I know you're joking, but Twitter does have a nearly unique architecture that makes it very difficult, if not impossible, to block without blocking the entire Internet.
Well that's good. I'd hate to see an article on Slashdot about Twitter being down due to a DDoS attack.
The OS should: 1) Silently serialize application state for each application 2) Force-close each application 3) Shutdown 4) On restart of each application, restore the previous application state
The CLI shutdown command does the following: 1) Force-close each application 2) Shutdown Application state and/or data is potentially lost
The GUI shutdown command does the following: 1) Ask each application to shutdown, waiting for response if necessary 2) Shutdown The OS is not guaranteed to shut down
See the difference? I agree with the GP. Windows shutdown has been a buggy mess for a long time. Hopefully windows 7 resolves some of the issues with it.
Calling someone a liar makes you the asshole. Just so you know.
Wow, overreact much? The GP didn't call you a liar. He quite appropriately asked for evidence regarding a claim made by a stranger.
That being said, the GP is pretty naive if he believes nobody has ever created a successful company after dropping out of high school...some of the following drop-outs may be familiar:
really don't understand why this hasn't caught on more. Electric vehicles only reduce dependence on oil, they do nothing for the environment as we simply replace the refining of oil to gas, with the refining of some other fuel and then burn it (coal to electric). In fact, let me go look up that post I wrote a long time ago, brb...
The idea is that we have already made significant headway in the development of environmentally friendly power plants (i.e. carbon sequestering, nuclear, wind, solar, hydro, etc.). Environmentally friendly cars are still in their infancy. Solving both problems in parallel is much more sensible than developing completely green power plants and still having cars that burn fossil fuels.
Or, he could just invest the original $36K and make a LOT more. Investing the few thousand dollars he saves every month is like spending $50K on a sports car and investing the money you would have spent on bus fare in a savings account instead...
$36k invested at 5% for 12 years returns $68,000. $3000/year invested each year at 5% for 12 years returns $47,000
With option A, he still had to pay $36,000 in electricity payments as well. He doesn't get a lot more, he gets a lot less.
Kudos for adding a car analogy though!
It's more like spending $50,000 on a sports car to get rid of your $500/month lease.
No, it's an obvious loss; YOU are failing to compound the initial $38,400 cost. If the solar panel had never been bought, the savings would have compounded to (say, @3.65%, current 10-year T-bill) $55,000 after 10 years.
No, I've shown this in numerous posts now. At 5%, his $38,400 grows to about $68,000 in 12 years, but he also LOSES $36,000 in electricity payments.
$3000/year invested at 5% for 12 years grows to approx $47,000.
So without solar, his total return is ~$30,000
With solar, his total return is ~$47,000
At some higher percentage return (I'm guessing around 8% or 9%), the two options will come out even. If he can somehow magically manage a consistent 12% return, then the solar definitely loses out over 12 years.
Why people still routinely neglect compound interesting I'll never know. If he took that $38,000 and put it in a long term investment at a mere 5%, he'd had 68242.54 at the end of 12 years. Yes, it's green, yes, it's cool, but no, he's not saving money.
Why people still routinely neglect compound interest I'll never know.
If he takes the $3000 he saves in electricity costs every year and invests that at 5%, he'll have $47,751.38 at the end of 12 years.
With your scenario, he has $68,242 but he will have paid $36,000 in electricity, leaving him with $32,242 if he "cashes out".
And what long term investment would that be that reliably makes 5%? If he had invested that $38k in just about any stock or mutual fund in the past year, he'd have lost at least 30% of its value.
Historically, almost any indexed fund provides 5%.
Yes, the past year has been bad, but if we are discussing long term investments, there are numerous funds he could invest in to get a 5% rate of return.
