, well, stupid. We have larger netbooks. They're called _laptops_. That would make it "the past." My post makes sense. You just can't get over your own cleverness.
I'm interested in how that would realistically work. Would it be a turban wrapped around the outside of a bullet-proof helmet? Maybe a helmet with a turban-lining? Would a helmet sculpted in the form of a turban suffice for religious purposes?
Yeah, I've heard a lot against Xandros. Is there another GNU/Linux distro which works well on them? My only experience is running Ubuntu part-time on my desktop, and I really am considering a netbook purchase.
Technically, stopping an action implies permanence. If you're stopping beating on someone, you probably aren't going to start up again unless the situation changes.
If you discontinue, you're halting. Halting is a temporary action with a contingency allowing for a permanent stoppage.
The issue arises from the sloppy manner in which the majority of English speakers use vocabulary. There are many nuances and degrees in the language, but people either don't know or don't care about more precise meanings, and in most communication, you can elaborate if it's not immediately understood, so precision can be expounded upon. This situation perpetuates the cycle, as people can make themselves understood eventually, so they feel it is unnecessary to clarify initial meanings.
You know, I thought the whole point of a netbook was to be cheap and portable. Why would you throw a bigger screen on it? I've got a 17" laptop. It's great for long-term use, since it has a full-sized keyboard. Great use in class, when I was taking notes. And yet I'm *still* considering grabbing a netbook and an aircard so that I'd have something tiny to carry around for if I need to look up something quickly (bus schedules, addresses, etc). Something with a larger screen would just be relegated to laptop uses, especially with an increased battery drain from the larger screen. Seriously, what's the point?
That's the shit that pisses me off. I work for a scholarly press, so I understand the necessity of continuing sales for books to ensure the viability of the press. But if you're going to make a new edition, fucking PONY UP SOME EFFORT! Add a new chapter, some footnotes, *something*. Just reprinting the book with a new cover is NOT a new edition. It's a reprint. Calling it anything else is dishonesty, really.
That way you could learn integration one hour, and find out how to use integration to solve kinetics with velocity and acceleration in the next hour.
I read that as "how to use integration to solve kinetics with Veloceraptors in the next hour." I think most classes would have been more awesome with dinosaurs.
They're not really fronting money to publish it. The game was already finished, with a release date. Had Sony done nothing, the game would have come out in each region on all consoles simultaneously. The only thing Sony did was buy themselves a last-minute head start in software sales. If they'd been involved from the start, you'd have a point. Sorry, try again later.
How's this trolling? It's a valid complaint. Heck, Penny Arcade made that comment a bunch of times both in news posts and comic form. Hell, I couldn't play that game for all the same-same hallways.
I dunno. The ability to build mass housing for cheap is rather interesting. Why not take the plans, modify them slightly, and then have low-cost housing in North America? Habitats for Humanity would probably do quite well in this situation. There's more than just tech nerds out there, remember. There's also social sciences nerds.
Windows admin by day. Linux zealot by night.:-) Guess where I get more productive work done.
On a Mac? *innocent whistle*:)
Really, my biggest reason for not switching to *nix, and ponying up the time needed to really buckle down and learn what I need to know is that I like to play games, and I prefer them on PC rather than console. That means one machine needs Windows. Then in the interests of home compatibility, I kinda need my other machine to run Windows so I'm not fiddling with files trying to get them to work when moved from one to the other. *shrug* If there was a foolproof method of making all my stuff work on a *nix OS as well as Windows, I'd switch the one over. I did play around with Ubuntu for a while, and liked it, but not enough to sacrifice the compatibility. Yet...
The issue is they are SCANNING THE ENTIRE HARD DRIVE. There's absolutely no reason for that. Designate a specific folder or two, and have those scanned. But there's no reason for a music service to look at my entire hard drive. I don't have any pirated materials on my computer, but I still don't want them knowing what programs I'm running, since it's none of their business.
Honestly? I'd not mind if they banned kids from certain flights. You'd never get a full ban through. That'd get you a whole whack of discrimination and civil rights suits. Not to mention that sometimes, a kid's perfectly behaved until take-off, so saying "not letting them on until they behave" doesn't work. So yeah, they have movie times set aside for people with small children, why not flights?
They could bill them as "noisy and non-noisy flights." Noisy, you can make phone calls, have kids, etc etc. Non-noisy, if you disturb other passengers, you get an FAA fine, or put on a no-fly list, or something.
