Finally. It's about time that people started to realize that electronics are complicated things and that it takes competent people to fix them. People don't do their own wiring or own plumbing, (well, most people) and they shouldn't. I think that the reason that electronics haven't passed into the realm of "let the professionals handle it" is because with electrical wiring, you can get shocked and die and with plumbing you can get covered with sewage or scalding water. Personally, I am glad that this I-can-do-it-myself mindset is starting to fade. Although, I do think that $125/hour is a bit much.
Messing with an emergency number is really stupid. Not only do you waste people's time, but you may end up causing a real emergency to be left unheard. I don't think it's terrorism, but definitely criminal negligence. I honestly feel that this person should be put into prison.
Not only is it a general purpose chip, but the iPod linux folk have successfully installed linux on it and then successfully decoded ogg files in real time. I can't even fathom why Apple hasn't included ogg for their players, the processor can handle it.
IE could use a rewrite, too. Patches just can't do enough. Perhaps the government and Microsoft could do a joint "we fucked up and we're sorry" rewriting campaign. Hey, I can dream.
Interesting. I've heard of this before. I think it's called insider trading. Last time I checked that was very illegal. Maybe I'm wrong. Let me check ANYBODY who knows ANYTHING about financial law. This is the most basic no no in any Stock or Commodities exchange.
Actually, Apple a lot more G5s that it had hoped. So many that most people didn't get their orders until two months after it was announced. The G5 is a huge success for Apple. Now they are winning on a hardware front and have undebatably the best OS around.
Exactly
If someone knows their conversation might be monitored then they won't talk about personal things. The results are skewed. I bet even a slashdot pole would be more accurate:)
Armageddon was NOT a very good movie. I watched before taking HS physics, so not a lot of technical stuff bothered me. What bothered me was the complete and total lack of empathy i was made to feel for the characters. At the end of the movie I didn't care who lived or died. Any good movie at least makes you care about what happens to the characters. Armageddon completely failed to do that.
Your last comment sums it up though. "And Hollywood keeps making crappy movies because idiots keep paying to see it." Well, in my opinion, Armageddon was one of those bad movies and I suppose you were one of the idiots who saw it (side note: the first time I saw it was on TV).
Well, maybe I'm just a softy for purple, but I liked it. Not everyone has to dislike everything you like, and the point of his demonstration was that if you don't like it you can tell your browser to make it different (assuming you can do a little css) or slashdot could allow users to choose from a set they have.
What I want to do for my media center (whenever i can afford something worthwhile) is have a nice, cheap box (perhaps a G3 or a linux box, G3 preferably, but it wouldn't be as cheap) with a huge hard drive, a dvd drive, a sweet sound card that's worthy of DVD's, and a nice video card that has the outputs I need for whatever tv I decide i want. Then I can use the computer to host all my media files (no need to have them on every computer) and serve as a DVD/CD/whatever player. As a bonus, it should be able to handle whatever format I try to throw at it.
Actually, you are horribly horribly wrong about two things.
You definitely could not do that with Opteron or Xeon systems. VT was in negotiations about price and delivery time with Dell and Apple. Apple beat out Dell's prices (shocking!!!).
Also, the G5 makes a great cluster computer. It comes standard with gigabit ethernet and has very easy access to parts (no screws required to install anything).
Finally, the Apples make a good cluster because in 5 years or so when they disassemble it they have 1,100 really nice desktop machines. PC's need to be upgraded more often to serve as a desktop computer (that's why Macs have awesome resale value compared with PCs).
Good, thoughts. I've always been partial to sandbox games. Though, I do like it when there is a main story (or several) and a huge stack of little side quests (user add on possibilities?). In fact, there is a game like that, it's called Escape Velocity. It's shareware from Ambrosia Software www.ambrosiasw.com It's for mac and windows, and there is already a large community making plug ins for it. There's even some to simulate the two previous escape velocity titles. If you like open game play, Escape Velocity should not be overlooked.
Just a word of note: The only "media" keys that are on the Apple Pro Keyboard (ships with all new macs) are volume up/down, mute, and eject. I actually really like my keyboard from apple. It has 2 USB ports and is nice and clickey. I think it even works on windows machines if you plug it in and don't mind some of the odd button placement (control,alt)
I would just like to point out that I think that $15 is waaaay too much for such a simple application. One thing that I've noticed is that a lot of little add on applications like this one are charging a lot for their minuscule amount of functionality. Since it's so easy to program in X I guess a lot of people want to make a little side cash.
