"and the red (infrared) LED points forward." "Especially since the (infra)red has two light"
Umm.. There are no IR LEDs on any optical mice I've seen. They're all standard RED leds. You can't see infrared with the naked eye. Infrared leds, even when powered, look like a non-powered clear led, or rarely, they're purple (older style). Infrared is latin for below red. Other than that, it has nothing to do with the color red, and for all intents and purposes, cannot be claimed to be "similar" to any color.
I agre 100%. I hate the MS Intellimouse Explorer crap. It's got so many buttons, if you squeeze it, it feels (and sounds) like you're crumpling up a wad of paper. There should not be buttons on the side of a mouse. That's where I hold the damn thing. Or is that just me?
My first mouse was in ~1985 and was OPTICAL!It was for my PCjr and came with ColorPaint, and connected to the computer via both the proprietary LightPen port and a serial port. This complemented the PCjr's WIRELESS keyboard, all to make a package well ahead of its time.
The PCjr was the first IBM to come with a 16-color display, which Sierra used in the King's Quest games and others, with 3 channel sound, and a noise generator that Sierra used for crashing waves and running streams and could be used to generate (very remedial) speech.
As with most of you, when you turned this computer on without any disk (or PCjr cartridge) it popped into basic. ~15 years later, and I'm a professional programmer:)
Lastly, if you've ever played any of Sierra's Xxxxxx-Quest games (King's Quest, Space Quest, etc)., thank the PCjr. The first, King's Quest, was designed on request from the PCjr boys to show off the machine.:)
So, how was a person who was working support, or development or whatever, doing the "Wrong Thing?"
Guilt by association?
It worked for Oscar Reynolds. Back when *that* fiasco went down, everybody was behind him. But now when the tables are turned, everyone's giving everyone else shit.
Just remember, those that don't know history blah blah blah.
"Speeding is speeding, as far as your driving record is concerned, so actual speed and MPH over the speed limit don't show up on your record. "
In Florida, they do. I haven't recieved a speeding ticket in years, but I remember back in the day, when I was 3 or 4 points away from getting suspended, they sent me a note with my driving history. It showed up something like
And yes, I actually got a ticket for 70 in 55 (25 over for you native Floridians) on my way to school on this old back road that goes between farms. Ticket was ~$250 I think. Obviously, the county I was in (Polk) doesn't play with speeders. And I had just crossed County Line about 2 minutes prior...
As far as RIAA and I are concerned, this "little girl" is a RAPIST who should be PUBLICLY EXECUTED, William Wallace style. Then TicketMaster could sell tickets, and RIAA could set up opening gigs and give amnesty to anybody who got tickets or watched the webcast./I love our corporate government. I wonder what percent of people think RIAA is a gov't body.
"So if professor publishes this, its all fine and dandy, but when a citizen publishes an eBook hack he's arrested? What gives?"
While I appreciate your zeal, you must see the difference between exposing a weakness in a worldwide method of encryption, and demonstrating how to read Harry Potter on your iMac.
Why is this flamebait? Each side thinks the other is a terrorist. Has Slashdot picked an official side, rendering any who have differing opinions as trolls?
While this could be done with a gyroscope, that would be an incredible waste of energy (motor+cellphonebatteries=BAD). What I hope they mean is a simple spherical mercury switch.
Ahh.. I'm a noob. My first computer was an IBM PCjr. The only Ataris, Commodores, PETs, were at school or friends' houses:-P I dont think my hands ever graced a Sinclair. A couple Tandys though:)
HYDROGEN POWER as a replacement to fossil fuels is A MYTH! There is NO WAY to generate hydrogen that doesn't use fossil fuels to begin with, or take more energy than the hydrogen will generate!
The quicker people realize this, the quicker we'll be able to move on to the next "great idea."
I GUARANTEE that I can influence a person's ability to generate a result that, on its face, they believe to be random. It's no more difficult than any other brainwashing.
Nope. I didn't want to get technical, but... strictly adhering to the way Quantum Theory deals with Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, nothing is random. In this situation, the thrower, the way they throw, the temperature of the room, the surface they land on, etc, all lend to influence the result of the die. Pure randomness would mean the same result in all situations.
Yes Yes Yes... It was one of those as-you-hit-submit revelations that the results will only AVERAGE something close to 1% *BECAUSE* of the faulty method of generating random numbers.:P
You are aware that there's currently no such thing as a desktop-computer-generated or human-generated random number, right?
All common desktop computers generate "random" numbers based on the current time and date. They're "seeded" with it.
As for humans generating something random? Not at all possible.
If I ask a computer to generate 1000 random numbers from 1 to 100, each number will show up one percent of the time.
If YOU try to write down 1000 random numbers from 1 to 100, patterns will emerge. Just like if I ask you to pick a random word, or a random color, or a random object. Your answer will be based on something in your subconscious; a word based on something you heard, read, or thought; a color based on something visually evocative you recently saw or thought of.
The point is (and this would be beautiful if it were true), 42 meant something to dear departed Mr. Doug. And if he didn't even know what the question was? Well, that's the universe I've come to expect.
Slashdot Mirror
"There is no greater insult to one's religion, than to use it to justify violence. "
There's no greater insult to common sense than to imply that violence is never ever required.
"but what about those of us that have four fingers?"
;)
What kind of cartoonish question is that?!
"and the red (infrared) LED points forward."
"Especially since the (infra)red has two light"
Umm.. There are no IR LEDs on any optical mice I've seen. They're all standard RED leds. You can't see infrared with the naked eye. Infrared leds, even when powered, look like a non-powered clear led, or rarely, they're purple (older style). Infrared is latin for below red. Other than that, it has nothing to do with the color red, and for all intents and purposes, cannot be claimed to be "similar" to any color.
