Think that's good? Pick up some Japanese Gundam Models. If there's any english at all, it sure as hell ain't the same english I speak. I can usually figure out bad translations, but these don't have a single sensible sentence in them at all. Why is it that the people assigned to translate toy instructions have less knowledge of English than the japanese children buying the toys?
> drag-and-drool programmers are not yet needed by OSS
While I agree with you idealistically, more programming tools (even "drag & drool") would help more people write *nix software, which is generally a "Good Thing."
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> students complained that they were not getting enough Windows experience
The profs should just say "If you can't figure out Windows at this point, maybe you shouldn't be trying for a CS degree."
> Bearing that in mind, I'm not so sure that you're right...
No, I still agree with him that execs like stuff that costs lots of money. Remember, they are not tech-savvy -- they have MBAs, which tells them that businesses make products better than random people. They also get the idea of "you get what you pay for." It's not true, and they're still idiots, but that's at least WHY they think that way.
Except the Admins who have to hear a billion times "this doesn't look like wordperfect, I'm confused! I can't learn this, I'm too fucking stupid (ie, I refuse to try learning)"
> the royalties they are earning are likely in the 5%-10% range
Considering, however, that most textbooks are outrageously priced anyhow, and also taking into account that schools will be buying them in the hundreds of copies each, it's not quite as bad. It's not full-time job pay, but a decent source of additional income.
> That should be illegal or against the school's rules.
But what if it truly IS the best source for the material? Do you expect him to teach his students with something other than the best, when the best is easily available? Is that fair to the students?
> The autotuner is trying to make a screwup sound like it was supposed to sound originally > I'm not particular to Brittney or N'Sync, I probably don't have to worry about this much
That's very true, although I think there are more singers that use it than you realize. I can't say it's necessarily a bad thing -- I've been to a concert where the main singer was sick and sounded pretty flat. The quality was okay, but I think his ears were stuffed or something. One of these could possibly have improved the performance on the one night they needed it. Of course, if they had it one night of the tour they'd probably use it every night.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that it has its place, but it shouldn't be used as a crutch.
Then again, couldn't it just be considered another instrument that you play with your voice? Hmm... That's one hell of a stretch I guess.
> If you try to mask bad playing with effects, you're just a poser
Thank you, I was beginning to think no one understood what I wrote. That's what I meant -- I don't know why I couldn't put it that well meself.
> I do a large portion of my practice on my acoustic or with my Strat playing clean. When I'm done with that part, I work on using the distortion
That's how I think it is done "properly" (not that there's necessarily a "proper" way to do anything artistic). Know the music you are trying to play, then make it. Some people seem to just turn the vol up to 11 ("but ours go to eleven") & throw their fingers across the strings and bang their head and expect to be cheered.
> I don't get your point. Would you prefer that all music be played on acoustic instruments without any effects at all?
Hell no, I like some death metal -- doesn't go as well with a banjo. The word I stated is "need." If you cannot play music without distortion, you aren't a clean enough player. That's it. If you choose to play using distortion, but can still play well without it, I have no qualms.
> The former statement creates a corollary that using effects diminishes your musical ability
If you read the statement exactly as written (I'm not being a jerk, no one reads sentences "as writtem") you will see that I said "if you need distortion [...] you aren't a good enough musician yet."
The first word I want to point out is "yet," as that means that he may well have the potential to become the greatest musician of our time. No doubt he's a million times better than I am. I know maybe 3 chords. The other important word in that sentence is "need." If you cannot make any music at all without using distortion, you aren't an accurate enough player to be an Eric Clapton in the very near future. Again, that says nothing about the future of his musical career.
That's as ludicrous as saying "he starved to death, but he conquered his food-addiction." It's not an addiction, it's FOOD. I'm addicted to cigarettes, I may be addicted to alcohol, but I'm not going to try to break my addiction to air. It's a pretty big step.
> Where are you getting this from?
Personal experience. Much better than statistics, although not nearly as flexible.
> Imagine a 5- or 6-way intersection. Now, remove all the corners.
So these circles, into which many roads empty: people drive around in circles until they can manage to make a turn into the correct "exit" road? I think instead of building large circles into the roads they should purchase what is called a "city planner."
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> Please don't slashdot it too much, it's an old, falling-apart server
If it's an old, falling-apart server, perhaps you shouldn't post a link to in on slashdot. Just an observation.
> how many nongeeks would laugh for the average www.userfriendly.org strip?
Hell, I AM a geek and don't laugh at the average userfriendly strip. Not because I don't "get it," mind you...
> until they realize that we don't offer customer support to asia.
Muwahahahaha, that's great! All's fair in love and Global economics.
> "Avoid Death!"
Ah yes, sage advice usually comes from companies that make heavy machinery.
> The Dragonball Toy Thing was fantastic
Think that's good? Pick up some Japanese Gundam Models. If there's any english at all, it sure as hell ain't the same english I speak. I can usually figure out bad translations, but these don't have a single sensible sentence in them at all. Why is it that the people assigned to translate toy instructions have less knowledge of English than the japanese children buying the toys?
