The reality is actually closer to: go see the physical product in store then go online and order it from the cheapest source or from somewhere you know has a decent return policy, like Newegg.
I actually used to do the opposite:
1. Research what I want online 2. Go to a local store to get it
What I found was that the local stores never had what I wanted, or when they do it's so expensive I buy it online anyway. Now, I just skip the "try to find it at a local store" part.
And for when I absolutely have to have something that day.
I used to feel that way.. until the day they tried to sell me a discount video card for $120, and then I went home and got it online, with overnight shipping for about $30. Similar story for hard drives or any kind of cable (they tried to sell me a SATA cable for $30 -- they're literally $1 online). Having things today is nice, but I can wait 24 hours for that kind of discount.
I agree that his school (and job if he had one) would be right to have some kind of sanction, but I don't see how sending someone to jail is going to make them less racist. Maybe that's my "legal systems should fix problems, not just mindlessly punish" mentality showing..
Treat this gadget rule as a test. If someone is utterly unable to avoid using their toys for a few minutes and will break the rules, then they can not be trusted on a plane without sufficient supervision.
So, someone who can't take their eyes off their book is fine, but someone who can't take their eyes off their ebook should be kicked off the flight?
But if there aren't any clouds in the sky, can you still access TPB?
We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky. At the time, pirates were dependent on solar power. It was believed they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun.
I'm kind of confused about your reply, but to clarify -- if you want fast random access, XML is a terrible format. If you want to transfer data between two systems, XML can be excellent. The example of Oracle being able to return XML data just confirms what I'm saying -- the data is stored in Oracle's binary format, and *transferred to you* as XML.
You seem to be thinking I'm claiming there's something wrong with XML, but all I'm saying is that XML files are not designed to be databases.
start by cutting off access to devices that you don't have control or at least knowledge of, i.e., any device that hasn't been brought in for proper setup (where I work we achieve this through central static DHCP).
So annoy everyone and make more work for yourself?
Isn't that what XML is for? XML files are also compatible across systems.
XML is more useful for transferring data between systems. For storing data is kind of sucks, since there's no indexes (not the kind we need for fast lookups anyway) and it's extremely verbose.
Can Sony stop homebrewers from taking over this console?
More important question -- will Sony stop getting in the way of people wanting to make games and thus make themselves relevant again? Can you imagine how much different the Android and iOS situation would be today if Apple and Google were trying the "make life hell for developers" strategy?
Fedora isn't exactly known for being lightweight in the memory area. Nor are some of the programs they're demonstrating - firefox, etc.
I don't feel like a full blown desktop OS like Fedora is a good fit for the Pi. Maybe one of the more lightweight UIs like Xfce or Lxde, but definitely not Gnome or KDE.
Gnome itself isn't particularly memory-hungry (oh no, a couple MB wasted on PulseAudio and DBUS!), and Firefox is getting much better. I bet it would be usable on the 256 MB version -- at least, with a small number of tabs open.
I don't know about your planet - but here on earth animal rights activists form a spectrum, and the vast majority *are* trying to stop the killing of animals altogether.
And what makes you say that? Maybe the typical "the loudest people get the most attention"? I suspect the reason PETA does such stupid things is because they know that no one pays attention to the vast majority of people who believe in animal rights.
Yes, it's very important that you complain loudly about a product you don't use. Otherwise people might get confused and think you're not entirely self-centered.
Sorry I think your argument is a few decades late. Care to update to the current, "We know it's happening, but doing something about it would be hard"?
So what happens when all the "original content" makers die off? If we just search the web, we'll only get old information. Let people figure out how to create their own OC by searching within and solving/exploring on their own, so that the future internet will have new information.
You may find it surprising that very few people come up with brilliant ideas entirely in isolation -- they build on the successes of others. The internet is just a way to find other people's successes faster.
I was going to write something about how you'd end up blacklisting sites that have good answers just because they have the ability to post questions (like Stack Overflow). Then I realized that using a site like that would be considered cheating in just about any class I've ever taken, even if they did let you look up reference material.
Apparently, my entire job involves "cheating" non-stop.
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The reality is actually closer to: go see the physical product in store then go online and order it from the cheapest source or from somewhere you know has a decent return policy, like Newegg.
I actually used to do the opposite:
1. Research what I want online
2. Go to a local store to get it
What I found was that the local stores never had what I wanted, or when they do it's so expensive I buy it online anyway. Now, I just skip the "try to find it at a local store" part.
And for when I absolutely have to have something that day.
I used to feel that way.. until the day they tried to sell me a discount video card for $120, and then I went home and got it online, with overnight shipping for about $30. Similar story for hard drives or any kind of cable (they tried to sell me a SATA cable for $30 -- they're literally $1 online). Having things today is nice, but I can wait 24 hours for that kind of discount.