There are a bunch of files in your iTunes music directory on the mac called iTunes music library followed by a number.
On a mac to share mucic between accts (Or OS's) one simply creates aliases (shortcuts) to the original file from the acct you want to share with. Easy as pie. mmmm pie
How about this, since I can't control my computer, why should I have to pay for it. I would be much less opposed to not controlling it if I didn't own the hardware. Perhaps Microsoft will start liscensing computers as well.
No substance? I found the game to have a lot more substance than almost any game i've played in a long time. It was the first game to impliment bullet time, just that can qualify it as revolutionary. What I liked best about the game was story. The gameplay, graphics, sounds, and all that are just a vehicle for story telling in this game. This is a game that I really wanted to finish and I felt rewarded after I did, too. The game had a lot more substance than almost any other FPS I can think of. I think it's up there with the System Shocks and Deus Ex.
Ok, here's a scenario for you. Suppose company A competes with company B. Company A sends out spam pretenbding to be company B. Company B gets fined out of existance. Company A has no competitors.
There's more than one way to make batteries last longer. One is obvious, make longer lasting batteries. The second is to make processors that don't waste so much energy (this would also reduce heat production).
Does this not violate Microsoft's DoJ agreement? I mean, this is obviously anticompetitive behavior. I think that people will see this new "feature" and either not upgrade (unless it adds A LOT of worthwhile features) or save their files as RTFs or older doc formats. I think Microsoft is shooting themselves in the foot with this. People want compatibility, that's why they stick with Windows. People will reject this.
Ok, slightly obscure quote. It's from Eddie Izzard's "Glorious" comedy sketch. It's a funny sketch from a funny guy. I encourage all moderate to liberal slashdotters with a sense of humor to check him out. He even does some stuff about technology.
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Finally. It's about time that people started to realize that electronics are complicated things and that it takes competent people to fix them. People don't do their own wiring or own plumbing, (well, most people) and they shouldn't. I think that the reason that electronics haven't passed into the realm of "let the professionals handle it" is because with electrical wiring, you can get shocked and die and with plumbing you can get covered with sewage or scalding water. Personally, I am glad that this I-can-do-it-myself mindset is starting to fade. Although, I do think that $125/hour is a bit much.
Messing with an emergency number is really stupid. Not only do you waste people's time, but you may end up causing a real emergency to be left unheard. I don't think it's terrorism, but definitely criminal negligence. I honestly feel that this person should be put into prison.
Not only is it a general purpose chip, but the iPod linux folk have successfully installed linux on it and then successfully decoded ogg files in real time. I can't even fathom why Apple hasn't included ogg for their players, the processor can handle it.
I know you were joking, but eating curry will NOT cause one to need a bypass. Curry is some of the healthiest stuff you can eat.
It's just society and the media collectively pointing and laughing at anyone who's single and lonely.
IE could use a rewrite, too. Patches just can't do enough. Perhaps the government and Microsoft could do a joint "we fucked up and we're sorry" rewriting campaign. Hey, I can dream.
Interesting. I've heard of this before. I think it's called insider trading. Last time I checked that was very illegal. Maybe I'm wrong. Let me check ANYBODY who knows ANYTHING about financial law. This is the most basic no no in any Stock or Commodities exchange.
Actually, Apple a lot more G5s that it had hoped. So many that most people didn't get their orders until two months after it was announced. The G5 is a huge success for Apple. Now they are winning on a hardware front and have undebatably the best OS around.
You do indeed get a nice dialog, but in a true MS fashion it takes about 10 seconds longer to understand than it should.
Exactly If someone knows their conversation might be monitored then they won't talk about personal things. The results are skewed. I bet even a slashdot pole would be more accurate :)
Ok, just to continue on in the ranting tradition.
Armageddon was NOT a very good movie. I watched before taking HS physics, so not a lot of technical stuff bothered me. What bothered me was the complete and total lack of empathy i was made to feel for the characters. At the end of the movie I didn't care who lived or died. Any good movie at least makes you care about what happens to the characters. Armageddon completely failed to do that.
