Could you tell me what a fast OS for a dual core optron or a Core Solo is? I'd really like to know... I can't get BeOS on them, or MacOS, so I can't test those. MINIX maybe?
I only run FreeDOS and openwrt on my deprecated hardware.
Why did Apple need any carrier permission to run the visual voicemail system? Every US carrier allows for free call fowarding, they could have fowarded all unanswered calls to a central Apple server, which then plays a pre-recorded message, and then records audio messages. These audio messages are then downloaded to the phone.
To the end user, this would be indistinguishable from the current visual voicemail system. Maintaining the server would cost money, but not much. As a worst case scenario, they could have bundled it with a.Mac subscription.
This is a great idea. If you don't have one already (which I'm sure you do), you certainly deserve a job doing something. Because that's freaking brilliant. I'm not even being snide.
The FBI seems pretty goddamn cheap for the kind of work they do. Considering how much we spend on the Pentagon and the prison system. And the Senate, which doesn't seem to be doing us much good, anyway.
Plus, who doesn't love those MIB suits? And their stylish, matching pistols?
Firs thing is first, that's 4 times the compatibility testing (minimum). That is 4 carries that you have to make Visual Voicemail work on.
Plus, let's not forget how stingy networks are with internetwork traffic. Really, how much do you think people would have to pay for visual voicemail from a Verizon (ick) iPhone to a Cingular (ack) iPhone? Keeping all the iPhones on a single network is wise in that Apple has control over the agreement their customers sign, which is very important to the Apple mythology.
I don't particularly LIKE it, but when I recently changed my plan with T-Mobile, and the customer support person told me I had to extend my contract, I said, "For the record, I think the whole contract thing is utter bullshit, but since I have no choice, fine." May be going back to Mexico for a couple months, and I'm wondering if T-Mobile will either freeze my account or cancel it without the fees. Because it's not like I'll start doing business with any of the other networks ANYWAY, if I have the choice.
Vendor lock-in with a company that gives me pretty bright decent service is alright, I suppose. Once, I talked to a T-mobile customer service dude for 30 minutes about the nature of how SMS messages are routed, and he went and asked one of their tech guys for help. It was like dealing with real people.
Wasn't there an article here on/. a month ago about someone who developed an algorithm that would track data on different editors (number of disputed/undisputed edits, number of total edits, how long account has existed, etc) and different entries (external references, number of total revisions, etc) and give a fairly accurate percentage rating on the reliability of the article? It seems like a big 57% reliable at the top of the article would make it clear that maybe the Bill Gates article was a little skewed by the trolls.
It seems like something that would require little to no overhead, could be updated automatically using the algorithm on each edit, and would kind of ruin it for the random troll who would see the credibility drop from 80% to 68% because he inserted 'a faggot' in between the words "Born" and "in 1943."
Steve Jobs makes Bill Gates and Ballmer look like open source zealots.
I hate Apple as much as the next slashdotter (unless she's porcupine8, in which case, more), but really. The difference is that Apple has done this with the quality of the experience they sell, and not with government backing. Of course, it was very good for the US to have American software on all the world's computers, so I understand how everything went down from a tactical standpoint, but comparing Apple and Microsoft for tactics is ridiculous.
I also admit to the Jobsian RDF and the Apple zealots. But Apple is no Microsoft. *Ahem* Yet.
1) Very little "rehabilitation" takes place in prisons.
Right, but I think that we could work on that. I really think that if we pardoned all non-violent offenders (drug posession charges), we'd have a lot more tax money. But then, the prison system is privately contracted to people who are making a killing (har har) on these non-criminals (the guy with the oz of weed). By all means, if you have just gobbled up an 8-ball and you're driving recklessly for the umpteenth time (Ms. Lohan), then maybe prison is a good place for you.
Still, we could work on what the issue is. If we're planning on releasing ANYBODY, why not try to take care of them psychoemotionally, something that is obviously lacking in their lives?
2) Keeping someone locked up is quite expensive.
Legalize marijuana, at least. I mean, really. I just watched reefer madness last night for the first time, and I'm surprised at how many people actually seem to be affected by that same propaganda machine to this day.
Marijuana has not caused ANY overdoses. Check out this nifty comparison. Mixing it with other drugs can cause problems: coke and weed can cause cardiac arrest (ask me about my greatest unspoken told-you-so EVAR!!1!11), and weed can suppress your gag reflex, causing you to OD on alcohol, etc. But THC is shown to encourage the death of cancerous cells, encourage the growth of brain cells in certain areas of the brain, and it eases people's pain with less damage to your body than pharmaceuticals.
3) The "imperfect system" IS "put in control of life and death" all the time. Every time a murderer is given 5-10 years, then released 'for good behavior' in 4. That murderer goes right back out on the streets, while their victim- surprise- is still DEAD.
