For some reason I had justified this by assuming that we used approximately 10% at any given time, but that overall just about every neuron was used in some capacity.
Luckily I discovered the truth of the matter...um...about 20 minutes ago:-P
On the "10% of your brain" legend, here is a pretty cool writeup. The best quote from the article:
In other words, the "humans only use 10% of their brains" canard would more correctly be phrased "humans only use 10% of their brains for walking around and smelling things"...
the problem with overclockers.com is that everything is "nice" or "good" - half the stuff is crap. I challenge you to find a "this product sucks" review.
An example: most OC'ers I know think most of thermaltake's products are shit (which they are), while oc.com keeps plugging away with the good reviews. My Volcano 11 keeps my Barton 2500+ Oc'ed to 2.0Ghz @ 49C (way too hot) and the damned thing sounds like a harrier is about to land on my roof (not to mention how badly the thing needs a lapping). What does OC.com have to say:
Thermaltake's Volcano 11+ is a fine choice for variable speed Socket A cooling, offering users maximum flexibility to control CPU temps.
No it doesn't! It offers "hot" or "really hot!"
Just make sure to check multiple sites if you decide to go with water cooling. OC.com is starting to feel like a yes-man site to me.
Generally speaking, I don't believe you have to take any position offered you. I was unemployed for five months and was offered a new position at an extremely lower wage than the position I had previously held. In order to circumvent the problem of either taking the job or losing my unemployment benefits, I called the company back and told them that my "requested salary" was much higher than what they were offering. At that point, they rescinded the job offer and I, of course, reported that I had had no job offers since technically I hadn't;-)
All you have to do is make the company "aware" of something that makes you look unattractive for the current position. They'll rescind the job offer and you won't lose your benefits.
don't you DARE tell me we have no sound apps in linux.
Woah there, brother. Taking this a bit personally?
Yes, I will dare tell you that there aren't any sound apps in linux or, rather, no decent ones. I've used most of the apps you mentioned above (and then some) and have found them all lacking. Name one artist who says "Oh man, I could never give up my linux box for audio."
Give me something with the feature set and usability of apps like Reason, Cubase, etc. and only then will I tell you that Linux has made it in the synth/sequencing world. Give me the Gimp for sound, then I'll shut my piehole.
How's about someone get to work on a fully featured audio sequencer for linux?
I'm super happy that we can now sync music to animation in blender. It's just too damned bad we don't have an app to actually make that music in linux.
From what I understand, the FX5800 is a crap card. A review at tom's hardware, however, shows the FX5900 pretty much beats the crap out of anything ATI has right now. I'm sure this will change with the next iteration of hardware, but hey - it always does.
Either way, we should stop talking smack about nVidia when the best card on the market pretty much depends on when you're looking for it;-)
Look at Andrew talking about Faith attacking the Vulcanologist, or Buffy's funny bad joke about Caleb splitting. It's all still there.
Yes, and the show gets -10 points for reusing an old Running Man one-liner. But don't worry, I'll get a -1 for talking smack about Buffy on/.
The problem with the show as a "drama" is that it completely loses credibility with the amount of trite humor written in to each script. Drama, without a doubt, needs humor. A perfect example is the doorman in MacBeth, or Dogbury in Much Ado About Nothing. If you want to watch absolute mastery of this in modern times, look no further than Aaron Sorkin (West Wing) or most of the writing on Star Trek: TNG which, incedentally, is why that was considered the last great Star Trek series. But this show had too much of it. If it was a drama, then it had too much comedy for the actual dramatic aspects of the script to effectively come through. If it was a comedy, then it had too much drama to be substantially funy enough to make the grade.
I see three things that prevent Buffy from being anything more than another shite WB/UPN series, First and foremost is the acting. As much as I try to look past the teenage angst-ridden script, all I see is B-grade actors who are most likely never going to make it to an actual network TV show (not WB or UPN). Granted, much of the dialogue prohibits full realization of their acting skills, but you can't blame everything on the script. The fact of the matter is that I can't relate to anyone on the show.
