Yes except it's probably harder to find malicious software written for mac and linux. It's very unlikely that they'd bump into it normally, whereas windows malware is much more prevalent. (Security through obscurity ho!)
Technically this is incorrect, plenty of viruses exploit nothing more than human gullibility by tricking a user into installing the malicious software on their system.
No operating system can survive their user's incompetence.
I don't know if the space station was worth it or not, but I agree with you strongly on the engineering point.
Why do we only look at the space station from a basic science output perspective? Can we not look at it from the perspective of what kind of engineering achievement it is to have constructed this giant ass thing in ORBIT?
I would be shocked if the construction of the space station didn't teach us a lot about what it takes to build structures in space and the challenges that can come up, and that these experiences will be invaluable for future space exploration.
Actually I think the pseudo retro look is a part of its appeal.
Also, as the fidelity of the world around you increases it places increasing demands on the realism and look of your own creations. Because the world looks really simple and stylized, it's much easier for people who aren't super artistic to create something that can look quite good. Your imagination fills in all the gaps for you.
Kind of an interesting note, I just recently updated Firefox to the latest version, and for some reason the latest update wanted me to restart my computer.
I didn't read it wrong, it wasn't restart the browser, it was restart the computer.
Why would you not switch to chrome? Is it because of certain addons?
I was a long time firefox user before switching to Chrome. I still occasionally use firefox due to firebug + other addons, but after using Chrome for a while firefox just feels sluggish as hell.
I second this. Soundblaster cards, as crappy as Creative is, have good jack support. I have a Xi-Fi platinum (with the front panel headers) and it has line in jacks, multiple microphone jacks, optical in / optical out etc. I don't know what their cards are like these days but I'm sure they'll have one with the RCA jacks.
Also I just want to say the RCA type dual line in jacks have never been popular on sound cards as far as I know
I'm going to have to second this and say that I know a lot of people who love those commercials. And while I'm indifferent towards them I appreciate the simplicity of an ad that draws you in with animals then hits you with some text and maybe a picture about the product.
I certainly see his commercials in Canada (albeit over American TV channels). I don't know anything about this law, but it's not working very well (or works only for exclusively Canadian TV stations and honestly there aren't a lot of those).
I don't know if you've ever actually used the ribbon, but every single button on the ribbon remains in the same place, it never changes. Static is in fact a big emphasis on the ribbon design you cannot move anything around.
The only 'context sensitive' part of it is that an additional tab opens up when you select a picture or table which gives you functionality for that table, but that tab always appears in the same place and the contents of that tab are also static.
You can still use hotkeys on the ribbon (in fact when you hit alt it even helpfully shows you all the key hints), and it exposes a lot more functionality in fewer mouse clicks than the traditional menu.
I was skeptical of the ribbon at first, but now I love it.
Note that if you run as a non-administrator account in Vista and try to do something that requires privilege escalation you get a password prompt on the UAC alert (exactly like in Linux or OSX).
If you run on an administrator account UAC only requires a mouse click to escalate your privileges.
Personally I'm surprised at people who'd used Linux before complaining about UAC, you'd think working with Linux would have taught them, the benefits of escalation password prompts and being able to run with limited privileges and escalating only if necessary
The soviet army didn't have medals or anything else during the early stages of WWII. You can do your own research on the topic, but overall it didn't work well for them (along with a lot of other things).
It turns out people like being rewarded (even if it''s just a colorful emblem) for doing their job well. At the end of the war the Soviets had a whole bunch of different medals for their soldiers and realized that sometimes it's good to not treat everyone as equals.
Anyway, just because others could have done what Sully had done doesn't mean Sully isn't a hero, Sully ACTUALLY did it, he actually saved hundreds of lives doing what he did and water landings are not a common occurrence at all. And just because I have the capability of pulling a little girl away from the train tracks doesn't mean I should get the same attention as the guy who actually pulled it off or that he should get less credit for doing a good deed.
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Yes except it's probably harder to find malicious software written for mac and linux. It's very unlikely that they'd bump into it normally, whereas windows malware is much more prevalent. (Security through obscurity ho!)
Wait, so they went back to internet explorer because Firefox doesn't look the same, why would they be accepting of Linux?
They sound like exactly the kind of people that will start complaining in a few days about how they need their itunes.
Technically this is incorrect, plenty of viruses exploit nothing more than human gullibility by tricking a user into installing the malicious software on their system.
No operating system can survive their user's incompetence.
I don't know if the space station was worth it or not, but I agree with you strongly on the engineering point.
Why do we only look at the space station from a basic science output perspective? Can we not look at it from the perspective of what kind of engineering achievement it is to have constructed this giant ass thing in ORBIT?
