I'm intrigued; can you really make a a transistor at home out of toothpaste? Normally I would assume this is hyperbole, but I really, really want it to be true.
In case anyone is wondering about the name, Chongqing is China's fourth municipality, and was apparently the location of the GNOME.asia conference last year.
This will save you from having to Google it.
Enter the Matrix. It's a terrible game, but the bonus hacking mini-game is a fun diversion. It is unlocked from the start though, so it's not exactly what you're talking about.
I agree. I was spanked as a child and I know I am better for it.
The difference is parents who use spanking as a form of discipline, and spanking as a way to release their anger, which should never be done. I remember being about ten years old, maybe younger, and knowing whether I was being punished because I had done something wrong or punished because I had made someone angry.
If you're referring to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, they deviated from the books in a few major ways to make it more exciting and film-able.
That's true, the size of the pipe leading from water main to house does affect the price, at least where I live. Basically there is a monthly fee just to be connected, then a charge based on the amount you use. The bigger your pipe, the higher the base charge. Someone else will have to make the analogy. . . .
I was homeschooled through high school (the good kind, where I was ahead of everyone my age, not the kind used to keep from going to school) and I was shocked when I got to college and how much trouble some of the other students had reading out loud in English class. I'm pretty sure I could read better than that when I was in elementary school. Of course the students in questions did happen to be baseball players, don't know if that has anything to do with it. . ..
Also reminds me, when my second child was born, a medical student whose native language was obviously not English wrote up the report about the birth (there were complications) and the pediatrician couldn't understand it. We ended up just having to explain to her what happened.
I agree with you in theory, but you are taking it much farther than I dare to go. A lot of these items are manufactured primarily to sell more products: "Everyone in the world has a TV? We'd better make a new standard so we can sell them all a new one!" But c'mon, a CRT takes up so much more space than an LCD! (Plus the good LCDs look pretty darn sexy too. Ow!)
I really want to know, how long does it take you to torrent a tv show over dialup?
I have DSL without phone service through AT&T. It does cost extra, but not much ($20/month instead of $15 for 768kbps. I spend 8 hours a day on a high-speed connection at work, I don't need it when I get home). My wife and I each have a wireless phone, so why pay for a landline? We don't have cable TV, as we don't watch enough TV to make it worthwhile. I had to dig around some on their website to find the price for DSL sans landline, but they do offer it.
Have you played Odama for the GameCube? It uses voice commands in a way that makes the game more engaging. The basic gameplay is pinball, but with some RTS thrown in. The pinball is handled entirely by the controller, and the RTS is handled entirely by voice command. Unfortunately because it has both types of gameplay, each is fairly simplistic. However, the voice commands are fun to issue, and to hear your men let out a hearty "huzzah!" when you tell them to press forward is thrilling.
No. And most people don't. A triple-engine browser is targetting a pretty small audience.
If by most people you mean a large percentage of the population, then you're right, most people don't work on multiple pages in multiple browsers. Most people don't produce 3D graphics either, but Autodesk sells programs for that purpose for thousands of dollars per license.
I don't see how it's necessary for a computer program to have a large audience to exist. Heck, if that were the case, should Linux even exist?
That said, there are other reasons why this isn't the answer. Without a Linux version, it doesn't help me a whole lot. If a Linux version did exist, it would let me work out a few more bugs before having to take it to a Windows machine to polish it up.
If it does what it promises, (and they release a Linux version) it could be convenient for web development. However I'm bit wary, because if they don't implement everything exactly right, I may end up fixing "bugs" that only exist in the minds of the Japanese. . . .
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I'm intrigued; can you really make a a transistor at home out of toothpaste? Normally I would assume this is hyperbole, but I really, really want it to be true.
I agree! I miss the food. Most everything else tastes bland in comparison.
In case anyone is wondering about the name, Chongqing is China's fourth municipality, and was apparently the location of the GNOME.asia conference last year. This will save you from having to Google it.
Yes. Redundancy is always good.
Yes. Redundancy is always good.
Yes. Redundancy is always good.
