Well, it's happened... An anti-proprietary-software post has been modded down, indicating that it is wrong to support platformless software. The end-times are near....
"That said, I could not buy one of their players because they would not support WMA files. Over 5gb of my collection is in that format."
Well, if any good comes from this, atleast I'm sure you're making Daddy Gates happy by encoding in and refusing to switch from his platform-proprietary format.
"Reliable downloading of files as large as 700MB from Freenet at average download rates as high as 100k/sec on a broadband internet connection are sighted[...]"
The verb should be IS because it is referring to 'downloading.' You wouldn't say "Reliable downloading are..."
I refuse to install flash for flashing, noisy ads and things that fly around my screen that there's no way to turn off. I refuse to be held captive to advertising on the web. Too many flash/shockwave ads have no "turn me off" and/or "turn off sound" buttons. Since there's really nothing of value on the web that uses flash, I leave in uninstalled. If something REALLY looks interesting, I'll go through the few seconds or so to install it, but I'll remove it right afterwards.
Please grow up. This is a discussion base. If you post something controversial, it will be replied to. The only person that's been "got" is you, if you think that you have done anything special.
It's funny you should remark about my site that obviously isn't supposed to be anything special (website cutdowns? how old are you?), and then you complain about people who think "a geek has time to worry about such things."
You're obviously a noob. Here's a hint: Referring to yourself in the third person as a geek equates to you being a TOTAL lamer. You might as well go and say you're a H4(K3R W4R3Z D00d. And no, you can't have access to my elite file section.
I remember all the kids in elementary school who never had a computer at home. All they had ever used was the Apples and Macs at their school. When they got to workplaces and had to use IBMs with Windows, they had very little experience.
They realized what your college should realize. It's a reality that unless you're going into the arts, most of your experience should be with Wintel if you wish it to be useful.
This is not Anti-MS, Anti-Apple, or anything like that. The same argument goes against getting WordPerfect instead of Word. They should know how to use Word simply because it's what is most likely going to be required of them.
"According to the ftc's website http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/donotcall/ju mp.html"
InsaneGeek huh?
Insane? Maybe? Geek? Naw. Geeks know how to make a link. They know URLs will get distorted by/.'s garbage filter. Reply if you want to know how to make a link.
"If you go into a magazine store, it's not like they have Hustler out there along with everything else - instead, magazines like that are usually obscured by placards above which you can see the title, if that's what you're looking for. I think a mechanism similar to that is what is needed online - something of a barrier to child access, but doesn't require specific identification of the viewer (to protect privacy). It's not a simple issue, to be sure. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way to enact such barriers ("Click here if over 18" is a joke). "
How is "Don't remove this placard if under 18" any different from "Don't click here if under 18" ?? They're both the honor system. They can both be enforced by the watchful eye of a responsible adult, and they can both be defeated by the absence of such supervision.
"Tejas uses a 775-contact pinless Land Grid Array (LGA) that far exceeds the 478 pins used on the Pentium 4, and Prescott. However, the additional pins were required for the additional I/O and power requirements of Tejas, the documents say."
Ohh, for I/O and power ! I thought they would be used for..... umm... Well, that's about all they can be used for. Why does that sentence begin with "However"?
"I should have taken him out back and beaten him with a frozen salmon. Hello!? How do they know what patches you need if they can't look at your system and tell their servers what you've already got."
They could send a complete list of available patches to your system and let the client running on your computer pick which ones are neccesary, without microsoft ever knowing what software you have installed. Granted, they could deductively determine what hardware you use based on what patches you then request, but since you can only download patches for microsoft software, the best they could do would be to determine what hardware and microsoft software you currently have installed.
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Gameboy Advance gots service packs?!
Oh well, I bet new games will require everyone to be running GameBoy Advance SP-1.
Well, it's happened... An anti-proprietary-software post has been modded down, indicating that it is wrong to support platformless software. The end-times are near....
"revenues for LCDs by the end of this year will top the CRT revenues."
Of course, according to current street prices, it only takes ~25 19" LCDs to make the same gross revenue as ~100 19" CRTs.
Revenue is an extremely poor indicator of a new technology's presence in a marketplace.
"That said, I could not buy one of their players because they would not support WMA files. Over 5gb of my collection is in that format."
Well, if any good comes from this, atleast I'm sure you're making Daddy Gates happy by encoding in and refusing to switch from his platform-proprietary format.
*Sigh*
"Reliable downloading of files as large as 700MB from Freenet at average download rates as high as 100k/sec on a broadband internet connection are sighted[...]"
... is cited ..."
The verb should be IS because it is referring to 'downloading.' You wouldn't say "Reliable downloading are..."
