Yep! Right after they kill the digital camera, PDA and handheld game markets.
Using a cell phone has some definite disadvantages, from using air time to download music to not having the easy-to-use interface. Plus, I want to pick a phone based on its features as a phone and my music player based on its features as a music player. I don't want to have to worry about trade-offs for either one.
Not to mention that saying, "we're switching to Intel" made everyone from investors to pundits worry. Saying, "we're switching to AMD" would have caused a lot more anxiety.
Wait unti the hard part is done, then we'll see what Apple does.
I understand your pont, but remember all work in said building stops as it is evacuated due to the alarm. People are only allowed back in after the firefighters have gone through every floor to make sure.
FWIW, a friend of mine brought her 4 year old along when she stopped by work after hours to check a couple things. The kid pulled the fire alarm in the hall while messing around. She immediately called the fire department to tell them it was a false alarm, but they still had to come out and manually check every level of the building to ensure there wasn't coincidently another fire somewhere else in the building with anyone seeing it thinking it had already been reported.
Oh, in the mean time, everyone is still required to leave the building...
By all accounts, the new interface will mean things end up in much more logical places, and can be found with far fewer clicks.
The down-side being everyone needs to re-learn all those "bad" things they've learned over the years. I just wonder how long it will take for long-time users to re-learn and how much time it will actually save them in the long-run.
As I said above, this notion that a skilled driver can stop faster without ABS is no longer true when today's ABS allows independent control of all 4 wheels. Even the most skilled driver is limited by the tire closest to "losing" it. ABS is not.
Not to mention the fact that even skilled drivers will overdo it in a real emergency vs. controlled conditions. You don't always know ahead of time exactly how slick the road is until you've passed the limit and have to back off -by then the ABS system is "ahead" in the contest.
but a few people can stop a car faster without ABS than with.
No, they can't. Not with a standard car. The difference, with current ABS systems, is that they can control each wheel independently. That means each wheel is close to its individual maximum stopping force at all time. Without ABS, even the best driver is limited by the wheel with the least stopping force available.
And, I'll be so bold as to say that anyone who's been driving any length of time has done something stupid on occasion. I know some people won't admit it. They're the ones I worry most about because it usually means their simply ovlivious to their own fallibility -and will drive accordingly.
I'm not sure about that. IIRC I got a slightly lower premium on my car because the model I bought does have ABS. Insurance companies don't do things like that unless it really makes a difference.
Hmmm, I found that wearing a good seatbelt increased what I could do in a car. Try turning while shifting gears (one foot letting out clutch, one foot feathering into the gas, one hand on the stick, one on the wheel) if you're not belted into the seat.
I've also been in a few close calls where being belted in really helps in being able to control the car.
Of course, like you said, it can be a pain when the tape/cd you want is on the floor on the other side of the car or you want to take a coat off quick at a stoplight.
You pretty well summed up what I was thinking. This allows a human driver to do things they simply couldn't do before. Some see that as "taking control away", I see it as giving me more control of the things I want to control (speed, direction, acceleration, braking -and the stereo).
I remember similar arguments about everything from an automatic choke on the carburator and power brakes to anti-lock brakes and traction control systems.
It is certainly a good idea to read what people on both sides of the debate are saying. Personally, it disturbs me when I read articles like the one in the write-up. Lets begin with,
Scientists admit the Earth's mechanisms are so complicated their calculations are uncertain.
So we start with an uncertain model stating a potential 3 degree C increase in temperature with no data given on the reliability of that number -that's not science. For a model to be scientifically valid it not only needs to be tested and found reliable, one also needs to do the extra step in determining variablity in outcome. AFAIK that hasn't been done to a sufficient degree.
Then, based on the results from this model, we use a second untested model with unknown reliability/variability and make another prediction on how this 3 degree change will alter crops on a global level and further how this extrapolates to starving people. What are the assumptions being made? Are we assuming farming techniques are unchanged?
Then we take the results of that model and create policy. Anyone who works with computer modeling should be squirming uncomfortably in their chairs at this point.
