Jean Giraud was a major reason I stayed with science fiction through my teen years, instead of sacrificing it to peer pressure. The french scifi artists (Moebius, Forrest, Druillet et al) raised so many more posibilities - an alternative view of science fiction. It kept me going when all I was finding was mundane empowerment fare (let's face it - Heinlein was recreating Lot's lot at the time with Lazarus Long). Then the elder brother of a mate showed me this magazine called 'Heavy Metal'... Oh dear... Through Arzarch and The Incal and the Gardens of Aedena, falling off a horse with Lieutenant Blueberry and of course travelling on a train with Jerry Cornelius, he has delighted me with his simplified style. I applaud him and express gratitude at his effort! Merci beaucoup monsieur Gir. I expect this to be a Bakelite trick.
"Look. Its not a foolproof plan but its still pretty bloody awesome. The pollies and their gready wanker mates have ruined the planet. Our country might cop it up the arse harder than any other poor bastard. So, we go with their grandiose bloody scheme and when it comes time for them to bugger off, we create a diversion, give 'em space suits with dodgy visors and pack 'em into a welded-up bus with lox flowing down the sides and pull the lever on a bloody big rubber band! Voosh! Hello Great Southern Bight!
Then we can grab ours beers, our horses, dogs, sheep, cats and sheilas and piss off in the real one. Waddya reckon?..."
Shame! None of you spotted the obvious Christmas beat-up. We're sure to see the return of those 'Chipmunk'-like music album gimicks in time for the festive season! Who said the RIAA and Music Industry couldn't get back at you?!;-)
How do you run against the solar wind? What are the appropriate forces to run your 'keel' against when you want to track across a solar system (say, to somewhere useful)?
If they did extend it to all users, I would recommend reading the Usage agreement VERY, very closely. GMail's business model would be 'molto sexy'to the Borg. The current CEO is a guy recorded on video okaying IP theft and plaigerism to developers.
Can we secure the voting location (apply physical security guidelines)? How about we make the rest of the planet a protectorate of the USA, just like Iraq? All we have to do is redefine the terms like 'staunch supporter' to "dictator" and 'object not found' to "WMD" and next thing you know, bang! Pax Americana!;-)
Feel like being a real bitch after watching CNN & Fox this week. Prestidigitators know all about misdirection.
Someone want to help me finish the quote - "The price of e-freedom is eternal e-vigilance"
Sorry, can someone please provide an appropriate meme package on whether there is any effective difference or simularity between Neural Feedback Training and various Meditation techniques. I would be interested to know the level of effect that meditation has on ADD/ADHD.
Just wondering after having gone through my own childhood getting various labels whether this ADD/ADHD has always been around and is just another label, or is it some effect of societal changes. Haven't paid attention until recently. Anybody got some informative links?
I've found that simple breathing exercises allow me to calm down mentally and enter the zone where I can focus on study. This often requires some creative visualisation as that seems most effective.
I query whether meditative discipline is something we lost when we began to disregard some traditional religious practices and rituals (not that I agree with many of them). These all [generalisation] have in common certain practices involving measured repetative acts such as utterances of texts that control breathing and/or the manipulation rosaries. I personally don't agree with bringing 'Your God / My God' into the educational system (unless for cultural studies) but would a neutral meditative regime be of benefit as PE used to be?
BTW - Speaking of Neural Feedback Training, does anybody know if those cool seventies Meditation lights (a la Exorcist2) still exist?
Not so sure there... Has Aussie Prime Minister John Howard been reminding President Bubba of Botany Bay? Guantanamo Bay is still within easy conversational reach. "Singing too-rall, li-oo-rall, li-ad-di-ty, Oh we are bound for Botany Bay Mk2...";-)
Where I work is heading down the ITIL road. Seems to me that now Management have sufficiently obfuscated what their roles are, they're now trying to invade our realm and hide our competencies. Given the ITIL model, we may become known as Configuration Management Specialists;-)
I think its more correct to state that the Windows interface has been continually redesigned for people by idiots. Now, each time MS comes out with a new version of the Windows gui it has some focus group conducted in outer Uzbekistan and comes back with all these groovy things with the mouse, but they tend to reduce our options with keyboard controls. Personally I think these focus group teams are just trying to justify their fees - good luck to them, pity about us.
I can use one hand for the mouse but I have been blessed with ten fingers and can configure them for quicker access to what I what.
To do this effectively I had to learn the controls. Like most people I didn't sit down in one session for that explicit purpose. I picked them up over time and found clear benefits to using them. Why did it happen like that?, because like the majority, my role is to get stuff done, not fart-arse about.
