Apparently this guy doesn't really understand the Star Wars universe. Everything in SW, especially the points that he brought up, make perfect sense to me and I'm willing to be the millions of other SW fans out there. If what he says is true, then how could SW remain so wildly popular for near 30 years?
What you think honesty makes me sick...I can't believe that civiled people still have such primitive racial superstitions. I hope this is just some base attempt at a joke. And yes, by the way, I am white.
I would say that good programmers have been using PHP since the first person used PHP to complete a project. In other words, since the creation of the language. I use PHP, and as a web development platform and it is great for that purpose. Just about anything you could use Perl to do on the web, PHP does, and many tests show faster.
perhaps...but I think the voice recording might have been from a camera w/ a built in mic and not from the mics used for communications. But between the mic theories and the engine not making any noise to begin with, i think this has been explained.
Well...then that means that the video must be faked, because Buzz's voice would have to be a voice over:-P (I am now aware of the reason for no engine noise and, no, the video was recorded with a microphone, thus the voice of the astronaut as they are landing.)
Yes...I am aware of the sound in a vacuum thing, but I always envisioned that there would be no vacuums between the engine and the cockpit, but then again I have no idea about the design of the LEM other than the pictures i've seen.
In a presentation like this, it's a must that you present factual information...but a little swaying opinion here and there always helps. I think that in making this case, a point I would bring up is that software is something that is for the betterment of humanity. In today's world computers are a neccessary part of life, something that businesses, and many individuals, cannot live without. Because new software could potential benefit human kind by making work easier or by allowing processes or technologies to emerge that were never possible before, it should be something open for all to enjoy. A metaphore would be a company finding a new planet with intelligent life on it and only revealing that it existed without telling everyone else the details (ie: location, type of inhabitants, etc.). Or, perhaps, a company finds the cure for cancer but patents it and charges large amounts for something that every human could benefit from. Creating new software is much like discovering these things...and this is why software shouldn't be patented
I have also considered purchasing a mac when I get my next computer. If you knew me, this would be a shocking statement as I have always hated macs. Well, I still dislike the old "fruity" colored ones and any Mac OS = 9, but OS X 10.2 has shaped up to be really sweet and the idea of having a Unix system that actually works, is awesome. Plus, the PowerBook G4 has everything i could want in a notebook. Hopefully by the time I have $$ to afford a comp, G5s will be out (or whatever apple decides to use)
Apple didn't really have a choice on this one. The only way their technology will become successful is if it is accepted and supported by a large number of companies. If its open source, why not include it in your next hardware release?
I don't know if this site is dead on accurate, but I know that it seems to be better than any site I've tried before. Go to bandwidthplace.com/speedtest Try it at night. The server is in Texas and I am on the East Coast and it still seems accurate.
Now I've never tried Netscape 7.0, but according to CNet's review of the browser its about even with IE 6 and worse than Mozilla 1.1 I do use Mozilla 1.1 and I love it. People complain that it doesn't display pages correctly, but I've had no problems with it. The pop-up blocker is great and tabs are sweet. It feels just as fast, if not faster, than IE. So I can't see why to not use it.
Actually, I don't think that the "superparamagnetic barrier broken" actually fits in that group...but anyway. If you look back in history...there has always been something that has threatened society as we know it: in 1860 - states rights, slavery, and the impending civil war, 1930s - the rise of totalitarianism, the 1950s to mid 80s - threat of nuclear war and world destruction (i think thats a little worse than global warming). We managed to survive through all of these times, so I envision the future as a time of plenty with abundant technology, not some Orwellian nightmare.
I've never seen a transreflective screen used as a true computer monitor, but based on the previous post, if it really is like a game boy advanced screen, you might want to watch out on cloudy days. I find that the GBA screen is very dim when not in direct light. I'm sure your boss wouldn't accept "its cloudy" as a reason for not being able to work;-)
When reading this article in full (especially the supercomputer in a watch part) one thought came to mind: the future is gonna rock. This technology sounds really interesting, and from a physics standpoint I would like to know how heating the surface increases density. As I understand it, heated objects have a lower density.
I definetly think that the "last mile" of cabling to everyone's house should be public domain, allowing new companies to come in and offer lower broadband prices. I would find a new ISP just because the billing support people at Comcast are idiots that should have never been given jobs dealing with anything...let alone billing!
yes...i know, but I am simply worried that the next version of winamp will mostlikely not be free...so sad. But I am enjoying the freedom of wonderful winamp 3 as we speak!
Hopefully, if this technology is ever used by the government, they will not openly violate our rights by letting such a system scan and record ALL traffic on a certain ISP. That would be like asking for a phone tap on one house and listening to the conversations of a whole neighborhood.
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Apparently this guy doesn't really understand the Star Wars universe. Everything in SW, especially the points that he brought up, make perfect sense to me and I'm willing to be the millions of other SW fans out there. If what he says is true, then how could SW remain so wildly popular for near 30 years?
If you really wanted to get the CD out, you could just break open the case of the CD-player and get the disk out.
