Just sitting idle with this article open has both of my processor cores running 25% higher (using Chrome on Windows 7 64-bit). If I close the tab with Slashdot in it, my CPU load immediately drops.
Also agree that there's way too much whitespace. I don't really like the left-hand nav bar either. There doesn't appear to be any obvious reasoning behind their grouping. I can see why stories/recent/popular/userID are grouped together, but why are ask slashdot/book reviews/games/etc. grouped and alphabetized separately from cloud/hardware/linux/etc.? Is there some logical reasoning behind that? Maybe put a line some other more obvious separation if they really belong separate.
I'm not sure, but I think you might be referring to The Light of Other Days, by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter. In the story, they develop a wormhole technology that allows an observer to view anyone, anywhere, and at any time - past or present. The technology was made universally available and so privacy is essentially lost since anyone could be watching anyone else at any time or place and there was little that could be done about it.
Yes, he stole the special light cycle that his Dad built that's faster than every other light cycle in the grid, used it for a boring commute into town, then gave it away to a digital hobo. He could have used his Dad's old beater (if he had one, of course) with the same result. Granted, they avoided the standard movie trope of introducing something special so that it can be used at a crucial point, but they basically forgot about it 5 minutes later. Hell, they could at least have added a throw-away scene like the hobo going on to win some race (or selling it) and getting his life back, but they didn't even do that.
I'm sure your iPhone or you BlackBerry probably wouldn't cause interference, but can you say the same about every cellphone ever manufactured? Every app that ever existed, including ones that only work on jailbroken phones? Can you say the same about every phone that could be malfunctioning due to hardware or software operating outside of it's specifications? Can you absolutely guarantee with 100% certainty that every piece of avionics on the plane is operating within it's specifications and has 100% effective shielding in place at all times?
Are you willing to risk the lives of 100 other passengers, possibly including your own family members, just so you can check your email or voicemail or Facebook page one last time before the flight takes off? Turn off your damn phone, shut up, and deal with it.
Same here. Now if only they would give Chrome a damn menu bar I will stop cursing it every time I use it (although it doesn't stop me from using it). The MacOS version has a menu bar, why do they deprive Windows users?
A couple weeks ago in Chicago someone left a briefcase on the train platform near my house. The police shut down the entire interstate for over an hour during rush hour as well the street that passes over the train station for several additional hours before they could determine that it was safe. Traffic was at a standstill for miles on either side of the station.
The no-kill shelter where I got my dog had a pit bull that had been shot, paralyzing it's rear legs. It had a little wheeled sling that it could be placed into so that it can pull itself around via it's two front legs. While I don't know if it had a history of attacking people, it seemed to generate a lot of sympathy from the patrons.
Maybe they could map out a grid in the theater and make an approximation based on the average location of eyeballs of viewers in each of the grid segments. Would the detail be close enough that they wouldn't have to actually track the individual pairs of eyeballs of a crowded theater?
Not only the time factor, but trains typically cost nearly as much as the plane ticket.
So, do I spend 2 days travelling or opt to spend $20 more for a 3 hour flight combined with someone potentially seeing a poor quality black & white image of my naked body? Decisions, decisions...
...which Chrome pretty much has eliminated and is my biggest complaint about it. I mean I love the speed, but give me back my menu bar with a Bookmarks menu, damnit! Hell, the Mac version has a menu bar, why can't the Windows version have one?
The only TSA-like experience I've ever had at a movie occurred when I went to a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show and they were stopping people from bringing in props like umbrellas and toast.
If you actually read the comment to which you replied (yeah, new here), you would see that he advocated feeding the cows grass so that "you wouldn't need to pump them full of antibiotics"
I think it's basically because almost every cell phone, even the really cheap freebie ones, support texting, but you need a smart phone with a data plan for email.
I can understand the fact that you might have bought their video card after it has languished for many months on a vendor's shelf. So it's reasonable that they might require a receipt to prove you had the card for less than the warranty period. Requiring you to register the product is just asinine. They should be able to determine when the card was manufactured to know if it's theoretically possible that the card is still under warranty.
I have to give kudos to Seagate in this regard. I bought an external USB drive from them and it started fail after about a year of use. I checked their website, they determined the manufacturing date, saw that it was still under warranty, and sent me a replacement. No registration required. Hell, no receipt required. I didn't even have to pay for the shipping on the new drive.
It may void the warranty due to the pet scratching the inside of the door trying to get out. This can damage the protective screen in the viewing window allowing evil radiation to escape, potentially harming the user.
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Just sitting idle with this article open has both of my processor cores running 25% higher (using Chrome on Windows 7 64-bit). If I close the tab with Slashdot in it, my CPU load immediately drops.
