I'm reminded of something Data said in one of the early episodes of ST:TNG: "That form of entertainment didn't last much beyond the 22nd century." (paraphrased, century might be wrong, etc. You get the point.) The television industry will kill itself by making it too difficult to watch, and we'll find something else to do, and we'll be all nostalgic for the time when we could sit in front of the TV.
Interesting. I have another example: I try to link to articles related to roller skating on my site, Roller-Skate.org.
I have one article listed now that was run by the Washington Post several months ago. It just gives a little information about skating in the DC area, and I'd like to copy the article and put it on the site. I'm not replying to it in any way, just pointing it out for others to see. Unfortunately, the way the Washington Post's rules read, I can't get permission to copy it and put it on my site. (I e-mailed them and asked, but I never got a response back.)
I'm not trying to make money on the article or anything like that. I just want to have it available to others. Guess I'm out of luck once they remove the link (which reminds me, I should check whether it still works).
I still think she should've sued Ford as well for not providing any cup holders or level surfaces on which to set her coffee. (I believe it was a Ford Probe; if it was another car substitute the appropriate manufacturer.)
At least, if you agree with the logic of suing McDonald's.
--RJ
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My dad hates going to Subway--he feels that when you order a sub of a certain type, they should give you a "standard" sub with that restaurant's usual toppings. In that scenario, you're able to customize your order, but you aren't forced to customize.
I don't see why the switch would have to be instantaneous, though. When they go out to replace road signs on a regular basis, replace them with ones that have both units on them. Eventually, people would get used to it and would start mentally grasping the conversion (maybe not consciously, but it'd have an effect). Most cars have both units in the speedo, I think.
Maybe there's a flaw I'm not seeing, but I really think this is the only way it would ever happen. Yes, it'd take a long time, but no one believes it could be done overnight anyway.
I have a cell phone. I want to point out that there's no law requiring me to answer the phone if it rings.
I keep mine mainly for the occasional outgoing call, not because I want family and friends to reach me wherever I might be a the moment.
Besides...who's going to be calling the seal? Scientists have been tracking animals using different methods for years, and this is just another method. It's not like they're going to call and interrupt the seals while they're spawning or something...
As a longtime Slack user, I have to admit that the ease of configuration offered by Mandrake has prompted me to convert my laptop and backup machines to Mandrake.
Downloading, compiling, and installing packages gets VERY tedious after a while. I spent 4 hours downloading, compiling and installing the drivers for my HP printer under Slack...on the *second* machine I did it on. (It took two DAYS on the first machine.) Then, Mandrake 8.2 configured and installed it automatically. It's difficult to argue against that kind of time savings.
I'd still use Slack for a server that doesn't need the latest and greatest software (except for bug/security fixes, of course), but I'll NEVER install it on a desktop machine again.
Want some fun? Upgrade gnucash from 1.4 to 1.6 on a Slack system. Better set aside a week or so to do it. (For the record, these are reasonably fast machines: Athlon 800, Duron 850, 384 megs of RAM in the Athlon, 256 megs in the Duron, etc. Not top performers but not dog slow, either. Compile times aren't the problem, it's finding all the packages, downloading them, compiling them, installing them.)
Packages are simply too difficult to find and sometimes don't work, because there's no way to specify dependencies with the.tgz system.
Slack has advantages in that it's the most Unix-like Linux distribution (I've been told), and it's rock-stable, no question.
To actually answer your point: I know of exactly one other Slack user in the local LUG. He's going to be lonely once I convert that last machine.;)
Cars have a great interface because they only do one thing, move you from point A to point B.
Meanwhile, we use computers for dozens of different goals: writing memos, loading databases, playing games. It's tough to write a single interface that will cover all of those goals well.
I've got a funny one in my 1999 Mercury Cougar. On the hatch, it's a person's head being hit by the hatch with lightning bolts. It's supposed to warn you that closing the hatch with someone in the backseat could be hazardous to their head.:)
They're getting better. My previous LCD was a 15" running at 1024x768, and it looked great only at that resolution.
My new one is bigger (haven't measured it, probably 17") and its native resolution is 1280x1024, but I run it in 1024x768. Occasionally I'll see little text blur, but most of the time it's very good.
First, I'd like to know why it's so important that everyone know quantum theory. It doesn't help me in my day to day life as a statistician.
I am familiar the basics of the theory; I'm just pointing out that most people don't have any need to know quantum theory, or some of the other concepts that have been bandied about.
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I'm reminded of something Data said in one of the early episodes of ST:TNG: "That form of entertainment didn't last much beyond the 22nd century." (paraphrased, century might be wrong, etc. You get the point.) The television industry will kill itself by making it too difficult to watch, and we'll find something else to do, and we'll be all nostalgic for the time when we could sit in front of the TV.
This leads to the question: what will replace TV?
Interesting. I have another example: I try to link to articles related to roller skating on my site, Roller-Skate.org.
I have one article listed now that was run by the Washington Post several months ago. It just gives a little information about skating in the DC area, and I'd like to copy the article and put it on the site. I'm not replying to it in any way, just pointing it out for others to see. Unfortunately, the way the Washington Post's rules read, I can't get permission to copy it and put it on my site. (I e-mailed them and asked, but I never got a response back.)
I'm not trying to make money on the article or anything like that. I just want to have it available to others. Guess I'm out of luck once they remove the link (which reminds me, I should check whether it still works).
--RJ
I still think she should've sued Ford as well for not providing any cup holders or level surfaces on which to set her coffee. (I believe it was a Ford Probe; if it was another car substitute the appropriate manufacturer.)
