Games seem more fun when you're supposed to be doing something else, like working. Even mine sweeper and solitaire were fun at work.
Other than that, if you want somnething good to play at home, try some classic console games: NES, SNES,.... Atari 2600..., Commodore, Amiga, Sega, etc. Emulators are OK, but they are more fun to play on the original hardware.
I was wondering what services specifically an unfavorable ruling would affect. Would it affect websites like Pandora or would it harm services like usenet or would it affect file sharing sites?
[i]Hopefully they don't mispronounce SCSI and find themselves lusting after their PCs. [/i] I don't get it. In what way would they have to mispronounce SCSI?
david brunner's "the sheep look up" is good too. written in the 1970s, it was prophetic and applies to current times. 'prezzy' = 'w', birth defects - autism spike in the news today, ecological disastesr
forget the drek like jordan and all the other lotr knockoff writers spew. Your syllabus should include some one from among the earliest classics. i recommend 'frankenstein.' deals with social technological issues. heinlein's stranger in a strange land is a good classic too. of all his 1000 or so books he wrote that i read, this was the only 1 worth reading. maybe throw in kindred by octavia butler. 1 of the few african american feminist scifi authors. explores slavery, racism, etc. you will need a good cyberpunk title too. i suggest sting by gibson.
Arduino is a physical computing platform based on a simple open hardware design for a single-board microcontroller, with embedded I/O support and a standard programming language. The Arduino programming language is based on Wiring and is essentially C/C++ (several simple transformations are performed before passing to avr-gcc). The goal of the Arduino project is to make tools available that are accessible, low-cost, low capital investment, flexible and easy-to-use for artists and hobbyists. Particularly those who might not otherwise have access to more sophisticated controllers that require more complicated tools.
Apple is keeping quiet on whether ornot it will launch a touch-screen tablet computer this year, but Windows pc makers are moving right ahead. several laptop makers are planning to make touchscreen machines, according to Computerworld.
new zealand optical touch vendor, NextWindow, is supplying at least some of the touchscreens. they already supply HP TouchSmart line, and Dell's Studio One. Nextwindow's CEO says they will be available for windows 7's october release.
It claims it gets you the pages faster, but if it redirects you to the publisher's website as the summary says. wouldn't that make it as slow and cumber as reading from the original source where you hahve to keep clicking 'next'?
i just tried looking at elle out at fastflip.googlelabs, and so far, it seems no different than it would be to use the original source.
check this bad review from pc world:
" Google's experimental Fast Flip is a new way to consume online news, but not a better one. It falls into the trap of trying to make a computer imitate real-life. Rarely does this have a happy ending.
Fast Flip tries to make online news more like reading a newspaper or magazine, giving users pages to flip or slide through. (See it here).
There are short or truncated headlines and lots of terribly rendered pages in Fast Flip. The user interface is a mess and I found it took longer to access news in Fast Flip than on the regular Google News page."
google also mentions it is designed with targeted advertising in mind. it de
1 - large scale energy intensive ag controlled by multinational corporations has replaced and displaced subsistence and native farmers 2- exacerbated unfair land distribution 3 - creation of single ubiquitous strains of crops farmed only in 1 country increases risk of ag. collapse 4 - heavy reliance on pesticides and herbicides 5 - erosion of biodiversity 6 - overall food security 7 - decline in quality of diet
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This: "The test, funded by Microsoft"
That's good to know. I don't own one, yet, but I'd like to buy an older one for that reason and for gaming, of course.
I hope they don't accidentally update the firmware. (I think the latest updates will wipe the linux installation.)
Games seem more fun when you're supposed to be doing something else, like working. Even mine sweeper and solitaire were fun at work.
Other than that, if you want somnething good to play at home, try some classic console games: NES, SNES, .... Atari 2600 ..., Commodore, Amiga, Sega, etc. Emulators are OK, but they are more fun to play on the original hardware.
I was wondering what services specifically an unfavorable ruling would affect. Would it affect websites like Pandora or would it harm services like usenet or would it affect file sharing sites?
[i]Hopefully they don't mispronounce SCSI and find themselves lusting after their PCs. [/i]
I don't get it. In what way would they have to mispronounce SCSI?
david brunner's "the sheep look up" is good too. written in the 1970s, it was prophetic and applies to current times. 'prezzy' = 'w', birth defects - autism spike in the news today, ecological disastesr
forget the drek like jordan and all the other lotr knockoff writers spew. Your syllabus should include some one from among the earliest classics. i recommend 'frankenstein.' deals with social technological issues. heinlein's stranger in a strange land is a good classic too. of all his 1000 or so books he wrote that i read, this was the only 1 worth reading. maybe throw in kindred by octavia butler. 1 of the few african american feminist scifi authors. explores slavery, racism, etc. you will need a good cyberpunk title too. i suggest sting by gibson.
i would spend at least a couple of weeks having them build and program some microcontroller projects.
here's a place to start: http://hacknmod.com/hack/top-40-arduino-projects-of-the-web/
Arduino is a physical computing platform based on a simple open hardware design for a single-board microcontroller, with embedded I/O support and a standard programming language. The Arduino programming language is based on Wiring and is essentially C/C++ (several simple transformations are performed before passing to avr-gcc). The goal of the Arduino project is to make tools available that are accessible, low-cost, low capital investment, flexible and easy-to-use for artists and hobbyists. Particularly those who might not otherwise have access to more sophisticated controllers that require more complicated tools.
nice thread of rants. i enjoyed reading them. it might be more accurate to replace 'judeo-christian' with 'abrahamic' or judeo-islamo-christian.
Apple is keeping quiet on whether ornot it will launch a touch-screen tablet computer this year, but Windows pc makers are moving right ahead. several laptop makers are planning to make touchscreen machines, according to Computerworld.
new zealand optical touch vendor, NextWindow, is supplying at least some of the touchscreens. they already supply HP TouchSmart line, and Dell's Studio One. Nextwindow's CEO says they will be available for windows 7's october release.
It claims it gets you the pages faster, but if it redirects you to the publisher's website as the summary says. wouldn't that make it as slow and cumber as reading from the original source where you hahve to keep clicking 'next'?
i just tried looking at elle out at fastflip.googlelabs, and so far, it seems no different than it would be to use the original source.
check this bad review from pc world:
" Google's experimental Fast Flip is a new way to consume online news, but not a better one. It falls into the trap of trying to make a computer imitate real-life. Rarely does this have a happy ending.
Fast Flip tries to make online news more like reading a newspaper or magazine, giving users pages to flip or slide through. (See it here).
There are short or truncated headlines and lots of terribly rendered pages in Fast Flip. The user interface is a mess and I found it took longer to access news in Fast Flip than on the regular Google News page."
google also mentions it is designed with targeted advertising in mind. it de
err gf is giving me grief......
1 - large scale energy intensive ag controlled by multinational corporations has replaced and displaced subsistence and native farmers
2- exacerbated unfair land distribution
3 - creation of single ubiquitous strains of crops farmed only in 1 country increases risk of ag. collapse
4 - heavy reliance on pesticides and herbicides
5 - erosion of biodiversity
6 - overall food security
7 - decline in quality of diet