All I said was your tone is caustic, which you readily admitted to
Are you a fucking lawyer or a politician? What I said was when I see bullshit I call it bullshit and sure that's caustic. To take that as meaning that I "readily admitted" my tone is (by implication always) caustic is dishonest, and to me proves you're a dishonest troll.
I never said the reason you were wrong about the MacBook Air is because your posts are caustic.
Nice bit of BS there. I didn't say 'fallacy'. YOU did. You most certainly did try to discredit me before launching into the discussion. Sure you didn't relate it back to the point. You're the one who introduced the word fallacy. So lets add straw man to your list of argumentative techniques.
According to wikipedia "consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument"
So quit lying about what I said, and quit pretending you didn't attack me personally first. It's just weak.
But sure, let's avoid ad hominem, shall we?
I give as good as I get. I returned the fire, sure. Guilty as charged. Your arrogance and your continual poorly engineered attacks warrants everything I've said.
Hrm... Well, removing all the personal attacks, you really only seem to make two arguments
No I only make two points you choose to acknowledge. Weasel words.
Your first counter point is badly worded but is about the value of doing better than meeting minimum levels for comfort. You then ignore my modification of your analogy and classify it as my 'other' argument. It wasn't another argument at all - it was part of my main thrust. If the item doesn't meet minimum standards of functionality, comfort is irrelevant.
The MacBook Air is more powerful than a large percentage of PC notebooks sold *today*.
Ah that's a fantastic argument. There's more crippled junk out there, so this junk must be good. Way to convince me.
It is vastly more powerful than the computers those very professionals were using two years ago, and somehow they managed.
Two years ago is a lifetime in computer terms and you know it. If all you're doing is word processing I can imagine you wouldn't care if you were sat down in front of a machine equivalent to what you were using 2 or perhaps even 5 years ago. If you want to use your computer as little more than a glorified type writer with storage, that's fine. That isn't how most people use their machines. For most people using a 2 year old machine means being unable to take advantage of the latest software which does matter to them. For some people those extra 2 years of performance are the only reason they upgrade in the first place, because their computers demand it. People use their laptops for a vast variety of intensive things. Photo and video processing, copying large disks from one device to another, scientific work and number crunching, simulation and gaming. For those people the Macbook air is a joke.
Things I've done personally on my laptops include: - Astronomy Masters homework including data reduction - Gaming and simulation - Video processing - Processing 20Gb worth of photos in one hit - Watch DVDs on my commute to and form work
Can your Crapbook air do that kind of work in a timely fashion? Heck it doesn't have an optical drive to watch DVDs. What a piece of shit.
But hey one of the articles on slashdot today was about a keyboard that costs $1500 and tires the typist in minutes. Clearly there's a market for crippled junk, and clearly people will buy overpriced garbage and claim they're being stylish. If you want to fall for silly marketing speak like "Thinnovation" you just have fun with it.
Error compiling fuzzy logic code. Statements do not parse. - Contradiction detected - Bad attitude detected - Social skills malformed - Claims to be representative of a free community while forcing own values upon others
I'd like to see a comparison of advantages and disadvantages of using this mechanism instead of what is essentially a DC motor, an arm, and some gearing. If there's no advantage and it costs more why do I want it? In any case it better be proven before I use it because if there's even a small chance I'll be unable to see while doing 110km/hr down the freeway I won't touch it.
forcing it down the throats of all who ask me for free (as-in-I-get-free-beer) Windows support
Insightful???? Take notes slashdotters. This is why IT expertise is undervalued. This is why we get called nerds and are used for our knowledge then discarded as social misfits when a social occasion comes about. Though he's talking about windows his attitude is why Linux never seems to take off on the desktop.
Right, I'm going to ding you for misuse of the term "ad hominem" right there.
Go ahead but you come across as not understanding the term, not me. He was attacking the man and not the argument. My tone (or rather his perception of it based on one post) had nothing to do with the point I put forward. The very definition of ad hominem. Have fun trolling, sorry I mean dinging, though.
