Reminds me of the Gary Larson cartoon set in a haywire factory.
"Professor, the beam has gone out of alignment, the atom chamber is leaking and the datalogger has crashed again. I'm afraid the whole experiment has gone you-know-what."
That would annoy me too, though I hardly ever use window grabbers these days:
alt-left drag anywhere to move a window. alt-right drag anywhere in the general vicinity of the desired corner to resize. GNOME seemed to make this alt-middle instead for some reason.
At least for the WPA edition, Windows 7 requires a BIOS with the "please let Windows 7 work" field present. I have had to update the BIOS on several computers before Windows 7 will activate. Some older computers simply do not have an update that supports this. I have no idea if this is required for editions that use a MAK.
Windows XP still requires re-activation after a "significant" hardware change such as motherboard or HDD. This is usually done painlessly by the activation client connecting to the Windows activation server. Will this procedure still remain after XP SP3 extended support expires on April 2014? What about new activations? (Arguments about the wisdom of actually running Windows XP beyond this point are not relevant here.)
Yes, those stupid Boston police for treating widely distributed electronic devices depicting characters [1] giving a gesture that usually communicates the message "fuck you" with suspicion.
How silly of them. Perhaps they'll go after pressure cookers next.
[1] Characters from a television show nobody over 30 at the time would have even heard of, I might add.
Good to see USB continuing to evolve, but its one major drawback has still not been addressed:
The USB 'Type A' connector (the end that plugs into your computer) is utterly retarded. It looks symmetric from the outside, but internally has a big key block preventing you from plugging it in 'upside' down. This means that when reaching around the back of a piece of equipment to plug something in, there is a 75% chance [2] you have it the wrong way around. Also, given the apparently random distribution of orientations of USB connectors on computers and LEDs on devices, there is a good probability your device will be forced to operate upside-down.
For heaven's sake, USB committee, just ratify the 'Type C' connector standard [1] which moves the block to the centre of the connector and puts pins on both sides so it doesn't matter which bloody way you plug in a device.
[1] You probably haven't yet heard of the USB Type C connector yet, because I just made it up. [2] Some might calculate this probability to be 50%, but that doesn't take into account Murphy's Law. Furthermore, if you do try to plug in the device the other way around, chances are you had it right the first time.
I can't speak either way for the merits fof this particular app, but I think the current way apps are delivered is stupid - if your device isn't on Google's list of "will work with this app" database you're screwed. The App Store has no "I know what I'm doing" checkbox to let you install apps that don't list your device as supported, and it sorely needs it.
I had to find a hacked copy of Google Sky for example before I could get it to run on my cheap-as-chips tablet. And for no reason, apparently, as the app works absolutely fine.
Until a car can accurately detect an object passing in front of it when moving, it will not be acceptable.
Until that car can reliably identify said object (soccer ball, cat, possum, child) it will not be acceptable.
Until that car can, in a fraction of a second, decide based on nature of said object and several other criteria (vehicle speed, placement of other nearby objects (trees, lamp posts, other traffic), proximity of traffic behind) what action to take (brake, swerve or continue to hit said object) it will not be acceptable.
The government needs game and TV industries much more than you might think.
In addition to filled with bread, it is critical to keep people entertained and dull of mind to satisfy the Circus requirement for an apathetic, compliant nation.
Personally, I have found xpra an essential tool for any kind of remote X. Much the same performance improvements as FreeNX IMO, but with more features and easier to set up.
I have on my remote box X11 programs running in xpra sessions that I launched months ago that I "connect" to as I please. This is really killing two birds: 1. Responsive X over high-latency links 2. Persistent "screen" for X
Strictly speaking you are of course correct. However let's modify the X proponents claim a bit to better reflect what they actually mean:
X is, to all intents and purposes for the end user, still network transparent.
By that I mean the behaviour to an end user is the same as if it were truly 100% pure Network Transparent. Granted it's slow as hell if run raw unassisted over a high latency low-bandwidth network but that is a solved problem with the likes of xpra and FreeNX.
If Wayland could do that, then there would be no issue.
While I don't have a problem with this current map, I do get a bit worked up whenever I see a Mercator projection map of the Earth, simply because I know Greenland is not really bigger than Australia (in fact it's a little over 1/4 the size).
Yes I clearly should have added in the event of the plane crashing immediately after said lasing event, though I assumed it was implied by the context.
The trick is to use a low-powered one. By that I mean less than around 50mW. You still need to treat it as a munition (don't point it at anyone, etc) but is effectively harmless when pointed up at the sky. Remember that the divergence of a laser is a function of the emitting aperture, so a hand-held laser will splay out quickly in an aerospace sense.
It will still look like a pin-sharp beam from the perspective of the people on the ground looking along the axis of the beam, but any aircraft at more than a couple of thousand feet will see nothing more than a dim green fan that converges to a small light on the ground.
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Here is a board that's white, so it's a whiteboard. Sorry if that doesn't satisfy your "but I need to write on this" dreams.
Wait, is that Microsoft or Apple you're talking about now? Either would fit the bill quite well.
Does AdBlock Plus block inline video ads that have been seen in New Zealand for the past year?
If it doesn't, you'll be in for a shock when it's rolled out in your hemisphere.
but the FBI prods them into a plot that they would not have done if left on their own
(emphasis mine)
Wait, doesn't your country have laws against entrapment?
Reminds me of the Gary Larson cartoon set in a haywire factory.
"Professor, the beam has gone out of alignment, the atom chamber is leaking and the datalogger has crashed again. I'm afraid the whole experiment has gone you-know-what."
