As someone with about 6-7 years (I hope) left in my current hip replacement and with the possibility of facing (hopefully) 3-4 more (1 per 10-15 years; based on todays technology and my activity level) I also can wait.
But unfortunately the article does not talk about the possibility of replacing joints or large parts of missing bone (ie. the top of my femur and the part of my socket that was grinded out). Hopefully this technology will progress to the point of providing full joint replacements by the time I am due for my third replacement.
Full joint replacement will be a huge benefit to many of us as we grow older and for those that are not as lucky as I am and can not simply get a replacement but instead face the choice of fusion instead.
I understand from the article how they can use it to replace shattered or destroyed sections but I am not sure that a) whole bones, or b) extensions to existing bones (post joint replacement or trauma) is possible with this procedure. So maybe "Print Yourself a Femur" is going a little far but I hope not.
Merlin.
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3 years of a pain free changed life and counting.
Gragegames is currently handling Robot Battle which should appeal to most/.'ers as it is a coding game. RB is a great game for both the starting and experienced coder... Two of my kids are cutting there coder teath on RB as I have been following it for years.
RB started as shareware and this is the reason I found it and started playing it. Shareware (or whatever modern name you wish to attach to this marketing model) is a great way to "get into the game". I would not be surprise if most first time authors do not make (much) money publishing shareware. But that is not always the only point, sometimes the exposure for the authors is what counts. Sometimes it is just wanting to get what the author believes is a great tool/game/widgit out into the real world while maybe making a bit of beer money at the same time.
Liberty Basic is another great piece of software that started as shareware. I have not followed it lately but back in its beginning it helped me alot with minor Windows based apps.
Merlin.
Of course English is my second language. Giberish is my first!
Don't bother flaming my English... I will just reply with more.
Ok, this is a question I get hit with all the time that I no longer have a good answer for (kazaalite was the answer but now it raises flags with the second last point mentioned below due to recent stories about people getting hit with court cases): out of the above list + kazaa, kazaalite, and any other p2p type software you can think of, which would you recommend to your teenage aquaintences (or parents with teenagers)? Take the following into account:
windows OS
most of the targetted teenagers are NOT geeks and are in high-school
most of them are installing it on their parents or friends parents machine
the parents are typically not system administrators and don't want to be and in fact probably less computer literate then their kids
the machines are considered "mission critical" to the parents, ie: used for bank transactions, book keeping, taxes, etc.
obviously no adware/spyware/crap is the goal
reduced concerns about central servers tracking all connections, etc.
ignoring the legality/morality of file sharing (subject already covered and target of a different thread and "your not going to change the average high-schoolers mind anyway":) )
I have removed so much spyware/adware from friends/families/co-workers machines due to their kids installing p2p clients that it is ridiculus. The parents typically only care that their machine stays stable and usable and the kids want to continue sharing with their friends.
Yes they should all install linux, a firewall, get a seperate machine for their kids to "play with", not use the internet for financial transactions, and ever other alternative suggestion you can come up with. But this does not change the fact that the "norm" for many of the targetted user does not fit these types of suggestions. I'm looking for a solution for the targetted users as is, not a solution that requires a good dose of "geekness" being injected into the users.
Just a note: Although references are made to damage to non-engineered structures you will note later on in the page and here that engineered structures are definitely considered when doing damage estimation. I don't believe non-engineered vs engineered structures was you main point but I figured I would mention it.
I understand that the Fujita scales intent is to estimate wind speed and thanks for pointing that out. My intent of siting and example of a relatively uninhabited areas was to point out that tornados can and have been 'mis-rated' because of anomolies (such as lack of damage in an open area; devoid of trees, etc.; example: large area of cultivated plains). In fact this type of case is mentioned later on in the first link I provided.
Your point does make me question my statement of the F scale being redefined though. That was off the top of my head thinking and in reality the F scale will probably eventually either be obsoleted due to better wind spead measuring technology or at least be re-defined in terms not mapping damage to wind speed.
