This balding guy (so you know he must be right!) confirms what the real car accident problem is; the driver is distracted. Cell phone, rubbernecking, in-car-Tivo, it doesn't matter.
From the article: Besides nervousness over lawsuits, the American auto market has also been more cautious in offering features like television or karaoke, which are widely available in other countries. Some features will probably not be available here for years, if ever.
Uhm... what? Television?! STFU and drive! As for karaoke, my car has a stereo; you KNOW I am screaming/singing at the top of my lungs!
AT first I was gonna post about how 'leet I was, how many times I've seen tron, the fact that I not only have the anniversary DVD (complete with love scene!) but also have the Tron Kubricks released in 2000. And then I thought this was a better reply:
The only thing "wire-frame" in Tron is in the movie, when the laser captured the item and broght it in, piece by piece.
DUh! And all the friggin de-rezzing. And the entire game GRID. And the Big thingie that Sark lies around on is redlines filled with black; LOOKS PRETTY WIREFRAME-ESQUE TO ME!
As for the "societal implications of this behavior" This territory has been covered before, years ago. The analysis done, the poor quality undergrad papers written (by me), its done.
As an in-game device to create tension and conflict; awesome. Job well done.
Generally, it's pretty safe around here, though...
Sorry, I should have been more explicit. YES! It generally IS pretty safe 'round your neck of the woods. It was more of a shock/amazement kind of thing- I mean, a sunday night? Hunh? (I guess this was before HBO started showing "The Wire" on Sunday's...)
First of all, the writer of the article should be ashamed. This article makes no sense.
Second of all, if Ballmer said these things, HE should be ashamed. His quotes make no sense. "Integrated Innovation?" Even your own employees don't know WTF it means?! Come on!
Companies have been talking about making computers "simpler, easier, more productive" since Shockley "invented" the transistor.
Actually, I think the memetic concept encapsulates more; the whole "survival of the fittest"/"Quest for mindshare" kind of thing... so my definition is only a subset of meme. But, I could be wrong.
would that I could wrote in a most convincing victorian prose, I'd follow up with the wittest prognostication of the impending failure of a communication medium (read: I'd rip off Oscar Wilde).
Shit man, I don't even know how long I've been married! (Yep- firefight happened on my wedding night. Even worse crime? fucking cabbie tried to rip me off (North Charles st vs South Charles! What do I look like? A fucking Rube? NO TIP! ))
October 7th, 2002. I'm inside Brewers Art downing Resurrections and listening to the (Then new) Slayer album on their system. (previous night was JSBX)
My sis comes in and says "I just saw somebody get shot at!"
Details: Some altercation, a shot, some guy fell, the guy(s) with the gun ran, then, the guy who fell got up and ran (presumably in the other direction). Not exactly a shooting, but statistically consistent with your average firefight- in low light conditions with a poor accuracy and few shots exchanged at close range.
That being said, its fucking Baltimore. You can get shot on the campus of Hopkins*! (*But only if you are a young Republican. True story.) This knowledge doesn't prevent me from going back.
As for the comment about French as a language, which obviously got this modded down, French is a language closely regulated. What the parent said was legitimate.
Wow. You mean you aren't a brainless, ignorant, MS-bashing, knee-jerk linux fan boy like the rest?
Just don't go to the brewers art late on a sunday night; my sis got to watch a firefight (Something I missed in my 5 years as a Baltimoron).
That being said, yeah; if you crawl around the streets late at night looking like you don't fit in you will get trouble. If you stick to the safe tourist spots the only thing you have to worry about are the pickpockets.
Speaking of pickpockets, in a UK station (Victoria?! I have no idea!) warning people about pickpockets, and one of the comments on the sign is to know where your wallet is at all times. Pickpockets watch people reading the sign; typically they will put their hand on where they keep their wallet! (breast pocket, back right pocket, wahtevet) Then they know where to hit!;)
"Television programming will become so bogged down with advertisements and pandering to the lowest common denominator that it will collapse under its own weight in bloat, and we will go back to the telegrammophone."
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This balding guy (so you know he must be right!) confirms what the real car accident problem is; the driver is distracted. Cell phone, rubbernecking, in-car-Tivo, it doesn't matter.
From the article:
Besides nervousness over lawsuits, the American auto market has also been more cautious in offering features like television or karaoke, which are widely available in other countries. Some features will probably not be available here for years, if ever.
Uhm... what? Television?! STFU and drive!
As for karaoke, my car has a stereo; you KNOW I am screaming/singing at the top of my lungs!
How about a rousing game of Bolo? First networked, multiplayer game I ever played, waaay back in like 91 or so. Good times.
;)_
sorry lan man, even though I had Bolo, I didn't have friends.
Ok, that was a lot longer and rambling that I had planned it, but this is /. and I don't feel like going back and editing this for brevity's sake...
NO need, man. This is a beautiful piece.
terminal (I got my hands on the old X server software for OS7).
