If he wasn't such a respected science journalist in the mass media, I would agree.
For those that don't remember, he used to host Newton's Apple when it first aired. He also does numerous reports for NPR, as well as the weekly Science Friday (which any self-respecting/.er should listen to and support) and at least one book.
Besides, I think Lisa would pimp-slap him on general principle.
1. Different types of drugs. 2. More military vehicles (turret on a Patriot?) 3. Smarter law enforcement. 4. Full flips on a motorcycle w/o falling off!
And a tweaked lighting engine...I've seen some glitches lately in III and VC with things being outlined by light in the dark (like a wooden "jump" having a square halo when you pull up to it). Don't get me wrong, the lighting is excellent, but not without faults.
1) Get the best optical zoom you can, digital zoom is extremely overrated. Same goes for digital cameras too.
2) A format you are comfortable with (MiniDV or Digital8). After doing research for my digital camcorder I found that the mini-dvd format is completely ludicris and an utter waste.
3) Compatability - this could only be an issue if you don't have a Firewire port...if you don't...get one.
4) If you already have a digital camera don't even bother with looking at those features. Who wants to stop recording, mess with settings, take a picture, and mess around again just to take a picture that you could get with a digital camera faster and usually better quality.
5) Hot-shoe addon slot-thingy - great for zoom-mic's and external lights (ie expandability)
I think that's it...it's been a while since I purchased one (almost 2 years) but it has completely been worth it.
Pulling a single 150' BNC cable out from under 200+ CAT5 wires which were all under a 9" drop floor with carpet glued at random intervals.
1) Remove carpet - get gluey 2) Attempt to locate BNC - flashlight, upside down for quite a while 3) Locate BNC - pull correct carpet/floor 4) Pull BNC while upside down maneuvering around desks. 5) Repeat, but do not damage the BNC cable...we may need it someday.
Through that job I foudn out that my entire body can fit under a drop floor...and that people loose shoes in the damnedest places.
One wonders why these literal rocket scientists didn't just get a software programmable Linux or PalmOS based wrist-computer and hack together a Mars-time display application into it?
well, if Linux had a decent equalivalent to 3DS Max, Photoshop, Illustrator, sampling software, looping software, midi software, etc. maybe. Why don't you just go out and write all them for me, then I'll switch.
I run a lab with around 50 G4s (and 50 PCs) and we've had this problem as well. The PCs are easy since they're all identical and can be remotely reimaged in about 3 hours (on a slow lan), but the Macs are a difficult breed b/c of our network, which is all Novell based. Our Mac IT guy is at our lab nearly 3x a week trying some new configuration and the one he's using now is just to have a FireWire external with everything loaded. Not as simple and efficient as a network rebuild, but it works.
Great fun in Chicago, and often overlooked in lieu of NY or LA. You can also hit the Art Institute of Chicago and the Adler Planetarium, and why not go up in the Sears Tower while you're at it? There are a ton of fun, geek, cheap things to do in Chicago.
Who needs technology, we have beer and deep dish pizza!
either haven't pushed very hard to get their OS into handhelds, or they have tried but eventually gave up
From their website they have implemented QNX into intelligent assist devices, which are kind of toned down handhelds. It seems that not only would it be perfectly feasible to put it on a handheld, but many of the methods they use could benefit almost all other OSs.
If they didn't buy Bungie, the only thing Halo would come out for would be Mac. And I'd rather buy a system that is made for gaming rather than a toy that masquerades as a viable system.
The best system for "computer learning" I've seen implemented in a classroom based system allows for the instructorsrs screen to be broadcast to the rest of the systems in the room, and any other systems screen to be broadcast to any other for critique of writings.
Our campus has two such systems, and the instructors who have used them completely love being able to block IM-ing in all its forms...if you can't see what's being written, you can't write back. And the way the classrooms are set up, all monitors face the center of the room so the instructor can catch people trying to chat when they're actually supposed to be writing.
I wish I could find a link to the system, but I completely forget it's name.
Your first point invalidates your second point. Exactly...a double edged sword
This is more like taking crayolas to a print of a Rembrandt which you own. You're altering your own copy as you see fit, but the original work is unaffected. Or the original, either way the spirit in which the artwork was originally done is altered.
This story, which I've heard of before (maybe on/.) and had mixed feeling about
1) If consumers purchase the product, they should be able to do with it what they want. This would be akin to backing up a cd, but leaving out a song or two that suck.
2) Since the artist/director released a version they see as fit. By altering it, you are taking part of the artistic integrity from the work. This would be like going to a museum and taking crayola's to a Rembrandt.
What's this have to do with research driven operating systems? Just that this one happens to be announced (rather publicly albeit) by IBM in the midst of this SCO debacle? Just because it's announced and out there doesn't mean it's "viable" for public use...I'd say that Plan9 has at least 6 more years before it will be ready for the masses, even to the point that all the flavors of linux are today. Which isn't saying much given the market share (a damn shame too)
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If he wasn't such a respected science journalist in the mass media, I would agree.
/.er should listen to and support) and at least one book.
For those that don't remember, he used to host Newton's Apple when it first aired. He also does numerous reports for NPR, as well as the weekly Science Friday (which any self-respecting
Besides, I think Lisa would pimp-slap him on general principle.
April 23rd on Talk of the Nation, Ira Flato spoke to Peter Schultz, the Exhibits and Public Programs Director.