You do seem to be extremely angry at Mac owners, almost resentful at them. Very much a "look at them, they think they're so cool" grumpiness.
Someone needs to hit you with a clue bat. The guy was being prentious. His argument - that I'm "use to" noticing my computer but somehow due to his superiority his magically melts into the background of his life is arrogant bunk and deserves the contempt I have shown it. This is exactly why I feel resentful and grumpy towards Mac users. The arrogant pompous git stereotype fits way too often.
You need to calm down and get some more fresh air, man. You're starting to sound like Ann Coulter.:)
You need to get a life and stop trolling. Stop trying to pretend that you care about my welfare or are seeking to look after my welfare. It's transparent horse shit. You're another fucking Mac apologist troll. Quelle suprise! Wake up and have that Apple tattoo on your forehead surgically removed. Brand loyalty is for suckers.
Fingerprint readers? Crypto strenght passwords and pass phrases? What the fuck?
What does a 7 year old have to hide exactly? Give the girl a simple password. Better yet give the whole family a common password, and teach them not to snoop on each other. Yes the will break the rules occassionally and this is when you step in and teach them that it's not nice.
Until the girl has her own financial affairs. Bank accounts, phone bills etc. she doesn't need to lock anyone out. As for private diaries, contacts and the like parents shouldn't be snooping or opening the files without the child's permission! They should be asking the kid to show them the files and the child should know that's one condition they have for using the computer.
Dude, if you're getting modded down "troll" or "flamebait" enough to inspire your sig, maybe it's because your posts are caustic.
Geez it wouldn't possbily be because trolling has increased dramatically on the last couple of years on slashdot. If you look through my history not all my posts are 'caustic' but when I read something as stupid as 'my lap can't take an extra kilogram' you bet I'll be caustic. How about we stick to the argument instead of attacking me? (Or if you prefer latin snobbery cut out the ad hominem). Otherwise I'll save arguing back and just label you a Mac apologist.
As for the actual topic Thank you.
Think about how, on a hot day, different a thin t-shirt and a thick t-shirt feel.
Okay now lets think of a t-shirt that doesn't quite do all the jobs you want it to do. Perhaps it's stained down the front and can't be worn out. Perhaps it has tears or holes in it. Perhaps it went in the wash and the colours ran. In any case it's not quite what it should be. Would you prefer to wear the thinner damaged t-shirt in summer or the thicker one? A laptop that's only good for word processing is damaged/crippled junk. The reason PCs became so popular was their versatility.
In other words, it's not about being able to "handle it", but about preferring one over the other.
Really 1kg or 2kg makes no difference to me. Others must have thinner laps. My laptop's no longer sold but weight for the replacement model starts at 3.45kg. Macbook air starts at 1.36kg. That's just over 2kg. About the weight of a 6pack. Only one will do almost anything you can imagine. The other is good for word processing and light use, and it's very thinness makes it fragile.
You sound like a PC user, so you are probably used to constantly noticing your computer. The Mac experience is generally one of *not* noticing your computer
Oh brother. You that you can label my post 'caustic' and say something so pompous in the same statement makes me ill. You've been drinking Steve Job's cool-aid haven't you!? I notice my PC like I notice any other tool. It's called having eyes and ears. I don't find the weight on my lap at all uncomfortable because I'm usually too busy being engrossed in what I'm doing on my laptop - be that watching a DVD, flight simming, programming. The last thing I'd ever think is "hey I wish this were lighter". When do I notice the weight? When I'm carrying it. Mostly because I carry a lot more than just the laptop in the laptop bag.
The blind devotion Mac users show is one reason I avoid the whole Mac cult-ure. It does feel like a cult. At least a PC user will generally admit the problems and trade-offs made with there machines and actually curse it a little bit. Most Mac users will just dismiss the flaw and start spouting garbage about how wonderful Macs are. I don't need religion, and I don't need a fashion accessory. I need a computer that does the job.