Also agree that there's way too much whitespace. I don't really like the left-hand nav bar either. There doesn't appear to be any obvious reasoning behind their grouping. I can see why stories/recent/popular/userID are grouped together, but why are ask slashdot/book reviews/games/etc. grouped and alphabetized separately from cloud/hardware/linux/etc.? Is there some logical reasoning behind that? Maybe put a line some other more obvious separation if they really belong separate.
I'm not sure, but I think you might be referring to The Light of Other Days, by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter. In the story, they develop a wormhole technology that allows an observer to view anyone, anywhere, and at any time - past or present. The technology was made universally available and so privacy is essentially lost since anyone could be watching anyone else at any time or place and there was little that could be done about it.
Yes, he stole the special light cycle that his Dad built that's faster than every other light cycle in the grid, used it for a boring commute into town, then gave it away to a digital hobo. He could have used his Dad's old beater (if he had one, of course) with the same result. Granted, they avoided the standard movie trope of introducing something special so that it can be used at a crucial point, but they basically forgot about it 5 minutes later. Hell, they could at least have added a throw-away scene like the hobo going on to win some race (or selling it) and getting his life back, but they didn't even do that.
I'm sure your iPhone or you BlackBerry probably wouldn't cause interference, but can you say the same about every cellphone ever manufactured? Every app that ever existed, including ones that only work on jailbroken phones? Can you say the same about every phone that could be malfunctioning due to hardware or software operating outside of it's specifications? Can you absolutely guarantee with 100% certainty that every piece of avionics on the plane is operating within it's specifications and has 100% effective shielding in place at all times?
Are you willing to risk the lives of 100 other passengers, possibly including your own family members, just so you can check your email or voicemail or Facebook page one last time before the flight takes off? Turn off your damn phone, shut up, and deal with it.
Actually, they've been in beta for so long that long-time supporters have already moved on to other browsers. Shit or get off the pot already!
Same here. Now if only they would give Chrome a damn menu bar I will stop cursing it every time I use it (although it doesn't stop me from using it). The MacOS version has a menu bar, why do they deprive Windows users?
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Yes, but just imagine the billions of metric tons of carbon that torches add to the atmosphere. Won't someone please think of the atmosphere?
Well played, sir!
A couple weeks ago in Chicago someone left a briefcase on the train platform near my house. The police shut down the entire interstate for over an hour during rush hour as well the street that passes over the train station for several additional hours before they could determine that it was safe. Traffic was at a standstill for miles on either side of the station.
The no-kill shelter where I got my dog had a pit bull that had been shot, paralyzing it's rear legs. It had a little wheeled sling that it could be placed into so that it can pull itself around via it's two front legs. While I don't know if it had a history of attacking people, it seemed to generate a lot of sympathy from the patrons.
Maybe they could map out a grid in the theater and make an approximation based on the average location of eyeballs of viewers in each of the grid segments. Would the detail be close enough that they wouldn't have to actually track the individual pairs of eyeballs of a crowded theater?
So, problem solved then?
Not only the time factor, but trains typically cost nearly as much as the plane ticket.
So, do I spend 2 days travelling or opt to spend $20 more for a 3 hour flight combined with someone potentially seeing a poor quality black & white image of my naked body? Decisions, decisions...
...which Chrome pretty much has eliminated and is my biggest complaint about it. I mean I love the speed, but give me back my menu bar with a Bookmarks menu, damnit! Hell, the Mac version has a menu bar, why can't the Windows version have one?
The only TSA-like experience I've ever had at a movie occurred when I went to a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show and they were stopping people from bringing in props like umbrellas and toast.
If you actually read the comment to which you replied (yeah, new here), you would see that he advocated feeding the cows grass so that "you wouldn't need to pump them full of antibiotics"
I think it's basically because almost every cell phone, even the really cheap freebie ones, support texting, but you need a smart phone with a data plan for email.
Wow, those Himalayan Salt Lamps are cool. I'll have to get me one to complete my liberal collection.
You forgot "ultra"
I'm sure they could tell that nobody was actually going to use Vista so they didn't bother trying.
Oh, so you're saying I get get rid of that annoying Homegroup crap by disabling IPv6? Great news!
I can understand the fact that you might have bought their video card after it has languished for many months on a vendor's shelf. So it's reasonable that they might require a receipt to prove you had the card for less than the warranty period. Requiring you to register the product is just asinine. They should be able to determine when the card was manufactured to know if it's theoretically possible that the card is still under warranty.
I have to give kudos to Seagate in this regard. I bought an external USB drive from them and it started fail after about a year of use. I checked their website, they determined the manufacturing date, saw that it was still under warranty, and sent me a replacement. No registration required. Hell, no receipt required. I didn't even have to pay for the shipping on the new drive.
It may void the warranty due to the pet scratching the inside of the door trying to get out. This can damage the protective screen in the viewing window allowing evil radiation to escape, potentially harming the user.
Curse Google Translate for not including Klingon!