Not sure if/. filters the FUD tag now, so I'm suggesting we tag it with both FUD and FUDFUDFUD (if nothing else it will tell us whether we can avoid the filters by just doing repetitions of the tags we want to show up).
In a perfect world, you are right, all online retailers should protect our privacy.
However, in the real world..there are a lot of shady outlets which either haven't bothered to make their privacy policy clear or don't respect the privacy of their customers.
And a fifth - in C and C++ I have used valgrind for memory leak checking and in my experience valgrind has worked WONDERFULLY to make sure that what you intended to happen is actually happening, (rather than a leak).
It is too bad there is not a website (at least not that I am aware of) which is dedicated to finding and spreading the word about essential tools like valgrind. If any of you know about this kind of a resource I would be grateful if you let me know.
Okay, I know the popular stance on this site will be "Why aren't they using x open source open standard format! Why aren't they using some latex!?!!?"
Firstly, I am a CS major and have a number of linux machines..and TBH I am not even sure how latex works...how can you expect writers to know about this format which is primarily (as far as I can tell) used in *nix?
If it were me, I'd just demand PDF and be done with. So much wasted energy in this.
Note: Yes, this is off topic. Please accept my apologies in advance.
> others I know in the industry would not be able to reach it while standing on their desks and jumping.
Lets say the average desk is roughly 30 inches tall.
6.5 ft. is 78 inches
78 in. - 30 in. = 48 in., which is 4 feet. Assuming these little tykes have a vertical leap of at least 1 foot , they would have to be no more than 3 ft. tall! Either you know some 2 year olds who are "in industry" or you know some little people who are littler than I've ever heard of.
Do "little people" really come that small? If they do..it's news to me.
I must say the fact that the PTA would even consider this is quite a surprise, and to be blunt, rather appalling. IIRC, the homework at Addison was composed primarily of 2 things:
pages of arithmetic
reading simple/easy books (I mean they were simple then..of course;)
I suppose this was approx. 15 years ago...but has being in elementary school changed that much since then? Even in a forward-thinking place like Palo Alto, it is difficult for me to imagine people being confused about the importance of learning how to study.
Bottom line: It's pretty sad that they're actually considering this...may God help us all. heh.
If M$ continues the trend of insane prices and extortion, Apple might get the opportunity to do a little extorting of its own. I think the real question which we're beating around the bush on here is this: How long is it going to take for an open OS with a real chance of taking out either of these closed and unfriendly giants to emerge? I love Linux, but I don't see it catching on many of the average windows-trained users anytime soon:/
As chance would have it, this morning I came up with a suitable neologism for describing the business practices of the likes of Microsoft: capiXtreme
(n.) capiXtreme (abusing a market monopoly to extort assets from clients and use recovered assets in the production of further assets)
(adj.) capiXtremic, (of or relating to capiXtremism or capiXtremics) "a capiXtremic corporation" ; "capiXtremic methods and incentives are the only considerations"
(n.) capiXtremism, (the practice of employing capiXtreme or capiXtremic strategies, policies, or measures) "Microsoft's core business model revolves around capiXtremic strategies that place profits ahead of everything, regardless of what state the organization is in or what the resulting impact will be on the surrounding environment and ecosystems."
It seems to me that the energy savings would be more beneficial to whoever pays the bill on the huge server farms rather than individual "normal people" who have a small ethernet running at their house or small business and whatnot. I hope they will shift away from this and focus on another area where they can actually make a difference that would noticeably benefit everyone; I especially like the idea of improving power supply efficiency (which is a bigger problem that just ethernets, IMO). One way to do this would be to get devices running directly off of direct AC current. IIRC, you can avoid a 20% penalty hit incurred from during the conversion from AC->DC that you get with normal power supplies.
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No, you need to check your POV on this.
The pigs are funded by MY and all other tax-paying Americans taxes.
Again, why shouldn't we be able to monitor/record their performance? Especially from a public venue. Ah, that's right..we are FREE to do this!
Okay, then what would be a good way to protest the tag censoring on slashdot?
How about creating a LAN over the power lines in your residence?
Here is some more information from wikipedia: Power line communication for home networking
I have a friend who did this at his house and it worked out nicely for him.
Good luck!
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Not sure if /. filters the FUD tag now, so I'm suggesting we tag it with both FUD and FUDFUDFUD (if nothing else it will tell us whether we can avoid the filters by just doing repetitions of the tags we want to show up).
This article is pure FUD (thats Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt). The questions in TFA are not so much burning or on fire as the title would suggest..
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BYU wasn't interested in participating? They have a super mega huge library..
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This article seems like a straight up troll if you ask me...
