Uh, no. His choice to use Facebook has everything to do with freedom. He is free to choose to use Facebook. Or not.
Microsoft Word not being "Free" software might, depending on how paranoid you are and how much you listen to Stallman, have certain ramifications, mostly abstract for most people at this time, for his freedom. His having the choice to use or not use MS Word is a direct and tangible result of his level of freedom.
"Freedom is not that you can do what you want, but that the people you dislike can do what they want."
Exactly. To use your examples, the ability of someone to choose to use Facebook, MS Word, and Microsoft choosing not to license their software under a "Free" license are all examples of freedom.
"Remember that facebook is now the #1 site when it comes to traffic."
I've bolded the key word here for you. YouTube, for example, is not the same "site" as Google even though both are owned by the same company. You can tell because when you're on the YouTube site your browser address bar will say "youtube.com" or similar, while when you're on the main Google site your browser address bar will say "google.com" (variations for different countries).
362 MJ. But they're talking about the kinetic energy of the aircraft carrier, not the energy output of it's engines that is required to keep it at speed, so if the carrier in question is American, it would have the equivalent energy when it was moving at about 5 knots.
It's tricky to actually figure out what resolution can be usefully distinguished in a display but if you work out the math (and I didn't make any mistakes) you'll find that a 10" 1080p screen has a pixel size somewhere in the neighbourhood of 30-40 seconds of arc at typical reading distance. A person with perfect vision can distinguish features separated by about 20 seconds of arc, in a test-chart type environment.
When you're not looking at test charts you don't need anything like that resolution. It would make a fantastic looking screen though. It's resolution would probably be somewhere in the ballpark of a good laser printed sheet.
The post I replied to was talking about scanning books. The fact that people scan textbooks even though those texts are probably not directly useful in a classroom setting suggests that the difficulty of book scanning is even less of a barrier than otherwise.
FYI, most of my professors were smart enough to make up their own questions, in which case a generic textbook, while maybe not being ideal, would be workable. Alternately, scanning or photocopying the questions at the end of the chapter is a whole lot easier than scanning the whole book.
Only if you hook up the low oxygen video cable the right way around. Otherwise the electrons get bruised and bruised electrons can be rather rough with the photons.
It almost certainly doesn't have a 1080p screen. It can (supposedly) do 1080p video playback. A 10" 1080p screen would be silly.
It could be that they'll boost the resolution, but I strongly suspect that the resolution will end up being similar to the PDF texts that already exist.
The book/magazine/newspaper publishers can't resist talking about video though, and that's going to produce some bloat. Many textbooks already come with limited time access to multimedia supplements over the web.
I have a PhD and have always read far more on a CRT or backlit LCD than I have on paper, mostly code and papers versus textbooks.
If you adjust a backlit screen properly and use it in appropriate lighting conditions it's the same as a reflective screen. Reflected photons aren't magic.
Little more for textbooks. Figures take up space. The programming texts I have in PDF form usually weigh in close to 10 MB. A decent anatomy and physiology text is closer to 100 MB.
Multiply by eight to twelve courses a year and you're still not talking about much space by today's standards, but you're into not-a-ridiculous-estimate territory, particularly for a $99 device.
And adjust your backlight appropriately. If the backlight is too low or too high you can get eye strain. If it's set correctly the result is just the same as a reflective display. It's not like your eyes can tell the difference between a reflected and an emitted photon.
"I believe the correct verb you're looking for is 'ripped.' But before you go on about how 'quaint' CDs are, keep in mind how nice it is to own something physical. You have, as a physical object, evidence of your licensing of personal enjoyment of that media. I do buy $5 albums on Amazon MP3 but I feel almost like I somehow receive less rights or a watered down licensing of that album as opposed to if I had purchased the album. If you find this concept quaint then why are vinyl sales slowly rising [latimes.com]?"
Well, you seem to have a sentimental attachment to vinyl discs, perhaps you have a sentimental attachment to plastic ones as well. The music on the CDs is just as much "licensed" to you as the music in a (legally) downloaded MP3. All you "own" is the plastic disc, and some would probably argue that you don't really own that either. If you really want a physical object that testifies to your "licensing of personal enjoyment of that media," print out your mp3 purchase receipt.
While technically true, it's a little less misleading if you put it like this:
The EU told MS that IE bundled with Windows was a problem. If MS didn't do anything the EU would probably require that IE be removed, which would be a major undertaking. MS suggested a ballot screen as an option and the EU decided that was an acceptable compromise.
Yes, MS suggested the solution. No, they wouldn't have done it except to avoid a far worse solution being imposed by the EU. I'm not sure exactly what the point of your post is, but if it was to suggest that MS invented the ballot screen out of the kindness of their hearts or as some kind of strategic move unconnected with the EU, you're wrong. Your statement that "Microsoft isn't required to do anything by anyone" is also wrong. The EU required Microsoft to do something, they just didn't specify precisely what "something" was.
