I completely agree with your post 100%. It's a shame that someone can't express his opinion on Slashdot without it getting modded as "Flamebait".
Although Global Warming is a reality, it IS unproven that the global warming is a result of man's activity and not part of a natural cycle. The fact is that the air is cleaner now than it was in 1970 and we're recycling more and driving far more fuel efficient cars. Even the SUVs of today that everyone complains about are more fuel efficient and less polluting than the station wagons and passenger cars of 20 years ago.
I'm sick of all these so-called environmentalists railing against clean nuclear energy. If they really care about the environment, they'd support developing nuclear power and clean coal-based power plants.
It's definitely true that China is the largest polluter -- if we really cared about global warming, we'd work with them to help them curb their emissions in a way friendly both to the environment and economics. Kyoto was a joke: one of the few things I support G. W. Bush on was pulling out of it.
I fully agree with your view of being a conservationist. I've always seem myself this way. It is definitely possible to have full economic activity in both first, second, and third-world countries and work towards stewardship of this earth. It's not easy, but possible.
In my opinion, Kyoto, RoHS, global warming, hybrid cards, etc. are all red herrings that distract us from the real issues of this planet. So go ahead and mod me flamebait, you G.D. Slashdot lemmings, but at least I have the courage to express my opinion with my real username and take the karma hit.
I agree with you that the article is confusing "innovative" with "influential".
The IBM PC wasn't innovative in the sense that it wasn't the first personal computer. It was, however the first computer widely accepted in business/corporate environments. It was no doubt more influential than any other computer of its time.
The Palm Pilot was popular, influential and, quite frankly, a great product. The Netwon, which was far more innovative was expensive and had terrible handwriting recognition.
AppleWorks was definitely innovative for its time -- and it was good for home users. For business applications, it really sucked compared to WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, etc. Office was a far better piece of software and more influential.
BTW: It's great to see support for banning MGM! We need more people like you to fight the battle.
What is this, "Bloggers are the New Plagiarism"? This doesn't make any sense. How can people, bloggers, be an act or an inanimate object? Can't people write anymore?
Plagiarism means "an act or instance of plagiarizing" or "something plagiarized". The title of the article should be "Bloggers Are the New Plagiarizers" or "Blogs Are the New Plagiarism".
This mistake, to me, is right up there with the infamous quote from GW: "Is our children learning?"
This guy is expressing his opinion. That DOES NOT mean that he should be modded Flamebait. That's what I get sick and tired of around here. You express your opinion and get shit-canned for it.
Slashdot has turned into a place for technophile sycophants who feed off of each other's narrow-minded nonsense. If I wanted to hear sycophants, I'd turn on Rush Limbaugh or Michael Savage. I prefer otherwise.
Buy Mitsui (now called MAM-A). They make both silver and archival gold discs. Their processes are the best in the industry and they'll last a LONG time.
Thank you. Your post is right on. My blood was starting to boil when I was reading the rest of the posts to this article. Until I read your post I was ready to scream throughout the office and offend my co-workers!
I guess I should have been more clear... My company did "get off its corporate ass"!
I implemented partial authentication for the current SSH versions based on some patches that are already out there. The OpenSSH developers are well aware of what partial authentication is (which is the ability to require two or more authentication methods before the user is allowed to log on). They just didn't want the patch because it is "too complicated" (both myself and the original author of the patch tried to convince the OpenSSH team that it was worthy). Since partial authentication is a relatively complex feature and OpenSSH doesn't have the right "hooks" in place, the patch is necessarily complicated.
So you have all of these Slashdotters all up-in-arms because someone actually said the truth about the software that they love. Then you have the OpenSSH developers rejecting enterprise features when the work has already been done. Go figure.
The OpenSSH developers don't have any problem pushing back enterprise features such as partial authentication. In fact, they aren't even SLIGHTLY interested in supporting it even though there are patches out there that implement such a feature.
So did you discuss this flawed process with your boss? With the HR director? Do you believe that the CEO of your company would approve of this process if he knew about it?
The point I'm trying to make is that if something about your company sucks, it's always good to try to fix the problem.
I grow sick and tired of people (not necessarily you) who complain and complain about their Dilbert-like company but don't do anything to try to address the problem by either finding a proper company to work for or trying to get defective processes changed.
I guess you are still correct with the "incorrect" word choice: "everything in site [sic]" (since you probably meant "sight"). Since we're talking about Internet companies, I suppose it doesn't matter.;)
That being said, the "Ask Slashdot" feature is usally a question posted by a whiny moron who can't figure out how browse the internet or take a trip down to Fry's at lunch.
You can buy high-quality CRTs in all sizes now from Viewsonic, NEC, Samsung, Sony, Dell, IBM, and others. The prices for even the best CRTs are quite reasonable.
