How many Aussies will take to the streets after reading this? Ehhhh... there's one! Oh, that's just a pedestrian... how about that one?!! Nope. Going to his car.
Like most Australians, I don't live anywhere near Perth. However, I did recently switch to iiNet as my ISP, and its fight against the Powers of Darkness has made me very pleased with the switch - aside from the fact that they are a good ISP in general. I feel like I am backing the right crowd.
iiNet has been winning in court so far, so being their customer and recommending them to other people is a practical way of supporting them.
34% of the population has an IQ between 85 and 100 - and most people (68%) have an IQ between 85 and 115. Just over 2% of the population has an IQ over 130.
So TV caters for the IQ 85-115 crowd and not for the IQ 130+ crowd... and only occasionally for the IQ 115+ crowd (16% of population).
Smart people are a minority. TV is not "dumbed down", it is just catering to the average, that is, to the largest audience. Like most people who belong to niche groups, you have to find your own entertainment.
Just get all the machines to log into a server. Then wipe the server. It is much faster if the machines share a single common wiped drive than all the machines trying to have their own dedicated wiped drive.
I so want the NBN service now. At the next election, there is likely to be a change of government and the current opposition claim that they will cut back the scope of the NBN project (like only provide wifi and/or fibre to the neighbourhood instead of providing fibre to the home).
I want the NBN to do my town before the next election (we are on the list, but it could take years for them to get to us).
Apparently up until now, a lot of the penguins wouldn't let the Google camera vans drive onto their glaciers.
Now that's been sorted out (yep, Google bought out the penguins AND got Motorola into the bargain), so Google has been able to map the whole Antarctic glacial flow.
A random picture from a glacier's street view is below: | | | | | | | | | | (Sorry about the blizzard)
For me the centerpiece of the OS is the file manager and the tools to do my tasks. I don't want to have to depend on just a browser or webapps that don't have local code to run from your physical computer. We know the cloud is not 100% reliable (sure, it's not 100% unreliable either, but until there's no choice but to use it, I want to use that choice).
For me, latency is one of the many issues. Haven't you ever had your Internet connection crawling at a snail's pace because of congestion?
Who wants their app data stored on such an iffy environment? Maybe higher bandwidth would help, but I am about 5 kilometres from the nearest phone exchange and I only get about 400 KB/second max - often less (like when a family member is watching YouTube).
And then there is this thing called the Pacific Ocean, which many of my packets have to cross...
It's generally better to start a project from "I want to accomplish [x], so what do I need?" rather than "I have [x], so what can I accomplish with it?" The first approach will be much more focused and more likely to succeed.
Rubbish. That is waterfall methodology all over.
Sometimes you don't know what you want to accomplish until you know what is possible. The problem with technology is that many people don't ask for what they want because it has never occurred to them that it is possible. They don't even know what they want because they cannot articulate a need that they have no words or concepts for.
Looking at what is possible can help someone to clarify their real needs and desires. That is what this guy wants. A few hints about what is possible, about what other people are doing, not a sanctimonious lecture about the need to define your goals at the start of a project.
Any time now, someone will implement the Linux kernel in Javascript, so that you can run Linux apps in your browser - like a database server or a web server.
...will be called "A Star is Torn"... and the climax will be when the "twin beams of matter and energy which blasted out from the poles of the disk" cross over each other, causing the black hole to explode "into torrents of melted marshmallow".
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"I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong" - Steve Jobs
$100 million down, $39.9 billion to go.
Um, Steve is no longer around to spend ANY more pennies from Apple's banked billions ... so I'd say he's missed the target.
How many Aussies will take to the streets after reading this? Ehhhh... there's one! Oh, that's just a pedestrian... how about that one?!! Nope. Going to his car.
Like most Australians, I don't live anywhere near Perth. However, I did recently switch to iiNet as my ISP, and its fight against the Powers of Darkness has made me very pleased with the switch - aside from the fact that they are a good ISP in general. I feel like I am backing the right crowd.
iiNet has been winning in court so far, so being their customer and recommending them to other people is a practical way of supporting them.
The thought of giant CO2 scrubbing plastic trees seems like ...
...it should be followed by a comment about welcoming our new overlords.
34% of the population has an IQ between 85 and 100 - and most people (68%) have an IQ between 85 and 115.
