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Well it's been the behavior on any widget set I've tried recently. The car brakes analogy doesn't really work for many reasons. First off you can have different strengths of braking depending on how hard you push the pedal down, and also you're not likely to get hurt or killed if your media player GUI doesn't respond instantly.
And how exactly is this a new concept? My Windows start menu is already organized in to folders like "Graphics", "Audio", "Programming", "Internet". I've had the ability to do this ever since I started using Windows 3.1. I can easily do the same thing with any desktop environment in Linux, and presumably on OSX as well.
Pfft, procedural programming is so last century. Everyone knows that SourceForge should really be a class inheriting from a Site virtual base class, and that you should be calling its visit() method. Additionally, it's connected to a relational database with an XML-based ORM framework.
Same with any other button, the action is not executed until you release the mouse from the button. This is presumably so that you can cancel your action if you catch yourself in mid-click clicking on something you don't want.
Because an OS actually running on your hardware as opposed to in a virtual machine needs to be able to do all sorts of things such as initializing hardware, querying for new hardware, etc, that are not necessary in a virtual machine environment. Remember that eventually you need to get to the level of real electronics...
Funny, I tried a bunch of them and in many cases I don't even see *any* Google ads or hits. True in some Google comes up first, but actually when I searched for "email" Yahoo! mail was actually the first link, not Google. The article is a load of bs.
It's not really deceptive, I often get attachments from almost everyone I regularly correspond with without expecting them first. Am I supposed to now call or email everyone I know every time they send me something to confirm that they intended to?
As for being hardly affected, it simply says LESS affected. What's to prevent the trojan from taking over your Outlook client and using it to send spam and propagate itself to everyone you know as well. Doesn't take root to do that, nor countless other things.
Maybe in North America. In Japan, although there is a recent trend towards rechargable cash cards (usually integrated with a cell-phone, but also available standalone), cash is still used about 99.9% of the time. There's no such thing as Interac, and most places don't take credit cards either. I'm sure there are many other countries where this is the case as well, so next time you say "look at the world" maybe you should instead of just considering your local situation.
Yeah, but those people with very few friends likely don't look like hot bikini models. Although I think if most slashdotters started receiving comments from people who look like those advertised on the site, people would be pretty suspicious. I think they need to add a variety of less "attractive" people.
Well, it doesn't *have* to be 50", you can change the size by adjusting the projector and find what works best for your viewing distance. I just pulled some arbitrarily large screen size out of thin air... you can of course go larger or smaller.
Well, the post I was replying wasn't complaining about the ease of replacing the batteries but rather the longevity. I agree they could have made them easier to replace but... by the time it comes to replacing them, usually most people want to buy a newer and "better" product anyhow. I don't know of anyone who has replaced the battery on their cell phone after it stopped holding a charge, by that time they want to get the latest and greatest with more megapixels and better graphics etc. Pretty much the same goes for the iPod. I guess that's one of the problems with short product lifecycles and incremental advancement.
In other news, my sister's 3 year old ipod won't hold a charge anymore.Yeah, because that's such an easily solvable problem. Damn Apple for skimping and not using super future battery technology. I mean come on, this criticism is slightly baseless. You think if there were better battery technology (cost, charge duration, and lifetime wise) they wouldn't be using it?
I find your comment puzzling. I live in Japan and many of my friends have projectors because their apartments are too small to be able to fit even a modest sized television. With a projector they can have a large screen while taking up very little space. Newer LCD projectors are no bigger than a regular sized laptop and fit easily on a shelf or projector mount. Add to this a screen that you can hang from the ceiling on some hooks, and you can get a 50" TV in a tiny space.
Well, at least in Canada, the baggage handlers generally are unionized and work for the airport, not for the airlines. So as an airline you don't have much influence over what goes on there.
DSLR's don't have *that* bad of battery usage. With my 20D and battery grip I can get through almost 900 frames before I have to charge the batteries. Yes it's quite a lot bigger than a film SLR but I don't really find it very limiting most of the time. Also I find the camera more comfortable to hold with a battery grip attached, particularly when using large and heavy lenses.
Ok, well, my plan is $30 a month. Over 1 year that's $360. Still around half the price of this phone, including service, if that's the way you want to look at it.
Nothing new or innovative here, this technology has been widely available on phones in Japan for years. And $625? I got my phone with the same features for free when I signed up for a 1 year plan. Since navigation in Japan is difficult (not much street signage, non-square blocks, crowded areas) I often send my GPS location to my friends with GPS-enabled phones.
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Well it's been the behavior on any widget set I've tried recently. The car brakes analogy doesn't really work for many reasons. First off you can have different strengths of braking depending on how hard you push the pedal down, and also you're not likely to get hurt or killed if your media player GUI doesn't respond instantly.