Perhaps the fact that '99s tornado was an F5 and this one was a F2 to low F3 has a little to do with the difference in damage/causualties?
Actually since the rating of a tornado is directly based on the amount of damage it does... yes it does have a 'little' to do with the difference in damage but nothing to do with the number of casualties.
This does not change the fact that the "size" of the tornado has little to do with the rating on the Fujita Scale. A tornado that is capable of being a F4 or F5 may only be rated as an F2 if it simply passes through open fields causing minimal damage. So the argument of '99s tornado was and F5 an these were F2 to F3 accounts for the difference in causualties does not hold water unless you take into account the path of the tornados. An F2 sweeping through an open air concert jammed with people could cause many more deaths then an F5 sweeping through an urban setting where few people are killed due to adequate shelter and warning.
Better technology will always help in reducing the number of deaths and injuries due to tornados. In the long run it may even assist in redefining the Fujita scale as engineered structures become more tornado tolerant thereby reducing the amount of damage produced by tornados.
Overall I am glad I have only seen one tornado in my life for real. I will be quite happy if the most intense tornado I see close up is the one in the movie Twister watching from the 3 row:-)
[offtopic]For those of you 'in the know' how realistic was the movie Twister anyway? It impressed the hell out of me and I throughouly enjoyed it; wouldn't even mind a sequal (hmm, title suggestion "Twisted":-) ).[/offtopic]
Merlin.
P.S. So how do you include 'fake' tags with less-then, greater-then signs in/. messages anyway?
and how the hell did someone milk all those cows in under 4 seconds!!! That seems udderly impossible with how fast they are mooving. After several times of not getting under 10 seconds I figured my mouse button was going tits up and quit.
Actually I have to agree with you. It is only recently (few weeks) that I have added Google News to my default tabs that I open in the morning. Virtually every time I see something interesting in the Sci/Tech section I find it on/. within a few hours.
Of course when I see it on Google I can still get to the sites linked in the headline to read the story:-) and later when/. catches up I can read all the comments to see what 'real' people think of the story. So in a nutshell it is the best of both worlds: quick media propaganda later reviewed/rated/commented-on by peers some of who even know what they are talking about and many that know more about the subject than I do.
So far as the dupes go, it is easy to skip them or read the comments and laugh at the humor found in the comments of people whining about it.
/., although it has its problems, still provides a relatively concise set of information related to my field without all the repetative fluff encountered while trying to glean the same information spread accross a multitude of more general sites.
Lets see... I use to know what a qubit was. Well nevermind, when you have that done I want you to go out into the world and collect all the animals 2 by 2, male and female, and put them into the ark!
Obviously I spent far to much time listening to his tapes as a kid... Doh: I just aged myself!
the problem is that everytime ai comes up with a new findings it's quickly adopted in all kinds of automation processes, people don't consider it ai anymore when they know how it works: "hey, that's not ai, it's just a mathematical formula that does things this way or that way". Many people don't realise how broadly ai is being used...
This brings up an interesting point. When many people talk about some self-aware 'evil' computer systems they generally think of some large project having gone wrong (i.e. WOPR in Wargames, skynet in Terminator, or HAL in 2001, or the computer in Two Faces of Tomorrow). Discussions usually center around the concept of a single project or thread of projects that ends unexpectedly in a self-aware system which goes haywire. The solutions to these scenarios typically include those implemented in various movies (somehow take out or prevent that single project from completing and the world is saved) or at least along the theme of dealing with a single instance of the problem.
In reality as the parent poster mentions most innovations are quickly taken up by the masses and incorporated into existing systems on a continual basis. This means that over time most systems and processes continue to evolve at roughly the same rate. Hypothetically speaking, this could lead to a point of critical mass in more then one production system where the last incremental upgrade/enhancement was enough to initiate the final evolution of a self-aware system (ignoring for a minute the whole argument as to what self-aware means).
When, if ever, a system does become self-aware it will likely happen:
First in a lab in a project that pushes existing technology "over the threshold". But many other systems will be extremely close to the threshold also.
