I don't see anything about the racial bias in white's voting patterns. In fact going by the voting patterns of Asians and Hispanics whites should have voted 65% for Obama - which would have easily won him the election blacks or not. Way to push racism on one group while ignoring any others.
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It's funny I actually have a different view because I was not a big fan of Snow Crash. I loved Cryptonomicon and liked the Baroque Cycle (yes it could have been trimmed a bit). Snow Crash seemed self indulgent to me, he also seemed to be pandering to his audience too much, his characters were how geeks saw themselves and how they should be in the world, not how their were. Whereas in Cryptonomicon geeks had a lot of power but it showed they were not the masters of their own destiny and superior to all the non-geeks. His main characters ha flaws. He did pull a weird ending out on that one, it did sort of fall flat, I think that is one of his flaws as a writer. I did not read the Diamond Age yet.
I would love to know what Apple expects basement musicians to use to record multitrack audio. Firewire is way better suited to that and frankly after buying mics, instruments, amps, and mic preamps that group tends not to have an extra $1000 for a computer.
I had very bad symptoms through college, was even considering having an operation done. It got a little better after college, but I was still at a desk all day working as a programmer. then I got a nice desk and chair at home, and did the same thing at work. Now I never have problems even though I still type a lot and I also play guitar. I think posture and ergonomics have a lot to do with it, at least in the office world.
Why is it always authors who come down as the hardest advocates of strict copyrights? I'm not trolling, it just seems that among musicians (classical and pop), painters, photographers, etc there is way less of this mentality of locking everything down and severely punishing anyone who steps out of line. It is especially disappointing among sci-fi authors. For instance we had Harlan Ellison suing AOL for the contents of the newsgroups and dragging that out for like 5 years (it could still be going on now for all I know). Then I believe it was SM Stirling (I could have the author wrong) ranting that people who upload his novels to newsgroups deserve to be anally raped in prison. It is sad since these people are supposed to have, you know, a bit of vision. My only guess is authors are so used to getting screwed by their publishers and don't get to interact with their fan base the way a musician might they are led down this RIAA-like path where they feel the only way to protect themselves is to lock things down entirely. Either that or its just all about the money for an author.
Obviously there are exceptions, people like Neil Stephenson have certainly embraced the future (well more like the present).
I'll just jump in with my uninformed opinion. I do like records, though I mostly listed to my ipod ripped from my CDs though. I like records for 2 reasons. 1) For some reason bass guitar is very easy to follow on records compared to CDs/mp3s listened to on ANY system I have ever had. I think this is a large part of why there were so many good bass lines in rock in the 60s and 70s and less now, but I digress. 2) There is a certain depth to the music that I don't hear on CD but I DO here on DVD-audio and even on a Ben Folds standard dvd that had an audio track (not sure if that was PCM or compressed audio). I don't know what the difference is, perhaps this is the limits of 16bit. And anyone who says bit depth does not matter for rock is wrong, just because something isn't super quiet doesn't mean those bits are useless.
I do have a theory that perhaps the extra noise on a record creates interference patterns that have a pyscho-acoustic effect on how we hear the sound, making it sound subjectively better, though I've got nothing to back that up.
I dunno, I'd take Hershey's over that Cadbury crap any day. I don't like most other american chocolate though, certainly not all the generic stuff at the drug store.
I hope the slashdot libertarian crowd is coming out of the woodwork in support of this one. I mean individuals should be able to enter into any sort of contract they want right? And its not the free hands fault when every vendor forces this upon the merchants, thereby driving up costs to all consumers.
Wait, all these sci fi movies listed (good lists too) and no mention of Primer? If you thought Pi was indi-sci fi, this movie is a total mind fuck. It's an interesting story and well written but makes no concessions to a mainstream audience. I wish there were more like it (not that I don't like mainstream, but it's nice to see a movie push the envelope).
As others have mentioned, power adaptors are less of an issue than before. All apple and cannon chargers run 100-240v 50-60hz, you can get AA battery chargers that do the same. On my last trip the only thing that wasn't univerwsal was my beard trimmer, I haven't found a universal one of those yet. A few plug adaptors and you are good to go.
Tivo seems a bit dated and irrelevant here. How does Myth compare to the Motorola Dual Tuner HD Box that Comcast and Verizon Fios use? I would imagine more people in the USA who are recording HD content use this box from the cable company. Isn't Tivo HD mostly for satellite?
