no please mod parent up. besides manipulating and controlling the populace, these myths also serve to give weak-minded people a false sense of security and purpose in life. understandable, but still pathetic.
even if the flood did occur and there was a guy named noah who built the ark, it still doesn't prove a god exists. the bible might have accurate depictions of real life events, but it cannot prove the existence of a god. many christians frequently try to prove the existence of their god by pointing to evidence of that events described in the bible did actually happen, but they fail to see the logical fallacy in their flawed arguments.
why not use your optical mouse with a proper mousepad? i haven't had to maintain my logitech optical mouse at all since the day i got it, and i've got a proper mousepad for it.
nope....basically you have to lift up your wrists in a particular way in order to trigger the backlight. it does come on once in a while inadvertently, but it didn't happen very often. in any case i usually left the feature disabled because it did turn on once in a while, often enough to bug me.
the technology used in this case might be more advanced (gyroscope), but the idea of tilting the phone to activate a function or control something isn't new. i had a casio watch many years back that would automatically turn on the backlight for a few seconds if you lifted up your wrist to look at it. i'm not sure this is a good thing though...just one more thing to keep drivers who shouldn't be on the road in the first place distracted.
me neither. for a while when i kept getting the shutdown timer i thought MS decided to crack down on people using pirated copies of windows by remotely shutting down their computers.
everytime i try to execute the removal tool downloaded from symantec, i get the stupid dialog box telling me the program has to shut down. what gives? i just kept trying until the log file showed that it'd managed to modify the registry before getting shut down, then i searched for all files with "msblast" in it and deleted them. anything else i should do? (can't install linux cos this isn't my computer)
"What I find more dishonest is that the asshole who wrote the article is planning to replace a drive that was damaged due to his own fault through the warranty."
he didn't damage the hard drive. the board failed on him, and he fixed the problem by replacing the board.
from the article, "Now, I wonder if I can make use of the warranty on the original drive........."
in view of how he successfully repaired the drive and that he said that at the end of the article, i think he meant that remark in humour and wasn't actually planning on abusing the warranty.
exactly. according to the article, "Search for "flowers," and more than 90 percent of the top results are online florists. If you're doing research on tulips, or want to learn gardening tips, or basically want to know anything about flowers that doesn't involve purchasing them online, you have to wade through a sea of florists to find what you're looking for."
i tried googling for "tulip flower information" and within the first 10 results i got at least 5 relevant links. the article seems to be taking a jab at google just for the sake of creating an article that people would read just because it goes against the flow of general opinion (that google is good).
second that. not only do they blame you for everything, they'll treat you as a repairman, calling you up anytime they have a "problem" and expecting you to give them the same service as a paid technician. its nice when people appreciate my efforts, but for the most part its quite pointless. i now restrict my services to close friends only who have manners and don't behave like i owe it to them.
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"Don't Copy That Floppy"
the slashdot trolls are going to have a field day with this.
"using some pretty average Creative/Cambridge SoundWorks 2.1 speakers"
that's your problem. why settle on computer speakers? most computer speakers are nothing compared to what a decent hifi can do. i hooked up my onboard sound to my hifi and it sounds better than any sound blaster i've heard.
"My personal guess is that the people writing the article don't care about the musician *either* and just has some vague ideas that enough undirected protest will somehow result in him getting free music of the caliber he's currently enjoying."
that's the most insightful post i've read all day. the large majority of pro-file-sharing and anti-RIAA/.ers are just leeches who want free shit. the whole pity-the-poor-artistes rhetoric is usually just an unconscious or semi-conscious attempt by said leeches to justify their actions to themselves.
exactly....conspiracy theorists tend to believe whatever they want to believe irregardless of the facts that may speak otherwise. the declassification of documents will just be interpreted as an attempt by the government to throw them off.