I'm not saying its all bad. We do need to act on what our best data tells us, but we really need to know how much stock to put in the analysis. So far that has been sadly lacking. IMO it has a great deal to do with the current political climate where any uncertainty shown is enough to get some people to completely ignore the results. OTOH I think its misleading to be presenting these things as "given" without more information.
I've looked fot the magical gear, and haven't found it. I'm wondering if I have a revision where its missing. The reason I say that is its not where the pictures show it, and all the directions that talk about it mention removing 4 little screws on the top of the DVD drive. Mine has only two near the front, and two "clips" in the back to hold it on.
Way to completely miss the point. I never said Crighton was a scientist. I never will. I did point out that by the time I interjected my comment, no science was being discussed any more. And all you can do is follow it up with more of the same -innuendo, name calling, assumptions... In other words, you're doing exactly what TFA was talking about.
Sad part is, we seem to be on the same side of the debate -and you're not helping.
OK, after reading the actual discussion, it sounds like this only works for some people. The key seems to be having a differenct drive somewhere you can boot from and the install DVD only works some of the time for fixing the problem.
That's one of the biggest pitfalls for projects that try to get orphaned games open-sourced. The groups contact the company (if the company even exists) and are often told, "We'd love to do that, but there're these licensing issues with dozens of different companies and it would simply cost us too much to do it".
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Yep! Right after they kill the digital camera, PDA and handheld game markets.
Using a cell phone has some definite disadvantages, from using air time to download music to not having the easy-to-use interface. Plus, I want to pick a phone based on its features as a phone and my music player based on its features as a music player. I don't want to have to worry about trade-offs for either one.
Don't you mean the so-called media types?
'Cause I sure don't understand them.
Not to mention that saying, "we're switching to Intel" made everyone from investors to pundits worry. Saying, "we're switching to AMD" would have caused a lot more anxiety.
Wait unti the hard part is done, then we'll see what Apple does.
Huh??? Apple's Macintosh computers have had PRAM forever!
Ohhh! You don't mean Parameter RAM!
No, it most certainly has not for airport security. Which is why we are where we are...
I understand your pont, but remember all work in said building stops as it is evacuated due to the alarm. People are only allowed back in after the firefighters have gone through every floor to make sure.
FWIW, a friend of mine brought her 4 year old along when she stopped by work after hours to check a couple things. The kid pulled the fire alarm in the hall while messing around. She immediately called the fire department to tell them it was a false alarm, but they still had to come out and manually check every level of the building to ensure there wasn't coincidently another fire somewhere else in the building with anyone seeing it thinking it had already been reported.
Oh, in the mean time, everyone is still required to leave the building...
I was wondering if you were projecting when saying that Linus needed to take a break....
You missed the key factor -they are hang-up calls from someone playing a joke.
He didn't say they were legitimate messages from real people who actually wanted to talk to him.
From TFA:
Leave it to open source hackers to debug and fix aging viral code so that it works correctly.
That's what I find amazing -fixing things so the virus will run properly.
So according to Dvorak, Apple's business plan is:
1. Build Windows PCs
2. Open source OS X
3. ???
4. Profit!
Can't wait until he-with-much-wisdom fills us in on Step 3. I bet it has something to do with switching the iTunes Music Store to WMA and free iPods.
By all accounts, the new interface will mean things end up in much more logical places, and can be found with far fewer clicks.
The down-side being everyone needs to re-learn all those "bad" things they've learned over the years. I just wonder how long it will take for long-time users to re-learn and how much time it will actually save them in the long-run.
As I said above, this notion that a skilled driver can stop faster without ABS is no longer true when today's ABS allows independent control of all 4 wheels. Even the most skilled driver is limited by the tire closest to "losing" it. ABS is not.
Not to mention the fact that even skilled drivers will overdo it in a real emergency vs. controlled conditions. You don't always know ahead of time exactly how slick the road is until you've passed the limit and have to back off -by then the ABS system is "ahead" in the contest.
but a few people can stop a car faster without ABS than with.
