I second that. I had a 48g in high school calculus and loved it. I bought a 49g later on, but the interface was nothing like the 48 series. Should have gone with a 48gx, but now they're so hard to find.
Excuse me? I've been perfectly happy with the lack of Flash content in my Linux-based web-browsing experience to this point. Remind me why I should rejoice again?
You mean you weren't keeping up with the new transformers movie that's coming out soon (a site which until recently required flash 8)?
1) $300+ for the operating system and license. OS X Tiger is $129 for a single license, and Linux is free. If you buy Windows, MS Office, VS.NET, and a few other apps you've already spent $1,000 on that new computer you were going to build... and you don't have any parts yet.
2) Proprietary formats -- like WMV's and.NET applications. They only run (reliably) on windows.
3) Security issues. IE will probably *always* be a security risk because it is tied to the OS so deeply. MS releases so many patches to their operating system because it was poorly (and insecurely) written.
4) Internet Explorer -- Not just because of security issues. When I install windows, I have a piece of software installed that I can't uninstall, and that so many applications rely on. Its HTML rendering isn't up to W3C specs, which forces web authors to "hack" for their pages to display properly.
Anyway, here's a better link. The official site of IAU for 2006. Scroll almost to the bottom and you'll see, under "Resolution 5A":
(2) A "dwarf planet" is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape2 , (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satellite.
Word for word as it is on wikipedia, glaring contradiction and all. It even has the British spelling of "neighbourhood".
Or were you worried about my definition of the word "satellite"? Find me a reputable astronomy site with a contradictory definition.
A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). All masses that are part of the solar system, including the Earth, are satellites either of the Sun, or satellites of those objects, such as the Moon.
How can it be in orbit around the Sun if it's not a satellite? By this definition, no object is a dwarf planet.
...and how many slashdot threads start out with a joke about computer geeks in general? How many geeks have been flamed or ridiculed for some idea he/she had (or who he/she is)? Oh, is that why Computer Science is one of the fastest growing fields in the business?
I do, however, feel there is some truth to this logic. Pardon my generalities as I amend your logic.
Men have no problem laughing at themselves because we're ugly, lazy, and stupid... and we know it.
Women are more self-concious, and have a harder time laughing at their own flaws. Incidentally, that's probably why more (good) stand-up comics are male.
So...
When a guy logs into slashdot (or his favorite geek site) and sees a joke at the expense of a group he belongs to, he laughs and goes on his merry way.
When a girl logs into slashdot (or her favorite geek site) and sees a joke at the expense of a group she belongs to, she takes it a little more personally and is turned off.
That's because us guys make big enough jokes of ourselves.
But seriously... have you never heard of e-penis? Isn't that somewhat a sexist joke toward men arguing that geeks with a lot of technical knowledge/know-how have small (real life) penises? It's not e-breasts or e-vagina (though I don't know how that last one would work).
What about all the jokes about male geeks that don't get any 'tang because they'd rather play with their computer and/or look at virtual porn? I haven't seen many jokes of that type applied to female geeks....but then again, you're right. There are more sexist jokes about female geeks than male geeks.
The simple fact of the matter is that there are more sexist jokes about women because it's considered out of the ordinary for a geek to be female. In other words, there's more inherent humor in being a female geek than being a male geek.
Keep in mind, though, that bullets don't work very well without a gun. And buying a gun is a process that takes several weeks and has to be approved by a store manager.
Don't know where you're from, but I know for a fact I can get buy a gun in 15 minutes where I live. The thing that takes longest is deciding if I want to go with the.38 or.45
The first law of thermodynamics says that energy can't be destroyed (or created). Note that waste and destruction are not the same thing.
But to be nit-picky, Einstein proved the first theory of thermodynamics wrong: E=mc^2 (didn't you learn about that one in high school, too?).
Thus it's possible to create energy by destroying matter or destroy energy by creating matter.
One could argue that the energy is not destroyed, it is merely transformed, but I say nay. Energy is "destroyed" when it ceases to be energy. Matter is not energy, thus, it is possible to destroy energy.
I don't expect 500W PSUs in off-the-shelf PC's for at least another 2 years.
