I think the point was that non-computerized "stuff" is easier to repair without having to rely on electricity. You can't pull apart a chip and see how the circuits work as you can with mechanical things.
You are, I hope, aware that modern ABS systems typically give a shorter stopping distance than even a talented driver, on any surface other than dry tarmac?
Yes, but stomping on the brakes and not hitting something (reliance on technology) is no replacement for a good driver who wouldn't need to stomp on the brakes in the first place.
Amen. It's the same thing for mainstream CAD. Upgrades cost a few hundred bucks and tend to shuffle around icons (luckily, keyboard shortcuts still work - for now) and add dubious "features", sometimes removing others. It's the upgrade game, but most users' machines are set to saveas a version from a few years ago.
The kids who like to push buttons, see flashy new stuff and find satisfaction in manipulating a machine love this crap while we professionals get pissed-off.
My question was based on the fact that these drives are so cheap and large now that you can actually fit a Linux distribution on it, plus a lot of other stuff for thirty bucks. Yes, I have seen the past related Slashdot stories, but the concept of swapping-out SD cards with a thumb drive-sized adapter is new to me.
Or are you claiming that technology stands still and therefore "read the FAQ, luser"?
At the risk of sounding like a suck-up, Slashcode deserves a patent.
Seriously, though, it's been very innovative, enough so that I've stayed around long enough to make 2000 posts (some while sober), and I'm not even a software developer, programmer or other IT-type person.
It's got its warts, but it is one hell of a great user-oriented/participation system.
Now that the suckupitude is done, who can help me set up Slashcode for my own site?
Most CAD users are on AutoCAD. 3D piping work (designing refineries, nuke plants, chem plants, etc.) in AutoCAD typically has to be broken-down into workable file sizes (say, less than 2MB, maybe up to 10MB). For other CAD applications I can imagine that models can be quite a bit larger, but those doing that type of work likely already have customized set-ups that cannot easily be upgraded due to fears that doing so will break something.
it certainly doesn't mean you should be calling for people to be modded down just because you disagree with them.
It does perhaps say something about the grandparent poster though.
The "vote-buying" fear is an odd and irrational one, as you point out. An election is a many-to-few application (well, sort of); are the non-elected or elected going to micro-punish those who didn't vote for them?
The vast majority of CAD users are running AutoCAD and going to 64bit won't speed up the program much (if at all). A fresh OS install might make the software *seem* faster for awhile though.
I spend a lot of my time getting folks introduced to new programs, and, I continually run up against the wall of "too hard to learn".
I've often wondered how much of the 'too-hard-to-learn' complaint comes from slackers that now have a semi-legitimate excuse to wait around for tech support to show them (for the nth time)/fix problems.
That said, would I ever "hack" illegally again? Yes- but only on the condition that I left my potential prison sentance with enough cash to retire early.
So it's OK to trade-off time and respect (self and others') for the cash payoff in the end? I don't quite get this retirement plan.
There are still a whole host of low value transactions where cash is the most appropriate way to pay.
True, and time is a factor as well. Paying electronically for things like lunch, bus tickets, etc. generally takes 5 to 10 times longer as it does with cash. That's important when there is a queue.
Probably because as an ex-Montrealer I speak French (probably 3.5/5 rather than fully bilingual) and whenever I see "meme" I think of the French word, 'meme' which is pronounced as 'mame' (as opposed to, 'meem'). The French word meams, 'similar' or 'same', which confuses things further for my brain. Those damn French, it's like they have a different word for everything!
Are all the religions and dieties that man-kind have believed in one way or another so damn righteous as to demand that their followers mame all others in their name?
Clever misspelling?
meme: an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture
maim: to commit the felony of mayhem upon
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I think the point was that non-computerized "stuff" is easier to repair without having to rely on electricity. You can't pull apart a chip and see how the circuits work as you can with mechanical things.
You are, I hope, aware that modern ABS systems typically give a shorter stopping distance than even a talented driver, on any surface other than dry tarmac?
Yes, but stomping on the brakes and not hitting something (reliance on technology) is no replacement for a good driver who wouldn't need to stomp on the brakes in the first place.
Insert sound of laughter into reader's brain. You misspelled "your", you moron.
To go where? To another ball of rock without water?
