I work for an IT contracting company, and my co-workers do not have Adblock of any type. They go around on the web, VIEWING ADS. I do not understand it, they know a lot about IT, yet do not sterilize their browsers? Who would do that willingly? One of them even uses IE, ON PURPOSE.
I do not think I will ever understand their logic as to why they do not use Adblock, which, when questioned, results in a shrug.
The video in TFA looked like control was incredibly arduous, the only thing I would be interested in would be scrolling or zooming. But, considering I would like to be able to type at the same time (In order to search for words, for example) it would be more impractical than a keyboard/mouse combo.
Hmmm... I never thought of anything like warning fatigue. It has definitely happened to me though:
I was a System Admin for a ~50 user company, I had notification alerts on the three servers that would show me anything that appeared in event viewer that was anything higher than "Warning". I got so used to seeing so many random warnings that had no relevance (i.e. Print Spooler service being unable to start, not an issue until I need to print, not worth the time it would take to fix) I eventually pretty much stopped paying attention to the warnings entirely. Luckily, the one day I actually glanced at them was the same day one of the HDDs in the NAS got a predictive SMART error. I was incredibly fortunate, and was able to get a spare ordered and replaced before any real damage was done.
I bet the B1 situation was significantly more dangerous than my HDD thing, but you know.
Oohh, and if they have good enough resolution (They do not in real life, but hey, comics!) they could see the escape pod travel toward the planet/away from the planet and meet up with itself as it reaches FTL speeds. My brain hurts from the relativity of that sentence, but I think I got it right.
Dang it. I really need to read the Simirillion. I thought the Balrog was a a part of a whole race of creatures that looked similarly, now I feel like I am missing out on a big chunk of the story. Thanks for nothing! Jerk! I hope you know that someone out there is going to have a blast because you forced them to read a fantastic book just to get the whole picture! Grrr!
Also, having seen this exact thing happen (Minus the whole "reluctant to let carriers force their apps" bit) since the first android phone, it does not matter. I used to go through all the garbage apps and rate 1* and complain about how it is not removable, but I stopped caring. Just get used to it being on your phone, just extra filler to make it look like you have more apps than you do.
Disagree. If they moved the letters around, I would have to re-learn where they were located. As it is right now, someone can switch from a standard thumb-type keyboard to Swype in a day, and have absolutely no adjustment time (Other than using a swiping gesture, instead of a thumb-type gesture).
Yeah, that makes sense... But only if you have no sense of touch, or any sense of where your fingers are in relation to your hand. After using a keyboard for about 10 seconds, I know exactly how much pressure is required to press the keys. I do not need sound to confirm when a key is pressed, if I did, my typing speed would probably be about 10 WPM, because I would have to press a single key at a time, and wait for my brain to register that I correctly heard the sound.
If you have to have any clue other than touch that a key has been pressed, then surely you are not suited to be a typist of any sort? Barring, of course, if you have no sense of touch.
Without looking it up: Jake.
With looking it up: Jake.
Booyah, I get so many points. I was not a fan of DS9 when I was a kid, but perhaps my tastes have changed now, I should check it out. I do, however, remember that the kids were definitely annoying.
My wife wanted an iPad, she plays games on it, literally nothing else. I tried to convince her to go with an android tablet, at half the price and arguably a better deal for the money I figured it would not be an issue. But she was very insistent.
Oh wow, I never thought I would see someone link to Timecube
I once read through that entire site just to understand what the writer was talking about. I think by the time I was able to wrap my head around it, it had jacked up my world view, and I had to spend a day watching Youtube videos of cats to get back to normal.
Fair enough. Personally I like that Google knows what kind of searches I do, and changes the results to fit me. It makes me feel like I have one friend that actually knows me.
And that is a lot more depressing when it is written out like that.
Anyway, thanks for the link, I will have to try that out.
Actually, I have noticed that Google Reader will be able to pull some kind of feed regardless of if the requested site has RSS or not. Now, whether or not the result is properly formatted is another issue altogether.
We all have feed readers. No sense in taking time to go to the actual website when I can have all the content delivered to one location and organized according to post date.
Slashdot Mirror
I work for an IT contracting company, and my co-workers do not have Adblock of any type. They go around on the web, VIEWING ADS. I do not understand it, they know a lot about IT, yet do not sterilize their browsers? Who would do that willingly? One of them even uses IE, ON PURPOSE.
I do not think I will ever understand their logic as to why they do not use Adblock, which, when questioned, results in a shrug.
The video in TFA looked like control was incredibly arduous, the only thing I would be interested in would be scrolling or zooming. But, considering I would like to be able to type at the same time (In order to search for words, for example) it would be more impractical than a keyboard/mouse combo.
