My wife found it somewhere. Evidently it was just recently released. Although Totoro was Fox in the US, wasn't it? I also don't think there is an option to watch it in the original Japanese, which was a little disappointing. Thankfully, the voice-acting for Totoro was pretty good.
As for Kiki, I prefer the Japanese. I'm not a big fan of movie or television stars performing the voices for animated characters. Unless the actor is able to actually enhance a character with their voice, I don't usually like it. Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob is an example of an actor enhancing an animated character.
Thank you for doing the legwork for me. You did us a kind service. I probably wouldn't have gone through the trouble to write to them if you hadn't made it a one-click event for me.
They all have mail now. I made it clear how it hurt me as a shareholder. I also mentioned that I was pretty sure any competitor would gladly honor their sales prices this season.
Not only does it seem like a poor demonstration, but I find it a little disturbing so many people seem to think it's a good idea. Let's step back and not use Bruce's name or refence the DMCA law he was planning to violate. Let's just say so-and-so was planning to break the law in public. Is that really a good thing? Is that really something you want to cheer for? It certainly seems like misdirected frustration.
He says that as long as the staples are further apart than the amplitude of the microwaves (I think), then there is no fire risk. He definitely recommends doing the stapling before it goes in the microwave.
Enough rambling. Will you marry me?
GBA Internal Light Ready?
This certainly puts everything in perspective, doesn't it? Congratulations, though (assuming she has posted a positive reply). Good for you, Taco, and best wishes to you both.
Well, in honor of Hemos's nuptuals, I just wanted to send a big congratulations. My question is who will be wearing Hemos's pants in the family? And will he be hyphenating his screen name or is she taking his nick? Shouldn't this be a Geeks in Space exclusive? We want the webcast. Congrats, d00d! You are 31337!
Rare was going to put this same feature in Perfect Dark (an unbelievably fine console game for the N64). You were going to be able to take a picture of your face with the Game Boy Camera (how's that for vertical marketing) and drop your pic onto the characters maps. In, what I believe to be a, wise decision, Rare pulled the feature at the last minute. Something about kids taking pictures of classmates and pasting them onto the enemies they were about to exterminate didn't seem like the best publicity.
I would agree with the person that said this technology could be better used in the communications industry. I don't see how hunting and gunning down a photorealistic model of someone can be A Good Thing.
First of all, thanks for the review. I actually picked the last book I read based on the book reviews here and I was really pleased. Thanks for the service.
I just wanted to say that I'm actually a fan of branding. It allows us critique and praise products and services by name. It allows us to evaluate and share our evaluations with others very easily. If I walk around wearing a Pop Tarts shirt, I can make a statement about my satisfaction with Pop Tarts, and, indirectly, Kellogs. Here's the catch, though. Kellogs will happily make Pop Tarts shirts for me to buy and wear to help promote the product. But who is going to make the other shirt? Who is going to sell the "Pop Tarts Suck" shirt for those dissatisfied with the product? Kellogs won't. Random T-shirt manufacturers won't because the market is significantly smaller than the "Yankees Suck" crowd. Maybe Quaker will make them for us while pushing their breakfast bars?
Currently, brands have a tendency to perpetuate themselves a little too easily. Obviously Abercrombie & Fitch couldn't have gotten every teen in America to wear a billboard without having made something decent in the first place. But now that they have hit a certain saturation point, the brand will keep itself alive. Everyone wears A&F so I must wear A&F to be more like everyone. Again this is because A&F makes it extremely convenient to say "I like A&F" while there is no easy way to say "I don't give a poop about A&F" or "I abhor A&F".
Maybe technology will find a way for us to easily add logos and crossed out logos to our clothing. Then we will be able to really see the power of the brand to increase ownership and responsibilty of a product. Wear your brands with pride, but try and make your criticism public as well.
I've always noticed, as I've wandered down the console aisles of my local gaming establishments, a fairly good amount of products aimed at taking your N64/PSX/DC on the road. I've seen carrying cases for the consoles, extra carrying cases for the games, even controller carriers that look like Batman's utility belt, and now, this mini playstation. My question is what is this market?
A market obviously exists, hence the products. Or is this a case of products trying to create a market? I've just never seen it in action. Is it the lucky kids on the block who tote their hardware around to the homes of those less fortunate? Is it a strictly sleepover audience? Or is it weary little Rex Jr. stuck travelling the world with his parents armed against boredom with only his Dreamcast, a tote bag, and a shoebox full of voltage adapters?
