Personally, I plan to file a patent on the action of expressing disgust by extending the 3rd digit of the hand of a homo sapien. Every time you flip the bird, you owe me ten cents.
Imagine a one-time pad encrpytion using this stuff... if you want to decode the message you have to watch the video.:-) I suppose synchonization issues would be pretty tough to compensate for though.
You have to be comfortable in the basics at least. Actually, to do well in any area of computer science, you have to be generally good at math, not necessarily a master, but you still proficient and if you run across something you don't understand, you need to have the ability to sit down and teach yourself. IE, I know basic linear algebra, when I run across something that requires a new skill, I sit down with a text book and acquire it. When I read Abrash's book "Zen of Graphics Programming", I remember thinking to myself about the difficulty of the math (I was in late middle school, early high school), but after working through it, it's kinda neat to see what you can do with numbers. And Abrash is one hell of a programmer and thinker. He and Donald Knuth are two of my favorite CS guys.
"Today, communism is completely gone from the world stage"
Last I heard, China and Cuba were still very much communist, and Russia has been making movements back toward it's old government.
I doubt that you'd find a military person who would do that; yes, even against orders. Most understand what the freedom of the country depends on and joined for that reason. They'd probably sooner frag the President than destroy the backbone of the country they love the most.
For a population (nerds, geeks, general weirdos) that I know enjoys more than a bit of Monty Python, the number of people unaffected by the poster's sarcastic wit is simply astounding. Some of you guys need to grow funny bones, and quickly at that.
Putting aside the unfounded sweeping claims about my hypocricy, personally, I don't care if he did pot. Long as he doesn't now. The whole big stink about clinton doing pot was not that he did, but that he made the bogus claim "I didn't inhale." That did reveal some troubling aspects of his character, because of the fact that he tried to weasel out of it. If it had been "Yeah, I tried it. Didn't do it again." Then ok, cool. No problem. With Clinton it is usually about the lies.
Heh... I can imagine the possible new pickup lines...
"I am mitch, of borg. That flash upgradable microship looks simply stunning on you. Come, let us assimilate back at my pod; I will show you my other augmentations. Resistance is futile."
I don't think the result will be much different though...:-)
The article claims According to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, TIGER technology was used extensively in the final three weeks of the Kosovo operation, during which "80 to 90 percent of the mobile targets were hit."
What were the final numbers on the number of actual targets hit in Kosovo? Something like 13 actual tanks hit? (Off the top of my head) And if this piece of gadgetry is so wonderful, how is it NATO missed so much... or worse, hit the wrong targets (Chinese Embassy, Kosovars)? In my mind, basically just goes to show that the best eyes are still in the sockets of the soldier.
As for the idea of manipulating news and stuff... does that guy, Pike, truly believe the media will use self-restraint in order to maintain a good image? Bah. We already see how the media reports the news and can change perceptions of people by reporting things out of context, 5 second sound clips, spinning a story. For example, this latest flap with the Grand Jury leak was reputed to have come from dirty GOP tricks... networks huffed and puffed about it... turns out it was a Federal Judge who made a slip. The retraction and correction? Virtually nil. Even worse, outright lying. Tailwind and the massacre at No Gun Ri. Both of them have had faulty witnesses and numerous inconsistencies. Do you really believe that the major news organizations will bat more than an eyelash at the prospects of live video imagery? My guess is that they're absolutely drooling over this type of technology.
On the other hand, this could make a weekly episode of the Weekly World News very funny.:-)
Heh... I remember when I came to college with a 3 year old 486, even when I bought it, it was obsolete. I had been running DOS on it (didn't really know about linux then). I even managed to get the internet working with it. It tooks a few tricks, but it worked... slowly... so grudgingly, installed Windows95 on it. The internet was faster, but ofcourse, the rest of my computer wasn't... so it averaged out... and eventually I got a faster CPU, a PII266. I dunno, I always just use what I need. Right now, I have a PIII 500 Mhz, and I really don't forsee a time when I'll need much faster unless I start doing some serious number crunching on this baby. I guess some people just got to have the latest and greatest. =)
I already get email intended for other people... some of which are quite amusing. I think my friend onetime got one pertaining to the fathering of a child, only he'd never heard of the person... or did he? Heh, just think if people can fuck up simple email addresses... imagine getting your neighbor's pr0n. =)
Honestly, I would just like them to concentrate on the browser aspect. I'm absolutely drooling over a browser that's standards compliant. Add the email, sidebar, and other fscking features later.
