You are right!! But don't leave the internet, just get a Facebook profile and meet chicks. Slashdot is just full of old gizzards, with too little to say. At least for the last 5 years, we keep missing the old days. I miss the old days when the old days I missed were filled with good tech stuff. Now I just miss the more recent old days when dump people and astroturfers did not rule this place. In fact, that's just one of the reasons I stay, to try and fight a little of the bullshit I see written here, but I'm getting too old for that, too.
Who cares? If I say you are being pressured to say something, the fact that you deny it is worth zero, for that specific matter. You should deny it based , for instance, on his reputation and stuff, but not on his denying it.
What you say doesn't make sense. Research doesn't have to be incremental. If all research had to have an obvious purpose for you, by its own definition, science could not go further than what you are able to grasp. I don't think we can afford that.
For instance, you talk about studying cows chewing as something ridiculous. There is a lot of research like that, for two main purposes. One is improving productivity. The cow is a beef making machine, and knowing how it works can obviously improve yield. That means money, and an incrementally reduced chance of starving. The other is global warming. The cows digestion involves a lot of gas. Cows expel lots of greenhouse gasses, large enough to mess with Kyoto protocol compliance, if you actually cared about that. Knowing how they process the food can help in reducing that emissions.
Of course, you are not supposed to understand it, but the fact that you don't, isn't, and shouldn't be a prerequisite for funding.
Because most of the people who actually care about what you say already know how to use scp, and don't enjoy sharing their data with random services. I am probably lazier than you, but this is too easy, and less work that what you want.
For you: route your home server ssh port to the outside, and upload the stuff with WinSCP/plain scp.
That way, when you get home, you don't even have to type a password.
If you don't have an sshd in your home machine, just install it. For added security, use a RSA key for the ssh login instead of a login/password.
You don't need to be a genius to think of that. I posted the same thing in this thread, and I had never seen anything like that. I don't mean I am _not_ a genius, but still. It's just obvious.
I don't understand why it is insightful a comment that basically just states your lack of imagination. The display can show your finger as you slide it, so you know which button/hole you are tapping/dialing. That's the whole idea. I know touch interfaces are not that great, but there are ways to make them work, somewhat. They have been very successful with the old iPod. It doesn't have to be a good interface, it just has to be easy to learn, and well marketed.
Typical Slashdotter, going for a cheap knockoff rather than enjoy the real thing. But then again, I shouldn't expect any different.;-)
If I went and got the real thing, that would be kidnapping. This does not deprive her husband of use of the original Monica Bellucci, I'm just committing a copyright violation. That's far more socially acceptable.
Exactly. You make your own point. I saw some home improvement channel where they spent 500 dollars in making their house presentable, making a good profit. First impressions are everything.
After everybody has seen that picture, there's no way they can sell it for a good price, even if they replant the grass, some flowers, and whitewash the house. Their ability to sell the house for a good price was actually hindered.
And they are not asking for a ridiculous amount of money, either.
It doesn't matter if it's google or someone else. Having a private road can be an investment in privacy. Google, trying to make money for themselves, is damaging their property, or at least the value they perceive, due to the perceived privacy that is now destroyed. And they do so against the law. What is so wrong about trying to get a compensation?
I think we have already gone trough this before. The guys were planning on getting the laptop for $100 in the long term. In the begginning it was supposed to be higher. Add that to the fact that $100 back then were worth as much in china as 130 dollars now, and it adds up easily. I don't think OLPC actually missed the price objective (itÂs still less than . They just underestimated their enemies.
Probably, but it was too little, too late. I learned OpenOffice five years before, why would I go back? Esp. when it doesn't come with PDF output out of the box.
And I don't trust that. Every version they say they improved something. Paying all that money just to find out is not that wise.
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The GP raises an interesting point. He says that IT jobs are superfluous, and only exist due to the easiness of selling tech stuff to CxO's. Everything else gets built to support and improve installed IT systems. While I don't think it's exactly like that, I think it's an insightful point.
