And you don't think anyone is interested in catching up with people that they've lost track of over the years? What are you, fifteen? Are you going to go bombing reunions, too?
Just because nobody would want to catch back up with YOU doesn't mean that they feel the same about others.
Well, a couple of things make this interesting, I think. One is that if you can take even a few percent out of the cost of a house, that's impressive. Another's imagining all of the amazing things that could be done with printing instead of standard forms (interesting curves, leaving cutouts for wiring, being able to choose from thousands of designs instead of the few your builder knows, etc.)
I think it may take quite a while for this to become practical, but I think it could definitely be a game changer long term.
Sure, but the flip side of that is the people screaming "make the rich pay their fair share!!!" as if that will fix the entire problem. That's not going to be even close to enough. Historically, federal receipts as a percentage of GDP have been between 15-20% for the last 50 years. You'd have to almost double that in order to support the current level of spending!
Most people don't understand how BAD the spending is. Look at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html (that's a little old, but close enough for conversation). The 2012 budget is $1.1T in the red. You could cut the ENTIRE national defense budget -- every dime! -- and still only be about 2/3 of the way to a balanced budget. Admittedly, tax revenues will come up some (even without a rate increase) if the economy improves, but there is simply no way we can keep spending at this level.
So, it's obviously going to require quite a bit of spending cuts and quite a bit more tax revenue (through growth and tax hikes) to get us back in the clear, but it's ridiculous to think that we can keep spending more than we take in, year after year, without someone eventually getting screwed. Life just doesn't work that way, not even with the 'magic' of macroeconomics -- the screwage either comes through inflation, or debt defaults, or something, but the government does not magically have a way to make goods and services appear. All the government can do is move things around and change some behaviors (and the law of unintended consequences is in full effect when it does so). And let's be clear -- this has been a problem under both Republican and Democratic administrations and legislatures, so let's not get wrapped around the partisan axle here. Everyone wants to buy votes by giving away 'free' money.
Our taxes aren't particularly high, but if you raised taxation to the level needed to support the current spending levels (about 40% of GDP at all levels I think) they would be amazingly high.
Yes, we probably need to raise taxes, but what we really really really have to do is cut spending.
I'm not sure if you're being funny or serious, but the moderators seem to think you're serious. You need to look at some of the technologies like VMware HA, powervm hot sparing, etc. it's really a different world out there today and I don't believe virtualization will go away any more than the Internet has.
Ah, but you're offensive, arrogant, and statistically speaking probably not as smart as me! And yet I believe in God, so why don't you just let me as long as I'm doing you no harm? Instead of trying to "convert" me, by being an asshole -- has that ever worked for you, by the way?
Save your anger for the religious nutcases who are actually causing harm. If I choose to "delude myself" because it makes my life more enjoyable, it's really not your problem. I'll make you a deal -- I won't tell you who you can marry or what drugs you can take if you don't tell me what to believe, or not believe. OK?
...written by somebody who has known how to type and use a mouse without even thinking about it for so long you can't imagine not being able to. Voice recognition will be HUGE for 70% of the population.
Plus, I'm a very fast typist but I can still talk much faster.
Well, this will get me laughed at on/. , but anyone using Lotus Notes can send encrypted/signed e-mail to anyone in their address book by default, and Notes can encrypt any local databases with one click. Say what you want about it, but having PKI built in and required to use it has advantages.
You probably know more about photography than I do, but I'm pretty sure that most point and shoot cameras have modes where you can manually set the aperture, shutter speed, etc. Mine does, and armed with that plus a photography book I feel like I have learned some of the basics of photography -- which is what the OP was asking.
No, what's lame is thinking that you can't learn the basics of photography (composition, lighting, etc.) without an SLR. Some of the finest photographers in the world used equipment 100 times more primitive than most point and click cameras.
I second what you're (sarcastically) saying. Why even bother studying this? It has reached religion status on both sides and the facts don't seem to matter much any more.
All I've got is a lousy joke about the Russians finally realizing they had installed the "find my mars probe" app after all. Sorry I can't help with the intelligent thing.:)
While I'm sure everyone here appreciates having a troll tell us what is funny, fuck you. If you were worth the bother, I would find and post an apropos xkcd link.
The average end user knows nothing about NAT, PAT, stateful vs. stateless firewalls, etc. I'm happy you understand these, but users are going to buy a wireless ap/router/firewall combo that is marked "ipv6 compatible" and they will be perfectly fine. And we won't have to play idiotic UDP games to fool firewalls to let in the traffic we actually want, and worry about port forwarding, "dmz mode", etc.
NAT is probably the worst thing ever to happen to the Internet.
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Wow, who pissed in your Post Toasties?
And you don't think anyone is interested in catching up with people that they've lost track of over the years? What are you, fifteen? Are you going to go bombing reunions, too?
Just because nobody would want to catch back up with YOU doesn't mean that they feel the same about others.
Well, a couple of things make this interesting, I think. One is that if you can take even a few percent out of the cost of a house, that's impressive. Another's imagining all of the amazing things that could be done with printing instead of standard forms (interesting curves, leaving cutouts for wiring, being able to choose from thousands of designs instead of the few your builder knows, etc.)
