This would probably be far lighter THAN current solutions for this.
You didn't think we self-important (for lack of better things to do) word Nazi pricks would go away just because of a six hour Slashdot meltdown, did you?
If, OTOH, you heat your house by electric current - i.e. by the waste heat from your electrical devices - then somewhere in the world there's a power plant burning gas on your behalf
You seem to be implying that all electricity is derived from the burning of fossil fuels. That is incorrect.
I keep hearing that 'military intelligence' is an oxymoron (it's become a meme). It's probably useful to keep that notion going, because, well, everyone *just knows* that everyone in the military is a complete moron and can't do anything right.
And what does it say about the market audience when domain names with misspelled words (like Mortage.com) can go for $242,000?
I fail to see how such a mispelling can be worth that much moneyt. Maybe my visitors are too smart, but still, typing piping desoin into a search engine is not going to get them where they want to be, and they'll quickly realize their error.
What really freaks me out is real.com at #9. Who the hell goes to real.com?
Look for realsched.exe (or something similar) in your processes. This often auto-starts upon XP reboot and is probably pinging every few minutes. Perhaps this is considered "huge public acceptance" in the minds of some clueless marketers.
While Slashdot doesn't do this, I've seen other sites that set page refresh to, like, one per minute. What reason could there be for doing this other than to exaggerate daily page views?
The camera man was a western journalist filming inside his hotel room many blocks away. Tank man had no way of knowing he was being filmed. There was certainly no setup ahead of time.
Unless, of course, "Tank Man" was a plant from the government intended to show how tolerant the military could be. Remember, the Chinese officials knew where the western journalists were holed-up and knew their sightlines (according to the PBS documentary, the cameraman that took photos/video hid the film in the toilet tank because he knew the government would be knocking at his door). "Tank Man" has never been identified.
Check your cooling. This is just apocryphal, but AMD chips seem to be temperature-sensitive. A recurring re-booting problem on my dual AMD machine was due to a failing fan in an unused, removeable hard drive tray. It was telling the CPU that there was a failure, which caused shutdowns.
Yes, I use the Windows condoms (updated anti-virus, spyware and latest patches)
But chances are you probably have and use a cellphone and maybe a laptop too.
Actually, no. I've used both but have neither. I'm over 40, so I'm somewhat in between phone calls and emails as far as technology adoption goes. To me, most of the latest "gee whiz" communications technology is directed towards youth who don't know better.
On the other hand, the internet is the best thing that has happened to earth so far.
Just an honest question: what is this new perceived need to carry around (and be able to listen to) your own music at any time?
Is it expressing individualism, blocking out other audible stimuli or something else?
I just don't get it - I prefer to listen to the music that I enjoy and focus on it, not use it as background noise in a work environment or (worse) while walking, cycling or driving.
Lately I've been seeing TV ads featuring smiling, happy actors standing in front of expensive automobiles and houses claiming that they now earn $5K (and up) per month for doing relatively little work. Somehow this is possible by using a computer and the internet.
Reading the small print on the screen tells the viewer that, after registering online, the viewer will be directed to some other website that features "business opportunities". It seems like every time I catch this ad there is a different URL and the URLs are always alphanumerical.
As a long-time AutoCAD user, the first thing I do when presented with a new GUI release is to jump in and modify the acad.pgp file (or whatever it's called now) so I can do things without having to re-learn what the icons do.
Looking at preview screenshots of a program don't really tell you much about how it operates or what the hierarchical structure of the commands are.
As an aside, why do all groupware products suck? Groupwise sucks. Domino/Notes sucks. Exchange/Outlook sucks.
Maybe because software in and of itself has become a "necessary" part of business in industries that as recently as 10 years ago didn't have to rely on software.
Much of the chatter encouraged by such communication systems is just background noise and a lot of corporate activity is just busywork. For really important projects (I mean building a bridge, process plant or skyscraper) you don't want to rely on being able to reach one critical person via email or groupware. You use the phone for that.