Of course, you could say the hypothetical aunt in this case was a victim. But the guy is extrapolating that, and that's where he fails. Idiot nephews don't usually install Linux. Nowadays someone who installs Ubuntu is going to tell you what is going on.
When someone asks about a new computer I tell them they probably want XP, but I don't know how to set it up properly, and I am not willing to maintain it. I tell them they need someone who knows, and is willing to keep it working, usually for a fee. I also say there is Ubuntu, and that I can help with that. There are some support issues solved through ssh + phone, and people eventually learn to use synaptic. For a simple firefox + skype + music library + IM + video + very casual desktop gaming + openoffice + scanner + printer computer , it's a great option. That's a good option because it requires almost no administration, and it comes for free. Those who need more, can get the alternative, but I think it's a good deal for the money.
The thing with computer games is easy. Get a console! It's too difficult to maintain a gaming computer. You can't realistically have a gaming windows computer without someone who knows their windows living in the same house.
I am in Barbados right now. I intend on trying that today at the bus station. I haven't heard young people say that word, but that's probably due my inability to decipher the accent. I'll get back to you with results tomorrow. Wish me luck.
It's similar in a lot of ways to sex education actually- It is a bit more difficult to get pregnant than sex ed would have you think.
No way. It's not difficult to get pregnant. The small suckers get everywhere! Bad handling of condoms can even cause it. There are lots of cases like that. Of course, celibacy is not a sane option. It's only reasonable to teach good practices to kids, so they can do everything they want without fscking a kid's life. Lack of knowledge is the cause of lots of pregnancies (and another is actually wanting to get pregnant!), I don't think they are exaggerating.
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You are right!!
But don't leave the internet, just get a Facebook profile and meet chicks.
Slashdot is just full of old gizzards, with too little to say.
At least for the last 5 years, we keep missing the old days. I miss the old days when the old days I missed were filled with good tech stuff. Now I just miss the more recent old days when dump people and astroturfers did not rule this place.
In fact, that's just one of the reasons I stay, to try and fight a little of the bullshit I see written here, but I'm getting too old for that, too.
Who cares?
If I say you are being pressured to say something, the fact that you deny it is worth zero, for that specific matter.
You should deny it based , for instance, on his reputation and stuff, but not on his denying it.
That, and the kitchen sink.
Maybe Songbird is what you want, although it's not ready yet.
What you say doesn't make sense.
Research doesn't have to be incremental. If all research had to have an obvious purpose for you, by its own definition, science could not go further than what you are able to grasp. I don't think we can afford that.
For instance, you talk about studying cows chewing as something ridiculous. There is a lot of research like that, for two main purposes. One is improving productivity. The cow is a beef making machine, and knowing how it works can obviously improve yield. That means money, and an incrementally reduced chance of starving.
The other is global warming. The cows digestion involves a lot of gas. Cows expel lots of greenhouse gasses, large enough to mess with Kyoto protocol compliance, if you actually cared about that. Knowing how they process the food can help in reducing that emissions.
Of course, you are not supposed to understand it, but the fact that you don't, isn't, and shouldn't be a prerequisite for funding.
Because most of the people who actually care about what you say already know how to use scp, and don't enjoy sharing their data with random services. I am probably lazier than you, but this is too easy, and less work that what you want.
For you: route your home server ssh port to the outside, and upload the stuff with WinSCP/plain scp.
That way, when you get home, you don't even have to type a password.
If you don't have an sshd in your home machine, just install it. For added security, use a RSA key for the ssh login instead of a login/password.
I'd rather have the version from Steve's long lost sister, Brenda. The iPhone BJ seems as a strong contender.
You don't need to be a genius to think of that. I posted the same thing in this thread, and I had never seen anything like that.
I don't mean I am _not_ a genius, but still. It's just obvious.
Are you saying my girlfriend is unsuccessful? Who are you to judge her?
I don't understand why it is insightful a comment that basically just states your lack of imagination.
The display can show your finger as you slide it, so you know which button/hole you are tapping/dialing.
That's the whole idea. I know touch interfaces are not that great, but there are ways to make them work, somewhat. They have been very successful with the old iPod. It doesn't have to be a good interface, it just has to be easy to learn, and well marketed.