Accidently in one or more systems simultaneously (or relatively) as by-products of projects pushing the technology.
or, Worse case scenario, accidently in one or more production systems due to incremental innovations pushing the systems over the threshold.
IMHO the first case is more likely but along with it comes the realization that most production systems will be extremely close to the threshold at the time also. This scenario would more then likely cascade into either the second or third scenario.
Of course all this conjecture does not touch on the personality traites of said self-aware systems. This I leave to the philosophers and Sci-Fi writers in the crowd.
Customer: You got my order all wrong, I ordered 2 Power Mac G4's. You sent me 2 iPod's, 1 PowerBook, and something called GoreTunes!
Apple Hotline: Sir, our new automated Ordermatic punchcard order form system is never wrong. I have your order form here, clearly you ordered the iPod's.
C: I thought about the iPod's but I did not puch the chad's out!
AH: They are clearly dimpled sir, you did intend to order them.
C: I DID NOT.... fine, what about the G4's!
AH: You did not order the G4's sir. If you look at the form closely you will note that the chad you punched out is clearly lined up with the PowerBook and not the G4 product which is lined up with the hole below and to the left of that one.
C: No the hole I punched is beside the #$%@$ G4!
AH: Sir! Due to space constraints on the new form some lines overlap slightly. You will notice that it is quite obvious the G4 line only covers 3/8 of the chad you punched out the while correct line covers 5/8 of the hole and is therefore the clear choice of those intending to buy the PowerBook product.
C: ENOUGH! Where are you guys located anyway... Florida! Doesn't matter! And what then is this GoreTunes thing?
AH: Oh well that is our latest product sir! It is an MP3 player that comes pre-loaded with live Al Gore karaoke recordings such as:
Who let the dogs out?
I'll count it my way.
and hit single Steve/Al duet "Work'n 12 to 2; What a way to make a liv'n."
Car clubs using them is a great idea, but two things:
- Make sure the regional airports are aware the "abandoned" strips are being put to new use.
- Watch out for Gimli Gliders:-) http://www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html
A friend of mine knows a few people that were on the strip at the time of the landing, there was no warning, no sound, nothing. One of the guys looked up and saw the 767 bearing down on the strip; literally in front of him. Suddenly things got interesting...
easily said and infact we already do have the students using an H drive. The problem is easily getting StarOffice to use the H drive for all user files; particularly without modifying each students directory (puting in a blank StarOffice user file hierarchy, etc.).
So out of curiousity which type of install did you go with in your labs? Network or single? Which OS are you running?
I to am attempting to put StarOffice 6.0 in our labs (running a MS Windows OS; please don't start on this - we also are running open source labs) and continue to be frustarted with the lack of flexibility available in the StarOffice install. The install (and the StarOffice configuration options) seem to lack the ability to easily allow the user to store all user related files in an alternative location.
So far as I can tell StarOffice has 3 ways of installing:
Single user install: the files are buried (depending on the OS) on the local drive (c:) with little or no easy way of moving all of them.
Network install: one install on a server and then seperate installs for each user!
and Sun's solution - install both the client and server side of the network install on the same machine. This seems to be the only (and a poor one at that) solution where you can have a non-network based install (no pulling pieces from a server) where user files are not bound to the local (c:) drive.
The third option looks like the only way I can install StarOffice on each machine to reduce server and network traffice and yet have the user files stored on a file server in the users directories. I have tested this option on a small setup but have not yet confirmed what happens if a user starts up StarOffice without having done the "client" install (which sets up the "user files" structure in their home directory.
No I don't want to serve StarOffice from a central server. No I do not want to do a client install for each of the 1-2000 student accounts each term that I deal with. No I do not want user files stored on the local machines.
Yes I do want a simple way to install StarOffice on the local machines but place the user files on a file server with out customizing on a per user basis. With most packages (including MS Office) this is easily done through the install or the options menu.
Moderators: Yes this is way off topic but it does follow the thread and no it is not trolls or flamebait... I do want to get StarOffice into our labs... I just want a practical way of doing it.
