I remember back to the late 80s and early 90s, when I still watched cartoons regularly. (I was born in 1982.) Before every set of commercials, the station had to say something to the effect of "after these messages, we'll be right back".
I have a PS/2 keyboard (I mean an honest-to-God PS/2 keyboard, one that came with the PS/2 system) that works like that.
But you aren't getting it. I love it.
I'd love to find more, though. I've heard rumors of a company producing similar keyboards (for some reason Lexmark jumps to mind, since they built the original, but with IBM nameplates).
Some sites still claim to sell them... Google is your friend.
Here in the Orlando area, there are a couple of car dealerships that do just that.
They use standard road notice signs (sorta like this). Since the signs are somewhat dim, we have to focus hard (taking our eyes off of the road), and instead of being told of a road closure or construction, we're told we can "SAVE $$$$$$$$ ON NEW CARS!"
OK, maybe this is comparing apples to Apple Jacks. But it's still deceptive, IMNSHO.
You forgot one thing: KaZaA's box would have to perform the same action, no matter where you clicked in the dialog box, and even if you specifically attempted to close the box.
Pop-up ads, however, are the spawn of Satan, second only to interstitials.
Pop-up ads interrupt my work (...whatever...) and force me to stop what I'm doing and specifically close them. Banner ads, however, are just... there. I don't like them, but at least they don't interrupt me.
Cable TV used to be advertised as commercial-free. Basically, the idea was "instead of watching $N worth of commercials each month, you can pay $N up front and watch TV commercial-free." In theory, the channels could support themselves from direct user fees instead of having to whore themselves out to advertisers.
So my grandparents got cable. This was before pay-per-view, so when the first pay-per-view event was announced, they were (understandably) annoyed.
However, the last straw was when the commercials started on cable channels. Grandpa cancelled the service then.
My point is, why should we be forced to watch $N worth of ads, if we're already paying $N in cable fees? Cable TV sounds like a bit of a bait-and-switch.
ObOnTopic: I agree with the sentiment of "just have the browser load the image and not display it".
Another thing: I wouldn't mind popups so bad, if I could get them to open in tabs instead of new windows (and not steal focus).
Now you know why I refuse to travel through Atlanta except in the dead of night. (I travel to Blairsville, GA, to visit my mother every few months, and I tend to leave Orlando at 8pm, and hit Atlanta at about 4am. The roads are deserted, typically.)
Besides, Atlanta drivers tend to be more courteous than the average driver in Orlando (very few of which, by the way, are honest-to-God Floridians; don't bitch at Floridians for what the older-than-dirt New Yorkers do).
At the Disney/MGM Studios in Orlando, FL, they have *token dispensers* (for the arcade) that accept credit cards.
Then again, it's kind of a pain to have to wait for the guy ahead of you to get his $50 in tokens before you can change your dollar to play your next game of DDR...
Isn't this ingenious? Taking potshots at Linux by appearing to support it?...clients are willing to reduce their servers' feature set, flexibility, and ease of maintainence by switching from Win2k...
I won't rehash the manyfold reasons you're wrong about those assertions (it's been discussed to death already), but I will point out that you're wrong, and you're just trolling. Knock it off.
Besides, while Linux's security is excellent, it can (and should) be improved. It's good, but by no means perfect. (It's much better than anything M$ can put out, though.)
Long answer (don't read if you get the joke, otherwise it won't be funny anymore): It has to do with time estimates. People naturally assume that the time required for development is linear; in other words, if you've completed 90% of the work, you've used 90% of the total time. However, the last 10% tends to be the most intensive and timeconsuming
I'd have to consider myself the equivalent of somewhere between a high end SGI machine and a Cray-1. (I've had 3 IQ tests done, and they've come back as 143, 163, or 167. The 163 was from iqtest.com and the other two were done by competent proctors.) I tend to have lots of MIPS but no I/O.
Someone like Stephen Hawking would obviously be ASCI White. The average person would probably be a typical x86 machine. Most of the people I have to deal with are C64s... sorry, didn't mean to insult the C64 like that.
I remember, not too long ago, one of the Tampa TV stations got major flak for cutting away from the critical moment of a golf tournament, showing Tiger Woods making an important shot, for...
... a tornado warning.
Shows where the general public's priorities are. "Screw the tornado, I wanted to see Tiger Woods!"
I agree. Being a Walt Disney World Annual Passholder, I spend quite a bit of time on the monorails.
They're fairly quiet (I've seen people sleeping under the tracks on New Year's Eve in Epcot -- even though birds like to perch there;-) ) and efficient (if you've ever been to WDW on a summer day, you can see how quickly they transport the tens of thousands of guests from the Magic Kingdom out to the parking lot). Also, since they're electric, the power can be provided by an efficient power plant with more pollution prevention technology than is possible on the equivalent number of passenger cars, or even buses.
