over 200 ping is oversubscribing? Damn, I get 400-700 in the middle of the night. Unfortunately there exists a monopoly situation in my local area, and the decent ISP sold out to the shitty one. It's a rural area, far enough away from town so that DSL isn't feasable, satellite replaces cable as TV programming, and the lines are noisy and give 26.4 at best.
I imagine it can't get any worse, but having free local calls means that to download something over a meg, you just leave it connected overnight. I think we were looking into the starband service, but it has 400 pings with faster transfer rates somehow. Not sure if it really works all that well.
Satellite is definately a strongly considered option out in the country, and hopefully that article a while ago about using grain elevators as towers for a wireless 128k internet link is a hopeful technology.
This isn't all that far out in the boonies either. It's an hour south of Minneapolis/St. Paul.
I agree, things like this inhibit international commerce. NOT GOOD!
Mobile phones however, already have a system that is regional. The US uses a different system than europe (GSM), and (I'm not sure) there is probably a different mobile phone protocol in Asia. It's annoying if you actually live in other countries for longer than a month.
If you can't use the stuff you buy in another country in the country you reside in, then why would you buy it from that country -- simple, you won't buy it.
My redundant point is that something like this INHIBITS TRADE (DVD encoding also has to do with the subtitles available), and THAT IS NEVER GOOD. When countries trade, they are happy, and war doesn't happen. People like to have money and trade helps them to get it.
This GPS stuff will probably end up being the circuit city DIVX failure times 2. A little media coverage on how a GPS system could be used to track your location (whether true or not) would even furthur the failure of this product.
Linux has weaknesses in support of new hardware, user frendly installation, and variety of software to name a few, using windows as a measuring stick. I suspect that if MS tries anything it will be to hold developers off from making linux drivers, and more windows only hardware AKA winmodem. Soon we get winEthernet, wintel processors, win harddrives with copyprotection:), winsound and video cards. More and more software will be ported to linux, and the installation isn't too difficult for an intermediate user.
I'm currently aboout to do a dual boot this week. Anyone got any tips on a good kernel modification and updating site is?
What you put into it is what you get out of it. Many people try and get through with as little effort as possible, meaning that they don't get much out of it. It's their fault, not the Governments. You can't teach kids who don't want to learn.
As a recent graduate myself, I saw this happening, and was even slightly mixed up in it, but I wanted to keep learning. I was terribly bored when I was not challenged. Many of those who didn't challenge themsleves are delivering pizza- a necessary part of our economy;), but also an unfulfilling career.
People have to put in effort otherwise they stagnate and become materialsitic sheep, to be fed whatever by whatever source so long as they get fed. In a power outage, people are in anguish over their TV being unusable. They're missing their favorite show. I'd be worried about other things, like eating, bathing etc.
People don't change people, if anything people change themselves.
Gee, If a corporation is controling the politicians, buying your freedom, then buy stock in the company, and control them back. If they use their sway to make money (which they damn well better, as that's the cheif purpose- make money for the stockholders), then you make money.
I think a productive way to learn and gain social interaction is through language and culture. Social interaction is VERY necessary to learning languages, and languages are easier to learn the younger you are. Try balancing the hardcore math and science with foreign cultures. It really doesn't matter, any culture will do, but the perspecitves and communication skills one gains from living in a different culture add depth to anyone, and it makes life more interesting. It's often easier to make friends with a foreigner. All it usually takes is a common interest, and suddenly you're talking, comparing everything between your cultures, and sometimes you become best friends.
A kid like this needs a close friend, especially if they've been told that they're better than everyone else. People like that get lonely quickly, because no one lives up to their standards for friends. Someone in a different land will probably be unlike anyone this kid has met, and therefore less likely to be held to the same standard. In other words the kid is more likely to make friends with a foreigner.
Then when you teach him how to think, he can have meaningful discussions about the world, and not just about nanotechnology or whatever. Girls don't want to always hear about science (well, most of them), and if this kid can only talk about math and science, his odds of getting a wife are slim to none.
