...I believe (I may be wrong) that, unfortunately, there isn't any single entity that is 1.coordination 2.delegating and 3.prioritizing the development of Open Hardware; the closest being The Open Hardware Foundation, and that is closest in name only, as it is currently only working on the Open Graphics Project.
Sure some may argue that they don't want to be organised and would rather produce something for hobbyists not mass consumption, but I think a look a the positive role organizations such as the FSF, The Linux Foundation and numerous others have played in developing viable Open Source Software is a good example of why much more coordination would be beneficial in the Open Hardware realm.
Was I the only one who rolled-eyes when, a few years back, 99% of store laptops went from matte to glossy overnight, as the manufacturers made a lame attempt to 'follow the market'?
I vaguely remember it being (2000/2001)ish when one or two glossy screens cropped up, but once one manufacturer decided to put 'style' over usability, well...the 'coolness' trend couln't be stopped
The majority of purchasers thought that 'if the manufacturers were making it then it must be usable', not realising that (many) manufacturer will happily build something with less usability if it means that for the 30 seconds or so that most people would look at a laptop in-store, they think 'cool' and then lay down the cash.
...And Apples "edible" OS-X icons didn't help either.
Why is The Gimp still the 'fairly decent pile of code, hampered only by its UI'?. To The GIMP Development Team: Please show some respect to the contributers and hire a UI designer before 3.0.
models integrating an HD LCD TV with BD recording functionality
Great...that's just what I need, an expensive TV that loses half of its purpose within a few years because the diode is faded, and makes me feel like I need a new TV because this one is 'broken'
Integrated disc drives, and integrated AV systems in general, are a pet peeve of mine. I always encourage people NOT to buy them, and the larger/pricier the device the louder my opposition gets.
Most people don't have a clue that laser diodes have a particularly finite lifespan--I myself wouldn't really consider buying anything more than a midrange* dvd player
There is enough junk going into landfills already, particularly those precious-precious dense polymers that individuals and manufactures seem to think that we have so much of, well they won't be thinking that in a few years time
I think that such (integrated) products are, from a value-for-money p.o.v., particularly opportunistic
Anyway no-ones gonna read this s#1t so I'm gonna wrap it up: those all-in-one 'so you thought you could sing' american idol kareoke boxes with their monochrome crt screens(!) are truely the work of devil
*Unless it could boot a linux kernal, anyone know if it could/can be done?
...of a 'useful' product and just start being actual manipulation to buy shit-on-a-stick?
Here I guess.
Of course the thought of some trailer-tr@sh soaking up the latest food-o-matic-slicer-dicer-3001 suggests we're way past that point. However, if even educated people are enticed, then that might be the sign that it is more manipulation that advertising, and it shouldn't be allowed.
Actually I guess that even being edumacated hasn't been less-and-less protection in the past few decades...but I wouldn't bet on seeing US governing bodies making any changes to reduce that.
advertise 1. to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
manipulate 1. to manage or influence skillfully, esp. in an unfair manner, eg: to manipulate people's feelings.
...There is a pci card available that will take four CF cards and RAID-0 'em into a single drive. I was going to get it myself, but I slightly resented the poky pci bus at 133MB/s. In the future if they made one with 8 CF slots and put it onto a pci-e bus, I could then use 8 40MB/s CF cards in RAID-0 to make a single flash drive with 320MB/s on tap. That's a sweet-sweet prospect, but as yet they haven't made such a product.
...the operation of such a technology that requires to-the-letter operation and maintenance.
Admittedly I haven't given this opinion hours of scrutiny, so it may be a little naive, but wadya think?
Here's a blog on the nuclear industry that I consider to be largely spin-free
Some might think 'what's done is done, it's in the past, it was done a decade ago'. Surely someone is keeping this issue alive because, even with all the time that has since past, there is still a huge public interest that needs to be served by ripping that money back, by whatever means necessary, to send the message that:
'for all of our belief in contractual agreements, and for all of our corrupt, lazy and intimidated politicians and government; no-one so vastly screws with our hard-earned money and future prosperity and gets away with it, regardless of whether it was committed a year ago, ten years ago, or whether the contract set performance penalties or not'
I want to see the looks on the executives and senators faces who, long thinking they had got away with it, all-of-a-sudden get the f**k charged out of them.
Someone needs to keep this issue alive.
Some might think 'what's done is done, it's in the past, it was done a decade ago'. Surely someone is keeping this issue alive because, even with all the time that has since past, there is still a huge public interest served by ripping that money back, by whatever means necessary, to send the message that:
"for all of our belief in contractual agreements, and for all of our corrupt, lazy and intimidated politicians and government; no-one so vastly fucks with our hard-earned dollars and future prosperity and gets away with it, regardless of whether it was committed a year ago, ten years ago, or whether the contract set performance penalties or not'
I want to see the looks on the executives and senators faces who, long thinking they had got away with it, all-of-a-sudden get the f**k charged out of them.
