"They should watch it as the people who created intended it, first and foremost."
So when reading a book, I should be forbidden to jump over pages? Or should I be forced to listen an entire album of music when I only want to listen to two songs?
You don't have a God-given right to impose me something - and I hate those non-skippable commercials at the start of a DVD with a movie I've already paid for.
They only irregularly post inappropriate language or manipulated images on the Web.
By the way, I manipulate my photos too - red eyes removal, white level change, crop pictures... Even changing resolution could be considered manipulation.
As for inappropriate language, people that use it in real life will use it on the internet.
I've already posted, so I can't moderate - yet, I'd like to bow to the parent and say: Every generation had its stars, and every generation will have them. And the new generations have higher possibilities (mainly in access to information and possibilities of training), so they can do things the stars of the previous generations could only dream about. All the while, all this new technology makes it easier to work less for those inclined to do so, so the gap between the stars and the rest might even get wider.
Moving an office or relocating a car a few parking spaces or so (even decorating it if the decorations can easily be washed off) is not jail material - an judge will look at this and think "why do you waste my time".
Yet, the article contains this: "Last month, Charlotte became the second North Carolina school district to criminally charge a student for creating a website that accused a teacher of criminal behavior including pedophilia."
This sets you on the bad side of the law, and if you don't have any proof, a judge won't be amused.
So, in the end, everything which is written in Java uses machine code. Yet, I haven't seen any job openings for people writing programs in machine code, while the Java market is rich.
Writing programs in machine code (or repairing programs by modifying their executable image, modifying the machine code) was a real skill back then - see the story of Mel (and Real Programmers).
A skill that is certainly obsolete is programming a computer using switches (or introducing the boot loader from a panel with switches)
Even in this age, ships navigate using the girocompass (not a magnetic compass, but still). Yes, navigational satellites are used for pinpointing the position, but the actual helm navigation follows the indications of the girocompass.
"Last time I checked, you use about 2 Watts of power to remove about 1 Watt of heat from your home/office using efficient air conditioning"
I haven't measured anything, but my 9000BTU air conditioner uses about 1,000W max power. Those 9,000BTU per day are about 3,000W, so by the numbers, it would be 1:3.
Anyway, this efficiency decreases when the difference in temperature increases (if your air conditioner cools inside to 25C and outside is 30C, it has a higher efficiency than cooling to 22C when outside is 42C
Yes, I find the CRT-monitor iMacs looking nice. The round mouse is horrible (iMac mouse).
I found the Mac laptop nice (certainly, for a woman or child's computer).
It's the very old designs I don't favour - the Mac Classic II, Color Classic
A soft point bullet will tumble or break into a small protective measure - like a steel helmet. A military round will perforate that steel helmet at close range - assuming a direct and not glancing hit.
Yet, the current military rounds (both the AK-74's 5.45mm and the NATO's 5.56) have a "tumble effect" - the bullet won't go straight thru the body, like the AK-47's 7.62mm will. No wonder the AK-74 was named "widow maker"
If a person can pay $5 for a Windows XP (let's say) copy, he has some ways to get it. In this way, Microsoft is not robbed by any money - after all, Microsoft won't sell XP for $5.
Yet, those "high quality" copies are sold in place of genuine Microsoft products, with prices close to the original price. Those copies are fighting against the "gray market" originals (original copies brought from another country).
While "gray market" usually refer to hardware equipment (like let's say ink cartridges) bought from a country with a lower price than from the official/exclusive distributor, this might happen to software also.
What about nVidia and Sun? Sun has plenty of intellectual property in processors area - too bad its current processors are optimised for many threads of lower performance
It's mafia, or Mafia, or if you want MAFIAA. It's not Maffia
It comes from italian - some kind of revenge cry for the death of someone's daughter (my daughter, ma fia)
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And see history repeating itself? Create a new name for their program and promote it, only to lose it after a while?
"They should watch it as the people who created intended it, first and foremost."
So when reading a book, I should be forbidden to jump over pages? Or should I be forced to listen an entire album of music when I only want to listen to two songs?
You don't have a God-given right to impose me something - and I hate those non-skippable commercials at the start of a DVD with a movie I've already paid for.
They only irregularly post inappropriate language or manipulated images on the Web.
By the way, I manipulate my photos too - red eyes removal, white level change, crop pictures... Even changing resolution could be considered manipulation.
