Eh, a 4.5" Newtonian is not that well-suited for planets if it is fast (e.g. around f/5) - it is not about price. That said, the OTA of a modern decent quality 4.5" Newtonian costs around $100-$200, so it is one of the cheapest you can get - most people pay several times that for their phone. Now, if you want to see Jupiter in some detail and stay within budget you can go for a 5" Mak at around $200-$300 (for the OTA, or $400 for the full package with a computerized goto mount and tripod) and for example when coupled with a $10 webcam it will give you an image of Saturn like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r2vh... (note that Jupiter is quite larger than Saturn so it is an easier target to get surface detail). So that's a very cheap telescope (still less than a smartphone) that would give you a good view of the event. If you want to spend more money but not too much, you can look into used scopes. E.g. I recently grabbed an 8" Celestron SCT for $400 which gives even greater planetary views.
Ahaha. I watched the trilogy before going watch to the Kingdom of Crystal Skull. I was surprised at how well part 1 and 3 were holding on, especially in comparison to the Temple of Doom - even the effects were sub-par. I forgot all about it though after watching part 4. Thanks for reminding me...:p
I recently watched THX 1138. It is a good reminder of how brilliant he was. Years ahead, great vision, but as the years passed he started losing his edge, more and more. From the Director's Cut of THX that is evident from several unneded CGI scenes that distract from the otherwise great film. The prequels and special editions show the same thing even more prominently. And let's not even talk about Indiana Jones 4 (what, there are only 3 Indiana Jones movies? Ok, I feel you). So we should be grateful when he is not writing scripts nowadays... Now, J.J. on the other hand is being made fun of for his "flares" etc, but he actually made us Trekkers be the cool kids for once! Yes, it was not "Star Trek" in the traditional sense, however it was highly enjoyable action sci-fi. Given that Star Wars was in any case not "cerebral" to start with, he should be even more at home working on it.
You don't even need to check $STEAMROOT, I mean what could possibly go wrong...
But still for extra points the script should have asked to run as root...
And a little advice to Valve, next time have developers familiar with Linux working on your Linux client. That/* is how a Windows developer would write the command to delete a directory if they simply looked up the equivalent command for Linux.
I confused medium.com with the other site that is often the target of/. article links. Dammit now I am stuck, I can't remember it, it has a simple name as well, it is one with "scientific" topics but really crap content in a fancy css scrolling article... Sorry about that...
That's true. In fact I find that the only people who speak English whom I don't understand at all are some native speakers from some parts of the UK. They drop half the phonemes from the words, which would alone prove a challenge, but since they are "native" speakers of that thing they speak, they mumble several sentences in a single breath. E.g. you are in Manchester and everyone has a funny accent (I go to the poob 10 times a moonth etc), which is easy to get used to, but dare to go outside the city and find someone who grew up in Salford or Stockport and you're in trouble. At least if you did not grow up in the UK and are used to this sort of "English". E.g. I thought it was peculiar that a British boy's name was "Avi", until I heard someone with a different accent call him "Arvy" which made it obvious that he was called "Harvey".
You still clicked though, didn't you? That's all it takes. And.. oh, damn, I did it too! We seriously have to stop if we ever hope to have a Bennett-free slashdot...
Hmm, looking into it I do read that at least the original iPhone had the Gorilla Glass. However, I am not "making shit up", several iPhone 4 and 4s in the office had very scratched screens to the point that they were replaced, and we found out this was a very common replacement. The Galaxy phones do not seem to scratch. I have a Galaxy S3 with no screen protector with me for the last couple of years and it does not even have a minor scratch. Coincidence? I don't know. But why are Apple products not listed in the Corning page with the full list of products with Gorilla Glass?
I thought I read that this game had a review embargo until the release day, isn't that right? So they knew and they just tried to hide it. I don't see an apology to that.
They don't seem to care about losing customers. Perhaps they know that their customers are mostly fans who will always buy whatever overpriced gadget they throw at them, as long as the new product carries a new buzzword or two. That's what the sapphire screen was, a buzzword, and that is made clear by the fact that instead of switching to something about as effective like Gorilla glass, they shipped a scratch-able glass screen instead. It was not about using the best material for their screen, it was just about using the most marketable material. When the plan failed, their response was to change the marketing campaign.
In the meantime, at the office, all iphones without protectors are full of scratches, while the Samsungs have mostly pristine screens...
Every slashdot reader and their mother, to say nothing of the dog, hate reading these inane Haselton blog posts, why do they keep being posted? I mean most of the posts on these "stories" are about how stupid the "story" is, showing it is probably the only Slashdot feature that is more annoying than the beta, and yet they keep on coming... Is there some sort of strong affiliation? Is slashdot simply paid by this Bennett guy? If it is, I would probably be more understanding - I know how the world works - just tell us it is so and we will move on...
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Eh, a 4.5" Newtonian is not that well-suited for planets if it is fast (e.g. around f/5) - it is not about price. That said, the OTA of a modern decent quality 4.5" Newtonian costs around $100-$200, so it is one of the cheapest you can get - most people pay several times that for their phone. Now, if you want to see Jupiter in some detail and stay within budget you can go for a 5" Mak at around $200-$300 (for the OTA, or $400 for the full package with a computerized goto mount and tripod) and for example when coupled with a $10 webcam it will give you an image of Saturn like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r2vh... (note that Jupiter is quite larger than Saturn so it is an easier target to get surface detail). So that's a very cheap telescope (still less than a smartphone) that would give you a good view of the event. If you want to spend more money but not too much, you can look into used scopes. E.g. I recently grabbed an 8" Celestron SCT for $400 which gives even greater planetary views.