Just over 2% of the population has an IQ over 130.
So TV caters for the IQ 85-115 crowd and not for the IQ 130+ crowd ... and only occasionally for the IQ 115+ crowd (16% of population).
Smart people are a minority. TV is not "dumbed down", it is just catering to the average, that is, to the largest audience. Like most people who belong to niche groups, you have to find your own entertainment.
Centralisation is faster.
Just get all the machines to log into a server. Then wipe the server. It is much faster if the machines share a single common wiped drive than all the machines trying to have their own dedicated wiped drive.
Whatever happened to tests like drinking the interview panel under the table?
Now that is a skill needed on the job.
Contest:
Have all the students submit ideas, then let them vote on which project to do.
I'm guessing 50 school kids can come up with some pretty unique ideas.
But what if the idea they vote for is to submit the problem to an online tech forum ... um, like Slashdot?
I so want the NBN service now. At the next election, there is likely to be a change of government and the current opposition claim that they will cut back the scope of the NBN project (like only provide wifi and/or fibre to the neighbourhood instead of providing fibre to the home).
I want the NBN to do my town before the next election (we are on the list, but it could take years for them to get to us).
kinda like an operating system... it doesn't really matter which one you run.
That, sir, is heresy!
This is why we have the phrase 'You are what you eat," after all.
Unless you are an autophage, in which case you eat what you are.
From TFA
I would hate for record labels to face an income gap toward the end of their lives.
So end their lives sooner. No gap left then.
I'd find the source code to this Debian package and start by reading it:
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/h/hello/hello_2.6-1_i386.deb
Must admit, I don't know how they got it all the way up version 2.6 ... what features did they add? And WHAT bugs did they fix?????
Apparently up until now, a lot of the penguins wouldn't let the Google camera vans drive onto their glaciers.
Now that's been sorted out (yep, Google bought out the penguins AND got Motorola into the bargain), so Google has been able to map the whole Antarctic glacial flow.
A random picture from a glacier's street view is below:
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So, which computer do I have to sleep with to get an A in this paper?
(b) the robot effed up first, then the human took over and attempted (unsuccessfully) to recover
Thus proving that robots are only human.
Well, obviously the far side of the moon didn't have to be finished off. No one was going to see it.
The whole damn site is a privacy violation.
You could say that about the entire Internet.
I have been using XFCE for years.
Now Linus has switched, making XFCE suddenly the cool kids' GUI.
Don't I feel special, suddenly.
For me the centerpiece of the OS is the file manager and the tools to do my tasks. I don't want to have to depend on just a browser or webapps that don't have local code to run from your physical computer. We know the cloud is not 100% reliable (sure, it's not 100% unreliable either, but until there's no choice but to use it, I want to use that choice).
For me, latency is one of the many issues. Haven't you ever had your Internet connection crawling at a snail's pace because of congestion?
Who wants their app data stored on such an iffy environment? Maybe higher bandwidth would help, but I am about 5 kilometres from the nearest phone exchange and I only get about 400 KB/second max - often less (like when a family member is watching YouTube).
And then there is this thing called the Pacific Ocean, which many of my packets have to cross...
Give me local storage.
It's generally better to start a project from "I want to accomplish [x], so what do I need?" rather than "I have [x], so what can I accomplish with it?" The first approach will be much more focused and more likely to succeed.
Rubbish. That is waterfall methodology all over.
Sometimes you don't know what you want to accomplish until you know what is possible. The problem with technology is that many people don't ask for what they want because it has never occurred to them that it is possible. They don't even know what they want because they cannot articulate a need that they have no words or concepts for.
Looking at what is possible can help someone to clarify their real needs and desires. That is what this guy wants. A few hints about what is possible, about what other people are doing, not a sanctimonious lecture about the need to define your goals at the start of a project.
I just type in the command "OVERRIDE" and then the ATM does whatever I want.
Any time now, someone will implement the Linux kernel in Javascript, so that you can run Linux apps in your browser - like a database server or a web server.
Don't set up your Wifi router near a college dorm.
...will be called "A Star is Torn" ... and the climax will be when the "twin beams of matter and energy which blasted out from the poles of the disk" cross over each other, causing the black hole to explode "into torrents of melted marshmallow".
Just predict that someone will get sick ... and then inject them with the illness you predicted.
100% success rate.
What's so hard about it?