It's as if I'm reading the Onion when I read that article. I'm speechless.
I was totally thinking the same thing. I mean, WTF are they thinking? Why were they "that sure" that they were going to win? Strange behavior like this only gives fuel to the conspiracy theorists.
Really? Isn't most head bangin' heavy metal disseminated by the recording industry?
It is now, but has not that way in the past. You used to have to go directly to an indie label (Dischord, Alternative Tentacles, etc) to acquire the music that you wanted. The situation is much the same today, with the exception that everything is on the internet. It's pretty sweet that you can grab that latest from "The Thermals" or "Form of Rocket" off of Amazon.
All versions of Vista install the same way. Some just have less features than others, and cost way more. The same company supports all of them, except when outsourced for localization, in the same manner. Oh, and except for two of them, which get handled by MS-PST in Samamish. As for previous versions of Windows, well, that's all moot since they're kinda *the previous versions.... except for those still shipping via OEMs, currently installed on my computer, and still supported via corporate contract. This is like saying "omg there are multiple types of new and used Xterras to buy I have no freaking clue whether I'm supposed to get the off-road or SE or a used 2004 one or whatever. And then there's all the exterior colors to choose from which one is the right one for me!?"
BTW, can you link me to these "blitter" issues, I am curious.
The problems are numerous, and I haven't compiled a comprehensive list. A.Lee seems to have done a pretty good job with this one here... http://virtualdub.org/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=146# body . I could probably add a few specific bugs to this, but most of them would be nit-picky
Vista has the headroom to really display images that contain more than 8bpc (RGB)
I was under the impression that Windows was "still" incapable of properly blitting an image to the screen. Which API are you using to render your images? GDI, GDI+, DirectDraw/blit, DirectDraw/overlay, Direct3D, OpenGL, and WPF/Avalon all have major rendering issues. What good is 30bit rendering when you can't put it to the screen at that quality.
Perhaps there is some new "working" API in vista that I am unaware of?
The downside to an explosion of Linux installations?
Linux Geeks getting called out when friends and neighbors can't get their Linux Desktops working.
I'm just thankful I chose technology rather than a medical profession. At least I don't get creep'd out when my neighbor says, "Hey, would you mind taking a look at this".
One of the big things to consider here is the potential for an intermediary stage. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Google's Apps are largely platform independent.
As are OpenOffice, MSOffice, and the majority of Windows applications (thanx to wine). If they have a particular desktop application that does not work under linux or wine, all they have to do is ask on wine-devel and it would be fixed like flies on stank because of how high-profile the situation is.
How much do you think the movie industry had to pay to buy these politicians?...
Here's how much:
From the movie Industry:
2000 Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) $127,788
2002 Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) $9,428
2004 Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) $11,000
2006 Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) $64,400
Just under $200 Grand? Maybe the music industry gave her a bit more?
I have no idea why John Cornyn sold us out. He's always been a schill for the oil industry, and to see him jump on something like this without a cash incentive is strange.
I was speaking in terms of avoiding V=(U+v')/1+Uv'/c^2. Since it's a wave embedded within an already moving body, the speed of the wave would be a simple V=U+v'. This would also be feasible uf v'=c.
Here's another example: You have a 100,000KM long piece of rebar shooting forward at.99c. Two people standing 1KM apart from each other are close to the flight path. As the rebar passes both of them, the first dude hits it with a hammer. The second person receives the "ding ding ding" faster than light (the speed of the rebar, plus the speed of the wave).
I was under the impression that they simply used waves within a medium already moving close to the speed of light to overcome the Fitzgerald contraction (avoid addition of velocities). In my mind, it would work like the following....
Drive a bus at.99C. Have the back row stand and sit. Then the next row stand and sit, then the next, so you get a wave going from the back of the bus. If you get people doing the wave fast enough, the wave may exceed the speed of light while the transport mechanism does not.
I can see how this would be useful for faster-than-light communication, but since nothing (well, no "matter")actually exceeds the speed of light, none of the fundamental laws are broken.
I could be totally and absolutely wrong about all of this. BBH
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Your university bookstore sells wood? !
No, he acquires it mysteriously each morning, unable to recall exactly how he got it.
"Rap Music" is no longer black music, and hasn't been since the labels began supporting and marketing it. Same as R&B after Motown died. Same with Blues, Same with Jazz.
"We'll write free drivers for your hardware if only you release the specification" - isn't this the same that was always done in Linux kernel? Or is the issue only about signing the NDA to get the specs?
From the FAQ
Q: This is a lame publicity stunt, Linux development has always been done this way.
A: Well, the NDA program that we have set up with The Linux Foundation is new. But yes, other than that, this is exactly how Linux kernel development has been done. But it is good to point out exactly how it all works for those who are not familiar with how it works.
Do helmet laws really save money though? I'll try to be brief. Yes, they do. Whenever there is a death on a highway, the police "have to" investigate. This costs money. Even if it's a simple matter of a ricer poopping a wheel-ie on his VFR at a bad time, or a soccer mom changing lanes in her SUV with a supercub in her blind spot. The police come, shut down the highway (or a couple lanes if they can get away with it. Traffic builds up, gas gets burnt, people are late to work, etc. It adds up.
