Digital Compact Cassette - same form factor as ye olde analogge cassettes so you could play them in a DCC player, but recorded digitally. Was supposed to be a consumer format, but never caught on as CDs dominated.
It wasn't all bad news though - the technology used to make the read/write heads found its way into beer making:
Can you imagine if JFK was president now? "We choose to run on the space treadmill and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are publicity stunts!".
Re:Oh my god, IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!
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Yeah, all my own work, with a little help from www.dictionary.com. Feel free to replace/sys = she's your sister with something less SFW if you wish.
Yeah, and /lib stands for ...
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'linked-in binaries'. Here's some of the other TLAs:/lib: linked-in binaries/etc: extended tool chest/usr: unix system routines/bin: basic instructions (native)/var: volatile access region/opt: one per terminal/tmp: this maybe purged/mnt: multiple network things/dev: dont ever violate/sys: she's your sister
Ubuntu version names are (now) alphabetical, so Dapper Drake preceded Edgy Eft, which precedes Feisty Fawn. The names are always Adjective Animal ('eft' is another name for a newt).
There are also version numbers, so that Edgy Eft is 6.10 (meaning year 2006, month 10). The releases are supposed to be every six months in April and October.
Any chance slashdot editors could actually do some editing? So that summaries aren't just the spiel of the poster but also tell us *what* Lightbox and Aperture are? There's no mention. I had to guess it was something to do with graphics and maybe something to do with pictures....
If I see something neat and cool done in HTML, JS, and CSS, I can very easily rip it and change it and stick something like it on my web page. Back in the old days of the web nearly all design was done like this.
You can't do this (easily) with a Java Applet (unless the author makes the java source available) or a Flash application. If you want to figure out how something was done you have to dig into programming and work it out for yourself from the ground up. The openness and readability of HTML, JS and CSS make it really easy to get in above the ground floor level. Sure, you can still design horrendous web sites, but you can also design great web sites.
HTML spread because it was easy to write and didn't require learning or using some hypertext authoring application. Perhaps Java applets failed because people took a look at the Hello World applet and thought, "WTF?".
There's a bloomin' great ad for an Ajax Conference in the way! Oh the irony! Although I guess by now we'd have Java popup adverts messing up our pages....
When your desktop box dies, IT look at it and think.. Hmmm one person's problem. When the main server dies, IT look at it and go hmmmm, 200 people's problems. Which shall we fix first boys and girls? The one person's problem, or the 200 people's problem? How many people do we want screaming at us? Especially if one of the 200 is the boss.
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OLED vs SED? Toshiba/Matsushita vs Canon (Canon were working with Toshiba on this but had to buy them out...).
:)
Me, I'm waiting for whatever comes after...
Digital Compact Cassette - same form factor as ye olde analogge cassettes so you could play them in a DCC player, but recorded digitally. Was supposed to be a consumer format, but never caught on as CDs dominated.
It wasn't all bad news though - the technology used to make the read/write heads found its way into beer making:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6121
mmmm beeeeeer.
Can you imagine if JFK was president now? "We choose to run on the space treadmill and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are publicity stunts!".
Any Assistance About Alliteration Aimless.
And you can trace FPS back to 1982 with:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Monster_Maze
there's no shooting (since you are up against a T-Rex) but there are 3d graphics in a 2d walled maze format.
and all in 16k....
Are you talking about this:
http://www.xkcd.com/c174.html
Yeah, all my own work, with a little help from www.dictionary.com. Feel free to replace /sys = she's your sister with something less SFW if you wish.
'linked-in binaries'. Here's some of the other TLAs: /lib: linked-in binaries /etc: extended tool chest /usr: unix system routines /bin: basic instructions (native) /var: volatile access region /opt: one per terminal /tmp: this maybe purged /mnt: multiple network things /dev: dont ever violate /sys: she's your sister
The iPod fell out of the car! Suzy Perry is no good with gaffer tape. I'd love to show her how to use it properly...
The Monolith mp3 player. Described as 'bomb-proof'. It can also be run over by a car.
What next? Hasta la vista, Vista?
Ubuntu version names are (now) alphabetical, so Dapper Drake preceded Edgy Eft, which precedes Feisty Fawn. The names are always Adjective Animal ('eft' is another name for a newt).
There are also version numbers, so that Edgy Eft is 6.10 (meaning year 2006, month 10). The releases are supposed to be every six months in April and October.
Barry
His travel rules might explain why his list of speaking engagements seems to start and stop at 2004.
Any chance slashdot editors could actually do some editing? So that summaries aren't just the spiel of the poster but also tell us *what* Lightbox and Aperture are? There's no mention. I had to guess it was something to do with graphics and maybe something to do with pictures....
Probably since a few million years ago. Remember, its not *that* far from Florida.
So is this where 'Belgium!' becomes the most obscene word in the cosmos?
Python? I was expecting the HHGTTG reference! Its the rudest word in existence, dontcha know. Belgium!
If I see something neat and cool done in HTML, JS, and CSS, I can very easily rip it and change it and stick something like it on my web page. Back in the old days of the web nearly all design was done like this.
You can't do this (easily) with a Java Applet (unless the author makes the java source available) or a Flash application. If you want to figure out how something was done you have to dig into programming and work it out for yourself from the ground up. The openness and readability of HTML, JS and CSS make it really easy to get in above the ground floor level. Sure, you can still design horrendous web sites, but you can also design great web sites.
HTML spread because it was easy to write and didn't require learning or using some hypertext authoring application. Perhaps Java applets failed because people took a look at the Hello World applet and thought, "WTF?".
There's a bloomin' great ad for an Ajax Conference in the way! Oh the irony! Although I guess by now we'd have Java popup adverts messing up our pages....
That's supposed to be a keyboard for office workers? Where's the 'Boss' key?
Copying eh? What did Picasso have to say about that? "Bad artists copy. Great artists steal."
...for stealing his book title:
http://craphound.com/?p=189
Good job there's no shrinkwrap on books eh?
When your desktop box dies, IT look at it and think.. Hmmm one person's problem. When the main server dies, IT look at it and go hmmmm, 200 people's problems. Which shall we fix first boys and girls? The one person's problem, or the 200 people's problem? How many people do we want screaming at us? Especially if one of the 200 is the boss.
Hmmm C: drive icon... right click... sharing... read-write... anyone... anytime... anywhere...
There, that should save me having to bother sharing out individual folders on my home network - far too fiddly...
You'd think a flying spaghetti monster would have no trouble designing a flying thing...