Huh! That's a new one to me. In my defense, I think that is rather obscure, if not actually arcane. The more you learn, the more you realize it is pretty much unsafe to ever open your mouth. =^.^=;;;
Except that you/didn't/ give an example for italics. _This_ is usually interpreted as underlining, where I come from. You *did* get bold correct, however.
And that's the point. If it's not the real thing, it's open to (mis)interpretation. I've had unsavvy friends who asked if their computer was broken since they were getting garbage characters at the end of many of my sentences.;)
...who haven't figured out that you can get high quality DVD rips earlier and more reliably. This seems to be yet another solution in need of a problem.
You know what? I think we all knew that things would move this direction eventually. I admit it's a little scary, but it could definitely be a step up. besides, as long as OSS is around, there will always be an option if the consumer companies turn bad.
So, this was bound to happen. Personally, I'm glad it's a company we're all familiar and happy with, as opposed to some upstart which could so easily mess everything up. I think we can trust Phoenix to at least make an honest effort at an excellent solution. We've all been using Phoenix stuff for how long? Let's give them a chance.
My point is that the beauty of referencing internet material is its flexibility. A reference which improves itself and corrects its own mistakes is a wonderful thing.
There must be a way to solve the problem which doesn't throw out the benefits of electronic documents altogether. If there's no benefit over paper media, why come up with a solution at all?
Unfortunately, this method would throw out the good with the bad. If the website you submitted to the archive did not expire immediately, it would probably change for the better; and your referenced copy would not reflect the changes. Essentially, you would be referencing two different versions of the same work.
I imagine the real bugger with this, assuming the technology ever works and takes off, would be the cost of the file you print from! Imagine the complexity of the information required to print a working gadget, like that. And there'd also be some charge for the labor needed to design the file in whatever CAD-esque program becomes available for it.
What would be cool is the open source community eventually embracing it. Imagine scenarios like this:
Hm, can't find a friggin flashlight when I need one. Guess I'd better print one out... Can't afford the one from maglite.com, cool as it is... What to do? Ah! Of course! Download the open source flashlight from opengadgets.com and print it out.
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Worst troll ever.
Huh! That's a new one to me. In my defense, I think that is rather obscure, if not actually arcane. The more you learn, the more you realize it is pretty much unsafe to ever open your mouth. =^.^=;;;
Except that you /didn't/ give an example for italics. _This_ is usually interpreted as underlining, where I come from. You *did* get bold correct, however.
;)
And that's the point. If it's not the real thing, it's open to (mis)interpretation. I've had unsavvy friends who asked if their computer was broken since they were getting garbage characters at the end of many of my sentences.
...who haven't figured out that you can get high quality DVD rips earlier and more reliably. This seems to be yet another solution in need of a problem.
Yes, this definitely makes you a cuckoo. Not only was there a big band, but there have been, and continue to be, many, many big bands.
You know what? I think we all knew that things would move this direction eventually. I admit it's a little scary, but it could definitely be a step up. besides, as long as OSS is around, there will always be an option if the consumer companies turn bad.
So, this was bound to happen. Personally, I'm glad it's a company we're all familiar and happy with, as opposed to some upstart which could so easily mess everything up. I think we can trust Phoenix to at least make an honest effort at an excellent solution. We've all been using Phoenix stuff for how long? Let's give them a chance.
My point is that the beauty of referencing internet material is its flexibility. A reference which improves itself and corrects its own mistakes is a wonderful thing. There must be a way to solve the problem which doesn't throw out the benefits of electronic documents altogether. If there's no benefit over paper media, why come up with a solution at all?
Unfortunately, this method would throw out the good with the bad. If the website you submitted to the archive did not expire immediately, it would probably change for the better; and your referenced copy would not reflect the changes. Essentially, you would be referencing two different versions of the same work.
I agree. Replace it with "Did you see the new Radeon 9800XT benchmark? Wow!" and it comes full circle.
Your proposing that we should rape pretty women simply because they would be helpless? Christ. Where do you live, and have you registered yet?
Damn, that's some good money.
Wow. I think 'lubricate' may have been a poor choice of words. I'm thankful my roleplaying group isn't quite as involved as what you describe here. ;p
I imagine the real bugger with this, assuming the technology ever works and takes off, would be the cost of the file you print from! Imagine the complexity of the information required to print a working gadget, like that. And there'd also be some charge for the labor needed to design the file in whatever CAD-esque program becomes available for it.
What would be cool is the open source community eventually embracing it. Imagine scenarios like this:
Hm, can't find a friggin flashlight when I need one. Guess I'd better print one out...
Can't afford the one from maglite.com, cool as it is... What to do?
Ah! Of course! Download the open source flashlight from opengadgets.com and print it out.