The circles I run in are mostly convenience console players. Nobody is going to go to the trouble of fiddling around behind their entertainment center/cardboard box to unhook the thing, packing, and then slinging their machines over their shoulder for a night out. But if we settle in somewhere and somebody spies a Dual Shock dangling out of a pizza box, we'll play a few rounds of Bust-a-Groove or what-have-you.
Since children and their games have changed a wee bit since I used to go to my friend Mike's house and hint relentlessly about how cool his Intellivision was and how much fun it was, hoping to score a few more minutes with Nightstalker, I was hoping a parent out there might shed some light onto the kids of today and whether or not they pack console before they hit the streets.
I'm the guy that e-mailed CmdrTaco the penguin/calvin spoof. In fact, I drew it right after I read that article on The Onion. Evidently Rob thought my e-mail was my attempt at a serious political statement and not just the doodle it really is. It's okay...he didn't hurt my feelings that bad. I still love Geeks in Space. More jokes about Hemos's pants!
I saw Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) mentioned a few times, but My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service are also at the top of my list. Personally I can't stand the dubbed Kiki's. The dubbed Totoro isn't bad. But sub or dub, just watch them. Yeah, I know there isn't any gigantic battling robots and no naughty tentacles, but maybe that's what makes them so great.
Peace. Sway
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I'm not so sure that all of the other sections' news articles make it to the front page. I remember being surprised on a few occasions when I've slipped into the Ask Slashdot section and have seen some of the topics that I missed.
You might be right about the Slashdot effect since every hit would probably match up to a stream or big download. But from the number of comments I usually see about the shows, it's not the hugest of audiences.
Wow. I couldn't believe how many stories the gang actually touched on this week. Personally, I prefer a lot more burping and references to Hemos's pants and fart jokes. And please abuse your power a little more. If you wanna' plug a distro or a specific brand of cotton briefs, go ahead. It's our fault for listening.
Also, was anyone able to translate the URL that CowboyNeal mentioned for the pictures? I couldn't quite decipher the subdomain. It's something.blockstackers.com/pics/navi so if anyone has better ears, could you post it?
I e-mail Kurt but I worry that he's filtered my e-mail addy into the dumper. I'm careful not to use the words Geeks, Space, or rash, but I'd hate to see my hard work simply being whisked away into the e-mail ether. Since I don't really spam him I don't want to stoop to spoofing e-mail addys or sending from multiple addresses.
I'm trading 31337 G.I.S. eps on Napster. So far all I've been able to get in return is Offspring.
Actually, the only reason I post here is because the traffic is so small that I can probably get first post.
Obviously theory is one thing, practice is another, and practical application is yet another. Personally, superfast microwaves don't seem like they would be all that special. Everything that I remember about faster-than-light travel would seem to indicate that if I heated up a bowl of Spaghettios in when I was a kid, by the time it was warm, I'd be 80 years old.
Hmmmm. maybe I should have chosen a major besides art.
As far as I can tell, GIS has already reached Meta Conspiracy status. Since they have discussed the hidden agenda behind the hidden agenda that was flagged by Mr. A. Coward last week, it can no longer remain a hidden agenda. The agenda, as it were, appears to be focused around Hemos's pants (inside or out), a disturbing collection of consumer products (the products themselves aren't disturbing, but the combination, a la Gold Bond/Cambells Soup, is), and anime (which I broke my addiction for because it was too expensive a hobby).
All this points to an edible slurry one would use inside one's pants to aid in the battle against giant dojo-crushing robots and/or viagra-tentacled hellspawn. A fine world this would be if the bespectacled visage of Hemos could be seen on billboards hawking Goldbells Medicated Crotch Slurry. But without the slippery demon appendages, we will have nothing but icky toads and world hunger to frighten the skirted and bussomy schoolgirls.
I, for one, will continue to listen to Geeks in Space no matter how long and boring the hemospants/product placement/anime discussions get. I will continue to do my Kurt homework. I would suggest, however, that you stop approaching it as a weekly news and information show and perhaps pitch it like a barker selling tickets to the freak show it so often becomes.
I've read a lot of ASP tutorials and resources and I have yet to see 'the right way'. Maybe 'the right way' doesn't exist.