I think you are giving to much credit. It would be closer to:
"What is your name and address please?"
(* wave hand *)
"You don't need to know my name and address."
"I said what is your name and address?"
(* wave hand *)
"You don't need to know my name and address!!"
"Yes I do and stop waving your hand. What do you think you are some kind of Jedi Hobbist! I'm a Sales Droid, mind tricks don't work mindless minions. No name and address then no batteries!"
So it doesn't list a price but I suspect it is not cheap! Spending students tutition on expensive solutions to simple problems is not a good idea.... Next!
This is something we have definitely considered and I agree that may well solve the minor scratching (on the CD's!) problem. But that will not solve dirt, greese, grit, or the smeared honey-like (I didn't taste it and I'm not sure I want to know) substance that was on some of the returned CD's.
A semi automatic CD cleaner will solve most of the problems, better "scratch resistant" media more of them, and students that shower once in a while the rest.:-)
One of the replies to the parent hit it pretty close. I do work for a university and it is the MSDN Academic Alliance License that I refer to.
It is the time involved with burning, lableling, filing, etc. replacement CD's that I am looking for a better solution for. So far burning replacements has been the way to go. I just figured with all the various legitimate reasons for circulating CD's and DVD's out there someone must have solved this problem already.
So far as the smell mentioned goes....have you check under your desk lately:-p
Well people, you should understand that commentaries are... well, commentaries. Since, when are commentaries supposed to be unbiased??? They are exactly supposed to be subjective, for God's sake. So what if he's a zealot. That's his opinion. Read the article itself, and don't complain that the submitter's views are not the same as yours.
I agree whole heartedly with your above statement. Admittedly I am so use to seeing editors comments at the end of the submitter's quoted comment that I missed the fact that the comment in question was the submitters and not the editors.
My comments regarding/. editors still stand. All submitters may continue to be as zealous, satirical, opinionated, and expressive as they wish:-)
Thank you for saying this. No, this is not flamebait nor it is an attempt to bash Linux/MS/OS_whatever. I was quite disgusted by the fact that the editor felt it necessary to throw in that cheap quibble on the front page of the story.
No I am not a MS/Linux/OSX/CowboyNeilOS crusader. It would not have mattered which OS the story was referring to. The comment was cheap and unnecessary, and in my mind it degraded the apparent level of professionalism of the/. editors. If I had wanted mud slinging news I would have checked out the local political race, or any one of the national tabloids. It would also be different if/. put a satirical flavor on every headline then the "Too bad it takes 3 Service Packs..." sort of comment would have been humourous. Instead I find it tiring and all to common.
MS Should be given some credit for the efforts of achieving the level of standards necessary to aquire any type of internationally recognized certification. This goes for any other development team/group achieving similar goals.
/.'s roll should be to report the news in a non-bias way while the/.'s readers' roll is to review, evaluate, and comment on the story thereby giving other readers some insite, food for thought, background information, and/or research needed for them to make informed decisions. If the/. editors feel it necessary to throw in such comments then they should keep them off the headlines and post their feelings like the rest of us do.... in the comments.
Ya want to talk about a cheap "ultimate quiet computer", come into my garage. I have a whole shelf of computers that haven't made so much as a beep in years!
packRatMerlin.
This sounds like there is good grounds for breach of contract based on lack of genuine intention. I can't see this contract holding up in court at all.
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But unfortunately the article does not talk about the possibility of replacing joints or large parts of missing bone (ie. the top of my femur and the part of my socket that was grinded out). Hopefully this technology will progress to the point of providing full joint replacements by the time I am due for my third replacement.
Full joint replacement will be a huge benefit to many of us as we grow older and for those that are not as lucky as I am and can not simply get a replacement but instead face the choice of fusion instead.
I understand from the article how they can use it to replace shattered or destroyed sections but I am not sure that a) whole bones, or b) extensions to existing bones (post joint replacement or trauma) is possible with this procedure. So maybe "Print Yourself a Femur" is going a little far but I hope not.
