I, sadly, had a similar headache experience. One of my students showed me his new 3DS yesterday, and I got to try it out for all of 5 seconds. The 3D effect looked pretty nice (not as strong as a TV with glasses, but I'm not sure what intensity he had it set to), but I got a headache even in that short a time, and then my eyes wouldn't focus properly for about 10 seconds. I experience a similar phenomenon with other 3D stuff (except for, oddly enough, the Virtual Boy), but never that quickly. I'll pick one up eventually (after a hardware revision or two, at least), but will likely never use the 3D.
I know not everyone experiences this problem with 3D, but I also know I'm not alone. It's too bad that the major selling feature for the thing is one I can't use, but then again, I've had to live with the fact that game developers who insist on heavy stylus use seem unaware that 10% of the population is left-handed.
And for the commenter who said you should have checked out a demo unit first--I've been in three stores trying to find one, and nobody has had a 3DS "station".
The EMACS comment made me realize he didn't know what he was talking about. I just checked on my OS X install--EMACS is already there. And even if it weren't, he could use one of those package managers he mentioned and just install the thing.
But really, I'm skeptical of anyone who claims to be a big-time web developer and just can't grasp using anything other than EMACS. I'm not a huge TextMate fan, but it's always been my understanding it's the "lighter" editor--for serious work, you want BBEdit. Or Coda or any number of other editors. With OS X, you'll get access to all the *nix editors, plus the OS X editors. It's such a non-issue.
It's sad that somebody is able to explain, in just a few sentences, the entire plot of Star Wars much more convincingly and compellingly than Lucas was able to do in six full-length movies.
I've known plenty of people who hate sleeping. I'm one of them. It just feels like such a waste of several hours that I would rather use for something else.
It's kind of interesting, really. I think Microsoft as a whole dislikes Mozilla, but it has often seemed like the IE team itself enjoys the competition. Without Firefox, we'd very likely be in a world similar to IE6 still; Mozilla's existence is what gives these guys job security, in a way. Mozilla, though, certainly doesn't seem to reciprocate.
Reminds me of when I was in high school. Net send--it was enabled. We were taking a final in the computer lab, and I finished early and discovered this. So, I did the only responsible thing and spoofed my name, did a 'net send *' with instructions on how to use it, and watched the mayhem ensue. Turns out the broadcasts were actually being sent campus-wide.
I didn't get in trouble, but they obviously shut down net send later that day. Two years later, teachers were still telling the story.
I actually already read The Way of Kings. Great book, but it could have been better if about 200 pages had been taken out. There's a lot of repetitive action with Kaladin and Shallan. It's an effective way of hammering in the facts of their own situations, but I "got it" in their first few chapters.
After reading it, I questioned just why the hell I did so. Not because I didn't like it, but because it'll likely be 2 years before we see the next one. I went to a book signing for The Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time 13), and somebody in front of me asked Sanderson if it was hard working on WoT and Stormlight Archive at the same time. Sanderson said yes, it was, and that he wouldn't work on Stormlight 2 until Wheel of Time is finished. Oh well.
Either you didn't read very far, or you didn't pay enough attention (or just didn't give it a chance). It's undoubtedly a harder series to read, but there's a lot going on there. There are three primary story arcs going on--but even so, it's not as focused as 99% of other stories are. The "problem" is that the book doesn't go into any real effort to explain it to you, so you have to figure everything out as you go along. Some (many, I'd imagine) people don't like this, so it's just not the right series for them.
Yes, he did (and the child in question is one of the few unequivocally good characters). He gets a little better, but I'd still say he's far from being a good person.
The OCZ Vertex 3 drive you see pictured here is a 240GB model (224MB formatted) outfitted with 16 pieces of Micron NAND flash, totally 256GB—the additional capacity is over provisioned for wear leveling, data protection, and other functions.
224MB formatted? I knew SSDs used some of the space for redundancy, but that's just ridiculous.
I think it's important to note that the series isn't really a fantasy series. It has fantasy elements, but that is not the focus. Thematically, I would have to say it's tragedy. I wish I'd known that when I went into the series. It's good, but if you expect the good guys to win the day...
Yes, Sanderson is doing a surprisingly good job, and I look forward to A Memory of Light. I wonder, though, if The Wheel of Time is a series that can be ended in a way that's satisfying to most fans. I guess we shall see in one year.
If you enjoy darker fantasy, I recommend the Malazan Book of the Fallen. The magic isn't subtle like it is in A Song of Ice and Fire, but it's an excellent (if somewhat unconventional) series. Looking at the release dates, the first book was published in 1999, and the 10th and final book just came out on the 1st. That's what I call a fast author, and I feel like there's less bloat than there is in GRRM's work (though, both being epic fantasy, they each have their share of bloat; it comes with the territory).
