"Jesus what planet are you living on. Hi res laptop screens have only just come into the affordable range for most people. I paid nearly 4K for a machine with a 1600x1200 screen a few years ago."
In 2002 I bought a Dell laptop with a UXGA (Ultra sharp, if anybody cares) for like $1,700. I bought that after I found a couple of people with Dell laptops running at that res. Plenty of time and low enough price for a lot of people.
At my previous job, I was busted once for reading Slashdot at work. Stupid thing was, the one time they caught me, I was actually doing work. I was looking at the source code for the home page to solve a problem I was having with the website I was working on. Sadly, I had two monitors, and my boss looked at the left one with the web page on it and not the right one with the source code.
In the end, I was able to explain to my boss what I was up to and all was cool. But if she had 'busted' me by looking at logs of the sites I were visiting, I would have risked being terminated without being given a chance to defend myself.
In the case cited above, this guy was clearly wasting time. But if bosses/managers get so in tune to just reading the logs and hitting the 'fire' button, what rights would the employees have? Managers in particular have a bad way of summing up a situation with too few facts. The last thing I'm interested in doing is arming them with more details to make their decisions with that would cause them to make up their mind before the employee has had a chance to defend him/herself.
"tracking the plane is one thing, and even that is tough to do if you are talking laser accuracy, but the cockpit? also, this has to be done several miles out, since the cockpit windows don't have much downward view anyway."
Ever see a laser lightshow? Why couldn't a vibrating mirror be used to widen the beam and make the plane and cockpit a lot easier to hit?
"When they say they are not worried about Firefox, it means that they are deeply scared by it, and preparing an all out attack against it."
I doubt they're scared by it. FireFox isn't doing anything that IE couldn't easily be made to do. Their next browser will likely imitate FireFox in many ways and the casual user just won't see the big need to move. Reality may tell a different story, but no, Microsoft has no reason to be scared.
"Microsoft is doomed, they just don't know it yet. In 10 to 15 years time, no one is gonna remember Windows."
The same could be said for Linux. I know, you're shaking your head etc, but the real flaw here is the 10-15 years time bit you put in your post. For all you know, the OS could be so transparent in 10-15 years that it won't matter anymore. Heck, we could all be leasing run-time off a central computer down the road. Linux wouldn't matter much to the individual user then, would it? Maybe? Maybe not. 10 to 15 years is quite a few life-times in computing terms.
"Now what would make him think that? Why would anyone assume that Microsoft was working with phishers or virusmakers?"
Because it's a cheap way to get attention on Slashdot. With all the MS hatred around here it'll be assumed as fact that they are doing that. "Well, I wouldn't put it past them even though it wouldn't make good business sense to give everybody a strong reason to use another browser!"
Slashdot Editors really should enforce a little more professionalism. It's hard to take anything this site says about MS seriously.
"I wonder if that's because people didn't need to bother looking at their spedometer every few seconds to make sure they were not breaking the law."
I've only driven it once, so please take what I have to say with a grain of salt: I figured it was because there was so little traffic, and it was virtually all straight-away.
Maybe a chunk of it had to do with being more cautious because you couldn't take for granted the speed everybody else (when somebody occasionally did appear) was going.
My memory of driving that highway has faded, but I do remember thinking I could flip on the cruise control and take a nap while driving it, heh. (or am I thinking of Whyoming?)
" Slashdot, either by willing agreement or simple ignorance is supporting this thief by continually linking to his "blog". The level of "interest" is not relavent since what you are reading is being packaged by a liar."
Complaining about it isn't giving Slashdot any reason to discontinue. If anything, they'll look at the number of comments generated and realize "Hey! We're dishing out more ads because of this guy!"
" Half the known world is pissed off at us, and it wouldn't surprise me if this isn't much more than Russia saying "You want to bum a ride? How much ya got for gas money? The price of rocket fuel isn't going down, ya know."
Or it could simply be just the latter half of your post here.