He was warned to escape before he was scapegoated; the perfect trap--escape now from certain conviction for a crime you didn't commit and in the process incriminate yourself. He eventually turned himself in, gambling that someone would come forward to reveal that he was a mere pawn in the coverup of his superiors.
the bank would easily have many key players in their pockets: the judicial system, police, various officials and the relevant politicians.
Some might think 'what's done is done, it's in the past, it was done a decade ago'. Surely someone is keeping this issue alive because, even with all the time that has since past, there is still a huge public interest served by ripping that money back, by whatever means necessary, to send the message that:
"for all of our belief in contractual agreements, and for all of our corrupt, lazy and intimidated politicians and government; no-one so vastly fucks with our hard-earned dollars and future prosperity and gets away with it, regardless of whether it was committed a year ago, ten years ago, or whether the contract set performance penalties or not'
I want to see the looks on the executives and senators faces who, long thinking they had got away with it, all-of-a-sudden get the f**k charged out of them.
I'm not really taking your post as anything more than someones fake internet soap opera at the moment. But go on, tell me more. *If* it's not just a load of bs, would it help you to think of the stepmother thing as just instinctive behavior? Newer relationship partners in many species (eg lions) will try to kill off there predecessors offspring so that there own genes will have less competition. The offspring from the new partner will also take part in the effort. It might help you to know that it is just a classic survival instinct. It would(have) been best for you to escape asap.
The ship of evolution obviously favours the ones who procreate. So a species would only fail in a futurama-esque fashion if it doesn't chance upon the mutation of robot disgust/hate soon enough. Indeed it may already be present in humans. So I guess that humans are destined to hate humanoid robots.
An unusal hurdle facing the nuclear construction industry at the moment is the lack of relevant construction experience and knowledge (although plant designs are sound), which declined as the industry declined in the 70's & 80's. This is resulting in large construction delays and cost over-runs reminiscent of that time, and anti-nuclear activists are arguing that this is proof that the business case hasn't changed over the past two decades, and that the industry will end just like it did last time. The prime example of the blowouts caused by this lack of construction knowledge is the Olkiluoto EPR (European Pressurized Reactor) currently under construction in Finland.
On another note,
from the fire-breathing-lizards-soon-to-follow dept.
That line reminds me of something I have wondered about for quite a while... Although the lack of any such animal with a fire-breathing capability would suggest is isn't, is it actually biologically possible for an animal to breathe fire (and survive to do it again)???
Also, another old wonder of mine; as many animals can metabolise metals, could one ever evolve to have a metal skeleton?
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...I believe (I may be wrong) that, unfortunately, there isn't any single entity that is 1.coordination 2.delegating and 3.prioritizing the development of Open Hardware; the closest being The Open Hardware Foundation, and that is closest in name only, as it is currently only working on the Open Graphics Project.
Wikipedia's Open source hardware page otoh informs me of numerous Open Hardware projects, but still, no coordinating entity/s.
Sure some may argue that they don't want to be organised and would rather produce something for hobbyists not mass consumption, but I think a look a the positive role organizations such as the FSF, The Linux Foundation and numerous others have played in developing viable Open Source Software is a good example of why much more coordination would be beneficial in the Open Hardware realm.
Was I the only one who rolled-eyes when, a few years back, 99% of store laptops went from matte to glossy overnight, as the manufacturers made a lame attempt to 'follow the market'?
I vaguely remember it being (2000/2001)ish when one or two glossy screens cropped up, but once one manufacturer decided to put 'style' over usability, well...the 'coolness' trend couln't be stopped
The majority of purchasers thought that 'if the manufacturers were making it then it must be usable', not realising that (many) manufacturer will happily build something with less usability if it means that for the 30 seconds or so that most people would look at a laptop in-store, they think 'cool' and then lay down the cash.
...And Apples "edible" OS-X icons didn't help either.
Why is The Gimp still the 'fairly decent pile of code, hampered only by its UI'?. To The GIMP Development Team: Please show some respect to the contributers and hire a UI designer before 3.0.
--Feature Creep: just say NO--
Integrated disc drives, and integrated AV systems in general, are a pet peeve of mine.
I always encourage people NOT to buy them, and the larger/pricier the device the louder my opposition gets.
Most people don't have a clue that laser diodes have a particularly finite lifespan--I myself wouldn't really consider buying anything more than a midrange* dvd player
There is enough junk going into landfills already, particularly those precious-precious dense polymers that individuals and manufactures seem to think that we have so much of, well they won't be thinking that in a few years time
I think that such (integrated) products are, from a value-for-money p.o.v., particularly opportunistic
Anyway no-ones gonna read this s#1t so I'm gonna wrap it up: those all-in-one 'so you thought you could sing' american idol kareoke boxes with their monochrome crt screens(!) are truely the work of devil
*Unless it could boot a linux kernal, anyone know if it could/can be done?
...of a 'useful' product and just start being actual manipulation to buy shit-on-a-stick?
Here I guess.
Of course the thought of some trailer-tr@sh soaking up the latest food-o-matic-slicer-dicer-3001 suggests we're way past that point. However, if even educated people are enticed, then that might be the sign that it is more manipulation that advertising, and it shouldn't be allowed.
