I did a search for Battlestar Galactica & the results were horrible compared to searching on TPB. It looks promising but so far it's not really useful.
why can I not pay extra for the right not to be throttled? These throttlers are shortchanging their investors AND their customers. Shouldn't some sort of fiduciary responsibility class action lawsuits be occuring at least?
*fist shaking* Lay down more fscking pipe ya cheap bastards so's we can transfer information at decent speeds for fracks sake already!! */fist shaking*
"That's part of the difference in long-term thinking versus short-term and it has become our national bad-habit to go for the short-term gains and giving up our long-earned legacy."
I've personally felt it would be worth it to prove or disprove the virtual reality scenario of reality since it just might explain why the physics of the very small is so completely incompatible with the physics of the macro world. Also would help to explain such seemingly 'magical' forces as gravity - which, while the effects of which were accurately described by Newton, nonetheless bothered him to no end in explanation of cause. And how come gravity & the other 'magical forces' like electromagnetism seem to have no correlation?
Don't even get me started with "Dark Matter" - if that isn't fairyland pixie-dust science I don't know what is.
Are these massive breaks in the understanding of the fabric of realitie(s?) due to incomplete VR programming?
Like it or not this is what it's coming to. At this point the best I can hope for is that the cameras face all directions so that everyone has to be on their best behavior - not just us proles.
So you're saying that the disposable lithium AA's (which are used to replace alkalines) are a different animal than rechargable Li-ion or Li_polymer technology?
I guess that would make a difference, then. I was just seeing disposable lithium ion AA's & rechargable li-ion cell phone batteries & wondering why there wasn't both. Not knowing the technologies involved I suppose is the limiting factor in my reasoning.
where ARE my *rechargable* lithium AA, AAA, C, D, & 9 volt batteries? NiMH is an improvement over NiCD but given all the rechargable Li-ION & Li-Polymer batteries in cell phones, laptops, etc... what is the deal?
in-page searching is still super sucky in IE & I can't imagine why that is, in this day & age. It seems to me like it regressed, actually - I thought that at least before you could keep hitting "F3" to "find next" but tried it yesterday & unbelievable it doesn't do it.
As far as in-page searching is concerned Firefox got that one right ages ago, IMO.
If the consumer's right to publish onto the internet via serving up - oh I don't know let's say a Linux distribution.ISO via P2P for example - then the internet becomes nothing more than a useless marketing channel of mainstream drivel.
I've discovered that the concept of making all applications look like a piece of paper on the screen is backwards & tiring as a result. Since the monitor is the source of the light my eyes need to block out the white light background in order to focus on the black letters. I've always enjoyed working in the console with white or green letters on a black background. In this case the letters - what you *want* to see - are the source of light. No need to focus where the light isn't.
Currently as I type this I am using the screen in the inverse mode that I get through the "SUPER+M" key combination whenever I have "Desktop Effects" (compositing) enabled in Ubuntu. I find I can work on the computer much longer this way without as much strain. The only disadvantage is that pictures & videos are negatives but it's super easy to just toggle the "SUPER+M" again to see what's there or for the duration of the video.
I expound upon this every chance I get. I hope more people would think about this to experience for themselves the difference. Am I in the minority here or has anyone else noticed this? I'd love to wake up one day to see that a majority of people would rather have light on dark instead of dark on light. Probably saves energy, too.
You're absolutely right. One of the reasons I consume so much free media is that my mind boggles that people actually care enough to put so much time & effort into creating it. I can't imagine having enough of an attention span or focus to complete anything as intense as a poem - let alone a skyscraper or a feature length film. I look up at the tall buildings and wonder "Who the hell cares *that* much? Really?" You're all simply incredible & I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Thanks for the free ride - it's wonderful. Maybe I'll contribute next go 'round - but don't count on it.
Slashdot Mirror
At least Verizon users still get the non-alt newsgroups. Rogers in Canada killed all newsgroups late 05 / early 06. http://blog.jmcardle.com/?p=175
Posting a request on Slashdot of all places requesting help with throttling...
Same message for you as for the ISP's: quit cheaping out & upgrade the fscking pipe!
Gawd why is it so hard for people to fsking understand that?
I did a search for Battlestar Galactica & the results were horrible compared to searching on TPB. It looks promising but so far it's not really useful.
that's fscking right, bitch.
why can I not pay extra for the right not to be throttled? These throttlers are shortchanging their investors AND their customers. Shouldn't some sort of fiduciary responsibility class action lawsuits be occuring at least?
quit cheaping out & upgrade the frackin' pipes already. gawd.
