There is a theory now that it once ate a super-earth in the outer solar system, and kept its moon as some sort of macabre trophy to make sure that Mars and Venus didn't get any big ideas.
Theories that anthropomorphize planets? Doesn't sound very scientific to me.
To be fair, having wireless keyboards and mice that show up to the host system as plain old USB HID-compliant devices means there's generally one less thing to have to troubleshoot in case there are problems. Not to mention that you can use them to access the BIOS -- something you can't do with Bluetooth because the Bluetooth stack/driver haven't been loaded yet.
Also helps to comprehend WTF you are reading. The excerpt you quoted from the article states the availability of a 3.5in hard disk caddy for chrissakes!!?
Read it again and look at the pictures. The caddy is the size of a 3.5" drive, in which you install a 2.5" SSD. That is what they mean by a "2.5in to 3.5in hard disk caddy".
This thing uses 3.5" drives, or you could slap it onto a 2.5" drive if you wanted to. The thing TAKES THE FORM OF a drive caddy - it is not a drive caddy.
Actually, after looking at it more, it is a drive caddy -- for a 2.5" SSD. This device basically acts as a daisy chain controller that you hook both a 2.5" SSD and a regular 3.5" HD to. The controller then presents the combined device to the BIOS/OS as a single drive.
The device takes the form of a 2.5in to 3.5in hard disk caddy with a couple of SATA connectors on the end.
Good job Claave! You apparently didn't even get to the second paragraph before submitting the article. You can't use a 2TB hard drive with this because there are no 2TB 2.5" drives yet.
As a news junky, I associate with other news junkies of various stripes. My Facebook Feed reads like an amalgamation of Fox News, CNN, BBC, Slashdot and The National Enquirer. Put me in there with my friends list intact, and I'd probably be able to replace HLN. I assume it's a similar deal with these journalists. Try it with a random sample of people and get back to me.
From the comments so far, you seem to be one of the few people who 'gets' the point of this exercise. Hell, they've already acknowledged that the reporters will have a general idea of what's happening in the world. The experiment is to see how accurate that information really is.
To use one example that many here are familiar with -- suppose you had Slashdot summaries show up on your Facebook page (not sure if/. has a FB fan page or not, and I don't really care to find out). Now, people who actually care about what's happening in the tech world realize that an embarrassingly huge amount of the time, those/. summaries contain major omissions of fact, or are just plain wrong. If you read the linked articles or the comments, you learn what these errors are and what the real facts are. However, if all you ever go by is the headline/summary, your view of reality will be horribly distorted (unfortunately, many here do exactly this). That's what these reporters are measuring here -- just how correct/incorrect the distilled information really is (albeit they're doing it in a highly unscientific manner).
Yes but THX isn't supposed to be dishonest. George Lucas created THX specifically so we, the consumers, could avoid the cheap junk and get a "like the theater" experience at home. I'm surprised to learn that THX has devolved to be as pointless a label as "UL" on a lamp.
Woah! Hold on a second! Are you telling me that George Lucas is trying to pass crap off to an unsuspecting public?!?!?!?!? Say it ain't so!
I hope this has already been suggested in the 120-something posts so far, but if not, here's my simplistic suggestion. Go ahead and use Chrome (or Chromium if you want) for your gMail tabs. But only use that browser for Google mail and apps. Do all of your other browsing/searching/whatever with Firefox or Safari or Opera or IE. And maybe switch your default search engine for that browser to Bing or one of those Bing/Google comparison engines or something. And have it either not keep cookies or auto-clear them on exit. Is it 100% foolproof? Absolutely not. But it's a reasonable step away from having them able to figure out every single thing you do.
I would settle for a plot that was at least somewhat plausible. Movies now seem to be just a mixture of scatological jokes and special effects that mask the fact that nothing is actually happening.
Think what you want, but I personally can't wait to witness the destructive forces of ShitStorm3D!!!
Your description of the landscape sounds about right.
So basically, Linux is a mess of incompatible solutions, Apple is ignoring outside developers entirely for the moment, and only Microsoft has a single API.
And that line seems to describe so much more than just this situation... : p
Is there anything out there like this that also does DTV/PVR?
I don't want to have multiple computers to maintain sitting around my TV set.
Oh, yeah, and it has to run Linux.
Yes, it's called a Linux box running MythTV (or some other PVR software) and Boxee.
