Best thing I ever did for our relationship was buy a PS/2 and Tekken 3 and leave it at her house. Too bad she beats me all the time. (Hint: if you are good at a game, let her win every once in a while. Don't expect her to return the favor, though).
Recently, we've been playing Gauntlet: Dark Legacy. That's a good co-op game, even if it is cheesy and not exactly a five-star game.
And on her own, she likes Ico, a little bit of Ratchet and Clank, and some Ty the Tasmanian Tiger.
I just got Rez (with the Adapter), but we haven't had a chance to "test it out".
I've been working in the same cube for about 2 years (they let me out for food and bathroom breaks). It started out as an 8x8 cube, with an L shaped desk tucked into one corner, so my back was facing the cube entrance (a 3' gap in the middle of the partition).
About a year ago, I had the office staff switch the layout of the cube. The partition which held the entrance was removed, and replaced with a 4' partition, so the entrance was shoved off to one side. I rotated my desk around so I can now SEE the entrance. This way, no one can sneak up on me. Sure, make all the pr0n jokes you want... I love it like this.
I think there is a psychological effect to having your back exposed. It puts you slightly on edge. This way eases a lot of that stress.
While I agree with your sentiment, I think that to suggest that corporations are doing this to fuck with us is a little off the mark. When it comes down to it, corporations are thinking with one thing: their wallets. It's just cheaper.
What we need is a ecomony based on community values. (Argh! Did he just say values?! Go back to Church and leave the legislating to the lawyers!) Check out Corporations are Gonna Get Your Mama (and don't buy it from Amazon). Or, even BETTER, read these articles in Yes! Magazine. They offer some truly viable solutions.
If you're going to say "bombing Afghanistan makes us no better than the terrorists", then please back it up.
Did I say that?
Show me the civilian casualties. Show me the civilians who were targeted on purpose. Show me either the official military plans to bomb civilians, or the unofficial military plot to bomb the civilians. Show me civilians who died for any other reason than because they were hanging around military targets.
It's hard to show you, because they are all dead. Seriously, there is no plot, but the US military has tried to convince us of the greatness of smart bombs for a while, and that's bullshit. More big brother propaganda to alleviate any guilt we might feel about our bombing-for-a-good-lifestyle.
"We won't fight wars, because people die," is an adimirable sentiment, and one we should all agree on. Until we do, though, it's a pretty stupid principle to base foreign policy on.
Meanwhile, should we base foreign policy on controlling oil reserves at the cost of innocent lives?
Some people are quite aware of the means that justify our current lifestyle, they just don't want to change their habits.
A few weeks ago, I was out at a large local mall doing some Buy Nothing Day shit, and there was a guy there tabling for Vietnam Veterans against War.
I stood by and observed a conversation he started with a funny little man from out of town. They started talking about the war, the man asked the
veteran if he supported the bombing of Afghanistan, and the veteran said, no,
while 9/11 was really tragic, bombing innocent civilians to support the
American way of life wasn't something he could agree with. The man got stiff
and said something like, "well, if that's what it takes to provide me and my
family with the goods we need to be happy, so be it". The vet said "Even if
it means the death of innocent people?". The guy started to walk away,
visibily disturbed, stammering out a "yes, if that's what it takes".
Kinda blew me away.
By the way, don't click on either of those links, or your name will end up in a database and you'll be tagged as a potential terrorist. Have a nice day.
One change that already exists is to have computers read the text out loud. Unfortunately, while most people can speak much faster than they can type (or write), it is doubtful that most people can listen faster than they can read. One reason is that spoken language, with its elided sounds and lack of spelling, is less informationally dense than written language. Thus it is faster for a person to speak than to spell, but slower for he or she to listen than to read. While computer reading is a boon for people with certain disabilities, it does not speed up how fast data flows from computer to person.
While your conclusion is sound, I disagree with the statement that speech is less infomationally dense than the written word. Think about how many bytes are required to represent this text. Then read it out loud and record it at a low bit rate. It requires vastly more information to store as audio.
