After playing Rick Dangerous for many, many hours, I saw, in real life, a bowl of cookies in the house and thought that I had to grab them quick before a native could get me.
Quoteth the NYTese: In the typical house that's enough to light a 100-watt light bulb 24/7 Translated in human language: In the typical house that's 100 W.
You'd think candy is cheap at $1 for a chocolate bar, but buying one million chocolate bars costs ONE MILLION DOLLARS!! How can people afford to eat chocolate?
$5 per episode is perhaps a little much, but I've spent more for an hour of entertainment (queue prostitue jokes).
While the mechanicality is the greatest feature (the article mentions maintainability for any future civilisation, and insight into inner workings without disassembly), the clock isn't comparable to atomic clocks in that it keeps astronomical time, similar to UT1. Atomic clocks can only keep the equivalent of UTC (or more fitting, GPS time).
Of course, many slashdotters would probably value atomic time over astronomical time, but that's besides the point:P
How about dead key input or keyword replacement? You can try them in Vim with:imap != <C-k>!= or:abbreviate != [not-equals sign here].
Try one and type if(a != b), Vim will turn it into a nice \ne sign.
The dead key approach could easily be included in X (X.org doesn't seem to support making arbitrary keys dead now). The keyword approach (which I prefer) would have to be on an editor-by-editor basis.
Mass production is king. If you can add one feature that allows you to sell 10% more phones, adding that feature would actually make the phone cheaper.
For a taste of what java can do, try Jake2. It's a Quake2 engine written entirely in java (easily started via webstart, on both linux and windows, and automatically downloads the Quake2 demo files if you want).
(Yes, I prepare my comments in vi, then cut and paste, don't even try to make me use some GUI text widget editor and claim it can be productive.)
How about Yzis? It's a vim clone designed for guis and embeddability without major hacks, and can work as the text area editor in konqueror.
And I hope you just misspelled "I prepare my comments in vim". Vim isn't vi, and vi isn't vim. They share some concepts, but so does notepad and emacs.
An average american pirates four cds per month, for a total loss of $73 billion per person per year. Therefore, starting in 2006, every person will be required to buy four cds per month from RIAA-approved labels. If you do not fulfill your quota, the remaining cost plus a moderate fine will be charged to you at the end of each fiscal year.
1. Why do they keep adding all these new features? I just want a plain phone.
Get a Vodafone Simply and go read People magazine instead of slashdot.
2. Yeah, that's great and all, but when do we get this for our laptops?
The same time we get it for our phones. While irda and bluetooth can't handle these kinds of rates, usb, wireless usb or the next generation connection interface will. (4G is still years and years away)
Every time Apple comes out with a system or application update, there will be problems on non-Apple systems and you'll have to search the internet for patches.
Joe Sixpack's kid: "Yeah, I tried OSX for a while. It kept breaking. I don't know why people bother with it."
While it certainly can be so configured, the usual setup is to map your home directory to a windows disk (otherwise you'd get the "but where are my files?" issue).
They will happily shell out 18 bucks for the latest pop CD, even though I have explained to them time and time again that the artist makes practically nothing from CD sales.
I'm willing to shell out 8 bucks for a kilo of cheese, even though the goats get practically nothing.
Of course many OSS authors prefer the GPL. It forces companies and other users to help pay for development by giving back.
No it doesn't. A company is not required contribute directly to the original project, all it has to do is allow the project to take code should they ever get their hands on the company's product.
Many people complain when others take GPL code without contributing back. If this is a problem, use a bloody "shared source" license like Sun and Microsoft.
That's the difference between "fruit drink" and "fruit juice". If it says "drink" anywhere in the title, it means water, sugar, 8% orange juice from concentrate and you'd be just as well off drinking soda.
"Nectar" means the same as "drink", only it sounds cuter.
I read the labels on everything now, and boy have I been ripped off in the past.
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After playing Rick Dangerous for many, many hours, I saw, in real life, a bowl of cookies in the house and thought that I had to grab them quick before a native could get me.
