Unless you're in the HTML5 demo, that's still flash+h.264 you're watching. Try enabling it( http://www.youtube.com/html5 ), and see if that helps. Oh, and use FF4 or Chrome.
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Personally, I find that if I drink a lot of juice(ecpecially stuff with a lot of apple juice sweetener in it - Not lemon juice or orange) I'll get a canker sore. Sucrose-based soda has less of an effect(Like Hansens for instance). Regular HFCS-based products has/more/ of an effect than either of the above, and Glucose sweetened stuff, like those little sesame snaps they sell has a very small impact. I've also found that Vitamin C seems to help deal with the problem, though I think there's another factor I'm also missing, especially when it comes to HFCS bases stuff.
Now, sure, corrilation does not imply causation, but with enough experiments with a single common element, you should be able to tell the problem - Close enough for real-world use, anyway.
But, you know, there are plenty of ways to make money/without/ the protections of copyright or DRM. Teach people to donate(or pay for) content they like and you'll get money back. Perhaps not as much per customer as now, but you'll make some. Heck, even at a 50% piracy rate, that means that 50%/are/ paying for your works. And you cannot say that all of the people who pirate have the money to/not/ pirate - Near as I can tell, children without money pirate loads of content, but once they have a job and are able to support their favorite creaters they do so!
And, there's also the argument that if copyright was reduced to 5 years, people would pirate less - The people who could would support, the people who couldn't would either/not/ consume the content or pirate it... but they wouldn't be paying/anyway/.
Right now, there's plenty of old content that's still copyrighted, keeping it's knowledge away from the world. And most of it isn't even being published anymore, which means the authors - if they are still alive - couldn't make any more money off it/anyway/.
Seriously. Reduce copyright, provide ways for the less privledged to get access to it(ad supported stuff for instance) and you'll have a much better time arguing that people are getting hurt by piracy.
How about said authors do the right thing: Just/stop/. If you're not making money off of it, and you need said money, stop making things! Maby we'll end up with/less/ crappy movies and formula fiction. The only thing that would be left is A, things that were done for free/just because/, and B, stuff that relies on other buisness models(Like advertising - you don't pay to watch it). You might even see crowdsourced stuff: Pay upfront and everyone gets it. Sure, you wouldn't have many 100m+ budget movies... but do you need it? People will figure out ways to do things cheaper, and you'd have a/lot/ less corporate parasitism.
I suspect we'd see a lot less crap, an overall reduction in total volume, and a better signal-to-noise ratio. And that's a good thing.
Seriously, I don't see the problem with Wayland. Sure, no X11 forwarding... but after having used it a few times, I still wonder what it's good for! I mean... For most everything, a simple ssh terminal works nicely(not to mention without using much bandwidth), and for everything else VNC has better compression(Seriously, what program/doesn't/ render things with bitmaps and actually uses X stuff?) I dunno... I figure if it improves my framerate while gaming, or helps out Compiz, then more power to it. But I suspect I won't notice any difference as X only takes like 1% of one core anyway: Wine DirectX->OpenGL translaton's my bottleneck.
Hey, if the government chose my competetors in clear violation of the rules, I sure as heck would sue too. It's one thing if the government had a fair choice between them, and chose microsoft. But as we are seeing here, this isn't happening. They arbitrarially decided on microsoft in violation of the policies, all while allowing Google to think it had a chance early on.
It did take an interesting turn. Mind, my list of blue collar jobs came straight from my technical college's top programs(which produce two-year AAS degrees)... Not exactly unskilled labor. As for white collar jobs, I think of "architect" or perhaps engineer as one of the few jobs which actually produces something - Sorry, but middle managers and such don't contribute much if anything.
"While the rest of the world vies for those jobs, we should aspire to higher ones, as we are afforded the benefit of doing so" You seem to assume that we will be able to outsource all this actual/labor/ and end up with a society filled with highly educated people. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening, due to the fact that we are in debt up to our eyeballs, and/when/ our currency loses value, it will stop becoming cost effective to export labor(Already started happening). It may even be cost effective for other countries to export jobs over/here/.
"Now, I'm not saying EVERYONE needs to educate themselves, however those who can, especially those in industries which have an over supply of workers". That's true, yes, but what industry has an oversupply of workers? I seem to recal quite a few people at my technical college talking about the lack of young skilled labor in many fields, and when the old folks retire there will be no one to replace them. Personally, I'd like to see far more teens with an actual/skil/, than to see them with a useless non-technical degree struggling to get/any/ job. Remember, retraining(or taking multiple degrees) is possible, so you could say get a degree in electronics/and/ one in auto mechanics or machining - You have something to fall back on if there aren't any jobs in the preferred field, and if that doesn't work out you can use it on your own at home fixing your car or setting up a home shop and selling parts online or w/e. It's better than being, say, a paper-pusher and having no real-world skills.
