The game that caused me to buy a CD-ROM drive for the first time was "Return to Zork." Man, I had so much fun with that game... and the awesome graphics and movies... Wow. Memories...:-) I think my second CD-ROM title was "The 7th Guest." Things seemed more fun back then...
Well, the Bible is not just one work written by one person or even one lone culture, really. It is already a collection of old documents. They are just packaged up together. So, in a way, the Bible represents more than one source already.
I'd love to live for 1000 years. Think of all the cool stuff you could do and experience! Course, it'd be even more fun if everyone else wasn't living to 1000.;-)
Still, though.. you could fail over and over and have the time to learn to do it right. Or, just give up on this hectic modern concept of life and just become a wander for, say, 80 years. You could do all sorts of great things. Think long term. Produce works of art impossible to do any other way. Imagine a painting by a master that took, say, 50 years just to complete--because it was an entire city! That master could produce many of them--and they'd be LARGE scale projects. Business would have a much longer and more stable outlook. Quick reactions would be frowned upon and instead, careful consideration would be rewarded. These would all be great improvements, I think.
Is there maybe some technique that people can do to counter this kind of fear PR? I guess what I worry about is that this kind of stuff goes largely un-countered in the popular media. The old folks who don't understand the technology and have no desire to understand it will be afraid. My mom, for instance, was freaked out by an entirely incorrect FRONTPAGE(!) article in our local newspaper about how if you have a wireless network it means your bank account is open to all the hackers out there. WTF? It made no sense. However, because it was in the paper, she was more willing to believe it. It took me maybe 20 minutes to convince her that was entirely not the case and that the article was a flat out lie and exaggeration clearly designed to sell networking services from the guy who they were "interviewing." Nothing but fear-mongering and a giant ad, basically.
The problem is, even if you tell your friends and family who may fall for stuff like this, there are millions of others who don't know and maybe don't know anyone who would be able to set them straight. This easily leads to stupid laws and completely misguided politicians. Obviously education would be an option, but perhaps you have to fight fire with fire?
It seems like what we need is to start raising some money for a non-profit (or use someone like the EFF) and produce public service ads, news paper articles, press releases, etc, which spin in our direction instead of theirs. Right now it seems like there is no balance out there. There isn't a loud force to counter this notion that the Internet is scary, computers are scary, and that the Internet is nothing but the wild west filled with porn, violence, and bank robbers. The key is to not just respond to these kinds of articles, but to be pro-active with the knowledge and the message. A few other industries do this all the time. There's commercials that say things like, "Plastic makes it better" and "Got Milk." Why can't we do that too?
The Internet was designed the way it was to survive a nuclear attack--but apparently it can't possibly survive those evil terrorists without lots of governance. Boy, the terrorists sure must have some sweet weapons!
In the article they mention that with 6 dishes they could power about 40 homes. Why so big scale? Couldn't the size and stuff be scaled down a bit, mass produced, and then homes could have their own sundish or a sundish shared in small community groups? Like shared water wells and such. That'd eliminate the middle man.
This has to be one of the most densely packed slashdot stories ever. I understand the words--just not so much the meaning of them in that order.:-)
Someone bring me the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch! "Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine slashdot posting to tiny bits, in thy mercy."
Screw Tivo and DirectTV. Just switch to DishNetwork and get their PVR setup. It isn't Tivo and it is fully featured with a 30 second skip, 5 second rewind, fast forward, slow motion, etc. All the same basic features (although when shows move time slots, the PVR doesn't follow them.. at least not the version I have. I'd like that feature, but it doesn't kill me to not have it.) Plus in the past DishNetwork has shown a remarkable attention to their customers and would likely(or I hope, anyway) fight to keep their PVR option available.
The article seems like some kind of summary. Unless I missed something important, like, a second page or something. But basically, it seems to suggest that, even after all these years, we still aren't any closer to having a natural way to program. Huh.
Geeks in space seems to be more like slashdot in a radio format. Which is to say, it is about news/culture type things (I haven't listened recently, though). This LineInterference is very specific to geeks. It has programming tutorials, talk about neural networks (and not general talk, but gets into how they actually work almost at the code level). Pretty geeky stuff that isn't so much about culture but more about how things work and how to make them work yourself.
I would also agree with this. That's what happened to me when I was not cleaning my room or cutting the grass after being told 10 times I was supposed to. It sucked ass, sure, but kids need help breaking patterns and learning to balance things. It isn't like they just are born knowing exactly how to deal with the world. The world is harsh and unforgiving at times, and they must learn that and learn how to deal with it when it rears its ugly head. Punishment is not bad! So many people seem to think it is, though.
