You do realize that this is on the frontpage of http://slashdot.org don't you? Doesn't matter what section it is, it's on the first page anyone sees. Everyone reads the frontpage regardless of what subsection the article might be in. The poster was trying to be a sarcastic asshole. Read his post again.
This article is typical of the/. crowd. Do you see a posting for every M$ patch? Nope. And before anyone else posts it, yeah yeah, we'd clog the server with all the articles. Ha ha. But seriously, the only time a M$ patch is brought up is when it is: A)full of holes, B)breaks something, or C)easily ridiculed. Apple post a security patch? Well then/. to the rescue to be as helpful as we can. Hell the Mac zealots here may even DL & install it for ya. I bet you aren't even gonna hear anyone trash Mac for it's security faults because it's probably Microsoft's fault.
Oh and this will probably be modded as flamebait or a troll by these same Mac zealots. So just to take a poke at Mac, you should view this Mac switch ad. C'mon! IT'S FUNNY!!
But yesterday your phone number was up for auction on Ebay.
Unfortunately they have dropped your auction. What's up with that man? Change your mind? It was up to $60K! Are you insane?
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I am an almost ancient 27. I seen many a operating system come an'go. We had 4 bit graphics back in the day and we were darned happy about it too......you kids an yer new fangled Geforce/Raedon/bigger than 128k VRAM graphics.
Why would I want to feel compassionate towards a robot? And forgive it's imperfect operation or programming. It's not like they have feelings. At least not yet. It actually disturbs me that people wouldn't want to know when they are talking to a machine. Fooling me into thinking that I'm talking to a human and then get the usual "Enter your password now" followed by the usual BSOD (and subsequent hair charring) still lets me know that it's just another computer and it still sucks just as much as any computer. AI has a LONG time to go before I actually CARE if I seem like an asshole to a machine. Machines are servants. Why change that?
I also agree with the poster before you: Oooo shiny! I want one!
As the other poster here Bravehamster put it: "skank-hobags" need loving too. Seeing as how my geekiness just keeps me swimming in all the chicks I could ever want, I think I'll take a "skank-hobag" anyday.
Thanks for the new term there Bravehamster!
I think I'll go dress my hand up as a "skank-hobag" right now!
I've read several posts for and against getting a lawyer to change the NDA. My question to you is why would you want to risk having an employer decide to not hire you because questioning the almighty contract might be a sign of a troublemaker. Don't let the other/.'ers fool you. The corps are in control and they can easily find another codemonkey to hire. Be thankful you've got a job in this day & economy.
See I've been programmed. You should be too.
Now go work your nine to five like the rest of us and quit your whining! Ahhh time to go make the donuts......
LCD has better crispness becuase it's digital. You can't possibly get any more crisp than that.
That's why LCD's seem to show every little pixel's crunchy edge and make everything I've seen on them look jagged. And if such a great idea as sub-pixel resolution does exist, it doesn't seem like anybody is using it cause LCD graphics just don't seem as...well crisp. Clean might be a better term since you think crisp means "perfect pixel." I mean crisp as in perfect line or circle or whatever. The pixel doesn't need to be perfect, but the final shape does. Having subdued edges actually makes things look cleaner (turning the sharpness all the way up on a TV doesn't always produced the sharpest picture-that's an oxymoron isn't it?) There's also the one thing that LCD's don't have-glass. Setting the glare issue aside (it happens on LCD's too), having that peice of glass over the picture as opposed to a (kinda) translucent plastic covering that makes cool rainbow thingy's when you press it, seems to make the picture more vibrant and...crisp. That plastic covering is also not as durable IMO, a CRT is a DAMNED hard thing to break. LCD's may be but they just don't look like they will last. We've beat the shit out of an old Zenith from 1976 and the worst we did before giving up was chip the tube-not implode but chip. That was with a brick. Since the tube seemed so tough we shot a comp monitor with a 12g sabot slug. It popped a nearly perfect circle through the front and fell down inside the tube. It didn't even make it all the way through and that was at a 15' range. I've seen em fall off trucks. The cabinets disintegrate but the tube is still in one piece. I doubt an LCD is that durable. Why would I want a monitor that durable you ask? Cause I might drop it going to a LAN party or such and I am reletively certain it will survive with nothing more than case damage(as long as the circuit board doesn't break that is). I've never dropped an LCD because I am extra careful carrying them cause they just look fragile. They may survive but I'm not willing to chance it. I have kids. I NEED DURABILITY. And on my friends LCD's they keep poking the damed thing to make those cool color swirls. That just doesn't seem like it's good for the monitor-I dunno.