That would annoy me too, though I hardly ever use window grabbers these days:
alt-left drag anywhere to move a window.
alt-right drag anywhere in the general vicinity of the desired corner to resize. GNOME seemed to make this alt-middle instead for some reason.
Two issues regarding activation I have noticed:
At least for the WPA edition, Windows 7 requires a BIOS with the "please let Windows 7 work" field present. I have had to update the BIOS on several computers before Windows 7 will activate. Some older computers simply do not have an update that supports this. I have no idea if this is required for editions that use a MAK.
Windows XP still requires re-activation after a "significant" hardware change such as motherboard or HDD. This is usually done painlessly by the activation client connecting to the Windows activation server. Will this procedure still remain after XP SP3 extended support expires on April 2014? What about new activations? (Arguments about the wisdom of actually running Windows XP beyond this point are not relevant here.)
Yes, those stupid Boston police for treating widely distributed electronic devices depicting characters [1] giving a gesture that usually communicates the message "fuck you" with suspicion.
How silly of them. Perhaps they'll go after pressure cookers next.
[1] Characters from a television show nobody over 30 at the time would have even heard of, I might add.
Sweet.
Good to see USB continuing to evolve, but its one major drawback has still not been addressed:
The USB 'Type A' connector (the end that plugs into your computer) is utterly retarded. It looks symmetric from the outside, but internally has a big key block preventing you from plugging it in 'upside' down. This means that when reaching around the back of a piece of equipment to plug something in, there is a 75% chance [2] you have it the wrong way around. Also, given the apparently random distribution of orientations of USB connectors on computers and LEDs on devices, there is a good probability your device will be forced to operate upside-down.
For heaven's sake, USB committee, just ratify the 'Type C' connector standard [1] which moves the block to the centre of the connector and puts pins on both sides so it doesn't matter which bloody way you plug in a device.
[1] You probably haven't yet heard of the USB Type C connector yet, because I just made it up.
[2] Some might calculate this probability to be 50%, but that doesn't take into account Murphy's Law. Furthermore, if you do try to plug in the device the other way around, chances are you had it right the first time.
I can't speak either way for the merits fof this particular app, but I think the current way apps are delivered is stupid - if your device isn't on Google's list of "will work with this app" database you're screwed. The App Store has no "I know what I'm doing" checkbox to let you install apps that don't list your device as supported, and it sorely needs it.
I had to find a hacked copy of Google Sky for example before I could get it to run on my cheap-as-chips tablet. And for no reason, apparently, as the app works absolutely fine.
Until a car can accurately detect an object passing in front of it when moving, it will not be acceptable.
Until that car can reliably identify said object (soccer ball, cat, possum, child) it will not be acceptable.
Until that car can, in a fraction of a second, decide based on nature of said object and several other criteria (vehicle speed, placement of other nearby objects (trees, lamp posts, other traffic), proximity of traffic behind) what action to take (brake, swerve or continue to hit said object) it will not be acceptable.
I think you're supposed to connect the turbines the other way around, so the incoming wind makes the blades turn.
Um, so are you making the case that most Christians in the USA neither believe the bible is inerrant word of God, or inspired by God?
Forgive me, but citation please?
Yes.
The government needs game and TV industries much more than you might think.
In addition to filled with bread, it is critical to keep people entertained and dull of mind to satisfy the Circus requirement for an apathetic, compliant nation.
Correct.
Just like every other voting system on the planet.
But was there a positive return on investment?
Heh good point, but perhaps the poster might be forgiven as much as someone referring to seismic activity on another planet as an earthquake.
Wait, a video game company has been rated as the worst company in America, above the likes of Monsanto?
Video games?
No wonder that crazy nation is going to hell in a handbasket.
Personally, I have found xpra an essential tool for any kind of remote X. Much the same performance improvements as FreeNX IMO, but with more features and easier to set up.
I have on my remote box X11 programs running in xpra sessions that I launched months ago that I "connect" to as I please. This is really killing two birds:
1. Responsive X over high-latency links
2. Persistent "screen" for X
Strictly speaking you are of course correct. However let's modify the X proponents claim a bit to better reflect what they actually mean:
X is, to all intents and purposes for the end user, still network transparent.
By that I mean the behaviour to an end user is the same as if it were truly 100% pure Network Transparent. Granted it's slow as hell if run raw unassisted over a high latency low-bandwidth network but that is a solved problem with the likes of xpra and FreeNX.
If Wayland could do that, then there would be no issue.
While I don't have a problem with this current map, I do get a bit worked up whenever I see a Mercator projection map of the Earth, simply because I know Greenland is not really bigger than Australia (in fact it's a little over 1/4 the size).
And don't get me started on Antarctica.
Yes I clearly should have added in the event of the plane crashing immediately after said lasing event, though I assumed it was implied by the context.
No, it's definitely the air molecules themselves that light up.
It's true that dust and smoke particles make it show up brighter, but that attenuates the beam further out.
The trick is to use a low-powered one. By that I mean less than around 50mW. You still need to treat it as a munition (don't point it at anyone, etc) but is effectively harmless when pointed up at the sky. Remember that the divergence of a laser is a function of the emitting aperture, so a hand-held laser will splay out quickly in an aerospace sense.
It will still look like a pin-sharp beam from the perspective of the people on the ground looking along the axis of the beam, but any aircraft at more than a couple of thousand feet will see nothing more than a dim green fan that converges to a small light on the ground.