No one has ever had a need for good and precise gearing for anything other than time keeping
This should be a good spot for a car analogy, but I can't be bothered. But if you take a look at the workings of a gearbox or differential, you'll realise you're completely wrong. And the sextant was only made possible by the accurate machining of screw threads.
I know someone who dropped not one, but TWO cell phones in toilets.
My wife has dropped her Motorola Razr2 V9 in the loo twice. That and washing it under the tap did it no harm. The same phone also sat in a puddle of rain overnight and got driven over by a tractor. Needless to say, the front screen is cracked, but the device is still working fine.
I'd like to see an iPhone stand up to that sort of abuse...
I have never met or even heard of anyone who uses Second Life...
I have. Once. A very good friend of mine has a reclusive sister with a body built for comfort rather than speed, and the kind of face that sank a thousand ships. She spends hours on Second Life while she munches away on potato chips getting even fatter, hoping to meet the love of her life. [sigh.]
Apart from her, the only instances I have heard of are big corporations like this who hoped to milk a fictional cash cow, only to find her teats were dry and are pulling out.
I guess it's a self-fulfilling thing that if 2nd Life insists on being a hang-out for losers, then only losers will bother going there.
How the old is made new once more. Back in the early '80s we were only too happy to get away from that model... Just goes to show. Just as well I kept that card-punch (a Burroughs equivalent of this), maybe I'll need it again in a few years.
If it is just a plugin, it can always be removed. Why bash it if it will get more people to cross over?
I wasn't arguing against the use of the plugin. I can see its usefulness for users who are more familiar with Photoshop. I was simply making the case that Photoshop or its proponents don't have any right to claim its interface as a standard to which all other image editors must conform.
Fair enough. And the post that appears just above yours: "just use Arch..." amounts to the same thing. I've been a fan of Slackware since it was SLS, but my current preference is for Arch which has all of Slack's advantages but with a more comprehensive, rolling-release package system.
Gimp doesn't appear among the packages included in the minimal install ISO, but you only need to run sudo pacman -S gimp and you're ready to roll.
Actually, for most users, I'd suggest GIMP on Windows
I wish I could agree. I'm a big fan of Gimp, and use it all the time on my Linux and Mac boxes, but I have found quite often that installed binaries run on Windows fail to run or even lock up the machine.
Why? Just because you learned to use Photoshop first? That isn't a good argument.
The multi-window thing is perfectly logical and reasonable, it just requires you to discard the baggage of your preconceptions. From my perspective, having learned to use the Gimp first, I find Photoshop's interface unnecessarily cluttered and intrusive. Both get the job done just fine, but if I need to retouch an image or do an HDR rendering, I find the Gimp a better tool for the job.
They're simply saying it's come beyond the point of "basic desktop application" and shouldn't be installed by default anymore.
Gimp hasn't been a basic desktop application for many years. It is a very powerful tool, and it can take a long time to learn how to use it. The same goes for Photoshop, and none of us expects that to come bundled with Windows...
Bear in mind that the Bible mostly wasn't written in Latin to start with, it was written in a whole cocktail of different languages including Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek, so semantic creep would have already occurred. Given the lengths the Church was prepared to go to to subjugate its congregation and prevent splinter groups eroding its financial base, I would be inclined to agree with the parent poster's contention that the use of Latin was an attempt to limit access.
Sure, some members of the wealthier or privileged classes had access to education, but thousands more didn't, and money and power require a more or less quiescent rabble to keep the money rolling in.
Having said that, of course, I can't help being reminded of that quote from the Governor of Texas (circa 1920):
"If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!"
Correction: Anyone who does care about music in the same particular technical fashion that you care about it will recognize it.
No, I'll stand behind what I said. I've been a musician all my life, and I want the music to sound great in a way that can be readily appreciated without needing a degree in electronics engineering. That doesn't mean spending tens of thousands of dollars in a never-ending upgrade cycle, it just means taking your time and using your ears and brains.
This sort of comment is a bit frustrating to me too. I would never even remark on, let alone brag about how much I spent on my speakers (except to say it wasn't $5000).
The sound that comes out of them says everything that needs to be said. Those of my friends who don't really care about music don't really notice, and that's just fine by me. Anyone who does care about music will immediately recognise the quality in the sound.
Over the years I've spent a bit of money on my sound system (relative to my paltry income), but in increments, and only where I can prove to myself that there is a demonstrable benefit. And I usually have to save up or trade something to manage it, so there's no question of one-upmanship.
