Office XP. Dreamweaver MX. Mac OS X. And now Photoshop CS. I miss the days when version numbers let you know exactly how long it had been since you upgraded. It gets worse when they have to add numbers to the letters, a la "Dreamweaver XP 2004" or "Mac OS X 10.2". You practically have to hire a geek just to know if you still need to upgrade or not.
What's the next version of Windows supposed to be called, again? Is it "Windows XP 2005" or "Windows XP 6.0"?
The last time I tried to pick up a beautiful woman at a bar, she threw my pork tenderloin at my head. I never did get the bbq sauce stain out of my shirt. So sure, I'll buy some.
Google gives good search results except when the law tells them not to -- and even then, they give you a link telling you that results were removed, and why.
Google self-censors already, anyway -- by altering their PageLink algorithm when certain dishonest sites try rigging Google's system for better page results. This sort of self-censorship is a Good Thing.
If you want a completely "open" search engine, you're probably going to keep looking. Other engines are increasingly giving into advertising boosting search results, and probably nobody has the breadth and depth of Google's database. You might not like the fact that they have to comply with the law in order to keep returning results at all, but believe me, they don't like it either, and they do all they can to remain honest.
That included MS Office, Open Office and Appleworks. I replaced them with Wordpad and similar "silly" editors.
You're not a moron, you're brilliant. Very rarely will any student who isn't working on a thesis, a novel or a newsletter need to use software as sophisticated as MS Office. Spreadsheets, databases and the like are a waste of hard drive space.
For writing short papers, and even long ones, a micro-WP like WordPad or Apple's TextEdit is just right for the job. The only other thing a student could possibly justify wanting is Powerpoint-like software for making classroom presentations. (Actually, come to think of it, you should be prepared for that request near the end of the semester.)
The persistent lack of guilt over online copying suggests that the record industry's antipiracy campaign, billed as a last-ditch effort to reverse a protracted sales slump, is only the beginning of the difficult process of persuading large numbers of people to buy music again.
I had the feeling that sentence was explicitly intended to be dripping with sarcasm. I could see the subtext as if it were in bright blinking neon: "The record industry would be much more effective at persuading people to buy music if they didn't feel like they were constantly being taken advantage of at the register."
So you get a 25GB drive for $500. If you take out all the MP3s and MPEGs and 3D videogames from your typical PC, you don't need a third of the harddrive space any longer. And a flash drive at 25GB would be ideal for an ultra-lightweight laptop, especially since the boot and sleep time would be next to nothing and battery life would be dramatically extended compared to a HDD laptop.
Don't like it? Wait a bit longer until flash memory drops to $5/GB and you can get your 100GB drive for the same price.
Solid state storage is nowhere near achieving the densities of hard disks.
Perhaps not now. But I can buy a CompactFlash card in capacities from as little as 8MB to as large as 4GB today, and they're all the same physical size. It's just a matter of time (and cost) before 40GB CF cards are available to the masses.
Yahoo Messenger is fucking annoying, doing such lovely things as dragging me out of other applications with its 'user is online' messages and popping new message windows to the front.
Don't you ever browse your application preferences when you install new software? YM lets you check boxes specifically to disable that sort of thing:
At the top of the "Messages" panel, you see "When I receive a new message". Change it from "Automatically show the message window" to "Minimize the message window to the taskbar" and uncheck "Show messages at the bottom right of the screen".
In the "Alerts and Sounds" panel, uncheck "Enable sound alerts", look at the "Alert me when:" box and select "A friend comes online", then below "Alert me by:" uncheck both "Showing a message at the bottom right corner of screen" and "Displaying a message box".
Geez, Yahoo is probably the most customizable IM client out there. You don't have to like it, but at least admit that it's only annoying because you didn't bother to customize it.
I think someday cost will be less of an issue than convenience. Think of the state of monitors today: LCD sales are going well, and while they haven't replaced CRTs yet, they're on their way. Apple no longer sells CRTs at all. This is despite the fact that CRTs are cheaper for the same size screen, because LCDs have a significant edge in size, weight and power consumption.
Flash memormay be around $100/GB right now, but if that drops low enough (say $20/GB), it'll be enough to replace HDDs regardless of how cheap the HDDs are, because (again) the convenience of size and energy consumption outweigh a small enough difference in price.
We don't NEED publishers, record labels and their various executives anymore, do we? Self-publishing and self-recording is now simple and cheap to do. Digital downloading and print-on-demand have made it a snap.