Some people initiate/open/close/trash database connections on every page. Other examples show creating a db connection at the session level and just leaving them open as recordsets are pulled throughout the session. Obviously cuts down on the connections, but also abandons connections to just timeout. Still other examples open one connection at the application level. This would seem to me to seriously hinder the db performance though.
I've personally been frustrated with the song and dance I have to go through every time I want to pull some db info in ASP. Maybe it's because I came from ColdFusion. Maybe I'm a lazy bastard. But I'd rather have an efficient program and do some extra typing/cut-and-pasting so I'd like to hear what some more experience ASP developers do. Peace. Sway Peace. Sway
Let me just preface this by saying, yes, I have listened to all 20 episodes. I have even watched the interviews and the Beanie awards. I can speak with some authority on the GIS segment.
I like/. radio. I think it is very cool to hear the voices behind the names. I also like the way CowboyNeal pronounces his name correctly and everyone else just calls him Podder. Unfortunately, hearing you re-discuss topics that have already had their souls eaten by relentless over-discussion is kinda' like watching reruns of Cop Rock (painful because it was not that much fun the first time around).
My suggestion: Pick a more general topic and discuss amongst yourselves. It's a tried and true format. Some topics: How does one open source and still make a living? Is a new President likely to affect our precious Internet in any way? Are geeks confident or just cocky? Should Karma be auctioned on eBay? There are tons of topics that haven't been discussed-to-death yet.
I think this format change would have an indirect affect on the quality of the discussions as well. Right now, it appears that even you are bored with the topics. You have a tendency to talk about anything else that might pop up during the show. Don't get me wrong, I like a good fart joke as much as the next guy. I just believe in the "everything in moderation (except Tribes)" way of life.
Please keep up the Geeks In Space segment. Please officially make it a weekly event. Please talk about something new and exciting. Please e-mail Kurt. Please keep making me laugh at work. Peace. Sway
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I heard this story on NPR's Morning Edition (here's the story in RealAudio) today and they were interviewing someone on details of the finding. Evidently the people who were in charge of the study found the 4,000 participants through the usual channels of random phone calls and such....BUT, because the firm prefers to do their studies electronically, they make sure that every one of their participants was hooked up online by setting up all non-users. I wonder if any of the 36% that said they were online over 5 hours a week were spending time filling out the survey for this study?
The study also showed that online time took away mostly from TV time, next came newspaper time, and then came time spent on the phone with friends or time spent with family. I would say that much of what I've found online is more interesting and perhaps better for me that what I could watch on TV. I get my news online so there's a good reason why I would spend less time with the newspaper. And I send out far more e-mails with arguably better content than phone calls. I think the Internet is what's kept me in touch with many friends. If you spend time online that you should be spending with your family...that's your decision. It probably points to something deeper than being fascinated with Ask Jeeves.
Also, one of the most significant findings of this study was that the longer a person owned a computer, the more likely they were to use it. Duh! Although I guess that would be somewhat of an anomoly since I barely even touch my George Foreman grill anymore.
I think I'm just going to have to call this "Just another study" and move on with my life. After all, every precious second I'm spending typing this I could be out galavanting with friends (who would all be at work anyways).
I always have mixed feelings when a NASA project goes awry. Sure the project cost millions of dollars and all it did was teach us that Polar Landers don't bounce well. All I know is I couldn't even begin to pretend to dream about sending something to another planet. First of all, I have the worst sense of direction. I'd get lost in a tunnel. Some of you may work on systems just as complex, but to me, every NASA stunt that DOES work is magical. I couldn't get enough of the Mars Pathfinder, and I'm not even into astronomy or planet science or whatever that field would be.
I just think that we should simply encourage new technologies rather than laugh everytime another space robot goes boom. I once saw a show or something about scientists developing these little sensors that were so small and light that, when the machine that got them to a planet ejected them, they would kinda just fall to the ground and scatter like a spilled bag of Cheetos. It would be these Cheeto-bots that would take all the readings and data. It sounded like a cool idea to me at the time. I should think that if UMass students are doing graphic design on blood cells, we could build a Cheeto size robot.
Of course this is all coming from an Art major. So feel free to ridicule me with Scientific jargon.
This is an education problem of *huge* proportion, and just like the filtering question, there isn't much motivation for ISPs to hand-hold their growing customer base, and their marketing department -- just take a look at their ads -- tells you how fast they are, but doesn't say a word about the new risks you will face (some will mail you a warning a few months later, which may be a bit too late.)