Doing something while under investigation by one of the most powerful political organizations in the world, to avoid having that organization levy hundreds of millions or billions of dollars worth of fines, is a strange definition of free will.
Hey, quit with the racial slurs. Skin colour has nothing to do with whether or not people hack into their employers' car control systems from their own homes.
Around here we call that "making a payment." You're quite free to pay more than the balance on your card (through an error on my part and a refund, both VISA and Mastercard currently owe me money). I make those payments electronically, so I'm effectively "pushing money into credit cards directly."
There is no fee. The credit card companies are quite happy to have you give them money. Apparently they're not so good at giving it back (you have to spend it), but there aren't any fees.
Don't forget to get FDA approval. And insurance for when you get sued.
Sure, hearing aids are probably ridiculously over priced, but at least some of that is due to the legal and regulatory environment that is at least partially the "consumers'" fault.
"OpenAL is also cross-platform; there's a software-only implementation that runs very nicely on Linux, *BSD, and Solaris; it's not just Windows and OS X"
OpenAL is built into both OS X (since Tiger) and the iPhone OS (it is the recommended way of doing game/positional audio) and a Google search suggests Creative supports Windows.
A lot of the people at Fermilab are LHC collaborators. They're helping build the LHC, and will use it when it is built. I haven't seen a criticism of the LHC from anyone at Fermilab. If there was, that person would presumably know bit about particle physics, since he or she works at one of the largest particle accelerators in the world.
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Uh, no. His choice to use Facebook has everything to do with freedom. He is free to choose to use Facebook. Or not.
Microsoft Word not being "Free" software might, depending on how paranoid you are and how much you listen to Stallman, have certain ramifications, mostly abstract for most people at this time, for his freedom. His having the choice to use or not use MS Word is a direct and tangible result of his level of freedom.
"Freedom is not that you can do what you want, but that the people you dislike can do what they want."
Exactly. To use your examples, the ability of someone to choose to use Facebook, MS Word, and Microsoft choosing not to license their software under a "Free" license are all examples of freedom.
"Remember that facebook is now the #1 site when it comes to traffic."
I've bolded the key word here for you. YouTube, for example, is not the same "site" as Google even though both are owned by the same company. You can tell because when you're on the YouTube site your browser address bar will say "youtube.com" or similar, while when you're on the main Google site your browser address bar will say "google.com" (variations for different countries).
http://lhc-machine-outreach.web.cern.ch/lhc-machine-outreach/beam.htm
362 MJ. But they're talking about the kinetic energy of the aircraft carrier, not the energy output of it's engines that is required to keep it at speed, so if the carrier in question is American, it would have the equivalent energy when it was moving at about 5 knots.
It's tricky to actually figure out what resolution can be usefully distinguished in a display but if you work out the math (and I didn't make any mistakes) you'll find that a 10" 1080p screen has a pixel size somewhere in the neighbourhood of 30-40 seconds of arc at typical reading distance. A person with perfect vision can distinguish features separated by about 20 seconds of arc, in a test-chart type environment.
When you're not looking at test charts you don't need anything like that resolution. It would make a fantastic looking screen though. It's resolution would probably be somewhere in the ballpark of a good laser printed sheet.
Reflective screens (and paper, for that matter) also has a pretty crappy contrast ratio at lower brightness levels.
Didn't your mother ever tell you to turn on a light while reading?
Ha! I think that's the first time a post doc has ever been referred to as any sort of "boss" in the history of the world.
Serf, indentured servant, slave, yes. Boss? Yeah, right.
The post I replied to was talking about scanning books. The fact that people scan textbooks even though those texts are probably not directly useful in a classroom setting suggests that the difficulty of book scanning is even less of a barrier than otherwise.
FYI, most of my professors were smart enough to make up their own questions, in which case a generic textbook, while maybe not being ideal, would be workable. Alternately, scanning or photocopying the questions at the end of the chapter is a whole lot easier than scanning the whole book.
The release wasn't pompous anyway. It was clear, outlined what their goals are and put their (nearly) current status in perspective.
Doesn't Slashdot have editors to turn crappy submissions into reasonable summaries?
All right, I just exceeded my sarcasm quota for the day in a single statement.
Per particle.
The designed nominal total beam energy of the LHC is in the range of the kinetic energy of an aircraft carrier travelling at a significant speed.
Only if you hook up the low oxygen video cable the right way around. Otherwise the electrons get bruised and bruised electrons can be rather rough with the photons.