Your last comment sums it up though. "And Hollywood keeps making crappy movies because idiots keep paying to see it." Well, in my opinion, Armageddon was one of those bad movies and I suppose you were one of the idiots who saw it (side note: the first time I saw it was on TV).
Well, maybe I'm just a softy for purple, but I liked it. Not everyone has to dislike everything you like, and the point of his demonstration was that if you don't like it you can tell your browser to make it different (assuming you can do a little css) or slashdot could allow users to choose from a set they have.
What I want to do for my media center (whenever i can afford something worthwhile) is have a nice, cheap box (perhaps a G3 or a linux box, G3 preferably, but it wouldn't be as cheap) with a huge hard drive, a dvd drive, a sweet sound card that's worthy of DVD's, and a nice video card that has the outputs I need for whatever tv I decide i want. Then I can use the computer to host all my media files (no need to have them on every computer) and serve as a DVD/CD/whatever player. As a bonus, it should be able to handle whatever format I try to throw at it.
Actually, you are horribly horribly wrong about two things.
You definitely could not do that with Opteron or Xeon systems. VT was in negotiations about price and delivery time with Dell and Apple. Apple beat out Dell's prices (shocking!!!).
Also, the G5 makes a great cluster computer. It comes standard with gigabit ethernet and has very easy access to parts (no screws required to install anything).
Finally, the Apples make a good cluster because in 5 years or so when they disassemble it they have 1,100 really nice desktop machines. PC's need to be upgraded more often to serve as a desktop computer (that's why Macs have awesome resale value compared with PCs).
Good, thoughts. I've always been partial to sandbox games. Though, I do like it when there is a main story (or several) and a huge stack of little side quests (user add on possibilities?). In fact, there is a game like that, it's called Escape Velocity. It's shareware from Ambrosia Software www.ambrosiasw.com It's for mac and windows, and there is already a large community making plug ins for it. There's even some to simulate the two previous escape velocity titles. If you like open game play, Escape Velocity should not be overlooked.
Just a word of note: The only "media" keys that are on the Apple Pro Keyboard (ships with all new macs) are volume up/down, mute, and eject. I actually really like my keyboard from apple. It has 2 USB ports and is nice and clickey. I think it even works on windows machines if you plug it in and don't mind some of the odd button placement (control,alt)
I would just like to point out that I think that $15 is waaaay too much for such a simple application. One thing that I've noticed is that a lot of little add on applications like this one are charging a lot for their minuscule amount of functionality. Since it's so easy to program in X I guess a lot of people want to make a little side cash.
There are a bunch of files in your iTunes music directory on the mac called iTunes music library followed by a number.
On a mac to share mucic between accts (Or OS's) one simply creates aliases (shortcuts) to the original file from the acct you want to share with. Easy as pie. mmmm pie
How about this, since I can't control my computer, why should I have to pay for it. I would be much less opposed to not controlling it if I didn't own the hardware. Perhaps Microsoft will start liscensing computers as well.
No substance? I found the game to have a lot more substance than almost any game i've played in a long time. It was the first game to impliment bullet time, just that can qualify it as revolutionary. What I liked best about the game was story. The gameplay, graphics, sounds, and all that are just a vehicle for story telling in this game. This is a game that I really wanted to finish and I felt rewarded after I did, too. The game had a lot more substance than almost any other FPS I can think of. I think it's up there with the System Shocks and Deus Ex.
Ok, here's a scenario for you. Suppose company A competes with company B. Company A sends out spam pretenbding to be company B. Company B gets fined out of existance. Company A has no competitors.
Whoever modded this offtopic needs their moderator privleges revoked. It's a simpsons quote that really does relate to the discussion.
There's more than one way to make batteries last longer. One is obvious, make longer lasting batteries. The second is to make processors that don't waste so much energy (this would also reduce heat production).
Does this not violate Microsoft's DoJ agreement? I mean, this is obviously anticompetitive behavior. I think that people will see this new "feature" and either not upgrade (unless it adds A LOT of worthwhile features) or save their files as RTFs or older doc formats. I think Microsoft is shooting themselves in the foot with this. People want compatibility, that's why they stick with Windows. People will reject this.
Ok, slightly obscure quote. It's from Eddie Izzard's "Glorious" comedy sketch. It's a funny sketch from a funny guy. I encourage all moderate to liberal slashdotters with a sense of humor to check him out. He even does some stuff about technology.