Admittedly, it's been years since I've seriously watched the show, but I could have sworn there was a way for a Time Lord to get a new set of regenerations.
"We can barely handle environmental damage here. Now you want to send nanotechnology "swarms" onto another planet because... we'll learn a whole lot?!"
"Pardon the computer terms, but there is absolutely no difference between the client -> repeater -> server interaction and the client -> server interaction."
Well, the point was that the central computer (repeater) would 'own' that frequency/channel. The devices wouldn't accept commands from anybody else. (I did not express this clearly.)
I'm not holding onto it as a good idea, rather just suggesting something I remember from back in my ham radio days.
"Newer laptop batteries are making these sort of gadgets not-so-nifty."
Perhaps, but there's no reason why these batteries couldn't improve right along with them. "5 hours on a Dell? No prob, this battery will give you 20!"
This is a very vague and probably not all that interesting idea, but would it be possible to set it up so it's not all that practical without a repeater? If so, then you'd have a central place to moderate the signals. That sort of make sense?
Hmm. You know, I'm a real smart ass. I went into this thread wantin to cook up a joke. That vid killed my desire to do that. Thanks for posting the link, it saved me from being an insensitive ass.
" it sure would be nice if they could make an artificial knee that would last more than 15 years..."
Please pardon my ignorance, but a.) is 15 years about the typical duration and b.) Is it that inconvenient? I think what I'm lookin for is an idea of what it's like.
"Microsoft will waste these photons on eye-candy! Granted, that processing power will be useful in other stuff too, but when it comes to Microsoft I'm a minimalist! Mod me up!"
Doesn't matter, we still had an ActiveX control we needed.
"The incompatibilities between the versions of Word, Excel, etc is amazing."
We couldn't get Word and PowerPoint docs from OpenOffice (earlier version. Today would likely be a different story.) to Office and back. Didn't work.
"You have never really gave a valid reason why OpenOffice is the "wrong" software unless you believe that its lack in support of ActiveX is an issue to businesses."
It didn't mix well with Office. I stated this before, we recieved and transmitted stuff to external sources.
"What really was the point of your post? That it didnt work at a company you worked at several years ago since that company was using an ActiveX control in Office documents?"
No and I'm getting tired of explaining this. We had compatibility issues. If others don't have that prob, fine, but we DID.
"Its not. We are listening. Is it your business need that you believe OO needs to support ActiveX?"
OO needs to support everything that Office does. ActiveX is one, though these days that may not be all that necessary. VBA is another. Flawlessly opening and saving of docs that are compatible with Office are another feature OO needs to support.
"The real magic behind OSS is that if you don't like something: change it. The codes all there. "
A.) I am not a programmer. That feature is completely worthless to me.
B.) If my company were to write code to 'fix it', they might as well save a few bucks and just buy Office.
"If your not a programmer you can participate by helping write documents, post bugs, and submit your ideas to the mailing lists."
That is a fair point. However, the reality is if we're on a deadline, this option quickly loses value.
I will state a couple of things very clearly since they seem to keep getting lost:
1.) I'm not saying these are problems today. I don't know. Time has gone by and I'm reasonably certain OO has had a version or two come along in that time.
2.) My point was NOT specifically about OO. I was making a general statement, not a specific one. If the software does its job, then there's no more to discuss. If it doesn't, then the gov't will have to use what suits their purposes.
3.) Arrogance is not helping OO. Whoop-de-doo, ActiveX is scary. Understood. It's still a feature that Office supports that OO does not. When one needs that feature, it has to be there.
"I disagree. Mantaining control over the technology used should be part of 'getting the job done'"
Yes, provided the technology can do the job in the first place.
(Note: I'm not saying it can't today, I'm merely pointing out that the gov't isn't going to suddenly become a software company just for the sake of flipping off Microsoft.)
Slashdot Mirror
"Somehow I get the feeling that we can say goodbye to duel thumbsticks..."
It's about time! It takes forever to kill somebody with a thumb stick.
"Sounds like he said absolutely nothing. "
What he said was really clear: The Revolution system won't be a generic controller like the XBOX or PS2 controllers.
He also mentioned built in wi-fi, but I guess it's easy to overlook that when you're needlessly criticizing a press-release.
"Where can we get the history of slahdot? That would be interesting!"
Feb 1st... Mozilla releases a small incremental version update, headline news.
Feb 7th... Mozilla releases a small incremental version update, headline news.
Feb 14th.. Mozilla releases a small incremental version update, headline news.
Feb 15th... Dupe of Mozilla making a small incremental update.
Feb 19th... Mozilla releases a small incremental version update, headline news.
"How long is it going to be until somebody makes this work in reverse, ie, controlling the brain from a computer chip?"
I have a question: Are you seriously concerned about this, or where you secretly hoping for a cheap 'Insightful' mod?
"What?! Yes then can. Watch: Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh *POP*"
That's a great trick, but he can only do it once.
"I thought Eccleston made a very good Doctor Who"
We're gonna kick you out of the club if you call him Doctor 'Who' again.