I can see the reasoning, but it's still kinda silly. Maybe Pages should have a 17+ rating; after all, users can write some pretty adult stuff in it and then read it back to themselves!
This book has had so many ridiculous setbacks and delays that it's become comical. How many times was book 4 rewritten, only to have become split (and disappointing)? And then it's another six years before book 5, which is simply the other half of book 4? According to him, he's already written some chapters from the next two books. Why? I understand the value of having notes for what's going to happen, but to take the time to write full chapters when your current work isn't finished, and fans are chomping at the bit?
I'll get this one. I've already read the other four books, so I might as well. But I think that the "pulling a Jordan" comment is too soon. I am skeptical we will ever actually see the end to this series. I'd written this one off, but apparently I was wrong. Hopefully that release date sticks, this time.
Sure, the iPad 2 is poerful enough to display "retina", but at what cost? Battery life would be worse, and the price of the device would likely be significantly higher. Not to mention issues with dead pixels would be compounded.
I want the hi-res display, too, but I can understand why it's not in the cards (yet). I'll probably skip this iPad and wait for the hi-res one that will inevitably come out, or maybe even get a Honeycomb tablet (if a good one comes out at a competitive price, that is).
That's like saying I have the right to murder people, but I should be aware I will go to go to jail for a long time (or forever, or be put to death). That's not a "right", that's "free will". A right is something you won't get punished for doing.
I have the opposite experience. It says all the advertised stuff is between 768Kbps and 3Mbps. Well, I've got a 6Mbps line... (I'm usually hovering around 5Mbps in actual usage.) A nearby city has faster Internet, yet still shows the same info.
To my lament (for other reasons), I live in California, but I've been to 46 other states. One very common reaction to "we're from California" is "oh no, I couldn't stand the earthquakes!" This has always puzzled me. I don't even notice the tiny earthquakes we get. I'm sure I'll witness another big one in my lifetime, but hurricanes appear far more frequent and seem to cause much more damage.
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I, sadly, had a similar headache experience. One of my students showed me his new 3DS yesterday, and I got to try it out for all of 5 seconds. The 3D effect looked pretty nice (not as strong as a TV with glasses, but I'm not sure what intensity he had it set to), but I got a headache even in that short a time, and then my eyes wouldn't focus properly for about 10 seconds. I experience a similar phenomenon with other 3D stuff (except for, oddly enough, the Virtual Boy), but never that quickly. I'll pick one up eventually (after a hardware revision or two, at least), but will likely never use the 3D.
I know not everyone experiences this problem with 3D, but I also know I'm not alone. It's too bad that the major selling feature for the thing is one I can't use, but then again, I've had to live with the fact that game developers who insist on heavy stylus use seem unaware that 10% of the population is left-handed.
And for the commenter who said you should have checked out a demo unit first--I've been in three stores trying to find one, and nobody has had a 3DS "station".
The EMACS comment made me realize he didn't know what he was talking about. I just checked on my OS X install--EMACS is already there. And even if it weren't, he could use one of those package managers he mentioned and just install the thing.
But really, I'm skeptical of anyone who claims to be a big-time web developer and just can't grasp using anything other than EMACS. I'm not a huge TextMate fan, but it's always been my understanding it's the "lighter" editor--for serious work, you want BBEdit. Or Coda or any number of other editors. With OS X, you'll get access to all the *nix editors, plus the OS X editors. It's such a non-issue.
Actually, there already are extra taxes on gas. This proposal would be double-dipping.
Betcha whoever hit F12 during POST got fired.
It's sad that somebody is able to explain, in just a few sentences, the entire plot of Star Wars much more convincingly and compellingly than Lucas was able to do in six full-length movies.
I've known plenty of people who hate sleeping. I'm one of them. It just feels like such a waste of several hours that I would rather use for something else.
Paraphrasing a quote I can't quite remember well enough to attribute to anyone:
I'm not afraid of heights. I can look up at them all day. It's depths that bother me.
Depends on the crime. Michael Jackson and OJ Simpson were both found not guilty.
It's kind of interesting, really. I think Microsoft as a whole dislikes Mozilla, but it has often seemed like the IE team itself enjoys the competition. Without Firefox, we'd very likely be in a world similar to IE6 still; Mozilla's existence is what gives these guys job security, in a way. Mozilla, though, certainly doesn't seem to reciprocate.