There are times when you mourn a death. Let people have that. You could have the common decency not to be an ass. This is not on level with JFK Jr. and that whole media circus. It's a few people reflecting on, for lack of a better word, stuff.
I dunno if it's good or bad, but I don't see anything wrong with it. I'm kind of proud of my handles. I have 3 handles. I find I use them in different situations, depending on how I'm feeling. underdog was the handle I used on BBS back in the day before the web took over (and subsequently destroyed BBS)... I chose underdog, because that's how I viewed myself... the guy who everyone stepped on and who had to work to be appreciated... plus the cartoon dog reminded me of another dog... Dr.Peabody from Rocky and Bullwinkle, which is my family name.
When I started playing multiplayer games, I chose $20 Whore. Why? I play like a whore, for humorous reasons (multiplayer games should not be that serious), and Blazing Saddles has that one line "Wow... you use your tongue better than a $20 Whore." =)
Lately, I've shelved underdog and use mizhi. mizhi is actually a Chinese version of my name. It was given to me by a good friend during a study session for my Chinese final. It has a meaning that evokes a certain pride from me... that and according to my Professor is like a religious name. I actually like this name a little more than my real name... and my girlfriend tends to use this name in real life more than my real name.
But, I've never really had people call me by my handle unless they were introducing me to another person who only knew me by my handle. I've actually found that once people get my real name and meet me in person, they start using my real name online. Kinda weird though.
But then, I had friends who would change their name constantly...Handle Whores. =)
But whatever the handle I use, my personality becomes a little more bolder online. I still have the same persona, but more forceful. That's not to say I'm a wuss in real life, but I find that I can speak my mind more freely online using an assumed name.
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It's got its problems. But I don't think it can't be saved.
Personally, I plan to file a patent on the action of expressing disgust by extending the 3rd digit of the hand of a homo sapien. Every time you flip the bird, you owe me ten cents.
I had next to no problems gettings 2.4 to work on my RH7.0 setup
Imagine a one-time pad encrpytion using this stuff... if you want to decode the message you have to watch the video. :-) I suppose synchonization issues would be pretty tough to compensate for though.
You have to be comfortable in the basics at least. Actually, to do well in any area of computer science, you have to be generally good at math, not necessarily a master, but you still proficient and if you run across something you don't understand, you need to have the ability to sit down and teach yourself. IE, I know basic linear algebra, when I run across something that requires a new skill, I sit down with a text book and acquire it. When I read Abrash's book "Zen of Graphics Programming", I remember thinking to myself about the difficulty of the math (I was in late middle school, early high school), but after working through it, it's kinda neat to see what you can do with numbers. And Abrash is one hell of a programmer and thinker. He and Donald Knuth are two of my favorite CS guys.
RPN was probably about the best thing to happen to the calculator. I love it, in fact, I find it painful to go back to regular old calculators now...
"Today, communism is completely gone from the world stage" Last I heard, China and Cuba were still very much communist, and Russia has been making movements back toward it's old government.
I doubt that you'd find a military person who would do that; yes, even against orders. Most understand what the freedom of the country depends on and joined for that reason. They'd probably sooner frag the President than destroy the backbone of the country they love the most.
For a population (nerds, geeks, general weirdos) that I know enjoys more than a bit of Monty Python, the number of people unaffected by the poster's sarcastic wit is simply astounding. Some of you guys need to grow funny bones, and quickly at that.
Having said that: NI! NI! NI! NI!
He didn't. He simply said he wasn't going to answer. Not a negative or affirmative answer. No lie.
Putting aside the unfounded sweeping claims about my hypocricy, personally, I don't care if he did pot. Long as he doesn't now. The whole big stink about clinton doing pot was not that he did, but that he made the bogus claim "I didn't inhale." That did reveal some troubling aspects of his character, because of the fact that he tried to weasel out of it. If it had been "Yeah, I tried it. Didn't do it again." Then ok, cool. No problem. With Clinton it is usually about the lies.
He also kicked both habits and we don't even know if he did coke in the first place. Takes a bit of effort and character to kick alcohol and drugs.