However, the model may not transfer as easily as you'd think. The Epcot monorail has exactly two stations (the Transportation and Ticket Center and Epcot) while the Magic Kingdom monorails (there are two running in opposite directions) have only a small number of stops, and everyone is either going to or from their hotel, the park, or the parking lot. Las Vegas is a fairly complex place, with a large number of stops, not to mention a much larger number of visitors.
Even though people tend to be well behaved at WDW, I've personally walked into a monorail car which held a dirty diaper left there by a previous passenger. Things break, things are damaged, there are instances of vandalism, et cetera, not to mention the privacy tended to riders on a nearly-empty train. Any of you who remember "Adventures Through Inner Space" know exactly what I'm talking about.
Even with these problems, I believe that monorails are among the best of solutions to this problem. I wish those in charge the best of luck. They have some massive hurdles to overcome.
however, have you ever thought that you bought a car without any parts in it. meaning because you can "rebrand a car" this means that I can sell one without tires (and you will be the one to choose) or i sell you without any parts like the fuel injection, spark plugs, radiator (because you can all purchase these things from other small shops and assemble them!) You haven't seen a car sold in a bare configuration, have you?
Actually, yes I have.
I can buy one without air conditioning/heater, power windows, radio, et cetera. To me, that's the equivalent of, say, M$IE.... nice features, but definitely not necessary.
And if I do find them necessary, I can always install an aftermarket version. (That'd be Mozilla, in case you're not paying attention.)
but the big question there is, will ford be liable if something happens (an accident) because you fitted the wrong part (because you customized it)?
That depends. If I install an aftermarket AC compressor, and it fails, I can't complain to my car dealership. However, if I install it, and my tires blow out, I can rightfully complain.
Same thing applies here. If I install Mozilla, and it won't run, I can't complain to Microsloth. However, if I install Mozilla, and Solitaire won't run, I can complain. (Not that I play Solitaire, but...)
as a consumer in part, i paid roughly $80 for an original windows xp home in our country (i really do not get where you get all the price figures).
You probably got the upgrade. Full versions around here cost approximately USD $200.
and i am happy to get windows messenger, ie, windows media player, etc all built-in. imaging if i were to pay the same amount just to get the os (and your start menu will not have any programs menu but control panel.)
I don't want Messenger. I don't want IE. I don't want Windows Media Player. Why are you forcing them down my throat? The point is, Joe Sixpack can't remove those items, even if he installs other programs that do the same things. Most tech people can't remove them either. Even if they can, it's not nearly as simple as in Linux: "dpkg --purge mozilla" or "rpm -e mozilla", etc.
i would also argue in linux, i think if you are to do the same thing, most companies should not include any add-ons installed. so the distribution copy should be the kernel and it alone.
In Linux, you *can* do that. It's possible to install only the kernel and the bare minimum libs needed to run. You can fit an entire system on a floppy, remember?
Also, you can remove anything you want. Most distros either include three or four different web browsers, or ask you which you want upon install.
ObVision: Mine's technically 20/20, but I see halos and weird crap around lights and some objects. I'm scheduled for a trip to the optometrist's office soon, though.
The most common random-noise collection method in use is measuring the time between keystrokes. It doesn't require any additional hardware (except a keyboard;-) and is fairly random.
PGP/GnuPG use this method, and if I'm not mistaken, so does the Linux kernel (to feed/dev/(u)random).
Well, my school is supposed to have a setup like that... but is missing the equivalent of CECS 203. The most complex course barely even covers the concept of a function. (Of course, I used things like linked lists and dynamic allocation... baby stuff for most people, but enough to freak the professor out. And I did most of my work in C. God bless malloc().)
My first school wasn't much better, but they at least covered the basics.
I attended that school for the sheepskin, then I went to a tech school for the knowledge. Sheesh. (The tech school was the only place I've attended that had a CS professor that was as knowledgable as the IT staff... because he had been working for years.)
Is there a light at the end of this tunnel? I don't know.
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Go back and read some articles about why many geeks are like this.
I particularly agree with the last one.
I'd venture to say more guys than girls are reading it... for it is wise to study one's adversary.
OK, I'd like to see you ride 80 miles a day, and that's just to and from school. Tack on another 20-30 or so depending on work location.
Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention the Florida heat, humidity, and daily thunderstorms... and if those don't get you, the mosquitoes will.
Not everything is 'in-town'. Still think bicycles are the answer to all of our transportation needs?