My two kids, same physical problem, Johns Hopkins, Top Surgeon nationally in his field. I paid very little, and my kids are in wonderful shape, and that excellent surgeon came out himself to brief us periodically on the status, then re-scrubbed, and went back in. Shaddap. Our medical system is fine if you're busting your tail and improving yourself with an eye toward the jobs that provide benefits. If you're not, then get the hell out of my pocket. That's for my kids
To those who imply "well, then, rationing is in effect based on your ability to earn a decent living". Stipulating that, I say, well, please your fellow man by doing something they're willing to pay for. If not...exactly who's fault is it that you can't afford the health care you desire, and why the hell does that authorize you an all-access pass to the fruits of MY labor?
So true. As a drug-lord in Columbia, I laugh at the silly americans and their "socialized" police forces. The other day, I was having trouble with a buyer who wasn't paying, and you know what I did. I sent my own private army to take care of the situation. Those excellent soldiers went in, killed the guy, reported back promptly, and recovered my money. Shaddup. Our security forces are fine if you're busting your tail and improving youself with an eye solely towards your own self-interest.
Screw your fellow man, he's likely some lazy bum who doesn't deserve to live anyways.
Piss off yourself. You sound like an arrogant prick who doesn't realize that 99.9% of the success he's found in life is NOT through his hard work and ability, but due to the fact that he was born in the right place at the right time.
Oh yeah, queue phony response about how he was actually born on the wrong side of the tracks to some drug-addicted mother and abusive father.
Never an idiot? Did you not see that speech he gave at that one convention about how wonderful the War in Iraq is and how we as a country should be proud to be promoting democracy on other countries through war? Look it up on YouTube. Someone who says idiotic things like this is, by definition, an idiot.
idiot -noun 1. an utterly foolish or senseless person. 2. Psychology. a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25.
Oh, but based on your definition an idiot is someone who ocassionally says things that are wrong or that you personally disagree with. If we go by that definition, then you sir, are an idiot.
Perhaps that was because I employed too much critical thought when reading them
Wow. You should consider a career in literary criticism. You really nailed him there!
I was going to read one of his books, but based on your insightful and detailed posting describing the flaws in characterization, plot, and thematic elements, I'm sure glad I'm not going to have to waste my time.
It was so refreshing to read such a well thought out and descriptive posting on the internet. I'm sure glad it wasn't another one of those typical postings you find criticizing someone's work which can usually be summed up as: I didn't like it.
From TFA: "Japanese 'Buddha phone' launches" "The Odin 99 has landed on the streets of Japan"
Unless the submitter could read Japanese, how exactly were they supposed to be aware that this was a Chinese product? TFA clearly indicated it was Japanese.
This was a screw up by CNET (no surprise), NOT the submitter.
I RTFA, and there is no indication that this went any further than the idiot operator on the other end of the line. Although it is emotionally satisfying to believe that some evil "corporation" suddenly became self-aware and made this decision independently of any humans, in the end it was some employee who decided that the man's life was worth less than $20 and/or his/her own job.
Whoever made this decision should be criminally prosecuted for failing to assist the authorities in this matter. Sorry, I know that the whole "corporations are evil" bit is a popular meme on Slashdot, but those of us older than 17 realize that corporations actually run by this odd mammal known as "people", and these mammals need to be held responsible for their own actions.
It drives me nuts when I see these types of posts. Lock up your consoles! Lock down your PC! Wrap your child in bubble wrap and plug their ears with cotton!
I am a parent of 3 kids (8 year old gamer boy, 6 and 3 year old girls), and I try my best to follow the only sensible pieces of parenting advice I've ever seen on the internet:
1) Explain the rules to your children. 2) Allow them to make mistakes. 3) Monitor and correct.
The problem with posts like the above (who I am certain has the best of intentions), is that it cuts out the very important step (2).
Children need the opportunity to screw up. To break the rules. To learn the consequences of their actions.
I don't want age restrictions on my console, I want the ability to see what my boy has played & when. If he breaks the rules and sees some blood and gore one night, oh well...I am certain he won't be scarred for life. He will however, be appropriately punished and learn the consequences of breaking the rules.
and artists would prefer if fans stopped thinking of them as their bitches.