Interesting bits from the Boxee beta preview page. First it lists 'Official support for OS X "Snow Leopard" and Ubuntu "Karmic"', then it goes on to say:
Finally, Ronen notes that with the Beta release, Boxee's graphical engine has migrated from from OpenGL to DirectX, allowing it to take advantage of Direct X video acceleration.
So the "officially supported" OS X and Ubuntu versions will be running on OpenGL, but the Windows version gets full hardware acceleration by using DirectX?
Of course, there are some situations where I want maximized windows for distraction-free work, but that's pretty limited in nature (reading or writing, in the English not code sense) and many of the apps that are very text-heavy have the zoom button do a typical maximize for that precise reason.
And for the ones that don't, option-clicking the green/zoom button generally does the job.
If AGW was actually happening, there would be no need to "adjust" numbers and likewise no need to cover up the leaked emails.
So normalization of data should never happen, no matter what? Have you ever taken even the most basic of statistics classes?
This is the problem with the whole argument right here. You have people that don't have the first clue what they're talking about telling people how they're supposed to do their job.
Correct. This is a problem with some kind of valve, and is a direct analogue to a hotel that's currently closed for renovation.
I give you THEE WATERGATE! Yes, those few slabs of wood are the tidal lock at the beginning (or end) of the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal (by way of Rock Creek). This is the "water gate" that the hotel across the street was named after. If it weren't for these decrepit pieces of wood, we wouldn't have all these ridiculous *gate things.
You better read that contract before you sign. Don't just lightly skim it either, read it and check the fine print.
Seriously. And if you're friendly with any lawyers, maybe run it by them quickly. It could very easily be a situation where you're responsible for paying for their travel expenses or something. Or it could be totally legit. Seek professional contract advice.
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There is a theory now that it once ate a super-earth in the outer solar system, and kept its moon as some sort of macabre trophy to make sure that Mars and Venus didn't get any big ideas.
Theories that anthropomorphize planets? Doesn't sound very scientific to me.
To be fair, having wireless keyboards and mice that show up to the host system as plain old USB HID-compliant devices means there's generally one less thing to have to troubleshoot in case there are problems. Not to mention that you can use them to access the BIOS -- something you can't do with Bluetooth because the Bluetooth stack/driver haven't been loaded yet.
Hence the "Derrr nevermind" post I made six minutes before you posted this diatribe.
Also helps to comprehend WTF you are reading. The excerpt you quoted from the article states the availability of a 3.5in hard disk caddy for chrissakes!!?
Read it again and look at the pictures. The caddy is the size of a 3.5" drive, in which you install a 2.5" SSD. That is what they mean by a "2.5in to 3.5in hard disk caddy".
This thing uses 3.5" drives, or you could slap it onto a 2.5" drive if you wanted to. The thing TAKES THE FORM OF a drive caddy - it is not a drive caddy.
Actually, after looking at it more, it is a drive caddy -- for a 2.5" SSD. This device basically acts as a daisy chain controller that you hook both a 2.5" SSD and a regular 3.5" HD to. The controller then presents the combined device to the BIOS/OS as a single drive.
Derrrr. Nevermind. It helps to also look at the pictures when commenting on TFA.
The device takes the form of a 2.5in to 3.5in hard disk caddy with a couple of SATA connectors on the end.
Good job Claave! You apparently didn't even get to the second paragraph before submitting the article. You can't use a 2TB hard drive with this because there are no 2TB 2.5" drives yet.
Nor is diamond a metal.
Which is precisely why it can't possibly be the hardest metal known to man.
As a news junky, I associate with other news junkies of various stripes. My Facebook Feed reads like an amalgamation of Fox News, CNN, BBC, Slashdot and The National Enquirer. Put me in there with my friends list intact, and I'd probably be able to replace HLN. I assume it's a similar deal with these journalists. Try it with a random sample of people and get back to me.
/. has a FB fan page or not, and I don't really care to find out). Now, people who actually care about what's happening in the tech world realize that an embarrassingly huge amount of the time, those /. summaries contain major omissions of fact, or are just plain wrong. If you read the linked articles or the comments, you learn what these errors are and what the real facts are. However, if all you ever go by is the headline/summary, your view of reality will be horribly distorted (unfortunately, many here do exactly this). That's what these reporters are measuring here -- just how correct/incorrect the distilled information really is (albeit they're doing it in a highly unscientific manner).
From the comments so far, you seem to be one of the few people who 'gets' the point of this exercise. Hell, they've already acknowledged that the reporters will have a general idea of what's happening in the world. The experiment is to see how accurate that information really is.
