I had a Sonata CPU case with a pair of blinding blue LEDs, and those buggers were annoying; but the little notification LED on a Samsung Galaxy S4 isn't bad.
The thing that astounds me is that OLEDs and LEDs can be so much brighter still. I have to admit, 15 years ago, my thoughts and predictions about LEDs in general couldn't have been more wrong; I figured they were a dead end, and as good as they were going to get. Then LED TVs came out, and high output versions like those made by Cree, and it was all revolutionary. LED light bulbs are the next big thing.
Now it sounds like all that was only the beginning? Cool.
Okay, that's like 40 or so signs (some of those images are posters) - many of which may be in the same region - compared to the millions of signs across the country. By that logic, all muslims are terrorists, too. All men are wife beaters, all women were pregnant as teenagers, etc..
She's gorgeous, talented, AND intelligent; the only thing I find questionable about this, is her (re)defining the term "feminism". If it's all about equality, shouldn't it be called "Equality"? It sounds awfully gender-centric to just one of the two. Imagine if there were a movement called "Masculinism".
Other than that, carry on, Miss Watson.
Nah, every statement made here on/. is an absolute to the reading comprehension challenged.
Except this one actually is I suppose, since I said "every".
Personally the whole concept of shareholders is starting to rub me the wrong way. Large public corporations all too often begin to focus far more on shareholder profits at the expense of their customers and employees. I believe it should be as much about making good product as it is good profit. And certainly treat employees with some respect too, because without them, or customers, there is no company, no matter how many shareholders you have.
Obama considers Assad's regime as "illegitimate" , but that's just him.. but yeah, Internationally, this could potentially be interesting. Still, considering the pure evil that ISIS represents, I would think that reasonable people of the UN could bend a bit.
Well by that raionale, would you consider the KKK to be Christian? After all, they espouse that their beliefs are based on biblical theology.
Yes, actually. At least, it is in the core of their beliefs, twisted and perverted as it is. They don't represent Christianity accurately, but they are christian, technically. They wouldn't be the first such example. King Charlemagne slaughtered hundreds of pagans who wouldn't convert at Verden in 782ce. Sound familiar?
It must be noted however, the bulk of any atrocities in xtianity's name were committed hundreds of years ago, and at that, were not at all in character with the tenants of the religion; Jesus did not advocate violence or war; whereas the Koran has dozens of bloodthirsty suras, further which don't appear to be in a constrained historical context in the manner which old testament atrocities are presented, but an open-ended command to be followed herewith.
To their credit as ethical human beings, I think moderate muslims keep the peace by selectively ignoring those distasteful parts of the Koran, even though they abrogate the earlier, more peaceful verses.
I'm not sure it's matter of making or keeping more warheads, but probably more a matter of "better"; more quickly deployed, better tracking, etc. I'm sure they'd be upgrading the delivery systems.
Nukes aren't going away, ever. No putting the genie back in the bottle. Reality is not pretty. MAD is crazy, but not as crazy as leaving yourself defenseless with no way to retaliate; unless you sincerely believe no country would fire on a weakened US; that Putin has no designs on expanding Russia or returning to the USSR glory days..... and I think there's plenty of evidence that he is. He's even made suggestive nuclear threats lately.
On the bright side, nuclear winter would stave off global warming.:-)
Especially the 911 "truthers". For a portion of them, it IS about religion... or anti-Zionism, at least. It's like trying to talk a rabid dog out of having rabies.
You can probably add wolves to the list. If anyone has watched that classic one man documentary "Alone in the Wilderness", the story of Dick Proenneke who built a cabin in Alaska and lived by himself for most of his adult life, he ran across a pack of wolves that killed a young moose, but didn't eat much of it; they seemed to enjoy terrorizing and bullying the animal for some time too. He said he could never look at wolves the same again.
Of course, there's an apologist for everything: http://www.wolfsongnews.org/ne...
Personally I think wolves are magnificent creatures but this dude sounds a bit too much like a tree hugger.
If the original Native American tribes gathered up strength and started launching attacks on the US government, would you condemn them ? The mere fact that you bring them up suggests you justify the resentment and anger of a people overtaken.
