If it was a 12" 4k display 1,000,000:1 at 1-bit would still be pretty interesting. Everything could be half-toned pretty well.
I was the last nerd to upgrade from a paperwhite grayscale VGA monitor ("256 shades of gray") to color. Also probably the only person to run Windows 3 on an IBM EGA graphics card in 'Monohcrome Graphics' mode on an MDA monitor. (better aspect ratio than Hercules Graphics)
Next year Apple will finally come out with their OLED gadget, and Samsung and the others will be developing gadgets with these high contrast LCD displays.
It's one of those things that doesn't matter to the average user until it's too big to not matter, and even then it still doesn't matter because the average user doesn't develop the software that s/he runs. The total environment just gets a little more controlled and the applications coming out just are a little more centrally directed, and Red Hat becomes the new Microsoft.
More flippant handwaving in usage of words that shows a lot about weakness in your argument.
Development 'stagnated' only implys development needed to continue. Now, we all know that everybody wants their email address in important headers in the software project, so everything needs to be ripped out and replaced at whim on a regular basis.
But things aren't 'stagnant' unless there's a reason for something newer to replace them. Has the development of new cinder block designs 'stagnated' because nobody has designed a new cinder block for probably a century? No, the existing design is fine and doesn't need replacement.
I don't think the argument has ever been that "old means bad".
In the case of people like the Lentard, the argument is 'I wasn't in charge when it was put in place.' Obviously the dude knows better than anybody else.
To replace even a fairly simple plastic part from your refrigerator, you need a 3D model of said part for the 3D Printer to produce it from.
And said 3D model needs to be dimensionally correct and the printer has to then print it accurately.
Whereas with a novelty item or toy, the 3D printer can just burp something out that meets a close enough approximation to be amusing.
Anybody successfully cloning appliance parts with a 3D printer at home could find professional work for a substantial amount more than they'll save making the occasional part for the refrigerator.
There are people who consider themselves 'conservative' Christians who reject any bible except for the King James Version*. Which is kind of ludicrous, because there are numerous translations from before and after the KJV that are at least as legitimate. These folks act like the bible as translated in the KJV is the immutable truth. Yet all they do is interpret it, the same as anybody reading any book.
(* I've heard local ads on the radio for churches that espouse explicitly that they 'follow' the KJV. No I haven't visited said churches....)
Violent conquest to subdue non-Christians is not a part of Christ's doctrine. As I said, there were historically cases where people tried to make that Christian doctrine.
With some interpretations of Islam, it isn't necessary to really proselytize on a door-to-door basis. They seize political power and sort things out later. It's isn't an academic matter. You simply have to study the actions of ISIS where they have taken control.
And no, that doesn't brand all followers of Islam. Just a significant subset.
Or possibly he was trashing the divide-and-conquer concept of 'minorities' as it's practiced by the plantation operators known as the Democrats.
If nothing else, insights like this are a significant takeaway from the November election. But there is a large body of people who refuse to acknowledge such insights.
I suspect that IBM was involved in creating a national database of citizens. How said database was later cherrypicked and sorted was not up to IBM.
It isn't the political bent of a particular body of political actors that matters. It is the process of creating centralized databases that creates the risk and empowers in government that later comes into power that matters.
It's why I used the write-in option and chose 'Human' for my race this year on a US Census Survey that I was mandated by law to answer. Surprisingly, they haven't sent out a US Census Representative to inquire as to what my 'real' race is. Perhaps I just made it too expensive for them to get that data point. We should all work to make it expensive for the government to obtain that kind of data.
Pogo.com and many other casual gaming sites are strong users of Flash. Probably entities like those are the reason Google doesn't wholesale abandon Flash on their browsers.
I doubt if many Slashdot regulars do much gaming at pogo.com but I bet at least a handful of us know family members who are regulars there.
The Clintons have been good business for Republican fundraisers over the last 30 years. They will sorely be missed for years to come.
There are doubtless printing presses running even today printing lifesize portraits of Chelsea Clinton. They'll be attached to sticks so that they are easy for Republicans to wave when necessary.
Yes, the fact that we have a free press* helped Trump tremendously. If it had been Hillary vs. Clinton in a country like Zimbabwe or China, Hillary might be the President-elect right now.
(*major elements of said free press were heavily biased toward Hillary, but that's one of the costs of freedom)
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If it was a 12" 4k display 1,000,000:1 at 1-bit would still be pretty interesting. Everything could be half-toned pretty well.
I was the last nerd to upgrade from a paperwhite grayscale VGA monitor ("256 shades of gray") to color. Also probably the only person to run Windows 3 on an IBM EGA graphics card in 'Monohcrome Graphics' mode on an MDA monitor. (better aspect ratio than Hercules Graphics)
Next year Apple will finally come out with their OLED gadget, and Samsung and the others will be developing gadgets with these high contrast LCD displays.
Slider phones just don't sell well, and big thick phones don't sell well.
Wouldn't one of the gadget vendors have to try to sell one for us to know if they would sell well or not??