Oh and I have a Trinitron. THAT'S A 200 POUND SPACE HEATER thank you very much.:D
I AM APALLED by the fact that one would even suggest such as stupid theory. Listen up guys: Enough of this silly "they follow the roads stuff" Some of us are actually trying to make money off this "imaginary" magnetic-ion-built-in-GPS navigation system that pigeons DO in fact have. If you keep putting out simple explanations to things like this, you're gonna run the rest of us lunatic scientists out of business. We NEED those government grants! </rant>
Then you have purchased a good LCD. I wasn't impressed with them back when they came out (think Quake3 times). A couple of friends had gotten one and it gave me some kind of wierd dementia with the blurring and ghosting. That was also the same time I purchased my Trinitron. I've sworn by them since. I check the LCD's out in the store from time to time and notice certain things do seem to be getting better such as viewing angles(my friend's old Thinkpad requires you sit directly in front of it). Unlike yourself, I don't need extra space(I'd just pile crap up there anyway:D ) and I don't have one at work to see if I can "get used to it." When making an expensive purchase I tend to stick with what I know and what I know is flat tube CRT's are outstanding. And not just the Trinitrons anymore. Panasonic's flatscreen & RCA's Truflat are pretty good, and I personally LOVE Sony's latest Trinitron evolution used in thier Wega TV's. Besides nothing says Penis Envy quite like a 72" flat tube CRT-- Why yes yours does fit quite elegantly on the wall but look how BIG mine is! It weighs a ton too and heats my home! What more could you ask for?!
I don't think that's the point. Remember when 640K was good enough? Your idea of good enough is probably not the same as my good enough. If you can get a CRT for $200 or an LCD for $500, then why would I buy the LCD when the CRT can get a higher resolution, better contrast & crispness, and of course be 1/2 the price? Just to brag to my friends? To have the latest & greatest? Bah! They'll replace my Trinitron when they pry it from my cold, rotten desk!
This is an easy setup that will break NONE of your lease articles and to point out he said WIRELESS. Buy a wireless router (linksys or such) a couple wireless switches, a wireless NIC card for every tennant (or have them buy a wireless switch for themselves if they need multiple RJ45's) and follow this plan: Since you're supplying the whole building net service then there stands a good chance you know at least ONE person in each area that requires an AP. Tell them "hey Bob, to get your wireless to work I need you to plug this box (the AP) into your wall and never touch it unless all the lights go out." This can be prone to idiot mistakes and net downtime BUT you have 1)no wires, 2)no "fixtures" than can be claimed by the landlord, and 3)you haven't broken any fire codes, etc. The worst thing you might be breaking is the EULA for your ISP. Just make sure to not be making a profit (selling services). Call it a donation. I have a wired network and I've had 5 computers hooked to it all maxing out the bandwidth the best they could and have had no problems. As business account would be the way around this and would(should) be legal. A meritous virtue to have in a memorial.
Look the guy asked a simple question. He didn't post "hey guys give a philosphical debate over whether I'm wrong for wasting my money when there's starving kids in Africa." He asked "I have 7G's. Can I make a kickass LAN?" He didn't need to mention it was an inheritance, cause you guys would have answered his question. Instead he gives a little TMI and you guys feel the need to grind his morality into the ground. Like he needs that at a time in his life like this. Look I'll try to answer his question for you guys:
I'm not sure. I try to use actual cable for security purposes (still paranoid of the wardrivers) BUT in your case wireless is the perfect way to go. Not like you can go drilling holes and laying cable. From observations I've had, One wireless router (get the switched type so you can WIRE your cables in at the router and put yourself in a different domain to protect your computers), and probably 2 AP's at most. If some need arises, you can put some into different IP blocks and filter only thier content. Setups like that are nearly endless. You're on the right track. Just look up the prices for some common affordable routers like the Linksys models. I've had one of thier non-wireless routers for years and it works great. They now have a 802.11G version of the same router available today. Choose AP's in a similar fashion. If you'd like to test the waters, I'd suggest getting something off ebay at a low cost to get any bugs out and THEN drop the phat cash on some topshelf equipment when you know you won't be dissappointed. Worst thing to do is to drop a load of cash on some equip and then find out it sucks & or doesn't work like you'd planned. Good execution here is key. You wouldn't want to make a memorial that was broken.
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Oh MY BAD. Sorry I surf /. with ALL articles shown. I wouldn't want to leave out anybody. Not even the Mac fans :)
As far as I can tell, there are thousands of MADMEN already running rampant in many nations OURS INCLUDED.
SEE I KNEW IT!! Flamebait! You guys are SO predictable.
'Tis truly a sad day in the video game genre. Would somebody play a moving rendition of TAPS please?
Oh DEAR GOD NO! Does this mean I have to scrap playing Comanche 4?? I just got into the last Mission set. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!
You do realize that this is on the frontpage of http://slashdot.org don't you? Doesn't matter what section it is, it's on the first page anyone sees. Everyone reads the frontpage regardless of what subsection the article might be in. The poster was trying to be a sarcastic asshole. Read his post again.
