I wish that some where there was a review site for the ATI Linux drivers and cards. I shopping for a new card and would like to get one of the ATI cards but I have no idea how good the current drivers are. Nvidia is the safe bet for Linux but I don't want to rule out ATI.
No. Most of the Aluminum that went into the War effort was made with electricity from TVA dams. Most of the food produced was from farms that had electric power thanks to rural electrification. You just looking at "Economic output" in isolation without looking at the support infrastructure that those cities require to produce that output like raw materials.
1. Ask for you money back for Office and Viso. 2. Stop using software that pulls this crap. Yes office compatibility is extremely useful but that usefulness is what gives Microsoft the power to pull crap like this. Just doing number one will probably solve the problem. Chew up the support lines and they will eventually fix the problem for you.
I don't think it is silly. But probably misplaced. You will have little choice but to buy a notebook that is made in China. Buying from a company other than Lenovo is probably a good idea since less of the profit will got to China. However this is probably more of a single act that in the long run means very little. If you are going to do this then you should also make the effort to not buy clothing made in China. Food made in China. Toys made in China and so one. Frankly compared to everything else that the Chinese government has done the shooting the monks is just isn't that big of a deal. In the grand scheme of things where he buys a notebook computer from will mean very little in the balance of good vs bad in the world. To make a real difference volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, Big Brother/Big Sisters, or some other group of your choice. Somehow I just don't see taking the small amount of time to state how out raged you are on Slashdot and then picking a different company to buy a notebook from as "Standing up for one's moral convictions". I don't find it silly but it is at best in the category of "It is the least that I could do".
Everything looks like a nail when all you have is a hammer. Spreadsheets are so useful today that they can do many tasks that are better done with other tools... If you know the other tools.
Yes I agree but there are some difference. For one we are talking about municipal WiFi. Just about every city mentioned where it has failed was just that a city. I think municipal WiFi is a huge waste of money. The cost of blanketing a city with WiFi is very high and the benefits are tiny. Small hot spots will give 90+% of the benefits with probably 5% of the cost. Now for rural areas. Heck yea there needs to be something done about broadband access. We have paying subsides to the carriers for year to "wire" the US and they done nothing but pocket the money. I do not think WiFi is the solution for rual access. It seems to me that it costs no more money to run fiber than to run power an phone lines. We have done that for rural areas. Getting broadband out the the rural America is as important to the economic develop of the US as getting power out to them in 30s was.
That was what I was going to suggest. A two line signal+ground one way serial cable. Heck use an optical isolator to keep the electrically isolated for surge protection.
If you wish to include those under nuclear power you may. But then allow an equally as broad expansion as to death caused buy hydrocarbon power. Add in all the people that died in the fire bombings of Japan. "A lot of those bombs used a hydrocarbon based fuel" and then the math is an easy yes.
Yes they did create a UI that everyone does use. PARC pretty much invented the GUI as we all know it. They also invented Ethernet, laser printers, and some claim object oriented programming. So yea they revolutionized how we use computers. AT&T also revolutionized how we use computers. MS-DOS 2.0+ was really a very weak copy of Unix tacked on to a copy of CP/M
What I meant to say was. "Just admit that there no good was reason to jump all over the author of Wordpress and or to call him names. Really you will feel much better and grow as a person." Dang I have got to start previewing. My bad.
"Auto-updates != Unhackable. Dangerous assumption there..." Yea and not smoking != free from lung cancer! Not updating your software is a great way to get hacked. Just admit that there was reason to jump all over the author of Wordpress and or to call him names. Really you will feel much better and grow as a person.
Why buy a radio station? They have the IPhone. How long before that is streaming audio? I bet it hooks right up to any car stereo's IPod adapter. It lets AT&T compete with satellite radio. Throw in iTv for good measure and you have an Apple dominated supply chain. Not any different that what Sony and Microsoft are dreaming about. Radio Station? That is so 20th century.
SO have you started yet? Before you keep going off half cocked I suggest you read the mail list messages.
"Simply put, if you really insist on wearing a tin foil hat, it's uber easy to disable the automatic update checker. For the other 99.99999% of people out there, this feature will be a godsend to them in both terms of new features and more importantly, the _only_ real way to make sure your site doesn't get hacked -- by running the latest version. "
If you don't like it then take it out. You have the source for goodness sakes. If not then keep the auto update in. The only arrogant attitude I have seen is from a bunch of tin foil hat wearing users that are too lazy to turn off this feature themselves.
You mean this like this post. Yep I am afraid that Slashdot is once again producing a lot more heat than light.
"Your logic is flawed. You assume that someone looking to exploit won't attack the latest version. This is usually untrue. If a serious exploit is found, hackers usually just Google for "WordPress" (it's already on your site for "powered by WordPress") or like wp-login.php and then attempt to exploit it, regardless of version. If some database somewhere somehow did get leaked, then all it'd do is just make the hackers job easier -- it wouldn't enable them.
And by checking for an update, your server's IP address is sent automatically. It wouldn't be hard to reverse lookup that IP.
