'Just once I'd like to hear "Oh... well yeah I see why Microsoft did that. I'm not sure it'll work, but let's wait and see what happens when I've had a chance to actually try it."'
Clearly you are a paid Microsoft shill to have said such things.
Another important difference is that if one of your kids becomes corrupted you can't restore from a backup. Disaster recovery tends to be a much messier, hands on process.
"As far as I'm concerned power switches for computers should break the curcuit for power. Instant power off. No write caching."
I see that you do not live in a house with small children or other pets with opposable thumbs.
In my world power switches should be behind locked cabinet doors with no visual clues to show where they are. When they are eventually pressed, which is always at the least convenient time, the systems they control should very gracefully power down and then restart in exactly the same state when the switch is pressed again, usually by an adult.
"So yes, for many people, disk space is just something you keep adding to, like you'd move from a coupe to a sedan when you have kids and when you have that 6th kid you move to a minivan and if you happen to have 2 more, you get a cargo van when #8 comes along."
If I kept having kids like that I'd be more inclined to reevaluate my method of birth control than my choice of car, but that's just me.
Okay, you know the drill. A new story has been released and you're all aching to comment on it without reading the article, so let's get going.
All "What is LISPM?" comments over on the right.
"This proves BSD is dying" comments on the left.
Wordplay that desperately wants to be clever, like "I guess that makes it a 'Bee Eth Dee Licenth'" comments go there by the door.
If you have read the article, know the history of Brad Parker, LISPM and their involvement in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and have something intelligent to say, then we don't want your kind around here. Slashdot has standards to maintain, you know.
If you are, you're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.
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Plus if you ever felt like stealing a few hundred megs of software, documents or source code from your employer, it can be a real pain to transfer it over the Internet.
Having a portable device small enough to hide in a body cavity makes like so much easier.
"Fanless" is a bit of an overstatement. The article is very clear on the fact that this card comes with a giant radiator which needs to be cooled by... you guessed it. A fan.
It's a nice idea that it can use an existing CPU or case fan for cooling, but I would hate to see someone try using this in a passively cooled or water cooled system.
I know whenever I read a headline and don't immediately know everything about the topic I rush off to Google. I would never dream of _reading the rest of the story_ for that kind of insight, because that wouldn't make any sense.
On the plus side, making Waterworld kept Kevin Coster from doing anything truly dangerous for most of the year and taught Joss Whedon a very important lesson in "Never Do Anything Like That".
Despite being so widely covered, I have never heard of it.
Would it have been that hard to call it an "Itty Bitty Computer" in the writeup, instead of linking to a slashdotted site and assuming that everybody knows all about it?
Not on all of their PCs. Some, like the Dimension 4x00, 8x00 and Optiplex GX400, use real ATX power supplies. Most of their other models require a rather inexpensive adapter in order to run with a standard PSU.
You're right. I think it should be a bit more like this:
Step 1. Get arrested, detained and have DNA sample taken. Step 2. Be released without charge. Step 3. Have results of own DNA tests sold to private insurance company Step 4. Be denied coverage because you are suddenly deemed too high a risk Step 5. Profit! (Just not for you)
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"This story is completely false and defamatory. Take it down or else."
And Tycho's reaction to it:
"It is critical to establish that this letter isn't anything to worry about. We've been sent worse by better."
Clearly you are a paid Microsoft shill to have said such things.
I've got the tar. Who has feathers?
Just make sure he doesn't visit any sites which advocate taking a pedagogical approach to educating children.
Spider Robinson's short story Melancholy Elephants, in which he discusses the mathematics of unlimited copyright terms.
"Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now?"
Another important difference is that if one of your kids becomes corrupted you can't restore from a backup. Disaster recovery tends to be a much messier, hands on process.
I see that you do not live in a house with small children or other pets with opposable thumbs.
In my world power switches should be behind locked cabinet doors with no visual clues to show where they are. When they are eventually pressed, which is always at the least convenient time, the systems they control should very gracefully power down and then restart in exactly the same state when the switch is pressed again, usually by an adult.
Your needs may vary.
I have heard Stallman referred to as a great many things on this site, but I think this is the first time anyone has used that comparison.
If I kept having kids like that I'd be more inclined to reevaluate my method of birth control than my choice of car, but that's just me.
All "What is LISPM?" comments over on the right.
"This proves BSD is dying" comments on the left.
Wordplay that desperately wants to be clever, like "I guess that makes it a 'Bee Eth Dee Licenth'" comments go there by the door.
If you have read the article, know the history of Brad Parker, LISPM and their involvement in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and have something intelligent to say, then we don't want your kind around here. Slashdot has standards to maintain, you know.
If you are, you're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.
Having a portable device small enough to hide in a body cavity makes like so much easier.
It's a nice idea that it can use an existing CPU or case fan for cooling, but I would hate to see someone try using this in a passively cooled or water cooled system.
It doesn't? How am I supposed to get red wings then?
I know whenever I read a headline and don't immediately know everything about the topic I rush off to Google. I would never dream of _reading the rest of the story_ for that kind of insight, because that wouldn't make any sense.
On the plus side, making Waterworld kept Kevin Coster from doing anything truly dangerous for most of the year and taught Joss Whedon a very important lesson in "Never Do Anything Like That".
Would it have been that hard to call it an "Itty Bitty Computer" in the writeup, instead of linking to a slashdotted site and assuming that everybody knows all about it?
8.75: You can not only pronounce "Uranus" correctly, but say it with a straight face nine times out of ten.
Well of course not. Pyramid construction was a trade secret back then. The Phaoronic Copyright Office was never involved.
Not on all of their PCs. Some, like the Dimension 4x00, 8x00 and Optiplex GX400, use real ATX power supplies. Most of their other models require a rather inexpensive adapter in order to run with a standard PSU.
You're right. I think it should be a bit more like this:
Step 1. Get arrested, detained and have DNA sample taken.
Step 2. Be released without charge.
Step 3. Have results of own DNA tests sold to private insurance company
Step 4. Be denied coverage because you are suddenly deemed too high a risk
Step 5. Profit! (Just not for you)
You know what they say, the United States' Constitution may not be perfect, but it's better than what they have now.
That's okay, they will just put stickers on all of the DNA tests that say it is just a theory.
If you know of any other way for the police to know who has the evil gene, I'd like to hear it.
That war never really ended, you know.