At least, if you agree with the logic of suing McDonald's.
--RJ
My dad hates going to Subway--he feels that when you order a sub of a certain type, they should give you a "standard" sub with that restaurant's usual toppings. In that scenario, you're able to customize your order, but you aren't forced to customize.
This is what many people want.
--RJ
How do you know how much power it's drawing?
Thanks.
--RJ
Gives an error about having a folder with the same name (which isn't there, of course).
Neat!
Pentium-133, 48 meg of RAM (upgraded from 16), 6 gigs hard disc (upgraded from 1 gig) came with Win95, now runs Mandrake 8.2 and Win98.
However...this is actually my laptop that I use on trips. It doesn't sit at home and perform light duty; I run KDE 2.2.whatever on it!
--RJ
Hilarious. Thank you, first good laugh all day. :)
I don't see why the switch would have to be instantaneous, though. When they go out to replace road signs on a regular basis, replace them with ones that have both units on them. Eventually, people would get used to it and would start mentally grasping the conversion (maybe not consciously, but it'd have an effect). Most cars have both units in the speedo, I think.
Maybe there's a flaw I'm not seeing, but I really think this is the only way it would ever happen. Yes, it'd take a long time, but no one believes it could be done overnight anyway.
--RJ
I've always suspected what you wrote--thanks for adding some evidence to that theory.
In short: junk mailers pay for their spam, so I don't mind it so much. E-mail spammers, on the other hand, make *me* pay for their spam.
Thanks.
--RJ
...said the guy who uses "CProgrammer98" instead of his real name as his /. user ID.
;)
:)
What? No webpage either? Why not? You have nothing to hide.
--RJ
Have you ever read one of the paper editions? A friend brought a paper issue back for us. The ads in the back probably paying the bills nicely.
--RJ
I have a cell phone. I want to point out that there's no law requiring me to answer the phone if it rings.
I keep mine mainly for the occasional outgoing call, not because I want family and friends to reach me wherever I might be a the moment.
Besides...who's going to be calling the seal? Scientists have been tracking animals using different methods for years, and this is just another method. It's not like they're going to call and interrupt the seals while they're spawning or something...
--RJ
You're right! It's doubleplusungood to use words and phrases that colorfully convey an idea.
This is interesting:
19ml * 2 = 38 ml. So, the large has twice as much as the budget. Okay.
But, 450 * 2 = 900. Why do you get more than twice as many pages from it?
--RJ
My favorite minor upgrade: buying an extra 128k to max out my IBM clone at 640k! It came in individual chips, too, no easy-to-plug in card!
:)
As a longtime Slack user, I have to admit that the ease of configuration offered by Mandrake has prompted me to convert my laptop and backup machines to Mandrake.
.tgz system.
;)
Downloading, compiling, and installing packages gets VERY tedious after a while. I spent 4 hours downloading, compiling and installing the drivers for my HP printer under Slack...on the *second* machine I did it on. (It took two DAYS on the first machine.) Then, Mandrake 8.2 configured and installed it automatically. It's difficult to argue against that kind of time savings.
I'd still use Slack for a server that doesn't need the latest and greatest software (except for bug/security fixes, of course), but I'll NEVER install it on a desktop machine again.
Want some fun? Upgrade gnucash from 1.4 to 1.6 on a Slack system. Better set aside a week or so to do it. (For the record, these are reasonably fast machines: Athlon 800, Duron 850, 384 megs of RAM in the Athlon, 256 megs in the Duron, etc. Not top performers but not dog slow, either. Compile times aren't the problem, it's finding all the packages, downloading them, compiling them, installing them.)
Packages are simply too difficult to find and sometimes don't work, because there's no way to specify dependencies with the
Slack has advantages in that it's the most Unix-like Linux distribution (I've been told), and it's rock-stable, no question.
To actually answer your point: I know of exactly one other Slack user in the local LUG. He's going to be lonely once I convert that last machine.
--RJ
You'd take a trip to the moon relying on Microsoft software?
--RJ
Hey! The latest issue of Weird is here!
(I didn't agree with the rankings either.)
--RJ
Cars have a great interface because they only do one thing, move you from point A to point B.
Meanwhile, we use computers for dozens of different goals: writing memos, loading databases, playing games. It's tough to write a single interface that will cover all of those goals well.
--RJ
I've got a funny one in my 1999 Mercury Cougar. On the hatch, it's a person's head being hit by the hatch with lightning bolts. It's supposed to warn you that closing the hatch with someone in the backseat could be hazardous to their head. :)
--RJ
Thank you, for your comments the train/helicopter/tunnel scene. That one just ruined the movie for me, but no one else seemed to mind.
I had trouble believing that tiny helicopter could keep up with a TGV. Maybe it can, I don't know much about choppers.
--RJ
Because then being a spammer would be a lot more expensive, and the spammers couldn't afford to do it any more.
(I agree with above messages...you're evil.)
--RJ
Or come up with a restraint that prevents you from going to the bathroom during commercials...
--RJ
They're getting better. My previous LCD was a 15" running at 1024x768, and it looked great only at that resolution.
My new one is bigger (haven't measured it, probably 17") and its native resolution is 1280x1024, but I run it in 1024x768. Occasionally I'll see little text blur, but most of the time it's very good.
--RJ
First, I'd like to know why it's so important that everyone know quantum theory. It doesn't help me in my day to day life as a statistician.
I am familiar the basics of the theory; I'm just pointing out that most people don't have any need to know quantum theory, or some of the other concepts that have been bandied about.
Thanks.
RJ