Sure if you're in a situation where a response needs to be immediate, but outside of work I don't think such situations occur, or at least they should not be occurring if you are organised. And actually for very small updates texting is great and like I said, doesn't interrupt you or your friends unnecessarily if you're busy with some other activity. Phoning can take ages, especially if the person on the other end is busy and it goes to voicemail, etc. It's nothing to do with novelty and all about convenience. Phone calls and people walking up to my desk and asking inane questions are the bane of my existence, especially when I'm trying to code..
I do most of my search via the Chrome address bar or on my mobile, I didn't even notice this feature existed. Thanks for the awesome clean browser interface and faster JavaScript though Google:)
I thought that was what copyright law was for? This is just about trying to stop people copying their stuff, without understanding how stupid and virtually impossible that is.
Sorry, but texting is nothing more than a 19th century technology without the latency of telegrapher and courier.
What has the age of the tech/concept got to do with anything?
Telegrams are nothing but millenia old tech without the parchment, which are just improvements upon stone tablets.
Talking is even older but it still seems to be in vogue amongst humans sharing the same local area.
IMO texting, emails, IM, message boards and otehr social networking services etc are far better than talking to people on the phone - they let you get on with your work/life as necessary, and check your messages when you have time (well, that's the idea, though sometimes it works the other way).
I really do feel privileged to have stuck by my desktop for as long as I have given the comparative robustness of communications options it has offered over the years.
Well of course if you never leave your computer desk you're not going to see the value in texting.
Small keyboards are fine for small messages. The wireless on my laptop broke for a couple of days there because of some update in the Ubuntu Beta and I actually did all of my browsing and typing on my new Dell Streak, it was fine. Touchscreen keyboards are a lot easier to live with than I expected, as long as they're capacitive. I'm 6'1"/1.85m with large hands if that makes any difference.
An EEG or speech to text device would be nice when driving, but I've enjoyed using phones for texting for the last 8 years or so. It's much nicer than spoken conversations for a slight introvert like me.
I may be wrong, and I usually am, but Dispora has no chance.
If you usually are wrong, then it's probably that they have a chance here!
Facebook is the big player right now, but that doesn't mean it's going to be the leader forever. You can easily be a member of more than one social networking site at a time, and all it takes is for a site to come along with a cooler interface or set of features, a few people to move to it, their friends join too, then their friends, etc, and eventually everyone could end up on the new site and FB slowly dies. It's already happened with MySpace-->Facebook, hasn't it?
I don't see the evil side yet. Google shouldn't be forced to make their Maps application compatible with every location service out there. Why don't Skyhook work with other mapping software manufacturers, or roll their own?
If they are actively stopping Skyhook's software from working on the device then that is evil, but Google shouldn't be forced to integrate Skyhook with Maps any more than MS should be required to make IE compatible with Firefox plugins, or provide an OpenGL mode for all their games. They're free to do it if they want, but they don't have to.
If something truly heavy drops on you then steel toes and a hard hat aren't going to do much.. suppose it may be better to have your toes crimped off than to have them trapped/crushed under a container though.
I've worked with forklifts too and massive cranes moving 20 ton containers around our yard, I prefer just to not stand under the heavy things than hope a hardhat is somehow going to save me if they fall.
The solution to heavy falling objects is not "make sure all your workers can run", it's "make sure that no heavy objects are above people in the first place". Besides, if the workers are much more at risk of repetitive strain from lifting heavy things around all day, something like this is overall beneficial by reducing the main risk even if it increases other types of risk slightly.
Presumably you can only rip for your own region. This will allow for multi-region players, which is always nice. Some stuff you just can't get in your region, like my Space Ghost: Coast to Coast DVDs.. had to buy a region free players just to watch them:/ Presumably I could have just downloaded them for free if I wanted to break copyright..
Yeah, I expect it depends how you define "terrorist". If it's "someone who causes havoc by blowing stuff up", then it seems rather desirable to have some kind of technical training. If you extend terrorist acts to suicide sprees with a gun for example, does the ratio hold?
If you restrict "terrorists" to the category of "people who have successfully blown stuff up", then the headline is kind of like saying "why are professional drummers often good at banging things rhythmically together?"
I tried to RTFA but it's been Slashdotted, so if they do have a really wide definition of terrorism then I agree that it makes for a decent question. The answer is probably something obvious like the fact that engineers are generally relatively clever and technically capable, but not great at socialising.
Whoever is modding this "troll", stop being so retarded. Just because a post contains the word "Jew" does not make it a troll. That is the actual meaning of the word, go look it up. I didn't know the meaning of it myself until I Googled it while writing my post, so it wasn't meant as any kind of slur either.
Don't worry, it appears that either you or someone else with multiple accounts decided to wipe out all the insightful mods. How is my post ignorant? It's not exactly a common word.
Google and Amazon sound cool though. Admittedly I've stopped giggling every time I hear someone say "Wii" now so I guess that given enough time, Diaspora could become an every day type word to me. Now that I know the meaning it does seem cooler, rather than diarrhea-like.
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To me it's now known for being as hicky as the south. People are idiots. Please stop giving them guns..
Sure if you're in a situation where a response needs to be immediate, but outside of work I don't think such situations occur, or at least they should not be occurring if you are organised. And actually for very small updates texting is great and like I said, doesn't interrupt you or your friends unnecessarily if you're busy with some other activity. Phoning can take ages, especially if the person on the other end is busy and it goes to voicemail, etc. It's nothing to do with novelty and all about convenience. Phone calls and people walking up to my desk and asking inane questions are the bane of my existence, especially when I'm trying to code..