Dammit. After your first post, I was all set to write you off as just another *nix zealot. Then you had to go make a whole bunch of good points. Curse you and your shattering expectations. Honestly, I'd love it if nothing ran without my permission. Do I really need that document preview before I open it? Well, sometimes it'd be useful, but isn't there a way to include that in the core OS? And seriously, there's some programs I like to use, but I absolutely hate it when they load on start up. Sometimes the program has the checkbox, sometimes I need to use MSConfig. Sometimes, I'm stuck. I'd much prefer a whitelist for start up. I tell it *exactly* what I want to start up, and in what order. And honestly, it doesn't seem like it should be that hard to do. At no point in time should the programmer of Random Application X have more or easier control of my system than I do.
Which would mean that you're not saving any money by NOT taking public transit. I believe NYC has a privately owned transportation system, don't they? I'd like to see that more places.
[citation needed] Seriously. It's not like I paid for my A/V software. It's not like I run scans when I'm using the system, so my work isn't being slowed.
Ok, but that either means one of many things:
A) You pirated your AV software, which, being illegal, should include the full retail price when figuring out total cost of ownership
B) You have a free AV, which, might not be protecting you enough (depending on which AV you have) And either way, you aren't necessarily 100% protected without it being scanned often
I don't pirate software, and I've yet to hear anything negative against Avast, which I run in conjunction with Spy-Bot. So no, no added cost, nor comprimise in protection. And for the record, I've only ever had one virus, and it was from my roommate's computer, over the network. And he was running Windows ME. So I'd say I'm plenty protected.
As for the iWork vs. Office scenario, academic discounts are a *wonderful* thing. Or how about just OpenOffice.org? I've got that on my flash drive, for if I need to do work on someone else's computer, since there's no guarantee they'll have anything I can use. And fine, hardware costs being equal, TCO still isn't radically different.
Lastly, I'm on a Mac at work right now. I can tell you, it doesn't show file extensions all the time, either. I'd say that's even worse. Why just on some? And hell, if we're going for "easy to run untrusted stuff," installing random things in OSX is stupid easy. Easier than Windows, even, I'd say. So random programs end up on the computer, file extensions are only sporadically shown, so what's to stop someone from just double-clicking any random thing on their desktop? The only reason you don't see more Mac viruses and etc are because there's not the user base there to make the ROI worth it. You manage to infect 1% of the Mac user base, that's a pittance compared to 1% of the Windows user base. Statistics work in favour of OSX, but only because of applied "security through obscurity." Apple itself has suggested people should use A/V software on their Macs.
You know, I used to be a fairly hardcore Windows fanboy, but as I've aged, I've realized something. No OS is inherently superior. They tend to be better at different things. The failings of one could quite easily have been the failings of the other. If Apple's marketshare tripled, it'd have more viruses written for it. If Linux became more "user friendly" to compete with Windows, it'd alientate its core user base, and become less useful. To trumpet one OS over another for something like security, which is completely in the hands of the machine's admin and users is quite ridiculous. And no one's still managed to convince me OSX has a lower TCO than Windows.
Best idea I've seen in the thread so far. Would it be that difficult, or resource intensive to add in a quick verification of file-types? Not being a programmer of any time, I honestly don't know, but if it can work without user intervention, or slowing the system down, it's a damned good idea.
That way, I can have one JPG file that opens in GIMP, and another that opens in Firefox?
I know, I know, that is too complicated for the user to figure out, and extensions (which are hidden) are SO much easier to figure out.
No, the issue is the massive time sink in needing to tell the OS what to open the file with on each "first-run." I rip a CD, that's 14 times telling it to, yes, open with VLC. Even batch processing would slow it down, since the OS would need to tag each file, then double-check each one if you ever tried to open them individually. And then what happens if you run, say, WMP, and it opens the files? Does it retag them to open in WMP? If it doesn't, are you going to have issues trying to run an auto-play list, since when the file opens, it might decide that it wants to run in its tagged app? Just use the "Open With" feature, since predominately, you'll want to open all of one extension with one type of application. Saves time instead of trying to remember what's tagged with what app.
Unless you're suggesting that downloaded files are already told via the metadata what to open with, which kills any security gains, and can potentially fuck up anyone who gets a file that's told to open with a program they don't have, or to open in a program that doesn't handle that file type.
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Yeah, but a larger screen will always consume more power than a smaller one of the same age. And that still doesn't address the portability issues. Seeing a future of "larger" netbooks just strikes me as, well, stupid. We have larger netbooks. They're called _laptops_. That would make it "the past." My post makes sense. You just can't get over your own cleverness.
I'm interested in how that would realistically work. Would it be a turban wrapped around the outside of a bullet-proof helmet? Maybe a helmet with a turban-lining? Would a helmet sculpted in the form of a turban suffice for religious purposes?
