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I hate pdfs, so here is a screencap of the brain imaging picture from the pdf:

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1130/brainimagingwz8.jpg

For me, nothing beats orange phosphors.

For those who use FlashBlock extension for Mozilla's Web browsers, you need to click on top right corner unshown Flash section or allow Flash or else the Web site looks weird (be sure to report it too so its Web staff can fix it).

Here is what it looks like when Flash is blocked: screen shot.

Oh, and make sure you don't pick up anyone else's cans. Corp wars have been started that way. So only pick up cans from friendlies.

Here's a screenshot from a looooong time ago (build 1217. hah!) of the config screen for just such a beast: http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6203/newminertabvu8.png

http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=clipboard1qt4.jpg

http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=racismgo8.jpg

I believe the phrase is "Do it, faggot"

Pic, related

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5845/extenso2rk7.png

How original, what's next, an "in Soviet Russia..." joke?

For those who don't get it, Randall, the guy on the left, writes XKCD, and the guy on the right is me (check out the name badge, infidels).

I think I see what you're talking about, as I was wondering myself. Is this it? http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8194/16888739jj2.jpg

I did not lose scholarships, I lost my federal aid and my state entitlements. That is not the decision of the school, that is a state law of Georgia and a federal law, which was introduced in 1998 in the Higher Education Act.

As far as expressing regret for breaking the law, why should I? Why should I regret breaking the law, when the law is clearly in the wrong? At any point, I could have received a prescription for the drug. Yes, I did take it without a prescription, but does the difference between having a prescription for a drug that I could have legally possessed at any time really equal three years of probation, $30,000 in monetary losses, and a permanent mark on my record? Even if my charge is expunged, I am technically still required to answer yes to the question "Have you ever been treated under first offender status?"

Why is a DUI, a serious crime that has killed people that I know personally through no fault of their own, a simple misdemeanor? I realize it's one of the more severe misdemeanors, but the simple fact is that it is one. How can I feel justified knowing that people that are effectively murderers get away with a slap on the wrist? Less probation, a smaller fine, and no loss of financial aid and state entitlements. I hurt no one, not even myself. Indeed, had I just taken all the pills, none of this would have happened. If I had a prescription, and legally took these drugs every day of my life - to me, something of far more mental and physical harm to myself and possibly others - nothing would have happened. Of course I feel regret getting caught, and not regret over the actual action.

You can criticize me all you want, but you try to make a single mistake like I did and pay such a dear price. I have never even smoked a single joint in my life. Is taking three adderall really any worse than smoking weed, another illegal drug? Of a higher schedule, in fact? 65% of people in the United States have admitted to using an illegal drug before. What if every one of those persons could be charged right now? Should they all face what I faced?

Coincidentally, my captcha is regret.

...this is old news. They've already done five cores some time ago.

Grey text on dark blue background, with white text for bold.

I find this very easy to read and on my laptop with glossy panel I am not distracted by the movement of my own clearly visible reflection, as I do get with a black background.

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5360/wordperfect51dosxi1.png

I'm not so sure. GP has a point - I'd love to see Apple as a litigious bastard too, but check the link he posted...

http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=applestoorangesua8.jpg

I'm not convinced that's original. And the curves are exactly the same - did you look at the picture?

did you look at the comparison that those graphics artists have been [b|f]logging?

I'm no Picasso, but it's fairly clear that the outline of the infinity symbol is not "cut out" from the apple logo, nor is it "curved the same", on the right side, the NYC logo clearly extends farther out than where the apple logo would have been had someone not taken a bite out of it, not to mention the stem, the fact that the top and bottom of the apple pinches way farther in (thus affecting the leaf placement, which I haven't loaded up to see if I can apply 50000 different layers of morphing to make it look almost like the Apple Computers leaf, but my untrained eye thinks it's not just a flip and a scoot.)

Finally, unless GreeNYC is selling computers, I don't see what grounds Apple has to challenge the trademark at all.

Mainly when the border is showing, the rounded corners aren't where they should be.

Here's a screenshot comparing Opera 9.26's correct behavior with Firefox 3b5's.

Wow. Apple may actually have a case here. One of the anonymous comments in TFA from a graphics designer is fantastic. I can't link to it, so I'll copy it.

Subject: Apples to Oranges, Image Attached!
Sat Apr 05, 2008 5:16 am

I worked for many years as a graphic designer and found that most artists "borrow" good design. That is what we are taught to do. It's not blatant plagiarism, but used as the root in preliminary design and eventual fruit in this case, of the final design.