I completely agree with you here. I saw a newspaper article about an older couple that adopted several kids and tortured them for several years. They did stuff like yank out their fingernails with pliers. They got 15 years or so. In GA, you get 20 years per HIT OF ACID. They call carrying around a hallucinogenic like that 'child abuse,' because a child could eat it. Who here would rather eat acid than have their fingernails yanked out by your legal guardians?
Those evil bastards that tortured those children are going to get out early, if they don't get murdered in prison. The guy with the hit (or 3) of acid is not getting off early. Who would you rather live near your family?
Madonna is like the C programming language. Naturally sloppy and confusing? Riddled with curly brackets? Ubiquitous? Through the efforts of many professionals over the years, at first glance seems quite a bit younger than she is?
you can basically 'throw away' any signal that's the same on *both sides* of the circuit
The way I understood this--and it may be because of an analogy in an article I read--is that they take the - circuit and 'subtract' it from the +. Since the SIGNAL is inverted, but the line noise is roughly equal (the power supply the cable runs by dirties up both leads similarly), it boosts the signal while all but eliminating the noise.
If you now have a cell tower within range, wouldn't cell phone based broadband be a possibility?
Not only that, but you can get pretty damn cheap unlimited internet through certain providers for your smartphone, which you can sometimes connect to your computer via USB and use as a modem, which may be an easy way to test it out without buying additional hardware. Unless you have a cell phone that doesn't do this, which I guess is pretty probable.
Otherwise, you can get satellite internet which, if you live somewhere with clear skies, is pretty goddamn good. Except for anything that does poorly with 1 second pings (deathmatch, anyone?). They mitigate the latency sometimes by running your upload over modem, thereby cutting the travel of the signal roughly in half, but I have no experience with this. The only place I've had experience with satellite is at the tip of the Baja peninsula, which a)has clouds only when you're getting hammered by a hurricane (seasonal), and b)had no other options available where my client was. But other than getting used to waiting a bit for a click to register, it's pretty damn fast and reasonable.
Other than that, I have no ideas. You could try carrier pigeon. Or be extremely happy you're unable to allow work to invade your home.
I would rather side with the police and have the girl arrested (or shot if needed)...
Stop right there, homie. If it were one of your family members wearing this thing, I suspect you'd feel differently. We don't need our government to feel they have MORE license to shoot people because they're nervous. If you are given a gun, you need to be trained. If you work in security, you need to be trained. By all means, tackle her to the floor, contain her, even freaking *tase* her if she resists.
Overreaction is OK in certain situations, but to shoot her? Don't be a tool, please.
You have to admit it was an above-average 'your mom' joke, though. Cheers for having a sense of humor. My mom thinks I'm awesome, too. But then, I don't tell 'your mom' jokes around her.:-)
Not sexiest. It confused me for a moment as well. But really, the truth is that the assholes ruin it for the rest of us, be they geeks, christians, waiters, or your mom.:-)
Yes. $4 per hour in Canada would be illegal. The lowest allowable minimum wage in Canada is $7, and it is typically around $8 depending on what provincve you live in.
It's illegal here, too. But illegal migrant workers often work for illegally low wages. And you've got that minimum wage partially because your taxes are higher, I think. But I'm not 100% sure. I made $20,000 last year, and paid $250 in taxes after the standardized deduction. Plus sales tax. And all the other taxes. But I'm trying to make a point here.:D
Btw, when I speak Spanish I use estadounidense to describe a US citizens and americano to describe a resident of the Americas. But when I speak English I use American. I have yet to have any problem with anybody not understanding what I am speaking.
You could say "US Americans" like Miss Teen North Carolina.
I always thought it was funny living in a proud country like Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) calling Americans estadounidenses, when it's in THEIR title, too. I much prefer gringo or gabacho, especially since I am so clearly one myself. When I worked with my friends, if an American came in, I'd always (jokingly) say to the person waiting on him, "Chingalo, guey. No hay pedo, es gringo." People always thought that one was great.:-)
Nobody is going to believe you were playing Star Wars naked when you sat on the wiimote, so don't even bother pretending.
DOCTOR: So I am to understand that you were swinging the lightsaber around wildly while playing by yourself? PATIENT: Yes! DOCTOR: And you fell on your wiimote? PATIENT: Yes! DOCTOR: Wait a second...isn't there only lightsaber swinging in Duel mode? NURSE: Busted! RECEPTIONIST: There's someone here to see the patient... MARIO: ITSA ME! MARIO! Yousa gotta no play witta da wiimote lika dat! Issa no goota for ayou digestion offa da lasagna! Shigeru'sa be amadd awitta us! SHIGERU MIYAMOTO: No famry fun! No buttmote! You shame Nintendo pray! (etc)
I haven't even gotten around to impregnating some beezies. And the rest of my family's doing OK on the money. I think I'll let someone else kill him(her)self
GEEK: It sets up the chroot jail or it gets the hose. N00B: [sobbing hysterically] GEEK:Yes, it will, Precious, won't it? It will get the hose! N00B: Okay... okay... okay. Mister, if you let me go, I won't - I won't press charges I promise. See, my mom is a real important woman... I guess you already know that. GEEK: Now it places the browser in the chroot jail. N00B: Please! Please I wanna go home! I wanna go home please! GEEK: It places the browser in the chroot jail. N00B: I wanna see my mommy! Please I wanna see my... GEEK: Put the fucking browser in the jail!
