... the sum of all these high-minded "your DC project is misdirected fluff" arguments really point to getting all those wasted cycles back to the machines' typical prime missions.
... that if you're in an area prone to lightning, you should make sure you have a 1-iron in your bag. When it gets dicey hold it up in the air - because as every golfer knows, even God can't hit a 1-iron.
If it takes more than 20 minutes, engineers in MA say "screw it - put in a rotary!" Then they throw down their pencils and head for Dunkin Donuts. Oh wait - I may be thinking of another roadmap...
Here's the deal, me hearty: He's going to get his "Yes" to saving the $8 a month, after which he'll be treated to the live version of the opening animation from the Jetsons...
Did a trial to see if AOL@school had somehow magically become useful. Pretty much verbatim on their end - they try every tactic to get you off point and convince you to stay.
I got took for a paycheck's worth, with no high tech used or needed. Someone hand copied all the info on my car, front and back, when it was used at a restaurant. I called the bank (Fleet, often considered big and difficult), they looked at everything that happened, I told them which ones were bogus, their fraud department confirmed the details of the transactions (location, times, names - these people were dumb enough to charge at Woolworths overseas, and paid bills for Progressive insurance, ATT and Verizon cells and Cablevision - all eminently traceable). They reversed the charges, and said they were still subject to verification, and since they were all as I presented them. I got it all back and kept it. Most of the money was back after the next overnight, the rest was back after two overnights.
According to Rush, we can fit the entire population of the world in the state of Texas. According to FEMA the solution to flooding is to raise all the buildings. Give the whole job to Halliburton. Done and done. What's for lunch?
The Simple Part Darwin is still open source, except for the x86 kernel (XNU). This is meant to slow down / stop wholesale use of OSX on generic x86 hardware. Everything else, including the PPC source for XNU is right there, open and available to developers. I browsed it mere minutes ago. Apple still hasn't said that this is the final disposition of the x86 kernel, but it's what they have for now.
The Part Tom's Making Complicated Tom's invoking everything short of motherhood and apple pie (sorry) over this. He imagines and carries the standard for legions of people who want to compile custom x86 Darwin kernels. (Isn't this the very definition of astroturfing - "a few people discreetly posing as mass numbers of activists advocating a specific cause"?) He seems to claim customizing the kernel is Very Important, Real Soon, for those who simply want to, and for those who want to optimize some custom servers and thin clients / workstations that he imagines Apple will be releasing in the future. Maybe they will. If so, they'll figure it out. But so far, no pitchforks or torches have been spotted on Mariani Ave. Take his argument to the logical extreme and Apple lets everyone run OSX on anything they want. That would be Bad for the future of Apple. He does seem to say there's some magical way for Apple to have it both ways, but doesn't say how.
This thing is even more amazing. We use it on our smartboard, and the onscreen controller is wonderful. Much easier to do an impressive fullscreen. I've seen many false starts at 3d controllers - and this isn't necessarily a controller for all 3d worlds, but the implementation came out of nowhere and is highly effective and easy to use after you see it work once.
Sketchup is wonderful - we just got the interface for a research project we've been trying to engineer for about 6 months...
Other 1337 users have h4x0rd the print command so that their letters come out on a piece of paper, they also got the little switchy thingie next to the door to make the room light up, and they got Jolt Cola to run downhill. Film at 11.
Shuttle / station crews...
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Have been picking their non-technical garb (i.e., shirts, as you ened the velcro-laden shorts and pants) from Lands' End and adding mission patches, however the gov contract menas Lands' End can't brag about it... Ditto Acorns slipper-socks.
After a year long bout with several parallel ailments, my GP asked me how I was, and I replied "except for the writer's cramp, just fine". Every visit to a MD office now requires that you fill out and sign the form that swears they promised under HPPA not to divulge anything (maybe not explicitly required but it seems everyone's in CYA mode on every visit).
As he observed, "What do they think I'm going to do - run out into the parking lot and yell to passers-by 'You'll never guess what Pellino's got...!'"
And as I observed - you get three or more seniors in the waiting room, and no matter how the small talk starts, it always becomes a grand exposition of their ailments. "Huh! You don't know from gallstones! I should be so lucky to just have your gout!" and on and on and on...
The DC-10 went on to have a long term decent service record for a "heavy". The molasses flood is on the Boston Duck Tour - the second coolest thing to do in Boston. Galloping Gertie missed making the list - especially in light that the same basic design was used in the Golden Gate (but the winds aren't harmonic there and mods were done). I also nominate the city engineers who couldn't find a parking spot so they circled a Chicago block thrice, craned their necks, shrugged and then gave the go ahead to drive pilings right into the old Chicago Tunnel system and the basement of everything near the Kinzie Street river crossing.
I freshly scrubbed a VAIO tower, loaded it with its shipped system (98se) went to Windows Update to lather rinse repeat what they said it needed. We gave it exactly one job to do - it's hands-off, headless, on the net FTPing a graphic once a minute with the results of a proprietary data collection app.