I mean, seriously, you're going out on a limb here to make your point that you don't like what Bush did. Why not take it a step further and blame the hurricanes in Florida on the immorality on the war?
Frankly, I'm not the slightest bit curious if Bush had anything to do with that until Russia comes out and says it. Theories on this matter have little practical value.
It means more comments in the thread, which means more ad hits for Slashdot, which means more demand for the dude's work. Frankly, I resent my flamebait moderation on my previous post. It's a good point. The best way to keep this guy around is to keep the topic controversial. How do you think Howard Stern or Rush Limbaugh stay on the air?
You guys want Slashdot to take him down? Don't comment in his threads. The editors will get the point when they can no longer guarantee that certain topics will get x many pages served with client y's ads..
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"Well there's two ways to look at this:"
Err. Ignore that statement. My original post was longer and I killed all but this line of it. Sorry that I didn't preview first.
"How many dead bits per megabyte of ram do you find acceptable in your computer?"
Insightful? Oookay.
Well there's two ways to look at this:
Dead bits of RAM that lead to system instability. Uh... how is this even REMOTELY like an LCD with dead pixels?
"Jesus what planet are you living on. Hi res laptop screens have only just come into the affordable range for most people. I paid nearly 4K for a machine with a 1600x1200 screen a few years ago."
In 2002 I bought a Dell laptop with a UXGA (Ultra sharp, if anybody cares) for like $1,700. I bought that after I found a couple of people with Dell laptops running at that res. Plenty of time and low enough price for a lot of people.
"2) how to interface the new films or chips to the cortex to make sensible visual signals."
Wasn't there a story not too long ago about a guy who recieved an artificial eye that could see 16 pixels or something like that?
Ring a bell with anybody?
" you are making science fiction!"
So? Cellular phones and handheld computers were science fiction at a time.
"What does an earth year have to do with a martian year? Nothing thats what!"
They're welcoming 05 while they are on Mars. Wasn't that hard to figure out.
... to use RFID!!!
(Man I hope people are in good humor today.)
"Because then the power of the laser would be greatly reduced."
Fair enough. Just add more power. No need for complex moving gizmos, just an oscillating mirror and lotsa juice.
"And the problem with that is... what?"
False hits.
At my previous job, I was busted once for reading Slashdot at work. Stupid thing was, the one time they caught me, I was actually doing work. I was looking at the source code for the home page to solve a problem I was having with the website I was working on. Sadly, I had two monitors, and my boss looked at the left one with the web page on it and not the right one with the source code.
In the end, I was able to explain to my boss what I was up to and all was cool. But if she had 'busted' me by looking at logs of the sites I were visiting, I would have risked being terminated without being given a chance to defend myself.
In the case cited above, this guy was clearly wasting time. But if bosses/managers get so in tune to just reading the logs and hitting the 'fire' button, what rights would the employees have? Managers in particular have a bad way of summing up a situation with too few facts. The last thing I'm interested in doing is arming them with more details to make their decisions with that would cause them to make up their mind before the employee has had a chance to defend him/herself.
"I just patented that idea. Tough luck eh?"
My lawyers can beat up your lawyers!
"tracking the plane is one thing, and even that is tough to do if you are talking laser accuracy, but the cockpit? also, this has to be done several miles out, since the cockpit windows don't have much downward view anyway."
Ever see a laser lightshow? Why couldn't a vibrating mirror be used to widen the beam and make the plane and cockpit a lot easier to hit?
I'm sure history has quite a few more quotes like that only made by the victor.
"When they say they are not worried about Firefox, it means that they are deeply scared by it, and preparing an all out attack against it."
I doubt they're scared by it. FireFox isn't doing anything that IE couldn't easily be made to do. Their next browser will likely imitate FireFox in many ways and the casual user just won't see the big need to move. Reality may tell a different story, but no, Microsoft has no reason to be scared.
"Microsoft is doomed, they just don't know it yet. In 10 to 15 years time, no one is gonna remember Windows."
