Do you believe people now when they say in 100 years you won't sit in front of computers anymore because they're wired into your neural system and use wireless power? Or that we will have colonized several planets?:) Probably not...
Another lesson that goes parallel to the one that you mentioned, however, is that the predictions that are made tend to be unrealistic and way off base. I'm still waiting for my flying car, but few people in the 1950's were talking about anything resembling the Internet. One thing that we have learned is that the technologies that we think will exist in the future probably won't, at least in the form we think they will.
As technology gets more advanced, less understanding of it is required to be able to use it. My mom doesn't know how to change the oil in her car, but she can still drive it.
Yeah, my wife says that too. Unfortunately, she recently trashed the engine in her car because the serpentine belt broke and she didn't realize that the water pump stopped pumping, causing the engine to overheat. She assumed that the alternator had failed (which she's experienced before), and didn't know that the power steering and air conditioning, which also stopped functioning (the air coming out of the vents got warmer - the fan still worked), are driven mechanically from the engine's power, via the serpentine belt, rather than by electricity from the alternator.
Often times, having some knowledge of how things work enables you to better use them.
(and to my wife, if you read this: I'm not mad at you)
IMO, Jay Leno's monologue is an equally good news source.
That's not what I've observed. I used to be a fan of Leno, but recently he just hasn't been funny. As far as I can tell, it's because Leno typically makes shallow, easy to understand jokes (of the Bill Clinton only thinks about sex, W is stupid variety), while Jon Stewart's jokes have a lot more substance and back-story to them, relying on a knowledge of the subject (which is often supplied) to generate humor. I'm not sure if it's because I've changed, Leno changed, or I'm just used to something better now, but Leno doesn't cut it for me anymore, and I think it's because of the shallow, asinine jokes.
The best way I can think of would be to have multiple streams going at once, each at a fixed speed (32 kbps, for instance). Each client could decide how many streams to subscribe to at a time.
I hate to break it to the project leaders, but if everything goes well private industry will build fusion reactors well before 2040.
Good - then they will have accomplished their intent. They're not trying to take over energy supply from private industry; they're trying to get clean, cheap energy. If industry jumps on the bandwagon, all the better.
funny, in those benchmarks showing the speed of java, all I see is procedural code with primative data types. Start building objects, garbage collecting, and casting and my, my what a pig.
So when you stick to basically writing code like you would in C, it's the same speed, but when you add more complicated, time-saving, features, it slows down? Wow, that's surprising. (</sarcasm>)
Agent Smith: "If I go to the airport, I can buy a coach standby ticket or a first-class ticket," Smith said. "In the shipping business, I can get two-day air or six-day ground."
Neoogle: Wow, that sounds like a really good deal, Bill. But I think I've got a better one. How about I give you the finger, and you give me my phone call.
Agent Smith: It's hard to make a phone call when your recipient with VOIP is unable to speak...
According to his post, the screen lasted ten years. The thing that probably died was the backlight. I'm not an Apple apologist, but I fail to see how an LCD screen lasting ten years is considered a failure.
Your translation is wrong. We have a civilian government, but the country is at war, and the President is exercising his powers, granted by the Constitution and Law, to prosecute the war.
How long will we be at war? Is the war on terror ever over?
This sounds eerily similar to 1984 - as long as we're at war with somebody, we have to sacrifice our liberties so that Big Brother can protect us.
It works great on my Fujitsu P-2046 - better than Gentoo did. I hadn't been able to suspend since I switched from using 2.4 kernels back in 2002. Ubuntu worked right out of the box, including suspend-to-disk (albeit software suspend, not bios, which I would prefer).
Another good brand is Generac. Home Depot and Habor Freight both sell them. We got a 15 kilowatt one to power most of our office (which is in a small house). All the computers are covered, plus a lot of lights and a fridge and freezer. It runs on natural gas (or LP if desired), so we don't have to worry about fuel.
One thing to keep in mind - many UPS's don't like generator power. I'm in the process of replacing our old cheap-as-possible UPS's with APC SmartUPS's (used with new batteries, of course) because they can handle running off of the generator.
Never mind, I'm a douche. I read that they said before it's reported. Though, what's so special about news getting into entries after it's reported, even if it is quickly?
Depending on your needs, thats already happened. Its cheaper to replace a low-end inkjet with a new low-end inkjet than it is to buy new ink. And if you don't print very often, so the printer lasts a year before you replace it, you get a better quality printer anyway.
That's what I did. Instead of buying more ink for my roommate's Deskjet 5550 (we had a deal - he bought the printer, I bought the consumables), I bought a Laserjet 4 off of Ebay for $60 shipped. Those things are tanks, and toner can be had for $20 for 8000 pages.
but just imagine the laptop is a Powerbook G5 or an Alienware Media Center laptop that is liquid cooled, overclocked, and only 1" thin/5 lbs....but with an 8088 processor inside.
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1000bulbs.com has a good selection of CFLs, including dimmable ones.
he doesnt have a 30" Inch LCD screen as his computer monitor and a dual-core GeForce 7900 GTX with 512 MB RAM and a 7.1 Surround Sound System.
He did, but it was included in the heating category.
Do you believe people now when they say in 100 years you won't sit in front of computers anymore because they're wired into your neural system and use wireless power? Or that we will have colonized several planets? :) Probably not...
Another lesson that goes parallel to the one that you mentioned, however, is that the predictions that are made tend to be unrealistic and way off base. I'm still waiting for my flying car, but few people in the 1950's were talking about anything resembling the Internet. One thing that we have learned is that the technologies that we think will exist in the future probably won't, at least in the form we think they will.
Note: creating a plasma at 17 years old in a garage would still be very cool. Maybe not slashdot-front-page cool, but still cool.
