Realize that YOUR use is not how EVERYONE uses their computer.
Raw digital video and audio takes up a lot of space. Databases can take up a lot of space. Porn can take up a lot of space. And while you may have a hard time filling up your drive with music, movies, and software, I do not.
I've never understood why this FUD is perpetuated so frequently. Empirical evidence shows that LCD screens give far worse eye strain than CRT screens
What empirical evidence?
I sit in front of a computer 8-10 hours a day for work. I've been using an LCD screen for about 5 years now, and would never go back.
There are two main reasons you get severe eye strain and headaches from using CRTs:
1. Refresh rates. The gun repainting your CRT screen 60-100 times a second is creating the illusion of a constant picture, but it's not a constant picture. If refresh rates are too low, you'll get headaches.
2. Text is not crisp on a CRT as it is on an LCD. It's just a fact. Your eyes will necessarily strain to try and focus text that cannot ever be focused completely.
It's one of the reasons why I'm sticking with CRT for the forseeable future. Flat screens just aren't there yet.
Uh huh... right. The only things CRTs have over LCDs are price (if you don't value your eyesight) and resolution/image quality.
I'm staring at text and basic images 99% of the day. The LCD rules. I also play games occasionally, and have NEVER had noticeable problems with ghosting or anything else while watching video or playing games.
In terms of this particular discussion on slashdot, however, I would not buy a flat screen HDTV unless I had no other option. I currently have an RPTV which looks superb.
I don't know about you but I think he has egg on his face.. ASP.Net was a revolution..
That is highly debatable, but Joel was talking about.NET. You're talking about one aspect and more easily defined part of.NET, called ASP.NET.
Back in 2000, it *WAS* confusing as to what the fuck.NET actually was supposed to be. People would ask me what it was, being a developer they thought I knew, and I could usually muster was, "Well, it's a lot of things all under one umbrella."
Now when people say ".NET" they are usually talking about ASP.NET or the.NET APIs. But back when Joe's article came out,.NET was being bandied about to talk about everything, from Windows.NET Server (aka Windows 2003 Server), to the new API/platform to replace COM, to a set of web services (like Passport), etc.
Seriously, Slashdot keeps trashing the prequels, saying you'll never see them coz they suck, yada yada yada... and yet that site got slashdotted quicker than lightspeed. Why do you even care? Do you genuinely dislike them, or s it just some kind of slashdot groupthink conformity that makes you bash something you don't have to see if you don't want to?
Holy fuck are you stupid. Sorry, you are. You are confusing the website, Slashdot, with the readers -- many of whom have differing opinions on EVERYTHING!
Ummmm... this is how wikis work. When you post something, they automatically link words that have wiki pages defined for them within the same wiki. So if you see a word linked, it is to another wiki page.
huh? that was "about features?" I don't think there has been any major new features added to IE since mid/late-90's.
Yeah, well I think that was the point of everyone laughing about what Microsoft said in that article.
The guy you're responding to is pointing out that Microsoft never stated they wouldn't be releasing security updates for IE. Clearly they have been and will [need] to continue to.
No, NASA's problem is that it is built to run well if it has UNLIMITED PUBLIC FUNDS at its disposal, and it never was really re-worked to run well otherwise. Yeah, they cut costs, but they didn't do the other things that let real businesses excel.
Pour ice into a glass. Fill it up with water so that the water level is at the very top of the glass. When the ice melts, tell me how much water left the glass.
Are you suggesting that no-one searches for 'porn' on Google? It's more likely that the results are passed through a sanitiser beforehand so that you don't have Google suggesting you look at adult content.
As if there are people searching for "Paris Hilton" in a non-adult-content way?
Left wing - Government should take care of everyone else but leve me the hell alone.
Right wing - Government should take care of me, screw everyone else.
If you're talking about the United States left/right wings of politics, those definitions are wrong. I feel these are better:
Left wing - Government should pay for everything, using money collected from the middle-class to the rich. However, the government should keep it's nose out of my individual liberties.
Right wing - Government should leave me and my business alone to be profitable and allow me to choose how I spend the money I've earned. However, the government should stick it's nose into everyone's individual liberties.
IANAP, but I think it's probably a lot easier to avoid hitting a blimp than it is to avoid hitting another plane.