Here's the obligatory link
Aparantly the editors of Salon (and in turn the submitter /.) didn't even read the article before posting.
1. Different types of drugs.
2. More military vehicles (turret on a Patriot?)
3. Smarter law enforcement.
4. Full flips on a motorcycle w/o falling off!
And a tweaked lighting engine...I've seen some glitches lately in III and VC with things being outlined by light in the dark (like a wooden "jump" having a square halo when you pull up to it). Don't get me wrong, the lighting is excellent, but not without faults.
Carry on.
1) Get the best optical zoom you can, digital zoom is extremely overrated. Same goes for digital cameras too.
2) A format you are comfortable with (MiniDV or Digital8). After doing research for my digital camcorder I found that the mini-dvd format is completely ludicris and an utter waste.
3) Compatability - this could only be an issue if you don't have a Firewire port...if you don't...get one.
4) If you already have a digital camera don't even bother with looking at those features. Who wants to stop recording, mess with settings, take a picture, and mess around again just to take a picture that you could get with a digital camera faster and usually better quality.
5) Hot-shoe addon slot-thingy - great for zoom-mic's and external lights (ie expandability)
I think that's it...it's been a while since I purchased one (almost 2 years) but it has completely been worth it.
Pulling a single 150' BNC cable out from under 200+ CAT5 wires which were all under a 9" drop floor with carpet glued at random intervals.
1) Remove carpet - get gluey
2) Attempt to locate BNC - flashlight, upside down for quite a while
3) Locate BNC - pull correct carpet/floor
4) Pull BNC while upside down maneuvering around desks.
5) Repeat, but do not damage the BNC cable...we may need it someday.
Through that job I foudn out that my entire body can fit under a drop floor...and that people loose shoes in the damnedest places.
One wonders why these literal rocket scientists didn't just get a software programmable Linux or PalmOS based wrist-computer and hack together a Mars-time display application into it?
Because that would be too damn easy
So you never check your speed?
well, if Linux had a decent equalivalent to 3DS Max, Photoshop, Illustrator, sampling software, looping software, midi software, etc. maybe. Why don't you just go out and write all them for me, then I'll switch.
Until then, I'll keep applying patches.
Exactly! I'd rather have a patch reissued or issued late than no patch at all.
Sure it can transmit that fast, but can they actually process the data at that speed?
I run a lab with around 50 G4s (and 50 PCs) and we've had this problem as well. The PCs are easy since they're all identical and can be remotely reimaged in about 3 hours (on a slow lan), but the Macs are a difficult breed b/c of our network, which is all Novell based. Our Mac IT guy is at our lab nearly 3x a week trying some new configuration and the one he's using now is just to have a FireWire external with everything loaded. Not as simple and efficient as a network rebuild, but it works.
But how will I play Halo?
HA! it's 4803 1809 2273 4827, expiration 03/05!
Looks like I fooled you!
So if I forgot my password, google can just tell me what it is? Can it tell me my credit card number too?
Didn't WinZip start as a crappy front-end for PKZip 2.04g? I still use the PKWare version as opposed to the bastardization that is WinZip.
Great fun in Chicago, and often overlooked in lieu of NY or LA. You can also hit the Art Institute of Chicago and the Adler Planetarium, and why not go up in the Sears Tower while you're at it? There are a ton of fun, geek, cheap things to do in Chicago.
Who needs technology, we have beer and deep dish pizza!
either haven't pushed very hard to get their OS into handhelds, or they have tried but eventually gave up
From their website they have implemented QNX into intelligent assist devices, which are kind of toned down handhelds. It seems that not only would it be perfectly feasible to put it on a handheld, but many of the methods they use could benefit almost all other OSs.
If they didn't buy Bungie, the only thing Halo would come out for would be Mac. And I'd rather buy a system that is made for gaming rather than a toy that masquerades as a viable system.
Me: Why not get a Lindows computer?
Because I can't play Halo on Lindows.
The best system for "computer learning" I've seen implemented in a classroom based system allows for the instructorsrs screen to be broadcast to the rest of the systems in the room, and any other systems screen to be broadcast to any other for critique of writings.
Our campus has two such systems, and the instructors who have used them completely love being able to block IM-ing in all its forms...if you can't see what's being written, you can't write back. And the way the classrooms are set up, all monitors face the center of the room so the instructor can catch people trying to chat when they're actually supposed to be writing.
I wish I could find a link to the system, but I completely forget it's name.
Your first point invalidates your second point.
Exactly...a double edged sword
This is more like taking crayolas to a print of a Rembrandt which you own. You're altering your own copy as you see fit, but the original work is unaffected.
Or the original, either way the spirit in which the artwork was originally done is altered.
This story, which I've heard of before (maybe on /.) and had mixed feeling about
1) If consumers purchase the product, they should be able to do with it what they want. This would be akin to backing up a cd, but leaving out a song or two that suck.
2) Since the artist/director released a version they see as fit. By altering it, you are taking part of the artistic integrity from the work. This would be like going to a museum and taking crayola's to a Rembrandt.
What's this have to do with research driven operating systems? Just that this one happens to be announced (rather publicly albeit) by IBM in the midst of this SCO debacle? Just because it's announced and out there doesn't mean it's "viable" for public use...I'd say that Plan9 has at least 6 more years before it will be ready for the masses, even to the point that all the flavors of linux are today. Which isn't saying much given the market share (a damn shame too)
as long as a human being can see or hear it
The only way this will be dealt with
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