Secondly, the show is convoluted. The movie, AFAIC, was a piece of art. It poked fun at the trashy valley-girl stigma attached to so-cal in the early 90's while at the same time bringing a fresh horror-spoof to the whole thing. I just wish I could have been in the pitch room for that one. The problem is that doesn't translate well to TV. The concept was obviously meant for the big screen as, once the vampires are removed from Sunnydale, the gimmick is over. The writers of the show, in order to keep people from fleeing like they were at a Great White concert, had to come up with some new and more enveloping angle with each passing season, which created a two-fold problem. 1 - everyone has to watch at least five or six episodes in a row before they "get" the plot (at least, this is what I have been told repeatedly). And 2 - it gets trite. Once the novelty of vampires wears off, you have to switch to witches, demons, godesses, and everything else your mother warned you about. That, my friend, is the mark of a show that didn't have a decent premise to begin with.
Lastly, the writing is just terrible. Everything the actors say seems to be geared toward impressing high-school students or allowing introverts to live vicariously through the show. As I said before, a perfect example is the "cookie dough" scene I sat impatiently through in the final episode. That had no place in a pre-armageddon spectacular complete with uber-demons and the death of cast regulars. I honestly don't think the writers of this show have ever given any thought to how real people would act in any of these situations. And I for one don't particularly care to watch drama that has no grounding in reality. It becomes corny and contrived which is, after all, what I feel this show was from the get go.
I think after watching the first 5 minutes of the "final episode" of Buffy, I can summarize exactly what it is about Buffy that just pisses me off, as well as what it is that makes the show suck:
"The cookie analogy." Let me get this straight, all those people who love this show think it is one of the best written on TV. And yet, during the final episode, while (as I've been told), Buffy and her friends are in an epic battle to save the whole fucking world, she finds 10 minutes to talk about how her love live is like fucking cookies? Oh yeah, Hamlet's got nothing on this show.
This show seriously doesn't know whether or not it's supposed to be a drama or a comedy - and screws up pretty well at being either. No matter what episode I watch, which is, unfortunately, quite a few, I can't help but feel the writers have absolutely no sense of proportion or timing.
Alas, I think i'm about the only person on/. who won't be crying over the loss of this particular show. Vive la South Park!
I would agree with your argument (time consuming) if not for the fact that most people I know would buy a CD's worth of music on-line for $1 if they could (even on dialup).
The issue here is that a CD may only take 30 minutes to buy (assuming travel time, etc.) while the same on-line may take several hours to download via 28.8 dialup, but I don't think that's as big of a factor as one might argue.
Consider the fact that you save more time in the long run because you only have to work for 5 minutes for the cost of a CD rather than an hour or two (if you're flipping burgers). Moreover, while I don't have figures, I'll wager that the ones with broadband are the ones buying a larger percentage of CD's on the whole.
Regardless, the argument is moot. I don't think the RIAA is going to change (insert obligatory buggy/whip manufacturer reference), and we're about to see a huge paradigm shift in music creation and distribution in the next decade.
Why is there so much discussion over this so-called "theft" we're experiencing on a massive scale? Regardless of what you think, sales aren't declining because "music sucks" or because the RIAA is recieving some karmic death-blow.
The music industry is starting to have problems because their method of distribution is outdated. The problem: digital music has become a huge online phenomenon, people want "formless" content that they can transfer to any media they see fit (hard drive, cd, memory stick) and the RIAA has so far been unable to provide consumers with that product.
The solution: consumers take matters into their own hands, downloading mp3's and then burning, ripping, copying, etc. The reason this has become such a huge deal is that the RIAA as a sort of oligopoly is having trouble coming to grips with the notion that the public will dictate the distribution methods and prices on its own terms. Like the "black market" writeup on K5 a month or two ago, we're seeing a system completely devoid of that which the public wants - on-line distribution at a signifigantly cheaper price than that of a CD (keep in mind blank media already benefits the RIAA).
Until the RIAA stops thrashing about in this all-out effort to dictate to the public exactly how, when, and for how much (no matter how inflated the price) they can get content, they're going to continue to have problems.
No morality, no ethics, just the facts. 'Nuff said.