Anybody that has ever tried to carry on a conversation with email is aware of the limitations of that medium. You don't have the subtle expressions, the flucuations in speech timing and volume. THAT is information.
There've been a lot of Star Wars spin offs and related items (books, video games, etc) that contradict or alter the details of the movies.
Can you provide an example? I find that hard to believe. This is hearsay, but I think that Lucas very carefully goes over the details of anything Star Wars to make sure the details are consistent with the rest of the universe before it gets the official seal of approval.
Harry Potter and the Affectionate Sailor
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Bone
Harry Potter and the Brown Accident
Harry Potter and the Small Dark Hole
Harry Potter and the Misplaced Gerbil
I've been sitting in a front of a computer for the past 10 years (with occasional breaks for eating and sleeping), and developed chronic neck and back pain pretty early on.
A few years ago, I started sitting on a Gymnic ball. Sure, people in the office make fun of me, but I have NO more neck pain. Still a little bit of back pain, but yoga and swimming keep that under control. Oh, and the insurance-paid massages help, too.
The evolutionary path we've been on didn't lead us to these bodies to sit in one place for so long.
At Burning Man last year, a skywriting plane was hired to trace "sex.com" in smoke above the city. People were pissed! Burning Man is supposed to be totally devoid of commericialization, and the skywriter's took advantage of our inability to stop them. On the ground, they would have been mobbed, but up there, they left with only a booing crowd. Lame stunt.
As far as I know, search engines only look at text content. So, if you want your site to be indexed, don't put a ton of relevant text in Flash or in images.
There is a third possibility: the World Bank and the IMF loan a ton of money to a third world country and effectively enslave it. This is different from an Empire, because it is all done with trade agreements and loan conditions. There are no parent countries to kick out. And it is different from the U.S., because these countries hear a great sucking sound when globazation hits. They don't benefit like we do.
We've all heard that computers are better than humans at accomplishing certain specific tasks. AI seems to be a means of allowing computers to catch up to humans in the areas they are lacking.
Do you think AI will ever be smarter than humans? What do you suppose will happen to humans at that point?
the General/Admiral decides that he really want all of south florida to retire in, and captures it with his drone army.
Not too likely, unless the general can use the 'bots to convince the soldiers that they are in Cuba. See, these robots don't shoot guns and fire missles, so we can rule out the Terminator scenerios. They just provide information about the battlefield, and act as wireless network transceivers.
When we eliminate the need for soldiers entirely, then we have something to be concerned about.
Besides, who's gonna miss South Florida? Not like Florida ever made a difference.
The idea of using natural and waste materials in other ways is not new. Henry Ford grew soybeans around his Dearborn, Mich., headquarters, Wool notes, to find a variety he could use to fabricate auto parts.
Now if only we could find some use for all those AOL disks.
On a different note, I noticed a few people taking about how things will settle down after there is a scramble for resources. Sure, billions might die, but in the end, homeostasis will be achieved, right? The problem with that line of reasoning is the assumption that there will be something left after we are done fighting. We aren't ants, folks. We use big scary bombs to fight for resources. And those bombs have the capability to destroy all of the resources.
Just remember, radioactive wheat isn't so appetizing.
This article on Webmonkey explains how IE6 is going to make it easier for designers to create web pages viewable by all browsers, by becoming more standards-compliant. It is over a year old, but explains IE6's use of the DOCTYPE declaration, which allows designers to write standards compliant code for almost any browser (and throw microsoft's old propriatary standards out the window if they choose).
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Best thing I ever did for our relationship was buy a PS/2 and Tekken 3 and leave it at her house. Too bad she beats me all the time. (Hint: if you are good at a game, let her win every once in a while. Don't expect her to return the favor, though).
Recently, we've been playing Gauntlet: Dark Legacy. That's a good co-op game, even if it is cheesy and not exactly a five-star game.
And on her own, she likes Ico, a little bit of Ratchet and Clank, and some Ty the Tasmanian Tiger.
I just got Rez (with the Adapter), but we haven't had a chance to "test it out".
I'm with Jafafa. Good for you, sir. That's one of the best posts I've ever read on Slashdot.