There are hundreds or thousands of planes in the sky at all times, many at the same altitude, in the same vicinity. How many mid-air crashes have you ever heard about?
but did you know Google Desktop Search can do some pretty nasty things -- things like indexing all of the Word files on your computer? If one of them happens to be password protected, you click on the link and it asks for the password. But if you click on CACHED copy -- poof, there is the entire document, right there in your web browser. Whoops.
Whoops is right. Sounds like MS Word password protection royally sucks.
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Yes, Google is testing one of the coolest features I've ever seen on a website...
I'm surprised no one has commented on privacy yet.
That's because there is no privacy issue here, AT ALL.
It looks to me like it uses past queries to suggest future ones
Correct.
I don't mind Google knowing what I ask, but I'm not sure I want the world to see them.
You must really be quite the character if you think someone could see some search terms and think, shit, I bet that was Frisky070802 that did that thar search!
Does anyone know where the money goes if Eolas wins?
The only thing Eolas is setup for now is to try and collect money from patents. Therefore I would expect the money would be distributed to whatever investors there are in the company.
Nobody that the general public cares about as "important" is going to show up at a geek party for a fucking web browser. Important people being celebrities and other famous folks.
You might get "geek celebrities," but that is it...
I think it is way more impactful to say, these 10,000 people donated money just so we could advertise this product they love.
Old news. Filed and forgotten a month before the add makes it into print.
Really? Is that why we're on slashdot discussing an article in CNET that ran yesterday updating people on the progress of the ad, a week or two before it runs? And you know the day the ad runs, there will be more articles about it so people in the know can pick up a copy of the NYT, and other people that didn't hear about it will.
This is a comment from Chris over at Spread Firefox:
"That's a misquote. The ad is targeted towards the general public... mostly those people who don't know what a web browser is (but desperately should learn!).
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Insightful? feh.
Realize that YOUR use is not how EVERYONE uses their computer.
Raw digital video and audio takes up a lot of space. Databases can take up a lot of space. Porn can take up a lot of space. And while you may have a hard time filling up your drive with music, movies, and software, I do not.
I've never understood why this FUD is perpetuated so frequently. Empirical evidence shows that LCD screens give far worse eye strain than CRT screens
What empirical evidence?
I sit in front of a computer 8-10 hours a day for work. I've been using an LCD screen for about 5 years now, and would never go back.
There are two main reasons you get severe eye strain and headaches from using CRTs:
1. Refresh rates. The gun repainting your CRT screen 60-100 times a second is creating the illusion of a constant picture, but it's not a constant picture. If refresh rates are too low, you'll get headaches.
2. Text is not crisp on a CRT as it is on an LCD. It's just a fact. Your eyes will necessarily strain to try and focus text that cannot ever be focused completely.
It's one of the reasons why I'm sticking with CRT for the forseeable future. Flat screens just aren't there yet.
Uh huh... right. The only things CRTs have over LCDs are price (if you don't value your eyesight) and resolution/image quality.
I'm staring at text and basic images 99% of the day. The LCD rules. I also play games occasionally, and have NEVER had noticeable problems with ghosting or anything else while watching video or playing games.
In terms of this particular discussion on slashdot, however, I would not buy a flat screen HDTV unless I had no other option. I currently have an RPTV which looks superb.
Folks, the above paragraph is true irony. Enjoy!
I don't know about you but I think he has egg on his face.. ASP.Net was a revolution..
.NET. You're talking about one aspect and more easily defined part of .NET, called ASP.NET.
.NET actually was supposed to be. People would ask me what it was, being a developer they thought I knew, and I could usually muster was, "Well, it's a lot of things all under one umbrella."
.NET APIs. But back when Joe's article came out, .NET was being bandied about to talk about everything, from Windows .NET Server (aka Windows 2003 Server), to the new API/platform to replace COM, to a set of web services (like Passport), etc.
That is highly debatable, but Joel was talking about
Back in 2000, it *WAS* confusing as to what the fuck
Now when people say ".NET" they are usually talking about ASP.NET or the
Seriously, Slashdot keeps trashing the prequels, saying you'll never see them coz they suck, yada yada yada... and yet that site got slashdotted quicker than lightspeed. Why do you even care? Do you genuinely dislike them, or s it just some kind of slashdot groupthink conformity that makes you bash something you don't have to see if you don't want to?
