I got a canon bubblejet one year for christmas. It wsa the kind that you could take a tiny optics cartrige and snap it in in place of the ink and use it as a scanner. Well, it worked great as a scanner, i did tons of stuff with it. But printing? It printed maybe 3 pages of paper. Ever. In three years. Through at least two fresh sets of cartriges.
Quoth the article: Fortunately for life on earth, a gamma particle from the universe does not penetrate to the earth's surface, but if it flies past an atomic nucleus within the earth's atmosphere, the gamma particle can transform itself into an electron and its (positive) antiparticle, a positron.
Now, im in an entry level college physics course right now, and we're doing electromagentic stuff, and we jsut learned that gamma radiation is just that--ionising radiation. EM wave, no particle. What's the article talking about? Something I havent learned yet?
Due to the people at slashdot.org linking to this site without asking the owners or the hosters, asciipr0n.com is offline until further notice. Maybe you guys should start mirroring the sites you link to...
Good point---But also consider that the user has to want to be educated. Perhaps most Joe Sixpacks would be content with "these kind of programs are bad, it's like when---blah blah insert analogy here---and thats why your computer isnt working well"
Personally I'd be hesitant of using mental illness parallels to explain computer behavior to a neophyte computer user, it could very well scare them into thinking their computer is intelligent.
...is a clue-ful user. Ain't it funny how my(and i suspect most fellow/.'ers') computers run more or less flawlessly, while some of the machines I would have to work on when i did tech support would behave erratically, crash, and just plain not do things. The article mentions "conflicting demands"---I imagine most of those are caused by having Gator, Bonzi buddy, et. al. put on your system (with or without the users knowlege doesnt really matter) as well as having a dozen things running in the system tray.
I wonder if background programs and spyware are the digital equivalent of having voices in one's head?
So, i'm not saying that educating users would solve all the "neurosis" problems, just that the majority of neurotic computers i've worked on were so due to some action of the user, whether it was installing spyware, deleting critical system files, or allowing three inches of cigarette dust to accumulate inside the case.
In addition, Making the people responsible for their personal worm/virus traffic would make folks would be more proactive about virus prevention and more cautious of which sites they visit. This IMHO is a Good Thing.
I think it would be a Good Thing as well. However the reality of it would be that customers would be highly pissed at the fact that they are being charged real money because "someone else sent me a virus" (nevermind they got themselves infected and whatnot)
We have a book of Bentley's work in the bookstore where i am currently employed. If you are at all interested in this sort of thing I advice picking up a copy, there are several hundred snowflakes against black backgrounds arranged by general type, and at the end some striking pictures of frost on windowsills and suchlike.
The first thing they do is ask for all my contact info. Riiiiiiight. If MSN can't keep their paws off my email address, why should i believe MS wont sell my meatspace addy to mailers?
If a company in China or Russian or wherever released a game about invading and destroying things in the USA,
You realize in ALL the Command and Conquer games, you can play the badguys? Which means, ~gasp~ you're invading and destroying things in the US and its allies (esp in RA2)
You're offended? Where do you want hte missions to be, in canada and chile?
you are looking at a V2 in the age of black powder and cannons. While you are busy thinking about busting down walls with projectiles, others are figuring out how to get to Mars.
No they're not. They're figuring out how to kill the people on the other side of the wall you're cannon-ing down.
How many of you people actually have all those PCI slots filled anyway? Granted yes, this thing sounds like a hulking beast, but, do you REALLY need that 5th PCI slot?
There is a political army. they're called "Diplomats"
And just so you know, being prepared and well equipped to fight a war does in fact keep it from happening. Point and fact--you're still here. No one nuked anyone else in the cold war because each side knew the other could toss it right back at them.
You must have missed that "usually rich" line that was used to describe the people who go up the mountain. That kinda rules out most gradeschool teachers. Agree though, it would be cool, if it were possible
But seem to overlook the fact that once a microchip is made, it ceases to have an environmental impact short of a miniscule amount of heat emitted while in operation. Cars on the other hand produce all sorts of things in their exhaust which, I would bet, add up to much more than the "twice the weight of the car" figure that was being thrown around.
Also, how much of those chemicals, especially the water, are used up in the process of making a chip? I would think the water at least would get filtered and sent around the line again and again. Ditto for whatever catalysts or other non-consumable additives (forgive me, im not a chemist) are thrown into the mix.
If this article is supossed to make me feel guilty about my 512mb of PC2100, its not.
For those of you who are speculating about Nintendo being bought out-- The Xbox is tanking in Japan. This is because Japanese are loyal to their own companies. Do you think for a moment a Japanese based company would sell out to American interests?
I'm only about a tenth of the way into that book, and so far it's slow--but slow like the first half of a Tom Clancy novel (whom i also love to read) So, i can only imagine how the end is gonna be
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I doubt it. The people of Holland are probably smart enough to know that you would likely die from smoke inhalation before you smoked enough hemp to get you high. (Hemp is the male plant, FYI. Smokable herb comes from the female.)
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I got a canon bubblejet one year for christmas. It wsa the kind that you could take a tiny optics cartrige and snap it in in place of the ink and use it as a scanner. Well, it worked great as a scanner, i did tons of stuff with it. But printing? It printed maybe 3 pages of paper. Ever. In three years. Through at least two fresh sets of cartriges.
