Yes, I hate this faux pas as well. Another thing I don't like is when people say "Quarter of Nine," Meaning 8:45. That makes no sense to me. A quarter of the nine o'clock hour is 9:15. It is just nonsense to me. Quarter to and Quarter past make perfect sense to me. When I lived in Ireland, people would say "Half nine" to mean 9:30. That makes sense. Following the "of" logic, "Half Nine" would be 8:30 (although, I used to say "4:30??" when people would say Half 9 to me, just to be an ass.)
The point is, language is just symbols we assign value to. Regardless (or "Irregardless," if you're one of the people who use that made up word) of what people say, most of the time, you know what they mean. Nitpicking over language rules only seems noble to the person who is wasting the energy to do it. Nukular.
No. You can't. Nor would you want to. Consumer DVD players don't support multi-speeds (other than the differences required to read the inside tracks vs. the outside tracks)
You can get an IDE DVD-ROM drive for $40 anyway. Why bother hacking? Oh yeah, because it's fun. It's not gonna save you any money though.
I drive a 1960 Ford. When I go to Pep Boys, and their books only go back to 65 or whatever, that is pretty much what I get... They tell me to look up a specialty store that handles old parts. Maybe someone could make a businesses out of supporting that old MS crap. On the same note, why doesn't MS release the code freely if they no longer support or sell the product? I know that when I bought my first Win95 upgrade, it didn't come with an expiration date on the box.
This was touted as the "next big thing." I promptly registered my identity. That was in 2000. I haven't heard this technology mentioned ONCE since then. Apparently, it's still viable, as www.xns.org still exists.
On a side note, I now steer clear of ANYTHING that touts itself to be the "next big x." (napster, anyone?)
I don't really see why this is unfair. If a person drives to another state and buys something, they have to pay tax. People from CA drive to Oregon all the time in order to avoid paying sales tax. I don't want to pay any more for anything, but at the same time, I think it's fair to pay sales tax where it's due.
I do however think that paying income tax to one or two governments (depending on your state laws), then having to pay sales tax on top of previously taxed money is ridiculous. When I only get to keep $.90 out of a dollar, and then I lose another $.0725 whenever I buy anything, it kind of pisses me off. Thank god the ROTH limits are up to $5k per year.
I met Ralph Lauren about 3 weeks ago, in Telluride, CO with is about 30 miles from his ranch. He was driving a McLaren F1. One of his 2 passengers told me there were only 6 of those in the US, and 2 were Ralphs. Maybe next year, he'll show up in his 959. I look forward to seeing it.
From the 2003 Program: "DESTINO is the legendary collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney that was begun in 1945 but never finished until now. A new generation at Disney has created a most extraordinary work of animation art. (d. John Hench/Dominique Monfery, 1946/2002, U.S./France, 6m)"
It preceded a new animated feature called The Triplets of Belleville http://www.telluridefilmfestival.com/p dfs/30th-gui de.pdf (program #14)
During the Vegas Fry's grand opening in Feb, these were on sale fr $99. Specs: 30gb, 128mb, 56k, 10/100, C3 733mhz, 52x, keyboard, mouse. Seems like at least $100 worth of file server hardware to me. I tried to leave ThizLinux on it, and configure Samba and all that, but in the end it was a huge headache, and no matter which panel (of 3) to configure the NIC, I still couldn't get online with it. So, I put Win2k on it, and used the included driver disk to get everything running. The driver disk installs all the drivers and handles all the reboots for you. Couldn't be easier to convert to WIndows. I think that is the purpose of this machine. It avoids the Windows Tax, and introduces people to Linux, which is far from user friendly. As for the decision to include this distro over others, who knows? Maybe Thiz gave them a better deal on media? Maybe they gave more support for creating the install image (not that it did any good). I don't know. It's still a pretty kickass machine for 1 bill.
My mom wanted to install a 2 way satellite broadband connection in the motorhome. The DirecWay people said it was impossible to have a mobile dish, because if the uplink signal crosses over into someone elses (like a TV channel) bandwidth, DirecWay gets fined $10,000 per minute. The FCC requires the system to be installed by a professional, as a result. Off the subject now, but it can be done in a mobile situation, by using an expensive ($5000) computerized positioning system. Back to what's relevant, if you tried doing something like jamming a network's satellite signal, you'd be putting yourself at a pretty good financial risk.
