Having your file types stolen by another application should be responded to with a warning popup specifying the file type(s), the apps with which they're now associated, and giving the following options: (1) Reassociate the types. (2) Don't reassociate, and stop checking these file types. Yes, popups are annoying as hell, but if two apps are fighting over the file type you'll only see the warning twice: once from each app. Consider it part of the installation process.
That would be good, but someone should really invent a system with some kind of flag in the file that would tell the OS which application to open the file with, unless the user specified another by right clicking, or setting the designation permanently from the Get Info window.
Hm, yeah, that would be good. We could call it a "creator code." Seriously, that's what we already had (except for the highjack warning) until Snow Leopard, apparently.
Well, whichever of you two succeeds in convincing me will be the one who sets the norm. Or the standard. As the case may be. And since the winner writes the histories, the other one would, perforce, be the dipshit.
Writing is not something that people should simply allow to pour out of their heads onto paper or anything else. Writing, good writing, is a slow and considered process, where every word and syllable should be carefully scrutinised and assessed before being set down. You won't be able to do that at 80wpm.
Oh, I don't know about that. I think of an outline, dump words and syllables, then go back and rewrite and rearrange them all to be better. I'd have to rewrite them all anyway, might as well save the effort of considering each syllable beforehand. Both steps benefit from speed.
You may be thinking of hand writing. If you do that, you'd better get it right the first time. But no one does that anymore.:)
Why? Is there a study that says if you learn to read after age 9 you'll never be able to read a book with more than 50 pages?
People learn best when they WANT to learn. Learning to read is no different.
Actually, yes. You learn fastest and most thoroughly when you are young. This is a well-known fact. I want to learn a new language or two, and I still can, but I would have learned it better and way easier when I was younger. If the child waits too long, they'll miss the sweet spot and be disadvantaged for quite a while. Like I said in my other reply, you want them to be able to take full advantage of this unique time in their lives, when can learn lots, fast, easily, before they grow out of it.
What is so magical about 9yrs old. If their child learns to read at 10, 10 1/2 or 11 is that really bad? Should we force, drill and drive them to read just meet your standard. Why? Is there a study that says if you learn to read after age 9 you'll never be able to read a book with more than 50 pages?
It is bad if they can't read by that age, because they won't be able to do anything in the world without you holding their hand. By that age, they ought to be able to run around in the city, reading street signs and maps. They ought to be able to go to the local science museum and read the informative plaques. They ought to be able to go to the library and check out a book of interest on their own. Hell, if you are serious about them learning anything at all, they ought to be hitting the library at 7 or 8. How else are they going to feed their curiosity and answer their own questions?
The earlier they learn to read, the earlier they'll be able to take full advantage of their naturally fast learning abilities, by tapping into the resources written down around them.
Unfortunately, advertisers tend to confuse "can" and "has to" as well, thus ruining a good word.
In fairness, words and phrases like "can," "must," "may," "ought to," etc. are really poorly distinguished anyway. I like those specs that explicitly define them.
Is AT&T seriously that dumb with their contract changes? Up here in Canada, I have an iPhone on Rogers, and they just recently changed their terms in the contract, but they have this wonderful clause at the bottom that roughly states:
If you do not agree with these changes, the original contract is still enforced.
I guess it comes down to whether it is more expensive to let the customer out of their contract altogether than to track a different set of contract terms for certain customers.
They are parting people out for profit. Literal chop-shops for human bodies. It's a proposition only the most extreme horror movies have touched. It's the walking definition of Capital-E Evil.
I don't see it. The only issue from organlegging comes when the death penalty is extended to more trivial crimes than would be the case without organlegging. That can be prevented. Otherwise, I don't see a problem. The dead people aren't using those organs any more, might as well put them to good use in someone else. I'm okay with it being done to me, for example. I've signed my driver's license to be an organ donor.
A big problem with the way that Apple does upgrades is that to get bugfixes, you often do need to buy the newest OS X and it's seldom free. I wish they would split the os from their applications, so the os bugfixes/upgrades were free, but they could charge you if you really wanted the i* software. I don't really like having to buy a new os, just to get working NFS.
Not sure what you mean by "bug fixes." Software Update regularly comes up with changes, bug fixes, and security updates for the built-in apps and the iLife/iWork apps. Don't need a new OS for those, and they are free. And you can buy new versions of the iLife/iWork apps without buying a new OS version as well.
What is really going on is perhaps best explained in human terms: the programming is doing a lot of what humans do--we observe the state with our visual and tactile senses, and our brains receive these continual updates and decide what to do next. This processing is already extremely fast in a biological context, but with these machines, it is made at least an order of magnitude faster. The next step is to simulate a sort of adaptive intelligence to allow the handling of a wider class of scenarios than the ones shown in the video.
The video was trumpeting the new control systems they devised. I wonder how many scenarios their programming can deal with. If it sort of does a physics simulation in reverse, figuring out how to bring about a desired outcome, and uses a nicely generalized model, it might be very capable already.
If anything, I would think that spelling would be more likely to improve, thanks to the slower pace of writing by hand. I pay more attention to what I am writing when I have to take the time to write it out by hand.