I know math and science seem like a good area to be interested in, I'm into them myself, but math and science isn't everything in life. Life (IMHO) is about culture, and the more cultures you're exposed to for more than 3 months make you a well rounded person. This kid could be a stagnant EE by the time he's 13, or he could be cultured, well rounded, speak 5 languages, and be an EE by the time he's 17.
The one thing you do not want is for this kid to develop poor communication skills and antisocial behavior. Foreign languages will help prevent these, and it will make him feel more at home in the world at large.
I personally feel that my experiences in a different culture balance out my math and science geekiness. And I've been quite content since.
I too agree with the dollar votes system. "The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith tells us that "the invisible hand" (supply and demand) will get more done than the government ever could with regulation.
If you don't purchase the products of a company/Corporation, they'll either wither and die, or change their marketing strategy/product quality/do whatever they need to do to get you to buy their product.
I'm an american who has lived in Norway for a year. It's a nice country, but no one has painted the negatives. It's expensive.
Norway is one of the richest countries in the world becasue of off shore oil wells, and yet gasoline costs a lot. 10.6 Norwegian crowns for a liter, 8.5 NKR to a US dollar.
The base tax rate is 23% on everything, and anything with sugar (candy, soft drinks, etc.) is very expensive. So is alchohol.
Teenagers have mood swings, so do Middle aged men going through midlife crises, and women in menopause, and menstrual cycles. Everyone is anxious at some time in their life, it is impossible to avoid, unless you've reached nirvana. If only 14% are anxious a lot, and 7% have a lot of mood swings, I'd say Americans are probably OK. It sounds to me like the stats are inflated.
Well being an American living in Europe (Norway) for a year, I don't always get the movies fresh and piping hot from Hollywood as I used to. "Fight Club" was well worth the wait. It had a little more realism than "The Matrix" (Although that was a really cool film) and left you wanting to sit down like the Rodin Statue "The Thinker" and just think about life, and what goes on inside your head, and the others. The anti materialism message was funny, an perhaps meaningful to some. There is a good deal of violence, as you would expect from a movie named "Fight Club", but there's so much more. It's Powerful. I couldn't find any real plot holes, like you can with a lot of other films, or say "Why didn't they just do...... instead of going to all that trouble?" Also the next day I learned about glycerin in Chem.:) What I'm trying to say is that that was an entertaining and thought provoking movie, and it was solid.
They also pasted in a few porn frames in the last few seconds. They mention doing it a few times in the movie, and then they do it just before the credits.
Also "Run Lola Run", a German Film (lola Rennt or something) was also very good. It's already on DVD, and it came out last year, but it's impossible not to like.
"The Red Violin" was also excellent.
That's about all I have to say about movies. 1999 was a kick ass year for them!
Go see fight club, you're in for a big surprise. Also THX surround sound is a big plus for this movie.
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Crazy Jamal's used rocket cycles... Conklin's burlesque...
They made the install interesting anyway...
Also, Fifa games have had adds on the stadium sidelines for a long time.
I imagine it can't get any worse, but having free local calls means that to download something over a meg, you just leave it connected overnight. I think we were looking into the starband service, but it has 400 pings with faster transfer rates somehow. Not sure if it really works all that well.
Satellite is definately a strongly considered option out in the country, and hopefully that article a while ago about using grain elevators as towers for a wireless 128k internet link is a hopeful technology.
This isn't all that far out in the boonies either. It's an hour south of Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Mobile phones however, already have a system that is regional. The US uses a different system than europe (GSM), and (I'm not sure) there is probably a different mobile phone protocol in Asia. It's annoying if you actually live in other countries for longer than a month.
If you can't use the stuff you buy in another country in the country you reside in, then why would you buy it from that country -- simple, you won't buy it.
My redundant point is that something like this INHIBITS TRADE (DVD encoding also has to do with the subtitles available), and THAT IS NEVER GOOD. When countries trade, they are happy, and war doesn't happen. People like to have money and trade helps them to get it.
This GPS stuff will probably end up being the circuit city DIVX failure times 2. A little media coverage on how a GPS system could be used to track your location (whether true or not) would even furthur the failure of this product.