Mine came with a 450W power supply... 2 years ago. It was quite unneccesary (it died and I replaced it with a 350W which works fine), but still. I wouldn't be suprised if high-end custom computers from your local geek store come with a 500W power supply now-a-days, though for all the computers I've built, 400W is more than sufficient.
Well at least the triangle key is used. That seriously bugs me about the first one (which I've just gotten around to playing recently).
This new finding leads me to believe that the control is improved. Cycling through menus is time-consuming and inefficient.
Also, it seems to me that the D-pad could have been put to better use than doubling the operation of the right control stick. I'd say make the constrol stick move the camera and leave the pad for menu options, but that would *seriously* affect gameplay at times.
I don't understand this logic. Why would more people buy a Macintosh just because it has a different CPU in it?
Yes, the poster was joking, but I think he has a point.
First off, I think Macs are getting more and more popular -- OS X kicks ass, and Apple's getting recognized because of the iPod.
I also think that a lot of mac users get frustrated because all the popular hardware is for windows and they can't use it.
Thus, when micro$loth does finally get off it's high horse and write a 32-bit OS that supports the machine's alternative to a BIOS (or the Core Duo 64-bit comes out), mac users will rejoice... and more people will see that it's the best of both worlds -- windoze for all the software you just can't get on a mac, and the nice, friendly mac interface where you can do everything else that you normally do.
I understood that Linus took it upon himself to code the kernel that is now known as Linux -- something that was like minix, but a little "friendlier" (for lack of a better word). Andy Tenenbaum didn't like it (and said that the project wouldn't catch on) because Linus had kinda showed him up, but Linus, in his ever-subborn way, basically told him to stick it where the sun don't shine.
Linus Torvalds was inspired by a unix distro named Minix when he wrote Linux. Is it possible that it's the same OS now, it's just been revived and gotten more popularity?
My eyes almost popped out of my skull when I saw "Minix" and "new OS" in the same sentence. Is the same OS from the late 60's, or am I thinking of something else?
If pocket is coverd in melted plastic and sealed in such a way as to not let any of the sulfur out, how exactly do you open it without a sharp object of some sort (which are heavily policed)?
Let alone the whole "generating enough hydrogen to blow up the plane" deal. If you can fairly easily conceal the sulfur in a jacket pocket, and the zinc is small enough to be inconspicuous, I doubt you could generate enough hydrogen to do any significant damage to the plane. I think it would be enough to create a nice fireball (maybe bigger than "singe your eyebrows"), but not enough to do any more than that.
This method means that you never need to tug on your mouse cord, because it never gets caught on anything.
I disagree. I had a usb mouse that chained through my keyboard a while back. I found that the extra length of mouse cord dangled from my desk to where my feet rested, and I'd often tug on my mouse cable which had gotten tangled in my feet... or I'd get up and pull the mouse *and* keyboard off the tray into the floor, nearly falling flat on my face in the process.
Ok, so it can render pages like IE. It's still a bloated package. When it was just IE and Netscape, I used IE because whenever I install netscape, I also get *all* kinds of stuff from AOL that I don't want/need, and I hate tracking it all down to uninstall. Now I use FireFox because it's more secure than IE, it's got a *lot* of useful features, and it's not bloated with all kinds of crap I don't need.
Well put. Just making an OS open source doesn't make it any better. I find that solaris just isn't as "friendly" as linux, and I think coders that would do anything useful for solaris will prefer to spend their time (more wisely) trying to improve linux -- after all, it's what they've been doing for years.
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Usually, I find that "likes country" means "is a redneck, and proud of it".
I second that. I had a 48g in high school calculus and loved it. I bought a 49g later on, but the interface was nothing like the 48 series. Should have gone with a 48gx, but now they're so hard to find.
Excuse me? I've been perfectly happy with the lack of Flash content in my Linux-based web-browsing experience to this point. Remind me why I should rejoice again?
You mean you weren't keeping up with the new transformers movie that's coming out soon (a site which until recently required flash 8)?
A few reasons:
.NET, and a few other apps you've already spent $1,000 on that new computer you were going to build... and you don't have any parts yet.
.NET applications. They only run (reliably) on windows.