After comparing the two side by side, or rather overlayed one atop the other and turned into transparencies, it is clear the original apple logo was used as the basis for the design in question.

If you look closely you can see the greenNYC logo follows the exact curve of the apple and in fact may have been "cookie cut" from an actual Apple Inc. logo using special image editing tools.

You can go through thousands of clip art and dingbats and not come across the same curve. However, I have seen the Apple logo as a symbol in a couple typefaces presumably placed there by a dedicated fan.(???)

It is not uncommon to paste dozens of similar logos and symbols all over the work area to help along the process.

This artist took it a little too far and figured no one would notice. Some of us hear myths about changing a design by a certain percent makes it okay...well not quite.

The designer probably put a stylized letter "S", squashed it, flopped it, and punched it out of the Apple Inc. logo. Then tweaked the ends of the "S" and fused on the stem.

Then they grabbed the Apple Inc. leaf and flopped it and moved it slightly down and to the left.

"Down, and to the left. Down and to the left..."

*image was posted here*

I've been guilty of similar blunders, and was surprised when my client caught it...even though it had a different typeface, different colors, different markets AND my own Icon built from scratch!

Too similar he said...no go.

That's when I learned just placing elements the same as another can make you out as a copy cat even though the artwork is your own.

Go easy on the designer...

Probably up way too late, from way too many lattes for way too little money.

I guarantee you Apple Inc. paid more to challenge the design than the actual designer got paid in the first place.

There's just no money in it.

Sad but true.

Many so called design firms hire freelance that are often out of the country like India for mere pennies compared to established firms in the U.S.

You have a better chance of being a movie star than getting rich playing designer! Find a friend in the business and latch on, otherwise you're just another pretty fish.

My 2 cents anyway.

If you can't access the link above just click here or copy and paste the address into your address bar to view the image.

http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=applestoorangesua8.jpg

Wow. Apple may actually have a case here. One of the anonymous comments in TFA from a graphics designer is fantastic. I can't link to it, so I'll copy it.

Subject: Apples to Oranges, Image Attached!
Sat Apr 05, 2008 5:16 am

I worked for many years as a graphic designer and found that most artists "borrow" good design. That is what we are taught to do. It's not blatant plagiarism, but used as the root in preliminary design and eventual fruit in this case, of the final design.

After comparing the two side by side, or rather overlayed one atop the other and turned into transparencies, it is clear the original apple logo was used as the basis for the design in question.

If you look closely you can see the greenNYC logo follows the exact curve of the apple and in fact may have been "cookie cut" from an actual Apple Inc. logo using special image editing tools.

You can go through thousands of clip art and dingbats and not come across the same curve. However, I have seen the Apple logo as a symbol in a couple typefaces presumably placed there by a dedicated fan.(???)

It is not uncommon to paste dozens of similar logos and symbols all over the work area to help along the process.

This artist took it a little too far and figured no one would notice. Some of us hear myths about changing a design by a certain percent makes it okay...well not quite.

The designer probably put a stylized letter "S", squashed it, flopped it, and punched it out of the Apple Inc. logo. Then tweaked the ends of the "S" and fused on the stem.

Then they grabbed the Apple Inc. leaf and flopped it and moved it slightly down and to the left.

"Down, and to the left. Down and to the left..."

*image was posted here*

I've been guilty of similar blunders, and was surprised when my client caught it...even though it had a different typeface, different colors, different markets AND my own Icon built from scratch!

Too similar he said...no go.

That's when I learned just placing elements the same as another can make you out as a copy cat even though the artwork is your own.

Go easy on the designer...

Probably up way too late, from way too many lattes for way too little money.

I guarantee you Apple Inc. paid more to challenge the design than the actual designer got paid in the first place.

There's just no money in it.

Sad but true.

Many so called design firms hire freelance that are often out of the country like India for mere pennies compared to established firms in the U.S.

You have a better chance of being a movie star than getting rich playing designer! Find a friend in the business and latch on, otherwise you're just another pretty fish.

My 2 cents anyway.

If you can't access the link above just click here or copy and paste the address into your address bar to view the image.

http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=applestoorangesua8.jpg

Heh. http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot1mg0.png

Did you miss that big hole in the coverage map?

Let me re-phrase. You missed the big hole in coverage that includes Boston and the immediately surrounding towns.

