Well, considering that a lot of us here are probably reading and posting to/. all day from work, we may already be well on our way to "quiting" our jobs.
That's exactly what I meant. I'm not sure what tablets you have used, but from what I have read, a lot of the Tablets PCs work like a Wacom tablet, in that they need the pen, you can't use your finger.
I think the new layout is much better. Yeah, the touch buttons do have the downside of no tactical feedback. The touch buttons only work if you touch them with you're skin, so they do have an upside (unless you're wearing gloves). I have acctually played with one and was supprised to find that it wasn't really as bad as I though it would be.
I see no reason why a large fuel explosion couldn't trigger a series of events that could cause a building to collapse if it was already on the verge of collapsing anyway.
Are you suggesting that a demolotion team went in and blew it up? Why? If for safty reasons, why the need to cover it up?
Would the WTC have collapsed if the planes had been low on fuel, and there wasn't such a large initial fire? If not, then it is fair to say that the fire cause it collapse, rather than the impact of the planes.
Look at the difference between old time skyscrapers (Empire State) and new ones (not a completley fair comparison, but the World Trade Center).
The Empire State building has taken at least 2 plane hits during its lifespan.
Once during WWII with a twin engine bomber.
That's an unfair comparison (and a little more than "not a completley fair"). The WWII bomber is smaller than a 757, would have been moving at a slower speed, and wouldn't have been carrying as much fuel. Don't forget, it was the fire that caused it to collapse.
The act of stealing a car has risk, you can get caught. Therefore, the more cars you steal, the more chance you have of getting caught stealing one.
Fake plates, who is going to carry around a few sets of spare plates all the time? Doesn't look good if you're found with them.
What about people who aren't stealing cars? Like orginised crime, drug dealers etc. You think they drive a new car each day? What about "suspects" and people who don't think they have any reason for the police to be tracking them at the time.
If you think that this system will be useless for the police, perhaps you should tell them, as I'm sure they haven't spent lot's of money researching this techonology before trialing it.
Perhaps it's you who is not to bright here. Do you really think that a most criminals are going to ditch and steel cars in less time than it takes for this system to work?
Please, the only time criminals steal cars all the time is in the movies. Real criminals have real lives, they can't just steel a fucking car every 5mins or 20km.
All privacy issues aside, video monitoring does prevent crime. If you think it doesn't, then you're an idiot. Do your research.
Or perhaps, they meant that they can still wipe the drive, or track or disable the computer, even after you remove the origonal drive and replace it with another one.
The title says Kazaa Says On Track to Be Most-Downloaded Program. But I can't find anything about any software called "On Track"...
Oh wait! I forgot to take in to account that/. editors not only don't understand that bad grammer isn't infact "cool", but that it can also be missleading.
The title should have said:
Kazaa Says It's On Track to Be Most-Downloaded Program.
Of course, it isn't helped by the fact that/. editors capitalise words like "be", and also--in this case--mix it with un-capitalised words for total inconsistancy.
Hell, I have far from perfect grammer and spelling, but atleast I can get that right. Surely the/. editors can do the same?
And before someone replies and says that the/. editors didn't write the story or title; it's their job to fix these things up, that's why they're called editors.
If you going to partly take the keyboard apart, you might aswell go the whole way, and remove the electronics and membrane sheet. Most keyboards don't completely fall apart (IE, all the keys probably won't fall off). Then you can even use soap.
"We're very committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of others"
Sounds exactly like something MS would say to me. Others is obviously refering to the people who own the "intellectual property".
Else he would have said "We're very committed to respecting the user's rights to use others intellectual property". Or something to that effect--Which would be odd for someone from MS to say.
An analogy is a comparison of similar concepts in different things, right?
It may seem right compare the two, but they are quite different in the way they use skins. In a GUI, consistincey is a key in usability, we use other means to identify one program from another. Like the name, the controls, and even the content it's showing, is enough.
If all the programs acted the same way, looked pretty much the same, and we had to identify them quickly, or we would lose our work, then skins would have their place.
I understand what you're saying, but I still don't think your analogy is quite right.
I couldn't find any address--or even a feedback form--on their site. I guess they get a lot of "unwanted" feedback (don't you hate companies who just shut you out completely?).
I sent it to sales@emigroup.com, but I got an error. So if anyone knows of a working e-mail at EMI, let me know.
Fuck you to, you god-damn, pavlova-stealing barstards!
;)
Oh yeah....We will change our flag, with great delight. It will be a picture of a big slice of pavlova....With cream, strawberries, kiwifruit and all!:P
Well, I had a "Copy protected" CD, and it wouldn't even mount in my iBook. So I took it to a friends place an coppied the CD using Nero (WinXP box), I made sure that I unchecked the "Ignore illegal TOC" box, but I'm not sure if it made the difference.
The coppied CD ripped just fine.
The irony of having to copy a CD to get around copy protection is just hilarious. What's even funnier is that I will probably give the copy away to someone since I now have no use for it.
It's just a phase. Don't forget, that before computers, you had to drive everywhere (pick up a shop catalogue) if you didn't just want to speak to someone (phone).