Admittedly, it's been years since I've seriously watched the show, but I could have sworn there was a way for a Time Lord to get a new set of regenerations.
... Except for the whole IP address thing, I think she should at least have gotten extra credit in her computer class.
"It's really remarkable, and sad how Afraid of science and technology slashdot.org has become."
I blame the karma system. "oooo can I be Hollywood-class-pessimistic and have 'Interesting' appear next to my comment!"
"..that we're currently experiencing a ROLAND PIQUEPAILLE swarm?"
Are you referring to the article, or to the heaps of comments bitch bitch bitching about it?
"We can barely handle environmental damage here. Now you want to send nanotechnology "swarms" onto another planet because... we'll learn a whole lot?!"
You'd rather they unleash them here?
"Pardon the computer terms, but there is absolutely no difference between the client -> repeater -> server interaction and the client -> server interaction."
Well, the point was that the central computer (repeater) would 'own' that frequency/channel. The devices wouldn't accept commands from anybody else. (I did not express this clearly.)
I'm not holding onto it as a good idea, rather just suggesting something I remember from back in my ham radio days.
Just wanted to say 'thank you' and that I appreciate it. :) We'll look into it.
"Newer laptop batteries are making these sort of gadgets not-so-nifty."
Perhaps, but there's no reason why these batteries couldn't improve right along with them. "5 hours on a Dell? No prob, this battery will give you 20!"
This is a very vague and probably not all that interesting idea, but would it be possible to set it up so it's not all that practical without a repeater? If so, then you'd have a central place to moderate the signals. That sort of make sense?
"+1, not being a jackass.
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still looking for a wife..."
Heh.
Hmm. You know, I'm a real smart ass. I went into this thread wantin to cook up a joke. That vid killed my desire to do that. Thanks for posting the link, it saved me from being an insensitive ass.
" it sure would be nice if they could make an artificial knee that would last more than 15 years..."
Please pardon my ignorance, but a.) is 15 years about the typical duration and b.) Is it that inconvenient? I think what I'm lookin for is an idea of what it's like.
I hope that doesn't sound insensitive.
"Yeah, but will it play Quake?"
Nope. They're using beams of light, but Quake uses shadow mapping.
"I'll believe it when I see it in action."
Yeah because companies are always promising more processing power, but they never deliver!!
"Microsoft will waste these photons on eye-candy! Granted, that processing power will be useful in other stuff too, but when it comes to Microsoft I'm a minimalist! Mod me up!"
"Given the recharge times that is an amazing amount of energy for PDAs, cameras and the like."
Question: How any mAh is a conventional battery at that size? (3.8mm x 62mm x 35mm)
"What aspect of handheld gaming has been "redefined" because of this?"
Price?
"ActiveX is a nightmare in security terms. "
Doesn't matter, we still had an ActiveX control we needed.
"The incompatibilities between the versions of Word, Excel, etc is amazing."
We couldn't get Word and PowerPoint docs from OpenOffice (earlier version. Today would likely be a different story.) to Office and back. Didn't work.
"You have never really gave a valid reason why OpenOffice is the "wrong" software unless you believe that its lack in support of ActiveX is an issue to businesses."
It didn't mix well with Office. I stated this before, we recieved and transmitted stuff to external sources.
"What really was the point of your post? That it didnt work at a company you worked at several years ago since that company was using an ActiveX control in Office documents?"
No and I'm getting tired of explaining this. We had compatibility issues. If others don't have that prob, fine, but we DID.
"Its not. We are listening. Is it your business need that you believe OO needs to support ActiveX?"
OO needs to support everything that Office does. ActiveX is one, though these days that may not be all that necessary. VBA is another. Flawlessly opening and saving of docs that are compatible with Office are another feature OO needs to support.
"The real magic behind OSS is that if you don't like something: change it. The codes all there. "
A.) I am not a programmer. That feature is completely worthless to me.
B.) If my company were to write code to 'fix it', they might as well save a few bucks and just buy Office.
"If your not a programmer you can participate by helping write documents, post bugs, and submit your ideas to the mailing lists."
That is a fair point. However, the reality is if we're on a deadline, this option quickly loses value.
I will state a couple of things very clearly since they seem to keep getting lost:
1.) I'm not saying these are problems today. I don't know. Time has gone by and I'm reasonably certain OO has had a version or two come along in that time.
2.) My point was NOT specifically about OO. I was making a general statement, not a specific one. If the software does its job, then there's no more to discuss. If it doesn't, then the gov't will have to use what suits their purposes.
3.) Arrogance is not helping OO. Whoop-de-doo, ActiveX is scary. Understood. It's still a feature that Office supports that OO does not. When one needs that feature, it has to be there.
"I disagree. Mantaining control over the technology used should be part of 'getting the job done'"
Yes, provided the technology can do the job in the first place.
(Note: I'm not saying it can't today, I'm merely pointing out that the gov't isn't going to suddenly become a software company just for the sake of flipping off Microsoft.)