Heh... I can imagine the possible new pickup lines... "I am mitch, of borg. That flash upgradable microship looks simply stunning on you. Come, let us assimilate back at my pod; I will show you my other augmentations. Resistance is futile." I don't think the result will be much different though... :-)
As justification, we could argue that the French mindset is a danger to the common sense of the rest of the world. :-)
It's things like this that make me forget why exactly the rest of the world pulled France's ass out of the frier in WWII. Comic relief, maybe?
What were the final numbers on the number of actual targets hit in Kosovo? Something like 13 actual tanks hit? (Off the top of my head) And if this piece of gadgetry is so wonderful, how is it NATO missed so much... or worse, hit the wrong targets (Chinese Embassy, Kosovars)? In my mind, basically just goes to show that the best eyes are still in the sockets of the soldier.
As for the idea of manipulating news and stuff... does that guy, Pike, truly believe the media will use self-restraint in order to maintain a good image? Bah. We already see how the media reports the news and can change perceptions of people by reporting things out of context, 5 second sound clips, spinning a story. For example, this latest flap with the Grand Jury leak was reputed to have come from dirty GOP tricks... networks huffed and puffed about it... turns out it was a Federal Judge who made a slip. The retraction and correction? Virtually nil. Even worse, outright lying. Tailwind and the massacre at No Gun Ri. Both of them have had faulty witnesses and numerous inconsistencies. Do you really believe that the major news organizations will bat more than an eyelash at the prospects of live video imagery? My guess is that they're absolutely drooling over this type of technology.
On the other hand, this could make a weekly episode of the Weekly World News very funny. :-)
Heh... I'm American of above average intelligence, and I still have to look that word up when I'm writing. Thanc gof dor spel chec! =)
"neighborhood mainframe"
Like the local prostitute? Everyone gets a ride, but no one is really satisfied? =)
Heh... I remember when I came to college with a 3 year old 486, even when I bought it, it was obsolete. I had been running DOS on it (didn't really know about linux then). I even managed to get the internet working with it. It tooks a few tricks, but it worked... slowly... so grudgingly, installed Windows95 on it. The internet was faster, but ofcourse, the rest of my computer wasn't... so it averaged out... and eventually I got a faster CPU, a PII266. I dunno, I always just use what I need. Right now, I have a PIII 500 Mhz, and I really don't forsee a time when I'll need much faster unless I start doing some serious number crunching on this baby. I guess some people just got to have the latest and greatest. =)
I already get email intended for other people... some of which are quite amusing. I think my friend onetime got one pertaining to the fathering of a child, only he'd never heard of the person... or did he? Heh, just think if people can fuck up simple email addresses... imagine getting your neighbor's pr0n. =)
LOL...this is gonna be fun.
Honestly, I would just like them to concentrate on the browser aspect. I'm absolutely drooling over a browser that's standards compliant. Add the email, sidebar, and other fscking features later.
There are times when you mourn a death. Let people have that. You could have the common decency not to be an ass. This is not on level with JFK Jr. and that whole media circus. It's a few people reflecting on, for lack of a better word, stuff.
When I started playing multiplayer games, I chose $20 Whore. Why? I play like a whore, for humorous reasons (multiplayer games should not be that serious), and Blazing Saddles has that one line "Wow... you use your tongue better than a $20 Whore." =)
Lately, I've shelved underdog and use mizhi. mizhi is actually a Chinese version of my name. It was given to me by a good friend during a study session for my Chinese final. It has a meaning that evokes a certain pride from me... that and according to my Professor is like a religious name. I actually like this name a little more than my real name... and my girlfriend tends to use this name in real life more than my real name.
But, I've never really had people call me by my handle unless they were introducing me to another person who only knew me by my handle. I've actually found that once people get my real name and meet me in person, they start using my real name online. Kinda weird though.
But then, I had friends who would change their name constantly...Handle Whores. =)
But whatever the handle I use, my personality becomes a little more bolder online. I still have the same persona, but more forceful. That's not to say I'm a wuss in real life, but I find that I can speak my mind more freely online using an assumed name.
Ahhh yes... the New York Times. A bastion of unbiased reporting and journalistic integrity.
Heh... bubba won't need a port scanner for him either. =)
Oh man, what a conversation in the bathroom this would be...
"Hey man, I've been hunting around for some good sources pr0n and I ran across this awesome site. You ever been there? How're their credit ratings?"
"Yep, in fact, the boss is also a major client... that's how I found out about it."
"So that's why he's always in his office... Any problems with them?"
"Not really... once they double billed me for a show with twin sluts, but other than that, they're on the up and up. "