Anyway, I'd love to switch away from the quirky motorola box, it's got way to many bugs and is very first generation. Can MythTV do anything for me here?
Strangely the nuclear power plant in Nj (but owned by DE) isn't jsut blurred, but totally edited out. It looks like a slab of concrete. Seems bizarre since you can see the tower from at least 10 miles away.
I got my TI-81 around 93 or 94. I still used it up until the point that I found the graphing calculator app in the windows power toys. I know its silly but I much prefer the graphing calculator line display for balancing my checkbook than a simple calculator.
I think it was Zubrin who said that there is nothing useful to do in orbit. Well, besides solar power. Whereas on the moon there is mining and other activities.
Actually Eclipse is a wonderful example of too many choices. I've gone to the site several times to try it out for Java development. I've gotten overwhelmed with the sheer number of downloads and can't figure out which one is a Java IDE. So I just close the window and go back to codeguide.
It is ironic that you mention Jiffy Lube, since they (and companies like them) have gotten in trouble so many times for upselling and performing unneccessary repairs. They are exactly the sort of company that takes advantage of the ill-informed and pressed for time.
Actually, for me the "killer app" would be allowing a myth tv box to replace my comcast hi def dvr. As it stands I wouldnt want to lose hi def just to have automatic commercial skip.
Actually, as of 2 years ago, it was Discover card's policy that they would not reverse any transactions through eBay or Paypal. I tried fighting with them over a fraudulent seller but they wouldn't budge.
It's funny how Google's search engine has discriminated against affiliate-based sites (yes, I know there's a lot of junk out there) and then they turn around and release this.
I cna't say I agree with this article. I grew up in a mid atlantic state in the 80s. Our house had no a/c, so I was exposed to dust and pollen from the outdoors year round, plus I was outside playing a lot. Mom was a pretty busy person, so things like dusting and vacuuming weren't as regular as they were in other people's houses. I've been stuffed up my whole life and this past year I was tested for allergies, it turns out I am allergic to dust, mold, and various tree pollens. Basically 3 things I have been exposed to my entire life.
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I'm going to guess you are a white male.
Probably not the most depressing, but a downer underneath all the snark nonetheless.
I've been there and loved it. Very excited that my neighborhood in Philly is getting a barcade soon.
I don't see anything about the racial bias in white's voting patterns. In fact going by the voting patterns of Asians and Hispanics whites should have voted 65% for Obama - which would have easily won him the election blacks or not. Way to push racism on one group while ignoring any others.
It's funny I actually have a different view because I was not a big fan of Snow Crash. I loved Cryptonomicon and liked the Baroque Cycle (yes it could have been trimmed a bit). Snow Crash seemed self indulgent to me, he also seemed to be pandering to his audience too much, his characters were how geeks saw themselves and how they should be in the world, not how their were. Whereas in Cryptonomicon geeks had a lot of power but it showed they were not the masters of their own destiny and superior to all the non-geeks. His main characters ha flaws. He did pull a weird ending out on that one, it did sort of fall flat, I think that is one of his flaws as a writer. I did not read the Diamond Age yet.
I would love to know what Apple expects basement musicians to use to record multitrack audio. Firewire is way better suited to that and frankly after buying mics, instruments, amps, and mic preamps that group tends not to have an extra $1000 for a computer.
I had very bad symptoms through college, was even considering having an operation done. It got a little better after college, but I was still at a desk all day working as a programmer. then I got a nice desk and chair at home, and did the same thing at work. Now I never have problems even though I still type a lot and I also play guitar. I think posture and ergonomics have a lot to do with it, at least in the office world.
Why is it always authors who come down as the hardest advocates of strict copyrights? I'm not trolling, it just seems that among musicians (classical and pop), painters, photographers, etc there is way less of this mentality of locking everything down and severely punishing anyone who steps out of line. It is especially disappointing among sci-fi authors. For instance we had Harlan Ellison suing AOL for the contents of the newsgroups and dragging that out for like 5 years (it could still be going on now for all I know). Then I believe it was SM Stirling (I could have the author wrong) ranting that people who upload his novels to newsgroups deserve to be anally raped in prison. It is sad since these people are supposed to have, you know, a bit of vision. My only guess is authors are so used to getting screwed by their publishers and don't get to interact with their fan base the way a musician might they are led down this RIAA-like path where they feel the only way to protect themselves is to lock things down entirely. Either that or its just all about the money for an author.
Obviously there are exceptions, people like Neil Stephenson have certainly embraced the future (well more like the present).
