I felt the same. As with all the lists that appear on/. more and more these days. Please editors, try to stay a news site, not a 'Wow look at this, this is sooooo cooooool' site! We have Digg for that.
That reminds me about XCOPY, andother fine product from Redmond. When you copied a lot of files with that you always had to check which ones it skipped. It always skipped files for no apparent reason.
"Quite unreactive" means "non totally unreactive". So the thing in Paris is indeed a rusty lump. But silicon also reacts with water and oxygen to form a layer of silicon oxide on its surface. This will increase the weight of the sphere, making this sphere just as unreliable as the lump in Paris. I really don't get why we need this sphere. And why a Sphere?? The fact that it is round means that it introduces rounding errors. Why not make a shape based on the (diamond) crystal structure of silicon? That would make much more sense to me. The fact that the sphere has to be as spherical as inhumanly possible also puzzles me. It doesn't magically become insensitive to scratching once it's perfectly round.
All in all, this looks like a very expensive hobby to me. Not much scientific value in it.
I stopped reading right after the bit about Paris Hilton. If you need her to keep your audience reading your article then either you are a bad writer or I am not the target audience.
It's not just mobile phones, but what stikes me is that the aversion of geeks to mobile phones is much stronger than to devices like MP3 players and PDAs. It must have to do with the fact that geeks are usually more eloquent in writing than in speech.
You CAN just use technology without drooling over it. You don't have to be able to "rattle off each and every model of Intel and AMD CPU and their corresponding motherboard sockets" to appreciate the usefulness of certain devices. The reason I posted the comment is that I noticed that of all the people I know, only the real geeks have a strong aversion to mobile phones. I think this is because when you carry it with you it can go off and you might have to talk to someone. Most real geeks/nerd are not very good at social talk. It took me quite some effort to convince one of them to take a mobile phone with him when on his motorbike, to be able to call someone in the case of an accident. My argument of the phone being a safety device was crucial in convincing him. Also the fact that you don't HAVE to pick it up when it rings was an eye-opener for him.
Tell me about it. I have a pacemaker. Although it doesn't make me a sporting god, it keeps me walking and being able to work. Other gadgets I find hard to live without, in order of importance (more or less):
Central heater Lamps Refridgerator Combi magnetron Water cooker Stove Mobile phone Home-built PC MacBook Pro
Luckily here in Europe the mobile phone market isn't as retarded as in America, so I guess we will get a better deal here. I can not imagine European customers would ever take the 'no WiFi unless you enter into this contract' thing. Except the extreme Apple fans of course:) The only iPhone I will buy is one without a SIM-lock and without a subscription to any provider. I already have a subscription and I don't want to have to change just to be able to use the iPhone.
From TFA: As part of the deal, Microsoft will have access to LG patents that cover computer architecture utilized in game consoles and other products and will license other LG patents that are owned by system integrator MicroConnect Group, which is based in Manchester, England.
So Microsoft 'owns' LG now, and what does LG get? A lot of hot air, it seems to me.
I'm with you completely. I once said that it's such a pity that Apple made this wonderful OS X, and then topped it off with the good-looking but really not so handy interface aqua is. Why did they not make an improved X11-like window manager with all the goodies X11 has (networking! I love to run applictions on my other machine and have the windows appear on my MacBook Pro. Why can I not do that with native OS X apps?) and an aqua-like interface?
That is good news. Although the 'normal' version works like a dream on the Mac, having it work without X11 is a bit handier. I wish I could run it on one of those new MacBook Pro's that came out just 2 minutes ago...
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So in principle I am not allowed to use a door as a table in the USA. Great law. I'm glad I live in Europe.
They were wary of Gnus, I bet!
I bet CowboyNeal killed them all.
There will be a small market. I think the world needs only 5 or so quantum computers.
I always wonder if there are people who see Bill Gates as their God like many Apple fanboys do with Steve Jobs, but I never dare look for them.
I felt the same. As with all the lists that appear on /. more and more these days. Please editors, try to stay a news site, not a 'Wow look at this, this is sooooo cooooool' site! We have Digg for that.
Ah! I understand now. I had never heard of the term. Thanks!
