"with its release, comes the obsolesence of the GNOME and KDE projects"
Since you say so, I've already done a 'rm -rdf kde gnome' on my system. Afterall, the/. editors would never allow any biased, twisted, or marketing spin to disgrace their pure website.
Ad-posts such as this one, wouldn't be as offensive if they would just come out and say that they're an ad-post. I.e., instead of "on their website", say "on our website". And make some sort of comment that, yes, the poster does have a vested interest in the content of the post.
First of all, you have to understand that ads are designed with one purpose in mind: to get you to behave in a manner that you ordinarily would not. This might be as simple as up-sizing your fries to as complex as developing a life-long affliation with a certain product (see my note at the bottom).
Since I consider ads to be a form of (light) brainwashing, I don't buy magazines with too many ads and I physically rip out ads where possible. Where not possible, I'll fold the page over so that I don't have to look at them.
I avoid video games and movies with overt product placement. And I usually wait (exception: Serenity) until a movie has been out for a couple of weeks before I go see it (I can arrive as the movie, not trailers, is starting and still get a good seat).
I mute my television during commercial breaks and watch shows on DVD more than I watch them on the tube.
But the worst advertising of all is the web advertising. The ads often flash, move about the screen, disguise themselves as content (ever seen those double-underlined links?), and obscure the content (javascript overlay ads). In cases like Slate or IGN where they show an ad before you get to the page, the ad wastes my time. I don't visit those sites.
Also, web ads use my bandwidth, a resource I'm paying money for! In a sense web ads cost me money: if I didn't waste MBs downloading ads, my ISP would be able to charge less or I would be able to get by with a medium-speed connection.
Note: The CEO of Cereality (a fast-food cereal store) was on NPR a few months back. He found out an interesting fact about advertising. He was finding that certain cereals were popular at certain stores. The only link he could find was the average age of the customers. He asked a cereal company representative why, for example, 18-24 year olds were hooked on Golden Grahms. The response? When those 18-24 year olds were six years old was when Golden Grahms was doing the most television advertising. Nearly two decades later and the effect of these ads has not worn off!
All of those configuration modes are really neat. If it was both light enough and powerful enough, it would make an interesting competitor to the OQO. Another interesting possibility is if they GPL their source code, the community is going to get source for an e-reader and a tablet.
It's a common misconception that people need massive amounts of protein to live. For the record, a well-balanced vegan diet supplies more than enough protein. Foods such as nuts and beans are loaded with protein and considering that soy-milk, many faux-meats, and faux-cheeses are made out of these ingredients it is easy to see that there's not much to worry about.
But to more directly attack the protein-myth, I ask you: When was the last time you heard of someone dying from heart disease? Alright, and the last time someone died from lack of protein?
If you're serious about a beef substitute, I would suggest:
Beef jerky = preserved beef
Jam, dried fruit = preserved fruit
Grain = lasts a long time without preservation
Canning = preserved vegetables
My point is that most foods can be preserved. But consider unpreserved beef/meat versus fruit, which also rots quickly. Would you rather eat beef that has not been refrigerated for 3 days after the cow has been killed or fruit that has not been refrigerated for 3 days after having been picked?
There would be no need to grow extra vegetation. We currently grow 16lbs of soybeans to generate 1lb of cow. If you eliminate the cow, we can now feed 16 people 1 pound of soybeans each. The result would be a decrease in production. (This example isn't quite right, because it does take somewhat more than 1lb of soybeans to equal 1lb of beef, but entropy dictates that no matter what, eating soybeans directly will always be more efficient.)
If you haven't read "Mad Cowboy" I suggest you do. It highlights the dangers of not only eating cows, but of raising them as well. They are a major contributor of methane directly and once you add in the exhaust from hauling their food (16lbs of food per 1lb of cow), the exhaust from hauling them, and the extra emissions from the need to constantly refrigerate beef, you start to understand how inefficient eating beef really is.
Instead, the bulk of the pollution controls fall on the consumer in the form of fuel additives, emissions for our cars, and taxes. Another chunk falls on industry. But who has ever heard of a rancher being fined for the emissions that he is responsible for?
All they were doing was giving an example of how Apple could change your rights. The argument was not "Apple is bad because they lowered the burn rights from 10 to 7", but "Apple is bad because they *can* lower the burn rights from 10 to 7".
If they were attempting to provide complete details on how iTunes works, then yes, things like the number of authorizable computers would have been important to have. But since they were only trying to show how the consumer can have a purchased product taken away from them, the example they provided was sufficient.
First, it was Roland. And thankfully I haven't noticed one of his inane posts in quite some time.
