Yet again, slashdot proves it's moderated by complete fucking jackasses. My post was genuinely informative - the parent is an idiot who has no idea what he's talking about.
I must be a masochist to continue posting at this shithole.
Here's an easy solution... bring back ushers to theaters. If someone is talking, kick them the fuck out. I've had people THREATEN me with physical violence because I told them to shut up while I was trying to watch the movie I payed for. Get the rude assholes out of the theater and maybe more people would be willing to go. I used to really enjoy going to see a movie in a theater, when people had a little common courtesy. I've even gone to see re-releases in the theater, because it's a fun night out - but I won't tolerate paying for a movie I can't enjoy due to the people around me.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Apple makes products that are often genuinely worth getting excited about, and their CEO is a remarkably skilled salesman who has a gift for getting people worked up?
The first link I gave explains how sound check works - it computes the individual volume settings automatically in itunes, then simply transfers these settings to the ipod. No need to worry about battery life.
What they need is something to calculate RMS volume levels and automatically adjust the volume to even out tracks and limit the loudness of the output independant of the input.
And another thing - the wheel on an ipod is relatively sensitive. This is a good thing most of the time - it gives precise control and lets you quickly set the ipod exactly where you want it. However, it's also relatively easy to bump the thing and accidentally blast yourself with a painful shot of sound. Setting a maximum would eliminate this possibility.
By lowering the maximum volume, you essentially have more accurate control of the volume range you're actually using. Using half the wheel to go from 0-50% isn't as good as using the entire wheel to do the same range. There's also a parental lockout control, so parents who were afraid to let children use the ipod now have the option to set a max volume and lock it.
The whole slashdot "I won't use this so it's automatically stupid" mentality is incredibly childish. Why this was modded insightful is a mystery to me. Of course, most moderation around here is a mystery to me.
Adblock lets you selectively filter - nothing is filtered by default, but a specific annoying element can be removed. Technically it can filter anything, not just ads, so you can get rid of annoying music or animated gifs on websites too.
First - I'm pretty sure the article title was meant to be tongue in cheek
Second - try firefox with the adblock plugin - it's pretty easy to eliminate flash ads if you put just a TINY bit of effort into it instead of bitching about it on slashdot.
Me, I actually thought it sounded kind of lame... a starcraft FPS? Come on, I don't want them wasting their time on this. I want them building STARCRAFT TWO.
I lived for starcraft over battle.net, and I'd love to see an updated version. Warcraft 3 was OK, but I liked the scifi feel of starcraft much better.
The interesting thing is how many of us assume that he invented either idea. Not that I blame you, I also walked around with this impression for years until I actually looked it up. I just wonder about the source of these communal impressions and assumptions.
Ya know, I just had this discussion with someone. The person was basically trying to justify something an elementary school teacher said to the students that she knew was incorrect. I was really offended by the fact that a teacher knowingly misled her students, and it turned into this big argument. Unfortunately, this seems to be the case a lot - like in the case of the henry ford misconceptions, which we probably both learned from some teacher many years ago.
I've been lucky in that most of my students seem to be like you - and let me tell you, that's EXACTLY what I want to see, as an educator - people who show respect to their professors and actually care about learning. I'm frankly shocked to see some of the replies I've gotten on here - it seems slashdot has a much higher percentage of whiney douchebags than any class I've ever taught. I'm actually THANKFUL to have only put up with the students I've had to put up with - If I was dealing with attitudes like those I've seen in this thread, it would be really tough to stay motivated to keep teaching.
"Customer" is the usual word, though, for someone who pays money for a service.
And what about students who are on a scholorship?
My salary comes out of a government grant - so maybe every taxpayer in the country is my customer? Sorry, but this analogy just plain breaks down - it's not that simple.
I paid money to a dog rescue to get my corgi - perhaps I'm a customer of that non-profit organization? After all, they gave me something (a dog) in return for money. I paid homeowner's association dues which provide for upkeep of the roads - perhaps I'm a customer of the HOA (which I'm also a member of)? Exchange of money is NOT enough to make the customer/seller relationship.
