I think you got moderated Troll not only because you used a played-out joke that no one finds funny anymore, but also because you used it in a trollish manor. That is, you were (perhaps unintentionally) insinuating that "Linux sucks and that's why this joke is funny."
Personally, I would have modded it flamebait rather than troll, but I've got better things to spend my mod points on.
Here's a choice quote from the page you gave: "Steven Moore was a well known ultra-Zionist that was known to make romantic passes at goats."
The text you describe appears nowhere in the article for Moore's Law. This should come as no surprise, since Moore's Law is named after Gordon Moore, not Steven Moore.
I figured that would have at least gone to the trouble to vandalize the article yourself and add in such garbage. However, a quick look at the page's history shows that you did not even go to the trouble to do that. (not that it matters; vandalism on Wikipedia is typically reverted in under a minute.)
Congratulations, you are not only a liar, but you are also lazy. Please take your poorly made strawman arguments elsewhere.
Yeah, most people here will agree with you, but choosing Vista over Ubuntu when there are perfectly good hardware options out there is, in my view, shooting yourself in the foot, putting the cart before the horse, and throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
I agree. When picking an OS, you really need to throw your hat into the ring. You've got to get your hands dirty and get your feet wet. I know they say the grass is always greener on the other side, but moving to Vista is just getting out of the frying pan and into the fire. You can't cut off your nose just to spite your face. I'd say just let the chips fall where they may, and don't cry over spilt milk. This topic is really just beating a dead horse; after all, what goes around, comes around.
TFA has all kinds of info. Check out this table of specs, as well as these tidbits here. It appears to sport integrated graphics; Discrete graphics are listed as "not supported", along with PCexpress cards and other card readers. As a side note, new laptop having neither an express card slot or any other card reader is quite surprising to me -- especially a high-budget product like a Lenovo.
I've been hearing about this one from my psychotic step-father for years now. He read about RFIDs on Jeff Rense.com of all places, and how they could, for example, be placed in the back of the neck. Apparently there's something in the bible about the mark of the beast being on the back of the neck and how it will signal the end times, and he's been ranting about it ever since.
He's also a complete idiot, as are the greater portion of Americans. (I'm American, don't start the flamewar) You're quite right that it will cause an upset, and who knows how far the fanatics will take it.
The AIDS virus originally came from primates. Do you think it was transmitted to humans through sexual intercourse? AIDS can be transmitted in ways other than sex.
Your URL plugged in the story where we announce the auction winners.
Why not save your money and just do what others do - post a pure slashvertisement or an article that uses your blog (or similar website) that's filled with adverts and a link to the real news source as "TFA"?
Alternatively, why pay to see your server go down in flames when someone can post an article on Slashdot, Digg or one of the others and you can have it done for free?
There are plenty of organizations (especially the govt) pushing for standardization, but it's going to be really difficult to pull off.
You don't think the ANSI-accredited HL7 is doing a good job pushing for standardization? Hell, they've completely revolutionized Health Informatics standards in the last few years. Especially with Version 3 being based on XML, I predict a HUGE portion of the Health Informatics market to adopt HL7 as a standard.
Like it or not, your medical information is going to become electronic. Microsoft isn't the first company to propose an Electronic Health Record -- not by far. The Cerner Corporation, for example, has been working modernize the health record since 1980. There are at least two universities in the U.S. which host a major in Medical Informatics, a program specifically designed to produce experts in this very subject.
Try to fight the Electronic Health Record is like trying to fight the use of computers in any other field -- it's inevitable.
As the first Beowulf comment, it cannot be Redundant.
Every Beowulf cluster comment is automatically redundant because that joke is old and tired. It's not clever; it's overused, and it's irritating that we can't see a single story posted about a processor without some jackass saying to themselves, "lol it wud b sooooo funny if i made a beowulf joke lololol!!!!!!1!!1!!!one"
I guess the issue is we have different definitions of the word "innovation". I should note, that your strict definition of innovation is non-standard and is not generally agreed on.