It looks like the dialogue goes something like this:
Wolfeus: "Take the red pill and you turn into a warewolf. Take the blue pill and you turn into a vampire...and I show you just how deep this vampire hole goes."
Gothic-Neo: "Woah!"
The pitch to get this shit made probably went something like, "Ok, it's The Matrix meets Buffy meets Romeo and Juliet meets Ishtar!"
I'm going to start a credit card company (you all need to apply).
Basically, the way my CC company works is that the register processes it as valid, but when the store (e.g. Best Buy) tries to collect the money for purchase X, I simply send them an "rebate" form* requesting that they fill out five simple lines to get their cash for your purchase.
*All lines must be filled out correctly, including name of company, address of company, CEO's dog's name, and maiden name of great great grand mother. Offer not valid in UT, VT, or any other state abbreviation that ends in T. Side effects, while common in only 48% of patients may include nausea, dizinness, and rectal bleeding.
I've got a GF4 Ti4200 running on linux just peachy. It plays Warcraft III (winex) in 1280x1024 with all the graphics turned up.
The current setup for nVidia's drivers basically consists of installing the kernel module and using "nvidia" as the driver under XFree86 instead of "nv". The whole process takes about 3 minutes from download.
Shouldn't you guys be reporting on smart bombs or something?
That's the problem w/ HH. People think that if they "get" the fact that it's a comedy, that somehow makes them part of a club.
Actually, everyone knew going in that it was supposed to be a comedy. It just wasn't very funny. I don't think it sucked, but I wouldn't put in a top 10 list of Bruce Willis movies to watch.
You wanna see an underappreciated movie, check out anything by Troma. I recommend Cannibal: The Musical. Trey's finest work.
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For some reason I had justified this by assuming that we used approximately 10% at any given time, but that overall just about every neuron was used in some capacity.
:-P
Luckily I discovered the truth of the matter...um...about 20 minutes ago
On the "10% of your brain" legend, here is a pretty cool writeup. The best quote from the article:
In other words, the "humans only use 10% of their brains" canard would more correctly be phrased "humans only use 10% of their brains for walking around and smelling things"...
An example: most OC'ers I know think most of thermaltake's products are shit (which they are), while oc.com keeps plugging away with the good reviews. My Volcano 11 keeps my Barton 2500+ Oc'ed to 2.0Ghz @ 49C (way too hot) and the damned thing sounds like a harrier is about to land on my roof (not to mention how badly the thing needs a lapping). What does OC.com have to say:
No it doesn't! It offers "hot" or "really hot!"
Just make sure to check multiple sites if you decide to go with water cooling. OC.com is starting to feel like a yes-man site to me.
A new on-line realtime strategy game from the makers of...um...food.
Build a cheesy empire with Velveeta! Sail into battle with ChipsAhoy! Or tear down your opponent's battlements with an oreo trebuchet!
Play as one of four exciting new races: Macaroni&Cheese eaters, The Salad Dressing-ites, StoveTop Stuffers, or People of the Jell-o!
WarKraft
who's up for doing the box-art?
And then there was Ender's Game ;-)
Could you provide a couple of links to back that one up?
Generally speaking, I don't believe you have to take any position offered you. I was unemployed for five months and was offered a new position at an extremely lower wage than the position I had previously held. In order to circumvent the problem of either taking the job or losing my unemployment benefits, I called the company back and told them that my "requested salary" was much higher than what they were offering. At that point, they rescinded the job offer and I, of course, reported that I had had no job offers since technically I hadn't ;-)
All you have to do is make the company "aware" of something that makes you look unattractive for the current position. They'll rescind the job offer and you won't lose your benefits.
don't you DARE tell me we have no sound apps in linux.
Woah there, brother. Taking this a bit personally?
Yes, I will dare tell you that there aren't any sound apps in linux or, rather, no decent ones. I've used most of the apps you mentioned above (and then some) and have found them all lacking. Name one artist who says "Oh man, I could never give up my linux box for audio."
Give me something with the feature set and usability of apps like Reason, Cubase, etc. and only then will I tell you that Linux has made it in the synth/sequencing world. Give me the Gimp for sound, then I'll shut my piehole.
