Oh he's a bit insane, and I think he's still trying to find his voice. I don't have a problem with that, it's just that it as a REALLY tiny venue - you'd have ZERO problem hearing his crazy drumming in there with NO amplification, but they had it cranked up all the way to hell.
I've kinda learned which venues to avoid. Speaking of NZ bands, I went to see Liam Finn play at a really small local place and they had the sound cranked up like it was a stadium. It sucked horribly. I had to leave before the migraine set in. That was extra sad since he was the opening act for a very quiet acoustic act I really wanted to see, too.
I'm just disappointed with WINE. 10 years ago I was SURE that I'd be able to just run Windows apps in Linux - heck, I was able to run the two most IMPORTANT Windows apps - Minespeeper and Solitaire.
Nowadays I try to run Linux on my work desktop, but sadly WINE in my case stands for Wine Is Not Enough. So I use the much heavier VMWare when I need real Windows apps.
WINE seems like it was catching up, but then there was WinXP (and OfficeXP) and then Vista (and Office 2007) etc etc. Just not happening.
Wine has been at, what, "90% complete" for over a decade, or something? And it's still clunky and doesn't work most of the time.
I tried posting this from Chromium, but it wouldn't let me login. Guess they haven't implemented cookies yet. But what I wanted to post was that a nice feature request for a Wine application would be the ability to, I dunno, resize the window without my WM crashing.
I have some great hopes for Wine back in 1998, ut I all but gave up on it way back in 2005.
A while ago I decided it was time to replace my trusty old Harmony remote, as some of the buttons don't work very well, etc.
I decided to get the then-brand-new Harmony One, which features a touch-screen where the older Harmony remotes have six or eight buttons around an LCD.
I returned it a week later. I just couldn't handle not having a tactile response. I don't want to have to LOOK at the remote in order to use it, and there's just no way to feel your way around with a touch screen.
I do have an iPod Touch, and that's a major problem I have with it. Try using an iPod Touch while it's in your pocket while listening to music. Yeah, you can find the On button, but it takes a lot of practice to actually sue the slider without looking, and then just try skipping a track. Heck, it's easy to mis-press the thing when you're looking right at it.
I love the form-factor of an iPod Touch/iPhone as an information-display device, and the eye-candy is beautiful, but I'd prefer tactile over touch-screen anytime.
Then your vast knowledge and life experience on the topic should definitely qualify you as an expert.
I have to take drugs to know their effect?
Psychological addiction doesn't require any specific drug.
Yes, but we were talking about marijuana. If you want to broaden the spectrum, that's fine - are you saying you can get psychologically addicted to the effect of anything without physically experiencing it? Didn't think so.
Much like how you are obviously addicted to purveying your ignorance.
Ah, lashing out. Why are you being so defensive, I wonder*
The drug itself is not addictive. The effects of the drug are addictive.
Sir, I hate to say this... in fact, I have never said this before because it IS such a cliche, but please believve me when I say, with absolute conviction, that that is the absolute dumbest thing I have ever heard anyone say in my entire life.
I thought I was pretty clear about that. I'm just saying the idea of shooting a satellite down with a rocket is cool. I'm not saying it'll work or anything.
> Whatever you get, immediately try to make it look like crap.
I always cover my laptop in strips of gaffer's tape. Picture here.
I call it a theft-deterrent. The nice thing about gaffer's tape is it looks like duct-tape so people go "why would I steal a laptop that's held together with duct-tape?" but it'll actually come off without leaving any residue.
It's not as water resistant as duct tape, but then neither is your laptop.
I just wanted to mention that I dropped my 12" G4 Powerbook off the 4' high TSA table at the airport and onto the cold cold airport concrete, and there was absolutely zero damage. Used it for 2 more years after that and I just now replaced it cause it was getting a little slow. And I/really/ wish they had a small MacBookPro. ):
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I go to concerts for the music, so I think using earplugs at them is kinda, well. For me, it's a bit pointless.
If I was ever at a church, believe me, I'd be using some heavy duty earplugs.
This was in the US - http://www.thecedar.org/
Oh he's a bit insane, and I think he's still trying to find his voice. I don't have a problem with that, it's just that it as a REALLY tiny venue - you'd have ZERO problem hearing his crazy drumming in there with NO amplification, but they had it cranked up all the way to hell.
I've kinda learned which venues to avoid. Speaking of NZ bands, I went to see Liam Finn play at a really small local place and they had the sound cranked up like it was a stadium. It sucked horribly. I had to leave before the migraine set in. That was extra sad since he was the opening act for a very quiet acoustic act I really wanted to see, too.