I've noticed this, especially when I write with my left hand for a change of pace. The individual words are spelled correctly, because I am paying attention to them as I write. But I find that I drop words entirely. Not just words like "the" or "a," but adjectives and verbs too.
Sometimes I do that when typing, too, but not as often. Probably because I can type fast enough to keep up with the "minor" words as they spool out of my brain.
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Hm, yeah, that would be good. We could call it a "creator code." Seriously, that's what we already had (except for the highjack warning) until Snow Leopard, apparently.
Before y'all start tossing around the second-person-plural, better figure out how it's spelled. 't'ain't "ya'll."
It's a more accurate analogy than even that. You don't pick out a bikini that fits. You pick out a bikini that makes you look good.
The word "standard" is moving towards the word "norm." But "standard" sounds better, so "norm" is on the wane.
My evidence? You know that saying, "the great thing about standards is that there's so many of them?" There ya go. The word is being diluted.
Well, whichever of you two succeeds in convincing me will be the one who sets the norm. Or the standard. As the case may be. And since the winner writes the histories, the other one would, perforce, be the dipshit.
Oh, I don't know about that. I think of an outline, dump words and syllables, then go back and rewrite and rearrange them all to be better. I'd have to rewrite them all anyway, might as well save the effort of considering each syllable beforehand. Both steps benefit from speed.
You may be thinking of hand writing. If you do that, you'd better get it right the first time. But no one does that anymore. :)
Yeah, Viol8. Quit slacking off, roll up your sleeves, and get going. You're behind the curve.
They will do...poorly.
Full of lose? Or...full of win?
Hm? Hm? Think about it.
Actually, yes. You learn fastest and most thoroughly when you are young. This is a well-known fact. I want to learn a new language or two, and I still can, but I would have learned it better and way easier when I was younger. If the child waits too long, they'll miss the sweet spot and be disadvantaged for quite a while. Like I said in my other reply, you want them to be able to take full advantage of this unique time in their lives, when can learn lots, fast, easily, before they grow out of it.
It is bad if they can't read by that age, because they won't be able to do anything in the world without you holding their hand. By that age, they ought to be able to run around in the city, reading street signs and maps. They ought to be able to go to the local science museum and read the informative plaques. They ought to be able to go to the library and check out a book of interest on their own. Hell, if you are serious about them learning anything at all, they ought to be hitting the library at 7 or 8. How else are they going to feed their curiosity and answer their own questions?
The earlier they learn to read, the earlier they'll be able to take full advantage of their naturally fast learning abilities, by tapping into the resources written down around them.
Unfortunately, advertisers tend to confuse "can" and "has to" as well, thus ruining a good word.
In fairness, words and phrases like "can," "must," "may," "ought to," etc. are really poorly distinguished anyway. I like those specs that explicitly define them.
(offtopic, but meh)
Core 1:
Hot -> cooling -> overclocked -> CPUs -> dual-core -> "the twins" -> twins -> drool
Core 2:
Hot -> grits -> Natalie Portman -> pants -> tight pants -> brown round firm -> drool
I guess it comes down to whether it is more expensive to let the customer out of their contract altogether than to track a different set of contract terms for certain customers.
This story is worthless without pics!!!
Well, the submitter had pics, but then he looked at them, got stupid, and forgot to include them.
Well, if the article is right and innovation is slowing down, aren't they right in believing that ideas — profitable ones, anyway — are scarce?
They are parting people out for profit. Literal chop-shops for human bodies. It's a proposition only the most extreme horror movies have touched. It's the walking definition of Capital-E Evil.
I don't see it. The only issue from organlegging comes when the death penalty is extended to more trivial crimes than would be the case without organlegging. That can be prevented. Otherwise, I don't see a problem. The dead people aren't using those organs any more, might as well put them to good use in someone else. I'm okay with it being done to me, for example. I've signed my driver's license to be an organ donor.
any billing zip code in your state you had better set aside and remit sales tax to the local authorities, but the other 49 states aren't your problem.
I don't think this is true any more. Didn't New York or something just recently pass legislation to collect sales tax on Internet sales?
Not sure what you mean by "bug fixes." Software Update regularly comes up with changes, bug fixes, and security updates for the built-in apps and the iLife/iWork apps. Don't need a new OS for those, and they are free. And you can buy new versions of the iLife/iWork apps without buying a new OS version as well.
Nah, he just has a silo filled with Mac OS X boxes. And a diving board.
The video was trumpeting the new control systems they devised. I wonder how many scenarios their programming can deal with. If it sort of does a physics simulation in reverse, figuring out how to bring about a desired outcome, and uses a nicely generalized model, it might be very capable already.
was the end of the dribbling demo planned, or did the robot lose control of the ball after a few seconds?
Actually, seeing how much the hand's mount was bucking, I was surprised it was able to dribble at all.
(Reading it back, that sentence sounds vaguely but horribly disturbing.)
Please. On Slashdot, a Skynet comparison is the third post written, and the first +5 Insightful one!
I've noticed this, especially when I write with my left hand for a change of pace. The individual words are spelled correctly, because I am paying attention to them as I write. But I find that I drop words entirely. Not just words like "the" or "a," but adjectives and verbs too.
Sometimes I do that when typing, too, but not as often. Probably because I can type fast enough to keep up with the "minor" words as they spool out of my brain.
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