I don't think it's a desire to preserve lost arts that drives geeks to do this sort of thing - I think it's more the "I can get the satisfaction of doing a job myself and I can probably do it better than paying someone to do it".
Plus, you get to learn a whole new bunch of cool jargon.
Well they could if the GW site wasn't so ungodly slow and poorly laid out. I went to show my son the sort of thing I was into when I was a kid and just gave up.
The GW thing is kinda depressing. You'd think that after 17, 18 years there'd be a lot of new content, different miniatures, etc. but I've looked and seen the same figures, just fewer to a pack and more expensive. Note to the pedants: Obviously, there ARE new figures. I just expected to see something completely different.
Things were getting "too corporate" when I stopped being interested in the miniatures and games years ago, when the stores went from being the kind of creepy dives staffed by weirdoes who would rather I just leave so I didn't interrupt their game to the modern spartan things staffed by perky people who wanted to sell me stuff.
So this latest behaviour isn't surprising at all. They want it ALL.
A better story exploring these ideas..
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..would be Snow Crash. Alright, alright, so I haven't read Deadly Perversions, but doesn't it sound a bit cheesy? 3D cybersex gives you an STD? Whereas the Snow Crash virus tries to propogate through several means.
Besides, Neal Stephenson is cool, we all know that.
I superglued drawing pins to the rubber dart, made an affect bluebottle killer.
Another thing was to place a small firework in front of the dart, and launch them both into the air.. time it right and you got an effective mid-air explosion.
Firstly, I don't believe the terrible Butt Ugly Martians should be included in your list. Everything about that show is bad, from production values to story.
Secondly, I believe this shows ARE aimed at young teens and preteens. It's your decision to have your 4 year old up at 9:30pm (8:30 Central) to watch Invader Zim I suppose.
Thirdly, if you object to these shows, why on earth are you letting your children watch them? Nobody can deny you your objection and obligation as a parent to shield your children from what you find distasteful, so why have you allowed Nickleodeon to "pump that gross crap down your kids' throats"?
They've been back for a few years(?) in Japan, with an anime show. Which has been bought by Cartoon Network I believe. Thus the reintroduction of Zoids to the West.
So what happened this morning? Did someone wake up and think "Damn it, we need to maximize the piracy of Quicktime 5 Pro!"?
Or do they expect everyone who quickly grabbed an illegal serial number today to see how many "fantastic features" they've been missing and honestly pay up the 30 bucks?
Interesting, but coincidental. The domain expiration was no conspiracy - it was a year after registration. The s11 group was formed to protest an Australian conference last year that just happened to be September 11-13.
I'm more interested in the September 11th theories relating to the formal creation of Israel and the Israeli hostages taken on the same date at the Munich Olympics, but again they could just be coincidences.
Depends on the channel. When we had DTV with the S-Video hookup, some channels were alright, but the less mainstream ones were shite - like Fox Sports World, the only reason I plunked down the extra money per month for the sports package.
This is the second time we've had digital cable (first AT&T in CA, now Charter in TX) and the overall quality is pretty bad.. but not as bad as we had with Primestar heh.
Yes, I love useless technology, but the fridge thing could be useful and AFAIK has already been done.
The idea is that it has a barcode scanner in the door, and it keeps track of what you are putting into it. Then the next time you're leaving from work and want to know what you should buy at the store, you just connect to the fridge and find out. I mean, it's crunch time and you're coding til 3am, you don't want to call the wife and wake her up, do you?
"it never even crossed my mind that it might be an issue in the tech industry"
Good God 'Taco, read any busy thread here at -1 and you'll see just how ugly people in this industry are.
How can this surprise anyone? Let's see, we now have a lot of spoiled white fresh college grads who see themselves as being replaced by cheaper H1-B immigrants (many of whom will be working a lot longer hours) - you don't think those people are going to start fostering thoughts of "those dirty immigrants stealing our jobs"?
Oh right, our workplaces are diverse because of all those Indian and Asian employees. Funny, in my last office building (shared by a multitude of dotcom companies), I saw one black guy. He was the janitor.
Um.. I like gadgets as much as the next guy, but come on! After years of making cell phones smaller, neater, less visible, now we'll be striving to get the one with the most RAM? The fastest processor?
I really can't remember the last time I wanted to listen to an MP3 on my phone.
Dude, you're supposed to change something about you, or the way you act, etc. You're not supposed to wait for your resolutions to "come true". That'd be a wish. You do that when you blow out the candles.
Jeez, reading/. on Christmas Day, how sad is that? Posting on Christmas Day, how sad is that?
Anyway, this was the first time we've done a significant amount of our shopping online, and we have had mixed service. Here's my little review:
1. Amazon.com
We ordered toys, a book, a CD, and a stereo system. Everything was shipped promptly, everything arrived looking in good condition. Even though they couldn't gift-wrap the stereo (which was to be a surprise gift), they did wrap it up in concealing plastic so as not to give the surprise away. Yay for Amazon's service. Boo for Amazon's patent silliness.