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not necessarily...at the moment few people i know use DVD media for back-up storage, since the cost is prohibitive. secondly the average user does not need any more space per CD than what is currently available, because for the average user the largest single file they'll burn on a CD is usually a divx movie, and that doesn't usually exceed 800 megabytes. if an entire back-up of a hard drive is what's needed, most would simply use a few cheap CDs as opposed to a single expensive DVD blank.
another pitfall of using DVD media is the different standards available from different manufacturers, unlike blank CDs and 1.44mb floopies. this is one of the reasons why people still use 1.44mb floppies today.
with this new improvement in the data density of a CD, DVD media might be set to go the way of the MD. it could have been something good, but was never became something more than a novelty due to corporate greed.
i'm aware of this, and i don't think the majority of people are stupid, just uninformed which is not entirely their fault either. its just very unfortunate that the printer manufacturers have abused this advantage they have, though like i said it is rather inevitable. hopefully more countries will implement stricter restrictions on what producers can and cannot do, since i think that is the only way the problem can be effectively solved.
true, but they apparently think they're invulnerable. besides, the EU still won't have any judicial power over the manufacturers' operations in other regions of the world.
in my opinion, this whole fiasco started due to bad foresight by a bunch of marketing guys. they tried to emulate the shaver business model, but failed to realize that brand recognition is not as important in the computer industry; people in general would be more willing to pay less for an X-brand printer cartrige that works almost as well as the original, but wouldn't be as willing to buy a Y-brand replacement razor for a shaver that might nick your skin when you shave due to poorer QC that manifests itself in more obvious and painful ways.
now that they've set the standard for ridiculously low prices for printers, they realize their share of the profits of the ink cartridge business isn't as large as they anticipated it to be due to third-party manufacturers. unfortunately, they can't raise the prices of printers to the level they were once at to make up for this loss, since consumers would certainly cry foul and instead rely on older printers that are not fussy about ink cartridges. they've got themselves stuck in a rut, and they have only themselves to blame for it.
now they've even implemented self-destructing ink cartridges....sheesh. i don't forsee this going very far.
the problem is that if having printer ink cartridges that self-destruct after a certain amount of time becomes the status quo, then pretty much -all- printer manufacturers are going to follow suit and consumers won't be left with any more choices.
in an ideal world, consumers would vote with their wallet and such manufacturers would have to change their practices. however in reality, the large majority of consumers are not well-informed, hence they make wrong choices that ultimately put everyone at a disadvantage. to be brutally honest i think this would be rather inevitable, given the general knowledge the average joe or jane has about computers and its related peripheral devices. the manufacturers probably know this, and are likely to prefer to keep it the way it is.
that's like saying volkswagons are lousy because the volkswagon beetle is so outdated. i understand you only have windows 95 to base your conclusions on, but a more fair comparison would be to use windows XP. i've left a computer which runs windows XP for a few weeks at a time without any problems, encoding divx movies and windows XP uses NTFS, not FAT.
"This shows that quality comes at a cost. If you truly want to get good quality goods, don't expect to keep forcing the market to make cheaper and cheaper products."
not exactly....its more the fault of the free-market economy and unscrupulous manufactuers. not only do consumers force manufacturers to make cheaper products, the various competitors in the market also force each other to make cheaper products through intense competition.
furthermore, it was the choice of manufacturers to start using sub-standard components. lowing the price point should ideally be a matter of selling their products as close to their profit margin as possible, not maintaining their profits whilst lowering the price by lowering the quality of their products.
having said that, now that the problem has come to light consumers will now choose only to purchase from manufacturers that use quality components, proving once again that the "invisible hand" of the free-market is always at work:)
not exactly....lexan doesn't crack when put under stress. it usually bends and folds, but won't crack. that's why its been used as a replacement for glass in many applications. e.g. flashlight lenses, rear light panels of numerous cars, etc.
yea...but this one can talk, blow, suck, and do all sorts of unspeakable things most/. geeks could only dream about whilst banging out more code. perhaps mitsubishi and realdoll could team up and come up with the ultimate playmate, with/. being the advertiser and geekgear being the distributor. btw, this is patented so if someone decides to use my idea i'll expect some handsome royalties (i mean money, not prince charles).