Merlin. --
3 years of a pain free changed life and counting.
RB started as shareware and this is the reason I found it and started playing it. Shareware (or whatever modern name you wish to attach to this marketing model) is a great way to "get into the game". I would not be surprise if most first time authors do not make (much) money publishing shareware. But that is not always the only point, sometimes the exposure for the authors is what counts. Sometimes it is just wanting to get what the author believes is a great tool/game/widgit out into the real world while maybe making a bit of beer money at the same time.
Liberty Basic is another great piece of software that started as shareware. I have not followed it lately but back in its beginning it helped me alot with minor Windows based apps.
Merlin.
Of course English is my second language. Giberish is my first!
Don't bother flaming my English... I will just reply with more.
I have removed so much spyware/adware from friends/families/co-workers machines due to their kids installing p2p clients that it is ridiculus. The parents typically only care that their machine stays stable and usable and the kids want to continue sharing with their friends.
Yes they should all install linux, a firewall, get a seperate machine for their kids to "play with", not use the internet for financial transactions, and ever other alternative suggestion you can come up with. But this does not change the fact that the "norm" for many of the targetted user does not fit these types of suggestions. I'm looking for a solution for the targetted users as is, not a solution that requires a good dose of "geekness" being injected into the users.
Merlin.
Just a note: Although references are made to damage to non-engineered structures you will note later on in the page and here that engineered structures are definitely considered when doing damage estimation. I don't believe non-engineered vs engineered structures was you main point but I figured I would mention it.
I understand that the Fujita scales intent is to estimate wind speed and thanks for pointing that out. My intent of siting and example of a relatively uninhabited areas was to point out that tornados can and have been 'mis-rated' because of anomolies (such as lack of damage in an open area; devoid of trees, etc.; example: large area of cultivated plains). In fact this type of case is mentioned later on in the first link I provided.
Your point does make me question my statement of the F scale being redefined though. That was off the top of my head thinking and in reality the F scale will probably eventually either be obsoleted due to better wind spead measuring technology or at least be re-defined in terms not mapping damage to wind speed.
Merlin.
Actually since the rating of a tornado is directly based on the amount of damage it does... yes it does have a 'little' to do with the difference in damage but nothing to do with the number of casualties.
This does not change the fact that the "size" of the tornado has little to do with the rating on the Fujita Scale. A tornado that is capable of being a F4 or F5 may only be rated as an F2 if it simply passes through open fields causing minimal damage. So the argument of '99s tornado was and F5 an these were F2 to F3 accounts for the difference in causualties does not hold water unless you take into account the path of the tornados. An F2 sweeping through an open air concert jammed with people could cause many more deaths then an F5 sweeping through an urban setting where few people are killed due to adequate shelter and warning.
Better technology will always help in reducing the number of deaths and injuries due to tornados. In the long run it may even assist in redefining the Fujita scale as engineered structures become more tornado tolerant thereby reducing the amount of damage produced by tornados.
Overall I am glad I have only seen one tornado in my life for real. I will be quite happy if the most intense tornado I see close up is the one in the movie Twister watching from the 3 row :-)
[offtopic]For those of you 'in the know' how realistic was the movie Twister anyway? It impressed the hell out of me and I throughouly enjoyed it; wouldn't even mind a sequal (hmm, title suggestion "Twisted" :-) ).[/offtopic]
Merlin. /. messages anyway?
P.S. So how do you include 'fake' tags with less-then, greater-then signs in
Thats what was missing... When I left the theatre I knew something was wrong... I could still feel my legs!
and how the hell did someone milk all those cows in under 4 seconds!!! That seems udderly impossible with how fast they are mooving. After several times of not getting under 10 seconds I figured my mouse button was going tits up and quit.
Of course when I see it on Google I can still get to the sites linked in the headline to read the story :-) and later when /. catches up I can read all the comments to see what 'real' people think of the story. So in a nutshell it is the best of both worlds: quick media propaganda later reviewed/rated/commented-on by peers some of who even know what they are talking about and many that know more about the subject than I do.