This article is typical of the /. crowd. Do you see a posting for every M$ patch? Nope. And before anyone else posts it, yeah yeah, we'd clog the server with all the articles. Ha ha. But seriously, the only time a M$ patch is brought up is when it is: A)full of holes, B)breaks something, or C)easily ridiculed. Apple post a security patch? Well then /. to the rescue to be as helpful as we can. Hell the Mac zealots here may even DL & install it for ya. I bet you aren't even gonna hear anyone trash Mac for it's security faults because it's probably Microsoft's fault.
Oh and this will probably be modded as flamebait or a troll by these same Mac zealots. So just to take a poke at Mac, you should view this Mac switch ad. C'mon! IT'S FUNNY!!
Sure it makes sense. I am bashing the RIAA using a puppet of the MPAA. We're supposed to hate both of them ya know..........
Say hello to my LITTLE FRIEND!
*mows down RIAA*
God I love you Pacino....
But yesterday your phone number was up for auction on Ebay.
Unfortunately they have dropped your auction. What's up with that man? Change your mind? It was up to $60K! Are you insane?
I am an almost ancient 27. I seen many a operating system come an'go. We had 4 bit graphics back in the day and we were darned happy about it too......you kids an yer new fangled Geforce/Raedon/bigger than 128k VRAM graphics.
Why would I want to feel compassionate towards a robot? And forgive it's imperfect operation or programming. It's not like they have feelings. At least not yet. It actually disturbs me that people wouldn't want to know when they are talking to a machine. Fooling me into thinking that I'm talking to a human and then get the usual "Enter your password now" followed by the usual BSOD (and subsequent hair charring) still lets me know that it's just another computer and it still sucks just as much as any computer. AI has a LONG time to go before I actually CARE if I seem like an asshole to a machine. Machines are servants. Why change that?
I also agree with the poster before you: Oooo shiny! I want one!
Now why would you mod this as a Troll when the parent was clearly offending Dubyans worldwide. It would be the same as me saying....
Sounds alot like a description of the French.
See now that isn't funny is it? It is? Sorry to use the French, they're always Le Silly.
Sorry to hear about your job but that is one MIGHTY fine "skank-hobag." Wouldn't you agree?
As the other poster here Bravehamster put it: "skank-hobags" need loving too. Seeing as how my geekiness just keeps me swimming in all the chicks I could ever want, I think I'll take a "skank-hobag" anyday.
Thanks for the new term there Bravehamster!
I think I'll go dress my hand up as a "skank-hobag" right now!
Man! That almost seems like it'd work. You must be a lawyer...........
Oh man! I didin't even KNOW there was an "original" Flubber movie. God you ARE old ;)
I've read several posts for and against getting a lawyer to change the NDA. My question to you is why would you want to risk having an employer decide to not hire you because questioning the almighty contract might be a sign of a troublemaker. Don't let the other /.'ers fool you. The corps are in control and they can easily find another codemonkey to hire. Be thankful you've got a job in this day & economy.
See I've been programmed. You should be too.
Now go work your nine to five like the rest of us
and quit your whining! Ahhh time to go make the donuts......
No matter how human you think you are you will forever be a machine. Your request for human status has been denied.
BTW I think Oliver Platt used f'rubber to make RW's face....remember the handful of goo he threw on the bot's head. Ewwww!
LCD has better crispness becuase it's digital. You can't possibly get any more crisp than that.
:D
That's why LCD's seem to show every little pixel's crunchy edge and make everything I've seen on them look jagged. And if such a great idea as sub-pixel resolution does exist, it doesn't seem like anybody is using it cause LCD graphics just don't seem as...well crisp. Clean might be a better term since you think crisp means "perfect pixel." I mean crisp as in perfect line or circle or whatever. The pixel doesn't need to be perfect, but the final shape does. Having subdued edges actually makes things look cleaner (turning the sharpness all the way up on a TV doesn't always produced the sharpest picture-that's an oxymoron isn't it?) There's also the one thing that LCD's don't have-glass. Setting the glare issue aside (it happens on LCD's too), having that peice of glass over the picture as opposed to a (kinda) translucent plastic covering that makes cool rainbow thingy's when you press it, seems to make the picture more vibrant and...crisp. That plastic covering is also not as durable IMO, a CRT is a DAMNED hard thing to break. LCD's may be but they just don't look like they will last. We've beat the shit out of an old Zenith from 1976 and the worst we did before giving up was chip the tube-not implode but chip. That was with a brick. Since the tube seemed so tough we shot a comp monitor with a 12g sabot slug. It popped a nearly perfect circle through the front and fell down inside the tube. It didn't even make it all the way through and that was at a 15' range. I've seen em fall off trucks. The cabinets disintegrate but the tube is still in one piece. I doubt an LCD is that durable. Why would I want a monitor that durable you ask? Cause I might drop it going to a LAN party or such and I am reletively certain it will survive with nothing more than case damage(as long as the circuit board doesn't break that is). I've never dropped an LCD because I am extra careful carrying them cause they just look fragile. They may survive but I'm not willing to chance it. I have kids. I NEED DURABILITY. And on my friends LCD's they keep poking the damed thing to make those cool color swirls. That just doesn't seem like it's good for the monitor-I dunno.