In the futire, I think we'll find that we'll travel less, and hopefull abolish the idea of commuting to a workplace every day altogether (in a lot of cases anyway).
Capitalism is partly responsible, because it's profit driven, and being eco-friendly usally costs more.
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...None of this is going to do much against terrorist attacks.
Well, considering that a lot of us here are probably reading and posting to /. all day from work, we may already be well on our way to "quiting" our jobs.
That's exactly what I meant. I'm not sure what tablets you have used, but from what I have read, a lot of the Tablets PCs work like a Wacom tablet, in that they need the pen, you can't use your finger.
I think the new layout is much better. Yeah, the touch buttons do have the downside of no tactical feedback. The touch buttons only work if you touch them with you're skin, so they do have an upside (unless you're wearing gloves). I have acctually played with one and was supprised to find that it wasn't really as bad as I though it would be.
But most of the tablet PCs don't use normal touch screen like that on a PDA, they are more like a Wacom tablet, and the larger tablets cost a lot.
Are you suggesting that a demolotion team went in and blew it up? Why? If for safty reasons, why the need to cover it up?
Would the WTC have collapsed if the planes had been low on fuel, and there wasn't such a large initial fire? If not, then it is fair to say that the fire cause it collapse, rather than the impact of the planes.
BTW, the WTC was also supported by the inside walls (around the lift/stair wells). But yes, it's still not like the Empire State.
Anyway, if the Empire State is built a lot stronger, I still think it's unfair to compare what happened.
Once during WWII with a twin engine bomber.
That's an unfair comparison (and a little more than "not a completley fair"). The WWII bomber is smaller than a 757, would have been moving at a slower speed, and wouldn't have been carrying as much fuel. Don't forget, it was the fire that caused it to collapse.
Fake plates, who is going to carry around a few sets of spare plates all the time? Doesn't look good if you're found with them.
What about people who aren't stealing cars? Like orginised crime, drug dealers etc. You think they drive a new car each day? What about "suspects" and people who don't think they have any reason for the police to be tracking them at the time.
If you think that this system will be useless for the police, perhaps you should tell them, as I'm sure they haven't spent lot's of money researching this techonology before trialing it.
Please, the only time criminals steal cars all the time is in the movies. Real criminals have real lives, they can't just steel a fucking car every 5mins or 20km.
All privacy issues aside, video monitoring does prevent crime. If you think it doesn't, then you're an idiot. Do your research.
Really? Sounded more like a cliche flying overhead to me. The NO CARRIER joke is starting to get a tad old (like most of the jokes here).
Or perhaps, they meant that they can still wipe the drive, or track or disable the computer, even after you remove the origonal drive and replace it with another one.
Perhaps you should re-read that line again?
Oh wait! I forgot to take in to account that /. editors not only don't understand that bad grammer isn't infact "cool", but that it can also be missleading.
The title should have said:
Kazaa Says It's On Track to Be Most-Downloaded Program.
Of course, it isn't helped by the fact that /. editors capitalise words like "be", and also--in this case--mix it with un-capitalised words for total inconsistancy.
Hell, I have far from perfect grammer and spelling, but atleast I can get that right. Surely the /. editors can do the same?
And before someone replies and says that the /. editors didn't write the story or title; it's their job to fix these things up, that's why they're called editors.
*sigh* [/RANT]
If you going to partly take the keyboard apart, you might aswell go the whole way, and remove the electronics and membrane sheet. Most keyboards don't completely fall apart (IE, all the keys probably won't fall off). Then you can even use soap.
Funny? Where is the humor in this?
Sounds exactly like something MS would say to me. Others is obviously refering to the people who own the "intellectual property".
Else he would have said "We're very committed to respecting the user's rights to use others intellectual property". Or something to that effect--Which would be odd for someone from MS to say.
It may seem right compare the two, but they are quite different in the way they use skins. In a GUI, consistincey is a key in usability, we use other means to identify one program from another. Like the name, the controls, and even the content it's showing, is enough.
If all the programs acted the same way, looked pretty much the same, and we had to identify them quickly, or we would lose our work, then skins would have their place.
I understand what you're saying, but I still don't think your analogy is quite right.
That has to be the most funniest anology I have ever seen. Are you seriously trying to compare Quake to windowed GUIs? Put down the crack pipe buddy.
Nothing to worry about though. It's just IE with a different GUI.
I sent it to sales@emigroup.com, but I got an error. So if anyone knows of a working e-mail at EMI, let me know.
Oh yeah....We will change our flag, with great delight. It will be a picture of a big slice of pavlova....With cream, strawberries, kiwifruit and all! :P
The coppied CD ripped just fine.
The irony of having to copy a CD to get around copy protection is just hilarious. What's even funnier is that I will probably give the copy away to someone since I now have no use for it.
In the futire, I think we'll find that we'll travel less, and hopefull abolish the idea of commuting to a workplace every day altogether (in a lot of cases anyway).
Capitalism is partly responsible, because it's profit driven, and being eco-friendly usally costs more.