Perhaps we have different meanings of the word "blue-collar". A Machinist is a blue-collar worker, but by no means could you consider such a person un-educated. A machine operator, perhaps - But for every operator or two, you need someone who knows what he's doing writing the cnc code to get the machines running in the first place. Oh, and what about things like an auto technician or welder? Both blue-collar jobs, both important and both require skills. Sure, we could all become architects - or managers - but somehow, somewhere, someone actually has to/produce/ something. And while some of it can be exported, quite a bit requires skilled blue-collar work so that the project doesn't end up on the physical equivalent of sites like http://thedailywtf.com/
If only we had more people like this around; people willing and able to void the warranty and hack things. I know there are a few, but every story like this is great. James, good work!
I think it's more because of the mass media focus towards not dropping out: If you're smart and say "I dropped out", most peole will look at you wondering why you did such a silly thing. The proper responce to that is to explain/why/ you dropped out, and avert the question.
Personally, I just went to a tech college and got a degree in Precision Machining(+cnc). Who needs to suffer through academia when there's plenty of blue-collar jobs that pay a lot out there? Especially when that four-year degree may not net you a job at all.
I think you could probably combine all the needed bits into one large "Preparing for the real world" class, which would teach a bunch of useful bits, including things like how to setup a bank account and adminster it properly, how to balance a checkbook and debit/credit card, basics of loans etc. You could also add in fractions and decimals in a/real-world/ like environment by teaching them stuff they will use every day. I would include a cheatsheet/book with the class, and teach how to use it - Instead of having people memorize useless facts, the class should be about practical stuff and where to find information if you don't know it: Stuff used every day will end up being memorized anyway.
Now, this really should be taught in highschool, and some part at 13 when you're legally allowed to have a debit card and checking acount(though no checks). The part about checks should be taught at 18 as soon as everyone's legally able to get an account. Hopefully if you did that you wouldn't end up with adults who have no clue how their credit card or other important modern things work(See http://notalwaysright.com/ for some saddening examples).
Replace "programmers" with "Microsoft" in that last sentance and you'd be closer. Seriously, I've seen OSS software take one -heck- of a lot more before breaking than Windows(Or, God forbid, some little piece of freeware/adware). OSS stuff generally works because when it breaks it gets/fixed/, and usually quickly too.
I dunno. I use that for different things(calculations[Wish I had a list of functions, though], launching scripts and a couple apps), but use the main menu for other things including launching my favorite/constantly-running programs.
I thought this at first, but now I'm not so sure. Why? The PSN is apparently down. This means that all these PS3 owners now can't play a lot of games, watch Netflix, or a lot of other things. And they will either blame Sony for it(and go buy some other device to replace it), or learn about this whole conflict -- And, hopefully, join in the boycott. It might actually do some good: Hit them in the wallet through lost games sales, and make people aware of the situation.
See, I suppose it depends on hardware and software. I took my custom-built AMD rig with it's Nvidia card and Creative Audigy 2zs sound card, installed Kubuntu on it over a year ago(9.10 at the time)... And it worked great. I had to manually install video drivers to get 3d acceleration... But that has to be done on windows, too. For me, I find Linux/just works/ far more than Windows, especially with anything programming-related. And with Crossover Games, I can even play TF2 nicely enough that I don't care about windows anymore.
Heh. Had that in KDE(/kubuntu) for years now. Mind, it's actually a good/compliment/ to a proper command line, and a definite improvement on the classic windows startmenu.
While it may not be quite the same thing, remember that Autocad has kept it's built in cli/shortcuts over -many- years and GUI revisions. The fact it hasn't been dropped means that it's useful, and indeed when took a class in it, I was constantly using it - The gui's good for some things, but nothing matches the/precision/ of the command line.
Wait a second. According to the wikipedia page, it can be recharged from empty in less than/4/ hours... with a 70A, 240V connector(Figure less than 2 in the case of TopGear's example). You simply can't -get- any more than ~1600W from a wall socket; If you want speed, you need a much bigger circuit.
I think we can probably get better charging rates, but it'll probably require a decent radiator/cooling system(Like the Tesla has) -and- a 100A+ circuit, if not 150A.