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I only run FreeDOS and openwrt on my deprecated hardware.
^(this is a joke, my children)
This is a great idea. If you don't have one already (which I'm sure you do), you certainly deserve a job doing something. Because that's freaking brilliant. I'm not even being snide.
The FBI seems pretty goddamn cheap for the kind of work they do. Considering how much we spend on the Pentagon and the prison system. And the Senate, which doesn't seem to be doing us much good, anyway.
Plus, who doesn't love those MIB suits? And their stylish, matching pistols?
Plus, let's not forget how stingy networks are with internetwork traffic. Really, how much do you think people would have to pay for visual voicemail from a Verizon (ick) iPhone to a Cingular (ack) iPhone? Keeping all the iPhones on a single network is wise in that Apple has control over the agreement their customers sign, which is very important to the Apple mythology.
I don't particularly LIKE it, but when I recently changed my plan with T-Mobile, and the customer support person told me I had to extend my contract, I said, "For the record, I think the whole contract thing is utter bullshit, but since I have no choice, fine." May be going back to Mexico for a couple months, and I'm wondering if T-Mobile will either freeze my account or cancel it without the fees. Because it's not like I'll start doing business with any of the other networks ANYWAY, if I have the choice.
Vendor lock-in with a company that gives me pretty bright decent service is alright, I suppose. Once, I talked to a T-mobile customer service dude for 30 minutes about the nature of how SMS messages are routed, and he went and asked one of their tech guys for help. It was like dealing with real people.
Wasn't there an article here on /. a month ago about someone who developed an algorithm that would track data on different editors (number of disputed/undisputed edits, number of total edits, how long account has existed, etc) and different entries (external references, number of total revisions, etc) and give a fairly accurate percentage rating on the reliability of the article? It seems like a big 57% reliable at the top of the article would make it clear that maybe the Bill Gates article was a little skewed by the trolls.
It seems like something that would require little to no overhead, could be updated automatically using the algorithm on each edit, and would kind of ruin it for the random troll who would see the credibility drop from 80% to 68% because he inserted 'a faggot' in between the words "Born" and "in 1943."
I hate Apple as much as the next slashdotter (unless she's porcupine8, in which case, more), but really. The difference is that Apple has done this with the quality of the experience they sell, and not with government backing. Of course, it was very good for the US to have American software on all the world's computers, so I understand how everything went down from a tactical standpoint, but comparing Apple and Microsoft for tactics is ridiculous.
I also admit to the Jobsian RDF and the Apple zealots. But Apple is no Microsoft. *Ahem* Yet.
Right, but I think that we could work on that. I really think that if we pardoned all non-violent offenders (drug posession charges), we'd have a lot more tax money. But then, the prison system is privately contracted to people who are making a killing (har har) on these non-criminals (the guy with the oz of weed). By all means, if you have just gobbled up an 8-ball and you're driving recklessly for the umpteenth time (Ms. Lohan), then maybe prison is a good place for you.
Still, we could work on what the issue is. If we're planning on releasing ANYBODY, why not try to take care of them psychoemotionally, something that is obviously lacking in their lives?
Legalize marijuana, at least. I mean, really. I just watched reefer madness last night for the first time, and I'm surprised at how many people actually seem to be affected by that same propaganda machine to this day.
Marijuana has not caused ANY overdoses. Check out this nifty comparison. Mixing it with other drugs can cause problems: coke and weed can cause cardiac arrest (ask me about my greatest unspoken told-you-so EVAR!!1!11), and weed can suppress your gag reflex, causing you to OD on alcohol, etc. But THC is shown to encourage the death of cancerous cells, encourage the growth of brain cells in certain areas of the brain, and it eases people's pain with less damage to your body than pharmaceuticals.
I completely agree with you here. I saw a newspaper article about an older couple that adopted several kids and tortured them for several years. They did stuff like yank out their fingernails with pliers. They got 15 years or so. In GA, you get 20 years per HIT OF ACID. They call carrying around a hallucinogenic like that 'child abuse,' because a child could eat it. Who here would rather eat acid than have their fingernails yanked out by your legal guardians?
Those evil bastards that tortured those children are going to get out early, if they don't get murdered in prison. The guy with the hit (or 3) of acid is not getting off early. Who would you rather live near your family?
