I'm putting my 4GB CF microdrive and all my SD cards and thumb drives into my ultrasonic cleaner right now! Crossing my fingers that I get new tera- numbers in place of the old giga- ones....
Not every graphic element in every app is scalable in that way. Yes, you can do it easily with text and icons within the Windows GUI, for instance, but in-app graphics will be unaffected and so will any text not rendered through the Windows API. It can help, but it's not perfect. I have the larger displays AND I'm enlarging the text a little.
I did mean "older" than 37, though. I was myopic all my life and never had any trouble with near objects until I hit about 45; now I'm still myopic in that I can't focus on anything past about 12 inches, but I'm *also* becoming presbyopic because I can no longer focus on close objects with my glasses on. I'm constantly having to take them off and put them on again, and it's frustrating and distracting. It affects my computer usage because the keyboard is right smack in the middle of that "no-focus zone", so I can't see it clearly with or without my glasses at normal distance. At display distance the effect isn't as pronounced, but that is why I have these big displays. I know the symptoms I described aren't unique to me.
I recently finally bought a dual-monitor stand (for US$20 with $40 rebate) for mine, and it includes the ability to rotate them, so now I can finally do that, too. I don't need portrait mode all the time, but it's nice to be able to get it on the fly as needed with just a few moments of effort. (The only downside was that the support column was IMHO too short, requiring that I either leave the desk below them completely clear or clamp the thing to a secondary stand of wood... which I will likely build in the near future.)
I recommend a Hanns-G/Hannspree HZ281HPB 28-inch 16:10 monitor. You won't likely find a new unused one now, but it isn't hard to find them used or refurbed on eBay. I bought two from different sources on eBay for about $200 each. I can't remember what computing was like before this. I almost bought a third for gaming, but I do very little FPS gaming and most of the games I play wouldn't benefit much from being strung across three monitors.
Are you sure he's not abusing the stereotype to make the same point that I was? If his analytical skills aren't restricted to his work, I'd bet that he is.
I've been comparing so-called piracy to historic real estate squatting, rather than comparing it to stealing or thievery as has become the propaganda of Big Content. When a court compares it to real estate trespass, it's recognizing the same disingenuous manipulation of Big Content's propaganda.
With science, there's suddenly no need for an interpreter to reality, since you can do the observations yourself.
Oh, please. Do you listen to yourself? When was the last time you had direct observation or measurement of The Big Bang, string theory, fundamental particles, atoms, or even bacteria?
You should know an opening legal salvo when you see one by now. I'd wager that it is a threat and ultimatum, however polite and passive-aggressive it may be. I think the people who drafted the text are trying not to appear like the bully, but I think that is exactly what they will prove to be with the next letter... if they don't have the common sense to sense a battle that isn't worth winning even if it can be won and just as politely back off.
Why should you be frightened of a violation of their TOS? Have you or your software agreed to be bound by those terms at any point? No? Well then, why the fuck are they threatening you? Answer: because it's easier than threatening their own customers who might actually be violating those TOS, since threatening them will create a Streisand Effect and have them leaving in droves for good.
You might have another TheOatmeal-versus-FunnyJunk moment here.
In this case, the word "independent" has a different meaning than it has in any other context: it means that a business isn't certified by a product's manufacturer as competent to service that product. What form that certification takes may vary from one manufacturer to another, but certainly it always costs money; is it an egregious profit-seeking amount, or is it limited to covering the cost of administering the process? That probably varies, too, but you might expect a manufacturer like Nikon to price the certification process quite selfishly. It's not entirely unreasonable for manufacturers to want to protect their own reputation by ensuring that people who attempt to maintain their products in the field are competent to do so. It's also not unreasonable for them to expect to recoup their costs to ensure that (though using it for profiteering would be sleazy).
So ultimately the real beef of people like this fellow is that they either can't afford to cough up what it would cost to maintain the various certifications or simply choose not to do so because it goes against their religion or politics.
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I'm putting my 4GB CF microdrive and all my SD cards and thumb drives into my ultrasonic cleaner right now! Crossing my fingers that I get new tera- numbers in place of the old giga- ones....
Not every graphic element in every app is scalable in that way. Yes, you can do it easily with text and icons within the Windows GUI, for instance, but in-app graphics will be unaffected and so will any text not rendered through the Windows API. It can help, but it's not perfect. I have the larger displays AND I'm enlarging the text a little.
