It's because you're using Ubuntu, which despite a lot of hype for being the best desktop distro available, actually isn't all that great, and doesn't really provide much that a lot of other distros don't provide, and is actually quite lacking in a few areas. Personally, I use Mandriva, and haven't seen anything to write home about on Ubuntu. It's a pretty good system, and it's nice that a lot of people are behind it, and bringing Linux to less savvy users, but it doesn't have much that any other distro doesn't have.
I can see a CRT monitor refresh if it's set to 60 Hz refresh rate. Same with the flickering of certain fluorescent light bulbs. If you turned a sound on and off 60 times a second, I'm not sure if I would hear it as a continuous sound, or if I would actually hear it click on and off. I guess one problem LEDs is that once you cut the power, they don't go dim instantly. They tend to slowly fade out. If incandescents were used, I think it would be much more obvious if it was blinking or not. My eyes are quite good at picking up whether a light is flickering, or if it's continuous. Also, once we have flash drives, we don't have to worry about damaged bearings and other mechanical problems.
I would like a way to find out what application is making my hard disk spin. Sometimes, the computer just starts grinding the hard drive like crazy. It would be nice to see what program is monopolizing the hard disk so that perhaps something could be done about it. Similar to in the task bar when one program in hogging the processor, you can put it on low priority so it doesn't grind everything else to a halt, it would be nice if you could put something on low priority for HD IO, so that it wouldn't interfere with other programs that are more important.
My wife insists on eating just about everything with a spoon. Cake, pasta (the small noodles), and just about anything else that doesnt actually require a fork.
Also, a lot of people running Apache are newbs who don't know what they are doing, and using it just because it's free, or because it came with their ultra cheap hosting account. The page got defaced, not because of apache, but because they are noobs, and left SQL injection holes all over the place. How many of these defacements are due to bugs with Apache, as compared to defacements facilitated by people putting apps up on the web who didn't know what they were doing?
That's what I was thinking. Apache is a much more powerful tool than IIS. It's like comparing radial arm saws to a mitre box. One will give much more injuries if you don't know what you're doing, but provides much more power.
In Canada, we have mandatory insurance, but only if you actually drive a car. I think you don't actually have to provide proof of insurance, unless you are pulled over. Perhaps when you first register your vehicle you need insurance. But your renewals can be done through a computerized kiosk in the mall, so I don't think any evidence of insurance is needed. From what you said, it sounds like you need insurance just to have a license, even if you don't own or drive a car. Also, on the medical care side, just because they can't refuse treatment, doesn't mean they can't send you home with a huge bill. If you don't pay up, it could look really bad on your credit, and you could get turned down by other lenders.
VS 2008 is quite amazing. Mind you, the last one I used extensively before the upgrade was 2003. We upgraded because 2003 was dying under the weight of our huge project (it wasn't really that big, relative to some other stuff). VS 2008 ads a ton of features, while increasing the speed by about 100 times. I think they should put that team to work on Windows. Maybe they'd actually come out with a quality OS.
If cereal boxes started to have flashing ads on them, I'd have no problem with going down the aisle and turning every box around so that none of the ads could be seen. I guess they could put ads on both sides, but that would be a little cost prohibitive. I don't think the cost of any display technology could be brought down low enough such that it could be posted on the side of a cereal box. Even if it could, I think the outrage due to environmental concerns, along with the annoyances, would quickly squash the idea.
One thing we do is try not to say "no" too often. Wait a second and hear me out. Kid asks if they can't have chocolate. Don't say no. Say, not right now, it's dinner time soon, or something along those lines. If everything they ask for is given a no response then when you really mean no, it starts to have no effect on them. It's a lot easier on your child and yourself, if you just don't say no to absolutely everything they want that they can't have.
In Ottawa they have a similar system. You dial in, punch in the 4 digit number on the bus stop, and the waiting times for the next 3 buses (3 for each route) are read back to you. If there's lots of routes, they give you the option of entering the bus number. The system works really great when buses are running on time.