Sure... if you're one of the privileged who owns a PC with a broadband connection. The rest of the entertainment-buying planet is SOL in your scenario.
While I find this perfume intriguing, I didn't realize it was already so popular as to be invoked as a profanity. Is it some kind of god where you live?
Kind of strange that there are so few from US that emmigrate to Canada given that Canada is objectively a better place to live.
People stay where they are for a variety of reasons -- proximity to family, familiarity with their city or region, nice weather, etc. For most people, those factors are significantly more important than free government health care or the ability to legally give the RIAA the finger.
From the article image caption, accompanying a projection of Cameron Diaz: Researchers say the heliodisplay can be used to interact with images of movie stars and others.
Which is why TV remote controls, mobile phones etc only have one button.:-)
Y'know, there's a company that actually does sell replacement remotes for TVs that are explicitly slimmed down: power on/off, volume up and down, channel up and down. Five buttons and no more, which is as simple as a TV remote can get.
And mobile phone makers have been rapidly implementing voice-command dialing, so you can just say "call Mom" (once her number's programmed in) and not have to press any buttons at all.
Bluetooth is a standard technology, as is USB, which the corded Apple keyboards use. I imagine (with no certainty whatsoever) that you'd be able to use them with a PC without much difficulty.
From macNN's blurb: "Ready to use out of the box, the Apple Wireless Mouse features two Energizer e2 AA batteries providing up to three months of use. The Apple Wireless Keyboard features four Energizer e2 AA batteries providing up to nine months of use, according to Apple."
Not a big deal, even if you use disposable batteries.
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Office XP. Dreamweaver MX. Mac OS X. And now Photoshop CS. I miss the days when version numbers let you know exactly how long it had been since you upgraded. It gets worse when they have to add numbers to the letters, a la "Dreamweaver XP 2004" or "Mac OS X 10.2". You practically have to hire a geek just to know if you still need to upgrade or not.
What's the next version of Windows supposed to be called, again? Is it "Windows XP 2005" or "Windows XP 6.0"?
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Bruce Schneier is famous for his work with cryptography research (ever heard of twofish? blowfish, maybe?)
Was he responsible for Swordfish too? Because if so, I've just lost all professional respect for him.
If I offer self-propelled airborn pork insurance
The last time I tried to pick up a beautiful woman at a bar, she threw my pork tenderloin at my head. I never did get the bbq sauce stain out of my shirt. So sure, I'll buy some.
Google gives good search results except when the law tells them not to -- and even then, they give you a link telling you that results were removed, and why.
Google self-censors already, anyway -- by altering their PageLink algorithm when certain dishonest sites try rigging Google's system for better page results. This sort of self-censorship is a Good Thing.
If you want a completely "open" search engine, you're probably going to keep looking. Other engines are increasingly giving into advertising boosting search results, and probably nobody has the breadth and depth of Google's database. You might not like the fact that they have to comply with the law in order to keep returning results at all, but believe me, they don't like it either, and they do all they can to remain honest.
That included MS Office, Open Office and Appleworks. I replaced them with Wordpad and similar "silly" editors.
You're not a moron, you're brilliant. Very rarely will any student who isn't working on a thesis, a novel or a newsletter need to use software as sophisticated as MS Office. Spreadsheets, databases and the like are a waste of hard drive space.
For writing short papers, and even long ones, a micro-WP like WordPad or Apple's TextEdit is just right for the job. The only other thing a student could possibly justify wanting is Powerpoint-like software for making classroom presentations. (Actually, come to think of it, you should be prepared for that request near the end of the semester.)
I vote for embedding artist PayPal addresses in mp3s.
A wonderful idea, until the first person discovers that that particular block of text can be edited.
The persistent lack of guilt over online copying suggests that the record industry's antipiracy campaign, billed as a last-ditch effort to reverse a protracted sales slump, is only the beginning of the difficult process of persuading large numbers of people to buy music again.
I had the feeling that sentence was explicitly intended to be dripping with sarcasm. I could see the subtext as if it were in bright blinking neon: "The record industry would be much more effective at persuading people to buy music if they didn't feel like they were constantly being taken advantage of at the register."
It was as simple as changing the version number being sent. No big deal.
Until Yahoo changes their setup to recognize that version number, too. Repeat ad nauseam.
but $2000 for a 100GB drive seems a little steep.