For me, I don't see the Tagging option anymore (which was apparently only available to "some" users) but I see some Javascripty thing when I click on "X replies beneath your current threshold" which opens up lower-rated comments without a page reload.
I'm not homosexual or bisexual, but I question your use of the word, "gay" as a negative adjective in this context. There are more descriptive words that can communicate your intended meaning much more effectively.
My problem is not with ads, but with the ton of scripts and *annoying* ads that many sites use. Sometimes the page simply wont because an adserver somewhere is bogged down.
Very good observation; I've noticed even Slashdot suffering from this lately (at least from my experience).
Another really annoying thing is sites immediately wanting to set a cookie just for the "privilege" of viewing their pages. This is somewhat analogous to a store's salesman demanding to have your phone number before you even enter the store. The worst sites even deny access if you decide to reject their cookie.
The only time a website should place a cookie is if/when the user wants to interact with the site.
I don't do much adblocking (I use Firefox) but I do manage cookies on my machine.
Now nVidia is working at taking more of the computing high-end market.
What I really want to know is the perceptible difference between a $600 "consumer" ATI videocard and a $1200 "pro 3D" ATI videocard. The price differential with nVidia's pro vs. consumer cards is even more dramatic, it seems.
Having used some fairly sophisticated engineering visualization software for industrial plant design (real-time walk-thrus for design checking and presentations, as an example), a fairly inexpensive card works quite well. What is gained with the $1000+ cards, real-time shadows and textures?
Slashdot Mirror
This would probably be far lighter THAN current solutions for this.
You didn't think we self-important (for lack of better things to do) word Nazi pricks would go away just because of a six hour Slashdot meltdown, did you?
If, OTOH, you heat your house by electric current - i.e. by the waste heat from your electrical devices - then somewhere in the world there's a power plant burning gas on your behalf
You seem to be implying that all electricity is derived from the burning of fossil fuels. That is incorrect.
AKA "The Man Who Never Was". I read the book about 30 years ago and the story is now common knowledge amongst WW2 history fans.
I keep hearing that 'military intelligence' is an oxymoron (it's become a meme). It's probably useful to keep that notion going, because, well, everyone *just knows* that everyone in the military is a complete moron and can't do anything right.
And what does it say about the market audience when domain names with misspelled words (like Mortage.com) can go for $242,000?
I fail to see how such a mispelling can be worth that much moneyt. Maybe my visitors are too smart, but still, typing piping desoin into a search engine is not going to get them where they want to be, and they'll quickly realize their error.
What really freaks me out is real.com at #9. Who the hell goes to real.com?
Look for realsched.exe (or something similar) in your processes. This often auto-starts upon XP reboot and is probably pinging every few minutes. Perhaps this is considered "huge public acceptance" in the minds of some clueless marketers.
While Slashdot doesn't do this, I've seen other sites that set page refresh to, like, one per minute. What reason could there be for doing this other than to exaggerate daily page views?
The camera man was a western journalist filming inside his hotel room many blocks away. Tank man had no way of knowing he was being filmed. There was certainly no setup ahead of time.
Unless, of course, "Tank Man" was a plant from the government intended to show how tolerant the military could be. Remember, the Chinese officials knew where the western journalists were holed-up and knew their sightlines (according to the PBS documentary, the cameraman that took photos/video hid the film in the toilet tank because he knew the government would be knocking at his door). "Tank Man" has never been identified.
If that is the trail of involvement, no wonder people have an inherent distrust and suspicion regarding advertisers.
On occassion I've tried to contact companies that produce excellent ads. The response is always, "we don't do that, thanks for your interest".
It sounds like the author of that book had an agenda. And wasn't very well informed.
Are you claiming that the opposing views DON'T have an agenda?
