This is the reason I *don't* touch Windows. If a bad driver can stop the kernel - and it can on Win2k - then I'm not going to use it cos I'm at the mercy of the driver writers.
I tried it on my laptop, but each time my pcmcia card overheated, it crashed. POS.
So why are people still on Windows? Cos they are gamerz, or no-one has shown them apt-get install xyz yet;-)
Lasik can harm your night vision, among other things.
Actually, the only studies I am aware of show that people who have had LES have, on average, worse night vision than those who have perfectly normal sight.
There is no reason to believe that this is due to the LES procedure, it may well be simply that short-sighted people also have poor night vision. Mine was rotten before I ever heard of LES, and didn't get any worse afterwards.
I have had Laser Eye Surgery in 1997. As far as I am aware, while some people do not get the perfect vision they hope for, all get an improvement. Personally I went from -5.8 diopters (can't see the floor without glasses) to -0.5 diopters (Don't need glasses to drive). I would recommend it wholeheartedly to all.
Now the important bit: I'm English, and I hold honours in both physics and maths. I investigated LES in great detail before having it done, and I was totally happy.
Now, you're a/. reader, you must be reasonably smart (hah!), so my recommendation is that you do the same. Learn about the structure of the eye, and what the laser is actually going to do. Don't ask people their opinions cos for every one like me who's been there, there are ten people who tell you their friend's friend had a hole burnt in their retina or whatever.
Just one more thing: I only had one done. It's fine for everything, from coding (I do ~7 ours a day) to driving. It also means that when you get to 40/50 years old, you won't need reading glasses. Neat huh? There was also the minor detail that even though it was (for me) completely pain-free, it scared the living s%^& out of me!
Yeah, but equally you could say "Why didn't all the Linux developers join the HURD project".
It's good to have variety. I don't care if Windows gets destroyed or not. It's rubbish, but I don't care, I don't want to see billg thrown to the lions, I just want to use softs that don't suck.
Sooner or later, we will have machines that work properly - and it might even be that the HURD is the first one to get there.
The GPL specifically says that the source must be opened if the product is distributed but not if it is just used privately.
This is a beta, in which case I wouldn't say it is being distributed. I also have every expectation that the source will be open when the product is actually distributed.
I don't get it. Why does the US FTC and Court system keep bending over for these arseholes (sorry about the mixed metaphor).
Speaking as a citizen of the rest of the world, who will nonetheless be affected by these pisspoor actions, would those of you whose voices count in America please make comment on this! The details have already been posted.
The alternative, of course, is to give up and go live in a computer-free backwater somewhere. Unfortunately, it appears the FTC chumps already did that.
If you read it properly, you'll note that the respondant company did not register the name in 2000.
The company bought the domain name in 2000 from the previous owner company. The actual human owner (of both companies and hence the domain) since 1993 has been Mr Tim Bass, who has continuously run a free speech Unix discussion site there.
The original poster mentions that input flux of cosmic rays 'makes it more cloudy and cools the earth'. It should, of course, be observed that in fact this raises the albedo of the planet, and that this is presumed to be the significant cooling effect: lack of effective insolation.
However, the 'white earth' problem shows the hole in this conjecture. If the insolation changes caused by clouds caused by cosmic rays were sufficient to start ice ages, then the presence of surface ice over the globe would also be sufficient to continue it - we should never have warmed up again!
No-one has ever come up with a good explanation for the *end* of significant ice ages - until and unless this chap's theory can do that, his observation is just 'interesting'.
It seems to only apply where there is a *contract*, which isn't relevant to most OS Projects.
It might be bad for end-users if it makes the "we offer no warranty whatsoever but we take your first born child" EULAs valid, but it seems irrelevent to those of us who never use them.
I notice there's no mention of a transmitter, so this is more of a hidden radio than a proper phone. Presumably you would have a digital radio gizmo to turn it on/off/up/down too.
Nonetheless, if it can tune into Radio 4 then I want one!
Hey, you just described every open source project out there.
OK, there are release candidates, but there are beta programs for MS too.
It's a damn good way to finally test something - if not the only way. The difference is that MS charge you for the product, and if you can't shout loud enough (think non-corporate), won't be worried about providing a fix.
pun Pronunciation Key (pn)
n. A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
So you don't pun, you just make a weak joke. No wonder the yanks have such a downer on puns: They don't know what they are!
This was the premise behind the European Convention on Human Rights:
You have the right for free speech You have the right not to be bothered by others
etc etc
Each of them has a check against it in the form of another human right. So, he has the right to free speech, and you should have the right to refuse to listen to him.
Ooh look! You do. You can do it yourself, if you have ipchains or whatever, or your ISP can do it for you.
Nope, check out a definition of "differential steering" and then see why it's a Good Thing.
Diff steering gives you a smaller turning radius (zero at zero speed), more manoeverability etc etc. Oddly enough, we were discussing this in our robotwars team this morning.
If this *was* a technical solution looking for a problem, then all cars would be three wheelers.
Slashdot Mirror
This is the reason I *don't* touch Windows. If a bad driver can stop the kernel - and it can on Win2k - then I'm not going to use it cos I'm at the mercy of the driver writers.
;-)
I tried it on my laptop, but each time my pcmcia card overheated, it crashed. POS.
So why are people still on Windows? Cos they are gamerz, or no-one has shown them apt-get install xyz yet
J.
So part of your implementation is build in "The Microsoft Solution" aka a rebuild so that it can be done easily?!
