Actually the secret is that the buttons don't do anything, they're like the buttons on an elevator, just there so you feel like you're doing something.
In reality the computer just figures out what needs to be done and does it. We already know it has baddass voice recognition, it just eavesdrops on everyone's conversation and takes the appropriate action.
I'd think that's the only thing that makes sense. The computer goes, "Hmm, the shields are going down, if I don't redirect power from everything available, I'll be blown to smithereens.. nah, I'll wait for wesley to push some buttons before I do anything to protect myself and the ship" Dumbass computer.
I mean, come one, you don't want your script to just quit if it encounters an error...how about putting in an example of error handling other than the script throwing up its hands and quitting!
Sometimes you do. Here's an example that totally bit us in the ass a few weeks ago. We have a quickeys script that uses a quark manager, any files routed to a specific person get automatically converted and saved to a server, then the files get marked to show that they've been converted.
Now under OSX and OS9, if the network dies, our quark manager will automatically reconnect to the network, but our mounts won't autoremount. So the script ends up saving the files to a random location, and marking them complete.
I would much rather have the script die when it couldn't find the directory, rather than save them in a random place and mark them complete.
Whenever the network dies, someone has to go through and find all those files by hand.
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There is no show in the 80s better than Transformers.
Sounds like a challenge! Hmm... my favorite 80s tv show is still The Misfits of Science.
And for various reasons, we as a society don't really respect mechanics, as a profession.
We don't? Maybe you don't respect shady mechanics who work for Quick-E-Lube or whatever, but they're on par with the people who work at Best Buy's computer support center.
A good mechanic is as highly regarded as any other profession. Go ask your co-workers for the name of a good mechanic and chances are they have someone they swear by.
If mechanics weren't respected, would so many people have someone they personally recommend?
A bunch of Super intelligent, yet hyperactive and ruthless 9 year olds, with ultra fast reflexes and photographic memory, but total lack of self-control and morals, begins their master plan of taking over the world.
Too bad their diabolical plan is easily foiled by a single dude with a strobe light. (If you read what this did the rat's brain, the rats are probably all epileptic)
I for one welcome our autistic and epileptic overlords.
(Caveat coder! Possible TOS violations lurk, so think through whatever you want to do before you do it.)
Well that's kinda what I meant when I said screen scraping isn't a viable option. I didn't mean it's impossible (it's what xmltv currently does).
I mean that TiVo replacements won't be viable until there's a better way of getting your TV listings, one that cooperates with the tv listing provider rather than exploiting them.
Do ANYONE think that MS would let the oppurtunity to use a patent against OSS go by?
Perhaps you should just drop OSS altogether and go with Windows. Because if you believe that MS doesn't have patents that could apply to the linux kernel itself, you're deluding yourself.
No, and why should a user who just wants to use a computer, not configure a computer, need to know about that?
Actually, he was implying that you haven't used a linux distro in the last 3 years. All modern linux distros use automount. Stick in a floppy or cd, and it automounts, just like windows.
So which media player tech controls the other 32 % ? With those numbers the media player market might just escape MS's slimy grasp.
Actually, it's more likely that those numbers reflect browser penetration.
Meaning they'll never add up to 100% because I could have both quicktime and wmp installed.
So 39% of web browsers have wmp installed, 19% have real installed, and 10% have quicktime installed. You can't normalize it for the people who don't have any media player installed because of the overlap.
At least that makes the most sense, since how else would you measure media player market share?
He turned water into wine and he made copies of fish and then distributed them to all his friends.
The FWGAR (Fish and Wine Growers Association of Rome) weren't too happy about Jesus infringing on their IP rights.
Jackus Valentius, the head of the FWGAR released a statement which said "Certain Sons of God have been illegally duplicating our fish and not paying for them. We will do everything we can to prevent this blatant theft of our goods."
He then made a reference to the Strangler Of Babel.
As far as I can tell, it seems like the problems came entirely from the people running the polling booths, who hadn't recieved adquate training/instruction.
These people who voted in the wrong precinct were so ignorant that they didn't even notice that the people they intended to vote for weren't on the ballot. Even though they hadn't even heard of any of the people running, they voted for someone anyway.
I find that pretty disturbing.