No, they can't. Not with a standard car. The difference, with current ABS systems, is that they can control each wheel independently. That means each wheel is close to its individual maximum stopping force at all time. Without ABS, even the best driver is limited by the wheel with the least stopping force available.
And, I'll be so bold as to say that anyone who's been driving any length of time has done something stupid on occasion. I know some people won't admit it. They're the ones I worry most about because it usually means their simply ovlivious to their own fallibility -and will drive accordingly.
I'm not sure about that. IIRC I got a slightly lower premium on my car because the model I bought does have ABS. Insurance companies don't do things like that unless it really makes a difference.
Would be good to see some actual data though.
Hmmm, I found that wearing a good seatbelt increased what I could do in a car. Try turning while shifting gears (one foot letting out clutch, one foot feathering into the gas, one hand on the stick, one on the wheel) if you're not belted into the seat.
I've also been in a few close calls where being belted in really helps in being able to control the car.
Of course, like you said, it can be a pain when the tape/cd you want is on the floor on the other side of the car or you want to take a coat off quick at a stoplight.
You pretty well summed up what I was thinking. This allows a human driver to do things they simply couldn't do before. Some see that as "taking control away", I see it as giving me more control of the things I want to control (speed, direction, acceleration, braking -and the stereo).
I remember similar arguments about everything from an automatic choke on the carburator and power brakes to anti-lock brakes and traction control systems.
I don't know off hand what model it is, and I won't have access to it until tonight. We bought it for Christmas 2002.
It is certainly a good idea to read what people on both sides of the debate are saying. Personally, it disturbs me when I read articles like the one in the write-up. Lets begin with,
Scientists admit the Earth's mechanisms are so complicated their calculations are uncertain.
So we start with an uncertain model stating a potential 3 degree C increase in temperature with no data given on the reliability of that number -that's not science. For a model to be scientifically valid it not only needs to be tested and found reliable, one also needs to do the extra step in determining variablity in outcome. AFAIK that hasn't been done to a sufficient degree.
Then, based on the results from this model, we use a second untested model with unknown reliability/variability and make another prediction on how this 3 degree change will alter crops on a global level and further how this extrapolates to starving people. What are the assumptions being made? Are we assuming farming techniques are unchanged?
Then we take the results of that model and create policy. Anyone who works with computer modeling should be squirming uncomfortably in their chairs at this point.
I'm not saying its all bad. We do need to act on what our best data tells us, but we really need to know how much stock to put in the analysis. So far that has been sadly lacking. IMO it has a great deal to do with the current political climate where any uncertainty shown is enough to get some people to completely ignore the results. OTOH I think its misleading to be presenting these things as "given" without more information.
I could have sworn I was using it for PS2 games, but looking back it appears I was hallucinating.
I've looked fot the magical gear, and haven't found it. I'm wondering if I have a revision where its missing. The reason I say that is its not where the pictures show it, and all the directions that talk about it mention removing 4 little screws on the top of the DVD drive. Mine has only two near the front, and two "clips" in the back to hold it on.
Way to completely miss the point. I never said Crighton was a scientist. I never will. I did point out that by the time I interjected my comment, no science was being discussed any more. And all you can do is follow it up with more of the same -innuendo, name calling, assumptions... In other words, you're doing exactly what TFA was talking about.
Sad part is, we seem to be on the same side of the debate -and you're not helping.
OK, after reading the actual discussion, it sounds like this only works for some people. The key seems to be having a differenct drive somewhere you can boot from and the install DVD only works some of the time for fixing the problem.
Time to break out the Terminal.
AFAIK, no user data was lost. Boot from CD/DVD or in target disk mode and procede.
That's one of the biggest pitfalls for projects that try to get orphaned games open-sourced. The groups contact the company (if the company even exists) and are often told, "We'd love to do that, but there're these licensing issues with dozens of different companies and it would simply cost us too much to do it".