Watch out...the grammer nasi ist in towen.
Lets tag this article under: cancer
(;
This just screams cancer. I Hope I don't unwittingly end up sitting between the device and the energy transmitter of one of these things.
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In a perfect world, you are right, all online retailers should protect our privacy.
However, in the real world..there are a lot of shady outlets which either haven't bothered to make their privacy policy clear or don't respect the privacy of their customers.
And a fifth - in C and C++ I have used valgrind for memory leak checking and in my experience valgrind has worked WONDERFULLY to make sure that what you intended to happen is actually happening, (rather than a leak).
It is too bad there is not a website (at least not that I am aware of) which is dedicated to finding and spreading the word about essential tools like valgrind. If any of you know about this kind of a resource I would be grateful if you let me know.
Thanks.
MrStinkyBritches
Okay, I know the popular stance on this site will be "Why aren't they using x open source open standard format! Why aren't they using some latex!?!!?"
..and TBH I am not even sure how latex works...how can you expect writers to know about this format which is primarily (as far as I can tell) used in *nix?
Firstly, I am a CS major and have a number of linux machines
If it were me, I'd just demand PDF and be done with. So much wasted energy in this.
No, they're in a moving van they can't stop it for every image.
You know..there is an old saying about people who say things like 'there ought to be a law'.
Nice try though.
Is it really possible to exercise ones patent rights on a free product? Is this a joke?
Very strange...I thought April Fools day was last month.
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Actually, it seems like the general consensus is that people can do whatever the hell it is they want in this arena. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop#Spacing_aft er_full_stop for a fairly reasonable discussion on the matter.
So seriously, get off your high horse and git wit teh program.
Best,
El-Stinko
Note: Yes, this is off topic. Please accept my apologies in advance.
..it's news to me.
> others I know in the industry would not be able to reach it while standing on their desks and jumping.
Lets say the average desk is roughly 30 inches tall.
6.5 ft. is 78 inches
78 in. - 30 in. = 48 in., which is 4 feet. Assuming these little tykes have a vertical leap of at least 1 foot , they would have to be no more than 3 ft. tall! Either you know some 2 year olds who are "in industry" or you know some little people who are littler than I've ever heard of.
Do "little people" really come that small? If they do
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Ah! Correction, the link to the Addison Elementary Parent Teacher Association should've been http://www.addison.palo-alto.ca.us/. My mistake.
I must say the fact that the PTA would even consider this is quite a surprise, and to be blunt, rather appalling. IIRC, the homework at Addison was composed primarily of 2 things:
- pages of arithmetic
- reading simple/easy books (I mean they were simple then..of course
;)
I suppose this was approx. 15 years ago...but has being in elementary school changed that much since then? Even in a forward-thinking place like Palo Alto, it is difficult for me to imagine people being confused about the importance of learning how to study.Bottom line: It's pretty sad that they're actually considering this...may God help us all. heh.
-My New Favorite Neologism: capiXtreme (aka 'extreme capitalism')
If M$ continues the trend of insane prices and extortion, Apple might get the opportunity to do a little extorting of its own. I think the real question which we're beating around the bush on here is this: How long is it going to take for an open OS with a real chance of taking out either of these closed and unfriendly giants to emerge? I love Linux, but I don't see it catching on many of the average windows-trained users anytime soon :/
As chance would have it, this morning I came up with a suitable neologism for describing the business practices of the likes of Microsoft: capiXtreme
(n.) capiXtreme (abusing a market monopoly to extort assets from clients and use recovered assets in the production of further assets)
(adj.) capiXtremic, (of or relating to capiXtremism or capiXtremics) "a capiXtremic corporation" ; "capiXtremic methods and incentives are the only considerations"
(n.) capiXtremism, (the practice of employing capiXtreme or capiXtremic strategies, policies, or measures) "Microsoft's core business model revolves around capiXtremic strategies that place profits ahead of everything, regardless of what state the organization is in or what the resulting impact will be on the surrounding environment and ecosystems."
It seems to me that the energy savings would be more beneficial to whoever pays the bill on the huge server farms rather than individual "normal people" who have a small ethernet running at their house or small business and whatnot. I hope they will shift away from this and focus on another area where they can actually make a difference that would noticeably benefit everyone; I especially like the idea of improving power supply efficiency (which is a bigger problem that just ethernets, IMO). One way to do this would be to get devices running directly off of direct AC current. IIRC, you can avoid a 20% penalty hit incurred from during the conversion from AC->DC that you get with normal power supplies.
:p
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Now if only they could create a similar system for some variants of the BSD operating system, I would be in heaven =)
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But do they achieve a comparable amount of work per cycle?
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