Maybe it's a stunt by folger's crystals? "We've secretly replaced Bob's ballot with Folger's Crystals' ballot. Let's see if he notices!"
Tell him he's just fine the way he is and that the rest of the students will be working for him in 15 years.
hah, there's a joke. Look at all your managers over the years. It's far more likely that he'll be working for the people who can actually deal with people.
In fact, his poor social skills will put him squarely at the bottom of the ladder.
Is it so hard to understand that some people work better all by themselves?
Is it so hard to understand that most business requires working with co-workers?
I would never hire you. I don't care if you're the best programmer on earth, if you cannot work with our designers, our reporters, and our editors, you are useless.
A friend's kid turned in a report on General Lee full of references to a 'Boss Hogg', a guy named 'Roscoe P. Coltrane', and some woman named 'Daisy', and it turns out that wasn't what the teacher had in mind.
Yet that kid's paper was far more interesting than some stupid greycoat. Tell me, did he happen to mention Daisy's cutoffs?
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Actually the secret is that the buttons don't do anything, they're like the buttons on an elevator, just there so you feel like you're doing something.
In reality the computer just figures out what needs to be done and does it. We already know it has baddass voice recognition, it just eavesdrops on everyone's conversation and takes the appropriate action.
I'd think that's the only thing that makes sense. The computer goes, "Hmm, the shields are going down, if I don't redirect power from everything available, I'll be blown to smithereens.. nah, I'll wait for wesley to push some buttons before I do anything to protect myself and the ship" Dumbass computer.
So, since I live in Wisconsin, I should be seeing tons of ads for cheese and beer..?
No, you should be seeing travel brochures.
I mean, come one, you don't want your script to just quit if it encounters an error...how about putting in an example of error handling other than the script throwing up its hands and quitting!
Sometimes you do. Here's an example that totally bit us in the ass a few weeks ago. We have a quickeys script that uses a quark manager, any files routed to a specific person get automatically converted and saved to a server, then the files get marked to show that they've been converted.
Now under OSX and OS9, if the network dies, our quark manager will automatically reconnect to the network, but our mounts won't autoremount. So the script ends up saving the files to a random location, and marking them complete.
I would much rather have the script die when it couldn't find the directory, rather than save them in a random place and mark them complete.
Whenever the network dies, someone has to go through and find all those files by hand.
There is no show in the 80s better than Transformers.
Sounds like a challenge! Hmm... my favorite 80s tv show is still The Misfits of Science.
And for various reasons, we as a society don't really respect mechanics, as a profession.
We don't? Maybe you don't respect shady mechanics who work for Quick-E-Lube or whatever, but they're on par with the people who work at Best Buy's computer support center.
A good mechanic is as highly regarded as any other profession. Go ask your co-workers for the name of a good mechanic and chances are they have someone they swear by.
If mechanics weren't respected, would so many people have someone they personally recommend?
Seriously slashdot, your Linux loving policy is blinding you as to what is relevant and what isn't.
And your ignorance of news is blinding you to the fact that all the other major news sites reported hotmail and msns outages as well.
Even CNN had it as a top story in the technology section.
So why was my 25 Mhz DX Pentium faster than the 33 Mhz ones that came out after it as well as the 66 and 75 and most 100?
What? There was no 25 Mhz DX Pentium. DX/SX were used for 386 and 486s. The first Pentium was 60mhz, and didn't use a DX/SX labelling.
A bunch of Super intelligent, yet hyperactive and ruthless 9 year olds, with ultra fast reflexes and photographic memory, but total lack of self-control and morals, begins their master plan of taking over the world.
Too bad their diabolical plan is easily foiled by a single dude with a strobe light. (If you read what this did the rat's brain, the rats are probably all epileptic)
I for one welcome our autistic and epileptic overlords.
(Caveat coder! Possible TOS violations lurk, so think through whatever you want to do before you do it.)
Well that's kinda what I meant when I said screen scraping isn't a viable option. I didn't mean it's impossible (it's what xmltv currently does).
I mean that TiVo replacements won't be viable until there's a better way of getting your TV listings, one that cooperates with the tv listing provider rather than exploiting them.
TiVo subscription fees suck.
