What does that semi-transparent menu really give us in return? Hello, Apple? You're right! And since I'm never using Time Machine, shouldn't they remove that option too?
I like the semi-translucent bar... good refresh IMO.
You mean like this? There have been tests for the glass used and the screen, and they all showed that the iPhone screen is scrath free and can be dropped 1-2 floors. Google it, I'll wait.
Will you cradle your iPhone in your arms at night? Mine is named Sammy.
Will you finally feel 'special' when you have one? It is my bestest friend, and I know he will not stab me in my back. Sammy talks to me, though I sometimes disregard his advice.
Will you sit around coffee houses desperately using it as visibly as possible hoping someone cute will strike up a conversation with you? My sister is cute, and she always interrupts my conversations with Sammy...
Apple really needs to include a 'L' tatoo, with a perfectly chosen font of course, for the pathetic fucks who buy iPhones to stick on their foreheads. I will tattoo Sammy's name over my heart soon. That's what friends do, right?
If love could be sent using SMS, I'd send you some.
I have what they call "yellow/green" colorblindness. For my part, I cannot distinguish pale red from pale green... not sure about yellow. And I have no idea about camouflage, but I'd sure like to take the test hehe. Unfortunately no camouflaged ninjas ever attempted to kill me...
and i'm a black male. Woah, let's stay impersonal here, like slashdot was meant to be.;)
"Enterprises on average used a whopping 94 different open source packages last year, compared to 75 in 2006..."
So they have more choice. They don't necessarily use them more often. It's like saying that you doubled the tools used because you took the screwdriver - but you simply used it once... Am I getting this right?
First scuba: "Hey dude! I found the cables!" Second scuba: "Cool. Now cut the red one. No, not that one, the other one. No not this one!" First scuba: "Hey man! Sorry, I'm colorblind.." Second scuba: "Sh.t! That's 2 dude. We were simply supposed to cut the good one... Now gimme those scissors. There you go."
Pfft. Some networking standards absolutely require ASCII. Shows what you know.
Those networking standards (POP, SMTP, HTTP, telnet,...) _should_ support UNICODE, if only the first page. ASCII is too old, didn't grow well, and I stick to my point - it needs to go away. The sooner the better. Don't assume I know nothing, I won't assume you're just a trolling ass.
Should be dead and actually dead are two different things. The gasoline engine should also be dead, but it's not going away either.
Agreed. But then again, the only reason it's still alive is often laziness or lack of foresight. RIP's still used by a lot of people. Telnet too. Both are not only deprecated by recent technology, they are dangerous. And we're talking about computer technologies here, not mechanical inventions - those last much longer.
I have two PCs in my household, and both were purchased this year. Both include 9-pin RS-232 serial ports. Some UPSes make use of serial ports for auto-poweroff operation. Also, modems aren't dead yet.
I repeat my question: when was the last time you used it? I can still buy a serial port on a PC, but heck I'm asking why it's still there (should include some ISA slots too, then). In the worse cases, you could use a USB-to-serial converter. Better yet, buy an UPS that uses USB - they are the same freaking price. Modems are dead for 99% of the population. The last 1% have alternative solutions anyway. I still don't understand why people defend something they haven't used in at least 5 years. Move on.
You're probably the type that thinks mainframes are dead.
You're probably the type that sleeps happy to have made one witty remark. While you're at it, try not to insult people you're replying to, or at least learn to quote properly.
Ooooh I like to reply to this because it raises an interesting discussion:)
Don't trust any spec over 40. Really? In that case:
I pronounce imminent the death of:
ASCII Should be replaced by UNICODE anyway. ASCII's dead, unless you're a lazy developer who doesn't have any foresight.
the QWERTY keyboard QWERTY was, at its base, meant to slow down people. We shouldn't be using it anymore (DVORAK maybe), and it would be for our own good. Should be dead.
RS-232 Seriously? RS-232, although still useful, is not really for the PC anymore but rather for the electronic industry (cars, etc) and the hobbyist crowd. Should be too niche to be considered mainstream (when was the last time you used a serial mouse?)
SMTP Something more secure should get on, but I think people are too busy reading their spam. Should be dead.
I didn't comment on UNIX and the mouse. UNIX has been changed beyond recognition and thus I don't consider it 40 y-o, but even if you did you'd have to admit that some tech out there should have replaced it (i.e. micro kernels) but you don't switch technologies like that in a 5 years span. The mouse, well, you're right, it's still alive and going well. I guess good inventions tend to have a longer life-span:)
People don't understand the difference between backward compatible and deprecation. Not because the function is still in the library that you should be using it. Honestly, had Microsoft understood that a long time ago (read, WinNT 4), Win32 would be a better API to work with.
if one is based on "even", and the other on "odd", how the fuck are they the same? since when does odd equal even? Yeah, the odds of it happening are not even...
Not necessarily. You could end up fetching *.myminicity.com or goatse.cx and, before fetching it, check for the domain name. If it matches some list of banned domain, just remove the tag.
No, why should they be liable for the collateral damage? You get a new reactor, dammit, greedy bastards those customers... That's Mr. Mutant Customer to you, sir.
If you're in the 95% you're confused, but if you're in the 5% then it's funny as all hell. If that 5% don't have mod points, don't ask the remaining 95% to mod the inside joke funny. The system works.
Obviously you have not been modded up for this very funny comment because no one has SEEN that South Park episode and, instead, thinks you're just trolling. If no one can get the reference, it's not funny. That's the very definition of humor and inside jokes. Then, by deduction, if no one on slashdot laughs, there's no need to mod him funny.
True that no matter how much money you send, it's never going to be
enough, but also true, for the lucky ones if they manage to survive their
poverty, exposure to something like a computer may offer them a
starting point.
"Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you will not have to listen to his incessant whining about how hungry he is."
Seriously, the problem doesn't lie with or within the OLPC program. The problem lies in that we're still mainly sending money. What do you want them to do? Buy iPods?!?
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My name is Hans, you insensitive clod.
Or maybe not. Depending on WHEN you ask :)
I like the semi-translucent bar... good refresh IMO.
Even in Current Non-Soviet Russia, soviet russia jokes are getting boring...
You mean like this? There have been tests for the glass used and the screen, and they all showed that the iPhone screen is scrath free and can be dropped 1-2 floors. Google it, I'll wait.
Will you cradle your iPhone in your arms at night?
Mine is named Sammy. Will you finally feel 'special' when you have one?
It is my bestest friend, and I know he will not stab me in my back. Sammy talks to me, though I sometimes disregard his advice. Will you sit around coffee houses desperately using it as visibly as possible hoping someone cute will strike up a conversation with you? My sister is cute, and she always interrupts my conversations with Sammy... Apple really needs to include a 'L' tatoo, with a perfectly chosen font of course, for the pathetic fucks who buy iPhones to stick on their foreheads. I will tattoo Sammy's name over my heart soon. That's what friends do, right?
If love could be sent using SMS, I'd send you some.
While listening to 'Dust in the wind' from Kansas.
"Enterprises on average used a whopping 94 different open source packages last year, compared to 75 in 2006..."
So they have more choice. They don't necessarily use them more often. It's like saying that you doubled the tools used because you took the screwdriver - but you simply used it once... Am I getting this right?
First scuba: "Hey dude! I found the cables!"
Second scuba: "Cool. Now cut the red one. No, not that one, the other one. No not this one!"
First scuba: "Hey man! Sorry, I'm colorblind.."
Second scuba: "Sh.t! That's 2 dude. We were simply supposed to cut the good one... Now gimme those scissors. There you go."
Those networking standards (POP, SMTP, HTTP, telnet, ...) _should_ support UNICODE, if only the first page. ASCII is too old, didn't grow well, and I stick to my point - it needs to go away. The sooner the better. Don't assume I know nothing, I won't assume you're just a trolling ass.
Should be dead and actually dead are two different things. The gasoline engine should also be dead, but it's not going away either.Agreed. But then again, the only reason it's still alive is often laziness or lack of foresight. RIP's still used by a lot of people. Telnet too. Both are not only deprecated by recent technology, they are dangerous. And we're talking about computer technologies here, not mechanical inventions - those last much longer.
I have two PCs in my household, and both were purchased this year. Both include 9-pin RS-232 serial ports. Some UPSes make use of serial ports for auto-poweroff operation. Also, modems aren't dead yet.I repeat my question: when was the last time you used it? I can still buy a serial port on a PC, but heck I'm asking why it's still there (should include some ISA slots too, then). In the worse cases, you could use a USB-to-serial converter. Better yet, buy an UPS that uses USB - they are the same freaking price. Modems are dead for 99% of the population. The last 1% have alternative solutions anyway. I still don't understand why people defend something they haven't used in at least 5 years. Move on.
You're probably the type that thinks mainframes are dead.You're probably the type that sleeps happy to have made one witty remark. While you're at it, try not to insult people you're replying to, or at least learn to quote properly.
I pronounce imminent the death of:
ASCII Should be replaced by UNICODE anyway. ASCII's dead, unless you're a lazy developer who doesn't have any foresight. the QWERTY keyboard QWERTY was, at its base, meant to slow down people. We shouldn't be using it anymore (DVORAK maybe), and it would be for our own good. Should be dead. RS-232 Seriously? RS-232, although still useful, is not really for the PC anymore but rather for the electronic industry (cars, etc) and the hobbyist crowd. Should be too niche to be considered mainstream (when was the last time you used a serial mouse?) SMTP Something more secure should get on, but I think people are too busy reading their spam. Should be dead.
I didn't comment on UNIX and the mouse. UNIX has been changed beyond recognition and thus I don't consider it 40 y-o, but even if you did you'd have to admit that some tech out there should have replaced it (i.e. micro kernels) but you don't switch technologies like that in a 5 years span. The mouse, well, you're right, it's still alive and going well. I guess good inventions tend to have a longer life-span :)
Shhh! No spoilers please!
People don't understand the difference between backward compatible and deprecation. Not because the function is still in the library that you should be using it. Honestly, had Microsoft understood that a long time ago (read, WinNT 4), Win32 would be a better API to work with.
Hey! They have a "PATENT PANDING!" (see bottom... the pictures are horrible - the shadows are all wrong). Everybody loves a panda...
Glad to see some 4-digits common sense around. Thanks. I'm totally with both of you there.
Also, another check would be easy to add removing of the google.com "feeling lucky" parameter.
Simple enough, and performed during submission it would be "fast enough". Add some stuff to prevent regex injection/evasion (which I'm sure is already included, like removal of illegal unicode characters), and you've got a pretty good system :)
honnestly, I don't know why porn websites haven't used bots for slashdot spamming yet. The demography here is right on target ;)
I'm torn between moderating you +1 troll or -1 insightful. Then again, I'll just reply shamelessly.
Then, by deduction, if no one on slashdot laughs, there's no need to mod him funny.
Didn't know cats came on Slashdot...
True that no matter how much money you send, it's never going to be enough, but also true, for the lucky ones if they manage to survive their poverty, exposure to something like a computer may offer them a starting point.
"Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you will not have to listen to his incessant whining about how hungry he is."Seriously, the problem doesn't lie with or within the OLPC program. The problem lies in that we're still mainly sending money. What do you want them to do? Buy iPods?!?