After 20011109 (I'm European, but I prefer ISO dates...), I was thinking that you really don't even need a sharp object to threaten people the way the terrorists did. A large and strong man could grab a member of the cabin crew and threaten to either break their neck, strangle them etc. Or if they wanted to use a sharp object, how about a pencil, a fountain pen or a sharpened pda stylus ?
If people are that mad, then there is little you can do to stop them.
"who really wants to buy recordable DVD when besides two different standards, a new one is around the corner"
The point is that there is usually (at least with optical media) a longish period when any new storage medium comes out when you can get stuff on that medium but recorders and blank disks are a way off. This is then followed by a period where the recorders are available but the price puts off all except early-adopters.
So no, recordable DVDs are not obsolete.
graspee
Re:I saw this documentary years ago!
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And according to the film-makers, she was the first person they'd seen who could fire a gun without blinking.
Useless trivia, courtesy of the lemur factoid machine...
"I can't see Blair agreeing with George Bushes nuclear policy. If he does then.. we are all in trouble."
If George Bush said he was jumping off a cliff...
Blair: In the light of recent world events, it seems inevitable that we consider alternative methods of seeking out our own end. Our American friends have chosen to jump off a cliff. After careful consideration, I have decided that what is best for this country, what is best for the British People, is for us to join hands with the President and take that leap into the unknown.
They currently have the following amusing and dodgy advert:
"i..umm..'aquired' a millenium payphone. In perfect condition, but the glass panel that was mounted onto the payphone has been removed. Metal coiling/wires has been cut bout 2 feet from back of phone. Winnipeg, Manitoba "
So if you thought laptops got hot real quick, you'd probably be right...
graspee
Re:Used? Maybe. New? Not hardly.
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I agree with you about the battery life issue. I have a Sony Vaio 700 something (slim no-cd var) and I can't even watch a divx movie on it on one battery charge.
But check out the Vaio C1MGP- it's one of those subnotebook 1Kg things, and because of the processor (CrusoeTM733) the standard battery runs 3 hours. Even better, I think Sony do a QUAD BATTERY for it, which would power me all the way from the uk to tokyo!
The subnotebook has 128M RAM, 20G disk, 8.95" screen (like the older models in size but higher resolution- 1280x600. It also has Bluetooth and comes with Windows XP pro. (But will run linux prolly, since all the other C1 range do...)
The quad battery thing goes for all Sony laptops too, or at least most of them. They also do a 2x battery which is cheaper.
And of course the only moan with this, (and it's a big one) is that we should get these better batteries with the laptop, but instead they are pretty shockingly expensive...
"How militant are you about which licences people use for their software, and how they use them? People who are not following the (free software) licence are pirates, it's as simple as that. It's no different if you take GPL (GNU Public Licence) code and don't give people the source code, or if you make copies of movies and sell them to people, it's the same thing. In terms of other software, it really depends on the people who write it. I don't think you have a right to dictate how somebody controls their own work, apart from the very, very basic standard you'd expect."
Was this a bad cut and paste job or other bad editing or what?
For the first part of the question it's almost like they asked him about that recent askslashdot where the guy was asking about his company's dodgy "interpretation" of the gpl, abusing it for pleasure and profit.
In the last half of his answer, he appears to be on topic, but just take the question and the first sentence of the reply and it makes Alan Cox look like some kind of idiot...
Ink is a real physical liquid and paper is porous. What do you think happens with ink on paper? It bleeds out a little, randomly, you will never get two "pixels" the same. Thus the "jagged staircase" effect is slightly reduced.
Has anyone else noticed that when you use magnify.exe on a cleartype display, it turns the cleartype off?
Is this to protect trade secrets- I doubt it, since you can just take a screengrab and zoom that. It's actually more likely to be that because you are blowing up the individual pixels rather than displaying the same text at a higher point size it would be a lot harder to read the cleartyped text- it's like you're on acid- colours everywhere man!
