Lois: "Peter, did you take the money from the family jar?"
Peter: "Who me? Couldn't be! Then who? Yeah I did it. I used it to buy volcano insurance!"
Lois: "Peter, that's ridiculus!"
Peter: "That's the same thing you said when you talked me out of buying that cloud insurance. Look at 'em up there, just plotting."
Now if only they could get one to automatically play a real F
Maybe you should consider PRACTICING a little bit instead of looking to technology to make you a rock star.
If automation is really the way you want to go, there are even better guitars out there with your name on them. They don't stop at a mere F chord, they'll play the whole damn song for you! Rock star in a box!
But really, is an F honestly that hard to play?;-)
I'll admit that he's not the best philanthropist, but he does donate a lot of money to a lot of organizations. He could just swim in it all day like Scrooge McDuck, so he deserves some definite props for doing what he does.
From the Duck Tales movie, Treasure of the Lost Lamp, just after having discovered the treasure trove:
Scrooge: No boys, most of these artifacts will go to, oh, museums...
Huey (or Dewey, or Louie, who knows): That doesn't sound like uncle scrooge.
Scrooge: That way I can enjoy a hefty tax break!
Another nephew: That does!
But maybe I should thank them for generating extra business for me to remove their program from clients' computers.
Hey, if for some reason there's a shortage of Gator-infested clients, let me know. You can learn how to repair windows and I'll go around and break lots of them for you to fix.
Personally, I think this is one of the coolest areas of research around right now. The ability to, in the near future, help paralyzed people regain mobility and function would indeed be an incredible accomplishment, but that's just the start. This kind of research could help improve humans themselves. Imagine adding new cybernetic body parts, or even new senses (ability to 'see' infrared for example). There are a lot of potential possibilities. Forget the ad-hoc wireless computer networks, this tech could possibly enable something like an ad-hoc human brain network (telepathy anyone?) Seems very very cool and useful.
If this rate of progress keeps up (which seems likely), perhaps Slashdot will need to create a Brain-Computer Interface category.
The real advantages of this type of implementation become obvious when you use it many times, or as part of a script. For example, you could easily set up a cron job to automate your suicide once a week, and always get the options right.
Hindsight is 20/20, or so they say. RMS isn't infallible. Why is it really surprising that he wasn't 100% accurate? More importantly, why does it matter?
It's no big deal to squeeze some spare cycles out of a sloppy system like x86 Linux. It's very cool, OTOH, to squeeze all the juice out of a limited platform like the GB.
Is an x86 Linux system unlimited? Is it inherently sloppy? Why wouldn't it be cool to squeeze all the juice out of an 'unlimited' platform like x86 Linux?
I did some hobby GBA dev back in the day, and I agree, it is quite nice what's going on with this system. But that doesn't lessen any accomplishments on x86. 'Squeezing all the juice out' of a platform is always a good thing, and this can apply to modern desktop systems as well as GBA.
If you're seriously considering retraining your typing, I strongly recommend the Dvorak layout. I typed in QWERTY for a long time, but I never really noticed any of its problems until I took the time to learn Dvorak a couple summers ago. It took me about of constant Dvorak to get back to my old speeds, but it was well worth it.
If speed is your only goal, Dvorak will certainly be worthwhile, as you'll probably be able to type faster than you would with QWERTY, but in my experience the most noticable difference is just how much more comfortable Dvorak is. That's important for me, because I've had tendonitis in my hands (from too much fast typing with QWERTY...go figure). As I said before, I never noticed that QWERTY wasn't comfortable until I learned Dvorak. It really is much better. I'd say a regular old flat keyboard with Dvorak is quite a bit better than an 'ergonomic' keyboard using the same old crappy key layout.
It might seem to some of you like this keyboard layout is a solution in search of a problem. That may be so, but only in the same way that Ogg Vorbis is (i.e. it has some definite benefits, but most people don't think it matters, since its competitor already has such a huge user base). But my point is, if you're going to do something, in this case relearning how to type, you may as well do it the best you can.
Btw, some people have said to me "well, I would learn Dvorak, but then I'd get confused by a regular keyboard." JFYI, this is wrong. I can still use a QWERTY keyboard as well as I ever could. However, I don't really enjoy having to do it:-)
I have an Iraqi friend who said the same thing with respect to Iraq. It's since become clear that not everyone in Iraq shares her view.
Maybe the people your friend surrounded himself with hate the Iranian goverment and love America, but,as crazy as it may seem, that doesn't necessarily mean it's the universal opinion in Iran.
Of course, it may be entirely different in Iran, but just remember, it's probably not as simple as it seems...
Not nearly as much as all the standalone boxes around campus. Power consumption has recently become a bigger issue here at UK, what with statewide (nationwide?) goverment budget troubles. Yet pretty much every professor (music performance, English, whatever) expects his own always-on computer in the office, plus a monitor (which KASY0's nodes don't require). Of course I can't really blame them, because computers are cheap, useful tools, but really, when you compare these power costs for the work they get done (sending e-mails mostly) to KASY0's power cost/work ratio, KASY0 seems much more reasonable to me.
KASY0 is doing (presumably) useful calculations that wouldn't otherwise be possible to do. Seems like it would be out of line to worry about it consuming too much power when so much more power is devoted to so much more mundane tasks.
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This has been a tactic of many companies over the years
But most of those companies haven't been convicted of violating antitrust laws.
You meant parents, right?
Lois: "Peter, did you take the money from the family jar?"
Peter: "Who me? Couldn't be! Then who? Yeah I did it. I used it to buy volcano insurance!"
Lois: "Peter, that's ridiculus!"
