I think this discussion is more important in terms of designing more hardware that is meant for home use. In a business environment, the more flashing lights the better. I want indicators and gauges and alarms to let me know if there is a problem in the system somewhere. But at home, the media server in your living room doesn't need to reenact the finale of Close Encounters of the Third Kind all day, and that that desktop sitting in your bedroom doesn't need to be flashing its ultra-intense blue LED all night. A good industrial designer would take these things into account, and would never expect the consumer to "just fix it with some aluminum foil and electrical tape".
If your family got Macs for themselves, they wouldn't need you as a "go to guy" anymore. Thus rendering your "unfortunate" position in the family unnecessary.
One important thing every Mac admin should know is that MAC = Machine Access Code. Mac = Abbreviation for Macintosh.
I know it's a douchey fanboy thing to point out, but clarity is always a good thing. It can get confusing when you send an email telling a staffer how to "assign a MAC to the MAC".
I can't speak for everyone, but as an industrial designer, I'd love to be able to run CAD apps and OSX on the same box. Right now, there are virtually no 3D design and drafting apps that run on OSX, and all the industry standards (SolidWorks, AutoCAD) are Windows only. I strongly prefer the day-to-day usability of OSX (it's what I use at home), but I'm still locked in to using Windows at work. There might be plans to port them to OSX later, but as of right now my only option for getting everything I need on one box would be to dual boot.
The other thing to keep in mind is the transition. A lot of people might want to try OSX, but only know Windows. Having the option of still being able to use Windows as a security blanket could be a deciding point for many users.
I think they misspelled "JEAN"... but then that wouldn't be anything new; I've known since high school that there were jeans out there that instantly made me 30 I.Q. points dumber.
I was wondering about this too, but I think there are a couple of reasons.
First, Compact Flash isn't comparable to a 30, 40, or 60 gig HD. It sounds like they're dealing with some high res 2D and 3D images that would probably max out a 4 gig CF pretty quickly.
Secondly, I think Ratib & Rosset the software with the intention of using it on iPods the medical personnel already had, not with the intention of buying new hardware for it.
I'm sure a lot of doctors already have PDAs, but again the file size/storage issue rears its ugly head. Of course, I'm just guessing.
I gotta agree with you there. Even if they "needed" to represent a computer animated flick, they could have done better with pretty much any other choice.
playing video back on a 2" screen is even more than silly, it's downright stupid.
I agree with you 100%...but who said it'd have a 2" screen? Knowing Apple, it would more than likely be completly aesthetically revamped.
And even if it did have a 2" screen, I'd probably *still* want one.
Actually, technically, time doesn't pass slower for them. To the accelerated traveler, time passes at the same speed as it does when they're "stationary". Any stationary observer watching the traveler would perceive the traveler's time to be moving slower; but for the traveler, an hour is still an hour.
Either way, you're still only talking billionths of a second.
Mmm, check out that white pixel laying on the sand colored pixel. Boy, would I like to anti-alias her! Assuming it is a her, and not a surfboard or a trashbag or something. Eh, who am I kidding? I'm not that picky.
SCIENCE class should teach SCIENCE: i.e. theory that has been proven through experimentation, and everything involved in the scientific process. Evolution is a thory that can be proved through experimentation. It may not be perfect, but it is what all signs point to.
We can prove that there was a Big Bang, but we can't prove who pushed the button. That discussion should be saved for philosophy class.
I know the limitations of the US military. There are legal restraints, public opinion, Rules of Engagement, fear of nuclear reprisal. The second amendment has nothing to do with any of that.
Take those factors out of the picture, there wouldn't be much to stop the military from crushing an uprising on US soil, or anywhere else. I never said it was likely, but that's precisely the situation the second amendment was meant to stop.
The second amendment is irrelevant in the terms of its original intent. At the time it was penned, the only difference between a professional military and an amateur militia was that the former was (usually) paid. If a group of people had firearms and were willing to train, they could be just as proficient as a regular army, if not more so. The second amendment was written as one of many ways to insure that no government entity could be more powerful than the citizens it governed.
It worked right up until WW2. The "nucular" era changed everything. Since then, the United States military entity has had the physical means to pretty much wipe out anyone it felt like (cockroaches excluded). Picture a scenario where the US Government decided to force all dissenters into one area and drop a 10 megaton warhead on the whole lot. It would be both morally and legally wrong to nuke a US citizen, but there's no such thing as a civilian "nuclear deterrent" to keep someone who really wanted to do something like this from doing it. I'm not saying there should be, but the chance of a militia having any impact when if it really counted is slim to none. That said, I think that having the right to fight physicialy if need be is important to keep, even if it is mostly symbolic.
Look, if you like to unload a few magazines from an AR30 for fun or sport, who am I to say no? Knock yourself out. But don't hide behind the second amendment. It just makes you look ignorant and/or paranoid.
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Now I get to have nightmares about "Mercurian Crater Spiders". Thanks Slashdot.
Those articles all refer to Voyager 1. This one is about Voyager 2
I think this discussion is more important in terms of designing more hardware that is meant for home use. In a business environment, the more flashing lights the better. I want indicators and gauges and alarms to let me know if there is a problem in the system somewhere. But at home, the media server in your living room doesn't need to reenact the finale of Close Encounters of the Third Kind all day, and that that desktop sitting in your bedroom doesn't need to be flashing its ultra-intense blue LED all night. A good industrial designer would take these things into account, and would never expect the consumer to "just fix it with some aluminum foil and electrical tape".
