The plasma cells are like hollow tubes, and thus manufactured by a dramatically different process than LCDs. These must be at least a certain size, which provides a lower limit on plasma "pixel" size.
LCD panels could be made to higher resolution (and IBM makes one), although spec DVI bandwidth is hard-pressed to do 1600x1200 or so.
They have Venus displayed as being farther away than Mars and Mercury. Granted, at specific points in time that may be true, but it might have made more sense to do average distance or even show a line for the variation in distance for Mars, Venus, and Mercury. Everything farther away has much less variance as a percentage of distance.
anyone care to comment on whether or not an IR-based "gun" game controller works with televisions other than CRT technology?
Generally these systems work based on looking for a bright spot, which is created at a given pixel when the CRT beam sweep hits it. AFAIK, none of the other display technologies (maybe DLP?) have this peak brightness.
Speaking of which, anyone know if any non-CRT display technologies have a hope of a high-enough transition rate to support stereo via shutter glasses?
A median is the number which occurs the most times in a list.
No, that's the mode. The mean is the sum total divided by the number of elements. The median is the middle value, or midway between the two middle values if there is an even number of values in the set. In the provided case, 1 is both the median and the mode, 1.9 is the mean.
I don't know about original, but I think the dialog can be improved. A big problem to my mind with Mac and Windows, which still exists (at least in part due to the need for legacy support) is the ability of users to dump files just about anywhere on the drives. In contrast, Unix/Linux has the paradigm of user documents going into a single home directory. As a result, a Unix-centric file open dialog, particularly for end-user apps, should really be focused around access to that directory. Alternatives (other than recent documents) should be de-emphasized, at least visually.
The difference between the Open Source philosophy and the Free Software philosophy is a moral one. Open Source avoids the morality issue completely; open source is simply presented as the way to get technically better software. The Free Software philosophy says that closed source software is an immoral impingement on the freedoms of users.
It's about using free software when it's available because you want to support free software because you're willing to accept the means of using software that is superior in the end.
But that's the open source philosophy, not the free software philosophy.
Between these utilities you can do pretty much everything ghost can and much much more.
What's the status of Linux's NTFS reading/writing these days? Seems like I recall discussion of issues with the many flavors of NTFS. Is it capable enough to do satisfactory ghosting?
Yeah and you know how many times I've felt like going back to them to watch them? Zero. They are a waste of space.
Perhaps, but DVDs are a waste of less space than VHS tapes.
Same with archiving tv shows. I used to but I realized that I never go back to watch them, so I stopped.
Ah, but that's why you archive them. Back before videotapes, when a good movie would come on, I'd want to watch it. Who knew when I'd get to see it again? If you tape it, you don't have that compulsion.
Note that kids like to watch the same thing several times much more than grown-ups, so DVDing things for the young'ns is more worthwhile. Also, some tapes only have 15-20 minutes of stuff on them; transfer several to a single DVD for a huge savings in space.
I mean come ON, how many free rides does Apple get?
Regardless of the technology itself, iTunes and ITMS made online music selling mass-market. I'd be surprised if ITMS hasn't had many times more revenue than all the other online MP3/WMA/etc. sales put together.
Obviously, false memories can be implanted as well as certain ones erased
Perhaps, but do a google image search on "Rumsfeld Hussein", and you'll see a picture of the Secretary of Defense shaking hands with Saddam.
I think you have the time period wrong as well, the 70's were when Iran was the enemy and Iraq was "on our side".
That would be both the late 70's and early-mid 80's, with Iraq using chemical weapons on both the Iraqis and the Kurds in the early 80's, well before Gulf War I. Iraq became The Enemy in 1990 with the invasion of Kuwait. The web has plenty of info, I suggest you do a bit of research.
Fax machines aren't really idiot-proof, or that easy to use. You can put the paper in the wrong way up, if you are an idiot (and all of us have our "Do'h!" moments.) You have to wait to make sure it gets sent to make sure it gets sent, none of this hitting the send button. You have to enter a phone number, more room for error. And paper does jam, sheet feeders mis-feed, etc.
What fax machines have going for them is they accept the myriad forms of paper, and paper has an easier "enter text right here" interface than any computer program I've seen, especially in combination with a pre-existing form.
While the scammers should not have tried it to start with, anyone stupid enough to be taken in by something so well documented after being warned by the police deserves to loose anything they put in.
What about his wife?
It's also quite possible his mental state is somewhat deteriorated by age. It doesn't happen to some seniors, but it certainly does to others, and it's very likely they'll still have legal control of their assets for some time while in the deteriorated mental state.
Um, no, it doesn't. Software you *own* (not software that's licensed; guess which one most software is?)
Owned. I give 'em cash, they sell me the program. Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck? It's a duck. If they want to license it, then they need to handle it via contract.
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that wasn't clear. what I meant was that you won't be able to find the body, just an ip address.
True, if I got my hands on some of these spammers, you wouldn't be able to find the body afterwards...
The plasma cells are like hollow tubes, and thus manufactured by a dramatically different process than LCDs. These must be at least a certain size, which provides a lower limit on plasma "pixel" size.
LCD panels could be made to higher resolution (and IBM makes one), although spec DVI bandwidth is hard-pressed to do 1600x1200 or so.
Nope, I think this beats it.
So if anyone can explain what are advantages of big-screen displays over DLPs for home viewing, please enlighten me.
Brightness is generally an issue with projectors; you need a dark room for them. A plasma or LCD display will look decent in interior light.
