I also got to this story from my RSS reader. Using an RSS reader is the only realistic way of keeping up with lots of sites. I never load the homepages of the sites I read every day.
WTF? From the discussion happening here, you'd think Slashdotters are all either misogynists or suffer from gynophobia. There are not enough women in technology careers. And it's not because of hiring, it's because the candidates aren't there. Very few women are studying technology majors in university. The only way to correct this is to get them interested in STEM subjects when they are young. If that takes some incentives for teaching girls over boys, so be it.
And there's the catch-22: Anybody with two fucking brains to rub together disables "features" like telemetry, just on general principle.
Is it common to have more than one brain? You make it sound like two brains is a low number. Why do I only have one? Does that mean I'm retarded? How many brains do you have anyway? I have so many questions about your post...
Most manufacturers have at least one printer tech they do well. In my experience, Lexmark sucks at all of them. Across the board, from consumer inkjets to dot-matrix form printers, to large workgroup lasers, the Lexmark printer is useless crap. Sure they cost less. But when you need to print something and can't, you'll wish you bought something else. I'd chop my balls off before I bought another Lexmark printer.
"Thiokol engineers argued that if the O-rings were colder than 53 F (12 C), they did not have enough data to determine whether the joint would seal properly. This was an important consideration, since the SRB O-rings had been designated as a "Criticality 1" component—meaning that there was no backup if both the primary and secondary O-rings failed, and their failure would destroy the Orbiter and its crew."
Nice answer, but wrong question. The OP wasn't asking why OSS is good, they were asking why someone would want to create something that they probably will never make any money from.
And you missed the point of his post. His answer to the question is that OSS is often about itch scratching. If a programmer wants a software product which would never be sold commercially, the only choice is to create it himself. People do this with physical objects all the time. Have you never built something because no one makes what you want? Or did everything in your home come from Walmart?
I agree with your general sentiment. However, I think it's wrong to group this lame ass with all homosexuals. This stupid bullshit goes so far beyond gay. No self respecting gay man would ever do anything like this. This "artist" must rape one-week-old kittens or something.
Why is this on slashdot? For that matter, why do I read slashdot anymore anyway? The amount of lame shit on this site has nearly gone off the scale. Perhaps taco should change the name to shitdot.
Um, that's quite a bit more than "several thousand" pages. My 6' cases hold at least 10,000 pages per shelf and have 5 shelves. You could have more than 100,000 pages! You'd better check the duty cycle on whatever hardware you use.
You're on the right track with this. If this was my house, I'd be running conduit everywhere, even places I wasn't planning on pulling cable.
The one fundemental law of cabling is that you can never plan for enough. In 5 years you'll end up with more cable than you'll ever use in every room of your house, except for where you really need it.
If you have a well designed conduit system, at least you can easily add it later.
I live in Texas... People who haven't been here can't understand a phrase like "big as Texas." Going from El Paso to DFW via the interstate is like crossing interstellar space in the STS!
If you RTFA, you'll see that Bigelow has a plan to use this spacecraft with his inflatable habitats. The 50 Mil is just to take the edge off the development costs, the real money is in carrying tourists to Bigelow's space hotels.
I'm an Apple fan but this arguement is just plain stupid. The developer problem facing Apple is not the lack of big names like Adobe and Microsoft but the lack of small names you're probably never heard.
Jesus, I'd stop going to movies at those prices too. I go to the matinees on Sat. or Sun. mornings: $5/seat. The theater has a 5 acre parking lot & parking is free. I eat before going or smuggle my food in.
Apple has probably gone to Synaptics for every touchpad they've put in their laptops. I'll bet Apple didn't even think twice about going to them for the scrollwheel, it was a natural choice.
I've thought of that and regected it. Both of those men want to move our country in same general direction, a direction that is morally wrong in my view. I can't decide between two men who I basically believe to be evil. We'd still be left with evil and I can't bring myself to vote for that.
I'm voting Libertarian because I want neither Bush nor Kerry to be President. I can't make a "lesser of two evils" vote because I honestly can't decide which of them is more vile. Not voting would just send the message that I don't care.
You're right, the G3 iMac really is easier to get into than one would think. I replaced the 10GB HD in mine with an 80GB one about 8 months ago. On the whole, it was roughly comparible to popping open a classic or SE/30 in the good old days.
Last night I stripped my iBook SE (toilet seat)down to the mobo so I could swap out the broken DC power connector. What a bitch that was. But I did it and once again it's been returned to full functioning.
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I also got to this story from my RSS reader. Using an RSS reader is the only realistic way of keeping up with lots of sites. I never load the homepages of the sites I read every day.
WTF? From the discussion happening here, you'd think Slashdotters are all either misogynists or suffer from gynophobia. There are not enough women in technology careers. And it's not because of hiring, it's because the candidates aren't there. Very few women are studying technology majors in university. The only way to correct this is to get them interested in STEM subjects when they are young. If that takes some incentives for teaching girls over boys, so be it.