And also, the term is "cited".
End result:
"Reliable downloading
"Don't no what Orienteering is?"
Don't no?
Lol.
I refuse to install flash for flashing, noisy ads and things that fly around my screen that there's no way to turn off. I refuse to be held captive to advertising on the web. Too many flash/shockwave ads have no "turn me off" and/or "turn off sound" buttons. Since there's really nothing of value on the web that uses flash, I leave in uninstalled. If something REALLY looks interesting, I'll go through the few seconds or so to install it, but I'll remove it right afterwards.
"what will information-access-over-electronic-networks look like in 2013?"
:-P
Is this a fark.com photoshop? I thought I was on slashdot...
"Awww, can't take that your attempt failed miserably?"
My attempt? Shit, this is really something for you, isn't it?
Lolzerz.
Please grow up. This is a discussion base. If you post something controversial, it will be replied to. The only person that's been "got" is you, if you think that you have done anything special.
Wow. Touchy touchy :)
It's funny you should remark about my site that obviously isn't supposed to be anything special (website cutdowns? how old are you?), and then you complain about people who think "a geek has time to worry about such things."
You're obviously a noob. Here's a hint: Referring to yourself in the third person as a geek equates to you being a TOTAL lamer. You might as well go and say you're a H4(K3R W4R3Z D00d. And no, you can't have access to my elite file section.
I remember all the kids in elementary school who never had a computer at home. All they had ever used was the Apples and Macs at their school. When they got to workplaces and had to use IBMs with Windows, they had very little experience.
They realized what your college should realize.
It's a reality that unless you're going into the arts, most of your experience should be with Wintel if you wish it to be useful.
This is not Anti-MS, Anti-Apple, or anything like that. The same argument goes against getting WordPerfect instead of Word. They should know how to use Word simply because it's what is most likely going to be required of them.
"According to the ftc's website http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/donotcall/ju mp.html"
/.'s garbage filter. Reply if you want to know how to make a link.
InsaneGeek huh?
Insane? Maybe? Geek? Naw. Geeks know how to make a link. They know URLs will get distorted by
Dammit, grandpa. I said stay off my computer!
On a more serious note, please learn how to make an HTML link so that your URLs don't get broken up by the garbage filter, smart guy.
"If you go into a magazine store, it's not like they have Hustler out there along with everything else - instead, magazines like that are usually obscured by placards above which you can see the title, if that's what you're looking for. I think a mechanism similar to that is what is needed online - something of a barrier to child access, but doesn't require specific identification of the viewer (to protect privacy). It's not a simple issue, to be sure. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way to enact such barriers ("Click here if over 18" is a joke). "
How is "Don't remove this placard if under 18" any different from "Don't click here if under 18" ?? They're both the honor system. They can both be enforced by the watchful eye of a responsible adult, and they can both be defeated by the absence of such supervision.
WOO HOO!
Ahh, my mistake. I did see it eons ago in the theater :)
:P
Umm... Hey, we're not talking about the guys that built the railroads, man.
"Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature, Dude. It's Asian-American."
:) ... And I certainly didn't mean American.
Ahh. My mistake. I didn't know Asia explicitly meant China. I bet Japan is kinda pissed off about that.
Actually, I would have used the phrase "a Chinese," as is proper, but I have to disagree with propriety. That just sounds stupid.
"China being having a space program"
What? Who talks like this?
I'll tell you who... Dead giveaway. This article was written by a Chinaman, and is therefore biased. You've got to be on your toes these days...
I wish I knew that many stupid rich people.
"There are clock, reset, bus control, state control, interupts, etc. pins as well."
Aren't those all data transmission pins, otherwise known as input/output pins, aka IO pins?
"Tejas uses a 775-contact pinless Land Grid Array (LGA) that far exceeds the 478 pins used on the Pentium 4, and Prescott. However, the additional pins were required for the additional I/O and power requirements of Tejas, the documents say."
Ohh, for I/O and power ! I thought they would be used for..... umm... Well, that's about all they can be used for. Why does that sentence begin with "However"?
"I should have taken him out back and beaten him with a frozen salmon. Hello!? How do they know what patches you need if they can't look at your system and tell their servers what you've already got."
They could send a complete list of available patches to your system and let the client running on your computer pick which ones are neccesary, without microsoft ever knowing what software you have installed. Granted, they could deductively determine what hardware you use based on what patches you then request, but since you can only download patches for microsoft software, the best they could do would be to determine what hardware and microsoft software you currently have installed.
Umm, no. :-P The word is Tennesseean.
(This link shows the proper nouns for residents of all 50 states)