On the crossing the street debacle... We have a perfectly good law. It's called jaywalking. No need for another law. It covers everything from crossing without a crosswalk, to wandering into the crosswalk against the light, to wandering out into an intersection without a crosswalk.
The article is a bit barren, but the comments have some gems. Like this. I have a dell 6400 with the better display and YES i do get little shocks every other time i touch it. I thought its ok, but i guess its not...should i call dell and address this problem? I mean, holy f'ing 5h1t! How can anyone possible have to ask someone else that question.. Errr, Duhhh... My laptop is shocking me Bob... Should I call support?
if you can find yourself a Jewish mosque to picket, Ya know, I was actually thinking Muslim mosque and Jewish synagogue, and was going to type both, but was rudely interrupted by a smoking piece of glassware being passed to me from my right.
From TFA: the MPAA documented 179 camcorded movies as the source for infringing DVDs since 2004. During that time, its members released approximately 1400 movies, suggesting that approximately one in every ten movies is camcorded and sold as infringing DVDs.
Wasn't this supposed to be an article on bashing bogus statistics, or is 1400/179 = "approximately" 10 only when it suits our purpose?
While not outright illegal, everyone here would give me the eyeball if I went out picketing a Jewish mosque. But if I picket Scientology, everyone cheers me on?
That said, unless someone actually breaks a law or does harm, they shouldn't be arrested for "interfering with a religion" unless they actually "interfere". Picketing in a parking lot is about as much interference as a Jovi putting a watchtower under my wiper blade at a red light. I guess the point is, don't side with this guy just cause he went after Scientology (I am definately not a Scientology defender), side with this pseudo/racist whacko because the US government overstepped in his persecution.
I don't know. I've always though of Bose as having plenty of bass... The problem is that it's pretty much all they have. Tizz and boom, with no defined mid range. I always feel like a speaker is out when listening to a Bose setup, and 30% of the sound is simply missing.
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What do the Names mean? What is intel's naming scheme? Why do the select them that way?
All Intel x86 code names are derived from the names of rivers in the (northwest?) USA.
BBH
It's as if I'm reading the Onion when I read that article. I'm speechless.
I was totally thinking the same thing. I mean, WTF are they thinking? Why were they "that sure" that they were going to win? Strange behavior like this only gives fuel to the conspiracy theorists.
BBH
Really? Isn't most head bangin' heavy metal disseminated by the recording industry?
It is now, but has not that way in the past. You used to have to go directly to an indie label (Dischord, Alternative Tentacles, etc) to acquire the music that you wanted. The situation is much the same today, with the exception that everything is on the internet. It's pretty sweet that you can grab that latest from "The Thermals" or "Form of Rocket" off of Amazon.
BBH
I assume it was an American invention. I had both an Air Jammer "Road Rammer" and "Cycle Scrammer" back in 80 or 81.
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All versions of Vista install the same way. Some just have less features than others, and cost way more. The same company supports all of them, except when outsourced for localization, in the same manner. Oh, and except for two of them, which get handled by MS-PST in Samamish. As for previous versions of Windows, well, that's all moot since they're kinda *the previous versions.... except for those still shipping via OEMs, currently installed on my computer, and still supported via corporate contract. This is like saying "omg there are multiple types of new and used Xterras to buy I have no freaking clue whether I'm supposed to get the off-road or SE or a used 2004 one or whatever. And then there's all the exterior colors to choose from which one is the right one for me!?"
BTW, can you link me to these "blitter" issues, I am curious.
# body . I could probably add a few specific bugs to this, but most of them would be nit-picky
The problems are numerous, and I haven't compiled a comprehensive list. A.Lee seems to have done a pretty good job with this one here... http://virtualdub.org/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=146
BBH
Vista has the headroom to really display images that contain more than 8bpc (RGB)
I was under the impression that Windows was "still" incapable of properly blitting an image to the screen. Which API are you using to render your images? GDI, GDI+, DirectDraw/blit, DirectDraw/overlay, Direct3D, OpenGL, and WPF/Avalon all have major rendering issues. What good is 30bit rendering when you can't put it to the screen at that quality.
Perhaps there is some new "working" API in vista that I am unaware of?
BBH
The downside to an explosion of Linux installations?
Linux Geeks getting called out when friends and neighbors can't get their Linux Desktops working.
I'm just thankful I chose technology rather than a medical profession. At least I don't get creep'd out when my neighbor says, "Hey, would you mind taking a look at this".
BBH
One of the big things to consider here is the potential for an intermediary stage. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Google's Apps are largely platform independent.
As are OpenOffice, MSOffice, and the majority of Windows applications (thanx to wine). If they have a particular desktop application that does not work under linux or wine, all they have to do is ask on wine-devel and it would be fixed like flies on stank because of how high-profile the situation is.
BBH
How much do you think the movie industry had to pay to buy these politicians?...
Here's how much:
From the movie Industry:
2000 Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) $127,788
2002 Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) $9,428
2004 Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) $11,000
2006 Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) $64,400
Just under $200 Grand? Maybe the music industry gave her a bit more?