Two weeks later when my tech went to tweak something, he came back saying it was loded with crap - we had to do it all over again, this time secured with AVG/SpyBot/AdAware which we do by default to user machines and now run weekly via VNC.
beer pouring *Zzzzzzzz* *snork* overlo... Hey! BARKEEP! Another Guinness - and here ya go - get youself a shot of WD-40 !
Both - but It's a matter of partitioning
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Part of the problem is how work and play are partitioned, or not. We've traditionally seen work as part of the productive part of our lives, and play as the kick-back-and-do-what-I-like part. When we were young, you came home from school. put your play clothes on and went out to make mud pies or whatever. There was a distinction. It has been mostly that way for adults, too - work 9-5 then kick back or wait for the weekend.
Now it's fuzzier. Technology has done two things - (1) made work ubiquitous and (2) it is allowing us to micro-manage our leisure. Your phone (allegedly a productivity tool) now can be your TV and hi-fi and you can have it anywhere always. Which means you have a personal TV and hi-fi whenever the mood strikes. You used to haev to go home to do those things. iPod even more. I can't remember the last time I fired up an actual stereo stack just to listen to music.
And we take entertainment in smaller bites, because it's available, in many forms. Restaurants are increasingly entertainment venues, as opposed to functional greasy spoons. Your car is now an entertainment center. My instant-on laptop is a theater, hi-fi, arcade, and and and... I have XM radio, and I use exactly three stations - 150, 151, 153 - the comedy channels. That turns my two 45 min commutes into entertainment. So I get to kick back and laugh out loud for a small chunk of time that I can't seem to afford otherwise. Ditto podcasts. That's a change that's far more entertainment than dialing around hoping something comes up, or screaming at Rush for three hours....
I still think we're on a net gain with the mix. but it could turn around in a very short time...
That a major premise of the story is that Tyler Durden is an imaginary / alternate personality of the narrator and that it's about somone having a major psychotic break?
"Leaving the robots to "get on with it" - to do the decision-making - is the way ahead, Nasa believes."
Where have I heard this before...?
"I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you. "
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... the sum of all these high-minded "your DC project is misdirected fluff" arguments really point to getting all those wasted cycles back to the machines' typical prime missions.
Which apparently are gaming and pr0n.
We genetically engineer a giant cane toad to block out the sun!
A three martini lunch and a copy of >
Moral: Don't Drink and Set Type.
... that if you're in an area prone to lightning, you should make sure you have a 1-iron in your bag.
When it gets dicey hold it up in the air - because as every golfer knows, even God can't hit a 1-iron.
If it takes more than 20 minutes, engineers in MA say "screw it - put in a rotary!"
Then they throw down their pencils and head for Dunkin Donuts.
Oh wait - I may be thinking of another roadmap...
Here's the deal, me hearty: He's going to get his "Yes" to saving the $8 a month, after which he'll be treated to the live version of the opening animation from the Jetsons...
Did a trial to see if AOL@school had somehow magically become useful.
Pretty much verbatim on their end - they try every tactic to get you off point and convince you to stay.
"Brainstorm" I think they called it?
"world leading UNIX core operating system"
What color is the sky in that world?
I got took for a paycheck's worth, with no high tech used or needed.
Someone hand copied all the info on my car, front and back, when it was used at a restaurant.
I called the bank (Fleet, often considered big and difficult), they looked at everything that happened, I told them which ones were bogus, their fraud department confirmed the details of the transactions (location, times, names - these people were dumb enough to charge at Woolworths overseas, and paid bills for Progressive insurance, ATT and Verizon cells and Cablevision - all eminently traceable).
They reversed the charges, and said they were still subject to verification, and since they were all as I presented them. I got it all back and kept it. Most of the money was back after the next overnight, the rest was back after two overnights.
According to Rush, we can fit the entire population of the world in the state of Texas.
According to FEMA the solution to flooding is to raise all the buildings.
Give the whole job to Halliburton.
Done and done.
What's for lunch?
The Simple Part
Darwin is still open source, except for the x86 kernel (XNU).
This is meant to slow down / stop wholesale use of OSX on generic x86 hardware.
Everything else, including the PPC source for XNU is right there, open and available to developers. I browsed it mere minutes ago.
Apple still hasn't said that this is the final disposition of the x86 kernel, but it's what they have for now.
The Part Tom's Making Complicated
Tom's invoking everything short of motherhood and apple pie (sorry) over this.
He imagines and carries the standard for legions of people who want to compile custom x86 Darwin kernels.
(Isn't this the very definition of astroturfing - "a few people discreetly posing as mass numbers of activists advocating a specific cause"?)
He seems to claim customizing the kernel is Very Important, Real Soon, for those who simply want to, and for those who want to optimize some custom servers and thin clients / workstations that he imagines Apple will be releasing in the future.