Ahaha. I watched the trilogy before going watch to the Kingdom of Crystal Skull. I was surprised at how well part 1 and 3 were holding on, especially in comparison to the Temple of Doom - even the effects were sub-par. I forgot all about it though after watching part 4. Thanks for reminding me... :p
I recently watched THX 1138. It is a good reminder of how brilliant he was. Years ahead, great vision, but as the years passed he started losing his edge, more and more. From the Director's Cut of THX that is evident from several unneded CGI scenes that distract from the otherwise great film. The prequels and special editions show the same thing even more prominently. And let's not even talk about Indiana Jones 4 (what, there are only 3 Indiana Jones movies? Ok, I feel you). So we should be grateful when he is not writing scripts nowadays... Now, J.J. on the other hand is being made fun of for his "flares" etc, but he actually made us Trekkers be the cool kids for once! Yes, it was not "Star Trek" in the traditional sense, however it was highly enjoyable action sci-fi. Given that Star Wars was in any case not "cerebral" to start with, he should be even more at home working on it.
it doesn't require the installation of additional software components and it doesn't need the device's alteration.
On the other hand, it only works on jailbroken devices
Too bad jailbraking actually requires the device's alteration / installation of additional software components...
I don't see it in the article.
You don't even need to check $STEAMROOT, I mean what could possibly go wrong... /* is how a Windows developer would write the command to delete a directory if they simply looked up the equivalent command for Linux.
But still for extra points the script should have asked to run as root...
And a little advice to Valve, next time have developers familiar with Linux working on your Linux client. That
That seems like a missed opportunity...
Oh, and thanks for the ad slashdot...
Unless you count compilations as "works of literature", in which case your black piece of paper is missing one work.
I confused medium.com with the other site that is often the target of /. article links. Dammit now I am stuck, I can't remember it, it has a simple name as well, it is one with "scientific" topics but really crap content in a fancy css scrolling article... Sorry about that...
Thank you for mentioning it is medium.com on the summary. That's how it should be done, since we hate being click-baited to such websites.
That's true. In fact I find that the only people who speak English whom I don't understand at all are some native speakers from some parts of the UK. They drop half the phonemes from the words, which would alone prove a challenge, but since they are "native" speakers of that thing they speak, they mumble several sentences in a single breath. E.g. you are in Manchester and everyone has a funny accent (I go to the poob 10 times a moonth etc), which is easy to get used to, but dare to go outside the city and find someone who grew up in Salford or Stockport and you're in trouble. At least if you did not grow up in the UK and are used to this sort of "English". E.g. I thought it was peculiar that a British boy's name was "Avi", until I heard someone with a different accent call him "Arvy" which made it obvious that he was called "Harvey".
You still clicked though, didn't you? That's all it takes. And.. oh, damn, I did it too! We seriously have to stop if we ever hope to have a Bennett-free slashdot...
And to top it off, it does not even mention how great it is to live in the Ecuadorian embassy, the world's nicest embassy.
I can't handle summaries more than 3-4 lines long, can someone sum it up for me?
but that rubbish site "medium.com" came up. They are not tricking me into reading crap again.
... for the successful rick-rolling goes to the "informative" mods...
Even though "beats the 64bit integer" was very obvious BS, I still clicked...
Hmm, looking into it I do read that at least the original iPhone had the Gorilla Glass. However, I am not "making shit up", several iPhone 4 and 4s in the office had very scratched screens to the point that they were replaced, and we found out this was a very common replacement. The Galaxy phones do not seem to scratch. I have a Galaxy S3 with no screen protector with me for the last couple of years and it does not even have a minor scratch. Coincidence? I don't know. But why are Apple products not listed in the Corning page with the full list of products with Gorilla Glass?
I thought I read that this game had a review embargo until the release day, isn't that right? So they knew and they just tried to hide it. I don't see an apology to that.
They don't seem to care about losing customers. Perhaps they know that their customers are mostly fans who will always buy whatever overpriced gadget they throw at them, as long as the new product carries a new buzzword or two. That's what the sapphire screen was, a buzzword, and that is made clear by the fact that instead of switching to something about as effective like Gorilla glass, they shipped a scratch-able glass screen instead. It was not about using the best material for their screen, it was just about using the most marketable material. When the plan failed, their response was to change the marketing campaign.
In the meantime, at the office, all iphones without protectors are full of scratches, while the Samsungs have mostly pristine screens...
Every slashdot reader and their mother, to say nothing of the dog, hate reading these inane Haselton blog posts, why do they keep being posted? I mean most of the posts on these "stories" are about how stupid the "story" is, showing it is probably the only Slashdot feature that is more annoying than the beta, and yet they keep on coming... Is there some sort of strong affiliation? Is slashdot simply paid by this Bennett guy? If it is, I would probably be more understanding - I know how the world works - just tell us it is so and we will move on...
Well, it was supposed to be kind of an old wreck back in Episode IV, I guess by now it is a wonder it is flying at all...
... it is now the Hour and Ten Minutes of Code campaign.
What is the point? And what's the plan, dig out all the coal and ship it off somewhere?
It is actually very inexpensive to send water in space, as long as, like other food & drink, you send it up dehydrated.
...in Italy! Hopefully the PC's there will now will come with a Linux installation disc (which shall be known as the Italo Linux Disco).