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no please mod parent up. besides manipulating and controlling the populace, these myths also serve to give weak-minded people a false sense of security and purpose in life. understandable, but still pathetic.
even if the flood did occur and there was a guy named noah who built the ark, it still doesn't prove a god exists. the bible might have accurate depictions of real life events, but it cannot prove the existence of a god. many christians frequently try to prove the existence of their god by pointing to evidence of that events described in the bible did actually happen, but they fail to see the logical fallacy in their flawed arguments.
why not use your optical mouse with a proper mousepad? i haven't had to maintain my logitech optical mouse at all since the day i got it, and i've got a proper mousepad for it.
nope....basically you have to lift up your wrists in a particular way in order to trigger the backlight. it does come on once in a while inadvertently, but it didn't happen very often. in any case i usually left the feature disabled because it did turn on once in a while, often enough to bug me.
the technology used in this case might be more advanced (gyroscope), but the idea of tilting the phone to activate a function or control something isn't new. i had a casio watch many years back that would automatically turn on the backlight for a few seconds if you lifted up your wrist to look at it. i'm not sure this is a good thing though...just one more thing to keep drivers who shouldn't be on the road in the first place distracted.
"I've never paid for a copy of Windows"
me neither. for a while when i kept getting the shutdown timer i thought MS decided to crack down on people using pirated copies of windows by remotely shutting down their computers.
everytime i try to execute the removal tool downloaded from symantec, i get the stupid dialog box telling me the program has to shut down. what gives? i just kept trying until the log file showed that it'd managed to modify the registry before getting shut down, then i searched for all files with "msblast" in it and deleted them. anything else i should do? (can't install linux cos this isn't my computer)
"What I find more dishonest is that the asshole who wrote the article is planning to replace a drive that was damaged due to his own fault through the warranty."
he didn't damage the hard drive. the board failed on him, and he fixed the problem by replacing the board.
from the article, "Now, I wonder if I can make use of the warranty on the original drive........."
in view of how he successfully repaired the drive and that he said that at the end of the article, i think he meant that remark in humour and wasn't actually planning on abusing the warranty.
exactly. according to the article, "Search for "flowers," and more than 90 percent of the top results are online florists. If you're doing research on tulips, or want to learn gardening tips, or basically want to know anything about flowers that doesn't involve purchasing them online, you have to wade through a sea of florists to find what you're looking for."
i tried googling for "tulip flower information" and within the first 10 results i got at least 5 relevant links. the article seems to be taking a jab at google just for the sake of creating an article that people would read just because it goes against the flow of general opinion (that google is good).
second that. not only do they blame you for everything, they'll treat you as a repairman, calling you up anytime they have a "problem" and expecting you to give them the same service as a paid technician. its nice when people appreciate my efforts, but for the most part its quite pointless. i now restrict my services to close friends only who have manners and don't behave like i owe it to them.
"Don't Copy That Floppy"
the slashdot trolls are going to have a field day with this.
"using some pretty average Creative/Cambridge SoundWorks 2.1 speakers"
that's your problem. why settle on computer speakers? most computer speakers are nothing compared to what a decent hifi can do. i hooked up my onboard sound to my hifi and it sounds better than any sound blaster i've heard.
"My personal guess is that the people writing the article don't care about the musician *either* and just has some vague ideas that enough undirected protest will somehow result in him getting free music of the caliber he's currently enjoying."
/.ers are just leeches who want free shit. the whole pity-the-poor-artistes rhetoric is usually just an unconscious or semi-conscious attempt by said leeches to justify their actions to themselves.
that's the most insightful post i've read all day. the large majority of pro-file-sharing and anti-RIAA
exactly....conspiracy theorists tend to believe whatever they want to believe irregardless of the facts that may speak otherwise. the declassification of documents will just be interpreted as an attempt by the government to throw them off.
not necessarily...at the moment few people i know use DVD media for back-up storage, since the cost is prohibitive. secondly the average user does not need any more space per CD than what is currently available, because for the average user the largest single file they'll burn on a CD is usually a divx movie, and that doesn't usually exceed 800 megabytes. if an entire back-up of a hard drive is what's needed, most would simply use a few cheap CDs as opposed to a single expensive DVD blank.