So far as the dupes go, it is easy to skip them or read the comments and laugh at the humor found in the comments of people whining about it.
Merlin.
Obviously I spent far to much time listening to his tapes as a kid... Doh: I just aged myself!
--
Merlin.
This brings up an interesting point. When many people talk about some self-aware 'evil' computer systems they generally think of some large project having gone wrong (i.e. WOPR in Wargames, skynet in Terminator, or HAL in 2001, or the computer in Two Faces of Tomorrow). Discussions usually center around the concept of a single project or thread of projects that ends unexpectedly in a self-aware system which goes haywire. The solutions to these scenarios typically include those implemented in various movies (somehow take out or prevent that single project from completing and the world is saved) or at least along the theme of dealing with a single instance of the problem.
In reality as the parent poster mentions most innovations are quickly taken up by the masses and incorporated into existing systems on a continual basis. This means that over time most systems and processes continue to evolve at roughly the same rate. Hypothetically speaking, this could lead to a point of critical mass in more then one production system where the last incremental upgrade/enhancement was enough to initiate the final evolution of a self-aware system (ignoring for a minute the whole argument as to what self-aware means).
When, if ever, a system does become self-aware it will likely happen:
- First in a lab in a project that pushes existing technology "over the threshold". But many other systems will be extremely close to the threshold also.
- Accidently in one or more systems simultaneously (or relatively) as by-products of projects pushing the technology.
- or, Worse case scenario, accidently in one or more production systems due to incremental innovations pushing the systems over the threshold.
IMHO the first case is more likely but along with it comes the realization that most production systems will be extremely close to the threshold at the time also. This scenario would more then likely cascade into either the second or third scenario.Of course all this conjecture does not touch on the personality traites of said self-aware systems. This I leave to the philosophers and Sci-Fi writers in the crowd.
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WhatSpellChecker?.Merlin.
Apple Hotline: Sir, our new automated Ordermatic punchcard order form system is never wrong. I have your order form here, clearly you ordered the iPod's.
C: I thought about the iPod's but I did not puch the chad's out!
AH: They are clearly dimpled sir, you did intend to order them.
C: I DID NOT.... fine, what about the G4's!
AH: You did not order the G4's sir. If you look at the form closely you will note that the chad you punched out is clearly lined up with the PowerBook and not the G4 product which is lined up with the hole below and to the left of that one.
C: No the hole I punched is beside the #$%@$ G4!
AH: Sir! Due to space constraints on the new form some lines overlap slightly. You will notice that it is quite obvious the G4 line only covers 3/8 of the chad you punched out the while correct line covers 5/8 of the hole and is therefore the clear choice of those intending to buy the PowerBook product.
C: ENOUGH! Where are you guys located anyway... Florida! Doesn't matter! And what then is this GoreTunes thing?
AH: Oh well that is our latest product sir! It is an MP3 player that comes pre-loaded with live Al Gore karaoke recordings such as:
- Who let the dogs out?
- I'll count it my way.
and hit single Steve/Al duet "Work'n 12 to 2; What a way to make a liv'n."[click]
- Make sure the regional airports are aware the "abandoned" strips are being put to new use.
- Watch out for Gimli Gliders
A friend of mine knows a few people that were on the strip at the time of the landing, there was no warning, no sound, nothing. One of the guys looked up and saw the 767 bearing down on the strip; literally in front of him. Suddenly things got interesting...
Merlin.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
I to am attempting to put StarOffice 6.0 in our labs (running a MS Windows OS; please don't start on this - we also are running open source labs) and continue to be frustarted with the lack of flexibility available in the StarOffice install. The install (and the StarOffice configuration options) seem to lack the ability to easily allow the user to store all user related files in an alternative location.
So far as I can tell StarOffice has 3 ways of installing:
- Single user install: the files are buried (depending on the OS) on the local drive (c:) with little or no easy way of moving all of them.
- Network install: one install on a server and then seperate installs for each user!