I do most of my search via the Chrome address bar or on my mobile, I didn't even notice this feature existed. Thanks for the awesome clean browser interface and faster JavaScript though Google :)
I thought that was what copyright law was for? This is just about trying to stop people copying their stuff, without understanding how stupid and virtually impossible that is.
Sorry, but texting is nothing more than a 19th century technology without the latency of telegrapher and courier.
What has the age of the tech/concept got to do with anything?
Telegrams are nothing but millenia old tech without the parchment, which are just improvements upon stone tablets.
Talking is even older but it still seems to be in vogue amongst humans sharing the same local area.
IMO texting, emails, IM, message boards and otehr social networking services etc are far better than talking to people on the phone - they let you get on with your work/life as necessary, and check your messages when you have time (well, that's the idea, though sometimes it works the other way).
I really do feel privileged to have stuck by my desktop for as long as I have given the comparative robustness of communications options it has offered over the years.
Well of course if you never leave your computer desk you're not going to see the value in texting.
Small keyboards are fine for small messages. The wireless on my laptop broke for a couple of days there because of some update in the Ubuntu Beta and I actually did all of my browsing and typing on my new Dell Streak, it was fine. Touchscreen keyboards are a lot easier to live with than I expected, as long as they're capacitive. I'm 6'1"/1.85m with large hands if that makes any difference.
An EEG or speech to text device would be nice when driving, but I've enjoyed using phones for texting for the last 8 years or so. It's much nicer than spoken conversations for a slight introvert like me.
Seriously, no posts in the last 15 minutes on this topic? I'm doing first post out of sheer boredom here.
If that's the case, why are they moving to Win7 instead of just fixing their issues with Linux deployment?
I kept waiting for it to do a backflip. I was disappoint.
What a douche.
I may be wrong, and I usually am, but Dispora has no chance.
If you usually are wrong, then it's probably that they have a chance here!
Facebook is the big player right now, but that doesn't mean it's going to be the leader forever. You can easily be a member of more than one social networking site at a time, and all it takes is for a site to come along with a cooler interface or set of features, a few people to move to it, their friends join too, then their friends, etc, and eventually everyone could end up on the new site and FB slowly dies. It's already happened with MySpace-->Facebook, hasn't it?
I was thinking the same thing. Except that I found Streetview useful the other day when trying to find a restaurant before I set out for real.
"Me too, but better!" is exactly how things should be. Competition is always good.
I don't see the evil side yet. Google shouldn't be forced to make their Maps application compatible with every location service out there. Why don't Skyhook work with other mapping software manufacturers, or roll their own?
If they are actively stopping Skyhook's software from working on the device then that is evil, but Google shouldn't be forced to integrate Skyhook with Maps any more than MS should be required to make IE compatible with Firefox plugins, or provide an OpenGL mode for all their games. They're free to do it if they want, but they don't have to.
That would presumably be a girl that is already established as attracted to you, rather than one you're trying to attract..
Better than Mr So Desperate I'll Take Anything :p
I have to say that I don't regularly discuss this matter with .. anyone? Also, I'm not a big fan of sluts.
also the fact that you think pointing out that you regularly play with yourself is going to be attractive to the ladies.
If something truly heavy drops on you then steel toes and a hard hat aren't going to do much.. suppose it may be better to have your toes crimped off than to have them trapped/crushed under a container though.
I've worked with forklifts too and massive cranes moving 20 ton containers around our yard, I prefer just to not stand under the heavy things than hope a hardhat is somehow going to save me if they fall.
The solution to heavy falling objects is not "make sure all your workers can run", it's "make sure that no heavy objects are above people in the first place". Besides, if the workers are much more at risk of repetitive strain from lifting heavy things around all day, something like this is overall beneficial by reducing the main risk even if it increases other types of risk slightly.
You can already rip Blu-ray, right?
Presumably you can only rip for your own region. This will allow for multi-region players, which is always nice. Some stuff you just can't get in your region, like my Space Ghost: Coast to Coast DVDs.. had to buy a region free players just to watch them :/ Presumably I could have just downloaded them for free if I wanted to break copyright..
Yeah, I expect it depends how you define "terrorist". If it's "someone who causes havoc by blowing stuff up", then it seems rather desirable to have some kind of technical training. If you extend terrorist acts to suicide sprees with a gun for example, does the ratio hold?
If you restrict "terrorists" to the category of "people who have successfully blown stuff up", then the headline is kind of like saying "why are professional drummers often good at banging things rhythmically together?"
I tried to RTFA but it's been Slashdotted, so if they do have a really wide definition of terrorism then I agree that it makes for a decent question. The answer is probably something obvious like the fact that engineers are generally relatively clever and technically capable, but not great at socialising.
Whoever is modding this "troll", stop being so retarded. Just because a post contains the word "Jew" does not make it a troll. That is the actual meaning of the word, go look it up. I didn't know the meaning of it myself until I Googled it while writing my post, so it wasn't meant as any kind of slur either.
I don't particularly like beer either :p
Don't worry, it appears that either you or someone else with multiple accounts decided to wipe out all the insightful mods. How is my post ignorant? It's not exactly a common word.
Google and Amazon sound cool though. Admittedly I've stopped giggling every time I hear someone say "Wii" now so I guess that given enough time, Diaspora could become an every day type word to me. Now that I know the meaning it does seem cooler, rather than diarrhea-like.