Well, I hope some of the developers listen to the suggestions that you have. The multiple-window approach is fine if you assume everyone has large monitors and use virtual screens (so that GIMP fills up an entire screen with it's multiple windows). You are spot on that maximizing windows aren't done in GIMP because of obscuring other GIMP windows. I hope some developers will take it to heart and code a single window mode (preferably as a new default).
...in an alternate reality in which I am running around naked along with a bunch of extremely sexy, young (looking), intellectual females that just want to have fun.
Tell me about it. I just convinced my dad to upgrade his 70 inch standard def TV (from ~17 years ago) to a 1080p device. He wanted to get an AppleTV, but didn't realize that it wasn't a full computer, and that what he really wanted was a Mac Mini.
If the Mac Mini really gets phased out, I'll have to decide between a full-sized computer hidden behind the TV or one of those pre-made MythTV set-up boxes (which wouldn't be a big deal, except that I would likely have to troubleshoot the system occasionally).
You make it sound as if '95 was a bad time to be a word processor user. GUI-based word processing was just starting to take off with MSWord.
I can't wait for 5 years from now, when OpenOffice is "so 2000". After all, that's what my office is set on (and fixed to, thanks to some legacy apps).
No, you were right. I know that the case is not really hermetically sealed, but it's closer than most other phones. (Man, I'm going to get slammed for the previous sentence...:-)
Also, remember that when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, one of it's features was that it was heavily patented. No one is going to make an iPhone clone and not get sued to hell over it.
I think that a hermetically sealed case will prevent the battery from popping out. If a battery has enough velocity to pop out of an iphone, I think the least of the problems is replacing the battery.
They got into bed with the guy who sold them a $600 phone. Did anyone think the batteries would cost $5 and could be replaced at home? Take a look at the device, for crying out loud. Anyone that bought the device in the first month (which is everyone, at this point) has seen pictures of it before they bought it. Did it look like it was easy to open up and replace the battery?
First of all, just because the MPAA owns copyright to a movie doesn't mean I can't have a copy of it on my hard drive (or in my DVD library, for that matter).
What if the owners of Second Life were to change their operations to another country. Say, one that decided that all enforced different laws about art and wished to execute not just artists, but those that supported artists in second life?
Not a good idea to support real-world laws to a digital world.
Agree with the above. Choose a distribution and pick an interface. If you can, choose a GUI toolkit and use a standard package manager (ie: rpm or deb). Once you can make a standard package, you can probably automate the packaging and create both rpm and deb packages and target the big 2 or 3 distributions that you want to hit (likely Ubuntu and RHEL).
I was wondering the same thing. Will the members of the RIAA now boast record sales now that the site that cost them hundreds of billions (!) in sales has been closed down?
Heh. Reminds me of part 2 of the 3 part season finale of Doctor Who. An alien presence makes itself known to the Prime Minister of England. The U.S. President muscles his way in to make first contact (okay, maybe second contact) on live TV. Of course, this being Doctor Who, the Prime Minister is an alien as well and personally kills the U.S. President. A nice statement from the writers, I thought.
Errr.... wow. You have a lot of angst built up. Relax. It's just a phone. When you need a new one, you'll get one. I barely use my phone. I'm certainly not in Apple's target demographic for the iPhone. Others may have their own reasons for upgrading. No need to flout your penis size.
The problem is now: Is a person is going to use that extra few percent? It used to be (in the days of sub 500MHz CPUs) that everyone could use more power. Now that's not always true. There are people that do fine with a low power, low GHz CPU. And that 30 buck savings may be put to something else (ie: extra hard drive space), and the slower CPU may also waste less electricity as well.
...that there is more money just selling the presentation to the highest bidder. Then present it a year later.
Correct me if I am wrong, but if someone adds something like this to a remote execution virus, they can install a virtual machine underneath Windows (any version) and have access to all data, including encrypted volumes?
This isn't nearly like "trying to be like gmail". If it was, it would have significantly more storage space (as was mentioned earlier) and would allow access via standardized hooks. Any bet on the microsoft product implementing a broken virtual filesystem design that only works with Windows Vista?
Freely share downloaded music from iTunes? Did they abolish copyright law in France? I had no idea!
