Having grown up, in the figurative sense, with Photoshop the interface for The Gimp has always driven me crazy. I can't imagine I'm the only one either. Maybe this will help more people make the switch.
I think you might have taken the wrong message out of what I wrote. Both cars will get you where you are going, but the Jag does a nicer job of it. The iPods and other mp3 players both play music, but the iPod does a nicer job of it. I really want a Nano, but I to save some money for rent even more.
That would be mighty convenient, but sadly it isn't a practical reality yet. Teleportation would be even cooler. Until then, I'll stick with my car, but someday...
Normally my chauffer drives a huge train. I own my car, and have free parking and barely pay anything for insurance. I still take the train into the city for school. But nothing beats your own car/truck/etc for things like grocery shopping.
People here complain that people are willing to pay more for a stylish product that does the same thing as a cheap product. I can't see how this is any different than any other field.
I drive a Corolla, my Grandma has a Jaguar S-Type (I think thats the model). They are roughly the same size, they serve exactly the same purpose. Now granted the Jag has better performance, but you are paying a lot for image. Then again people complain about fancy cars, so you can't please everyone no matter what.
Call me a troll if you want, but the fact is healther more educated people reproduce at a much slower rate than the poor and sick. Almost every 1st world nation has a declining birth rate. 3rd world births rates are growing. And even in 1st world countries birth rates are inversely proportional to education.
So evolution may not be going in the direction people think it ought. Then again we need a time frame of thousands or tens of thousands of years to see any difference, so I'm not too concerned about it right now.
There are a few issues at work here. First of all, Technology is a huge part of all of our lives. It has permeated everything, and therefore is worth reading about. Not everyone sits around reading Slashdot.
Secondly, people that read WSJ are interested in things like food, wine, and cars. Would you rather that all people see are advertisements from the companies? Most of the reviews in WSJ are quite objective and have some usefull information.
As opposed to the non-intellectual circle jerk that makes up most high school sports? These are students that like to program, ar probably good at it, and enjoy some competition. You can compete in almost everything. Chess, cooking, football, programming, rock climbing, gardening... If it drives you to become better at something you love, whats wrong with it?
I'll say, as a 22 year old (I only got the game last Christmas anyway), that I enjoyed the graphics. It took a few minutes to get used to the new style, but they looked fantastic. The game was fun and I think the cell shaded style helped a lot.
Having a 16 year old brother, I would say that it is the middle school and high school markets that are the most concerned with being cool. He couldn't figure out why I would want a GC instead of a PS2 or X-Box. Then yesterday I was playing Super Smash Brothers Melee when my roommate and a friend got back, the first thing the friend says is "Man, I have been playing that all of the time lately." So I am doing a CS PhD, the other 2 are doing Law School, so, I've started to ramble, but I think that a the college-and-older group don't care about being cool, or something like that.
Well, IBM uses a lot of OSS software on their servers and various other solutions. Most of the code is GPL'd, so the have to return the source. So IBM gets to use a lot of free stuff, make it better, gives back to the community, and still makes their share holders happy. It seems to be exactl what Slashdot wants.
But if you live in the US and get arrested, at least you get a trial. Its not just, "well, you broke a law you may or may not have known about, its the gas chamber for you." It is also not very difficult to live within the law without knowing the exact word of the law. If ever you think, "gee, what I'm doing ought to be illegal" it probably is. The average citizen has litle to fear.
I want to go with an LCD, although it looks like I will only need to move once in the next 2 years, which is a nice change. They weigh so much less, and take up a lot less space -- very good.
That said, I have a 19" flat CRT that does 1920x1440@75hz and 1600x1200@85hz. Almost perfect geometry (the lower right corner bends a couple pixels which never get used). Great contrast, color, everything. When this dies I hope that LCDs have caught up. Then again it was $450 wholesale 4 years ago.
"By comparison the Wright brothers were able to work in a bicycle shop. People did not seem to need the same levels of funding to accomplish similar tasks a century ago. I wonder why?"