I would be shocked if the construction of the space station didn't teach us a lot about what it takes to build structures in space and the challenges that can come up, and that these experiences will be invaluable for future space exploration.
Actually I think the pseudo retro look is a part of its appeal.
Also, as the fidelity of the world around you increases it places increasing demands on the realism and look of your own creations. Because the world looks really simple and stylized, it's much easier for people who aren't super artistic to create something that can look quite good. Your imagination fills in all the gaps for you.
There were no competitors for IE back then and the entire market stagnated under ie 6. Thank god for competition, from Microsoft, Google or otherwise.
I'm pretty sure it's because XP does not have the windowing manager Vista / 7 has, which turns the entire desktop into a Direct 3d rendering surface
The GDI / GDI+ interfaces that run in XP cannot take advantage of GPU acceleration, period.
Kind of an interesting note, I just recently updated Firefox to the latest version, and for some reason the latest update wanted me to restart my computer.
I didn't read it wrong, it wasn't restart the browser, it was restart the computer.
Why would you not switch to chrome? Is it because of certain addons?
I was a long time firefox user before switching to Chrome. I still occasionally use firefox due to firebug + other addons, but after using Chrome for a while firefox just feels sluggish as hell.
Bah, I just checked and it looks like creative no longer sells the card that I have, and they don't have anything really comparable
I second this. Soundblaster cards, as crappy as Creative is, have good jack support. I have a Xi-Fi platinum (with the front panel headers) and it has line in jacks, multiple microphone jacks, optical in / optical out etc. I don't know what their cards are like these days but I'm sure they'll have one with the RCA jacks.
Also I just want to say the RCA type dual line in jacks have never been popular on sound cards as far as I know
Everyone in the mainland knows that Hong Kong is subject to different laws, this is not a mystery to them, and nobody's raised a fuss yet.
I certainly see a benefit to being able to do things with a pen, mostly for taking notes in class etc.
Typing your notes on a word processor just doesn't give you the same amount of freedom to write in formulas, circle important concepts, doodle, etc.
I'm going to have to second this and say that I know a lot of people who love those commercials. And while I'm indifferent towards them I appreciate the simplicity of an ad that draws you in with animals then hits you with some text and maybe a picture about the product.
I certainly see his commercials in Canada (albeit over American TV channels). I don't know anything about this law, but it's not working very well (or works only for exclusively Canadian TV stations and honestly there aren't a lot of those).
I agree with everything you said except the 'speed' part.
Eclipse in my experience is consistently faster than Netbeans (at least for small projects, any big project I do in Netbeans).
I don't know if you've ever actually used the ribbon, but every single button on the ribbon remains in the same place, it never changes. Static is in fact a big emphasis on the ribbon design you cannot move anything around.
The only 'context sensitive' part of it is that an additional tab opens up when you select a picture or table which gives you functionality for that table, but that tab always appears in the same place and the contents of that tab are also static.
In fact as a Firefox user I am pretty sure this feature started with Firefox before it made its way to IE
You can still use hotkeys on the ribbon (in fact when you hit alt it even helpfully shows you all the key hints), and it exposes a lot more functionality in fewer mouse clicks than the traditional menu.
I was skeptical of the ribbon at first, but now I love it.
Actually, it doesn't. Compared to the default office 2003 menu it's actually a few pixels slimmer.
Don't forget that there are deaths from coal outside mining it. Coal plants spew radioactive and toxic material directly into the air we breathe.
The moral of this story is that anecdotal evidence is anecdotal.
Note that if you run as a non-administrator account in Vista and try to do something that requires privilege escalation you get a password prompt on the UAC alert (exactly like in Linux or OSX).
If you run on an administrator account UAC only requires a mouse click to escalate your privileges.
Personally I'm surprised at people who'd used Linux before complaining about UAC, you'd think working with Linux would have taught them, the benefits of escalation password prompts and being able to run with limited privileges and escalating only if necessary
On the other hand, there are many past instances where pilots have panicked when things went bad and made terrible decisions that made things worse.
So pilots aren't immune from panicking in a sticky situation.
The soviet army didn't have medals or anything else during the early stages of WWII. You can do your own research on the topic, but overall it didn't work well for them (along with a lot of other things). It turns out people like being rewarded (even if it''s just a colorful emblem) for doing their job well. At the end of the war the Soviets had a whole bunch of different medals for their soldiers and realized that sometimes it's good to not treat everyone as equals. Anyway, just because others could have done what Sully had done doesn't mean Sully isn't a hero, Sully ACTUALLY did it, he actually saved hundreds of lives doing what he did and water landings are not a common occurrence at all. And just because I have the capability of pulling a little girl away from the train tracks doesn't mean I should get the same attention as the guy who actually pulled it off or that he should get less credit for doing a good deed.