Indeed, but until IE 6, 7 and 8 are out of the way, it's likely still going to matter. It really should be a matter of personal preference, at least that's what I thought standards compliance was for.
Given that the status quo is 3D movies, as in using the mind to translate into 3D, I wouldn't expect that to change anytime soon. The big problem is that nobody really knows how to make it work properly. Eventually when they can do it properly without glasses, then it might take off, but it'll take somebody to figure out how to use it effectively.
I'd expect for it to be a long time from now, if ever, there's a huge number of people that have been watching TV and movies for years and decades that already know how to turn the image on screen into something that's just as 3D as the glasses. It's going to be hard to beat that.
I remember being tricked by that once in Canada. They really mean grape. So, it's really translated "for being grape." You tricky Canadians may think you've pulled one over on me, but I proved you.
That phrase means reason for being, and the problem with 3D is that it has no reason for being. I was somewhat skeptical myself of Roger Ebert's assertion that 3D is already present in the movies we have. And damned if he wasn't right. You watch a movie and if you're paying attention, it's practically 3D already, unless you count that garish over done crap which passes for 3D these days.
When they film the scenes correctly your mind can easily reconstruct it to give you that 3D feel to it, without a lot of expensive technology.
I don't agree. Writing a script is something which is only for times when you have a set procedure and you're typing the same thing each time as a way of cutting down on repetition. And it is reasonable to expect somebody to do that if they want to be a sysadmin.
I mean, do you really want to be hiring somebody that has to manually sit down at each terminal and set up each computer, or do you want somebody that values their time enough to script it? Sysadmins rarely if ever have the problem of too much time on their hands and as such, being able to script things which are only necessary on that site is a practical necessity.
Unless said admin happens to be working for one of those companies which has too much money on its hands.
That's a false dilemma, you can have some quality control without having a complete lockdown police state platform. The thing which gets people on Apple's case is that it's more than just quality control, it's that they won't let people change the interface, they won't allow people to access content which they don't approve of and they don't allow you to choose to use apps that aren't in the store.
I believe that last point is still valid, last I remember hearing about this you had to jailbreak to install apps that weren't from the appstore.
I'm not sure about these days, but I did spend a bit of time unsubscribing from spam for a while. It was a junk account that I was going to have to abandon either way. The results were a noticeable reduction in spam messages pretty quickly, then a gradual increase over time. I'm not sure what the actual explanation is, given that most spammers don't have any way of receiving a response to their spam, other than through a store.
If they defaulted to opt-in tracking and refrained from those obnoxious flash ads, I'm sure there'd be quite a few more people that would be willing to watch the ads. But when ads purposely cover content randomly, crash the browser or track you without permission, that's pretty deserving of being blocked.
There isn't really a problem. There isn't a realistic expectation of privacy in public mainly because by default it's a public place. There's other people there that can see you, so obviously there's not going to be any privacy.
Online is a bit trickier, but it's largely private, people don't know where the data is going between them and the server, but those parties in the middle shouldn't be allowed to collect data beyond what's necessary to keep their infrastructure running. And definitely no personal information.
Ads are more like stalking than they are like other people in a public space. While you don't have any right to privacy in a public area, it is still illegal to follow people around and make note of where they're going without consent. Generally it comes under stalking prohibitions.
Indeed, here in the US, they've made exceptions for all the people that we really don't want to hear from, ie., politicians. During election season it's terrible. 7 or 8 calls a day, frequently from a robocaller. Charities aren't quite as bad, but still they call frequently enough as to be an annoyance.
They aren't stealing from you. Most of them pay taxes and few of them actually get any government services. The jobs that they take are ones that even now in this economy are going unfilled in terms of legal workers.
The UFW has been trying to get people to come take those jobs, and it's been tough going, few people are desperate enough to take the jobs. I'm not sure what the current number is, but as of when Colbert was covering on his show, the number was under 20, and definitely way under a hundred.
Bottled water is a threat because you have no way of knowing what is actually in it with a quick field test. Most substances that are water soluble result in a clear liquid which is more or less indistinguishable from water.
There are a lot of odd things that the TSA does, but really, when it comes to fluids and gels, they're way overly permissive in what they allow on board. It's ultimately quite stupid to be doing the virtual strip searches and grope sessions when they're allowing such substances on.
Unfortunately you're correct. Strictly speaking the interpretation that people use is kind of odd. It allows people to have a right to firearms that have no involvement in any sort of militia regulated or otherwise. But by the same token it restricts the kind of weaponry that it would actually require to fulfill the intent of that amendment.
And realistically, the 2nd amendment really ought to be updated to provide people with the right to secure communications.
Isn't necessary? Electronic Stability Control and Anti-lock Breaking Systems are hugely important to safe drive, and they aren't something that you can do without computer systems of some sort. Likewise, systems to monitor the tire pressure, while not strictly speaking necessary, do go a long way towards avoiding blowouts.
