Speaking of computerized projections, if you're at all interested in horse racing, check out http://www.desertsea.com/. Oh that and it takes some guts to predict a good season for the yankees. That's like going to a casino and rooting for the dealer.
In other news: If you just buy a damn CD you can have your audio in whatever the hell format you want. Is AAC really going to replace a real recording or pcm? Oh wait, this is Slashdot; I mean "wooh! yeah apple! yeehaw!"
Well; you jest, but this has already been addressed by the FAA: http://cryptome.org/faa021307.htm. Under this policy, I believe that you could be arrested for flying an aircraft like this without explicit authorization from the government. I do aerial photography with rc helicopters for my wife's real-estate company and you wouldn't believe the crap I have to deal with when people see that I have a flying camera in their neighborhood. Personally, I'd rather use purpose built avionics in my models than try to jerry-rig lego sensors. I don't want to be liable if the electronics fail in my aircraft and it damages someone's property or worse.
I'd rather have a government which cleans garbage which is bad for the consumers off of the market.
Really? That's a pretty scary idea. Who decides what is "bad for the consumers"? Are thought provoking books "bad for consumers"? I think I'd rather have a government that interferes as little as possible, thank you very much.
Ok, now I understand (I think)... You can't load windows on Apple hardware without BootCamp and you can't load Mac on non-Apple hardware. My ignorance is thinning (a bit)...
That's exactly my question (you beat me to it). Is it just that Mac people want *everything* done for them? It's really not that hard to do your own partitioning, but again I'm fairly mac ignorant too....
It's really easy to think that way if you're not married... You can explain all you want about how you wanted to plan for the future and what-not, but if she doesn't get that 'thing' she's been hinting at all year, your explanations aren't going to keep you company on the couch. "But really honey, I thought you'd like a $25 gift card to starbucks! We don't really need all that useless junk anyways, we've got each other!" Good luck pal.
Oh, and as an aside; a few years ago my wife did buy me a $300 flashlight. A beautiful Surefire that attaches to the bottom of my.45. As it turns out, that $300 flashlight saved both our lives late one night when a couple of drug-crazed thugs invaded our home while we were sleeping. I'll take a $300 flashlight over a very small retirement contribution any day.
Exactly. Most malicious users aren't concerned with how cool it is to have created something that affects a very small fraction of machines. Those who are have done so and gotten their recognition. It all comes down to utility, which is directly related to marketshare. Why have 6 mac bots just because they're cool when you could have 600 Windows bots that you could actually do something with?
The bottom line is that we can bicker and moan about the end of the world, but as long as this issue is as politicized as it is, we're never going to really see the truth and there's nothing we can do about it.
politician: "I don't believe you. And in fact, your research hurts my popularity so we're cutting your funding."
scientist: "Oh, no sir! What I meant to say is the end is neigh!"
That's just not true. It certainly isn't going to be recoverable without taking the drive apart, but there's a reason FIPS standards require multiple overwrites with 1s, 0s, and random bit patterns.
I believe you're correct... Isn't this an effect of magnetic remanence or something along those lines?
You're blaming Tony Blair for your choosing to major in a competitive field? And since when was an undergraduate degree the ticket to the cushy highpaying job of your dreams? Kids these days. Think a few years at college is the same as experience and should be looked at as such. Just out of college == entry level. Take the job you think is below you and start getting some experience.
I'd have to agree with Dubya if you mean spending a whole lot of money to see what happens when you light a match in space. As far as I can tell, the net result of the shuttle program (Hubble aside) is a better understanding of how the human body reacts to low gravity. Have there been any meaningful discoveries from research by humans in space or is the shuttle program simply expensive (and dangerous) "joy-rides" for a very select few? I have a hard time believing that the best minds at nasa couldn't devise a more cost effective way of maintaining Hubble (and other satellites) using robotics. Wouldn't the money saved be better spent on more useful research?
But, yes; I agree. I want a specific device to do one thing and do it well. I want an mp3 player that just plays music, and does so with the best audio quality possible. I want a cell phone that just makes phone calls and will allow me to walk around the house without dropping calls. I don't need to take the world's worst photographs and videos with my phone, that's what my camera is for. I don't want to watch videos on my mp3 player when I commute, that's what my laptop's for.
Features sell, however. The best mp3 player to hit the market yet (imho) was the Rio Karma. Rio was forced out of the market because they just focused on making simple mp3 players, rather than throwing a bunch of poorly developed bells and whistles into their players, and couldn't compete with the ipod (although I don't think they would have done much better if they had). Given the option, the average person will buy the product that does "this and this and this and this..." instead of the one that "just does that" regardless of whether or not they will ever actually do "this and this and this" with it.
I write all my own software. I'll never give any of those lazy monkeys the opportunity to screw up my computer! As soon as I can get this hard-drivermajiggy to talk to that green circuity looking thing I'll be in business...