What the hell does a learning disability have to do with setting policy? The whole POINT of the elaborate disability services systems in place at universities is to make EXCEPTIONS to policies for those who have a genuine need. That doesn't mean the professor should be unable to set policy, just that there is a process through which his policy can be modified for special cases. It certainly isn't the STUDENT's call, though.
It depends - some can be quite useful. For example, the genie effect when minimizing a window in OS X shows you exactly where the window went, so you know how to get it back. That's awesome for a beginning computer user and very intuitive.
On the other hand, the water ripple effect when dropping a widget in dashboard in os X is pretty much useless. The ONLY possible way you could call this usefull is because it's an indication that you did in fact let go of the mouse button, but that's a serious stretch.
I personally find the smooth movement and eyecandy in os x to be great - sure you could make something like expose work without the eye candy, but the smooth scaling of windows makes it very easy to use and intuitive. I stare at a computer screen for a large portion of my day - I do, in fact, enjoy the fact that it's nice to look at.
Ya know, I'm pretty much an apple zealot... but the biggest thing they do to piss me off is include far too little ram in their systems. I bought a powermac dual g5 that came standard with 512 megs of ram. This is supposedly a top of the line powerhorse, and I paid a price premium for it. The LEAST they could do is throw in a couple sticks of ram to get the thing up to par. Applications on an imac launched every bit as fast as those on my top end dual processor beast. After I threw an extra gig in there, the machine started really smoking - like it should have off the factory floor.
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Using beer as exploit!? Brilliant!
Yet again, slashdot proves it's moderated by complete fucking jackasses. My post was genuinely informative - the parent is an idiot who has no idea what he's talking about.
I must be a masochist to continue posting at this shithole.
Here's an easy solution... bring back ushers to theaters. If someone is talking, kick them the fuck out. I've had people THREATEN me with physical violence because I told them to shut up while I was trying to watch the movie I payed for. Get the rude assholes out of the theater and maybe more people would be willing to go. I used to really enjoy going to see a movie in a theater, when people had a little common courtesy. I've even gone to see re-releases in the theater, because it's a fun night out - but I won't tolerate paying for a movie I can't enjoy due to the people around me.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Apple makes products that are often genuinely worth getting excited about, and their CEO is a remarkably skilled salesman who has a gift for getting people worked up?
The first link I gave explains how sound check works - it computes the individual volume settings automatically in itunes, then simply transfers these settings to the ipod. No need to worry about battery life.
If I have to tell you kids one more time, I'm turning the car around and we're going home.....
YOU WILL NOT USE LOGIC AND COMMON SENSE WHILE LIVING UNDER MY ROOF
(or is that posting under slashdot's moderators?)
What they need is something to calculate RMS volume levels and automatically adjust the volume to even out tracks and limit the loudness of the output independant of the input.
iTunes does this
and it can also
upload the settings to your ipod
Wait, what was that sound? I think I had my ipod turned up too loud. There it was again... I think it was the sound of you being thoroughly pwned.
And another thing - the wheel on an ipod is relatively sensitive. This is a good thing most of the time - it gives precise control and lets you quickly set the ipod exactly where you want it. However, it's also relatively easy to bump the thing and accidentally blast yourself with a painful shot of sound. Setting a maximum would eliminate this possibility.
By lowering the maximum volume, you essentially have more accurate control of the volume range you're actually using. Using half the wheel to go from 0-50% isn't as good as using the entire wheel to do the same range. There's also a parental lockout control, so parents who were afraid to let children use the ipod now have the option to set a max volume and lock it.
The whole slashdot "I won't use this so it's automatically stupid" mentality is incredibly childish. Why this was modded insightful is a mystery to me. Of course, most moderation around here is a mystery to me.
I was more thinking of a different office space quote....
"fuckin... children would have hooves"
Adblock lets you selectively filter - nothing is filtered by default, but a specific annoying element can be removed. Technically it can filter anything, not just ads, so you can get rid of annoying music or animated gifs on websites too.