Now that traffic shaping & throttling is rolled out across most major ISP's I imagine there's really no impetus to lay down some decent pipes anymore.
*fist shaking* Lay down more fscking pipe ya cheap bastards so's we can transfer information at decent speeds for fracks sake already!! */fist shaking*
Who cares?
"That's part of the difference in long-term thinking versus short-term and it has become our national bad-habit to go for the short-term gains and giving up our long-earned legacy."
Hence the coming recession.
I only wish that it was because he was an unpopular president that made everything he did wrong. Only the converse is true.
groan... too bad there isn't a MOD for "obsolete" or "dodo bird"
I've personally felt it would be worth it to prove or disprove the virtual reality scenario of reality since it just might explain why the physics of the very small is so completely incompatible with the physics of the macro world. Also would help to explain such seemingly 'magical' forces as gravity - which, while the effects of which were accurately described by Newton, nonetheless bothered him to no end in explanation of cause. And how come gravity & the other 'magical forces' like electromagnetism seem to have no correlation?
Don't even get me started with "Dark Matter" - if that isn't fairyland pixie-dust science I don't know what is.
Are these massive breaks in the understanding of the fabric of realitie(s?) due to incomplete VR programming?
Like it or not this is what it's coming to. At this point the best I can hope for is that the cameras face all directions so that everyone has to be on their best behavior - not just us proles.
How about this:
should someone who draws pictures of child porn be treated as a criminal?
If you think so then please tell us exactly what crime is being committed.
So you're saying that the disposable lithium AA's (which are used to replace alkalines) are a different animal than rechargable Li-ion or Li_polymer technology?
I guess that would make a difference, then. I was just seeing disposable lithium ion AA's & rechargable li-ion cell phone batteries & wondering why there wasn't both. Not knowing the technologies involved I suppose is the limiting factor in my reasoning.
where ARE my *rechargable* lithium AA, AAA, C, D, & 9 volt batteries? NiMH is an improvement over NiCD but given all the rechargable Li-ION & Li-Polymer batteries in cell phones, laptops, etc... what is the deal?
**reaches for tin foil hat**
I've been noticing these adverts for the last 20 years or so.... isn't everyone?
in-page searching is still super sucky in IE & I can't imagine why that is, in this day & age. It seems to me like it regressed, actually - I thought that at least before you could keep hitting "F3" to "find next" but tried it yesterday & unbelievable it doesn't do it.
As far as in-page searching is concerned Firefox got that one right ages ago, IMO.
If the consumer's right to publish onto the internet via serving up - oh I don't know let's say a Linux distribution .ISO via P2P for example - then the internet becomes nothing more than a useless marketing channel of mainstream drivel.
I REALLY do use P2P to download my Ubuntu .ISO's. You want to cut me out too?
hehe - yeah let's turn the internet into another tv-like medium filled with marketing driven drivel so I can ignore it as well.
I've discovered that the concept of making all applications look like a piece of paper on the screen is backwards & tiring as a result. Since the monitor is the source of the light my eyes need to block out the white light background in order to focus on the black letters. I've always enjoyed working in the console with white or green letters on a black background. In this case the letters - what you *want* to see - are the source of light. No need to focus where the light isn't.
Currently as I type this I am using the screen in the inverse mode that I get through the "SUPER+M" key combination whenever I have "Desktop Effects" (compositing) enabled in Ubuntu. I find I can work on the computer much longer this way without as much strain. The only disadvantage is that pictures & videos are negatives but it's super easy to just toggle the "SUPER+M" again to see what's there or for the duration of the video.
I expound upon this every chance I get. I hope more people would think about this to experience for themselves the difference. Am I in the minority here or has anyone else noticed this? I'd love to wake up one day to see that a majority of people would rather have light on dark instead of dark on light. Probably saves energy, too.
You need the protected mode capabilities. Won't even work on a 286 which doesn't have true protected mode.
You're absolutely right. One of the reasons I consume so much free media is that my mind boggles that people actually care enough to put so much time & effort into creating it. I can't imagine having enough of an attention span or focus to complete anything as intense as a poem - let alone a skyscraper or a feature length film. I look up at the tall buildings and wonder "Who the hell cares *that* much? Really?" You're all simply incredible & I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Thanks for the free ride - it's wonderful. Maybe I'll contribute next go 'round - but don't count on it.