How many comments on how many stories have included someone claiming that he's either unaffected by or negatively affected by advertising? That he's less likely to buy a product he sees advertised? Broader yet, how do you suppose the median number of lifetime banner ad clicks for the slashdot user compares to that of the web-using population at large?
This is a bit of a moot point. Advertising works, end of story. If you took 100 random people and asked them "How much do you let advertising affect your decision on what to buy? Not at all / very little / somewhat / very much / exclusively" I would wager that 80-90% of people say (and think) that they are not or very little affected by advertising. Everyone thinks of themself as a someone who makes conscious, reasoned decisions. And yet, the companies (and politicians) that advertise the most inevitibly get the most market share.
Do you let yourself be affected by advertising? Surely not, you are one of the elite. BTW, what brand of mp3 player do you own?
As an elder brother who, anecdotally speaking, can confirm this, I'm curious if younger siblings are superior in other traits. While I am marginally smarter book-wise than my younger sister, she far excels in athletic ability and willpower/drive. To be honest, I think she got the better end of the bargain -- Thomas Edison said that genius was 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Of course, my personal experience isn't enough to base any theories on but I wouldn't be surprised to find that the youngest sibling generally tends to work harder then the eldest brother.
Sure, *most* people will surf porn, just as *most* people will watch American Idol, not PBS. Lowest common denominator and whatnot. That does not deprecate the importance of PBS, nor should it deprecate anonymity online.
I think it would be legal *if* any given cd's tracks were in use by a single person at any one time -- since the law as it currently stands treats music similarly to software (i.e., you purchase a license to use it), any part of cd #1 could only be in use by a single person at a time. The difficulty, of course, comes in proving that you followed this obligation or, conversely, for the RIAA to prove you violated it. IANAL, etc.
Interesting. I've pondered the algorithim that MovieLens might use -- I can think of many possible ways to do it, with a pure statistical approach being the simplest and probably least interesting. I'm sure it will never happen, but it'd be nice to have to have a look at it myself.
MovieLens is perhaps kind of similar-but-different. You go there and rate movies. Based on similarities to how other people rated movies, it then suggests movies for you and your likely rating of them. It's pretty neat actually -- my wife and I both have accounts there, and you can cross-reference with other people. So now when we go to the video store, instead of each of us picking one movie we like and potentially forcing the other person to suffer through it, we can find a movie that (in theory) we will both like. Seems fairly accurate so far.
The question then becomes, what is the purpose of federal taxation? Is it to return, 1:1, to each state every dollar the federal gov't collects in taxes? If so, what is the point in federal taxation at all -- it could be done more efficiently at the state level.
On the other hand, if the idea is to distribute money from those areas that have a surplus to those areas that need it more -- a good, socialist idea -- then I think it is working as intended. It surprises me that any self-described socialist would be against such wealth redistribution. Are you sure you're not turning into good old capitalists, toad3k and stinerman?
Some support is outsourced to India. Much is right here in the US and Europe. I work for a sub-contractor to HP that provides support to European GE employees (specifically, for desktop PC issues), and we are located right here in the US of A. My team handles the remote resolves for the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK. Our Dublin team handles remote resolves for Sweden, Norway, France and Italy. But the reality is that the situation is far more complex then a simple statement such as "HP outsources their support to India".
I fail to see how the engine turning off during idling increases mileage or how lessening that factor will decrease the estimated MPG. Sure, you're not using any gas, but you're also not going anywhere! Using that logic, a Humvee that is never started would have better fuel efficiency then my wife's 3 cylinder Geo Metro.
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Like most urban legends, Snopes debunks this one too. The truth is actually more interesting. Coca-Cola Inc. had just introduced Diet Coke, which was a runaway smash hit. It also happened to be based on a different, sweeter formula. With Diet Coke such a hit, it became natural to wonder if their flagship product, which had lost marketshare to rival Pepsi (which also featured a sweeter formula) might also benefit from a switch to this popular new formula. That's right, "New Coke" is actually Diet Coke + calories. Most interesting of all, Coca-Cola Zero is a diet cola based on the "Classic Coke" formula, and it is delicious.
And what percentage of those Debian apps implicitly assume that you use a keyboard? Applications are only viable for daily use if they are designed for your particular platform. Virtual keyboards on PDAs are ok in a pinch, for typing in a URL or a short email, but all the open source productivity software in the world isn't going to make a bit of difference if it wasn't designed with no keyboard + stylus/touchscreen in mind, the way Windows Mobile apps are.
I see no compelling reason to get this over a Dell Axim X51v (or if you're on the cheap, an X50v off ebay).
-High res screen? Check. Resolution is only slightly less -- 800x480 (iirc) vs 640x480, which still kicks the crap out of any phone on the market.
-Wireless? Check. -Bluetooth? Check.