I would say it is because the Wright brothers built a very basic airplane, not a space station or particle accelerator. A lot of fields require highly specialized equiptment when working on the cutting edge. Some don't, a mathematitian can still sit down with a pencil/paper and probably a computer, but tell a physicist or chemist they only get a pencil/paper and a computer, and they won't get a lot of work done.
UIC has had a total immersion VR system for a long time now. They are used heavily in industry as well as academia. Check it out at: http://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/CAVE/
I'm running Suse 9.2 on an x86-64. They offer both 32 and 64 bit versions of Firefox and Xine (The two applications that I run in 32bit mode). I do it so the plugins and all codecs work properly. Otherwise everything is 64bit.
I'm 22 and my dad bought be a gamecube for Christmas this last year. It is a couple years old, I don't care. It has some fun games that kill some time between class and work. I figure I will get some more use out of it and buy games that are a year old for $20. 4 years from now I'll have a PhD, and I will still be playing Nintendo games I bet.
The universities doing the research (UIC and a couple others for the original CAVE) already have "same tech" and it is "paid for already." Their goal is to come up with something better than what they have. They can leave it up to industry to drive down the prices for the technology while they innovate.
I would second the use of Suse. It just works, and that is important. I have wanted to try Gentoo, but I haven't had the time to install it. I know it isn't as bad as people say, but it is still a day of work at least to get my machine back to where it is now. With hardware that old they could throw Suse on there and in 45 minutes have all the hardware working, software installed, and online.
My electronics include:
- A cell phone
- A landline that works for local calls (provided free in the dorms)
- A 24" Flat CRT TV
- A Computer (with a tv tuner since I didn't have a regular until last month)
- A Game Cube
- A DVD player
- A Microwave
- A Coffee Maker
- A Coffe Grinder
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I thought I had laid the sarcasm on thick enough. Image editing is one thing that even the CLI diehards should realize benifit from a GUI.
I used PS on Windows and GIMP on Linux.
Come on, we know the the CLI is so much faster.
Having grown up, in the figurative sense, with Photoshop the interface for The Gimp has always driven me crazy. I can't imagine I'm the only one either. Maybe this will help more people make the switch.
I think you might have taken the wrong message out of what I wrote. Both cars will get you where you are going, but the Jag does a nicer job of it. The iPods and other mp3 players both play music, but the iPod does a nicer job of it. I really want a Nano, but I to save some money for rent even more.
That would be mighty convenient, but sadly it isn't a practical reality yet. Teleportation would be even cooler. Until then, I'll stick with my car, but someday...
Normally my chauffer drives a huge train. I own my car, and have free parking and barely pay anything for insurance. I still take the train into the city for school. But nothing beats your own car/truck/etc for things like grocery shopping.
I drive a Corolla, my Grandma has a Jaguar S-Type (I think thats the model). They are roughly the same size, they serve exactly the same purpose. Now granted the Jag has better performance, but you are paying a lot for image. Then again people complain about fancy cars, so you can't please everyone no matter what.
Ever hear the saying, "time is money?" Also, the cost per page is really really low on these machines.
Call me a troll if you want, but the fact is healther more educated people reproduce at a much slower rate than the poor and sick. Almost every 1st world nation has a declining birth rate. 3rd world births rates are growing. And even in 1st world countries birth rates are inversely proportional to education.
So evolution may not be going in the direction people think it ought. Then again we need a time frame of thousands or tens of thousands of years to see any difference, so I'm not too concerned about it right now.
Secondly, people that read WSJ are interested in things like food, wine, and cars. Would you rather that all people see are advertisements from the companies? Most of the reviews in WSJ are quite objective and have some usefull information.
As opposed to the non-intellectual circle jerk that makes up most high school sports? These are students that like to program, ar probably good at it, and enjoy some competition. You can compete in almost everything. Chess, cooking, football, programming, rock climbing, gardening... If it drives you to become better at something you love, whats wrong with it?