So you get a 25GB drive for $500. If you take out all the MP3s and MPEGs and 3D videogames from your typical PC, you don't need a third of the harddrive space any longer. And a flash drive at 25GB would be ideal for an ultra-lightweight laptop, especially since the boot and sleep time would be next to nothing and battery life would be dramatically extended compared to a HDD laptop.
Don't like it? Wait a bit longer until flash memory drops to $5/GB and you can get your 100GB drive for the same price.
Solid state storage is nowhere near achieving the densities of hard disks.
Perhaps not now. But I can buy a CompactFlash card in capacities from as little as 8MB to as large as 4GB today, and they're all the same physical size. It's just a matter of time (and cost) before 40GB CF cards are available to the masses.
Don't you ever browse your application preferences when you install new software? YM lets you check boxes specifically to disable that sort of thing:
- At the top of the "Messages" panel, you see "When I receive a new message". Change it from "Automatically show the message window" to "Minimize the message window to the taskbar" and uncheck "Show messages at the bottom right of the screen".
- In the "Alerts and Sounds" panel, uncheck "Enable sound alerts", look at the "Alert me when:" box and select "A friend comes online", then below "Alert me by:" uncheck both "Showing a message at the bottom right corner of screen" and "Displaying a message box".
Geez, Yahoo is probably the most customizable IM client out there. You don't have to like it, but at least admit that it's only annoying because you didn't bother to customize it.Is cost not a good enough reason for you?
I think someday cost will be less of an issue than convenience. Think of the state of monitors today: LCD sales are going well, and while they haven't replaced CRTs yet, they're on their way. Apple no longer sells CRTs at all. This is despite the fact that CRTs are cheaper for the same size screen, because LCDs have a significant edge in size, weight and power consumption.
Flash memormay be around $100/GB right now, but if that drops low enough (say $20/GB), it'll be enough to replace HDDs regardless of how cheap the HDDs are, because (again) the convenience of size and energy consumption outweigh a small enough difference in price.
We don't NEED publishers, record labels and their various executives anymore, do we? Self-publishing and self-recording is now simple and cheap to do. Digital downloading and print-on-demand have made it a snap.
Sure... if you're one of the privileged who owns a PC with a broadband connection. The rest of the entertainment-buying planet is SOL in your scenario.
the breeder reactor this Boy Scout was cooking up. Good way to win a Darward Award while still living if you ask me
Is it irony that building a reactor that breeds can make the builder incapable of same?
How the fcuk do they expect to ....
While I find this perfume intriguing, I didn't realize it was already so popular as to be invoked as a profanity. Is it some kind of god where you live?
I don't know how diffiacult it is or about their acceptaince ratios, but if you got an education it should not be that hard.
Judging from your mastery of English, I'd say you have an uphill battle.
Kind of strange that there are so few from US that emmigrate to Canada given that Canada is objectively a better place to live.
People stay where they are for a variety of reasons -- proximity to family, familiarity with their city or region, nice weather, etc. For most people, those factors are significantly more important than free government health care or the ability to legally give the RIAA the finger.
Only problem with that is you can't get a second (or third) mouse built-into a notebook.
The OS X equivalent of a right-click is a ctrl-click. There, you have two buttons built right in.
Ohhhhhhh CAAAANAADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Our home and native land!!!!
w00t!
If all Canadians sing that badly, it's no wonder the RIAA's turned a blind eye to your entire country.
From the article image caption, accompanying a projection of Cameron Diaz: Researchers say the heliodisplay can be used to interact with images of movie stars and others.
I'm not even going to touch that one.
Which is why TV remote controls, mobile phones etc only have one button.:-)
Y'know, there's a company that actually does sell replacement remotes for TVs that are explicitly slimmed down: power on/off, volume up and down, channel up and down. Five buttons and no more, which is as simple as a TV remote can get.
And mobile phone makers have been rapidly implementing voice-command dialing, so you can just say "call Mom" (once her number's programmed in) and not have to press any buttons at all.
That seems like more of an announcement suiting the frontpages of this hallowed bytespace.
Not until it's proved to be compatible with WINE, it's not.
Bluetooth is a standard technology, as is USB, which the corded Apple keyboards use. I imagine (with no certainty whatsoever) that you'd be able to use them with a PC without much difficulty.
From macNN's blurb: "Ready to use out of the box, the Apple Wireless Mouse features two Energizer e2 AA batteries providing up to three months of use. The Apple Wireless Keyboard features four Energizer e2 AA batteries providing up to nine months of use, according to Apple."
Not a big deal, even if you use disposable batteries.