And would you really want to drive a car where the airbag wasn't controlled by a computer?
Sure it means that you can't fix it yourself, but honestly, how many people are going to be able to do it themselves anyways? That's not exactly simple equipment to work on, and the results of getting it wrong are potentially lethal.
What do you expect? They've already extended the end of life process, they're going to officially cease all security patches in 2014, and last year they ended all non-security support from that release. Which includes design changes, warranty and free support.
You don't generally save money building yourself. Sure you don't have to pay labor costs, but you don't get the bulk purchase discount either. Also the preinstalled software these days typically pays for a portion of the hardware as well.
Windows 7 supports RDP version 7. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details, but you should be able to just install a compatible RDP application rather than having to buy a copy of Windows 7.
Most of that has to do with the longer hardware cycle. I remember when I was a kid and the pace of things was just ridiculous, it wasn't unheard of to need to upgrade the computer regularly for regular applications. But these days, particularly with this whole web 2.0 thing, there's not the reason that there used to be.
And besides which, now that the driver devs have had the time to mature their drivers, XP is quite stable, compared to what it used to be. Still has problems with being sluggish and really wanting to be regularly reinstalled, but it is adequate for many things, especially now that the computers are significantly more powerful than what it was designed for.
Perhaps, but that would be a step above what they're doing now, as in using H1-B visas to flood the market with immigrants on the justification that we don't have enough local talent. A bullshit argument given how tough it can be to get into IT at times. Especially if you're looking for something that's particularly specialized or don't want to deal with the shit jobs that you're legitimately trained beyond already.
Precisely, and that doesn't take into account the energy it takes to produce a new machine. I needed a new switch recently so I replaced the one that wasn't working with a newer one that was more energy efficient. The switch itself wasn't that expensive, but as long as I was buying one it made sense to get one that's more efficient. Same thing when I needed a new power supply, since I was already needing to buy one, I went with a 80 plus compliant power supply. I doubt that it would've made sense to do so had I not already needed to get a new one anyways.
It is, and I'm sure he's thrilled with the implication that his "truthiness" is just a cover for lies. I'm sure this project is going to be funded entirely by Canadian grizzly bears. In an effort to smear his good name.
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Indeed, but until IE 6, 7 and 8 are out of the way, it's likely still going to matter. It really should be a matter of personal preference, at least that's what I thought standards compliance was for.
Not going to happen, sort of like how it would be nice for Google to acknowledge that people don't want to be spied upon whenever they're online.
Given that the status quo is 3D movies, as in using the mind to translate into 3D, I wouldn't expect that to change anytime soon. The big problem is that nobody really knows how to make it work properly. Eventually when they can do it properly without glasses, then it might take off, but it'll take somebody to figure out how to use it effectively.
I'd expect for it to be a long time from now, if ever, there's a huge number of people that have been watching TV and movies for years and decades that already know how to turn the image on screen into something that's just as 3D as the glasses. It's going to be hard to beat that.
I remember being tricked by that once in Canada. They really mean grape. So, it's really translated "for being grape." You tricky Canadians may think you've pulled one over on me, but I proved you.
That phrase means reason for being, and the problem with 3D is that it has no reason for being. I was somewhat skeptical myself of Roger Ebert's assertion that 3D is already present in the movies we have. And damned if he wasn't right. You watch a movie and if you're paying attention, it's practically 3D already, unless you count that garish over done crap which passes for 3D these days.
When they film the scenes correctly your mind can easily reconstruct it to give you that 3D feel to it, without a lot of expensive technology.
I don't agree. Writing a script is something which is only for times when you have a set procedure and you're typing the same thing each time as a way of cutting down on repetition. And it is reasonable to expect somebody to do that if they want to be a sysadmin.
I mean, do you really want to be hiring somebody that has to manually sit down at each terminal and set up each computer, or do you want somebody that values their time enough to script it? Sysadmins rarely if ever have the problem of too much time on their hands and as such, being able to script things which are only necessary on that site is a practical necessity.
Unless said admin happens to be working for one of those companies which has too much money on its hands.
That's a false dilemma, you can have some quality control without having a complete lockdown police state platform. The thing which gets people on Apple's case is that it's more than just quality control, it's that they won't let people change the interface, they won't allow people to access content which they don't approve of and they don't allow you to choose to use apps that aren't in the store.
I believe that last point is still valid, last I remember hearing about this you had to jailbreak to install apps that weren't from the appstore.
As opposed to the appstore which comes with a typical PC? ie., the internet?
I'm not sure about these days, but I did spend a bit of time unsubscribing from spam for a while. It was a junk account that I was going to have to abandon either way. The results were a noticeable reduction in spam messages pretty quickly, then a gradual increase over time. I'm not sure what the actual explanation is, given that most spammers don't have any way of receiving a response to their spam, other than through a store.