Reminds me of when I was in high school. Net send--it was enabled. We were taking a final in the computer lab, and I finished early and discovered this. So, I did the only responsible thing and spoofed my name, did a 'net send *' with instructions on how to use it, and watched the mayhem ensue. Turns out the broadcasts were actually being sent campus-wide.
I didn't get in trouble, but they obviously shut down net send later that day. Two years later, teachers were still telling the story.
Nah, it'll just take you on "detours" and park in front of businesses similar to the one you were going to...
I actually already read The Way of Kings. Great book, but it could have been better if about 200 pages had been taken out. There's a lot of repetitive action with Kaladin and Shallan. It's an effective way of hammering in the facts of their own situations, but I "got it" in their first few chapters.
After reading it, I questioned just why the hell I did so. Not because I didn't like it, but because it'll likely be 2 years before we see the next one. I went to a book signing for The Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time 13), and somebody in front of me asked Sanderson if it was hard working on WoT and Stormlight Archive at the same time. Sanderson said yes, it was, and that he wouldn't work on Stormlight 2 until Wheel of Time is finished. Oh well.
Either you didn't read very far, or you didn't pay enough attention (or just didn't give it a chance). It's undoubtedly a harder series to read, but there's a lot going on there. There are three primary story arcs going on--but even so, it's not as focused as 99% of other stories are. The "problem" is that the book doesn't go into any real effort to explain it to you, so you have to figure everything out as you go along. Some (many, I'd imagine) people don't like this, so it's just not the right series for them.
Yes, he did (and the child in question is one of the few unequivocally good characters). He gets a little better, but I'd still say he's far from being a good person.
224MB formatted? I knew SSDs used some of the space for redundancy, but that's just ridiculous.
I think it's pretty clear that, in the beginning at least, the Starks are better people than the Lannisters.
I think it's important to note that the series isn't really a fantasy series. It has fantasy elements, but that is not the focus. Thematically, I would have to say it's tragedy. I wish I'd known that when I went into the series. It's good, but if you expect the good guys to win the day...
Yes, Sanderson is doing a surprisingly good job, and I look forward to A Memory of Light. I wonder, though, if The Wheel of Time is a series that can be ended in a way that's satisfying to most fans. I guess we shall see in one year.
If you enjoy darker fantasy, I recommend the Malazan Book of the Fallen. The magic isn't subtle like it is in A Song of Ice and Fire, but it's an excellent (if somewhat unconventional) series. Looking at the release dates, the first book was published in 1999, and the 10th and final book just came out on the 1st. That's what I call a fast author, and I feel like there's less bloat than there is in GRRM's work (though, both being epic fantasy, they each have their share of bloat; it comes with the territory).
I can see the reasoning, but it's still kinda silly. Maybe Pages should have a 17+ rating; after all, users can write some pretty adult stuff in it and then read it back to themselves!
This book has had so many ridiculous setbacks and delays that it's become comical. How many times was book 4 rewritten, only to have become split (and disappointing)? And then it's another six years before book 5, which is simply the other half of book 4? According to him, he's already written some chapters from the next two books. Why? I understand the value of having notes for what's going to happen, but to take the time to write full chapters when your current work isn't finished, and fans are chomping at the bit?
I'll get this one. I've already read the other four books, so I might as well. But I think that the "pulling a Jordan" comment is too soon. I am skeptical we will ever actually see the end to this series. I'd written this one off, but apparently I was wrong. Hopefully that release date sticks, this time.
YMMV, but I've watched 10 hours of video on a single charge on an iPad. Apple's actually pretty good about battery life estimations.
Sure, the iPad 2 is poerful enough to display "retina", but at what cost? Battery life would be worse, and the price of the device would likely be significantly higher. Not to mention issues with dead pixels would be compounded.
I want the hi-res display, too, but I can understand why it's not in the cards (yet). I'll probably skip this iPad and wait for the hi-res one that will inevitably come out, or maybe even get a Honeycomb tablet (if a good one comes out at a competitive price, that is).
That's like saying I have the right to murder people, but I should be aware I will go to go to jail for a long time (or forever, or be put to death). That's not a "right", that's "free will". A right is something you won't get punished for doing.
I have the opposite experience. It says all the advertised stuff is between 768Kbps and 3Mbps. Well, I've got a 6Mbps line... (I'm usually hovering around 5Mbps in actual usage.) A nearby city has faster Internet, yet still shows the same info.
So, yeah, worthless.
To my lament (for other reasons), I live in California, but I've been to 46 other states. One very common reaction to "we're from California" is "oh no, I couldn't stand the earthquakes!" This has always puzzled me. I don't even notice the tiny earthquakes we get. I'm sure I'll witness another big one in my lifetime, but hurricanes appear far more frequent and seem to cause much more damage.