Madonna is like the C programming language.
Naturally sloppy and confusing?
Riddled with curly brackets?
Ubiquitous?
Through the efforts of many professionals over the years, at first glance seems quite a bit younger than she is?
The way I understood this--and it may be because of an analogy in an article I read--is that they take the - circuit and 'subtract' it from the +. Since the SIGNAL is inverted, but the line noise is roughly equal (the power supply the cable runs by dirties up both leads similarly), it boosts the signal while all but eliminating the noise.
Is this accurate?
Not only that, but you can get pretty damn cheap unlimited internet through certain providers for your smartphone, which you can sometimes connect to your computer via USB and use as a modem, which may be an easy way to test it out without buying additional hardware. Unless you have a cell phone that doesn't do this, which I guess is pretty probable.
Otherwise, you can get satellite internet which, if you live somewhere with clear skies, is pretty goddamn good. Except for anything that does poorly with 1 second pings (deathmatch, anyone?). They mitigate the latency sometimes by running your upload over modem, thereby cutting the travel of the signal roughly in half, but I have no experience with this. The only place I've had experience with satellite is at the tip of the Baja peninsula, which a)has clouds only when you're getting hammered by a hurricane (seasonal), and b)had no other options available where my client was. But other than getting used to waiting a bit for a click to register, it's pretty damn fast and reasonable.
Other than that, I have no ideas. You could try carrier pigeon. Or be extremely happy you're unable to allow work to invade your home.
Stop right there, homie. If it were one of your family members wearing this thing, I suspect you'd feel differently. We don't need our government to feel they have MORE license to shoot people because they're nervous. If you are given a gun, you need to be trained. If you work in security, you need to be trained. By all means, tackle her to the floor, contain her, even freaking *tase* her if she resists.
Overreaction is OK in certain situations, but to shoot her? Don't be a tool, please.
You have to admit it was an above-average 'your mom' joke, though. Cheers for having a sense of humor. My mom thinks I'm awesome, too. But then, I don't tell 'your mom' jokes around her. :-)
ahhhh, much better. :-)
(excellent post, really)
Not sexiest. It confused me for a moment as well. But really, the truth is that the assholes ruin it for the rest of us, be they geeks, christians, waiters, or your mom. :-)
Goddammit, that's the point.
xD
Sorry to inform you, sir, but you've just lost the Sarcastic Comment of the Day award to yourself!
US or Canadian?
It's illegal here, too. But illegal migrant workers often work for illegally low wages. And you've got that minimum wage partially because your taxes are higher, I think. But I'm not 100% sure. I made $20,000 last year, and paid $250 in taxes after the standardized deduction. Plus sales tax. And all the other taxes. But I'm trying to make a point here.
You could say "US Americans" like Miss Teen North Carolina.
I always thought it was funny living in a proud country like Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) calling Americans estadounidenses, when it's in THEIR title, too. I much prefer gringo or gabacho, especially since I am so clearly one myself. When I worked with my friends, if an American came in, I'd always (jokingly) say to the person waiting on him, "Chingalo, guey. No hay pedo, es gringo." People always thought that one was great.
You may be a little confused about what makes it so hard to make it into these Ivy League (oralsex) schools.
Dude, I just took your CarWifePizza for a ride. I couldn't get mine turned on. Hope you don't mind.
DOCTOR: So I am to understand that you were swinging the lightsaber around wildly while playing by yourself?
PATIENT: Yes!
DOCTOR: And you fell on your wiimote?
PATIENT: Yes!
DOCTOR: Wait a second...isn't there only lightsaber swinging in Duel mode?
NURSE: Busted!
RECEPTIONIST: There's someone here to see the patient...
MARIO: ITSA ME! MARIO! Yousa gotta no play witta da wiimote lika dat! Issa no goota for ayou digestion offa da lasagna! Shigeru'sa be amadd awitta us!
SHIGERU MIYAMOTO: No famry fun! No buttmote! You shame Nintendo pray!
(etc)
(sorry, I got off-track there)
1907 called.
They want their 90's reference back.
I haven't even gotten around to impregnating some beezies. And the rest of my family's doing OK on the money. I think I'll let someone else kill him(her)self
GEEK: It sets up the chroot jail or it gets the hose.
N00B: [sobbing hysterically]
GEEK:Yes, it will, Precious, won't it? It will get the hose!
N00B: Okay... okay... okay. Mister, if you let me go, I won't - I won't press charges I promise. See, my mom is a real important woman... I guess you already know that.
GEEK: Now it places the browser in the chroot jail.
N00B: Please! Please I wanna go home! I wanna go home please!
GEEK: It places the browser in the chroot jail.
N00B: I wanna see my mommy! Please I wanna see my...
GEEK: Put the fucking browser in the jail!