Yeah, I've heard a lot against Xandros. Is there another GNU/Linux distro which works well on them? My only experience is running Ubuntu part-time on my desktop, and I really am considering a netbook purchase.
Technically, stopping an action implies permanence. If you're stopping beating on someone, you probably aren't going to start up again unless the situation changes.
If you discontinue, you're halting. Halting is a temporary action with a contingency allowing for a permanent stoppage.
The issue arises from the sloppy manner in which the majority of English speakers use vocabulary. There are many nuances and degrees in the language, but people either don't know or don't care about more precise meanings, and in most communication, you can elaborate if it's not immediately understood, so precision can be expounded upon. This situation perpetuates the cycle, as people can make themselves understood eventually, so they feel it is unnecessary to clarify initial meanings.
You know, I thought the whole point of a netbook was to be cheap and portable. Why would you throw a bigger screen on it? I've got a 17" laptop. It's great for long-term use, since it has a full-sized keyboard. Great use in class, when I was taking notes. And yet I'm *still* considering grabbing a netbook and an aircard so that I'd have something tiny to carry around for if I need to look up something quickly (bus schedules, addresses, etc). Something with a larger screen would just be relegated to laptop uses, especially with an increased battery drain from the larger screen. Seriously, what's the point?
That's the shit that pisses me off. I work for a scholarly press, so I understand the necessity of continuing sales for books to ensure the viability of the press. But if you're going to make a new edition, fucking PONY UP SOME EFFORT! Add a new chapter, some footnotes, *something*. Just reprinting the book with a new cover is NOT a new edition. It's a reprint. Calling it anything else is dishonesty, really.
That way you could learn integration one hour, and find out how to use integration to solve kinetics with velocity and acceleration in the next hour.
I read that as "how to use integration to solve kinetics with Veloceraptors in the next hour." I think most classes would have been more awesome with dinosaurs.
Actually, it's the DMCA that's the issue, not Fair Use.
They're not really fronting money to publish it. The game was already finished, with a release date. Had Sony done nothing, the game would have come out in each region on all consoles simultaneously. The only thing Sony did was buy themselves a last-minute head start in software sales. If they'd been involved from the start, you'd have a point. Sorry, try again later.
How's this trolling? It's a valid complaint. Heck, Penny Arcade made that comment a bunch of times both in news posts and comic form. Hell, I couldn't play that game for all the same-same hallways.
I dunno. The ability to build mass housing for cheap is rather interesting. Why not take the plans, modify them slightly, and then have low-cost housing in North America? Habitats for Humanity would probably do quite well in this situation. There's more than just tech nerds out there, remember. There's also social sciences nerds.
*retreats to bunker with girlfriend, shoots self to prevent enemies from gaining the pleasure*
Wait. Who Godwin'd here? Does grammar nazi count as Godwinning? Or did I just do it to myself?
AAAAH!!! So confused!
Windows admin by day. Linux zealot by night. :-) Guess where I get more productive work done.
On a Mac? *innocent whistle* :)
Really, my biggest reason for not switching to *nix, and ponying up the time needed to really buckle down and learn what I need to know is that I like to play games, and I prefer them on PC rather than console. That means one machine needs Windows. Then in the interests of home compatibility, I kinda need my other machine to run Windows so I'm not fiddling with files trying to get them to work when moved from one to the other. *shrug* If there was a foolproof method of making all my stuff work on a *nix OS as well as Windows, I'd switch the one over. I did play around with Ubuntu for a while, and liked it, but not enough to sacrifice the compatibility. Yet...
I am hear all week, try the veal.
You mean "see" all week. And I hate veal. *throws a tomato* GET OFF THE STAGE!!!!
The issue is they are SCANNING THE ENTIRE HARD DRIVE. There's absolutely no reason for that. Designate a specific folder or two, and have those scanned. But there's no reason for a music service to look at my entire hard drive. I don't have any pirated materials on my computer, but I still don't want them knowing what programs I'm running, since it's none of their business.
Honestly? I'd not mind if they banned kids from certain flights. You'd never get a full ban through. That'd get you a whole whack of discrimination and civil rights suits. Not to mention that sometimes, a kid's perfectly behaved until take-off, so saying "not letting them on until they behave" doesn't work. So yeah, they have movie times set aside for people with small children, why not flights?
They could bill them as "noisy and non-noisy flights." Noisy, you can make phone calls, have kids, etc etc. Non-noisy, if you disturb other passengers, you get an FAA fine, or put on a no-fly list, or something.
That would have been funny about 3 months ago. Unfortunately for you, now Vista jokes suck like your mom. Come on, get with the times. It's Win7 now.
