Would it look like sign language to someone who didn't know sign language? It only needs to be vaguely passable to be plausable before the viewer catches on that its a joke. Kind of like the old BBC program that had pasta growing on trees being harvested, it only had to look somewhat realistic (which some people actually believed I think).
That happened to me before (from the UK), so I didn't bother reading the article. Then it happened again with this one, and I removed the #! in the URL and the page loaded fine.
The summary says it was over Google Buzz, which I'm pretty sure you have to have sign up for Google first to use, like you have to sign up for Facebook first to use that.
Keyboards:
One of the main things about PC keyboards is the Ctrl vs. Fn key. You will find yourself using the Ctrl key very often (less so than in a mac since right click is built in, but still); it's generally more ergonomically comfortable to use the leftmost edge of your left hand to hit the ctrl button if that's where it's located. I know for many laptops I've purchased the Ctrl and Fn key are swapped, and getting to do anything like copy/paste ctrl + C, Ctrl + v, Ctrl + tab, ctrl + click, ctrl + whatever is a minor hand-cramp inducing PITA. If you like keyboard hotkeys, best advice is to find one with the Ctrl keys taking the spotlight.
I completly agree with the crtl key positioning, the last laptop (well, netbook) I brought I ensured it had the ctrl key on the left most side, and didn't even consider any that had a fn or similar key there instead.
What if each side had one each? Would they hide from each other? If robot A spots robot B first, will it hide from it to prevent robot B from knowing it is there? It could be like a little game of hide and seek:)
Although the trend here seems to be encouraging people to call 911 for any immediate police or fire issue, not just emergencies, rather than calling the police or fire department directly.
I normally wouldn't know the local police/fire dept. number, so would only be able to call the emergency number. The only reason I have the local police number saved on my phone is because I emailed them about a non-emergency and thought it would be a good idea to store the non-emergency number.
The more important question is - how will you know it's okay to download it? I mean, what differentiates one movie on bit torrent versus another? It sounds like this just muddies things. After all, if one movie is okay to download on bit torrent (and I don't know what would identify it as being authorized to download by the copyright holder when you're looking at a torrent index) and a movie that isn't?
This isn't a particuarly new thing, its been possible to get legal movies from bittorrent for a few years; search for public domain torrents (I've not been there in a while, I think the site is publicdomaintorrents.com or org or something).
What a comfort. In case of an extinction level event, we can be assured that the final act of the last human survivor will be to check Slashdot for updates.
They could get the first and last post at the same time!
IIRC from my use on Twitter, everyone's Twitter friend list is publicly accessible anyway
I think you have to be logged into twitter to see a full list. Try logging out, then seeing a full list of someones 'following'. Then try seeing a full following list of someone who has their account protected. I don't think you can see a full list in either of those cases, and in the latter you wouldn't be able to see any of their posts/tweets either.
I heard (on slashdot a while ago) that they made a lot more money from adverts than they did just selling it. I've not actually played it so I don't know how accurate that is.
1) Go to Limewire and offer them $20M in cold hard cash, an iron-clad settlement for $0 and the ability to dissolve their business peacefully in exchange for them releasing a version of Limewire that contains code that actually tracks user transactions with audio and video files. Stuff like sending back to the RIAA a list of "Windows/Mac user johnqsmith from IP address A.B.C.D successfully sent file 01 - Top Hit.mp3"
I'm sure there would be (more if there are not already) people re-naming random files to "01 - Top Hit.mp3" even if they actually are "01 - CC Song.mp3" (or "Nasty Visus.mp3.exe")
I suppose you think developers are some sort of alien breed that thinks sideways or some shit. Truth be told, we write small programs for our own use and build enough interface to do what we need. We don't generally have the time to go polish it, and frankly, it's not intended to be widely released. What this has to do with consumer PC repair, I have no idea.
I do software development, and have watched non-developers use software that I also use; I am often confused by the different way of others doing things (be it sequences done to do something or the buttons/menus/keyboard short cuts used to do it), just because it is not how I do it. My reply was attempting to shed some light on why the GP gets the impression that because he knows about computers, people assume he must be able to figure a random program out.
Happens all the time. Because I "know about computers" I must know exactly how to operate every piece of software ever written, instinctively!
There might be a vague link here, I'm sure a lot of development is only tested by the developers (for smaller programs anyway), and the interface would have been designed in a way they use and a way they (the developers) find intuitive, however this doesn't always mean that everyone else will think the same. I guess friends/relatives may think that there is a slightly higher chance that you (being a computer person) will be able to understand something written/designed by another computer person, under the impression that you might have more similar thought/usage patterns/behaviours to the developer than them. It is still a very weak link (if any) and not really a good reason to be used.