Records might sound better than digital recordings, but only if they strip out the high frequency noise in the recording.
Many self-professed "audiophiles" swear by black vinyl and valve amplifiers for what they call the "warmth" of the sound. I'm in my late 40s, so I'm sure my ears are no longer as sensitive as they were, and I find I would rather hear more detail. I still use my turntable (Rega Planar, with Grado cartridge) from time to time, but I much prefer the CD.
You're right, the main issue with vinyl is that no matter how carefully you look after those recordings, a lot of what you hear sounds like the snap, crackle and pop of breakfast cereal.
When you master certain tracks together, there are subtle changes that take place when you use actual tape.
Never a truer thing said. One very good album for auditioning hi-fi components is Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, recorded just over 50 years ago, where a marginal amount of tape hiss is evident (or should be), but the sheer outstanding quality of the recording and the textures of the sound make a tough test for fidelity of reproduction.
I challenge anyone who is not actually deaf to listen to that recording encoded to MP3 at 192 kb/s CBR and tell me there is no difference between that and the CD. The upper frequencies are rolled off, and the lows become decidedly flabby.
Although I would be the first to agree that there is a lot of snake-oil around in the so-called "audiophile" market, there is a place for everything. Despite the limitations, I do use compressed files on my iPod, simply because I am aware that when used with street earphones in a high ambient noise environment, the defects are much less noticeable.
In any case, I would have thought Microsoft could simply use the defence that it never sells Windows in that country, since the Chinese prefer to pirate it.;-)
In any case, nobody will bother complaining about bribery if the public purse isn't involved. After all, there's no law that says whether (or how) Google or Bing should show search results.
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Indeed. Like this, maybe...
Sounds like the same exploit as the rickroll worm. But anyone running SSH with a default password deserves everything he'll get.
No one has ever had a need for good and precise gearing for anything other than time keeping
This should be a good spot for a car analogy, but I can't be bothered. But if you take a look at the workings of a gearbox or differential, you'll realise you're completely wrong. And the sextant was only made possible by the accurate machining of screw threads.
I know someone who dropped not one, but TWO cell phones in toilets.
My wife has dropped her Motorola Razr2 V9 in the loo twice. That and washing it under the tap did it no harm. The same phone also sat in a puddle of rain overnight and got driven over by a tractor. Needless to say, the front screen is cracked, but the device is still working fine.
I'd like to see an iPhone stand up to that sort of abuse...
I have never met or even heard of anyone who uses Second Life...
I have. Once. A very good friend of mine has a reclusive sister with a body built for comfort rather than speed, and the kind of face that sank a thousand ships. She spends hours on Second Life while she munches away on potato chips getting even fatter, hoping to meet the love of her life. [sigh.]
Apart from her, the only instances I have heard of are big corporations like this who hoped to milk a fictional cash cow, only to find her teats were dry and are pulling out.
I guess it's a self-fulfilling thing that if 2nd Life insists on being a hang-out for losers, then only losers will bother going there.
....blurchant?
Merchant Banker -> Wanker.
Just FYI, HTH.
How the old is made new once more. Back in the early '80s we were only too happy to get away from that model... Just goes to show. Just as well I kept that card-punch (a Burroughs equivalent of this), maybe I'll need it again in a few years.
If it is just a plugin, it can always be removed. Why bash it if it will get more people to cross over? I wasn't arguing against the use of the plugin. I can see its usefulness for users who are more familiar with Photoshop. I was simply making the case that Photoshop or its proponents don't have any right to claim its interface as a standard to which all other image editors must conform.
If you want Slackware you know where to find it.
Fair enough. And the post that appears just above yours: "just use Arch..." amounts to the same thing. I've been a fan of Slackware since it was SLS, but my current preference is for Arch which has all of Slack's advantages but with a more comprehensive, rolling-release package system.
Gimp doesn't appear among the packages included in the minimal install ISO, but you only need to run sudo pacman -S gimp and you're ready to roll.
Actually, for most users, I'd suggest GIMP on Windows
I wish I could agree. I'm a big fan of Gimp, and use it all the time on my Linux and Mac boxes, but I have found quite often that installed binaries run on Windows fail to run or even lock up the machine.
Why? Just because you learned to use Photoshop first? That isn't a good argument.