Simply put, if you really insist on wearing a tin foil hat, it's uber easy to disable the automatic update checker. For the other 99.99999% of people out there, this feature will be a godsend to them in both terms of new features and more importantly, the _only_ real way to make sure your site doesn't get hacked -- by running the latest version. "
I got on with just an email account from college. I haven't been a college student since the Commodore 64 was a good computer and the Amiga was cutting edge.
That is exactly what the law is supposed to prevent. If you fry a piston and have an aftermarket turbo yea your warranty is void. But if your ABS has issues you are covered. So yea they might try to tell you that but it is baloney.
A you have paid for the phone, you have paid the tax to get out of your AT&T contract, and the us government has clearly stated that it is totally legal to unlock your phone! I don't see any morality issue with this if Apple breaks the phone you have legally unlocked and own. I find the idea of "locked" phones to be questionable.
Actually you are part right. I did you a disservice. Your post wasn't as bad as I said it was. You just used one blanket statement about a political party that wasn't even all that bad. At this point I am so sick of politics on Slashdot that I want any post that names a political party set to -5 if they are not in the Politics section. My bad, terribly sorry. And I happen to agree with most of what you said.
Web 2.0 means lots of things. What it means I am sorry to say is a white page with pastel colors containing links to others content. Thow comments of which 99% are just useless and or flamebait and you have Web 2.0. Or as I like to call it Digg.
Actually your statement proves my point. You will fall in love with ATI if they get out FOSS drivers for the new GPUs. Even then you top video card is only a 6600GT. Not even a 7 series. You are not a high profit demographic but even then they will win you over if they get a good FOSS driver out for the current cards.
Oh I think they will sell a few of these. They will cost as much as a used car but then gamers will buy anything:) I wonder if there is a sub-class of audiophile gamers? I could sell them granite cases lined with gold leaf to go along with their balanced power cords and CD demagnetizers.
Actually there are probably a few workstation users that could actually use one of these. They would just have to put them into cases with out flames or skulls.
For cars yes for computers no. A new computer has a life of around 3 years. In 3 years you can pay the same price for four times the performance. People that buy new computers know this. They buy hardware that has support NOW. Support for an old out of production video card just doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. I didn't say it was nice or good but just the way it is. ATI has been around long enough that it has no fear of being labeled a flash in the pan so no need to spend any money or effort on something that will at best get them a tiny bit of good will from people re-using old hardware.
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I wish that some where there was a review site for the ATI Linux drivers and cards.
I shopping for a new card and would like to get one of the ATI cards but I have no idea how good the current drivers are.
Nvidia is the safe bet for Linux but I don't want to rule out ATI.
No.
Most of the Aluminum that went into the War effort was made with electricity from TVA dams. Most of the food produced was from farms that had electric power thanks to rural electrification.
You just looking at "Economic output" in isolation without looking at the support infrastructure that those cities require to produce that output like raw materials.
1. Ask for you money back for Office and Viso.
2. Stop using software that pulls this crap.
Yes office compatibility is extremely useful but that usefulness is what gives Microsoft the power to pull crap like this.
Just doing number one will probably solve the problem. Chew up the support lines and they will eventually fix the problem for you.
I don't think it is silly. But probably misplaced.
You will have little choice but to buy a notebook that is made in China. Buying from a company other than Lenovo is probably a good idea since less of the profit will got to China.
However this is probably more of a single act that in the long run means very little. If you are going to do this then you should also make the effort to not buy clothing made in China. Food made in China. Toys made in China and so one.
Frankly compared to everything else that the Chinese government has done the shooting the monks is just isn't that big of a deal. In the grand scheme of things where he buys a notebook computer from will mean very little in the balance of good vs bad in the world.
To make a real difference volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, Big Brother/Big Sisters, or some other group of your choice.
Somehow I just don't see taking the small amount of time to state how out raged you are on Slashdot and then picking a different company to buy a notebook from as "Standing up for one's moral convictions". I don't find it silly but it is at best in the category of "It is the least that I could do".
Everything looks like a nail when all you have is a hammer.
Spreadsheets are so useful today that they can do many tasks that are better done with other tools... If you know the other tools.
Yes I agree but there are some difference.
For one we are talking about municipal WiFi. Just about every city mentioned where it has failed was just that a city.
I think municipal WiFi is a huge waste of money. The cost of blanketing a city with WiFi is very high and the benefits are tiny. Small hot spots will give 90+% of the benefits with probably 5% of the cost.
Now for rural areas. Heck yea there needs to be something done about broadband access. We have paying subsides to the carriers for year to "wire" the US and they done nothing but pocket the money. I do not think WiFi is the solution for rual access. It seems to me that it costs no more money to run fiber than to run power an phone lines. We have done that for rural areas.
Getting broadband out the the rural America is as important to the economic develop of the US as getting power out to them in 30s was.
That was what I was going to suggest. A two line signal+ground one way serial cable.
Heck use an optical isolator to keep the electrically isolated for surge protection.
If you wish to include those under nuclear power you may. But then allow an equally as broad expansion as to death caused buy hydrocarbon power. Add in all the people that died in the fire bombings of Japan. "A lot of those bombs used a hydrocarbon based fuel" and then the math is an easy yes.
