No, i'm not kidding. Kickboxing training, for example, is very aerobic, and tones your muscles aswell. I've been doing Kick & Thai for years now, and it has done wonders for my health.
Just give it a try. If you find a good teacher, chances are you'll even probably end up liking it:)
Of course, a simple filter over the lens would fix that problem instantly, which is probably why no one has bothered with IR lights in theaters as far as I know.
Even with IR filters, the problem is that CCDs are ridiculously sensitive to infrared light. Most devices using CCDs use some form of filtering, and even then they have problems with IR light - try pointing a remote control to a digital camera.
RTGs (radioisotope thermoelectric generators) would benefit greatly from this aswell. They tend to have long life spans (in the order of the half-life of the radioactive material used), but radiation decay and thermocouple wear reduce their power output much before that.
Actually i thought the oppposite - i found the artwork (while still very good) rather bland when compared to the storyline, specially when contrasted with some modern comics (this one i read recently, in particular, has stunning artwork).
To each one its own, i guess. Watchmen broke with a lot of superhero comics conventions, presenting a rich storyline with (*gasp*) believable characters, and the long expositions added a lot to this. I admit that in some bits it got rather tedious; for example, i could've done with less of the "Tales of the Black Freighter". But overall, i loved the comic, and i just can't wait for this movie.
Is it me, or does everyone that seems to make some progress involving cold fusion is accused of faking results and scientific misconduct? Is this kind of behaviour normal?
Cuba is similar - Give 'em YouTube, uncensored Google, porn, Wikipedia, streaming reality TV and show 'em the stuff that a lot of people in the world enjoy (for whatever reasons)
I just can't shake the image of Christopher Columbus bringing colored mirrors to American natives when i read that.
A lot of Argentinian ISPs tried to push a download/upload cap for ADSL a few years ago - the telcos (which still own the copper pair lines involved) installed hardware to monitor the bandwidth usage per user and charge an additional accordingly. Since ISPs licence the line use from them, they ended up passing the costs to the end user.
The limit was ridiculously low, and the price for each additional Gb very steep. Controversy soon followed when the ISPs that sold "unlimited use" internet access started billing users who exceeded the caps. About one year later, they ended up having to remove them - the increasing popularity of Cable DSL had much to do with it aswell.
We still have issues with ISPs - shitty service, poor performance, and speed capping for several ports are usual. But, we get to download what we want.
That way you and other people who think it's important can donate as money as you want, and the people who don't care can keep their money.
Because government has to address the needs of every citizen. It's all about the greater good, and the government should (and in fact, has) to work towards that goal. In the end, you're funding science. It's important, and too cheap to ignore.
And the "there's people who don't care" argument is a controversial one. Some people don't beleive they should support poor or unemployed people with their taxes, for example, reasoning that their tax money isn't working directly for them.
I suppose Mars is in the news now with all those stories of water being found. But, really, who cares? What practical benefit does that have for those of us who live on Earth?
Besides incresing our common knowledge of the universe we live in, or the new technologies developed by the space program? Saying "i don't care, i live on Earth" is like saying "why would i ever leave home? the fridge is stuffed."
Science brings knowledge. And knowledge is one of the most intangible assets human kind posseses, but perhaps the most important. Think of it as investing in your future.
perhaps a more prudent use of resources would be folding@home. You know, curing cancer instead of holding our head to the ground to listen for non-existent buffalo...
Now - why can't we have both? Dissing the opportunity of discovering extraterrestrial life because "we're most probably alone" or whatever is retarded, specially considering the percentage of the US budget allocated to Arrecibo.
A better question is this. Why isn't your government funding protein folding research and Seti when both could be covered by the price of a couple cruise missiles? Let alone other sensibles areas like education and security...
Like if I tell you my plan for making a 1000 mpg car, and it turns out to depend fundamentally on steel being lighter than air. This dependence might be subtle enough that neither of us realized it at first, so I'm not necessarily a crackpot for coming up with such a plan.
I thought i was the only one who made those mundane mistakes.
Funny. At the time, OS/2 Warp was marketed as a "Windows better than Windows" - and it really was. You could run DOS, OS/2 and Windows, side to side, with zero issues or performance glitches, which was unheard of at the time.
