At least Apple is making a vague attempt at bringing things back home with the A5 chip plant in Texas opening soon. With crossed fingers I have been suspicious it is part of a broader initiative on there part to slowly bring even more back to the good old USA.
I am really confused about this. My Android handset was made in China under Foxconn like condition if not at Foxconn itself. If we are going to boycott Apple on this, shouldn't we boycott every Android handset\tablet, along with a shit ton of other electronics that we all know and use daily?
Seriously, I don't understand why boycott just apple on this. Shouldn't we boycott ALL chinese manufactured electronics? A broader movement maybe?
I am all for Plasma based tablets. We need the competition. However, the last time I saw KDE Plasma on a touchscreen device, it was sticking heavily to the desktop paradigm and didn't look all that useful. This wasn't to long ago. I'm sure I am missing something here. Are there any screenshots, videos, or other demos of a new touchscreen paradigm refined Plasma interface?
Sounds to me like all application and file metadata is being written to an index and then that index is read really freakin fast causing the list of apps\files to repopulate with each keystroke in real time. I've had this built into OS X my Mac (spotlight) for many years and it is infinitely useful (not trying to be a mac troll, I'm just sayin). I almost never have to browse for an app or file. You could literally have thousands of txt files named Untitled.txt spread all over your hard drive, as long as you can remember two consecutive words in the actual file you want it will reliably be pulled it up instantly. I very rarely have to type more than two letters for the application I want to pop up at the top of the list right away. It's good stuff!
There is a really good wikipedia article on it here:
I'm a bit of an apple fan boy and am all for promoting them but could you please do better than directly quoting verbatim their own promotional material in the summary?
example: "...there is very little merit to the physical textbook, and the education industry has been waiting for a viable solution like this for some time. Physical textbooks lack portability, durability, accessibility, consistent quality, interactivity and searchability, and they're not environmentally friendly"
Seriously, go to apples website and watch their promo video (it actually is pretty cool) You will find that the summary was largely directly lifted. Are you trying to use these as your own words? They are not used in the story so...
I couldn't help but notice that too. It was more than a little disheartening. You would think this would be a place to mobilize rather than lay down and die.
I should also point out that Edison first had the idea of mass produced concrete homes. For a lot of reasons it didn't work out. Since Wikipedia is still blacked out: http://flyingmoose.org/truthfic/edison.htm
A couple of years ago we had a story like this. I can't seem to find it so if anyone else can... (maybe it wasn't even slashdot) Anyway, that story had linked to it a video of an actual full scale "house printer". It was a time lapsed video of an experimental home printer building a two story house complete with wiring (but I don't think plumbing at the time) in about a week. The end result was a rather fantastic two-story house made largely of concrete. It was rather impressive. The downside was the technology of the time was expensive and was really still alpha.
Anyhow, I appreciate why there will be a lot of naysayers; it's understandable for something so dramatic. The bottom line is that this technology is inevitable one way or the other. Five to ten years? I say yes.
As someone with a rather severe form of Crohns Disease, this is a godsend (and I'm saying that as an atheist!). I can assure you that anyone with a similarly debilitating intestinal disorder that inevitably leads to cancer feels the same for reasons I will spare you.
The many "score whatever funnies" that will certainly follow this story will be shamefully ignorant.
Being familiar with this girls story, I came here to say some kind words. I see that they have already been said.
For those of you with unkind words all I can say is I have been on Slashdot since 1997 and I have never been so embarrassed and ashamed to call myself a part of this community.
If we sounded an alarm for every little thing out there that is bad for us, we would all be wearing noise protection gear to save our poor sensitive little ears from damage. Oh and forbid we strive to adapt to new things. We might evolve! Run for the hills!
You say all you have to do is change vendor. You also site a penalty fee. If you hop all around looking for perfection, what is the cost of canceling contracts or buying a new phone before renewal time verses getting a new iPhone every year? I am not trying to be flamebait, I'm really curious.
Nor is it a valid comment. Anyone writing "Just Wow" or "Wow, Just Wow" is a fucking idiot and needs to stop writing until they pull their head out of their ass.
I never knew that! All I can say is Wow, just wow! Thanks for the enlightenment.
That's what I was thinking. Considering the high level of product placement in movies, they could have easily acquired one for free. Makes zero sense to me why they didn't. Past that, what a bunch of hypocrites.
Every web browser as auto spell-check capabilities these days. Most of them correct as you type.
So why should there be any misspellings on something that is managed strictly from a web interface?
Is it part of the arrogance of those electing themselves to write and editing articles on wiki that they refuse to use a spell checker, or
is it that the words are simply unknown to the normal spell-check dictionaries?
I find occasional misspellings in mainstream news articles as well (and I am by no means a natural born speller).
But most maddening to me is the "they're their there" errors, and similar wrong word usage.