To use one example that many here are familiar with -- suppose you had Slashdot summaries show up on your Facebook page (not sure if
Yes but THX isn't supposed to be dishonest. George Lucas created THX specifically so we, the consumers, could avoid the cheap junk and get a "like the theater" experience at home. I'm surprised to learn that THX has devolved to be as pointless a label as "UL" on a lamp.
Woah! Hold on a second! Are you telling me that George Lucas is trying to pass crap off to an unsuspecting public?!?!?!?!? Say it ain't so!
I don't have any disposable income to throw at a PS3 for my Logitech G25 now anyway. Come back later when I have the time.
:P
And yes, the PS2 I bought a year or two ago was just an accessory for the G25 too
After getting my G25, I feel like I'm in the same boat. It's all about what else I can accessorize with the wheel (games, mounts, chairs, etc).
I hope this has already been suggested in the 120-something posts so far, but if not, here's my simplistic suggestion. Go ahead and use Chrome (or Chromium if you want) for your gMail tabs. But only use that browser for Google mail and apps. Do all of your other browsing/searching/whatever with Firefox or Safari or Opera or IE. And maybe switch your default search engine for that browser to Bing or one of those Bing/Google comparison engines or something. And have it either not keep cookies or auto-clear them on exit. Is it 100% foolproof? Absolutely not. But it's a reasonable step away from having them able to figure out every single thing you do.
I love the name Jigazo Puzzle. It sounds like a Japanese guy saying "jigsaw" but with a thick Japanese accent.
I would settle for a plot that was at least somewhat plausible. Movies now seem to be just a mixture of scatological jokes and special effects that mask the fact that nothing is actually happening.
Think what you want, but I personally can't wait to witness the destructive forces of ShitStorm3D!!!
Your description of the landscape sounds about right.
So basically, Linux is a mess of incompatible solutions, Apple is ignoring outside developers entirely for the moment, and only Microsoft has a single API.
And that line seems to describe so much more than just this situation... : p
Is there anything out there like this that also does DTV/PVR?
I don't want to have multiple computers to maintain sitting around my TV set.
Oh, yeah, and it has to run Linux.
Yes, it's called a Linux box running MythTV (or some other PVR software) and Boxee.
Finally, Ronen notes that with the Beta release, Boxee's graphical engine has migrated from from OpenGL to DirectX, allowing it to take advantage of Direct X video acceleration.
So the "officially supported" OS X and Ubuntu versions will be running on OpenGL, but the Windows version gets full hardware acceleration by using DirectX?
This will never sell. It doesn't fit into the entertainment center paradigm. It looks like a puzzle box and a toy.
I thought you were joking, then I went and looked at the pics. Here's hoping they make one that looks a bit more, uhhh, normal.
Of course, there are some situations where I want maximized windows for distraction-free work, but that's pretty limited in nature (reading or writing, in the English not code sense) and many of the apps that are very text-heavy have the zoom button do a typical maximize for that precise reason.
And for the ones that don't, option-clicking the green/zoom button generally does the job.
If AGW was actually happening, there would be no need to "adjust" numbers and likewise no need to cover up the leaked emails.
So normalization of data should never happen, no matter what? Have you ever taken even the most basic of statistics classes?
This is the problem with the whole argument right here. You have people that don't have the first clue what they're talking about telling people how they're supposed to do their job.
a revival of "Choose Your Own Adventure" books.
It's already started to happen.
While I don't disagree he's a bigot, you do realize that your post is just as bigotted as statement, right?
Considering the subject line of his post, I can assure you that he's aware of it and that it was fully intentional.
Correct. This is a problem with some kind of valve, and is a direct analogue to a hotel that's currently closed for renovation.
I give you THEE WATERGATE! Yes, those few slabs of wood are the tidal lock at the beginning (or end) of the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal (by way of Rock Creek). This is the "water gate" that the hotel across the street was named after. If it weren't for these decrepit pieces of wood, we wouldn't have all these ridiculous *gate things.
You better read that contract before you sign. Don't just lightly skim it either, read it and check the fine print.
Seriously. And if you're friendly with any lawyers, maybe run it by them quickly. It could very easily be a situation where you're responsible for paying for their travel expenses or something. Or it could be totally legit. Seek professional contract advice.
What about light bright? Its ability to make boobs.. priceless.
Just don't stare at them too long or you'll go blind...