MiX? Or something else?
yeah, an X-term is a pretty cool retro-fit.
AT first I was gonna post about how 'leet I was, how many times I've seen tron, the fact that I not only have the anniversary DVD (complete with love scene!) but also have the Tron Kubricks released in 2000. And then I thought this was a better reply:
;)
FUCK YOU.
The only thing "wire-frame" in Tron is in the movie, when the laser captured the item and broght it in, piece by piece.
DUh! And all the friggin de-rezzing. And the entire game GRID. And the Big thingie that Sark lies around on is redlines filled with black; LOOKS PRETTY WIREFRAME-ESQUE TO ME!
Uhm, have YOU seen Tron?!
I used to play wire-frame on a Mac Plus. Not because the Mac Plus wasn't able to run it at full speed shaded; but it made it even MORE tron-like!
WTF else are you gonna do with a Centris? Play Marathon?! Or Spectre VR?
Gotta love deriving V=IR from maxwell's equations (talk about mind blowing!)
FIne, Read this, then.
I guess I can't expect the ritalin-addled, short attention span slashdork populace to actually RTFA.
You didn't know about that thing called 'reading the richly detailed original and forming your own educated opinion', did you? Obviously not.
Here's the Cliff's Notes version: "Linux Good, M$ Bad, Sexuality online is weird and amorphous but its totaly hot when some 'chick' cybers you."
As for the "societal implications of this behavior" This territory has been covered before, years ago. The analysis done, the poor quality undergrad papers written (by me), its done.
As an in-game device to create tension and conflict; awesome. Job well done.
Generally, it's pretty safe around here, though...
Sorry, I should have been more explicit. YES! It generally IS pretty safe 'round your neck of the woods. It was more of a shock/amazement kind of thing- I mean, a sunday night? Hunh? (I guess this was before HBO started showing "The Wire" on Sunday's...)
First of all, the writer of the article should be ashamed. This article makes no sense.
Second of all, if Ballmer said these things, HE should be ashamed. His quotes make no sense. "Integrated Innovation?" Even your own employees don't know WTF it means?! Come on!
Companies have been talking about making computers "simpler, easier, more productive" since Shockley "invented" the transistor.
Don't waste your time, move on.
"Did you hear that Bob? Err, I mean, 'Blue Beard'?" (which is NOT a good pirate name!)
oh no, it didn't get modded up. I post at +2.
As for modding you; its too late. This article has gone "cold." Unless of course, someone is out to mod-bomb you.
Actually, I think the memetic concept encapsulates more; the whole "survival of the fittest"/"Quest for mindshare" kind of thing...
so my definition is only a subset of meme. But, I could be wrong.
I'll drink to that!
would that I could wrote in a most convincing victorian prose, I'd follow up with the wittest prognostication of the impending failure of a communication medium (read: I'd rip off Oscar Wilde).
Shit man, I don't even know how long I've been married! (Yep- firefight happened on my wedding night. Even worse crime? fucking cabbie tried to rip me off (North Charles st vs South Charles! What do I look like? A fucking Rube? NO TIP! ))
October 7th, 2002. I'm inside Brewers Art downing Resurrections and listening to the (Then new) Slayer album on their system. (previous night was JSBX)
My sis comes in and says "I just saw somebody get shot at!"
Details:
Some altercation, a shot, some guy fell, the guy(s) with the gun ran, then, the guy who fell got up and ran (presumably in the other direction). Not exactly a shooting, but statistically consistent with your average firefight- in low light conditions with a poor accuracy and few shots exchanged at close range.
That being said, its fucking Baltimore. You can get shot on the campus of Hopkins*! (*But only if you are a young Republican. True story.) This knowledge doesn't prevent me from going back.
As for the comment about French as a language, which obviously got this modded down, French is a language closely regulated. What the parent said was legitimate.
;)
Wow. You mean you aren't a brainless, ignorant, MS-bashing, knee-jerk linux fan boy like the rest?
WTF are you doing here?!
Start with snowcrash,
but my wife and I actually prefer "The Diamond Age"
Just don't go to the brewers art late on a sunday night; my sis got to watch a firefight (Something I missed in my 5 years as a Baltimoron).
;)
That being said, yeah; if you crawl around the streets late at night looking like you don't fit in you will get trouble. If you stick to the safe tourist spots the only thing you have to worry about are the pickpockets.
Speaking of pickpockets, in a UK station (Victoria?! I have no idea!) warning people about pickpockets, and one of the comments on the sign is to know where your wallet is at all times. Pickpockets watch people reading the sign; typically they will put their hand on where they keep their wallet! (breast pocket, back right pocket, wahtevet) Then they know where to hit!
"Television programming will become so bogged down with advertisements and pandering to the lowest common denominator that it will collapse under its own weight in bloat, and we will go back to the telegrammophone."
Actually, LSD came from Basel.