Spell checkers offer little help in catching these, but a 6th grade education usually suffices.
Maybe the same people who wont waist there time checking they're spelling also cant be bothered to use the write word.;-)
I find this absolutely fascinating. As someone who has spent some time in a guitar repair shop this makes a lot of sense. Or if it doesn't, it is at least not without some sense. I took a look and the Praxis Zero looks absolutely wicked. To have one of those on stage would draw endless praise and positive attention (speaking from the level of the local scene in a big town). A modular guitar is a great idea as I wouldn't have to "fret" so much over specs as I choose my next axe. Rather, I could just change the specs on my one machine. All makes and models of guitars sound different than all other makes and models - this I don't have to explain to you the particulars of. If I could transform my p-bass into a j-bass for one gig without having switch to a whole different kit that would be great. At the very least it would have a strong and worthwhile nitch. Unfortunately, I have no answers and only questions but I wanted to back you up that this isn't a dumb idea. Will there be a bass centric version?
...and I am sure I don't have to explain to anyone here why.
I get the feeling that this article was written after Galen Gruman (the author if you didn't take a look at the article) brought in some "shiny new toy" couldn't connect to the network or some network resource and the expected IT to come rushing to his side to support a technology that they are not supposed to and don't have the time to and so they didn't. The enemy? Seriously now. I would suggest anyone and everyone here worth their salt in IT write a nice email to Galen Gruman explaining why he is the enemy. I cannot recall reading a more BS article in recent memory.
I really feel you on this one. I agree with Ron Paul on so much but I vehemently disagree with him on some fundamental issues that are close to me and represent some of my hottest buttons. This election season has led me to a new conclusion: as a voter I cannot have my cake and eat it too. If I agree completely with a candidate, something is wrong.
I have decided (grudgingly) that those issues where I agree with him due in fact take precedent over areas where I consider him to be completely backwards. As a rabid left winger (voted for Obama) I never ever thought it would come down to this but as it stands I would vote for him over Obama, Hillary, or any other Democratic hopefuls we will probably see in the coming months. I know I still need to listen to them before I can really make a decision but I have little faith in being presented with anything but the same-old-same-old. Maybe someone will change my mind but Ron Paul is radically different and we need someone radically different.
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At least Apple is making a vague attempt at bringing things back home with the A5 chip plant in Texas opening soon. With crossed fingers I have been suspicious it is part of a broader initiative on there part to slowly bring even more back to the good old USA.
I am really confused about this. My Android handset was made in China under Foxconn like condition if not at Foxconn itself. If we are going to boycott Apple on this, shouldn't we boycott every Android handset\tablet, along with a shit ton of other electronics that we all know and use daily?
Seriously, I don't understand why boycott just apple on this. Shouldn't we boycott ALL chinese manufactured electronics? A broader movement maybe?
Thanks. That does look a whole lot more intuitive for the format than the last time I saw screenshots.
I am all for Plasma based tablets. We need the competition. However, the last time I saw KDE Plasma on a touchscreen device, it was sticking heavily to the desktop paradigm and didn't look all that useful. This wasn't to long ago. I'm sure I am missing something here. Are there any screenshots, videos, or other demos of a new touchscreen paradigm refined Plasma interface?
Sounds to me like all application and file metadata is being written to an index and then that index is read really freakin fast causing the list of apps\files to repopulate with each keystroke in real time. I've had this built into OS X my Mac (spotlight) for many years and it is infinitely useful (not trying to be a mac troll, I'm just sayin). I almost never have to browse for an app or file. You could literally have thousands of txt files named Untitled.txt spread all over your hard drive, as long as you can remember two consecutive words in the actual file you want it will reliably be pulled it up instantly. I very rarely have to type more than two letters for the application I want to pop up at the top of the list right away. It's good stuff!
There is a really good wikipedia article on it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(software)
I'm a bit of an apple fan boy and am all for promoting them but could you please do better than directly quoting verbatim their own promotional material in the summary?
example:
"...there is very little merit to the physical textbook, and the education industry has been waiting for a viable solution like this for some time. Physical textbooks lack portability, durability, accessibility, consistent quality, interactivity and searchability, and they're not environmentally friendly"
Seriously, go to apples website and watch their promo video (it actually is pretty cool) You will find that the summary was largely directly lifted. Are you trying to use these as your own words? They are not used in the story so...
I couldn't help but notice that too. It was more than a little disheartening. You would think this would be a place to mobilize rather than lay down and die.
Sorry I don't have any mod points for you.
I mean that.
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I should also point out that Edison first had the idea of mass produced concrete homes. For a lot of reasons it didn't work out. Since Wikipedia is still blacked out:
http://flyingmoose.org/truthfic/edison.htm
A couple of years ago we had a story like this. I can't seem to find it so if anyone else can... (maybe it wasn't even slashdot) Anyway, that story had linked to it a video of an actual full scale "house printer". It was a time lapsed video of an experimental home printer building a two story house complete with wiring (but I don't think plumbing at the time) in about a week. The end result was a rather fantastic two-story house made largely of concrete. It was rather impressive. The downside was the technology of the time was expensive and was really still alpha.