What is this 'elevation' you're talking about? Is that something new in Vista or just something that I am unaware of? Please enlighten me.
copy about 10% of the files then silently stop
That reminds me about XCOPY, andother fine product from Redmond. When you copied a lot of files with that you always had to check which ones it skipped. It always skipped files for no apparent reason.
"Quite unreactive" means "non totally unreactive". So the thing in Paris is indeed a rusty lump. But silicon also reacts with water and oxygen to form a layer of silicon oxide on its surface. This will increase the weight of the sphere, making this sphere just as unreliable as the lump in Paris. I really don't get why we need this sphere. And why a Sphere?? The fact that it is round means that it introduces rounding errors. Why not make a shape based on the (diamond) crystal structure of silicon? That would make much more sense to me. The fact that the sphere has to be as spherical as inhumanly possible also puzzles me. It doesn't magically become insensitive to scratching once it's perfectly round.
All in all, this looks like a very expensive hobby to me. Not much scientific value in it.
I think Flickr = GOOD. Now I'm confused...
I stopped reading right after the bit about Paris Hilton. If you need her to keep your audience reading your article then either you are a bad writer or I am not the target audience.
It's not just mobile phones, but what stikes me is that the aversion of geeks to mobile phones is much stronger than to devices like MP3 players and PDAs. It must have to do with the fact that geeks are usually more eloquent in writing than in speech.
You CAN just use technology without drooling over it. You don't have to be able to "rattle off each and every model of Intel and AMD CPU and their corresponding motherboard sockets" to appreciate the usefulness of certain devices. The reason I posted the comment is that I noticed that of all the people I know, only the real geeks have a strong aversion to mobile phones. I think this is because when you carry it with you it can go off and you might have to talk to someone. Most real geeks/nerd are not very good at social talk. It took me quite some effort to convince one of them to take a mobile phone with him when on his motorbike, to be able to call someone in the case of an accident. My argument of the phone being a safety device was crucial in convincing him. Also the fact that you don't HAVE to pick it up when it rings was an eye-opener for him.
Only real nerds don't see the value of mobile phones.
That was truly beautiful. Thanks for the link!
Tell me about it. I have a pacemaker. Although it doesn't make me a sporting god, it keeps me walking and being able to work. Other gadgets I find hard to live without, in order of importance (more or less):
Central heater
Lamps
Refridgerator
Combi magnetron
Water cooker
Stove
Mobile phone
Home-built PC
MacBook Pro
Luckily here in Europe the mobile phone market isn't as retarded as in America, so I guess we will get a better deal here. I can not imagine European customers would ever take the 'no WiFi unless you enter into this contract' thing. Except the extreme Apple fans of course :)
The only iPhone I will buy is one without a SIM-lock and without a subscription to any provider. I already have a subscription and I don't want to have to change just to be able to use the iPhone.
Very good point. I never thought about that.
Yours was the only post this thread needed. And first post too! If I had mod points I would mod you up.
/. editors, sometimes no news is better than a random rant from a clueless person.
Oh, and one more thing... Please
Why the hell is this funny? This is one of the most arrogant and self-centered comments I've ever come across on /.
From TFA: As part of the deal, Microsoft will have access to LG patents that cover computer architecture utilized in game consoles and other products and will license other LG patents that are owned by system integrator MicroConnect Group, which is based in Manchester, England.
So Microsoft 'owns' LG now, and what does LG get? A lot of hot air, it seems to me.
I'm with you completely. I once said that it's such a pity that Apple made this wonderful OS X, and then topped it off with the good-looking but really not so handy interface aqua is. Why did they not make an improved X11-like window manager with all the goodies X11 has (networking! I love to run applictions on my other machine and have the windows appear on my MacBook Pro. Why can I not do that with native OS X apps?) and an aqua-like interface?
That is good news. Although the 'normal' version works like a dream on the Mac, having it work without X11 is a bit handier. I wish I could run it on one of those new MacBook Pro's that came out just 2 minutes ago...
Yep, and the moon doesn't have a greenhouse problem that converting all the excess CO2 to space elevator would solve nicely.