Then, there's Timothy, the post-anything, dupe-everything/. bot. I think his most annoying habit is putting his own two cents in the post, as if his opinion is worthy of front page attention. Like Roland, thankfully Timothy has been less visible recently.
Now we have Zonk. He dupes as much as Timothy, posts his game reviews to the front page, and he posts stories that aren't even quite up to April Fool's Day quality.
As any scuba diver will tell you, spit works wonderfully to prevent your dive goggles from fogging up.
And if you wish for a slightly higher tech solution, your local auto parts store sells a product called Fog-X which when applied to glass, prevents fogging.
If they were user-swappable, then they might be on to something. I did once own a Toshiba that had a cold-swappable HDD, but I haven't seen it since. But I never get a chance to use IBM laptops either.
Now, heart attacks are caused almost exclusively bad poor diet (too much fat) and not enough exercise. Cancer has strong links with diet (too much fat) and exposure to chemicals. Strokes are "heart attacks of the brain" in that diet and exercise are major contributing factors here too. A good portion, but not all, cases of lung disease are induced or exacerbated by smoking. And (adult onset) diabetes has been linked to diets high in fats and sugars.
So considering that 66% of male deaths and 63% of female deaths were caused by the above diseases, if you can eliminate the causes of those diseases, you're obviously going to increase your chances for a long and healthy life.
We are talking about putting 2 or more HDDs in a machine, right? For a business user, it is going to be bad because of the increased weight, heat, power consumption, noise, et cetera.
For the gamer (or other individual who would set them to striping instead of mirroring), if one drive has a 20% chance of failing after three years, then two have a 36% chance of failing. It would almost double the likelihood of a castrophic loss!
Plus, I haven't seen a laptop in years that has quick-swappable drives, which you would want on a RAID machine. It is far less useful if you have to send the computer back to Lenovo to get a new drive installed.
1400kW/120volts = 11.67amps. Considering that most plugs in your house are on 15amp breakers, you're not going to be able to use much more on that circuit.
This is fun.. watching his hash counter go up. It was at 32 when I first saw it, which means that near all of the increase over the next few days can be attributed to the/. effect (assuming he doesn't get posted to some other major site).
Roland's constant inane postings are just bringing down the overall quality. It should be a hint when there's a Firefox extension to remove him from the front page.
Two things:
1. This is not a feature. A feature is something that increases the functionality of software.
2. Features are not good things. I would much rather have feature-less software that was bug-free than buggy software with the latest bells and whistles.
It has a total population of less than 2500 people, it is 20 miles outside of Tucson, and the public high school there has only about 1000 students total.
Oh, and try to find it on Google maps.
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Since you say so, I've already done a 'rm -rdf kde gnome' on my system. Afterall, the /. editors would never allow any biased, twisted, or marketing spin to disgrace their pure website.
...IRC will always be thought of as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy".
You mean today? The 20th? Or November 10, which is also a Thursday?
Ad-posts such as this one, wouldn't be as offensive if they would just come out and say that they're an ad-post. I.e., instead of "on their website", say "on our website". And make some sort of comment that, yes, the poster does have a vested interest in the content of the post.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/12/tech/mai n937689.shtml
Since I consider ads to be a form of (light) brainwashing, I don't buy magazines with too many ads and I physically rip out ads where possible. Where not possible, I'll fold the page over so that I don't have to look at them.
I avoid video games and movies with overt product placement. And I usually wait (exception: Serenity) until a movie has been out for a couple of weeks before I go see it (I can arrive as the movie, not trailers, is starting and still get a good seat).
I mute my television during commercial breaks and watch shows on DVD more than I watch them on the tube.
But the worst advertising of all is the web advertising. The ads often flash, move about the screen, disguise themselves as content (ever seen those double-underlined links?), and obscure the content (javascript overlay ads). In cases like Slate or IGN where they show an ad before you get to the page, the ad wastes my time. I don't visit those sites.
Also, web ads use my bandwidth, a resource I'm paying money for! In a sense web ads cost me money: if I didn't waste MBs downloading ads, my ISP would be able to charge less or I would be able to get by with a medium-speed connection.
Note: The CEO of Cereality (a fast-food cereal store) was on NPR a few months back. He found out an interesting fact about advertising. He was finding that certain cereals were popular at certain stores. The only link he could find was the average age of the customers. He asked a cereal company representative why, for example, 18-24 year olds were hooked on Golden Grahms. The response? When those 18-24 year olds were six years old was when Golden Grahms was doing the most television advertising. Nearly two decades later and the effect of these ads has not worn off!
All of those configuration modes are really neat. If it was both light enough and powerful enough, it would make an interesting competitor to the OQO. Another interesting possibility is if they GPL their source code, the community is going to get source for an e-reader and a tablet.