Your home wireless is a LAN. Your wireless broadband means you're out on the WAN. You'll still want to keep your LAN, so make sure your wireless router still works when not connected to the ISP. (I had a Netgear router that didn't do so well as an access point without WAN connected).
Next I suspect that your wireless has less bandwidth? If so you could be giving up large file downloads.
Finally, wireless is always the better technology for portability and convenience, but physical cables are much more reliable and not prone to interference and dropouts in the same way wireless is.
Give me function over form any day, but I still like style and comfort. I just disagree with you about weight being an issue and heat is a definite non-issue if you're just word processing.
In any case making something white and round, or thin enough to fit in a folder, or translucent so you can see the circuit board is not called style. It's called a gimmick.
Comfort? Fucking hell. Is 2 kg and a bit of warmth on your lap really THAT uncomfortable??? Its not like your Macbook is weightless anyway. Nor does my laptop always run hot. If all I'm doing nothing but word processing it's not particularly warm. I don't know if you've even tried a heavier laptop but it's not even something I notice let alone a comfort issue. In other words the weight and heat doesn't bother me at all. I'd much rather have something useful for a wide range of activities than just for writing, at the cost of that extra kilogram.
Most people choose BMW as a status symbol. Same with these Macbooks. I've seen nothing to convince me they're better. Not one thing.
The guy wrote some damn nice utilities in the old days. Credit where it's due. However, I don't know what he was like as a person back then but if what you're saying is true he sounds like an asshole today. No amount of expertise excuses it. When I hear about Gates and Jobs abusing people or bullying people I don't think "wow I wish I could see it first hand". I think "Wow, what an asshole! Nothing you do gives you the right to treat your staff that way. Thank the flying spagetti monster I don't work for you!".
With a regular laptop, that is awkward, as they are hot and heavy when actually used as a laptop computer.
Bloody hell! I know this is slashdot but even most slashdotters would call a guy who can't handle the weight of any modern laptop on his lap a wuss!!! I use my laptop for flight simulation among many other things so good graphics is a must. My last two machines have been Dell (a 9300 and a 9400....not quite gaming machines but not as pricey and good enough for flight sim). I've had one of these glued to my lap for my hour long commute each way to work for the last couple of years. As for heat, wear thicker pants or put something between you and the laptop.
I've heard some damn stupid excuses for liking these "niche" machines but "its too heavy for my lap" just takes the cake. (Good reasons for slim or portable would be weight and size restrictions for air travel, not owww my poor lap it hurts after 3 minutes).
Why not make life more fair, if you have the possibility?
Because so far just about every party is trying to make life more fair...but only for themselves at the expense of it being less fair for everyone else.
"getting over" life being unfair is basically giving up on life
No. Getting over life being unfair means accepting that sometimes the alternative you've presented is much much worse for society than you not getting what's due to you.
Imagine a judge telling you "Life ain't fair. Get over it." when you've been raped/robbed/abused/*
My whole point was that there are more important things than entertainment revenue. People who have been raped/robbed/abused should take precedence over a record executive who thinks if only every teenager that downloaded music his company owns, he'd be much richer. Imagine being told you were being sued into oblivion for rape/robery/abuse by a powerful rich person on flimsy badly collected evidence. Is that fair?
Any time you find weasel words and bad analogies going unchecked, follow the money trail. This isn't about artist's rights. If anyone gave a crap about that there'd be an uproar about unfair record contracts and middle men getting all the money. Basically in this case you have: 1) Artists who hope to get rich by gaming the system (as a few artists certainly have). 2) Middle men going to extreme measures (like bankrupting or jailing people, draconian drm) to protect their "right" to collect most of the money. 3) Lots of people who are happy to take content without compensating anyone for it.
There are exceptions but the status quo is pretty bad. Still, the human race has bigger problems. Pollution. Overpopulation. War. Disease. Compared to that this is all petty bullshit and a waste of words. All these people just need to stop grubbing for every last dollar and accept that sometimes life isn't going to hand them what they're due, what they're worth, or what they've earnt. Other people will take you for all that you're worth if they can - it doesn't give you the right to adopt the same attitude.