"Too many damn buttons!!"
I agre 100%. I hate the MS Intellimouse Explorer crap. It's got so many buttons, if you squeeze it, it feels (and sounds) like you're crumpling up a wad of paper. There should not be buttons on the side of a mouse. That's where I hold the damn thing. Or is that just me?
The Logitech Optical mouse is generally available at $15-20 in retail stores.
Forget that. I just bought a Wireless Optical mouse from Satan's minion for $28 at WalMart.
Your insensitive clod link isn't working, you insensitive clod!
My first mouse was in ~1985 and was OPTICAL!It was for my PCjr and came with ColorPaint, and connected to the computer via both the proprietary LightPen port and a serial port. This complemented the PCjr's WIRELESS keyboard, all to make a package well ahead of its time.
:)
:)
Here's a pic.
The PCjr was the first IBM to come with a 16-color display, which Sierra used in the King's Quest games and others, with 3 channel sound, and a noise generator that Sierra used for crashing waves and running streams and could be used to generate (very remedial) speech.
As with most of you, when you turned this computer on without any disk (or PCjr cartridge) it popped into basic. ~15 years later, and I'm a professional programmer
Yet more PC jr links.
Lastly, if you've ever played any of Sierra's Xxxxxx-Quest games (King's Quest, Space Quest, etc)., thank the PCjr. The first, King's Quest, was designed on request from the PCjr boys to show off the machine.
So, how was a person who was working support, or development or whatever, doing the "Wrong Thing?"
Guilt by association?
It worked for Oscar Reynolds. Back when *that* fiasco went down, everybody was behind him. But now when the tables are turned, everyone's giving everyone else shit.
Just remember, those that don't know history blah blah blah.
"People want more story, less bullshit and Alyson Hannigan nude scenes."
If that's what your people want, your people suck.
"Speeding is speeding, as far as your driving record is concerned, so actual speed and MPH over the speed limit don't show up on your record. "
In Florida, they do. I haven't recieved a speeding ticket in years, but I remember back in the day, when I was 3 or 4 points away from getting suspended, they sent me a note with my driving history. It showed up something like
Mar02-1999: Speeding 70/55 4 points
Jul25-1999: Speeding 39/25 3 points
And yes, I actually got a ticket for 70 in 55 (25 over for you native Floridians) on my way to school on this old back road that goes between farms. Ticket was ~$250 I think. Obviously, the county I was in (Polk) doesn't play with speeders. And I had just crossed County Line about 2 minutes prior...
As far as RIAA and I are concerned, this "little girl" is a RAPIST who should be PUBLICLY EXECUTED, William Wallace style. Then TicketMaster could sell tickets, and RIAA could set up opening gigs and give amnesty to anybody who got tickets or watched the webcast. /I love our corporate government. I wonder what percent of people think RIAA is a gov't body.
Delete those MP3s or the kid gets it!
"So if professor publishes this, its all fine and dandy, but when a citizen publishes an eBook hack he's arrested? What gives?"
While I appreciate your zeal, you must see the difference between exposing a weakness in a worldwide method of encryption, and demonstrating how to read Harry Potter on your iMac.
Why is this flamebait? Each side thinks the other is a terrorist. Has Slashdot picked an official side, rendering any who have differing opinions as trolls?
While this could be done with a gyroscope, that would be an incredible waste of energy (motor+cellphonebatteries=BAD). What I hope they mean is a simple spherical mercury switch.
Ahh.. I'm a noob. My first computer was an IBM PCjr. The only Ataris, Commodores, PETs, were at school or friends' houses
HYDROGEN POWER as a replacement to fossil fuels is A MYTH! There is NO WAY to generate hydrogen that doesn't use fossil fuels to begin with, or take more energy than the hydrogen will generate!
The quicker people realize this, the quicker we'll be able to move on to the next "great idea."
It would all come down to the source of the "Real Noise."
I doubt $20 winmodems are going to have thermorandom generators...
"Humans can't be 'seeded'"
Puh-LEEZE.
I GUARANTEE that I can influence a person's ability to generate a result that, on its face, they believe to be random. It's no more difficult than any other brainwashing.
"RANDOMISE USR 32768 "
:)
Feh.
RANDOMIZE TIMER
Might as well seed it with something that'll change every time
"A pair of dice is random, right?"
Nope. I didn't want to get technical, but... strictly adhering to the way Quantum Theory deals with Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, nothing is random. In this situation, the thrower, the way they throw, the temperature of the room, the surface they land on, etc, all lend to influence the result of the die. Pure randomness would mean the same result in all situations.
Get off my bridge!
Yes, I'm aware of this, and of course, simply from a technical purist point of view, I hope it catches on.
"All common desktop computers generate..."
Unfortunately I don't think the ratio of i810's to all desktop computers in the world is going to be high enough to really be 'common.'
Yes Yes Yes... It was one of those as-you-hit-submit revelations that the results will only AVERAGE something close to 1% *BECAUSE* of the faulty method of generating random numbers. :P
*smacks forehead*
You are aware that there's currently no such thing as a desktop-computer-generated or human-generated random number, right?
All common desktop computers generate "random" numbers based on the current time and date. They're "seeded" with it.
As for humans generating something random? Not at all possible.
If I ask a computer to generate 1000 random numbers from 1 to 100, each number will show up one percent of the time.
If YOU try to write down 1000 random numbers from 1 to 100, patterns will emerge. Just like if I ask you to pick a random word, or a random color, or a random object. Your answer will be based on something in your subconscious; a word based on something you heard, read, or thought; a color based on something visually evocative you recently saw or thought of.
The point is (and this would be beautiful if it were true), 42 meant something to dear departed Mr. Doug. And if he didn't even know what the question was? Well, that's the universe I've come to expect.