I've always wanted to be able to see where the city buses are in real time. In Ottawa, they all (well, most anyway) have GPS units on board, so it probably wouldn't take much to have them transmit their location every 5 minutes. It really sucks when you end up waiting in the cold for 20 minutes because the bus is late. If I could see ahead of that it was going to be late, I would just stay inside until I knew the bus was close.
I guess it depends on the book. For paperback novels, you are totally right. However, for textbooks and the like, I would have to say that having a specific layout can help in a lot of instances. You could probably develop a PDF reader than would output the book in a more plain text type format (similar to 1 column available on the Wii Opera browser) if you just wanted something without the layout.
Yes, but then there's the people who will join iTunes just to get the Beatles music in yet another format. And they will buy a bunch of other songs. They may never sell those songs enough to make $400 million, but it adds and extra bullet point of a major artist who's music they sell.
I use Linux and play plenty of games. I just don't play games on Linux, or on PC for that matter. I find it much more enjoyable to play games on a console than to play games on PC. I also like buying a game for the console, and knowing that it will just work, and I'll never have to wonder if my computer is good enough, or if there's going to be incompatibility problems.
You could have anti hate crime laws so that assaults against a person of another race are given longer sentencing. Never mind that you could never tell if the guy was assaulted because he happened to be a different race, or if it was just coincidence.
I remember when somebody robbed a jewelry store where I live. They charged them with wearing a disguise while committing a crime, along with a bunch of other things. So, indeed, under certain circumstances, it is illegal to hide your identity.
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It's because you're using Ubuntu, which despite a lot of hype for being the best desktop distro available, actually isn't all that great, and doesn't really provide much that a lot of other distros don't provide, and is actually quite lacking in a few areas. Personally, I use Mandriva, and haven't seen anything to write home about on Ubuntu. It's a pretty good system, and it's nice that a lot of people are behind it, and bringing Linux to less savvy users, but it doesn't have much that any other distro doesn't have.
I can see a CRT monitor refresh if it's set to 60 Hz refresh rate. Same with the flickering of certain fluorescent light bulbs. If you turned a sound on and off 60 times a second, I'm not sure if I would hear it as a continuous sound, or if I would actually hear it click on and off. I guess one problem LEDs is that once you cut the power, they don't go dim instantly. They tend to slowly fade out. If incandescents were used, I think it would be much more obvious if it was blinking or not. My eyes are quite good at picking up whether a light is flickering, or if it's continuous. Also, once we have flash drives, we don't have to worry about damaged bearings and other mechanical problems.
I would like a way to find out what application is making my hard disk spin. Sometimes, the computer just starts grinding the hard drive like crazy. It would be nice to see what program is monopolizing the hard disk so that perhaps something could be done about it. Similar to in the task bar when one program in hogging the processor, you can put it on low priority so it doesn't grind everything else to a halt, it would be nice if you could put something on low priority for HD IO, so that it wouldn't interfere with other programs that are more important.
My wife insists on eating just about everything with a spoon. Cake, pasta (the small noodles), and just about anything else that doesnt actually require a fork.
Also, a lot of people running Apache are newbs who don't know what they are doing, and using it just because it's free, or because it came with their ultra cheap hosting account. The page got defaced, not because of apache, but because they are noobs, and left SQL injection holes all over the place. How many of these defacements are due to bugs with Apache, as compared to defacements facilitated by people putting apps up on the web who didn't know what they were doing?
That's what I was thinking. Apache is a much more powerful tool than IIS. It's like comparing radial arm saws to a mitre box. One will give much more injuries if you don't know what you're doing, but provides much more power.
He didn't even do anything with the Wii. Just the Wiimote hooked up to a standard laptop.
