dude, get some perspective. I've put in my share of hours deleting spam, but come on - comparing that to rape?
We're in our cushy air conditioned offices working on computers and suddenly exacting retribution on a spammer is "brutish"? It's like a playful slap on the wrist, which will perhaps make them a little wiser.
yeah - I tell them to please hold. I then put them on hold and check back every so often to see how long it takes for the light to turn off. Some telemarketers will wait for several minutes.
It's a nice way of wasting a minimum of my time and a maximum of theirs.
there is now a 5.1 version of the soundblaster live, which is decent. However, there are some problems that keep me from buying it:
* It is expensive (>$150 if you want the livedrive with the spdif (digital) outs)
* I don't want a card that has anything to do with analog, so it seems like a waste to pay for it
* The card resamples all sound to a standard (I think) 16 bit, 44Khz, and then back to whatever the output signal is. This muddies the sound.
Still, I'd get it since it seems to be the choice right now if it weren't so damn expensive.
well, I know people bash sony, along with the other brands, but I am a poor college student and I happened to get a deal on this particular sony. It's actually the same as their ES line, but with less wattage (100 per channel, instead of the 120 or so for ES). Since my set of Klipsch quintet surrounds was also 100 per channel, it seemed like a good match.
A decent setup in all, until you realize that these are my PC SPEAKERS - and then it simply kicks ass. This is why I don't want a crappy soundcard to be the weak link in the chain.
I was thinking of something somewhat related not long ago.
I recently splurged on a nice receiver and surround sound speaker set. It's got all I need when it comes to clean sound processing. The receiver itself is a Sony STR-DB840, which has a 24 bit sound processor for dolby digital/dts, another separate 32 bit processor for sony's format used with some of their other products. These DSPs do a great job, and don't resample sound when not necessary. They've also got some different built in effects modes to give the listener different choices of soundfields. It also has an analog direct mode where no sampling/conversion is done - good for records and some high-end sources.
So anyway, I've got a nice receiver and it happens to be right next to my computer. I would simply like to hook the optical jacks on the back of the receiver to a bare-bones sound card, so that all stuff analog is done by the receiver, not my pc.
Is there a digital-only sound card out there with optical jacks that supports 5.1 surround?
naturally, but ya gotta admit it's funny that a self-described "geek girl" remarks about who makes better "botfriends". get it? bot? yeah, well, it's not quite as funny when you have to spell it out.
sheesh, what'd you think I was getting at? I make typos all the time.
didn't mean it that way. I know an interest/expertise in guns does not translate to a violent nature or unlikeable person or anything like that. I was talking more specifically about ESR. That whole "geeks with guns" slogan, and they way he brings it up often about how guns are essential to our freedoms.
And the time he made a vague threat directed at bruce perens.
I understand where you're coming from on the violence thing, but I think the H-bomb thing is a poor example. That story does not appeal to someone with deep urges to kill so much as those anti-government sentiments that crop up here so much. Most slashdotters are convinced the government wants to fuck them over, taking away their rights and lacking regard for saftey (or too much regard for safety, take your pick).
Note - I work in the defense industry so obviously I don't feel strongly enough about that. But many do.
Now if ESR had editorial control of slashdot, THEN you'd see some more violent stuff. He's quite into guns...
But most geeks, I think, are quite nonviolent - both 'inside' and 'out'. But that's just my opinion; I could be wrong.
No matter what your politics are, ya gotta admit that's a pretty cool Hack. They carried it pretty far. I wonder what the guy was thinking when he gave the speech? That must have been fun:-)
Yeah, the "spaceship earth" ride is inside it. And to think I've wound around through the inside of the thing. Who knows what those "animatronics" are actually up to...
Yeah, we're right next to there. That picture is basically the view from my building. I know some people that were relocated to the tunnels right underneath those domes once their clearances went through.
I work at TRW in colorado, and we've got a bunch of them. I still don't admittedly know much about them and if I did odds are I wouldn't be allowed to tell anybody. Here's a picture of them, and an article besides.
Well, obviously that would be the rational way to approach it, but not the only way. The damages they seek are punitive. When I hear that word I hear "puny" but what it of course actually means is "punishment".
In other words, their message to the court is "we're mad, and Microsoft has to be hit where it hurts. They're big and rich so we'd like, uh, 5 billion..."
