"Less" is used for continuously variable amounts. The correct word when dealing with discrete quantities is "fewer". Hence, "less oil", but "fewer barrels of oil".
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The amount of oil is not continuously variable. It's "fewer molecules of oil".;)
</ScienceNazi>
I've also seen this done at my last teaching job. It was easy to spot the less computer savvy teachers, as they'd spend time playing with paper and scissors around the photocopier, while the rest of us would mostly go there to get our printouts. In fact I rarely witnessed any actual pasting, as those used to the idea would simply assemble their work freely floating on the plate. This eliminates the glue issue, but the result is always a little off since you can't directly see your work.
Ignoring the difference between D3D and DX for a while, it's weird that a company should decide to write games for a mere majority of platforms, when they could have practically all platforms instead. It's not like GL doesn't work in Windows. Also the Playstations use GL, so there's a huge unnecessary duplication effort for some games. One problem could be the Xboxes that only accept DX, though of course there's no technical reason for not using GL as well.
All the best drivers are made by heterosexual cross-dressers. Post-op transsexuals are gods at compression utilities, while operating systems are best written by eunuchs.
For there are unix who were born that way from their mother's source,
and there are unix who were made unix by men; and there are unix who
made themselves unix for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake.
(paraphrasing Matthew 19:12)
I think what the grandparent is distressed about is that they charge per core, rather than per physically discrete processor.
I don't get it. A 'core' is simply a CPU that happens to share a piece of silicon with other CPUs. Charging per a piece of silicon doesn't really reflect the computing resources available for the application.
IMHO, bittorrent should be able to run in text mode. A GUI is not just unnecessary bloat, but makes it harder to run the client on a remote server. RTorrent is a nice textmode client written for unix, so it probably compiles on OSX too.
however, while they may be real, because they comprise real human experience, they are qualitatively different.
I agree, but there are lots of problems with online relationships, though they are not inherent to the medium. In the grandparent's example, it's easy for a 56 year old male to fake being a young female. The idea bothers me, I'd much rather be conversing with the real person, since a real sexual relationship is out of the question anyway. Perhaps people don't value nonsexual friendship enough, and they try to turn everything into sex.
If you want Linux and open, you can use Intel's graphics chips right now. They have opensource drivers in the stable kernel and X.org trees. If you need badass performance for the latest games, I don't think OGP will be much better than Intel. But for example, my oldish Centrino laptop runs things like Tuxracer and Quake 3 smoothly, so the basic 3D stuff definitely works.
On the other hand, I do appreciate a good hardware hack, but that's a completely different realm from most Linux geeks' needs. A completely opensource (software) system is easy to have right now, but with an open graphics chip you'd still have most of your hardware closed.
Careful there. You're making the standard mistake that light is monocromatic.
No, I'm not making that assumption. I was talking about spectroscopy after all, and I agree with your dimensional argument.
I thought the resolution argument would be easy for/. geeks to understand, since in spectroscopy you're basically splitting the light into a 'rainbow' which is read by a CCD or something like that. More pixels mean better resolution for the spectrum. With monochromatic light, it means you have a better estimate of the central wavelength, but naturally it helps with more complex spectra as well. On a computer display, a higher resolution can help you distinguish two pictures that look identical with a low resolution, which is basically your dimensional argument:)
That means the number of 'dimensions' in the visible color-space goes up by one -- the result is that tetrachromats can see some color-pairs as being completely different, while we normal people see them as completely the same.
I think the grandparent makes a sensible point about tetrachromats having an enhanced sensory response to different colors, which probably translates to better cognitive abilities related to color.
In terms of spectroscopy, normal human vision divides the whole spectrum of visible light into three bands, while tetrachromats have four bands. So I wouldn't call it an extra dimension (though it's true in a way), but rather simply increased resolution. Compare this to spectrometers, which usually have hundreds of bands.
