makes me wonder what kind of effects common memory lapses would have on the brain. if half of your life doesnt exist because you were in hibernation, is your overall memory process effected?
how much time would you spend going over everything that happened while you were asleep (assuming hibernation can be done for weeks, months, etc.) and would your long-term memory become horribly fragmented because of this?
Unfortunately, the educated IT departments are more likely to migrate from MS than Joe Blow. Microsoft depends on a steady stream of lazy consumers who want nothing more than to read email and look at their family photos, while swallowing whole FUD and propoganda about other OS's.
That whiny home user is probably the foundation for MS products.
"Like all SolarPC computers, the SolarLite operates on 12 volt DC power and can be run from a solar panel, car battery, or human powered (with a bicycle-based generator). "
at least they offer viable suggestions.
people only think microsoft's products are more usuable because they've been force-fed them for so long. actually, many of microsoft's products suffer from poor layout, visual complexity, and inadequete organization.
i'd agree with your first two points: microsoft copies and assimilates. it never polishes, only tarnishes.
brain size is often completely separate from intelligence. look at the whale brain. its ridiculously huge, yet most of its brain is dedicated to body function and control. in fact, it is the encephalization quotient that is most important in determining the "smarts" of a species. this is a ratio between the amount of cortex dedicated to non-body function and body function. humans score much higher than all other species in this ratio, which means more of our cortex is dedicated to "thinking" rather than "breathing."
while dolphins have a plethora of brain folds, that too is not a good indication of intelligence. humans have fewer folds than dolphin brains. dolphins are a curious bunch, but its not really the size of their brain that matters, but how its appropriated.
i study cognitive science (specializing in computation and human-computer-interaction [hci]). this field is basically the abstraction of interactions but without doing hardcore programming.
i started out as computer science and engineering and didnt like how it pigeon-holed students. cognitive science is a great field involving computer science, neuroscience and psychology.
you know, as far as a design tool goes, id say webmatrix shows a lot of promise. while it is microsft (bad) and version 0.6 (hm), it allows quite a large flexbility in creating quick and dirty solutions. you dont have to do any asp; its just as functional as an html page creator. it seems to be good for actual design solutions versus looking really pretty.
on a number of occassions, ive thrown a layout together, sent it out. since it is an interactive page, people can use it and see where issues might occur. the biggest problem with photoshop is that its difficult to see HOW people will use the site. this is, in my opinion, more important than the visual accetability of the site.
you can use panels in webmatrix like layers in photoshop. you can hide or show them as you wish. i think its going to be a nice product when it comes out (assuming it stays free).
I agree with you. In the days of programming for hours on end, where my job seems like an endless RPG, it's nice to have a quick break from all the stress....something exciting enough to take your mind of problem-solving, and just be.
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Yeah, for debian you need to do "apt-get install avifile-player" to get the player.
Don't know why it's called that, but whatever. And I think it's only under unstable.... I didn't see it under stable.
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ever sit next to a ridiculously obese man on an airplane? tell me THAT doesn't affect your quality of life for 10 hours.
makes me wonder what kind of effects common memory lapses would have on the brain. if half of your life doesnt exist because you were in hibernation, is your overall memory process effected?
how much time would you spend going over everything that happened while you were asleep (assuming hibernation can be done for weeks, months, etc.) and would your long-term memory become horribly fragmented because of this?
Unfortunately, the educated IT departments are more likely to migrate from MS than Joe Blow. Microsoft depends on a steady stream of lazy consumers who want nothing more than to read email and look at their family photos, while swallowing whole FUD and propoganda about other OS's.
That whiny home user is probably the foundation for MS products.
"Like all SolarPC computers, the SolarLite operates on 12 volt DC power and can be run from a solar panel, car battery, or human powered (with a bicycle-based generator). " at least they offer viable suggestions.
now you can be somewhere else when the girls don't call..
people only think microsoft's products are more usuable because they've been force-fed them for so long. actually, many of microsoft's products suffer from poor layout, visual complexity, and inadequete organization. i'd agree with your first two points: microsoft copies and assimilates. it never polishes, only tarnishes.
um yea its called mescaline.
brain size is often completely separate from intelligence. look at the whale brain. its ridiculously huge, yet most of its brain is dedicated to body function and control. in fact, it is the encephalization quotient that is most important in determining the "smarts" of a species. this is a ratio between the amount of cortex dedicated to non-body function and body function. humans score much higher than all other species in this ratio, which means more of our cortex is dedicated to "thinking" rather than "breathing."
while dolphins have a plethora of brain folds, that too is not a good indication of intelligence. humans have fewer folds than dolphin brains. dolphins are a curious bunch, but its not really the size of their brain that matters, but how its appropriated.
i study cognitive science (specializing in computation and human-computer-interaction [hci]). this field is basically the abstraction of interactions but without doing hardcore programming.
i started out as computer science and engineering and didnt like how it pigeon-holed students. cognitive science is a great field involving computer science, neuroscience and psychology.
(MIT's media lab is a cogsci lab)
you know, as far as a design tool goes, id say webmatrix shows a lot of promise. while it is microsft (bad) and version 0.6 (hm), it allows quite a large flexbility in creating quick and dirty solutions. you dont have to do any asp; its just as functional as an html page creator. it seems to be good for actual design solutions versus looking really pretty.
on a number of occassions, ive thrown a layout together, sent it out. since it is an interactive page, people can use it and see where issues might occur. the biggest problem with photoshop is that its difficult to see HOW people will use the site. this is, in my opinion, more important than the visual accetability of the site.
you can use panels in webmatrix like layers in photoshop. you can hide or show them as you wish. i think its going to be a nice product when it comes out (assuming it stays free).
http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/
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Am I the only one that jumped a little when they said the screen was so small?
How are they planning to sell this in bundles? And another question is, they say "inexpensive," but how "inexpensive" is it?
I wonder how close they are to having the same e-paper work as a scratch pad that can be written on...?
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I agree with you. In the days of programming for hours on end, where my job seems like an endless RPG, it's nice to have a quick break from all the stress....something exciting enough to take your mind of problem-solving, and just be.
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I've found Quake to be the best solution for me.
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Why the hell are you using a Microsoft product?
Yeah, for debian you need to do "apt-get install avifile-player" to get the player. Don't know why it's called that, but whatever. And I think it's only under unstable.... I didn't see it under stable.