1) $300+ for the operating system and license. OS X Tiger is $129 for a single license, and Linux is free. If you buy Windows, MS Office, VS
2) Proprietary formats -- like WMV's and
3) Security issues. IE will probably *always* be a security risk because it is tied to the OS so deeply. MS releases so many patches to their operating system because it was poorly (and insecurely) written.
4) Internet Explorer -- Not just because of security issues. When I install windows, I have a piece of software installed that I can't uninstall, and that so many applications rely on. Its HTML rendering isn't up to W3C specs, which forces web authors to "hack" for their pages to display properly.
...almost $300.00 for a single user linux license...
.NET or buy Windows and pirate VS .NET
For that kind of money, he could either pirate Windows and buy VS
So I guess in the long run it's not that bad.
Better idea. When subpoenaed, take your computer and move out of the country until the statute of limitations is up. Then they can't touch you!
A valid point, but you offer no counter evidence.
Anyway, here's a better link. The official site of IAU for 2006. Scroll almost to the bottom and you'll see, under "Resolution 5A":
(2) A "dwarf planet" is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape2 , (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satellite.
Word for word as it is on wikipedia, glaring contradiction and all. It even has the British spelling of "neighbourhood".
Or were you worried about my definition of the word "satellite"? Find me a reputable astronomy site with a contradictory definition.
I prefer Stephen Colbert's mnemonic (or however you spell that friggin' word):
My Very Educated Mother Just Said "Uh-oh! No Pluto!"
Is it just me, or is the definition of dwarf planet contradictary?
... and (d) is not a satellite.
A "dwarf planet" is a celestial body that: (a) is in orbit around the Sun
Also, here's the definition of a satellite:
A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). All masses that are part of the solar system, including the Earth, are satellites either of the Sun, or satellites of those objects, such as the Moon.
How can it be in orbit around the Sun if it's not a satellite? By this definition, no object is a dwarf planet.
Why you should dump IE
Also...
According to Microsoft...
...and how many slashdot threads start out with a joke about computer geeks in general? How many geeks have been flamed or ridiculed for some idea he/she had (or who he/she is)? Oh, is that why Computer Science is one of the fastest growing fields in the business?
I do, however, feel there is some truth to this logic. Pardon my generalities as I amend your logic.
Men have no problem laughing at themselves because we're ugly, lazy, and stupid... and we know it.
Women are more self-concious, and have a harder time laughing at their own flaws. Incidentally, that's probably why more (good) stand-up comics are male.
So...
When a guy logs into slashdot (or his favorite geek site) and sees a joke at the expense of a group he belongs to, he laughs and goes on his merry way.
When a girl logs into slashdot (or her favorite geek site) and sees a joke at the expense of a group she belongs to, she takes it a little more personally and is turned off.
Does anyone else have similar theories?
That's because us guys make big enough jokes of ourselves.
...but then again, you're right. There are more sexist jokes about female geeks than male geeks.
But seriously... have you never heard of e-penis? Isn't that somewhat a sexist joke toward men arguing that geeks with a lot of technical knowledge/know-how have small (real life) penises? It's not e-breasts or e-vagina (though I don't know how that last one would work).
What about all the jokes about male geeks that don't get any 'tang because they'd rather play with their computer and/or look at virtual porn? I haven't seen many jokes of that type applied to female geeks.
The simple fact of the matter is that there are more sexist jokes about women because it's considered out of the ordinary for a geek to be female. In other words, there's more inherent humor in being a female geek than being a male geek.
Keep in mind, though, that bullets don't work very well without a gun. And buying a gun is a process that takes several weeks and has to be approved by a store manager.
.38 or .45
Don't know where you're from, but I know for a fact I can get buy a gun in 15 minutes where I live. The thing that takes longest is deciding if I want to go with the
The first law of thermodynamics says that energy can't be destroyed (or created). Note that waste and destruction are not the same thing.
But to be nit-picky, Einstein proved the first theory of thermodynamics wrong: E=mc^2 (didn't you learn about that one in high school, too?).
Thus it's possible to create energy by destroying matter or destroy energy by creating matter.