In other words: Life ain't fair. Get over it. There are many more important things than the latest film or pop song. Stop penalizing everyone you can to protect your own money grubbing arse.
The research debunks the conventional wisdom about not visiting questionable sites, because even trusted Web sites such as those belonging to Fortune 500 companies, schools, and government organizations can serve forth malware
I still believe you're still more likely to get malware on dodgy sites. As worded in the summary, this sounds like an excuse someone came up with to justify their penchant to troll for pr0n, war3z and mp3z.
1. They don't wash properly if you do this. (Buying the same sock not a good option either. See replies to other posters) 2. Good idea. I do leave sometimes but I also like to crash in front of the tele and spend time with her. 3. Tell my wife that. 4. *chuckle* 5. Huh? 7. No, I don't mean a device made to scam people. 8. Love it. Out weird the weirdos. Unfortunately it may affect career, so not practical.
1. See my reply to other poster. 2. No way. She rocks even if our taste in TV differs. 3. Got one. Doesn't change the wife from wanting to watch stuff. See 2. 4. Where??? 5. A script that can answer as well as I can? Where? 6. where? 8. It's called a traffic jam.
Already thought of this. Steps 2 and 4 are the main problem.
I'm too stingy to throw away perfectly good socks. A year or 2 ago. I did go out and buy a bunch of the same sock but didn't throw away my old ones. It makes the odds of finding a pair much higher. Unfortunately the brand I picked turned out to be not very well made with some socks significantly smaller/shorter than others. So that's fun I'm still living with at the moment.
Also while I'm no fashion victim wearing the exact same socks every day is a bit boring. Then there's warm vs. thin socks for winter vs. summer.
1. Socks that don't have to be paired every time they're washed. 2. A device to selectively block out the sound of an episode of "The Golden Girls" my wife insists on putting on to fall asleep to 3. A device that detects reality tv and automatically adds a warning "This show is for morons. Watching by non-morons may lead to brain damage" across the screen 4. A filter for slashdot trolls. 5. A robot capable of doing all your arguing for you in a flame war. 6. An irrationality meter that warns you how irrational a person you're talking to is being at the time. 7. A superstition meter 8. Something to prevent assholes on public transport from touching my personal property (especially people bumping my laptop with oversized baggage and not even realizing it)
Sure, creationists would like it to be thrown away entirely, but as long as we have scientists, that simply will not happen....and where do you think scientists get their basic education exactly?
. There are worse problems in public schools than a bunch of nutcases wanting their crazy beliefs taught as if they were science.
Weapons, and drugs are worse problems. However if your local school has such problems it has failed completely to BE a school.
There is no evidence that will convince a creationist that he is wrong. If Jesus Christ personally appeared in front of John Q. Creationist
The only way to prevent an increase in the number of such people is to give them enough understanding to accept the scientific method. They need to be exposed to this with an open mind early on in life and given plenty of examples if you want to prevent their being brainwashed by their parents/culture. Note that unlike the people that would indoctrinate them, all you need is exposure. The scientific method makes sense. A lot of complex science goes against your intuition but NOT the scientific method.
so let's just ignore them.....and wake up in a world where teaching science is a criminal act. All that needs to happen for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.
It wasn't created by some guy named "Hungarian", it was created by Charles Simonyi.
Thank you! I was beginning to think I was in the twilight zone, or taking a history less in Bill and Ted's school of Excellent History. (Party on dudes!) In today's episode 2 rednecks argue the value of special relativity and Hungarian notation.
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All I said was your tone is caustic, which you readily admitted to
Are you a fucking lawyer or a politician? What I said was when I see bullshit I call it bullshit and sure that's caustic. To take that as meaning that I "readily admitted" my tone is (by implication always) caustic is dishonest, and to me proves you're a dishonest troll.
I never said the reason you were wrong about the MacBook Air is because your posts are caustic.
Nice bit of BS there. I didn't say 'fallacy'. YOU did. You most certainly did try to discredit me before launching into the discussion. Sure you didn't relate it back to the point. You're the one who introduced the word fallacy. So lets add straw man to your list of argumentative techniques.