We most certainly do have different definitions. After reading the responses I got, I have to agree that my definition is not the more widely-used one; or at least, not in this community. The definition of innovation that I am accustomed to is more like the second one mentioned in this post, stating, "being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before." I realize now that I was mistaken to think that this was the more widely-accepted definition in this community.
Regarding your series of questions, I can see now why my definition is more difficult to accept: it's hard to draw a line. Using my definition of innovation, I wouldn't say that there has been no innovation since vacuum tubes. I would probably say that integrated circuits were an innovative idea, because it was clever. Someone said, "hey, let's throw a bunch of these things together!" I would not say it was innovative when someone else came along and said, "Hey, let's throw even MORE of these things together!" Later, when someone said, "Hey, let's make the connections between these circuits smaller," I think that was innovative. When someone else followed up with, "Let's make the connections even smaller!" I just don't see it as innovative or clever.
But I still see your point (as well as everyone else's). What makes an idea clever? It looks like what I'm describing is fairly subjective doesn't it? On the other hand, I think it's subjective no matter whose definition you're using. If we say that innovation is "advancement," well then, is it innovative to make a processor 3.3 Ghz processor instead of a 3.2Ghz processor? What about a 3.2001Ghz processor? Is that still being innovative? It's certainly more advanced.
Using my own definition of innovation, I still stand by my original statement that moving to an even smaller threading is not an innovative idea; people had/have considered doing this for years. The obstacle was only the lack of tools and methods, not the lack of a good idea. I think (and this is strictly my opinion) the FIRST time someone came up with the idea to shrink the threading on a processor, that was an innovative idea. The second time, when someone said, "Shrink it again!" that it was no longer innovative. Also, I'm not saying that it wasn't difficult; honestly, I applaud Intel for being the first to accomplish it. It most certainly required new ideas and new technology to get to the end result. However, my standpoint is that while the processes to accomplish this task may very well be innovative, the idea of 40nm threading itself is not.
45nm is the result of a huge amount of innovation, just as 65nm was compared to 90nm. There are a lot of technological hurdles to overcome as the length of transistors are scaled. For example, improved high-k dielectrics are required to increase the channel capacitance and reduce leakage. Improved isolation between devices is required. Tighter tolerances for lithography are needed. Better control of ion implant doses are required. More stable silicides are needed to reduce interconnect resistance. Better drain structures are needed to deal with the increased electric field density in the transistor channels. Improved thermally conductive materials need to be developed because the heat density is increasing. I could go on and on and on. Scaling transistors is onere is a huge financial incentive to do so, and tens of thousands of engineers worldwide are attacking the problems from many angles.
To make a 40cm ball instead of a 30cm ball, you need a bigger cast. You'll probably need more laborers, too. You'll need more materials to make the ball because it's significantly larger, and you'll probably need stronger tools to bring in the material. In fact, you may need to start using a new material altogether, because the old material might not be capable of holding a spherical shape when the diameter is increased 33%.
I just made the same argument for different sized metal bearings as you made for different nanometer threading. It wasn't even hard to do, either, because all I had to do was think about the scale. The GP said it best: "It's just the same technology, the same process, on a different scale." Sure, making 45nm chips is complicated, but complicated does not equal innovative.
Innovation would require taking a route that is completely unlike anything we're seeing today. I can't give an example, because if I could, I'd have a million dollar idea and I sure as hell wouldn't be posting it on Slashdot. The point is, though, that just because moving to 45nm is hard, it doesn't make it innovative.
"According to an article at Wired.com, several FBI agents are under investigation for illegally acquiring information [on] American citizens. Overzealous agents used 'misleading emergency letters' [to] obtain phone records of thousands of Americans. This marks the first time government officers have been prosecuted for misuse of the Patriot Act. From the article: 'Unit employees, who are not authorized to request records in investigations, sent form letters to telephone companies to acquire detailed billing information on specific phone numbers by falsely promising that subpoenas were already in the works. According to a third source, FBI officials also said at the meeting that some bureau employees have already been granted immunity from prosecution in the investigation. The third source, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, did not recall, however, that FBI officials described the investigation as "criminal."'"