Sorry, I can't buy the bit about the olive branch. The difference is, the Franks at that point were mostly a united set of tribes, under one religion, native to their lands (Gaul). The Moors were invaders. The Franks had converted to Christianity willfully when Clovis converted, and the Romans didn't force him at sword point, it was a political decision. The Goths were nomadic, but within context, native to Europe too, at least. Though brutal, yes.
The one famous case I know of where Christianity was brutally spread was when Charlemagene launched his massacre of pagans at Verden. That was equivalent to what ISIS is doing now with everybody: shia, sunni, christian, yazidi, etc... One thing the pagans always had over monotheist religions, they rarely tried to convert a defeated foe to their own gods; they might mock them, but freedom of religion seems far more prevalent under polytheism.
In any case, I disagree that Cordoba was some kind of utopian melting pot. Non-muslims, if not slain in battle (because they'd surrendered) were deemed "dhimmi" and had to pay the jizya, a tax. They were essentially made into second class citizens, in once was they're own land. Same as in Jerusalem.
Isolationism just isn't a realistic option. The world is too small. Global economies, trade, energy, technology, transportation.. all that.
I would love nothing more to be able to live on a separate planet from them, but we can never return to those days.. short of an armageddon type scenario.
That will not be anywhere nearly enough. Not even. There's not enough logic in that region for that to happen. It won't stop conspiracy theories, lies, and blame. Propaganda needs little evidence when you can just shout Allah Ackbar and blame the infidel. Not to mention, Israel. The mere fact we support them is enough for most.
Our equipment we left for the IRAQIs, that ISIS *stole*. The US didn't GIVE that shit to ISIS. If someone steals your sister's car while you've borrowed it and parked it outside to go into a store, did you "give" her car to the thieves? Put a bow on it maybe? No.
Exactly. Does what is now Spain and part of France not count as "Southern Europe", which is what I said? That's the path the warring Moors were taking before stopped by Charles Martel.
Finally, somebody gets it. I'm so sick and tired of hearing people bring up the Crusades as though the Muslims/Moors that swept through the mideast and southern Europe did it with an olive branch, and were poor, peaceful victims. Funny how the history there always seems to begin at the year 1095, and ignores the previous 400 years of islamic conquest.
... sounds like the GOP in the US.
Yeah, I know that slashdot's overwhelming conservative majority will mod this comment down into oblivion in retaliation, but that doesn't make it untrue.
You really are out of touch with reality if you think slashdot has an overwhelming conservative majority. Plus, you can't label the whole GOP for the actions of a few dipshits anymore than you would label all muslims as terrorists.
In a way, I agreed with this. It seems like for the first time, the whole world was appalled, and finally getting fed up with these Islamophages. But now, yeah, attention will turn back to the West.
However, I also believe that if we do nothing, they will only get more powerful, and it could take decades or centuries for their folly to slow them down. In that time, a whole lot of people could die and suffer.
You're a moron if you think "whitey" wrote that book. You don't know history, period. That stuff is the legacy of the cradle of civilization, from Egypt to Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc... Mankind has been doing all that since he was able to wield a club, and probably sooner than that.
That said, what would really make it tough for them is a lack of opposition. Their tactics tend to be very self defeating when the larger powers don't overreact and get drawn into conflict with them.
Not from any evidence I've ever seen. No larger power had given them any attention for the past year, and their numbers, financial resources, and power swelled unchecked; they only become a greater threat with time. You cannot ignore them and make them go away, it doesn't work like that. One defector stated their long term goals include taking over the mideast, followed by Europe, and eventually, the entire globe. That obviously can't happen because they've ignorantly shunned the sciences, but it could take a whole 'nother generation or two before that lack of knowledge really takes its toll (if they're left unchecked in the meantime).
Granted, however, that this war will be lose-lose, because no matter what the western powers do, they will be decried in every form imaginable. But there is no choice. There is no logic where such a fanatical religion has taken root.
Because fuck common sense, that's why! Seems to be the way of things. I'm not sure if it's the engineers, or their pointy-haired bosses, or some degree of both. But it never ceases to amaze me how mfgs can manage to make such complicated, intricate things, and then ruin it by screwing up the most basic, common sense elements. It's not seeing the forest for the trees. Or maybe they found the glossy screens a lot cheaper than matte at wholesale, but it's still a bad decision.
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Then their ass will be Soros in the morning! :-D
I had a Sonata CPU case with a pair of blinding blue LEDs, and those buggers were annoying; but the little notification LED on a Samsung Galaxy S4 isn't bad.