How's about someone get to work on a fully featured audio sequencer for linux?
I'm super happy that we can now sync music to animation in blender. It's just too damned bad we don't have an app to actually make that music in linux.
Isn't fiber a bit too flexible to be used as a lever?
From what I understand, the FX5800 is a crap card. A review at tom's hardware, however, shows the FX5900 pretty much beats the crap out of anything ATI has right now. I'm sure this will change with the next iteration of hardware, but hey - it always does.
;-)
Either way, we should stop talking smack about nVidia when the best card on the market pretty much depends on when you're looking for it
Look at Andrew talking about Faith attacking the Vulcanologist, or Buffy's funny bad joke about Caleb splitting. It's all still there.
/.
Yes, and the show gets -10 points for reusing an old Running Man one-liner. But don't worry, I'll get a -1 for talking smack about Buffy on
The problem with the show as a "drama" is that it completely loses credibility with the amount of trite humor written in to each script. Drama, without a doubt, needs humor. A perfect example is the doorman in MacBeth, or Dogbury in Much Ado About Nothing. If you want to watch absolute mastery of this in modern times, look no further than Aaron Sorkin (West Wing) or most of the writing on Star Trek: TNG which, incedentally, is why that was considered the last great Star Trek series. But this show had too much of it. If it was a drama, then it had too much comedy for the actual dramatic aspects of the script to effectively come through. If it was a comedy, then it had too much drama to be substantially funy enough to make the grade.
I see three things that prevent Buffy from being anything more than another shite WB/UPN series, First and foremost is the acting. As much as I try to look past the teenage angst-ridden script, all I see is B-grade actors who are most likely never going to make it to an actual network TV show (not WB or UPN). Granted, much of the dialogue prohibits full realization of their acting skills, but you can't blame everything on the script. The fact of the matter is that I can't relate to anyone on the show.
Secondly, the show is convoluted. The movie, AFAIC, was a piece of art. It poked fun at the trashy valley-girl stigma attached to so-cal in the early 90's while at the same time bringing a fresh horror-spoof to the whole thing. I just wish I could have been in the pitch room for that one. The problem is that doesn't translate well to TV. The concept was obviously meant for the big screen as, once the vampires are removed from Sunnydale, the gimmick is over. The writers of the show, in order to keep people from fleeing like they were at a Great White concert, had to come up with some new and more enveloping angle with each passing season, which created a two-fold problem. 1 - everyone has to watch at least five or six episodes in a row before they "get" the plot (at least, this is what I have been told repeatedly). And 2 - it gets trite. Once the novelty of vampires wears off, you have to switch to witches, demons, godesses, and everything else your mother warned you about. That, my friend, is the mark of a show that didn't have a decent premise to begin with.
Lastly, the writing is just terrible. Everything the actors say seems to be geared toward impressing high-school students or allowing introverts to live vicariously through the show. As I said before, a perfect example is the "cookie dough" scene I sat impatiently through in the final episode. That had no place in a pre-armageddon spectacular complete with uber-demons and the death of cast regulars. I honestly don't think the writers of this show have ever given any thought to how real people would act in any of these situations. And I for one don't particularly care to watch drama that has no grounding in reality. It becomes corny and contrived which is, after all, what I feel this show was from the get go.
I think after watching the first 5 minutes of the "final episode" of Buffy, I can summarize exactly what it is about Buffy that just pisses me off, as well as what it is that makes the show suck:
/. who won't be crying over the loss of this particular show. Vive la South Park!
"The cookie analogy." Let me get this straight, all those people who love this show think it is one of the best written on TV. And yet, during the final episode, while (as I've been told), Buffy and her friends are in an epic battle to save the whole fucking world, she finds 10 minutes to talk about how her love live is like fucking cookies? Oh yeah, Hamlet's got nothing on this show.
This show seriously doesn't know whether or not it's supposed to be a drama or a comedy - and screws up pretty well at being either. No matter what episode I watch, which is, unfortunately, quite a few, I can't help but feel the writers have absolutely no sense of proportion or timing.
Alas, I think i'm about the only person on
Al Gore....duh!