I imagine it somehow involves Michael Jackson.
Chicken and the egg.
If your family got Macs for themselves, they wouldn't need you as a "go to guy" anymore. Thus rendering your "unfortunate" position in the family unnecessary.
One important thing every Mac admin should know is that MAC = Machine Access Code. Mac = Abbreviation for Macintosh.
I know it's a douchey fanboy thing to point out, but clarity is always a good thing. It can get confusing when you send an email telling a staffer how to "assign a MAC to the MAC".
I can't speak for everyone, but as an industrial designer, I'd love to be able to run CAD apps and OSX on the same box. Right now, there are virtually no 3D design and drafting apps that run on OSX, and all the industry standards (SolidWorks, AutoCAD) are Windows only. I strongly prefer the day-to-day usability of OSX (it's what I use at home), but I'm still locked in to using Windows at work. There might be plans to port them to OSX later, but as of right now my only option for getting everything I need on one box would be to dual boot.
The other thing to keep in mind is the transition. A lot of people might want to try OSX, but only know Windows. Having the option of still being able to use Windows as a security blanket could be a deciding point for many users.
... using socks or tissues as foundations, of course.
I think they misspelled "JEAN"... but then that wouldn't be anything new; I've known since high school that there were jeans out there that instantly made me 30 I.Q. points dumber.
I was wondering about this too, but I think there are a couple of reasons.
First, Compact Flash isn't comparable to a 30, 40, or 60 gig HD. It sounds like they're dealing with some high res 2D and 3D images that would probably max out a 4 gig CF pretty quickly.
Secondly, I think Ratib & Rosset the software with the intention of using it on iPods the medical personnel already had, not with the intention of buying new hardware for it.
I'm sure a lot of doctors already have PDAs, but again the file size/storage issue rears its ugly head. Of course, I'm just guessing.
+10 Karma for one comment. I nominate tgd for president of the world.
My boss passed, but now I'm pretty sure I'm a psychopath.
...as if thousands of voices cried out in terror...
/ducks
What, too soon?
...and were later removed by US force.
You forgot the quotation marks around "removed".
I gotta agree with you there. Even if they "needed" to represent a computer animated flick, they could have done better with pretty much any other choice.
"But critics Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss snubbed several classics..."
What a pair of Dicks.
Thanks! I'll be here all week!
playing video back on a 2" screen is even more than silly, it's downright stupid.
I agree with you 100%...but who said it'd have a 2" screen? Knowing Apple, it would more than likely be completly aesthetically revamped.
And even if it did have a 2" screen, I'd probably *still* want one.
Actually, technically, time doesn't pass slower for them. To the accelerated traveler, time passes at the same speed as it does when they're "stationary". Any stationary observer watching the traveler would perceive the traveler's time to be moving slower; but for the traveler, an hour is still an hour.
Either way, you're still only talking billionths of a second.
It seems UCLA is evil, too.
Any USC student/alum could have told you that LONG ago.
I've found that anything flies if you throw it hard enough.
Mmm, check out that white pixel laying on the sand colored pixel. Boy, would I like to anti-alias her! Assuming it is a her, and not a surfboard or a trashbag or something. Eh, who am I kidding? I'm not that picky.
SCIENCE class should teach SCIENCE: i.e. theory that has been proven through experimentation, and everything involved in the scientific process. Evolution is a thory that can be proved through experimentation. It may not be perfect, but it is what all signs point to.
We can prove that there was a Big Bang, but we can't prove who pushed the button. That discussion should be saved for philosophy class.
I know the limitations of the US military. There are legal restraints, public opinion, Rules of Engagement, fear of nuclear reprisal. The second amendment has nothing to do with any of that. Take those factors out of the picture, there wouldn't be much to stop the military from crushing an uprising on US soil, or anywhere else. I never said it was likely, but that's precisely the situation the second amendment was meant to stop.
The second amendment is irrelevant in the terms of its original intent. At the time it was penned, the only difference between a professional military and an amateur militia was that the former was (usually) paid. If a group of people had firearms and were willing to train, they could be just as proficient as a regular army, if not more so. The second amendment was written as one of many ways to insure that no government entity could be more powerful than the citizens it governed.
It worked right up until WW2. The "nucular" era changed everything. Since then, the United States military entity has had the physical means to pretty much wipe out anyone it felt like (cockroaches excluded). Picture a scenario where the US Government decided to force all dissenters into one area and drop a 10 megaton warhead on the whole lot. It would be both morally and legally wrong to nuke a US citizen, but there's no such thing as a civilian "nuclear deterrent" to keep someone who really wanted to do something like this from doing it. I'm not saying there should be, but the chance of a militia having any impact when if it really counted is slim to none. That said, I think that having the right to fight physicialy if need be is important to keep, even if it is mostly symbolic.
Look, if you like to unload a few magazines from an AR30 for fun or sport, who am I to say no? Knock yourself out. But don't hide behind the second amendment. It just makes you look ignorant and/or paranoid.