Well I got good new for you regardless. Since the earth is losing mass, the gravity will become weaker, resulting in lower numbers on your bathroom scale.:)
(Although it's probably not going to be so noticeable in the shortcut.)
Although I liked playing Uplink, the quote "Uplink, the legendary hacking simulation that is one of its kind." is a bit hyperbolic. Does nobody remember the game Neuromancer (PC/C64) which is I believe one of the first and best hacking games till date?
Funnily enough, mortality rates should be higher outside of Europe, due to a gene that survivors of the Black Plague passed on. It should make those people more resistant to this flu as well. So my chances aren't all that bad probably.
Although it's never a bad idea to start stockpiling canned goods and tissues;)
Isn't it time we start classifying religion as the pox on society that it is? I mean instead of being all tolerant about it, why not banish it? I know it's a big step to take but if you look at it objectively we all see the negative effects it has, and nothing has promoted violence as much as religion. Not only that, but all the things attributed to 'God' can be explained nowadays. Take the bible, where most of the stories existed _before_ the bible was put together. Not only that, but it's full of evident plot holes. And yet no religious person believes me when I tell them I'm God, so they're not completely insane.
Once we thoroughly start educating people, most of the other ignorance based troubles like xenophobia, racism and bad politics might start to go away too. If it wasn't for the Dark Ages, I'd have my damn flying car by now.
I'm not religious, don't believe any Gods, but am fine with religious people if they get comfort from it. I believe most of the same techies/intellectuals are like this.
I've read something once that sums up my viewpoint neatly:
Religion is like a penis. It's fine if you have one; it's fine to be proud of it, but don't go waving it around in other peoples faces and for God's sake, don't try to shove it down children's throats!:)
The Ubuntu people better read this thread because I'm only going to say it once more..
It's a goddamn OPERATING SYSTEM!
People use it to start and control applications. It's not supposed to be shiny, wobbly and sparkly. I still set Windows7 to Classic Mode because I don't want it to use up resources for bullshit and the menus are set up sane in this mode. The only thing I somewhat liked about Unity is that you have more screen real-estate, but last time I used it, it was messing up even something as simply as Alt-Tab.
Mark Shuttleworth may classify me as 'too cool' and beyond hope of ever being pleased. But the fact is, I'm a pretty laid back user. The only thing I'm not is a 14 year old girl who wants everything to be pretty or a Mac user who values looks over functionality.
And what the hell is it with things needing to be changed for change sake? I recall most of my friends rebuilding their webpage from the ground up every 6 months, just so that it would be new. It seems Ubuntu is suffering from the same problem. Gnome2 was just fine, and if there was something wrong with it, they should've just fixed it instead of throwing it out the window. I still have to see any real advantage of Unity over Gnome2. All I encounter is a ton of things that don't work. And even if you make the argument that they are only small things, Unity is killing the user experience by a thousand cuts.
While a program that fetches more things you are interested in is great, you should realize the consequences of such a program. In particular you should realize the concept of a filter bubble. Namely that by only picking out things you are already interested in, you exclude things that you could be interested in or things that are too important to exclude.
There's been a TED talk about this, I suggest you watch it so that you can take active steps (when needed) to step out of your comfort zone now and then:
Can't we just get rid of patents now? I mean, it's more and more clear that this just won't work. Never mind that it was not what 'copyright' was invented for.
I used DD-WRT for some time, but if you want QOS bandwith managment for games (which was what I was really after), you have to buy your way into the forum where a premium version can be downloaded.
Anyway, after some more looking I found 'Tomato' which fitted what I was looking for a lot better. Feel free to try it for yourself.
To be honest.. once they've tackled HIV, if they start refocusing on the lesser STD's, I wonder if they'll just fall like a house of cards. I mean HIV is pretty advanced. It shouldn't be too hard to take out the remain ones should it? Or am I being too naive?
With the recent deluge of articles on curing aids, cancer and even the common cold, is the future finally here? Are we going Deus Ex in a few years now?
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I did Google it, I just had no clue it had anything to do with cellular technologies. I thought it was a CPU feature, so I disregarded the 3G link.
What the hell is an LTE? Nowhere can I find what this acronym means.
Of course, (good) reverse osmosis cleans out a LOT more out of the water then just salt, e.g. bacteria, viruses.
Knowing the DHS scrapes all of the social sites and sites like Slashdot, I would like to say that the DHS can 'blow me'.
So there...
Well I got good new for you regardless. Since the earth is losing mass, the gravity will become weaker, resulting in lower numbers on your bathroom scale. :)
(Although it's probably not going to be so noticeable in the shortcut.)
so I would guess that it is their complete implementation that they're patenting not the general principle.
Do you think that would stop them filing injunctions for anything that even remotely resembles a generic fuel cell?
Neat... Now I can get a pair of diamond vibrators and please both my wife and mistress at the same time!
