oh wow. Yeah, there was. And it had to do with this new computer. And I failed. Epic. Brain. Fart.
What I was trying to ask was a bit of a wandering thought, so I don't even know if it needs to be repeated. But I am always up for answering questions I know the answer to, so here goes...
I wanted to say... Why dos this piece of tech-hardware remind me of the computer/monitor setup in that cheesy (though who doesn't love cheese cept those that are lactose intolerant, and maybe a few anti-cheeseheads... [Though I doubt they exsist])yet fun/silly holowood flick Swordfish. (What with it's multi-GPU's, I am assuming (another good way to make an arse out myself, woot) it can run that many screens, and pump-crunch through the needs of the program in record time.
Also just was a bit in awe of the tech-specs I saw, and was drooling, so I had to let it out, somewhere.
Wow that was a rambling...
*crawls back under his warm lizard-style hovel, and hides*
Well, there is also the need for light in some places hungering for the lumen of even a few candlepower... Better overhaul then expecting them to continue adding to the emissions through other forms of more deadly illumination..... . Some people use their screens to look @for keys n/ such......
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Now while the privacy issue is an obvious one, are there also any sum +'s that will boost our banking in a better direction? Or is this just another way to leave a trail of breadcrumblies behind us?
goodness, seriously man....
Had one crawling on my desk/aka my bed/ala Proust... It was the smallest, most nimble little thing, reminds me of the jitterbug bots they made/make @MIT
Just imagined a great cloud of moths controlled by these implants, with an MEMS chip for distributed wireless, feeding our ever growing hunger for broadband communications.
When I first reached out to google for the definition of squatter, I got a bit confused as to where the illegality lay[gr.?]. The definition of squatter hereseems to express two types, those with legal, and illegal. When I switched the search to cybersquatter, I then understood more about where the laws start, (though seems a amendment may be needed) here in the United States, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act passed in 1999, an amendment to the Trademark Act 1946 also known as the Lanham Act.
Where am I going with this? How does one determine good faith? How do you differentiate between a person who might struggle to get it up (specially if a deadline looms overhead, further if that deadline is tightened) and one who is squatting maliciously, awaiting a time when they can resell the slot to someone else who has developed the application, put in the sweat, time, thought, tears, hours, etc...
To end with a wee bit of entertainment amidst all this legal jumbo-gumbo, figured I might throw a little head-nod to J.R. Bob "Dobbs" (not MS's failed project). Slacking is an artform, a religion, one that many take quite seriously. So much so they used it in the naming of a Linux distro. Slacker? Or Ill-memes willful disconsolation?
I consider myself smacked upside the head with a tuberculosis infected bat made from terbium. Though if you enter Google with the simple search define: Tb , you get terabit, terabyte, terbium, and tuberculosis. I should have made the extra effort to triple check myself before I got wrecked. Also, WTF, my spell-check does not have terabit as a word. Time to add yet another term to the dictionary file.
Thanks for putting that out there for folks. I just have a love for Bowie in that film. Had a pretty heavy influence on me as a little kid. Specially all the technologies that he came out with to financially support his ultimate goal. In particular I remember being quite excited by the idea of holographic mini-cubes of music (almost like cubed Nico Nico Nicorri Jelly's)Now something else to add to my never ending list of must re-reads. And as far as Dicks Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep....
I can't dismiss the cinematography in Bladerunner, specially considering the time period that the movie was made, but it really can't hold a candle to the absolute mind-digger that is PKD's work. I think he might be an author who is better off read. I wish they could have included the mood-altering box that to me seemed to be a central device in that story.
that no matter how hard they try to 'break' someones ability to do something, those someones will quickly circumvent that 'break' in the system, if they wish to. Makes me flash back to the days of the T-shirts with the DeCSS code written right upon it, and all the controversy about them. Also the tshirts that printed with the PGP (probably also gpg)code that were considered munitions by the US government. Makes me chuckle, makes me sad. It's a mad world, to quote Tears for Fears (though I think I adore Jules version more). There are plenty of other examples, from recording a videotape to another, using analog methods (which to me seems one of the easiest and first methods to break most digital methods of 'breakage', though the quality does suffer, in many peoples opinions.) I really don't forsee a day when people will quite hacking the 'breaks' in systems. Isn't that what they are there for in the first place? Why not spend all those research dollars into the improvement of the platform itself? Or finding new exciting artists? Etc...
2. I single out Microsoft because it's, by far, one of the biggest offenders, but I would like to see the uniform enforcement of state tax law to all corporations using out of state facilities to minimize tax payments.