For me, its in my interest to learn these controls . I've watched the majority swim about in the same ineffective manner they used their programs last year and with the previous Windows gui's. Why is that? They either don't care or are afraid of screwing up. Usual human avoidance reasons. Bob in finance wants to finish his cost/benefit and go home. Jill in marketing has to produce a presentation and doesn't know the wizard is going to totally lead her off the garden path.
Can MS actually make the ui easier for these people without actually adding the "Hello Dave" element? Nobody can make it easier for people who are afraid of computers or don't invest their paid time into learning more. "Hang on, You're learning during paid hours? I thought you used computers at College/Uni/Fragfest?!" There is an unspoken expectation (and incorrect) that if you hire somebody for an office job today they will know how to use the bloody things. This expectation comes from managers who sometimes are just as blunt-sawed as the new employee.
I like my work environment efficient as possible. I'm also not an automaton, I like to personalise my environment with some theme that tittilates me. If I don't like the name "Network Neigborhood" I can't easily change the name property of it. I've got the hunt around in the registry (grrr!) for the name property. MS have implemented inconsistencies.
One other thing about the mswingui that shits me is that every goddamned process running in the background that produces a dialog or window thinks its important enough to interupt my typing and grab the focus. For f*&@s sake! I love the xwindows managers for not performing this behaviour. If there is a registry key (don't start me) that modifies this behaviour please forward it to me:-)
These are all good reasons why every once in a while I will retire to the command line for hours... and then I'll return again to the gui.
Is everybody aware of the works and philosophy of Ayn Rand. More importantly is everybody aware of the psychology and philosophy of people who quote or bring-in Ayn Rand. It has spoken volumes.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goose_That_Laid_the_Golden_Eggs
*sigh*
Jean Giraud was a major reason I stayed with science fiction through my teen years, instead of sacrificing it to peer pressure. The french scifi artists (Moebius, Forrest, Druillet et al) raised so many more posibilities - an alternative view of science fiction. It kept me going when all I was finding was mundane empowerment fare (let's face it - Heinlein was recreating Lot's lot at the time with Lazarus Long).
Then the elder brother of a mate showed me this magazine called 'Heavy Metal'... Oh dear... Through Arzarch and The Incal and the Gardens of Aedena, falling off a horse with Lieutenant Blueberry and of course travelling on a train with Jerry Cornelius, he has delighted me with his simplified style. I applaud him and express gratitude at his effort! Merci beaucoup monsieur Gir. I expect this to be a Bakelite trick.
As (possibly ;-) ) heard in a pub recently...
"Look. Its not a foolproof plan but its still pretty bloody awesome. The pollies and their gready wanker mates have ruined the planet. Our country might cop it up the arse harder than any other poor bastard. So, we go with their grandiose bloody scheme and when it comes time for them to bugger off, we create a diversion, give 'em space suits with dodgy visors and pack 'em into a welded-up bus with lox flowing down the sides and pull the lever on a bloody big rubber band! Voosh! Hello Great Southern Bight!
Then we can grab ours beers, our horses, dogs, sheep, cats and sheilas and piss off in the real one. Waddya reckon?..."
1) Okeh! Which of you anthropologist jokers just put that giant black monolith there?! It wasn't there before! It's no laughing matter! Stop it!...
2) ~Throw your bones in the air! Fling 'em around like you just don't care! Whoa! Yeah! Whoa! Yeah!...~
Shame! None of you spotted the obvious Christmas beat-up. We're sure to see the return of those 'Chipmunk'-like music album gimicks in time for the festive season! Who said the RIAA and Music Industry couldn't get back at you?! ;-)
Now we can all hide our calls behind those "555" numbers! Excellent!
How do you run against the solar wind? What are the appropriate forces to run your 'keel' against when you want to track across a solar system (say, to somewhere useful)?
Anyone got any pointers?
... and the conveyor belts would direct the penguins towards the rotating knives...
Wonder how many offers of penile enhancement before they grab virtual rope and look for a virtual tree. :-)
Also wonder how much Google will charge to filter out searches for the name "Jason Smathers".
-"Duck!"... "Rabbit"
What?!
If they did extend it to all users, I would recommend reading the Usage agreement VERY, very closely. GMail's business model would be 'molto sexy'to the Borg. The current CEO is a guy recorded on video okaying IP theft and plaigerism to developers.
[-Meme insertion test failed-]
Can we secure the voting location (apply physical security guidelines)? How about we make the rest of the planet a protectorate of the USA, just like Iraq? All we have to do is redefine the terms like 'staunch supporter' to "dictator" and 'object not found' to "WMD" and next thing you know, bang! Pax Americana! ;-)
Feel like being a real bitch after watching CNN & Fox this week. Prestidigitators know all about misdirection.