That's why we can't have nice things! http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2890/coondauz3.gif

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/9224/slashdotwhatte4.png

And this game is casual enough that not only does it cater to casual gamers - it was also coded in a very casual matter. I can't say much for my ActionScript programming (probably horrible at best), but at least I got something to work in a playable manner.

This must be really wierd, but I prefer KDE with a gnome-ish layout. My desktop (1280x800 JPG): http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshothi3.jpg

And YES! It's a car. These things on four round objects with a engine. Go ahead... make jokes...

I know a screenshot isn't much to go on since seeing and hearing is believing but... ahem :D http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1701/screenshot1pv3.png

I think he is talking about the fabled unix beard that many gurus sport and which is said to convey great powers to he (or she!) who grows it.

I too have an SCSI hard drive (Seagate Cheetah ST336607LW). Revved up like a harley while running binaries. I reduced the noise substantially by using this cooler:

http://www.quietpcusa.com/Zalman-Hard-Disk-Drive-Heatpipe-Cooler-ZM-2HC2-P27C45.aspx

The rubber washers help in damping out the noise. Plus, the primary reason why it's noisy is because the metal conducts and amplifies the vibrations through resonance. So I put some thermocol pads under the cooler to remove any metal-metal contact (except for a ground wire) and the noise reduced dramatically. Now I don't have to shut down my pc while sleeping.

I got a pic here:

http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1000564no7.jpg

(the hdd/cooler system is circled in red, ground wire in purple). IT works fine

Why should I buy something that, more likely than not, will be range-compressed shit?

For example, I once downloaded a Genesis compilation; I listened to some songs that I already knew from their 83 album, and immediately knew it wasn't the same thing. A quick comparison made it obvious: the new version was "squashed on the roof" -- much louder, muffled drums, too much bass, it sounded like something off a cassete tape.

Just a pic to compare: "Home By The Sea", original versus new version.

It was so awful that I deleted the damn thing. I still wanted to know their early stuff, but not in this defaced form. So I downloaded the whole albums; but now the sound quality was really good. Even their earliest records, done over 30 years ago, sounded nice and crystalline.

Let me say it again: for that compilation, someone took those beautiful songs and deliberately made them sound like an old cassete tape. For what purpose? To make them "loud".

There's the problem. Everyone does it! The way record companies produce music nowadays, everything sounds so awful that I wouldn't want most of it for free. Yet they expect me to pay for it? Hell no! I used to buy a lot of music, but now every CD is a gamble and my chances are too slim. And I doubt I'm the only one who feels the same.

Fuck you very much, record labels. You have ruined your own product, now reap the consequences!

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9308/88789055ds1.jpg

Well, the Guardian has just published an article saying "that the BBC thinks the loophole has been closed".. However, it still works just fine.

My only guess is that you aren't on a video that is allowed for the iPhone (not all videos are; in particular the news is not allowed on the iPhone, which is the only part of this loophole I would use). My advice is to go to the bbc iplayer page as the iPhone, and then pick from the selection you are presented with. I neglected to mention this originally, apologies.

The best part about that article is that it runs an American Express add that features Wales. Here's a screenshot. http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ironyam1.jpg

Picture here: http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/605/vlcsnap5485659gg2.jpg

In that case, we simply stick with our jailbroken iPods and iPhones, running everything we need. I'm willing to bet that the jailbreak developers will find a way to load the new 'official' apps on a jailbroken machine.

Here's mine. 7 pages of apps, and a couple of screenshots, including a VNC client called VNSea and a prefs tool that allows for easy control of Wifi, SSH, AFP, Apache, and more.

http://img503.imageshack.us/my.php?image=march2008screensxp7.jpg

Fios is viable over here in Cambridge. DSL reports claims that there is FiOS in parts of Boston proper. There is also a slightly out of date map showing deployment in the area. And, of course, their statement of intent to expand Boston coverage from a year ago. Heck, they're selling it out of Jordan's Furniture. You can't get more Bostonian than that.

I'd check availability in your particular part of boston. It doesn't seem like Verizon is holding anyone hostage, so much as rollout is taking longer than all of us would like.

That guy was using a third party downloader, which doesn't account for the high quality video. He unknowingly downloaded the same video twice. While the regular youtube video is indeed 3.4 MB, the high quality one is 9.5 MB. Here's a picture showing the filesize

One other interesting thing is that I haven't been able to find another high-quality video on youtube. I tried the &fmt=6 parameter on several videos, both popular and new. Two of these videos (a Fall Out Boy video and an NBA recap) loaded with the parameter, but didn't look any better. A quick check showed that the same .flv files were being loaded no matter what parameter I set. Does anyone have any examples of high quality videos besides the dog?

