Because of the low quality, getting even worse over time, and large size. This is why rational people transitioned to better media, leaving just the hipsters with this now-totally-inadequate technology.
My nephews and niece were forced to play the family piano, and are now all amazing on it. Being forced to learn a skill is not a bad thing unless you lack the ability to succeed.
The same can be said of MP3s, and they don't crackle and hiss like we're back in the 80s. This is clearly a hipster thing, rather than anyone actually seeking better sound, in which case they'd just use Flac files..
I could not get used to them, so I went back to regular lenses.
It sounds like you may need regular glasses just to wear for close work.
For those of us who are near-sighted, we just need to wear glasses when driving or watching TV, and take them off for close work. I suspect you could do the opposite. If not, maybe you need two sets of glasses, one for close work, and another to see clearly at a distance.
>So will the UI makers retreat on their strategy of forcing PCs to use touch-inspired interfaces? We can only hope.
Why would we hope for that? A touch interface is much easier for some people to use than a mouse. My 71-year-old father does much better on a touch screen than with a mouse. For those of us who didn't grow up with mice, they're a lot less intuitive than we think.
I've seen the same for hard-drives, and tend not to have content that would be worth paying for recovery, so for people like me there's not much of a difference in reliability. Only one out of 5 of my SSDs has failed so far, which is a much lower rate than I've seen with hard drives in my array.
>If your data is valuable, you will need to mirror the drives or use RAID
I'm using UnRaid and backing everything up to a second server that's kept offline and off-site so I can't have my collection destroyed by malware, theft, or a fire. It was a bit costly, but my data is secure enough,.
I cache to an SSD to speed up writes to an UnRaid array that uses consumer-grade drives. It makes a big difference as long as you can keep your writes as small as the SSD. There's no need to cache even 1080p high-bitrate files for reads.
Don't be absurd. It's religious people who have nothing, and saying someone who lived before humanity had much of an understanding of the universe was religious does not support your continued superstition in 2014. There's no irony here, and Tyson isn't just agnostic, he fully understands that gods are imaginary.
I think at this point we can be confident that the supernatural is imaginary. No one needs to prove that any gods don't exist, because the religious people can't provide any evidence at all to support their absurd claims. They can't produce their imagined god, or even a simple demon for testing because it's all fiction.
He can fuck himself because he alienated deeply ignorant people like you? Wouldn't it be better if you got up to speed, rather than getting angry with someone for seeing through your absurd, archaic beliefs?
Does it really matter if ignorant conservatives can't handle reality-based people? Making fun of their absurd beliefs, rather than say locking them in mental hospitals, seems like a pretty good approach to me.
Your fatwa envy makes me embarrassed for you. People like you are the worst.
Smart people don't choose to believe things because they want them to be true like you do. An idea doesn't have to give you a warm fuzzy feeling to be true.
If religious people had any proof, it would no longer be religion. Of course they don't, because the supernatural is imaginary. Too many people fail to grow out of their childhood superstitions, and never develop an evidence-based adult worldview.
>then Obama gave in to Castro, basically ending another "cold war" but this time with USA's political defeat,
That's absurd propaganda from the ignorant conservatives. They hate all progress, and are learning-disabled due to preferring dogma over evidence, so it's best to ignore them.
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Because of the low quality, getting even worse over time, and large size. This is why rational people transitioned to better media, leaving just the hipsters with this now-totally-inadequate technology.
>You can't take it on the go Sure you can. http://www.consumerreports.org... http://www.ebay.com/itm/PORTAB...
My nephews and niece were forced to play the family piano, and are now all amazing on it. Being forced to learn a skill is not a bad thing unless you lack the ability to succeed.
The same can be said of MP3s, and they don't crackle and hiss like we're back in the 80s. This is clearly a hipster thing, rather than anyone actually seeking better sound, in which case they'd just use Flac files..
I could not get used to them, so I went back to regular lenses.
It sounds like you may need regular glasses just to wear for close work.
For those of us who are near-sighted, we just need to wear glasses when driving or watching TV, and take them off for close work. I suspect you could do the opposite. If not, maybe you need two sets of glasses, one for close work, and another to see clearly at a distance.
>So will the UI makers retreat on their strategy of forcing PCs to use touch-inspired interfaces? We can only hope.
Why would we hope for that? A touch interface is much easier for some people to use than a mouse. My 71-year-old father does much better on a touch screen than with a mouse. For those of us who didn't grow up with mice, they're a lot less intuitive than we think.
>People laughed at them for having this big ass tablet next to their ear
Why would anyone care if stupid people laugh at them?
The term has been around for several years, but always struck me as icky.
I've seen the same for hard-drives, and tend not to have content that would be worth paying for recovery, so for people like me there's not much of a difference in reliability. Only one out of 5 of my SSDs has failed so far, which is a much lower rate than I've seen with hard drives in my array.
>If your data is valuable, you will need to mirror the drives or use RAID
I'm using UnRaid and backing everything up to a second server that's kept offline and off-site so I can't have my collection destroyed by malware, theft, or a fire. It was a bit costly, but my data is secure enough,.
Neat. Thanks for posting that link!
I cache to an SSD to speed up writes to an UnRaid array that uses consumer-grade drives. It makes a big difference as long as you can keep your writes as small as the SSD. There's no need to cache even 1080p high-bitrate files for reads.
>distasteful and represents how radical left wing nuts control the media
I can't tell if you're joking, or deeply immersed in wingnut alternate reality.
Why would you expect top men to be involved in investigating the wingnut's Benghazi fake outrage. We leave that to pandering goons like Darrel Issa.
This seems to be confirmation of that old hypothesis (not theory).
Why should anyone care what a stupid AC thinks is retarded?
Don't be absurd. It's religious people who have nothing, and saying someone who lived before humanity had much of an understanding of the universe was religious does not support your continued superstition in 2014. There's no irony here, and Tyson isn't just agnostic, he fully understands that gods are imaginary.
I think at this point we can be confident that the supernatural is imaginary. No one needs to prove that any gods don't exist, because the religious people can't provide any evidence at all to support their absurd claims. They can't produce their imagined god, or even a simple demon for testing because it's all fiction.
He can fuck himself because he alienated deeply ignorant people like you? Wouldn't it be better if you got up to speed, rather than getting angry with someone for seeing through your absurd, archaic beliefs?
>I have no idea who Neil DeGrasse is or his skin color.
What rock did you just crawl out from under?
Your tone-trolling makes you sound really ignorant and clueless.
Does it really matter if ignorant conservatives can't handle reality-based people? Making fun of their absurd beliefs, rather than say locking them in mental hospitals, seems like a pretty good approach to me.
Your fatwa envy makes me embarrassed for you. People like you are the worst.
Gross. Why are you bringing up something created by a deranged right-wing Christianist, who's much worse than the people he hates?
Why would you agree with someone who mistook Netflix for a pay-per-view outlet, when Netflix does not support charging people for new movies?
Smart people don't choose to believe things because they want them to be true like you do. An idea doesn't have to give you a warm fuzzy feeling to be true.
If religious people had any proof, it would no longer be religion. Of course they don't, because the supernatural is imaginary. Too many people fail to grow out of their childhood superstitions, and never develop an evidence-based adult worldview.
>then Obama gave in to Castro, basically ending another "cold war" but this time with USA's political defeat,
That's absurd propaganda from the ignorant conservatives. They hate all progress, and are learning-disabled due to preferring dogma over evidence, so it's best to ignore them.