That's what md5's are for. Google turns up a number of md5 lists; I'm sure you can find one that's trustworthy. Then, just check your iso and make sure it matches.
I think they must have fixed the usb issue - I've dropped mine a number of times and had it hang by it's usb cord without ill effect; kind of amazing, really.
Oh, and yes, the software is awesome. It's nice having a/computer/ in your pocket instead of a/phone/ like an Android or iCrap. Seriously, having/no/ limit to what you can do is really nice.
Testing about:blank is one thing, but how about typical usage: At least three sites displaying different sites. As it is, we're testing the effeciency of the rest of the browser framework as much as anything, whereas with several heavy tabs running, you'd be able to test how well it scales up to normal workloads. Also, it would have been nice to see power consuption graphs for running a Youtube video(flash vs webm vs x264) in the various browsers, using plugins as needed. I mean, a very common web usage scenario is playing one or more youtube videos in a row. Running a JS benchmark? Once or twice a year max for most people.
Also, I see their graphs as showing Firefox winning. IE doesn't even count; It doesn't run cross platorm(Windows, OSX, X-based Linux at least).
What I want to know, however, is how to -increase- consumption for better performance: Sure, on a laptop you want battery life, but on your big honking desktop? I'd take performance over effeciency any day - I've got plenty of spare cycles it can use.
I agree completely. I've got the left-handed version, and while it took me a bit to get used to it, I'm much better with it now. I've got it on 3500dpi mode, and have disabled pointer acceleration in the OS... Like that it's fairly fast and accurate. I could probably handle 4000dpi though...
The answer? Nokia N900. Multitasking, the full web experience, a hardware keyboard, USB OTG for plugging in usb drives, fullsized keyboards and anything else you want* It also doesn't need a computer for anything - You can do everything but a full OS reinstall right from the device, over wifi or 3G. And all in a device that fits in the palm of your hand - No need to tote a case around everywhere.
*Requires extra community-created software.
Seriously, my N900's replaced my laptop almost entirely. In addition, I can check Slashdot at any time of the day or night without a second thought - just pull it out and hit the slashdot icon. No 1-2 minute boot sequence, no pulling out a large laptop or tablet. Just use it.
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120PSI compressed air. Works wonders.
Unless you're in the HTML5 demo, that's still flash+h.264 you're watching. Try enabling it( http://www.youtube.com/html5 ), and see if that helps. Oh, and use FF4 or Chrome.
Personally, I find that if I drink a lot of juice(ecpecially stuff with a lot of apple juice sweetener in it - Not lemon juice or orange) I'll get a canker sore. Sucrose-based soda has less of an effect(Like Hansens for instance). Regular HFCS-based products has /more/ of an effect than either of the above, and Glucose sweetened stuff, like those little sesame snaps they sell has a very small impact.
I've also found that Vitamin C seems to help deal with the problem, though I think there's another factor I'm also missing, especially when it comes to HFCS bases stuff.
Now, sure, corrilation does not imply causation, but with enough experiments with a single common element, you should be able to tell the problem - Close enough for real-world use, anyway.
But, you know, there are plenty of ways to make money /without/ the protections of copyright or DRM. Teach people to donate(or pay for) content they like and you'll get money back. Perhaps not as much per customer as now, but you'll make some. Heck, even at a 50% piracy rate, that means that 50% /are/ paying for your works. And you cannot say that all of the people who pirate have the money to /not/ pirate - Near as I can tell, children without money pirate loads of content, but once they have a job and are able to support their favorite creaters they do so!
And, there's also the argument that if copyright was reduced to 5 years, people would pirate less - The people who could would support, the people who couldn't would either /not/ consume the content or pirate it... but they wouldn't be paying /anyway/.
Right now, there's plenty of old content that's still copyrighted, keeping it's knowledge away from the world. And most of it isn't even being published anymore, which means the authors - if they are still alive - couldn't make any more money off it /anyway/.
Seriously. Reduce copyright, provide ways for the less privledged to get access to it(ad supported stuff for instance) and you'll have a much better time arguing that people are getting hurt by piracy.
How about said authors do the right thing: Just /stop/. If you're not making money off of it, and you need said money, stop making things! Maby we'll end up with /less/ crappy movies and formula fiction. The only thing that would be left is A, things that were done for free /just because/, and B, stuff that relies on other buisness models(Like advertising - you don't pay to watch it). You might even see crowdsourced stuff: Pay upfront and everyone gets it. /lot/ less corporate parasitism.
Sure, you wouldn't have many 100m+ budget movies... but do you need it? People will figure out ways to do things cheaper, and you'd have a
I suspect we'd see a lot less crap, an overall reduction in total volume, and a better signal-to-noise ratio. And that's a good thing.