I'll say, as a 22 year old (I only got the game last Christmas anyway), that I enjoyed the graphics. It took a few minutes to get used to the new style, but they looked fantastic. The game was fun and I think the cell shaded style helped a lot.
Having a 16 year old brother, I would say that it is the middle school and high school markets that are the most concerned with being cool. He couldn't figure out why I would want a GC instead of a PS2 or X-Box. Then yesterday I was playing Super Smash Brothers Melee when my roommate and a friend got back, the first thing the friend says is "Man, I have been playing that all of the time lately." So I am doing a CS PhD, the other 2 are doing Law School, so, I've started to ramble, but I think that a the college-and-older group don't care about being cool, or something like that.
Well, IBM uses a lot of OSS software on their servers and various other solutions. Most of the code is GPL'd, so the have to return the source. So IBM gets to use a lot of free stuff, make it better, gives back to the community, and still makes their share holders happy. It seems to be exactl what Slashdot wants.
But if you live in the US and get arrested, at least you get a trial. Its not just, "well, you broke a law you may or may not have known about, its the gas chamber for you." It is also not very difficult to live within the law without knowing the exact word of the law. If ever you think, "gee, what I'm doing ought to be illegal" it probably is. The average citizen has litle to fear.
I want to go with an LCD, although it looks like I will only need to move once in the next 2 years, which is a nice change. They weigh so much less, and take up a lot less space -- very good.
That said, I have a 19" flat CRT that does 1920x1440@75hz and 1600x1200@85hz. Almost perfect geometry (the lower right corner bends a couple pixels which never get used). Great contrast, color, everything. When this dies I hope that LCDs have caught up. Then again it was $450 wholesale 4 years ago.
"By comparison the Wright brothers were able to work in a bicycle shop. People did not seem to need the same levels of funding to accomplish similar tasks a century ago. I wonder why?"
I would say it is because the Wright brothers built a very basic airplane, not a space station or particle accelerator. A lot of fields require highly specialized equiptment when working on the cutting edge. Some don't, a mathematitian can still sit down with a pencil/paper and probably a computer, but tell a physicist or chemist they only get a pencil/paper and a computer, and they won't get a lot of work done.
Alright. I hadn't read it before so I guess my second hand knowledge wasn't exact.
Other than it is true by definition, I don't know how you would prove it. But from that one axiom we can derive an amazing body of knowledge.
Also, didn't Godel prove that no system can be entirely provable? There has to be at least one undefined term from which things are built, eg. 1+1=2.
UIC has had a total immersion VR system for a long time now. They are used heavily in industry as well as academia. Check it out at: http://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/CAVE/
I'm running Suse 9.2 on an x86-64. They offer both 32 and 64 bit versions of Firefox and Xine (The two applications that I run in 32bit mode). I do it so the plugins and all codecs work properly. Otherwise everything is 64bit.
I'm 22 and my dad bought be a gamecube for Christmas this last year. It is a couple years old, I don't care. It has some fun games that kill some time between class and work. I figure I will get some more use out of it and buy games that are a year old for $20. 4 years from now I'll have a PhD, and I will still be playing Nintendo games I bet.
The universities doing the research (UIC and a couple others for the original CAVE) already have "same tech" and it is "paid for already." Their goal is to come up with something better than what they have. They can leave it up to industry to drive down the prices for the technology while they innovate.
I would second the use of Suse. It just works, and that is important. I have wanted to try Gentoo, but I haven't had the time to install it. I know it isn't as bad as people say, but it is still a day of work at least to get my machine back to where it is now. With hardware that old they could throw Suse on there and in 45 minutes have all the hardware working, software installed, and online.
My electronics include: - A cell phone - A landline that works for local calls (provided free in the dorms) - A 24" Flat CRT TV - A Computer (with a tv tuner since I didn't have a regular until last month) - A Game Cube - A DVD player - A Microwave - A Coffee Maker - A Coffe Grinder