Actually most of his strips are funny and/or insightful. For instance, how disastrous would it be for someone on the moon to have to take a leak when the facilities were out of order?
IMO, of course. Not sure why you were modded "funny".
You're asking Slashdot, where anti-MS sentiment is a given? Good luck getting anyone to recommend C#.
Actually, if C# was supported under other platforms as well as it is under Windows, then I'd say, go forit.
However, since C# (and.NET, in general) on Mac and Linux is likely to play continual catch-up a la WINE, I'd say stick with Java. It has much wider support in terms of development environments, giving researches flexibility in their choice and tools.
Patents are better than, say, making the developed process a trade-secret. When you get a patent, the process is out in the open, for everyone to see. People can license it in order to use it, and, after a while, a license is no longer required.
A trade secret, on the other hand, need never be released.
In each of your examples, the muscles involved get a chance at rest.
Holding your arms out continually puts some muscles under constant tension. No muscle in the human body was designed for that kind of punishment; Even the heart muscles, composed of the only muscle tissue that doesn't get tired, get rest periods every beat.
The shape of your hand and, thus, how it interacts with things, can't be determined with just the positions of your finger tips.
For example, notice you can independently bend your second and third knuckes. (Counting from the fingertip, that is.) Each possibility leads to a unique shape.
I suspect the least uncomfortable system would be to have latex gloves with unqiuely-colored spots on key areas. Use a binary system with paints that only reflect at specific wavelengths, and create custom CCDs that detect on each of these channels. Reserve one wavelength for "invalid", to increase contrast between valid sensor spots and the rest of the glove.
Your reply is offtopic...I didn't say anything that you refute, or even address. And I don't even disagree with everything you've said. But for those items I do disagree with...
First, you think nobody's taking resposibility? Look at all the people who've settled, rather than go to court over it. If paying excessive fees isn't taking responsibility, I don't know what is.
Second, Not all music is under licenses that make it illegal to download without paying. Take a look at the stuff on Ampcast, for example. Or stuff in the audio section of the Internet Archive. Or the stuff on Ourmedia.org. People have the right to make their own works available for legal free download--and some do.
I'd heard that you could do it with gconf, but it never seemed worth my while to research how. I guess ranting every now and then can be a good thing.:)
I'll probably continue to use gnome-terminal for most things, but I'll play around with the Nautilus browser when convenient. (I.e. when browsing folders where I'd like thumbnails.)
Read up on the Nomic link first. Then you'll understand the point.
Then follow the directions on the PerlNomic page to get a the game itself. (It requires modifying the URL...a technique at least one Ivy-League school calls hacking.) Look for the CGI module that's likely to get you an account.
Even without an account, you can look at the source.
like that Final Fantasy movie which had nothing to do with Final Fantasy.
How many FF games did you play? Did you notice that most of them had no continuity from one to the next? Sure, there was the occasional running gag, such as Chocobos or Sid, but no plot continuity.
I don't ignore expert advice, I just avoid making it the core of my views until I have a better understanding of the field and scenario.
If you'd read my other comments in this thread, you'd see that my core argument here is that making major changes to someone's desktop GUI causes lost productivity. And that's based on practical experience.
I don't care that he has what may be good ideas in improving the default GUI of a distro. I care that he and others want to swap out a GUI I've become efficient with with something I'll have to spend time to learn, particularly without any real gaurantee that the new system will make me more efficient than the old.
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Actually most of his strips are funny and/or insightful. For instance, how disastrous would it be for someone on the moon to have to take a leak when the facilities were out of order?
IMO, of course. Not sure why you were modded "funny".
You're asking Slashdot, where anti-MS sentiment is a given? Good luck getting anyone to recommend C#.
.NET, in general) on Mac and Linux is likely to play continual catch-up a la WINE, I'd say stick with Java. It has much wider support in terms of development environments, giving researches flexibility in their choice and tools.
Actually, if C# was supported under other platforms as well as it is under Windows, then I'd say, go forit.
However, since C# (and
When in doubt, go where there's more flexibility.
Patents are better than, say, making the developed process a trade-secret. When you get a patent, the process is out in the open, for everyone to see. People can license it in order to use it, and, after a while, a license is no longer required.
A trade secret, on the other hand, need never be released.