As for inappropriate language, people that use it in real life will use it on the internet.
I've already posted, so I can't moderate - yet, I'd like to bow to the parent and say:
Every generation had its stars, and every generation will have them. And the new generations have higher possibilities (mainly in access to information and possibilities of training), so they can do things the stars of the previous generations could only dream about. All the while, all this new technology makes it easier to work less for those inclined to do so, so the gap between the stars and the rest might even get wider.
Moving an office or relocating a car a few parking spaces or so (even decorating it if the decorations can easily be washed off) is not jail material - an judge will look at this and think "why do you waste my time".
Yet, the article contains this:
"Last month, Charlotte became the second North Carolina school district to criminally charge a student for creating a website that accused a teacher of criminal behavior including pedophilia."
This sets you on the bad side of the law, and if you don't have any proof, a judge won't be amused.
So, in the end, everything which is written in Java uses machine code. Yet, I haven't seen any job openings for people writing programs in machine code, while the Java market is rich.
Writing programs in machine code (or repairing programs by modifying their executable image, modifying the machine code) was a real skill back then - see the story of Mel (and Real Programmers).
A skill that is certainly obsolete is programming a computer using switches (or introducing the boot loader from a panel with switches)
You haven't seen the Obfuscated C Contest source code. I don't think you can relate that to any kind of assembler
Even in this age, ships navigate using the girocompass (not a magnetic compass, but still). Yes, navigational satellites are used for pinpointing the position, but the actual helm navigation follows the indications of the girocompass.
Because of the limited space for permanent storage the XO laptop has available
"Last time I checked, you use about 2 Watts of power to remove about 1 Watt of heat from your home/office using efficient air conditioning"
I haven't measured anything, but my 9000BTU air conditioner uses about 1,000W max power. Those 9,000BTU per day are about 3,000W, so by the numbers, it would be 1:3.
Anyway, this efficiency decreases when the difference in temperature increases (if your air conditioner cools inside to 25C and outside is 30C, it has a higher efficiency than cooling to 22C when outside is 42C
"Santa Claus does not exist"
How can you say that? Think at the children!
File download from Microsoft's own Sharepoint Portal Server was damaged by an Windows update. Would those auto-update worms fix more than they break?
Old Volvos are boxy - also, the G Class wagon from Mercedes. Compared to that, Audi are aerodynamic wonders
(extra current, not extra voltage)
Different devices for different people
Yes, I find the CRT-monitor iMacs looking nice. The round mouse is horrible (iMac mouse).
I found the Mac laptop nice (certainly, for a woman or child's computer).
It's the very old designs I don't favour - the Mac Classic II, Color Classic
Could you install both the network adapter and the DVD drive? You know, without using an USB hub?
The Thinkpad X300 comes at 3.15 or so lbs (granted, it includes an optical drive)
Like every old Apple design which is now tacky and dated...
A soft point bullet will tumble or break into a small protective measure - like a steel helmet. A military round will perforate that steel helmet at close range - assuming a direct and not glancing hit.
Yet, the current military rounds (both the AK-74's 5.45mm and the NATO's 5.56) have a "tumble effect" - the bullet won't go straight thru the body, like the AK-47's 7.62mm will. No wonder the AK-74 was named "widow maker"
Sure "OpenBSD has had one remote exploit in the default install in its history"
Since you've heard, the number of OpenBSD remote exploit holes doubled
"That- is why its not likely to ever get backported to XP."
I am sure there was a similar reason why USB could not be implemented into Windows NT.
If a person can pay $5 for a Windows XP (let's say) copy, he has some ways to get it. In this way, Microsoft is not robbed by any money - after all, Microsoft won't sell XP for $5.
Yet, those "high quality" copies are sold in place of genuine Microsoft products, with prices close to the original price. Those copies are fighting against the "gray market" originals (original copies brought from another country).
While "gray market" usually refer to hardware equipment (like let's say ink cartridges) bought from a country with a lower price than from the official/exclusive distributor, this might happen to software also.
What about nVidia and Sun? Sun has plenty of intellectual property in processors area - too bad its current processors are optimised for many threads of lower performance
It's mafia, or Mafia, or if you want MAFIAA. It's not Maffia
It comes from italian - some kind of revenge cry for the death of someone's daughter (my daughter, ma fia)
Why would Microsoft keep its headquarters and workforce in Washington and not move them to Nevada if being in Nevada is so good for them?