Interesting. I have been pretty happy with the 3 Dell laptops I have had in the past, and been looking forward to the new D600. But then, I have never played with an IBM extensively so I have no basis for comparison.
Does *anyone* put the ellipses(?) in acronyms nowadays? I remember this being more common when I was a kid at primary school (4-11) in the early-mid 80s, but even then it must have been dying out.
By 'ellipses' do you mean 'periods'? An ellipses is the three periods usually used to denote a missing phrase...
I believe the resn the period is left out of IBM now is because it is no longer an acronym. They officially changed their name to just be IBM and not International Business Machines since that is what everybody calls them anyway.
I've only ever had Dells in our company. We have never been able to justify the price premium that comes along with IBMs, so I have never tried one. Considering my new Dell D600 is just about to arrive, I am curious what it is about the Dell that is so bad (or Thinkpad that is so great) that makes you call the D600 garbage.
Go to Optics Express and you will see an example of a reputable online scientific journal in action. Optics Express is becoming one of the most cited journals in the Optical Science community. It is peer reviewed and completely free to read. It is supported by publication page charges - i.e. the authors pay to have their work published in the journal.
I hold people like Tim Koeth in higher regard than than any theoretical scientist anyday.
I was with you, up until this point. Why place someone with an experimentalist bent higher (or lower) than someone with a theoretical one. They are both important, and without one, the other could not exist.
I hold people who show intelligence, drive, and initiative in high regard, no matter what they choose to apply their interest to.
Oh please. I run Firefox just fine on 350 MHz Pentium IIs running Windows 98, and it still outperforms IE on the same machine. I don't know what your definition of "deathly slow" is, but it is apparently very different than mine.
are you overly sensitive because you practiced for months to become proficient with your Karma interface when your buddy with the iPod was mastering it in a week?
Nope, but I am easily annoyed by sweeping generalizations based on little more than hype.
None of these device's interfaces impresses me as much as the iPod.
Have you actually tried all these devices, or are you just basing this statement on the photos? While Apple's interface may be good, I would think you would need a hands on test to come to such a conclusion. Judging how a device works by pictures of its buttons is like choosing an operating system based on screen shots.
Anybody know if iriver plans a competitor to the ipod mini? I have an iriver flash player that I absolutely love, but I am jonesing for 4 Gb of storage. Their little 1 Gb circular player was a little too soon and too small in capacity. However, I don't want to give up my FM radio and I don't want one of the bigger 20 Gb players. So I keep waiting...
Plan 9, Unix and so many other great things came out of Bell Labs. Since the crash of the internet bubble, telecom companies have suffered immensely. One of the results of this is that Lucent has systematically dismantled one of the worlds greatest industrial research facilities. You spent a great part of your career at Bell Labs. What are your thoughts about the history and future (if any) of Bell Labs, and how did the culture of the Labs influence the growth of Unix?
If they are going to stick with Windows, the three things I always install are Zonealarm - free firewall, Adaware spyware removal - free for personal use, and Spybot search and destroy - another free spyware removal that complements Adaware also inncoculates IE against common exploits. There are also good free virus checkers (don't know any off the top of my head) but people I have helped have all already had virus checking software installed at least.
I also usually try to get them to install a router with a built in firewall for extra protection.
I have had no problems migrating people from IE to Firefox 1.0PR. It has imported bookmarks and cookies flawlessly so far.
The technological hurdles of high resolution digital imaging, long battery life, massive storage, and high speed speed wireless communications have been solved.
And you are worried about a fricken' interlock on the computer lid?!?
Given that that is how the book ends - no! I was disappointed that the ending was not longer. The Scouring of the Shire was always one of my favorite parts and I was very sad when Jackson announced that it would not appear in the Extended Edition.
Oh well, I am still eagerly awaiting the Extended Edition. My plan is to watch all three EE's back to back. We'll see if I actually have the stamina to pull it off, though....
Yo Zordas, I wasn't going to reply to such an obvious nut job, but then I noticed you spelled my name wrong. Twice. And that REALLY ticked me off.
So, in case you have forgotten, terrorists had nothing to do with Iraq, until AFTER the US invaded. Attacking Iraq has not made anybody safer, it has only presented bin Laden with a multitude of recruitment opportunities.
But that is probably too nuanced a distinction for you. In your little world view, Iraq, Iran, Afghanastan, hell, they are all Muslims. They MUST be terrorists.
Whee that was fun. But now it is time for me to get back to my flag burning, America hating, baby kicking daily routine. Cheers mate.
I spent an afternoon printing warnings on people's printers
As well intentioned as you were, you shouldn't do such things. It's likely against your ISP's usage policy, generally considered unethical, and potentially against the law depending on where you live.
While I can understand why such behavior might piss off an ISP, I don't see why it would generally be considered unethical. It's not like he was installing software remotely on someone's computer, which seems very different to me.
Would it be unethical if he knocked on their door and told them in person of their vulnerabilities? How about if he slipped a flyer under their door while they weren't home? That seems to me to be the ethical equivilence of using their computer to print a warning.
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Interesting. I have been pretty happy with the 3 Dell laptops I have had in the past, and been looking forward to the new D600. But then, I have never played with an IBM extensively so I have no basis for comparison.
Does *anyone* put the ellipses(?) in acronyms nowadays? I remember this being more common when I was a kid at primary school (4-11) in the early-mid 80s, but even then it must have been dying out.
By 'ellipses' do you mean 'periods'? An ellipses is the three periods usually used to denote a missing phrase...
I believe the resn the period is left out of IBM now is because it is no longer an acronym. They officially changed their name to just be IBM and not International Business Machines since that is what everybody calls them anyway.