What you think honesty makes me sick...I can't believe that civiled people still have such primitive racial superstitions. I hope this is just some base attempt at a joke. And yes, by the way, I am white.
I would say that good programmers have been using PHP since the first person used PHP to complete a project. In other words, since the creation of the language. I use PHP, and as a web development platform and it is great for that purpose. Just about anything you could use Perl to do on the web, PHP does, and many tests show faster.
I'm not very good...but man what an addictive game!
perhaps...but I think the voice recording might have been from a camera w/ a built in mic and not from the mics used for communications. But between the mic theories and the engine not making any noise to begin with, i think this has been explained.
Well...then that means that the video must be faked, because Buzz's voice would have to be a voice over:-P (I am now aware of the reason for no engine noise and, no, the video was recorded with a microphone, thus the voice of the astronaut as they are landing.)
Yes...I am aware of the sound in a vacuum thing, but I always envisioned that there would be no vacuums between the engine and the cockpit, but then again I have no idea about the design of the LEM other than the pictures i've seen.
The one thing I always thought about was why there were no engine noises during the landing shot from inside the lander. Any ideas?
we should get a hack of the live stream from the satelite just to make sure.
well i don't necessarily agree w/ a society w/ no software patents, but i was just trying to help the guy out
In a presentation like this, it's a must that you present factual information...but a little swaying opinion here and there always helps. I think that in making this case, a point I would bring up is that software is something that is for the betterment of humanity. In today's world computers are a neccessary part of life, something that businesses, and many individuals, cannot live without. Because new software could potential benefit human kind by making work easier or by allowing processes or technologies to emerge that were never possible before, it should be something open for all to enjoy. A metaphore would be a company finding a new planet with intelligent life on it and only revealing that it existed without telling everyone else the details (ie: location, type of inhabitants, etc.). Or, perhaps, a company finds the cure for cancer but patents it and charges large amounts for something that every human could benefit from. Creating new software is much like discovering these things...and this is why software shouldn't be patented
I have also considered purchasing a mac when I get my next computer. If you knew me, this would be a shocking statement as I have always hated macs. Well, I still dislike the old "fruity" colored ones and any Mac OS = 9, but OS X 10.2 has shaped up to be really sweet and the idea of having a Unix system that actually works, is awesome. Plus, the PowerBook G4 has everything i could want in a notebook. Hopefully by the time I have $$ to afford a comp, G5s will be out (or whatever apple decides to use)
Apple didn't really have a choice on this one. The only way their technology will become successful is if it is accepted and supported by a large number of companies. If its open source, why not include it in your next hardware release?
I don't know if this site is dead on accurate, but I know that it seems to be better than any site I've tried before. Go to bandwidthplace.com/speedtest Try it at night. The server is in Texas and I am on the East Coast and it still seems accurate.
Now I've never tried Netscape 7.0, but according to CNet's review of the browser its about even with IE 6 and worse than Mozilla 1.1 I do use Mozilla 1.1 and I love it. People complain that it doesn't display pages correctly, but I've had no problems with it. The pop-up blocker is great and tabs are sweet. It feels just as fast, if not faster, than IE. So I can't see why to not use it.
Actually, I don't think that the "superparamagnetic barrier broken" actually fits in that group...but anyway. If you look back in history...there has always been something that has threatened society as we know it: in 1860 - states rights, slavery, and the impending civil war, 1930s - the rise of totalitarianism, the 1950s to mid 80s - threat of nuclear war and world destruction (i think thats a little worse than global warming). We managed to survive through all of these times, so I envision the future as a time of plenty with abundant technology, not some Orwellian nightmare.
that works too...as long as there isn't a monopoly I'm happy!
I've never seen a transreflective screen used as a true computer monitor, but based on the previous post, if it really is like a game boy advanced screen, you might want to watch out on cloudy days. I find that the GBA screen is very dim when not in direct light. I'm sure your boss wouldn't accept "its cloudy" as a reason for not being able to work ;-)
When reading this article in full (especially the supercomputer in a watch part) one thought came to mind: the future is gonna rock. This technology sounds really interesting, and from a physics standpoint I would like to know how heating the surface increases density. As I understand it, heated objects have a lower density.
I definetly think that the "last mile" of cabling to everyone's house should be public domain, allowing new companies to come in and offer lower broadband prices. I would find a new ISP just because the billing support people at Comcast are idiots that should have never been given jobs dealing with anything...let alone billing!
Its about time a corporation actually decided to fight back against the likes of the RIAA
yes...i know, but I am simply worried that the next version of winamp will mostlikely not be free...so sad. But I am enjoying the freedom of wonderful winamp 3 as we speak!
Well, looks like I'll have to hold on to my current mp3 player, cause it looks like I won't be able to download winamp for free any more :(
Hopefully, if this technology is ever used by the government, they will not openly violate our rights by letting such a system scan and record ALL traffic on a certain ISP. That would be like asking for a phone tap on one house and listening to the conversations of a whole neighborhood.