I've been working in the same cube for about 2 years (they let me out for food and bathroom breaks). It started out as an 8x8 cube, with an L shaped desk tucked into one corner, so my back was facing the cube entrance (a 3' gap in the middle of the partition).
About a year ago, I had the office staff switch the layout of the cube. The partition which held the entrance was removed, and replaced with a 4' partition, so the entrance was shoved off to one side. I rotated my desk around so I can now SEE the entrance. This way, no one can sneak up on me. Sure, make all the pr0n jokes you want... I love it like this.
I think there is a psychological effect to having your back exposed. It puts you slightly on edge. This way eases a lot of that stress.
That is, as long as the product isn't crap and they don't feel like they're being ripped off due to overly-inflated prices.
Oh, really ? Maybe they don't think too hard about the prices.
While I agree with your sentiment, I think that to suggest that corporations are doing this to fuck with us is a little off the mark. When it comes down to it, corporations are thinking with one thing: their wallets. It's just cheaper.
What we need is a ecomony based on community values. (Argh! Did he just say values?! Go back to Church and leave the legislating to the lawyers!) Check out Corporations are Gonna Get Your Mama (and don't buy it from Amazon). Or, even BETTER, read these articles in Yes! Magazine. They offer some truly viable solutions.
If you're going to say "bombing Afghanistan makes us no better than the terrorists", then please back it up.
Did I say that?
Show me the civilian casualties. Show me the civilians who were targeted on purpose. Show me either the official military plans to bomb civilians, or the unofficial military plot to bomb the civilians. Show me civilians who died for any other reason than because they were hanging around military targets.
It's hard to show you, because they are all dead. Seriously, there is no plot, but the US military has tried to convince us of the greatness of smart bombs for a while, and that's bullshit. More big brother propaganda to alleviate any guilt we might feel about our bombing-for-a-good-lifestyle.
"We won't fight wars, because people die," is an adimirable sentiment, and one we should all agree on. Until we do, though, it's a pretty stupid principle to base foreign policy on.
Meanwhile, should we base foreign policy on controlling oil reserves at the cost of innocent lives?
Some people are quite aware of the means that justify our current lifestyle, they just don't want to change their habits.
A few weeks ago, I was out at a large local mall doing some Buy Nothing Day shit, and there was a guy there tabling for Vietnam Veterans against War.
I stood by and observed a conversation he started with a funny little man from out of town. They started talking about the war, the man asked the veteran if he supported the bombing of Afghanistan, and the veteran said, no, while 9/11 was really tragic, bombing innocent civilians to support the American way of life wasn't something he could agree with. The man got stiff and said something like, "well, if that's what it takes to provide me and my family with the goods we need to be happy, so be it". The vet said "Even if it means the death of innocent people?". The guy started to walk away, visibily disturbed, stammering out a "yes, if that's what it takes".
Kinda blew me away.
By the way, don't click on either of those links, or your name will end up in a database and you'll be tagged as a potential terrorist. Have a nice day.
One change that already exists is to have computers read the text out loud. Unfortunately, while most people can speak much faster than they can type (or write), it is doubtful that most people can listen faster than they can read. One reason is that spoken language, with its elided sounds and lack of spelling, is less informationally dense than written language. Thus it is faster for a person to speak than to spell, but slower for he or she to listen than to read. While computer reading is a boon for people with certain disabilities, it does not speed up how fast data flows from computer to person.
While your conclusion is sound, I disagree with the statement that speech is less infomationally dense than the written word. Think about how many bytes are required to represent this text. Then read it out loud and record it at a low bit rate. It requires vastly more information to store as audio.
Anybody that has ever tried to carry on a conversation with email is aware of the limitations of that medium. You don't have the subtle expressions, the flucuations in speech timing and volume. THAT is information.
Infant rat heads grafted onto adults' thighs
I know what I want for xmas.
This would be really cool if it wasn't so fucking disturbing.
There've been a lot of Star Wars spin offs and related items (books, video games, etc) that contradict or alter the details of the movies.
Can you provide an example? I find that hard to believe. This is hearsay, but I think that Lucas very carefully goes over the details of anything Star Wars to make sure the details are consistent with the rest of the universe before it gets the official seal of approval.