If they defaulted to opt-in tracking and refrained from those obnoxious flash ads, I'm sure there'd be quite a few more people that would be willing to watch the ads. But when ads purposely cover content randomly, crash the browser or track you without permission, that's pretty deserving of being blocked.
There isn't really a problem. There isn't a realistic expectation of privacy in public mainly because by default it's a public place. There's other people there that can see you, so obviously there's not going to be any privacy.
Online is a bit trickier, but it's largely private, people don't know where the data is going between them and the server, but those parties in the middle shouldn't be allowed to collect data beyond what's necessary to keep their infrastructure running. And definitely no personal information.
Ads are more like stalking than they are like other people in a public space. While you don't have any right to privacy in a public area, it is still illegal to follow people around and make note of where they're going without consent. Generally it comes under stalking prohibitions.
Indeed, here in the US, they've made exceptions for all the people that we really don't want to hear from, ie., politicians. During election season it's terrible. 7 or 8 calls a day, frequently from a robocaller. Charities aren't quite as bad, but still they call frequently enough as to be an annoyance.
They aren't stealing from you. Most of them pay taxes and few of them actually get any government services. The jobs that they take are ones that even now in this economy are going unfilled in terms of legal workers.
The UFW has been trying to get people to come take those jobs, and it's been tough going, few people are desperate enough to take the jobs. I'm not sure what the current number is, but as of when Colbert was covering on his show, the number was under 20, and definitely way under a hundred.
Bottled water is a threat because you have no way of knowing what is actually in it with a quick field test. Most substances that are water soluble result in a clear liquid which is more or less indistinguishable from water.
There are a lot of odd things that the TSA does, but really, when it comes to fluids and gels, they're way overly permissive in what they allow on board. It's ultimately quite stupid to be doing the virtual strip searches and grope sessions when they're allowing such substances on.
Unfortunately you're correct. Strictly speaking the interpretation that people use is kind of odd. It allows people to have a right to firearms that have no involvement in any sort of militia regulated or otherwise. But by the same token it restricts the kind of weaponry that it would actually require to fulfill the intent of that amendment.
And realistically, the 2nd amendment really ought to be updated to provide people with the right to secure communications.
Isn't necessary? Electronic Stability Control and Anti-lock Breaking Systems are hugely important to safe drive, and they aren't something that you can do without computer systems of some sort. Likewise, systems to monitor the tire pressure, while not strictly speaking necessary, do go a long way towards avoiding blowouts.
And would you really want to drive a car where the airbag wasn't controlled by a computer?
Sure it means that you can't fix it yourself, but honestly, how many people are going to be able to do it themselves anyways? That's not exactly simple equipment to work on, and the results of getting it wrong are potentially lethal.
What do you expect? They've already extended the end of life process, they're going to officially cease all security patches in 2014, and last year they ended all non-security support from that release. Which includes design changes, warranty and free support.
You don't generally save money building yourself. Sure you don't have to pay labor costs, but you don't get the bulk purchase discount either. Also the preinstalled software these days typically pays for a portion of the hardware as well.
Windows 7 supports RDP version 7. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details, but you should be able to just install a compatible RDP application rather than having to buy a copy of Windows 7.
Most of that has to do with the longer hardware cycle. I remember when I was a kid and the pace of things was just ridiculous, it wasn't unheard of to need to upgrade the computer regularly for regular applications. But these days, particularly with this whole web 2.0 thing, there's not the reason that there used to be.
And besides which, now that the driver devs have had the time to mature their drivers, XP is quite stable, compared to what it used to be. Still has problems with being sluggish and really wanting to be regularly reinstalled, but it is adequate for many things, especially now that the computers are significantly more powerful than what it was designed for.
Perhaps, but that would be a step above what they're doing now, as in using H1-B visas to flood the market with immigrants on the justification that we don't have enough local talent. A bullshit argument given how tough it can be to get into IT at times. Especially if you're looking for something that's particularly specialized or don't want to deal with the shit jobs that you're legitimately trained beyond already.
Precisely, and that doesn't take into account the energy it takes to produce a new machine. I needed a new switch recently so I replaced the one that wasn't working with a newer one that was more energy efficient. The switch itself wasn't that expensive, but as long as I was buying one it made sense to get one that's more efficient. Same thing when I needed a new power supply, since I was already needing to buy one, I went with a 80 plus compliant power supply. I doubt that it would've made sense to do so had I not already needed to get a new one anyways.
It is, and I'm sure he's thrilled with the implication that his "truthiness" is just a cover for lies. I'm sure this project is going to be funded entirely by Canadian grizzly bears. In an effort to smear his good name.
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There's varying degrees of truthiness involved. Some things that politicians say are complete rubbish and somethings are mostly correct.