The thing that astounds me is that OLEDs and LEDs can be so much brighter still. I have to admit, 15 years ago, my thoughts and predictions about LEDs in general couldn't have been more wrong; I figured they were a dead end, and as good as they were going to get. Then LED TVs came out, and high output versions like those made by Cree, and it was all revolutionary. LED light bulbs are the next big thing.
Now it sounds like all that was only the beginning? Cool.
Okay, that's like 40 or so signs (some of those images are posters) - many of which may be in the same region - compared to the millions of signs across the country. By that logic, all muslims are terrorists, too. All men are wife beaters, all women were pregnant as teenagers, etc..
Riight, because the vast majority of gun owning Americans just shoot their guns into air all the time, like middle easterners do.
She's gorgeous, talented, AND intelligent; the only thing I find questionable about this, is her (re)defining the term "feminism". If it's all about equality, shouldn't it be called "Equality"? It sounds awfully gender-centric to just one of the two. Imagine if there were a movement called "Masculinism".
Other than that, carry on, Miss Watson.
Nah, every statement made here on /. is an absolute to the reading comprehension challenged.
Except this one actually is I suppose, since I said "every".
Personally the whole concept of shareholders is starting to rub me the wrong way. Large public corporations all too often begin to focus far more on shareholder profits at the expense of their customers and employees. I believe it should be as much about making good product as it is good profit. And certainly treat employees with some respect too, because without them, or customers, there is no company, no matter how many shareholders you have.
Obama considers Assad's regime as "illegitimate" , but that's just him.. but yeah, Internationally, this could potentially be interesting. Still, considering the pure evil that ISIS represents, I would think that reasonable people of the UN could bend a bit.
Well, Obama sent 5,000 troops to battle the Ebola virus in Africa, so, apparently tiny targets are the new thing.
Well by that raionale, would you consider the KKK to be Christian? After all, they espouse that their beliefs are based on biblical theology.
Yes, actually. At least, it is in the core of their beliefs, twisted and perverted as it is. They don't represent Christianity accurately, but they are christian, technically. They wouldn't be the first such example. King Charlemagne slaughtered hundreds of pagans who wouldn't convert at Verden in 782ce. Sound familiar?
It must be noted however, the bulk of any atrocities in xtianity's name were committed hundreds of years ago, and at that, were not at all in character with the tenants of the religion; Jesus did not advocate violence or war; whereas the Koran has dozens of bloodthirsty suras, further which don't appear to be in a constrained historical context in the manner which old testament atrocities are presented, but an open-ended command to be followed herewith.
To their credit as ethical human beings, I think moderate muslims keep the peace by selectively ignoring those distasteful parts of the Koran, even though they abrogate the earlier, more peaceful verses.
I'm not sure it's matter of making or keeping more warheads, but probably more a matter of "better"; more quickly deployed, better tracking, etc. I'm sure they'd be upgrading the delivery systems. :-)
Nukes aren't going away, ever. No putting the genie back in the bottle. Reality is not pretty. MAD is crazy, but not as crazy as leaving yourself defenseless with no way to retaliate; unless you sincerely believe no country would fire on a weakened US; that Putin has no designs on expanding Russia or returning to the USSR glory days..... and I think there's plenty of evidence that he is. He's even made suggestive nuclear threats lately.
On the bright side, nuclear winter would stave off global warming.
Especially the 911 "truthers". For a portion of them, it IS about religion... or anti-Zionism, at least. It's like trying to talk a rabid dog out of having rabies.
You can probably add wolves to the list. If anyone has watched that classic one man documentary "Alone in the Wilderness", the story of Dick Proenneke who built a cabin in Alaska and lived by himself for most of his adult life, he ran across a pack of wolves that killed a young moose, but didn't eat much of it; they seemed to enjoy terrorizing and bullying the animal for some time too. He said he could never look at wolves the same again.
Of course, there's an apologist for everything: http://www.wolfsongnews.org/ne...
Personally I think wolves are magnificent creatures but this dude sounds a bit too much like a tree hugger.
If the original Native American tribes gathered up strength and started launching attacks on the US government, would you condemn them ? The mere fact that you bring them up suggests you justify the resentment and anger of a people overtaken.