Seriously, I don't see the problem with Wayland. Sure, no X11 forwarding... but after having used it a few times, I still wonder what it's good for! I mean... For most everything, a simple ssh terminal works nicely(not to mention without using much bandwidth), and for everything else VNC has better compression(Seriously, what program /doesn't/ render things with bitmaps and actually uses X stuff?)
I dunno... I figure if it improves my framerate while gaming, or helps out Compiz, then more power to it. But I suspect I won't notice any difference as X only takes like 1% of one core anyway: Wine DirectX->OpenGL translaton's my bottleneck.
Hey, if the government chose my competetors in clear violation of the rules, I sure as heck would sue too. It's one thing if the government had a fair choice between them, and chose microsoft. But as we are seeing here, this isn't happening. They arbitrarially decided on microsoft in violation of the policies, all while allowing Google to think it had a chance early on.
It did take an interesting turn. Mind, my list of blue collar jobs came straight from my technical college's top programs(which produce two-year AAS degrees)... Not exactly unskilled labor.
As for white collar jobs, I think of "architect" or perhaps engineer as one of the few jobs which actually produces something - Sorry, but middle managers and such don't contribute much if anything.
"While the rest of the world vies for those jobs, we should aspire to higher ones, as we are afforded the benefit of doing so" /labor/ and end up with a society filled with highly educated people. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening, due to the fact that we are in debt up to our eyeballs, and /when/ our currency loses value, it will stop becoming cost effective to export labor(Already started happening). It may even be cost effective for other countries to export jobs over /here/.
You seem to assume that we will be able to outsource all this actual
"Now, I'm not saying EVERYONE needs to educate themselves, however those who can, especially those in industries which have an over supply of workers". That's true, yes, but what industry has an oversupply of workers? I seem to recal quite a few people at my technical college talking about the lack of young skilled labor in many fields, and when the old folks retire there will be no one to replace them. Personally, I'd like to see far more teens with an actual /skil/, than to see them with a useless non-technical degree struggling to get /any/ job. Remember, retraining(or taking multiple degrees) is possible, so you could say get a degree in electronics /and/ one in auto mechanics or machining - You have something to fall back on if there aren't any jobs in the preferred field, and if that doesn't work out you can use it on your own at home fixing your car or setting up a home shop and selling parts online or w/e. It's better than being, say, a paper-pusher and having no real-world skills.
Also, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEM_fields
Perhaps we have different meanings of the word "blue-collar". A Machinist is a blue-collar worker, but by no means could you consider such a person un-educated. A machine operator, perhaps - But for every operator or two, you need someone who knows what he's doing writing the cnc code to get the machines running in the first place. /produce/ something. And while some of it can be exported, quite a bit requires skilled blue-collar work so that the project doesn't end up on the physical equivalent of sites like http://thedailywtf.com/
Oh, and what about things like an auto technician or welder? Both blue-collar jobs, both important and both require skills.
Sure, we could all become architects - or managers - but somehow, somewhere, someone actually has to
If only we had more people like this around; people willing and able to void the warranty and hack things. I know there are a few, but every story like this is great. James, good work!
I think it's more because of the mass media focus towards not dropping out: If you're smart and say "I dropped out", most peole will look at you wondering why you did such a silly thing. The proper responce to that is to explain /why/ you dropped out, and avert the question.
Personally, I just went to a tech college and got a degree in Precision Machining(+cnc). Who needs to suffer through academia when there's plenty of blue-collar jobs that pay a lot out there? Especially when that four-year degree may not net you a job at all.
I think you could probably combine all the needed bits into one large "Preparing for the real world" class, which would teach a bunch of useful bits, including things like how to setup a bank account and adminster it properly, how to balance a checkbook and debit/credit card, basics of loans etc. You could also add in fractions and decimals in a /real-world/ like environment by teaching them stuff they will use every day.
I would include a cheatsheet/book with the class, and teach how to use it - Instead of having people memorize useless facts, the class should be about practical stuff and where to find information if you don't know it: Stuff used every day will end up being memorized anyway.
Now, this really should be taught in highschool, and some part at 13 when you're legally allowed to have a debit card and checking acount(though no checks). The part about checks should be taught at 18 as soon as everyone's legally able to get an account.
Hopefully if you did that you wouldn't end up with adults who have no clue how their credit card or other important modern things work(See http://notalwaysright.com/ for some saddening examples).