The multi-window thing is perfectly logical and reasonable, it just requires you to discard the baggage of your preconceptions. From my perspective, having learned to use the Gimp first, I find Photoshop's interface unnecessarily cluttered and intrusive. Both get the job done just fine, but if I need to retouch an image or do an HDR rendering, I find the Gimp a better tool for the job.
They're simply saying it's come beyond the point of "basic desktop application" and shouldn't be installed by default anymore.
Gimp hasn't been a basic desktop application for many years. It is a very powerful tool, and it can take a long time to learn how to use it. The same goes for Photoshop, and none of us expects that to come bundled with Windows...
Or you could simply
sudo su
I accept your challenge - have you got a .torrent link for the flac?
No, I don't. The CD is commonly available very cheaply at second-hand or remainder stalls, so there is no reason not to just buy it.
Bear in mind that the Bible mostly wasn't written in Latin to start with, it was written in a whole cocktail of different languages including Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek, so semantic creep would have already occurred. Given the lengths the Church was prepared to go to to subjugate its congregation and prevent splinter groups eroding its financial base, I would be inclined to agree with the parent poster's contention that the use of Latin was an attempt to limit access.
Sure, some members of the wealthier or privileged classes had access to education, but thousands more didn't, and money and power require a more or less quiescent rabble to keep the money rolling in.
Having said that, of course, I can't help being reminded of that quote from the Governor of Texas (circa 1920):
"If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!"
Heck, if nothing else think of it as insurance: what if there is a God?
"Just In Case" doesn't sound like much of a principle to base your life on.
Correction: Anyone who does care about music in the same particular technical fashion that you care about it will recognize it.
No, I'll stand behind what I said. I've been a musician all my life, and I want the music to sound great in a way that can be readily appreciated without needing a degree in electronics engineering. That doesn't mean spending tens of thousands of dollars in a never-ending upgrade cycle, it just means taking your time and using your ears and brains.
$500 for a friggin' ethernet cable? Holy shit. Better go get one... :-}
This sort of comment is a bit frustrating to me too. I would never even remark on, let alone brag about how much I spent on my speakers (except to say it wasn't $5000).
The sound that comes out of them says everything that needs to be said. Those of my friends who don't really care about music don't really notice, and that's just fine by me. Anyone who does care about music will immediately recognise the quality in the sound.
Over the years I've spent a bit of money on my sound system (relative to my paltry income), but in increments, and only where I can prove to myself that there is a demonstrable benefit. And I usually have to save up or trade something to manage it, so there's no question of one-upmanship.
Records might sound better than digital recordings, but only if they strip out the high frequency noise in the recording.
Many self-professed "audiophiles" swear by black vinyl and valve amplifiers for what they call the "warmth" of the sound. I'm in my late 40s, so I'm sure my ears are no longer as sensitive as they were, and I find I would rather hear more detail. I still use my turntable (Rega Planar, with Grado cartridge) from time to time, but I much prefer the CD.
You're right, the main issue with vinyl is that no matter how carefully you look after those recordings, a lot of what you hear sounds like the snap, crackle and pop of breakfast cereal.
When you master certain tracks together, there are subtle changes that take place when you use actual tape.
Never a truer thing said. One very good album for auditioning hi-fi components is Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, recorded just over 50 years ago, where a marginal amount of tape hiss is evident (or should be), but the sheer outstanding quality of the recording and the textures of the sound make a tough test for fidelity of reproduction.
I challenge anyone who is not actually deaf to listen to that recording encoded to MP3 at 192 kb/s CBR and tell me there is no difference between that and the CD. The upper frequencies are rolled off, and the lows become decidedly flabby.
Although I would be the first to agree that there is a lot of snake-oil around in the so-called "audiophile" market, there is a place for everything. Despite the limitations, I do use compressed files on my iPod, simply because I am aware that when used with street earphones in a high ambient noise environment, the defects are much less noticeable.
In any case, I would have thought Microsoft could simply use the defence that it never sells Windows in that country, since the Chinese prefer to pirate it. ;-)
Yes, the million lines of code are completely obvious and easy to understand. The ten line comment just explains it a bit quicker.
Sorry guys, I didn't mean anyone to take me seriously. Just to spell it out:
Whoosh.
Real Programmers don't need comments - the code is obvious.
In any case, nobody will bother complaining about bribery if the public purse isn't involved. After all, there's no law that says whether (or how) Google or Bing should show search results.