According to wikipedia
"consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
So quit lying about what I said, and quit pretending you didn't attack me personally first. It's just weak.
But sure, let's avoid ad hominem, shall we?
I give as good as I get. I returned the fire, sure. Guilty as charged. Your arrogance and your continual poorly engineered attacks warrants everything I've said.
Hrm... Well, removing all the personal attacks, you really only seem to make two arguments
No I only make two points you choose to acknowledge. Weasel words.
Your first counter point is badly worded but is about the value of doing better than meeting minimum levels for comfort. You then ignore my modification of your analogy and classify it as my 'other' argument. It wasn't another argument at all - it was part of my main thrust. If the item doesn't meet minimum standards of functionality, comfort is irrelevant.
The MacBook Air is more powerful than a large percentage of PC notebooks sold *today*.
Ah that's a fantastic argument. There's more crippled junk out there, so this junk must be good. Way to convince me.
It is vastly more powerful than the computers those very professionals were using two years ago, and somehow they managed.
Two years ago is a lifetime in computer terms and you know it. If all you're doing is word processing I can imagine you wouldn't care if you were sat down in front of a machine equivalent to what you were using 2 or perhaps even 5 years ago. If you want to use your computer as little more than a glorified type writer with storage, that's fine. That isn't how most people use their machines. For most people using a 2 year old machine means being unable to take advantage of the latest software which does matter to them. For some people those extra 2 years of performance are the only reason they upgrade in the first place, because their computers demand it. People use their laptops for a vast variety of intensive things. Photo and video processing, copying large disks from one device to another, scientific work and number crunching, simulation and gaming. For those people the Macbook air is a joke.
Things I've done personally on my laptops include:
- Astronomy Masters homework including data reduction
- Gaming and simulation
- Video processing
- Processing 20Gb worth of photos in one hit
- Watch DVDs on my commute to and form work
Can your Crapbook air do that kind of work in a timely fashion? Heck it doesn't have an optical drive to watch DVDs. What a piece of shit.
But hey one of the articles on slashdot today was about a keyboard that costs $1500 and tires the typist in minutes. Clearly there's a market for crippled junk, and clearly people will buy overpriced garbage and claim they're being stylish. If you want to fall for silly marketing speak like "Thinnovation" you just have fun with it.
http://www.apple.com/macbookair/
forcibly spread FOSS
Fsck you for saying I have an agenda..
Error compiling fuzzy logic code. Statements do not parse.
- Contradiction detected
- Bad attitude detected
- Social skills malformed
- Claims to be representative of a free community while forcing own values upon others
I'd like to see a comparison of advantages and disadvantages of using this mechanism instead of what is essentially a DC motor, an arm, and some gearing. If there's no advantage and it costs more why do I want it? In any case it better be proven before I use it because if there's even a small chance I'll be unable to see while doing 110km/hr down the freeway I won't touch it.
forcing it down the throats of all who ask me for free (as-in-I-get-free-beer) Windows support
Insightful???? Take notes slashdotters. This is why IT expertise is undervalued. This is why we get called nerds and are used for our knowledge then discarded as social misfits when a social occasion comes about. Though he's talking about windows his attitude is why Linux never seems to take off on the desktop.
This should be modded -1.
Right, I'm going to ding you for misuse of the term "ad hominem" right there.
:)
Go ahead but you come across as not understanding the term, not me. He was attacking the man and not the argument. My tone (or rather his perception of it based on one post) had nothing to do with the point I put forward. The very definition of ad hominem. Have fun trolling, sorry I mean dinging, though.
You do seem to be extremely angry at Mac owners, almost resentful at them. Very much a "look at them, they think they're so cool" grumpiness.
Someone needs to hit you with a clue bat. The guy was being prentious. His argument - that I'm "use to" noticing my computer but somehow due to his superiority his magically melts into the background of his life is arrogant bunk and deserves the contempt I have shown it. This is exactly why I feel resentful and grumpy towards Mac users. The arrogant pompous git stereotype fits way too often.
