"First, this is slashdot, a website for nerds. Posting a question like:
"What's the interest in Star Wars movies anyway?"...is likely to get you flogged and/or hung. "
I hope you're right, but it appears the mods have gone to lunch, because as of right now it's moderated: "(Score:1, Insightful)":-O
today is a sad day for/. when an anti-star wars post is moderated insightful
Why doesn't he just finish off the rest of us and post how stupid star trek is
"You do not need a 3.5l, 2.5 ton pickup truck just to drive to your office job. A 1.4l or 1.6l hatchback will get you 35-40mpg easily."
3.5L? In a truck? Trucks are 4.3L or larger, 3.5L is for our cars.
That 32mpg is an average across all the vehicles a manufacturer sells. It's easy to reach that with an Aveo, but manufacturers don't make the same profit on a $12,000 Aveo as they do a $40,000 Ford F150, so manufacturers and dealers are all pushing the big expensive trucks.
We don't drive trucks because we need or want them, we buy them because that's what we're told to buy.
"I'm sceptical of anything which proposes to simply double the amount of energy extracted from that gasoline, because, well, physics is physics."
Agreed, but the real question is how are they testing? Downhill with a tailwind? Anyone can achieve 98mpg given the right conditions (downhill in neutral), and since they don't come out and say "we achieved 98mpg using the same technique as fueleconomy.gov" it sounds like BS.
Another reason this sounds like BS: billions of dollars are being invested to meet the 35mpg CAFE standard by 2020. When Congress was talking about requiring 32mpg by 2015 it was estimated it would cost $47 billion dollars to reach that goal:
"For the auto industry, it will be costly; the Transportation Department last year estimated that requiring the industry to meet 31.6 mpg by 2015 would cost nearly $47 billion."
So a magic fuel injector that achieves 98 mpg would literally be worth billions of dollars, not to mention win the xprize and $10 million dollars. Any engineer that designed this could join any auto manufacture and write his own ticket. The idea that a startup in California just happened across this technology outdoing the greatest minds in GM, Toyota, Honda, and the academic community just sounds like snake oil, just like the car that runs on water, 130mpg car, 110mpg 0-60 in 3 seconds Mustang. If any of these technologies were real GM or Honda would be announcing it or at the very least they'd be xprize competitors.
Any hsf (heatsink/fan) that allows you to use to largest fans possible (preferrably two 120mm, but one will suffice), then volt mod the fan to use 5v instead of 12v (google 12v to 5v volt mod). Fan spins at a fraction of it's full speed which reduces noise significantly. If you'd like other suggestions on quiet components I suggest silentpc.com
My corrected speed is 65wpm according to typingtest.com calculating for speed and deducting for errors. Every job I've applied for has been very impressed with just 65, so I'd be very happy with a corrected 90wpm and I wouldn't bother fixing anything. Like the saying goes, ain't broke don't fix it.
See, that's another thing he never discusses. When he said it's not the customers, what does that mean? They can't alter it? They can't fix future bugs? They can't resell it? Can they distribute it as their own? Then he jumps around from compiled code to source code, and custom code to generic. He answers nothing and just muddles copyright, and he isn't even an attorney! Does he know you can be sued for giving legal advice if you are not an attorney? You can in the US.
I've paid for custom code before on an outsourcing website (rent a coder, etc), does that mean I own the program? Can I resell? Can I put my name on it and distribute it? Can I alter it any way I see fit?
The guy's not a lawyer, he's a programmer, so I'm not sure why he thought he was the authority on such a sticky subject as copyright law. He also has no idea what he's talking about, comparing custom code to plumbing and movies? Horrible analogies. Surprised this article made it on to/.
How is this insightful?? It's complete flamebait. "tens of thousands of worthless apps"?? Give me a break, you don't have to own a iPhone to know that's BS and just asking to be flamed. Who moderated this +5 Insightful? I've noticed the moderation system on/. has gone downhill in recent weeks, what is happening to slashdot?
Why is this flamebait? Parent is right, android devs are having a hard time because of the variety of android hardware. I've noticed all the iPhone comments are marked flamebait but Android are all insightful, what happened to mods today? When did the iPhone go from jesus phone to anti-christ?
"that some people still have time to waste at work. On the other hand, they got some free publicity out of it."
That's what I was thinking, and who are they to decide IE6 died today? "Aten Design Group, a design firm in Denver, Colorado." Oh, right, well they're the authority on browsers then, the prestigious design group in Denver, and forget the 20% of internet users still using IE6"Despite its age, IE6 still held on to 19.8 percent of the market in February".
I hate IE6 as much as the next guy, but who am I (or Athn Design Group) to declare "it's dead"? Seems a bit presumptuous on their part, to declare themselves worthy of deciding what browsers we should use. What's next? "Up next at 10: Frank's Computers declares Windows XP dead, funeral on Friday, donations accepted"
actually this is a viral marketing scheme paid for by the BC Dairy Foundation. Notice the copyright at the bottom. Every product they "sell" has to do with being weak and they offer milk to alleviate the symptoms.