2. art.com
My sister-in-law bought us a framed print from here, arrived a little later than anticipated but still well before Christmas. They packed it up nice and securely, and they even have a little pic on the outside of the packaging so you can check to make sure it's the right thing without opening it. Nice touch.
3. eToys
My wife actually ordered from here before I could stop her, but it was at least a week or so before the eToy thing became huge news.. Anyway, eToys' service sucks. We ordered two items, one of which shipped fine (though arrived looking like it had been sitting on a Wal-Mart shelf for a few weeks), but the other one didn't. So we get an email saying it was backordered. Of course, when we ordered it, they didn't bother telling us this - I thought the greatest part about online shopping was a live inventory reporting system.. Anyway, the toy should arrive sometime next month. Happy end of January, son!
3. Toys R Us
We didn't order from here ourselves, my sis-in-law did. Ordered well before Christmas, but didn't arrive, like 90% of the other ToysRUs orders, apparently. When I read about the $100 certificate they promised, I thought "well at least that's something", but as I suspected, they managed to talk their way out of delivering: they told my sis-in-law (who had been waiting a total of 2.5 hours on the phone) this week that it had actually been backordered, so they canceled the order and refunded her money. Funny though, the week before they said it was in transit.
So yeah, it was a pretty mixed bag. On the whole, we got cheaper prices online, and I didn't have to suffer the holiday crowds (my wife did, and she reported toy shelves were picked clean..)
Now all I need to do is find out why Create & Draw in Elmo's World doesn't actually let you draw anything..
For any IE user who doesn't trust the cleaner provided by the company:
Tools->Internet Options Temporary Internet Files - Settings View Objects to see all ActiveX controls that have been downloaded Right-click the Comet Cursor->Remove
This is a chance to show the world that Linux users don't just write drivers for the stuff they think is cool. The typical community response to a new cost-cutting device so far has been "get a real xxx". Well, Linux is carving itself a niche in low-cost PCs (under $500) and there's going to be more and more "non-real" hardware - and if Linux doesn't support it, another OS will take its place.
Now, I was looking around for spec info on these LT modems, but couldn't find any. I did find this page on PCI Modems and Linux, hope it helps someone.
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You mean just like Direct Connect?
The enforced ratios (e.g. you must be sharing 10gb of Dave Matthews sets) are what makes DC so annoying and elitist.
I don't think it's a desire to preserve lost arts that drives geeks to do this sort of thing - I think it's more the "I can get the satisfaction of doing a job myself and I can probably do it better than paying someone to do it".
Plus, you get to learn a whole new bunch of cool jargon.
http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?comments=26039
"[...]April 28th, which they say is the day that the Half-Life 2 NDA will be lifted"
Yes, my tongue IS firmly wedged in my cheek.
Well they could if the GW site wasn't so ungodly slow and poorly laid out. I went to show my son the sort of thing I was into when I was a kid and just gave up.
The GW thing is kinda depressing. You'd think that after 17, 18 years there'd be a lot of new content, different miniatures, etc. but I've looked and seen the same figures, just fewer to a pack and more expensive. Note to the pedants: Obviously, there ARE new figures. I just expected to see something completely different.
Things were getting "too corporate" when I stopped being interested in the miniatures and games years ago, when the stores went from being the kind of creepy dives staffed by weirdoes who would rather I just leave so I didn't interrupt their game to the modern spartan things staffed by perky people who wanted to sell me stuff.
So this latest behaviour isn't surprising at all. They want it ALL.
..would be Snow Crash. Alright, alright, so I haven't read Deadly Perversions, but doesn't it sound a bit cheesy? 3D cybersex gives you an STD? Whereas the Snow Crash virus tries to propogate through several means.
Besides, Neal Stephenson is cool, we all know that.
Leech might help with that last one.
I superglued drawing pins to the rubber dart, made an affect bluebottle killer.
Another thing was to place a small firework in front of the dart, and launch them both into the air.. time it right and you got an effective mid-air explosion.
Clones starts off slow
Slow? The big Coruscant chase is slow?
Loved the movie. A few cheesy bits, but this is Star Wars for God's sake.
What will Jon discover next year? This great new search engine called Google?
The report doesn't seem to take into account the fact that while the number Windows holes was fewer, they were far more severe. Code Red, anyone?
Btw, I'm not a Linux cheerleader, I'm a Windows guy most of the time, and I subscribe to the "best tool for the job" philosophy.
Three points to this one.
Firstly, I don't believe the terrible Butt Ugly Martians should be included in your list. Everything about that show is bad, from production values to story.
Secondly, I believe this shows ARE aimed at young teens and preteens. It's your decision to have your 4 year old up at 9:30pm (8:30 Central) to watch Invader Zim I suppose.
Thirdly, if you object to these shows, why on earth are you letting your children watch them? Nobody can deny you your objection and obligation as a parent to shield your children from what you find distasteful, so why have you allowed Nickleodeon to "pump that gross crap down your kids' throats"?
They've been back for a few years(?) in Japan, with an anime show. Which has been bought by Cartoon Network I believe. Thus the reintroduction of Zoids to the West.
So what happened this morning? Did someone wake up and think "Damn it, we need to maximize the piracy of Quicktime 5 Pro!"?