Yes. Redundancy is always good. (Let's see how much levels Slashdot can take before crashing :^))
Yes. Redundancy is always good. (Let's see how much levels Slashdot can take before crashing :^))
If Slashdot started supporting utf8, so that people could post in Chinese, the situation might change. But we all know that will never happen.
Well played, sir.
Whoah, glitch in the Matrix! Have you posted this comment before on a similar topic? I just had a serious case of deja vu.
On first glance I thought your car analogy compared the Nissan Leaf to the F-15.
Same here, only t'other way 'round.
Enter the Matrix. It's a terrible game, but the bonus hacking mini-game is a fun diversion. It is unlocked from the start though, so it's not exactly what you're talking about.
You're not alone. I work for a web design company, and if I used a table for layout, I bet I'd be fired. Tables are not for layout.
I agree. I was spanked as a child and I know I am better for it.
The difference is parents who use spanking as a form of discipline, and spanking as a way to release their anger, which should never be done. I remember being about ten years old, maybe younger, and knowing whether I was being punished because I had done something wrong or punished because I had made someone angry.
I understand the gist of it, but seeing as it's modded +5 funny, I must be missing something. I didn't find it funny at all.
If you're referring to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, they deviated from the books in a few major ways to make it more exciting and film-able.
Maybe I'm naive, but I don't get it.
That's true, the size of the pipe leading from water main to house does affect the price, at least where I live. Basically there is a monthly fee just to be connected, then a charge based on the amount you use. The bigger your pipe, the higher the base charge. Someone else will have to make the analogy. . . .
The more often you do it, the less exciting it is.
I was homeschooled through high school (the good kind, where I was ahead of everyone my age, not the kind used to keep from going to school) and I was shocked when I got to college and how much trouble some of the other students had reading out loud in English class. I'm pretty sure I could read better than that when I was in elementary school. Of course the students in questions did happen to be baseball players, don't know if that has anything to do with it. . . .
Also reminds me, when my second child was born, a medical student whose native language was obviously not English wrote up the report about the birth (there were complications) and the pediatrician couldn't understand it. We ended up just having to explain to her what happened.
I think this is the first time I've ever seen a quote from that movie on the web. You win the internets!
Of course we won't be using it to browse the web, but for those of developing for the web it's handy to keep up with this stuff.
I agree with you in theory, but you are taking it much farther than I dare to go. A lot of these items are manufactured primarily to sell more products: "Everyone in the world has a TV? We'd better make a new standard so we can sell them all a new one!" But c'mon, a CRT takes up so much more space than an LCD! (Plus the good LCDs look pretty darn sexy too. Ow!)
I really want to know, how long does it take you to torrent a tv show over dialup?
I have DSL without phone service through AT&T. It does cost extra, but not much ($20/month instead of $15 for 768kbps. I spend 8 hours a day on a high-speed connection at work, I don't need it when I get home). My wife and I each have a wireless phone, so why pay for a landline? We don't have cable TV, as we don't watch enough TV to make it worthwhile. I had to dig around some on their website to find the price for DSL sans landline, but they do offer it.
Have you played Odama for the GameCube? It uses voice commands in a way that makes the game more engaging. The basic gameplay is pinball, but with some RTS thrown in. The pinball is handled entirely by the controller, and the RTS is handled entirely by voice command. Unfortunately because it has both types of gameplay, each is fairly simplistic. However, the voice commands are fun to issue, and to hear your men let out a hearty "huzzah!" when you tell them to press forward is thrilling.
I agree. I might even buy it if they did that.
If by most people you mean a large percentage of the population, then you're right, most people don't work on multiple pages in multiple browsers. Most people don't produce 3D graphics either, but Autodesk sells programs for that purpose for thousands of dollars per license.
I don't see how it's necessary for a computer program to have a large audience to exist. Heck, if that were the case, should Linux even exist?
That said, there are other reasons why this isn't the answer. Without a Linux version, it doesn't help me a whole lot. If a Linux version did exist, it would let me work out a few more bugs before having to take it to a Windows machine to polish it up.
If it does what it promises, (and they release a Linux version) it could be convenient for web development. However I'm bit wary, because if they don't implement everything exactly right, I may end up fixing "bugs" that only exist in the minds of the Japanese. . . .