A $1k device that can store 200+ hours of degraded music!
On the other hand, one could buy a couple of Sony 400 CD changers for $400 each. Since we're talking about a component for your home sound system the better sound is worth the extra space.
MP3 is small (=portable) so why not use it where it works best? You planned on leaving the CD's at home anyway, right?
Your third paragraph,"
If the mySQL people release a free database and it loses the occasional record, and its later determined that mySQL was used to track nuclear arms and now some are missing, should the guy who wrote that code by put in jail or fined billions? I mean, he wrote the software he should provide a warranty!" does a great job of reinforcing my point. When software vendors are pressured to guarantee a product they have much more reason to ensure that it works.
Warranties generally include conditions under which they apply or are void. If the product isn't suitable for a particular use then consumers can make an informed decision about that use.
...like emailing my wife whilst at work... ...any personal files on my work PC belong to me, and not my company. Without my passphrase, they can't do shit with them...
Probably no one will ever raise a stink about stuff like this, but it's good to keep in mind that, unless you work at the world's most liberal company, both of these are probably against company rules. When the time comes that they need to cut staff, and don't want to pay severance, this stuff can put you out the door "with cause". Fired, not layed off.
If you can't trust them with your email then you're crazy to trust them with your future.
Most users I've been around wouldn't know where to find a file to click. They click "Start", "Programs", whatever their favorite program is, and start typing in the blank screen.
A few have figured out how to use "File", "Open" to get an existing file. But they still don't even know that the Windows Explorer exists, or that the My Computer icon is useful for anything.
This isn't an issue for the huge majority of people who are buying computers and software.
I started college as an architecture major. I graduated with a degree in geology. After several layoffs related to the oil bust of the 80's and a temp job installing mainframes I ended up doing admin work at a major corporation. Now I do computer work that's not taught in any classes I've found.
My well rounded education has kept food on the table for my family.
you'd be much better off to launch a pile of missiles that can maneuver and travel 10x faster than you can to get there
You'd be even better off to launch a pile of fighters armed with missiles and cannons. The Star Trek idea of starships fighting each other without fighter support is nuts.
, and it's much more difficult to shoot them down.
Not if you've got cannons on fast turrets. We've got those now on our ships.
Plus you _can_ launch them from several light-second distances, which makes dogfights impossible anyways, even if you had omnidirectional lasers. Additionally space is much much bigger than what you can get in the air here, with no obligation to get close to your enemy.
This is the same logic that caused the F4 Phantom to be initially built without close-range weapons. All it takes is one flight of highly maneuverable enemy craft to screw that theory. You might not be obligated to get close to your enemy, but they might choose to get close to you.
Plus at several light second distances, you won't be able to target your enemies anyways.
Why not. It's called leading your target. World War II naval battles were fought at several weapon-second distances all the time. And they weren't using guided missiles.
I like the opening scenes (hate the music). The characters seem to have some depth and kick butt/take names when needed.
I was amazed by the technology that allows whole cities to be moved around. The last time I drove through Broken Bow, OK all I saw was pine trees and rocks since it's located in the Oachita Mountains. Moving it NW 300 miles to the Panhandle grain fields was a neat trick.
The Vulcans seemed a bit edgy and antagonistic. They need some work, except for T'Pol who apparently has had lots of work done already;)
Actually no ship should have lasers, or any other beam weapon for that matter. At least not as their primary kick'n'ass weapon.
They'd be pointless.
Any battle will most likely be faught at several light-second distances, and missiles with laser cannons would be far more likely a choice.
That same line of reasoning was applied to every generation of fighter planes till the middle of the Viet Nam conflict. The designers kept saying that the planes just needed lots of speed and missiles then they would never get close enough for guns.
Every time they ended up sticking a gun on somewhere after the first few dogfights. There's no reason to expect that spaceship fights would turn out any different.
Are the makers of box knives and other pointy objects responsible for the 9/11 atrocity? The world is clearly not capable of ethically using them.
Ropes have been used to kill a lot of people. Any piece of cord - or guitar string, pant leg, shirt sleeve, necktie, hosiery,... - can be used to bind or strangle someone. What about the liability of those industries? Rocks, sticks, plastic bags, hands, feet,...
What this event really shows is that a determined criminal can always find a tool to do the job.
The only item we can outlaw to succesfully eliminate crime is the human brain.
Doesn't the US Constitution guarantee the right to say what you want?
Sure it does (mostly). But it doesn't guarantee the right to say it with MS FrontPage.
Try actually reading the document to see what it really says about your rights.
On a related topic: Has anyone ever noticed that the President is only given the power of supreme commander of the army, navy, and, sometimes, militia. The air force and marines are never mentioned in any articles or ammendments. Who's in charge of them?
Two thirds of the channels in my area never play any of these songs. Damn censors!
So what if they're country and Christian stations? They don't have any right to be excluding these songs all the time.
The flip side of this is the news that both buildings imploded rather than toppling. In light of the situation that indicates some very good engineering.
This has been one of my favorite recent NASA projects. It tested all of the technologies that I read about in SciFi when I was a kid.
