Too many people try to grow up too fast these days, throwing away their childhood in exchange of a stressed adulthood.
Here's something someone e-mailed to me a little over 3 years ago. It fits here. (I didn't write it, and neither did the person who sent it to me. I don't know who the author is and don't feel like google'ing to find out.)
My Adulthood Resignation:
I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 6 year-old again. I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four-star restaurant. I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks. I want to think M&M's are better than money because you can eat them. I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer day. I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were colors, multiplication tables and nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care. All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset. I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible. I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again. I want to live simple again. I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness, and loss of loved ones. I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.
So . . . here's my checkbook, my car-keys, and my credit card bills! I am officially resigning from adulthood. And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first, 'cause
As a former Saturday morning TV addict, this doesn't seem like a bad thing to me.
I don't know. Early morning cartoons kept me on schedule over the weekends. I would wake up early just to watch them. My sister's 7 and 8 year old kids don't make it out of bed before the crack of noon on the weekend and then have a hard time going to bed Sunday night, and thus have a hard time waking up Monday morning for school. So are early morning cartoons really a bad thing?
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It would be more accurate to say that Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" was released from a 747, for a glide flight back to ground
Good point.
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While you are correct, i just want to clarify. Enterprise was built as a test shuttle
Good point.
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Every time a shuttle crashes and has to be rebuilt
Shuttles aren't rebuilt. They built 6, only 5 of which ever went into space. (The first shuttle, Enterprise, could not lift off on its own so it was retired. It had to be launched from the back of a 747.) Challenger was lost in 1986 and now Columbia is gone as well. There are now only 3 remaining - Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavor. They wont build any more. The next set of space vehicles will be a completely different breed, when and if they ever get built.
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My cable company here in Central Florida will be offering free Tivo-like service for digital cable subscribers starting in June.
I guess I should have provided this link to any other Central Floridians who might be interested in getting this service when it's available.
No need to pay anything....
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My cable company here in Central Florida will be offering free Tivo-like service for digital cable subscribers starting in June. I've wanted Tivo since I first heard about it in 1999 but wasn't willing to shell out money for the box AND pay a monthly fee on top of that.
One or the other, but not both. I'll buy the box if the service is free, or I'll pay a small monthly fee if the box is provided for me for free and is replaced for free in the event of failure or obsoletion. Given the rapid growth of technology, renting it from month to month is probably the better choice.
Too bad Communication Speeds for Networking and more importantly, Internetworking, haven't moved along any where near that speed. In my years of computing I've only seen the progression from 2400bps modems to 56k modems, and more recently to DSL and Cable.
Those speeds pale in comparison to the headway made in disk storage and CPU's.
Some things were meant to be "built" and some things were meant to be "used".
Who decides what should be "built" and what should be "used"? It's all personal preference in my opinion. I have no desire to build a car, or build a house, or build a ham radio, or build an antenna, or sew my own clothes, or grow my own food, etc...
Some people get more enjoyment out of building and tinkering with computers than they do actually using them. I used to be that way myself. Once the computer was up and running and everything was working smoothly, I had no use for it.
But these days I'm sort of down the middle. I still like building them and tinkering with various Operating Systems, but I also have a need to actually use my machine at some point.
And at that point I go to Windows.:) Linux is fun to install and tinker with, (and makes for a rock solid server in my experience) but when I want to just sit down and enjoy some WarCraft 3, I prefer Windows. It's easy, it works, and despite all the babble about Windows crashing and BSODs and all that, I find Windows to be more stable (and for more useable) than any Linux Desktop configuration I've messed with. And I've messed with a lot of them. (The screen shots don't even scratch the surface of how many configurations I've played with over the years.)
What about us who want a good MP3/OGG player that is under 100bucks?
I'm not a big OGG guy myself, but I wonder why manufacturers aren't including OGG support in their players? It's royalty free so it seems like a win-win situation to me. Doesn't cost them anything to include it except a little more R&D maybe, and it's going to attract at least a few more people.