I'll just jump in with my uninformed opinion. I do like records, though I mostly listed to my ipod ripped from my CDs though. I like records for 2 reasons. 1) For some reason bass guitar is very easy to follow on records compared to CDs/mp3s listened to on ANY system I have ever had. I think this is a large part of why there were so many good bass lines in rock in the 60s and 70s and less now, but I digress. 2) There is a certain depth to the music that I don't hear on CD but I DO here on DVD-audio and even on a Ben Folds standard dvd that had an audio track (not sure if that was PCM or compressed audio). I don't know what the difference is, perhaps this is the limits of 16bit. And anyone who says bit depth does not matter for rock is wrong, just because something isn't super quiet doesn't mean those bits are useless.
I do have a theory that perhaps the extra noise on a record creates interference patterns that have a pyscho-acoustic effect on how we hear the sound, making it sound subjectively better, though I've got nothing to back that up.
Umm..RME is actually mid-level. There's WAY more expensive out there. Given that, I love RME products and the Fireface rocks.
I dunno, I'd take Hershey's over that Cadbury crap any day. I don't like most other american chocolate though, certainly not all the generic stuff at the drug store.
I hope the slashdot libertarian crowd is coming out of the woodwork in support of this one. I mean individuals should be able to enter into any sort of contract they want right? And its not the free hands fault when every vendor forces this upon the merchants, thereby driving up costs to all consumers.
Wait, all these sci fi movies listed (good lists too) and no mention of Primer? If you thought Pi was indi-sci fi, this movie is a total mind fuck. It's an interesting story and well written but makes no concessions to a mainstream audience. I wish there were more like it (not that I don't like mainstream, but it's nice to see a movie push the envelope).
As others have mentioned, power adaptors are less of an issue than before. All apple and cannon chargers run 100-240v 50-60hz, you can get AA battery chargers that do the same. On my last trip the only thing that wasn't univerwsal was my beard trimmer, I haven't found a universal one of those yet. A few plug adaptors and you are good to go.
Tivo seems a bit dated and irrelevant here. How does Myth compare to the Motorola Dual Tuner HD Box that Comcast and Verizon Fios use? I would imagine more people in the USA who are recording HD content use this box from the cable company. Isn't Tivo HD mostly for satellite?
Anyway, I'd love to switch away from the quirky motorola box, it's got way to many bugs and is very first generation. Can MythTV do anything for me here?
Strangely the nuclear power plant in Nj (but owned by DE) isn't jsut blurred, but totally edited out. It looks like a slab of concrete. Seems bizarre since you can see the tower from at least 10 miles away.
I got my TI-81 around 93 or 94. I still used it up until the point that I found the graphing calculator app in the windows power toys. I know its silly but I much prefer the graphing calculator line display for balancing my checkbook than a simple calculator.
I think it was Zubrin who said that there is nothing useful to do in orbit. Well, besides solar power. Whereas on the moon there is mining and other activities.
Actually Eclipse is a wonderful example of too many choices. I've gone to the site several times to try it out for Java development. I've gotten overwhelmed with the sheer number of downloads and can't figure out which one is a Java IDE. So I just close the window and go back to codeguide.
It is ironic that you mention Jiffy Lube, since they (and companies like them) have gotten in trouble so many times for upselling and performing unneccessary repairs. They are exactly the sort of company that takes advantage of the ill-informed and pressed for time.
Actually, for me the "killer app" would be allowing a myth tv box to replace my comcast hi def dvr. As it stands I wouldnt want to lose hi def just to have automatic commercial skip.
I've found Taskbar Shuffle to be the answer to the taskbar order problem:
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I just found this after years of saying "Why doesn't windows just do this by default?".
Actually, as of 2 years ago, it was Discover card's policy that they would not reverse any transactions through eBay or Paypal. I tried fighting with them over a fraudulent seller but they wouldn't budge.
It's funny how Google's search engine has discriminated against affiliate-based sites (yes, I know there's a lot of junk out there) and then they turn around and release this.
I cna't say I agree with this article. I grew up in a mid atlantic state in the 80s. Our house had no a/c, so I was exposed to dust and pollen from the outdoors year round, plus I was outside playing a lot. Mom was a pretty busy person, so things like dusting and vacuuming weren't as regular as they were in other people's houses. I've been stuffed up my whole life and this past year I was tested for allergies, it turns out I am allergic to dust, mold, and various tree pollens. Basically 3 things I have been exposed to my entire life.