The failures have been highly publicized, but most of them came well after the primary mission was completed. Overall, this little probe has been a great experiment.
And it will cost them money whether they win or lose.
Anyone can sue anyone else for anything at any time. All that's needed is a lawyer who will take the case on contingency. Then it doesn't matter whether the suit has any merit at all, because the defendant will still be out the cost of a lawyer just to get the suit thrown out, and the plaintiff has zero risk in many cases. (Fortunately, some states have frivolous lawsuit laws that provide some protection from totally bogus suits)
I think I'll sue them now. I've always wanted to make an expensive video production, and they've taken away my ability to do that - along with all of the money I would have made from the project.
Damn your hide. I came here all ready to post something lame about Linux Ships, and you had already done it.
I hope you're just really happy with yourself.
Discovering irrefutable evidence of extraterrestrial intelligent life would mean the end of religion...
No,no. Quite the opposite.
Most religions have a strong belief that the existence of God can't be proved.
We have a ton of research showing how planets and life can be produced. At this point it's scientifically almost inconceivable that other planet systems and life wouldn't exist. Therefore the nonexistence of those would be very strong evidence of external intervention (hand of God).
Since non-proof of God is so important, it is, therefore, of great religious importance for extrasolar life to exist.
And, if you combine that idea with the theory that matter isn't really solid stuff then physics gets a lot simpler. If matter is actually a coherent collection of energy/forces then you don't need to find a smallest particle (there aren't any), and things like gravity, strong/weak forces, magnetism, etc. start to make a little sense.
I don't see the word "Linux" anywhere in the article. Still, a large percentage of comments in this thread rate the machines on how well they run Linux. It seems a lot of people don't realize that it might not be an issue for this user.
BTW & more on topic: I've used several different laptops, and the Thinkpads have always been a pleasure to use (regardless of how people might feel about Big Blue).
But, when I first saw E3: A New Hope it was called STAR WARS. No episode number, no subtitle, just STAR WARS. The silly names didn't show up until Empire.
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>Hydrogen is not really a fuel as such, in the way that Oil, Gas or Wood are fuels - because you have to use some other fuel to produce it.
So are you suggesting that oil, gas, and wood just jump out of the ground and walk themselves to the nearest point of consumption?
A $1k device that can store 200+ hours of degraded music!
On the other hand, one could buy a couple of Sony 400 CD changers for $400 each. Since we're talking about a component for your home sound system the better sound is worth the extra space.
MP3 is small (=portable) so why not use it where it works best? You planned on leaving the CD's at home anyway, right?
Your third paragraph," If the mySQL people release a free database and it loses the occasional record, and its later determined that mySQL was used to track nuclear arms and now some are missing, should the guy who wrote that code by put in jail or fined billions? I mean, he wrote the software he should provide a warranty!" does a great job of reinforcing my point. When software vendors are pressured to guarantee a product they have much more reason to ensure that it works.
Warranties generally include conditions under which they apply or are void. If the product isn't suitable for a particular use then consumers can make an informed decision about that use.
I've said this every time the topic come up, and I'll keep saying it.
Nearly every product I buy comes with some sort of warranty. Software comes with a disclaimer.
Until we demand warranties we will continue to receive crap software from all sources.
Well, duh.
iPod: same size as a deck of cards
Nomad: 14' station wagon with seating for 9
What kind of a comparison is that?
...like emailing my wife whilst at work...
...any personal files on my work PC belong to me, and not my company. Without my passphrase, they can't do shit with them...
Probably no one will ever raise a stink about stuff like this, but it's good to keep in mind that, unless you work at the world's most liberal company, both of these are probably against company rules.
When the time comes that they need to cut staff, and don't want to pay severance, this stuff can put you out the door "with cause". Fired, not layed off.
If you can't trust them with your email then you're crazy to trust them with your future.
Most users I've been around wouldn't know where to find a file to click. They click "Start", "Programs", whatever their favorite program is, and start typing in the blank screen.
A few have figured out how to use "File", "Open" to get an existing file. But they still don't even know that the Windows Explorer exists, or that the My Computer icon is useful for anything.
This isn't an issue for the huge majority of people who are buying computers and software.
I started college as an architecture major. I graduated with a degree in geology. After several layoffs related to the oil bust of the 80's and a temp job installing mainframes I ended up doing admin work at a major corporation. Now I do computer work that's not taught in any classes I've found.
My well rounded education has kept food on the table for my family.
you'd be much better off to launch a pile of missiles that can maneuver and travel 10x faster than you can to get there
You'd be even better off to launch a pile of fighters armed with missiles and cannons. The Star Trek idea of starships fighting each other without fighter support is nuts.
, and it's much more difficult to shoot them down.
Not if you've got cannons on fast turrets. We've got those now on our ships.
Plus you _can_ launch them from several light-second distances, which makes dogfights impossible anyways, even if you had omnidirectional lasers. Additionally space is much much bigger than what you can get in the air here, with no obligation to get close to your enemy.