It's be fun to hack though.
I'm currently aboout to do a dual boot this week. Anyone got any tips on a good kernel modification and updating site is?
As a recent graduate myself, I saw this happening, and was even slightly mixed up in it, but I wanted to keep learning. I was terribly bored when I was not challenged. Many of those who didn't challenge themsleves are delivering pizza- a necessary part of our economy ;), but also an unfulfilling career.
People have to put in effort otherwise they stagnate and become materialsitic sheep, to be fed whatever by whatever source so long as they get fed. In a power outage, people are in anguish over their TV being unusable. They're missing their favorite show. I'd be worried about other things, like eating, bathing etc.
People don't change people, if anything people change themselves.
Once again Adam Smith saves the day.
A kid like this needs a close friend, especially if they've been told that they're better than everyone else. People like that get lonely quickly, because no one lives up to their standards for friends. Someone in a different land will probably be unlike anyone this kid has met, and therefore less likely to be held to the same standard. In other words the kid is more likely to make friends with a foreigner.
Then when you teach him how to think, he can have meaningful discussions about the world, and not just about nanotechnology or whatever. Girls don't want to always hear about science (well, most of them), and if this kid can only talk about math and science, his odds of getting a wife are slim to none.
I know math and science seem like a good area to be interested in, I'm into them myself, but math and science isn't everything in life. Life (IMHO) is about culture, and the more cultures you're exposed to for more than 3 months make you a well rounded person. This kid could be a stagnant EE by the time he's 13, or he could be cultured, well rounded, speak 5 languages, and be an EE by the time he's 17.
The one thing you do not want is for this kid to develop poor communication skills and antisocial behavior. Foreign languages will help prevent these, and it will make him feel more at home in the world at large.
I personally feel that my experiences in a different culture balance out my math and science geekiness. And I've been quite content since.
If you don't purchase the products of a company/Corporation, they'll either wither and die, or change their marketing strategy/product quality/do whatever they need to do to get you to buy their product.
Being a student I only have a study visa and cannot work. Jobs pay well here, but I have NO idea how much goes to the government.
Norwegian is rather similar to English, and once you learn it, you can read danish and swedish, and a bit of german.
Norge er et fint land!!!
Norway is one of the richest countries in the world becasue of off shore oil wells, and yet gasoline costs a lot. 10.6 Norwegian crowns for a liter, 8.5 NKR to a US dollar.
The base tax rate is 23% on everything, and anything with sugar (candy, soft drinks, etc.) is very expensive. So is alchohol.
Teenagers have mood swings, so do Middle aged men going through midlife crises, and women in menopause, and menstrual cycles. Everyone is anxious at some time in their life, it is impossible to avoid, unless you've reached nirvana. If only 14% are anxious a lot, and 7% have a lot of mood swings, I'd say Americans are probably OK. It sounds to me like the stats are inflated.
Well being an American living in Europe (Norway) for a year, I don't always get the movies fresh and piping hot from Hollywood as I used to. "Fight Club" was well worth the wait. It had a little more realism than "The Matrix" (Although that was a really cool film) and left you wanting to sit down like the Rodin Statue "The Thinker" and just think about life, and what goes on inside your head, and the others. The anti materialism message was funny, an perhaps meaningful to some. There is a good deal of violence, as you would expect from a movie named "Fight Club", but there's so much more. It's Powerful. I couldn't find any real plot holes, like you can with a lot of other films, or say "Why didn't they just do... ... instead of going to all that trouble?" Also the next day I learned about glycerin in Chem. :)
What I'm trying to say is that that was an entertaining and thought provoking movie, and it was solid.
They also pasted in a few porn frames in the last few seconds. They mention doing it a few times in the movie, and then they do it just before the credits.
Also "Run Lola Run", a German Film (lola Rennt or something) was also very good. It's already on DVD, and it came out last year, but it's impossible not to like.
"The Red Violin" was also excellent.
That's about all I have to say about movies. 1999 was a kick ass year for them!
Go see fight club, you're in for a big surprise. Also THX surround sound is a big plus for this movie.
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