I can't wait for these to come out:
Harry Potter and the Affectionate Sailor
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Bone
Harry Potter and the Brown Accident
Harry Potter and the Small Dark Hole
Harry Potter and the Misplaced Gerbil
Yeah, I know, groan...
I've been sitting in a front of a computer for the past 10 years (with occasional breaks for eating and sleeping), and developed chronic neck and back pain pretty early on.
A few years ago, I started sitting on a Gymnic ball. Sure, people in the office make fun of me, but I have NO more neck pain. Still a little bit of back pain, but yoga and swimming keep that under control. Oh, and the insurance-paid massages help, too.
The evolutionary path we've been on didn't lead us to these bodies to sit in one place for so long.
At Burning Man last year, a skywriting plane was hired to trace "sex.com" in smoke above the city. People were pissed! Burning Man is supposed to be totally devoid of commericialization, and the skywriter's took advantage of our inability to stop them. On the ground, they would have been mobbed, but up there, they left with only a booing crowd. Lame stunt.
As far as I know, search engines only look at text content. So, if you want your site to be indexed, don't put a ton of relevant text in Flash or in images.
Let's just hope ISRO (India's version of NASA) is better than their version of Hollywood:
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http://stomptokyo.com/movies/s/superman-indian.ht
There is a third possibility: the World Bank and the IMF loan a ton of money to a third world country and effectively enslave it. This is different from an Empire, because it is all done with trade agreements and loan conditions. There are no parent countries to kick out. And it is different from the U.S., because these countries hear a great sucking sound when globazation hits. They don't benefit like we do.
Go read Everything You Know is Wrong. Good stuff.
This issue (a dubious statistic repeated infinitely in press) results from the fact that facts are not checked thoroughly before publication.
Oh, is that a fact?
I've been playing a wireless game for years: it's called Frisbee.
/me ducks incoming barrage of spinning NICs
We've all heard that computers are better than humans at accomplishing certain specific tasks. AI seems to be a means of allowing computers to catch up to humans in the areas they are lacking.
Do you think AI will ever be smarter than humans? What do you suppose will happen to humans at that point?
Not to sound elitist, but I'm glad I've cured myself of the TV addiction. I watch 10 hours per year, tops.
Now, if they start inserting pop-up ads in video games, I'm screwed.
(Product placement in video games is bad, but I can tolerate it. Actual ads are a different story ENTIRELY).
the General/Admiral decides that he really want all of south florida to retire in, and captures it with his drone army.
Not too likely, unless the general can use the 'bots to convince the soldiers that they are in Cuba. See, these robots don't shoot guns and fire missles, so we can rule out the Terminator scenerios. They just provide information about the battlefield, and act as wireless network transceivers.
When we eliminate the need for soldiers entirely, then we have something to be concerned about. Besides, who's gonna miss South Florida? Not like Florida ever made a difference.
FYI: The name for the Xanth novels is derived from Piers' name: Pier _Xanth_ ony.
The idea of using natural and waste materials in other ways is not new. Henry Ford grew soybeans around his Dearborn, Mich., headquarters, Wool notes, to find a variety he could use to fabricate auto parts.
Now if only we could find some use for all those AOL disks.
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. Yes, it is a ridiculous idea, but the site is entertaining and occasionally informative.
On a different note, I noticed a few people taking about how things will settle down after there is a scramble for resources. Sure, billions might die, but in the end, homeostasis will be achieved, right? The problem with that line of reasoning is the assumption that there will be something left after we are done fighting. We aren't ants, folks. We use big scary bombs to fight for resources. And those bombs have the capability to destroy all of the resources.
Just remember, radioactive wheat isn't so appetizing.
(did I just say that?)
This article on Webmonkey explains how IE6 is going to make it easier for designers to create web pages viewable by all browsers, by becoming more standards-compliant. It is over a year old, but explains IE6's use of the DOCTYPE declaration, which allows designers to write standards compliant code for almost any browser (and throw microsoft's old propriatary standards out the window if they choose).