Someone want to help me finish the quote - "The price of e-freedom is eternal e-vigilance"
So, to sum up, the Missionary position is open to all comers?
Bom Bom, Bom Bom, Bom Bom... Row you Scurvy Dogs! ;-)
Wrong President for that won. ;-)
'If you're a bad guy and you want to frustrate law enforcement, use a Mac.' or was it an act of social engineering? ;-)
;-)
When we finally get AI working, I'm gonna combine it with my IDS and outsource the paranoia
Sorry, can someone please provide an appropriate meme package on whether there is any effective difference or simularity between Neural Feedback Training and various Meditation techniques. I would be interested to know the level of effect that meditation has on ADD/ADHD.
Just wondering after having gone through my own childhood getting various labels whether this ADD/ADHD has always been around and is just another label, or is it some effect of societal changes. Haven't paid attention until recently. Anybody got some informative links?
I've found that simple breathing exercises allow me to calm down mentally and enter the zone where I can focus on study. This often requires some creative visualisation as that seems most effective.
I query whether meditative discipline is something we lost when we began to disregard some traditional religious practices and rituals (not that I agree with many of them). These all [generalisation] have in common certain practices involving measured repetative acts such as utterances of texts that control breathing and/or the manipulation rosaries. I personally don't agree with bringing 'Your God / My God' into the educational system (unless for cultural studies) but would a neutral meditative regime be of benefit as PE used to be?
BTW - Speaking of Neural Feedback Training, does anybody know if those cool seventies Meditation lights (a la Exorcist2) still exist?
Not so sure there... Has Aussie Prime Minister John Howard been reminding President Bubba of Botany Bay? Guantanamo Bay is still within easy conversational reach. "Singing too-rall, li-oo-rall, li-ad-di-ty, Oh we are bound for Botany Bay Mk2..." ;-)
Now I had a quick look at the .us site and the first thing I thought was "Orac!".
;-)
Go on, put your hands up, you know who you are (fellow old farts)
Oh No! You mean /. is my Sugar Daddy? Sheeeet!
;-)
Anyone else get the visual of Cowboy Neal in a Pimp hat? Evil, ain't it
Where I work is heading down the ITIL road. Seems to me that now Management have sufficiently obfuscated what their roles are, they're now trying to invade our realm and hide our competencies. Given the ITIL model, we may become known as Configuration Management Specialists ;-)
Have a better one...
I think its more correct to state that the Windows interface has been continually redesigned for people by idiots. Now, each time MS comes out with a new version of the Windows gui it has some focus group conducted in outer Uzbekistan and comes back with all these groovy things with the mouse, but they tend to reduce our options with keyboard controls. Personally I think these focus group teams are just trying to justify their fees - good luck to them, pity about us.
:-)
;-)
I can use one hand for the mouse but I have been blessed with ten fingers and can configure them for quicker access to what I what.
To do this effectively I had to learn the controls. Like most people I didn't sit down in one session for that explicit purpose. I picked them up over time and found clear benefits to using them. Why did it happen like that?, because like the majority, my role is to get stuff done, not fart-arse about.
For me, its in my interest to learn these controls . I've watched the majority swim about in the same ineffective manner they used their programs last year and with the previous Windows gui's. Why is that? They either don't care or are afraid of screwing up. Usual human avoidance reasons. Bob in finance wants to finish his cost/benefit and go home. Jill in marketing has to produce a presentation and doesn't know the wizard is going to totally lead her off the garden path.
Can MS actually make the ui easier for these people without actually adding the "Hello Dave" element? Nobody can make it easier for people who are afraid of computers or don't invest their paid time into learning more. "Hang on, You're learning during paid hours? I thought you used computers at College/Uni/Fragfest?!" There is an unspoken expectation (and incorrect) that if you hire somebody for an office job today they will know how to use the bloody things. This expectation comes from managers who sometimes are just as blunt-sawed as the new employee.
I like my work environment efficient as possible. I'm also not an automaton, I like to personalise my environment with some theme that tittilates me.
If I don't like the name "Network Neigborhood" I can't easily change the name property of it. I've got the hunt around in the registry (grrr!) for the name property. MS have implemented inconsistencies.
One other thing about the mswingui that shits me is that every goddamned process running in the background that produces a dialog or window thinks its important enough to interupt my typing and grab the focus. For f*&@s sake! I love the xwindows managers for not performing this behaviour. If there is a registry key (don't start me) that modifies this behaviour please forward it to me
These are all good reasons why every once in a while I will retire to the command line for hours... and then I'll return again to the gui.
That's my therapy for the week
Is everybody aware of the works and philosophy of Ayn Rand. More importantly is everybody aware of the psychology and philosophy of people who quote or bring-in Ayn Rand. It has spoken volumes.