But that's not very likely is it?
And customers would prefer it if content producers would realize which side of the bread the butter was on. But given it isn't Microsoft we're talking about, this comment will likely be ignored.
And please, calling George R. Martin an artist is quite a stretch.
Most people who watch movies in theatres do it mostly for the experiance
Is there some special room or a pre-show or something I'm missing at the theater. I've heard this comment a lot when I tell people I don't go to the theater anymore.
The last time I went (about 5 years ago), the experience consisted of: 1) Line up at automated teller to pay for tickets 2) Line up at concession to pay for snacks. 3) Go to sticky floored theater and spend 20-40 minutes (depending on what kind of seats you wanted) watching commercials. Conversation with your direct neighbors was a possibility, but for larger groups the layout pretty much prevents any other experience 4) Watch another 5-10 minutes of previews / commercials once the movie "starts" 5) Watch movie. Hopefully no jerks are busy heckling, throwing gummy bears at the screen, chatting on their cell phones, etc, and hopefully the movie is another crap-fest that Hollywood often delivers. 6) Leave.
Whereas at home I can do the following: 1) Invite friends over to watch pre-purchased or rented movie. Minimal cost. 2) Prepare / purchase much better snacks at a much better price 3) Converse in living room / play video games / listen to music in comfort prior to movie. 4) Fast forward over previews or watch movie from HTPC with previews removed. 5) Watch movie. If movie sucks, switch to another. Pause optional for bio-breaks, snack refills, etc. 6) Discuss movie after with guests. Review scenes if necessary for the "less observant guests". Watch another movie or play video games if night is still young.
What exactly from the theater "experience" am I missing. The larger screen? I go to movies to see a story, not to see the pock-marks on Samuel Jackson's forehead. The ear shattering sound? Sorry, I prefer to hear myself think.
Sure there is a bit of a social aspect of seeing a movie with a crowd, but personally I prefer the companionship of friends and the convenience of someone's house.
And this has to do with beer production exactly how?
Sure the big beer producers do something very similar...fast fermenting yeast to produce ethanol, add flavor and coloring to make it taste like bubbly yellow piss.
However, there are many many microbreweries across the US and Canada that still brew beer basically the old fashioned way. It's just unfortunate that the typical North American still prefers the crap the big breweries produce.
Slashdot Mirror
Well that's good. I'd hate to see an article on Slashdot about Twitter being down due to a DDoS attack.
The GP said what the difference is. Many times.
The OS should:
1) Silently serialize application state for each application
2) Force-close each application
3) Shutdown
4) On restart of each application, restore the previous application state
The CLI shutdown command does the following:
1) Force-close each application
2) Shutdown
Application state and/or data is potentially lost
The GUI shutdown command does the following:
1) Ask each application to shutdown, waiting for response if necessary
2) Shutdown
The OS is not guaranteed to shut down
See the difference? I agree with the GP. Windows shutdown has been a buggy mess for a long time. Hopefully windows 7 resolves some of the issues with it.
Wow, overreact much? The GP didn't call you a liar. He quite appropriately asked for evidence regarding a claim made by a stranger.
That being said, the GP is pretty naive if he believes nobody has ever created a successful company after dropping out of high school...some of the following drop-outs may be familiar:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Clark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Emeagwali
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Stewart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson
Plus many many many more:
http://www.education-reform.net/dropouts2.htm
Why don't I get mod points when I want them?!?!
+1 Informative
Please explain when you would want encryption but not trust?
You want to make sure that the data you are sending is encrypted, but you don't care who you are sending it to?!?!
That doesn't make any sense.
Well that's just silly! No car can go 600mph!
The idea is that we have already made significant headway in the development of environmentally friendly power plants (i.e. carbon sequestering, nuclear, wind, solar, hydro, etc.). Environmentally friendly cars are still in their infancy. Solving both problems in parallel is much more sensible than developing completely green power plants and still having cars that burn fossil fuels.
