If IBM keyboards are poor, what do you call those horrendous Mac keyboards, suicidal? Mac keyboards are almost as bad as Dell keyboards -- so bad that we outfit all our Macs with surplus Sun keyboards (and Microsoft or Logitech mice).
Regarding the friction, it sounds great to keep the computer from moving around and slipping out of the bag.
Furthermore, the Apple displays are less square than the IBM displays, so Apples have less screen area for the same diagonal length!
Calm down, man. Realize that not everyone is out to get you! They just be ignorant or kidding around. And no, just because everyone's doing it doesn't mean it's right.
Again, it's all a question of perception. They really aren't trying to convince the outside world, they're trying to live in a fantasy world. And as long as no one stops them from that (either by force or simply by not helping), I would say they're succeeding.
Print out one channel for a 2d image or use photoshop filters to create red/blue 3d prints. Or even send images to a printer and get back those wheels used in those orange stereoscope toys.
FYI, they're called "View-Master," and apparently they're no longer available in the vertical-wheel red/orange style I had as a kid.
[1] Interestingly, according to the CIA World Fact Book, the United States is percentagewise more Christian than India is Hindu, despite the greater ethnic diversity of the former and much longer history of the latter!
To clarify -- I am aware of India's large number of languages, cultures, etc; I was referring to the way the U.S. is played off as a "country of immigrants" and whatnot.
Any system that has denial of reality at its very core is doomed from the start.
Not necessarily. If you can indoctrinate children from birth, you can essentially make your lies more fundamental truths in most peoples' minds than what they conclude through observation and reasoning. Furthermore, your lies have the strength of solidarity -- one point of view -- whereas confused dissenters will often come up with various different ideas, sort of cancelling each other out. For example, over 80% of Americans consider themselves Christian[1], mostly because that's how they were raised. Not having been raised in that tradition, I find it impossible to reconcile with my worldview, what I call "reality." But for those who were conditioned by their parents and churches (and hey, maybe even personal messages from God, for all I know), their religious tenets represent the undeniable truth. Basically, in the absence of significant competition you can control reality by denying it.
[1] Interestingly, according to the CIA World Fact Book, the United States is percentagewise more Christian than India is Hindu, despite the greater ethnic diversity of the former and much longer history of the latter!
Simple. He didn't say most of their employees are in the US, just the bulk of them. Their US employees are just a lot chubbier than those in China and India.
So what's the problem with the GIMP's UI, and how would you fix it? I've never had any problems using it myself, except maybe for keeping the correct menu up when navigating the huge right-click menus in the image windows.
When I worked with those SGI machines at Los Alamos a while back (about 5 years ago), they crashed quite regularly because they were SGI's largest site, and hence running an alpha version of the OS in order to make use of all the features. So the situation has improved?
What are you talking about, dread minerva? LANL isn't run by UC-Berkeley in particular, it's run by the University of California System. See the University of California office of the President -- "10 campuses, 5 medical centers and 3 national labs." Secondly, Sandia isn't run by the UC at all, it's run by Lockheed-Martin, and, as another poster pointed out, was previously run by AT&T. Jeeze, when one of your points is that there's a management problem, you'd think you'd actually check who the management is.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Although the Savage being "higher performance" is still a dubious accomplishment. I had a ThinkPad with a Savage IX, which was more or less just a souped-up Virge.
I know what you mean, man. Going around shooting people is pretty boring. On the other hand, even adventure games or RPGs can be too much for me these days, with all the effort and concentration you have to put into them. Tetris is nice, but a little bit too simple.
I already replied to this, but I'm not sure why it didn't stick. Anyway. How many multiple copies of which key are you talking about? Since each player has its own key, assuming P(key on player is leaked) >> P(copy of key in factory is leaked), then P(some key is leaked | public-private keys) ~=~ P(some key is leaked | symmetric key). On the other hand, assuming P(copy of key in factor is leaked) is significant, then P(unencrypted video is leaked from factory) is also significant, regardless of whether you use public-private or symmetric keys.
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Internet2 isn't a separate internet, it's just a set of high-speed links that speeds up inter-research-institution internet access.
Regarding the friction, it sounds great to keep the computer from moving around and slipping out of the bag.