Or do they expect everyone who quickly grabbed an illegal serial number today to see how many "fantastic features" they've been missing and honestly pay up the 30 bucks?
Interesting, but coincidental. The domain expiration was no conspiracy - it was a year after registration. The s11 group was formed to protest an Australian conference last year that just happened to be September 11-13.
I'm more interested in the September 11th theories relating to the formal creation of Israel and the Israeli hostages taken on the same date at the Munich Olympics, but again they could just be coincidences.
Depends on the channel. When we had DTV with the S-Video hookup, some channels were alright, but the less mainstream ones were shite - like Fox Sports World, the only reason I plunked down the extra money per month for the sports package.
This is the second time we've had digital cable (first AT&T in CA, now Charter in TX) and the overall quality is pretty bad.. but not as bad as we had with Primestar heh.
Yes, I love useless technology, but the fridge thing could be useful and AFAIK has already been done.
The idea is that it has a barcode scanner in the door, and it keeps track of what you are putting into it. Then the next time you're leaving from work and want to know what you should buy at the store, you just connect to the fridge and find out. I mean, it's crunch time and you're coding til 3am, you don't want to call the wife and wake her up, do you?
"it never even crossed my mind that it might be an issue in the tech industry"
Good God 'Taco, read any busy thread here at -1 and you'll see just how ugly people in this industry are.
How can this surprise anyone? Let's see, we now have a lot of spoiled white fresh college grads who see themselves as being replaced by cheaper H1-B immigrants (many of whom will be working a lot longer hours) - you don't think those people are going to start fostering thoughts of "those dirty immigrants stealing our jobs"?
Oh right, our workplaces are diverse because of all those Indian and Asian employees. Funny, in my last office building (shared by a multitude of dotcom companies), I saw one black guy. He was the janitor.
Hmm.. softer bevels.. flat look.. this is BeOS, baby.
Um.. I like gadgets as much as the next guy, but come on! After years of making cell phones smaller, neater, less visible, now we'll be striving to get the one with the most RAM? The fastest processor?
I really can't remember the last time I wanted to listen to an MP3 on my phone.
Dude, you're supposed to change something about you, or the way you act, etc. You're not supposed to wait for your resolutions to "come true". That'd be a wish. You do that when you blow out the candles.
I'd like to see this moderated up, but I fear it won't be =\
Jeez, reading /. on Christmas Day, how sad is that? Posting on Christmas Day, how sad is that?
Anyway, this was the first time we've done a significant amount of our shopping online, and we have had mixed service. Here's my little review:
1. Amazon.com
We ordered toys, a book, a CD, and a stereo system. Everything was shipped promptly, everything arrived looking in good condition. Even though they couldn't gift-wrap the stereo (which was to be a surprise gift), they did wrap it up in concealing plastic so as not to give the surprise away. Yay for Amazon's service. Boo for Amazon's patent silliness.
2. art.com
My sister-in-law bought us a framed print from here, arrived a little later than anticipated but still well before Christmas. They packed it up nice and securely, and they even have a little pic on the outside of the packaging so you can check to make sure it's the right thing without opening it. Nice touch.3. eToys
My wife actually ordered from here before I could stop her, but it was at least a week or so before the eToy thing became huge news.. Anyway, eToys' service sucks. We ordered two items, one of which shipped fine (though arrived looking like it had been sitting on a Wal-Mart shelf for a few weeks), but the other one didn't. So we get an email saying it was backordered. Of course, when we ordered it, they didn't bother telling us this - I thought the greatest part about online shopping was a live inventory reporting system.. Anyway, the toy should arrive sometime next month. Happy end of January, son!
3. Toys R Us
We didn't order from here ourselves, my sis-in-law did. Ordered well before Christmas, but didn't arrive, like 90% of the other ToysRUs orders, apparently. When I read about the $100 certificate they promised, I thought "well at least that's something", but as I suspected, they managed to talk their way out of delivering: they told my sis-in-law (who had been waiting a total of 2.5 hours on the phone) this week that it had actually been backordered, so they canceled the order and refunded her money. Funny though, the week before they said it was in transit.
So yeah, it was a pretty mixed bag. On the whole, we got cheaper prices online, and I didn't have to suffer the holiday crowds (my wife did, and she reported toy shelves were picked clean..)
Now all I need to do is find out why Create & Draw in Elmo's World doesn't actually let you draw anything..
For any IE user who doesn't trust the cleaner provided by the company:
Tools->Internet Options
Temporary Internet Files - Settings
View Objects to see all ActiveX controls that have been downloaded
Right-click the Comet Cursor->Remove
I did this in NT4. Dunno about 9x or 2k.
This is a chance to show the world that Linux users don't just write drivers for the stuff they think is cool. The typical community response to a new cost-cutting device so far has been "get a real xxx". Well, Linux is carving itself a niche in low-cost PCs (under $500) and there's going to be more and more "non-real" hardware - and if Linux doesn't support it, another OS will take its place.
Now, I was looking around for spec info on these LT modems, but couldn't find any. I did find this page on PCI Modems and Linux, hope it helps someone.