"I hope for the sake of her son that she finds some compassion and spiritual enlightenment. "
Her poor son! Someday he's going to ask "Hey mommy what are you famous for?" What's she going to answer? "Well son, I was the first** (that we know of) to have an abortion on youtube!"
**she's not really having an abortion on youtube, she's just taking a pill, and since we can't verify her taking the pill we really don't even know if she's done that.
This is all one big publicity stunt. She has a book coming out and she's trying to be famous.
"The Apple IIe was a wretched computer with awful software,"
What? The Apple IIe was very popular at the time, I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinions but I've never heard anyone describe a 80s Apple as "wretched" or "awful".
"It's not that impossible for drive manufacturers to do things like this for you, if you have the $$ to pay for it."
Last sentence: "Obviously a free and open source solution would be preferable, but I'm open to anything at this point." Pretty clear submitter doesn't want to pay for it.
"when was the last time you saw a SATA to MFM or even USB to MFM adapter?...or a non-ISA card that can still use an MFM disk?"
author doesn't say if he needed this on a modern PC or not, just that "I'm working on a project that requires writing bits to a magnetic hard drive platter in a completely controlled fashion"
It's pretty clear this can't be done within Windows, so I'm sure the author doesn't mind using a 20 yr old 486 to complete the task. It is a solution to the question asked.
Yes, they live in the desert, so what would happen to the local ecosystem if everyone did this? No grass within 200 miles, just dry woodchips and dirt. Can't imagine that would be a pleasant enviroment.
Do you mind if I rent out the lawn to campers 24/7? Money's tight, hotels are expensive, you don't mind strangers camping outside, right? They shouldn't be too loud, and we'll clean the porta potty twice a month. Also there's a few cars on blocks... oh, and I'm making a wildlife refuge, so I'm letting the grass go this year. Watch out for snakes and yellow jackets that might be in the 4 ft grass.
"f they pay a group of Chinnese guys USD $0.39 an hour"
do you have a link or email address for these chinese guys? I've been trying to hire some chinese guys for a long time and this sounds like just the ticket!
Why is this marked flamebait? I'm sorry, but when I think "child labor" I imagine 6 yr olds, not 15 yr olds. I got my first real job (fast food is real) at 16 and I could have worked at 15 if they would have let me. Article doesn't say if they're putting in 40 hr weeks, and they only found 11 examples out of how many? I think marking this as child labor is a little extreme.
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"First, this is slashdot, a website for nerds. Posting a question like: "What's the interest in Star Wars movies anyway?" ...is likely to get you flogged and/or hung. "
:-O
/. when an anti-star wars post is moderated insightful
I hope you're right, but it appears the mods have gone to lunch, because as of right now it's moderated: "(Score:1, Insightful)"
today is a sad day for
Why doesn't he just finish off the rest of us and post how stupid star trek is
"You do not need a 3.5l, 2.5 ton pickup truck just to drive to your office job. A 1.4l or 1.6l hatchback will get you 35-40mpg easily."
3.5L? In a truck? Trucks are 4.3L or larger, 3.5L is for our cars.
That 32mpg is an average across all the vehicles a manufacturer sells. It's easy to reach that with an Aveo, but manufacturers don't make the same profit on a $12,000 Aveo as they do a $40,000 Ford F150, so manufacturers and dealers are all pushing the big expensive trucks.
We don't drive trucks because we need or want them, we buy them because that's what we're told to buy.
Mexican inventor? "insert Mexican joke here"
"I'm sceptical of anything which proposes to simply double the amount of energy extracted from that gasoline, because, well, physics is physics."
Agreed, but the real question is how are they testing? Downhill with a tailwind? Anyone can achieve 98mpg given the right conditions (downhill in neutral), and since they don't come out and say "we achieved 98mpg using the same technique as fueleconomy.gov" it sounds like BS.
Another reason this sounds like BS: billions of dollars are being invested to meet the 35mpg CAFE standard by 2020. When Congress was talking about requiring 32mpg by 2015 it was estimated it would cost $47 billion dollars to reach that goal: "For the auto industry, it will be costly; the Transportation Department last year estimated that requiring the industry to meet 31.6 mpg by 2015 would cost nearly $47 billion."
So a magic fuel injector that achieves 98 mpg would literally be worth billions of dollars, not to mention win the xprize and $10 million dollars. Any engineer that designed this could join any auto manufacture and write his own ticket. The idea that a startup in California just happened across this technology outdoing the greatest minds in GM, Toyota, Honda, and the academic community just sounds like snake oil, just like the car that runs on water, 130mpg car, 110mpg 0-60 in 3 seconds Mustang. If any of these technologies were real GM or Honda would be announcing it or at the very least they'd be xprize competitors.
Have we forgotten the Perpetual Motion DeLorean scammers already?
Sorry that's silentpcreview.com
Any hsf (heatsink/fan) that allows you to use to largest fans possible (preferrably two 120mm, but one will suffice), then volt mod the fan to use 5v instead of 12v (google 12v to 5v volt mod). Fan spins at a fraction of it's full speed which reduces noise significantly. If you'd like other suggestions on quiet components I suggest silentpc.com
My corrected speed is 65wpm according to typingtest.com calculating for speed and deducting for errors. Every job I've applied for has been very impressed with just 65, so I'd be very happy with a corrected 90wpm and I wouldn't bother fixing anything. Like the saying goes, ain't broke don't fix it.