Put three 100W light bulbs in a large cardboard box, and stand by with a fire extinguisher.
My 750MHz Duron doesn't give me any trouble with noise. But it's not exactly a "newer" system.
:-(
The 24-port switch I picked up recently easily drowns it out.
Viewing Slashdot in a tabbed-browsing session. All those CPU-intensive Vonage ads bring my 750MHz Duron to a crawl.
In each of your examples, the muscles involved get a chance at rest.
Holding your arms out continually puts some muscles under constant tension. No muscle in the human body was designed for that kind of punishment; Even the heart muscles, composed of the only muscle tissue that doesn't get tired, get rest periods every beat.
The shape of your hand and, thus, how it interacts with things, can't be determined with just the positions of your finger tips.
For example, notice you can independently bend your second and third knuckes. (Counting from the fingertip, that is.) Each possibility leads to a unique shape.
I suspect the least uncomfortable system would be to have latex gloves with unqiuely-colored spots on key areas. Use a binary system with paints that only reflect at specific wavelengths, and create custom CCDs that detect on each of these channels. Reserve one wavelength for "invalid", to increase contrast between valid sensor spots and the rest of the glove.
It's called "Slashback", and they've only recently begun reintroducing it. ;-)
Instead of specifying a brand and model, sepcify a featureset.
If you're really set on a specific model, specify its exact featureset.
Your reply is offtopic...I didn't say anything that you refute, or even address. And I don't even disagree with everything you've said. But for those items I do disagree with...
First, you think nobody's taking resposibility? Look at all the people who've settled, rather than go to court over it. If paying excessive fees isn't taking responsibility, I don't know what is.
Second, Not all music is under licenses that make it illegal to download without paying. Take a look at the stuff on Ampcast, for example. Or stuff in the audio section of the Internet Archive. Or the stuff on Ourmedia.org. People have the right to make their own works available for legal free download--and some do.
...why would anyone want to do this? I don't recall hearing about controversial elements.
"Then you need to redefine who your 'customers' are."
Gah...on second thought, maybe not. However, the state information would still need to be contained in the URL.
Also, look at the URL you're browser's at while you read this if you reply, you'll see "&op=Reply" added to the URL, which is stateful information.
Slashdot does store a lot of configuration data in a DB, though.
Thanks!
:)
I'd heard that you could do it with gconf, but it never seemed worth my while to research how. I guess ranting every now and then can be a good thing.
I'll probably continue to use gnome-terminal for most things, but I'll play around with the Nautilus browser when convenient. (I.e. when browsing folders where I'd like thumbnails.)
HTTP authentication would require the server to track session state.
Read up on the Nomic link first. Then you'll understand the point.
Then follow the directions on the PerlNomic page to get a the game itself. (It requires modifying the URL...a technique at least one Ivy-League school calls hacking.) Look for the CGI module that's likely to get you an account.
Even without an account, you can look at the source.
Clippy. Or Bonzai Buddy. Take your pick. :)
You mean to tell me the Byzantines and the Hittites didn't regularly encounter each other in battle?
Hm. I can see it manifesting itself in an RPG. An enchanted stuffed penguin that improves the charisma of whoever is holding it.
like that Final Fantasy movie which had nothing to do with Final Fantasy.
How many FF games did you play? Did you notice that most of them had no continuity from one to the next? Sure, there was the occasional running gag, such as Chocobos or Sid, but no plot continuity.
This has been in the planning stage for a long time. Much as I love the almighty Penguin, I'll believe this when I see it.
Taxation Equals Slavery.
Maybe...but paying for municiple services a la carte would be worse. Lessee...$25 every time I wanted to file a police report.
That statement alone, even without your other wildly unreasoned opinions, convinces me to disbelieve you.
Try not to disbelieve something that really exists. It'll still hurt when he punches you.
*ducks*
I don't ignore expert advice, I just avoid making it the core of my views until I have a better understanding of the field and scenario.
If you'd read my other comments in this thread, you'd see that my core argument here is that making major changes to someone's desktop GUI causes lost productivity. And that's based on practical experience.
I don't care that he has what may be good ideas in improving the default GUI of a distro. I care that he and others want to swap out a GUI I've become efficient with with something I'll have to spend time to learn, particularly without any real gaurantee that the new system will make me more efficient than the old.