I guess neither of these are that, but what if they were? Would the core have... special powers?
No, it would just have a stupidass attempt to refer to a book series that nobody with a life gives a fuck about. That way other Slashdot tards with no life can all fap together to it, coalescing into a great big circlejerk, each stroking the penis of the tard next to them, while pretending like the perfect stranger whose penis they are gripping is somehow their soul mate. Sort of like every single time a dumbass meme gets modded up or a movie reference gets made or a god damned XKDC comic gets linked that really has no meaningful connection to the subject "at hand". Somebody will see me mentioning the manual stroking of strange penises and see that I said "at hand" in quotes like that and say "hah I see what you did there" and another dumbass Slashdot meme will get modded up. Thus the cycle of penises repeats itself, with nary a vagina in sight.
Buy the way, both non-Apple phones I owned at that time had instructions in their manual (I'm a very curious person and often read manuals) telling you that your phone reception would be bad if you hold it wrong.
One of my early cell phones (15 years ago? I was a late adopter because I was a broke student...) had a little rubberised pad on the back with a finger sized dimple where you could brace the phone with one finger without shorting the internal antenna.
I love how by your admission the extreme right are the people who are clearly trying to make the world a worse place, and the extreme left are the ones who are trying, perhaps too hard, to make the world a better place.
I also don't like the keyboard. Spongy, flat keys with weird spacing. It's hard to type on. And the layout sucks. Where's my PgUp/PgDn, Home/End, and Delete?
Agreed. My Mac spends about half it's useful time docked on my desk with external monitors, keyboard etc. So half the time even when I'm using OSX it's with a Microsoft keyboard and a Logitech mouse.
In my fantasy world, laptops of the future all have Thinkpad keyboards from a decade ago. I can dream can't I?
I used to think so too, but then I tried apple's touchpad. The fact that it's quite large, and handles a variety of gestures make it quite useful. (Not as nice as having an actual mouse, but we're talking laptops, after all.)
Agreed, I have both a thinkpad and a macbook on my desk right now. The macbook touchpad is much easier to use (assuming you have the drivers... note that bootcamp 6 just landed with drivers for Win 10)
True. But infinitely better than no modem at all, which is where I was as a broke student. I begged & borrowed hardware all through my schooling. My desktop in 1993 was a 286 with a monochrome screen and no hard drive.
And QNX? A quality product, but what's a student with a 286 going to do with that?
Slashdot Mirror
But it might make the top ten.
In a word? Bittards
It's the human condition, 90% of us are barking mad.
Woof
Encryption is just math, attempting to legislate math is like tying to legislate gravity or the speed of light.
On a roll!
How do you use a gun to counterattack an explosion?
Volume
I guess neither of these are that, but what if they were? Would the core have... special powers?
No, it would just have a stupidass attempt to refer to a book series that nobody with a life gives a fuck about. That way other Slashdot tards with no life can all fap together to it, coalescing into a great big circlejerk, each stroking the penis of the tard next to them, while pretending like the perfect stranger whose penis they are gripping is somehow their soul mate. Sort of like every single time a dumbass meme gets modded up or a movie reference gets made or a god damned XKDC comic gets linked that really has no meaningful connection to the subject "at hand". Somebody will see me mentioning the manual stroking of strange penises and see that I said "at hand" in quotes like that and say "hah I see what you did there" and another dumbass Slashdot meme will get modded up. Thus the cycle of penises repeats itself, with nary a vagina in sight.
Someone needs a hug
Why were you downloading torrents through the TOR network? Its pointless and clogs exit nodes.
Now *that* is a good reason to put someone on a watch list!
That's what I was thinking. What would be the motivation for hiding a Linux download?
Exactly, I realize that Slasdot has been a hotbed of anti-microsoft hate from day one, but just blabbering sounds sily.
10 is "big" and has some nice features, but I really wouldn't push anyone to upgrade unless they've test driven it first and like it.
Agreed, testing would be ideal. (But unrealistic)
Exactly. The only people "adopting" Win10 are the ones who already get it free, or who are forced to accept it due to bundled contracts.
I'll wait for Windows 11.
Or the technologists who tested it and decided it was a step forward and would ride the bleeding edge rather than putting their heads in the sand.
Of course I used XP until support ended, still use 7, and never used Vista, 8, or 8.1, so my experience is limited.
I try not to focus on any one operating system, my test server is Linux, my laptop is a mac and my gaming desktop is Windows.
My message is: If you're staying with 7 then you're missing out. 10 is going to be big.
This is to get people away from using the ubiquitous MSHTML ActiveX control.
Buy the way, both non-Apple phones I owned at that time had instructions in their manual (I'm a very curious person and often read manuals) telling you that your phone reception would be bad if you hold it wrong.
One of my early cell phones (15 years ago? I was a late adopter because I was a broke student...) had a little rubberised pad on the back with a finger sized dimple where you could brace the phone with one finger without shorting the internal antenna.
Sadly, no nation has ever achieved a true communist state, it would be refreshing.
I love how by your admission the extreme right are the people who are clearly trying to make the world a worse place, and the extreme left are the ones who are trying, perhaps too hard, to make the world a better place.
I also don't like the keyboard. Spongy, flat keys with weird spacing. It's hard to type on. And the layout sucks. Where's my PgUp/PgDn, Home/End, and Delete?
Agreed. My Mac spends about half it's useful time docked on my desk with external monitors, keyboard etc. So half the time even when I'm using OSX it's with a Microsoft keyboard and a Logitech mouse.
In my fantasy world, laptops of the future all have Thinkpad keyboards from a decade ago. I can dream can't I?
I used to think so too, but then I tried apple's touchpad. The fact that it's quite large, and handles a variety of gestures make it quite useful. (Not as nice as having an actual mouse, but we're talking laptops, after all.)
Agreed, I have both a thinkpad and a macbook on my desk right now. The macbook touchpad is much easier to use (assuming you have the drivers... note that bootcamp 6 just landed with drivers for Win 10)
Clinton's email to Obama about getting the Illuminati Reptoids ready to seize power next December after the elections
Illuminati Reptoids would be an awesome name for an NBA team.
Nooooooooooo....
Why didn't you tell me Ben?
First volume is "Inherit the Stars"
(The first book in the series stands by itself, the sequels are good, but not as good and not really needed for the core ideas.)
It would be real nice if reporters could tell the difference between "suggests" and "proof"
Old guy? Are you really that big of a fucking idiot?
Well one of us is.
A 2400 in 1993 is a pretty lousy prize.
Wave from OTI!
True. But infinitely better than no modem at all, which is where I was as a broke student. I begged & borrowed hardware all through my schooling. My desktop in 1993 was a 286 with a monochrome screen and no hard drive.
And QNX? A quality product, but what's a student with a 286 going to do with that?
Being their only quality product, it will likely remain profitable and be spun off and continued as proprietary.
Bingo