Not counting the part that was copied and pasted directly from the article, this summary only has three sentences. Two of them had errors. Is there an editor in the house?
I'm in college and I don't drink, and I love this game. I have college friends that drink , and they love this game. My dad is 59, and he loves this game.
I can't really think of anyone who has played this game and said they hated it, or even disliked it.
Otherwise it's catering to the 9-12 year old market, and the College Drinking Game crowd.
You don't think Mario Party 8 is an important exclusive for Ninetendo? 'cause I sure as hell do, and so do at least two other people I know who bought a Wii specifically to play Mario Party 8.
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I think you got moderated Troll not only because you used a played-out joke that no one finds funny anymore, but also because you used it in a trollish manor. That is, you were (perhaps unintentionally) insinuating that "Linux sucks and that's why this joke is funny."
Personally, I would have modded it flamebait rather than troll, but I've got better things to spend my mod points on.
The text you describe appears nowhere in the article for Moore's Law. This should come as no surprise, since Moore's Law is named after Gordon Moore, not Steven Moore.
I figured that would have at least gone to the trouble to vandalize the article yourself and add in such garbage. However, a quick look at the page's history shows that you did not even go to the trouble to do that. (not that it matters; vandalism on Wikipedia is typically reverted in under a minute.)
Congratulations, you are not only a liar, but you are also lazy. Please take your poorly made strawman arguments elsewhere.
I agree. When picking an OS, you really need to throw your hat into the ring. You've got to get your hands dirty and get your feet wet. I know they say the grass is always greener on the other side, but moving to Vista is just getting out of the frying pan and into the fire. You can't cut off your nose just to spite your face. I'd say just let the chips fall where they may, and don't cry over spilt milk. This topic is really just beating a dead horse; after all, what goes around, comes around.
Needle in a haystack. Quod erat demonstrandum.
TFA has all kinds of info. Check out this table of specs, as well as these tidbits here. It appears to sport integrated graphics; Discrete graphics are listed as "not supported", along with PCexpress cards and other card readers. As a side note, new laptop having neither an express card slot or any other card reader is quite surprising to me -- especially a high-budget product like a Lenovo.
I've been hearing about this one from my psychotic step-father for years now. He read about RFIDs on Jeff Rense.com of all places, and how they could, for example, be placed in the back of the neck. Apparently there's something in the bible about the mark of the beast being on the back of the neck and how it will signal the end times, and he's been ranting about it ever since.
He's also a complete idiot, as are the greater portion of Americans. (I'm American, don't start the flamewar) You're quite right that it will cause an upset, and who knows how far the fanatics will take it.
The AIDS virus originally came from primates. Do you think it was transmitted to humans through sexual intercourse? AIDS can be transmitted in ways other than sex.
Yeah, 'cause no one is dying over there. Especially not now.
Ironic that you would get modded higher than the GP.
...I reckon?
Alternatively, why even host a charity event?
Like it or not, your medical information is going to become electronic. Microsoft isn't the first company to propose an Electronic Health Record -- not by far. The Cerner Corporation, for example, has been working modernize the health record since 1980. There are at least two universities in the U.S. which host a major in Medical Informatics, a program specifically designed to produce experts in this very subject.
Try to fight the Electronic Health Record is like trying to fight the use of computers in any other field -- it's inevitable.
If this is how upset you get playing a video game, perhaps it's best that you don't play.
Yeah, so instead they put in extra resources in order to actively exclude a portion of the market. That makes much more sense.
Every Beowulf cluster comment is automatically redundant because that joke is old and tired. It's not clever; it's overused, and it's irritating that we can't see a single story posted about a processor without some jackass saying to themselves, "lol it wud b sooooo funny if i made a beowulf joke lololol!!!!!!1!!1!!!one"
We most certainly do have different definitions. After reading the responses I got, I have to agree that my definition is not the more widely-used one; or at least, not in this community. The definition of innovation that I am accustomed to is more like the second one mentioned in this post, stating, "being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before." I realize now that I was mistaken to think that this was the more widely-accepted definition in this community.