No point to this really, I just thought it was interesting.
Why the fuck does openssh have X and gnome deps ? I don't disbelive you, but I am too lazy to download and read the source.
graspee
Re:And how are they supposed to measure this?
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"I belive that they use the money to pay private SAT channels to not scramble their programs, thus letting people all over europe watch German-language programming."
So I should blame them for the fact that I got to watch all 200 eps of Sailor Moon on RTL2 in the UK and turned into a crazeeee freeeeeek ?
"Money that would be better spent on food, beer and getting laid"
You don't need to spend money to get laid, there is an open-source version. What's more, as ever, it is a more satisfying experience, makes you look better to your peers and.
I agree. I use paintshop pro. I used to have a warezed copy of it when I was unemployed, so when I got a job I bought it. All I use it for is making logos, editing photos etc. I know how it works, and for me it works very well.
I am not one of these awful people who would rather warez photoshop because then they will look more leet to their friends, even though they don't know how to use any photoshop feature that paintshop pro doesn't have.
This is a real example of how revenue can be lost through warezing. People say they couldn't afford photoshop so they pirate it, but they are depriving other companies (like jasc) of profit.
For a lot of home users, photoshop is overkill and they don't need to use it professionally so...
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oops 20010911 before anyone else corrects me.
graspee
After 20011109 (I'm European, but I prefer ISO dates...), I was thinking that you really don't even need a sharp object to threaten people the way the terrorists did. A large and strong man could grab a member of the cabin crew and threaten to either break their neck, strangle them etc. Or if they wanted to use a sharp object, how about a pencil, a fountain pen or a sharpened pda stylus ?
If people are that mad, then there is little you can do to stop them.
graspee
Titanium doesn't set off the metal detectors. I know because I have a titanium plate in my leg...
graspee
I know- I just wanted to point out that under linux there are some things were it will tell you as root that you don't have permission to do...
graspee
If you start an X session as a normal user, then open a term and su root, then try to run a gui app the X server won't let you.
So another way in which linux is like Windows.
graspee
"who really wants to buy recordable DVD when besides two different standards, a new one is around the corner"
The point is that there is usually (at least with optical media) a longish period when any new storage medium comes out when you can get stuff on that medium but recorders and blank disks are a way off. This is then followed by a period where the recorders are available but the price puts off all except early-adopters.
So no, recordable DVDs are not obsolete.
graspee
And according to the film-makers, she was the first person they'd seen who could fire a gun without blinking.
Useless trivia, courtesy of the lemur factoid machine...
graspee
I think you mean:
Super Street Fighter 2 Alpha Turbo Championship Edition: Warriors' Dreams.
graspe
"I can't see Blair agreeing with George Bushes nuclear policy. If he does then.. we are all in trouble."
If George Bush said he was jumping off a cliff...
Blair: In the light of recent world events, it seems inevitable that we consider alternative
methods of seeking out our own end. Our American friends have chosen to jump off a cliff.
After careful consideration, I have decided that what is best for this country, what is best for
the British People, is for us to join hands with the President and take that leap into the unknown.
graspee
They currently have the following amusing and dodgy advert:
"i..umm..'aquired' a millenium payphone. In perfect condition, but the glass panel that was mounted onto the payphone has been removed. Metal coiling/wires has been cut bout 2 feet from back of phone. Winnipeg, Manitoba "
So if you thought laptops got hot real quick, you'd probably be right...
graspee
I agree with you about the battery life issue. I have a Sony Vaio 700 something (slim no-cd var) and I can't even watch a divx movie on it on one battery charge.
But check out the Vaio C1MGP- it's one of those subnotebook 1Kg things, and because of the processor (CrusoeTM733) the standard battery runs 3 hours. Even better, I think Sony do a QUAD BATTERY for it, which would power me all the way from the uk to tokyo!