I know a couple of people that ran OS/2 to play DOS games and Windows apps because the sound wasn't shut down while alt-tabbing windows.
Still, assuming the email is real of course, it's always nice to see the boss appreciate the problems from the regular user's perspective.
I was thinking the same - posting this story on/. is calling for the usual Microsoft bashing, but if the mail's real we should congratulate Gates. We need more bosses putting themselves on the end user shoes.
And it's good that he does. If he founds Microsofts' site to have serious usability issues (as it does...) it's his job to point it out. He still works there, you know:)
The memo has some very valid points:
Doesn't Windows update know some key to talk to Windows?
This is spot on - WU is in need of a serious overhaul, IMHO. Linux distributions have solved this problem years ago, for example, and even a console-based install is way more painless than anything you can do on Windows to install software/updates.
Then it told me to reboot my machine. Why should I do that? I reboot every night why should I reboot at that time?
Ditto. This is fault mainly of the Windows filesystem API, which forces you to reboot in order to sucessfuly replace shared libraries. But why the hell would you need to reboot just to install software? (Let alone rebooting every night...)
Don't sweat it - just get a Samsung laser printer. I've recently got myself a ML-2010 b/n (arround $100-$120 in the US) which, besides being dirt cheap, is well built, very fast, provides a one-touch toner save mode, and has native Linux open source drivers; install the driver, add your printer in the CUPS web configuration page, and you're good to go.
It's been six months now of continuous use without a hiccup - in fact, it's still using the bundled (half-load) toner cartridge.
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Ahhh, those lovely '90s memories...
No, i'm not kidding. Kickboxing training, for example, is very aerobic, and tones your muscles aswell. I've been doing Kick & Thai for years now, and it has done wonders for my health.
Just give it a try. If you find a good teacher, chances are you'll even probably end up liking it :)
It has to go really, really fast!
That sound you hear is a joke. Above your head. Breaking the sound barrier.
Welcome to today's Slashdot. Mindless fools that are 15 years old. The 80's? Don't even remember 'em!
Sheeze, relax. We're getting of your lawn already.
Of course, a simple filter over the lens would fix that problem instantly, which is probably why no one has bothered with IR lights in theaters as far as I know.
Even with IR filters, the problem is that CCDs are ridiculously sensitive to infrared light. Most devices using CCDs use some form of filtering, and even then they have problems with IR light - try pointing a remote control to a digital camera.
Mod player up. I thought someone found out how to run unsigned code on the PS3...
RTGs (radioisotope thermoelectric generators) would benefit greatly from this aswell. They tend to have long life spans (in the order of the half-life of the radioactive material used), but radiation decay and thermocouple wear reduce their power output much before that.
Don't feel bad, I'm the only one that liked Doom. I liked Doom as well. I just wish it had anything to do with the game.
Actually i thought the oppposite - i found the artwork (while still very good) rather bland when compared to the storyline, specially when contrasted with some modern comics (this one i read recently, in particular, has stunning artwork).
To each one its own, i guess. Watchmen broke with a lot of superhero comics conventions, presenting a rich storyline with (*gasp*) believable characters, and the long expositions added a lot to this. I admit that in some bits it got rather tedious; for example, i could've done with less of the "Tales of the Black Freighter". But overall, i loved the comic, and i just can't wait for this movie.
Apple doesn't push updates down. You can choose not to install the updates
On the other hand, they probably offer to install Safari, Quicktime and iTunes whenever you upgrade your firmware version...
Is it me, or does everyone that seems to make some progress involving cold fusion is accused of faking results and scientific misconduct? Is this kind of behaviour normal?
Cuba is similar - Give 'em YouTube, uncensored Google, porn, Wikipedia, streaming reality TV and show 'em the stuff that a lot of people in the world enjoy (for whatever reasons)
I just can't shake the image of Christopher Columbus bringing colored mirrors to American natives when i read that.
Bill Hicks had it right. We're virus with shoes.