From what I've read, tetrachromats have the extra band in addition to the usual three of RGB, so the four are not equally spaced. IIRC, the fourth is usually very close to R or G, so the extra sensitivity is not spread throughout the spectrum.
Why is it too much to ask that if you like the CD, you pay the money?
How do you know if you like a CD, if you haven't listened to it? Many people buy CDs to support artists they like, after listening to unlicensed downloads of their songs.
I also think this is a case of car manufacturers vs. the buggy whip industry. IMHO, it's environmentally irresponsible to haul CDs around the globe, when we have a better technological alternative. I'd pay for lossless downloads at guaranteed speeds, if the alternative is mp3s at questionable quality and availability.
This looks exactly like security flaws in commercial software. Somehow the fixes are always delayed until someone makes a detailed public announcement of the bugs.
The funny thing is, I don't consider myself a Fanboy. But when I talk about the Mac, I get excited about how well it works, and people accuse me of it! Well dammit, I *am* excited about how well it works for me! And want to share it with others. At the end of the day, I don't care if people convert, as long as it's there for me.:) (But the more market share they get, the stronger they'll be, and the longer they'll be around for me:). The only reason I want people to convert, is I know it would be for *their* own good, not for validation of myself as a Fanboy.
Funny, I feel quite the same about Linux. But if you're doing marketing and/or support for a commercial company, shouldn't they be paying you?
Back in my day, we used the arrow and PgUp/Dn keys for scrolling through long documents. Kids these days, they want to use the mouse for everything (hammer/nail syndrome). I bet in a few years Microsoft mice will have 100 buttons so people can type with them, because the keyboard is just sooo old fashioned.
It's interesting to note how Unix philosophy ties in with this difference between Microsoft and open source. With unix, there's no single defined 'user experience' to be optimized, because the components can and will be combined in various ways. Then it's the individual components and the interfaces between them, that will be tweaked and optimized.
I've been thinking about the same issue. There's obviously a business angle as well -- a sensible person could share a DSL connection with a few neighbours and split the costs, but that's not how businesses like it.
It seems that in order to legally share your connection, you need to join a service like Fon where each user is carefully monitored. Goes pretty much against the whole idea of sharing, but I guess it's better than nothing.
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The amount of oil is not continuously variable. It's "fewer molecules of oil".
</ScienceNazi>
I've also seen this done at my last teaching job. It was easy to spot the less computer savvy teachers, as they'd spend time playing with paper and scissors around the photocopier, while the rest of us would mostly go there to get our printouts. In fact I rarely witnessed any actual pasting, as those used to the idea would simply assemble their work freely floating on the plate. This eliminates the glue issue, but the result is always a little off since you can't directly see your work.
Ignoring the difference between D3D and DX for a while, it's weird that a company should decide to write games for a mere majority of platforms, when they could have practically all platforms instead. It's not like GL doesn't work in Windows. Also the Playstations use GL, so there's a huge unnecessary duplication effort for some games. One problem could be the Xboxes that only accept DX, though of course there's no technical reason for not using GL as well.
For there are unix who were born that way from their mother's source, and there are unix who were made unix by men; and there are unix who made themselves unix for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake.
(paraphrasing Matthew 19:12)
I think what the grandparent is distressed about is that they charge per core, rather than per physically discrete processor.
I don't get it. A 'core' is simply a CPU that happens to share a piece of silicon with other CPUs. Charging per a piece of silicon doesn't really reflect the computing resources available for the application.
IMHO, the association of 'light pollution' with other kinds of pollution is very real when you think about the wasted electricity.
IMHO, bittorrent should be able to run in text mode. A GUI is not just unnecessary bloat, but makes it harder to run the client on a remote server. RTorrent is a nice textmode client written for unix, so it probably compiles on OSX too.
I agree, but there are lots of problems with online relationships, though they are not inherent to the medium. In the grandparent's example, it's easy for a 56 year old male to fake being a young female. The idea bothers me, I'd much rather be conversing with the real person, since a real sexual relationship is out of the question anyway. Perhaps people don't value nonsexual friendship enough, and they try to turn everything into sex.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of 48 HP 48GXs with 48 GB each.