Holy fuck are you stupid. Sorry, you are. You are confusing the website, Slashdot, with the readers -- many of whom have differing opinions on EVERYTHING!
Ummmm... this is how wikis work. When you post something, they automatically link words that have wiki pages defined for them within the same wiki. So if you see a word linked, it is to another wiki page.
Yes, in 1942 we saw how stupid it was to fight for peace.
Oh... whoops.
huh? that was "about features?" I don't think there has been any major new features added to IE since mid/late-90's.
Yeah, well I think that was the point of everyone laughing about what Microsoft said in that article.
The guy you're responding to is pointing out that Microsoft never stated they wouldn't be releasing security updates for IE. Clearly they have been and will [need] to continue to.
Thank you, sir.
For a moment, I thought we might have a Slashdot article that referenced TV, without a condescending "I DON'T EVEN OWN A TV" response.
Bless you!
No, NASA's problem is that it is built to run well if it has UNLIMITED PUBLIC FUNDS at its disposal, and it never was really re-worked to run well otherwise. Yeah, they cut costs, but they didn't do the other things that let real businesses excel.
Pour ice into a glass. Fill it up with water so that the water level is at the very top of the glass. When the ice melts, tell me how much water left the glass.
Are you suggesting that no-one searches for 'porn' on Google? It's more likely that the results are passed through a sanitiser beforehand so that you don't have Google suggesting you look at adult content.
As if there are people searching for "Paris Hilton" in a non-adult-content way?
Unfortunately, we are not allowed to [move to other countries in search of employment].
Since WHEN?!
Improve my skillset so that I can get a better job?
Does 'harm' own a microwave oven?
Left wing - Government should take care of everyone else but leve me the hell alone.
Right wing - Government should take care of me, screw everyone else.
If you're talking about the United States left/right wings of politics, those definitions are wrong. I feel these are better:
Left wing - Government should pay for everything, using money collected from the middle-class to the rich. However, the government should keep it's nose out of my individual liberties.
Right wing - Government should leave me and my business alone to be profitable and allow me to choose how I spend the money I've earned. However, the government should stick it's nose into everyone's individual liberties.
IANAP, but I think it's probably a lot easier to avoid hitting a blimp than it is to avoid hitting another plane.
There are hundreds or thousands of planes in the sky at all times, many at the same altitude, in the same vicinity. How many mid-air crashes have you ever heard about?
ronic given that the justice system's job is to act as a check for the legislative branch. Good job shirking their duty, though...
Did you read this part of the message you are responding to:
"...so long as there's a semblance of a right of fair use preserved to the people."
Presumably this means they are willing to act as a check against the legislative branch... uhhh.
but did you know Google Desktop Search can do some pretty nasty things -- things like indexing all of the Word files on your computer? If one of them happens to be password protected, you click on the link and it asks for the password. But if you click on CACHED copy -- poof, there is the entire document, right there in your web browser. Whoops.
Whoops is right. Sounds like MS Word password protection royally sucks.
Yes, Google is testing one of the coolest features I've ever seen on a website...
They sure are starting to suck.
I'm surprised no one has commented on privacy yet.
That's because there is no privacy issue here, AT ALL.
It looks to me like it uses past queries to suggest future ones
Correct.
I don't mind Google knowing what I ask, but I'm not sure I want the world to see them.
You must really be quite the character if you think someone could see some search terms and think, shit, I bet that was Frisky070802 that did that thar search!
Does anyone know where the money goes if Eolas wins?
The only thing Eolas is setup for now is to try and collect money from patents. Therefore I would expect the money would be distributed to whatever investors there are in the company.
Nobody that the general public cares about as "important" is going to show up at a geek party for a fucking web browser. Important people being celebrities and other famous folks.
You might get "geek celebrities," but that is it...
I think it is way more impactful to say, these 10,000 people donated money just so we could advertise this product they love.
Old news. Filed and forgotten a month before the add makes it into print.
Really? Is that why we're on slashdot discussing an article in CNET that ran yesterday updating people on the progress of the ad, a week or two before it runs? And you know the day the ad runs, there will be more articles about it so people in the know can pick up a copy of the NYT, and other people that didn't hear about it will.
So which is it?
That is a mistake in their article.
This is a comment from Chris over at Spread Firefox:
"That's a misquote. The ad is targeted towards the general public... mostly those people who don't know what a web browser is (but desperately should learn!).
Chris"