Translation: "We are shameless and greedy, so why not sue the biggest company around for lots and lots of cash"
you know, jokes are less funny when you have to explain them, but apparently the guy who tagged me as a troll hasn't seen the South Park movie, or heard its academy award nominated song.
beauty of the constitution - how true. When I remember provisions declaring that a slave shall count as 3/5 of a person when figuring taxes and representation, the enormity of our great forefathers' accomplishment brings tears to my eyes. Truely, it was a devinely inspired piece of work;-)
I got a GeForce 2 GTS for a visualization project at work. Boy, what a miserable experience.
The last driver released by NVidia was on 9/5, so I'm hoping they come out with another one, maybe for the 2.4 kernel (the current one only works with 2.2).
You have to build a kernel module that works with the agpgart module (which is mature in 2.4, but only experimental in 2.2 btw). Then you update XF86Config to use their GLX driver. I had some problems compiling the kernel module because of problems in the kernel headers supplied with Redhat 7 - the SMP #defines were screwed up.
But eventually I did get it all set up and working - with some GL programs. But many GL programs - including several of the Xscreensavers and GLUT demos - make my computer crash instantly with no warning. It just *POP* resets. I've traced through several GLUT demos with a debugger and I still can't find the exact thing that does it but I think it has to do with display lists. I've tried setting it up on SMP and non-SMP configurations, but to no avail.
The bottom line: The NVidia drivers crash my computer HARD every time I try to do anything meaningful with OpenGL.
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but perhaps that _is_ a solution. If this makes a spammer decide to find another line of work, the world is suddenly just a little more beautiful.
dude, get some perspective. I've put in my share of hours deleting spam, but come on - comparing that to rape?
We're in our cushy air conditioned offices working on computers and suddenly exacting retribution on a spammer is "brutish"? It's like a playful slap on the wrist, which will perhaps make them a little wiser.
yeah - I tell them to please hold. I then put them on hold and check back every so often to see how long it takes for the light to turn off. Some telemarketers will wait for several minutes.
It's a nice way of wasting a minimum of my time and a maximum of theirs.
Ender's Game didn't justify Genocide. Ender, the hero, was the guy who 'spoke for the dead' at the end of the book.
And, so what if Ender's life parallels Hitler's? So what if the reader sympathizes with him? That just makes it all the more interesting.
there is now a 5.1 version of the soundblaster live, which is decent. However, there are some problems that keep me from buying it:
* It is expensive (>$150 if you want the livedrive with the spdif (digital) outs)
* I don't want a card that has anything to do with analog, so it seems like a waste to pay for it
* The card resamples all sound to a standard (I think) 16 bit, 44Khz, and then back to whatever the output signal is. This muddies the sound.
Still, I'd get it since it seems to be the choice right now if it weren't so damn expensive.
well, I know people bash sony, along with the other brands, but I am a poor college student and I happened to get a deal on this particular sony. It's actually the same as their ES line, but with less wattage (100 per channel, instead of the 120 or so for ES). Since my set of Klipsch quintet surrounds was also 100 per channel, it seemed like a good match.
A decent setup in all, until you realize that these are my PC SPEAKERS - and then it simply kicks ass. This is why I don't want a crappy soundcard to be the weak link in the chain.
I was thinking of something somewhat related not long ago.
I recently splurged on a nice receiver and surround sound speaker set. It's got all I need when it comes to clean sound processing. The receiver itself is a Sony STR-DB840, which has a 24 bit sound processor for dolby digital/dts, another separate 32 bit processor for sony's format used with some of their other products. These DSPs do a great job, and don't resample sound when not necessary. They've also got some different built in effects modes to give the listener different choices of soundfields. It also has an analog direct mode where no sampling/conversion is done - good for records and some high-end sources.
So anyway, I've got a nice receiver and it happens to be right next to my computer. I would simply like to hook the optical jacks on the back of the receiver to a bare-bones sound card, so that all stuff analog is done by the receiver, not my pc.
