You know, it was good to follow this exchange- while the content was critical, it was handled in a flame-free manner. Personally I am shocked to see such a restrained discussion on Slashdot as the one you both had.:)
If our shower curtains gather all this scum, wouldn't the body wash puffs that many people use also? Wouldn't this be worse as there is no need to aerosolize the bacteria in case- it gets ground right in?
Following that, what is the best way to disinfect a body wash puff? Is there a way? Or should they be treated as disposible items?
The blurb describes Textmaker as a text processing application, when it would be more correct to call it a word processor. A text processor or editor would be something like vi or emacs (no wait, emacs is an OS that has a text editor in it).
"The Amulet isn't exactly beautiful though--in fact, up close it still looks like a bunch of beads melted together. Well, all right, I admit it. It's downright ugly. But never mind that. It's the Magic that counts."
I am sure that must be the Amulet of Yendor that he is talking about.;)
What you are describing is a word frequency distribution with stopwords- this is commonly used for automatic classification of texts. Lots of cool stuff can be done with it, including generating zipfian distributions.
Yes, I have been under a rock in terms of games- heck, I still remember Bard's Tale as the pinnacle of RPG's. Actually, I have never heard of any of those jokes about FF, but then again, I don't play them.
Now back to my rock.
Does anyone else find the name 'Final Fantasy XII' rather odd? Shouldn't the final fantasy be once and for all? Great series and probably the most famous of all RPG's, but a better name would have been nice. Still, I suppose it is too late to stop now...
Did anyone else think this article sounded like...
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a spam itself? The description of the Taguichi method and how amazing it is all sounded too good to be true.
In reality, it sounds like an application of linear algebra to business. But the description- like reducing the time to develop a new sandwich to one month made me wonder if my spam filters would label it as spam.
Look at who is calling the Dean campaign savvy- its mostly political journalists. Do we really think they are qualified to label someone net savvy? Just because Dean supports use Meetup.com does not mean the campaign is net savvy.
Heck, most politicians aren't even politically savvy...
nmap has obviously become a huge success in the *nix world. I would wager that practically all sysadmins and security folk use nmap. With this sort of use by such creative and lazy people, there must have been some interesting stories involving nmap, perhaps unusual uses of it, or funny anecdotes. Are there any you would like to share?
Hmmm, the RIAA up against real hackers...
Personally, I think this war will be much more entertaining than the Iraq war. I think we should encourage the RIAA to do this, it just might be the I-beam to break the back of public opinion.
The idea of making backups on hard disks is not new- storage area networks (SAN) do this and they avoid the issues with off-site backups by connecting the storage media via a wide area network. This does create potential problems with network bottlenecks, BUT it does allow for a quick transport (at the speed of network) of the data off-site. Additionally, it allows for quicker disaster recovery- reconnect your network and download the data, voila! In fact, it really sounds like the good doctor in the article just made a local area storage network.
I know about VBR- its certainly does save space. Unfortunately, there are enough older mp3 players that cannot handle VBR (even though it is in the MPEG specs), including two that I own.
I want a player I can use while working out, so that elimates most of the hard disk based players. But all the flash memory types have such small amounts of memory. 128 or 256mb? I rip all my CD's at 256kps, which means most albums are about 120mb. Only being able to carry 1 or 2 albums is pitiful; I want more variety and selection. Why not a gig of memory instead? Or even half a gig? How long will it take until something like this comes out?
Since the monitor is what you stare at all day long, it is worth it to get spend good money to get quality.
A few months ago, I got a new 19 inch Samsung SyncMaster 957mb and have been more than happy with it. When I got it, I could not find any reviews of it, but I had previously purchased an older version (I think the 950) based on good reviews and was quite happy with that as well.
The things I looked for was size- 19 inches was right for my price range and a good overall size. Resolution- could it display the resolution I wanted AND at a refresh that was satisfactory, i.e. at least 80 Hz? Sharpness and vividness of colour are important to me, but unfortunately, you can't really ever get a good chance to inspect these before buying, which is why I pay attention to reviews from reputable and trustworthy sources.
The questioner is quite right in pointing out that quality can vary from unit to unit, that is why, no matter what monitor you get, buy it from a store that has a good return policy.
Apparantly, in the next two movies, we see that there are divisions within the machines- the new machines are much more ruthless. Maybe the humans ally themselves with some disgruntled machines?
So a bunch of kids get new computers to use, but what about competent teachers to teach the kids how to use these machines?
Even more fundamentally, learning to use a computer is a great skill, but if you can't read or write, its value is greatly diminished.
Maybe I am just being cynical, but I imagine that many of these kids sit in class all day, with the computer on, playing whatever free games came with the iBook or sending instant messages to each.
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Then we can have the bandwidth to play Doom 3 multiplayer with more than a few people!