You need to calm down and get some more fresh air, man. You're starting to sound like Ann Coulter.
You need to get a life and stop trolling. Stop trying to pretend that you care about my welfare or are seeking to look after my welfare. It's transparent horse shit. You're another fucking Mac apologist troll. Quelle suprise! Wake up and have that Apple tattoo on your forehead surgically removed. Brand loyalty is for suckers.
Fingerprint readers? Crypto strenght passwords and pass phrases? What the fuck?
What does a 7 year old have to hide exactly? Give the girl a simple password. Better yet give the whole family a common password, and teach them not to snoop on each other. Yes the will break the rules occassionally and this is when you step in and teach them that it's not nice.
Until the girl has her own financial affairs. Bank accounts, phone bills etc. she doesn't need to lock anyone out. As for private diaries, contacts and the like parents shouldn't be snooping or opening the files without the child's permission! They should be asking the kid to show them the files and the child should know that's one condition they have for using the computer.
Dude, if you're getting modded down "troll" or "flamebait" enough to inspire your sig, maybe it's because your posts are caustic.
Geez it wouldn't possbily be because trolling has increased dramatically on the last couple of years on slashdot. If you look through my history not all my posts are 'caustic' but when I read something as stupid as 'my lap can't take an extra kilogram' you bet I'll be caustic. How about we stick to the argument instead of attacking me? (Or if you prefer latin snobbery cut out the ad hominem). Otherwise I'll save arguing back and just label you a Mac apologist.
As for the actual topic
Thank you.
Think about how, on a hot day, different a thin t-shirt and a thick t-shirt feel.
Okay now lets think of a t-shirt that doesn't quite do all the jobs you want it to do. Perhaps it's stained down the front and can't be worn out. Perhaps it has tears or holes in it. Perhaps it went in the wash and the colours ran. In any case it's not quite what it should be. Would you prefer to wear the thinner damaged t-shirt in summer or the thicker one? A laptop that's only good for word processing is damaged/crippled junk. The reason PCs became so popular was their versatility.
In other words, it's not about being able to "handle it", but about preferring one over the other.
Really 1kg or 2kg makes no difference to me. Others must have thinner laps. My laptop's no longer sold but weight for the replacement model starts at 3.45kg. Macbook air starts at 1.36kg. That's just over 2kg. About the weight of a 6pack. Only one will do almost anything you can imagine. The other is good for word processing and light use, and it's very thinness makes it fragile.
You sound like a PC user, so you are probably used to constantly noticing your computer. The Mac experience is generally one of *not* noticing your computer
Oh brother. You that you can label my post 'caustic' and say something so pompous in the same statement makes me ill. You've been drinking Steve Job's cool-aid haven't you!? I notice my PC like I notice any other tool. It's called having eyes and ears. I don't find the weight on my lap at all uncomfortable because I'm usually too busy being engrossed in what I'm doing on my laptop - be that watching a DVD, flight simming, programming. The last thing I'd ever think is "hey I wish this were lighter". When do I notice the weight? When I'm carrying it. Mostly because I carry a lot more than just the laptop in the laptop bag.
I think, Macs are so design-oriented
Dude you're reminding me of this South Park episode:
http://www.tv.com/south-park/smug-alert!/episode/687553/recap.html
The blind devotion Mac users show is one reason I avoid the whole Mac cult-ure. It does feel like a cult. At least a PC user will generally admit the problems and trade-offs made with there machines and actually curse it a little bit. Most Mac users will just dismiss the flaw and start spouting garbage about how wonderful Macs are. I don't need religion, and I don't need a fashion accessory. I need a computer that does the job.
Mini-skirts are neither style nor gimmick. They're a thinly disguised device for finding a mate by signaling availability.
Your home wireless is a LAN. Your wireless broadband means you're out on the WAN. You'll still want to keep your LAN, so make sure your wireless router still works when not connected to the ISP. (I had a Netgear router that didn't do so well as an access point without WAN connected).