-*Far* faster processer, making things like watching xvid-encoded movies off of either a CF or SD card a breeze using such freeware as TCPMP. Use DVD Decryptor and Auto GordianKnot and entire DVDs can be compressed to 800-900 megs with amazing quality, making it easy to keep yourself entertained on flights or train commutes.
-No comparison for software -- the Axims run Windows Mobile, which has hundreds of free and commercial games and various apps available.
-True PDA functionality -GPS add-ons if you're into that -Syncs with Outlook -CHEAP. I picked up an x50v with loads and loads of extras (aluminum case, long life battery, travel charger, car charger, car mount, 2 GB CF card, etc) off of ebay for $250. Heck, there's even an add-on to get ota TV stations.
Of course, Clinton's signing of Kyoto was entirely symbolic.
On July 25, 1997, before the Kyoto Protocol was finalized (although it had been fully negotiated, and a penultimate draft was finished), the U.S. Senate unanimously passed by a 95-0 vote the Byrd-Hagel Resolution (S. Res. 98),[40][41] which stated the sense of the Senate was that the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol that did not include binding targets and timetables for developing as well as industrialized nations or "would result in serious harm to the economy of the United States". On November 12, 1998, Vice President Al Gore symbolically signed the protocol. Both Gore and Senator Joseph Lieberman indicated that the protocol would not be acted upon in the Senate until there was participation by the developing nations.[42] The Clinton Administration never submitted the protocol to the Senate for ratification.
I find it easier to set up keyword searching. To do this, just go to a site, such as wikipedia, that shows the searching term in the address bar when you search. Type in something like 'genericsearch' into wikipedia and you get this url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search =genericsearch&go=Go
Save as a bookmark, then edit the bookmark and replace the search term with %s and set a short, easy to remember term for the keyword. For wikipedia, I used wiki.
Now all you have to do is type 'wiki slashdot' into your address bar and Firefox automatically brings up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot. Works great with Google Image Search, amazon, ebay, and any other site that shows the searching term in the URL.
The Vista era was good, but nothing compared to the Windows 98 era (though I don't know that using OSes as a quantitative factor for determining gaming eras is particularly valid). I'll stack up Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, System Shock 2, Deus Ex, Planescape: Torment, Starcraft, Diablo 2, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, and Grim Fandango against the best games from *any* era.
Carmack, shmarmack.. I used to hold him in high regard but luckily had my wayward opinion was straightened out by this thread on a PS3 forum full of knowledgable graphics gurus.
I suppose, though for non-developers the free SDK is irrelevant and the CPU is hardly powerful enough to decode h.264. And I'm confused about the ad hominum Windows CE hate... other than DIY coding (and most people aren't going to be coding up their own media players or web browsers), what advantage does running Linux on such a device have over running Windows CE?
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Do you let yourself be affected by advertising? Surely not, you are one of the elite. BTW, what brand of mp3 player do you own?
It's land line, not LAN line :)
As an elder brother who, anecdotally speaking, can confirm this, I'm curious if younger siblings are superior in other traits. While I am marginally smarter book-wise than my younger sister, she far excels in athletic ability and willpower/drive. To be honest, I think she got the better end of the bargain -- Thomas Edison said that genius was 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Of course, my personal experience isn't enough to base any theories on but I wouldn't be surprised to find that the youngest sibling generally tends to work harder then the eldest brother.
Sure, *most* people will surf porn, just as *most* people will watch American Idol, not PBS. Lowest common denominator and whatnot. That does not deprecate the importance of PBS, nor should it deprecate anonymity online.
I think it would be legal *if* any given cd's tracks were in use by a single person at any one time -- since the law as it currently stands treats music similarly to software (i.e., you purchase a license to use it), any part of cd #1 could only be in use by a single person at a time. The difficulty, of course, comes in proving that you followed this obligation or, conversely, for the RIAA to prove you violated it. IANAL, etc.
Interesting. I've pondered the algorithim that MovieLens might use -- I can think of many possible ways to do it, with a pure statistical approach being the simplest and probably least interesting. I'm sure it will never happen, but it'd be nice to have to have a look at it myself.
MovieLens is perhaps kind of similar-but-different. You go there and rate movies. Based on similarities to how other people rated movies, it then suggests movies for you and your likely rating of them. It's pretty neat actually -- my wife and I both have accounts there, and you can cross-reference with other people. So now when we go to the video store, instead of each of us picking one movie we like and potentially forcing the other person to suffer through it, we can find a movie that (in theory) we will both like. Seems fairly accurate so far.
The question then becomes, what is the purpose of federal taxation? Is it to return, 1:1, to each state every dollar the federal gov't collects in taxes? If so, what is the point in federal taxation at all -- it could be done more efficiently at the state level.
On the other hand, if the idea is to distribute money from those areas that have a surplus to those areas that need it more -- a good, socialist idea -- then I think it is working as intended. It surprises me that any self-described socialist would be against such wealth redistribution. Are you sure you're not turning into good old capitalists, toad3k and stinerman?