Quoteth the NYTese: In the typical house that's enough to light a 100-watt light bulb 24/7
Translated in human language: In the typical house that's 100 W.
Hint: Appliances aren't off all day.
You'd think candy is cheap at $1 for a chocolate bar, but buying one million chocolate bars costs ONE MILLION DOLLARS!! How can people afford to eat chocolate?
$5 per episode is perhaps a little much, but I've spent more for an hour of entertainment (queue prostitue jokes).
Could you crack it by brute force if you generate or display a bunch of faces on a screen?
Maybe $1 for the algorithm license and $0 for the components (provided it already has a camera).
While the mechanicality is the greatest feature (the article mentions maintainability for any future civilisation, and insight into inner workings without disassembly), the clock isn't comparable to atomic clocks in that it keeps astronomical time, similar to UT1. Atomic clocks can only keep the equivalent of UTC (or more fitting, GPS time).
:P
Of course, many slashdotters would probably value atomic time over astronomical time, but that's besides the point
How about dead key input or keyword replacement? You can try them in Vim with :imap != <C-k>!= or :abbreviate != [not-equals sign here].
Try one and type if(a != b), Vim will turn it into a nice \ne sign.
The dead key approach could easily be included in X (X.org doesn't seem to support making arbitrary keys dead now). The keyword approach (which I prefer) would have to be on an editor-by-editor basis.
Mass production is king. If you can add one feature that allows you to sell 10% more phones, adding that feature would actually make the phone cheaper.
For a taste of what java can do, try Jake2. It's a Quake2 engine written entirely in java (easily started via webstart, on both linux and windows, and automatically downloads the Quake2 demo files if you want).
You would never be able to tell that it's java.
(Yes, I prepare my comments in vi, then cut and paste, don't even try to make me use some GUI text widget editor and claim it can be productive.)
How about Yzis? It's a vim clone designed for guis and embeddability without major hacks, and can work as the text area editor in konqueror.
And I hope you just misspelled "I prepare my comments in vim". Vim isn't vi, and vi isn't vim. They share some concepts, but so does notepad and emacs.
(queue the notepad-emacs comparison jokes)
An average american pirates four cds per month, for a total loss of $73 billion per person per year. Therefore, starting in 2006, every person will be required to buy four cds per month from RIAA-approved labels. If you do not fulfill your quota, the remaining cost plus a moderate fine will be charged to you at the end of each fiscal year.
Love, RIAA.
I watch video on my device all the time (a laptop). I think the right formula is a 14" screen and a better program selection than the TV.
Like JTiger has done for ages?
It doesn't have to be in realtime. Hell, that might even be interesting!
1. Why do they keep adding all these new features? I just want a plain phone.
Get a Vodafone Simply and go read People magazine instead of slashdot.
2. Yeah, that's great and all, but when do we get this for our laptops?
The same time we get it for our phones. While irda and bluetooth can't handle these kinds of rates, usb, wireless usb or the next generation connection interface will. (4G is still years and years away)
That's half the expense right there.
Joe Sixpack's kid: "Yeah, I tried OSX for a while. It kept breaking. I don't know why people bother with it."
I drive without a seatbelt, as a result I've had NO accidents. People who wear seatbelt shouldn't, they're obviously bad for you.
While it certainly can be so configured, the usual setup is to map your home directory to a windows disk (otherwise you'd get the "but where are my files?" issue).
It's at a reasonable volume!
I'm willing to shell out 8 bucks for a kilo of cheese, even though the goats get practically nothing.
Brilliant :D
No it doesn't. A company is not required contribute directly to the original project, all it has to do is allow the project to take code should they ever get their hands on the company's product.
Many people complain when others take GPL code without contributing back. If this is a problem, use a bloody "shared source" license like Sun and Microsoft.
That's the difference between "fruit drink" and "fruit juice". If it says "drink" anywhere in the title, it means water, sugar, 8% orange juice from concentrate and you'd be just as well off drinking soda.
"Nectar" means the same as "drink", only it sounds cuter.
I read the labels on everything now, and boy have I been ripped off in the past.
I will, in the mean time, here's another mirror