Next I suspect that your wireless has less bandwidth? If so you could be giving up large file downloads.
Finally, wireless is always the better technology for portability and convenience, but physical cables are much more reliable and not prone to interference and dropouts in the same way wireless is.
Give me function over form any day, but I still like style and comfort. I just disagree with you about weight being an issue and heat is a definite non-issue if you're just word processing.
In any case making something white and round, or thin enough to fit in a folder, or translucent so you can see the circuit board is not called style. It's called a gimmick.
Comfort? Fucking hell. Is 2 kg and a bit of warmth on your lap really THAT uncomfortable??? Its not like your Macbook is weightless anyway. Nor does my laptop always run hot. If all I'm doing nothing but word processing it's not particularly warm. I don't know if you've even tried a heavier laptop but it's not even something I notice let alone a comfort issue. In other words the weight and heat doesn't bother me at all. I'd much rather have something useful for a wide range of activities than just for writing, at the cost of that extra kilogram.
Most people choose BMW as a status symbol. Same with these Macbooks. I've seen nothing to convince me they're better. Not one thing.
has the RAM soldered in the motherboard! I knew Apple was thinking of our security all along!!!
Dude, Mac isn't free. Ducks are not the way. Penguins are.
The guy wrote some damn nice utilities in the old days. Credit where it's due. However, I don't know what he was like as a person back then but if what you're saying is true he sounds like an asshole today. No amount of expertise excuses it. When I hear about Gates and Jobs abusing people or bullying people I don't think "wow I wish I could see it first hand". I think "Wow, what an asshole! Nothing you do gives you the right to treat your staff that way. Thank the flying spagetti monster I don't work for you!".
Bill Gates popularized the word super????
!@#$@ off!!!
Superman comics were out in the 1930s. Credit where credit's due.
Bill Gates popularized the phrase "blue screen of death" by demonstrating it at CES.
With a regular laptop, that is awkward, as they are hot and heavy when actually used as a laptop computer.
Bloody hell! I know this is slashdot but even most slashdotters would call a guy who can't handle the weight of any modern laptop on his lap a wuss!!! I use my laptop for flight simulation among many other things so good graphics is a must. My last two machines have been Dell (a 9300 and a 9400....not quite gaming machines but not as pricey and good enough for flight sim). I've had one of these glued to my lap for my hour long commute each way to work for the last couple of years. As for heat, wear thicker pants or put something between you and the laptop.
I've heard some damn stupid excuses for liking these "niche" machines but "its too heavy for my lap" just takes the cake. (Good reasons for slim or portable would be weight and size restrictions for air travel, not owww my poor lap it hurts after 3 minutes).
Why not make life more fair, if you have the possibility?
Because so far just about every party is trying to make life more fair...but only for themselves at the expense of it being less fair for everyone else.
"getting over" life being unfair is basically giving up on life
No. Getting over life being unfair means accepting that sometimes the alternative you've presented is much much worse for society than you not getting what's due to you.
Imagine a judge telling you "Life ain't fair. Get over it." when you've been raped/robbed/abused/*
My whole point was that there are more important things than entertainment revenue. People who have been raped/robbed/abused should take precedence over a record executive who thinks if only every teenager that downloaded music his company owns, he'd be much richer. Imagine being told you were being sued into oblivion for rape/robery/abuse by a powerful rich person on flimsy badly collected evidence. Is that fair?
Any time you find weasel words and bad analogies going unchecked, follow the money trail. This isn't about artist's rights. If anyone gave a crap about that there'd be an uproar about unfair record contracts and middle men getting all the money. Basically in this case you have:
1) Artists who hope to get rich by gaming the system (as a few artists certainly have).
2) Middle men going to extreme measures (like bankrupting or jailing people, draconian drm) to protect their "right" to collect most of the money.
3) Lots of people who are happy to take content without compensating anyone for it.