Obviously, as with everything, moderation is key. Excessive punishment or punishments that don't fit the "crime" are just as bad as no punishment or too little punishment. It has to balance over time.
No, I am not a parent. So what do I know, right? Yeah.
"Jon definitely deserves a shot at the tonight show after Jay is gone"
I wish that were to be... however they have already promised the job to Conan. Which is sad, I think. Conan is funny sometimes, but I just don't think it is right for the Tonight Show. Jon would be a FAR better fit.
O'Reilly is far worse than Rush, I'd say. For one thing, Bill has more power than Rush ever did. The Fox brainwashing about being "fair and balanced" has suckered a HUGE number of people in and they buy it. They really seem to think O'Reilly is somehow "on their side." The fact that Bill himself spouts that line almost every show just further cements that notion into people's heads.
I admit to not listening to Rush very much, but I think he is far less full of himself than Bill is. Rush knows that, if you don't agree, he can at least be good entertainment. Bill, on the other hand, takes the position that if you don't agree, then you're an idiot and, depending on what you said, you might be one step removed from a terrorist.
I used to watch Bill reasonably regularly, but in the past year or two he's managed to get so bad and so extreme that I can't watch the show anymore without wanting to put my foot through his head. Unfortunately, that'd break my TV.
"This ought to help provide a speed bump for PowerBooks, which still don't have G5s."
But.. this is a G4, right? Why would this help G5s come to the PowerBook line? They need to make cooler G5s in order for that to happen. Not cooler G4s. Right? Am I missing something obvious here?
If a group of people manage to actually get there in one piece, land, and somehow settle it, then who's equipped to stop them, exactly? Are the environmentalists and scientists of the world going to unite, build a ship, and go drag them back kicking and screaming?
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The game that caused me to buy a CD-ROM drive for the first time was "Return to Zork." Man, I had so much fun with that game... and the awesome graphics and movies... Wow. Memories... :-) I think my second CD-ROM title was "The 7th Guest." Things seemed more fun back then...
Don't they teach Scheme in CS101 courses?
:-)
No.
Not at the school I went to, anyway.
Nobody........ cares...... about the........ trees..... anymore..... bharooom.
Well, the Bible is not just one work written by one person or even one lone culture, really. It is already a collection of old documents. They are just packaged up together. So, in a way, the Bible represents more than one source already.
"Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling"
When I first read your title, I thought it was an over-excited exclamation. Sort of like, "Holy bright green lights, Batman!"
I'd love to live for 1000 years. Think of all the cool stuff you could do and experience! Course, it'd be even more fun if everyone else wasn't living to 1000. ;-)
Still, though.. you could fail over and over and have the time to learn to do it right. Or, just give up on this hectic modern concept of life and just become a wander for, say, 80 years. You could do all sorts of great things. Think long term. Produce works of art impossible to do any other way. Imagine a painting by a master that took, say, 50 years just to complete--because it was an entire city! That master could produce many of them--and they'd be LARGE scale projects. Business would have a much longer and more stable outlook. Quick reactions would be frowned upon and instead, careful consideration would be rewarded. These would all be great improvements, I think.
Is there maybe some technique that people can do to counter this kind of fear PR? I guess what I worry about is that this kind of stuff goes largely un-countered in the popular media. The old folks who don't understand the technology and have no desire to understand it will be afraid. My mom, for instance, was freaked out by an entirely incorrect FRONTPAGE(!) article in our local newspaper about how if you have a wireless network it means your bank account is open to all the hackers out there. WTF? It made no sense. However, because it was in the paper, she was more willing to believe it. It took me maybe 20 minutes to convince her that was entirely not the case and that the article was a flat out lie and exaggeration clearly designed to sell networking services from the guy who they were "interviewing." Nothing but fear-mongering and a giant ad, basically.
The problem is, even if you tell your friends and family who may fall for stuff like this, there are millions of others who don't know and maybe don't know anyone who would be able to set them straight. This easily leads to stupid laws and completely misguided politicians. Obviously education would be an option, but perhaps you have to fight fire with fire?
It seems like what we need is to start raising some money for a non-profit (or use someone like the EFF) and produce public service ads, news paper articles, press releases, etc, which spin in our direction instead of theirs. Right now it seems like there is no balance out there. There isn't a loud force to counter this notion that the Internet is scary, computers are scary, and that the Internet is nothing but the wild west filled with porn, violence, and bank robbers. The key is to not just respond to these kinds of articles, but to be pro-active with the knowledge and the message. A few other industries do this all the time. There's commercials that say things like, "Plastic makes it better" and "Got Milk." Why can't we do that too?