I'm an Average Joe. Actually, that's a lie. I know significantly more about computers than 50% of those who saw a commercial or a kiosk at a mall and signed up for a cable modem. In any case, I'm still an Average Joe when it comes to securing my computer. I would have to say that ISPs, especially broadband, need to start taking some responsibility for educating their customers. If a third party uses my computer's resources to attack someone who returns the favor with a lawsuit, you better believe that I'm not going down without involving my ISP. It would be in their best interest to hook me up with a little "Did you know..." pamphlet at the very least. All it took for me to get online was some guy to plug a modem into my wall and drop some IPs into my settings. Shouldn't these things come with a warning sticker like cigarettes or something?
Am I blaming someone else for my own igorance? You tell me. I'm not too worried about a DDoS on my home PC. I'm upset about the tabloid journalism surrounding these events. But, beneath it all, the media is indirectly raising an important issue about making assumptions on your network security.
I think that saying people work an average of X hours is a little vague. If we all punched in every morning, punched out at night, took an hour for lunch, and went home and didn't think about work until we punched in again, this kind of statistic would be valid. In reality, nearly everyone's definition of "work" is different.
Many of you claim to work 60+ hours a week (which I believe). I'm guessing that a large percentage of that group really enjoy what they do and would probably do the same activity as a leisure activity if you weren't getting paid for it. Is that "work" the same as the "work" that the college kid is doing by cleaning septic tanks between classes for tuition and beer money? Sure if s/he would be doing the same as a leisure activity.
Also, does the time you waste during the day waiting for your Windows machine to reboot because you installed some new software which didn't actually install because it blue-screened while writing to the registry and will now and forever boink on startup and prevent you from re-installing because it says you need to uninstall first which you can't because it never installed the uninstaller files count as work (a little bitter after boinking on startup this morning)?
Also, I worked at Pizza Hut at night and for the university during the day while I was in school. (I kinda regret forgetting to get an education.) I didn't have much outside reading to do to keep my Pizza Hut skills up-to-date. Actually Pizza Hut HQ would just send us a new spec sheet on how to make every new pizza they introduced. On the other hand, the tech-ish job at the Uni had me reading all the doorstop material just to feel remotely confident that I knew what I was doing. Did that count as "work" or simply self-improvement?
Does the time I spend at work posting to slashdot count as work?
Obviously the number seems low to us in the tech field. It's the nature of the beast. We should have known that before we took the job (that's what that interview buzzword "flexible schedule" means for those of you looking for a job). We don't have much right to complain. We just need to work smarter not harder! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
So, all I'm saying is that I don't think work hours are really that quantifiable. However, the average person is 62% pretty.
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And according to this article, the Designated Hitter is also celebrating it's 30th birthday. Even then it was the geeks vs. the jocks!
Here is the link.
My wife found it somewhere. Evidently it was just recently released. Although Totoro was Fox in the US, wasn't it? I also don't think there is an option to watch it in the original Japanese, which was a little disappointing. Thankfully, the voice-acting for Totoro was pretty good.
As for Kiki, I prefer the Japanese. I'm not a big fan of movie or television stars performing the voices for animated characters. Unless the actor is able to actually enhance a character with their voice, I don't usually like it. Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob is an example of an actor enhancing an animated character.
Thank you for doing the legwork for me. You did us a kind service. I probably wouldn't have gone through the trouble to write to them if you hadn't made it a one-click event for me.
They all have mail now. I made it clear how it hurt me as a shareholder. I also mentioned that I was pretty sure any competitor would gladly honor their sales prices this season.
Thanks again!
Sway
I can't say I remember the last time Avon got Slashdotted.
Not only does it seem like a poor demonstration, but I find it a little disturbing so many people seem to think it's a good idea. Let's step back and not use Bruce's name or refence the DMCA law he was planning to violate. Let's just say so-and-so was planning to break the law in public. Is that really a good thing? Is that really something you want to cheer for? It certainly seems like misdirected frustration.
:)
*shrug* maybe it's just me
He says that as long as the staples are further apart than the amplitude of the microwaves (I think), then there is no fire risk. He definitely recommends doing the stapling before it goes in the microwave.
Peace. Sway
Well, in honor of Hemos's nuptuals, I just wanted to send a big congratulations. My question is who will be wearing Hemos's pants in the family? And will he be hyphenating his screen name or is she taking his nick? Shouldn't this be a Geeks in Space exclusive? We want the webcast. Congrats, d00d! You are 31337!