Seriously, while this software may be considered legal, there is little reason to use it unless you are planning to share your music or are deathly afraid of someone stealing your iPod or computer.
Of course, if you are afraid of someone stealing your iPod, what security measures do you use against someone stealing your wallet? Are all your credit cards and your photo ID without your name?
Come to think of it, I'm the same way. I certainly listen to music more than I watch movies, but I bought my last CD about 5 years ago. I was practically hoarding them through various music clubs, and bought the "greatest hits" CDs for all my favorite groups and lots of pre-mixed "sounds of the 70s"-style CDs. I have at least 500 CDs. Now my music collection is nearly complete and I occassionally download a single from the internet (illegally) to fill it up (maybe a hundred downloads over the last 5 years).
On the other hand, I bought maybe 20 DVDs in the last year, and continue buying them every few weeks. I don't go to the theater and don't like blockbuster or netflix. I still haven't seen some of the DVDs I bought last year, but it's available on my shelf when I want it. And at ~150 DVDs, I'm still buying. Movies. TV shows. Theres a lot of stuff out there. I'm building a media center so I don't have to touch the CDs or DVDs.
The movie industry is in the process of shooting themselves in the foot as well, with the copy protection on HD content. I don't see myself buying a HD player or discs in the near future. (Even though I am their target demographic: married guy in their 30s with a 1080p TV and loads of disposable income and a history of paying for media.)
Well, if we can get rid of the excess carbon dioxide on Mars, can we do the same on earth? That should put a dent on global warming (if you believe in that sort of thing) and easier to perform on Earth than Mars.
(Of course, the whole article is based on the fact that Mars is a piece of rock with enough atmospheric pressure to support sentient life and close enough to send missions to without significant danger from cosmic rays and such, and we develop the technology to terraform a planet into a stable environment (even though it is debatable if we can create a stable environment on Earth (a la biodome).
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I don't know about that. I saw that headline and laughed so hard that I vomited on my shoes.
I'm going to go out and do some tests to make sure the gravitational constant hasn't changed...
Well, I hope some of the developers listen to the suggestions that you have. The multiple-window approach is fine if you assume everyone has large monitors and use virtual screens (so that GIMP fills up an entire screen with it's multiple windows). You are spot on that maximizing windows aren't done in GIMP because of obscuring other GIMP windows. I hope some developers will take it to heart and code a single window mode (preferably as a new default).
...in an alternate reality in which I am running around naked along with a bunch of extremely sexy, young (looking), intellectual females that just want to have fun.
Tell me about it. I just convinced my dad to upgrade his 70 inch standard def TV (from ~17 years ago) to a 1080p device. He wanted to get an AppleTV, but didn't realize that it wasn't a full computer, and that what he really wanted was a Mac Mini.
If the Mac Mini really gets phased out, I'll have to decide between a full-sized computer hidden behind the TV or one of those pre-made MythTV set-up boxes (which wouldn't be a big deal, except that I would likely have to troubleshoot the system occasionally).
You make it sound as if '95 was a bad time to be a word processor user. GUI-based word processing was just starting to take off with MSWord.
I can't wait for 5 years from now, when OpenOffice is "so 2000". After all, that's what my office is set on (and fixed to, thanks to some legacy apps).
No, you were right. I know that the case is not really hermetically sealed, but it's closer than most other phones. (Man, I'm going to get slammed for the previous sentence... :-)
Also, remember that when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, one of it's features was that it was heavily patented. No one is going to make an iPhone clone and not get sued to hell over it.
I think that a hermetically sealed case will prevent the battery from popping out. If a battery has enough velocity to pop out of an iphone, I think the least of the problems is replacing the battery.
They got into bed with the guy who sold them a $600 phone. Did anyone think the batteries would cost $5 and could be replaced at home? Take a look at the device, for crying out loud. Anyone that bought the device in the first month (which is everyone, at this point) has seen pictures of it before they bought it. Did it look like it was easy to open up and replace the battery?
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First of all, just because the MPAA owns copyright to a movie doesn't mean I can't have a copy of it on my hard drive (or in my DVD library, for that matter).
What if the owners of Second Life were to change their operations to another country. Say, one that decided that all enforced different laws about art and wished to execute not just artists, but those that supported artists in second life?
Not a good idea to support real-world laws to a digital world.