You know, it was good to follow this exchange- while the content was critical, it was handled in a flame-free manner. Personally I am shocked to see such a restrained discussion on Slashdot as the one you both had. :)
squeegeeing Wow. another word I didn't want to learn how to spell on slashdot. Who says that is the correct spelling? :)
If our shower curtains gather all this scum, wouldn't the body wash puffs that many people use also? Wouldn't this be worse as there is no need to aerosolize the bacteria in case- it gets ground right in? Following that, what is the best way to disinfect a body wash puff? Is there a way? Or should they be treated as disposible items?
As glass is slower to acquire the scum; I wonder if squeegeeing the glass doors also helps slow down this effect.
One of the best comments I have ever read on this site.
The blurb describes Textmaker as a text processing application, when it would be more correct to call it a word processor. A text processor or editor would be something like vi or emacs (no wait, emacs is an OS that has a text editor in it).
"The Amulet isn't exactly beautiful though--in fact, up close it still looks like a bunch of beads melted together. Well, all right, I admit it. It's downright ugly. But never mind that. It's the Magic that counts." I am sure that must be the Amulet of Yendor that he is talking about. ;)
What you are describing is a word frequency distribution with stopwords- this is commonly used for automatic classification of texts. Lots of cool stuff can be done with it, including generating zipfian distributions.
Yes, I have been under a rock in terms of games- heck, I still remember Bard's Tale as the pinnacle of RPG's. Actually, I have never heard of any of those jokes about FF, but then again, I don't play them. Now back to my rock.
Does anyone else find the name 'Final Fantasy XII' rather odd? Shouldn't the final fantasy be once and for all? Great series and probably the most famous of all RPG's, but a better name would have been nice. Still, I suppose it is too late to stop now...
a spam itself? The description of the Taguichi method and how amazing it is all sounded too good to be true. In reality, it sounds like an application of linear algebra to business. But the description- like reducing the time to develop a new sandwich to one month made me wonder if my spam filters would label it as spam.
and launch now, they can save a bundle on the fuel costs to get there.
Look at who is calling the Dean campaign savvy- its mostly political journalists. Do we really think they are qualified to label someone net savvy? Just because Dean supports use Meetup.com does not mean the campaign is net savvy. Heck, most politicians aren't even politically savvy...
nmap has obviously become a huge success in the *nix world. I would wager that practically all sysadmins and security folk use nmap. With this sort of use by such creative and lazy people, there must have been some interesting stories involving nmap, perhaps unusual uses of it, or funny anecdotes. Are there any you would like to share?
Hmmm, the RIAA up against real hackers... Personally, I think this war will be much more entertaining than the Iraq war. I think we should encourage the RIAA to do this, it just might be the I-beam to break the back of public opinion.
The new BMW line of desktop computers, each with an inline six processor engine and delivering 500 megaflops of power at 3 GHz. AND 4 wheel drive!
"What payload are you talking about? We have no record of this."
Here is a link to a decent paper comparing the topology of SAN's to conventional tape/LAN based backup solutions:
The idea of making backups on hard disks is not new- storage area networks (SAN) do this and they avoid the issues with off-site backups by connecting the storage media via a wide area network. This does create potential problems with network bottlenecks, BUT it does allow for a quick transport (at the speed of network) of the data off-site. Additionally, it allows for quicker disaster recovery- reconnect your network and download the data, voila! In fact, it really sounds like the good doctor in the article just made a local area storage network.
I know about VBR- its certainly does save space. Unfortunately, there are enough older mp3 players that cannot handle VBR (even though it is in the MPEG specs), including two that I own.
But all the flash memory types have such small amounts of memory. 128 or 256mb?
I rip all my CD's at 256kps, which means most albums are about 120mb.
Only being able to carry 1 or 2 albums is pitiful; I want more variety and selection.
Why not a gig of memory instead? Or even half a gig?
How long will it take until something like this comes out?
Since the monitor is what you stare at all day long, it is worth it to get spend good money to get quality.
A few months ago, I got a new 19 inch Samsung SyncMaster 957mb and have been more than happy with it. When I got it, I could not find any reviews of it, but I had previously purchased an older version (I think the 950) based on good reviews and was quite happy with that as well.
The things I looked for was size- 19 inches was right for my price range and a good overall size. Resolution- could it display the resolution I wanted AND at a refresh that was satisfactory, i.e. at least 80 Hz? Sharpness and vividness of colour are important to me, but unfortunately, you can't really ever get a good chance to inspect these before buying, which is why I pay attention to reviews from reputable and trustworthy sources.
The questioner is quite right in pointing out that quality can vary from unit to unit, that is why, no matter what monitor you get, buy it from a store that has a good return policy.
Apparantly, in the next two movies, we see that there are divisions within the machines- the new machines are much more ruthless. Maybe the humans ally themselves with some disgruntled machines?
So a bunch of kids get new computers to use, but what about competent teachers to teach the kids how to use these machines? Even more fundamentally, learning to use a computer is a great skill, but if you can't read or write, its value is greatly diminished. Maybe I am just being cynical, but I imagine that many of these kids sit in class all day, with the computer on, playing whatever free games came with the iBook or sending instant messages to each.