Peace. Sway
Rare was going to put this same feature in Perfect Dark (an unbelievably fine console game for the N64). You were going to be able to take a picture of your face with the Game Boy Camera (how's that for vertical marketing) and drop your pic onto the characters maps. In, what I believe to be a, wise decision, Rare pulled the feature at the last minute. Something about kids taking pictures of classmates and pasting them onto the enemies they were about to exterminate didn't seem like the best publicity.
I would agree with the person that said this technology could be better used in the communications industry. I don't see how hunting and gunning down a photorealistic model of someone can be A Good Thing.
Peace. Sway
First of all, thanks for the review. I actually picked the last book I read based on the book reviews here and I was really pleased. Thanks for the service.
I just wanted to say that I'm actually a fan of branding. It allows us critique and praise products and services by name. It allows us to evaluate and share our evaluations with others very easily. If I walk around wearing a Pop Tarts shirt, I can make a statement about my satisfaction with Pop Tarts, and, indirectly, Kellogs. Here's the catch, though. Kellogs will happily make Pop Tarts shirts for me to buy and wear to help promote the product. But who is going to make the other shirt? Who is going to sell the "Pop Tarts Suck" shirt for those dissatisfied with the product? Kellogs won't. Random T-shirt manufacturers won't because the market is significantly smaller than the "Yankees Suck" crowd. Maybe Quaker will make them for us while pushing their breakfast bars?
Currently, brands have a tendency to perpetuate themselves a little too easily. Obviously Abercrombie & Fitch couldn't have gotten every teen in America to wear a billboard without having made something decent in the first place. But now that they have hit a certain saturation point, the brand will keep itself alive. Everyone wears A&F so I must wear A&F to be more like everyone. Again this is because A&F makes it extremely convenient to say "I like A&F" while there is no easy way to say "I don't give a poop about A&F" or "I abhor A&F".
Maybe technology will find a way for us to easily add logos and crossed out logos to our clothing. Then we will be able to really see the power of the brand to increase ownership and responsibilty of a product. Wear your brands with pride, but try and make your criticism public as well.
Peace. Sway
I've always noticed, as I've wandered down the console aisles of my local gaming establishments, a fairly good amount of products aimed at taking your N64/PSX/DC on the road. I've seen carrying cases for the consoles, extra carrying cases for the games, even controller carriers that look like Batman's utility belt, and now, this mini playstation. My question is what is this market?
A market obviously exists, hence the products. Or is this a case of products trying to create a market? I've just never seen it in action. Is it the lucky kids on the block who tote their hardware around to the homes of those less fortunate? Is it a strictly sleepover audience? Or is it weary little Rex Jr. stuck travelling the world with his parents armed against boredom with only his Dreamcast, a tote bag, and a shoebox full of voltage adapters?
The circles I run in are mostly convenience console players. Nobody is going to go to the trouble of fiddling around behind their entertainment center/cardboard box to unhook the thing, packing, and then slinging their machines over their shoulder for a night out. But if we settle in somewhere and somebody spies a Dual Shock dangling out of a pizza box, we'll play a few rounds of Bust-a-Groove or what-have-you.
Since children and their games have changed a wee bit since I used to go to my friend Mike's house and hint relentlessly about how cool his Intellivision was and how much fun it was, hoping to score a few more minutes with Nightstalker, I was hoping a parent out there might shed some light onto the kids of today and whether or not they pack console before they hit the streets.
Peace. Sway
I'm the guy that e-mailed CmdrTaco the penguin/calvin spoof. In fact, I drew it right after I read that article on The Onion. Evidently Rob thought my e-mail was my attempt at a serious political statement and not just the doodle it really is. It's okay...he didn't hurt my feelings that bad. I still love Geeks in Space. More jokes about Hemos's pants!
Peace. Sway
I saw Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) mentioned a few times, but My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service are also at the top of my list. Personally I can't stand the dubbed Kiki's. The dubbed Totoro isn't bad. But sub or dub, just watch them. Yeah, I know there isn't any gigantic battling robots and no naughty tentacles, but maybe that's what makes them so great.
Peace. Sway
I'm not so sure that all of the other sections' news articles make it to the front page. I remember being surprised on a few occasions when I've slipped into the Ask Slashdot section and have seen some of the topics that I missed.
