Time what is time I wish I knew how to tell You why It hurts to know Aren't we machines Time what is time Unlock the door And see the truth Then time is time again
If you don't believe this go look in a library or bookstore. You will find very few books set in sans-serif. People don't buy them because they are hard to read.
Not so. Books are traditionally printed in seriffed fonts, so they continue to be printed that way. I've seen a few books printed entirely in sans-serif fonts, and it really didn't bother me much. It's just a little weird because I'm not used to it.
It's often said that serifs act like train tracks and lead the eyes along the line of text. And I can see how some horizontal bits could keep your eyes from wandering away, but it's just not affective on screen. There are plenty of studies showing that serif fonts are easier to read, but most typographers who know anything about how reading works will agree that it has more to do with what people are used to reading. Then, of course, there's also the fact that serif fonts just tend to be designed with more care for weight and spacing.
That's not to say that the serifs have nothing at all to do with readability. It's just not hugely significant, especially at low resolutions. Where they make a difference is where they affect the shape of the white space between letters. For example, the left sides of the letters "b" and "l" are usually not quite the same. Of course, the effect of this is slight.
I hold in my hand a really big stick. Much as Windows has been designed to interoperate with non-Microsoft systems, this stick has been disigned from the onset to interoperate with people's faces. *demonstrates*
It's good to be using a Mac when the virii and worms come around, but if the world had chosen Macs instead, they'd be the ones under attack.
As much as I love my Mac, I don't think it's technically any more difficult to attack. It's just that people don't bother writing malware for such a small percentage of the market.
I doubt that even Plutonian scientists would send probes carrying pure art (just for the sake of art, anyway. Drawings of human figures are more like diagrams). Any intelligent life that may find it will probably assume that it was made and sent for a purpose and will do its best to figure out what that purpose is.
Why, a 3D mouse of course. But really, something like a mouse with a scroll wheel to add a third dimension would probably be satisfactory.
I'm still waiting for 3D projections I can couch, though. This is close, but I heard of another that supposedly uses "temperature differential" in the air. I guess it projects on steam, and it can detect the position of anything that passes through it.
The ability to reach right inside the projection and manipulate things far outweighs the drawbacks for this kind of display (they're transparent, and interrupting the air messes up the image). I can't find that one, though.
We won't be very happy when they feel threatened and attack back. We should start building a space armada, just in case those bacteria aren't defenseless enough.
But we should at least try to figure out what's out there and see what we can learn from them. You never know: The next penicillin may be a little martian.
damn right he was too... shoulda got Jabba on they way out to the fastest hunk a junk in the galaxy whilst he had a chance... but then again, Obi-wan shoulda finished off Skywalker at the lava flow...
The path to the dark side, this is. Anybody else coming?
If cave men start getting cloned and then raised to be (somewhat) productive members of society, I fear the gene pool of the human race would be set back should he/she deside to have children. Evolution decided those genes are not worthy, why inject obsolete DNA into our race?
Set back how? Are you absolutely certain that our DNA is any better than theirs? And aside from that, it's not even certain that humans could ever really mate with neanderthals or other hominids. Earlier homo sapiens is a possibility, and would certainly be of an older stock, but it's hardly different than mixing modern races. One could say that evolution has been short-circuited by medical technology, anyway, whereby even the weak can survive (assuming they can afford it), so some weak genes couldn't make too much difference. That is unless it's bad enough to be untreatabe, and they're that bad, natural selection will do it's job again, putting us just about where we started.
Or maybe I'm crazy? Well, that's beside the point.
"But Greedo, my love, Han Solo was able to make the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs. If he can boast the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs, perhaps he is fast enough to draw his weapon in under 3 inches."
"No one is quick enough to unholster their weapon 5 inches in just 3 inches! Not even the renowned Han Solo can boast those reflexes! Let him fold space-time to his content, he shall not fire first!"
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It may be leaner, faster and cleaner than Open Office, but KDE will still be sitting in its lap, right in the way of your productivity.
Time what is time
I wish I knew how
to tell You why
It hurts to know
Aren't we machines
Time what is time
Unlock the door
And see the truth
Then time is time again
There is a list, but I can't show it to you. That would violate all the trademarks.
If you don't believe this go look in a library or bookstore. You will find very few books set in sans-serif. People don't buy them because they are hard to read.
Not so. Books are traditionally printed in seriffed fonts, so they continue to be printed that way. I've seen a few books printed entirely in sans-serif fonts, and it really didn't bother me much. It's just a little weird because I'm not used to it.