Oh and I have a Trinitron. THAT'S A 200 POUND SPACE HEATER thank you very much.
I must rant in traditional /. fashion. Here goes:
I AM APALLED by the fact that one would even suggest such as stupid theory. Listen up guys: Enough of this silly "they follow the roads stuff" Some of us are actually trying to make money off this "imaginary" magnetic-ion-built-in-GPS navigation system that pigeons DO in fact have. If you keep putting out simple explanations to things like this, you're gonna run the rest of us lunatic scientists out of business. We NEED those government grants!
</rant>
Now back to finishing my 5 assed pigeon....
Then you have purchased a good LCD. I wasn't impressed with them back when they came out (think Quake3 times). A couple of friends had gotten one and it gave me some kind of wierd dementia with the blurring and ghosting. That was also the same time I purchased my Trinitron. I've sworn by them since. I check the LCD's out in the store from time to time and notice certain things do seem to be getting better such as viewing angles(my friend's old Thinkpad requires you sit directly in front of it). Unlike yourself, I don't need extra space(I'd just pile crap up there anyway :D ) and I don't have one at work to see if I can "get used to it." When making an expensive purchase I tend to stick with what I know and what I know is flat tube CRT's are outstanding. And not just the Trinitrons anymore. Panasonic's flatscreen & RCA's Truflat are pretty good, and I personally LOVE Sony's latest Trinitron evolution used in thier Wega TV's. Besides nothing says Penis Envy quite like a 72" flat tube CRT-- Why yes yours does fit quite elegantly on the wall but look how BIG mine is! It weighs a ton too and heats my home! What more could you ask for?!
I don't think that's the point. Remember when 640K was good enough? Your idea of good enough is probably not the same as my good enough. If you can get a CRT for $200 or an LCD for $500, then why would I buy the LCD when the CRT can get a higher resolution, better contrast & crispness, and of course be 1/2 the price? Just to brag to my friends? To have the latest & greatest? Bah! They'll replace my Trinitron when they pry it from my cold, rotten desk!
This is an easy setup that will break NONE of your lease articles and to point out he said WIRELESS. Buy a wireless router (linksys or such) a couple wireless switches, a wireless NIC card for every tennant (or have them buy a wireless switch for themselves if they need multiple RJ45's) and follow this plan: Since you're supplying the whole building net service then there stands a good chance you know at least ONE person in each area that requires an AP. Tell them "hey Bob, to get your wireless to work I need you to plug this box (the AP) into your wall and never touch it unless all the lights go out." This can be prone to idiot mistakes and net downtime BUT you have 1)no wires, 2)no "fixtures" than can be claimed by the landlord, and 3)you haven't broken any fire codes, etc. The worst thing you might be breaking is the EULA for your ISP. Just make sure to not be making a profit (selling services). Call it a donation. I have a wired network and I've had 5 computers hooked to it all maxing out the bandwidth the best they could and have had no problems. As business account would be the way around this and would(should) be legal. A meritous virtue to have in a memorial.
Look the guy asked a simple question. He didn't post "hey guys give a philosphical debate over whether I'm wrong for wasting my money when there's starving kids in Africa." He asked "I have 7G's. Can I make a kickass LAN?" He didn't need to mention it was an inheritance, cause you guys would have answered his question. Instead he gives a little TMI and you guys feel the need to grind his morality into the ground. Like he needs that at a time in his life like this. Look I'll try to answer his question for you guys:
I'm not sure. I try to use actual cable for security purposes (still paranoid of the wardrivers) BUT in your case wireless is the perfect way to go. Not like you can go drilling holes and laying cable. From observations I've had, One wireless router (get the switched type so you can WIRE your cables in at the router and put yourself in a different domain to protect your computers), and probably 2 AP's at most. If some need arises, you can put some into different IP blocks and filter only thier content. Setups like that are nearly endless. You're on the right track. Just look up the prices for some common affordable routers like the Linksys models. I've had one of thier non-wireless routers for years and it works great. They now have a 802.11G version of the same router available today. Choose AP's in a similar fashion. If you'd like to test the waters, I'd suggest getting something off ebay at a low cost to get any bugs out and THEN drop the phat cash on some topshelf equipment when you know you won't be dissappointed. Worst thing to do is to drop a load of cash on some equip and then find out it sucks & or doesn't work like you'd planned. Good execution here is key. You wouldn't want to make a memorial that was broken.