Best. Game. Ever.
Played it on a C64 often with up to three human opponents all on the same system.
It taught us supply and demand, collusion, artificial scarcity. And was damned entertaining at the same time.
Agree with the above. Choose a distribution and pick an interface. If you can, choose a GUI toolkit and use a standard package manager (ie: rpm or deb). Once you can make a standard package, you can probably automate the packaging and create both rpm and deb packages and target the big 2 or 3 distributions that you want to hit (likely Ubuntu and RHEL).
I was wondering the same thing. Will the members of the RIAA now boast record sales now that the site that cost them hundreds of billions (!) in sales has been closed down?
Heh. Reminds me of part 2 of the 3 part season finale of Doctor Who. An alien presence makes itself known to the Prime Minister of England. The U.S. President muscles his way in to make first contact (okay, maybe second contact) on live TV. Of course, this being Doctor Who, the Prime Minister is an alien as well and personally kills the U.S. President. A nice statement from the writers, I thought.
Errr.... wow. You have a lot of angst built up. Relax. It's just a phone. When you need a new one, you'll get one. I barely use my phone. I'm certainly not in Apple's target demographic for the iPhone. Others may have their own reasons for upgrading. No need to flout your penis size.
P.S. Mine is bigger.
The problem is now: Is a person is going to use that extra few percent? It used to be (in the days of sub 500MHz CPUs) that everyone could use more power. Now that's not always true. There are people that do fine with a low power, low GHz CPU. And that 30 buck savings may be put to something else (ie: extra hard drive space), and the slower CPU may also waste less electricity as well.
...that there is more money just selling the presentation to the highest bidder. Then present it a year later.
Correct me if I am wrong, but if someone adds something like this to a remote execution virus, they can install a virtual machine underneath Windows (any version) and have access to all data, including encrypted volumes?
Nah... I'm just paranoid.
This isn't nearly like "trying to be like gmail". If it was, it would have significantly more storage space (as was mentioned earlier) and would allow access via standardized hooks. Any bet on the microsoft product implementing a broken virtual filesystem design that only works with Windows Vista?
Freely share downloaded music from iTunes? Did they abolish copyright law in France? I had no idea!
Seriously, while this software may be considered legal, there is little reason to use it unless you are planning to share your music or are deathly afraid of someone stealing your iPod or computer.
Of course, if you are afraid of someone stealing your iPod, what security measures do you use against someone stealing your wallet? Are all your credit cards and your photo ID without your name?
Come to think of it, I'm the same way. I certainly listen to music more than I watch movies, but I bought my last CD about 5 years ago. I was practically hoarding them through various music clubs, and bought the "greatest hits" CDs for all my favorite groups and lots of pre-mixed "sounds of the 70s"-style CDs. I have at least 500 CDs. Now my music collection is nearly complete and I occassionally download a single from the internet (illegally) to fill it up (maybe a hundred downloads over the last 5 years).
On the other hand, I bought maybe 20 DVDs in the last year, and continue buying them every few weeks. I don't go to the theater and don't like blockbuster or netflix. I still haven't seen some of the DVDs I bought last year, but it's available on my shelf when I want it. And at ~150 DVDs, I'm still buying. Movies. TV shows. Theres a lot of stuff out there. I'm building a media center so I don't have to touch the CDs or DVDs.
The movie industry is in the process of shooting themselves in the foot as well, with the copy protection on HD content. I don't see myself buying a HD player or discs in the near future. (Even though I am their target demographic: married guy in their 30s with a 1080p TV and loads of disposable income and a history of paying for media.)
Well, the answer to that us...
Well, let's just say the first rule is not to talk about it. But it rhymes with musenet.
Anyone else hear "terraforming target" and think "assassination target"? Amounts to the same thing to me.
Well, if we can get rid of the excess carbon dioxide on Mars, can we do the same on earth? That should put a dent on global warming (if you believe in that sort of thing) and easier to perform on Earth than Mars.
(Of course, the whole article is based on the fact that Mars is a piece of rock with enough atmospheric pressure to support sentient life and close enough to send missions to without significant danger from cosmic rays and such, and we develop the technology to terraform a planet into a stable environment (even though it is debatable if we can create a stable environment on Earth (a la biodome).