In Canada, we have mandatory insurance, but only if you actually drive a car. I think you don't actually have to provide proof of insurance, unless you are pulled over. Perhaps when you first register your vehicle you need insurance. But your renewals can be done through a computerized kiosk in the mall, so I don't think any evidence of insurance is needed. From what you said, it sounds like you need insurance just to have a license, even if you don't own or drive a car. Also, on the medical care side, just because they can't refuse treatment, doesn't mean they can't send you home with a huge bill. If you don't pay up, it could look really bad on your credit, and you could get turned down by other lenders.
Also, playing guitar hero is nothing like playing actual guitar.
VS 2008 is quite amazing. Mind you, the last one I used extensively before the upgrade was 2003. We upgraded because 2003 was dying under the weight of our huge project (it wasn't really that big, relative to some other stuff). VS 2008 ads a ton of features, while increasing the speed by about 100 times. I think they should put that team to work on Windows. Maybe they'd actually come out with a quality OS.
If cereal boxes started to have flashing ads on them, I'd have no problem with going down the aisle and turning every box around so that none of the ads could be seen. I guess they could put ads on both sides, but that would be a little cost prohibitive. I don't think the cost of any display technology could be brought down low enough such that it could be posted on the side of a cereal box. Even if it could, I think the outrage due to environmental concerns, along with the annoyances, would quickly squash the idea.
One thing we do is try not to say "no" too often. Wait a second and hear me out. Kid asks if they can't have chocolate. Don't say no. Say, not right now, it's dinner time soon, or something along those lines. If everything they ask for is given a no response then when you really mean no, it starts to have no effect on them. It's a lot easier on your child and yourself, if you just don't say no to absolutely everything they want that they can't have.
In Ottawa they have a similar system. You dial in, punch in the 4 digit number on the bus stop, and the waiting times for the next 3 buses (3 for each route) are read back to you. If there's lots of routes, they give you the option of entering the bus number. The system works really great when buses are running on time.
It's especially bad when you're waiting at a "time point" where the bus is supposed to stop and wait if it happens to be ahead of schedule.
I've always wanted to be able to see where the city buses are in real time. In Ottawa, they all (well, most anyway) have GPS units on board, so it probably wouldn't take much to have them transmit their location every 5 minutes. It really sucks when you end up waiting in the cold for 20 minutes because the bus is late. If I could see ahead of that it was going to be late, I would just stay inside until I knew the bus was close.
I guess it depends on the book. For paperback novels, you are totally right. However, for textbooks and the like, I would have to say that having a specific layout can help in a lot of instances. You could probably develop a PDF reader than would output the book in a more plain text type format (similar to 1 column available on the Wii Opera browser) if you just wanted something without the layout.
Are there any free PDF readers that ignore the permissions on these documents. It seems like a stupid restriction to no allow one to add annotations.
But can you skip to a track on the other side of the record?
Yes, but then there's the people who will join iTunes just to get the Beatles music in yet another format. And they will buy a bunch of other songs. They may never sell those songs enough to make $400 million, but it adds and extra bullet point of a major artist who's music they sell.
Yeah, but records are restrictive in the fact that you can't just push a button to skip tracks.
In which case it adds the very nice feature of being able to browse youtube, and any other internet site, from the comfort of your couch.
I use Linux and play plenty of games. I just don't play games on Linux, or on PC for that matter. I find it much more enjoyable to play games on a console than to play games on PC. I also like buying a game for the console, and knowing that it will just work, and I'll never have to wonder if my computer is good enough, or if there's going to be incompatibility problems.
You could have anti hate crime laws so that assaults against a person of another race are given longer sentencing. Never mind that you could never tell if the guy was assaulted because he happened to be a different race, or if it was just coincidence.
I remember when somebody robbed a jewelry store where I live. They charged them with wearing a disguise while committing a crime, along with a bunch of other things. So, indeed, under certain circumstances, it is illegal to hide your identity.
Let's add to this, Hillary Clinton legislating that you would have to purchase health insurance.