I'd say he was referring to wireless... If you want regular internet in canada get Teksavvy http://tinyurl.com/6xne5a (zomg 1st time i used ubiquity on/. to tinyurl something) not shaw:S.... double the cap for the same price (though slower dl). I find dl speed doesn't matter a whole lot since you won't cap dl speed without upload to match. Anyways pretty much no sites aside from google come in at 2MB/s. AND teksavvy is one of the few isps in canada fighting against all the internet bs going on lately.
Many tiny steps are easier to take. Even if we don't want government censoring of wikipedia now. When we get used to government censoring a wide variety of things. It becomes easier for a large number of people to swallow the scarier ideas.
There will be 100 responses to your post saying but Google gets spam and has to filter it. I say, SO WHAT? Companies that can filter incoming spam will also kill in its tracks outgoing spam. Once this becomes the industry standard then spam will die. Sure you could find some ISP on africa that doesn't give a shit but so what? If your spam reaches nobody or atleast reaches no one in north america there is no longer a point to spamming. Maybe 1/10000 spam mails get through (based on my gmail experience) and the chance of someone reading it might be 20% the chance of someone going through with a purchase 1% of that. It will be no longer sensible to spam people as advertising.
Whats more impressive is the fact that there is someone on/. still using fax. Also, a cursory google search locates dozens of virtual fax machines e-faxes w/e.
If it is all true. IE is finally done playing catchup and the general populace still using IE won't be behind. But so far IE doesn't really offer anything that FF doesn't. Chrome for example is missing a lot of things but it has stuff no one else does. All in all this can only cause good things to happen on the internet.
When they go somewhere else that is a good sign for the country. Sure they paid with their health and land. But the fact that they are no longer cost effective means they are doing better on the global scheme than they originally were.
That doesn't make the economic system less fair. We could poison our people for a cut if we wanted. So the jobs should go to them rather than us. What you are afraid of isn't unfairness. It is the end result of unfettered capitalism. I do think that as people get enough money they will get more education. And they will be able to afford to not poison themselves. That and a combination of global deal making. No-one is a fan of poisoning themselves but they need to remain competitive. So we can make a deal to all not ruin the earth. *gasp* This means the UN is a good thing and so are deals like the kyoto protocol (in principle) so libertarians are wrong, lets all rejoice.
I never understood the idea of the moon test. It not like if they fuck up on the moon vs on mars we have something in place. 'Oh good that irreparable part exploded on the moon, we'll just send.... FUCK'
Unless I'm moving I'll never need 2 checked-bags. I'd be shocked if I needed one. The max bag size for carry-on (you are allowed 2) Should be fine for 2weeks of travel (I go somewhere with 1 and return with 2 usually)
You can get that if you ignore cheap right now. So i'd give it a few years max. Battery life is hard to get that high though it is something the industry is stupidly ignoring. My thinkpad CAN do 10 but on minimal settings and isn't a touchscreen. By volume my battery is about 10% of the laptop (ignoring the screen). I'd be comfortable giving up some speed and have a battery that takes twice as much or better still, 2 batteries so I could likely run forever. It is clearly doable, there are many laptops with smaller forms not to mention that inside this there is a lot of empty space anyways. (Plus I really don't need a 56k modem or 3 card readers or external hdd or 1394. To be honest since usb came out I fail to see the point of card readers, fax modems have been useless for at least 10years, and usb is fast enough for an external drive til usb 3.0 becomes common. I would however appreciate a mini-usb port or 2, it could replace headphones/mic/w/e)
Sorry for running off topic... I question the durability of these printable touchpads. They can't replace anything if they wear out. No-one will be replacing their touchpads. If I have to ship my laptop/phone in for a few days every other month it better save me 50% of the cost of the whole product so I can buy 2.
Pyschological studies show that most people will stick with the familiar rather than change rather than basing their desicions on what they think would be better. 'Should we spend x or y dollars on healthcare, y is currently in place' mosst people chose y. Even with information pointing to the change being a better idea most people stick with the one currently in place. For most people to accept change the benefit has to be extraordinarily good. Think about people lagging on decisions that from a logical pov are obvious. Even nerds are guilty of this, think about how many people bitch when things are added to the game in a patch. Rationally, more content is usually better but people would prefer not to change.