Regarding your series of questions, I can see now why my definition is more difficult to accept: it's hard to draw a line. Using my definition of innovation, I wouldn't say that there has been no innovation since vacuum tubes. I would probably say that integrated circuits were an innovative idea, because it was clever. Someone said, "hey, let's throw a bunch of these things together!" I would not say it was innovative when someone else came along and said, "Hey, let's throw even MORE of these things together!" Later, when someone said, "Hey, let's make the connections between these circuits smaller," I think that was innovative. When someone else followed up with, "Let's make the connections even smaller!" I just don't see it as innovative or clever.
But I still see your point (as well as everyone else's). What makes an idea clever? It looks like what I'm describing is fairly subjective doesn't it? On the other hand, I think it's subjective no matter whose definition you're using. If we say that innovation is "advancement," well then, is it innovative to make a processor 3.3 Ghz processor instead of a 3.2Ghz processor? What about a 3.2001Ghz processor? Is that still being innovative? It's certainly more advanced.
Using my own definition of innovation, I still stand by my original statement that moving to an even smaller threading is not an innovative idea; people had/have considered doing this for years. The obstacle was only the lack of tools and methods, not the lack of a good idea. I think (and this is strictly my opinion) the FIRST time someone came up with the idea to shrink the threading on a processor, that was an innovative idea. The second time, when someone said, "Shrink it again!" that it was no longer innovative. Also, I'm not saying that it wasn't difficult; honestly, I applaud Intel for being the first to accomplish it. It most certainly required new ideas and new technology to get to the end result. However, my standpoint is that while the processes to accomplish this task may very well be innovative, the idea of 40nm threading itself is not.
To make a 40cm ball instead of a 30cm ball, you need a bigger cast. You'll probably need more laborers, too. You'll need more materials to make the ball because it's significantly larger, and you'll probably need stronger tools to bring in the material. In fact, you may need to start using a new material altogether, because the old material might not be capable of holding a spherical shape when the diameter is increased 33%.
I just made the same argument for different sized metal bearings as you made for different nanometer threading. It wasn't even hard to do, either, because all I had to do was think about the scale. The GP said it best: "It's just the same technology, the same process, on a different scale." Sure, making 45nm chips is complicated, but complicated does not equal innovative.
Innovation would require taking a route that is completely unlike anything we're seeing today. I can't give an example, because if I could, I'd have a million dollar idea and I sure as hell wouldn't be posting it on Slashdot. The point is, though, that just because moving to 45nm is hard, it doesn't make it innovative.
While interesting, what (if anything) does your post have to do with the one you replied to?
"According to an article at Wired.com, several FBI agents are under investigation for illegally acquiring information [on] American citizens. Overzealous agents used 'misleading emergency letters' [to] obtain phone records of thousands of Americans. This marks the first time government officers have been prosecuted for misuse of the Patriot Act. From the article: 'Unit employees, who are not authorized to request records in investigations, sent form letters to telephone companies to acquire detailed billing information on specific phone numbers by falsely promising that subpoenas were already in the works. According to a third source, FBI officials also said at the meeting that some bureau employees have already been granted immunity from prosecution in the investigation. The third source, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, did not recall, however, that FBI officials described the investigation as "criminal."'"
Not counting the part that was copied and pasted directly from the article, this summary only has three sentences. Two of them had errors. Is there an editor in the house?
It's pieces of the iPhone's evil, black heart.
You don't think Mario Party 8 is an important exclusive for Ninetendo? 'cause I sure as hell do, and so do at least two other people I know who bought a Wii specifically to play Mario Party 8.
I swear I just heard a weird sound in the room. If I had to put it into words, I'd say it sounded like a "Zing!"
That's garbage. People who shop at Wal-Mart can't afford sea food.