Ed: Any zombies out there?
Shaun: Don't say that!
Ed: What?
Shaun: The "zed" word. Don't say it!
Ed: Well... are they any?
Shaun: I don't see any. Maybe it's not as bad as all that.
Shaun: Oh, no wait, there they are.
Nice snappy comeback, but you don't hear commercial stations just suddenly interrupt a song to bring you a station ID. Now, they have live DJ's, but the same planning holds true--you have to schedule the station ID in between songs, but as close to the top of the hour (or whatever interval is needed) as possible. This is not an easy task for most playlist systems. Unless you will be pre-planning playlists down to the minute, it's not possible without software assistance.
Does anyone else the running pad accessory for the NES? Came with a game that had you running in place and competing with your friends? I distinctly remember that it was more fun (and easier) to just kneel down on the floor and smack the sensors with your hands, rather than try to jog in place. I just see kids getting around this by shaking the shoe or otherwise triggering the pedometer to falsely increase their "mileage". Stated previously: cute, but stupid.
I have one of those players, with every feature. It's called the Archos Jukebox. Just replace the standard OS with the RockBox firmware, and you will be 100x's happier than with your stock player. Battery life is pretty damn good, works with Win32 and Linux, and has USB 2 speeds. It is a HDD player, but I've dropped it several times now with no noticeable ill effects.
Since this is apparently a dupe, this seems like a good time to rant. I'm so fucking SICK of these regulators trying to push their "anti-privacy" measures on everyone. I'm glad that someone told the FCC that they overstepped their bounds. I think I have the right to record whatever the hell I want from the TV. I travel for work, and most of the time I can't watch the shows I like because they're not on an available local channel. So I either record the shows at home with my PVR, or I get them off a torrent site somewhere. I don't consider myself a pirate for wanting to watch the show I missed. Most of the time I still buy the DVD of a show I like (Buffy, SG1, etc), so where's the harm in getting to see the show NOW, and I'll buy it later at a better quality when and if the studio decides to release it to the public. I see no harm there. If these "regulators" are worried about piracy, then why not make a product for consumers that's worth a shit. If they put as much money and effort from their prosecution and lobbying into their product, they wouldn't have to worry. But it's the American way: "have someone else do it (protect our investment) because we're too lazy to do it ourselves or make it better".
The first rule of the shadow internet is, you do not talk about the shadow internet.
The second rule of the shadow internet is, you DO NOT talk about the shadow internet....
"...students in countries that emphasized theorems and rote learning tended not to do as well as those that emphasized the more practical aspects of mathematics."
Teachers are not really at fault. They're told to push a curriculum (finish chapters 2-10 by Christmas break), and speed through the formulas, instead of explaining HOW the formulas are used in real life. I always found it hard to understand why a particular formula was used to solve a polynomial when X=0, then I'd go to my physics class, and we'd learn nearly the same thing--but this time we'd know that solving the equation gave us a velocity at a given point. That's where I always perked up--when I could visualize and USE the formula in a practical way. I could explain this better through Family Guy:
Guy on Street #2: It's 3:00. Where the hell is Louie?
Guy on Street #1: Well, you tell me. Louie left his house at 2:15 and had to travel a distance 6.2 miles traveling at a rate of five miles a hour. When will Louie get here?
Guy On Street #2: Depends if he stops to see his ho.
Guy on Street #1: That's what we call a "variable".
Case in point: CSI vs ER.
CSI begins at 9pm sharp on CBS. It then runs til about 9:59, sometimes 10:00, with the teaser for the next episode on after commercials. But in the meantime, ER has started on NBC at 9:59 sharp. They've done that for almost 2 seasons now, and since those are two very highly rated shows, I've always bet they did that for a reason. Of course for people like me who has a PVR on their computer, I can set what time I want to start and end, down to the minute. Usually I have to, becuase the Guide+ program for listings won't let me set up both shows--so I can see where this hurts the TiVo folks.
Hey, down here, mod this one up. If you want a REAL HL2 mod, this is the Blackmesa 2 mod by the same guy. I believe this was a requisitioned mod from Valve, so this guy went all out to model it after real in-game models. I should note that parts 1, 2, and 3 for this mod are posted, and it's already been about a week since it was last on Bluesnews, so once again/. is behind the curve anyway.
[an old convict and H.I. lying on their prison bunks, passing the time]
Ear-Bending Cellmate :...and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand.
H.I. : You ate what?
Ear-Bending Cellmate : We ate sand.
[pause]
H.I. : You ate SAND?
Ear-Bending Cellmate : That's right!
The Polar Express was made almost exclusively with a method called performance capture, which drops digitized human actors into a computer-animated world.
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Call in Shaun of the Dead!
Ed: Any zombies out there?
Shaun: Don't say that!
Ed: What?
Shaun: The "zed" word. Don't say it!
Ed: Well... are they any?
Shaun: I don't see any. Maybe it's not as bad as all that.
Shaun: Oh, no wait, there they are.
Um...no?
Nice snappy comeback, but you don't hear commercial stations just suddenly interrupt a song to bring you a station ID. Now, they have live DJ's, but the same planning holds true--you have to schedule the station ID in between songs, but as close to the top of the hour (or whatever interval is needed) as possible. This is not an easy task for most playlist systems. Unless you will be pre-planning playlists down to the minute, it's not possible without software assistance.
Arrg! Vader SMASH!!!