another pitfall of using DVD media is the different standards available from different manufacturers, unlike blank CDs and 1.44mb floopies. this is one of the reasons why people still use 1.44mb floppies today.
with this new improvement in the data density of a CD, DVD media might be set to go the way of the MD. it could have been something good, but was never became something more than a novelty due to corporate greed.
i'm aware of this, and i don't think the majority of people are stupid, just uninformed which is not entirely their fault either. its just very unfortunate that the printer manufacturers have abused this advantage they have, though like i said it is rather inevitable. hopefully more countries will implement stricter restrictions on what producers can and cannot do, since i think that is the only way the problem can be effectively solved.
true, but they apparently think they're invulnerable. besides, the EU still won't have any judicial power over the manufacturers' operations in other regions of the world.
in my opinion, this whole fiasco started due to bad foresight by a bunch of marketing guys. they tried to emulate the shaver business model, but failed to realize that brand recognition is not as important in the computer industry; people in general would be more willing to pay less for an X-brand printer cartrige that works almost as well as the original, but wouldn't be as willing to buy a Y-brand replacement razor for a shaver that might nick your skin when you shave due to poorer QC that manifests itself in more obvious and painful ways.
now that they've set the standard for ridiculously low prices for printers, they realize their share of the profits of the ink cartridge business isn't as large as they anticipated it to be due to third-party manufacturers. unfortunately, they can't raise the prices of printers to the level they were once at to make up for this loss, since consumers would certainly cry foul and instead rely on older printers that are not fussy about ink cartridges. they've got themselves stuck in a rut, and they have only themselves to blame for it.
now they've even implemented self-destructing ink cartridges....sheesh. i don't forsee this going very far.
the problem is that if having printer ink cartridges that self-destruct after a certain amount of time becomes the status quo, then pretty much -all- printer manufacturers are going to follow suit and consumers won't be left with any more choices.
in an ideal world, consumers would vote with their wallet and such manufacturers would have to change their practices. however in reality, the large majority of consumers are not well-informed, hence they make wrong choices that ultimately put everyone at a disadvantage. to be brutally honest i think this would be rather inevitable, given the general knowledge the average joe or jane has about computers and its related peripheral devices. the manufacturers probably know this, and are likely to prefer to keep it the way it is.
that's like saying volkswagons are lousy because the volkswagon beetle is so outdated. i understand you only have windows 95 to base your conclusions on, but a more fair comparison would be to use windows XP. i've left a computer which runs windows XP for a few weeks at a time without any problems, encoding divx movies and windows XP uses NTFS, not FAT.
i agree.
could it really be? oh no!
"This shows that quality comes at a cost. If you truly want to get good quality goods, don't expect to keep forcing the market to make cheaper and cheaper products."
:)
not exactly....its more the fault of the free-market economy and unscrupulous manufactuers. not only do consumers force manufacturers to make cheaper products, the various competitors in the market also force each other to make cheaper products through intense competition.
furthermore, it was the choice of manufacturers to start using sub-standard components. lowing the price point should ideally be a matter of selling their products as close to their profit margin as possible, not maintaining their profits whilst lowering the price by lowering the quality of their products.
having said that, now that the problem has come to light consumers will now choose only to purchase from manufacturers that use quality components, proving once again that the "invisible hand" of the free-market is always at work
oh no not again, i'm sorry i got the FP!!!
not exactly....lexan doesn't crack when put under stress. it usually bends and folds, but won't crack. that's why its been used as a replacement for glass in many applications. e.g. flashlight lenses, rear light panels of numerous cars, etc.
yea...but this one can talk, blow, suck, and do all sorts of unspeakable things most /. geeks could only dream about whilst banging out more code. perhaps mitsubishi and realdoll could team up and come up with the ultimate playmate, with /. being the advertiser and geekgear being the distributor. btw, this is patented so if someone decides to use my idea i'll expect some handsome royalties (i mean money, not prince charles).