It almost certainly doesn't have a 1080p screen. It can (supposedly) do 1080p video playback. A 10" 1080p screen would be silly.
It could be that they'll boost the resolution, but I strongly suspect that the resolution will end up being similar to the PDF texts that already exist.
The book/magazine/newspaper publishers can't resist talking about video though, and that's going to produce some bloat. Many textbooks already come with limited time access to multimedia supplements over the web.
Have you looked at the ebook category on the Pirate Bay recently? It's not "it could be done very quickly," it IS done.
It's tough to find THE textbook you need because there are so many. It's not hard at all to find A textbook on a given subject.
I have a PhD and have always read far more on a CRT or backlit LCD than I have on paper, mostly code and papers versus textbooks.
If you adjust a backlit screen properly and use it in appropriate lighting conditions it's the same as a reflective screen. Reflected photons aren't magic.
Little more for textbooks. Figures take up space. The programming texts I have in PDF form usually weigh in close to 10 MB. A decent anatomy and physiology text is closer to 100 MB.
Multiply by eight to twelve courses a year and you're still not talking about much space by today's standards, but you're into not-a-ridiculous-estimate territory, particularly for a $99 device.
And adjust your backlight appropriately. If the backlight is too low or too high you can get eye strain. If it's set correctly the result is just the same as a reflective display. It's not like your eyes can tell the difference between a reflected and an emitted photon.
"I believe the correct verb you're looking for is 'ripped.' But before you go on about how 'quaint' CDs are, keep in mind how nice it is to own something physical. You have, as a physical object, evidence of your licensing of personal enjoyment of that media. I do buy $5 albums on Amazon MP3 but I feel almost like I somehow receive less rights or a watered down licensing of that album as opposed to if I had purchased the album. If you find this concept quaint then why are vinyl sales slowly rising [latimes.com]?"
Well, you seem to have a sentimental attachment to vinyl discs, perhaps you have a sentimental attachment to plastic ones as well. The music on the CDs is just as much "licensed" to you as the music in a (legally) downloaded MP3. All you "own" is the plastic disc, and some would probably argue that you don't really own that either. If you really want a physical object that testifies to your "licensing of personal enjoyment of that media," print out your mp3 purchase receipt.
While technically true, it's a little less misleading if you put it like this:
The EU told MS that IE bundled with Windows was a problem. If MS didn't do anything the EU would probably require that IE be removed, which would be a major undertaking. MS suggested a ballot screen as an option and the EU decided that was an acceptable compromise.
Yes, MS suggested the solution. No, they wouldn't have done it except to avoid a far worse solution being imposed by the EU. I'm not sure exactly what the point of your post is, but if it was to suggest that MS invented the ballot screen out of the kindness of their hearts or as some kind of strategic move unconnected with the EU, you're wrong. Your statement that "Microsoft isn't required to do anything by anyone" is also wrong. The EU required Microsoft to do something, they just didn't specify precisely what "something" was.
Doing something while under investigation by one of the most powerful political organizations in the world, to avoid having that organization levy hundreds of millions or billions of dollars worth of fines, is a strange definition of free will.
Hey, quit with the racial slurs. Skin colour has nothing to do with whether or not people hack into their employers' car control systems from their own homes.
Or did you mean "morons?"
Around here we call that "making a payment." You're quite free to pay more than the balance on your card (through an error on my part and a refund, both VISA and Mastercard currently owe me money). I make those payments electronically, so I'm effectively "pushing money into credit cards directly."
There is no fee. The credit card companies are quite happy to have you give them money. Apparently they're not so good at giving it back (you have to spend it), but there aren't any fees.
Then do it. You'll be rich.
Don't forget to get FDA approval. And insurance for when you get sued.
Sure, hearing aids are probably ridiculously over priced, but at least some of that is due to the legal and regulatory environment that is at least partially the "consumers'" fault.
Your statement and the statement you quoted have identical meanings.
You're not even arguing semantics. You're arguing connotations. Less kindly, spin.
Ah... latent dyslexia acting up. I read that as "it's just not Windows and OS X."
That's what happens when you move your office to the pub for the day. Sorry.
"OpenAL is also cross-platform; there's a software-only implementation that runs very nicely on Linux, *BSD, and Solaris; it's not just Windows and OS X"
OpenAL is built into both OS X (since Tiger) and the iPhone OS (it is the recommended way of doing game/positional audio) and a Google search suggests Creative supports Windows.
A lot of the people at Fermilab are LHC collaborators. They're helping build the LHC, and will use it when it is built. I haven't seen a criticism of the LHC from anyone at Fermilab. If there was, that person would presumably know bit about particle physics, since he or she works at one of the largest particle accelerators in the world.
Is your post a bad "leave Britney alone" parody?