And how exactly is this a new concept? My Windows start menu is already organized in to folders like "Graphics", "Audio", "Programming", "Internet". I've had the ability to do this ever since I started using Windows 3.1. I can easily do the same thing with any desktop environment in Linux, and presumably on OSX as well.
Pfft, procedural programming is so last century. Everyone knows that SourceForge should really be a class inheriting from a Site virtual base class, and that you should be calling its visit() method. Additionally, it's connected to a relational database with an XML-based ORM framework.
Same with any other button, the action is not executed until you release the mouse from the button. This is presumably so that you can cancel your action if you catch yourself in mid-click clicking on something you don't want.
Because an OS actually running on your hardware as opposed to in a virtual machine needs to be able to do all sorts of things such as initializing hardware, querying for new hardware, etc, that are not necessary in a virtual machine environment. Remember that eventually you need to get to the level of real electronics...
Funny, I tried a bunch of them and in many cases I don't even see *any* Google ads or hits. True in some Google comes up first, but actually when I searched for "email" Yahoo! mail was actually the first link, not Google. The article is a load of bs.
It's not really deceptive, I often get attachments from almost everyone I regularly correspond with without expecting them first. Am I supposed to now call or email everyone I know every time they send me something to confirm that they intended to?
As for being hardly affected, it simply says LESS affected. What's to prevent the trojan from taking over your Outlook client and using it to send spam and propagate itself to everyone you know as well. Doesn't take root to do that, nor countless other things.
Yeah, and then they could play a recording of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries". I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Well, seeing as I shop a lot in camera stores and stuff, I see cash transactions well over $1000 equivalent all the time... it's not that rare really.
Maybe in North America. In Japan, although there is a recent trend towards rechargable cash cards (usually integrated with a cell-phone, but also available standalone), cash is still used about 99.9% of the time. There's no such thing as Interac, and most places don't take credit cards either. I'm sure there are many other countries where this is the case as well, so next time you say "look at the world" maybe you should instead of just considering your local situation.
Yeah, but those people with very few friends likely don't look like hot bikini models. Although I think if most slashdotters started receiving comments from people who look like those advertised on the site, people would be pretty suspicious. I think they need to add a variety of less "attractive" people.
Well, it doesn't *have* to be 50", you can change the size by adjusting the projector and find what works best for your viewing distance. I just pulled some arbitrarily large screen size out of thin air... you can of course go larger or smaller.
Well, the post I was replying wasn't complaining about the ease of replacing the batteries but rather the longevity. I agree they could have made them easier to replace but... by the time it comes to replacing them, usually most people want to buy a newer and "better" product anyhow. I don't know of anyone who has replaced the battery on their cell phone after it stopped holding a charge, by that time they want to get the latest and greatest with more megapixels and better graphics etc. Pretty much the same goes for the iPod. I guess that's one of the problems with short product lifecycles and incremental advancement.
In other news, my sister's 3 year old ipod won't hold a charge anymore.Yeah, because that's such an easily solvable problem. Damn Apple for skimping and not using super future battery technology. I mean come on, this criticism is slightly baseless. You think if there were better battery technology (cost, charge duration, and lifetime wise) they wouldn't be using it?
I find your comment puzzling. I live in Japan and many of my friends have projectors because their apartments are too small to be able to fit even a modest sized television. With a projector they can have a large screen while taking up very little space. Newer LCD projectors are no bigger than a regular sized laptop and fit easily on a shelf or projector mount. Add to this a screen that you can hang from the ceiling on some hooks, and you can get a 50" TV in a tiny space.
Well, that depends entirely on your preference and ability. I keep almost all the photos I shoot.
Special needs? It only takes ~200 photos on an 8 megapixel camera to fill up a 2GB memory card, even a casual shooter can do that in a weekend.
Well, at least in Canada, the baggage handlers generally are unionized and work for the airport, not for the airlines. So as an airline you don't have much influence over what goes on there.
Tables are equally susceptible to this.
DSLR's don't have *that* bad of battery usage. With my 20D and battery grip I can get through almost 900 frames before I have to charge the batteries. Yes it's quite a lot bigger than a film SLR but I don't really find it very limiting most of the time. Also I find the camera more comfortable to hold with a battery grip attached, particularly when using large and heavy lenses.
Well, can you point us to somewhere that gives a *good* description of Parakey? I'm interested in learning more...
Ok, well, my plan is $30 a month. Over 1 year that's $360. Still around half the price of this phone, including service, if that's the way you want to look at it.
It's only like Fedora's multiple desktops in the same way that an Atari 2600 is like modern PC laptop.
Nothing new or innovative here, this technology has been widely available on phones in Japan for years. And $625? I got my phone with the same features for free when I signed up for a 1 year plan. Since navigation in Japan is difficult (not much street signage, non-square blocks, crowded areas) I often send my GPS location to my friends with GPS-enabled phones.