I don't see it.

But it looks like the Skateboarding Dog video is pretty poor quality to begin with. Big blurred deinterlaced frames are still blurred deinterlaced frames, regardless of the number of bits you throw at it.

I'd really like to see a wireless keyboard with a trackpad built in. Never seen it on the market, wonder why? Would be very useful indeed. Forgive the quick n dirty photoshopping: http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/194/keyboardpadas2.th.jpg

hundreds, never mind millions, aren't going to be made.

modded -1, inaccurate. I have friends in many bands, and all have CDs they they sell at their shows, and all give away MP3s on the internet.

Most are making a living at it, albeit a modest one. One fellow that used to be my neighbor made so much mooney singing in bars with his band he quit his day job as a union carpenter!

The RIAA is no longer needed to record and distribute music. I suspect that the reason this century's music mostly sucks is that the labels can't get decent bands any more. I know my friend Joe Frewe was approached by two different labels and he told both of them to fuck off.

Someone commented on a comment I made in the last /. RIAA story and he included a link that unfortunately wasn't modded up (he posted it too late I think). Here's that fellow's link again; it fits here perfectly.

-mcgrew

In my opinion this was the pinnacle of IBM (Yes, mine says IBM Thinkpad on it) and their laptops. We've bought T61's since I got my T60 two years ago and I hate supporting them. My T60 just works. It plays Oblivion, my movies and music and I've seen it sit for two weeks in standby mode with the lid closed.
It is also the most durable laptop I've ever had and I beat the hell out of my laptops. Traveling, punching it (see Oblivion above), dropping it, knocking it around during my job.
And yes, I'm old. My first "portable" was this:
http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ibmportfy0.jpg

Yup, exactly right. All anyone needs to know about music ownership, the big labels, and the RIAA is summed up nicely in this comic.

Enjoy.

http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotofficialhomeoap3.png

Firefox alerted me this :)

There are advantages to being a university student.

Graphs: http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6251/emo81114fig1adz7.gif
Table: http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4416/emo81114tbl1aev4.gif

Abstract

The authors examined emotional valence- and arousal-related phasic psychophysiological responses to different violent events in the first-person shooter video game "James Bond 007: NightFire" among 36 young adults. Event-related changes in zygomaticus major, corrugator supercilii, and orbicularis oculi electromyographic (EMG) activity and skin conductance level (SCL) were recorded, and the participants rated their emotions and the trait psychoticism based on the Psychoticism dimension of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire--Revised, Short Form. Wounding and killing the opponent elicited an increase in SCL and a decrease in zygomatic and orbicularis oculi EMG activity. The decrease in zygomatic and orbicularis oculi activity was less pronounced among high Psychoticism scorers compared with low Psychoticism scorers. The wounding and death of the player's own character (James Bond) elicited an increase in SCL and zygomatic and orbicularis oculi EMG activity and a decrease in corrugator activity. Instead of joy resulting from victory and success, wounding and killing the opponent may elicit high-arousal negative affect (anxiety), with high Psychoticism scorers experiencing less anxiety than low Psychoticism scorers. Although counterintuitive, the wounding and death of the player's own character may increase some aspect of positive emotion.

We know very little about phasic emotional responses elicited by violent video game events, although they might mediate the potential harmful effects of violent games (Ravaja, Saari, Salminen, Laarni, & Kallinen, 2006). Several (although not all) authors have concluded that there is a causal relationship between violent video game play and aggressive behavior, cognitions, and affect (for meta-analyses, see Anderson, 2004; Anderson & Bushman, 2001; for an alternative meta-analysis, see Sherry, 2001). Violent games may elicit not only self-reported aggressive affect (i.e., feelings of anger or hostility) but also anxiety (fear; Anderson & Ford, 1986). An apparent limitation of the studies using self-report to measure emotional responses is that they neglect the fact that different game events may elicit different, even opposing, emotional responses (Ravaja, Saari, Salminen, et al., 2006). Prior studies have also shown that exposure to violent video games increases physiological arousal (e.g., Ballard & Weist, 1996; for a meta-analysis, see Anderson & Bushman, 2001). However, these studies have used tonic measures (e.g., 1-min mean physiological values) that give no information on responses elicited by specific, instantaneous game events.