Hurray, no more working late!
Wait.. they still expect people to work without being compensated for their late hours?
Did EA send out lobbyists again with briefcases full of money?
Although I liked playing Uplink, the quote "Uplink, the legendary hacking simulation that is one of its kind." is a bit hyperbolic. Does nobody remember the game Neuromancer (PC/C64) which is I believe one of the first and best hacking games till date?
Hehe for the short duration that it would be? :)
Funnily enough, mortality rates should be higher outside of Europe, due to a gene that survivors of the Black Plague passed on. It should make those people more resistant to this flu as well. So my chances aren't all that bad probably.
Although it's never a bad idea to start stockpiling canned goods and tissues ;)
Now I don't wanna go to work tomorrow (I work there). :)
Isn't it time we start classifying religion as the pox on society that it is? I mean instead of being all tolerant about it, why not banish it? I know it's a big step to take but if you look at it objectively we all see the negative effects it has, and nothing has promoted violence as much as religion. Not only that, but all the things attributed to 'God' can be explained nowadays. Take the bible, where most of the stories existed _before_ the bible was put together. Not only that, but it's full of evident plot holes. And yet no religious person believes me when I tell them I'm God, so they're not completely insane.
Once we thoroughly start educating people, most of the other ignorance based troubles like xenophobia, racism and bad politics might start to go away too. If it wasn't for the Dark Ages, I'd have my damn flying car by now.
Now if they can only explain to me what the hell 'polynomial time' is.. maybe with a bagel allegory..
I'm not religious, don't believe any Gods, but am fine with religious people if they get comfort from it. I believe most of the same techies/intellectuals are like this.
I've read something once that sums up my viewpoint neatly:
Religion is like a penis. It's fine if you have one; it's fine to be proud of it, but don't go waving it around in other peoples faces and for God's sake, don't try to shove it down children's throats! :)
The Ubuntu people better read this thread because I'm only going to say it once more..
It's a goddamn OPERATING SYSTEM!
People use it to start and control applications. It's not supposed to be shiny, wobbly and sparkly. I still set Windows7 to Classic Mode because I don't want it to use up resources for bullshit and the menus are set up sane in this mode. The only thing I somewhat liked about Unity is that you have more screen real-estate, but last time I used it, it was messing up even something as simply as Alt-Tab.
Mark Shuttleworth may classify me as 'too cool' and beyond hope of ever being pleased. But the fact is, I'm a pretty laid back user. The only thing I'm not is a 14 year old girl who wants everything to be pretty or a Mac user who values looks over functionality.
And what the hell is it with things needing to be changed for change sake? I recall most of my friends rebuilding their webpage from the ground up every 6 months, just so that it would be new. It seems Ubuntu is suffering from the same problem. Gnome2 was just fine, and if there was something wrong with it, they should've just fixed it instead of throwing it out the window. I still have to see any real advantage of Unity over Gnome2. All I encounter is a ton of things that don't work. And even if you make the argument that they are only small things, Unity is killing the user experience by a thousand cuts.
While a program that fetches more things you are interested in is great, you should realize the consequences of such a program. In particular you should realize the concept of a filter bubble. Namely that by only picking out things you are already interested in, you exclude things that you could be interested in or things that are too important to exclude.
There's been a TED talk about this, I suggest you watch it so that you can take active steps (when needed) to step out of your comfort zone now and then:
http://www.thefilterbubble.com/ted-talk
Carrying a bigger stick then your opponent is the oldest and most natural form of security.
Can't we just get rid of patents now? I mean, it's more and more clear that this just won't work. Never mind that it was not what 'copyright' was invented for.
Yes, but some advanced QOS features are only present in the premium version.
I used DD-WRT for some time, but if you want QOS bandwith managment for games (which was what I was really after), you have to buy your way into the forum where a premium version can be downloaded.
Anyway, after some more looking I found 'Tomato' which fitted what I was looking for a lot better. Feel free to try it for yourself.
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
To be honest.. once they've tackled HIV, if they start refocusing on the lesser STD's, I wonder if they'll just fall like a house of cards. I mean HIV is pretty advanced. It shouldn't be too hard to take out the remain ones should it? Or am I being too naive?
I wonder if a vaccine against AIDS will result in a sexual revolution as happened in the '60s with the advent of birth control pills.
And yes, I do know there's more then one STD out there, but that didn't stop them in the 60's either.
I always love international websites posting things like "9 a.m.", because we only have 24+ timezones you know..
Say "a.m." again. Say "a.m." again. I dare you. I double-dare you, motherfucker. Say "a.m." one more goddamn time.
With the recent deluge of articles on curing aids, cancer and even the common cold, is the future finally here? Are we going Deus Ex in a few years now?
Ah right.. I was wondered why there was typed text in the right clip.. Seemed unlikely the brain would subtitles everything internally. :)