Is there a digital-only sound card out there with optical jacks that supports 5.1 surround?
naturally, but ya gotta admit it's funny that a self-described "geek girl" remarks about who makes better "botfriends". get it? bot? yeah, well, it's not quite as funny when you have to spell it out.
sheesh, what'd you think I was getting at? I make typos all the time.
didn't mean it that way. I know an interest/expertise in guns does not translate to a violent nature or unlikeable person or anything like that. I was talking more specifically about ESR. That whole "geeks with guns" slogan, and they way he brings it up often about how guns are essential to our freedoms.
And the time he made a vague threat directed at bruce perens.
ummm...
ok, first of all, I assume you mean "boyfriends".
I understand where you're coming from on the violence thing, but I think the H-bomb thing is a poor example. That story does not appeal to someone with deep urges to kill so much as those anti-government sentiments that crop up here so much. Most slashdotters are convinced the government wants to fuck them over, taking away their rights and lacking regard for saftey (or too much regard for safety, take your pick).
Note - I work in the defense industry so obviously I don't feel strongly enough about that. But many do.
Now if ESR had editorial control of slashdot, THEN you'd see some more violent stuff. He's quite into guns...
But most geeks, I think, are quite nonviolent - both 'inside' and 'out'. But that's just my opinion; I could be wrong.
No matter what your politics are, ya gotta admit that's a pretty cool Hack. They carried it pretty far. I wonder what the guy was thinking when he gave the speech? That must have been fun :-)
nitpick:
The FBI is a law enforcement agency
/nitpick
Yeah, the "spaceship earth" ride is inside it. And to think I've wound around through the inside of the thing. Who knows what those "animatronics" are actually up to...
Yeah, we're right next to there. That picture is basically the view from my building. I know some people that were relocated to the tunnels right underneath those domes once their clearances went through.
I work at TRW in colorado, and we've got a bunch of them. I still don't admittedly know much about them and if I did odds are I wouldn't be allowed to tell anybody. Here's a picture of them, and an article besides.
I work at a DOD contractor (TRW), I have a security clearance for my work, and a veteran engineer I work closely with is named Don Powell...
Well, obviously that would be the rational way to approach it, but not the only way. The damages they seek are punitive. When I hear that word I hear "puny" but what it of course actually means is "punishment".
In other words, their message to the court is "we're mad, and Microsoft has to be hit where it hurts. They're big and rich so we'd like, uh, 5 billion..."
Translation: "We are shameless and greedy, so why not sue the biggest company around for lots and lots of cash"
Sorry, M$ may be evil but come on.
I remember one time Jesse Jackson headed to silicon valley to complain about a shortage of blacks being hired.
The resounding response: "Bring 'em in! We are facing a shortage of computer experts and we will hire anybody who is competent!"
you know, jokes are less funny when you have to explain them, but apparently the guy who tagged me as a troll hasn't seen the South Park movie, or heard its academy award nominated song.
beauty of the constitution - how true. When I remember provisions declaring that a slave shall count as 3/5 of a person when figuring taxes and representation, the enormity of our great forefathers' accomplishment brings tears to my eyes. Truely, it was a devinely inspired piece of work ;-)
nah, we're content to just blame our social ills on you. You're not even a real country anyway...
we seem to have several rogue moderators marking everything as 'funny'. Damn.
When short on time, I look for funny ones, but this crop seems rather dry...
I love BeOS, but I have to point out that this is true if the cards are supported in the first place, which is a big if.
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I got a GeForce 2 GTS for a visualization project at work. Boy, what a miserable experience.
The last driver released by NVidia was on 9/5, so I'm hoping they come out with another one, maybe for the 2.4 kernel (the current one only works with 2.2).
You have to build a kernel module that works with the agpgart module (which is mature in 2.4, but only experimental in 2.2 btw). Then you update XF86Config to use their GLX driver. I had some problems compiling the kernel module because of problems in the kernel headers supplied with Redhat 7 - the SMP #defines were screwed up.
But eventually I did get it all set up and working - with some GL programs. But many GL programs - including several of the Xscreensavers and GLUT demos - make my computer crash instantly with no warning. It just *POP* resets. I've traced through several GLUT demos with a debugger and I still can't find the exact thing that does it but I think it has to do with display lists. I've tried setting it up on SMP and non-SMP configurations, but to no avail.
The bottom line: The NVidia drivers crash my computer HARD every time I try to do anything meaningful with OpenGL.
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yeah, that's the one.
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