One could argue that the energy is not destroyed, it is merely transformed, but I say nay. Energy is "destroyed" when it ceases to be energy. Matter is not energy, thus, it is possible to destroy energy.
I don't expect 500W PSUs in off-the-shelf PC's for at least another 2 years.
Mine came with a 450W power supply... 2 years ago. It was quite unneccesary (it died and I replaced it with a 350W which works fine), but still. I wouldn't be suprised if high-end custom computers from your local geek store come with a 500W power supply now-a-days, though for all the computers I've built, 400W is more than sufficient.
Well at least the triangle key is used. That seriously bugs me about the first one (which I've just gotten around to playing recently).
This new finding leads me to believe that the control is improved. Cycling through menus is time-consuming and inefficient.
Also, it seems to me that the D-pad could have been put to better use than doubling the operation of the right control stick. I'd say make the constrol stick move the camera and leave the pad for menu options, but that would *seriously* affect gameplay at times.
I don't understand this logic. Why would more people buy a Macintosh just because it has a different CPU in it?
Yes, the poster was joking, but I think he has a point.
First off, I think Macs are getting more and more popular -- OS X kicks ass, and Apple's getting recognized because of the iPod.
I also think that a lot of mac users get frustrated because all the popular hardware is for windows and they can't use it.
Thus, when micro$loth does finally get off it's high horse and write a 32-bit OS that supports the machine's alternative to a BIOS (or the Core Duo 64-bit comes out), mac users will rejoice... and more people will see that it's the best of both worlds -- windoze for all the software you just can't get on a mac, and the nice, friendly mac interface where you can do everything else that you normally do.
That's not the way I heard it.
I understood that Linus took it upon himself to code the kernel that is now known as Linux -- something that was like minix, but a little "friendlier" (for lack of a better word). Andy Tenenbaum didn't like it (and said that the project wouldn't catch on) because Linus had kinda showed him up, but Linus, in his ever-subborn way, basically told him to stick it where the sun don't shine.
Linus Torvalds was inspired by a unix distro named Minix when he wrote Linux. Is it possible that it's the same OS now, it's just been revived and gotten more popularity?
My eyes almost popped out of my skull when I saw "Minix" and "new OS" in the same sentence. Is the same OS from the late 60's, or am I thinking of something else?
There's one flaw in your plan.
If pocket is coverd in melted plastic and sealed in such a way as to not let any of the sulfur out, how exactly do you open it without a sharp object of some sort (which are heavily policed)?
Let alone the whole "generating enough hydrogen to blow up the plane" deal. If you can fairly easily conceal the sulfur in a jacket pocket, and the zinc is small enough to be inconspicuous, I doubt you could generate enough hydrogen to do any significant damage to the plane. I think it would be enough to create a nice fireball (maybe bigger than "singe your eyebrows"), but not enough to do any more than that.
This method means that you never need to tug on your mouse cord, because it never gets caught on anything.
I disagree. I had a usb mouse that chained through my keyboard a while back. I found that the extra length of mouse cord dangled from my desk to where my feet rested, and I'd often tug on my mouse cable which had gotten tangled in my feet... or I'd get up and pull the mouse *and* keyboard off the tray into the floor, nearly falling flat on my face in the process.
Now I have a cordless mouse. Much better.
Ok, so it can render pages like IE. It's still a bloated package. When it was just IE and Netscape, I used IE because whenever I install netscape, I also get *all* kinds of stuff from AOL that I don't want/need, and I hate tracking it all down to uninstall. Now I use FireFox because it's more secure than IE, it's got a *lot* of useful features, and it's not bloated with all kinds of crap I don't need.
I'm sticking to Firefox. How about you guys?
It just gives iPod users one more reason to fire up Kazaa.
No.
Well put. Just making an OS open source doesn't make it any better. I find that solaris just isn't as "friendly" as linux, and I think coders that would do anything useful for solaris will prefer to spend their time (more wisely) trying to improve linux -- after all, it's what they've been doing for years.
You dont' have to because you can DL the steam client, log in with your account and just DL any game you have purchased already
So you're telling me you would rather download 5 disks worth of stuff and install it than cart your disk around?
-nova20