Yeah, I could just imagine the conversations now. "New Linux? How is that different from the old Linux?" Or are we supposed to say guh-noo Linux?
American Outlaws right? "Instead of the James Younger gang, we should call ourselves the Younger James gang. Then people would ask 'Who is the older James gang?'"
it kind of pisses me off when they leave the blue screensaver on and tell me that I have to fix it...I've told them how to fix it--get Linux.
You're an elitist prick. You are the reason Linux is still so difficult to use. People like you are the reason other people don't want to use Linux. You think you are God, you're not. You're not even important. You are a sad, lonely, patheitc human who finds solace in dehumanizing others with your egotistical, arrogant, conceited attitude.
That's a classic example of using the right tool for the job. If someone really needs a voice recorder then they are going to be better off buying a device tuned to the task. But for someone who just needs casual voice recording, having the feature built in to some other device is the way to go. Personally, I am more likely to cary an MP3 player around with me everywhere I go vs. a voice recorder.
I have to admit I chose form over function when I bought my MP3 player, which was the iPod. I spent days reading reviews on cnet.com and a few other sources, compared prices, features, even created a spread sheet of my own so I could compare them quickly at a glance. In the end I decided the iPod just wasn't worth the money vs. the features it had. But I bought one anyway because of the size and sleek design.
Now that I own it, I can't say I'm sorry about my choice either. I'm happy with the product. My only regret is that I didn't wait another 2 months for the new iPods to come out because I think they are quite an improvement. The only bad thing about the new iPod is that they sacrificed battery life for size. The new iPod has a smaller battery and thus wont last as long between recharges. That aside, the even smaller design of the new one combined with some new features made me break down and buy the new one as well. I was dissapointed to see that Apple didn't include an FM tuner. That would be my personal first choice for a new feature to be added. I would also like to see voice recording, FM recording, line in/out on the device itself with the ability to RIP MP3's directly from a stereo without using a computer, more dumb little games, an FM Transmitter, and probably a few other things I'm forgetting. But to put all that stuff in the player would probably make it much larger and wouldn't be worth it to many people who need the ultra slim design of the iPod.
Just write a program that interprets the 'next' button on the remote as microphone data.
I think I see what you mean... If the iPod reads the Next button on the remote differently than it reads the Next button on the iPod itself, you should be able to use the remote to send voice data in the form of 1's and 0's instead of sending "Next Song" data. But if the remote is just triggering an internal "Next Song" function, then it wouldn't work. But like you said, you would still have to write your own iPod firmware so it would know what to do with your custom stream of data.
Maybe the problem isn't 802.11 security, but computer security in general.
Of course. But wireless makes in expodentially worse because you are broadcasting your insecurity to anyone within range. Whereas an insecure wired network is inherently more secure for the fact that you have to be plugged into it.
New Hampshire is bordered by Canada on the north and by Massachusetts on the south. On the east, New Hampshire is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Maine and on the west, New Hamsphire is bordered by Vermont.
And for all you Wardrivers... it's Longitude: 70 37'W to 72 37'W Latitude: 42 40'N to 45 18'N
To do a true test, you need to encode the files, decode them to PCM wav format, then burn to an audio CD. Then, you have to do a blind test with all of them. You also need to use a variety of source material, because different genres of music compress better under some encoders.
If you have to do all that to tell the difference, doesn't that kinda tell you something?
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Yeah, same here. FoxBox and WB Kids for me.
Yu-Gi-Ohhhhhh!!!!!
Too many people try to grow up too fast these days, throwing away their childhood in exchange of a stressed adulthood.
Here's something someone e-mailed to me a little over 3 years ago. It fits here. (I didn't write it, and neither did the person who sent it to me. I don't know who the author is and don't feel like google'ing to find out.)
My Adulthood Resignation:
I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.
I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 6 year-old
again.
I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four-star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk with
rocks.
I want to think M&M's are better than money because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends
on a hot summer day.
