How do you know how much it has been reduced? Do you know how different the world would be, here in 2010, if they weren't in existence?
All I know is that 99% of the mass emails that actually reach my inbox have an easy to use unsubscribe option on them. (those are typically from people that I've given my email address for some reason or another) So I'm going to assume those "schemes" are good things.
Oh, and while were at it, we need everyone on the planet to behave unselfishly. Yes, we need that, we won't accept anything less!! [stamps feet]
Would also be nice if cotton candy rained from the sky. But that last one is probably a lot to ask. Let's just go with the "everyone be unselfish" thing.
I don't agree. They may be aware of how to block them, but maybe that isn't their choice -- if the site takes their wishes into consideration. Maybe they actually want to support the sites they view, in hopes that they sites will continue to care about having them as a visitor.
I see, on this page, a notice that says "As our way of thanking you for your positive contributions to Slashdot, you are eligible to disable advertising." You know what I do in response? I let them show me ads. Because I like slashdot. I don't want it to start to become targeted at the audience that is not tech-savvy enough to know how to install an ad blocker -- I want it to be targeted at people like me.
Maybe, but this case didn't get that far. It didn't say anything on whether the case would have merit if things were different, it just pointed out the first reason why this one can't go further.
was never really known for being a "data center", it's more known for where engineering and development happen.
Data centers don't really need that many highly skilled employees working on site. In the future data centers might have no one employed but security guards and (relatively unskilled) maintainance. In that case it doesn't really matter where they are located, at least in terms of helping the economics of the region.
I disagree on point 1. First, I think it is a separate problem. I also think it is stupid to do so. Nader voters doing just that in 2000 gave the election to GWB.
That problem is solvable by having a ranked voting system (as we have here in San Francisco), and using a Condorcet method for tabulating the ballots (unfortunatly SF's system is not condorcet but "instant runoff"....still its better than plurality)
Still....different issue. Important issue, yes, but not the same issue.
Regardless, suggesting that the problem would only be solved if human behavior was suddenly different doesn't help anything. It's almost like saying that we'd have less plane crashes if only we didn't have bad weather. Well duh, but that doesn't help.
Which would probably work, except for one thing standing in the way: people with attitudes just like yours.
Instead of saying "yes we already know this", we should be saying "yes this is true, and we should be talking about it every day." Because it isn't going to be fixed unless people talk about it, and care about it....rather than just saying that we are effectively helpless to do anything about it.
What if, instead, if you want to go, go. If you don't, don't.
Boycotts don't work. They are asking people to go against their own self-interest. Nobody is going to go along with your "let's all agree to do this" plan, they'll all just do what they want to do. If they are curious and feel like seeing the movie, they will.
Anyway, I just don't understand how it is hurting you that he is doing this. You can still watch it in non-3d. Nobody is forcing you to see it in 3d.
From a marketing perspective, I would argue it does. I mean,l it has nothing to do with whether *I* will spend the effort, but if most people don't initially know how to pronounce it, it is not a good name.
Also, my 5 second google doesn't reveal how to pronounce it. I'll guess it's LEEB-ruh office, but I don't see anywhere that says that.
The only way to do this is using javascript/html/css and doing all your work in a web view component. Then you can have a small amount of objective-c and java code to support it on the respective devices.
This is not such a bad idea (and has the side benefit of being easy to put all or part of your app on the web so it can be run without installing anything), but has disadvantages too. Many things will be slow or clunky compared to a natively written app.
As someone who has learned both, I don't suggest this approach for most. Especially if you are just getting back into programming. There is an immense amount to learn for both, and much of the knowledge does not carry over. They are very different.
I suggest picking one of them and learning it well. If you make something that seems to have potential, hire someone to port it -- or then take the time to learn another platform.
Just my suggestion. Trying to learn both at once can be quite overwhelming.
Nostalgia aside, the kid is more likely to find the e-book because it won't BE stuck up in the attic because it's size didn't justify shelf space in the house anymore.
Instead, he'll find the e-book on whatever the current technology is, and can read it there. And he'll find it a lot more readily. I know that finding something that was effectively "lost" (i.e. inaccessible) is a great feeling, but I think its even better to always have it accessible.
In a similar vein, I am quite happy that I no longer have to worry about photos stored in boxes that I rarely look at, have to worry about in case of fire, have to deal with when I move, etc. I just have digital copies that very little effort to copy onto backup media, new computers, etc. Maybe sad to lose that moment of "look what I found in the attic", but that is far outweighed by the enjoyment I get be having all the photos instantly accessible.
