Is someone to create a little MP3 list maker. (No, not a player, I do NOT mean a player.)
Just work a little "magic" to get the Dreamcast to read MP3 tracks from a CD-R disc. Then, using the VMU, transfer the list to it, and you can go run over to a friend's place and compare lists.
hmmm, OK this is actually sounding pretty pathetic. Forget I said anything.
I think Bruce Campbell has done a terrific job in the past. However, if this is true, then I believe someone like Chris O'Donnel (Robin from the last 2 Batman movies) would make a much better Peter Parker.
You would do well to read Tom Clancy's "Rainbow Six". Although it is fiction, it does raise some points about environmentalistic atitudes.
One particular point made near the end of the book, was that if environmentalists are THAT concerned about the Earth and animal rights, then perhaps they should all go live in the wilderness with the animals.
hmmm, that's interesting, because this research was not done solely for the purpose of making and selling toys. The toy products we are seeing are a result of an idea to sell them to get an extra avenue of revenue for further research.
Everyone assuming that the rats were used for testing, to ONLY sell the toys, are jumping to conclusions.
To put it another way, the toys are a byproduct of the research, not the original reason for the research.
"Valuable life science uses for NanoLight's technology include high-throughput drug discovery, functional genomics, tumor imaging, replacement of radioisotopes, and molecular diagnostics. One particularly exciting application is the ability to use NanoLight's reporter systems to "illuminate" gene and molecular function within living cells, allowing pharmaceutical companies a revolutionary method to study drug activity. A second opportunity is to broadly supply researchers who are increasingly moving away from radioactive reagents and toward light-based reporter systems and instruments. NanoLight Technologies is poised to capitalize on both of these accelerating market trends."
"The idea is to raise enough money from selling novelty items to underwrite more important pursuits, such as using the glowing genes to identify cancerous tumors or detect nerve gas."
It appears to me that people are seeing the term "animal testing" and immediately going into some type of "environmental gestapo" mode without first being fully aware of the motives and facts behind said animal testing.
Well, this is a "me too" post, so... moderators, do your worst:(
Anyways, I too have seen many electronics graduates who were clueless when it comes to programming. I have also seen many bright ones that program circles around anyone I can think of. I have also seen the same for CS people too.
The path you choose to take in school does not make you an intelligent person.
Much more can be gained from real-world job experience, than can ever be gained in school. This is not to say that school is a waste of time either. Education is meant to prepare you for the job world, and should be treated as such, and nothing more.
As well, I haven't found it written anywhere, where it's said that you stop learning once you graduate. Unfortunately, there are people in the world that seem to live this philosophy, which is quite sad. I believe that most, if not all, of the "clueless" CS or ET people in the world, are probably people that have chosen to live this way.
I believe the submitter is giving Clinton too much credit. I find it very hard to believe that a proposal and plan could be created, written up, and presented in such a short time after the Y2K criticism. After all, don't forget, this is the government we're talking about, and everyone knows how slow it can be.
I posted a reply to the IBM Flexible Transistor story posted on Slashdot way back on Oct 29, 1999.
Now, judging by this article, what I suggested is closer to becoming a reality.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's some type of scientific research body doing something about combining these 2 technologies.
For the lazy people out there, this is what I posted on Oct 29, 1999:
"These flexible transistors can have a huge benefit to the medical community. Imagine, if you will, taking these transistors, and combining them with nano-technology. Albeit, that's at the far end of the spectrum, but still... it makes for some interesting ideas.
In the more immediate future, I can see them being used in prosthetic devices, tissue implants, etc.
Combine that with tissue cloning (not sheep cloning, and not full-blown human cloning either. I'm talking just a skin covering like the Borg gave Data in the 2nd Next Generation movie... the name escapes me at this time), and some serious AI (we're far from that still), and we'll have Cyborgs a la Terminator (a friendlier name will have to be thought of though. "Terminator" just does not emit a warm fuzy feeling. Neither does Teletubby. Something in-between would be good.)"
heh heh... Sorry buddy, but even though you most likely didn't mean to, you gave me something to laugh at. Thanks.
For what it's worth, I believe CmdrTaco would do well to be a little more careful in the future, when it comes to adding comments. I realize that we all should be careful too... I am not saying that us "readers" are perfect, but there should be a higher expectation and/or standard placed on the people that actually run the site. After all, it speaks volumes for not only them personally, but for the professionalism of the site as well.
What are you talking about?!?! Of course they do!! Every single game disk has the WinCE-based OS on it. That's why the load times are a bit long whenever you pop a disc into it... it's booting the OS from the CD!
Think about it. Doind it this way reduces the need for firmware updates, as they can just ship a newer version of the OS with the game.
Heh, and the original poster of the Dreamcast angle thinks they're not installing drivers with each game?!? Yeah right, try the whole OS instead.