It's often said that serifs act like train tracks and lead the eyes along the line of text. And I can see how some horizontal bits could keep your eyes from wandering away, but it's just not affective on screen. There are plenty of studies showing that serif fonts are easier to read, but most typographers who know anything about how reading works will agree that it has more to do with what people are used to reading. Then, of course, there's also the fact that serif fonts just tend to be designed with more care for weight and spacing.
That's not to say that the serifs have nothing at all to do with readability. It's just not hugely significant, especially at low resolutions. Where they make a difference is where they affect the shape of the white space between letters. For example, the left sides of the letters "b" and "l" are usually not quite the same. Of course, the effect of this is slight.
I hold in my hand a really big stick. Much as Windows has been designed to interoperate with non-Microsoft systems, this stick has been disigned from the onset to interoperate with people's faces. *demonstrates*
After all, I am sure they have direct access to the source code.
Don't we all?
Blogging can't get much easier. Everybody and his dog can do it. Even Chewbacca has one.
"Kokomo.. didn't the Eagles sing something about that.. or was that somewhere in hawaii?"
Nobody sings about Indiana.
I think this is the best day to be a cynic.
But my Mac, she's the only girl for me. Well, I could make an exception for a new MacBook Pro.
In Soviet Russia, submissions publish you!
It's good to be using a Mac when the virii and worms come around, but if the world had chosen Macs instead, they'd be the ones under attack.
As much as I love my Mac, I don't think it's technically any more difficult to attack. It's just that people don't bother writing malware for such a small percentage of the market.
And an even greater ratio of people here at my uni still can't.
"And what is the license that will go with it ?"
I believe it will prohibit any actual viewing of the code.
I doubt that even Plutonian scientists would send probes carrying pure art (just for the sake of art, anyway. Drawings of human figures are more like diagrams). Any intelligent life that may find it will probably assume that it was made and sent for a purpose and will do its best to figure out what that purpose is.
I wave my android in your general direction! Your mother was a Klingon, and your father smelled of synthetic plastic skin!
Why, a 3D mouse of course. But really, something like a mouse with a scroll wheel to add a third dimension would probably be satisfactory.
I'm still waiting for 3D projections I can couch, though. This is close, but I heard of another that supposedly uses "temperature differential" in the air. I guess it projects on steam, and it can detect the position of anything that passes through it.
The ability to reach right inside the projection and manipulate things far outweighs the drawbacks for this kind of display (they're transparent, and interrupting the air messes up the image). I can't find that one, though.
solidFELIX is one example. Still working on that, I guess.
Apparently flies can distinguish about 300 fps. We wouldn't want to give them headaches.
We won't be very happy when they feel threatened and attack back. We should start building a space armada, just in case those bacteria aren't defenseless enough.
But we should at least try to figure out what's out there and see what we can learn from them. You never know: The next penicillin may be a little martian.
And only then may we kill them all.
damn right he was too... shoulda got Jabba on they way out to the fastest hunk a junk in the galaxy whilst he had a chance... but then again, Obi-wan shoulda finished off Skywalker at the lava flow...
The path to the dark side, this is. Anybody else coming?
What, did the room dissapear in some sort of visual vortex, then just reappear?
I believe it was concealed by an S.E.P. field.
If cave men start getting cloned and then raised to be (somewhat) productive members of society, I fear the gene pool of the human race would be set back should he/she deside to have children. Evolution decided those genes are not worthy, why inject obsolete DNA into our race?
Set back how? Are you absolutely certain that our DNA is any better than theirs? And aside from that, it's not even certain that humans could ever really mate with neanderthals or other hominids. Earlier homo sapiens is a possibility, and would certainly be of an older stock, but it's hardly different than mixing modern races.
One could say that evolution has been short-circuited by medical technology, anyway, whereby even the weak can survive (assuming they can afford it), so some weak genes couldn't make too much difference. That is unless it's bad enough to be untreatabe, and they're that bad, natural selection will do it's job again, putting us just about where we started.
Or maybe I'm crazy? Well, that's beside the point.
umm. Greeedo bit the dust in episode IV right? Bug-eyed bounty hunter...
Yes, a bug-eyed Rodian. Han shot him in the Cantina.
I was always confused about that line. Isn't a parsec a measurement of distance, not time? Some super phisics geek wanna help me out here?
Allow me to quote from The Passions of Greedo:
"But Greedo, my love, Han Solo was able to make the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs. If he can boast the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs, perhaps he is fast enough to draw his weapon in under 3 inches."
"No one is quick enough to unholster their weapon 5 inches in just 3 inches! Not even the renowned Han Solo can boast those reflexes! Let him fold space-time to his content, he shall not fire first!"