Maybe they will. If so, they'll figure it out.
But so far, no pitchforks or torches have been spotted on Mariani Ave.
Take his argument to the logical extreme and Apple lets everyone run OSX on anything they want.
That would be Bad for the future of Apple.
He does seem to say there's some magical way for Apple to have it both ways, but doesn't say how.
Make it sound like they're working on Soylent Green or something...
This thing is even more amazing. We use it on our smartboard, and the onscreen controller is wonderful. Much easier to do an impressive fullscreen.
I've seen many false starts at 3d controllers - and this isn't necessarily a controller for all 3d worlds, but the implementation came out of nowhere and is highly effective and easy to use after you see it work once.
Sketchup is wonderful - we just got the interface for a research project we've been trying to engineer for about 6 months...
Other 1337 users have h4x0rd the print command so that their letters come out on a piece of paper, they also got the little switchy thingie next to the door to make the room light up, and they got Jolt Cola to run downhill.
Film at 11.
Have been picking their non-technical garb (i.e., shirts, as you ened the velcro-laden shorts and pants) from Lands' End and adding mission patches, however the gov contract menas Lands' End can't brag about it... Ditto Acorns slipper-socks.
the "Nacirema" updated for the gadget age.
Wake me when this vaunted pundit has an original thought.
After a year long bout with several parallel ailments, my GP asked me how I was, and I replied "except for the writer's cramp, just fine". Every visit to a MD office now requires that you fill out and sign the form that swears they promised under HPPA not to divulge anything (maybe not explicitly required but it seems everyone's in CYA mode on every visit).
As he observed, "What do they think I'm going to do - run out into the parking lot and yell to passers-by 'You'll never guess what Pellino's got...!'"
And as I observed - you get three or more seniors in the waiting room, and no matter how the small talk starts, it always becomes a grand exposition of their ailments. "Huh! You don't know from gallstones! I should be so lucky to just have your gout!" and on and on and on...
The DC-10 went on to have a long term decent service record for a "heavy".
The molasses flood is on the Boston Duck Tour - the second coolest thing to do in Boston.
Galloping Gertie missed making the list - especially in light that the same basic design was used in the Golden Gate (but the winds aren't harmonic there and mods were done).
I also nominate the city engineers who couldn't find a parking spot so they circled a Chicago block thrice, craned their necks, shrugged and then gave the go ahead to drive pilings right into the old Chicago Tunnel system and the basement of everything near the Kinzie Street river crossing.
I freshly scrubbed a VAIO tower, loaded it with its shipped system (98se) went to Windows Update to lather rinse repeat what they said it needed. We gave it exactly one job to do - it's hands-off, headless, on the net FTPing a graphic once a minute with the results of a proprietary data collection app.
Two weeks later when my tech went to tweak something, he came back saying it was loded with crap - we had to do it all over again, this time secured with AVG/SpyBot/AdAware which we do by default to user machines and now run weekly via VNC.
And people wonder why I love my Macs.
beer pouring *Zzzzzzzz* *snork* overlo... Hey! BARKEEP! Another Guinness - and here ya go - get youself a shot of WD-40 !
Part of the problem is how work and play are partitioned, or not. We've traditionally seen work as part of the productive part of our lives, and play as the kick-back-and-do-what-I-like part. When we were young, you came home from school. put your play clothes on and went out to make mud pies or whatever. There was a distinction. It has been mostly that way for adults, too - work 9-5 then kick back or wait for the weekend.
Now it's fuzzier. Technology has done two things - (1) made work ubiquitous and (2) it is allowing us to micro-manage our leisure. Your phone (allegedly a productivity tool) now can be your TV and hi-fi and you can have it anywhere always. Which means you have a personal TV and hi-fi whenever the mood strikes. You used to haev to go home to do those things. iPod even more. I can't remember the last time I fired up an actual stereo stack just to listen to music.
And we take entertainment in smaller bites, because it's available, in many forms. Restaurants are increasingly entertainment venues, as opposed to functional greasy spoons. Your car is now an entertainment center. My instant-on laptop is a theater, hi-fi, arcade, and and and... I have XM radio, and I use exactly three stations - 150, 151, 153 - the comedy channels. That turns my two 45 min commutes into entertainment. So I get to kick back and laugh out loud for a small chunk of time that I can't seem to afford otherwise. Ditto podcasts. That's a change that's far more entertainment than dialing around hoping something comes up, or screaming at Rush for three hours....
I still think we're on a net gain with the mix. but it could turn around in a very short time...
That a major premise of the story is that Tyler Durden is an imaginary / alternate personality of the narrator and that it's about somone having a major psychotic break?
I liked it - watching the 2nd version felt oddly empty.
"Leaving the robots to "get on with it" - to do the decision-making - is the way ahead, Nasa believes."
Where have I heard this before...?
"I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you. "