This is the same logic that caused the F4 Phantom to be initially built without close-range weapons. All it takes is one flight of highly maneuverable enemy craft to screw that theory. You might not be obligated to get close to your enemy, but they might choose to get close to you.
Plus at several light second distances, you won't be able to target your enemies anyways.
Why not. It's called leading your target. World War II naval battles were fought at several weapon-second distances all the time. And they weren't using guided missiles.
I like the opening scenes (hate the music). The characters seem to have some depth and kick butt/take names when needed.
;)
I was amazed by the technology that allows whole cities to be moved around. The last time I drove through Broken Bow, OK all I saw was pine trees and rocks since it's located in the Oachita Mountains. Moving it NW 300 miles to the Panhandle grain fields was a neat trick.
The Vulcans seemed a bit edgy and antagonistic. They need some work, except for T'Pol who apparently has had lots of work done already
I think it can be a good show.
Actually no ship should have lasers, or any other beam weapon for that matter. At least not as their primary kick'n'ass weapon. They'd be pointless. Any battle will most likely be faught at several light-second distances, and missiles with laser cannons would be far more likely a choice.
That same line of reasoning was applied to every generation of fighter planes till the middle of the Viet Nam conflict. The designers kept saying that the planes just needed lots of speed and missiles then they would never get close enough for guns.
Every time they ended up sticking a gun on somewhere after the first few dogfights. There's no reason to expect that spaceship fights would turn out any different.
Human conception was found to be ultimately fatal in 100% of the cases studied.
The analogy doesn't even work for tools.
... - can be used to bind or strangle someone. What about the liability of those industries? Rocks, sticks, plastic bags, hands, feet, ...
Are the makers of box knives and other pointy objects responsible for the 9/11 atrocity? The world is clearly not capable of ethically using them.
Ropes have been used to kill a lot of people. Any piece of cord - or guitar string, pant leg, shirt sleeve, necktie, hosiery,
What this event really shows is that a determined criminal can always find a tool to do the job.
The only item we can outlaw to succesfully eliminate crime is the human brain.
Doesn't the US Constitution guarantee the right to say what you want?
Sure it does (mostly). But it doesn't guarantee the right to say it with MS FrontPage.
Try actually reading the document to see what it really says about your rights.
On a related topic: Has anyone ever noticed that the President is only given the power of supreme commander of the army, navy, and, sometimes, militia. The air force and marines are never mentioned in any articles or ammendments. Who's in charge of them?
Two thirds of the channels in my area never play any of these songs. Damn censors!
So what if they're country and Christian stations? They don't have any right to be excluding these songs all the time.
The flip side of this is the news that both buildings imploded rather than toppling. In light of the situation that indicates some very good engineering.
ABC affiliates have reported that DC (maybe NY) is Delta and the rest of the nation is Charley.
This has been one of my favorite recent NASA projects. It tested all of the technologies that I read about in SciFi when I was a kid.
The failures have been highly publicized, but most of them came well after the primary mission was completed. Overall, this little probe has been a great experiment.
And it will cost them money whether they win or lose.
Anyone can sue anyone else for anything at any time. All that's needed is a lawyer who will take the case on contingency. Then it doesn't matter whether the suit has any merit at all, because the defendant will still be out the cost of a lawyer just to get the suit thrown out, and the plaintiff has zero risk in many cases. (Fortunately, some states have frivolous lawsuit laws that provide some protection from totally bogus suits)
I think I'll sue them now. I've always wanted to make an expensive video production, and they've taken away my ability to do that - along with all of the money I would have made from the project.
Of course IANAL but IAMANAL
Damn your hide. I came here all ready to post something lame about Linux Ships, and you had already done it.
I hope you're just really happy with yourself.
That's no cubicle. That's a friggin mansion.
Our VP's are in 10x10. Mine's more like 7x9.
Don't gripe to us because you're in the lap of luxury and can't figure out how to use it.
Discovering irrefutable evidence of extraterrestrial intelligent life would mean the end of religion...
No,no. Quite the opposite.
Most religions have a strong belief that the existence of God can't be proved.
We have a ton of research showing how planets and life can be produced. At this point it's scientifically almost inconceivable that other planet systems and life wouldn't exist. Therefore the nonexistence of those would be very strong evidence of external intervention (hand of God).
Since non-proof of God is so important, it is, therefore, of great religious importance for extrasolar life to exist.
And, if you combine that idea with the theory that matter isn't really solid stuff then physics gets a lot simpler. If matter is actually a coherent collection of energy/forces then you don't need to find a smallest particle (there aren't any), and things like gravity, strong/weak forces, magnetism, etc. start to make a little sense.
I don't see the word "Linux" anywhere in the article. Still, a large percentage of comments in this thread rate the machines on how well they run Linux. It seems a lot of people don't realize that it might not be an issue for this user.
BTW & more on topic: I've used several different laptops, and the Thinkpads have always been a pleasure to use (regardless of how people might feel about Big Blue).
But, when I first saw E3: A New Hope it was called STAR WARS. No episode number, no subtitle, just STAR WARS. The silly names didn't show up until Empire.