So as other OSes gain grounds and perhaps my dad gets a laptop with Linux as the default OS (which is increasingly common these days) and complains when "this software doesn't work, but it says it works for PCs!", my response is to tell him that he's a nerd and only nerds get confused?
Well since the original argument was about who was the greatest computer scientist to never own a computer, I would think that Konrad Zuse's ownership of a computer would render him ineligible to receive that title.
The problem is not calling computers (running Windows) PCs, it's saying that some software "works on PCs". It's vague and confusing, and, at least for me, it implies a bit of ignorance from the speaker. Software depends on the OS (within an architecture), as even though Windows XP, Windows 3.1, various Linux distros, and other OSes all run on "PCs", nothing runs automatically in each OS just because of that. Saying that some software works on PCs doesn't specify or clarify anything, especially now that other OSes, particularly Linux, are increasingly being used.
You must be one of those scientists at Black Mesa, always running around shitting your pants complaining about how I was supposed to be in the test chamber half an hour ago, and when the horror finally comes, you expect me to save you?! Well, not so much.
Rep: Try formatting the whole drive and reinstalling Windows Vista. You: All right, I'm doing that as we speak... Wait... Wait.... Nope, it did not help.
Hmm, I'm not sure they'd fall for that... Maybe you need a couple more waits.
TBS is particularly bad with this, or perhaps Cox Communications is doing it. Every 4:3 program is horizontally stretched to 16:9, though it seems that they are showing 16:9 programs properly now. I can't handle watching anything like that for more than nine seconds, yet my parents claim that they don't notice and actually prefer it that way (because it's widescreen!, even though it's not).
What bugs the hell out of me is that when overlays are placed over a show on a local HD station (Fox, NBC, etc.), the picture will change from fine-and-dandy hi-def 16:9 to 4:3 with both letterboxing and pillarboxing. All that just to show the local time and temperature in a box that takes up an unnecessary amount of space.
I stopped playing that game after everything started looking vaguely sexual, such as the penis-shaped rockets and the ballsack- and goatse-looking spaceships. And if anybody thinks this is some sort of troll, go play the game yourself.
I agree that this is the kind of egg that doesn't belong on a product, especially one already so slow and bloated as OpenOffice.
Why the hell when I log in do I get redirected to some firehose page called 'untitled' sitting next to another one called 'daddypants', and why can't I deleted these? Reloading http://slashdot.org/ shows my normal low bandwidth page, but what the hell?
That's what the asterisk is for, though. And it just seems unlikely to me that a user with an id over 1.2 million would subscribe (I'm not claming that mine is low or anything).
Indeed it seems that this could revolutionize the field of Bistromathics!
Re:A simple request
on
jQuery in Action
·
· Score: 2, Insightful
IMO, a better idea is to design your code to enhanceprogressivelyinstead. A subtle difference, but it's nevertheless worth mentioning. In essence it's designing the basics first and adding style and functionality on top of that, rather than designing the whole thing exactly how it's imagined to be then making sure it works for everybody else and creating fail-safes or degraded versions for the cases in which it doesn't.
But the average person still is barely capable of navigating MySpace.
Is anybody capable of navigating MySpace? I have never seen such a crudely designed website in my life. Perhaps it has gotten slightly easier to use over the past year, but only by adding a metric fuckton (approx. 4481.099526 avoirdupois lb) of unnecessary JavaScript. Honestly, I'm not trying to troll here. The code looks like a bunch of people decided "Hey, your team develop half the site in Dreamweaver, and we'll do half in FrontPage" and threw the result together.
For me, it's weird and disturbing to think there's just this bunch of physical universes here for no reason.
For me also, but I'm never quite able to articulate it into words. I guess that it's not quite why are these processes occurring, but are they even "occurring" in the first place? Concepts like physical matter and the passage of time as they exist here are relevant to only our universe as elsewhere no such concepts exist, and indeed the very idea of something existing or happening is only relevant to our universe. But then it seems that in order for this universe to exist, something with the same concept of existence must encompass it (physically?)... I'd ponder more but my head hurts.
...better rendered to take into account surrounding lighting conditions...
It seems like the people who made the video didn't even bother doing that manually for most of the scenes. A lot of people miss that when editing videos or images, yet it's one of the major things that determine whether something looks realistic.
I'm not sure what you mean. Do they ask for some type of identification to verify that you have a loyalty card, or are you saying that even those without them (as in, they never applied for one) get the lower prices? I couldn't find any information on any rulings.
I think what the parent is suggesting is that if the university claims that works produced using school resources (such as computers) are the school's property, then a student producing works at home would retain his rights to his works. But if the university is suggesting that the knowledge he's receiving is somehow owned by the university and applying it to a work is therefore using school resources, they're full of bullshit.
Slashdot Mirror
I get an ad hominem argument? Okay...
So as other OSes gain grounds and perhaps my dad gets a laptop with Linux as the default OS (which is increasingly common these days) and complains when "this software doesn't work, but it says it works for PCs!", my response is to tell him that he's a nerd and only nerds get confused?