Peter: "That's the same thing you said when you talked me out of buying that cloud insurance. Look at 'em up there, just plotting."
Maybe you should consider PRACTICING a little bit instead of looking to technology to make you a rock star.
If automation is really the way you want to go, there are even better guitars out there with your name on them. They don't stop at a mere F chord, they'll play the whole damn song for you! Rock star in a box!
But really, is an F honestly that hard to play? ;-)
I'll admit that he's not the best philanthropist, but he does donate a lot of money to a lot of organizations. He could just swim in it all day like Scrooge McDuck, so he deserves some definite props for doing what he does.
From the Duck Tales movie, Treasure of the Lost Lamp , just after having discovered the treasure trove:
(paraphrased from memory)We will soon be replacing our market analysits and physicians with programmers!
No, we'll be replacing them with programs.
Too bad you won't be able to do it. I'm patenting that method!
No!!! Credit should never be given to Microsoft! What, are you crazy?
Not on Slashdot buddy...
Hey, if for some reason there's a shortage of Gator-infested clients, let me know. You can learn how to repair windows and I'll go around and break lots of them for you to fix.
Yes, please do mod parent up.
It seems to me that more and more we are heading towards a Gattaca-esque society. It's amazing how insightful and forward-looking the film really was.
Why is this not posted under Science? Just because it uses games as part of the research doesn't mean its all just for entertainment.
Plenty of other brain-computer interface links have been posted under the proper category: Mind-Controlled Wheelchair, Controlling Robots with the Mind,Linking Hardware to Wetware, etc. This article is a continuation of this field's story.
Personally, I think this is one of the coolest areas of research around right now. The ability to, in the near future, help paralyzed people regain mobility and function would indeed be an incredible accomplishment, but that's just the start. This kind of research could help improve humans themselves. Imagine adding new cybernetic body parts, or even new senses (ability to 'see' infrared for example). There are a lot of potential possibilities. Forget the ad-hoc wireless computer networks, this tech could possibly enable something like an ad-hoc human brain network (telepathy anyone?) Seems very very cool and useful.
If this rate of progress keeps up (which seems likely), perhaps Slashdot will need to create a Brain-Computer Interface category.
A co-worker of mine is kind of a USB nut:
The real advantages of this type of implementation become obvious when you use it many times, or as part of a script. For example, you could easily set up a cron job to automate your suicide once a week, and always get the options right.
Try doing that with your Windows gun!
Hindsight is 20/20, or so they say. RMS isn't infallible. Why is it really surprising that he wasn't 100% accurate? More importantly, why does it matter?
Is an x86 Linux system unlimited? Is it inherently sloppy? Why wouldn't it be cool to squeeze all the juice out of an 'unlimited' platform like x86 Linux?
I did some hobby GBA dev back in the day, and I agree, it is quite nice what's going on with this system. But that doesn't lessen any accomplishments on x86. 'Squeezing all the juice out' of a platform is always a good thing, and this can apply to modern desktop systems as well as GBA.
If you're seriously considering retraining your typing, I strongly recommend the Dvorak layout. I typed in QWERTY for a long time, but I never really noticed any of its problems until I took the time to learn Dvorak a couple summers ago. It took me about of constant Dvorak to get back to my old speeds, but it was well worth it.
If speed is your only goal, Dvorak will certainly be worthwhile, as you'll probably be able to type faster than you would with QWERTY, but in my experience the most noticable difference is just how much more comfortable Dvorak is. That's important for me, because I've had tendonitis in my hands (from too much fast typing with QWERTY...go figure). As I said before, I never noticed that QWERTY wasn't comfortable until I learned Dvorak. It really is much better. I'd say a regular old flat keyboard with Dvorak is quite a bit better than an 'ergonomic' keyboard using the same old crappy key layout.
It might seem to some of you like this keyboard layout is a solution in search of a problem. That may be so, but only in the same way that Ogg Vorbis is (i.e. it has some definite benefits, but most people don't think it matters, since its competitor already has such a huge user base). But my point is, if you're going to do something, in this case relearning how to type, you may as well do it the best you can.
Btw, some people have said to me "well, I would learn Dvorak, but then I'd get confused by a regular keyboard." JFYI, this is wrong. I can still use a QWERTY keyboard as well as I ever could. However, I don't really enjoy having to do it :-)
I have an Iraqi friend who said the same thing with respect to Iraq. It's since become clear that not everyone in Iraq shares her view.
Maybe the people your friend surrounded himself with hate the Iranian goverment and love America, but,as crazy as it may seem, that doesn't necessarily mean it's the universal opinion in Iran.
Of course, it may be entirely different in Iran, but just remember, it's probably not as simple as it seems...
It's from some Louis Black standup. He's a funny guy.
Not nearly as much as all the standalone boxes around campus. Power consumption has recently become a bigger issue here at UK, what with statewide (nationwide?) goverment budget troubles. Yet pretty much every professor (music performance, English, whatever) expects his own always-on computer in the office, plus a monitor (which KASY0's nodes don't require). Of course I can't really blame them, because computers are cheap, useful tools, but really, when you compare these power costs for the work they get done (sending e-mails mostly) to KASY0's power cost/work ratio, KASY0 seems much more reasonable to me.
KASY0 is doing (presumably) useful calculations that wouldn't otherwise be possible to do. Seems like it would be out of line to worry about it consuming too much power when so much more power is devoted to so much more mundane tasks.
Here's where I go for all my keyboard layout needs:
man setxkbmapShipping is damn quick, and good prices too.
How about just typing net stop messenger at a command prompt?
Problem solved, eh? Should this really have been an Ask Slashdot?
Tom you are a DUMBASS. Poland sucks HAHAHA.