$36k invested at 5% for 12 years returns $68,000.
$3000/year invested each year at 5% for 12 years returns $47,000
With option A, he still had to pay $36,000 in electricity payments as well. He doesn't get a lot more, he gets a lot less.
Kudos for adding a car analogy though!
It's more like spending $50,000 on a sports car to get rid of your $500/month lease.
No, it's an obvious loss; YOU are failing to compound the initial $38,400 cost. If the solar panel had never been bought, the savings would have compounded to (say, @3.65%, current 10-year T-bill) $55,000 after 10 years.
No, I've shown this in numerous posts now. At 5%, his $38,400 grows to about $68,000 in 12 years, but he also LOSES $36,000 in electricity payments. $3000/year invested at 5% for 12 years grows to approx $47,000. So without solar, his total return is ~$30,000 With solar, his total return is ~$47,000 At some higher percentage return (I'm guessing around 8% or 9%), the two options will come out even. If he can somehow magically manage a consistent 12% return, then the solar definitely loses out over 12 years.
Huh? (or is that a whooshing sound I hear?)
Why would I compound the money he pays? It's doesn't earn very much (for him) after he's paid it.
It is an obvious win, because you are failing to compound the savings.
He can invest the savings on electricity each year and substantially increase his ROR.
The IRR formula does NOT account for the potential re-investment of interim cash flows.
Why people still routinely neglect compound interest I'll never know.
If he takes the $3000 he saves in electricity costs every year and invests that at 5%, he'll have $47,751.38 at the end of 12 years.
With your scenario, he has $68,242 but he will have paid $36,000 in electricity, leaving him with $32,242 if he "cashes out".
Personally, I'd take $47000 over $32000 any day.
And what long term investment would that be that reliably makes 5%? If he had invested that $38k in just about any stock or mutual fund in the past year, he'd have lost at least 30% of its value.
Historically, almost any indexed fund provides 5%.
Yes, the past year has been bad, but if we are discussing long term investments, there are numerous funds he could invest in to get a 5% rate of return.
So true. As a drug-lord in Columbia, I laugh at the silly americans and their "socialized" police forces. The other day, I was having trouble with a buyer who wasn't paying, and you know what I did. I sent my own private army to take care of the situation. Those excellent soldiers went in, killed the guy, reported back promptly, and recovered my money. Shaddup. Our security forces are fine if you're busting your tail and improving youself with an eye solely towards your own self-interest.
Screw your fellow man, he's likely some lazy bum who doesn't deserve to live anyways.
Piss off yourself. You sound like an arrogant prick who doesn't realize that 99.9% of the success he's found in life is NOT through his hard work and ability, but due to the fact that he was born in the right place at the right time.
Oh yeah, queue phony response about how he was actually born on the wrong side of the tracks to some drug-addicted mother and abusive father.
Ok, I'm a 38 year old Canadian, and nobody has ever told me which doctor I can and cannot see.
Oh wow, I'm not posting as an AC! How exactly does that make my posting more credible?
idiot -noun
1. an utterly foolish or senseless person.
2. Psychology. a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25.
Oh, but based on your definition an idiot is someone who ocassionally says things that are wrong or that you personally disagree with. If we go by that definition, then you sir, are an idiot.
Wow. You should consider a career in literary criticism. You really nailed him there!
I was going to read one of his books, but based on your insightful and detailed posting describing the flaws in characterization, plot, and thematic elements, I'm sure glad I'm not going to have to waste my time.
It was so refreshing to read such a well thought out and descriptive posting on the internet. I'm sure glad it wasn't another one of those typical postings you find criticizing someone's work which can usually be summed up as: I didn't like it.
Tell that to the Chinese. Or the North Vietnamese. Or the Iranians.
From TFA:
"Japanese 'Buddha phone' launches"
"The Odin 99 has landed on the streets of Japan"
Unless the submitter could read Japanese, how exactly were they supposed to be aware that this was a Chinese product? TFA clearly indicated it was Japanese.