True it's only bad for countries with nothing to offer. BUT because atm the US is waaay ahead of India in lifestyle wages w/e. It will harm the US. Because it is an equalizer. Right now we have a system in place that is unfair globally, the US and other rich countries are benefiting. Outsourcing makes the economy more fair. That screws everyone currently on the top. Ethically we should be OK with fair systems.
Side note for coding. Coding is VERY easy to export, shipping costs nothing. There are no really special tools involved. Minimal language requirements. All it requires is good brains. So we feel this equalizing force more strongly than other sectors. This results in our average wage not changing much hence our ppp doesn't change. And our wages essentially plummet. Still... those coders in india probably live damn well.
Even if they patent it and use it if other people can't because of them.... Honestly though in the global scheme out sourcing is probably a good thing, its just bad for the US.
To play/.'s advocate. It could be that the visceral chance of death and the real fear and adrenaline that happens in scary violent games provides better training. I also think the visual queues in fps' relate back to reality much better than some puzzle game. And the very dark hellish levels with low contrast probably help as well. And puzzle games are generally clean, in an fps there could be lots of things moving but only one matters and that trains you to filter/search very rapidly. I suppose you could find a super intense fast paced puzzle game with a variety of thing moving in it at very low contrast greyscale that brings you fear, keeps you on edge and is applicable to the real world but...
If you believe you are not an exact replica of your parents and that you share some traits with your parents you believe in evolution. These two things have been apparent to people for thousands of years (you have you mother's eyes and your father's chin). Evolution isn't a theory it is a fact.
There are 100 cavemen. There is a harsh winter. The cavemen best at hunting get to eat first. The schizophrenic cavemen get killed by wolves. The weak and slow cavemen don't get to eat. At the end of the season there are 10 heroic well fed hunter cavemen and 30 dead ones. The dead ones will be unable to have kids. The heroes will be allowed as many children as they like. The next generation of cavemen will be mostly the progeny of the heroes and will share traits with them (bulgier muscles, faster reflexes, better vision). Clearly the traits of the sickly were not passed on to the next generation.
Please note that I only used two pieces of information that have been common knowledge since long before roman times. How many people respected lineages, royal lines, heirs, 'good family', race? The idea of genetics has been part of our culture since before Christianity or Judaism were even conceived. It's only recently we've been able to undeniably prove it that people have started denying it so fervently.
Huh? Religion/Christians in the US at the time were mostly PRO slavery. In fact the bible is pro-slavery, tons of stuff about how slaves should be dealt with (new and old test). Slavery was supported by the south (more religious people there). Many ministers and clergy argued that abolition was siding with the devil, that it was sedition, going against god's will.... Clearly NOT helpful. Atheists didn't really exist (weren't spoke of) in the 1800s in America only in Germany.
No we don't. Ask two questions at once. Know the answer for one and let them in. The other one will be them telling you the answer. True it is just opinion based, but if 100 people think it is a witch it is a witch. Well... maybe not but at least it still provides useful information.
So to make apps for the iphone I: Need mac OSX and therefore a decent mac, an iphone, dev team registration (300$ per year), and they cut 30% of the sales. For this I can get an app listed in the store 3~6months after I submit it. Updates take similar lengths of time. Oh and if an item that costs nothing to replicate and send gets returned to you you LOSE 30% of the retail price.
So if it takes you 4months to develop your app which you sell for 3$. Two years will cost you 4000$ish(600registration, 2000phone, 1400mac). Assuming they only delay 2 months. You will have to sell 112 a month just to break even.... You could probably do this cheaper, maybe even 1000$ cheaper... But I could start coding for linux for probably under 10$ entry assuming I don't already have a computer. And for a better comparison. Start coding for windows mobile for under 1000$. No % cut. No yearly charges. No proprietary hardware.... You do need a pc with windows though but that can be bought new for 1/3rd the cost of a mac.
Pathetic. If it weren't that iphone users were such easy targets it would crash. Don't take my word for it. The top app for a while was iFart, an app that makes farting noises that is all. It at one point was making $10,000 (10k sales) PER DAY. Even with all I have mentioned above I want to dev for the iphone. Macs by nature are easily parted from their money.:S
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I'd say he was referring to wireless... If you want regular internet in canada get Teksavvy http://tinyurl.com/6xne5a (zomg 1st time i used ubiquity on /. to tinyurl something) not shaw :S.... double the cap for the same price (though slower dl). I find dl speed doesn't matter a whole lot since you won't cap dl speed without upload to match. Anyways pretty much no sites aside from google come in at 2MB/s. AND teksavvy is one of the few isps in canada fighting against all the internet bs going on lately.