Although I'm not big on reading novels, I much prefer reading on a computer monitor than on paper. The main reason is ability to rest my eyes by making the text really big and looking at it from far away.
I strain to read text in most books, and I find it harder to get the lighting right.
And they leave a large amount of empty space above it....I suppose eventually there will be a title in that title bar, but currently it is just empty. Chrome does a much better job of making use of that space.
...of keeping things secret until they are ready to go out the door. Rather than talk about some supposed product 3 years off that probably will never happen.
The fact that Jobs is too stupid to figure that out does not bode well for the future of Apple...
Yeah I'm dumping my Apple stock....looks like they are in serious trouble. This incident is far more indicative of the future of the company than is his long history of leading the effort to create spectacularly successful products.
So why have prices of laptops and cameras dropped? Are their manufacturers just stupid?
No, everyone presumably tries to charge the price that makes them the most money -- and outside forces determine that price. Supply and demand and such.
Simplistic, cynical answers are easy, but rarely accurate.
Although a lawyer is obviously a good idea, I think slashdot is the place to find people who will understand the technical sides of this, such as how ICANN works, etc. So I think its a great idea to solicit input from this community first.
Lawyers are expensive, and many of them are less than perfectly competent. With a complex technical issue like this, you could end up spending a ton of money if you don't do as much research as you can first.
No, you are reading it wrong. (a tip might be the obviousness of the fact that being biological doesn't magically change the ability of light to penetrate dust)
Here, let's say that X = "landing zone markers that helicopters can spot even as wind from their rotors kicks up dirt"
Now, read the sentence with my emphasis:
A possible military use of bio-luminescence would be creating biodegradable X.
It's not ridiculous at all. It's just that you put the emphasis in the wrong place, and wrongly inferred the connection between "kicking up dirt" and the "bio" on "bioluminence". The kicking up dirt part is the reason they need luminecent things in the first place. The "bio" part just makes them biodegradable or otherwise practical.
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Then don't send your data out on the web.
How do you know how much it has been reduced? Do you know how different the world would be, here in 2010, if they weren't in existence?
All I know is that 99% of the mass emails that actually reach my inbox have an easy to use unsubscribe option on them. (those are typically from people that I've given my email address for some reason or another) So I'm going to assume those "schemes" are good things.
Oh, and while were at it, we need everyone on the planet to behave unselfishly. Yes, we need that, we won't accept anything less!! [stamps feet]
Would also be nice if cotton candy rained from the sky. But that last one is probably a lot to ask. Let's just go with the "everyone be unselfish" thing.
Thank you.
I don't agree. They may be aware of how to block them, but maybe that isn't their choice -- if the site takes their wishes into consideration. Maybe they actually want to support the sites they view, in hopes that they sites will continue to care about having them as a visitor.
I see, on this page, a notice that says "As our way of thanking you for your positive contributions to Slashdot, you are eligible to disable advertising." You know what I do in response? I let them show me ads. Because I like slashdot. I don't want it to start to become targeted at the audience that is not tech-savvy enough to know how to install an ad blocker -- I want it to be targeted at people like me.
Maybe, but this case didn't get that far. It didn't say anything on whether the case would have merit if things were different, it just pointed out the first reason why this one can't go further.
Buffalo NY has over 250,000 population. The next highest I can find is about 4000.
So I'm confused as to why you think anyone would be confused.
was never really known for being a "data center", it's more known for where engineering and development happen.
Data centers don't really need that many highly skilled employees working on site. In the future data centers might have no one employed but security guards and (relatively unskilled) maintainance. In that case it doesn't really matter where they are located, at least in terms of helping the economics of the region.
I disagree on point 1. First, I think it is a separate problem. I also think it is stupid to do so. Nader voters doing just that in 2000 gave the election to GWB.
That problem is solvable by having a ranked voting system (as we have here in San Francisco), and using a Condorcet method for tabulating the ballots (unfortunatly SF's system is not condorcet but "instant runoff"....still its better than plurality)
Still....different issue. Important issue, yes, but not the same issue.
Regardless, suggesting that the problem would only be solved if human behavior was suddenly different doesn't help anything. It's almost like saying that we'd have less plane crashes if only we didn't have bad weather. Well duh, but that doesn't help.
And point 4 is exactly what Schmidt is doing.
Which would probably work, except for one thing standing in the way: people with attitudes just like yours.