You're singling out one sentence in my entire post. You really should try to view the post in it's entirety before you try to think of an intelligent reply. Next time , don't forget about how I also said that, "due to the communication problems between JPL and Lockheed in the past, I would be VERY hard pressed to believe that they did not screw up again."
I can't help but point out that in many cases, cancer, heart problems, and other various maladies people suffer from are related to lifestyle choices those people made in the past. Why should people be absolved from blame for lifestyle choices they've made?
Oh yeah, gee, you're right, I'm sorry. Gosh, how could I have been so selfish and blind?!?
bah, forget about a child in the hospital suffering from a defective heart valve, forget about the kids suffering from leukemia, and while I'm at it, forget about everyone else too.
Thank you for showing me the way in such a hateful world. Even though I cannot be assured that my hard-earned money will actually benefit these poor little penguins, and that there is not information about who to actually make the check out to, at least I will be secure in the fact that it's not going to all those suffering kids who really have no one to blame for their condition but themselves. After all, as you put it, it's their own lifestyle choices that put them in that condition.
Gee, you think maybe I should alert the medical community and let them know the exact cause for cancer while I'm at it?... Recently Enlightened/. Poster addressing scientists: "Hey guys! You morons, you're doing it wrong! You're wasting all this money trying to find a cause, when the actual cause is their lifestyle!"
You mention in your post how you noticed "a few" people mentioning that there are more deserving charities. However, as of the time I'm writing this I only notice 2.
One of them is my posting, the other is by an individual who used the "homeless people" argument, as you mentioned.
Let me point out that I did not mention helping poor or homeless people in my posting. My message simply stated that there are much more deserving "charities" (not people) out there who should be targeted.
Now, since you placed my posting in the group that you so richly singled out, let me point something out to you. People with cancer, heart conditions, diabetes, or any other type of physical condition, did not bring their condition upon themselves. With that in mind, you would do well to think about what you say in the future.
Perhaps if you personally knew of someone who suffered from cancer, diabetes, heart problems, or some other type of physical condition, you would think differently.
There are much more worthy causes to which to donate money. For instance, there's the Red Cross, The Cancer Society, Ronald McDonald House, United Way, Heart Foundation (not to be confused with "Hart Foundation"), Diabetes Association (either Canadian, American, or other if any others exist). The list goes on.
And YES, I know this could perhaps be considered a bad comment to some moderators out there, but this is kind of pathetic, where there are more deserving charities in the world, and someone wants us to start worrying about 4" tall penguins??!?!!
Well, I posted that based on the impression of what I read in that article (which I did mention at the beginning of the post, by the way.)
Besides, after the "communication problems" between Lockheed and JPL with the orbiter, I would be VERY hard pressed to believe that they did not screw up again.
Do what again, you say? How about messing up with landing zone data, for starters? I believe that if they are not entirely sure about the success of landing equipment, then they should do further research instead of going off half-cocked and launching it anyways, and hoping that everything works out.
It's obvious, going by this article, that NASA's JPL are trying to make excuses for their obvious incompitance in this mission.
"However, he said, the planet is covered with craters and canyons and it is impossible to remotely place a spacecraft at a precise location. He also said JPL scientists couldn't find a single landing zone on the planet's generally smooth south pole without a hazard."
Gee, it's strange how nobody at Lockheed Martin knew about the landing zone until it was virtually too late to do anything about it. The above quote from the article gives me the impression that either:
1. JPL knew about the risks all along, and never told anyone about them.
2. JPL didn't know about the risks (like they should have), and are now trying to cover their butts by saying, "Hey, it's not our fault! It's impossible to land anything safely on that planet!"
Come on guys, grow up and admit that you screwed up. Don't apologize, just don't do it again.
It's humor, and also not necessarily funny to all who read it.
FWIW, I don't think PvP is funny, but I'm not about to waste my time developing a website that preaches what I don't like about PvP. I have much more important things to do with my time.
Come to think of it, this ain't one of them either, so I'm outta here.
This is an awful lot of effort you're going through just to be funny.
May have worked better if you'd just said:
"I can't get the script to work. I've tried everything! I downloaded it from the site, and named it 'ender' in my home directory. I typed 'ender' and it said 'bash: ender: command not found'"
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Is someone to create a little MP3 list maker. (No, not a player, I do NOT mean a player.)
Just work a little "magic" to get the Dreamcast to read MP3 tracks from a CD-R disc. Then, using the VMU, transfer the list to it, and you can go run over to a friend's place and compare lists.
hmmm, OK this is actually sounding pretty pathetic. Forget I said anything.
I just found out the other day. I wanted Iced Tea (Nestea Lemon Iced Tea Mix), and I wanted to stir it fast, so I used a blender.
Oddest thing, those bubbles falling like that. They were falling just like the Guinness bubbles.