The subnotebook has 128M RAM, 20G disk, 8.95" screen (like the older models in size but higher resolution- 1280x600. It also has Bluetooth and comes with Windows XP pro. (But will run linux prolly, since all the other C1 range do...)
The quad battery thing goes for all Sony laptops too, or at least most of them. They also do a 2x battery which is cheaper.
And of course the only moan with this, (and it's a big one) is that we should get these better batteries with the laptop, but instead they are pretty shockingly expensive...
graspee
Where are all the trolling first posts? Surely they're not put off by the adverts?
graspee
This sounds pretty dangerous- I will stick to filming fruit and other serene objects!
graspee
OK, I did preview my post, but I now sheepishly realize that AC was responding to the 2nd part of the question first, and the first part second.
Still, it seemed confusing when I first read it and I still suspect bad editing.
graspee
Check out this weirdness in the interview:
"How militant are you about which licences people use for their software, and how they use them?
People who are not following the (free software) licence are pirates, it's as simple as that. It's no different if you take GPL (GNU Public Licence) code and don't give people the source code, or if you make copies of movies and sell them to people, it's the same thing. In terms of other software, it really depends on the people who write it. I don't think you have a right to dictate how somebody controls their own work, apart from the very, very basic standard you'd expect."
Was this a bad cut and paste job or other bad editing or what?
For the first part of the question it's almost like they asked him about that recent askslashdot
where the guy was asking about his company's dodgy "interpretation" of the gpl, abusing it
for pleasure and profit.
In the last half of his answer, he appears to be on topic, but just take the question and the first
sentence of the reply and it makes Alan Cox look like some kind of idiot...
graspee
"A dot on paper is either there, or it isn't"
Ink is a real physical liquid and paper is porous. What do you think happens with ink on paper? It bleeds out a little, randomly, you will never get two "pixels" the same. Thus the "jagged staircase" effect is slightly reduced.
graspee
Has anyone else noticed that when you use magnify.exe on a cleartype display, it turns the cleartype off?
Is this to protect trade secrets- I doubt it, since you can just take a screengrab and zoom that. It's actually more likely to be that because you are blowing up the individual pixels rather than displaying the same text at a higher point size it would be a lot harder to read the cleartyped text- it's like you're on acid- colours everywhere man!
No point to this really, I just thought it was interesting.
graspee
And of course the less than/less than equal example from the openssh security hole...
graspee
If I had been there I would have shouted very loudly:
"minus one, troll!"
graspee
"There are loads of very interesting languages that are more powerful than C, as well as being easier to use."
Yeah like lisp and that was invented in 1958.
graspee
Why the fuck does openssh have X and gnome deps ? I don't disbelive you, but I am too lazy to
download and read the source.
graspee
"I belive that they use the money to pay private SAT channels to not scramble their programs, thus letting people all over europe watch German-language programming."
So I should blame them for the fact that I got to watch all 200 eps of Sailor Moon on RTL2 in the UK and turned into a crazeeee freeeeeek ?
graspee
Who needs air? I keep my house hermetically sealed and have no air, just vaccuum. 802.11b works just fine.
Must rush I gotta go outside and breathe.
graspee
"Money that would be better spent on food, beer and getting laid"
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You don't need to spend money to get laid, there is an open-source version. What's more, as ever,
it is a more satisfying experience, makes you look better to your peers and
graspee
I agree. I use paintshop pro. I used to have a warezed copy of it when I was unemployed, so when I got a job I bought it. All I use it for is making logos, editing photos etc. I know how it works, and for me it works very well.
I am not one of these awful people who would rather warez photoshop because then they will look
more leet to their friends, even though they don't know how to use any photoshop feature that paintshop pro doesn't have.
This is a real example of how revenue can be lost through warezing. People say they couldn't afford
photoshop so they pirate it, but they are depriving
other companies (like jasc) of profit.
For a lot of home users, photoshop is overkill and they don't need to use it professionally so...
graspee