But seriously, why is a phone call cheaper than an SMS message?
I blame a little something I like to call, "economics"
Some support is outsourced to India. Much is right here in the US and Europe. I work for a sub-contractor to HP that provides support to European GE employees (specifically, for desktop PC issues), and we are located right here in the US of A. My team handles the remote resolves for the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK. Our Dublin team handles remote resolves for Sweden, Norway, France and Italy. But the reality is that the situation is far more complex then a simple statement such as "HP outsources their support to India".
They're animals anyway, so let them lose their souls.
I fail to see how the engine turning off during idling increases mileage or how lessening that factor will decrease the estimated MPG. Sure, you're not using any gas, but you're also not going anywhere! Using that logic, a Humvee that is never started would have better fuel efficiency then my wife's 3 cylinder Geo Metro.
How're things going on Isla Nublar, Dr. Hammond?
Don't you think the one has a direct effect on the other? What major important pharmaceuticals from Cuba can you name? Or North Korea? Or China?
Like most urban legends, Snopes debunks this one too. The truth is actually more interesting. Coca-Cola Inc. had just introduced Diet Coke, which was a runaway smash hit. It also happened to be based on a different, sweeter formula. With Diet Coke such a hit, it became natural to wonder if their flagship product, which had lost marketshare to rival Pepsi (which also featured a sweeter formula) might also benefit from a switch to this popular new formula. That's right, "New Coke" is actually Diet Coke + calories. Most interesting of all, Coca-Cola Zero is a diet cola based on the "Classic Coke" formula, and it is delicious.
And what percentage of those Debian apps implicitly assume that you use a keyboard? Applications are only viable for daily use if they are designed for your particular platform. Virtual keyboards on PDAs are ok in a pinch, for typing in a URL or a short email, but all the open source productivity software in the world isn't going to make a bit of difference if it wasn't designed with no keyboard + stylus/touchscreen in mind, the way Windows Mobile apps are.
I see no compelling reason to get this over a Dell Axim X51v (or if you're on the cheap, an X50v off ebay).
-High res screen? Check. Resolution is only slightly less -- 800x480 (iirc) vs 640x480, which still kicks the crap out of any phone on the market.
-Wireless? Check.
-Bluetooth? Check.
-*Far* faster processer, making things like watching xvid-encoded movies off of either a CF or SD card a breeze using such freeware as TCPMP. Use DVD Decryptor and Auto GordianKnot and entire DVDs can be compressed to 800-900 megs with amazing quality, making it easy to keep yourself entertained on flights or train commutes.
-No comparison for software -- the Axims run Windows Mobile, which has hundreds of free and commercial games and various apps available.
-True PDA functionality
-GPS add-ons if you're into that
-Syncs with Outlook
-CHEAP. I picked up an x50v with loads and loads of extras (aluminum case, long life battery, travel charger, car charger, car mount, 2 GB CF card, etc) off of ebay for $250. Heck, there's even an add-on to get ota TV stations.
Indeed. MIBL forever!
-- From Wikipedia.
So, were you ignorant of this fact or just being disingenuous? Neither option lends much credibility to your opinions, I'm afraid.
I find it easier to set up keyword searching. To do this, just go to a site, such as wikipedia, that shows the searching term in the address bar when you search. Type in something like 'genericsearch' into wikipedia and you get this url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search =genericsearch&go=Go
Save as a bookmark, then edit the bookmark and replace the search term with %s and set a short, easy to remember term for the keyword. For wikipedia, I used wiki.
Now all you have to do is type 'wiki slashdot' into your address bar and Firefox automatically brings up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot. Works great with Google Image Search, amazon, ebay, and any other site that shows the searching term in the URL.
Sounds like a job for Mega-Maid
So, where was X2 or X3? Both were lots of fun. How about ... GalCiv2? .Flight Sim X, ... and IL2 were a ton of fun. As was Silent Hunter 3.
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Sequels should be disqualified.
Cue Inigo Montoya: "I don't think that means, what you think it means."
The Vista era was good, but nothing compared to the Windows 98 era (though I don't know that using OSes as a quantitative factor for determining gaming eras is particularly valid). I'll stack up Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, System Shock 2, Deus Ex, Planescape: Torment, Starcraft, Diablo 2, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, and Grim Fandango against the best games from *any* era.
Carmack, shmarmack.. I used to hold him in high regard but luckily had my wayward opinion was straightened out by this thread on a PS3 forum full of knowledgable graphics gurus.
I suppose, though for non-developers the free SDK is irrelevant and the CPU is hardly powerful enough to decode h.264. And I'm confused about the ad hominum Windows CE hate ... other than DIY coding (and most people aren't going to be coding up their own media players or web browsers), what advantage does running Linux on such a device have over running Windows CE?