I definitely agree. Would be great. But as someone stated above, you can't expect one company (in this case Microsoft) to be forced to follow a rule and then not force the rest of the companies. Well, I suppose you could, but in all fairness, should Washington, or any other state, be able to single out one offender, leaving others to get away with the same? Uniformality in this would be best.
There is also a really great afterword part focused from a kids point of view complete with experiments, such as building a wifi antennae booster, and other such. Been a while sense I read through it. Another author that throws some of their stuff out there for free for people to read and or buy etc (CC license) is Charlie Stross. He has a bit of fun with the RIAA in Accelerando. He likens them to the oldschool mafioso. Literal leg-breakers.
Reminds me of a section in Chapter 13 of Cory Doctorow's book Little Brother. In chapter thirteen, or if you grep/search/seek out the phrase "Under what circumstances should the federal government be prepared to suspend the Bill of Rights?" Then you will see a classroom discussion about a little text that is released by the DHS, after things go ary, which eerily reminds me of this DCMA edu-mercial. The title of the educational material is called WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY. During the scene the boy & the teacher go back and forth about rights, and the constitution, etc.
Eeery. Orwell, Dick, & Brunner were all right on point. *shivers*
Nowhere in the paper could I find the various games they used in this study. Would be a nice addition. As someone said above, Multi-User Dungeons (MUD's) back in the late 80's/early 90's were highly addictive, and I would say that the social interaction definitely had a large part in the 'flow', and enjoyment. Many of us would just stay connected to the world, even when not at play, idle, and able to chat with the people we befriended within. The clan or gang structure, also a social aspect, also made for more fun. Interesting to see where price fell into this as well. It does make sense, social aspects and variety being the heaviest factors, seeing as MUD's, still based upon text, are to this day played. Also lok at how wildly popular MMORPG's are. Good job on the first draft there.
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Wonder how well the iPad 3G will do in NYC when released.
was there supposed to be a question here?
oh wow. Yeah, there was. And it had to do with this new computer. And I failed. Epic. Brain. Fart.
What I was trying to ask was a bit of a wandering thought, so I don't even know if it needs to be repeated. But I am always up for answering questions I know the answer to, so here goes... I wanted to say... Why dos this piece of tech-hardware remind me of the computer/monitor setup in that cheesy (though who doesn't love cheese cept those that are lactose intolerant, and maybe a few anti-cheeseheads... [Though I doubt they exsist])yet fun/silly holowood flick Swordfish. (What with it's multi-GPU's, I am assuming (another good way to make an arse out myself, woot) it can run that many screens, and pump-crunch through the needs of the program in record time.
Also just was a bit in awe of the tech-specs I saw, and was drooling, so I had to let it out, somewhere.
Wow that was a rambling... *crawls back under his warm lizard-style hovel, and hides*
Why does the computer from Swordfish?
Get Animated
*Drools*
Well, there is also the need for light in some places hungering for the lumen of even a few candlepower... Better overhaul then expecting them to continue adding to the emissions through other forms of more deadly illumination... .. . Some people use their screens to look @for keys n/ such. .. ...
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9876543210
roll 6d6 7d7 0duNF
--**/WCHTBHTU||[[\]]
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'The mind cannot forsee it's own advance' +GWGADGET(YES/NO[POLL][TRUE/FALSE]{AND/OR) >. HOW TO IN
Now while the privacy issue is an obvious one, are there also any sum +'s that will boost our banking in a better direction? Or is this just another way to leave a trail of breadcrumblies behind us?
goodness, seriously man.... Had one crawling on my desk/aka my bed/ala Proust... It was the smallest, most nimble little thing, reminds me of the jitterbug bots they made/make @MIT
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---- Gibble, Gobble, we ACCEPT YOU
Whoops, thought these were more then just monitors, and actual controllers... My bad!
Just imagined a great cloud of moths controlled by these implants, with an MEMS chip for distributed wireless, feeding our ever growing hunger for broadband communications.
'The Spice Must Flow'
Squatter, or just extreme slacker?
When I first reached out to google for the definition of squatter, I got a bit confused as to where the illegality lay[gr.?]. The definition of squatter hereseems to express two types, those with legal, and illegal. When I switched the search to cybersquatter, I then understood more about where the laws start, (though seems a amendment may be needed) here in the United States, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act passed in 1999, an amendment to the Trademark Act 1946 also known as the Lanham Act.