I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were
colors, multiplication tables and nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother you,
because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care.
All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the
things that should make you worried or upset.
I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good.
I want to believe that anything is possible. I want to be oblivious to the
complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.
I want to live simple again. I don't want my day to consist of computer
crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in
the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness, and
loss of loved ones.
I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice,
peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.
So . . . here's my checkbook, my car-keys, and my credit card bills!
I am officially resigning from adulthood. And if you want to discuss this
further, you'll have to catch me first, 'cause
"TAG! You're it." !!!!!
As a former Saturday morning TV addict, this doesn't seem like a bad thing to me.
I don't know. Early morning cartoons kept me on schedule over the weekends. I would wake up early just to watch them. My sister's 7 and 8 year old kids don't make it out of bed before the crack of noon on the weekend and then have a hard time going to bed Sunday night, and thus have a hard time waking up Monday morning for school. So are early morning cartoons really a bad thing?
It would be more accurate to say that Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" was released from a 747, for a glide flight back to ground
Good point.
While you are correct, i just want to clarify. Enterprise was built as a test shuttle
Good point.
Every time a shuttle crashes and has to be rebuilt
Shuttles aren't rebuilt. They built 6, only 5 of which ever went into space. (The first shuttle, Enterprise, could not lift off on its own so it was retired. It had to be launched from the back of a 747.) Challenger was lost in 1986 and now Columbia is gone as well. There are now only 3 remaining - Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavor. They wont build any more. The next set of space vehicles will be a completely different breed, when and if they ever get built.
My cable company here in Central Florida will be offering free Tivo-like service for digital cable subscribers starting in June.
I guess I should have provided this link to any other Central Floridians who might be interested in getting this service when it's available.
My cable company here in Central Florida will be offering free Tivo-like service for digital cable subscribers starting in June. I've wanted Tivo since I first heard about it in 1999 but wasn't willing to shell out money for the box AND pay a monthly fee on top of that.
One or the other, but not both. I'll buy the box if the service is free, or I'll pay a small monthly fee if the box is provided for me for free and is replaced for free in the event of failure or obsoletion. Given the rapid growth of technology, renting it from month to month is probably the better choice.
Too bad Communication Speeds for Networking and more importantly, Internetworking, haven't moved along any where near that speed. In my years of computing I've only seen the progression from 2400bps modems to 56k modems, and more recently to DSL and Cable.
Those speeds pale in comparison to the headway made in disk storage and CPU's.
Some things were meant to be "built" and some things were meant to be "used".
:) Linux is fun to install and tinker with, (and makes for a rock solid server in my experience) but when I want to just sit down and enjoy some WarCraft 3, I prefer Windows. It's easy, it works, and despite all the babble about Windows crashing and BSODs and all that, I find Windows to be more stable (and for more useable) than any Linux Desktop configuration I've messed with. And I've messed with a lot of them. (The screen shots don't even scratch the surface of how many configurations I've played with over the years.)
Who decides what should be "built" and what should be "used"? It's all personal preference in my opinion. I have no desire to build a car, or build a house, or build a ham radio, or build an antenna, or sew my own clothes, or grow my own food, etc...
Some people get more enjoyment out of building and tinkering with computers than they do actually using them. I used to be that way myself. Once the computer was up and running and everything was working smoothly, I had no use for it.
But these days I'm sort of down the middle. I still like building them and tinkering with various Operating Systems, but I also have a need to actually use my machine at some point.
And at that point I go to Windows.
Looks like crap in my opinion. Dirty looking... whoever made it has no artistic talent.
What about us who want a good MP3/OGG player that is under 100bucks?
I'm not a big OGG guy myself, but I wonder why manufacturers aren't including OGG support in their players? It's royalty free so it seems like a win-win situation to me. Doesn't cost them anything to include it except a little more R&D maybe, and it's going to attract at least a few more people.
Any thoughts?