HP made this scanner called the Capshare which did auto stitching of pages and could hold about 100 1-bit text pages in memory. They came out with a color model as well. Unfortunately, they stopped making them in 1999 or 2000. Retail on them was about $500, but were going for $200-$300 on clearance at the end. Now, they sell for $500+ on eBay.com.
I would guess that using some distilled water would help too. Tap water has all sorts of nastyness in it (Chlorine and minerals) that corrode and clog water passages. I only ever use distilled water in my car for this reason.
Damn, Bonzi got slashdotted. How will I know if my internet connection is optimized? Everytime I buy their software, that message still comes up. I have 45 instances of it running. How much optimization does this t-1 connection need?
There's no such thing as a 1.00 Euro note. You don't get "paper" money until you get to the 5. Euros are not durable. For a currency that's only been around for a year or so, a good amount of the 5s I got when I was living in Ireland were wrinkled and tattered. Just cause they're colorful and have holograms doesn't mean they are hard to counterfeit. Maybe it would be hard to counterfeit a brand new bill, but making a counterfeit damaged bill is always the way to go. As for the different sizes, that does stop the bleaching technique, but IMHO it makes it a pain in the ass to keep everything straight in one's wallet. The result was I would only carry 20s in my wallet. Anything smaller got wadded up and shoved in a pocket. Based on the condition of the money I was getting, it was a common strategy.
I'm just setting this up now, but what I've got in store for my mom's computer is this. a 120gb internal HD which uses some software (Ghost, Drive Image or something. I don't know exactly what to use yet and I'm open to suggestion. Solution has to be software though. No hardware RAID) to mirror her data to a 120GB external drive (USB 2.0). This way, in the event of a drive failure, she won't have to go through data recovery. Also, if she is planning on being away, she can store the external drive elsewhere or take it with her (in case of burglary or whatever).
All of this facilitates rebuilding Windows. Full re-installs do still count. The Registry still gets out of hand after numberous installs and upgrades, IMHO.
March 4, the NV state assemply voted unanimously for a bill that allows for up to $500 per offense as well. Here's a link. The article aslo states that the current law, which has a maximum of $10 in damages has never been enforced. If I can find out a way to capitalize on this, I'm going to send out emails to everyone telling them how to get rich.... Oh, wait.
Here's my interview with the "Star Wars Kid". It took place on May 13, 2003, 4:45 pm PST, was translated from French, and most questions were recommended by Andy.
Female answers: Hello? Jish: Can I speak with Ghyslain please? Female: One moment... Female: It won't be long Jish: Ok, thanks... G: Yes, hello? Jish: Ghyslain? G: Yes. Jish: My name is Jish and I am calling you from San Francisco, CA and I would like to interview you. Do you speak English too? G: Only a little bit. Jish: Well, I will try to speak in French, but I'll apologize in advance since my French isn't perfect. G: Oh, that's ok. Jish: The interview is concerning your martial arts video. G: Mm hmm. Jish: Do you know that over 500,000 people have viewed your video? G: Yes, I know. Jish: When you made the video, did you think this many people would be viewing it? G: No, I really never anticipated that. Jish: How did the video end up on the web? G: Actually, it was a mistake. The cassette was left in the studio and someone put it on the internet. Jish: Then, I guess it wasn't a friend who did this, more of an enemy? G: More or less. It was someone I knew. Jish: I only have a few more questions... there was something yellow on the floor in your video, what was that? G: It was probably something left behind in the studio from a previous session. I really don't remember what it was. Jish: Some people have taken your video and have added some Star Wars special effects, have you seen these? G: Yes, I have seen some. Jish: What is your opinion of these videos? G: From what I saw, they look very well-made. It's surprising to see what people have done with a video that wasn't meant to be seen. It's interesting. Jish: Do you have a website? G: Personally, no. Jish: What are your favourite websites? G: I am someone who is really into computers/computing, therefore my favourite sites are the ones from the different companies involved... nothing that I visit regularly. Jish: Do you also read weblogs? G: No. Jish: We know that you probably have a laptop, cell phone, Palm and other gadgets like that. Do you have any other favourite gadgets that you would like to buy, perhaps something like an iPod? G: For the moment, I don't have plans to buy any gadgets, but sometime soon I'd like to get an iPod. Jish: Do you use a Mac or a PC? G: At home, I use a PC, but I really like the world of Macintosh. It's what I use at school. Jish: Then, if you used an iPod would you get the PC or Mac version? G: Probably, I'd get the PC version. Jish: Thank you very much for answering my questions. I'd like to send you an e-mail, what is your e-mail address? G: ____@______.___ Jish: Well, thank you very much and good night. G: Good night.
