I have NEVER seen an accurate newspaper article on a subject I was conversant in. Not once. Which leads me to believe they're equally worthless on subjects I'm not conversant in as well.
Michael Crichton says something similar (though you have shown yourself to be an exception) in his speech Why Speculate ?.
"Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect works as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward-reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.
"In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story-and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read with renewed interest as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about far-off Palestine than it was about the story you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.
"That is the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. I'd point out it does not operate in other arenas of life. In ordinary life, if somebody consistently exaggerates or lies to you, you soon discount everything they say. In court, there is the legal doctrine of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, which means untruthful in one part, untruthful in all.
"But when it comes to the media, we believe against evidence that it is probably worth our time to read other parts of the paper. When, in fact, it almost certainly isn't. The only possible explanation for our behavior is amnesia."
So "paid shills" is the new "year of the Linux desktop," correct?
2009 is the year of the paid MS shills !
XFCE is for slow processors only. SRSLY.
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I'm actually using XFCE4 at the moment for no good reason other than change is good. It's leaner, with enough eye candy for me.
XFCE...eye candy...your head asplode.
I'm reminded of Bill Bryson's assessment of The Blackpool Illuminations - "I suppose if you had never seen electricity in action, it would be pretty breathtaking, but I'm not even sure of that."
Audio support is fine. Music making support OTOH is abysmal. The article correctly points out that sound recording, editing and mixing is fine on Linux. The heavyweight music creation tools just don't exist and many of the top-end hardware interfaces simply don't have Linux drivers.
Did the author manage to get anything other than a DAW and sound editor running under Ubuntu ? Max/MSP for instance ? Reason ? Ableton Live ?
I've given up trying to do anything musical with Ubuntu. Windows and OSX are still miles ahead in terms of compatible hardware and software that 'just works'.
Then allow me to give you some insight. I'm a Network Administrator at an all Windows workplace. [...] I see Windows XP take several minutes to boot on my Pentium 4.
There's something wrong with your setup, then. I dual-boot between XP and Linux Mint and they both take roughly the same time (around 30 seconds). Seriously, as a professional administrator you should be diagnosing the problems with your home machine's Windows configuration.
My fave was the Yank pronounciation of 'solder' ("sodder"). To this Brit, it sounded like a cross between sodomize and bugger (which mean the same thing). I always cracked up when people asked if I could "sodder" a circuit board for them.
You might find some interesting electronic music (of the old-school variety) at Synth Music Direct and their download store MusicZeit. I can recommend Frank van Bogaert if you're into Vangelis and Jarre, and Redshift if you enjoy '70s-era Tangerine Dream.
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Gopherspace is becoming too cluttered up with people.
astroturfers has been doing for MS for years on public forums (paid marketing spin).
That's simply not true.
And replace names by numbers, so nobody has a better name.
5318008 ?
31415927 ?
"when I pulled the mayonase out"
Did that sound a bit rude to anyone else ?
4) have paid fanboys praise $company
???
Profit for Meeeeeeeee !
In Soviet Russia dies become memes after 5 years.
I have NEVER seen an accurate newspaper article on a subject I was conversant in. Not once. Which leads me to believe they're equally worthless on subjects I'm not conversant in as well.
Michael Crichton says something similar (though you have shown yourself to be an exception) in his speech Why Speculate ?.
"Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect works as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward-reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.
"In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story-and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read with renewed interest as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about far-off Palestine than it was about the story you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.
"That is the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. I'd point out it does not operate in other arenas of life. In ordinary life, if somebody consistently exaggerates or lies to you, you soon discount everything they say. In court, there is the legal doctrine of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, which means untruthful in one part, untruthful in all.
"But when it comes to the media, we believe against evidence that it is probably worth our time to read other parts of the paper. When, in fact, it almost certainly isn't. The only possible explanation for our behavior is amnesia."
Baked beans always taste better when heated in a saucepan.
So "paid shills" is the new "year of the Linux desktop," correct?
2009 is the year of the paid MS shills !
I'm actually using XFCE4 at the moment for no good reason other than change is good. It's leaner, with enough eye candy for me.
XFCE...eye candy...your head asplode.
I'm reminded of Bill Bryson's assessment of The Blackpool Illuminations - "I suppose if you had never seen electricity in action, it would be pretty breathtaking, but I'm not even sure of that."
Audio support is fine. Music making support OTOH is abysmal. The article correctly points out that sound recording, editing and mixing is fine on Linux. The heavyweight music creation tools just don't exist and many of the top-end hardware interfaces simply don't have Linux drivers.
Did the author manage to get anything other than a DAW and sound editor running under Ubuntu ? Max/MSP for instance ? Reason ? Ableton Live ?
I've given up trying to do anything musical with Ubuntu. Windows and OSX are still miles ahead in terms of compatible hardware and software that 'just works'.
If the time travel method needs some pre-existing infrastructure
Like a really hot cup of tea ?
Then allow me to give you some insight. I'm a Network Administrator at an all Windows workplace.
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I see Windows XP take several minutes to boot on my Pentium 4.
There's something wrong with your setup, then. I dual-boot between XP and Linux Mint and they both take roughly the same time (around 30 seconds). Seriously, as a professional administrator you should be diagnosing the problems with your home machine's Windows configuration.
What's a CAL ?
Charlotte Abigail Lux
My fave was the Yank pronounciation of 'solder' ("sodder"). To this Brit, it sounded like a cross between sodomize and bugger (which mean the same thing). I always cracked up when people asked if I could "sodder" a circuit board for them.
Coach Z, is that you ?
Rule 34 writ large.
Maybe he was desperate for a fix of heroin and used the gorilla's dirty works.
(it can't go up or down stairs)
Fit a ring-modulator to it and simply shout "El-Ev-Ate !"
And I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever write a song about the Sibbie.
You might find some interesting electronic music (of the old-school variety) at Synth Music Direct and their download store MusicZeit. I can recommend Frank van Bogaert if you're into Vangelis and Jarre, and Redshift if you enjoy '70s-era Tangerine Dream.
you never drive by them,
they're in your car all of the time,
eliminating that need.
you can be perfectly still and still be pestered by radio ads.
Burma Shave.
Over 9000 !!!
Well, tonight I'm gonna party !