It would be great for batch rendering. Sure, the hardware might not be optimized for it, but it would probably be cheaper than renting one that is. And running it during off-hours is actually a plus: set up a scene during the day, render overnight, then see the results in the morning.
I was remotely interested in. Seriously, for all the hype and coverage this thing is getting, it's still just a computer. A really crappy computer with a really good interface. Now, if someone were to take the iPad screen and put it on a laptop with decent power and a full set of i/o ports, then we can talk about it. Until then, the only thing I want to hear about it is "yes, it blends".
Your argument fails based on one premise: that color-blindness is not a handicap. Changing someone's eyes from brown to blue offers them no advantage. Giving them better ability to distinguish color does. Would you refuse glasses if your vision was 20/60? Hopefully not. Would you refuse prosthetics if you lost your legs?
Regardless of how well-designed interfaces should be (and often aren't), there will always be some things that rely on color. Art is probably hard to appreciate fully. Can they get by without seeing full color? Probably. Would they prefer seeing like the majority of the species? Probably.
I don't favor forcing people to take the treatment. I also don't favor forcing them not to get it.
Obviously, just like pop-up blockers can be overridden to open in a new window, there should be a way to override it. Come to think of it, automatically doing a reverse DNS lookup on any IP addresses in hyperlinks might be better.
Never follow a link that isn't a DNS name. Someone should write an addon that disables IP addresses for links, since they are almost always pointed at evil sites anyways. The only time I enter an IP is to connect to one machine on the LAN.
The information on how to build nukes hasn't been that hard to find since the seventies. There are actually some full designs that are declassified, due to some weird loophole in Swedish (I think) law.
The difficulty has almost always been materials. There is not yet a way to transmit plutonium over TCP.
Then we nuke them back to the Stone Age. Most of the ICBMs still use inertial or starlight based navigation, and you don't need precision when you have brute force.
I was talking about switching the mic or headphone jacks to line in, not the SPDIF. Moot point, since I just poked around the driver controls. No changes. Although setting the gain lower on the mic could probably give me the same effect as line in.
At least on my laptop. It has the normal three jacks, but I only just now saw that one was not the "line in", but an "SPDIF Out". Doesn't affect me either way, since I don't use either, but that may be behind some of the displacement. My drivers could probably change it around, though.
There are sports nerds. The guys who memorize every stat for everyone on all thirty-something teams. I may not partake in that, but I will recognize it as something nerd.
Of course, we are both going to be sued by the NFL for using the words in the comment title, so who cares? See you in court, co-defendant.
Do you consider your email address private info, need-to-know only? With a decent spam filter and easy-to-use block features, it really isn't a problem. I provide mine to pretty much anyone who asks. The only thing I do is keep it in a non-scrapable format, to keep it from getting on too many spam lists.
I actually hope they try to sue someone for this. Once they publicly try to completely violate a paying customer's rights like that, they'll get so much backlash and such a sound legal thrashing that they won't mess with anyone for decades.
They know, absolutely, that they're going to lose. So what reason could they have for suing?
Well, they're about as unknown on the Internet as possible. No Wikipedia entry, and their website seems to be hidden, unless they call themselves "Blues Destiny Records" when not filing frivolous lawsuits. Maybe they just want some attention?
Which raises the question:
Is a lawsuit against the two biggest companies in technology cheaper than buying some ads?
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It would be great for batch rendering. Sure, the hardware might not be optimized for it, but it would probably be cheaper than renting one that is. And running it during off-hours is actually a plus: set up a scene during the day, render overnight, then see the results in the morning.
I was remotely interested in. Seriously, for all the hype and coverage this thing is getting, it's still just a computer. A really crappy computer with a really good interface. Now, if someone were to take the iPad screen and put it on a laptop with decent power and a full set of i/o ports, then we can talk about it. Until then, the only thing I want to hear about it is "yes, it blends".
Just wait for the dual-PCB cards. Quad-SLI, anybody?
Your argument fails based on one premise: that color-blindness is not a handicap. Changing someone's eyes from brown to blue offers them no advantage. Giving them better ability to distinguish color does. Would you refuse glasses if your vision was 20/60? Hopefully not. Would you refuse prosthetics if you lost your legs?
Regardless of how well-designed interfaces should be (and often aren't), there will always be some things that rely on color. Art is probably hard to appreciate fully. Can they get by without seeing full color? Probably. Would they prefer seeing like the majority of the species? Probably.
I don't favor forcing people to take the treatment. I also don't favor forcing them not to get it.
Obviously, just like pop-up blockers can be overridden to open in a new window, there should be a way to override it. Come to think of it, automatically doing a reverse DNS lookup on any IP addresses in hyperlinks might be better.
Never follow a link that isn't a DNS name. Someone should write an addon that disables IP addresses for links, since they are almost always pointed at evil sites anyways. The only time I enter an IP is to connect to one machine on the LAN.
The information on how to build nukes hasn't been that hard to find since the seventies. There are actually some full designs that are declassified, due to some weird loophole in Swedish (I think) law. The difficulty has almost always been materials. There is not yet a way to transmit plutonium over TCP.
Then we nuke them back to the Stone Age. Most of the ICBMs still use inertial or starlight based navigation, and you don't need precision when you have brute force.
I was talking about switching the mic or headphone jacks to line in, not the SPDIF. Moot point, since I just poked around the driver controls. No changes. Although setting the gain lower on the mic could probably give me the same effect as line in.
At least on my laptop. It has the normal three jacks, but I only just now saw that one was not the "line in", but an "SPDIF Out". Doesn't affect me either way, since I don't use either, but that may be behind some of the displacement. My drivers could probably change it around, though.
I seem to be incapable of writing a cynical, sarcastic comment on this, so good job EU! Let's hope Congress takes the hint as well.
There are sports nerds. The guys who memorize every stat for everyone on all thirty-something teams. I may not partake in that, but I will recognize it as something nerd. Of course, we are both going to be sued by the NFL for using the words in the comment title, so who cares? See you in court, co-defendant.
One hiccup from the sun... or a high-altitude thermonuclear detonation.
One, that the courts took this long to get this far. Two, that the dude actually wants to stay in the dorms.
and only imitation leather? What a rip-off.
Sonuva... how the hell did I do that math wrong?
I do not like that poor kids chances. 24 weeks early = 50% mortality.
Do you consider your email address private info, need-to-know only? With a decent spam filter and easy-to-use block features, it really isn't a problem. I provide mine to pretty much anyone who asks. The only thing I do is keep it in a non-scrapable format, to keep it from getting on too many spam lists.
I actually hope they try to sue someone for this. Once they publicly try to completely violate a paying customer's rights like that, they'll get so much backlash and such a sound legal thrashing that they won't mess with anyone for decades.
They know, absolutely, that they're going to lose. So what reason could they have for suing? Well, they're about as unknown on the Internet as possible. No Wikipedia entry, and their website seems to be hidden, unless they call themselves "Blues Destiny Records" when not filing frivolous lawsuits. Maybe they just want some attention? Which raises the question: Is a lawsuit against the two biggest companies in technology cheaper than buying some ads?