Nope but nothing lasts forever. Several centuries is a very long time as far as technology goes.
Yes they did create a UI that everyone does use. PARC pretty much invented the GUI as we all know it. They also invented Ethernet, laser printers, and some claim object oriented programming.
So yea they revolutionized how we use computers.
AT&T also revolutionized how we use computers. MS-DOS 2.0+ was really a very weak copy of Unix tacked on to a copy of CP/M
What I meant to say was.
"Just admit that there no good was reason to jump all over the author of Wordpress and or to call him names. Really you will feel much better and grow as a person."
Dang I have got to start previewing.
My bad.
"Auto-updates != Unhackable. Dangerous assumption there..."
Yea and not smoking != free from lung cancer!
Not updating your software is a great way to get hacked.
Just admit that there was reason to jump all over the author of Wordpress and or to call him names. Really you will feel much better and grow as a person.
Why buy a radio station?
They have the IPhone. How long before that is streaming audio? I bet it hooks right up to any car stereo's IPod adapter. It lets AT&T compete with satellite radio. Throw in iTv for good measure and you have an Apple dominated supply chain.
Not any different that what Sony and Microsoft are dreaming about.
Radio Station? That is so 20th century.
I don't know how does it taste? Seems like the story has been updated because it was just WRONG.
SO have you started yet?
Before you keep going off half cocked I suggest you read the mail list messages.
"Simply put, if you really insist on wearing a tin foil hat, it's uber easy
to disable the automatic update checker. For the other 99.99999% of people
out there, this feature will be a godsend to them in both terms of new
features and more importantly, the _only_ real way to make sure your site
doesn't get hacked -- by running the latest version. "
If you don't like it then take it out. You have the source for goodness sakes. If not then keep the auto update in.
The only arrogant attitude I have seen is from a bunch of tin foil hat wearing users that are too lazy to turn off this feature themselves.
You mean this like this post. Yep I am afraid that Slashdot is once again producing a lot more heat than light.
"Your logic is flawed. You assume that someone looking to exploit won't
attack the latest version. This is usually untrue. If a serious exploit is
found, hackers usually just Google for "WordPress" (it's already on your
site for "powered by WordPress") or like wp-login.php and then attempt to
exploit it, regardless of version. If some database somewhere somehow did
get leaked, then all it'd do is just make the hackers job easier -- it
wouldn't enable them.
And by checking for an update, your server's IP address is sent
automatically. It wouldn't be hard to reverse lookup that IP.
Simply put, if you really insist on wearing a tin foil hat, it's uber easy
to disable the automatic update checker. For the other 99.99999% of people
out there, this feature will be a godsend to them in both terms of new
features and more importantly, the _only_ real way to make sure your site
doesn't get hacked -- by running the latest version. "
I got on with just an email account from college. I haven't been a college student since the Commodore 64 was a good computer and the Amiga was cutting edge.
You forget. Microsoft can just push silverlight as a update for IE.
Unlike Slashdot only 5 or 10 percent of Facebook users use firefox.
That is exactly what the law is supposed to prevent.
If you fry a piston and have an aftermarket turbo yea your warranty is void. But if your ABS has issues you are covered.
So yea they might try to tell you that but it is baloney.
A you have paid for the phone, you have paid the tax to get out of your AT&T contract, and the us government has clearly stated that it is totally legal to unlock your phone! I don't see any morality issue with this if Apple breaks the phone you have legally unlocked and own.
I find the idea of "locked" phones to be questionable.
Actually you are part right. I did you a disservice.
Your post wasn't as bad as I said it was. You just used one blanket statement about a political party that wasn't even all that bad. At this point I am so sick of politics on Slashdot that I want any post that names a political party set to -5 if they are not in the Politics section.
My bad, terribly sorry. And I happen to agree with most of what you said.
Web 2.0 means lots of things.
What it means I am sorry to say is a white page with pastel colors containing links to others content. Thow comments of which 99% are just useless and or flamebait and you have Web 2.0.
Or as I like to call it Digg.
Actually your statement proves my point. You will fall in love with ATI if they get out FOSS drivers for the new GPUs.
Even then you top video card is only a 6600GT. Not even a 7 series. You are not a high profit demographic but even then they will win you over if they get a good FOSS driver out for the current cards.
Oh I think they will sell a few of these. They will cost as much as a used car but then gamers will buy anything :)
I wonder if there is a sub-class of audiophile gamers? I could sell them granite cases lined with gold leaf to go along with their balanced power cords and CD
demagnetizers.
Actually there are probably a few workstation users that could actually use one of these. They would just have to put them into cases with out flames or skulls.
For cars yes for computers no.
A new computer has a life of around 3 years. In 3 years you can pay the same price for four times the performance. People that buy new computers know this. They buy hardware that has support NOW. Support for an old out of production video card just doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. I didn't say it was nice or good but just the way it is. ATI has been around long enough that it has no fear of being labeled a flash in the pan so no need to spend any money or effort on something that will at best get them a tiny bit of good will from people re-using old hardware.