I'm OK with that.
This is exactly why I stopped going to concerts.
They're all terribly loud, so much so that the music just turns into white noise. What the heck is the point of that?
No kidding.
I'm just disappointed with WINE. 10 years ago I was SURE that I'd be able to just run Windows apps in Linux - heck, I was able to run the two most IMPORTANT Windows apps - Minespeeper and Solitaire.
Nowadays I try to run Linux on my work desktop, but sadly WINE in my case stands for Wine Is Not Enough. So I use the much heavier VMWare when I need real Windows apps.
WINE seems like it was catching up, but then there was WinXP (and OfficeXP) and then Vista (and Office 2007) etc etc. Just not happening.
Wine has been at, what, "90% complete" for over a decade, or something? And it's still clunky and doesn't work most of the time.
I tried posting this from Chromium, but it wouldn't let me login. Guess they haven't implemented cookies yet. But what I wanted to post was that a nice feature request for a Wine application would be the ability to, I dunno, resize the window without my WM crashing.
I have some great hopes for Wine back in 1998, ut I all but gave up on it way back in 2005.
Except I prefer to use my own actually comfortable earphones.
Huh, I didn't know about the double-tap thing. Course now I can't find my ipod.
Though the slider bit is the easy bit. The other stuff, like skipping tracks, changing the volume, that's virtually impossible.
*laughs* Oops.
A while ago I decided it was time to replace my trusty old Harmony remote, as some of the buttons don't work very well, etc.
I decided to get the then-brand-new Harmony One, which features a touch-screen where the older Harmony remotes have six or eight buttons around an LCD.
I returned it a week later. I just couldn't handle not having a tactile response. I don't want to have to LOOK at the remote in order to use it, and there's just no way to feel your way around with a touch screen.
I do have an iPod Touch, and that's a major problem I have with it. Try using an iPod Touch while it's in your pocket while listening to music. Yeah, you can find the On button, but it takes a lot of practice to actually sue the slider without looking, and then just try skipping a track. Heck, it's easy to mis-press the thing when you're looking right at it.
I love the form-factor of an iPod Touch/iPhone as an information-display device, and the eye-candy is beautiful, but I'd prefer tactile over touch-screen anytime.
Maybe, but you can't really get addicted to the psychological effects of marijuana without actually using marijuana.
Then your vast knowledge and life experience on the topic should definitely qualify you as an expert.
I have to take drugs to know their effect?
Psychological addiction doesn't require any specific drug.
Yes, but we were talking about marijuana. If you want to broaden the spectrum, that's fine - are you saying you can get psychologically addicted to the effect of anything without physically experiencing it? Didn't think so.
Much like how you are obviously addicted to purveying your ignorance.
Ah, lashing out. Why are you being so defensive, I wonder*
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* I don't really.
That's some fine nitpicking, my friend.
Simply speaking, there's two types of addiction. Physiological and Psychological.
And you can get the psychological effects without physically using drugs, right? Oh wait, no you can't.
I never have, and never will, smoke anything.
But are you saying people can be addicted to the 'effects' of marijuana without smoking it? ...didn't think so.
What he said.
The drug itself is not addictive. The effects of the drug are addictive.
Sir, I hate to say this... in fact, I have never said this before because it IS such a cliche, but please believve me when I say, with absolute conviction, that that is the absolute dumbest thing I have ever heard anyone say in my entire life.
I thought I was pretty clear about that. I'm just saying the idea of shooting a satellite down with a rocket is cool. I'm not saying it'll work or anything.
Am I the only one who thinks this is TOTALLY COOL???
Sure it might be dangerous and stupid, too, but hey.
> Whatever you get, immediately try to make it look like crap.
I always cover my laptop in strips of gaffer's tape. Picture here.
I call it a theft-deterrent. The nice thing about gaffer's tape is it looks like duct-tape so people go "why would I steal a laptop that's held together with duct-tape?" but it'll actually come off without leaving any residue.
It's not as water resistant as duct tape, but then neither is your laptop.
I just wanted to mention that I dropped my 12" G4 Powerbook off the 4' high TSA table at the airport and onto the cold cold airport concrete, and there was absolutely zero damage. Used it for 2 more years after that and I just now replaced it cause it was getting a little slow. And I /really/ wish they had a small MacBookPro. ):
Your ideas intrigue me, and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.
That's what I came here to say.