If you want Linux and open, you can use Intel's graphics chips right now. They have opensource drivers in the stable kernel and X.org trees. If you need badass performance for the latest games, I don't think OGP will be much better than Intel. But for example, my oldish Centrino laptop runs things like Tuxracer and Quake 3 smoothly, so the basic 3D stuff definitely works.
On the other hand, I do appreciate a good hardware hack, but that's a completely different realm from most Linux geeks' needs. A completely opensource (software) system is easy to have right now, but with an open graphics chip you'd still have most of your hardware closed.
No, I'm not making that assumption. I was talking about spectroscopy after all, and I agree with your dimensional argument.
I thought the resolution argument would be easy for /. geeks to understand, since in spectroscopy you're basically splitting the light into a 'rainbow' which is read by a CCD or something like that. More pixels mean better resolution for the spectrum. With monochromatic light, it means you have a better estimate of the central wavelength, but naturally it helps with more complex spectra as well. On a computer display, a higher resolution can help you distinguish two pictures that look identical with a low resolution, which is basically your dimensional argument :)
Great. Now I need to find a damn small blank to burn the CD.
I think the grandparent makes a sensible point about tetrachromats having an enhanced sensory response to different colors, which probably translates to better cognitive abilities related to color.
In terms of spectroscopy, normal human vision divides the whole spectrum of visible light into three bands, while tetrachromats have four bands. So I wouldn't call it an extra dimension (though it's true in a way), but rather simply increased resolution. Compare this to spectrometers, which usually have hundreds of bands.
From what I've read, tetrachromats have the extra band in addition to the usual three of RGB, so the four are not equally spaced. IIRC, the fourth is usually very close to R or G, so the extra sensitivity is not spread throughout the spectrum.
How do you know if you like a CD, if you haven't listened to it? Many people buy CDs to support artists they like, after listening to unlicensed downloads of their songs.
I also think this is a case of car manufacturers vs. the buggy whip industry. IMHO, it's environmentally irresponsible to haul CDs around the globe, when we have a better technological alternative. I'd pay for lossless downloads at guaranteed speeds, if the alternative is mp3s at questionable quality and availability.
This looks exactly like security flaws in commercial software. Somehow the fixes are always delayed until someone makes a detailed public announcement of the bugs.
No, but the FSF is a bunch of Hairy Hippies, which is pretty close.
Would be great if you were releasing an oldskool unix distro, instead of these new fangled user-friendly thingies.
Funny, I feel quite the same about Linux. But if you're doing marketing and/or support for a commercial company, shouldn't they be paying you?
Back in my day, we used the arrow and PgUp/Dn keys for scrolling through long documents. Kids these days, they want to use the mouse for everything (hammer/nail syndrome). I bet in a few years Microsoft mice will have 100 buttons so people can type with them, because the keyboard is just sooo old fashioned.
How can you expect people to wear clothes, when there's so much choice?-)
It's interesting to note how Unix philosophy ties in with this difference between Microsoft and open source. With unix, there's no single defined 'user experience' to be optimized, because the components can and will be combined in various ways. Then it's the individual components and the interfaces between them, that will be tweaked and optimized.
Corrected those capitals for you ;)
Anyway, it's great that the Finnish grammar forces certain things. Otherwise we'd have crap like TeliaSonera, TietoEnator, Sampo Pankki... oh, wait..
I've been thinking about the same issue. There's obviously a business angle as well -- a sensible person could share a DSL connection with a few neighbours and split the costs, but that's not how businesses like it.
It seems that in order to legally share your connection, you need to join a service like Fon where each user is carefully monitored. Goes pretty much against the whole idea of sharing, but I guess it's better than nothing.
# USE="collapsable" CFLAGS="--omg-optimize" emerge threads
Don't you mean SSH rather than Shhh?