Ultima 7 - I bought this game cause it talked, and I wanted to hear my 386sx-25 talk to me. I liked how free the game was. You could just explore the countryside and not even mess around with the intended purpose of the game. Of course, it just wound up being an adventure in inventory for me. On my first backbacking trip through Europe, my friend and I called each other Avatar (Do you really know where you're going Avatar?) and I repacked my bag all the time, trying to figure out how many stones it weighed.
The Sims - This game made me rethink my time management. I began emulating their gesticulations as well.
GTA2 - Just like the people playing GTA3, I too want to just jump out of my car in a traffic jam and set off some sort of chain-reaction explosion.
Super Breakout - I reached a sort of Zen State when playing this game. It didn't change how I looked at the world, but it did help me wake up in the morning. I keep my 2600 at hand for those times when I start feeling withdrawal.
Tetris - I think of this game whenever I re-arrange furniture, pack a box, or pack luggage for a trip.
Yes, Tesla did suggest this. Stand near a tesla coil with a flourescent light bulb and it will light up with no physical connection. The reason we have wires is so that power could become a profitable industry. They had to have a way to meter the electricity that people were using.
I mean, gosh, imagine if people could just log onto the internet without wires. er...
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, I hate this faux pas as well. Another thing I don't like is when people say "Quarter of Nine," Meaning 8:45. That makes no sense to me. A quarter of the nine o'clock hour is 9:15. It is just nonsense to me. Quarter to and Quarter past make perfect sense to me. When I lived in Ireland, people would say "Half nine" to mean 9:30. That makes sense. Following the "of" logic, "Half Nine" would be 8:30 (although, I used to say "4:30??" when people would say Half 9 to me, just to be an ass.)
The point is, language is just symbols we assign value to. Regardless (or "Irregardless," if you're one of the people who use that made up word) of what people say, most of the time, you know what they mean. Nitpicking over language rules only seems noble to the person who is wasting the energy to do it. Nukular.
No. You can't. Nor would you want to. Consumer DVD players don't support multi-speeds (other than the differences required to read the inside tracks vs. the outside tracks)
You can get an IDE DVD-ROM drive for $40 anyway. Why bother hacking? Oh yeah, because it's fun. It's not gonna save you any money though.
The imagery totally reminded me of the Bjork video for "All is Full of Love," directed by Chris Cunningham.
You can download it here. (RealMedia) or look at pictures here.
It's a really amazing piece of work. Let's hope this movie turns out to be as captivating.
I drive a 1960 Ford. When I go to Pep Boys, and their books only go back to 65 or whatever, that is pretty much what I get... They tell me to look up a specialty store that handles old parts. Maybe someone could make a businesses out of supporting that old MS crap. On the same note, why doesn't MS release the code freely if they no longer support or sell the product? I know that when I bought my first Win95 upgrade, it didn't come with an expiration date on the box.
Awesome, it could pinch both my nipples and give me a handjob at the same time! Please forward this to the folks at RealDoll.com
Simply implant the tags into student's bodies. Surround the tag with an air-sensitive, explosive capsule so counteract removal attempts.
This was touted as the "next big thing." I promptly registered my identity. That was in 2000. I haven't heard this technology mentioned ONCE since then. Apparently, it's still viable, as www.xns.org still exists.
On a side note, I now steer clear of ANYTHING that touts itself to be the "next big x." (napster, anyone?)
What, no Amiga support? Fuck it then. Why do the 99.9999% of users get all the new toys?
I don't really see why this is unfair. If a person drives to another state and buys something, they have to pay tax. People from CA drive to Oregon all the time in order to avoid paying sales tax. I don't want to pay any more for anything, but at the same time, I think it's fair to pay sales tax where it's due.