They were doomed to failure, anyway.
While linking arms with Parent: "Doooomed"
Hmmm... I never thought of anything like warning fatigue. It has definitely happened to me though:
I was a System Admin for a ~50 user company, I had notification alerts on the three servers that would show me anything that appeared in event viewer that was anything higher than "Warning". I got so used to seeing so many random warnings that had no relevance (i.e. Print Spooler service being unable to start, not an issue until I need to print, not worth the time it would take to fix) I eventually pretty much stopped paying attention to the warnings entirely. Luckily, the one day I actually glanced at them was the same day one of the HDDs in the NAS got a predictive SMART error. I was incredibly fortunate, and was able to get a spare ordered and replaced before any real damage was done.
I bet the B1 situation was significantly more dangerous than my HDD thing, but you know.
Yeah, my thought was "License agreement? Whatever, this thing is free".
Yeah, that was just about the least provocative thing I have ever read.
Oohh, and if they have good enough resolution (They do not in real life, but hey, comics!) they could see the escape pod travel toward the planet/away from the planet and meet up with itself as it reaches FTL speeds. My brain hurts from the relativity of that sentence, but I think I got it right.
Dang it. I really need to read the Simirillion. I thought the Balrog was a a part of a whole race of creatures that looked similarly, now I feel like I am missing out on a big chunk of the story. Thanks for nothing! Jerk! I hope you know that someone out there is going to have a blast because you forced them to read a fantastic book just to get the whole picture! Grrr!
It was not really the language that concerned him, but probably the lack of being on-topic.
Also, having seen this exact thing happen (Minus the whole "reluctant to let carriers force their apps" bit) since the first android phone, it does not matter. I used to go through all the garbage apps and rate 1* and complain about how it is not removable, but I stopped caring. Just get used to it being on your phone, just extra filler to make it look like you have more apps than you do.
Disagree. If they moved the letters around, I would have to re-learn where they were located. As it is right now, someone can switch from a standard thumb-type keyboard to Swype in a day, and have absolutely no adjustment time (Other than using a swiping gesture, instead of a thumb-type gesture).
Yeah, that makes sense... But only if you have no sense of touch, or any sense of where your fingers are in relation to your hand. After using a keyboard for about 10 seconds, I know exactly how much pressure is required to press the keys. I do not need sound to confirm when a key is pressed, if I did, my typing speed would probably be about 10 WPM, because I would have to press a single key at a time, and wait for my brain to register that I correctly heard the sound.
If you have to have any clue other than touch that a key has been pressed, then surely you are not suited to be a typist of any sort? Barring, of course, if you have no sense of touch.
The blood of thine enemies!
I wonder what these times would look like if they drivers raced one at a time, and none of them knew how well the other ones did.
AC forgot to say "Obligatory XKCD"
Yea, the unit was all off. I think they meant Space Football Fields. Or maybe Space LOCs?
I wrote a big rant, but I decided not to post it. I feel better, thanks for your post!
Without looking it up: Jake.
With looking it up: Jake.
Booyah, I get so many points. I was not a fan of DS9 when I was a kid, but perhaps my tastes have changed now, I should check it out. I do, however, remember that the kids were definitely annoying.
Since we were talking about AOL? You're "one stop shop" to the Interwebs, including their nice fancy proxies?
I am NOT a "one stop shop"! I would like you to stop insinuating that I am!
No, I think he was talking to me...
I am NOT a "one stop shop"!
Actually, she has yet to discover Angry Birds as far as I know. She is probably the only iPad user that does not know of its existence.
My wife wanted an iPad, she plays games on it, literally nothing else. I tried to convince her to go with an android tablet, at half the price and arguably a better deal for the money I figured it would not be an issue. But she was very insistent.
Oh wow, I never thought I would see someone link to Timecube
I once read through that entire site just to understand what the writer was talking about. I think by the time I was able to wrap my head around it, it had jacked up my world view, and I had to spend a day watching Youtube videos of cats to get back to normal.
Fair enough. Personally I like that Google knows what kind of searches I do, and changes the results to fit me. It makes me feel like I have one friend that actually knows me.
And that is a lot more depressing when it is written out like that.
Anyway, thanks for the link, I will have to try that out.
Actually, I have noticed that Google Reader will be able to pull some kind of feed regardless of if the requested site has RSS or not. Now, whether or not the result is properly formatted is another issue altogether.
We all have feed readers. No sense in taking time to go to the actual website when I can have all the content delivered to one location and organized according to post date.