The new wi-fi "standard" can ben ten times as fast as "b" or "g" and I still wouldn't regret buying my Airport Extreme this year. I've got PCs and Macs and a printer all talking to each other quickly and wirelessly and I didn't have to upgrade a single thing I wasn't ready to upgrade (in terms of money or in terms of time--I can't count how many network cards--wireless and wired--caused system conflicts on my PCs and it took forever to get it working right. I'm not changing anything I don't have to until I have to). I got a performance boost (a more solid signal) without touching the network cards themselves.
My favorite computers haven't been the fastest. In fact, I've been the most productive on systems that were objectively less impressive.
My favorite Operating Systems haven't been the ones with the best selection of software.
My favorite games haven't been the ones with the best graphics.
The reviews I find most valuable don't have the most complete set of numbers of why something's the best or worst.
It's interesting that the goal of benchmarks is to be objective as possible, when it's the subjective that makes me want to buy or not buy something. But meanwhile the more the objectivity of the benchmark tests are in doubt, the less important the tests become. So I guess that means benchmarks don't mean anything to me one way or the other, huh?
I don't remember hitting the "post anonymous" button. Or spelling my name "Aex" for that matter. The rest of my message looks familiar. Though I do remember blacking out just before I hit submit...
I think they're setting themselves up for something that will get too big and too expensive before it can get finished, and they'll have to figure out a way to (gasp) get some funding beyond donations.
I don't see a solution in one great open-source, independent search engine, but many individual specialized search engines, each mastering their own niche area of specialty stands a chance to compete, especially if run by people who focus on their areas of expertise. Alternative news search engines, music search engines, literary search engines, etc. each run by people who know what to filter in and out.
If Nutch.org could create the technology that would allow each of these search engines to exist autonomously, it could also be the hub/portal/start-page/blahblahblah that links all these engines and databases together.
I was driving on the highway and a truck in front of me had a little sign on the back that read something to the effect of:
"Not responsible for debris falling out the back."
And so I guess if something fell out of that truck and struck my car and sent me into a ditch, it would be my own fault for driving on the highway. Because the truck (or its drivers or owners or loaders) isn't repsonsible for being unable to hold on to its own cargo.
Could be a step in the right direction.
on
The Introvert Advantage
·
· Score: 5, Interesting
Sounds like a good alternative book for parents. Beats them buying a bunch of "What's Wrong with my Teenage Son" books or mistaking introversion for depression, when trying to deal with something they have trouble understanding.
Alex.
Only played one of their games but I enjoyed it. I wonder if, for someone thinking about starting a game studio, a purchase like these licenses would be a great, relatively inexpensive way to get started in the industry.
Slashdot Mirror
The new wi-fi "standard" can ben ten times as fast as "b" or "g" and I still wouldn't regret buying my Airport Extreme this year. I've got PCs and Macs and a printer all talking to each other quickly and wirelessly and I didn't have to upgrade a single thing I wasn't ready to upgrade (in terms of money or in terms of time--I can't count how many network cards--wireless and wired--caused system conflicts on my PCs and it took forever to get it working right. I'm not changing anything I don't have to until I have to). I got a performance boost (a more solid signal) without touching the network cards themselves.
Alex.
My favorite computers haven't been the fastest. In fact, I've been the most productive on systems that were objectively less impressive.
My favorite Operating Systems haven't been the ones with the best selection of software.
My favorite games haven't been the ones with the best graphics.
The reviews I find most valuable don't have the most complete set of numbers of why something's the best or worst.
It's interesting that the goal of benchmarks is to be objective as possible, when it's the subjective that makes me want to buy or not buy something. But meanwhile the more the objectivity of the benchmark tests are in doubt, the less important the tests become. So I guess that means benchmarks don't mean anything to me one way or the other, huh?
Alex.
I don't remember hitting the "post anonymous" button. Or spelling my name "Aex" for that matter. The rest of my message looks familiar. Though I do remember blacking out just before I hit submit...
Alex.
Hey, you asked us for crying out loud!
In all seriousness though, the power grid isn't running Windows, is it?
Alex.
boil a fish in twenty seconds.
Fill it with grease and you've got yourself fried flounder.
Say hello to the new dorm microwave.
Alex.
I think they're setting themselves up for something that will get too big and too expensive before it can get finished, and they'll have to figure out a way to (gasp) get some funding beyond donations.
I don't see a solution in one great open-source, independent search engine, but many individual specialized search engines, each mastering their own niche area of specialty stands a chance to compete, especially if run by people who focus on their areas of expertise. Alternative news search engines, music search engines, literary search engines, etc. each run by people who know what to filter in and out.
If Nutch.org could create the technology that would allow each of these search engines to exist autonomously, it could also be the hub/portal/start-page/blahblahblah that links all these engines and databases together.
Alex.
I'd hate to have to peel off the melted cellophane from the LCD.
Alex.
They tear up the roads and lay down new pavement every nine months or so anyway, right? Might as well make it quieter when they aren't working on it.
Alex.
I was driving on the highway and a truck in front of me had a little sign on the back that read something to the effect of:
"Not responsible for debris falling out the back."
And so I guess if something fell out of that truck and struck my car and sent me into a ditch, it would be my own fault for driving on the highway. Because the truck (or its drivers or owners or loaders) isn't repsonsible for being unable to hold on to its own cargo.
Alex.
Check out
http://www.osxaudio.com and
http://www.macmusic.org
two sites/communities for everything you could possibly want to know about Mac OS X audio software.
Alex.
Agreed. Alex.
Sounds like a good alternative book for parents. Beats them buying a bunch of "What's Wrong with my Teenage Son" books or mistaking introversion for depression, when trying to deal with something they have trouble understanding. Alex.
Bill Gates gets half , and SCO wants the other half.
Alex.
Only played one of their games but I enjoyed it. I wonder if, for someone thinking about starting a game studio, a purchase like these licenses would be a great, relatively inexpensive way to get started in the industry.