First - I'm pretty sure the article title was meant to be tongue in cheek
Second - try firefox with the adblock plugin - it's pretty easy to eliminate flash ads if you put just a TINY bit of effort into it instead of bitching about it on slashdot.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=comprehen sible
I don't really care for correct grammar - but for fuck's sake, can we at least have something somewhat comprehensible?
Me, I actually thought it sounded kind of lame... a starcraft FPS? Come on, I don't want them wasting their time on this. I want them building STARCRAFT TWO.
I lived for starcraft over battle.net, and I'd love to see an updated version. Warcraft 3 was OK, but I liked the scifi feel of starcraft much better.
The interesting thing is how many of us assume that he invented either idea. Not that I blame you, I also walked around with this impression for years until I actually looked it up. I just wonder about the source of these communal impressions and assumptions.
Ya know, I just had this discussion with someone. The person was basically trying to justify something an elementary school teacher said to the students that she knew was incorrect. I was really offended by the fact that a teacher knowingly misled her students, and it turned into this big argument. Unfortunately, this seems to be the case a lot - like in the case of the henry ford misconceptions, which we probably both learned from some teacher many years ago.
Ya know, I fully expected to be modded down for my "fuck you"...
but, what fuckwit modded the gp insightful?
Actually, henry ford invented the production line - automobiles already existed. I'd imagine he was pretty good at managing production lines.
As both a scientist and someone who greatly appreciates the strides NASA has taken to advance the human race... I'd just like to say...
Fuck You.
I've been lucky in that most of my students seem to be like you - and let me tell you, that's EXACTLY what I want to see, as an educator - people who show respect to their professors and actually care about learning. I'm frankly shocked to see some of the replies I've gotten on here - it seems slashdot has a much higher percentage of whiney douchebags than any class I've ever taught. I'm actually THANKFUL to have only put up with the students I've had to put up with - If I was dealing with attitudes like those I've seen in this thread, it would be really tough to stay motivated to keep teaching.
"Customer" is the usual word, though, for someone who pays money for a service.
And what about students who are on a scholorship?
My salary comes out of a government grant - so maybe every taxpayer in the country is my customer? Sorry, but this analogy just plain breaks down - it's not that simple.
I paid money to a dog rescue to get my corgi - perhaps I'm a customer of that non-profit organization? After all, they gave me something (a dog) in return for money. I paid homeowner's association dues which provide for upkeep of the roads - perhaps I'm a customer of the HOA (which I'm also a member of)? Exchange of money is NOT enough to make the customer/seller relationship.
What the hell does a learning disability have to do with setting policy? The whole POINT of the elaborate disability services systems in place at universities is to make EXCEPTIONS to policies for those who have a genuine need. That doesn't mean the professor should be unable to set policy, just that there is a process through which his policy can be modified for special cases. It certainly isn't the STUDENT's call, though.
It depends - some can be quite useful. For example, the genie effect when minimizing a window in OS X shows you exactly where the window went, so you know how to get it back. That's awesome for a beginning computer user and very intuitive.
On the other hand, the water ripple effect when dropping a widget in dashboard in os X is pretty much useless. The ONLY possible way you could call this usefull is because it's an indication that you did in fact let go of the mouse button, but that's a serious stretch.
I personally find the smooth movement and eyecandy in os x to be great - sure you could make something like expose work without the eye candy, but the smooth scaling of windows makes it very easy to use and intuitive. I stare at a computer screen for a large portion of my day - I do, in fact, enjoy the fact that it's nice to look at.
Ya know, I'm pretty much an apple zealot... but the biggest thing they do to piss me off is include far too little ram in their systems. I bought a powermac dual g5 that came standard with 512 megs of ram. This is supposedly a top of the line powerhorse, and I paid a price premium for it. The LEAST they could do is throw in a couple sticks of ram to get the thing up to par. Applications on an imac launched every bit as fast as those on my top end dual processor beast. After I threw an extra gig in there, the machine started really smoking - like it should have off the factory floor.
Am I the only one who feels a little dirty reading about encoding windows media on windows xp running on apple hardware? It just feels so wrong.