Check your cooling. This is just apocryphal, but AMD chips seem to be temperature-sensitive. A recurring re-booting problem on my dual AMD machine was due to a failing fan in an unused, removeable hard drive tray. It was telling the CPU that there was a failure, which caused shutdowns.
Yes, I use the Windows condoms (updated anti-virus, spyware and latest patches)
But chances are you probably have and use a cellphone and maybe a laptop too.
Actually, no. I've used both but have neither. I'm over 40, so I'm somewhat in between phone calls and emails as far as technology adoption goes. To me, most of the latest "gee whiz" communications technology is directed towards youth who don't know better.
On the other hand, the internet is the best thing that has happened to earth so far.
Just an honest question: what is this new perceived need to carry around (and be able to listen to) your own music at any time?
Is it expressing individualism, blocking out other audible stimuli or something else?
I just don't get it - I prefer to listen to the music that I enjoy and focus on it, not use it as background noise in a work environment or (worse) while walking, cycling or driving.
Lately I've been seeing TV ads featuring smiling, happy actors standing in front of expensive automobiles and houses claiming that they now earn $5K (and up) per month for doing relatively little work. Somehow this is possible by using a computer and the internet.
Reading the small print on the screen tells the viewer that, after registering online, the viewer will be directed to some other website that features "business opportunities". It seems like every time I catch this ad there is a different URL and the URLs are always alphanumerical.
SNO Detector.
As a long-time AutoCAD user, the first thing I do when presented with a new GUI release is to jump in and modify the acad.pgp file (or whatever it's called now) so I can do things without having to re-learn what the icons do.
Looking at preview screenshots of a program don't really tell you much about how it operates or what the hierarchical structure of the commands are.
You've been modded Troll, but you're right. This is just getting stupid.
As an aside, why do all groupware products suck? Groupwise sucks. Domino/Notes sucks. Exchange/Outlook sucks.
Maybe because software in and of itself has become a "necessary" part of business in industries that as recently as 10 years ago didn't have to rely on software.
Much of the chatter encouraged by such communication systems is just background noise and a lot of corporate activity is just busywork. For really important projects (I mean building a bridge, process plant or skyscraper) you don't want to rely on being able to reach one critical person via email or groupware. You use the phone for that.
For me, I don't see the Tagging option anymore (which was apparently only available to "some" users) but I see some Javascripty thing when I click on "X replies beneath your current threshold" which opens up lower-rated comments without a page reload.
Is an "Email Blast" a spamming technique? If so, one of Canada's top news aggregators is advertising that they do them.
You mispelled "broked".
I'm not homosexual or bisexual, but I question your use of the word, "gay" as a negative adjective in this context. There are more descriptive words that can communicate your intended meaning much more effectively.
You are correct.
those who enjoy the advertising
I think you meant "tolerate". The only ads that are enjoyed are the funny ones.
My problem is not with ads, but with the ton of scripts and *annoying* ads that many sites use. Sometimes the page simply wont because an adserver somewhere is bogged down.
Very good observation; I've noticed even Slashdot suffering from this lately (at least from my experience).
Another really annoying thing is sites immediately wanting to set a cookie just for the "privilege" of viewing their pages. This is somewhat analogous to a store's salesman demanding to have your phone number before you even enter the store. The worst sites even deny access if you decide to reject their cookie.
The only time a website should place a cookie is if/when the user wants to interact with the site.
I don't do much adblocking (I use Firefox) but I do manage cookies on my machine.
Now nVidia is working at taking more of the computing high-end market.
What I really want to know is the perceptible difference between a $600 "consumer" ATI videocard and a $1200 "pro 3D" ATI videocard. The price differential with nVidia's pro vs. consumer cards is even more dramatic, it seems.
Having used some fairly sophisticated engineering visualization software for industrial plant design (real-time walk-thrus for design checking and presentations, as an example), a fairly inexpensive card works quite well. What is gained with the $1000+ cards, real-time shadows and textures?