But, right. Products have to be sold 'internally' to the marketing critters before the C-levels will allow Engineering to develop them.
Things like that would be caught in the FMEA, not in testing in a lab. I hope they do a FMEA on their designs.
Don't forget chemical engineering.
But can you program in Z80 and 6502 machine code? You really only need to know a few instructions, because the details are in the bits.
But almost certainly not guilty of arson.
It's one of those things that doesn't matter to the average user until it's too big to not matter, and even then it still doesn't matter because the average user doesn't develop the software that s/he runs. The total environment just gets a little more controlled and the applications coming out just are a little more centrally directed, and Red Hat becomes the new Microsoft.
that's where development stagnated
More flippant handwaving in usage of words that shows a lot about weakness in your argument.
Development 'stagnated' only implys development needed to continue. Now, we all know that everybody wants their email address in important headers in the software project, so everything needs to be ripped out and replaced at whim on a regular basis.
But things aren't 'stagnant' unless there's a reason for something newer to replace them. Has the development of new cinder block designs 'stagnated' because nobody has designed a new cinder block for probably a century? No, the existing design is fine and doesn't need replacement.
I don't think the argument has ever been that "old means bad".
In the case of people like the Lentard, the argument is 'I wasn't in charge when it was put in place.' Obviously the dude knows better than anybody else.
So using systemd with parallel means you can ignore problems in the boot process indefinitely as long as it doesn't immediately affect your system.
Very good. A kludge can remain a kludge indefinitely.
To replace even a fairly simple plastic part from your refrigerator, you need a 3D model of said part for the 3D Printer to produce it from.
And said 3D model needs to be dimensionally correct and the printer has to then print it accurately.
Whereas with a novelty item or toy, the 3D printer can just burp something out that meets a close enough approximation to be amusing.
Anybody successfully cloning appliance parts with a 3D printer at home could find professional work for a substantial amount more than they'll save making the occasional part for the refrigerator.
Well, clearly there's an arms race in government censorship.
We need to compete with the Russians! Why, their government is FAR FAR AHEAD in lying to the people!
Have you ever thought about stepping up and not being a pussy?
Your sexist language doesn't redeem you in anybody's eyes.
There are tons of schisms in Christianity.
There are people who consider themselves 'conservative' Christians who reject any bible except for the King James Version*. Which is kind of ludicrous, because there are numerous translations from before and after the KJV that are at least as legitimate. These folks act like the bible as translated in the KJV is the immutable truth. Yet all they do is interpret it, the same as anybody reading any book.
(* I've heard local ads on the radio for churches that espouse explicitly that they 'follow' the KJV. No I haven't visited said churches....)
Violent conquest to subdue non-Christians is not a part of Christ's doctrine. As I said, there were historically cases where people tried to make that Christian doctrine.
With some interpretations of Islam, it isn't necessary to really proselytize on a door-to-door basis. They seize political power and sort things out later. It's isn't an academic matter. You simply have to study the actions of ISIS where they have taken control.
And no, that doesn't brand all followers of Islam. Just a significant subset.
I have a Facebook account in our dog's name. He has since passed away but I haven't really updated his profile to say that.
The correct answer to 'would you rape a child' is 'What kind of stupid fucking question is that? Get out of my face.'
Maybe trashing minorities of every stripe
Or possibly he was trashing the divide-and-conquer concept of 'minorities' as it's practiced by the plantation operators known as the Democrats.
If nothing else, insights like this are a significant takeaway from the November election. But there is a large body of people who refuse to acknowledge such insights.
I suspect that IBM was involved in creating a national database of citizens. How said database was later cherrypicked and sorted was not up to IBM.
It isn't the political bent of a particular body of political actors that matters. It is the process of creating centralized databases that creates the risk and empowers in government that later comes into power that matters.
It's why I used the write-in option and chose 'Human' for my race this year on a US Census Survey that I was mandated by law to answer. Surprisingly, they haven't sent out a US Census Representative to inquire as to what my 'real' race is. Perhaps I just made it too expensive for them to get that data point. We should all work to make it expensive for the government to obtain that kind of data.
Okay, I watched your video.
Was there a dog whistle in there that was supposed to explain it to me?
What do you accomplish by trying to inject Trump into this topic?
Really, what do you accomplish?
Pogo.com and many other casual gaming sites are strong users of Flash. Probably entities like those are the reason Google doesn't wholesale abandon Flash on their browsers.
I doubt if many Slashdot regulars do much gaming at pogo.com but I bet at least a handful of us know family members who are regulars there.
There are doubtless printing presses running even today printing lifesize portraits of Chelsea Clinton. They'll be attached to sticks so that they are easy for Republicans to wave when necessary.
Yes, the fact that we have a free press* helped Trump tremendously. If it had been Hillary vs. Clinton in a country like Zimbabwe or China, Hillary might be the President-elect right now.
(*major elements of said free press were heavily biased toward Hillary, but that's one of the costs of freedom)
Believe it or not, they're now grooming Chelsea to be the next political Clinton operative.