Does anyone else the running pad accessory for the NES? Came with a game that had you running in place and competing with your friends? I distinctly remember that it was more fun (and easier) to just kneel down on the floor and smack the sensors with your hands, rather than try to jog in place. I just see kids getting around this by shaking the shoe or otherwise triggering the pedometer to falsely increase their "mileage". Stated previously: cute, but stupid.
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Wow, I didn't know Win+D did that! Why am I just learning this NOW?! Dammit.
"That's funny so maybe your a good person to ask who wrote the moon rules #1 on my car with a key?"
I have one of those players, with every feature. It's called the Archos Jukebox. Just replace the standard OS with the RockBox firmware, and you will be 100x's happier than with your stock player. Battery life is pretty damn good, works with Win32 and Linux, and has USB 2 speeds. It is a HDD player, but I've dropped it several times now with no noticeable ill effects.
"I love legitimate theater."
"This play has everything!"
Since this is apparently a dupe, this seems like a good time to rant. I'm so fucking SICK of these regulators trying to push their "anti-privacy" measures on everyone. I'm glad that someone told the FCC that they overstepped their bounds. I think I have the right to record whatever the hell I want from the TV. I travel for work, and most of the time I can't watch the shows I like because they're not on an available local channel. So I either record the shows at home with my PVR, or I get them off a torrent site somewhere. I don't consider myself a pirate for wanting to watch the show I missed. Most of the time I still buy the DVD of a show I like (Buffy, SG1, etc), so where's the harm in getting to see the show NOW, and I'll buy it later at a better quality when and if the studio decides to release it to the public. I see no harm there. If these "regulators" are worried about piracy, then why not make a product for consumers that's worth a shit. If they put as much money and effort from their prosecution and lobbying into their product, they wouldn't have to worry. But it's the American way: "have someone else do it (protect our investment) because we're too lazy to do it ourselves or make it better".
Actually, not really.
"I wonder what the ping times would be like..."
Astronomical!
[...cricket...]
Aw, c'mon, "space-hardened IP router"...astronomical? Eh, fine, you make a better joke.
Nope. Just Tuesday.
Makes me think of this one: "Economic Woes and Dismal Math/Science Scores: Related Deficits?"
To be blunt, it really makes me think that most of America's youth is too stupid to know that X messages @ $0.yy ea = $lots'ocash.
The first rule of the shadow internet is, you do not talk about the shadow internet. ...
The second rule of the shadow internet is, you DO NOT talk about the shadow internet.
"...students in countries that emphasized theorems and rote learning tended not to do as well as those that emphasized the more practical aspects of mathematics."
Teachers are not really at fault. They're told to push a curriculum (finish chapters 2-10 by Christmas break), and speed through the formulas, instead of explaining HOW the formulas are used in real life. I always found it hard to understand why a particular formula was used to solve a polynomial when X=0, then I'd go to my physics class, and we'd learn nearly the same thing--but this time we'd know that solving the equation gave us a velocity at a given point. That's where I always perked up--when I could visualize and USE the formula in a practical way. I could explain this better through Family Guy:
Guy on Street #2: It's 3:00. Where the hell is Louie?
Guy on Street #1: Well, you tell me. Louie left his house at 2:15 and had to travel a distance 6.2 miles traveling at a rate of five miles a hour. When will Louie get here?
Guy On Street #2: Depends if he stops to see his ho.
Guy on Street #1: That's what we call a "variable".
I prefer "fucktard" or "asshat", personally. Although the correct term is apparently "gullible".
Case in point: CSI vs ER.
CSI begins at 9pm sharp on CBS. It then runs til about 9:59, sometimes 10:00, with the teaser for the next episode on after commercials. But in the meantime, ER has started on NBC at 9:59 sharp. They've done that for almost 2 seasons now, and since those are two very highly rated shows, I've always bet they did that for a reason. Of course for people like me who has a PVR on their computer, I can set what time I want to start and end, down to the minute. Usually I have to, becuase the Guide+ program for listings won't let me set up both shows--so I can see where this hurts the TiVo folks.
Hey, down here, mod this one up. If you want a REAL HL2 mod, this is the Blackmesa 2 mod by the same guy. I believe this was a requisitioned mod from Valve, so this guy went all out to model it after real in-game models. I should note that parts 1, 2, and 3 for this mod are posted, and it's already been about a week since it was last on Bluesnews, so once again /. is behind the curve anyway.
Wouldn't work. Upon finding the movie Gigli on a user's computer, the program will immediately self-terminate.
No, but O'neill says there will be pie.
Urgo: "I want to live. I want to experience the universe and I want to eat pie!"
Jack: "Who doesn't??"
Teal'c: "I have read of a place where humans do battle in a ring of jello"
Jack: "Call Daniel."
You have to love how they work in the quotes though, even from the first episodes:
Sam Carter: It took us fifteen years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a way to power the gate.
Ahhh sand, the building block of life...
...and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand.
[an old convict and H.I. lying on their prison bunks, passing the time]
Ear-Bending Cellmate :
H.I. : You ate what?
Ear-Bending Cellmate : We ate sand.
[pause]
H.I. : You ate SAND?
Ear-Bending Cellmate : That's right!
The Polar Express was made almost exclusively with a method called performance capture, which drops digitized human actors into a computer-animated world.
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Squishy Pink Artificial Meat is what I've always been told :)