Instead of saying "yes we already know this", we should be saying "yes this is true, and we should be talking about it every day." Because it isn't going to be fixed unless people talk about it, and care about it....rather than just saying that we are effectively helpless to do anything about it.
I think the TV stuff he is doing is quite good...i.e. Clone Wars. Or do you mean completely new?
What if, instead, if you want to go, go. If you don't, don't.
Boycotts don't work. They are asking people to go against their own self-interest. Nobody is going to go along with your "let's all agree to do this" plan, they'll all just do what they want to do. If they are curious and feel like seeing the movie, they will.
Anyway, I just don't understand how it is hurting you that he is doing this. You can still watch it in non-3d. Nobody is forcing you to see it in 3d.
From a marketing perspective, I would argue it does. I mean,l it has nothing to do with whether *I* will spend the effort, but if most people don't initially know how to pronounce it, it is not a good name.
Also, my 5 second google doesn't reveal how to pronounce it. I'll guess it's LEEB-ruh office, but I don't see anywhere that says that.
So this is an improvement then, in a sense. The ".org" thing was idiotic.
Rather than idiotic, the name LibreOffice is simply dumb. I'm not even sure how to pronounce it. But I guess dumb is a step up from idiotic.
The only way to do this is using javascript/html/css and doing all your work in a web view component. Then you can have a small amount of objective-c and java code to support it on the respective devices.
This is not such a bad idea (and has the side benefit of being easy to put all or part of your app on the web so it can be run without installing anything), but has disadvantages too. Many things will be slow or clunky compared to a natively written app.
As someone who has learned both, I don't suggest this approach for most. Especially if you are just getting back into programming. There is an immense amount to learn for both, and much of the knowledge does not carry over. They are very different.
I suggest picking one of them and learning it well. If you make something that seems to have potential, hire someone to port it -- or then take the time to learn another platform.
Just my suggestion. Trying to learn both at once can be quite overwhelming.
Nostalgia aside, the kid is more likely to find the e-book because it won't BE stuck up in the attic because it's size didn't justify shelf space in the house anymore.
Instead, he'll find the e-book on whatever the current technology is, and can read it there. And he'll find it a lot more readily. I know that finding something that was effectively "lost" (i.e. inaccessible) is a great feeling, but I think its even better to always have it accessible.
In a similar vein, I am quite happy that I no longer have to worry about photos stored in boxes that I rarely look at, have to worry about in case of fire, have to deal with when I move, etc. I just have digital copies that very little effort to copy onto backup media, new computers, etc. Maybe sad to lose that moment of "look what I found in the attic", but that is far outweighed by the enjoyment I get be having all the photos instantly accessible.
Same thing can apply to books.
Although I'm not big on reading novels, I much prefer reading on a computer monitor than on paper. The main reason is ability to rest my eyes by making the text really big and looking at it from far away.
I strain to read text in most books, and I find it harder to get the lighting right.
Once you turn it off, it stays off. Is that really such a problem that you had to turn it off once per computer?
And they leave a large amount of empty space above it....I suppose eventually there will be a title in that title bar, but currently it is just empty. Chrome does a much better job of making use of that space.
...of keeping things secret until they are ready to go out the door. Rather than talk about some supposed product 3 years off that probably will never happen.
Yeah I'm dumping my Apple stock....looks like they are in serious trouble. This incident is far more indicative of the future of the company than is his long history of leading the effort to create spectacularly successful products.
So why have prices of laptops and cameras dropped? Are their manufacturers just stupid?
No, everyone presumably tries to charge the price that makes them the most money -- and outside forces determine that price. Supply and demand and such.
Simplistic, cynical answers are easy, but rarely accurate.
As long as he doesn't have the right to vote.
Although a lawyer is obviously a good idea, I think slashdot is the place to find people who will understand the technical sides of this, such as how ICANN works, etc. So I think its a great idea to solicit input from this community first.
Lawyers are expensive, and many of them are less than perfectly competent. With a complex technical issue like this, you could end up spending a ton of money if you don't do as much research as you can first.
Here, let's say that X = "landing zone markers that helicopters can spot even as wind from their rotors kicks up dirt"
Now, read the sentence with my emphasis:
It's not ridiculous at all. It's just that you put the emphasis in the wrong place, and wrongly inferred the connection between "kicking up dirt" and the "bio" on "bioluminence". The kicking up dirt part is the reason they need luminecent things in the first place. The "bio" part just makes them biodegradable or otherwise practical.