last I checked the computers ability to process information was not depending on the operators ability to see color.
There's an entire class of shades missing from the image (no "greens" in the sense that no pixels have their maximum value in the green channel), and another (blue) is a single almost-grey shade. That makes it, to me, a poor general-case test image. It might be fine if you're writing facial recognition software, but it would be next to useless if you were trying to implement a clone of Photoshop's selective colour filter.
And if anyone's wondering, it happens in humans too. One woman nearly had her kids taken away when DNA tests indicated she wasn't their mother, until it was determined that her reproductive system was from one of her constituent maternal "twins" while her hair and skin (which were sampled for the tests) were from another.
Err, yeah, except for the one that the human eye is most sensitive to, green. The image has a reddish tint like a faded magazine print (unsurprisingly) so that single shade of blue is also very muted. I can't say I see a lot of texture, either. Five seconds of Googling turns up http://bit.ly/Pd75s1 (yes, it's perfectly safe for work) which looks like a far more useful image.
Spoken by a person reading slashdot on a "backlit and always-refreshing screen".
That's a bit of an assumption, but even if you're right as you probably are - as opposed to what? One of the countless e-ink tablets on sale right now?
People who make statements need to provide evidence that they are true. Until they do, you must assume they are false.
No, people are free to assume whatever the hell way they want. If they're aware of the limits of their assumption, all the better. That notwithstanding, you weren't talking about assuming. You were declaring a statement to false based on the lack of 100% iron-clad proof.
I don't know about SPDIF playback, but I do know that I've never found a way to do a bit-perfect SPDIF record on Windows 7 - something, as a few people have now said, always gets in the way. On Windows XP, on the other hand, it is possible.
So what this study really tells us is that Baskerville is the greatest (most trustworthy) font out of the six chosen for the experiment - and one of those was Comic Sans.
compared to an average of six fonts
Err, what? I think it was compared to exactly five other fonts.
Unless they killed them with a particle accelerator or calculated the right number of chickens to vaccinate with a Beowulf cluster of Raspberry Pis, not interested.
No. Use "the hacker," firstly because it's otherwise ambiguous with respect to Honan's name, secondly because the hacker's gender is unknown (yes, "he" is the gender non-specific pronoun, but this works better.)
apple iCloud account... google and twitter accounts... apple customer support
Apple, Google and Twitter (and Gizmodo, above) should all be capitalised.
down to a brute force attack, however today it has come out
A semi-colon would be preferable to a comma, but I'll admit this is a pretty minor one compared to the rest.
Seriously, what the hell? I know we all have a good joke about the editors' incompetence, but this is a new low.
Slashdot Mirror
By using a cleverly embedded questionnaire that classifies the subject as depressed
What, every time? Seems a little harsh.
Doctor Who already did it. http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/d2.jpg
The food was not undelicious...
last I checked the computers ability to process information was not depending on the operators ability to see color.
There's an entire class of shades missing from the image (no "greens" in the sense that no pixels have their maximum value in the green channel), and another (blue) is a single almost-grey shade. That makes it, to me, a poor general-case test image. It might be fine if you're writing facial recognition software, but it would be next to useless if you were trying to implement a clone of Photoshop's selective colour filter.
Company uses vague buzzwords to engage in nefarious tactic known as "marketing".
Any sufficiently rabid fanboy is indistinguishable from a shill.
And if anyone's wondering, it happens in humans too. One woman nearly had her kids taken away when DNA tests indicated she wasn't their mother, until it was determined that her reproductive system was from one of her constituent maternal "twins" while her hair and skin (which were sampled for the tests) were from another.
Mmmm... soup-like homogenate...
They use it because it has many... colors
Err, yeah, except for the one that the human eye is most sensitive to, green. The image has a reddish tint like a faded magazine print (unsurprisingly) so that single shade of blue is also very muted. I can't say I see a lot of texture, either. Five seconds of Googling turns up http://bit.ly/Pd75s1 (yes, it's perfectly safe for work) which looks like a far more useful image.
I've never understood the use of Lena as a test image. It doesn't look very "richly coloured" (as per the summary) to me.
Spoken by a person reading slashdot on a "backlit and always-refreshing screen".
That's a bit of an assumption, but even if you're right as you probably are - as opposed to what? One of the countless e-ink tablets on sale right now?
People who make statements need to provide evidence that they are true. Until they do, you must assume they are false.
No, people are free to assume whatever the hell way they want. If they're aware of the limits of their assumption, all the better. That notwithstanding, you weren't talking about assuming. You were declaring a statement to false based on the lack of 100% iron-clad proof.
I don't know about SPDIF playback, but I do know that I've never found a way to do a bit-perfect SPDIF record on Windows 7 - something, as a few people have now said, always gets in the way. On Windows XP, on the other hand, it is possible.
not necessarily true (therefore false)
It's not necessarily true that I'll be alive in the morning, but that doesn't mean I should start making funeral arrangements.
not necessarily true (therefore false)
I'm not clear on this bit...
Pre-emptive *whoosh* :$
Then you'll need an Illudium Q-36 explosive space demodulator.
You're assuming I'm- they're still going to be on the Earth when it blows up.
Anyone else notice the odd markup on the extra controllers? It's $20 per controller when you go from one to two controllers...
You may want to check the summary again:
one console and one controller will cost $109, one console plus two controllers will be $139
compared to an average of six fonts
Err, what? I think it was compared to exactly five other fonts.
Unless they killed them with a particle accelerator or calculated the right number of chickens to vaccinate with a Beowulf cluster of Raspberry Pis, not interested.
BeOS may be dead
But the only question is
Will I get first post?
Like I said. Convenient.
So real money is gained and lost as imaginary value is created and destroyed
The value of "real" money itself is only a convenient fiction.
Yesterday a hacker gained access to Mat Honans...
Let me introduce to you to Mr Apostrophe.
(An editor at gizmodo)
(an editor at Gizmodo)
allowing him... He was also able...
No. Use "the hacker," firstly because it's otherwise ambiguous with respect to Honan's name, secondly because the hacker's gender is unknown (yes, "he" is the gender non-specific pronoun, but this works better.)
apple iCloud account... google and twitter accounts... apple customer support
Apple, Google and Twitter (and Gizmodo, above) should all be capitalised.
down to a brute force attack, however today it has come out
A semi-colon would be preferable to a comma, but I'll admit this is a pretty minor one compared to the rest.
Seriously, what the hell? I know we all have a good joke about the editors' incompetence, but this is a new low.
all you need to do is to compute its , a co-efficient that measures the hardness of the problem.
Which is apparently so hard to do no-one can even name the thing. Or is it just called ","?