I do however think that paying income tax to one or two governments (depending on your state laws), then having to pay sales tax on top of previously taxed money is ridiculous. When I only get to keep $.90 out of a dollar, and then I lose another $.0725 whenever I buy anything, it kind of pisses me off. Thank god the ROTH limits are up to $5k per year.
In the even of identification will be done in the following manner: The 30 of us that survive, that aren't cockroaches, please raise your hands.
I met Ralph Lauren about 3 weeks ago, in Telluride, CO with is about 30 miles from his ranch. He was driving a McLaren F1. One of his 2 passengers told me there were only 6 of those in the US, and 2 were Ralphs. Maybe next year, he'll show up in his 959. I look forward to seeing it.
From the 2003 Program:
p dfs/30th-gui de.pdf (program #14)
"DESTINO is the legendary collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney that was begun in 1945 but never finished until now. A new generation at Disney has created a most extraordinary work of animation art. (d. John Hench/Dominique Monfery, 1946/2002, U.S./France,
6m)"
It preceded a new animated feature called The Triplets of Belleville
http://www.telluridefilmfestival.com/
During the Vegas Fry's grand opening in Feb, these were on sale fr $99. Specs: 30gb, 128mb, 56k, 10/100, C3 733mhz, 52x, keyboard, mouse. Seems like at least $100 worth of file server hardware to me. I tried to leave ThizLinux on it, and configure Samba and all that, but in the end it was a huge headache, and no matter which panel (of 3) to configure the NIC, I still couldn't get online with it. So, I put Win2k on it, and used the included driver disk to get everything running. The driver disk installs all the drivers and handles all the reboots for you. Couldn't be easier to convert to WIndows.
I think that is the purpose of this machine. It avoids the Windows Tax, and introduces people to Linux, which is far from user friendly. As for the decision to include this distro over others, who knows? Maybe Thiz gave them a better deal on media? Maybe they gave more support for creating the install image (not that it did any good). I don't know. It's still a pretty kickass machine for 1 bill.
My mom wanted to install a 2 way satellite broadband connection in the motorhome. The DirecWay people said it was impossible to have a mobile dish, because if the uplink signal crosses over into someone elses (like a TV channel) bandwidth, DirecWay gets fined $10,000 per minute. The FCC requires the system to be installed by a professional, as a result. Off the subject now, but it can be done in a mobile situation, by using an expensive ($5000) computerized positioning system. Back to what's relevant, if you tried doing something like jamming a network's satellite signal, you'd be putting yourself at a pretty good financial risk.
HP made this scanner called the Capshare which did auto stitching of pages and could hold about 100 1-bit text pages in memory. They came out with a color model as well. Unfortunately, they stopped making them in 1999 or 2000. Retail on them was about $500, but were going for $200-$300 on clearance at the end. Now, they sell for $500+ on eBay.com.
I would guess that using some distilled water would help too. Tap water has all sorts of nastyness in it (Chlorine and minerals) that corrode and clog water passages. I only ever use distilled water in my car for this reason.
Step 1: Buy Aircraft Carrier
Step 2: ????
Step 3: Profit!
Damn, Bonzi got slashdotted. How will I know if my internet connection is optimized? Everytime I buy their software, that message still comes up. I have 45 instances of it running. How much optimization does this t-1 connection need?
There's no such thing as a 1.00 Euro note. You don't get "paper" money until you get to the 5. Euros are not durable. For a currency that's only been around for a year or so, a good amount of the 5s I got when I was living in Ireland were wrinkled and tattered. Just cause they're colorful and have holograms doesn't mean they are hard to counterfeit. Maybe it would be hard to counterfeit a brand new bill, but making a counterfeit damaged bill is always the way to go. As for the different sizes, that does stop the bleaching technique, but IMHO it makes it a pain in the ass to keep everything straight in one's wallet. The result was I would only carry 20s in my wallet. Anything smaller got wadded up and shoved in a pocket. Based on the condition of the money I was getting, it was a common strategy.
I'm just setting this up now, but what I've got in store for my mom's computer is this. a 120gb internal HD which uses some software (Ghost, Drive Image or something. I don't know exactly what to use yet and I'm open to suggestion. Solution has to be software though. No hardware RAID) to mirror her data to a 120GB external drive (USB 2.0). This way, in the event of a drive failure, she won't have to go through data recovery. Also, if she is planning on being away, she can store the external drive elsewhere or take it with her (in case of burglary or whatever).