You might be right about the Slashdot effect since every hit would probably match up to a stream or big download. But from the number of comments I usually see about the shows, it's not the hugest of audiences.
Peace. Sway
Wow. I couldn't believe how many stories the gang actually touched on this week. Personally, I prefer a lot more burping and references to Hemos's pants and fart jokes. And please abuse your power a little more. If you wanna' plug a distro or a specific brand of cotton briefs, go ahead. It's our fault for listening.
Also, was anyone able to translate the URL that CowboyNeal mentioned for the pictures? I couldn't quite decipher the subdomain. It's something.blockstackers.com/pics/navi so if anyone has better ears, could you post it?
I e-mail Kurt but I worry that he's filtered my e-mail addy into the dumper. I'm careful not to use the words Geeks, Space, or rash, but I'd hate to see my hard work simply being whisked away into the e-mail ether. Since I don't really spam him I don't want to stoop to spoofing e-mail addys or sending from multiple addresses.
I'm trading 31337 G.I.S. eps on Napster. So far all I've been able to get in return is Offspring.
Actually, the only reason I post here is because the traffic is so small that I can probably get first post.
Peace. Sway
Obviously theory is one thing, practice is another, and practical application is yet another. Personally, superfast microwaves don't seem like they would be all that special. Everything that I remember about faster-than-light travel would seem to indicate that if I heated up a bowl of Spaghettios in when I was a kid, by the time it was warm, I'd be 80 years old.
Hmmmm. maybe I should have chosen a major besides art.
Peace. Sway
As far as I can tell, GIS has already reached Meta Conspiracy status. Since they have discussed the hidden agenda behind the hidden agenda that was flagged by Mr. A. Coward last week, it can no longer remain a hidden agenda. The agenda, as it were, appears to be focused around Hemos's pants (inside or out), a disturbing collection of consumer products (the products themselves aren't disturbing, but the combination, a la Gold Bond/Cambells Soup, is), and anime (which I broke my addiction for because it was too expensive a hobby).
All this points to an edible slurry one would use inside one's pants to aid in the battle against giant dojo-crushing robots and/or viagra-tentacled hellspawn. A fine world this would be if the bespectacled visage of Hemos could be seen on billboards hawking Goldbells Medicated Crotch Slurry. But without the slippery demon appendages, we will have nothing but icky toads and world hunger to frighten the skirted and bussomy schoolgirls.
I, for one, will continue to listen to Geeks in Space no matter how long and boring the hemospants/product placement/anime discussions get. I will continue to do my Kurt homework. I would suggest, however, that you stop approaching it as a weekly news and information show and perhaps pitch it like a barker selling tickets to the freak show it so often becomes.
Peace. Sway
I've read a lot of ASP tutorials and resources and I have yet to see 'the right way'. Maybe 'the right way' doesn't exist.
Some people initiate/open/close/trash database connections on every page. Other examples show creating a db connection at the session level and just leaving them open as recordsets are pulled throughout the session. Obviously cuts down on the connections, but also abandons connections to just timeout. Still other examples open one connection at the application level. This would seem to me to seriously hinder the db performance though.
I've personally been frustrated with the song and dance I have to go through every time I want to pull some db info in ASP. Maybe it's because I came from ColdFusion. Maybe I'm a lazy bastard. But I'd rather have an efficient program and do some extra typing/cut-and-pasting so I'd like to hear what some more experience ASP developers do. Peace. Sway
Peace. Sway
I like /. radio. I think it is very cool to hear the voices behind the names. I also like the way CowboyNeal pronounces his name correctly and everyone else just calls him Podder. Unfortunately, hearing you re-discuss topics that have already had their souls eaten by relentless over-discussion is kinda' like watching reruns of Cop Rock (painful because it was not that much fun the first time around).
My suggestion: Pick a more general topic and discuss amongst yourselves. It's a tried and true format. Some topics: How does one open source and still make a living? Is a new President likely to affect our precious Internet in any way? Are geeks confident or just cocky? Should Karma be auctioned on eBay? There are tons of topics that haven't been discussed-to-death yet.
I think this format change would have an indirect affect on the quality of the discussions as well. Right now, it appears that even you are bored with the topics. You have a tendency to talk about anything else that might pop up during the show. Don't get me wrong, I like a good fart joke as much as the next guy. I just believe in the "everything in moderation (except Tribes)" way of life.