Actually I guess that even being edumacated hasn't been less-and-less protection in the past few decades...but I wouldn't bet on seeing US governing bodies making any changes to reduce that.
advertise
1. to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
manipulate
1. to manage or influence skillfully, esp. in an unfair manner, eg: to manipulate people's feelings.
...There is a pci card available that will take four CF cards and RAID-0 'em into a single drive. I was going to get it myself, but I slightly resented the poky pci bus at 133MB/s. In the future if they made one with 8 CF slots and put it onto a pci-e bus, I could then use 8 40MB/s CF cards in RAID-0 to make a single flash drive with 320MB/s on tap. That's a sweet-sweet prospect, but as yet they haven't made such a product.
...the operation of such a technology that requires to-the-letter operation and maintenance. Admittedly I haven't given this opinion hours of scrutiny, so it may be a little naive, but wadya think?
Here's a blog on the nuclear industry that I consider to be largely spin-free
...if every new vehicle had this, along with rear-view cameras to replace external mirrors?
Some might think 'what's done is done, it's in the past, it was done a decade ago'. Surely someone is keeping this issue alive because, even with all the time that has since past, there is still a huge public interest that needs to be served by ripping that money back, by whatever means necessary, to send the message that: 'for all of our belief in contractual agreements, and for all of our corrupt, lazy and intimidated politicians and government; no-one so vastly screws with our hard-earned money and future prosperity and gets away with it, regardless of whether it was committed a year ago, ten years ago, or whether the contract set performance penalties or not' I want to see the looks on the executives and senators faces who, long thinking they had got away with it, all-of-a-sudden get the f**k charged out of them. Someone needs to keep this issue alive.
...and hopefully good riddance. Say, did you know that an electric vehicle was the first to travel at 100km/h...
...in 1899!!!
I'm not American and even I want to smash something at the thought of last decades broadband screw-over.
...$200 Billion...nothing delivered...no consequences...
Some might think 'what's done is done, it's in the past, it was done a decade ago'. Surely someone is keeping this issue alive because, even with all the time that has since past, there is still a huge public interest served by ripping that money back, by whatever means necessary, to send the message that:
"for all of our belief in contractual agreements, and for all of our corrupt, lazy and intimidated politicians and government; no-one so vastly fucks with our hard-earned dollars and future prosperity and gets away with it, regardless of whether it was committed a year ago, ten years ago, or whether the contract set performance penalties or not'
I want to see the looks on the executives and senators faces who, long thinking they had got away with it, all-of-a-sudden get the f**k charged out of them.
He was warned to escape before he was scapegoated; the perfect trap--escape now from certain conviction for a crime you didn't commit and in the process incriminate yourself. He eventually turned himself in, gambling that someone would come forward to reveal that he was a mere pawn in the coverup of his superiors. the bank would easily have many key players in their pockets: the judicial system, police, various officials and the relevant politicians.
I'm not American and even I want to smash something at the thought of such a huge screw-over.
...$200 Billion...nothing delivered...no consequences...
Some might think 'what's done is done, it's in the past, it was done a decade ago'. Surely someone is keeping this issue alive because, even with all the time that has since past, there is still a huge public interest served by ripping that money back, by whatever means necessary, to send the message that:
"for all of our belief in contractual agreements, and for all of our corrupt, lazy and intimidated politicians and government; no-one so vastly fucks with our hard-earned dollars and future prosperity and gets away with it, regardless of whether it was committed a year ago, ten years ago, or whether the contract set performance penalties or not'
I want to see the looks on the executives and senators faces who, long thinking they had got away with it, all-of-a-sudden get the f**k charged out of them.
OK, I just got trolled fair and square. No more food for you! :-P
Yeah ok. I would say my troll-spotting ability was about average, but dedicated trolling is a new one in my books! Live and learn I suppose...
I'm not really taking your post as anything more than someones fake internet soap opera at the moment. But go on, tell me more. *If* it's not just a load of bs, would it help you to think of the stepmother thing as just instinctive behavior? Newer relationship partners in many species (eg lions) will try to kill off there predecessors offspring so that there own genes will have less competition. The offspring from the new partner will also take part in the effort. It might help you to know that it is just a classic survival instinct. It would(have) been best for you to escape asap.
Isn't it curious that firefox is no longer the "lite-weight browser alternative"? No not really.
A nuclear engineer, the inventor of water sports AND knows how to turn a good acronym!
...but just answer me this: Is it possible for species/human to evolve a metallic skeleton ala wolverine?
The ship of evolution obviously favours the ones who procreate. So a species would only fail in a futurama-esque fashion if it doesn't chance upon the mutation of robot disgust/hate soon enough. Indeed it may already be present in humans. So I guess that humans are destined to hate humanoid robots.
On another note,That line reminds me of something I have wondered about for quite a while... Although the lack of any such animal with a fire-breathing capability would suggest is isn't, is it actually biologically possible for an animal to breathe fire (and survive to do it again)???
Also, another old wonder of mine; as many animals can metabolise metals, could one ever evolve to have a metal skeleton?