This was a screw up by CNET (no surprise), NOT the submitter.
How the heck did this get flagged as Insightful?
I RTFA, and there is no indication that this went any further than the idiot operator on the other end of the line. Although it is emotionally satisfying to believe that some evil "corporation" suddenly became self-aware and made this decision independently of any humans, in the end it was some employee who decided that the man's life was worth less than $20 and/or his/her own job.
Whoever made this decision should be criminally prosecuted for failing to assist the authorities in this matter. Sorry, I know that the whole "corporations are evil" bit is a popular meme on Slashdot, but those of us older than 17 realize that corporations actually run by this odd mammal known as "people", and these mammals need to be held responsible for their own actions.
Sigh.
It drives me nuts when I see these types of posts. Lock up your consoles! Lock down your PC! Wrap your child in bubble wrap and plug their ears with cotton!
I am a parent of 3 kids (8 year old gamer boy, 6 and 3 year old girls), and I try my best to follow the only sensible pieces of parenting advice I've ever seen on the internet:
1) Explain the rules to your children.
2) Allow them to make mistakes.
3) Monitor and correct.
The problem with posts like the above (who I am certain has the best of intentions), is that it cuts out the very important step (2).
Children need the opportunity to screw up. To break the rules. To learn the consequences of their actions.
I don't want age restrictions on my console, I want the ability to see what my boy has played & when. If he breaks the rules and sees some blood and gore one night, oh well...I am certain he won't be scarred for life. He will however, be appropriately punished and learn the consequences of breaking the rules.
And customers would prefer it if content producers would realize which side of the bread the butter was on. But given it isn't Microsoft we're talking about, this comment will likely be ignored.
And please, calling George R. Martin an artist is quite a stretch.
Yep, if the swine flu gets any worse, I guess it will be a (wait for it)...
Hamdemic!
Is there some special room or a pre-show or something I'm missing at the theater. I've heard this comment a lot when I tell people I don't go to the theater anymore.
The last time I went (about 5 years ago), the experience consisted of:
1) Line up at automated teller to pay for tickets
2) Line up at concession to pay for snacks.
3) Go to sticky floored theater and spend 20-40 minutes (depending on what kind of seats you wanted) watching commercials. Conversation with your direct neighbors was a possibility, but for larger groups the layout pretty much prevents any other experience
4) Watch another 5-10 minutes of previews / commercials once the movie "starts"
5) Watch movie. Hopefully no jerks are busy heckling, throwing gummy bears at the screen, chatting on their cell phones, etc, and hopefully the movie is another crap-fest that Hollywood often delivers.
6) Leave.
Whereas at home I can do the following:
1) Invite friends over to watch pre-purchased or rented movie. Minimal cost.
2) Prepare / purchase much better snacks at a much better price
3) Converse in living room / play video games / listen to music in comfort prior to movie.
4) Fast forward over previews or watch movie from HTPC with previews removed.
5) Watch movie. If movie sucks, switch to another. Pause optional for bio-breaks, snack refills, etc.
6) Discuss movie after with guests. Review scenes if necessary for the "less observant guests". Watch another movie or play video games if night is still young.
What exactly from the theater "experience" am I missing. The larger screen? I go to movies to see a story, not to see the pock-marks on Samuel Jackson's forehead. The ear shattering sound? Sorry, I prefer to hear myself think.
Sure there is a bit of a social aspect of seeing a movie with a crowd, but personally I prefer the companionship of friends and the convenience of someone's house.
And this has to do with beer production exactly how?
Sure the big beer producers do something very similar...fast fermenting yeast to produce ethanol, add flavor and coloring to make it taste like bubbly yellow piss.
However, there are many many microbreweries across the US and Canada that still brew beer basically the old fashioned way. It's just unfortunate that the typical North American still prefers the crap the big breweries produce.