Quoth the article:
Fortunately for life on earth, a gamma particle from the universe does not penetrate to the earth's surface, but if it flies past an atomic nucleus within the earth's atmosphere, the gamma particle can transform itself into an electron and its (positive) antiparticle, a positron.
Now, im in an entry level college physics course right now, and we're doing electromagentic stuff, and we jsut learned that gamma radiation is just that--ionising radiation. EM wave, no particle. What's the article talking about? Something I havent learned yet?
Due to the people at slashdot.org linking to this site without asking the owners or the hosters, asciipr0n.com is offline until further notice. Maybe you guys should start mirroring the sites you link to...
Methinks they don't appreciate the attention.
Good point---But also consider that the user has to want to be educated. Perhaps most Joe Sixpacks would be content with "these kind of programs are bad, it's like when---blah blah insert analogy here---and thats why your computer isnt working well"
Personally I'd be hesitant of using mental illness parallels to explain computer behavior to a neophyte computer user, it could very well scare them into thinking their computer is intelligent.
...is a clue-ful user. Ain't it funny how my(and i suspect most fellow /.'ers') computers run more or less flawlessly, while some of the machines I would have to work on when i did tech support would behave erratically, crash, and just plain not do things.
The article mentions "conflicting demands"---I imagine most of those are caused by having Gator, Bonzi buddy, et. al. put on your system (with or without the users knowlege doesnt really matter) as well as having a dozen things running in the system tray.
I wonder if background programs and spyware are the digital equivalent of having voices in one's head?
So, i'm not saying that educating users would solve all the "neurosis" problems, just that the majority of neurotic computers i've worked on were so due to some action of the user, whether it was installing spyware, deleting critical system files, or allowing three inches of cigarette dust to accumulate inside the case.
Has Taco ever duped himself before? methinks we are seeing slashdot history made here....
In addition, Making the people responsible for their personal worm/virus traffic would make folks would be more proactive about virus prevention and more cautious of which sites they visit. This IMHO is a Good Thing.
I think it would be a Good Thing as well. However the reality of it would be that customers would be highly pissed at the fact that they are being charged real money because "someone else sent me a virus" (nevermind they got themselves infected and whatnot)
We have a book of Bentley's work in the bookstore where i am currently employed. If you are at all interested in this sort of thing I advice picking up a copy, there are several hundred snowflakes against black backgrounds arranged by general type, and at the end some striking pictures of frost on windowsills and suchlike.
And people still fork out $5 a month for CLI
Am i the only one whos first thought was "Command Line Interface?"
The first thing they do is ask for all my contact info. Riiiiiiight. If MSN can't keep their paws off my email address, why should i believe MS wont sell my meatspace addy to mailers?
Now Tom's gonna get double-slashdotted...
If a company in China or Russian or wherever released a game about invading and destroying things in the USA,
You realize in ALL the Command and Conquer games, you can play the badguys? Which means, ~gasp~ you're invading and destroying things in the US and its allies (esp in RA2)
You're offended? Where do you want hte missions to be, in canada and chile?
and anyone with any sense would find the current "sweet spot" in the CPU vs price tables
Problem with that being that most people buying computers dont have any sense, they buy what the salesdrone tells them.
What would be great is a standardized system to push these maps to LCD screens in your car.
Er. Neat idea, but then we'd have people glued to those screens instead of paying attention to the stopped traffic 40 meters in front of them.
you are looking at a V2 in the age of black powder and cannons. While you are busy thinking about busting down walls with projectiles, others are figuring out how to get to Mars.
No they're not. They're figuring out how to kill the people on the other side of the wall you're cannon-ing down.
How many of you people actually have all those PCI slots filled anyway? Granted yes, this thing sounds like a hulking beast, but, do you REALLY need that 5th PCI slot?
So what exactly are those three little pins mentioned in one of the pictures (sure to be /.'d by now i suppose) They didnt actually explain did they?
There is a political army. they're called "Diplomats"
And just so you know, being prepared and well equipped to fight a war does in fact keep it from happening. Point and fact--you're still here. No one nuked anyone else in the cold war because each side knew the other could toss it right back at them.
You must have missed that "usually rich" line that was used to describe the people who go up the mountain. That kinda rules out most gradeschool teachers. Agree though, it would be cool, if it were possible
Maybe he thought Jar Jar was just the result of bad camera shake..
But seem to overlook the fact that once a microchip is made, it ceases to have an environmental impact short of a miniscule amount of heat emitted while in operation. Cars on the other hand produce all sorts of things in their exhaust which, I would bet, add up to much more than the "twice the weight of the car" figure that was being thrown around.
Also, how much of those chemicals, especially the water, are used up in the process of making a chip? I would think the water at least would get filtered and sent around the line again and again. Ditto for whatever catalysts or other non-consumable additives (forgive me, im not a chemist) are thrown into the mix.
If this article is supossed to make me feel guilty about my 512mb of PC2100, its not.
For those of you who are speculating about Nintendo being bought out--
The Xbox is tanking in Japan. This is because Japanese are loyal to their own companies. Do you think for a moment a Japanese based company would sell out to American interests?
I'm only about a tenth of the way into that book, and so far it's slow--but slow like the first half of a Tom Clancy novel (whom i also love to read) So, i can only imagine how the end is gonna be
Criminals typically think all the charges laid against them are unfair.
I doubt it. The people of Holland are probably smart enough to know that you would likely die from smoke inhalation before you smoked enough hemp to get you high. (Hemp is the male plant, FYI. Smokable herb comes from the female.)