Because kids walk home from school, and a cellphone provides an easy and immediate way to call if they are going to be late (which worries parents) or if they're in trouble or injured along the way?
You can get a mobile phone that has something like four buttons on it: "Call Mom", "Call Dad", "Answer Incoming Phone Call" and "Hang up". The 'Mum' and 'Dad' numbers are pre-programed by the parents. There is no SMS messaging, no internet, just the ability to call two people (parents). I seem to recal they are cheap enough to just be used as a second phone, for just these occasions; i.e. a child can have a super expensive smartphone with loads of features, but bring the simple one to school where it won't distract them, and they can still contact their parents (and be contacted) if neccessary.
In soviet slashdot, users defend microsoft and bash apple... wait a minute...
I suspect it is defending the principle of the issue at hand, as opposed to just rooting for one side over the other. I would say it is a good thing that some slashdot users have the integrity to set aside their disagreements with a company (in this case, Microsoft) in order to fight something else (in this case, legal threats over generic trademarks).
You mean like on Star Trek? They'd say things like "Computer, do XYZ", or "Computer, what is ABC?". I think everytime they started with "Computer" the computer beeped to indicate it was ready to receive a command before they said their command.
Yeah, like a solution to the problem of chocolate melting in your hands is including a personal maid with every purchase that feeds you the chocolate herself.
It may be a nice fantasy to the average Slashdotter, but anyone with half a brain would realize it's simply not cost-effective at any scale whatsoever.
If Google recorded everytime someone clicked a back button to get back to their search results, they can flag up the last clicked site for review by a human; if a user didn't like the first link they clicked on, there may be something wrong with it, so would imply a review of the search term and site mapping may be needed. That would reduce the scale slightly.
Slashdot Mirror
You end up with layers and layers of process controlling huge unwieldy teams.
I originally read that as "You end up with lawyers and lawyers"
No, you have to turn them all pink to get a pony.
Really, the title is enough to have a proper debate on here. That's all the scientists use.
Or just post 'Microsoft', 'Apple' or 'Google' as the title and allow the debate to begin. Its not like you need any additional words ;)
Would it look like sign language to someone who didn't know sign language? It only needs to be vaguely passable to be plausable before the viewer catches on that its a joke. Kind of like the old BBC program that had pasta growing on trees being harvested, it only had to look somewhat realistic (which some people actually believed I think).
That happened to me before (from the UK), so I didn't bother reading the article. Then it happened again with this one, and I removed the #! in the URL and the page loaded fine.
The summary says it was over Google Buzz, which I'm pretty sure you have to have sign up for Google first to use, like you have to sign up for Facebook first to use that.
Keyboards: One of the main things about PC keyboards is the Ctrl vs. Fn key. You will find yourself using the Ctrl key very often (less so than in a mac since right click is built in, but still); it's generally more ergonomically comfortable to use the leftmost edge of your left hand to hit the ctrl button if that's where it's located. I know for many laptops I've purchased the Ctrl and Fn key are swapped, and getting to do anything like copy/paste ctrl + C, Ctrl + v, Ctrl + tab, ctrl + click, ctrl + whatever is a minor hand-cramp inducing PITA. If you like keyboard hotkeys, best advice is to find one with the Ctrl keys taking the spotlight.
I completly agree with the crtl key positioning, the last laptop (well, netbook) I brought I ensured it had the ctrl key on the left most side, and didn't even consider any that had a fn or similar key there instead.
iWife? I hope she will have the same sensitive multi-touch technology developed for the iPhone.
And doesn't have the stop-working-when-held-incorrectly technology, right?
What if each side had one each? Would they hide from each other? If robot A spots robot B first, will it hide from it to prevent robot B from knowing it is there? It could be like a little game of hide and seek :)
Although the trend here seems to be encouraging people to call 911 for any immediate police or fire issue, not just emergencies, rather than calling the police or fire department directly.
I normally wouldn't know the local police/fire dept. number, so would only be able to call the emergency number. The only reason I have the local police number saved on my phone is because I emailed them about a non-emergency and thought it would be a good idea to store the non-emergency number.
The more important question is - how will you know it's okay to download it? I mean, what differentiates one movie on bit torrent versus another? It sounds like this just muddies things. After all, if one movie is okay to download on bit torrent (and I don't know what would identify it as being authorized to download by the copyright holder when you're looking at a torrent index) and a movie that isn't?
This isn't a particuarly new thing, its been possible to get legal movies from bittorrent for a few years; search for public domain torrents (I've not been there in a while, I think the site is publicdomaintorrents.com or org or something).