I'm sold: Windows can be easily used on the grand scale. Bwahahahaha.
Justin.
Actually, the only studies I am aware of show that people who have had LES have, on average, worse night vision than those who have perfectly normal sight.
There is no reason to believe that this is due to the LES procedure, it may well be simply that short-sighted people also have poor night vision. Mine was rotten before I ever heard of LES, and didn't get any worse afterwards.
Justin.
Now the important bit: I'm English, and I hold honours in both physics and maths. I investigated LES in great detail before having it done, and I was totally happy.
Now, you're a /. reader, you must be reasonably smart (hah!), so my recommendation is that you do the same. Learn about the structure of the eye, and what the laser is actually going to do. Don't ask people their opinions cos for every one like me who's been there, there are ten people who tell you their friend's friend had a hole burnt in their retina or whatever.
Just one more thing: I only had one done. It's fine for everything, from coding (I do ~7 ours a day) to driving. It also means that when you get to 40/50 years old, you won't need reading glasses. Neat huh? There was also the minor detail that even though it was (for me) completely pain-free, it scared the living s%^& out of me!
Justin.
http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/GNU/332/0/972458 8/
Yeah, but equally you could say "Why didn't all the Linux developers join the HURD project".
It's good to have variety. I don't care if Windows gets destroyed or not. It's rubbish, but I don't care, I don't want to see billg thrown to the lions, I just want to use softs that don't suck.
Sooner or later, we will have machines that work properly - and it might even be that the HURD is the first one to get there.
Fitness through diversity, my friend.
Justin.
Ok, cool ;-) You win.
I agreed with everything you said up till "very real". Then I wanted to kill you.
;-)
When you have an example of doing something in an only partly real sense, let me know
Justin.
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Develop inhibitor in other tissues so as not to poison self
Did I miss anything? Oh yeah, anyone who thinks postulating God is a smaller step than postulating evolution is fooling themselves big time.
My copy of NS is back at home, so I can't comment on the new stuff, just the old rubbish about 'The bombadier beetle couldn't have evolved' <sigh>
Justin.
Oddly enough, a UV-active layer wouldn't help with generating power from the UV range...
Justin.
This is a beta, in which case I wouldn't say it is being distributed. I also have every expectation that the source will be open when the product is actually distributed.
Justin.
Speaking as a citizen of the rest of the world, who will nonetheless be affected by these pisspoor actions, would those of you whose voices count in America please make comment on this! The details have already been posted.
The alternative, of course, is to give up and go live in a computer-free backwater somewhere. Unfortunately, it appears the FTC chumps already did that.
J.
Actually, I didn't see anyone claiming that on Slashdot. It was the section of ICANN's rules under which the claim was made though.
Justin.
The company bought the domain name in 2000 from the previous owner company. The actual human owner (of both companies and hence the domain) since 1993 has been Mr Tim Bass, who has continuously run a free speech Unix discussion site there.
Plenty of evidence that this is not a squat.
Justin.
The original poster mentions that input flux of cosmic rays 'makes it more cloudy and cools the earth'. It should, of course, be observed that in fact this raises the albedo of the planet, and that this is presumed to be the significant cooling effect: lack of effective insolation.
However, the 'white earth' problem shows the hole in this conjecture. If the insolation changes caused by clouds caused by cosmic rays were sufficient to start ice ages, then the presence of surface ice over the globe would also be sufficient to continue it - we should never have warmed up again!
No-one has ever come up with a good explanation for the *end* of significant ice ages - until and unless this chap's theory can do that, his observation is just 'interesting'.
J.
It seems to only apply where there is a *contract*, which isn't relevant to most OS Projects.
It might be bad for end-users if it makes the "we offer no warranty whatsoever but we take your first born child" EULAs valid, but it seems irrelevent to those of us who never use them.
Tell me how that's wrong...?
He was officially confirmed in 1997.
Then again in 1999.
Twice in 2000.
Four times in 2001.
And this is the second time this year.
Believe it when the trailer appears and no sooner.
Nonetheless, if it can tune into Radio 4 then I want one!
Justin.
Hey, you just described every open source project out there.
OK, there are release candidates, but there are beta programs for MS too.
It's a damn good way to finally test something - if not the only way. The difference is that MS charge you for the product, and if you can't shout loud enough (think non-corporate), won't be worried about providing a fix.
n. A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
So you don't pun, you just make a weak joke. No wonder the yanks have such a downer on puns: They don't know what they are!
Nah, it's the lack of free pron sites ;-)
Copyrighting the colour black? That's ridiculous.
Pink, on the other hand...
http://www.barbie.com/Parents/legal.asp
This was the premise behind the European Convention on Human Rights:
You have the right for free speech
You have the right not to be bothered by others
etc
etc
Each of them has a check against it in the form of another human right. So, he has the right to free speech, and you should have the right to refuse to listen to him.
Ooh look! You do. You can do it yourself, if you have ipchains or whatever, or your ISP can do it for you.
Justin
A common carrier has the right to block whatever the hell they like, so long as it's in their terms and conditions - and I bet it is.
You choose the carrier, you accept the Ts&Cs.
Me? I'd want the one blocking this dick, who should argue his points in journals or websites like all the rest, rather than making a nuisance.
Diff steering gives you a smaller turning radius (zero at zero speed), more manoeverability etc etc. Oddly enough, we were discussing this in our robotwars team this morning.
If this *was* a technical solution looking for a problem, then all cars would be three wheelers.