I remember back to the late 80s and early 90s, when I still watched cartoons regularly. (I was born in 1982.) Before every set of commercials, the station had to say something to the effect of "after these messages, we'll be right back".
Is that still required?
I have a PS/2 keyboard (I mean an honest-to-God PS/2 keyboard, one that came with the PS/2 system) that works like that.
But you aren't getting it. I love it.
I'd love to find more, though. I've heard rumors of a company producing similar keyboards (for some reason Lexmark jumps to mind, since they built the original, but with IBM nameplates).
Some sites still claim to sell them... Google is your friend.
Here in the Orlando area, there are a couple of car dealerships that do just that.
They use standard road notice signs (sorta like this). Since the signs are somewhat dim, we have to focus hard (taking our eyes off of the road), and instead of being told of a road closure or construction, we're told we can "SAVE $$$$$$$$ ON NEW CARS!"
OK, maybe this is comparing apples to Apple Jacks. But it's still deceptive, IMNSHO.
You forgot one thing: KaZaA's box would have to perform the same action, no matter where you clicked in the dialog box, and even if you specifically attempted to close the box.
*That's* how people get suckered in.
I agree, somewhat, with what you say. But, why would a carpenter hire another carpenter?
/. are ``computer people''. Why would we pay someone else to do something that, not only CAN we do, but we also ENJOY doing?
Likewise, most readers of
I have no problem with banner ads.
Pop-up ads, however, are the spawn of Satan, second only to interstitials.
Pop-up ads interrupt my work (...whatever...) and force me to stop what I'm doing and specifically close them. Banner ads, however, are just... there. I don't like them, but at least they don't interrupt me.
Cable TV used to be advertised as commercial-free. Basically, the idea was "instead of watching $N worth of commercials each month, you can pay $N up front and watch TV commercial-free." In theory, the channels could support themselves from direct user fees instead of having to whore themselves out to advertisers.
So my grandparents got cable. This was before pay-per-view, so when the first pay-per-view event was announced, they were (understandably) annoyed.
However, the last straw was when the commercials started on cable channels. Grandpa cancelled the service then.
My point is, why should we be forced to watch $N worth of ads, if we're already paying $N in cable fees? Cable TV sounds like a bit of a bait-and-switch.
ObOnTopic: I agree with the sentiment of "just have the browser load the image and not display it".
Another thing: I wouldn't mind popups so bad, if I could get them to open in tabs instead of new windows (and not steal focus).
(I don't watch TV much anyway, but...)
It couldn't be that... Ball Lightning hasn't been reprinted since 5th Edition.
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Texas declared independence from Mexico before the US stepped in, and Mexico ceded much of the west to the US after the war.
USA also attacked Canada in 1812, but that one didn't turn out right
First of all, Canada didn't even exist in 1812. What the US attacked was a British colony, and that was in response to British aggression.
But, we mustn't let the facts get in the way of a good jihad...
Now you know why I refuse to travel through Atlanta except in the dead of night. (I travel to Blairsville, GA, to visit my mother every few months, and I tend to leave Orlando at 8pm, and hit Atlanta at about 4am. The roads are deserted, typically.)
Besides, Atlanta drivers tend to be more courteous than the average driver in Orlando (very few of which, by the way, are honest-to-God Floridians; don't bitch at Floridians for what the older-than-dirt New Yorkers do).
At the Disney/MGM Studios in Orlando, FL, they have *token dispensers* (for the arcade) that accept credit cards.
Then again, it's kind of a pain to have to wait for the guy ahead of you to get his $50 in tokens before you can change your dollar to play your next game of DDR...
Isn't this ingenious? Taking potshots at Linux by appearing to support it? ...clients are willing to reduce their servers' feature set, flexibility, and ease of maintainence by switching from Win2k...
I won't rehash the manyfold reasons you're wrong about those assertions (it's been discussed to death already), but I will point out that you're wrong, and you're just trolling. Knock it off.
Besides, while Linux's security is excellent, it can (and should) be improved. It's good, but by no means perfect. (It's much better than anything M$ can put out, though.)
Short answer: It's a joke. Laugh.
Long answer (don't read if you get the joke, otherwise it won't be funny anymore): It has to do with time estimates. People naturally assume that the time required for development is linear; in other words, if you've completed 90% of the work, you've used 90% of the total time. However, the last 10% tends to be the most intensive and timeconsuming
I prefer the Hartree quote, though.
I'd have to consider myself the equivalent of somewhere between a high end SGI machine and a Cray-1. (I've had 3 IQ tests done, and they've come back as 143, 163, or 167. The 163 was from iqtest.com and the other two were done by competent proctors.) I tend to have lots of MIPS but no I/O.