I think Bruce Campbell has done a terrific job in the past. However, if this is true, then I believe someone like Chris O'Donnel (Robin from the last 2 Batman movies) would make a much better Peter Parker.
You would do well to read Tom Clancy's "Rainbow Six". Although it is fiction, it does raise some points about environmentalistic atitudes.
One particular point made near the end of the book, was that if environmentalists are THAT concerned about the Earth and animal rights, then perhaps they should all go live in the wilderness with the animals.
hmmm, that's interesting, because this research was not done solely for the purpose of making and selling toys. The toy products we are seeing are a result of an idea to sell them to get an extra avenue of revenue for further research.
Everyone assuming that the rats were used for testing, to ONLY sell the toys, are jumping to conclusions.
To put it another way, the toys are a byproduct of the research, not the original reason for the research.
Quote from Prolume website:
"Valuable life science uses for NanoLight's technology include high-throughput drug discovery, functional genomics, tumor imaging, replacement of radioisotopes, and molecular diagnostics. One particularly exciting application is the ability to use NanoLight's reporter systems to "illuminate" gene and molecular function within living cells, allowing pharmaceutical companies a revolutionary method to study drug activity. A second opportunity is to broadly supply researchers who are increasingly moving away from radioactive reagents and toward light-based reporter systems and instruments. NanoLight Technologies is poised to capitalize on both of these accelerating market trends."
Quote 2 from the CNN article:
"The idea is to raise enough money from selling novelty items to underwrite more important pursuits, such as using the glowing genes to identify cancerous tumors or detect nerve gas."
It appears to me that people are seeing the term "animal testing" and immediately going into some type of "environmental gestapo" mode without first being fully aware of the motives and facts behind said animal testing.
You need to relax.
This site is a "business" now. It's been bought, if you hadn't heard. It should act like one.
Well, this is a "me too" post, so ... moderators, do your worst :(
Anyways, I too have seen many electronics graduates who were clueless when it comes to programming. I have also seen many bright ones that program circles around anyone I can think of. I have also seen the same for CS people too.
The path you choose to take in school does not make you an intelligent person.
Much more can be gained from real-world job experience, than can ever be gained in school. This is not to say that school is a waste of time either. Education is meant to prepare you for the job world, and should be treated as such, and nothing more.
As well, I haven't found it written anywhere, where it's said that you stop learning once you graduate. Unfortunately, there are people in the world that seem to live this philosophy, which is quite sad. I believe that most, if not all, of the "clueless" CS or ET people in the world, are probably people that have chosen to live this way.
I believe the submitter is giving Clinton too much credit. I find it very hard to believe that a proposal and plan could be created, written up, and presented in such a short time after the Y2K criticism. After all, don't forget, this is the government we're talking about, and everyone knows how slow it can be.
I posted a reply to the IBM Flexible Transistor story posted on Slashdot way back on Oct 29, 1999.
... it makes for some interesting ideas.
... the name escapes me at this time), and some serious AI (we're far from that still), and we'll have Cyborgs a la Terminator (a friendlier name will have to be thought of though. "Terminator" just does not emit a warm fuzy feeling. Neither does Teletubby. Something in-between would be good.)"
Now, judging by this article, what I suggested is closer to becoming a reality.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's some type of scientific research body doing something about combining these 2 technologies.
For the lazy people out there, this is what I posted on Oct 29, 1999:
"These flexible transistors can have a huge benefit to the medical community. Imagine, if you will, taking these transistors, and combining them with nano-technology. Albeit, that's at the far end of the spectrum, but still
In the more immediate future, I can see them being used in prosthetic devices, tissue implants, etc.
Combine that with tissue cloning (not sheep cloning, and not full-blown human cloning either. I'm talking just a skin covering like the Borg gave Data in the 2nd Next Generation movie
Grammer, eh?
... Sorry buddy, but even though you most likely didn't mean to, you gave me something to laugh at. Thanks.
... I am not saying that us "readers" are perfect, but there should be a higher expectation and/or standard placed on the people that actually run the site. After all, it speaks volumes for not only them personally, but for the professionalism of the site as well.
heh heh
For what it's worth, I believe CmdrTaco would do well to be a little more careful in the future, when it comes to adding comments. I realize that we all should be careful too
What are you talking about?!?! Of course they do!! Every single game disk has the WinCE-based OS on it. That's why the load times are a bit long whenever you pop a disc into it ... it's booting the OS from the CD!
Think about it. Doind it this way reduces the need for firmware updates, as they can just ship a newer version of the OS with the game.
Heh, and the original poster of the Dreamcast angle thinks they're not installing drivers with each game?!? Yeah right, try the whole OS instead.