Besides...you really gonna fill that 60Gigs with music? I don't think so.
"640k ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates
I'm still waiting for that Freaking game!! It has affected me more than any other game of all time. And in a VERY negative way!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I could just imagine the conversations now. "New Linux? How is that different from the old Linux?" Or are we supposed to say guh-noo Linux?
American Outlaws right? "Instead of the James Younger gang, we should call ourselves the Younger James gang. Then people would ask 'Who is the older James gang?'"
it kind of pisses me off when they leave the blue screensaver on and tell me that I have to fix it...I've told them how to fix it--get Linux.
You're an elitist prick. You are the reason Linux is still so difficult to use. People like you are the reason other people don't want to use Linux. You think you are God, you're not. You're not even important. You are a sad, lonely, patheitc human who finds solace in dehumanizing others with your egotistical, arrogant, conceited attitude.
Crashed mine. Version: 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.021108-1929
you can buy a fm tuner for the ipod on apple's website
Right-o. But having the feature integrated into the product would be much more convenient and stylish.
That's a classic example of using the right tool for the job. If someone really needs a voice recorder then they are going to be better off buying a device tuned to the task. But for someone who just needs casual voice recording, having the feature built in to some other device is the way to go. Personally, I am more likely to cary an MP3 player around with me everywhere I go vs. a voice recorder.
even though the ipods are admittedly sexier.
I have to admit I chose form over function when I bought my MP3 player, which was the iPod. I spent days reading reviews on cnet.com and a few other sources, compared prices, features, even created a spread sheet of my own so I could compare them quickly at a glance. In the end I decided the iPod just wasn't worth the money vs. the features it had. But I bought one anyway because of the size and sleek design.
Now that I own it, I can't say I'm sorry about my choice either. I'm happy with the product. My only regret is that I didn't wait another 2 months for the new iPods to come out because I think they are quite an improvement. The only bad thing about the new iPod is that they sacrificed battery life for size. The new iPod has a smaller battery and thus wont last as long between recharges. That aside, the even smaller design of the new one combined with some new features made me break down and buy the new one as well. I was dissapointed to see that Apple didn't include an FM tuner. That would be my personal first choice for a new feature to be added. I would also like to see voice recording, FM recording, line in/out on the device itself with the ability to RIP MP3's directly from a stereo without using a computer, more dumb little games, an FM Transmitter, and probably a few other things I'm forgetting. But to put all that stuff in the player would probably make it much larger and wouldn't be worth it to many people who need the ultra slim design of the iPod.
Just write a program that interprets the 'next' button on the remote as microphone data.
I think I see what you mean... If the iPod reads the Next button on the remote differently than it reads the Next button on the iPod itself, you should be able to use the remote to send voice data in the form of 1's and 0's instead of sending "Next Song" data. But if the remote is just triggering an internal "Next Song" function, then it wouldn't work. But like you said, you would still have to write your own iPod firmware so it would know what to do with your custom stream of data.
Maybe the problem isn't 802.11 security, but computer security in general.
Of course. But wireless makes in expodentially worse because you are broadcasting your insecurity to anyone within range. Whereas an insecure wired network is inherently more secure for the fact that you have to be plugged into it.
What, do you drive a Jeep?
Yes. Why?
Where in the world is this place?
New Hampshire is bordered by Canada on the north and by Massachusetts on the south. On the east, New Hampshire is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Maine and on the west, New Hamsphire is bordered by Vermont.
And for all you Wardrivers... it's
Longitude: 70 37'W to 72 37'W
Latitude: 42 40'N to 45 18'N
Please note: the post said, "To do a true test [. . .]" It did not say, to tell the difference.
True enough, but note the subject "Hard To Tell Difference".
To do a true test, you need to encode the files, decode them to PCM wav format, then burn to an audio CD. Then, you have to do a blind test with all of them. You also need to use a variety of source material, because different genres of music compress better under some encoders.
If you have to do all that to tell the difference, doesn't that kinda tell you something?