Please keep up the Geeks In Space segment. Please officially make it a weekly event. Please talk about something new and exciting. Please e-mail Kurt. Please keep making me laugh at work.
Peace. Sway
The study also showed that online time took away mostly from TV time, next came newspaper time, and then came time spent on the phone with friends or time spent with family. I would say that much of what I've found online is more interesting and perhaps better for me that what I could watch on TV. I get my news online so there's a good reason why I would spend less time with the newspaper. And I send out far more e-mails with arguably better content than phone calls. I think the Internet is what's kept me in touch with many friends. If you spend time online that you should be spending with your family...that's your decision. It probably points to something deeper than being fascinated with Ask Jeeves.
Also, one of the most significant findings of this study was that the longer a person owned a computer, the more likely they were to use it. Duh! Although I guess that would be somewhat of an anomoly since I barely even touch my George Foreman grill anymore.
I think I'm just going to have to call this "Just another study" and move on with my life. After all, every precious second I'm spending typing this I could be out galavanting with friends (who would all be at work anyways).
Peace. Sway
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I just think that we should simply encourage new technologies rather than laugh everytime another space robot goes boom. I once saw a show or something about scientists developing these little sensors that were so small and light that, when the machine that got them to a planet ejected them, they would kinda just fall to the ground and scatter like a spilled bag of Cheetos. It would be these Cheeto-bots that would take all the readings and data. It sounded like a cool idea to me at the time. I should think that if UMass students are doing graphic design on blood cells, we could build a Cheeto size robot.
Of course this is all coming from an Art major. So feel free to ridicule me with Scientific jargon.
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Peace. Sway
I'm an Average Joe. Actually, that's a lie. I know significantly more about computers than 50% of those who saw a commercial or a kiosk at a mall and signed up for a cable modem. In any case, I'm still an Average Joe when it comes to securing my computer. I would have to say that ISPs, especially broadband, need to start taking some responsibility for educating their customers. If a third party uses my computer's resources to attack someone who returns the favor with a lawsuit, you better believe that I'm not going down without involving my ISP. It would be in their best interest to hook me up with a little "Did you know..." pamphlet at the very least. All it took for me to get online was some guy to plug a modem into my wall and drop some IPs into my settings. Shouldn't these things come with a warning sticker like cigarettes or something?
Am I blaming someone else for my own igorance? You tell me. I'm not too worried about a DDoS on my home PC. I'm upset about the tabloid journalism surrounding these events. But, beneath it all, the media is indirectly raising an important issue about making assumptions on your network security.
Thanks for the interview, too. Good stuff.
Peace. Sway
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I think that saying people work an average of X hours is a little vague. If we all punched in every morning, punched out at night, took an hour for lunch, and went home and didn't think about work until we punched in again, this kind of statistic would be valid. In reality, nearly everyone's definition of "work" is different.
Many of you claim to work 60+ hours a week (which I believe). I'm guessing that a large percentage of that group really enjoy what they do and would probably do the same activity as a leisure activity if you weren't getting paid for it. Is that "work" the same as the "work" that the college kid is doing by cleaning septic tanks between classes for tuition and beer money? Sure if s/he would be doing the same as a leisure activity.
Also, does the time you waste during the day waiting for your Windows machine to reboot because you installed some new software which didn't actually install because it blue-screened while writing to the registry and will now and forever boink on startup and prevent you from re-installing because it says you need to uninstall first which you can't because it never installed the uninstaller files count as work (a little bitter after boinking on startup this morning)?
Also, I worked at Pizza Hut at night and for the university during the day while I was in school. (I kinda regret forgetting to get an education.) I didn't have much outside reading to do to keep my Pizza Hut skills up-to-date. Actually Pizza Hut HQ would just send us a new spec sheet on how to make every new pizza they introduced. On the other hand, the tech-ish job at the Uni had me reading all the doorstop material just to feel remotely confident that I knew what I was doing. Did that count as "work" or simply self-improvement?
Does the time I spend at work posting to slashdot count as work?
Obviously the number seems low to us in the tech field. It's the nature of the beast. We should have known that before we took the job (that's what that interview buzzword "flexible schedule" means for those of you looking for a job). We don't have much right to complain. We just need to work smarter not harder! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
So, all I'm saying is that I don't think work hours are really that quantifiable. However, the average person is 62% pretty.
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