- and Sun's solution - install both the client and server side of the network install on the same machine. This seems to be the only (and a poor one at that) solution where you can have a non-network based install (no pulling pieces from a server) where user files are not bound to the local (c:) drive.
The third option looks like the only way I can install StarOffice on each machine to reduce server and network traffice and yet have the user files stored on a file server in the users directories. I have tested this option on a small setup but have not yet confirmed what happens if a user starts up StarOffice without having done the "client" install (which sets up the "user files" structure in their home directory.No I don't want to serve StarOffice from a central server. No I do not want to do a client install for each of the 1-2000 student accounts each term that I deal with. No I do not want user files stored on the local machines.
Yes I do want a simple way to install StarOffice on the local machines but place the user files on a file server with out customizing on a per user basis. With most packages (including MS Office) this is easily done through the install or the options menu.
Moderators: Yes this is way off topic but it does follow the thread and no it is not trolls or flamebait... I do want to get StarOffice into our labs... I just want a practical way of doing it.
"What is your name and address please?"
(* wave hand *)
"You don't need to know my name and address."
"I said what is your name and address?"
(* wave hand *)
"You don't need to know my name and address!!"
"Yes I do and stop waving your hand. What do you think you are some kind of Jedi Hobbist! I'm a Sales Droid, mind tricks don't work mindless minions. No name and address then no batteries!"
So it doesn't list a price but I suspect it is not cheap! Spending students tutition on expensive solutions to simple problems is not a good idea.... Next!
A semi automatic CD cleaner will solve most of the problems, better "scratch resistant" media more of them, and students that shower once in a while the rest. :-)
It is the time involved with burning, lableling, filing, etc. replacement CD's that I am looking for a better solution for. So far burning replacements has been the way to go. I just figured with all the various legitimate reasons for circulating CD's and DVD's out there someone must have solved this problem already.
So far as the smell mentioned goes....have you check under your desk lately :-p
Well people, you should understand that commentaries are ... well, commentaries. Since, when are commentaries supposed to be unbiased??? They are exactly supposed to be subjective, for God's sake. So what if he's a zealot. That's his opinion. Read the article itself, and don't complain that the submitter's views are not the same as yours.
/. editors still stand. All submitters may continue to be as zealous, satirical, opinionated, and expressive as they wish :-)
I agree whole heartedly with your above statement. Admittedly I am so use to seeing editors comments at the end of the submitter's quoted comment that I missed the fact that the comment in question was the submitters and not the editors.
My comments regarding
humbledButNotBeatenMerlin
Too bad Linux isn't cerfitied at all.
/. editors. If I had wanted mud slinging news I would have checked out the local political race, or any one of the national tabloids. It would also be different if /. put a satirical flavor on every headline then the "Too bad it takes 3 Service Packs..." sort of comment would have been humourous. Instead I find it tiring and all to common.
/.'s readers' roll is to review, evaluate, and comment on the story thereby giving other readers some insite, food for thought, background information, and/or research needed for them to make informed decisions. If the /. editors feel it necessary to throw in such comments then they should keep them off the headlines and post their feelings like the rest of us do.... in the comments.
Thank you for saying this. No, this is not flamebait nor it is an attempt to bash Linux/MS/OS_whatever. I was quite disgusted by the fact that the editor felt it necessary to throw in that cheap quibble on the front page of the story.
No I am not a MS/Linux/OSX/CowboyNeilOS crusader. It would not have mattered which OS the story was referring to. The comment was cheap and unnecessary, and in my mind it degraded the apparent level of professionalism of the
MS Should be given some credit for the efforts of achieving the level of standards necessary to aquire any type of internationally recognized certification. This goes for any other development team/group achieving similar goals.
/.'s roll should be to report the news in a non-bias way while the
damnedIfIknowHowToUseAn'Or,Merlin.
Ya want to talk about a cheap "ultimate quiet computer", come into my garage. I have a whole shelf of computers that haven't made so much as a beep in years!
packRatMerlin.
This sounds like there is good grounds for breach of contract based on lack of genuine intention. I can't see this contract holding up in court at all.