> I like my coffee like I like my women: French, sugary and picked up at 7-11.
7-11? You like dirty women? Of course, that was obvious as soon as you said French.
> John while Jane had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher
Simple:
John while Jane had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
The person named "John while Jane had had had had had had had had Had" had had a better effect on the teacher, duh!
> You may say "well times change!" but if that's true, then the colleges serve no purpose at all any more.
In the U.S., "College" and "University" are almost interchangeable terms.
> Supports? We are talking about what platforms are being Excluded here.
So you expect every High School in the U.S. to support Linux? Hardly.
> drag-and-drool programmers are not yet needed by OSS
While I agree with you idealistically, more programming tools (even "drag & drool") would help more people write *nix software, which is generally a "Good Thing."
> students complained that they were not getting enough Windows experience
The profs should just say "If you can't figure out Windows at this point, maybe you shouldn't be trying for a CS degree."
> Bearing that in mind, I'm not so sure that you're right...
No, I still agree with him that execs like stuff that costs lots of money. Remember, they are not tech-savvy -- they have MBAs, which tells them that businesses make products better than random people. They also get the idea of "you get what you pay for." It's not true, and they're still idiots, but that's at least WHY they think that way.
What about NBC.Net?
It doesn't do anything useful, but it's flashier than ever!
> Everyone wins
Except the Admins who have to hear a billion times "this doesn't look like wordperfect, I'm confused! I can't learn this, I'm too fucking stupid (ie, I refuse to try learning)"
> the royalties they are earning are likely in the 5%-10% range
Considering, however, that most textbooks are outrageously priced anyhow, and also taking into account that schools will be buying them in the hundreds of copies each, it's not quite as bad. It's not full-time job pay, but a decent source of additional income.
> That should be illegal or against the school's rules.
But what if it truly IS the best source for the material? Do you expect him to teach his students with something other than the best, when the best is easily available? Is that fair to the students?
> Linux registration computer would get overloaded when there were only 4,000 students.
Even a great OS cannot compensate for a badly-written program that runs on it.
> apache + php. All it took was >15k students
Umm, they're using MySQL, aren't they? Yup, wonder why.
> The autotuner is trying to make a screwup sound like it was supposed to sound originally
> I'm not particular to Brittney or N'Sync, I probably don't have to worry about this much
That's very true, although I think there are more singers that use it than you realize. I can't say it's necessarily a bad thing -- I've been to a concert where the main singer was sick and sounded pretty flat. The quality was okay, but I think his ears were stuffed or something. One of these could possibly have improved the performance on the one night they needed it. Of course, if they had it one night of the tour they'd probably use it every night.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that it has its place, but it shouldn't be used as a crutch.
Then again, couldn't it just be considered another instrument that you play with your voice? Hmm... That's one hell of a stretch I guess.
> If you try to mask bad playing with effects, you're just a poser
Thank you, I was beginning to think no one understood what I wrote. That's what I meant -- I don't know why I couldn't put it that well meself.
> I do a large portion of my practice on my acoustic or with my Strat playing clean. When I'm done with that part, I work on using the distortion
That's how I think it is done "properly" (not that there's necessarily a "proper" way to do anything artistic). Know the music you are trying to play, then make it. Some people seem to just turn the vol up to 11 ("but ours go to eleven") & throw their fingers across the strings and bang their head and expect to be cheered.
> I don't get your point. Would you prefer that all music be played on acoustic instruments without any effects at all?
Hell no, I like some death metal -- doesn't go as well with a banjo. The word I stated is "need." If you cannot play music without distortion, you aren't a clean enough player. That's it. If you choose to play using distortion, but can still play well without it, I have no qualms.
> The former statement creates a corollary that using effects diminishes your musical ability
If you read the statement exactly as written (I'm not being a jerk, no one reads sentences "as writtem") you will see that I said "if you need distortion [...] you aren't a good enough musician yet."
The first word I want to point out is "yet," as that means that he may well have the potential to become the greatest musician of our time. No doubt he's a million times better than I am. I know maybe 3 chords.
The other important word in that sentence is "need." If you cannot make any music at all without using distortion, you aren't an accurate enough player to be an Eric Clapton in the very near future. Again, that says nothing about the future of his musical career.
> ability to conquer their meat-addiction.
That's as ludicrous as saying "he starved to death, but he conquered his food-addiction." It's not an addiction, it's FOOD. I'm addicted to cigarettes, I may be addicted to alcohol, but I'm not going to try to break my addiction to air. It's a pretty big step.
> Where are you getting this from?
Personal experience. Much better than statistics, although not nearly as flexible.
> Imagine a 5- or 6-way intersection. Now, remove all the corners.
So these circles, into which many roads empty: people drive around in circles until they can manage to make a turn into the correct "exit" road? I think instead of building large circles into the roads they should purchase what is called a "city planner."
> There's plenty of good music that comes from people who can't sing.
How very true: Red Hot Chili Peppers used to have good music, and Anthony Keadis sounds like Chupacabras.