A lot of Argentinian ISPs tried to push a download/upload cap for ADSL a few years ago - the telcos (which still own the copper pair lines involved) installed hardware to monitor the bandwidth usage per user and charge an additional accordingly. Since ISPs licence the line use from them, they ended up passing the costs to the end user. The limit was ridiculously low, and the price for each additional Gb very steep. Controversy soon followed when the ISPs that sold "unlimited use" internet access started billing users who exceeded the caps. About one year later, they ended up having to remove them - the increasing popularity of Cable DSL had much to do with it aswell. We still have issues with ISPs - shitty service, poor performance, and speed capping for several ports are usual. But, we get to download what we want.
That way you and other people who think it's important can donate as money as you want, and the people who don't care can keep their money.
Because government has to address the needs of every citizen. It's all about the greater good, and the government should (and in fact, has) to work towards that goal. In the end, you're funding science. It's important, and too cheap to ignore.
And the "there's people who don't care" argument is a controversial one. Some people don't beleive they should support poor or unemployed people with their taxes, for example, reasoning that their tax money isn't working directly for them.
I suppose Mars is in the news now with all those stories of water being found. But, really, who cares? What practical benefit does that have for those of us who live on Earth?
Besides incresing our common knowledge of the universe we live in, or the new technologies developed by the space program? Saying "i don't care, i live on Earth" is like saying "why would i ever leave home? the fridge is stuffed."
Science brings knowledge. And knowledge is one of the most intangible assets human kind posseses, but perhaps the most important. Think of it as investing in your future.
perhaps a more prudent use of resources would be folding@home. You know, curing cancer instead of holding our head to the ground to listen for non-existent buffalo...
Now - why can't we have both? Dissing the opportunity of discovering extraterrestrial life because "we're most probably alone" or whatever is retarded, specially considering the percentage of the US budget allocated to Arrecibo.
A better question is this. Why isn't your government funding protein folding research and Seti when both could be covered by the price of a couple cruise missiles? Let alone other sensibles areas like education and security...
Like if I tell you my plan for making a 1000 mpg car, and it turns out to depend fundamentally on steel being lighter than air. This dependence might be subtle enough that neither of us realized it at first, so I'm not necessarily a crackpot for coming up with such a plan.
I thought i was the only one who made those mundane mistakes.
Funny. At the time, OS/2 Warp was marketed as a "Windows better than Windows" - and it really was. You could run DOS, OS/2 and Windows, side to side, with zero issues or performance glitches, which was unheard of at the time.
I know a couple of people that ran OS/2 to play DOS games and Windows apps because the sound wasn't shut down while alt-tabbing windows.
Still, assuming the email is real of course, it's always nice to see the boss appreciate the problems from the regular user's perspective.
I was thinking the same - posting this story on /. is calling for the usual Microsoft bashing, but if the mail's real we should congratulate Gates. We need more bosses putting themselves on the end user shoes.
And it's good that he does. If he founds Microsofts' site to have serious usability issues (as it does...) it's his job to point it out. He still works there, you know :)
The memo has some very valid points:
Doesn't Windows update know some key to talk to Windows?
This is spot on - WU is in need of a serious overhaul, IMHO. Linux distributions have solved this problem years ago, for example, and even a console-based install is way more painless than anything you can do on Windows to install software/updates.
Then it told me to reboot my machine. Why should I do that? I reboot every night why should I reboot at that time?
Ditto. This is fault mainly of the Windows filesystem API, which forces you to reboot in order to sucessfuly replace shared libraries. But why the hell would you need to reboot just to install software? (Let alone rebooting every night...)
Worst. Trojan. Ever.
Oh come on. That has to be the coolest trojan ever. I almost want to give it my password!
Makes you wonder - if they are willing to remove checks in case of any problems, why bother annoying your customers in the first place?
Don't sweat it - just get a Samsung laser printer. I've recently got myself a ML-2010 b/n (arround $100-$120 in the US) which, besides being dirt cheap, is well built, very fast, provides a one-touch toner save mode, and has native Linux open source drivers; install the driver, add your printer in the CUPS web configuration page, and you're good to go.
It's been six months now of continuous use without a hiccup - in fact, it's still using the bundled (half-load) toner cartridge.