Posts by LaeMing

I like big CRTs

and they just won't die.

Fair point,

but I would argue that the heavy, space-and-power consuming CRT is "broken" by being far-obsolete enough for there to be very-noticable benefits in an upgrade. An upgrade from a CFL-backlit LCD to a LED-backlit TV, for example, is a far far far smaller thing in terms of benefits.

While going CRT-to-LCD was a major upgrade for me. As much as I would like a LED-backlit screen (even lower power, lower profile) the bump is still well in the MEH teritory so I will be waiting for my existing unit to visibly degrade or for a really compelling tech. to come out before I pony up the dough. If my old CRT is anything to go by, that could take another decade!

I guess it depends on the expectations.

I can see how a talkative theatre audience might be great fun, as long as everyone is there with that expectation. Maybe cineman should offer "talking" and "non-talking" screenings.

"people should not be allowed to own electronics with a higher IQ than their own"

I'm putting that on a plaque. A big one over my equipment-loans window.

"Inteligent" people and dumb things

Inteligence (or what is popularly considered such) can be its own downfall. Multiple studies have indicated that inteligent people are often just better at constructing superficially plausable explanations for what they want to believe*

*This explanation may, however, just be a superficialy plausable excuse for this type of behaviour, however.

Fork them!

Fork them all to hell!

You can always

compile it without all the stuff you don't need too (try doing that with Windows/MacOS). I used to but don't bother these days.

Cosmetic versioning.

Linux has entered the botique.

But the whole point of these types of belief

is to assert a feeling of certainty where none otherwise would be.

The reason hard-core religious types hate science is that it works in current-best-guess-according-to-observed-data. Also why hard-core religious types are so prone to pulling the "controversy" flag - they are cognitively incapable of understanding that scientific claims are always based on probability of correctness and ongoing corrections rather than claims of immutable certainty.

The error bars are always there, whether explicitly stated or not - it is an in-built part of the definition of science.

Well,

he didn't notice the bit about the Rapture being totally unpredictable and unnanounced, so...