And there's the catch-22: Anybody with two fucking brains to rub together disables "features" like telemetry, just on general principle.
Is it common to have more than one brain? You make it sound like two brains is a low number. Why do I only have one? Does that mean I'm retarded? How many brains do you have anyway? I have so many questions about your post...
Most manufacturers have at least one printer tech they do well. In my experience, Lexmark sucks at all of them. Across the board, from consumer inkjets to dot-matrix form printers, to large workgroup lasers, the Lexmark printer is useless crap. Sure they cost less. But when you need to print something and can't, you'll wish you bought something else. I'd chop my balls off before I bought another Lexmark printer.
Remember a little thing called the Challenger Disaster?
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
"Thiokol engineers argued that if the O-rings were colder than 53 F (12 C), they did not have enough data to determine whether the joint would seal properly. This was an important consideration, since the SRB O-rings had been designated as a "Criticality 1" component—meaning that there was no backup if both the primary and secondary O-rings failed, and their failure would destroy the Orbiter and its crew."
Nice answer, but wrong question. The OP wasn't asking why OSS is good, they were asking why someone would want to create something that they probably will never make any money from.
And you missed the point of his post. His answer to the question is that OSS is often about itch scratching. If a programmer wants a software product which would never be sold commercially, the only choice is to create it himself. People do this with physical objects all the time. Have you never built something because no one makes what you want? Or did everything in your home come from Walmart?
My hat is off to you sir. This may be the best, most intelligent answer to an "Ask Slashdot" question that I've ever seen. Bravo.
I agree with your general sentiment. However, I think it's wrong to group this lame ass with all homosexuals. This stupid bullshit goes so far beyond gay. No self respecting gay man would ever do anything like this. This "artist" must rape one-week-old kittens or something.
Why is this on slashdot? For that matter, why do I read slashdot anymore anyway? The amount of lame shit on this site has nearly gone off the scale. Perhaps taco should change the name to shitdot.
Um, that's quite a bit more than "several thousand" pages. My 6' cases hold at least 10,000 pages per shelf and have 5 shelves. You could have more than 100,000 pages! You'd better check the duty cycle on whatever hardware you use.
You're on the right track with this. If this was my house, I'd be running conduit everywhere, even places I wasn't planning on pulling cable.
The one fundemental law of cabling is that you can never plan for enough. In 5 years you'll end up with more cable than you'll ever use in every room of your house, except for where you really need it.
If you have a well designed conduit system, at least you can easily add it later.
It's TPS reports, you jackass.
See Tidal Locking
"Boy, it's lucky you had these compartments."
I live in Texas... People who haven't been here can't understand a phrase like "big as Texas." Going from El Paso to DFW via the interstate is like crossing interstellar space in the STS!
Instead of the TTC we need Trans-Warp Conduits!
Strangely enough, I can't find the bolded part of your "quote" anywhere... maybe your post should be modded funny?
Download the source and make your own reader!
Real geeks do stuff like that all the time!
It's not like it would be hard or anything...
If you RTFA, you'll see that Bigelow has a plan to use this spacecraft with his inflatable habitats. The 50 Mil is just to take the edge off the development costs, the real money is in carrying tourists to Bigelow's space hotels.
I'm an Apple fan but this arguement is just plain stupid. The developer problem facing Apple is not the lack of big names like Adobe and Microsoft but the lack of small names you're probably never heard.
Jesus, I'd stop going to movies at those prices too. I go to the matinees on Sat. or Sun. mornings: $5/seat. The theater has a 5 acre parking lot & parking is free. I eat before going or smuggle my food in.
My suggestion: Move.
Apple has probably gone to Synaptics for every touchpad they've put in their laptops. I'll bet Apple didn't even think twice about going to them for the scrollwheel, it was a natural choice.
...and what is that morally wrong direction?
An increasingly invasive government which pisses away our basic freedoms in the name of cowardice and bullshit.
I've thought of that and regected it. Both of those men want to move our country in same general direction, a direction that is morally wrong in my view. I can't decide between two men who I basically believe to be evil. We'd still be left with evil and I can't bring myself to vote for that.
I'm voting Libertarian because I want neither Bush nor Kerry to be President. I can't make a "lesser of two evils" vote because I honestly can't decide which of them is more vile. Not voting would just send the message that I don't care.
You're right, the G3 iMac really is easier to get into than one would think. I replaced the 10GB HD in mine with an 80GB one about 8 months ago. On the whole, it was roughly comparible to popping open a classic or SE/30 in the good old days.
Last night I stripped my iBook SE (toilet seat)down to the mobo so I could swap out the broken DC power connector. What a bitch that was. But I did it and once again it's been returned to full functioning.
Sadly, I can't hide behind such distinctions.
I'm a "computer" guy.