All of this facilitates rebuilding Windows. Full re-installs do still count. The Registry still gets out of hand after numberous installs and upgrades, IMHO.
March 4, the NV state assemply voted unanimously for a bill that allows for up to $500 per offense as well. Here's a link. The article aslo states that the current law, which has a maximum of $10 in damages has never been enforced. If I can find out a way to capitalize on this, I'm going to send out emails to everyone telling them how to get rich.... Oh, wait.
Here's my interview with the "Star Wars Kid". It took place on May 13, 2003, 4:45 pm PST, was translated from French, and most questions were recommended by Andy.
... ... ... there was something yellow on the floor in your video, what was that? ... nothing that I visit regularly.
Female answers: Hello?
Jish: Can I speak with Ghyslain please?
Female: One moment
Female: It won't be long
Jish: Ok, thanks
G: Yes, hello?
Jish: Ghyslain?
G: Yes.
Jish: My name is Jish and I am calling you from San Francisco, CA and I would like to interview you. Do you speak English too?
G: Only a little bit.
Jish: Well, I will try to speak in French, but I'll apologize in advance since my French isn't perfect.
G: Oh, that's ok.
Jish: The interview is concerning your martial arts video.
G: Mm hmm.
Jish: Do you know that over 500,000 people have viewed your video?
G: Yes, I know.
Jish: When you made the video, did you think this many people would be viewing it?
G: No, I really never anticipated that.
Jish: How did the video end up on the web?
G: Actually, it was a mistake. The cassette was left in the studio and someone put it on the internet.
Jish: Then, I guess it wasn't a friend who did this, more of an enemy?
G: More or less. It was someone I knew.
Jish: I only have a few more questions
G: It was probably something left behind in the studio from a previous session. I really don't remember what it was.
Jish: Some people have taken your video and have added some Star Wars special effects, have you seen these?
G: Yes, I have seen some.
Jish: What is your opinion of these videos?
G: From what I saw, they look very well-made. It's surprising to see what people have done with a video that wasn't meant to be seen. It's interesting.
Jish: Do you have a website?
G: Personally, no.
Jish: What are your favourite websites?
G: I am someone who is really into computers/computing, therefore my favourite sites are the ones from the different companies involved
Jish: Do you also read weblogs?
G: No.
Jish: We know that you probably have a laptop, cell phone, Palm and other gadgets like that. Do you have any other favourite gadgets that you would like to buy, perhaps something like an iPod?
G: For the moment, I don't have plans to buy any gadgets, but sometime soon I'd like to get an iPod.
Jish: Do you use a Mac or a PC?
G: At home, I use a PC, but I really like the world of Macintosh. It's what I use at school.
Jish: Then, if you used an iPod would you get the PC or Mac version?
G: Probably, I'd get the PC version.
Jish: Thank you very much for answering my questions. I'd like to send you an e-mail, what is your e-mail address?
G: ____@______.___
Jish: Well, thank you very much and good night.
G: Good night.
It always worked for going to the pool.
Ultima 7 - I bought this game cause it talked, and I wanted to hear my 386sx-25 talk to me. I liked how free the game was. You could just explore the countryside and not even mess around with the intended purpose of the game. Of course, it just wound up being an adventure in inventory for me. On my first backbacking trip through Europe, my friend and I called each other Avatar (Do you really know where you're going Avatar?) and I repacked my bag all the time, trying to figure out how many stones it weighed.
The Sims - This game made me rethink my time management. I began emulating their gesticulations as well.
GTA2 - Just like the people playing GTA3, I too want to just jump out of my car in a traffic jam and set off some sort of chain-reaction explosion.
Super Breakout - I reached a sort of Zen State when playing this game. It didn't change how I looked at the world, but it did help me wake up in the morning. I keep my 2600 at hand for those times when I start feeling withdrawal.
Tetris - I think of this game whenever I re-arrange furniture, pack a box, or pack luggage for a trip.
Yes, Tesla did suggest this. Stand near a tesla coil with a flourescent light bulb and it will light up with no physical connection. The reason we have wires is so that power could become a profitable industry. They had to have a way to meter the electricity that people were using.
I mean, gosh, imagine if people could just log onto the internet without wires. er...