Furthermore, the Apple displays are less square than the IBM displays, so Apples have less screen area for the same diagonal length!
Calm down, man. Realize that not everyone is out to get you! They just be ignorant or kidding around. And no, just because everyone's doing it doesn't mean it's right.
You're installing random programs off of the internet?? Do you go around and have sex with random people, too? Oh wait, this is Slashdot; never mind.
Again, it's all a question of perception. They really aren't trying to convince the outside world, they're trying to live in a fantasy world. And as long as no one stops them from that (either by force or simply by not helping), I would say they're succeeding.
FYI, they're called "View-Master," and apparently they're no longer available in the vertical-wheel red/orange style I had as a kid.
To clarify -- I am aware of India's large number of languages, cultures, etc; I was referring to the way the U.S. is played off as a "country of immigrants" and whatnot.
Not necessarily. If you can indoctrinate children from birth, you can essentially make your lies more fundamental truths in most peoples' minds than what they conclude through observation and reasoning. Furthermore, your lies have the strength of solidarity -- one point of view -- whereas confused dissenters will often come up with various different ideas, sort of cancelling each other out. For example, over 80% of Americans consider themselves Christian[1], mostly because that's how they were raised. Not having been raised in that tradition, I find it impossible to reconcile with my worldview, what I call "reality." But for those who were conditioned by their parents and churches (and hey, maybe even personal messages from God, for all I know), their religious tenets represent the undeniable truth. Basically, in the absence of significant competition you can control reality by denying it.
[1] Interestingly, according to the CIA World Fact Book, the United States is percentagewise more Christian than India is Hindu, despite the greater ethnic diversity of the former and much longer history of the latter!
What if you mixed the sand with glue? Could you turn it into some sort of concrete/cement?
Not quite... that's Greenhill Software, we're talking about Green Hills Software. According to Netcraft, they run NetBSD or OpenBSD: http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.ghs. com
shut the hell up about your damn pyramid scheme already.
Simple. He didn't say most of their employees are in the US, just the bulk of them. Their US employees are just a lot chubbier than those in China and India.
Awesome, dude. Just awesome.
So what's the problem with the GIMP's UI, and how would you fix it? I've never had any problems using it myself, except maybe for keeping the correct menu up when navigating the huge right-click menus in the image windows.
Oh, cool. Yeah, I think they were O2ks at that time.
When I worked with those SGI machines at Los Alamos a while back (about 5 years ago), they crashed quite regularly because they were SGI's largest site, and hence running an alpha version of the OS in order to make use of all the features. So the situation has improved?
What are you talking about, dread minerva? LANL isn't run by UC-Berkeley in particular, it's run by the University of California System. See the University of California office of the President -- "10 campuses, 5 medical centers and 3 national labs." Secondly, Sandia isn't run by the UC at all, it's run by Lockheed-Martin, and, as another poster pointed out, was previously run by AT&T. Jeeze, when one of your points is that there's a management problem, you'd think you'd actually check who the management is.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Although the Savage being "higher performance" is still a dubious accomplishment. I had a ThinkPad with a Savage IX, which was more or less just a souped-up Virge.
They were bought by VIA and have been doing the built-in graphics for VIA's chipsets since then.
I think you mean...
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Actually, the military hooked a lot of people on cigarettes by including them in rations, so maybe it is their fault after all?
Hmm. So what about video rentals?
What have the courts said about video [game] rental places? This would seem to be almost exactly the same thing, except you don't take the games home.
I know what you mean, man. Going around shooting people is pretty boring. On the other hand, even adventure games or RPGs can be too much for me these days, with all the effort and concentration you have to put into them. Tetris is nice, but a little bit too simple.
I already replied to this, but I'm not sure why it didn't stick. Anyway. How many multiple copies of which key are you talking about? Since each player has its own key, assuming P(key on player is leaked) >> P(copy of key in factory is leaked), then P(some key is leaked | public-private keys) ~=~ P(some key is leaked | symmetric key). On the other hand, assuming P(copy of key in factor is leaked) is significant, then P(unencrypted video is leaked from factory) is also significant, regardless of whether you use public-private or symmetric keys.