Maybe so, but screenscraping zap2it is NOT a viable option.
Unless MythTV gets support for Guide+, you'll end up having to pay a subscription when zap2it shuts down mythtv scrapers like tvguide did.
Linux would benefit more if people would look at it as simply an OPERATING system, rather than a (religious) BELIEF system.
In the name of the Kernel, and the Module and the Holy Source, Amen.
Do ANYONE think that MS would let the oppurtunity to use a patent against OSS go by?
Perhaps you should just drop OSS altogether and go with Windows. Because if you believe that MS doesn't have patents that could apply to the linux kernel itself, you're deluding yourself.
I suspect the volume up, down, and off keys, eject key and F13-F16 on my G5's keyboard would be confusing to a PC, though.
Actually, volume up,down,off and eject all work under Linux. I think volume up and down work in Windows, but eject doesn't.
And F13-F15 map directly to Print Screen, Scroll Lock, and Pause.
It does take some getting used to though, because the "windows" key and alt are swapped.
No, and why should a user who just wants to use a computer, not configure a computer, need to know about that?
Actually, he was implying that you haven't used a linux distro in the last 3 years. All modern linux distros use automount. Stick in a floppy or cd, and it automounts, just like windows.
Anyone know how PC hardware handles the special keys (command, option) on Apple keyboards?
I have an Apple Pro Keyboard hooked up to my PC. Option is Alt, Command is the Windows Key.
39 + 19 +10 =68
So which media player tech controls the other 32 % ? With those numbers the media player market might just escape MS's slimy grasp.
Actually, it's more likely that those numbers reflect browser penetration.
Meaning they'll never add up to 100% because I could have both quicktime and wmp installed.
So 39% of web browsers have wmp installed, 19% have real installed, and 10% have quicktime installed. You can't normalize it for the people who don't have any media player installed because of the overlap.
At least that makes the most sense, since how else would you measure media player market share?
and fedora core 2 test 1 has been out for about a month.
Nah, Jesus was the original filesharer.
He turned water into wine and he made copies of fish and then distributed them to all his friends.
The FWGAR (Fish and Wine Growers Association of Rome) weren't too happy about Jesus infringing on their IP rights.
Jackus Valentius, the head of the FWGAR released a statement which said "Certain Sons of God have been illegally duplicating our fish and not paying for them. We will do everything we can to prevent this blatant theft of our goods."
He then made a reference to the Strangler Of Babel.
Based on 2.6.3, I think that this is the first distro to use the 2.6 series by defult.
FC2 uses 2.6
I would sure like to know more, than a mere blanket statement like , "KDE kicks crap out of so&so"
I think he means that KDE is a bully, always beating up other OSes. It's rude, unfriendly, and difficult to control.
Aparently, KDE's parents didn't give it enough attention when it was young.
As far as I can tell, it seems like the problems came entirely from the people running the polling booths, who hadn't recieved adquate training/instruction.
These people who voted in the wrong precinct were so ignorant that they didn't even notice that the people they intended to vote for weren't on the ballot. Even though they hadn't even heard of any of the people running, they voted for someone anyway.
I find that pretty disturbing.
Maybe it's a stunt by folger's crystals? "We've secretly replaced Bob's ballot with Folger's Crystals' ballot. Let's see if he notices!"
Tell him he's just fine the way he is and that the rest of the students will be working for him in 15 years.
hah, there's a joke. Look at all your managers over the years. It's far more likely that he'll be working for the people who can actually deal with people.
In fact, his poor social skills will put him squarely at the bottom of the ladder.
Is it so hard to understand that some people work better all by themselves?
Is it so hard to understand that most business requires working with co-workers?
I would never hire you. I don't care if you're the best programmer on earth, if you cannot work with our designers, our reporters, and our editors, you are useless.
No, it's a BIOS. Bi means two, so it's twice the OS as MS media center!
A friend's kid turned in a report on General Lee full of references to a 'Boss Hogg', a guy named 'Roscoe P. Coltrane', and some woman named 'Daisy', and it turns out that wasn't what the teacher had in mind.
Yet that kid's paper was far more interesting than some stupid greycoat. Tell me, did he happen to mention Daisy's cutoffs?