Well since the original argument was about who was the greatest computer scientist to never own a computer, I would think that Konrad Zuse's ownership of a computer would render him ineligible to receive that title.
The problem is not calling computers (running Windows) PCs, it's saying that some software "works on PCs". It's vague and confusing, and, at least for me, it implies a bit of ignorance from the speaker. Software depends on the OS (within an architecture), as even though Windows XP, Windows 3.1, various Linux distros, and other OSes all run on "PCs", nothing runs automatically in each OS just because of that. Saying that some software works on PCs doesn't specify or clarify anything, especially now that other OSes, particularly Linux, are increasingly being used.
No, it does. They just don't listen. :-( *slits wrists*
You must be one of those scientists at Black Mesa, always running around shitting your pants complaining about how I was supposed to be in the test chamber half an hour ago, and when the horror finally comes, you expect me to save you?! Well, not so much.
Meh I didn't even notice. It was late and I felt like being a dick half-jokingly. :-P
Rep: Try formatting the whole drive and reinstalling Windows Vista.
You: All right, I'm doing that as we speak... Wait... Wait.... Nope, it did not help.
Hmm, I'm not sure they'd fall for that... Maybe you need a couple more waits.
You can't just link to a non-existant Wikipedia article in the hopes of looking intelligent. Nevertheless what you say is generally true.
TBS is particularly bad with this, or perhaps Cox Communications is doing it. Every 4:3 program is horizontally stretched to 16:9, though it seems that they are showing 16:9 programs properly now. I can't handle watching anything like that for more than nine seconds, yet my parents claim that they don't notice and actually prefer it that way (because it's widescreen!, even though it's not).
What bugs the hell out of me is that when overlays are placed over a show on a local HD station (Fox, NBC, etc.), the picture will change from fine-and-dandy hi-def 16:9 to 4:3 with both letterboxing and pillarboxing. All that just to show the local time and temperature in a box that takes up an unnecessary amount of space.
I stopped playing that game after everything started looking vaguely sexual, such as the penis-shaped rockets and the ballsack- and goatse-looking spaceships. And if anybody thinks this is some sort of troll, go play the game yourself.
I agree that this is the kind of egg that doesn't belong on a product, especially one already so slow and bloated as OpenOffice.
Why the hell when I log in do I get redirected to some firehose page called 'untitled' sitting next to another one called 'daddypants', and why can't I deleted these? Reloading http://slashdot.org/ shows my normal low bandwidth page, but what the hell?
That's what the asterisk is for, though. And it just seems unlikely to me that a user with an id over 1.2 million would subscribe (I'm not claming that mine is low or anything).
Indeed it seems that this could revolutionize the field of Bistromathics!
IMO, a better idea is to design your code to enhance progressively instead. A subtle difference, but it's nevertheless worth mentioning. In essence it's designing the basics first and adding style and functionality on top of that, rather than designing the whole thing exactly how it's imagined to be then making sure it works for everybody else and creating fail-safes or degraded versions for the cases in which it doesn't.
Off-topic, but what is that Slashdot badge next to your username? I couldn't find anything in the FAQ.
Is anybody capable of navigating MySpace? I have never seen such a crudely designed website in my life. Perhaps it has gotten slightly easier to use over the past year, but only by adding a metric fuckton (approx. 4481.099526 avoirdupois lb) of unnecessary JavaScript. Honestly, I'm not trying to troll here. The code looks like a bunch of people decided "Hey, your team develop half the site in Dreamweaver, and we'll do half in FrontPage" and threw the result together.
For me also, but I'm never quite able to articulate it into words. I guess that it's not quite why are these processes occurring, but are they even "occurring" in the first place? Concepts like physical matter and the passage of time as they exist here are relevant to only our universe as elsewhere no such concepts exist, and indeed the very idea of something existing or happening is only relevant to our universe. But then it seems that in order for this universe to exist, something with the same concept of existence must encompass it (physically?)... I'd ponder more but my head hurts.
You're very clever, young man, very clever, but it's Agrees all the way down!
As in switch to XP? Not that I agree with them, but most consider that an upgrade.
All the more reason to use film.
It seems like the people who made the video didn't even bother doing that manually for most of the scenes. A lot of people miss that when editing videos or images, yet it's one of the major things that determine whether something looks realistic.
I'm not sure what you mean. Do they ask for some type of identification to verify that you have a loyalty card, or are you saying that even those without them (as in, they never applied for one) get the lower prices? I couldn't find any information on any rulings.
And a 216-digit number? I suppose that worked out well for Max.
I think what the parent is suggesting is that if the university claims that works produced using school resources (such as computers) are the school's property, then a student producing works at home would retain his rights to his works. But if the university is suggesting that the knowledge he's receiving is somehow owned by the university and applying it to a work is therefore using school resources, they're full of bullshit.
Hmm, I'm interested. What did you develop?
And that might sound sarcastic like I don't think that you really developed anything, but I'm actually curious.