I don't know why we need an Ask Slashdot feature about this subject. Let's move on... nothing to see here.
I really like the point that you're making... I've never thought of it that way before. It's nice to see some intelligent political commentary on Slashdot for a change. Usually, all we get is mindless Michael Moore lemmings who just parrot the same tired old rhetoric. And let's not forget that anyone who disagrees with Michael Moore gets modded a Troll on Slashdot.
I have an Asus K7V motherboard. There is a setting for "soft power off" or similar. When the option is enabled, the computer will go to sleep when you press the power button or power off after three seconds. When the option is disabled, the power button is always power. When I get home from work, I can find the exact name of the option.
My Asus K7V is about 4 years old. I've noticed that on newer computers, the power button is always power _unless_ it's under OS control. In that case, it sends the signal for the OS to shutdown. This is annoying if you're in Windows and Windows crashes. You have to unplug the power cord from the darn computer to shut it off!
Exactly. The automatic eject for floppy on Macs was cool back in 1985, but it just gets in the way now. Wait, I have to use the UI to do something mechanical? And that's not even considering the reliability of the electronic eject on those floppy drives. You've got to have a paper clip handy to even USE an old Mac floppy drive since they get jammed so much.
The best compromise was the Apple IIgs floppy drive. It had an eject button AND could auto-eject.
And I'm with you on the five-second hold deal for power off. Fortunately, that's configurable with most BIOSs.
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http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/Environment/aqfactbk/page
Even though population has increased 41% and there are 112% more vehicles, CO emissions have still gone down 62% since 1970.
There are a lot more pollutants emitted by China than just CO. China had a coal fire that was only recently put out (a fire burned for 130 years):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3978329.s
The article states 100,000 tons of pollutants were emitted from this fire every year.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/Environment/aqfactbk/page
Light-duty vehicles in the US emitted about 6000 tons in 2004 (NOx and VOC). Which one do you think is worse?
Next time you open your big mouth as an AC, why don't you have the facts? I found that info in 2 minutes using Google.
I completely agree with your post 100%. It's a shame that someone can't express his opinion on Slashdot without it getting modded as "Flamebait".
Although Global Warming is a reality, it IS unproven that the global warming is a result of man's activity and not part of a natural cycle. The fact is that the air is cleaner now than it was in 1970 and we're recycling more and driving far more fuel efficient cars. Even the SUVs of today that everyone complains about are more fuel efficient and less polluting than the station wagons and passenger cars of 20 years ago.
I'm sick of all these so-called environmentalists railing against clean nuclear energy. If they really care about the environment, they'd support developing nuclear power and clean coal-based power plants.
It's definitely true that China is the largest polluter -- if we really cared about global warming, we'd work with them to help them curb their emissions in a way friendly both to the environment and economics. Kyoto was a joke: one of the few things I support G. W. Bush on was pulling out of it.
I fully agree with your view of being a conservationist. I've always seem myself this way. It is definitely possible to have full economic activity in both first, second, and third-world countries and work towards stewardship of this earth. It's not easy, but possible.
In my opinion, Kyoto, RoHS, global warming, hybrid cards, etc. are all red herrings that distract us from the real issues of this planet. So go ahead and mod me flamebait, you G.D. Slashdot lemmings, but at least I have the courage to express my opinion with my real username and take the karma hit.
Please learn how to spell "flame" correctly. This is the second post I've seen of yours in which you spell it "flaim".
I agree with you that the article is confusing "innovative" with "influential".
The IBM PC wasn't innovative in the sense that it wasn't the first personal computer. It was, however the first computer widely accepted in business/corporate environments. It was no doubt more influential than any other computer of its time.
The Palm Pilot was popular, influential and, quite frankly, a great product. The Netwon, which was far more innovative was expensive and had terrible handwriting recognition.
AppleWorks was definitely innovative for its time -- and it was good for home users. For business applications, it really sucked compared to WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, etc. Office was a far better piece of software and more influential.
BTW: It's great to see support for banning MGM! We need more people like you to fight the battle.
Hell, I hate Gnome. How come the "flamebait" posts are always the best?
What is this, "Bloggers are the New Plagiarism"? This doesn't make any sense. How can people, bloggers, be an act or an inanimate object? Can't people write anymore?
Plagiarism means "an act or instance of plagiarizing" or "something plagiarized". The title of the article should be "Bloggers Are the New Plagiarizers" or "Blogs Are the New Plagiarism".
This mistake, to me, is right up there with the infamous quote from GW: "Is our children learning?"
This guy is expressing his opinion. That DOES NOT mean that he should be modded Flamebait. That's what I get sick and tired of around here. You express your opinion and get shit-canned for it.
Slashdot has turned into a place for technophile sycophants who feed off of each other's narrow-minded nonsense. If I wanted to hear sycophants, I'd turn on Rush Limbaugh or Michael Savage. I prefer otherwise.