I have no idea why John Cornyn sold us out. He's always been a schill for the oil industry, and to see him jump on something like this without a cash incentive is strange.
BBH
Props to The Center for Responsive Politics.
I was speaking in terms of avoiding V=(U+v')/1+Uv'/c^2. Since it's a wave embedded within an already moving body, the speed of the wave would be a simple V=U+v'. This would also be feasible uf v'=c.
.99c. Two people standing 1KM apart from each other are close to the flight path. As the rebar passes both of them, the first dude hits it with a hammer. The second person receives the "ding ding ding" faster than light (the speed of the rebar, plus the speed of the wave).
Here's another example: You have a 100,000KM long piece of rebar shooting forward at
BBH
I was under the impression that they simply used waves within a medium already moving close to the speed of light to overcome the Fitzgerald contraction (avoid addition of velocities). In my mind, it would work like the following....
.99C. Have the back row stand and sit. Then the next row stand and sit, then the next, so you get a wave going from the back of the bus. If you get people doing the wave fast enough, the wave may exceed the speed of light while the transport mechanism does not.
Drive a bus at
I can see how this would be useful for faster-than-light communication, but since nothing (well, no "matter")actually exceeds the speed of light, none of the fundamental laws are broken.
I could be totally and absolutely wrong about all of this.
BBH
Your university bookstore sells wood? !
No, he acquires it mysteriously each morning, unable to recall exactly how he got it.
BBH
"Rap Music" is no longer black music, and hasn't been since the labels began supporting and marketing it. Same as R&B after Motown died. Same with Blues, Same with Jazz.
BBH
No shit, Sherlok. Condoms have no effect on birth rates either.
That may be, but they certainly have increased the dirty-sex rate.
BBH
"We'll write free drivers for your hardware if only you release the specification" - isn't this the same that was always done in Linux kernel? Or is the issue only about signing the NDA to get the specs?
From the FAQ
Q: This is a lame publicity stunt, Linux development has always been done this way.
A: Well, the NDA program that we have set up with The Linux Foundation is new. But yes, other than that, this is exactly how Linux kernel development has been done. But it is good to point out exactly how it all works for those who are not familiar with how it works.
BBH
Do helmet laws really save money though?
I'll try to be brief. Yes, they do. Whenever there is a death on a highway, the police "have to" investigate. This costs money. Even if it's a simple matter of a ricer poopping a wheel-ie on his VFR at a bad time, or a soccer mom changing lanes in her SUV with a supercub in her blind spot. The police come, shut down the highway (or a couple lanes if they can get away with it. Traffic builds up, gas gets burnt, people are late to work, etc. It adds up.
On the crossing the street debacle... We have a perfectly good law. It's called jaywalking. No need for another law. It covers everything from crossing without a crosswalk, to wandering into the crosswalk against the light, to wandering out into an intersection without a crosswalk.
BBH
The article is a bit barren, but the comments have some gems. Like this.
I have a dell 6400 with the better display and YES i do get little shocks every other time i touch it. I thought its ok, but i guess its not...should i call dell and address this problem?
I mean, holy f'ing 5h1t! How can anyone possible have to ask someone else that question.. Errr, Duhhh... My laptop is shocking me Bob... Should I call support?
I'm just astounded.
BBH
if you can find yourself a Jewish mosque to picket,
Ya know, I was actually thinking Muslim mosque and Jewish synagogue, and was going to type both, but was rudely interrupted by a smoking piece of glassware being passed to me from my right.
Make of that what you will,
BBH
From TFA: the MPAA documented 179 camcorded movies as the source for infringing DVDs since 2004. During that time, its members released approximately 1400 movies, suggesting that approximately one in every ten movies is camcorded and sold as infringing DVDs.
Wasn't this supposed to be an article on bashing bogus statistics, or is 1400/179 = "approximately" 10 only when it suits our purpose?
BBH
While not outright illegal, everyone here would give me the eyeball if I went out picketing a Jewish mosque. But if I picket Scientology, everyone cheers me on?
That said, unless someone actually breaks a law or does harm, they shouldn't be arrested for "interfering with a religion" unless they actually "interfere". Picketing in a parking lot is about as much interference as a Jovi putting a watchtower under my wiper blade at a red light.
I guess the point is, don't side with this guy just cause he went after Scientology (I am definately not a Scientology defender), side with this pseudo/racist whacko because the US government overstepped in his persecution.
BBH
We use Jira, it's equally as crappy as any other ticket tracking system out there.
http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/
BBH
the atoms must be cooled to a fraction of 0 degrees
A fraction of 0? Is that less than a fraction of 1?
BBH
I don't know. I've always though of Bose as having plenty of bass... The problem is that it's pretty much all they have. Tizz and boom, with no defined mid range. I always feel like a speaker is out when listening to a Bose setup, and 30% of the sound is simply missing.
BBH
The WoW beta had a fully functional linux client. It even shipped on the collectors edition CD. When WoW went live, linux support was dropped.
BBH