Typical Slashdotter, going for a cheap knockoff rather than enjoy the real thing. But then again, I shouldn't expect any different. ;-)
If I went and got the real thing, that would be kidnapping. This does not deprive her husband of use of the original Monica Bellucci, I'm just committing a copyright violation. That's far more socially acceptable.
And not a criminal offense.
You are posting to the wrong story. You are probably thinking about the Large Hardon Collider.
Well, real men actually use two pointers, and cross the beams for 3d presentations.
Exactly. You make your own point.
I saw some home improvement channel where they spent 500 dollars in making their house presentable, making a good profit. First impressions are everything.
After everybody has seen that picture, there's no way they can sell it for a good price, even if they replant the grass, some flowers, and whitewash the house. Their ability to sell the house for a good price was actually hindered.
And they are not asking for a ridiculous amount of money, either.
In Emo Russia, they would punish the AC by slitting their OWN wrists!!
I repeat: sheep.
It doesn't matter if it's google or someone else. Having a private road can be an investment in privacy.
Google, trying to make money for themselves, is damaging their property, or at least the value they perceive, due to the perceived privacy that is now destroyed. And they do so against the law.
What is so wrong about trying to get a compensation?
But they were trespassing _when_ they took the pictures. That is the whole case!!
I think we have already gone trough this before.
The guys were planning on getting the laptop for $100 in the long term. In the begginning it was supposed to be higher.
Add that to the fact that $100 back then were worth as much in china as 130 dollars now, and it adds up easily.
I don't think OLPC actually missed the price objective (itÂs still less than . They just underestimated their enemies.
Yay!!!
I knew early greying would finally work for something useful!!
Probably, but it was too little, too late.
I learned OpenOffice five years before, why would I go back?
Esp. when it doesn't come with PDF output out of the box.
And I don't trust that. Every version they say they improved something. Paying all that money just to find out is not that wise.
You don't have any friends. Nobody likes you!
The GP raises an interesting point. He says that IT jobs are superfluous, and only exist due to the easiness of selling tech stuff to CxO's.
Everything else gets built to support and improve installed IT systems.
While I don't think it's exactly like that, I think it's an insightful point.
Of course, you could say the hypothetical aunt in this case was a victim.
But the guy is extrapolating that, and that's where he fails.
Idiot nephews don't usually install Linux. Nowadays someone who installs Ubuntu is going to tell you what is going on.
When someone asks about a new computer I tell them they probably want XP, but I don't know how to set it up properly, and I am not willing to maintain it. I tell them they need someone who knows, and is willing to keep it working, usually for a fee. I also say there is Ubuntu, and that I can help with that. There are some support issues solved through ssh + phone, and people eventually learn to use synaptic. For a simple firefox + skype + music library + IM + video + very casual desktop gaming + openoffice + scanner + printer computer , it's a great option.
That's a good option because it requires almost no administration, and it comes for free. Those who need more, can get the alternative, but I think it's a good deal for the money.
The thing with computer games is easy. Get a console! It's too difficult to maintain a gaming computer. You can't realistically have a gaming windows computer without someone who knows their windows living in the same house.
Why anyone would want to live there is a mystery to me. Is saving tax really worth living in a sterile cultureless city in the middle of a desert?
But Vegas is fun!!
I am in Barbados right now. I intend on trying that today at the bus station. I haven't heard young people say that word, but that's probably due my inability to decipher the accent.
I'll get back to you with results tomorrow.
Wish me luck.
It's similar in a lot of ways to sex education actually- It is a bit more difficult to get pregnant than sex ed would have you think.
No way. It's not difficult to get pregnant.
The small suckers get everywhere!
Bad handling of condoms can even cause it. There are lots of cases like that. Of course, celibacy is not a sane option.
It's only reasonable to teach good practices to kids, so they can do everything they want without fscking a kid's life. Lack of knowledge is the cause of lots of pregnancies (and another is actually wanting to get pregnant!), I don't think they are exaggerating.