You're singling out one sentence in my entire post. You really should try to view the post in it's entirety before you try to think of an intelligent reply. Next time , don't forget about how I also said that, "due to the communication problems between JPL and Lockheed in the past, I would be VERY hard pressed to believe that they did not screw up again."
It's happened to me a few times too. I've seen some of my posts go down from "4 Isightful", to "2 Flamebait".
Try and figure that one out!
I can't help but point out that in many cases, cancer, heart problems, and other various maladies people suffer from are related to lifestyle choices those people made in the past. Why should people be absolved from blame for lifestyle choices they've made?
Oh yeah, gee, you're right, I'm sorry. Gosh, how could I have been so selfish and blind?!?
... Recently Enlightened /. Poster addressing scientists: "Hey guys! You morons, you're doing it wrong! You're wasting all this money trying to find a cause, when the actual cause is their lifestyle!"
bah, forget about a child in the hospital suffering from a defective heart valve, forget about the kids suffering from leukemia, and while I'm at it, forget about everyone else too.
Thank you for showing me the way in such a hateful world. Even though I cannot be assured that my hard-earned money will actually benefit these poor little penguins, and that there is not information about who to actually make the check out to, at least I will be secure in the fact that it's not going to all those suffering kids who really have no one to blame for their condition but themselves. After all, as you put it, it's their own lifestyle choices that put them in that condition.
Gee, you think maybe I should alert the medical community and let them know the exact cause for cancer while I'm at it?
Thanks, I feel enlightened.
You mention in your post how you noticed "a few" people mentioning that there are more deserving charities. However, as of the time I'm writing this I only notice 2.
One of them is my posting, the other is by an individual who used the "homeless people" argument, as you mentioned.
Let me point out that I did not mention helping poor or homeless people in my posting. My message simply stated that there are much more deserving "charities" (not people) out there who should be targeted.
Now, since you placed my posting in the group that you so richly singled out, let me point something out to you. People with cancer, heart conditions, diabetes, or any other type of physical condition, did not bring their condition upon themselves. With that in mind, you would do well to think about what you say in the future.
Perhaps if you personally knew of someone who suffered from cancer, diabetes, heart problems, or some other type of physical condition, you would think differently.
There are much more worthy causes to which to donate money. For instance, there's the Red Cross, The Cancer Society, Ronald McDonald House, United Way, Heart Foundation (not to be confused with "Hart Foundation"), Diabetes Association (either Canadian, American, or other if any others exist). The list goes on.
And YES, I know this could perhaps be considered a bad comment to some moderators out there, but this is kind of pathetic, where there are more deserving charities in the world, and someone wants us to start worrying about 4" tall penguins??!?!!
Anyone who tells you different is living in denial.
Well, I posted that based on the impression of what I read in that article (which I did mention at the beginning of the post, by the way.)
Besides, after the "communication problems" between Lockheed and JPL with the orbiter, I would be VERY hard pressed to believe that they did not screw up again.
Do what again, you say? How about messing up with landing zone data, for starters? I believe that if they are not entirely sure about the success of landing equipment, then they should do further research instead of going off half-cocked and launching it anyways, and hoping that everything works out.
It's obvious, going by this article, that NASA's JPL are trying to make excuses for their obvious incompitance in this mission.
"However, he said, the planet is covered with craters and canyons and it is impossible to remotely place a spacecraft at a precise location. He also said JPL scientists couldn't find a single landing zone on the planet's generally smooth south pole without a hazard."
Gee, it's strange how nobody at Lockheed Martin knew about the landing zone until it was virtually too late to do anything about it. The above quote from the article gives me the impression that either:
1. JPL knew about the risks all along, and never told anyone about them.
2. JPL didn't know about the risks (like they should have), and are now trying to cover their butts by saying, "Hey, it's not our fault! It's impossible to land anything safely on that planet!"
Come on guys, grow up and admit that you screwed up. Don't apologize, just don't do it again.
is yet another opportunity for geeks to pretend to be lawyers pretending to be geeks.
It's humor, and also not necessarily funny to all who read it.
FWIW, I don't think PvP is funny, but I'm not about to waste my time developing a website that preaches what I don't like about PvP. I have much more important things to do with my time.
Come to think of it, this ain't one of them either, so I'm outta here.
Hello Interbase 6.
This is an awful lot of effort you're going through just to be funny.
May have worked better if you'd just said:
"I can't get the script to work. I've tried everything! I downloaded it from the site, and named it 'ender' in my home directory.
I typed 'ender' and it said 'bash: ender: command not found'"
Let's carry on and forget about analyzing this Y2K crap. It's over and done with. Why do people feel the need to analyze every little thing?
... Soon we'll probably be given an analysis of the analysis ... bah. When will it all end?!?! Stop the insanity!!
We've dealt with this Y2K issue for years, and now it's come and gone. How long is it going to take for this post-Y2K analysis phase to go away?
I can just see it now