Many tiny steps are easier to take. Even if we don't want government censoring of wikipedia now. When we get used to government censoring a wide variety of things. It becomes easier for a large number of people to swallow the scarier ideas.
There will be 100 responses to your post saying but Google gets spam and has to filter it. I say, SO WHAT? Companies that can filter incoming spam will also kill in its tracks outgoing spam. Once this becomes the industry standard then spam will die. Sure you could find some ISP on africa that doesn't give a shit but so what? If your spam reaches nobody or atleast reaches no one in north america there is no longer a point to spamming. Maybe 1/10000 spam mails get through (based on my gmail experience) and the chance of someone reading it might be 20% the chance of someone going through with a purchase 1% of that. It will be no longer sensible to spam people as advertising.
Whats more impressive is the fact that there is someone on /. still using fax. Also, a cursory google search locates dozens of virtual fax machines e-faxes w/e.
If it is all true. IE is finally done playing catchup and the general populace still using IE won't be behind. But so far IE doesn't really offer anything that FF doesn't. Chrome for example is missing a lot of things but it has stuff no one else does. All in all this can only cause good things to happen on the internet.
When they go somewhere else that is a good sign for the country. Sure they paid with their health and land. But the fact that they are no longer cost effective means they are doing better on the global scheme than they originally were.
That doesn't make the economic system less fair. We could poison our people for a cut if we wanted. So the jobs should go to them rather than us. What you are afraid of isn't unfairness. It is the end result of unfettered capitalism. I do think that as people get enough money they will get more education. And they will be able to afford to not poison themselves. That and a combination of global deal making. No-one is a fan of poisoning themselves but they need to remain competitive. So we can make a deal to all not ruin the earth. *gasp* This means the UN is a good thing and so are deals like the kyoto protocol (in principle) so libertarians are wrong, lets all rejoice.
I never understood the idea of the moon test. It not like if they fuck up on the moon vs on mars we have something in place. 'Oh good that irreparable part exploded on the moon, we'll just send.... FUCK'
Unless I'm moving I'll never need 2 checked-bags. I'd be shocked if I needed one. The max bag size for carry-on (you are allowed 2) Should be fine for 2weeks of travel (I go somewhere with 1 and return with 2 usually)
If I go up front and the pilot is a ham I'll be running for the parachutes not setting up electronics.
I'd go with G but i've got no idea what is going on so I just picked at random.
You can get that if you ignore cheap right now. So i'd give it a few years max. Battery life is hard to get that high though it is something the industry is stupidly ignoring. My thinkpad CAN do 10 but on minimal settings and isn't a touchscreen. By volume my battery is about 10% of the laptop (ignoring the screen). I'd be comfortable giving up some speed and have a battery that takes twice as much or better still, 2 batteries so I could likely run forever. It is clearly doable, there are many laptops with smaller forms not to mention that inside this there is a lot of empty space anyways. (Plus I really don't need a 56k modem or 3 card readers or external hdd or 1394. To be honest since usb came out I fail to see the point of card readers, fax modems have been useless for at least 10years, and usb is fast enough for an external drive til usb 3.0 becomes common. I would however appreciate a mini-usb port or 2, it could replace headphones/mic/w/e)
Sorry for running off topic...
I question the durability of these printable touchpads. They can't replace anything if they wear out. No-one will be replacing their touchpads. If I have to ship my laptop/phone in for a few days every other month it better save me 50% of the cost of the whole product so I can buy 2.
Don't worry thats been fading since 2000. Soon we won't have that. And it will suck much more losing it than never having it.
Pyschological studies show that most people will stick with the familiar rather than change rather than basing their desicions on what they think would be better. 'Should we spend x or y dollars on healthcare, y is currently in place' mosst people chose y. Even with information pointing to the change being a better idea most people stick with the one currently in place. For most people to accept change the benefit has to be extraordinarily good. Think about people lagging on decisions that from a logical pov are obvious. Even nerds are guilty of this, think about how many people bitch when things are added to the game in a patch. Rationally, more content is usually better but people would prefer not to change.