See, that's another thing he never discusses. When he said it's not the customers, what does that mean? They can't alter it? They can't fix future bugs? They can't resell it? Can they distribute it as their own? Then he jumps around from compiled code to source code, and custom code to generic. He answers nothing and just muddles copyright, and he isn't even an attorney! Does he know you can be sued for giving legal advice if you are not an attorney? You can in the US.
I've paid for custom code before on an outsourcing website (rent a coder, etc), does that mean I own the program? Can I resell? Can I put my name on it and distribute it? Can I alter it any way I see fit?
The guy's not a lawyer, he's a programmer, so I'm not sure why he thought he was the authority on such a sticky subject as copyright law. He also has no idea what he's talking about, comparing custom code to plumbing and movies? Horrible analogies. Surprised this article made it on to /.
How is this insightful?? It's complete flamebait. "tens of thousands of worthless apps"?? Give me a break, you don't have to own a iPhone to know that's BS and just asking to be flamed. Who moderated this +5 Insightful? I've noticed the moderation system on /. has gone downhill in recent weeks, what is happening to slashdot?
Why is this flamebait? Parent is right, android devs are having a hard time because of the variety of android hardware. I've noticed all the iPhone comments are marked flamebait but Android are all insightful, what happened to mods today? When did the iPhone go from jesus phone to anti-christ?
Soon? Citation needed
or see if it weighs the same as a duck
"that some people still have time to waste at work. On the other hand, they got some free publicity out of it."
That's what I was thinking, and who are they to decide IE6 died today? "Aten Design Group, a design firm in Denver, Colorado." Oh, right, well they're the authority on browsers then, the prestigious design group in Denver, and forget the 20% of internet users still using IE6 "Despite its age, IE6 still held on to 19.8 percent of the market in February".
I hate IE6 as much as the next guy, but who am I (or Athn Design Group) to declare "it's dead"? Seems a bit presumptuous on their part, to declare themselves worthy of deciding what browsers we should use. What's next? "Up next at 10: Frank's Computers declares Windows XP dead, funeral on Friday, donations accepted"
actually this is a viral marketing scheme paid for by the BC Dairy Foundation. Notice the copyright at the bottom. Every product they "sell" has to do with being weak and they offer milk to alleviate the symptoms.
"I hope for the sake of her son that she finds some compassion and spiritual enlightenment. "
Her poor son! Someday he's going to ask "Hey mommy what are you famous for?" What's she going to answer? "Well son, I was the first** (that we know of) to have an abortion on youtube!"
**she's not really having an abortion on youtube, she's just taking a pill, and since we can't verify her taking the pill we really don't even know if she's done that.
This is all one big publicity stunt. She has a book coming out and she's trying to be famous.
"The Apple IIe was a wretched computer with awful software,"
What? The Apple IIe was very popular at the time, I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinions but I've never heard anyone describe a 80s Apple as "wretched" or "awful".
"It's not that impossible for drive manufacturers to do things like this for you, if you have the $$ to pay for it."
Last sentence: "Obviously a free and open source solution would be preferable, but I'm open to anything at this point." Pretty clear submitter doesn't want to pay for it.
"when was the last time you saw a SATA to MFM or even USB to MFM adapter? ...or a non-ISA card that can still use an MFM disk?"
author doesn't say if he needed this on a modern PC or not, just that "I'm working on a project that requires writing bits to a magnetic hard drive platter in a completely controlled fashion"
It's pretty clear this can't be done within Windows, so I'm sure the author doesn't mind using a 20 yr old 486 to complete the task. It is a solution to the question asked.
"I hope he get his $100, and share with us if possible."
gives new meaning to "my 2 cents worth"
Yes, they live in the desert, so what would happen to the local ecosystem if everyone did this? No grass within 200 miles, just dry woodchips and dirt. Can't imagine that would be a pleasant enviroment.
Do you mind if I rent out the lawn to campers 24/7? Money's tight, hotels are expensive, you don't mind strangers camping outside, right? They shouldn't be too loud, and we'll clean the porta potty twice a month. Also there's a few cars on blocks... oh, and I'm making a wildlife refuge, so I'm letting the grass go this year. Watch out for snakes and yellow jackets that might be in the 4 ft grass.
First time I pressed F1 on purpose was when I read I shouldn't press F1...
"f they pay a group of Chinnese guys USD $0.39 an hour"
do you have a link or email address for these chinese guys? I've been trying to hire some chinese guys for a long time and this sounds like just the ticket!
Why is this marked flamebait? I'm sorry, but when I think "child labor" I imagine 6 yr olds, not 15 yr olds. I got my first real job (fast food is real) at 16 and I could have worked at 15 if they would have let me. Article doesn't say if they're putting in 40 hr weeks, and they only found 11 examples out of how many? I think marking this as child labor is a little extreme.