The present study was designed to examine phasic psychophysiological responses indexing emotional valence and arousal elicited by violent events in the first-person shooter video game "James Bond 007: NightFire." Facial electromyographic (EMG) activity over zygomaticus major and corrugator supercilii was used to index positive and negative emotions, respectively (e.g., Lang, Greenwald, Bradley, & Hamm, 1993; Ravaja, 2004a), and orbicularis oculi activity was used to index positively valenced high-arousal emotions (Ravaja, Saari, Kallinen, & Laarni, 2006; Witvliet & Vrana, 1995). Electrodermal activity (EDA) was used as an index of arousal (Ravaja, 2004a). Obviously, violent video games (e.g., first-person shooters) involve at least two different types of events that might elicit differential emotional responses: (a) The player (or player's character) wounds or kills an opponent and (b) the opponent wounds or kills the player's character. Given that wounding or killing an opponent represents a victory and a success in the game (and in a real gun f

There are advantages to being a university student.

Graphs: http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6251/emo81114fig1adz7.gif
Table: http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4416/emo81114tbl1aev4.gif

Abstract

The authors examined emotional valence- and arousal-related phasic psychophysiological responses to different violent events in the first-person shooter video game "James Bond 007: NightFire" among 36 young adults. Event-related changes in zygomaticus major, corrugator supercilii, and orbicularis oculi electromyographic (EMG) activity and skin conductance level (SCL) were recorded, and the participants rated their emotions and the trait psychoticism based on the Psychoticism dimension of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire--Revised, Short Form. Wounding and killing the opponent elicited an increase in SCL and a decrease in zygomatic and orbicularis oculi EMG activity. The decrease in zygomatic and orbicularis oculi activity was less pronounced among high Psychoticism scorers compared with low Psychoticism scorers. The wounding and death of the player's own character (James Bond) elicited an increase in SCL and zygomatic and orbicularis oculi EMG activity and a decrease in corrugator activity. Instead of joy resulting from victory and success, wounding and killing the opponent may elicit high-arousal negative affect (anxiety), with high Psychoticism scorers experiencing less anxiety than low Psychoticism scorers. Although counterintuitive, the wounding and death of the player's own character may increase some aspect of positive emotion.

We know very little about phasic emotional responses elicited by violent video game events, although they might mediate the potential harmful effects of violent games (Ravaja, Saari, Salminen, Laarni, & Kallinen, 2006). Several (although not all) authors have concluded that there is a causal relationship between violent video game play and aggressive behavior, cognitions, and affect (for meta-analyses, see Anderson, 2004; Anderson & Bushman, 2001; for an alternative meta-analysis, see Sherry, 2001). Violent games may elicit not only self-reported aggressive affect (i.e., feelings of anger or hostility) but also anxiety (fear; Anderson & Ford, 1986). An apparent limitation of the studies using self-report to measure emotional responses is that they neglect the fact that different game events may elicit different, even opposing, emotional responses (Ravaja, Saari, Salminen, et al., 2006). Prior studies have also shown that exposure to violent video games increases physiological arousal (e.g., Ballard & Weist, 1996; for a meta-analysis, see Anderson & Bushman, 2001). However, these studies have used tonic measures (e.g., 1-min mean physiological values) that give no information on responses elicited by specific, instantaneous game events.

The present study was designed to examine phasic psychophysiological responses indexing emotional valence and arousal elicited by violent events in the first-person shooter video game "James Bond 007: NightFire." Facial electromyographic (EMG) activity over zygomaticus major and corrugator supercilii was used to index positive and negative emotions, respectively (e.g., Lang, Greenwald, Bradley, & Hamm, 1993; Ravaja, 2004a), and orbicularis oculi activity was used to index positively valenced high-arousal emotions (Ravaja, Saari, Kallinen, & Laarni, 2006; Witvliet & Vrana, 1995). Electrodermal activity (EDA) was used as an index of arousal (Ravaja, 2004a). Obviously, violent video games (e.g., first-person shooters) involve at least two different types of events that might elicit differential emotional responses: (a) The player (or player's character) wounds or kills an opponent and (b) the opponent wounds or kills the player's character. Given that wounding or killing an opponent represents a victory and a success in the game (and in a real gun f

Taste the Rainbow (of atoms)!

Sorry, couldn't help myself. Marketing controls my mind. And yours.

Obligatory car analogy in comic form.

This pretty much summarizes the situation