I've only ever had Dells in our company. We have never been able to justify the price premium that comes along with IBMs, so I have never tried one. Considering my new Dell D600 is just about to arrive, I am curious what it is about the Dell that is so bad (or Thinkpad that is so great) that makes you call the D600 garbage.
Go to Optics Express and you will see an example of a reputable online scientific journal in action. Optics Express is becoming one of the most cited journals in the Optical Science community. It is peer reviewed and completely free to read. It is supported by publication page charges - i.e. the authors pay to have their work published in the journal.
I hold people like Tim Koeth in higher regard than than any theoretical scientist anyday.
I was with you, up until this point. Why place someone with an experimentalist bent higher (or lower) than someone with a theoretical one. They are both important, and without one, the other could not exist.
I hold people who show intelligence, drive, and initiative in high regard, no matter what they choose to apply their interest to.
Oh please. I run Firefox just fine on 350 MHz Pentium IIs running Windows 98, and it still outperforms IE on the same machine. I don't know what your definition of "deathly slow" is, but it is apparently very different than mine.
I wasn't sure whether to read this as "Free, Software-friendly, Graphics card," or "Free-software friendly graphics card".
Probably the Sam Adams isn't helping. Time for bed.
This new collapse will probably look much like the last one that was predicted...
are you overly sensitive because you practiced for months to become proficient with your Karma interface when your buddy with the iPod was mastering it in a week?
Nope, but I am easily annoyed by sweeping generalizations based on little more than hype.
None of these device's interfaces impresses me as much as the iPod.
Have you actually tried all these devices, or are you just basing this statement on the photos? While Apple's interface may be good, I would think you would need a hands on test to come to such a conclusion. Judging how a device works by pictures of its buttons is like choosing an operating system based on screen shots.
Anybody know if iriver plans a competitor to the ipod mini? I have an iriver flash player that I absolutely love, but I am jonesing for 4 Gb of storage. Their little 1 Gb circular player was a little too soon and too small in capacity. However, I don't want to give up my FM radio and I don't want one of the bigger 20 Gb players. So I keep waiting...
Given that Rob Pike works for Google, I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote that question himself...
Plan 9, Unix and so many other great things came out of Bell Labs. Since the crash of the internet bubble, telecom companies have suffered immensely. One of the results of this is that Lucent has systematically dismantled one of the worlds greatest industrial research facilities. You spent a great part of your career at Bell Labs. What are your thoughts about the history and future (if any) of Bell Labs, and how did the culture of the Labs influence the growth of Unix?
If they are going to stick with Windows, the three things I always install are Zonealarm - free firewall, Adaware spyware removal - free for personal use, and Spybot search and destroy - another free spyware removal that complements Adaware also inncoculates IE against common exploits. There are also good free virus checkers (don't know any off the top of my head) but people I have helped have all already had virus checking software installed at least.
I also usually try to get them to install a router with a built in firewall for extra protection.
I have had no problems migrating people from IE to Firefox 1.0PR. It has imported bookmarks and cookies flawlessly so far.
The technological hurdles of high resolution digital imaging, long battery life, massive storage, and high speed speed wireless communications have been solved.
And you are worried about a fricken' interlock on the computer lid?!?
Minor issue indeed.
Given that that is how the book ends - no! I was disappointed that the ending was not longer. The Scouring of the Shire was always one of my favorite parts and I was very sad when Jackson announced that it would not appear in the Extended Edition.
Oh well, I am still eagerly awaiting the Extended Edition. My plan is to watch all three EE's back to back. We'll see if I actually have the stamina to pull it off, though....
Who cares about compiling when they could be playing Doom3? Finally, a system that will get decent FPS.
Perhaps. I for one however find it insanely ugly.
#1: My reply was also meant in humor - no offense was intended.
#2: Mortgage payments where I live start at $2000/month. So Graphics card = Mortgage payment is hyperbole where I live.
#3: I was amused by the serious discussion of mortgage payment vs. graphic card price that your comment spawned. Hence my reply.
Apparently some in the Slashdot crowd are immune to literary devices such as hyperbole.
I personally prefer being a little less literal at times.
You claim that you excel at human languages, and yet in the same paragraph use a phrase such as "fairly starkly different logic paradigms."
Give me a fricken break!
Yo Zordas, I wasn't going to reply to such an obvious nut job, but then I noticed you spelled my name wrong. Twice. And that REALLY ticked me off.
So, in case you have forgotten, terrorists had nothing to do with Iraq, until AFTER the US invaded. Attacking Iraq has not made anybody safer, it has only presented bin Laden with a multitude of recruitment opportunities.
But that is probably too nuanced a distinction for you. In your little world view, Iraq, Iran, Afghanastan, hell, they are all Muslims. They MUST be terrorists.
Whee that was fun. But now it is time for me to get back to my flag burning, America hating, baby kicking daily routine. Cheers mate.
Mod me down, I don't care.
But the irony of calling a man "pro-life" who has sent over 1000 soldiers (and counting) to their death is too much to bear.
I spent an afternoon printing warnings on people's printers
As well intentioned as you were, you shouldn't do such things. It's likely against your ISP's usage policy, generally considered unethical, and potentially against the law depending on where you live.
While I can understand why such behavior might piss off an ISP, I don't see why it would generally be considered unethical. It's not like he was installing software remotely on someone's computer, which seems very different to me.
Would it be unethical if he knocked on their door and told them in person of their vulnerabilities? How about if he slipped a flyer under their door while they weren't home? That seems to me to be the ethical equivilence of using their computer to print a warning.
Guy who is half black/half white hates guy who is half black/half white but with the colors reversed.
Doesn't get much more simplistic and blatent than that.