Someone like Stephen Hawking would obviously be ASCI White. The average person would probably be a typical x86 machine. Most of the people I have to deal with are C64s... sorry, didn't mean to insult the C64 like that.
I remember, not too long ago, one of the Tampa TV stations got major flak for cutting away from the critical moment of a golf tournament, showing Tiger Woods making an important shot, for...
... a tornado warning.
Shows where the general public's priorities are. "Screw the tornado, I wanted to see Tiger Woods!"
I agree. Being a Walt Disney World Annual Passholder, I spend quite a bit of time on the monorails.
;-) ) and efficient (if you've ever been to WDW on a summer day, you can see how quickly they transport the tens of thousands of guests from the Magic Kingdom out to the parking lot). Also, since they're electric, the power can be provided by an efficient power plant with more pollution prevention technology than is possible on the equivalent number of passenger cars, or even buses.
They're fairly quiet (I've seen people sleeping under the tracks on New Year's Eve in Epcot -- even though birds like to perch there
However, the model may not transfer as easily as you'd think. The Epcot monorail has exactly two stations (the Transportation and Ticket Center and Epcot) while the Magic Kingdom monorails (there are two running in opposite directions) have only a small number of stops, and everyone is either going to or from their hotel, the park, or the parking lot. Las Vegas is a fairly complex place, with a large number of stops, not to mention a much larger number of visitors.
Even though people tend to be well behaved at WDW, I've personally walked into a monorail car which held a dirty diaper left there by a previous passenger. Things break, things are damaged, there are instances of vandalism, et cetera, not to mention the privacy tended to riders on a nearly-empty train. Any of you who remember "Adventures Through Inner Space" know exactly what I'm talking about.
Even with these problems, I believe that monorails are among the best of solutions to this problem. I wish those in charge the best of luck. They have some massive hurdles to overcome.
Actually, yes I have.
I can buy one without air conditioning/heater, power windows, radio, et cetera. To me, that's the equivalent of, say, M$IE.... nice features, but definitely not necessary.
And if I do find them necessary, I can always install an aftermarket version. (That'd be Mozilla, in case you're not paying attention.)
but the big question there is, will ford be liable if something happens (an accident) because you fitted the wrong part (because you customized it)?
That depends. If I install an aftermarket AC compressor, and it fails, I can't complain to my car dealership. However, if I install it, and my tires blow out, I can rightfully complain.
Same thing applies here. If I install Mozilla, and it won't run, I can't complain to Microsloth. However, if I install Mozilla, and Solitaire won't run, I can complain. (Not that I play Solitaire, but...)
as a consumer in part, i paid roughly $80 for an original windows xp home in our country (i really do not get where you get all the price figures).
You probably got the upgrade. Full versions around here cost approximately USD $200.
and i am happy to get windows messenger, ie, windows media player, etc all built-in. imaging if i were to pay the same amount just to get the os (and your start menu will not have any programs menu but control panel.)I don't want Messenger. I don't want IE. I don't want Windows Media Player. Why are you forcing them down my throat? The point is, Joe Sixpack can't remove those items, even if he installs other programs that do the same things. Most tech people can't remove them either. Even if they can, it's not nearly as simple as in Linux: "dpkg --purge mozilla" or "rpm -e mozilla", etc.
i would also argue in linux, i think if you are to do the same thing, most companies should not include any add-ons installed. so the distribution copy should be the kernel and it alone.
In Linux, you *can* do that. It's possible to install only the kernel and the bare minimum libs needed to run. You can fit an entire system on a floppy, remember?
Also, you can remove anything you want. Most distros either include three or four different web browsers, or ask you which you want upon install.
Maybe he means 20/80?
ObVision: Mine's technically 20/20, but I see halos and weird crap around lights and some objects. I'm scheduled for a trip to the optometrist's office soon, though.
PGP/GnuPG use this method, and if I'm not mistaken, so does the Linux kernel (to feed /dev/(u)random).
My first school wasn't much better, but they at least covered the basics.
I attended that school for the sheepskin, then I went to a tech school for the knowledge. Sheesh. (The tech school was the only place I've attended that had a CS professor that was as knowledgable as the IT staff... because he had been working for years.)
Is there a light at the end of this tunnel? I don't know.
I think what he's referring to is how the company didn't step in and notify anyone of their patent until RDF became a standard.
Notice he didn't say anything about patenting existing technology.
Hmmm... instead of X-Pilot... think X-Plane... or any other non-combat flight sim...
I mean, the only "violence" would be to intentionally crash... and in X-Plane there are no innocent bystanders to injure...
Not only that, but most people are fascinated by flying and would jump at that chance.