There are exceptions but the status quo is pretty bad. Still, the human race has bigger problems. Pollution. Overpopulation. War. Disease. Compared to that this is all petty bullshit and a waste of words. All these people just need to stop grubbing for every last dollar and accept that sometimes life isn't going to hand them what they're due, what they're worth, or what they've earnt. Other people will take you for all that you're worth if they can - it doesn't give you the right to adopt the same attitude.
In other words: Life ain't fair. Get over it. There are many more important things than the latest film or pop song. Stop penalizing everyone you can to protect your own money grubbing arse.
I can just see the tv ad:
"Wow! Collect yours today"
Then 2 kids in school uniforms
"I'll trade you my RMS for your Linus and Eric S Raymond!"
The research debunks the conventional wisdom about not visiting questionable sites, because even trusted Web sites such as those belonging to Fortune 500 companies, schools, and government organizations can serve forth malware
I still believe you're still more likely to get malware on dodgy sites. As worded in the summary, this sounds like an excuse someone came up with to justify their penchant to troll for pr0n, war3z and mp3z.
1. They don't wash properly if you do this. (Buying the same sock not a good option either. See replies to other posters)
2. Good idea. I do leave sometimes but I also like to crash in front of the tele and spend time with her.
3. Tell my wife that.
4. *chuckle*
5. Huh?
7. No, I don't mean a device made to scam people.
8. Love it. Out weird the weirdos. Unfortunately it may affect career, so not practical.
1. See my reply to other poster.
2. No way. She rocks even if our taste in TV differs.
3. Got one. Doesn't change the wife from wanting to watch stuff. See 2.
4. Where???
5. A script that can answer as well as I can? Where?
6. where?
8. It's called a traffic jam.
Already thought of this. Steps 2 and 4 are the main problem.
I'm too stingy to throw away perfectly good socks. A year or 2 ago. I did go out and buy a bunch of the same sock but didn't throw away my old ones. It makes the odds of finding a pair much higher. Unfortunately the brand I picked turned out to be not very well made with some socks significantly smaller/shorter than others. So that's fun I'm still living with at the moment.
Also while I'm no fashion victim wearing the exact same socks every day is a bit boring. Then there's warm vs. thin socks for winter vs. summer.
1. Socks that don't have to be paired every time they're washed.
2. A device to selectively block out the sound of an episode of "The Golden Girls" my wife insists on putting on to fall asleep to
3. A device that detects reality tv and automatically adds a warning "This show is for morons. Watching by non-morons may lead to brain damage" across the screen
4. A filter for slashdot trolls.
5. A robot capable of doing all your arguing for you in a flame war.
6. An irrationality meter that warns you how irrational a person you're talking to is being at the time.
7. A superstition meter
8. Something to prevent assholes on public transport from touching my personal property (especially people bumping my laptop with oversized baggage and not even realizing it)
Teaching evolution - does it really matter?
...and where do you think scientists get their basic education exactly?
...and wake up in a world where teaching science is a criminal act. All that needs to happen for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.
Yes.
Sure, creationists would like it to be thrown away entirely, but as long as we have scientists, that simply will not happen.
. There are worse problems in public schools than a bunch of nutcases wanting their crazy beliefs taught as if they were science.
Weapons, and drugs are worse problems. However if your local school has such problems it has failed completely to BE a school.
There is no evidence that will convince a creationist that he is wrong. If Jesus Christ personally appeared in front of John Q. Creationist
The only way to prevent an increase in the number of such people is to give them enough understanding to accept the scientific method. They need to be exposed to this with an open mind early on in life and given plenty of examples if you want to prevent their being brainwashed by their parents/culture. Note that unlike the people that would indoctrinate them, all you need is exposure. The scientific method makes sense. A lot of complex science goes against your intuition but NOT the scientific method.
so let's just ignore them..
It wasn't created by some guy named "Hungarian", it was created by Charles Simonyi.
Thank you! I was beginning to think I was in the twilight zone, or taking a history less in Bill and Ted's school of Excellent History. (Party on dudes!) In today's episode 2 rednecks argue the value of special relativity and Hungarian notation.