Sorry, I can't buy the bit about the olive branch. The difference is, the Franks at that point were mostly a united set of tribes, under one religion, native to their lands (Gaul). The Moors were invaders. The Franks had converted to Christianity willfully when Clovis converted, and the Romans didn't force him at sword point, it was a political decision. The Goths were nomadic, but within context, native to Europe too, at least. Though brutal, yes.
The one famous case I know of where Christianity was brutally spread was when Charlemagene launched his massacre of pagans at Verden. That was equivalent to what ISIS is doing now with everybody: shia, sunni, christian, yazidi, etc... One thing the pagans always had over monotheist religions, they rarely tried to convert a defeated foe to their own gods; they might mock them, but freedom of religion seems far more prevalent under polytheism.
In any case, I disagree that Cordoba was some kind of utopian melting pot. Non-muslims, if not slain in battle (because they'd surrendered) were deemed "dhimmi" and had to pay the jizya, a tax. They were essentially made into second class citizens, in once was they're own land. Same as in Jerusalem.
Isolationism just isn't a realistic option. The world is too small. Global economies, trade, energy, technology, transportation.. all that.
I would love nothing more to be able to live on a separate planet from them, but we can never return to those days.. short of an armageddon type scenario.
That will not be anywhere nearly enough. Not even. There's not enough logic in that region for that to happen. It won't stop conspiracy theories, lies, and blame. Propaganda needs little evidence when you can just shout Allah Ackbar and blame the infidel. Not to mention, Israel. The mere fact we support them is enough for most.
Our equipment we left for the IRAQIs, that ISIS *stole*. The US didn't GIVE that shit to ISIS. If someone steals your sister's car while you've borrowed it and parked it outside to go into a store, did you "give" her car to the thieves? Put a bow on it maybe? No.
Exactly. Does what is now Spain and part of France not count as "Southern Europe", which is what I said? That's the path the warring Moors were taking before stopped by Charles Martel.
You still have 3 Jihadis worth, only now you have to count them using fractions.
Finally, somebody gets it. I'm so sick and tired of hearing people bring up the Crusades as though the Muslims/Moors that swept through the mideast and southern Europe did it with an olive branch, and were poor, peaceful victims. Funny how the history there always seems to begin at the year 1095, and ignores the previous 400 years of islamic conquest.
... sounds like the GOP in the US. Yeah, I know that slashdot's overwhelming conservative majority will mod this comment down into oblivion in retaliation, but that doesn't make it untrue.
You really are out of touch with reality if you think slashdot has an overwhelming conservative majority. Plus, you can't label the whole GOP for the actions of a few dipshits anymore than you would label all muslims as terrorists.
In a way, I agreed with this. It seems like for the first time, the whole world was appalled, and finally getting fed up with these Islamophages. But now, yeah, attention will turn back to the West.
However, I also believe that if we do nothing, they will only get more powerful, and it could take decades or centuries for their folly to slow them down. In that time, a whole lot of people could die and suffer.
You're a moron if you think "whitey" wrote that book. You don't know history, period. That stuff is the legacy of the cradle of civilization, from Egypt to Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc... Mankind has been doing all that since he was able to wield a club, and probably sooner than that.
That said, what would really make it tough for them is a lack of opposition. Their tactics tend to be very self defeating when the larger powers don't overreact and get drawn into conflict with them.
Not from any evidence I've ever seen. No larger power had given them any attention for the past year, and their numbers, financial resources, and power swelled unchecked; they only become a greater threat with time. You cannot ignore them and make them go away, it doesn't work like that. One defector stated their long term goals include taking over the mideast, followed by Europe, and eventually, the entire globe. That obviously can't happen because they've ignorantly shunned the sciences, but it could take a whole 'nother generation or two before that lack of knowledge really takes its toll (if they're left unchecked in the meantime).
Granted, however, that this war will be lose-lose, because no matter what the western powers do, they will be decried in every form imaginable. But there is no choice. There is no logic where such a fanatical religion has taken root.
Because fuck common sense, that's why! Seems to be the way of things. I'm not sure if it's the engineers, or their pointy-haired bosses, or some degree of both. But it never ceases to amaze me how mfgs can manage to make such complicated, intricate things, and then ruin it by screwing up the most basic, common sense elements. It's not seeing the forest for the trees. Or maybe they found the glossy screens a lot cheaper than matte at wholesale, but it's still a bad decision.