Anyhow, I appreciate why there will be a lot of naysayers; it's understandable for something so dramatic. The bottom line is that this technology is inevitable one way or the other. Five to ten years? I say yes.
and I'm sick of this shit. All the way around I'm sick of this shit.
We did it!
As someone with a rather severe form of Crohns Disease, this is a godsend (and I'm saying that as an atheist!). I can assure you that anyone with a similarly debilitating intestinal disorder that inevitably leads to cancer feels the same for reasons I will spare you.
The many "score whatever funnies" that will certainly follow this story will be shamefully ignorant.
Being familiar with this girls story, I came here to say some kind words. I see that they have already been said.
For those of you with unkind words all I can say is I have been on Slashdot since 1997 and I have never been so embarrassed and ashamed to call myself a part of this community.
If we sounded an alarm for every little thing out there that is bad for us, we would all be wearing noise protection gear to save our poor sensitive little ears from damage. Oh and forbid we strive to adapt to new things. We might evolve! Run for the hills!
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You say all you have to do is change vendor. You also site a penalty fee. If you hop all around looking for perfection, what is the cost of canceling contracts or buying a new phone before renewal time verses getting a new iPhone every year? I am not trying to be flamebait, I'm really curious.
Nor is it a valid comment. Anyone writing "Just Wow" or "Wow, Just Wow" is a fucking idiot and needs to stop writing until they pull their head out of their ass.
I never knew that! All I can say is Wow, just wow! Thanks for the enlightenment.
That's what I was thinking. Considering the high level of product placement in movies, they could have easily acquired one for free. Makes zero sense to me why they didn't. Past that, what a bunch of hypocrites.
Every web browser as auto spell-check capabilities these days. Most of them correct as you type. So why should there be any misspellings on something that is managed strictly from a web interface?
Is it part of the arrogance of those electing themselves to write and editing articles on wiki that they refuse to use a spell checker, or is it that the words are simply unknown to the normal spell-check dictionaries?
I find occasional misspellings in mainstream news articles as well (and I am by no means a natural born speller).
But most maddening to me is the "they're their there" errors, and similar wrong word usage. Spell checkers offer little help in catching these, but a 6th grade education usually suffices.
Maybe the same people who wont waist there time checking they're spelling also cant be bothered to use the write word. ;-)
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I don't know about Facebook but I'm willing to bet that the average MySpace page is up to 5 megabytes. Then again I haven't been there since 07'.
I find this absolutely fascinating. As someone who has spent some time in a guitar repair shop this makes a lot of sense. Or if it doesn't, it is at least not without some sense. I took a look and the Praxis Zero looks absolutely wicked. To have one of those on stage would draw endless praise and positive attention (speaking from the level of the local scene in a big town). A modular guitar is a great idea as I wouldn't have to "fret" so much over specs as I choose my next axe. Rather, I could just change the specs on my one machine. All makes and models of guitars sound different than all other makes and models - this I don't have to explain to you the particulars of. If I could transform my p-bass into a j-bass for one gig without having switch to a whole different kit that would be great. At the very least it would have a strong and worthwhile nitch. Unfortunately, I have no answers and only questions but I wanted to back you up that this isn't a dumb idea. Will there be a bass centric version?
...and I am sure I don't have to explain to anyone here why.
I get the feeling that this article was written after Galen Gruman (the author if you didn't take a look at the article) brought in some "shiny new toy" couldn't connect to the network or some network resource and the expected IT to come rushing to his side to support a technology that they are not supposed to and don't have the time to and so they didn't. The enemy? Seriously now. I would suggest anyone and everyone here worth their salt in IT write a nice email to Galen Gruman explaining why he is the enemy. I cannot recall reading a more BS article in recent memory.
I really feel you on this one. I agree with Ron Paul on so much but I vehemently disagree with him on some fundamental issues that are close to me and represent some of my hottest buttons. This election season has led me to a new conclusion: as a voter I cannot have my cake and eat it too. If I agree completely with a candidate, something is wrong.
I have decided (grudgingly) that those issues where I agree with him due in fact take precedent over areas where I consider him to be completely backwards. As a rabid left winger (voted for Obama) I never ever thought it would come down to this but as it stands I would vote for him over Obama, Hillary, or any other Democratic hopefuls we will probably see in the coming months. I know I still need to listen to them before I can really make a decision but I have little faith in being presented with anything but the same-old-same-old. Maybe someone will change my mind but Ron Paul is radically different and we need someone radically different.
I would have never heard of Megaupload if not for the loud bang of you shooting yourself in the foot!