Buy Mitsui (now called MAM-A). They make both silver and archival gold discs. Their processes are the best in the industry and they'll last a LONG time.
Thank you. Your post is right on. My blood was starting to boil when I was reading the rest of the posts to this article. Until I read your post I was ready to scream throughout the office and offend my co-workers!
If I had any mod points, I'd mod this up as funny. Your post made me laugh.
And the entitlement mentality that you have won't help us get out of it either!
I guess I should have been more clear... My company did "get off its corporate ass"!
I implemented partial authentication for the current SSH versions based on some patches that are already out there. The OpenSSH developers are well aware of what partial authentication is (which is the ability to require two or more authentication methods before the user is allowed to log on). They just didn't want the patch because it is "too complicated" (both myself and the original author of the patch tried to convince the OpenSSH team that it was worthy). Since partial authentication is a relatively complex feature and OpenSSH doesn't have the right "hooks" in place, the patch is necessarily complicated.
So you have all of these Slashdotters all up-in-arms because someone actually said the truth about the software that they love. Then you have the OpenSSH developers rejecting enterprise features when the work has already been done. Go figure.
The OpenSSH developers don't have any problem pushing back enterprise features such as partial authentication. In fact, they aren't even SLIGHTLY interested in supporting it even though there are patches out there that implement such a feature.
What kind of brain-dead moron modded this post Flamebait? It's obviously FUNNY! Get a sense of humor!
So did you discuss this flawed process with your boss? With the HR director? Do you believe that the CEO of your company would approve of this process if he knew about it?
The point I'm trying to make is that if something about your company sucks, it's always good to try to fix the problem.
I grow sick and tired of people (not necessarily you) who complain and complain about their Dilbert-like company but don't do anything to try to address the problem by either finding a proper company to work for or trying to get defective processes changed.
I guess you are still correct with the "incorrect" word choice: "everything in site [sic]" (since you probably meant "sight"). Since we're talking about Internet companies, I suppose it doesn't matter. ;)
Here here!
You echoed my sentiments exactly.
Yes, I do. Just check out the link on the website!
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http://www.stereographics.com/support/st-mon.htm
Let's see - Compaq, Mitsu, Sony, IBM, Viewsonic, etc.
Here's a Dell monitor that meets the requirement for 110-120Hz refresh:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.
So it seems that I did read the question -- maybe you didn't?
> This program requires high resolution high frequency true color CRTs
So exactly the monitors I suggested in my post are the ones listed on the company's website and/or recommended by the company.
Maybe you should do a little bit of research before you start running your mouth, moron.
Exactly.
That being said, the "Ask Slashdot" feature is usally a question posted by a whiny moron who can't figure out how browse the internet or take a trip down to Fry's at lunch.
You can buy high-quality CRTs in all sizes now from Viewsonic, NEC, Samsung, Sony, Dell, IBM, and others. The prices for even the best CRTs are quite reasonable.
I don't know why we need an Ask Slashdot feature about this subject. Let's move on... nothing to see here.
I really like the point that you're making... I've never thought of it that way before. It's nice to see some intelligent political commentary on Slashdot for a change. Usually, all we get is mindless Michael Moore lemmings who just parrot the same tired old rhetoric. And let's not forget that anyone who disagrees with Michael Moore gets modded a Troll on Slashdot.
Dvorak is a dinosaur. His columns were mildly entertaining back in the days when PC Magazine was actually worth reading (does it even exist anymore?).
I can't count the number of times it has been easier for me to set up devices on Linux than in Windows.
And the phrase "gramatically perfect English" [sic] is really an epithet and should be "gramatically-perfect English". Yes, English grammar is fun!
Here it is: My K7V has Award BIOS. There's an option under "Power" for "PWR Button 4 secs". You can select "soft off" or "suspend".
I have an Asus K7V motherboard. There is a setting for "soft power off" or similar. When the option is enabled, the computer will go to sleep when you press the power button or power off after three seconds. When the option is disabled, the power button is always power. When I get home from work, I can find the exact name of the option.
My Asus K7V is about 4 years old. I've noticed that on newer computers, the power button is always power _unless_ it's under OS control. In that case, it sends the signal for the OS to shutdown. This is annoying if you're in Windows and Windows crashes. You have to unplug the power cord from the darn computer to shut it off!
Exactly. The automatic eject for floppy on Macs was cool back in 1985, but it just gets in the way now. Wait, I have to use the UI to do something mechanical? And that's not even considering the reliability of the electronic eject on those floppy drives. You've got to have a paper clip handy to even USE an old Mac floppy drive since they get jammed so much.
The best compromise was the Apple IIgs floppy drive. It had an eject button AND could auto-eject.
And I'm with you on the five-second hold deal for power off. Fortunately, that's configurable with most BIOSs.
Erik.