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I liked it better when I though you meant "I Am Not A F#cking Lawyer"...
Nope.
I'm right there with you, buddy. Goodbye Mr. Wizard.
Speaking of computerized projections, if you're at all interested in horse racing, check out http://www.desertsea.com/. Oh that and it takes some guts to predict a good season for the yankees. That's like going to a casino and rooting for the dealer.
In other news: If you just buy a damn CD you can have your audio in whatever the hell format you want. Is AAC really going to replace a real recording or pcm? Oh wait, this is Slashdot; I mean "wooh! yeah apple! yeehaw!"
Well; you jest, but this has already been addressed by the FAA: http://cryptome.org/faa021307.htm. Under this policy, I believe that you could be arrested for flying an aircraft like this without explicit authorization from the government. I do aerial photography with rc helicopters for my wife's real-estate company and you wouldn't believe the crap I have to deal with when people see that I have a flying camera in their neighborhood.
Personally, I'd rather use purpose built avionics in my models than try to jerry-rig lego sensors. I don't want to be liable if the electronics fail in my aircraft and it damages someone's property or worse.
Because Americans didn't start writing dates before computers were in common use?
Really? That's a pretty scary idea. Who decides what is "bad for the consumers"? Are thought provoking books "bad for consumers"? I think I'd rather have a government that interferes as little as possible, thank you very much.
Ok, now I understand (I think)... You can't load windows on Apple hardware without BootCamp and you can't load Mac on non-Apple hardware. My ignorance is thinning (a bit)...
That's exactly my question (you beat me to it). Is it just that Mac people want *everything* done for them? It's really not that hard to do your own partitioning, but again I'm fairly mac ignorant too....
Oh, and as an aside; a few years ago my wife did buy me a $300 flashlight. A beautiful Surefire that attaches to the bottom of my .45. As it turns out, that $300 flashlight saved both our lives late one night when a couple of drug-crazed thugs invaded our home while we were sleeping. I'll take a $300 flashlight over a very small retirement contribution any day.
Exactly. Most malicious users aren't concerned with how cool it is to have created something that affects a very small fraction of machines. Those who are have done so and gotten their recognition. It all comes down to utility, which is directly related to marketshare. Why have 6 mac bots just because they're cool when you could have 600 Windows bots that you could actually do something with?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescense
Since when does truth influence politics?
The bottom line is that we can bicker and moan about the end of the world, but as long as this issue is as politicized as it is, we're never going to really see the truth and there's nothing we can do about it.
politician: "I don't believe you. And in fact, your research hurts my popularity so we're cutting your funding."
scientist: "Oh, no sir! What I meant to say is the end is neigh!"
Dah, comrade! And KGB don't beat people, they teach them honesty.
I find that they're favoring Emo and Rap these days. Techno is so twentieth century.
I believe you're correct... Isn't this an effect of magnetic remanence or something along those lines?
Q: Do the new GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS GPUs support SLI technology?
A: Yes. All GeForce 8800 GPUs support NVIDIA SLI technology.
You're blaming Tony Blair for your choosing to major in a competitive field? And since when was an undergraduate degree the ticket to the cushy highpaying job of your dreams? Kids these days. Think a few years at college is the same as experience and should be looked at as such. Just out of college == entry level. Take the job you think is below you and start getting some experience.
I guess I'm stuck with the crappy 'ole 1920x1200 native resolution of my gaming rig.
I'd have to agree with Dubya if you mean spending a whole lot of money to see what happens when you light a match in space. As far as I can tell, the net result of the shuttle program (Hubble aside) is a better understanding of how the human body reacts to low gravity. Have there been any meaningful discoveries from research by humans in space or is the shuttle program simply expensive (and dangerous) "joy-rides" for a very select few? I have a hard time believing that the best minds at nasa couldn't devise a more cost effective way of maintaining Hubble (and other satellites) using robotics. Wouldn't the money saved be better spent on more useful research?
You're joking, right?
But, yes; I agree. I want a specific device to do one thing and do it well. I want an mp3 player that just plays music, and does so with the best audio quality possible. I want a cell phone that just makes phone calls and will allow me to walk around the house without dropping calls. I don't need to take the world's worst photographs and videos with my phone, that's what my camera is for. I don't want to watch videos on my mp3 player when I commute, that's what my laptop's for.
Features sell, however. The best mp3 player to hit the market yet (imho) was the Rio Karma. Rio was forced out of the market because they just focused on making simple mp3 players, rather than throwing a bunch of poorly developed bells and whistles into their players, and couldn't compete with the ipod (although I don't think they would have done much better if they had). Given the option, the average person will buy the product that does "this and this and this and this..." instead of the one that "just does that" regardless of whether or not they will ever actually do "this and this and this" with it.
Well said.
I write all my own software. I'll never give any of those lazy monkeys the opportunity to screw up my computer! As soon as I can get this hard-drivermajiggy to talk to that green circuity looking thing I'll be in business...