The same could be said for Linux. I know, you're shaking your head etc, but the real flaw here is the 10-15 years time bit you put in your post. For all you know, the OS could be so transparent in 10-15 years that it won't matter anymore. Heck, we could all be leasing run-time off a central computer down the road. Linux wouldn't matter much to the individual user then, would it? Maybe? Maybe not. 10 to 15 years is quite a few life-times in computing terms.
"Hmm, that sounds familiar..."
Oh brother. Damned if they do, damned if they don't, just because it's Microsoft.
"I switched from IE because FireFox has the features I want! Ready pitchforks!!"
"Microsoft stole the features I like in FireFox and put them into IE! Ready pitchforks!"
"Now what would make him think that? Why would anyone assume that Microsoft was working with phishers or virusmakers?"
Because it's a cheap way to get attention on Slashdot. With all the MS hatred around here it'll be assumed as fact that they are doing that. "Well, I wouldn't put it past them even though it wouldn't make good business sense to give everybody a strong reason to use another browser!"
Slashdot Editors really should enforce a little more professionalism. It's hard to take anything this site says about MS seriously.
"you're not only a moron, but a moron who seems to be missing the point."
I'd rather be a moron than a uppity self-righteous git.
"I wonder if that's because people didn't need to bother looking at their spedometer every few seconds to make sure they were not breaking the law."
I've only driven it once, so please take what I have to say with a grain of salt: I figured it was because there was so little traffic, and it was virtually all straight-away.
Maybe a chunk of it had to do with being more cautious because you couldn't take for granted the speed everybody else (when somebody occasionally did appear) was going.
My memory of driving that highway has faded, but I do remember thinking I could flip on the cruise control and take a nap while driving it, heh. (or am I thinking of Whyoming?)
"Only somebody dumb enough to vote for a complete moron and worship his complete failure would make a statement like this."
Heh I voted for Kerry.
" Slashdot, either by willing agreement or simple ignorance is supporting this thief by continually linking to his "blog". The level of "interest" is not relavent since what you are reading is being packaged by a liar."
Complaining about it isn't giving Slashdot any reason to discontinue. If anything, they'll look at the number of comments generated and realize "Hey! We're dishing out more ads because of this guy!"
"Tell me, how does kevlar help starving children?"
I wonder how many people involved with law enforcement are frowning at that example.
Helping people live longer: Benefit to mankind.
Advancing medicine and the technology that is used to advance medicine: Benefit to mankind.
Making it possible to leave this planet in search of more resources: Benefit to mankind.
Turning off your imagination to discredit the space programs: No benefit to mankind.
" Half the known world is pissed off at us, and it wouldn't surprise me if this isn't much more than Russia saying "You want to bum a ride? How much ya got for gas money? The price of rocket fuel isn't going down, ya know."
Or it could simply be just the latter half of your post here.
I mean, seriously, you're going out on a limb here to make your point that you don't like what Bush did. Why not take it a step further and blame the hurricanes in Florida on the immorality on the war?
Frankly, I'm not the slightest bit curious if Bush had anything to do with that until Russia comes out and says it. Theories on this matter have little practical value.
"how excally does 'mankind' benifit from by going into space?"
Well, according to TV, most of the stuff I bought was a direct result of space travel.
"However, those 5 friends signing up will most likely be spammed to oblivion"
So long as they know it's coming, who cares?
I guess it's a pyramid scheme in the strictest sense, but something to rattle the old pitchfork over?
"Whining because people would prefer donating to something that directly affects them while having a pyramid scheme link in your .sig."
I'm not claiming to be terribly knowledgable about this particular 'scheme', but doesn't one have to put up money for it to really be a scheme?
It means more comments in the thread, which means more ad hits for Slashdot, which means more demand for the dude's work. Frankly, I resent my flamebait moderation on my previous post. It's a good point. The best way to keep this guy around is to keep the topic controversial. How do you think Howard Stern or Rush Limbaugh stay on the air?
You guys want Slashdot to take him down? Don't comment in his threads. The editors will get the point when they can no longer guarantee that certain topics will get x many pages served with client y's ads..