True it's only bad for countries with nothing to offer. BUT because atm the US is waaay ahead of India in lifestyle wages w/e. It will harm the US. Because it is an equalizer. Right now we have a system in place that is unfair globally, the US and other rich countries are benefiting. Outsourcing makes the economy more fair. That screws everyone currently on the top. Ethically we should be OK with fair systems.
Side note for coding. Coding is VERY easy to export, shipping costs nothing. There are no really special tools involved. Minimal language requirements. All it requires is good brains. So we feel this equalizing force more strongly than other sectors. This results in our average wage not changing much hence our ppp doesn't change. And our wages essentially plummet. Still... those coders in india probably live damn well.
Even if they patent it and use it if other people can't because of them .... Honestly though in the global scheme out sourcing is probably a good thing, its just bad for the US.
Yeah history shows us that reality has a liberal bias sorry. Yes taxing and healthcare are good things. Sorry.
To play /.'s advocate. It could be that the visceral chance of death and the real fear and adrenaline that happens in scary violent games provides better training. I also think the visual queues in fps' relate back to reality much better than some puzzle game. And the very dark hellish levels with low contrast probably help as well. And puzzle games are generally clean, in an fps there could be lots of things moving but only one matters and that trains you to filter/search very rapidly.
I suppose you could find a super intense fast paced puzzle game with a variety of thing moving in it at very low contrast greyscale that brings you fear, keeps you on edge and is applicable to the real world but...
Hey his has gone oo far! ha was my you can' jus seal people's leers.
If you believe you are not an exact replica of your parents and that you share some traits with your parents you believe in evolution. These two things have been apparent to people for thousands of years (you have you mother's eyes and your father's chin). Evolution isn't a theory it is a fact.
There are 100 cavemen. There is a harsh winter. The cavemen best at hunting get to eat first. The schizophrenic cavemen get killed by wolves. The weak and slow cavemen don't get to eat. At the end of the season there are 10 heroic well fed hunter cavemen and 30 dead ones. The dead ones will be unable to have kids. The heroes will be allowed as many children as they like. The next generation of cavemen will be mostly the progeny of the heroes and will share traits with them (bulgier muscles, faster reflexes, better vision). Clearly the traits of the sickly were not passed on to the next generation.
Please note that I only used two pieces of information that have been common knowledge since long before roman times. How many people respected lineages, royal lines, heirs, 'good family', race? The idea of genetics has been part of our culture since before Christianity or Judaism were even conceived. It's only recently we've been able to undeniably prove it that people have started denying it so fervently.
2girls1cup isn't illegal therefore I reject the whole premise.
Is your child a cartoon? Otherwise I fail to see your point.
Huh? Religion/Christians in the US at the time were mostly PRO slavery. In fact the bible is pro-slavery, tons of stuff about how slaves should be dealt with (new and old test). Slavery was supported by the south (more religious people there). Many ministers and clergy argued that abolition was siding with the devil, that it was sedition, going against god's will.... Clearly NOT helpful. Atheists didn't really exist (weren't spoke of) in the 1800s in America only in Germany.
No we don't. Ask two questions at once. Know the answer for one and let them in. The other one will be them telling you the answer. True it is just opinion based, but if 100 people think it is a witch it is a witch. Well... maybe not but at least it still provides useful information.
So to make apps for the iphone I:
:S
Need mac OSX and therefore a decent mac, an iphone, dev team registration (300$ per year), and they cut 30% of the sales.
For this I can get an app listed in the store 3~6months after I submit it. Updates take similar lengths of time. Oh and if an item that costs nothing to replicate and send gets returned to you you LOSE 30% of the retail price.
So if it takes you 4months to develop your app which you sell for 3$. Two years will cost you 4000$ish(600registration, 2000phone, 1400mac). Assuming they only delay 2 months. You will have to sell 112 a month just to break even.... You could probably do this cheaper, maybe even 1000$ cheaper... But I could start coding for linux for probably under 10$ entry assuming I don't already have a computer. And for a better comparison. Start coding for windows mobile for under 1000$. No % cut. No yearly charges. No proprietary hardware.... You do need a pc with windows though but that can be bought new for 1/3rd the cost of a mac.
Pathetic. If it weren't that iphone users were such easy targets it would crash. Don't take my word for it. The top app for a while was iFart, an app that makes farting noises that is all. It at one point was making $10,000 (10k sales) PER DAY. Even with all I have mentioned above I want to dev for the iphone. Macs by nature are easily parted from their money.