He didn't do it in a garage, though - he created plasma in his parents' basement, which makes it more relevant to Slashdot readers.
As technology gets more advanced, less understanding of it is required to be able to use it. My mom doesn't know how to change the oil in her car, but she can still drive it.
Yeah, my wife says that too. Unfortunately, she recently trashed the engine in her car because the serpentine belt broke and she didn't realize that the water pump stopped pumping, causing the engine to overheat. She assumed that the alternator had failed (which she's experienced before), and didn't know that the power steering and air conditioning, which also stopped functioning (the air coming out of the vents got warmer - the fan still worked), are driven mechanically from the engine's power, via the serpentine belt, rather than by electricity from the alternator.
Often times, having some knowledge of how things work enables you to better use them.
(and to my wife, if you read this: I'm not mad at you)
IMO, Jay Leno's monologue is an equally good news source.
That's not what I've observed. I used to be a fan of Leno, but recently he just hasn't been funny. As far as I can tell, it's because Leno typically makes shallow, easy to understand jokes (of the Bill Clinton only thinks about sex, W is stupid variety), while Jon Stewart's jokes have a lot more substance and back-story to them, relying on a knowledge of the subject (which is often supplied) to generate humor. I'm not sure if it's because I've changed, Leno changed, or I'm just used to something better now, but Leno doesn't cut it for me anymore, and I think it's because of the shallow, asinine jokes.
I still do like Headlines, though.
The best way I can think of would be to have multiple streams going at once, each at a fixed speed (32 kbps, for instance). Each client could decide how many streams to subscribe to at a time.
How do I spoof the system so I can get this information from my computer before I leave the office?
Go to their web site. They have a live demo available that runs as an applet.
I hate to break it to the project leaders, but if everything goes well private industry will build fusion reactors well before 2040.
Good - then they will have accomplished their intent. They're not trying to take over energy supply from private industry; they're trying to get clean, cheap energy. If industry jumps on the bandwagon, all the better.
funny, in those benchmarks showing the speed of java, all I see is procedural code with primative data types. Start building objects, garbage collecting, and casting and my, my what a pig.
So when you stick to basically writing code like you would in C, it's the same speed, but when you add more complicated, time-saving, features, it slows down? Wow, that's surprising. (</sarcasm>)
But I like taking my network with me everywhere I go.
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Agent Smith: "If I go to the airport, I can buy a coach standby ticket or a first-class ticket," Smith said. "In the shipping business, I can get two-day air or six-day ground."
Neoogle: Wow, that sounds like a really good deal, Bill. But I think I've got a better one. How about I give you the finger, and you give me my phone call.
Agent Smith: It's hard to make a phone call when your recipient with VOIP is unable to speak...
Neoogle: Hello? Hello? Can you hear me now?
Music predates copyright by a few thousand years. People didn't need copyright to write or play it before, they don't need it now.
Before copyright laws, however, there weren't easy ways to duplicate music either. Recording devices didn't exist, and neither did photocopiers.
According to his post, the screen lasted ten years. The thing that probably died was the backlight. I'm not an Apple apologist, but I fail to see how an LCD screen lasting ten years is considered a failure.
Your translation is wrong. We have a civilian government, but the country is at war, and the President is exercising his powers, granted by the Constitution and Law, to prosecute the war.
How long will we be at war? Is the war on terror ever over?
This sounds eerily similar to 1984 - as long as we're at war with somebody, we have to sacrifice our liberties so that Big Brother can protect us.
It works great on my Fujitsu P-2046 - better than Gentoo did. I hadn't been able to suspend since I switched from using 2.4 kernels back in 2002. Ubuntu worked right out of the box, including suspend-to-disk (albeit software suspend, not bios, which I would prefer).
Another good brand is Generac. Home Depot and Habor Freight both sell them. We got a 15 kilowatt one to power most of our office (which is in a small house). All the computers are covered, plus a lot of lights and a fridge and freezer. It runs on natural gas (or LP if desired), so we don't have to worry about fuel.
One thing to keep in mind - many UPS's don't like generator power. I'm in the process of replacing our old cheap-as-possible UPS's with APC SmartUPS's (used with new batteries, of course) because they can handle running off of the generator.
You didn't tweak your use flags. A USE="-X" would have solved your problem.
Never mind, I'm a douche. I read that they said before it's reported. Though, what's so special about news getting into entries after it's reported, even if it is quickly?
From the article:
Breaking news on big stories frequently makes its way into Wikipedia entries hours or even minutes after being reported.
Not only hours, but maybe even minutes before. Incredible.
I'm looking forward to the new generation of wannabe math majors due to NUMB3RS...
Except, in that show, the math guy, while smart, is a social outcast, while the cool guy is the FBI agent.
I can smoke anywhere I want, so long as it's not inside or near a building, other than my own house (for now at least).
Why should your "right" to smoke trump my "right" to clean air? Clean air has proven benefits over smokey air.
The problem is that sometimes different people's presumed rights are in conflict. The job of the government is to strike some kind of balance.
Depending on your needs, thats already happened. Its cheaper to replace a low-end inkjet with a new low-end inkjet than it is to buy new ink. And if you don't print very often, so the printer lasts a year before you replace it, you get a better quality printer anyway.
That's what I did. Instead of buying more ink for my roommate's Deskjet 5550 (we had a deal - he bought the printer, I bought the consumables), I bought a Laserjet 4 off of Ebay for $60 shipped. Those things are tanks, and toner can be had for $20 for 8000 pages.
but just imagine the laptop is a Powerbook G5 or an Alienware Media Center laptop that is liquid cooled, overclocked, and only 1" thin/5 lbs. ...but with an 8088 processor inside.