They have Venus displayed as being farther away than Mars and Mercury. Granted, at specific points in time that may be true, but it might have made more sense to do average distance or even show a line for the variation in distance for Mars, Venus, and Mercury. Everything farther away has much less variance as a percentage of distance.
anyone care to comment on whether or not an IR-based "gun" game controller works with televisions other than CRT technology?
Generally these systems work based on looking for a bright spot, which is created at a given pixel when the CRT beam sweep hits it. AFAIK, none of the other display technologies (maybe DLP?) have this peak brightness.
Speaking of which, anyone know if any non-CRT display technologies have a hope of a high-enough transition rate to support stereo via shutter glasses?
A priest selling duck poo? Holy shi....
Megacorps are EVIL! EVIL I say! And they will bring DOOOM TO US ALL!!!
yes, but even they do not have the power to bring us "Duke Nukem Forever."
A median is the number which occurs the most times in a list.
No, that's the mode. The mean is the sum total divided by the number of elements. The median is the middle value, or midway between the two middle values if there is an even number of values in the set. In the provided case, 1 is both the median and the mode, 1.9 is the mean.
You're calling the people who built, launched and sent a semi-autonomous probe through space and landed it on another planet stupid?
Hey, it's not rocket sci -- er, um, never mind.
How original can a open file dialog be?
I don't know about original, but I think the dialog can be improved. A big problem to my mind with Mac and Windows, which still exists (at least in part due to the need for legacy support) is the ability of users to dump files just about anywhere on the drives. In contrast, Unix/Linux has the paradigm of user documents going into a single home directory. As a result, a Unix-centric file open dialog, particularly for end-user apps, should really be focused around access to that directory. Alternatives (other than recent documents) should be de-emphasized, at least visually.
The difference between the Open Source philosophy and the Free Software philosophy is a moral one. Open Source avoids the morality issue completely; open source is simply presented as the way to get technically better software. The Free Software philosophy says that closed source software is an immoral impingement on the freedoms of users.
It's about using free software when it's available because you want to support free software because you're willing to accept the means of using software that is superior in the end.
But that's the open source philosophy, not the free software philosophy.
And if end users realize that, they can accept inferior software until it becomes superior.
Today is the 20th anniversary of the GNU project, about half of an average person's working lifetime. Just how long do you expect people will wait?
Between these utilities you can do pretty much everything ghost can and much much more.
What's the status of Linux's NTFS reading/writing these days? Seems like I recall discussion of issues with the many flavors of NTFS. Is it capable enough to do satisfactory ghosting?
Yeah and you know how many times I've felt like going back to them to watch them? Zero. They are a waste of space.
Perhaps, but DVDs are a waste of less space than VHS tapes.
Same with archiving tv shows. I used to but I realized that I never go back to watch them, so I stopped.
Ah, but that's why you archive them. Back before videotapes, when a good movie would come on, I'd want to watch it. Who knew when I'd get to see it again? If you tape it, you don't have that compulsion.
Note that kids like to watch the same thing several times much more than grown-ups, so DVDing things for the young'ns is more worthwhile. Also, some tapes only have 15-20 minutes of stuff on them; transfer several to a single DVD for a huge savings in space.
I mean come ON, how many free rides does Apple get?
Regardless of the technology itself, iTunes and ITMS made online music selling mass-market. I'd be surprised if ITMS hasn't had many times more revenue than all the other online MP3/WMA/etc. sales put together.
Obviously, false memories can be implanted as well as certain ones erased
Perhaps, but do a google image search on "Rumsfeld Hussein", and you'll see a picture of the Secretary of Defense shaking hands with Saddam.
I think you have the time period wrong as well, the 70's were when Iran was the enemy and Iraq was "on our side".
That would be both the late 70's and early-mid 80's, with Iraq using chemical weapons on both the Iraqis and the Kurds in the early 80's, well before Gulf War I. Iraq became The Enemy in 1990 with the invasion of Kuwait. The web has plenty of info, I suggest you do a bit of research.
Fax machines aren't really idiot-proof, or that easy to use. You can put the paper in the wrong way up, if you are an idiot (and all of us have our "Do'h!" moments.) You have to wait to make sure it gets sent to make sure it gets sent, none of this hitting the send button. You have to enter a phone number, more room for error. And paper does jam, sheet feeders mis-feed, etc.
What fax machines have going for them is they accept the myriad forms of paper, and paper has an easier "enter text right here" interface than any computer program I've seen, especially in combination with a pre-existing form.
I wonder if heating up a tank with liquid oxygen is a bright idea.
How do you heat up anything with liquid oxygen, anyway? Most of us use something warm to warm things up...
"Yesterday I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I don't know."
I don't know about your grandparents, but mine aren't mentally retarded.
One word: Alzheimer's.
My grandmother, before she passed away, was convinced there were people who lived upstairs -- in her ranch house.
I think my father's greatest fear is getting it himself.
While the scammers should not have tried it to start with, anyone stupid enough to be taken in by something so well documented after being warned by the police deserves to loose anything they put in.
What about his wife?
It's also quite possible his mental state is somewhat deteriorated by age. It doesn't happen to some seniors, but it certainly does to others, and it's very likely they'll still have legal control of their assets for some time while in the deteriorated mental state.
He's Lucy's baby brother, dumbass!
I hate people who spread disinformation on Slashdot.
Rerun is Lucy's baby brother. Linus is Lucy's younger, not youngest, brother.
Sheesh.
But really, Darl isn't half the guitarist the Keith Richards is...
On the other hand, from reading his press releases, I think he might be taking even more drugs than the Keith.
Um, no, it doesn't. Software you *own* (not software that's licensed; guess which one most software is?)
Owned. I give 'em cash, they sell me the program. Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck? It's a duck. If they want to license it, then they need to handle it via contract.