I did mean "older" than 37, though. I was myopic all my life and never had any trouble with near objects until I hit about 45; now I'm still myopic in that I can't focus on anything past about 12 inches, but I'm *also* becoming presbyopic because I can no longer focus on close objects with my glasses on. I'm constantly having to take them off and put them on again, and it's frustrating and distracting. It affects my computer usage because the keyboard is right smack in the middle of that "no-focus zone", so I can't see it clearly with or without my glasses at normal distance. At display distance the effect isn't as pronounced, but that is why I have these big displays. I know the symptoms I described aren't unique to me.
I recently finally bought a dual-monitor stand (for US$20 with $40 rebate) for mine, and it includes the ability to rotate them, so now I can finally do that, too. I don't need portrait mode all the time, but it's nice to be able to get it on the fly as needed with just a few moments of effort. (The only downside was that the support column was IMHO too short, requiring that I either leave the desk below them completely clear or clamp the thing to a secondary stand of wood... which I will likely build in the near future.)
Just you wait until you're older and your eyeballs get lazy... your tune will change. ;-)
I recommend a Hanns-G/Hannspree HZ281HPB 28-inch 16:10 monitor. You won't likely find a new unused one now, but it isn't hard to find them used or refurbed on eBay. I bought two from different sources on eBay for about $200 each. I can't remember what computing was like before this. I almost bought a third for gaming, but I do very little FPS gaming and most of the games I play wouldn't benefit much from being strung across three monitors.
... can I get that GTX 660 for an AGP slot?
Are you sure he's not abusing the stereotype to make the same point that I was? If his analytical skills aren't restricted to his work, I'd bet that he is.
It's the same food I just baked up! I'm glad you liked it enough to jot down the recipe and hack it.
I've been comparing so-called piracy to historic real estate squatting, rather than comparing it to stealing or thievery as has become the propaganda of Big Content. When a court compares it to real estate trespass, it's recognizing the same disingenuous manipulation of Big Content's propaganda.
Maybe both.
Would you even think to make that joke if Schavan was a man? Food for thought.
"Three benefits for me, one benefit for you...."
Never the idealized equal exchange of value that I was taught in Business Law 101. Nope, we get Highlander-style economics instead.
With science, there's suddenly no need for an interpreter to reality, since you can do the observations yourself.
Oh, please. Do you listen to yourself? When was the last time you had direct observation or measurement of The Big Bang, string theory, fundamental particles, atoms, or even bacteria?
You should know an opening legal salvo when you see one by now. I'd wager that it is a threat and ultimatum, however polite and passive-aggressive it may be. I think the people who drafted the text are trying not to appear like the bully, but I think that is exactly what they will prove to be with the next letter... if they don't have the common sense to sense a battle that isn't worth winning even if it can be won and just as politely back off.
Why should you be frightened of a violation of their TOS? Have you or your software agreed to be bound by those terms at any point? No? Well then, why the fuck are they threatening you? Answer: because it's easier than threatening their own customers who might actually be violating those TOS, since threatening them will create a Streisand Effect and have them leaving in droves for good.
You might have another TheOatmeal-versus-FunnyJunk moment here.
:-)
Did I not suggest strongly enough that Nikon was controlled by people willing to abuse the process? Nikon's misbehavior doesn't ruin the principle.
I'm writing the screenplay now. You want an option on it, then?
Nah... we just need a planet-sized pair of Stargates.
In this case, the word "independent" has a different meaning than it has in any other context: it means that a business isn't certified by a product's manufacturer as competent to service that product. What form that certification takes may vary from one manufacturer to another, but certainly it always costs money; is it an egregious profit-seeking amount, or is it limited to covering the cost of administering the process? That probably varies, too, but you might expect a manufacturer like Nikon to price the certification process quite selfishly. It's not entirely unreasonable for manufacturers to want to protect their own reputation by ensuring that people who attempt to maintain their products in the field are competent to do so. It's also not unreasonable for them to expect to recoup their costs to ensure that (though using it for profiteering would be sleazy).
So ultimately the real beef of people like this fellow is that they either can't afford to cough up what it would cost to maintain the various certifications or simply choose not to do so because it goes against their religion or politics.
Steve Jobs was a bad apple.
I dunno... I'm open-minded like that.
The recoil would sure be "exciting". Just face *towards* me when you do it, okay?
Does that work when you eat beans and shove the can up your ass as a plug?
Homo kardashian, then?