I think it may take quite a while for this to become practical, but I think it could definitely be a game changer long term.
Wow, that'sawfulthat someone made you go there! I think forcing someone to go into a church against his will is illegal.
Idiot.
Sure, but the flip side of that is the people screaming "make the rich pay their fair share!!!" as if that will fix the entire problem. That's not going to be even close to enough. Historically, federal receipts as a percentage of GDP have been between 15-20% for the last 50 years. You'd have to almost double that in order to support the current level of spending!
Most people don't understand how BAD the spending is. Look at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html (that's a little old, but close enough for conversation). The 2012 budget is $1.1T in the red. You could cut the ENTIRE national defense budget -- every dime! -- and still only be about 2/3 of the way to a balanced budget. Admittedly, tax revenues will come up some (even without a rate increase) if the economy improves, but there is simply no way we can keep spending at this level.
So, it's obviously going to require quite a bit of spending cuts and quite a bit more tax revenue (through growth and tax hikes) to get us back in the clear, but it's ridiculous to think that we can keep spending more than we take in, year after year, without someone eventually getting screwed. Life just doesn't work that way, not even with the 'magic' of macroeconomics -- the screwage either comes through inflation, or debt defaults, or something, but the government does not magically have a way to make goods and services appear. All the government can do is move things around and change some behaviors (and the law of unintended consequences is in full effect when it does so). And let's be clear -- this has been a problem under both Republican and Democratic administrations and legislatures, so let's not get wrapped around the partisan axle here. Everyone wants to buy votes by giving away 'free' money.
Our taxes aren't particularly high, but if you raised taxation to the level needed to support the current spending levels (about 40% of GDP at all levels I think) they would be amazingly high.
Yes, we probably need to raise taxes, but what we really really really have to do is cut spending.
I'm not sure if you're being funny or serious, but the moderators seem to think you're serious. You need to look at some of the technologies like VMware HA, powervm hot sparing, etc. it's really a different world out there today and I don't believe virtualization will go away any more than the Internet has.
Especially when they use it to build a space elevator!
Agreed. I hope I never have to use my gun to shoot someone, but it's like insurance...
Ah, but you're offensive, arrogant, and statistically speaking probably not as smart as me! And yet I believe in God, so why don't you just let me as long as I'm doing you no harm? Instead of trying to "convert" me, by being an asshole -- has that ever worked for you, by the way?
Save your anger for the religious nutcases who are actually causing harm. If I choose to "delude myself" because it makes my life more enjoyable, it's really not your problem. I'll make you a deal -- I won't tell you who you can marry or what drugs you can take if you don't tell me what to believe, or not believe. OK?
A) I did both.
B) Nobody cares about your story OR mine, so why did you write all of that?
I think it's a bit of a dirty trick regardless of your politics.
...written by somebody who has known how to type and use a mouse without even thinking about it for so long you can't imagine not being able to. Voice recognition will be HUGE for 70% of the population.
Plus, I'm a very fast typist but I can still talk much faster.
Well, this will get me laughed at on /. , but anyone using Lotus Notes can send encrypted/signed e-mail to anyone in their address book by default, and Notes can encrypt any local databases with one click. Say what you want about it, but having PKI built in and required to use it has advantages.
In fact carrying around a lightning rod is a pretty bad idea. :)
Kick ASS -- a nuclear powered keyboard!
Nope, happens all the time. If it gets bad enough, the company goes out of business.
The government cannot go out of business.
Compression. Duh.
gzip -d universe | grep clue
Disease DOES "kill us off or anything". Jeez, did you forget what yoau wrote one sentence earlier? :)
You probably know more about photography than I do, but I'm pretty sure that most point and shoot cameras have modes where you can manually set the aperture, shutter speed, etc. Mine does, and armed with that plus a photography book I feel like I have learned some of the basics of photography -- which is what the OP was asking.
Thank you -- I think you're using the only argument that can work. The US's energy policy for 50 years has been based on the axiom "radiation scary!"
No, what's lame is thinking that you can't learn the basics of photography (composition, lighting, etc.) without an SLR. Some of the finest photographers in the world used equipment 100 times more primitive than most point and click cameras.
I second what you're (sarcastically) saying. Why even bother studying this? It has reached religion status on both sides and the facts don't seem to matter much any more.
All I've got is a lousy joke about the Russians finally realizing they had installed the "find my mars probe" app after all. Sorry I can't help with the intelligent thing. :)
While I'm sure everyone here appreciates having a troll tell us what is funny, fuck you. If you were worth the bother, I would find and post an apropos xkcd link.
The average end user knows nothing about NAT, PAT, stateful vs. stateless firewalls, etc. I'm happy you understand these, but users are going to buy a wireless ap/router/firewall combo that is marked "ipv6 compatible" and they will be perfectly fine. And we won't have to play idiotic UDP games to fool firewalls to let in the traffic we actually want, and worry about port forwarding, "dmz mode", etc.
NAT is probably the worst thing ever to happen to the Internet.