If you think "terraforming" is realistic you've been reading too much science fiction.
Sounds a bit like http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp to me.
Amen. It's the same thing for mainstream CAD. Upgrades cost a few hundred bucks and tend to shuffle around icons (luckily, keyboard shortcuts still work - for now) and add dubious "features", sometimes removing others. It's the upgrade game, but most users' machines are set to saveas a version from a few years ago.
The kids who like to push buttons, see flashy new stuff and find satisfaction in manipulating a machine love this crap while we professionals get pissed-off.
good to go
I cringe every time I hear this phrase. Also, I haven't heard "boxen" used lately here, can it be used more often just to annoy me? Thanks.
My question was based on the fact that these drives are so cheap and large now that you can actually fit a Linux distribution on it, plus a lot of other stuff for thirty bucks. Yes, I have seen the past related Slashdot stories, but the concept of swapping-out SD cards with a thumb drive-sized adapter is new to me.
Or are you claiming that technology stands still and therefore "read the FAQ, luser"?
The only logical thing I can think of is a rouge person
:)
What do you have against native American indians?
A small, six nines cryogenic plant for Texas Instruments in Houston. I didn't do it all by myself, of course.
What? That one blew up? OK then, a prototype hydrogen-generating facility in Chalk River.
What? That one blew up too?
I give up - ice cubes.
when BT still owned the entire phone system (including the sets themselves) and could believably send a technician 'round to "fix the phone".
Did they include free cleaning?
I suspect the beavers, myself.
At the risk of sounding like a suck-up, Slashcode deserves a patent.
Seriously, though, it's been very innovative, enough so that I've stayed around long enough to make 2000 posts (some while sober), and I'm not even a software developer, programmer or other IT-type person.
It's got its warts, but it is one hell of a great user-oriented/participation system.
Now that the suckupitude is done, who can help me set up Slashcode for my own site?
FO?
In the process piping vernacular, "FO" stands for "fail open". Maybe I should get a life or something.
I lost track after, "convenience of the packaging".
Most CAD users are on AutoCAD. 3D piping work (designing refineries, nuke plants, chem plants, etc.) in AutoCAD typically has to be broken-down into workable file sizes (say, less than 2MB, maybe up to 10MB). For other CAD applications I can imagine that models can be quite a bit larger, but those doing that type of work likely already have customized set-ups that cannot easily be upgraded due to fears that doing so will break something.
it certainly doesn't mean you should be calling for people to be modded down just because you disagree with them.
It does perhaps say something about the grandparent poster though.
The "vote-buying" fear is an odd and irrational one, as you point out. An election is a many-to-few application (well, sort of); are the non-elected or elected going to micro-punish those who didn't vote for them?
The vast majority of CAD users are running AutoCAD and going to 64bit won't speed up the program much (if at all). A fresh OS install might make the software *seem* faster for awhile though.
I spend a lot of my time getting folks introduced to new programs, and, I continually run up against the wall of "too hard to learn".
I've often wondered how much of the 'too-hard-to-learn' complaint comes from slackers that now have a semi-legitimate excuse to wait around for tech support to show them (for the nth time)/fix problems.
That said, would I ever "hack" illegally again? Yes- but only on the condition that I left my potential prison sentance with enough cash to retire early.
So it's OK to trade-off time and respect (self and others') for the cash payoff in the end? I don't quite get this retirement plan.
Taco is a Lego fan, does that help you out any?
The plastic shrinks as is cools. Simple as that.
There is also something called draft angle. I now forget how I knew this.
There are still a whole host of low value transactions where cash is the most appropriate way to pay.
True, and time is a factor as well. Paying electronically for things like lunch, bus tickets, etc. generally takes 5 to 10 times longer as it does with cash. That's important when there is a queue.
Like hanging chads?
Probably because as an ex-Montrealer I speak French (probably 3.5/5 rather than fully bilingual) and whenever I see "meme" I think of the French word, 'meme' which is pronounced as 'mame' (as opposed to, 'meem'). The French word meams, 'similar' or 'same', which confuses things further for my brain. Those damn French, it's like they have a different word for everything!
Are all the religions and dieties that man-kind have believed in one way or another so damn righteous as to demand that their followers mame all others in their name?
Clever misspelling?
meme: an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture
maim: to commit the felony of mayhem upon