I agree that his school (and job if he had one) would be right to have some kind of sanction, but I don't see how sending someone to jail is going to make them less racist. Maybe that's my "legal systems should fix problems, not just mindlessly punish" mentality showing..
In case anyone is wondering, here's a post about what he actually did.
Uh.. so is anyone else bothered by the fact that the summary and TFA both don't say what he actually said? "Racist tweets" is a bit vague.
Treat this gadget rule as a test. If someone is utterly unable to avoid using their toys for a few minutes and will break the rules, then they can not be trusted on a plane without sufficient supervision.
So, someone who can't take their eyes off their book is fine, but someone who can't take their eyes off their ebook should be kicked off the flight?
Because we are (allegedly) the product of divine creation, in the image of God himself.
Hey now, that's Creationism, which is bad. This is Intellegent Design, which they're allowed to teach in schools:
Because we are (allegedly) the product of REDACTED creation, in the image of REDACTED.
See, clearly completely different!
But if there aren't any clouds in the sky, can you still access TPB?
We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky. At the time, pirates were dependent on solar power. It was believed they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun.
Technically, it's a broccoli fractal -- no matter how small you break it apart, the pieces are still broccoli.
If games were $50 in 2000, and $60 now, then the price has dropped. Going all the way back to 1980, the price has dropped a lot.
No, but luckily they've decided that everyone who thinks it's bad is just not being logical, so they did a perfect job in their own minds.
Or they decided to not pay any attention to people who aren't their target audience.
I'm kind of confused about your reply, but to clarify -- if you want fast random access, XML is a terrible format. If you want to transfer data between two systems, XML can be excellent. The example of Oracle being able to return XML data just confirms what I'm saying -- the data is stored in Oracle's binary format, and *transferred to you* as XML.
You seem to be thinking I'm claiming there's something wrong with XML, but all I'm saying is that XML files are not designed to be databases.
start by cutting off access to devices that you don't have control or at least knowledge of, i.e., any device that hasn't been brought in for proper setup (where I work we achieve this through central static DHCP).
So annoy everyone and make more work for yourself?
There's a difference between a database that returns XML and an XML file.
Isn't that what XML is for? XML files are also compatible across systems.
XML is more useful for transferring data between systems. For storing data is kind of sucks, since there's no indexes (not the kind we need for fast lookups anyway) and it's extremely verbose.
Can Sony stop homebrewers from taking over this console?
More important question -- will Sony stop getting in the way of people wanting to make games and thus make themselves relevant again? Can you imagine how much different the Android and iOS situation would be today if Apple and Google were trying the "make life hell for developers" strategy?
I see some potential issues here.
Fedora isn't exactly known for being lightweight in the memory area. Nor are some of the programs they're demonstrating - firefox, etc.
I don't feel like a full blown desktop OS like Fedora is a good fit for the Pi. Maybe one of the more lightweight UIs like Xfce or Lxde, but definitely not Gnome or KDE.
Gnome itself isn't particularly memory-hungry (oh no, a couple MB wasted on PulseAudio and DBUS!), and Firefox is getting much better. I bet it would be usable on the 256 MB version -- at least, with a small number of tabs open.
I don't know about your planet - but here on earth animal rights activists form a spectrum, and the vast majority *are* trying to stop the killing of animals altogether.
And what makes you say that? Maybe the typical "the loudest people get the most attention"? I suspect the reason PETA does such stupid things is because they know that no one pays attention to the vast majority of people who believe in animal rights.
And all those family photos on the media server connected to the TV...?
Have you seriously never used a computer? ctrl+c, ctrl+v.
His point was that large projects are usually impossible to fork by a single or small group of developers.
This just in: Large projects require larger groups of people. Details at 7.
Except that with an open source project, you can always fork --
In theory, yes.
In practice, the open source project can be so big or so arcane that you are going to need serious muscle and manpower behind you to make it happen.
Something big and arcane like OpenOffice or XFree86?
Yes, it's very important that you complain loudly about a product you don't use. Otherwise people might get confused and think you're not entirely self-centered.
"we don't know if it is happening..."
Sorry I think your argument is a few decades late. Care to update to the current, "We know it's happening, but doing something about it would be hard"?
So what happens when all the "original content" makers die off? If we just search the web, we'll only get old information. Let people figure out how to create their own OC by searching within and solving/exploring on their own, so that the future internet will have new information.
You may find it surprising that very few people come up with brilliant ideas entirely in isolation -- they build on the successes of others. The internet is just a way to find other people's successes faster.
I was going to write something about how you'd end up blacklisting sites that have good answers just because they have the ability to post questions (like Stack Overflow). Then I realized that using a site like that would be considered cheating in just about any class I've ever taken, even if they did let you look up reference material.
Apparently, my entire job involves "cheating" non-stop.