Where am I going with this? How does one determine good faith? How do you differentiate between a person who might struggle to get it up (specially if a deadline looms overhead, further if that deadline is tightened) and one who is squatting maliciously, awaiting a time when they can resell the slot to someone else who has developed the application, put in the sweat, time, thought, tears, hours, etc...
To end with a wee bit of entertainment amidst all this legal jumbo-gumbo, figured I might throw a little head-nod to J.R. Bob "Dobbs" (not MS's failed project). Slacking is an artform, a religion, one that many take quite seriously. So much so they used it in the naming of a Linux distro. Slacker? Or Ill-memes willful disconsolation?
Seeking more water. Water equals fuel, right? The livestream should be here
I consider myself smacked upside the head with a tuberculosis infected bat made from terbium. Though if you enter Google with the simple search define: Tb , you get terabit, terabyte, terbium, and tuberculosis. I should have made the extra effort to triple check myself before I got wrecked. Also, WTF, my spell-check does not have terabit as a word. Time to add yet another term to the dictionary file.
Thanks for putting that out there for folks. I just have a love for Bowie in that film. Had a pretty heavy influence on me as a little kid. Specially all the technologies that he came out with to financially support his ultimate goal. In particular I remember being quite excited by the idea of holographic mini-cubes of music (almost like cubed Nico Nico Nicorri Jelly's)Now something else to add to my never ending list of must re-reads. And as far as Dicks Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep....
I can't dismiss the cinematography in Bladerunner, specially considering the time period that the movie was made, but it really can't hold a candle to the absolute mind-digger that is PKD's work. I think he might be an author who is better off read. I wish they could have included the mood-altering box that to me seemed to be a central device in that story.
that no matter how hard they try to 'break' someones ability to do something, those someones will quickly circumvent that 'break' in the system, if they wish to. Makes me flash back to the days of the T-shirts with the DeCSS code written right upon it, and all the controversy about them. Also the tshirts that printed with the PGP (probably also gpg)code that were considered munitions by the US government. Makes me chuckle, makes me sad. It's a mad world, to quote Tears for Fears (though I think I adore Jules version more). There are plenty of other examples, from recording a videotape to another, using analog methods (which to me seems one of the easiest and first methods to break most digital methods of 'breakage', though the quality does suffer, in many peoples opinions.)
I really don't forsee a day when people will quite hacking the 'breaks' in systems. Isn't that what they are there for in the first place? Why not spend all those research dollars into the improvement of the platform itself? Or finding new exciting artists? Etc...
Shipping is a feature. A really important feature. Your product must have it.
Can't really argue with that at all.
2. I single out Microsoft because it's, by far, one of the biggest offenders, but I would like to see the uniform enforcement of state tax law to all corporations using out of state facilities to minimize tax payments.
I definitely agree. Would be great. But as someone stated above, you can't expect one company (in this case Microsoft) to be forced to follow a rule and then not force the rest of the companies. Well, I suppose you could, but in all fairness, should Washington, or any other state, be able to single out one offender, leaving others to get away with the same? Uniformality in this would be best.
There is also a really great afterword part focused from a kids point of view complete with experiments, such as building a wifi antennae booster, and other such. Been a while sense I read through it. Another author that throws some of their stuff out there for free for people to read and or buy etc (CC license) is Charlie Stross. He has a bit of fun with the RIAA in Accelerando. He likens them to the oldschool mafioso. Literal leg-breakers.
Reminds me of a section in Chapter 13 of Cory Doctorow's book Little Brother. In chapter thirteen, or if you grep/search/seek out the phrase "Under what circumstances should the federal government be prepared to suspend the Bill of Rights?" Then you will see a classroom discussion about a little text that is released by the DHS, after things go ary, which eerily reminds me of this DCMA edu-mercial. The title of the educational material is called WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY. During the scene the boy & the teacher go back and forth about rights, and the constitution, etc.
Eeery. Orwell, Dick, & Brunner were all right on point. *shivers*
Nowhere in the paper could I find the various games they used in this study. Would be a nice addition. As someone said above, Multi-User Dungeons (MUD's) back in the late 80's/early 90's were highly addictive, and I would say that the social interaction definitely had a large part in the 'flow', and enjoyment. Many of us would just stay connected to the world, even when not at play, idle, and able to chat with the people we befriended within. The clan or gang structure, also a social aspect, also made for more fun. Interesting to see where price fell into this as well. It does make sense, social aspects and variety being the heaviest factors, seeing as MUD's, still based upon text, are to this day played. Also lok at how wildly popular MMORPG's are. Good job on the first draft there.