But to more directly attack the protein-myth, I ask you: When was the last time you heard of someone dying from heart disease? Alright, and the last time someone died from lack of protein?
If you're serious about a beef substitute, I would suggest:
Gimme Lean
and
Steak-Style Strips
Both are delicious and the first gives you 8g of protein per serving and the second gives you 15g.
Jam, dried fruit = preserved fruit
Grain = lasts a long time without preservation
Canning = preserved vegetables
My point is that most foods can be preserved. But consider unpreserved beef/meat versus fruit, which also rots quickly. Would you rather eat beef that has not been refrigerated for 3 days after the cow has been killed or fruit that has not been refrigerated for 3 days after having been picked?
There would be no need to grow extra vegetation. We currently grow 16lbs of soybeans to generate 1lb of cow. If you eliminate the cow, we can now feed 16 people 1 pound of soybeans each. The result would be a decrease in production. (This example isn't quite right, because it does take somewhat more than 1lb of soybeans to equal 1lb of beef, but entropy dictates that no matter what, eating soybeans directly will always be more efficient.)
If you haven't read "Mad Cowboy" I suggest you do. It highlights the dangers of not only eating cows, but of raising them as well. They are a major contributor of methane directly and once you add in the exhaust from hauling their food (16lbs of food per 1lb of cow), the exhaust from hauling them, and the extra emissions from the need to constantly refrigerate beef, you start to understand how inefficient eating beef really is. Instead, the bulk of the pollution controls fall on the consumer in the form of fuel additives, emissions for our cars, and taxes. Another chunk falls on industry. But who has ever heard of a rancher being fined for the emissions that he is responsible for?
If they were attempting to provide complete details on how iTunes works, then yes, things like the number of authorizable computers would have been important to have. But since they were only trying to show how the consumer can have a purchased product taken away from them, the example they provided was sufficient.
Then, there's Timothy, the post-anything, dupe-everything /. bot. I think his most annoying habit is putting his own two cents in the post, as if his opinion is worthy of front page attention. Like Roland, thankfully Timothy has been less visible recently.
Now we have Zonk. He dupes as much as Timothy, posts his game reviews to the front page, and he posts stories that aren't even quite up to April Fool's Day quality.
And if you wish for a slightly higher tech solution, your local auto parts store sells a product called Fog-X which when applied to glass, prevents fogging.
If they were user-swappable, then they might be on to something. I did once own a Toshiba that had a cold-swappable HDD, but I haven't seen it since. But I never get a chance to use IBM laptops either.
Diseases of heart - Heart Attack
Malignant neoplasms - Cancer
Cerebrovascular diseases - Stroke
Chronic lower respiratory diseases - Lung Disease
Diabetes mellitus - Diabetes
Now, heart attacks are caused almost exclusively bad poor diet (too much fat) and not enough exercise. Cancer has strong links with diet (too much fat) and exposure to chemicals. Strokes are "heart attacks of the brain" in that diet and exercise are major contributing factors here too. A good portion, but not all, cases of lung disease are induced or exacerbated by smoking. And (adult onset) diabetes has been linked to diets high in fats and sugars.
So considering that 66% of male deaths and 63% of female deaths were caused by the above diseases, if you can eliminate the causes of those diseases, you're obviously going to increase your chances for a long and healthy life.
For the gamer (or other individual who would set them to striping instead of mirroring), if one drive has a 20% chance of failing after three years, then two have a 36% chance of failing. It would almost double the likelihood of a castrophic loss!
Plus, I haven't seen a laptop in years that has quick-swappable drives, which you would want on a RAID machine. It is far less useful if you have to send the computer back to Lenovo to get a new drive installed.
1400kW/120volts = 11.67amps. Considering that most plugs in your house are on 15amp breakers, you're not going to be able to use much more on that circuit.
This is fun.. watching his hash counter go up. It was at 32 when I first saw it, which means that near all of the increase over the next few days can be attributed to the /. effect (assuming he doesn't get posted to some other major site).
Thank you for copying the article verbatim, afterall, a summary should include every word, phrase, and sentence of the original.
Roland's constant inane postings are just bringing down the overall quality. It should be a hint when there's a Firefox extension to remove him from the front page.
I'm trying to play this on SuSE9.3 with mplayer and the codecs package. The video is perfect, but the audio is absent. Anyone have any suggestions?
I still have Pine.
I still use Pine.
I still like Pine.
All we need now is a Roland article...
Two things: 1. This is not a feature. A feature is something that increases the functionality of software. 2. Features are not good things. I would much rather have feature-less software that was bug-free than buggy software with the latest bells and whistles.
It has a total population of less than 2500 people, it is 20 miles outside of Tucson, and the public high school there has only about 1000 students total. Oh, and try to find it on Google maps.