Replace "programmers" with "Microsoft" in that last sentance and you'd be closer. Seriously, I've seen OSS software take one -heck- of a lot more before breaking than Windows(Or, God forbid, some little piece of freeware/adware). OSS stuff generally works because when it breaks it gets /fixed/, and usually quickly too.
I dunno. I use that for different things(calculations[Wish I had a list of functions, though], launching scripts and a couple apps), but use the main menu for other things including launching my favorite/constantly-running programs.
I thought this at first, but now I'm not so sure. Why? The PSN is apparently down. This means that all these PS3 owners now can't play a lot of games, watch Netflix, or a lot of other things. And they will either blame Sony for it(and go buy some other device to replace it), or learn about this whole conflict -- And, hopefully, join in the boycott.
It might actually do some good: Hit them in the wallet through lost games sales, and make people aware of the situation.
See, I suppose it depends on hardware and software. I took my custom-built AMD rig with it's Nvidia card and Creative Audigy 2zs sound card, installed Kubuntu on it over a year ago(9.10 at the time)... And it worked great. I had to manually install video drivers to get 3d acceleration... But that has to be done on windows, too. For me, I find Linux /just works/ far more than Windows, especially with anything programming-related. And with Crossover Games, I can even play TF2 nicely enough that I don't care about windows anymore.
Heh. Had that in KDE(/kubuntu) for years now. /compliment/ to a proper command line, and a definite improvement on the classic windows startmenu.
Mind, it's actually a good
While it may not be quite the same thing, remember that Autocad has kept it's built in cli/shortcuts over -many- years and GUI revisions. The fact it hasn't been dropped means that it's useful, and indeed when took a class in it, I was constantly using it - The gui's good for some things, but nothing matches the /precision/ of the command line.
Nice! Now all we need is a port for the N900... Or better yet, hook it into John or a wep-cracker; Make something both cool -and- useful!
All joking aside, cudos to you guys for creating - and releasing for free - something as cool as that. Good work!
Wait a second. According to the wikipedia page, it can be recharged from empty in less than /4/ hours... with a 70A, 240V connector(Figure less than 2 in the case of TopGear's example). You simply can't -get- any more than ~1600W from a wall socket; If you want speed, you need a much bigger circuit.
I think we can probably get better charging rates, but it'll probably require a decent radiator/cooling system(Like the Tesla has) -and- a 100A+ circuit, if not 150A.
That's what md5's are for. Google turns up a number of md5 lists; I'm sure you can find one that's trustworthy. Then, just check your iso and make sure it matches.
I think they must have fixed the usb issue - I've dropped mine a number of times and had it hang by it's usb cord without ill effect; kind of amazing, really.
Oh, and yes, the software is awesome. It's nice having a /computer/ in your pocket instead of a /phone/ like an Android or iCrap. Seriously, having /no/ limit to what you can do is really nice.
Testing about:blank is one thing, but how about typical usage: At least three sites displaying different sites. As it is, we're testing the effeciency of the rest of the browser framework as much as anything, whereas with several heavy tabs running, you'd be able to test how well it scales up to normal workloads.
Also, it would have been nice to see power consuption graphs for running a Youtube video(flash vs webm vs x264) in the various browsers, using plugins as needed. I mean, a very common web usage scenario is playing one or more youtube videos in a row. Running a JS benchmark? Once or twice a year max for most people.
Also, I see their graphs as showing Firefox winning. IE doesn't even count; It doesn't run cross platorm(Windows, OSX, X-based Linux at least).
What I want to know, however, is how to -increase- consumption for better performance: Sure, on a laptop you want battery life, but on your big honking desktop? I'd take performance over effeciency any day - I've got plenty of spare cycles it can use.
I agree completely. I've got the left-handed version, and while it took me a bit to get used to it, I'm much better with it now. I've got it on 3500dpi mode, and have disabled pointer acceleration in the OS... Like that it's fairly fast and accurate. I could probably handle 4000dpi though...
The answer? Nokia N900. Multitasking, the full web experience, a hardware keyboard, USB OTG for plugging in usb drives, fullsized keyboards and anything else you want*
It also doesn't need a computer for anything - You can do everything but a full OS reinstall right from the device, over wifi or 3G.
And all in a device that fits in the palm of your hand - No need to tote a case around everywhere.
*Requires extra community-created software.
Seriously, my N900's replaced my laptop almost entirely. In addition, I can check Slashdot at any time of the day or night without a second thought - just pull it out and hit the slashdot icon. No 1-2 minute boot sequence, no pulling out a large laptop or tablet. Just use it.