Kim Jong-il: Ooh! Ooh! We use frames! We use frames! Look at us, damnit! We've got tons of pages with frames!
Reading that, it does look like "name" and "target" tags would also be covered.
My only question is this: what separates the "user interface" from the "document" portions of the browser?
I would agree with your argument (time consuming) if not for the fact that most people I know would buy a CD's worth of music on-line for $1 if they could (even on dialup).
The issue here is that a CD may only take 30 minutes to buy (assuming travel time, etc.) while the same on-line may take several hours to download via 28.8 dialup, but I don't think that's as big of a factor as one might argue.
Consider the fact that you save more time in the long run because you only have to work for 5 minutes for the cost of a CD rather than an hour or two (if you're flipping burgers). Moreover, while I don't have figures, I'll wager that the ones with broadband are the ones buying a larger percentage of CD's on the whole.
Regardless, the argument is moot. I don't think the RIAA is going to change (insert obligatory buggy/whip manufacturer reference), and we're about to see a huge paradigm shift in music creation and distribution in the next decade.
Why is there so much discussion over this so-called "theft" we're experiencing on a massive scale? Regardless of what you think, sales aren't declining because "music sucks" or because the RIAA is recieving some karmic death-blow.
The music industry is starting to have problems because their method of distribution is outdated. The problem: digital music has become a huge online phenomenon, people want "formless" content that they can transfer to any media they see fit (hard drive, cd, memory stick) and the RIAA has so far been unable to provide consumers with that product.
The solution: consumers take matters into their own hands, downloading mp3's and then burning, ripping, copying, etc. The reason this has become such a huge deal is that the RIAA as a sort of oligopoly is having trouble coming to grips with the notion that the public will dictate the distribution methods and prices on its own terms. Like the "black market" writeup on K5 a month or two ago, we're seeing a system completely devoid of that which the public wants - on-line distribution at a signifigantly cheaper price than that of a CD (keep in mind blank media already benefits the RIAA).
Until the RIAA stops thrashing about in this all-out effort to dictate to the public exactly how, when, and for how much (no matter how inflated the price) they can get content, they're going to continue to have problems.
No morality, no ethics, just the facts. 'Nuff said.
It looks like the dialogue goes something like this:
Wolfeus: "Take the red pill and you turn into a warewolf. Take the blue pill and you turn into a vampire...and I show you just how deep this vampire hole goes."
Gothic-Neo: "Woah!"
The pitch to get this shit made probably went something like, "Ok, it's The Matrix meets Buffy meets Romeo and Juliet meets Ishtar!"
I'm going to start a credit card company (you all need to apply).
Basically, the way my CC company works is that the register processes it as valid, but when the store (e.g. Best Buy) tries to collect the money for purchase X, I simply send them an "rebate" form* requesting that they fill out five simple lines to get their cash for your purchase.
*All lines must be filled out correctly, including name of company, address of company, CEO's dog's name, and maiden name of great great grand mother. Offer not valid in UT, VT, or any other state abbreviation that ends in T. Side effects, while common in only 48% of patients may include nausea, dizinness, and rectal bleeding.
I've got a GF4 Ti4200 running on linux just peachy. It plays Warcraft III (winex) in 1280x1024 with all the graphics turned up.
The current setup for nVidia's drivers basically consists of installing the kernel module and using "nvidia" as the driver under XFree86 instead of "nv". The whole process takes about 3 minutes from download.
Shouldn't you guys be reporting on smart bombs or something?
Poetic license. I know where Amish country is.
I soooo read that wrong. After mulling through the paragraph of bullshit prose:
Black. White. We stand outside the duality. We are gay.
This sounds like a pretty hot ticket on a saturday night.
Topics from the convention:
That's the problem w/ HH. People think that if they "get" the fact that it's a comedy, that somehow makes them part of a club.
Actually, everyone knew going in that it was supposed to be a comedy. It just wasn't very funny. I don't think it sucked, but I wouldn't put in a top 10 list of Bruce Willis movies to watch.
You wanna see an underappreciated movie, check out anything by Troma. I recommend Cannibal: The Musical. Trey's finest work.