The Internet was designed the way it was to survive a nuclear attack--but apparently it can't possibly survive those evil terrorists without lots of governance. Boy, the terrorists sure must have some sweet weapons!
I expect that when you plant a windows PC you'll get a corpse flower.
In the article they mention that with 6 dishes they could power about 40 homes. Why so big scale? Couldn't the size and stuff be scaled down a bit, mass produced, and then homes could have their own sundish or a sundish shared in small community groups? Like shared water wells and such. That'd eliminate the middle man.
This has to be one of the most densely packed slashdot stories ever. I understand the words--just not so much the meaning of them in that order. :-)
Someone bring me the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch! "Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine slashdot posting to tiny bits, in thy mercy."
Screw Tivo and DirectTV. Just switch to DishNetwork and get their PVR setup. It isn't Tivo and it is fully featured with a 30 second skip, 5 second rewind, fast forward, slow motion, etc. All the same basic features (although when shows move time slots, the PVR doesn't follow them.. at least not the version I have. I'd like that feature, but it doesn't kill me to not have it.) Plus in the past DishNetwork has shown a remarkable attention to their customers and would likely(or I hope, anyway) fight to keep their PVR option available.
Ha! There is a page 2. Heck, even a page 3.
*sigh*
Well I feel dumb. This is why I need a sign above my computer that says, "Absolutely no Internet posting before caffeine intake."
The article seems like some kind of summary. Unless I missed something important, like, a second page or something. But basically, it seems to suggest that, even after all these years, we still aren't any closer to having a natural way to program. Huh.
I'm sure I can find this on google, but what are the early signs? Or how did they manifest for you?
Actually, that's almost 50/50; therefore quite balanced. :-)
Geeks in space seems to be more like slashdot in a radio format. Which is to say, it is about news/culture type things (I haven't listened recently, though). This LineInterference is very specific to geeks. It has programming tutorials, talk about neural networks (and not general talk, but gets into how they actually work almost at the code level). Pretty geeky stuff that isn't so much about culture but more about how things work and how to make them work yourself.
"I'm a big fan of wind"
;-)
Punny!
I would also agree with this. That's what happened to me when I was not cleaning my room or cutting the grass after being told 10 times I was supposed to. It sucked ass, sure, but kids need help breaking patterns and learning to balance things. It isn't like they just are born knowing exactly how to deal with the world. The world is harsh and unforgiving at times, and they must learn that and learn how to deal with it when it rears its ugly head. Punishment is not bad! So many people seem to think it is, though.
Obviously, as with everything, moderation is key. Excessive punishment or punishments that don't fit the "crime" are just as bad as no punishment or too little punishment. It has to balance over time.
No, I am not a parent. So what do I know, right? Yeah.
"Jon definitely deserves a shot at the tonight show after Jay is gone"
I wish that were to be... however they have already promised the job to Conan. Which is sad, I think. Conan is funny sometimes, but I just don't think it is right for the Tonight Show. Jon would be a FAR better fit.
O'Reilly is far worse than Rush, I'd say. For one thing, Bill has more power than Rush ever did. The Fox brainwashing about being "fair and balanced" has suckered a HUGE number of people in and they buy it. They really seem to think O'Reilly is somehow "on their side." The fact that Bill himself spouts that line almost every show just further cements that notion into people's heads.
I admit to not listening to Rush very much, but I think he is far less full of himself than Bill is. Rush knows that, if you don't agree, he can at least be good entertainment. Bill, on the other hand, takes the position that if you don't agree, then you're an idiot and, depending on what you said, you might be one step removed from a terrorist.
I used to watch Bill reasonably regularly, but in the past year or two he's managed to get so bad and so extreme that I can't watch the show anymore without wanting to put my foot through his head. Unfortunately, that'd break my TV.
I watch the Daily Show instead.
Ok, so maybe the poster was suggesting that they use these new G4s instead of G5s to boost PowerBook performance. I suppose that makes sense...
"This ought to help provide a speed bump for PowerBooks, which still don't have G5s."
But.. this is a G4, right? Why would this help G5s come to the PowerBook line? They need to make cooler G5s in order for that to happen. Not cooler G4s. Right? Am I missing something obvious here?
If a group of people manage to actually get there in one piece, land, and somehow settle it, then who's equipped to stop them, exactly? Are the environmentalists and scientists of the world going to unite, build a ship, and go drag them back kicking and screaming?
I, for one, welcome our new election monitoring overloads.