Dammit. After your first post, I was all set to write you off as just another *nix zealot. Then you had to go make a whole bunch of good points. Curse you and your shattering expectations. Honestly, I'd love it if nothing ran without my permission. Do I really need that document preview before I open it? Well, sometimes it'd be useful, but isn't there a way to include that in the core OS? And seriously, there's some programs I like to use, but I absolutely hate it when they load on start up. Sometimes the program has the checkbox, sometimes I need to use MSConfig. Sometimes, I'm stuck. I'd much prefer a whitelist for start up. I tell it *exactly* what I want to start up, and in what order. And honestly, it doesn't seem like it should be that hard to do. At no point in time should the programmer of Random Application X have more or easier control of my system than I do.
Which would mean that you're not saving any money by NOT taking public transit. I believe NYC has a privately owned transportation system, don't they? I'd like to see that more places.
It may have been a joke, but it certainly wasn't funny.
[citation needed]
Seriously. It's not like I paid for my A/V software. It's not like I run scans when I'm using the system, so my work isn't being slowed.
Ok, but that either means one of many things:
A) You pirated your AV software, which, being illegal, should include the full retail price when figuring out total cost of ownership
B) You have a free AV, which, might not be protecting you enough (depending on which AV you have) And either way, you aren't necessarily 100% protected without it being scanned often
I don't pirate software, and I've yet to hear anything negative against Avast, which I run in conjunction with Spy-Bot. So no, no added cost, nor comprimise in protection. And for the record, I've only ever had one virus, and it was from my roommate's computer, over the network. And he was running Windows ME. So I'd say I'm plenty protected.
As for the iWork vs. Office scenario, academic discounts are a *wonderful* thing. Or how about just OpenOffice.org? I've got that on my flash drive, for if I need to do work on someone else's computer, since there's no guarantee they'll have anything I can use. And fine, hardware costs being equal, TCO still isn't radically different.
Lastly, I'm on a Mac at work right now. I can tell you, it doesn't show file extensions all the time, either. I'd say that's even worse. Why just on some? And hell, if we're going for "easy to run untrusted stuff," installing random things in OSX is stupid easy. Easier than Windows, even, I'd say. So random programs end up on the computer, file extensions are only sporadically shown, so what's to stop someone from just double-clicking any random thing on their desktop? The only reason you don't see more Mac viruses and etc are because there's not the user base there to make the ROI worth it. You manage to infect 1% of the Mac user base, that's a pittance compared to 1% of the Windows user base. Statistics work in favour of OSX, but only because of applied "security through obscurity." Apple itself has suggested people should use A/V software on their Macs.
You know, I used to be a fairly hardcore Windows fanboy, but as I've aged, I've realized something. No OS is inherently superior. They tend to be better at different things. The failings of one could quite easily have been the failings of the other. If Apple's marketshare tripled, it'd have more viruses written for it. If Linux became more "user friendly" to compete with Windows, it'd alientate its core user base, and become less useful. To trumpet one OS over another for something like security, which is completely in the hands of the machine's admin and users is quite ridiculous. And no one's still managed to convince me OSX has a lower TCO than Windows.
No it doesn't. Not when I don't have it actively running. I only turn it on to do overnight scans. Task jobs are wonderful things, after all.
No, remember, Uranus is where the sun doesn't shine.
Best idea I've seen in the thread so far. Would it be that difficult, or resource intensive to add in a quick verification of file-types? Not being a programmer of any time, I honestly don't know, but if it can work without user intervention, or slowing the system down, it's a damned good idea.
That way, I can have one JPG file that opens in GIMP, and another that opens in Firefox?
I know, I know, that is too complicated for the user to figure out, and extensions (which are hidden) are SO much easier to figure out.
No, the issue is the massive time sink in needing to tell the OS what to open the file with on each "first-run." I rip a CD, that's 14 times telling it to, yes, open with VLC. Even batch processing would slow it down, since the OS would need to tag each file, then double-check each one if you ever tried to open them individually. And then what happens if you run, say, WMP, and it opens the files? Does it retag them to open in WMP? If it doesn't, are you going to have issues trying to run an auto-play list, since when the file opens, it might decide that it wants to run in its tagged app? Just use the "Open With" feature, since predominately, you'll want to open all of one extension with one type of application. Saves time instead of trying to remember what's tagged with what app.
Unless you're suggesting that downloaded files are already told via the metadata what to open with, which kills any security gains, and can potentially fuck up anyone who gets a file that's told to open with a program they don't have, or to open in a program that doesn't handle that file type.