Intelsat is paying $280 million for 1000kg of fuel. Adds up to about $800000/gallon
Does that include any fuel required to get the satalite fuel up to the satalite?
What a comfort. In case of an extinction level event, we can be assured that the final act of the last human survivor will be to check Slashdot for updates.
They could get the first and last post at the same time!
IIRC from my use on Twitter, everyone's Twitter friend list is publicly accessible anyway
I think you have to be logged into twitter to see a full list. Try logging out, then seeing a full list of someones 'following'. Then try seeing a full following list of someone who has their account protected. I don't think you can see a full list in either of those cases, and in the latter you wouldn't be able to see any of their posts/tweets either.
Just ask the makers of Angry Birds!
I heard (on slashdot a while ago) that they made a lot more money from adverts than they did just selling it. I've not actually played it so I don't know how accurate that is.
1) Go to Limewire and offer them $20M in cold hard cash, an iron-clad settlement for $0 and the ability to dissolve their business peacefully in exchange for them releasing a version of Limewire that contains code that actually tracks user transactions with audio and video files. Stuff like sending back to the RIAA a list of "Windows/Mac user johnqsmith from IP address A.B.C.D successfully sent file 01 - Top Hit.mp3"
I'm sure there would be (more if there are not already) people re-naming random files to "01 - Top Hit.mp3" even if they actually are "01 - CC Song.mp3" (or "Nasty Visus.mp3.exe")
I suppose you think developers are some sort of alien breed that thinks sideways or some shit. Truth be told, we write small programs for our own use and build enough interface to do what we need. We don't generally have the time to go polish it, and frankly, it's not intended to be widely released. What this has to do with consumer PC repair, I have no idea.
I do software development, and have watched non-developers use software that I also use; I am often confused by the different way of others doing things (be it sequences done to do something or the buttons/menus/keyboard short cuts used to do it), just because it is not how I do it. My reply was attempting to shed some light on why the GP gets the impression that because he knows about computers, people assume he must be able to figure a random program out.
Happens all the time. Because I "know about computers" I must know exactly how to operate every piece of software ever written, instinctively!
There might be a vague link here, I'm sure a lot of development is only tested by the developers (for smaller programs anyway), and the interface would have been designed in a way they use and a way they (the developers) find intuitive, however this doesn't always mean that everyone else will think the same. I guess friends/relatives may think that there is a slightly higher chance that you (being a computer person) will be able to understand something written/designed by another computer person, under the impression that you might have more similar thought/usage patterns/behaviours to the developer than them. It is still a very weak link (if any) and not really a good reason to be used.
Most of you use p2p to download and serve movies and music, no? You don't care about copyright then; why should you care about it now?
Most of the music I download with p2p is from Jamendo. I respect the licenses the music comes with just as I respect any software license I might use.
Because kids walk home from school, and a cellphone provides an easy and immediate way to call if they are going to be late (which worries parents) or if they're in trouble or injured along the way?
You can get a mobile phone that has something like four buttons on it: "Call Mom", "Call Dad", "Answer Incoming Phone Call" and "Hang up". The 'Mum' and 'Dad' numbers are pre-programed by the parents. There is no SMS messaging, no internet, just the ability to call two people (parents). I seem to recal they are cheap enough to just be used as a second phone, for just these occasions; i.e. a child can have a super expensive smartphone with loads of features, but bring the simple one to school where it won't distract them, and they can still contact their parents (and be contacted) if neccessary.
Facebook already has a export feature. Just export and store
Indeed, its fairly easy to find. Account (drop down) -> Account Settings -> Download your information
In soviet slashdot, users defend microsoft and bash apple... wait a minute...
I suspect it is defending the principle of the issue at hand, as opposed to just rooting for one side over the other. I would say it is a good thing that some slashdot users have the integrity to set aside their disagreements with a company (in this case, Microsoft) in order to fight something else (in this case, legal threats over generic trademarks).
I think it is possible (although not recommended and usualy frowned upon) to download something from a torrent only, and not upload anything.
You mean like on Star Trek? They'd say things like "Computer, do XYZ", or "Computer, what is ABC?". I think everytime they started with "Computer" the computer beeped to indicate it was ready to receive a command before they said their command.
Yeah, like a solution to the problem of chocolate melting in your hands is including a personal maid with every purchase that feeds you the chocolate herself.
It may be a nice fantasy to the average Slashdotter, but anyone with half a brain would realize it's simply not cost-effective at any scale whatsoever.
If Google recorded everytime someone clicked a back button to get back to their search results, they can flag up the last clicked site for review by a human; if a user didn't like the first link they clicked on, there may be something wrong with it, so would imply a review of the search term and site mapping may be needed. That would reduce the scale slightly.